SATURDAY 27 JUNE 2009

SAT 00:00 The Darker Side of the Border (b00ck4fs)
James Hogg - The Brownie of the Black Haggs
Lady Wheelhope has a reputation as a violent mistress to those under her power. Yet when desire for a mysterious servant overwhelms her, it's her own soul she yields to terrible risk...
Series of 3 Scottish 19th Century tales of terror and mystery.
Written by James Hogg and dramatised by Marty Ross.
Lady Wheelhope ...... Irene MacDougall
The Laird ...... Paul Young
Merodach ...... James Chisholm
Bessie ...... Mary Riggans
Wattie ...... James Bryce
Adam ...... Alec Heggie
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
SAT 00:30 Mind's Eye (b007jyvk)
Lodgers
Maeve Hamilton runs a busy bed and breakfast in Dublin, but only she seems to be able to see the guests. Psychotherapists Lorcan and Aoife investigate...
Five tales of the paranormal written by Gemma McMullan and Gerry Casey.
CAST:
Lorcan Molloy …. Dermot Crowley
Aoife Molloy …. Cathy Belton
Fergus Rainer …. Mark Lambert
Brian Walsh …. Richard Orr
Maeve Hamilton …. Stella McCusker
Daniel Hamilton …. Miche Doherty
Gillian Power …. Aine McCartney
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in 2006.
SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jqqg)
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case
A Visit To Innsbruck
Betty Conrad's roommate disappears, as the smooth detective and his wife Steve face more peril.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Madame Klein …. Dorothy Holmes Gore
Fritz Gunter …. George Hagan
Elliot France …. James Thomason
Denis Harper …. John Bryning
Elsa, The Countess Dekker …. Joan Matheson
Mrs Weldon …. Virginia Winter
Herr Breckshaft …. Jeffrey Segal
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959.
SAT 01:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00lcltn)
Episode 5
Private sleuth Easy Rawlings finally discovers Daphne Monet's secret. Walter Mosley's thriller, read by Paul Winfield.
SAT 02:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvxl)
Episode 10
1815, the Battle of Waterloo. As George and Rawdon fight, Becky and Amelia wait for news. Narrated by Stephen Fry.
SAT 02:15 Ray Jenkins - From the House at the Top of the World (b007w3b8)
Stolen
German archaeologist, Von Le Coq, gets drawn into a race with Aurel Stein to 'steal' treasures from the Buddhist Monasteries and ancient lost oasis towns along the Silk Road crossing the Taklamaken and Gobi Deserts.
Last of three plays by Ray Jenkins based on the diaries of Catherine, Lady McCartney, wife of the British consul in Kashgar, on the roof of the world in Chinese Turkestan.
Stars Siobhan Redmond as Catherine McCartney, Alex Jennings as George McCartney, Sean Baker as Von Le Coq, Ioan Meredith as Aurel Stein, David Tse as Chiang and Stephen Critchlow as Bartus.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
SAT 03:00 John Buchan - Huntingtower (b00lcltj)
The Die-Hards Go into Action
As retired merchant Dickson McCunn's mission is concluded, he commits an assault. Stars Roy Hanlon and David McKail.
SAT 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007w2pg)
Stretch Out the Hand of Forebearance; The Treaty
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
SAT 04:15 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World (b00lcltq)
Episode 5
At 40, the Bard meditates on old age. Reconstructing the life, work and era of William Shakespeare, read by Toby Stephens.
SAT 04:30 Sweet Dreams (b007jsw8)
Episode 7
As Howard gets to know God, he does well for himself and gets a promotion. Celestial satire concluded by Martin Jarvis.
SAT 04:45 Oscar Wilde (b007k0l3)
The Happy Prince
From their aerial view, a beautiful statue and a swallow team up to help the poor in the city below. Read by John Moffatt. From December 1997.
SAT 05:00 27/06/2009 (b00lffpr)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00lffpt)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien, featuring The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling, Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan and Mighty Fizz Chilla by Philip Ridley.
SAT 09:00 Scots Gothic: A Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe in Ayrshire (b00lfbxk)
Billy Kay discovers whether American writer Edgar Allan Poe's macabre imagination was born during a childhood visit to Scotland.
SAT 09:30 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag (b008gd1y)
Series 1
The Fever
When scarlet fever hits Levenford, Doctor Finlay tries his hand at being a private detective - with disastrous results...
Ready with his black bag, Dr Finlay sets out to remedy all manner of ailments suffered by his patients in the Scottish Highland town.
AJ Cronin's stories about Scotland's most celebrated doctor dramatised by Sue Rodwell.
Stars John Gordon Sinclair as Dr Finlay, Brian Pettifer as Dr Cameron, Celia Imrie as Janet, Sharon Maharaj as Mrs Prentice, John McGlynn as Hendry, Tracy Wiles as Jeanie and David McKail as Dr Snoddie.
Produced and directed at BBC Bristol by Jeremy Howe and Viv Beeby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
SAT 10:00 Comedy Greats (b007jtk4)
The 1960s
Episode 2
Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC.
Six more favourites plucked from the groovy 1960s schedules of the BBC Light Programme:
* Whack-O!
From 15/03/1962
Crooked headmaster Professor Jimmy Edwards holds auditions for Chiselbury School's charity concert in aid of a retiring teacher. With Vera Lynn. From March 1962.
* The Men From the Ministry
Series 2 (2/13) Something about a Soldier
The bumbling civil servants find a 20-year-old demob letter. Stars Richard Murdoch, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Norma Ronald and Warren Mitchell. From August 1965.
* The Ken Dodd Show
From 19/07/1964
The King of Knotty Ash offers tips for nude photography and the hunt for a Scottish lake-bound monster. With Judith Chalmers, John Laurie and Patricia Hayes. From July 1964.
* Steptoe & Son
Series 1 (11/13) The Lead Man Cometh
The rag and bone men get an irresistible offer. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett and Leonard Rossiter. From September 1966.
* The Embassy Lark
Series 1 (6/13) A Trip to London
The staff of the British Embassy panic over the expiry of their lease in Tratvia. Stars Derek Francis, Frank Thornton and Francis de Wolff. From April 1966
* Round the Horne
Series 4 (12/16)
Kenneth Horne makes Fleet Street headlines, and calls round to Julian and Sandy's 'Bona Private Detective Agency'. With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden. From May 1968.
Produced and scripted by Peter Reed
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2003.
SAT 13:00 RL Stevenson - Treasure Island (b007jwxp)
When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a pirate's chest in his parents' inn, he's drawn into a world of danger and high seas adventure.
He's soon joining a crew setting sail to the Caribbean to seek out the booty - and it's set to be a voyage confronting mutiny, murder - and the charismatic and devious Long John Silver...
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic sea saga dramatised by John Scotney.
Starring Peter Jeffrey as Long John Silver, Ben Rodska as Jim Hawkins, Hugh Paddick as Ben Gunn, Glyn Houston as Israel Hands, John Moffatt as Squire Trelawney, Geoffrey Whitehead as Dr Livesey, Stephen Thorne as Captain Smollett, David King as Flint, Brian Haines as Billy Bones and Wally K Daly as "Captain Flint" the Parrot.
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00lfhpp)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair: Return to London
With the case nearly cracked, the smooth detective invites all the suspects to a cocktail party. Stars Peter Coke. From 1956.
SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00lfhpr)
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case: The Man from Munich
The smooth detective probes the disappearance of a German doctor's daughter from finishing school. Stars Peter Coke. From 1959.
SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00lfhpt)
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case: Concerning Elliot France
Speeding to meet a novelist, the smooth detective's car is forced into a ditch and a driver stops. Stars Peter Coke. From 1959.
SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00lfhpw)
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case: Hotel Roemer
A fresh cocktail stick clue sees the detective and his wife head to the suppliers in Oberammergau. Stars Peter Coke. From 1959.
SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00lfhpy)
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case: A Visit to Innsbruck
Betty Conrad's roommate disappears, as the smooth detective and his wife Steve face more peril. Stars Peter Coke. From 1959.
SAT 17:00 The Radio Ballads (b00lfhq0)
The Song of a Road
The M1 as described by the men who built the London-Yorkshire motorway, set into song by Ewan MacColl. From November 1959.
SAT 18:00 The Man in Black (b00grv3d)
Series 1
The White Hare by Lucy Gough
When Izzie and Casper move to the country, they imagine an idyllic lifestyle. But the reality is very different. Izzie's nerves are already frayed, but with threats from a hostile farmer - she spots an ill-omen...
Lucy Gough's tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister raconteur, The Man in Black.
Casper ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
Izzie ...... Janice Acquah
Farmer ...... Stephen Critchlow
Café Owner ...... Manjeet Mann
Kaddy ...... Poppy Lee Friar
Horrifying series of tales from The Man in Black. You might meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of a care home.
Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you.
The Man In Black first appeared in the 1940s as the chilling voice who introduced a series of terrifying radio dramas. He returned on Radio 4 in the 1970s and then again in the late 80s/early 90s.
Director: Peter Leslie Wild
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.
SAT 18:30 A Short Journey into Space Force, with Charles Chilton (b00lg2t9)
Episode 7
More from Jim Lee's interview with the celebrated sci-fi producer, who doesn't like reading sci-fi.
SAT 18:40 James Follett - The Silent Vulcan (b007jswq)
Episode 7
As Malone carries out surveillance on the spider, Vikki receives more guidance from the visitors.
After a UFO crash landed, the Sussex town of Pentworth has been cut off by a mysterious invisible and impenetrable wall.
'The Silent Vulcan' is the final book in James Follett's sci-fi trilogy of the same name.
Read by Nigel Anthony.
Abridged by Miranda Davis.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004.
SAT 19:00 Scots Gothic: A Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe in Ayrshire (b00lfbxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 19:30 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag (b008gd1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 20:00 Comedy Greats (b007jtk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 23:00 The Radio Ballads (b00lfhq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today]