Marmee leaves to care for Father and Beth falls ill. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
Dorothy befriends the Scarecrow, the Tinman and the Lion on the Yellow Brick Road. Stars Barbara Barnes and Maureen Lipman.
Captain Mainwaring is horrified when some prisoners of war escape from a camp.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Fraser …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
General Monteverdi …. Cyril Shaps
Captain Turner …. John Ringham
Prisoner of War …. Sion Probert
Announcer …. John Snagge
Renaissance Italy's Prince Ludovico buys a cannon, and Princess Plethora wants to confess. Stars David Swift. From April 2001.
Stationmaster Horace Hepplewhite is warned to expect a VIP, but events take a surprising turn.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Kenneth Connor as Valentine/ Bradshaw/Updike and train driver, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Ian Lavender as Bert, John Baddeley as Prince Abdul.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Ben's exhausted after working hard on his company’s new bedtime drink. So he and his wife Helen plan a holiday...
The improving story of life and improving times in an improving neighbourhood.
Helen ...... Paula Wilcox
Ben ...... David Wood
Mrs Kelly ...... Pay Heywood
Alastair ...... Tony Millan
Kevin ...... Stuart Organ
Julian ...... Mark Wing-Davey
Maureen ...... Miranda Forbes
Doctor ...... Robert Rietty
Sissy and Rachael go looking for Stephen Blackpool - tragedy follows. Tom's crime is uncovered and Gradgrind tries to save his son with Sleary's help.
Mrs Sparsit claims victory over 'The Noddle'.
Conclusion of Charles Dickens's 1854 classic about struggles in the industrial north, dramatised by Doug Lucie.
Thomas Gradgrind ...... Kenneth Cranham
Josiah Bounderby ...... Philip Jackson
Mrs Sparsit ...... Eleanor Bron
Helen Longworth ...... Louisa
Blitzer ...... Declan Wilson
Tom ...... Richard Firth
Sissy ...... Lydia Tuckey
Stephen ...... Alan Williams
Rachael ...... Becky Hindley
Mrs Pegler ...... Marcia Warren
Sleary ...... Derek Waring
Music by Nina Perry.
The playwright recounts his career through some amazing stories he never completed. With Maureen Lipman and Brian Blessed.
A novelist is losing readers. But then he encounters two hardened criminals breaking into his house. Starring Richard E Grant.
Harold Steptoe is furious when his date Roxanne is late for dinner.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962.
The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series on TV.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Roxanne ...... Marion Stone
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield thinks she's moving closer to a solving the murder mystery, but her internet tormentor has other ideas...
The conclusion of Nick Fisher's atmospheric thriller.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Julie Enfield, Geoffrey Matthews as Dad, Ross Livingstone as DS Lawrence Evans, Denys Hawthorne as Goodfellow and Jane Whittenshaw as Charmaine.
The backlash from Myra Savage's kidnap stunt catches up with her at a seance. Anton Lesser concludes Mark McShane's thriller.
When a special gun is auctioned, one collector is alarmed to end up facing the wrong end of the barrel. Read by Joe Dunlop.
Nigel Williams explores the practicalities of very different people's daily journeys to work, on planes through to ferries.
Jo Morris meets two boardroom headhunters Jill Carrick and Andrew Garner, who bring workers and businesses together. From 1998.
The writer reminisces about his 1940s Leeds childhood, and the time his father was taken seriously ill.
Author and music lover Nick Hornby reads from his own book about his favourite tracks - including the song he's played the most.
Kirsten O'Brien presents The Countess's Calamity by Sally Gardner, Switchers by Kate Thompson, and A Handful of Magic by Stephen Elboz.
Earthquakes rock Australia. Seismologist Sam stumbles into a top secret world - and uncovers a nightmare.
Simon Bovey's sci-fi thriller stars Geoffrey Beevors as Carl Walker, David Thorpe as Nick Bowman, Beth Chalmers as Belinda Preedy, Clare Corbett as Sam Rideout and Matthew Dyktinski as Joshua Patamerri.
Australia gets thirty to forty earth tremors a year. Yet they've had that many in the past two months alone. Seismologist, Sam Rideout and her outback guide Joshua Patamerri track them to an epicentre inside the old British nuclear test site, Maralinga.
Joshua is half Aboriginal and this is a sacred place to his people. But it's now a top secret facility researching the use of infrasound as a weapon, and the source of the tremors - which Carl Walker, head of the project, wants to eliminate involving a mysterious death...
6. Shock
Crushed by his dog's death, Robert's vampire quest continues, with a shock in store.
Richard Matheson's 1954 cult classic set in 1976 USA. One of the 20th century's most significant vampire novels, combining sci-fi and horror.
Read by Angus McInnes.
Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.
Expectant mum Geraldine is angry, Shona is upset and Yvette feels queasy. Stars Keith Allen and Kathy Burke. From January 1996.
The host presents a comic lecture and sketches. With Debbie Issit and Stephen Frost. From November 1993.
The Bobo girls take to the stage with music and comedy. Starring Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam. From December 1989.
TUESDAY 16 MARCH 2010
TUE 00:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwkl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k10v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl8s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Mark McShane - Seance on a Wet Afternoon (b00rdsz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:45 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007lnpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:45 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009qx1x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld (b00rdspc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens (b0081w2g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Parsley Sidings (b007k1b0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Semi Circles (b007jts2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqrn)
Aunt March Settles the Question
Father returns for Christmas and Meg gets a proposal. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
TUE 05:30 L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz (b00pk92c)
Episode 2
Dorothy and friends face danger on the way to the Emerald City. Stars Barbara Barnes and Maureen Lipman.
TUE 06:00 16/03/2010 (b00rdxdv)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b00cqkpr)
Cuts are afoot at the BBC, while The Glums get all nostalgic. Starring Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield.
TUE 08:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b008h696)
Series 2
Up on the Roof
Landing a job performing in a prison, will Robert finally get a captive audience?
John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.
Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
With:
Stephen Garlick
Jane Slavin
Donald Gee
David Ryall
Charles Simpson
Marcia Warren
Moray Watson
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1990.
TUE 09:00 After Henry (b007k2z7)
Series 2
Bedside Manners
Poorly Sarah's in hospital and must cope with visits from her mother and daughter.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Gerry Cowper as Clare, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell and Deborah Findlay as the Sister.
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1986.
TUE 09:30 Two Doors Down (b0089m6j)
Series 1
The Height of the Iguana
Horrified residents of Marlborough Road discover Sally might be leaving them. They could never survive their own chaos without her.
Meanwhile, the free range children plan revenge on Victor...
Conclusion of series one of Annie McCartney's sitcom.
Starring Frances Tomelty as Sally, Ali White as Saffron, Marcella Riordan as Clare, Robert Patterson as Tony, Roma Tomelty as Miss Black, Katy Gleadhill as Evie, Gerard Murphy as Fintan, Alan Mckee as Victor, Bethan Lloyd as Anna, Patrick Gleadhill as Simon, Emily Walmsley as Layla, Joel McElnay as Ben, Alfie Lloyd as Sam and Gerard McSorley as Trevor.
Director: Tanya Nash
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2001.
TUE 10:00 Sword of Honour (b007k215)
Episode 1
With the Second World War looming, emigre aristocrat Guy Crouchback returns to England. Stars Hugh Dickson and Hugh Burden.
TUE 11:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rp4x)
Alternative Comedy
The playwright recalls entertaining the idea of being a comic, and some unusual student shows. With Christian Rodska.
TUE 11:15 Dave Sheasby - The Amazing Ratman Story (b007mb5v)
An old man has a tale to tell about a piper, a mare and a town plagued with rats.
But no one wants to listen, unless his story makes good TV...
Dave Sheasby's drama stars Bernard Cribbins as Jack, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Kate, Colin Salmon as Gruchen, Giles Fagan as Dave and Andrew Wincott as Nurse Downs.
Music composed and performed by Keith Waite.
Director: Pam Fraser Solomon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b00cqkpr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 For Better or for Worse (b00gfsmm)
Series 1
Episode 3
Sweethearts Bernard and Iris scour the neighbourhood for his sulking dad.
Gorden Kaye and Su Pollard star in Vince Powell’s sitcom about the turbulent relationship of an odd couple.
Iris ...... Su Pollard
Bernard ...... Gorden Kaye
Wilf ...... David Ross
Daisy ...... Paula Tilbrook
Police Sergeant ...... Peter Wheeler
Doreen ...... Julie Higginson
Tommy ...... Roger John-Lee
Writer Vince Powell (1928–2009) scripted a number of popular TV sitcoms including Love Thy Neighbour, For the Love of Ada and Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width.
Produced in Manchester by Mike Craig.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1993.
TUE 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wltd)
Leaves of the Dead
1. Proverbs and Punctures from Hell
Feisty detective superintendent Julie Enfield investigates an inexplicable killing at the British Library in London.
Imelda Staunton stars as Julie Enfield in Nick Fisher’s atmospheric four-part thriller.
Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe
Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw
Richard Baker ...... Ioan Meredith
Arthur Morton ...... Stephen Thorne
Tony ...... Sean Baker
Terry Faulkner ...... Hugh Dickson
Sal ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast
Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon
Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
TUE 13:30 P Division (b00rdypv)
Two Way Cut
Episode 1
Discovering a corpse early one morning on Glasgow's Maryhill Road is not out of the ordinary - but one that PC Hamilton finds very different.
Stars Martin McCardie as PC Phil Hamilton, Jake D'Arcy as DS Sussock, Crawford Logan as DI Donoghue, Edith Ruddick as Mrs MacIntyre and Joyce Falconer as Mrs Douglas,
Published in 1988, this is Peter Turnbull's fifth 'P' Division novel about his Glaswegian cops.
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
Producer: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
TUE 14:00 Journey Into Language (b00dk3vs)
The Journey Begins
Linguistics teaching pioneer Professor Eric Hawkins recalls how his path of learning started out in 1920s Liverpool.
TUE 14:15 Matchmakers (b007k256)
Bone Marrow
Jo Morris hears how leukaemia sufferer Anna Lisa found a bone marrow match from 40-year-old Howard from Yorkshire. From 1998.
TUE 14:30 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007k4mn)
Eating Out
The writer recalls the menu revolution of 1950s Britain, which saw the arrival of frothy coffee and cocktail parties.
TUE 14:45 31 Songs (b007jzpz)
Episode 2
Nick Hornby reveals his favourite tracks - including the debt he owes to Rod Stewart - and stories in songs.
TUE 15:00 Sword of Honour (b007k215)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00rdzyt)
Kirsten O'Brien presents The Countess's Calamity by Sally Gardner, Switchers by Kate Thompson, and A Handful of Magic by Stephen Elboz.
TUE 17:00 After Henry (b007k2z7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Two Doors Down (b0089m6j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwks)
Silent Roar
The Colonel persuades Sam and Joshua to help him in his deadly infrasound project. Stars Clare Corbett and Matthew Dyktynski. From February 2006.
TUE 18:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k125)
7. Suspicion
*** THIS EPISODE WAS ORIGINALLY DUE TO BE BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA LAST FRIDAY, BUT WAS POSTPONED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH **
Earth's last living man's shock discovery leaves him feeling deeply suspicious.
Richard Matheson's 1954 cult classic set in 1976 USA. One of the 20th century's most significant vampire novels, combining sci-fi and horror
Read by Angus McInnes.
Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2006.
TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b00cqkpr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 For Better or for Worse (b00gfsmm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wltd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 P Division (b00rdypv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rp4x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Dave Sheasby - The Amazing Ratman Story (b007mb5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b008h696)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00rdzyw)
Series 1
Raising Keenan
Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary's Glasgow corner shop sitcom. Owner Ramesh tackles a young tearaway. From October 2007.
TUE 23:00 The Ape That Got Lucky (b0080nk7)
Social Development
The real story of the human brain.
According to scientists, it’s developed to help us cope with our unpleasantly complicated social lives.
A spoof exploration of the fascinating subject of human evolution.
Starring Chris Addison.
With Professor Austin Herring (aka Geoffrey McGivern ), Jo Enright and Dan Tetsell.
Written by Chris Addison and Carl Cooper.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
TUE 23:30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once (b007jrj4)
Series 1
Organathon
Eddie attempts a record-breaking electronic organ session for charity while son Jason receives a mysterious letter...
The lives of the Stockport-based, Conroy family - in series 1 of Jim Poyser and Damian Lanigan's comedy drama.
Starring Dominic Monaghan as Jason, John McArdle as Eddie, Beverley Callard as Maureen. Jason Done as Michael, Jo-Anne Knowles as Debbie, Chris Pavlo as Hugo, Brian Poyser as Brian and Richard Davies as Mr Owen.
Music: Big George
Producer: Neil Mossey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.
WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH 2010
WED 00:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwks)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k125)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wltd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 P Division (b00rdypv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rp4x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Dave Sheasby - The Amazing Ratman Story (b007mb5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Sword of Honour (b007k215)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 After Henry (b007k2z7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Two Doors Down (b0089m6j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008czt5)
The First Wedding
Amy has grand hopes for an upmarket social gathering. Sequel to Little Women stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
WED 05:30 L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz (b00pr5y8)
Episode 3
Dorothy and friends must kill the Wicked Witch of the West to finally get their wishes granted. Stars Maureen Lipman.
WED 06:00 17/03/2010 (b00rf1cq)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxyr)
The Idol
Feeling tired of the Lad's big-headedness, Bill and Moira decide it's time to teach him a lesson.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr and Sidney James.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954
WED 08:30 The Alan Davies Show (b0085k82)
Episode 2
Struggling actor Alan minds his girlfriend's talented stunt-dog.
The trouble is, it eats everything in sight...
Alan Davies stars in his own six-part sitcom.
Written by Ben Silburn, Tony Roche and Alan Davies.
Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona
With Debra Stephenson and Dave Lamb.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
WED 09:00 Second Thoughts (b008p4zq)
Series 1
Match of the Day
Jealous Faith is swamped with advice over how best to deal with Bill and his ex-wife Liza
Starring Lynda Bellingham as Faith and James Bolam as Bill.
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Series one of four inspired by the real lives of husband and wife writers, Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off series Faith in the Future.
Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hilary ...... Celia Imrie
Liza ...... Belinda Lang
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
WED 09:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dpspn)
Series 3
The Queen of Song
A showcase concert for a local diva turns into a headache for organiser Rosie Burns.
Rosie is asked to arrange a showcase concert for a new potential rival to Celine Dion.
The girl has plenty of money, but what about talent?
Another assignment for Rosie Burns and the event management company, where the clients are only part of the problem...
Written by Simon Brett.
Rosie ..... Prunella Scales
Jo ..... Rebecca Callard
Bob ..... Duncan Preston
Tess ..... Annette Badland
Robert ..... Simon Trinder
Cath Unger ..... Felicity Goodson
Terry ..... Colin Sell
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2002.
WED 10:00 Sword of Honour (b007k23v)
Episode 2
With Guy Crouchback disgraced after battle training, the fearsome Brigadier appears. Stars Hugh Dickson and Patrick Troughton.
WED 11:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rr73)
Wild Pigs of Thorngumbald
The playwright recalls how his career as an architect ended early, but not before an animal encounter. With Christian Rodska.
WED 11:15 CW Hill - Killing Maestros (b007w5g0)
Jinxed with mysterious deaths - Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde is the 'Scottish Play' of the opera world.
Conductor Sergei Bodanov convinces himself that he too will suffer from the Opera's course, and tells his therapist that he has six weeks to cure him of this 'evil' before the first performance...
Christopher William Hill's drama starring Bill Nighy as Sergei Bodanov, Henry Goodman as Dr Carl Lieberman, Lorelei King as Ruth Lieberman, Sylvestra Le Touzel as Laura van Helden and Andrew C Wadsworth as Emile Danacre.
Pianist: Colin Guthrie
Director: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009sdcy)
Series 1
Episode 6
Comeback singing duo Tommy and Sheila hit stormy waters performing on a cruise ship.
Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another...
Mike Coleman's sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson and Chris Pavlo.
Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.
WED 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nn2k)
Leaves of the Dead
2. Stacks and Baps and Amulets
Feisty detective superintendent Julie Enfield begins to unravel the murder in the British Library when she learns of a second killing - a new "mummy" in the Egyptian rooms...
Imelda Staunton stars as Julie Enfield in Nick Fisher’s atmospheric thriller.
Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe
Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw
Ken ...... Ioan Meredith
Tony ...... Sean Baker
Terry Faulkner ...... Hugh Dickson
Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast
Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon
Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
WED 13:30 P Division (b00rfgz6)
Two Way Cut
Episode 2
A headless body without a speck of blood on it has Glasgow's 'P' Division cops puzzled. Just who was the strange hunched figure that PC Hamilton saw running along by the canal...?
Stars Alec Monteath as DCI Finnlater, Crawford Logan as DI Donoghue, Andrew Conlan as DC Tony Abernethy and Robert Carlyle as DC King.
Published in 1988, this is Peter Turnbull's fifth P Division novel about his Glaswegian police force.
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
Producer: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
WED 14:00 Journey Into Language (b00dk921)
Listening to Lorca
Renowned linguist Professor Eric Hawkins recalls studying in France and Germany during the 1930s rise of fascism.
WED 14:15 Matchmakers (b007k26h)
The Rosebreeder
Jo Morris spends a spring with Amanda Beales, who spends hours hybridising roses for commercial growing. From 1998.
WED 14:30 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnmy)
Aunt Eveline
The writer shares post-war memories of his relatives. They may not have been colourful, but they were definitely eccentric.
WED 14:45 31 Songs (b007jzr9)
Episode 3
Nick Hornby shares his thoughts on the art of the pop song - with his views on the works of Bob Dylan.
WED 15:00 Sword of Honour (b007k23v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00rfhld)
Kirsten O'Brien presents The Countess's Calamity by Sally Gardner, Switchers by Kate Thompson, and A Handful of Magic by Stephen Elboz.
WED 17:00 Second Thoughts (b008p4zq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dpspn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 18:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwkz)
Dreamtime Is Over
What is being built out in a remote Australian desert? And what havoc will it wreak? Stars Clare Corbett and Matthew Dyktynski. From February 2006.
WED 18:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k14x)
8. Regret
Worried that Ruth has the vampire plague, last man on Earth Robert Neville regrets being so candid.
Richard Matheson's 1954 cult classic set in 1976 USA. One of the 20th century's most significant vampire novels, combining sci-fi and horror
Read by Angus McInnes.
Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2006.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009sdcy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nn2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
WED 20:30 P Division (b00rfgz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
WED 21:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rr73)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 CW Hill - Killing Maestros (b007w5g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 The Alan Davies Show (b0085k82)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00f3xy1)
Series 1
Episode 3
Confronted with a jungle cobra, the comedian's life flashes before his eyes. With Alexander Armstrong. From September 1998.
WED 23:00 Masala FM (b007jyfv)
Episode 2
Maz Mazoo gets an offer from Radio Fun FM, Madoona, the Asian Madonna is intent on making her mark on Masala FM, and Shanta's sick of the pair of them.
Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal
Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.
Music by Nitin Sawhney.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.
WED 23:30 Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (b00mf2n3)
What a Flirt
The tall, life-embracing, self-effacing clown has much to learn about retail and men. With Patricia Hodge. From August 2008.
THURSDAY 18 MARCH 2010
THU 00:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k14x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nn2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 P Division (b00rfgz6)
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THU 02:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rr73)
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THU 02:15 CW Hill - Killing Maestros (b007w5g0)
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THU 03:00 Sword of Honour (b007k23v)
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THU 04:00 Second Thoughts (b008p4zq)
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THU 04:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dpspn)
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09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008czvf)
The Big, Busy World
Meg faces marriage troubles, while Jo triumphs in her writing. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
THU 05:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rfqhm)
Episode 1
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic tale finds young Mary sent to England after the tragic death of her parents. Stars Beryl Reid.
THU 06:00 18/03/2010 (b00rfqhp)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jmny)
Series 6
Foiled by President Fred
Gas meter inspector Neddie Seagoon heads to South America over an unpaid bill.
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 November 1955.
THU 08:30 In the Balance (b007k1g5)
Episode 2
Will the BBC's maverick hack George Cragge catch the murderer - or last orders?
Mark Tavener's six-part sequel to his comedy thriller 'In the Red' set in the world of football, the BBC and party politics.
With Europe becoming a hot potato can the Prime Minister hold on to his job? To make matters worse England are hosting the World Cup and a killer is on the loose.
Starring Michael Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as Superintendent Jefferson and Jeremy Clyde as the PM.
With Robert Bathurst, Tracy Ann Oberman, Jim Carter, Peter Woodthorpe, Susie Brann and Christian Rodska.
Music by Paul Mottram
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1997.
THU 09:00 Up the Garden Path (b0081t4t)
Series 2
The View from the Bridge
When confused Izzy meets her fiancé Charles's friend Bill, they hit it off straight away...
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.
An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Charles ...... David Robb
Bill ...... Neil McCaul,
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Gwyn ...... Dafydd Hywel
Sharon ...... Melissa Wilson
Lorraine ...... Catherine Clarke
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
THU 09:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
Series 3
Episode 1
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel stays in a haunted mansion. With guest star Spike Milligan as The Mayor of Witchfield.
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.
Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli.
With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Dick Vosburgh.
Written by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
THU 10:00 Sword of Honour (b007k255)
Episode 3
The Brigadier sparks confusion as Abthorpe's 'thunderbox' chemical toilet arrives. Stars Hugh Dickson and Norman Rodway.
THU 11:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009s8mt)
Episode 4
The playwright recalls a never-realised bleak opera and a film meant to star Rex Harrison. With John Woodvine.
THU 11:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book (b007jw2l)
Sophia recalls the holidays spent with her grandmother on an island in the Gulf of Finland. Stars Phyllida Law and Sophie Thompson.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jmny)
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THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00rfqxx)
Series 3
Episode 1
Swinging London cockney-style - and some incredible ears. Sketches and songs with John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, David Hatch and Jo Kendall. Music from Dave Lee and his band.
Now fully restored for repeat on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Produced by Humphrey Barclay.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966.
THU 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nnhx)
Leaves of the Dead
3. Welcome To The Nightmare
Feisty detective superintendent Julie Enfield probes a third killing. Could it be a ritual murder?
Imelda Staunton stars as Julie Enfield in Nick Fisher’s atmospheric thriller.
Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe
Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw
Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast
Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon
Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
THU 13:30 P Division (b00rfr3b)
Two Way Cut
Episode 3
Samuel Lurinaky was a law abiding accountant and deeply in love with a lady from the Orient. So why was he murdered and what does the owner of the Zambesi nightclub have to do with it?
Stars Eliza Langland as WPC Elka Willems, Jake D'Arcy as DS Ray Sussock, Frank Gallagher as DC Malcolm Montgomery, Paul Morrow as PC Wanless, Sedhar Chozam as Chi Chiu Lorinksi and Crawford Logan as DI Donoghue.
Published in 1988, this is Peter Turnbull's fifth P Division novel about his Glaswegian cops.
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
Producer: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
THU 14:00 Journey Into Language (b00dkhnt)
Trampling Flat the Frontiers
Renowned linguist Professor Eric Hawkins recalls how being a wartime soldier influenced his future ethos in the classroom.
THU 14:15 Matchmakers (b007k27s)
Adoption
Jo Morris follows Rod and Dee as they embark on adopting disabled twins, with their social worker's help. From 1998.
THU 14:30 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnng)
Unsaid Prayers
Scared of infection from the communion chalice, the writer recalls his Anglican faith throughout army and university life.
THU 14:45 31 Songs (b007jzsl)
Episode 4
Author and music lover Nick Hornby reveals more of his favourite tracks - and laments the underappreciated art of the songwriter.
THU 15:00 Sword of Honour (b007k255)
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THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00rgf18)
Kirsten O'Brien presents The Countess's Calamity by Sally Gardner, Switchers by Kate Thompson, My Life by Allen Saddler and A Handful of Magic by Stephen Elboz.
THU 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b0081t4t)
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09:00 today]
THU 17:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
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09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwl8)
Blowback
Nick battles to find the person responsible for his lover Belinda's death. Stars Clare Corbett and Matthew Dyktynski. From February 2006.
THU 18:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k167)
9. Attack
With the new society on the attack, Robert Neville refuses to leave his house.
Richard Matheson's 1954 cult classic set in 1976 USA. One of the 20th century's most significant vampire novels, combining sci-fi and horror
Concluded by Angus McInnes.
Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2006.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jmny)
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08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00rfqxx)
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12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nnhx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 P Division (b00rfr3b)
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13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009s8mt)
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11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book (b007jw2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 In the Balance (b007k1g5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jh6jp)
Series 1
I Say, I Say, I Say
Disabled comedian Bill finds popularity once more and embarks on one final gig. Owen Evans' monologue from September 2000.
THU 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007jwml)
Series 1
War
Xanthippe's luck is in as the war-like, sex-mad Spartans arrive in Ancient Athens. Stars Stephen Moore. From January 2001.
THU 23:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b008kxnk)
Episode 6
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero eavesdrop on Radio 4 newsreaders after hours, and visit the Planet of the Grapes. From May 2000.
FRIDAY 19 MARCH 2010
FRI 00:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k167)
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18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nnhx)
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13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 P Division (b00rfr3b)
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13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009s8mt)
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11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book (b007jw2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Sword of Honour (b007k255)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Up the Garden Path (b0081t4t)
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09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
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09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3c2)
Our Foreign Correspondent
Our Foreign Correspondent: Amy heads to Europe, while Jo makes a friend in New York. Stars Buffy Davis, Gayle Hunnicutt and Anne Marie Zola.
FRI 05:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rglts)
Episode 2
Will orphaned Mary ever find her way into the locked garden? Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic tale, with Harriet Walter.
FRI 06:00 19/03/2010 (b00rgltv)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00rgltx)
Series 2
Episode 5
Two Hell's Angels woo a waitress, and love is in the air in the Smith Report.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and 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 Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer.
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1970.
FRI 08:30 Delve Special (b007k4nj)
Series 2
Double Agent Russell Nicholson
Reporter David Lander interviews notorious double agent Russell Nicholson at his luxury home in Bulgaria.
Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.
Studio production by Andrew Sachs, Jack Klaff, Brenda Blethyn and Felicity Montague.
Dramatic reconstruction by Robert Bathurst and Tony Robinson.
Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet.
Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer
Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1985.
FRI 09:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp51)
Series 1
Episode 3
Struggling writer Nick's mate Craig proves a headache, while Vince the geranium encounters a bee.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon Mackichan and Alison Sterling.
Producer: Jon Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.
FRI 09:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k390)
Episode 6
The Royal Dingle Company re-enact the Bard's great cinematic moments. Stars Patrick Barlow and Lionel Blair. From October 1995.
FRI 10:00 Sword of Honour (b007k26g)
Episode 4
All battalion leave is cancelled, as Guy Crouchback finds himself sent into action. Stars Hugh Dickson and Patrick Troughton.
FRI 11:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009scn3)
Contrasting Phone Calls and the Beatles
Two late-night phone calls bring playwright Alan Plater very different news, as he concludes his own story. With Christian Rodska.
FRI 11:15 Say What You Want to Hear - The Endgame (b00rgpbq)
The Endgame: Two website entrepreneurs' madcap adventures continue. Tim Wright's drama features listeners' own phrases. Stars Ewan Bailey.
FRI 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b00rgltx)
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FRI 12:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrb0)
The Stackton Faggot
The dear ladies try to save the Mayor's cricket pavilion. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1982.
FRI 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nwbj)
Leaves of the Dead
4. Pyramids In The Spider
Rendered unconscious, detective superintendent Julie Enfield has been injected with a deadly drug.
Are Lawrence Evans and her dad in a position to help?
Conclusion of Nick Fisher’s atmospheric thriller starring Imelda Staunton as Julie Enfield.
Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe
Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw
Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast
Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon
Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott
Arthur Morton ...... Stephen Thorne
Richard Baker ...... Ioan Meredith
Sal ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Terry Faulkner ...... Hugh Dickson
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
FRI 13:30 P Division (b00rgnxh)
Two Way Cut
Episode 4
Donoghue has enough evidence to arrest Stein - but where is he? Louise wants to make a statement about the murder and Elka Willems is going to tell Mrs Salisbury about her daughter's illness.
Stars Frank Gallagher as DC Malcolm Montgomery, Robert Carlyle as DC King, Eliza Langland as WPC Elka Willems, Ginni Barlow as Mrs Sailisbury, Mary Ann Reid as Mrs Steen, Jake D'Arcy as DS Ray Sussock and Crawford Logan as DI Donoghue.
Published in 1988, this is Peter Turnbull's fifth P Division novel about his Glaswegian cops.
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
Producer: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
FRI 14:00 Don't Hang Up (b00kv7w3)
Phone boxes around the country are randomly called by presenter Alan Dein. Passing strangers answer and share their stories.
FRI 14:15 Matchmakers (b007k291)
Millionaires' Cupid
Jo Morris meets headhunter Heather Heber Percy, who runs an exclusive dating agency for the wealthy - but lonely. From 1998.
FRI 14:30 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnnz)
No Mean City
The writer concludes his reminiscences of post-war Leeds, and describes the hold it's always maintained on him into adulthood.
FRI 14:45 31 Songs (b007jztw)
Episode 5
Author and music lover Nick Hornby concludes his list of favourite tracks - including the work of Ian Dury and Patti Smith.
FRI 15:00 Sword of Honour (b007k26g)
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10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00rgpbt)
Kirsten O'Brien presents The Countess's Calamity by Sally Gardner, Too Many Rabbits by Paul Jennings, My Life by Allen Saddler, and A Handful of Magic by Stephen Elboz.
FRI 17:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp51)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k390)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwlh)
Can You Hear That
Can You Hear That: The colonel plans to fire the sonic weapon and risk a global catastrophe. Stars Clare Corbett and Matthew Dyktynski. From February 2006.
FRI 18:30 Bill Murphy - Vostok (b007jzm4)
Three intrepid divers plunge into the world's last unexplored Antarctic lake. Stars Stuart Milligan and Ingvar Sigurdsson.
FRI 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b00rgltx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nwbj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 P Division (b00rgnxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009scn3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Say What You Want to Hear - The Endgame (b00rgpbq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Delve Special (b007k4nj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b008gcmp)
Series 2
Episode 5
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis spotlight surfer rage and Jack Nicholson's stomach. With guest Iain Pattinson. From August 1999.
FRI 23:00 The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show (b007jm86)
Romeo and Juliet
The other RSC brings you the tale of two Italian kids who kill themselves. Plus the Sound Effect of the Day. From May 1994.
FRI 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00rgpbw)
Series 1
Gold Card
John Weak puts the man into management.
He's randy, devious, sexist and drink-sodden, a high-powered marketing director with the morals of a skunk, the skin of a rhino and the brain of a one-celled organism.
Alexander Armstrong stars as John Weak in Guy Browning’s sitcom.
John Weak ...... Alexander Armstrong
Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Tim Smallwood ...... Ewan Bailey
Debbie ...... Colleen Prendergast
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.