SATURDAY 12 DECEMBER 2009

SAT 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp1d)
Earthsearch II
Deathship
Dragged into an artificial black hole, the crew of Challenger must face Spaceguard Six.
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Theros ...... John Warner
Kraken ...... Crawford Logan
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1982.
SAT 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4vj)
Episode 9
Wrestling with his guilt, Dick empties the laboratory of all evidence and sets off on a journey. Read by Julian Wadham.
SAT 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y)
Sad Cypress
Episode 5
As Elinor Carlisle stands accused of murder, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot uncovers evidence of greed and deceit.
The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunnit starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson
Sir Edwin Bulmer ...... David King
Sir Samuel Atterbury ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Dr Garcia/Clerk ...... John Church
Inspector Brill ...... Eric Allan
Judge ...... Alan Cullen
Mr Wargrave ...... Jonathan Adams
Mr Littledale ...... Gordon Reid
Amelia Sedley ...... Ann Windsor
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.
SAT 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8yxp)
Episode 5
The swashbuckling daredevil returns to Kent - but makes a new enemy. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
SAT 02:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cqzj4)
The Temptation
Emma meets wealthy land owner Rodolphe Boulanger, and succumbs to temptation...
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Madame Lefrancois ...... Siobhan Finneran
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
SAT 02:15 Robert Nye - Mrs Shakespeare (b007jxb4)
The Bard's shrewd wife reveals how he left her his second-best bed. Stars Maggie Steed and Kenneth Cranham.
SAT 03:00 Charles Dickens (b01b3fqd)
Little Dorrit
Episode 5
After her father's death Little Dorrit is still in Italy when the newly-married Fanny has a strange visit from Mr Merdle.
Arthur is struck by disaster and Mrs Clennam is forced to reveal the family secret at last.
Conclusion of Charles Dickens's masterpiece of social satire and imprisonment.
Starring Sir Ian McKellen as Charles Dickens.
Recorded on location in London.
Charles Dickens ...... Ian McKellen
Arthur Clennam ...... Julian Wadham
Mrs Clennam ...... Margaret Tyzack
Little Dorrit ...... Jasmine Hyde
Fanny Dorrit ...... Indira Varma
John Chivery ...... Ben Crowe
Flintwinch ...... Ioan Meredith
Mr Pancks ...... Philip Joseph
Mr Doyce ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mr Merdle ...... Kenneth Cranham
Chivery ...... Gordon Reid
Dramatised by Doug Lucie.
Music by Mia Soteriou
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
SAT 04:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpqb)
Family Life
Juggling official duties with their home lives, Katie Hickman reveals how diplomats' wives still found time to walk the dog.
SAT 04:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yvk7)
Episode 5
Autumn brings ferocious storms for the wood ants, but hibernation beckons with the arrival of winter. Peter France investigates.
SAT 04:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pblz7)
Episode 5
Missing Jennifer is still very much in the thoughts of Mike Engleby, who gets a surprise visit. Read by Douglas Hodge.
SAT 04:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00cl496)
Episode 5
From Perrin and Pratt to 'Going Gently', writer David Nobbs concludes reading from his autobiography.
SAT 05:00 12/12/2009 (b00pbtvd)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00pbtvg)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien featuring The Fantastical Adventures of the Invisible Boy by Lloyd Alexander.
SAT 09:00 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot (b00pbtvj)
Episode 3
The incredible shrinking woman's sister arrives with a very handy handbag. Based on Alf Proysen's books. Stars Alison Steadman.
SAT 09:30 The Complete Caledonian Imbiber (b00pbtvl)
Episode 1
Billy Kay raises his glass to celebrate the Scots drouth for ale, whisky and the great wines of Europe.
SAT 10:00 Adrian Mole: The Mole Truth with Sue Townsend (b007jqr8)
Sue Townsend chats to the man who brought Adrian Mole to the BBC airwaves, former drama producer John Tydeman.
The author - who died in April 2014 - looks back to the beginnings of her creation, who was originally named Nigel Mole for his initial BBC outing. John Tydeman reveals how an impoverished Sue Townsend lacked both the train fare and suitable clothes for their initial meeting in London.
The duo discuss Adrian's change of name and his development through adolescence to adulthood - via specially selected radio readings spanning The Secret Diary to The Cappuccino Years. Featuring Nicholas Barnes and Nigel Planer.
Produced by Peter Reed.
First broadcast on BBC 7 in 2003.
SAT 12:00 Just William - Live! (b007jy2r)
Series 1
William and the Princess Goldilocks
A panto visit sparks a surprise adventure for the scruffy schoolboy. Martin Jarvis plays all of Richmal Crompton's characters.
SAT 12:30 Just William - Live! (b007jy2q)
Series 1
The Sweet Little Girl in White
Violet Elizabeth Bott arrives in the scruffy schoolboy's life. Martin Jarvis plays all of Richmal Crompton's characters.
SAT 13:00 Arthur Wing Pinero - Dandy Dick (b007jt15)
A dean, who is a paragon of dignity and decorum, is driven by an indiscreet act into a most undignified dilemma. A horse and racing folk are also involved.
Alec McCowen and Patricia Routledge star in Arthur Wing Pinero's farce.
The Dean ...... Alec McCowen
Georgiana Tidman ...... Patricia Routledge
Sir Tristram Mardon ...... Nigel Stock
Salome ...... Susan Kyd
Sheba ...... Melinda Walker
Blore ...... John Church
Mr Darbey ...... Richard Clifford
Major Tarver ...... John Rye
Hatcham ...... Shaun Prendergast
Hannah Topping ...... Anne Jameson
Noah Topping ...... Garard Green
Producer John Tydeman.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1986
SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00pbtvn)
Hercule Poirot - Sad Cypress
A poisoned pen letter triggers a departure - and a trail of murder and deceit. Agatha Christie whodunnit with Emma Fielding.
SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00pbtvq)
Hercule Poirot - Sad Cypress
An invalid aunt has died in her sleep - but a tube of morphine is missing. Agatha Christie whodunnit with David McAlister.
SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00pbtvs)
Hercule Poirot - Sad Cypress
Who poisoned Mary Gerrard? The Belgian sleuth is called in to find the killer. Agatha Christie whodunnit with John Moffatt.
SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00pbtvv)
Hercule Poirot - Sad Cypress
As the Belgian sleuth unravels the threads, it seems Mary wasn't the first victim. Agatha Christie whodunnit with John Moffatt.
SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00pbtvx)
Hercule Poirot: Sad Cypress
As Elinor stands accused, the Belgian sleuth reveals evidence of greed and deceit. Agatha Christie whodunnit with John Moffatt.
SAT 17:00 An Hour With... (b00bdjh3)
Jon Pertwee
The star of 'Doctor Who', 'The Navy Lark' and 'Worzel Gummidge', actor Jon Pertwee entertains an audience with his one-man biographical show - sharing tales from his very early days through to his career highlights.
Jon recalls life at school and in the navy during the war. Staying afloat, he moves onto working on popular BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark - and reveals how one of his co-stars was instrumental in him taking over from Patrick Troughton as Doctor Who for BBC TV in the 1970s.
Later when playing Worzel Gummidge for Southern TV, Jon loved being able to change heads - and he also reveals how he stood up to Kenneth Williams on a 'Carry On' film!
SAT 17:55 Chain Gang (b00pbtvz)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone
Episode 12
It's the penultimate episode of our listener-led story. And we've moved to London. But not as we know it.
SAT 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00pbtv6)
Series 3
Ungainly
Edna faces her childhood possessions and probes London's Low Quality Expedition. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex Tregear and Emma Kennedy.
SAT 18:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pbtv8)
Markheim
By RL Stevenson. A thief's eerie encounter with a stranger in a shop forces him to reassess his life. Read by Hugh Bonneville.
SAT 19:00 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot (b00pbtvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 19:30 The Complete Caledonian Imbiber (b00pbtvl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 20:00 Adrian Mole: The Mole Truth with Sue Townsend (b007jqr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Just William - Live! (b007jy2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SAT 22:30 Just William - Live! (b007jy2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SAT 23:00 Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill (b007jvxn)
Episode 1
The ingenious stand-up comedian entertains an audience in New York with his hilarious stream of consciousness. From 1998.
SAT 23:55 Chain Gang (b00pbtvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 today]


SUNDAY 13 DECEMBER 2009

SUN 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00pbtv6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pbtv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Arthur Wing Pinero - Dandy Dick (b007jt15)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Kind Hearts and Coronets (b007jnpv)
Louis Mazzini is accused of the one murder he didn't do. Ealing comedy adaptation with Harry Enfield as the D'Ascoyne family.
Harry Enfield, Michael Kitchen, Haydn Gwynne, Timothy Bateson and David Lodge star in a comedy of murders.
Louis Mazzini (Michael Kitchen) should be heir to a dukedom but his family, the snobbish D'Ascoynes (all played by Harry Enfield), have cut Louis off because his mother married badly. Vengeful and hate-filled, he sets out to regain his rightful place by wreaking revenge on the D'Ascoyne family, but is then arrested for a killing he didn't commit.
Adapted from the Ealing screenplay.
Produced by Andy Jordan.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
SUN 04:00 An Hour With... (b00bdjh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 13/12/2009 (b00pbv10)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00pbv12)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien featuring The Fantastical Adventures of the Invisible Boy by Lloyd Alexander.
SUN 09:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus) (b00ct1wf)
Episode 1
Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Charles Bovary. He's happy for the first time in his life - unlike Emma, who's distraught that her marriage lacks the passion and excitement of her fantasies.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery.
Starring John Hurt as the narrator, Conrad Nelson as Charles, Sarah Smart as Emma and Brigit Forsyth as Madame Bovary Snr.
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
SUN 10:15 Short Stories by John McGahern (b00pbv14)
A Slip Up
Exiled in England, a retired Irishman sustains himself by imagining working the farm he lost back home. Read by Sean McGinley.
SUN 10:30 Winston (b00pbv78)
Winston Back Home
So This Is What Happiness Is All About
The idyllic return of Winston and Nancy to Winterleaf Gunner proves to be short-lived...
Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William.
Director: Shaun MacLoughlin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.
SUN 11:00 How Tickled Am I? (b007k4rl)
Series 2
Al Read
Mark Radcliffe profiles the Salford sausage-maker who became one of BBC radio's most popular comedians, Al Read.
Series exploring some of the North's best-loved and most influential comedians.
Producer: Libby Cross
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
SUN 11:30 The Groucho Letters (b00c03hg)
'I had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it'. A personal epistolary odyssey into the world of Groucho Marx.
SUN 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007k0vq)
A Turn for the Nurse
Operations at a hospital turn sickly from the bungling civil servants' cure.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.
With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.
SUN 12:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007vd6p)
Series 10
As Advertised on the Telly
The cheeky schoolboy sees double when he helps out with a TV commercial. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From November 1966.
SUN 13:00 Kind Hearts and Coronets (b007jnpv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today]
SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pbx1f)
Ed Reardon's Week: Pulp Non-Fiction
No writer knows more about free loading than the master of the abusive email. Stars Christopher Douglas. From January 2005.
SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pbx1h)
Ring around the Bath
Patrick and Stella find their dream house, but will the children scupper their move? Stars Duncan Preston. From September 2003.
SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pbx1k)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?: Strangers on a Train
Old mates Terry Collier and Bob Ferris are suddenly reunited. Adapted from TV with James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. From July 1975.
SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pbx1m)
The Galton and Simpson Playhouse: The Offer
The original script that sparked the triumphant 'Steptoe and Son'. Stars Freddie Jones and John Thomson. From January 1999.
SUN 16:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pbx1p)
Dad's Army: Don't Forget the Diver
The platoon don crazy camouflage in a drill to attack Captain Square's HQ. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From February 1975.
SUN 17:00 How Tickled Am I? (b007k4rl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 17:30 The Groucho Letters (b00c03hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Planet B (b00pbx1r)
Series 2
Paradise Hazard
Welcome to Happy Valley, the perfect environment for Planet B residents to live forever! Lioba and Kip marry, move in, and begin to raise a family. But it's harder to live the dream in this thoroughly modern community than it looks.
Lioba …. Tessa Nicholson
Kip …. Joseph Cohen-Cole
Cerberus …. Chris Pavlo
Vicar …. Ewan Hooper
Everett …. Bruce Alexander
Tom …. Nigel Hastings
Brenda …. Melissa Advani
Madeline …. Keely Beresford
Doctor …. Rhys Jennings
Voice of Planet B …. Adjoa Andoh
Written by Steve Sunderland.
Director: Jessica Dromgoole.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
SUN 18:30 Man in His Time (b007ym13)
Episode 1
The hazards of space travel and its impact back home. The sci-fi master's award-winning story, read by Jamie Glover.
SUN 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007k0vq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 19:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007vd6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 20:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus) (b00ct1wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 21:15 Short Stories by John McGahern (b00pbv14)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
SUN 21:30 Winston (b00pbv78)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Red Dwarf (b00pbx1t)
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
Episode 2
Now a lowly technician on a spaceship, and five years from Earth, Dave Lister is in love. Read by Rimmer himself - Chris Barrie.
SUN 22:30 The Now Show (b00pbx1w)
Fresh from 4 - Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical look at the week's news. From 4th December 2009.
SUN 23:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007tdvz)
Series 1
Episode 3
The musical comedian presents his selection of some of the finest comic songs. With guest Hils Baker. From August 2005.
SUN 23:30 Son of Cliche (b00pbx1y)
Weird Magazines
Spoofing student life and a meaty mammal.
Sketch comedy with Chris Barrie, Nick Maloney and Nick Wilton.
Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.
Producer: Alan Nixon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.


MONDAY 14 DECEMBER 2009

MON 00:00 Planet B (b00pbx1r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Man in His Time (b007ym13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Kind Hearts and Coronets (b007jnpv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pbx1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pbx1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pbx1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pbx1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pbx1p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 14/12/2009 (b00pbx3k)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jmrm)
Series 2
If the Cap Fits
Captain Mainwaring decides to promote fractious Private Frazer with some unexpected results.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John Laurie as Private Frazer, Ian Lavender as Private Pike and Arnold Ridley as Godfrey.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1975.
MON 08:30 Dead Ringers (b00c0g2m)
BBC changes are revealed and the team go on 'Location, Location, Location'.
MON 09:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007s5dn)
The Great Sermon Handicap
Can Bertie Wooster beat the odds of disaster in an unusual betting syndicate?
PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Revrend Heppenstall ..... Maurice Denham
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Eustace ..... David Jason
Claude ..... Jonathan Lynn
Cynthia ..... Carol Marsh
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973.
MON 09:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007xvlm)
Series 1
Episode 3
Flywheel's assistant Ravelli gets kidnapped, but will the shady lawyer pay the ransom?
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990.
MON 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzdv)
The Pickwick Club
The Pickwick Club, named in honour of the man who traced to their source the mighty Ponds of Hampstead and agitated the scientific world with his Theory of Tittlebats - was made up of the illustrious man himself, the susceptible Tracy Tupman, the poetic Snodgrass and the sporting Winkle.
Their intention was to travel and so to extend the sphere of their observations, to the advancement of knowledge and the diffusion of learning.
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Starring Freddie Jones as Mr Pickwick, Paul Chapman as Mr Jingle, Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs Bardell, Simon Cadell as Charles Dickens.
Snodgrass ... Stephen Thorne
Winkle ... Philip Bond
Tupman .... .Michael Graham Cox
Mr Wardle ... Jack May
Miss Rachael ... June Whitfield
Joe .... Michael Troughton
With John Bryans, Malcolm Gerard, Michael Goldie, Jane Knowles, Alan Laurence, Kenneth Shanley, Jonathan Scott and Michael Tudor Barnes.
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
MON 11:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ct506)
The Affairs
Beautiful Emma Bovary is planning to elope with her lover, Rodolphe.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Felicite ...... Sarah Jane Hallworth
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
MON 11:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cq1d6)
The Redhill Sisterhood
Autumn,1897: Victorian undercover agent Loveday Brooke investigates a group of nuns who appear to have forsaken their vows - and taken to burglary.
From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.
Catherine Louisa Pirkis' mystery stars Gayanne Potter as Loveday Brooke, Paul Young as Inspector Gunning, Neil McKinven as Sergeant Blaine, Noreen Leighton as Sister Monica and Lucy Paterson as Sister Anna.
Dramatised by Roger Danes.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jmrm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jr9f)
Home Is the Hero
Bob's fiancee Thelma is appalled by the return of Terry to his home town after seven years.
Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. With Sheila Fearn and Peter Whitman.
Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley.
Producer: John Browell
Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in the BBC's Archive Treasure Hunt in 2003.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1975.
MON 13:00 Cadfael (b007jlcr)
The Virgin in the Ice
1. Casualties of War
Shrewsbury, Winter in the year 1139: Amid a civil war, medieval sleuth Brother Cadfael sets out to find a missing boy and his sister.
Starring Philip Madoc as Brother Cadfael.
Written by Ellis Peters and dramatised in five parts by Bert Coules.
Narrator … Sir Michael Hordern
Brother Cadfael … Philip Madoc
Hugh Beringar …. Douglas Hodge
Leonard …. Leonard Fenton
Olivier …. Raad Rawi
Ermina …. Moira Buffini
Ives …. Dean Magri
Elyas …. Crispin Letts
Abbot Radulfus …. John Church
Other parts played by Jonathan Tafler, Steve Hodson, Eric Allen, Julian Rhind-Tutt and David Holt.
Music by Peter Salem.
Producer: Phil Clarke.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1992.
MON 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00db5kw)
Episode 6
When Mipps re-appears on the scene, daring smuggling runs soon follow. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's Kent-based adventure featuring pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
MON 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpqr)
Living Without Children
Tragic tales of separation and loss, as Katie Hickman introduces more letters charting the lives of diplomatic families.
MON 14:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00ckcqk)
Faith and Hope Go Shopping
Bored with daily life, two friends plan to escape Meadowbank Old People's Home. Short story read by June Whitfield.
MON 14:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pcd1l)
Episode 6
Mike has left university and his career as a journalist is about to begin. But always there's Jennifer. Read by Douglas Hodge.
MON 14:45 Just William (b007jtxk)
Series 1
William Holds the Stage
The scruffy schoolboy presents his Hamlet - or is it his Eggs and Bacon? Read by Martin Jarvis.
MON 15:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00pcd1n)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien featuring The Snow Spider, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Millions.
MON 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007s5dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 17:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007xvlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp1w)
Earthsearch II
Megalomania
An android built by the computers on the spaceship Challenger suffers from severe logic failure
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Kraken ...... Crawford Logan
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1982.
MON 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jw0t)
Episode 10
At Sir Oliver Carminowe's house, Roger visits the captive Isolda and comes up with a daring plan. Read by Julian Wadham.
MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jmrm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jr9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Cadfael (b007jlcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
MON 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00db5kw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
MON 21:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ct506)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cq1d6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Dead Ringers (b00c0g2m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 22:30 The Boosh (b007jmf4)
Stolen
Zookeepers Howard Moon and Vince Noir try to catch an animal thief at Bob Fossil's Zoo - with the help of a deer costume.
Written by and starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt,
The Boosh is a surreal adventure based on the Perrier Award-winning comedy show, featuring Howard and Vince's battles with zoo manager Bob Fossil.
Vince is a regular 'Mowgli in flares' due to his affinity with animals and adoration for all things Seventies, whereas Howard likes to think he's more the brains of the duo, destined for better things.
Howard Moon ...... Julian Barrattt
Vince Noir ...... Noel Fielding
Bob Fossil ...... Rich Fulcher
Graham ...... Lee Mack
Bloke ...... Simon Evans
After BBC radio gave them their big break with this series, they transferred to BBC TV where The Mighty Boosh ran for three series.
Producer: Danny Wallace.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
MON 23:00 The Mark Steel Solution (b007k1j1)
Series 3
Immigration
The radical comedian proposes deportation for everyone born in England. From August 1995.
MON 23:30 The Tape Recorded Highlights of a Humble Bee (b00pcd1q)
'The Pandeban' and 'Feeling Iffy'
A hapless, jazz-loving insect's audio diary of his mainly uneventful life. With Mark Williams and Tim Whitnall. From July 2003.
MON 23:45 Truly, Madly, Bletchley (b0082dgp)
Series 2
Episode 2
The public access cable radio show hosted by the District councillors. Stars Liz Frazer and Julian Dutton. From February 1999.


TUESDAY 15 DECEMBER 2009

TUE 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp1w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jw0t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Cadfael (b007jlcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00db5kw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ct506)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cq1d6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpqr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00ckcqk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pcd1l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:45 Just William (b007jtxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 15/12/2009 (b00pchz2)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007jmsx)
Series 13
Opportunity Knockers
Will a star be born? The crew audition for a talent contest aboard HMS Troutbridge.

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Commanding Officer, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Wren Simkins, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Michael Bates as the Vice-Admiral.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman and George Evans.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1972.
TUE 08:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b009h7n0)
Episode 3
A-ha! Alan Partridge meets France's second-best racing driver Michel Lambert, saucy East End glamour girl Shirley Dee and looks for the lighter side of being held hostage...
Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.
With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan
Assistant researchers:
Patrick Marber
Rebecca Front
Doon Mackichan
David Schneider
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
TUE 09:00 Albert and Me (b007jsm1)
Series 1
The Homecoming
Single dad Bryan gets worried when his son's mum wants to visit.
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Robert Gillespie as the Police Sergeant and Diana Berriman as Rose.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1977.
TUE 09:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b008j8m7)
Series 4
The Technology
Author Gerald and his wife Diana grapple with their domestic appliances..
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife, Diana.
With Edward Kelsey.
Written by Basil Boothroyd.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b008j0hh)
Dingley Dell
'You've got the address, Manor Farm, Dingley Dell, and I undertake that you shall see everything worth seeing. If you've come down for a country life, come to me and I'll give you plenty of it.'
Mr Wardle's generous offer to the Pickwickians was to prove almost too much for them.
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell
Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones
Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond
Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox
Mr Snodgrass .... Stephen Thorne
Jingle .... Paul Chapman
Mr Wardle .... Jack May
Miss Rachael ... June Whitfield
Joe .... Michael Troughton
Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone
Clergyman ... Michael Tudor Barnes
Emily .... Heather Bell
Isabella .... Anne Rosenfeld
Old Mrs Wardle .... Kathleen Helme
Mr Parker ....Timothy Alcock
Mr Staple / Coachman ... Michael Goldie
Mr Trundle / Tom .... Kenneth Shanley
Polly/Fat Lady/Boy ... Jane Knowles
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
TUE 11:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctjz2)
An Unexpected Turn
As part of her convalescence, Charles takes Emma to the theatre in Rouen and life takes an unexpected turn.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
TUE 11:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cq611)
Mr Bovey's Unexpected Will
Miss Florence Cusack, one of Victorian London's most clever and determined private consulting detectives, investigates a case where a man's fate depends on his weight in gold.
From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.
LT Meade and Robert Eustace's mystery stars Elizabeth Conboy as Miss Cusack, Crawford Logan as Dr Lonsdale and Paul Young as Inspector Schilling.
Dramatised by Roger Danes.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007jmsx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Doctor in the House (b007jsz4)
Anatomy
More hospital mayhem, as student medic Simon Sparrow struggles with dissecting bodies
The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor in the House' published in 1952.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans and Norma Ronald as Vera.
Producer: David Hatch
Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968.
TUE 13:00 Cadfael (b007jld1)
The Virgin in the Ice
2. Danger From All Sides
Amid bitter civil war in 1139, detective monk Brother Cadfael makes headway in his medieval crime hunt, but it's mixed news.
Starring Philip Madoc as Brother Cadfael.
Written by Ellis Peters and dramatised by Bert Coules.
Brother Cadfael ...... Philip Madoc
Narrator ...... Sir Michael Hordern
Boterel ...... Andrew Wincott
Leonard ...... Leonard Fenton
Elyas ...... Crispin Letts
Ives ...... Dean Magri
Hugh ...... Douglas Hodge
Ermina ...... Moira Buffini
Olivier ...... Raad Rawi
Other parts played by Jonathan Tafler, John Fleming, Kate Binchy
Music by Peter Salem.
Producer: Phil Clarke.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1992.
TUE 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbblm)
Episode 7
The swashbuckling adventurer becomes the Scarecrow - leader of the smuggling Night Riders. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006 .
TUE 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jprp)
Hard Times
From putting on make-up in the dark to coping with snakebites - Katie Hickman has more from the writings of diplomats' wives.
TUE 14:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00ckz8b)
Last Train to Dog Town
Author Neil K is stranded with the talkative characters of his unfinished Western story. Short story read by Jack Davenport.
TUE 14:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pchz4)
Episode 7
Mike is making a success of his personal life, but then an unsettling side to him is revealed. Read by Douglas Hodge.
TUE 14:45 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.
TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b008j0hh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00pchz6)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien featuring The Snow Spider, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Millions.
TUE 17:00 Albert and Me (b007jsm1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b008j8m7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp29)
Earthsearch II
Earth
The crew of starship Challenger finally locate their planet, but what will they find?
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Peeron ...... George Parsons
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1982.
TUE 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jw0w)
Episode 11
On his next 'trip', Dick learns Joanna has demoted Roger, and the former steward is sheltering Isolda. Read by Julian Wadham.
TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007jmsx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Doctor in the House (b007jsz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Cadfael (b007jld1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbblm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctjz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cq611)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b009h7n0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k3p9)
Series 4
Episode 5
The secret of Stonehenge, and the day truth broke out. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour, with Felicity Montagu. From April 1989.
TUE 23:00 The Harpoon (b007k4cc)
Series 1
Episode 1
From patent cures to whaling for the under 5s.
The nostalgic spiffing spoof of adventure story papers for boys. Hip hip!
With Susie Brann, Alistair McGowan, Mary Elliot-Nelson, Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.
TUE 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007r4mj)
Series 1
Death and the Afterlife
The sci-fi star and inventor explains life's big mysteries. Stars Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From October 1992.


WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2009

WED 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp29)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jw0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Cadfael (b007jld1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbblm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctjz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cq611)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b008j0hh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jprp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00ckz8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pchz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:45 The Digitisation of a Radio Station (b00njktd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 16/12/2009 (b00pcm2s)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzys)
Bill and Father Christmas
It's a far from festive season when Bill overhears the blabbermouth lad. Stars Tony Hancock and Bill Kerr. From December 1958.
WED 08:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00906d7)
Series 3
Episode 3
Change is in the air when Amanda and Richard get happily engaged. But when Lucy and Daniel opt to change their lives, Lucy resolves not to tell anyone.
What Daniel hasn't told Lucy is that he can't keep a secret...
David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.
Starring David Tennant as Daniel, Liz Carling as Lucy, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Katie, Tony Gardner as Andy, Nasreen Hussain as Amanda and Dave Lamb as Richard.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
WED 09:00 Brothers in Law (b007k2fg)
Series 2
In Reverse
Lawyer Roger Thursby is touting for work, meaning some sweet-talking to both Joy and Sally.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, Blake Butler as Alec, Nigel Pegram as Biggs and Andrew Cruickshank as the Judge.
All other parts played by Gerald Cross, William Fox, Garard Green and Peter Tuddenham.
Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson.
Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1971.
WED 09:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k0d2)
Series 1
Survival of the Fittest
Rosie’s company hosts a management team building course. It all goes well until the murder mystery dinner, but it isn't Rosie who makes a killing.
Prunella Scales stars in the first of four series of Simon Brett's sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event-management company based in Brighton.
With Arabella Weir as Kate, Rebecca Callard as Jo, Duncan Preston as Bob, Annette Badland as Tess, Lee Simpson as Barry, Chris Pavlo as Alex and David Holt as Dick.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.
WED 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzhd)
Alarms and Excursions
'I will follow him. How do we know when he is deceiving? He deceived a worthy man once and we were the innocent cause. He shall not do it again, if I can help it.'
Mr Pickwick is determined to expose Alfred Jingle as the rascal he is, but he can be an elusive gentleman.
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell
Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones
Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond
Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox
Mr Snodgrass .... Stephen Thorne
Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone
Job Trotter ...Tim Wylton
Captain Boldwig ... Michael Goldie
Mrs Bardell ... Elizabeth Spriggs
Tommy Bardell .... Heather Bell
Joe .... Michael Troughton
Mr Dodson ... John Gabriel
Mr Fogg ... Michael Tudor Barnes
Mr Jackson ....Peter Wickham
Mr Wicks... Tom Owen
Tony Weller ... John Hollis
Miss Tompkins ...Joan Matheson
Miss Gwyn .... Brenda Kaye
Mr Wardle .... Jack May
Cook ... Jane Knowles
Miss Smethers ... Elizabeth Bell
Goodwin ...Mary Elliott Nelson
Martin ... William Eadle
Hunt .... Kenneth Shanley
Laundress.... Gladys Spencer
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
WED 11:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctlgz)
Torment
Emma's sweet murmurs and kisses ravish Léon's soul, but there seems to Leon something shadowy and ominous slipping between them.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Justin ...... Sam Curtis
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
WED 11:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cqf3n)
The Golden Slipper
The vivacious Miss Violet Strange shines in the best New York society. But, unknown to her friends, she's also a professional agency detective. Here, in a case from 1910, she investigates 'The Inseparables', four rich young women suspected of a series of thefts.
From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.
Anna Green's mystery stars Teresa Gallagher as Violet Strange, Crawford Logan as Driscoll, Lesley Hart as Alicia and Gayanne Potter as Theresa.
Dramatised by Roger Danes.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Foul Play (b007jqy5)
Series 1
Dead Broads Don't Talk
Crime writers Ruth Dudley Edwards and Simon Shaw tackle the case of a redhead shot dead. Written and chaired by Simon Brett.
WED 13:00 Cadfael (b007jldd)
The Virgin in the Ice
3. Found and Lost
As the 1139 English civil war rages in Shropshire, monk-cum-sleuth, Brother Cadfael's brave search for Ermina leads him to the isolated medieval manor of Ledditch.
Starring Philip Madoc as Brother Cadfael.
Written by Ellis Peters and dramatised by Bert Coules.
Brother Cadfael ...... Philip Madoc
Narrator ...... Sir Michael Hordern
Boterel ...... Andrew Wincott
Leonard ...... Leonard Fenton
Elyas ...... Crispin Letts
Ives ...... Dean Magri
Porter ...... Steve Hodson
Hugh ...... Douglas Hodge
Ermina ...... Moira Buffini
Dutton ...... Eric Allan
Music by Peter Salem.
Producer: Phil Clarke.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.
WED 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbj0y)
Episode 8
Charlotte tries to discover the identity of The Scarecrow as an old foe of Christopher's arrives in Kent. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
WED 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jps3)
The Tripoli Plague
The misery and mourning penned in poignant letters by Miss Tully in the 1780s, as the plague claims 35,000 victims. Katie Hickman presents.
WED 14:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl7lx)
Gastronomicon
Disobeying rules for a silver wedding anniversary recipe book sparks unexpected consequences. Short story read by Lynda Baron.
WED 14:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pclp8)
Episode 8
Mike returns to the street where he last saw Jennifer, but his recollections prove disturbing. Read by Douglas Hodge.
WED 14:45 Just William (b007jqrl)
Series 3
William Goes Shopping
The schoolboy is side-tracked when running an errand to get fish for his mother. Read by Martin Jarvis.
WED 15:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzhd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00pcm2v)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien featuring The Snow Spider, Invisible Stanley, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Millions.
WED 17:00 Brothers in Law (b007k2fg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k0d2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp2r)
Earthsearch II
Earthvoice
The crew of spaceship Challenger's search is over, but Earth is not how they left it...
The conclusion of James Follett's cult sci-fi drama.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Peeron ...... George Parsons
Earthvoice ...... Michael Tudor Barnes
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1982.
WED 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jw0z)
Episode 12
After being sedated for five days, Dick discovers his doctor's verdict on the drug. Read by Julian Wadham.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Foul Play (b007jqy5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Cadfael (b007jldd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbj0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
WED 21:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctlgz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cqf3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00906d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Radio Active (b007jx9y)
Series 1
The Late Show, with Mike Channel
Britain's National Local Radio Station, with the HeeBeeGeeBees. Stars Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins. From September 1981.
WED 23:00 Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop (b008y7lg)
Episode 4
Macho men's matters with Steve 'not the snooker player' Davis, including 'Desert Island Birds'. With Dave Lamb. From June 2000.
WED 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jqs7)
Christmas Special
The family face repercussions from a child's innocent gift. Improvised historical saga with Paul Merton. From December 1993.


THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER 2009

THU 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jw0z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Cadfael (b007jldd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbj0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctlgz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cqf3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzhd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jps3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl7lx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pclp8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:45 Just William (b007jqrl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 17/12/2009 (b00pcn0k)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b00fyvxb)
Series 6
The International Christmas Pudding
An eccentric millionaire funds an expedition for fragments of a famous dessert. Stars Spike Milligan. From November 1955.
THU 08:30 Mark Tavener - In the Red (b007jzr4)
Episode 2
Can anarchic BBC reporter George Cragge keep his job and get nearer to the murderer?
London is plagued by a series of bizarre murders of bank managers. Hot on the trail of the killer are an old-style Chief Police Inspector and BBC Radio's anarchic crime correspondent, George Cragge.
A blackly humorous murder mystery set in the world of City finance, the BBC and political parties starring Michael Williams.
Dramatised by Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham from Mark Tavener's novel.
George Cragge ...... Michael Williams
Frank Jefferson ...... Barry Foster
Geoffrey Crichton-Potter ...... Stephen Moore
Henry ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Max ...... Peter Woodthorpe
Controller Radio 2 ...... Stephen Fry
Controller Radio 4 ...... John Bird
Dominic De'ath ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Hercules Fortescue ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Caroline ...... Susie Brann
Andrew James ...... Peter Serafinowcz
With Alice Arnold, Annabel Mullion, Jonathan Keeble and Gavin Muir.
Music by Tony McAnaney.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
THU 09:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3rr)
Series 3
Crime Wave
It all begins with a disappearing car and a little old lady with her hair in a bun...
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
Sam ...... Cyril Shaps
Police Sergeant ...... Crawford Logan
Police Constable ...... John Voce
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.
THU 09:30 The Brothers (b00pcn0m)
Series 3
Mix Tape
Despite a new office, Nigel and Michael still struggle with life. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From February 2007.
THU 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzjn)
Perambulations and Proposals
Romantic encounters spark more confusion for Samuel Pickwick...
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell
Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones
Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond
Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox
Mr Snodgrass .... Stephen Thorne
Jingle .... Paul Chapman
Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone
Tony Weller ... John Hollis
Mr Magnus ... David Sinclair
Job Trotter... Tim Wylton
Miss Witherfield ... Hilda Schroder
Mr Nupkins ... Bruce Purchase
Jinks .... Kenneth Shenley
Muzzle ... Eric Allan
Mary ...Alison Frazer
Miss Nupkins .... Susan Colgrave
Tommy Bardell ... Heather Bell
Grummer... Michael Goldie
Mrs Bardell .. Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs Cluppins ... Cecile Chevreau
Cook ....Deddie Davies
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
THU 11:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctvhj)
Misfortune
By dint of buying on credit and never paying, by constantly trying to fill the void in her inner life, Emma finds herself in serious trouble...
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Felicite ...... Sarah Jane Hallworth
Maitre Guillaumin ...... Russell Dixon
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
THU 11:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cql2n)
The Law and the Lady
From the author of 'The Woman in White' and 'The Moonstone', the sensational, Gothic tale of Valeria Woodville's quest to clear her husband of murdering his first wife.
From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.
Wilkie Collins' mystery stars Abigail Docherty as Valeria Woodville, Richard Conlon as Eustace and Ralph Riach as the Reverend Starkweather.
Dramatised by Roger Danes.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b00fyvxb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00f40lw)
Series 1
Episode 1
Quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs plus TV and cinema parodies in the debut show.
Written and performed by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall, Bill Oddie and Anthony Buffery.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Bill, Graeme and Tim went on to become BBC TV's The Goodies and John Cleese helped found Monty Python's Flying Circus. David Hatch went on to be a producer, Controller and then Managing Director of BBC Radio. Jo Kendall later featured in The Burkiss Way.
Songs by Bill Oddie and Hugh Macdonald.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1964.
THU 13:00 Cadfael (b007jldr)
The Virgin in the Ice
4. The Wolves' Nest
Brother Cadfael searches for Ives Hugonin and Brother Elyas who are missing in a blizzard.
Starring Philip Madoc as Brother Cadfael.
Written by Ellis Peters and dramatised by Bert Coules.
Brother Cadfael ...... Philip Madoc
Narrator ...... Sir Michael Hordern
Ermina ...... Moira Buffini
Leonard ...... Leonard Fenton
Hugh ...... Douglas Hodge
Le Gaucher ...... Peter Laird
Ives ...... Dean Magri
Olivier ...... Raad Raw
Outlaw ...... Jonathan Adams
Soldier ...... Steve Hodson
Sergeant ...... Jonathan Tafler
Other parts played by the cast.
Music by Peter Salem.
Producer: Phil Clarke.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.
THU 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbqwq)
Episode 9
The Dragoons attempt to foil the swashbuckling smugglers' plan - but tragedy lies ahead. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
THU 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpsk)
Dangers
Memories of revolution in Romania, kidnapping in Uruguay and assassination in Dublin. Katie Hickman presents.
THU 14:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl6vd)
The Ugly Sister
A Cinderella pantomime character wonders if her own Prince Charming is in the audience. Short story read by Lesley Sharp.
THU 14:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pd1nv)
Episode 9
Fourteen years after Jennifer's disappearance, the truth is finally revealed. How will Mike cope? Read by Douglas Hodge.
THU 14:45 Completely Crackers (b00pd1nx)
Episode 1
Comedian Linda Smith discovers how the wrapper, bang, joke, hat and gift in Christmas crackers came to be. From December 2001.
THU 15:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00pd1nz)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien featuring Invisible Stanley, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Millions.
THU 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3rr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 17:30 The Brothers (b00pcn0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Doctor Who (b00nlyg5)
Sisters of the Flame
Someone is attempting to resurrect the past - and they need a Time Lord to help them achieve it. Stars Paul McGann.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b00fyvxb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00f40lw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Cadfael (b007jldr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbqwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctvhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cql2n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Mark Tavener - In the Red (b007jzr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Little Britain (b008jdxn)
Series 1
Episode 4
Back where it started out, Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit - without the cameras.
THU 23:00 The Shuttleworths (b008hq68)
Specials
Plonker's Baby
Singer John Shuttleworth struggles to put his nativity play on in the lounge. Stars Graham Fellows. From December 2002.
THU 23:30 Mark Tavener - Absolute Power (b007q93w)
Series 1
Episode 3
Prentis McCabe - the machiavellian doctors of spin – get involved in the race for London Mayor.
Mark Tavener's comedy about the two specialists in government and media relations.
Starring Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss and John Bird as Martin McCabe.
With:
Tony Gardner
Siobhan Hayes
Colin McFarlane
Hugh Parker
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.


FRIDAY 18 DECEMBER 2009

FRI 00:00 Doctor Who (b00nlyg5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Cadfael (b007jldr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbqwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctvhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 The Lady Detectives (b00cql2n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl6vd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pd1nv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:45 Completely Crackers (b00pd1nx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 18/12/2009 (b00pd385)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b007jx2c)
Series 1
Episode 6
Co-stars Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims are none too impressed with The Kenneth Williams Exhibition outside in the foyer.
With announcer, Douglas Smith.
After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.
Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Myles Rudge
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1969.
FRI 08:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jrz3)
Series 1
A Fete Worse than Death
Robin and Wendy continue their unhealthy obsession with a model village in their garage.
When inspiration strikes for a son et lumière display, what could possibly go wrong?
Written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall.
Robin ...... Simon Greenall
Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Maureen ...... Debra Stephenson
Derek ...... Phil Cornwell
Receptionist ...... Jo Enright
Man ...... Ewan Bailey
Woman 1 ...... Arianwen Flores
Woman 2 ...... Zoe Allen
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
FRI 09:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxfm)
Reasonably Together Again
The humorous singing quartet of David Barlow, Peter Christie, Miles Kington and Alan Maryon-Davis entertain. From April 1985.
FRI 09:30 Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf (b007szbr)
Episode 2
As Whovian Toby Hadoke's comic TARDIS odyssey continues - will the Time Lord return to TV? With Colin Baker. From July 2007.
FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzkz)
Christmas and a Wedding
Back from Ipswich, Samuel Pickwick prepares for his Christmas visit to Dingley Dell...
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell
Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones
Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond
Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox
Mr Snodgrass .... Stephen Thorne
Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone
Tony Weller .... John Hollis
Mrs Weller .... Stella Tanner
Mr Stiggins .... Christopher Benjamin
Mr Wardle --- Jack May
Old Mrs Wardle .... Kathleen Helme
Emily .... Heather Bell
Isabella .... Anne Rosenfeld
Arabella Allen .... Rosalind Ayres
Ben Allen ..... Tim Piggott Smith
Bob Sawyer .... Nigel Anthony
Joe .... Michael Troughton
Emma ... Jane Knowles
Coachman ... Michael Goldie
Mr Trundle .... Kenneth Shanley
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
FRI 11:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cvbj4)
Mounting Debts
Emma has tried and exhausted every effort to repay her debts, but feels that she's left with only one course of action...
Gripping conclusion of the French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness.
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
CharlesConrad Nelson
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Berthe Bovary ...... Daisy Jones
Victor Lariviere ...... Martin Reeve
Justin ...... Sam Curtis
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
FRI 11:15 Renny Krupinski - No Problem (b007jw1g)
An idyllic holiday runs into problems as Beth and Simon get stuck in an airport. Stars Renny Krupinski and Belinda Sinclair.
FRI 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b007jx2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 At Home With Hinge and Bracket (b008jw8g)
Episode 1
Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion, Dr Evadne Hinge, invite you to eavesdrop on some informal music and conversation.
Joining them in the music room is international operatic soprano Rosalind Plowright.
Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1990.
FRI 13:00 Cadfael (b007jldz)
The Virgin in the Ice
5. Discoveries
Detective monk Brother Cadfael discovers outlaws have taken Ives Hugonin prisoner.
Conclusion starring Philip Madoc as Brother Cadfael.
Written by Ellis Peters and dramatised by Bert Coules.
Brother Cadfael ...... Philip Madoc
Narrator ...... Sir Michael Hordern
Ermina ...... Moira Buffini
Leonard ...... Leonard Fenton
Hugh ...... Douglas Hodge
Le Gaucher ...... Peter Laird
Ives ...... Dean Magri
Elyas ...... Crispin Letts
Axeman ...... Peter Gunn
Boterel ...... Andrew Wincott
Other parts played by the cast.
Music by Peter Salem.
Producer: Phil Clarke.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.
FRI 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbwts)
Episode 10
The devastated daredevil sets out to take revenge on his enemies - one by one. Concluded by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
FRI 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpt1)
Unforgettable Days
From Japanese cherry blossoms to the splendour of Russian Society - Katie Hickman's magical moments of the diplomats' wives.
FRI 14:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl32x)
Fule's Gold
After 40 years teaching creative writing, sneaky Mr Fisher discovers a masterpiece. Short story read by Stephen Moore.
FRI 14:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pd387)
Episode 10
Mike adapts to his new life - considering a troubling past, while contemplating his future. Read by Douglas Hodge.
FRI 14:45 Completely Crackers (b00pd389)
Episode 2
Linda Smith concludes her panoramic investigation with a visit to the World Cracker Pulling extravaganza. From December 2001.
FRI 15:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00pd38c)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien featuring The Dribblesome Teapots: The Dragon Who Cheated, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and The Mousehole Cat.
FRI 17:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf (b007szbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Doctor Who (b00pd38f)
The Vengeance of Morbius
Great danger faces the Universe. The Time Lord and his assistant may have to sacrifice everything to save it. Stars Paul McGann.
FRI 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b007jx2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 At Home With Hinge and Bracket (b008jw8g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Cadfael (b007jldz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbwts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cvbj4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Renny Krupinski - No Problem (b007jw1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jrz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Flight of the Conchords (b007k0r4)
Pop Song
The Kiwi band want to pen a song for a teen idol without selling out.
Improvised comedy from the satirical pop pair, as they align with established comics to poke fun at all aspects of pop music.
Rob Brydon narrates the musical odyssey.
Starring New Zealand musical comedy duo, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.
With:
Rhys Darby
Neil Finn
Greg Proops
Emma Kennedy
Mark Goodier
Additional Material by Joel Morris.
Musicians: David Catlin-Birch and Mark Allis.
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2005.
FRI 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b007k0g6)
Series 1
Holby City
The author needs a new roof, so his agent sorts him a pitch to write for TV. Stars Christopher Douglas. From January 2005.
FRI 23:30 The 99p Challenge (b007js9y)
Series 3
Episode 4
Crazy panel show capers as host Sue Perkins grills Tom Binns, Peter Serafinowicz, Nick Frost and Marcus Brigstocke.
The game where someone stands to leave the studio 99p richer than when they came in.
Written by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley.
Producer: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.