The lad impresses the vicar with tales of his heroic exploits in Military Intelligence.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
When Lucy joins a school reunion website and is contacted by an old classmate, youthful indiscretions return to haunt Daniel's best friend Andy.
Starring David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling.
David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.
Daniel ....... David Tennant
Lucy ....... Elizabeth Carling
Katie ....... Samantha Spiro
Andy ....... Tony Gardner
Amanda ....... Nasreen Hussain
Producer: Liz Anstee.
Downcast Charlotte is delighted when middle-aged and dependable Gordon appears. Stars Josie Lawrence. From September 1993.
Domestic bliss is enhanced by the arrival of John Sheets. Views are exchanged on the desirability of the married state. And a game of cricket is proposed...
An everyday story of towering genius in Sue Limb's six-part soap opera, set in and around the Lake District at the turn of the 18th century.
Stars Geoffrey Whitehead as William Wordsmith, Denise Coffey as Dorothy Wordsmith, Simon Callow as Samuel Tailor Cholericke, Miriam Margolyes as Stinking Iris, Chris Emmett as the Leechpedlar and Nicky Henson as John Sheets.
Music by Stephen Oliver and performed by Cantabile.
2. The Boneless Wonder
Starring Stephen Thorne.
When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Montmartre, Paris in 1889, Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to paint a series of posters. A performer's career was made if they secured an appearance.
John Peacock brings Toulouse Lautrec's poster characters to life, in four plays about those entertainers whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint.
Valentin Renaudin ...... Stephen Thorne
Celine Renaudin ...... Margaretta Scott
Louise Weber ...... Frances Barber
La Mome Fromage ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Alice Goujon ...... Anna Cropper
Zidler ...... Norman Jones
Monsieur Goujon ...... Michael Graham Cox
Theo Renaudin ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Georges Tabards ...... David Goudge
Joseph Oller ...... Carlos Douglas
Adele ...... Sue Broomfield
Gerard ...... John Bull
Michel Renaudin ...... Brian Miller
Annie ...... Jo Kendall
Shop Assistant ...... Marcia King
Nini ...... Alice Arnold
Music by Stephen Warbeck.
A train gets marooned in snow and the stranded passengers are starving. Served up by 'Frasier' star Kelsey Grammer.
'The Princess of the Occult' is an Edinburgh sell-out, but the Victorian detective wonders if she's a fraud. Stars Brian Cox.
Umpire Brian Johnston poses the questions to Willie Rushton, Denise Coffey, Tim Rice and Bill Tidy. From September 1992.
Detective Inspector Bob Boxer falls into the clutches of an old sadistic adversary. At first he resists the pressure to go over to the "other side" and swell the ranks of Villains Incorporated. But when his enemies exploit one of his deepest childhood fears, even Bob's cast-iron will begins to crack like a caramel log. Might a good cop go to the bad?
Alastair Jessiman's gritty comedy police drama stars Finlay Welsh as DI Bob Boxer, Anita Vettesse as DC Shona Doberman and James Bryce as DCI Paton.
DC Shauna Doberman is regarded as the smart one in the crime-fighting duo, whilst DI Bob Boxer is the grizzled old-school cop, who aims to reach the right conclusion.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Radio Scotland.
3. The Secret
Absent in Italy, John Maltravers sends a letter summoning Sophia to Naples, where she learns a terrible secret.
Read by Joanna David.
Set in the 1840s, J Meade Falkner's brilliant novella tells the story of a well-to-do Oxford student whose innocent love of music is destined to lead him under a malevolent influence.
Across the decades, Christopher Lee's vivid account of Britain's fast-paced history. Narrated by Anna Massey, with Robert Powell.
Travelling the route of number 66 buses across Britain, Paddy Maguire takes to the Welsh hills for the school run.
Tensions between the white farmers and the Aboriginals start to escalate. Read by Ron Cook.
Success and tragedy walk hand-in-hand for the creator of Peter Rabbit. Linda Lear's biography is read by Lindsay Duncan.
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories featuring Vlad the Drac Returns by Anne Jungman, The Time Witches by Michael Molloy and The Beast of Ballodan by Andy Cutbill.
When handsome young artist Josef betrays his delicate fiancée, her retribution is eerily appropriate...
The first of four ghostly stories by women dramatised by Christopher Hawes.
Mary Braddon's eerie tale stars Stephanie Turner as Mary Braddon, Jonathan Firth as Josef, Alison Pettitt as Gertrude, Ioan Meredith as the Postmaster, John Hartley as Father, Carolyn Jones as the Woman, Hugh Dickson as the Passenger, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Parisienne and Chris Pavlo as the Fisherman.
3. New Frontiers
Lazarus Long leads the families on board the colony spaceship 'New Frontiers'.
Paul Birchard reads Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life via selective breeding and financial encouragement.
Abridged by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
Dad's double-life shocks Andy and Julie. Alexei Sayle's quirky couples comedy, with Siobhan Redmond. From November 1999.
The inept backpacker learns the metaphorical meaning of riding an inflatable banana. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From October 2003.
Living off the land, will there be tears for the Masterson family before milking time?
The award-winning improvised historical family saga based entirely on audience suggestions.
Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin.
THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER 2009
THU 00:00 The Female Ghost (b00nj7cx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rkc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Boxer and Doberman (b00jd9h8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner (b00cywfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Mark Twain Stories (b007jq6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 McLevy (b00nj7cj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge (b007jrz8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00nj7cq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Route 66 (b009hfm6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00nj7cs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:45 Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (b00g227n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 29/10/2009 (b00njcr3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k31h)
Series 4
The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System
Captain Seagoon investigates a mustard-and-cress-flavoured mystery at Clapham Junction station.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1954.
THU 08:30 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00b01jz)
The Case of the Clockwork Fiend
Baker Street’s Great Detective Sherlock Holmes investigates mystery deaths from some new fangled inventions.
Roy Hudd spoofs the famous sleuth in Tony Hare’s comedy series.
With Chris Emmett as Dr Watson, Jeffrey Holland as Inspector Lestrade and June Whitfield as Mrs Hudson.
Musical accompaniment: Ian Smith.
Producer: Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1999.
THU 09:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k2cn)
Series 2
The Wedding
Everyone is looking forward to Hillfield's big wedding ceremony, but in which synagogue?
Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd
Harriet ...... Eve Karpf
Nat ...... Harry Landis
Bernice ...... Laura Shavin
Clive ...... Joshua Towb
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.
THU 09:30 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0vl)
Foreign Parts
Winter has come to the Ogle Valley. David is dreaming of sun and sand when an old friend offers him an exciting job. Meanwhile, Arthur dreams of a date with June.
Peter Davison and Michael Williams star in Peter Morfoot's railway sitcom.
David ...... Peter Davison
Rocket ...... Michael Williams
June ...... Rosemary Martin
Points ...... Phillippa Wilson
Hattie ...... Madge Hindle
Sodd ...... Chris Emmett
Brian ...... Peter Silverleaf
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1996.
THU 10:00 John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge (b007js1q)
3. La Goulue
Dancer Louise's nickname of La Goulue is singularly appropriate - she's a glutton for food and life...
Starring Frances Barber.
When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Montmartre, Paris in 1889, Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to paint a series of posters. A performer's career was made if they secured an appearance.
John Peacock brings Toulouse Lautrec's poster characters to life, in the first of four plays about those entertainers, whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint.
Louise Weber ...... Frances Barber
La Mome Fromage ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Zidler ...... Norman Jones
Annie ...... Jo Kendall
Joseph Oller ...... Carlos Douglas
Henri Lassin ...... Michael Graham Cox
Mme Gillottes ...... Margaret Courtenay
Gerard ...... John Bull
Mme Grille ...... Marcia King
Tremolada ...... Donald Gee
Jeanne Faes ...... Maria Miles
Jacques ...... Joe Dunlop
Guy Benoits ...... Michael Kilgarriff
Nini ...... Alice Arnold
Music by Stephen Warbeck.
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
THU 11:00 Mark Twain Stories (b007jwrr)
The Facts in the Great Beef Contract
How can thirty barrels of meat cause so much despair and angst? Read by 'Frasier' star Kelsey Grammer.
THU 11:15 McLevy (b00njcr5)
Series 5
The Reckoning
As Jean prepares for a wedding, someone wants revenge - but death stalks the detective as he investigates. Stars Brian Cox.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007k31h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 We've Been Here Before (b007s945)
Series 1
Episode 3
Clive Anderson's panel show of the past with Steve Punt, David Quantick, Robin Ince and Gyles Brandreth. From August 2003.
THU 13:00 Boxer and Doberman (b00jdp91)
Series 1
The Seat of Evil
When a much-loved Scottish comic is killed in the street by a falling safe, it looks like an unlucky one-off accident. But then there are more celebrity killings and a pattern starts to emerge.
Is it a brand new case for Boxer and Doberman - or a continuation of the one they're on already? The plot thickens like fog on the Clyde.....
Alastair Jessiman's gritty comedy police drama stars Finlay Welsh as DI Bob Boxer, Anita Vettesse as DC Shona Doberman and James Bryce as DCI Paton.
DC Shauna Doberman is regarded as the smart one in the crime-fighting duo, whilst DI Bob Boxer is the grizzled old-school cop, who aims to reach the right conclusion.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Radio Scotland.
First broadcast in March 2009.
THU 13:30 The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner (b00cz5rg)
4. The Return
As John returns from Italy, his friend Gaskell tries to penetrate how he fell under Adrian's malign spell.
Concluded by Joanna David.
Written in 1895 by J Meade Falkner.
Set in the 1840s, it follows John Maltravers, a well-to-do student at Oxford whose innocent love of music is destined to lead him under a malevolent influence.
Abridger: Doreen Estall
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in August 2008.
THU 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00njcr9)
1990 - The Poll Tax, the ERM, and Exit Margaret Thatcher
Across the decades, Christopher Lee's vivid account of Britain's fast-paced history. Narrated by Anna Massey, with Robert Powell.
THU 14:15 Route 66 (b009hq0n)
Glasgow
Travelling the route of number 66 buses across Britain, Paddy Maguire goes ten pin bowling with two blind passengers.
THU 14:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00njcrc)
It is Just Like Mine
William and the Aboriginals struggle on for ownership of the Hawksbury river banks. Read by Ron Cook.
THU 14:45 Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (b00g27cn)
Episode 4
There's a wedding and an important donation in Linda Lear's biography of the author and illustrator. Read by Lindsay Duncan.
THU 15:00 John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge (b007js1q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00njcrf)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories featuring Vlad the Drac Returns by Anne Jungman, The Time Witches by Michael Molloy and The Beast of Ballodan by Andy Cutbill.
THU 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k2cn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0vl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 The Female Ghost (b00njj2k)
Edith Nesbit - Man Sized in Marble
For newly-weds Charles and Laura, their housekeeper's dread of All Saint's Eve seems laughable - that is, until the day itself arrives...
A series of ghostly stories by women dramatised by Christopher Hawes.
Edith Nesbit's eerie tale stars Carolyn Jones as Edith Nesbit, Stephen Critchlow as Charles, Deborah Berlin as Laura, Gerard McDermott as Doctor Kelly and Tina Gray as Mrs Dorman.
Producer: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
THU 18:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rq8d)
4. The Unknown
100,000 family members settle into their prolonged lives aboard the colony ship.
Paul Birchard reads Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life via selective breeding and financial encouragement.
Abridged by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2007.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007k31h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 We've Been Here Before (b007s945)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Boxer and Doberman (b00jdp91)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner (b00cz5rg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Mark Twain Stories (b007jwrr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 McLevy (b00njcr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00b01jz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Creme de la Crime (b008756y)
Series 3
The Quiller Killer
TV detective Michael Feydeau ponders the murder of Christopher Marlowe. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From April 2003.
THU 22:45 Hearing With Hegley (b00b41k4)
Series 1
Episode 3
The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents a selection of his work.
With:
Keith Moore
Susan Norton
Nigel Piper
Andrew Bailey
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.
THU 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b007rq8g)
Series 2
Episode 6
A department store drama means the mortuary team must work on Christmas Day. Stars Geoffrey Whitehead. From December 2004.
THU 23:30 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007n1wk)
Prodigal Son Returns - Veal Off
Having escaped the clutches of the B-movie Russian gangsters, Tony Hardstaff returns to West Yorkshire and the bosom of the family he left a decade earlier.
But things in the town of Grimedale have changed, and his 183-year-old father Obadiah and mother Alice are less than pleased to meet him.
Nick Revell 's epic comedy saga continues.
Tony ...... Nick Revell
Obadiah ...... David Swift
Alice ...... Maggie Steed
Jane ...... Alison Steadman
Dave/Carl ...... Peter Serafinowcz
Joanna ...... Natalie Walter
Jeff ...... Peter Gunn
The Narrator ...... Alistair McGowan
Music composed by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER 2009
FRI 00:00 The Female Ghost (b00njj2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rq8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Boxer and Doberman (b00jdp91)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner (b00cz5rg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Mark Twain Stories (b007jwrr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 McLevy (b00njcr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge (b007js1q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00njcr9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Route 66 (b009hq0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00njcrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:45 Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (b00g27cn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 30/10/2009 (b00njktj)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b007tm45)
Series 3
Episode 19
Kenneth Horne welcomes 'The Palone Ranger', Fiona and Charles with sound effects, plus Julian and Sandy take charge of the BBC wardrobe department.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1967.
FRI 08:30 Married (b0081fb3)
Series 3
Episode 1
Things are even stranger now that Robin's two universes have collided - and he's surprised to find himself turning into a nice person...
Hugh Bonneville stars in the third series of the comedy drama about a confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot dealing with life in a parallel universe where he has kids and an ex-wife who hates him.
With Josie Lawrence as Lesley, Stephen Frost as Dirk, Ann Gosling as Maxine, Kate Robbins as Doctor/Newsreader/Glop, Christopher Kelham as Alan and Arthur Smith as Arthur Smith.
Written by Tony Bagley.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
FRI 09:00 Anything Legal (b0089hl7)
Episode 6
Charles and George's new business course sets tongues wagging.
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles ...... Donald Hewlett
George ...... Michael Knowles
Fiona Fenning ...... Jennifer Croxton
Course Chairman ...... Henry Stamper
Advertising Lecturer ...... John Kane
Finance Lecturer ...... Peter Cellier
Mr Hunter ...... Roland MacLeod.
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.
FRI 09:30 Millport (b0076bn3)
Series 3
Progressive Rock
There's much excitement on the Isle of Cumbrae over a make-over for Millport from a national newspaper.
Irene fears the worst and worries the town's unique charm will be ruined by nosy media-meddlers. Is now really the time for her to leave?
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Ferryman/Robert the Dog/Morris ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.
FRI 10:00 John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge (b007js47)
4. Jane Avril
They called her Crazy Jane because of the way she danced, but it was not an affectionate nickname. Jane Avril used people all her life and reaped the consequences...
Starring Angela Pleasence.
When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Montmartre, Paris in 1889, Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to paint a series of posters. A performer's career was made if they secured an appearance.
John Peacock brings Toulouse Lautrec's poster characters to life, in the first of four plays about those entertainers, whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint.
Jane Avril ...... Angela Pleasence
Gazelle ...... Vivian Pickles
Andre Vaubert ...... Jack Galloway
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ...... Clive Merrison
Arsene Ondet ...... David King
Charles Zidler ...... Norman Jones
Annine ...... Jo Kendall
Chairman ...... John Bull
Alain Marais ...... Brian Miller
Madeleine ...... Anne Carroll
Cleaner ...... Tara Dominic
Matron ...... Anna Cropper
Maxine ...... Valerie Sarruf
Claire Cortin ...... Alice Arnold
Gazelle (at 17) ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Music by Stephen Warbeck.
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1989.
FRI 11:00 The Digitisation of a Radio Station (b00njktd)
Peter Reed discovers how the BBC's mammoth tape archive arrives on Radio 7, via the former home of the Radiophonic Workshop. Marking 75 years of Maida Vale studios.
FRI 11:15 Martyn Wade - Blue Veils and Golden Sands (b007jvh7)
The remarkable story of pioneering BBC Radiophonic Workshop music composer Delia Derbyshire. Starring Sophie Thompson.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b007tm45)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Whispers (b007k3jf)
Series 1
Episode 6
Swearing, cocaine, wine throwing and flagellation are just some of the items on Gyles Brandreth’s agenda.
Regular team captains, biographer Anthony Holden, and writer Stella Duffy, are joined by the BBC's former royal correspondent Jennie Bond and entertainer Geoffrey Durham.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2003.
FRI 13:00 The Radio Detectives (b007q96v)
Series 2
A Case For Dr Morelle
An investigation of how Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective, Dr Morelle used psychology as well as criminology to solve cases.
Series about classic detectives presented by Professor Jeffrey Richards.
With Cecil Parker, Sheila Sim and Ernest Dudley.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
FRI 13:30 J Meade Falkner's Bag of Paradoxes (b00njx88)
David Almond tells the story of the author of 'Moonfleet' - arms manufacturer, novelist and mediaevalist.
FRI 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00njx8b)
1991 - John Major and War with Iraq
Across the decades, Christopher Lee's vivid account of Britain's fast-paced history. Narrated by Anna Massey, with Robert Powell.
FRI 14:15 Route 66 (b009hskz)
Ipswich
Travelling the route of number 66 buses across Britain, Paddy Maguire meets a young single mum heading for a lively night out.
FRI 14:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00njx8d)
A New Emptiness
William Thornhill makes his choice, but will he reap his reward? Ron Cook reads the hard-hitting conclusion.
FRI 14:45 Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (b00g2gm4)
Episode 5
Linda Lear's biography of the author and illustrator examines old age, world war and Mrs Heelis's legacy. Read by Lindsay Duncan.
FRI 15:00 John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge (b007js47)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00njx8g)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories featuring Vlad the Drac Returns by Anne Jungman, The Time Witches by Michael Molloy and The Beast of Ballodan by Andy Cutbill.
FRI 17:00 Anything Legal (b0089hl7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Millport (b0076bn3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 The Female Ghost (b00njx8j)
Afterward
After an unexpected windfall on their American mine, Ned and Mary move to a dream home in England, but their past is catching up with them...
A series of ghostly stories by women dramatised by Christopher Hawes.
Edith Wharton's eerie tale stars Buffy Davis as Edith Wharton, Carolyn Jones as Alida, John Guerrasio as Ned, Barbara Barnes as Mary, Sean Baker as Parvis, Rachel Atkins as Trimmle, Christopher Scott as Peters and Alex Lowe as Robert Elwell.
Producer: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.
FRI 18:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rsz2)
5. New World
After entering the alien temple, a colonist returns as a broken man.
Paul Birchard continues Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life via selective breeding and financial encouragement.
Abridged by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2007.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b007tm45)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Whispers (b007k3jf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Selected Radiophonic Works (b00g15x3)
In 1958 an extraordinary musical laboratory was opened by the BBC. The Radiophonic Workshop provided music and sound for a wealth of BBC TV and radio programmes - from The Goon Show to Doctor Who.
Richard Coles explores the achievements of the unit and presents a carefully chosen selection of programmes showcasing the department's work:
* THE ELECTRIC TUNESMITHS
What have Doctor Who, New Worlds and Major Bloodnok's stomach in common? A Radiophonics Workshop signature tune.
George Luce finds out how sounds and tunes are conjured out of springs, shampoo bottles and electronic synthesisers. From BBC Radio 4, 1971.
* THE DREAMS
One of Delia Derbyshire's ‘Inventions for Radio’ produced in collaboration with the poet and dramatist Barry Bermange for the BBC Third Programme in 1964.
* THE GOON SHOW Series 9 (14/17) The Scarlet Capsule
Professor Ned Quatermass unravels a mystery around some enigmatic blue serge suits.
Stars Spike Milligan. From the BBC Home Service, 1959.
* INFERNO REVISITED
Peter Howell’s musical play by Peter Howell inspired by Dante's Inferno, with Alec McCowen as the Guide.
The music was realised at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. From BBC Radio 3, 1983
Plus clips of Bath Time (1976), Relativity (1974) and the legendary sound effect of Doctor Who’s TARDIS.
With contributions from Coldcut, Dick Mills and Mark Ayres.
Producer: Elizabeth Jaynes
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2008.
FRI 23:00 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b00804lf)
Exmouth
Back to the days of the poll tax, buying porn and true fables.
Recorded at the Plymouth University, Exmouth. With Peter Baynham, Jo Unwin, Kevin Eldon and Don King.
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC TWO in 1995.
Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.
FRI 23:30 The 99p Challenge (b00njx8l)
Series 2
Episode 3
Crazy panel show capers as host Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, Tom Binns, Peter Baynham and David Schneider.
The game where someone stands to leave the studio 99p richer than when they came in.
Producer: David Tyler
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.