SATURDAY 08 MAY 2010

SAT 00:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner (b007jrtt)
Last Chance
Unless the tainted blade and Prince Mephtik are destroyed within two days, Jarral will die...
Conclusion of Douglas Hill's sci-fi fantasy dramatised in four parts by Wally K Daly.
Starring Eric Allen as Jarral the man, James Holland as Jarral the boy, Elizabeth Bell as Archer, Ben Onwukwe as Carver, Hugh Dixon as Prince Mephtik, Susan Sheridan as Mandra, David Bannerman as Yorrold, James Thomason as Cryltor Tabatang, Bret Usher as Flammarock, Richard Pierce as Whiney, Anne Windsor as Innkeeper, with Nigel Carrington and Charles Millom as Soldiers.
Special effects by Dick Mills.
Music by Peter Howells of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Producer: Peter Fozzard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.
SAT 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2m4)
Hell Screen by Ryunosuke Akutagawa 2/2
Arrogant painter, Yoshi-hidday, puts his daughter's life in terrible danger.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa's chilling horror story concluded by Togo Igawa.
Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories from around the world.
Translator: Jay Rubin
Director: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2007.
SAT 01:00 Dick Francis (b007ncw9)
Proof
8. Connections
Tony Beach and his detective chum Gerard MacGregor attempt to unearth the true identity of Paul Young. Stars Nigel Havers.
Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach in the gripping conclusion of Dick Francis's thriller.
Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers
Gerard …. George Parsons
Paul Young …. Stuart Organ
Chief Sup. Wilson …. Manning Wilson
Dramatised by Ernest Dudley
Producer: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1987.
SAT 01:30 Wimsey (b00s9f4w)
Have His Carcase
2. Lord Peter Sets a Trap
Murder or suicide? Upper-class sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey must trace a vital clue - a battered old razor.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Alistair Beaton
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Antoine …. Malcolm Ingram
Salcombe Hardy …. Patrick Newell
Doris …. Carole Harrison
Charis …. Deirdre Costello
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Producer: Martin Fisher.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.
SAT 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s9f4r)
Episode 30
The Serpent tempts Eve to taste the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Stars Ian McDiarmid and Federay Holmes.
SAT 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlwk)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Abbey Grange
Inspector Hopkins blames burglars for murdering Sir Eustace Brackenstall, but the sleuth is not so sure. Stars Clive Merrison.
SAT 03:00 David Wade - Alexander (b00cfwr8)
The Hunt of the God King
Alexander pursues Darius, conquers Egypt and falls in love with Barsine.
David Wade's six-part serial on the life of Alexander the Great
Alexander ...... Michael Maloney
Hephaistion ...... Alex Jennings
Achilles ...... Barry Foster
Patroclus ...... Simon Ward
Ptolemy ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Philotas ...... Michael Onslow
Perdikkas ...... Mark Straker
Simmias ...... John Evitts
Philip ...... Sean Barrett
Lysimachos ...... Keith Drinkel
Eumenes ...... James Telfer
Artzbazus ...... Philip Anthony
Barsine ...... Teresa Gallagher
Sisygambis ...... Diana Payan
Thais ...... Rachel Atkins
The Eunuch ...... Richard Pearce
Music: Wilfredo Acosta
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1993.
SAT 04:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007w3j9)
Episode 4
A ladykiller woos Mrs Drummond and Nicola is determined to find the right present for her dad Jack's birthday.
Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Simon Greenall as Andy and Finetime Fontayne as Arthur.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
SAT 04:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007ncw8)
Series 3
Episode 3
The much-loved comedy duo celebrate Britain's "greatest living writer" - Ernie.
With Marion Montgomery.
Written by Eddie Braben.
Music by Peter Knight and his Orchestra.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1977.
SAT 05:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kj22m)
Series 5
Episode 30
Comedy and music from Nashville, with guests Brad Paisley and the Sam Bush Band. Lake Wobegon suffers an invasion of turkeys.
SAT 06:00 08/05/2010 (b00sb96d)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00sb96g)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring Out of the Ashes by Michael Morpurgo, and Vernon Bright and the End of the World by Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore.
SAT 09:00 Charles Dickens (b00sb96j)
Sketches by Boz: Series 2
Horatio Sparkins
The socially ambitious Maldertons are delighted when their unmarried daughter receives the attentions of the romantic Mr Sparkins.
But who exactly is he?
Gloriously comic stories of London Life by Charles Dickens - dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.
Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Mr Malderton ...... DavidHaig
Mrs Malderton ...... Tessa Worsley
Teresa Malderton ...... Sarah-Jane Holm
Thomas Malderton ...... Adrian Schiller
Horatio Sparkins ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Flamwell ...... Patrick Barlow
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999
SAT 09:30 Catch a Falling Star (b00l169w)
Leo Enright tells the story of the 'last meteorite of the millennium' which fell on Ireland in 1999. From February 2002.
SAT 10:00 The One Ronnie: Ronnie Barker on the Radio (b007jxc6)
Barry Cryer celebrates the great comedian's radio career. Features: Funny That Way, Floggit's, The Navy Lark, Not To Worry, Lines from my Grandfather's Forehead and At The Beeb.
SAT 13:00 Martyn Read - The Folly (b00mz47c)
Somerset, 1770: Sir Morton Makepeace is devising a play, but his unruly characters disrupt the plot and threaten the building of his Folly.
Martyn Read's rollicking comedy stars Freddie Jones as Sir Morton Makepeace.
With Elizabeth Spriggs as Clarissa, Lady Mountjoy, Clive Swift as Reverend Wormald, Michael Cochrane as Robert Sutherland, Joanna Myers as Caroline Makepeace and Karl James as Thomas.
Director: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.
SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00m4tv0)
Dick Francis's Proof
Dodgy wine, a missing racehorse and a body at a restaurant: Wine merchant Tony Beach is in the thick of it. Stars Nigel Havers.
SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00m4tv2)
Dick Francis's Proof
Mystery for Tony and Flora - is her son back from Australia? And can a diary unlock the mystery? Stars Nigel Havers.
SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00m4tv4)
Dick Francis's Proof
Wine merchant Tony Beach has to deal with some unwanted visitors to his store. Stars Nigel Havers.
SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00m4tv6)
Dick Francis's Proof
Kenneth Junior makes a request from hospital, and Tony learns more about the mysterious Paul Young. Stars Nigel Havers.
SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00m4tv8)
Dick Francis's Proof
Tony Beach and his detective chum Gerard MacGregor attempt to unearth the true identity of Paul Young. Stars Nigel Havers.
SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kj22m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
SAT 18:00 JG Ballard - The Recognition (b007jqxc)
What is the story behind the bizarre circus that rolls into town one Midsummer's eve? Fantastical tale read by Michael Maloney.
SAT 18:30 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00mtm6q)
Impostor
By Phillip K Dick. A paranoid scientist's identity crisis. Britain's leading sci-fi exponent chooses his favourite stories. Read by Peter Marinker.
SAT 18:45 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00mz47v)
Prott
by Margaret St Clair. Telepathic horror for a female astronaut. Britain's leading sci-fi exponent presents his favourite stories. Read by Catherine Cusack.
SAT 19:00 Charles Dickens (b00sb96j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 19:30 Catch a Falling Star (b00l169w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 20:00 The One Ronnie: Ronnie Barker on the Radio (b007jxc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 23:00 Kate Brannigan - Clean Break (b0089bqv)
Fast-talking private eye Kate Brannigan is not amused when thieves steal a Monet painting from a stately home where she's arranged the security.
Kate sets off on a chase that takes her across Europe bringing her head-to-head with organised crime.
Val McDermid's Manchester-based thriller stars Charlotte Coleman.
Kate Brannigan ...... Charlotte Coleman
Richard Barclay ...... John Lloyd Fillingham
Alexis Lee ...... Noreen Kershaw
Michal Haroun ...... Joseph Jones
Dennis O'Brien ...... Geoff Hinsliff
Henry Naismith ...... Rob Pickavance
Lord James Ballantrae ...... Martin Reeve
Della Prentiss ...... Kathryn Hunt
Producer: Melanie Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.


SUNDAY 09 MAY 2010

SUN 00:00 JG Ballard - The Recognition (b007jqxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00mtm6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 00:45 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00mz47v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Martyn Read - The Folly (b00mz47c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 JM Barrie - The Little White Bird (b00sbcdt)
A young boy becomes the 'son' a retired bachelor never had, so sparking the creation of Peter Pan. Stars Michael Siberry.
SUN 04:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kj22m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Charles Dickens (b00sb96j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Catch a Falling Star (b00l169w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 09/05/2010 (b00sbcr5)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00sbcr7)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring Lily Quench and the Dragon of Ashby by Natalie Jane Prior, read by Helen Lederer.
SUN 09:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost - Omnibus (b00sbcr9)
Episode 6
Raphael welcomes Adam's offer to tell his own story. Epic poem starring Linus Roache, John Rowe and Godfrey Kenton.
SUN 10:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jy4d)
Series 2
The Cowslip Field
The tale of a tender moment among the spring flowers for Pacey and her young charge. Read by David Neal.
SUN 10:30 Winston (b007qq36)
Winston Comes to Town
Line of Communication
Cunning rogue Winston has stowed away in a yellow removal van to follow the family to London.
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 in January 1990.
SUN 11:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b007jzwm)
David Croft
Recalling his career, the late 'Dad's Army' co-creator reveals his musical past with songs from John Le Mesurier and Arthur Lowe.
SUN 12:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jpmz)
When in Rome
The Bishop regrets inviting the Dean to his birthday dinner.
Starring Robertson Hare as the Archdeacon, William Mervyn as the Bishop, Jonathan Cecil as Bishop's Chaplain - the Reverend Mervyn Noote and John Barron as the Dean. With Joan Sanderson as Mrs Pugh-Critchley.
The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio.
Written for radio by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1972.
SUN 12:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007k13n)
Series 8
Help, It's a Girl
The cheeky schoolboy faces his biggest fear when he has to take a girl to school. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From January 1965.
SUN 13:00 JM Barrie - The Little White Bird (b00sbcdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today]
SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ksztx)
Beachcomber...By the Way
JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From July 1991.
SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sbcdw)
World of Pub
For the Queen's visit, Dodgy Phil books her beloved Chas & Dave - but can they make it? Stars John Thomson. From March 1998.
SUN 15:15 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sbcdy)
A Wet Handle
Ivor Cutler and friends with poems and songs, including the tale of a yellow fly and shoplifting with a twist. From June 1997.
SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sbcf0)
An Actor's Life for Me: Neighbours
Robert discovers that not everybody needs good neighbours. Stars John Gordon Sinclair and Gina McKee. From February 1993.
SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sbcf2)
Any Bloke: Males on Wheels
How will Phil overcome his jealousy while partner Sarah is in Paris? Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin. From October 1993.
SUN 16:30 The News Quiz (b00sbcf4)
Series 71
Episode 3
Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over the latest news events. From 30th April 2010.
SUN 17:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b007jzwm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 18:00 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00sbcdr)
Episode 7
The Doctor Who TV producer concludes his memoirs, secretly writing for the series and tinkering with the famous theme tune.
SUN 18:30 The Price of Fear (b007jmk9)
Fish
Movie legend Vincent Price takes the bait, and tells a tale of horror from Down Under. Shark and chips, anyone?
Starring Bill Kerr, Bruce Beeby, Amanda Murray and Lewis Fiander.
Written by Rene Basilico.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1973.
SUN 19:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jpmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 19:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007k13n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 20:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost - Omnibus (b00sbcr9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 21:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jy4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
SUN 21:30 Winston (b007qq36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00dr4t0)
Controlling the Universe
Chris Addison goes on a journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation and explains exactly what we need to create a new one.
In the opening episode, he investigates the notion of a controllable universe.
With:
Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern)
Jo Enright
Dan Tetsell
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.
SUN 22:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b00sbcrc)
Series 3
Mary Shelley
The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of the life and career of the creator of Frankenstein. From October 2002.
SUN 23:00 A Series of Psychotic Episodes (b00fn9hm)
Episode 4
What keys think, and a thumb-sized comedian. The surreal world of Miriam Elia, with Joanna Neary. From November 2008.
SUN 23:15 Witty and Twisted (b00sbcrf)
Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows
The investigative journalist probes the National Lottery and the UK's biggest losers. Stars Stephen Carlin. From March 2007.
SUN 23:30 Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio (b007k1dk)
Series 1
Episode 3
The adventures of Rutherford Lodge - sketches and monologues from comedy duo Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig. From December 2005.


MONDAY 10 MAY 2010

MON 00:00 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00sbcdr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Price of Fear (b007jmk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 JM Barrie - The Little White Bird (b00sbcdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ksztx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sbcdw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:15 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sbcdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:15 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sbcf0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sbcf2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 The News Quiz (b00sbcf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sbf7g)
Away to Neverland
London,1904: A strange visitor transforms the Darling household one bedtime.
Starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan, Ron Moody as Mr Darling / Hook, June Whitfield as Mrs Darling, Roy Hudd as Smee and Chris Emmett as Starkey.
Dramatist: Philip Glassborow
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
MON 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00sbf7j)
Episode 6
The two adventurers make their home on the river, but can Jim hold on to his dreams of freedom? Narrated by Martin T Sherman.
MON 05:45 Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (b007k05g)
1. Little Water Wanderer
The birth and the beginning of an eventful cubhood in the Devon countryside - seen through the eyes of a young otter.
Nicholas Farrell reads Henry Williamson's classic tale of otter life, first published in 1927.
Abridged in five episodes by Sally Marmion.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
MON 06:00 10/05/2010 (b00sbf7l)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jpp4)
Series 3
The Honourable Man
With a visitor due from the Soviet Union - Captain Mainwaring is feeling peeved with Sergeant Wilson.
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 Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Russian Visitor ...... Fraser Kerr
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976.
MON 08:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00sbf7q)
Series 2
Royal Wedding Blues
All is not well in Monte Guano. Countess Rosalie has confessed she no longer loves Prince Ludovico - sending him into a terrible rage.
Can Princess Plethora save the day?
Second series of the comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy devised by Neal Anthony.
Written by Roger Danes.
Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Graham Crowden as Francesco, Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, Nick Romero as Salvatore and Chris Kelham as Guido.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.
MON 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0089jcr)
Series 2
Episode 2
JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From July 1991.
MON 09:30 Capital Gains (b007r5d3)
Series 1
Venture Capital
Absconding with £4,601,740.72 of someone else's money proves more challenging than it sounds for Julius Hutch.
Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.
Written by Collin Johnson.
Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham
Peter Fang ...... Peter Whitman
News Reader ...... Collin Johnson
Kate ...... Justine Midda
Producer: Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.
MON 10:00 David Wade - Alexander (b007q9by)
Great Son of Ammon
The King confronts and conquers, as he faces the end of the span of years allotted by The Fates.
Conclusion of David Wade's serial on the life of Alexander the Great
Alexander ...... Michael Maloney
Hephaistion ...... Alex Jennings
Achilles ...... Barry Foster
Patroclus ...... Simon Ward
Ptolemy ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Philotas ...... Michael Onslow
Perdikkas ...... Mark Straker
Bagoas ...... Matthew Sim
Artzbazus ...... Philip Anthony
Krateros ..... David Thorpe
Simmias ...... John Evitts
Kalas ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Oxyartes ...... John Hollis
Kalanos ...... Renu Setna
Kallisthenes ...... Jonathan Adams
Page ...... James Telfer
The Fates ...... Rachel Atkins
The Fates ...... Jill Graham
The Fates ...... Dana Payan
Music: Wilfredo Acosta
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1993.
MON 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sbh9f)
Episode 31
Eve persuades Adam to taste the Forbidden Fruit. Epic poem starring Federay Holmes, Linus Roache and Denis Quilley.
MON 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlx3)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Second Stain
The Prime Minister asks the sleuth to recover a letter vital to national security. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jpp4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00sbh9h)
Series 1
The Bath
Harold's plan for a proper bathroom upset his father Albert.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold.
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 was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1966.
MON 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxfw)
One, Two Buckle My Shoe
Episode 1
The terrified Belgian detective pays a visit to his dentist. But he can hardly anticipate the gruesome events to follow ...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
First published in 1940 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Alfred ...... Tom George
Morley ...... Matthew Devereaux
Miss Sainsbury Seale ...... Joanna McCallum
Chief Inspector Japp ...... Philip Jackson
Georgina Morley ...... Caroline Wildi
Gladys Nevill ...... Sophie Arnold
Reilly ...... Stephen Tomkinson
Alistair Blunt ...... Philip Franks
Jane Olivera ...... Amanda Waring
Original music composed by Tom Smail.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
MON 13:30 Wimsey (b00sbmdy)
Have His Carcase
3. A Dutiful Son
Keen to unmask the killer on the beach, the upper-class sleuth ponders the motives of Henry Weldon.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur detective created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Alistair Beaton
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Henry Weldon …. Warren Clarke
Mrs. Weldon …. Isabel Dean
Mrs. Le Franc …. Betty Marsden
Mr. Bright …. Norman Bird
Antoine …. Malcolm Ingram
Salcombe Hardy …. Patrick Newell
Leila Garland …. Rosalind Ayres
Pollock …. Peter Tuddenham
Luis da Soto …. Haydn Wood
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.
MON 14:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00dyb0m)
Series 1
Mind the Gaps
The bizarre adventures of Edna Turner in London's parallel city of Undone.
Series one of Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Billy/Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Marlboro /Bouncer ...... Dan Antopolski
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2006.
MON 14:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k30x)
The White People by Arthur Machen
The nature of good and evil and the origins of sin are explored as two learned gentlemen hold a heated theological debate...
Arthur Machen's intriguing tale read by Ioan Meredith and Louise Collins.
Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories from around the world.
Director: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2007.
MON 15:00 Deborah Cadbury - The Dinosaur Hunters (b00bf0l8)
Episode 1
A bitter 19th-century feud between Gideon Mantell and Richard Owen to uncover a buried prehistoric past. Read by Emma Fielding.
MON 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sbpg0)
Learn to Die
Exploring a thousand years of British childhood, Michael Morpurgo examines Puritanism and the effects of the Reformation.
MON 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007jv9y)
Episode 1
A farming community must cope with the death of wife and mother Caro Meredith. Robin Ellis reads Joanna Trollope's story.
MON 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1mj)
Episode 1
Hope Clearwater reflects on her life, while she studies wild chimpanzees in Africa. Award-winning novel read by Fiona Shaw.
MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sbpg2)
Chris Pizzey presents children's stories featuring Meteorite Spoon by Philip Ridley, Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry and Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.
MON 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0089jcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 17:30 Capital Gains (b007r5d3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00dyb0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
MON 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k30x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jpp4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00sbh9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
MON 20:30 Wimsey (b00sbmdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
MON 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sbh9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlx3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00sbf7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 22:30 On Baby Street (b00sbpg4)
Series 3
Episode 1
The babies are now toddlers and their parents' lives are changing. Sitcom stars Jenny Eclair and Frances Barber. From July 1998.
MON 23:00 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4wm)
Series 2
Barrington Comprehensive
The management consultants try reversing the fortunes of an inner city school. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2002.
MON 23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fvg6h)
Eight Miles Low
In a series of lectures, rock musicologist and part-time media studies tutor Brian Appleton attempts to assert his rightful place in the music history books.
Charting the beginnings of Brian's influence on the rock world when, as a young boy, he met apprentice gravedigger Rod Stewart in Highgate cemetery and, with the help of a maggot, gave him the idea for Maggie May...
A six-part comedy series written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.
MON 23:45 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k4tl)
What She Did
Roger McGough's poetic reflections on the perennially fruitful topic of love.
With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.
Recorded at the Bath Festival.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000.


TUESDAY 11 MAY 2010

TUE 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00dyb0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k30x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Wimsey (b00sbmdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sbh9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlx3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 David Wade - Alexander (b007q9by)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0089jcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Capital Gains (b007r5d3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sbrl0)
In the Mermaid's Lagoon
The mischievous boy and the children arrive in Neverland.
Starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan, Ron Moody as Mr Darling / Hook, Georgina Cates as Wendy, Roy Hudd as Smee and Chris Emmett as Starkey.
Dramatist: Philip Glassborow
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
TUE 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00sbrl2)
Episode 7
Huck and Jim take pity on two men on the run, but are they really who they say they are? Classic tale read by Martin T Sherman.
TUE 05:45 Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (b007k06r)
2. Confused and Alone
The young cub becomes confused when his mother abandons him, but a new friend awaits.
Nicholas Farrell reads Henry Williamson's classic tale of otter life, first published in 1927.
Abridged in five episodes by Sally Marmion.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
TUE 06:00 11/05/2010 (b00sbrl4)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b00f839k)
A West End musical spoof, plus trouble over a ring for the Glums. Stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From February 1959.
TUE 08:30 The In Crowd (b00sbrl6)
Series 3
Episode 1
Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward are the strange personalities who make up the In Crowd.
Meet the travel agent who won't let anyone go further than Lowestoft and the army officer who can't wait to offer himself up as the first to be eaten in a crisis.
Plus the cultural hooligans who smash up beautiful things, and Wendy Clapper who thinks a trip to see the Northern Lights means a weekend in Blackpool.
Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store.
Producer: Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
TUE 09:00 After Henry (b007k4gw)
Series 3
Lines of Communication
'It's been wonderfully peaceful. Or it would have been if I hadn't felt so guilty all the time.'
Sarah and her mother Eleanor wage a war of attrition, until Russell steps in.
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.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
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 October 1987.
TUE 09:30 Bristow (b00cnhyq)
Series 1
Sun, Sea and Sabotage
The buying clerk's traditional summer plans are threatened by the arrival of a new boy at Chester Perry's.
Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows it.
Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years from 1961.
Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Post Boy ...... Simon Schatsberger
Check-in ...... GirlKatie Odie
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.
TUE 10:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fwcz7)
Episode 1
When prophet Fiver predicts doom for their warren, not all the rabbits will listen. Stars Simon Chandler and Tom George.
TUE 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sbrl8)
Episode 32
God sends his Son to judge Adam and Eve, after they partake of the Forbidden Fruit. Stars Godfrey Kenton and Robert Glenister.
TUE 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlxn)
His Last Bow
Wisteria Lodge
Voodoo rituals and mystery disappearances spark a gruesome riddle for the detective. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b00f839k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lh5tp)
Series 1
Episode 3
Vic Reeves hosts, as Sean Lock, Liz Smith, Suggs and Patrick Kielty answer questions from the audience. From July 2007.
TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxg0)
One, Two Buckle My Shoe
Episode 2
The Belgian sleuth's dentist has been found shot dead in his surgery.
Chief Inspector Japp reckons there are several very plausible suspects...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Chief Inspector Japp ...... Philip Jackson
Gladys Nevill ...... Sophie Arnold
Alistair Blunt ...... Philip Franks
Jane Olivera ...... Amanda Waring
Mr Barnes ...... Patrick Godfrey
Howard Raikes ...... Robert Portal
Frank Carter ...... Dominic Colchester
Original music composed by Tom Smail.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
TUE 13:30 Wimsey (b00sbqhr)
Have His Carcase
4. The Snake in the Grass
The upper-class sleuth exchanges harsh words with Harriet Vane - and a dinner date leads to a shocking revelation.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur detective created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Henry Weldon …. Warren Clarke
Blacksmith …. Ronald Herdman
Judd …. Spencer Banks
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.
TUE 14:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxgx)
Series 1
Unappreciated
Edna Turner meets a man, makes a friend and learns more about the bizarre parallel city of Undone.
Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Billy/Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Kate ...... Montserrat Lombard
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
TUE 14:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00h73hy)
The Door in the Wall by HG Wells
Daydreamer Lionel Wallace’s encounters with an unlocked door as a young child continue to prey on his mind as an adult.
At different times in his life, the door temptingly reappears. But when a golden opportunity arrives, is Lionel brave enough to turn his back on the world he knows for a better life?
Anton Lesser reads HG Wells' story.
Some of the best sci-fi/fantasy writers in a series of fantastic journeys featuring flights of fancy, time travel, magical transporters and alternate realities.
Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2009.
TUE 15:00 Deborah Cadbury - The Dinosaur Hunters (b00bf979)
Episode 2
Naturalist Gideon Mantell and anatomist Richard Owen's feud over the uncovering of the prehistoric world. Read by Emma Fielding.
TUE 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sbrlb)
It Was a Precious Child
Michael Morpurgo explores how the Puritan ethos affected children and the way of family life.
TUE 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007qwj5)
Episode 2
How did American Caro Bliss come to settle in a close farming community in England? Read by Robin Ellis.
TUE 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1nt)
Episode 2
As she researches a community of wild chimpanzees in Africa, Hope sees parallels with her own life. Read by Fiona Shaw.
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sbrxl)
Chris Pizzey presents children's stories, featuring Meteorite Spoon by Philip Ridley, Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry, and Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.
TUE 17:00 After Henry (b007k4gw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Bristow (b00cnhyq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
TUE 18:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00h73hy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b00f839k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lh5tp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Wimsey (b00sbqhr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sbrl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlxn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 The In Crowd (b00sbrl6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007rq8h)
Phase Space
Jeremy and Natalie battle to save humanity from the control of computers. Stars Greg Proops and John Hegley. From May 1996.
TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00jn2d7)
Series 3
The Name-check
A new commission gets the writer's literary juices flowing - unlike his finances. Stars Christopher Douglas. From December 2006.
TUE 23:30 I Think I've Got a Problem (b00cm91h)
Series 2
Episode 4
After falling over and knocking himself out, Tom - and the band in his head - awakes to find himself in a strange world where castrati singers are all the rage...
Starring Suggs and Bob Monkhouse.
Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a man who can't stop himself from breaking into song.
Tom Caine …. Suggs
Dr Boone …. Bob Monkhouse
Bouche …. Phil Cornwell
Jake …. Andrew McGibbon
Monty DeVere …. Nick Romero
Malc …. Bill Nighy
Phelia …. Julia Deakin
Clammy …. Toby Longworth
Pi …. Debra Stephenson
Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs
Producers: Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.


WEDNESDAY 12 MAY 2010

WED 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00h73hy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Wimsey (b00sbqhr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sbrl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlxn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fwcz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 After Henry (b007k4gw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Bristow (b00cnhyq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sbrzy)
An Awfully Big Adventure
Captain Hook turns the tables, as the battle between the Lost Boys and the Pirates begins.
Starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan, Ron Moody as Mr Darling / Hook, Georgina Cates as Wendy, Roy Hudd as Smee and Chris Emmett as Starkey.
Dramatist: Philip Glassborow
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
WED 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00sbs1t)
Episode 8
Huck and Jim start to suspect the fraudsters, but is it too late? Classic American children's tale narrated by Martin T Sherman.
WED 05:45 Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (b007jvc4)
3. First Winter
As the winter storms arrive in Devon, fish are increasingly hard to find through the ice.
Nicholas Farrell reads Henry Williamson's classic tale of otter life, first published in 1927.
Abridged in five episodes by Sally Marmion.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
WED 06:00 12/05/2010 (b00sbs1w)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
Series 1
The End of the Series
The lad himself and the gang reminisce over how they first all first met.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1955.
WED 08:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008pbnv)
Episode 4
Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Stephen Fry, John Sessions, Kate Robbins and Griff Rhys-Jones.
It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC radio.
With Colin Sell at the piano.
Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by Martin Booth.
Producer: Dan Patterson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988.
WED 09:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx5j)
Series 2
Rebel Without a Pause
Faith and teenage son Joe fall out, but is Bill the cause or the cure?
Bill and Faith are two middle-aged divorcees, from very different backgrounds, trying to get it together. However, Bill’s ex and Faith’s two teenage children are doing their utmost to prevent it.
Based on the real-life relationship of writers Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
CAST:
Bill …. James Bolam
Faith …. Lynda Bellingham
Liza …. Belinda Lang
Hilary …. Celia Imrie
Hannah …. Kelda Holmes
Joe …. Mark Denham
Jill …. Moir Leslie
Producer: Sioned Wiliam
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.
WED 09:30 No Commitments (b00sbs1y)
Series 3
Material Values
Emily and Charles are unsympathetic over Roger's job loss, so it is Anna to the rescue. Stars Celia Imrie. From December 1994.
WED 10:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fy1g3)
Episode 2
The rabbits try to rescue General Woundwort's females to establish their own dynasty. Stars Tom George and Stephen Tomlin.
WED 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sbvcs)
Episode 33
Sin and Death create the path leading from Hell to Earth. Stars Denis Quilley, Ian McDiarmid and Margaret Robertson.
WED 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jly5)
His Last Bow
The Cardboard Box
The sleuth probes a spinster's grisly surprise in the post - two severed human ears. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c6vrj)
Series 3
Episode 2
Sheila raises Tommy's suspicions and blood pressure, but there's method in her madness.
Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr continue their second stab at fame.
Series 3 of Mike Coleman’s six-part sitcom,
CAST:
Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield
Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes
Murray Franklin …. Julian Eardley
Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted
Jack Dunne …. William Franklyn
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxg5)
One, Two Buckle My Shoe
Episode 3
Mystery still surrounds the death of the Belgian detective's dentist.
Was it suicide - or murder..?
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Chief Inspector Japp ...... Philip Jackson
Alistair Blunt ...... Philip Franks
Jane Olivera ...... Amanda Waring
Mr Barnes ...... Patrick Godfrey
Georgina Morley ...... Caroline Wildi
Mrs Olivera ...... Joanna McCallum
Selby ...... Trevor Rawlins
Original music composed by Tom Smail.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
WED 13:30 Wimsey (b00sbvcv)
Have His Carcase
5. Too Perfect an Alibi
As the desperate upper class sleuth fails to confirm his theories, the elusive witness Perkins turns up...
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur detective created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Henry Weldon …. Warren Clarke
Julian Perkins …. Richard O'Callaghan
Nurse …. Judy Franklin
Jem Pollack …. Haydn Wood
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.
WED 14:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh5)
Series 1
Unrivalled
Edna Turner's been given the secret of the parallel city of Undone, but her friendship with Kate and her loyalty to Tankerton are both tested by her crush on the lovely Grant...
Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Kate ...... Montserrat Lombard
Jemima ...... Emma Kennedy
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2006.
WED 14:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00hdf7m)
Fifty Cents by Tim Powers & James P Blaylock
Time and chance play tricks on George Lyle as he drives across the empty Arizona desert in search of a precious book.
Nathan Osgood reads Tim Powers & James P Blaylock's ingenious story involving murder and time travel.
Some of the best sci-fi/fantasy writers in a series of fantastic journeys featuring flights of fancy, time travel, magical transporters and alternate realities.
Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2009.
WED 15:00 Deborah Cadbury - The Dinosaur Hunters (b00bfdt5)
Episode 3
Richard Owen marries, while rival Gideon Mantell opens a museum but is forced to separate from his wife. Read by Emma Fielding.
WED 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sbx09)
The Vast Usefulness of Reading
Michael Morpurgo explores education's expansion for boys in the 17th century, and when boyhood ended and manhood began.
WED 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007qx32)
Episode 3
Grieving for her mother Caro, daughter Judy Meredith prepares to visit her father. Read by Robin Ellis.
WED 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1pz)
Episode 3
Remembering the past, Hope Clearwater journeys for provisions, until disaster strikes back at the camp. Read by Fiona Shaw.
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sbx0c)
Chris Pizzey presents children's stories featuring Meteorite Spoon by Philip Ridley, Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry, and Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.
WED 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 17:30 No Commitments (b00sbs1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
WED 18:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00hdf7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c6vrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxg5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Wimsey (b00sbvcv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
WED 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sbvcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jly5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008pbnv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fzwp5)
Series 2
Episode 5
The comic's about to be crushed by a printing press, as his journalistic life flashes before his eyes.
WED 23:00 The End of the Road Show (b00l1xbk)
Episode 4
The series reaching the parts other comedy shows can't. With Nick Hancock, Tony Hawks and Neil Mullarkey. From January 1992.
WED 23:30 Any Bloke (b00807sf)
Series 1
Principles
Phil's worried that Sarah and Fay are plotting behind his back. Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin. From November 1993.


THURSDAY 13 MAY 2010

THU 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00hdf7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxg5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Wimsey (b00sbvcv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sbvcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jly5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fy1g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 No Commitments (b00sbs1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sct9q)
Spring Cleaning Time Again
Wendy longs for home, but first she and the brothers must be rescued from Captain Hook.
Starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan, Ron Moody as Mr Darling / Hook, June Whitfield as Mrs Darling, Georgina Cates as Wendy, Roy Hudd as Smee and Chris Emmett as Starkey.
Dramatist: Philip Glassborow
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
THU 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00sctqx)
Episode 9
In his bid to rescue Jim, Huck encounters a familiar face from the past. Classic children's tale narrated by Martin T Sherman.
THU 05:45 Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (b007jvcb)
4. Prey
Spring arrives in the Devon countryside, with the smell of man and the cry of a she-otter.
Nicholas Farrell reads Henry Williamson's classic tale of otter life, first published in 1927.
Abridged in five episodes by Sally Marmion.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
THU 06:00 13/05/2010 (b00sctqz)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jtd4)
Series 7
The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis
Admiral Seagoon is dispatched as bandits attack the British garrison.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
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 October 1956.
THU 08:30 The Nick Revell Show (b00ct94s)
Series 2
The Promised Land
As writer Nick gets a lucky Hollywood break, his geraniums are terrorised by an old foe.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With:
Alistair McGowan
Doon MacKichan
Brian Bowles
Alison Sterling
John Guerrasio
Producer: Ioan Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993.
THU 09:00 Up the Garden Path (b008hq47)
Series 3
Taking It on the Chin
As Izzy's love-life grows ever more complicated - she's in for a big surprise.
Imelda Staunton stars as Isabelle 'Izzy' Comyn.
With Mike Grady as Dick, Marty Cruickshank as Maria, Nicholas Le Prevost as Michael, Rene Zagger as Razors, Neil McCaul as Bill and Phyllida Nash as Louise.
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something teacher Izzy has a predilection for inappropriate men.
A six-part radio sequel first adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The last of three 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 1993.
THU 09:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx83)
Series 1
Compromising Positions
Why does William sleep with his windscreen wipers? And will the tabloid press settle for a diplomatic answer?
The British Ambassador gets suspicious...
Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson,Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov, Milton Johns as Brown and Margaret Ward as Mrs Poonskey.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.
THU 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k1tz)
Flora's Rights
In which Flora Poste - she of the strong will and the slender ankle - begins her adventures.
Flora believes that unless life is tidy, one cannot even begin to enjoy it - and life with her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm promises to be anything but.
Starring Patricia Gallimore and Elizabeth Proud.
First published in 1932, Stella Gibbons' tale of early-20th-century rural England
Dramatised in four parts by Elizabeth Proud.
Flora Poste ..... Patricia Gallimore
Stella Gibbons ..... Elizabeth Proud
The Abbe Fausse-Maigre ..... Malcolm Hayes
John Westbrook ..... John Westbrook
Mary Smiling ..... Kate Binchy
Charles Fairford ..... David McAlistair
Aunt Gwen ..... Pauline Letts
Angus McKnag ..... Alexander John
Spiritualist Lady ..... Gladys Spencer
Judith Starkadder ..... Margaret Robertson
Reuben Starkadder ..... Trevor Martin
Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps
Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Prober
Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis
Mark Dolour ..... Stephen Garlick
Elfine Starkadder ..... Jane Knowles
Music: Terence Allbright
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1981
THU 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj8sx)
Power Struggles
"He first came to public attention as defender of the earth's ozone layer, which was threatened by intensive American aerosol deodorant usage."
A breakthrough in 'ecological physics' is scandalously ignored as revealed by Leonard Rossiter.
Written by Barry Pilton.
Producer: Louise Purslow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 1981.
THU 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00scvsf)
Episode 34
Sin and Death scheme, whilst the devils, in the guise of serpents, taste the fruits of disobedience. Stars Margaret Robertson.
THU 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlz7)
His Last Bow
The Red Circle
Worried about her strange lodger, a landlady calls on the great detective for help. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jtd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00scw5v)
Series 3
Episode 9
The Addictive Knitter - and a rare madrigal by Risotto.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Alan Hutchinson and Eric Idle.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Dave Lee, Bill Oddie, Eric Idle and John Cameron.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in May 1966.
THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxg9)
One, Two Buckle My Shoe
Episode 4
A month after the death of Poirot's dentist, a corpse has been found with its face horribly mutilated - yet another of his patients...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Chief Inspector Japp ...... Philip Jackson
Alistair Blunt ...... Philip Franks
Jane Olivera ...... Amanda Waring
Helen Montresor ...... Joanna McCallum
Agnes ...... Teresa Gallagher
Howard Raikes ...... Robert Portal
Reilly ...... Stephen Tomkinson
Mrs Adams ...... Amanda Walker
Gladys Nevil ...... Sophie Arnold
Frank Carter ...... Dominic Colchester
Original music composed by Tom Smail.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
THU 13:30 Wimsey (b00scvsc)
Have His Carcase
6. All a Question of Time
Will inspiration strike?
The upper class sleuth battles to finally unmask a killer.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur detective created by Dorothy L Sayers.
The conclusion dramatised by Alistair Beaton.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Leila Garland …. Rosalind Ayres
Saunders …. John Webb
Polwhistle …. Alan Dudley
Tom …. Andrew Secombe
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.
THU 14:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh9)
Series 1
Unfamiliar
Genuinely faceless bureaucrats threaten to run London, as Edna Turner's mum arrives
Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Kate ...... Montserrat Lombard
Jemima ...... Emma Kennedy
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
THU 14:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00hlb0h)
The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link
The story of Zofia Swink who claims to be over 200 years old.
She comes from a village which takes refuge in a magical handbag when real life becomes too dangerous.
Her distraught grand-daughter narrates this bizarre tale of loss...
Maggie Blake reads Kelly Link's story.
Some of the best sci-fi/fantasy writers in a series of fantastic journeys featuring flights of fancy, time travel, magical transporters and alternate realities.
Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2009.
THU 15:00 Deborah Cadbury - The Dinosaur Hunters (b00bfnkg)
Episode 4
The term 'dinosaur' is introduced to the world, while Owen and Mantell's rivalry intensifies. Read by Emma Fielding.
THU 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00scw5x)
But Can She Spin?
Michael Morpurgo learns how girls' education regressed in the 16th century, with the sinful Eve as the main female archetype.
THU 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007qw7h)
Episode 4
Lyndsay struggles with her husband's depression over the death of Caro Meredith. Read by Robin Ellis.
THU 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1r5)
Episode 4
Hope sees chimp violence, but her superior Eugene refuses to believe her. The past still haunts her. Read by Fiona Shaw.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00scw5z)
Chris Pizzey presents children's stories featuring Meteorite Spoon by Philip Ridley, Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry, and Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.
THU 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b008hq47)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 17:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx83)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
THU 18:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00hlb0h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jtd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00scw5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Wimsey (b00scvsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
THU 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00scvsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 The Nick Revell Show (b00ct94s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (b00scw61)
Diplodocus v Concreton
The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity.
Written by and starring Viv Stanshall.
Contains an edit of an original John Peel session as first heard on BBC Radio 1.
Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using additional musicians.
Producer: John Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.
THU 22:45 Ivor Cutler - A Wet Handle (b00ctkty)
Episode 5
Grass seed, mud and digging ditches.
Songs, stories and poems from humourist Ivor Cutler, with Craig Murray-Orr, Alison O'Kill, Dylan Edwards and Beverley Crew.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 1997.
THU 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b00899zt)
Series 1
Welcome to the Museum of Everything
Feel free to wander round our many galleries and experience the history of everything. Learn about the history of everything.
Learn about the history of wicker, tour a stately home and discover the real identity of Jack the Ripper.
Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
THU 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? (b00scw6t)
Series 2
Market Forces
Surprised Giles advertises a pie, while Judith and David get unexpected opportunities. Stars Douglas Hodge. From June 1996.


FRIDAY 14 MAY 2010

FRI 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00hlb0h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Wimsey (b00scvsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00scvsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k1tz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj8sx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Up the Garden Path (b008hq47)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx83)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00scz3b)
The Man from Meung
D'Artagnan dices with death and encounters a mysterious foe. Stars Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and Timothy Spall.
FRI 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00scz3d)
Episode 10
Tom and Huck conspire to free Jim, but things don't go as planned when Tom gets injured in the process. Read by Martin T Sherman.
FRI 05:45 Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (b007jvch)
5. The Chase
As the otter basks in the sun, a pack of hounds catch his scent, sparking a great chase.
Nicholas Farrell reads Henry Williamson's classic tale of otter life, first published in 1927.
Abridged in five episodes by Sally Marmion.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
FRI 06:00 14/05/2010 (b00scz3g)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00scz3j)
Series 2
Episode 13
Bona news on the Isle of Man - and it all ends with a special anthem.
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 July 1970.
FRI 08:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007wwdf)
Series 2
Peter Purves
John discovers Blue Peter's Peter Purves has always wanted to play a nasty character. Would he audition for the role of Captain Hook in the drop-in centre's production of Peter Pan?
The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth direct from his front room in Sheffield.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
With Phil Nichol and Milton Jones.
Additional material by Martin Willis.
Producer: Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000
FRI 09:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvg6)
Episode 5
When Jack's old chum Ralph comes to visit with his trophy wife Kirstie, Jack feels the need to invent a fiancee.
Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Simon Greenall as Andy, John Duttine as Ralph and Debra Stephenson as Kirstie.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
FRI 09:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qg0y)
Series 2
Episode 5
Eric is a far from fair cop and there’s some monkey business in Ernie's latest masterpiece ‘The Mighty Kong’.
Written by Eddie Braben.
With Nicola Pagett and Elaine Delmar.
Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976.
FRI 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k22w)
Amos's Call
Flora aims to tidy up the Starkadders, and the apocalyptic ravings of preacher Amos.
Flora believes that unless life is tidy, one cannot even begin to enjoy it - and life with her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm promises to be anything but.
Starring Patricia Gallimore and Elizabeth Proud.
Stella Gibbons' tale of early-20th-century rural England dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Flora Poste ..... Patricia Gallimore
Stella Gibbons ..... Elizabeth Proud
John Westbrook ..... John Westbrook
Reuben Starkadder ..... Trevor Martin
Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps
Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Probert
Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis
Aunt Ada Doom ..... Fabia Drake
Meriam ..... Amanda Murray
Mrs Beetle ..... Miriam Margolyes
Mrs Murther ..... Diana Bishop
Mr Mybug ..... Michael Spice
Waitress ..... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Music: Terence Allbright
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1981
FRI 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj8xc)
An Instant Opinion
"Nowadays, the key question in any political or philosophical movement is, "Can we get it on a badge?"
Leonard Rossiter (1926-1984) delivers a satirical musing on the effect of slogans on badges and t-shirts.
Written by Barry Pilton.
Producer: Louise Purslow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1981.
FRI 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00scynn)
Episode 35
Adam urges Eve to seek peace with God through repentance. Stars Linus Roache, Federay Holmes and Denis Quilley.
FRI 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlzt)
His Last Bow
The Bruce Partington Plans
With national security at stake, the sleuth's brother Mycroft heads to Baker Street. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
FRI 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b00scz3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (b00scz3l)
Series 1
Episode 4
The dear ladies attempt to stage Evadne's murder mystery. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From September 1979.
FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxgg)
One, Two Buckle My Shoe
Episode 5
With a killer still at large, the Belgian detective finds inspiration in the words of a psalm sung by the village church choir.
Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Chief Inspector Japp ...... Philip Jackson
Frank Carter ...... Dominic Colchester
Alistair Blunt ...... Philip Franks
Jane Olivera ...... Amanda Waring
Mr Barnes ...... Patrick Godfrey
Howard Raikes ...... Robert Portal
Original music composed by Tom Smail.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
FRI 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j1w35)
Series 1
1. Vanished
A man mysteriously disappears en route from London to start a new secret new job in Leeds. But when detectives Trueman and Riley start to probe, they uncover a deeper mystery...
Brian B. Thompson's detective series about the ill-matched duo is set in Leeds.
CAST:
D.I. Trueman …. Robert Daws
D.S. Riley …. Duncan Preston
Janie Tully …. Amy Robbins
Nick Tully …. John Dougal
The Barmaid …. Rachel Bavidge
The duo began life on BBC Radio 4 in 2002, with Detective Inspector Trueman called back to work after a nervous breakdown in order to solve a high profile murder case, backed up by Detective Superintendent Riley. This was followed by three new plays in 2005.
Director: Toby Swift
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
FRI 14:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxhj)
Series 1
Unravelled
Things go from strange to stranger for Edna, Tankerton and both the Carlos...
Conclusion of series one of Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
FRI 14:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00hql36)
Peter F Hamilton - If At First ...
Some of the very best classic and contemporary sci-fi and fantasy writers come together in this series of four fantastic journeys featuring flights of fancy, time travel, magical transporters and alternate realities
How does multi-millionaire businessman, Marcus Orthew, always manage to stay one step ahead of the game - he refers to the names of technological devices before they've been invented; he seems to have an uncanny knack of being able to predict the downfall of high-profile public figures years before the event? Detective Inspector, David Lanson, is interviews a suspect arrested for stalking the multi-millionaire. During the course of this interrogation, Orthew's incredible story is revealed.
Written by Peter F. Hamilton.
Read by Sam Dale.
Series abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2009.
FRI 15:00 Deborah Cadbury - The Dinosaur Hunters (b00bfq10)
Episode 5
Owen's dismissal of rival Mantell goes on to the bitter end, but he gets a taste of his own medicine. Read by Emma Fielding.
FRI 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00scz3n)
Overburdened with Children
Michael Morpurgo tells the story of the Poor Law, a forerunner of the welfare state and a safety net for many poor children.
FRI 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007qtm2)
Episode 5
As they struggle with the death of Caro Meredith, further tragedy strikes in the farming community. Read by Robin Ellis.
FRI 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1sd)
Episode 5
Hope tries to understand the violence shown by the chimpanzees, and also recalls John's behaviour. Read by Fiona Shaw.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00scz3q)
Chris Pizzey presents children's stories, featuring The Persian Poisoner by Joe Inglis, Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry, and Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.
FRI 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qg0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00hql36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b00scz3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (b00scz3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxgg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j1w35)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00scynn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007wwdf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Delve Special (b007jn2h)
Series 4
Resurrection of St Jerome
Intrepid reporter David Lander probes the extravagant lifestyle of Caribbean despot Felipe Delnazo and his wife Isabella.
Written by Tony Sarchet.
Starring Stephen Fry as David Lander.
With Brenda Blethyn, Robert Bathurst, Andrew Sachs, Philip Pope and Mark Arden.
Producer: Paul Mayhew Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1987.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007k1fk)
Series 1
Rebellion
Gary leads a demon rebellion against the Prince of Darkness.
Meanwhile Satan ponders the meaning of happiness - and Elvis Presley gets locked in a crate...
Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell
Other characters played by Philip Pope, Penelope Nice, Michael Fenton Stevens and Nigel Pegram.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.
FRI 23:30 Mastering the Universe (b00scz7j)
Series 1
The Workplace
Professor Joy Klamp takes a tour of miserable people and places. Stars Dawn French and Christopher Douglas. From November 2005.
FRI 23:45 Elastic Planet (b007k2h5)
The Babies
Links between cheese sculpture, pavement privatisation, skirting boards and the great knitting reform act.
Animator and voice of Bagpuss and the Clangers, Oliver Postgate island-hops through a stream of bizarre coincidences.
Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections with Miriam Margoyies, Dan Strauss, Kerry Shale, Michael Simkins, Gary Waldhorn, Alan Dedicoat, Hugh Scully and James Naughtie.
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.