Fast-moving thriller set in 1990s Paris. Prison official Yvette Lalande is kidnapped on her way to work by a notorious group of terrorists. But what is the link to events in Algeria thirty years before? It appears 'someone in authority' has good reason to hamper Commissaire Grosset's police investigations.
Starring David Calder as Commissaire Grosset, Peter Jeffrey as Michel Corbillard, Alex Jennings as Jean Lenoir, Patti Holloway as Yvette Lalande and Natasha Pyne as Danielle Lesueur.
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Mystery of the Persian Poisoner, Harvey Angell, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids, and Beyond the Deepwoods.
Eve persuades Adam to taste the Forbidden Fruit. Epic poem starring Federay Holmes, Linus Roache and Denis Quilley.
A young boy gets to know his eccentric relative with a fondness for moorhen eggs, cress and 'neck oil'. Read by David Neal.
The family has moved to London. Old rogue Winston spends hours up a tree in the garden, but nd then he disappears...
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.
The Birmingham born stand-up comedian chats about his career and reveals which funny folk make him laugh. From January 2006.
The Archdeacon's not too keen on celebrating the Dean's silver wedding.
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.
When the cheeky schoolboy's gang needs a meeting venue, it's time for more trickery. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From February 1965.
Clive Anderson hosts more ad-lib fun with Stephen Fry, John Sessions, Kate Robbins and Griff Rhys-Jones. From January 1998.
Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From July 2002.
Reporter David Lander probes the rise and fall of Caribbean despot Felipe Delnazo. Stars Stephen Fry. From September 1987.
The comic's about to be crushed by a printing press, as his journalistic life flashes before his eyes.
Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over the latest news events. From 7 May 2010.
Lucie is kidnapped and the Doctor is living on a watery world under threat. Stars Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith and Andrew Sachs.
Horror legend Vincent Price tells the mortifying tale of a man who spends the night among wax dummies.
Starring Peter Barkworth, Joan Cooper, Cyril Shaps and Christopher Bidmead.
AM Burrage’s story dramatised by Barry Campbell.
Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation, Chris Addison explains exactly what we need to create a new one.
The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of the life and career of the world heavyweight boxer. From October 2002.
Surreal and sublime sketch comedy. Miriam Elia's winning entry, which spawned her own Radio 7 series. From March 2007.
Comedy about a man trying to make it big in the world of business - like TS Eliot did. Stars James Kettle. From April 2007.
As their first series concludes, Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig witness the tragic destruction of Digi Radio. From December 2005.
MONDAY 17 MAY 2010
MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b00sdxsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Price of Fear (b007jnd6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Roger Danes - Scarlet on Black (b007jwvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
02:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 The News Quiz (b00sdxsr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sdzb4)
A Matter of Life and Death
D'Artagnan falls in love, and Cardinal Richelieu seeks to destroy the honour of the Queen. Stars Jamie Glover and Timothy Spall.
MON 05:30 Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (b00sf0l3)
Episode 1
Professor Aronnax searches for a giant sea-monster, but soon finds himself the 'guest' of Captain Nemo. Read by Nigel Anthony.
MON 05:45 AA Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh (b00sf0l5)
Episode 1
In which the bear goes visiting and gets into a tight place.
Alan Bennett begins reading the first of five parts of AA Milne's tale of the much-loved bear.
Winnie-the-Pooh has given delight to generations of children and adults. The book was first published on 14th October 1926, though the bear 'of very little brain' had previously featured in a poem and a tale in a newspaper. His success has long continued through theatre, TV and film.
The honey-loving hero is styled on the teddy bear of the author's son and his co-stars, like Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger, are based on the rest of Christopher Robin Milne's own soft toys.
Adapted and produced by Colin Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
MON 06:00 17/05/2010 (b00sf0l7)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jprv)
Series 3
The Godiva Affair
The Home Guard platoon holds a Spitfire fundraiser, but Corporal Jones is pining for Mrs Fox.
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
Mrs Fox …. Mollie Sugden
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976.
MON 08:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nd0t5)
The Two Ivans
In a sleepy Russian town, a careless insult changes the lives of two neighbours. Stars Griff Rhys Jones. From March 2002.
MON 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008d0hd)
Series 2
Episode 3
JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From July 1991.
MON 09:30 Capital Gains (b007rq8b)
Series 1
Capital Return
Home at last, how will Julius Hutch come to terms with the bank that made him rich? Can he set himself up to live happily ever after?
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 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007jpwk)
Elfine's Rights
In which Flora's plots begin to thicken and she seems to be making headway over the tidying-up of the farm. But she’s reckoned without Aunt Ada Doom...
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
Judith Starkadder Margaret Robertson
Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps
Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Probert
Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis
Micah Starkadder ..... Alexander John
Richard Hawk-Monitor ..... Stephen Garlick
The Abbé Fausse-Maigre ..... Malcolm Hayes
Meriam ..... Amanda Murray
Mrs Beetle ..... Miriam Margolyes
Aunt Ada Doom ..... Fabia Drake
Mr Mybug ..... Michael Spice
Claud Hart-Harris ..... Roger Hammond
Harkaway Starkadder ..... David Timson
Urk Starkadder ..... Christopher Scott
Monsieur Solide ..... Alan Dudley
Rennett Starkadder ..... Christine Absalom
Mrs Hawk-Monitor ..... Margot Boyd
Elfine Starkadder ..... Jane Knowles
Young Man ..... David McAlister
Music: Terence Allbright
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1981.
MON 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj91n)
Dear Mother of God
"And lo! there also appeared an enormous great basilica, 500 car parks, infinite miracle hamburger stands and souvenir shops."
If the Son of Man returned, how would Christianity celebrate? Ponderings from Leonard Rossiter.
Barry Pilton's mercurial musings. .
Producer: Louise Purslow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in September 1981.
MON 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf1tk)
Episode 36
God decrees that Adam and Eve must leave the Garden of Paradise. Epic poem starring Godfrey Kenton and Linus Roache.
MON 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0c)
His Last Bow
The Dying Detective
Fever-ridden and hallucinating with a tropical disease, only one man can help the stricken sleuth. Starring Clive Merrison.
MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jprv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00sf1tm)
Series 1
The Musical Evening
War erupts in the rag and bone yard, when Albert takes action over music-loving Harold's gramophone.
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 (b007yn6z)
Murder on the Orient Express
Episode 1
A train departs, but one person aboard the Orient Express is destined never to arrive.
Speeding through the snowy European landscape, a bizarre and terrible murder brings the train to an abrupt halt.
The high-class carriages are packed with passengers and one of them - Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot - soon realises the challenge that awaits him...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
From the book published in 1934 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Princess Dragmiroff ...... Sian Phillips
Miss Debenham ...... Francesca Annis
Mr Ratchett ...... Joss Ackland
Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor
Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms
Masterman ...... Desmond Llewelyn
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
Colonel Arbuthnot ...... Stephen Hodson
MacQueen ...... James Telfer
Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy
Foscarelli ...... Frank Coda
Hardman ...... John Church
Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe
Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins
Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou
The Taurus Express Guard ...... Vic Tablian
The Hotel Clerk ...... Kevork Malikyan
Pianist: Michael Haslam
Director Enyd Williams.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
MON 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j1whb)
Series 1
2. Story
A journalist has fallen from a building while working on a story, but was she pushed?
Trueman and Riley get a crash course in internet radio, 'citizen journalism' and fat dogs as they seek to find an answer.
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
David …. Anthony Glennon
Harriet …. Jasmine Callan
Aaron …. Paul Richard Biggin
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.
MON 14:00 Back to Front (b007k166)
Series 1
1963
The 1963 headline makers knocked off the newspaper front pages by Henry Cooper. Ned Sherrin and Claire Rayner get nostalgic. With Simon Barnes.
MON 14:30 Decline and Fall (b00c000z)
Episode 1
Evelyn Waugh's Paul Pennyfeather who, expelled from Oxford, is forced to rethink his life. Stars Andrew Sachs and Jim Broadbent.
MON 15:00 Cutting a Dash (b007k0n9)
The Endangered Apostrophe
The series on punctuation that inspired 'Eats Shoots and Leaves'. Is a misplaced apostrophe a catastrophe? With Lynne Truss.
MON 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sf1tp)
Like an Angelic Choir
Michael Morpurgo explains how Britain's first foundling hospital met with great acclaim in 1741, but some children were still neglected.
MON 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007r02z)
Episode 6
Tragedy strikes again, with the farming community shocked at the death of Joe Meredith by suicide. Read by Robin Ellis.
MON 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1w1)
Episode 6
Reflecting on her past, Hope Clearwater stands by her belief about chimps, but her boss threatens the sack. Read by Fiona Shaw.
MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sf1tr)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Return of the Indian, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Johnny and the Dead.
MON 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008d0hd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 17:30 Capital Gains (b007rq8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
MON 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jlz5h)
Series 2
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
A former mental patient is the only one able to see a gremlin ripping up his plane's wing. Adapted from TV with John Schneider.
MON 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n8v76)
A Terribly Strange Bed, Part 1
Wilkie Collins' unnerving story of a young man, flushed and foolish with gambling success and champagne. Read by Robin Bailey.
MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jprv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00sf1tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yn6z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
MON 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j1whb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
MON 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf1tk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nd0t5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 22:30 On Baby Street (b00sf1tt)
Series 3
Episode 2
Mother Nature pays another visit, and discovers spring has arrived and love is in the air. Stars Jenny Eclair. From July 1998.
MON 23:00 Think the Unthinkable (b007m4dz)
Series 2
Riddlington Plastic
The consultants marvel at the world wide web, and Ryan gets embroiled in a protest. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2002.
MON 23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fvm5g)
Consider Yourself Dumped Upon
Rock musicologist and part-time media studies tutor Brian Appleton reveals more big names in rock who have a lot to thank him for.
Brian performs the first progressive rock song ever written, and reveals he inadvertently encouraged the Who to smash up their equipment and was instrumental in Phil Collins becoming the lead singer in Genesis.
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 (b007jvnp)
The Way Things Are
Roger McGough's reflections on life, death and BBC Radio 4's 'Today' programme.
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 18 MAY 2010
TUE 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jlz5h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n8v76)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:40 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yn6z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j1whb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf1tk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007jpwk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj91n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:55 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008d0hd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Capital Gains (b007rq8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sf7tf)
A Perilous Journey
D'Artagnan 'loses' Athos, Porthos and Aramis in a desperate bid to save the Queen's honour. Stars Jamie Glover.
TUE 05:30 Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (b00sf7th)
Episode 2
Captain Nemo takes Professor Aronnax on a tour of the Nautilus - his incredible submarine. Read by Nigel Anthony.
TUE 05:45 AA Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh (b00sf7tk)
Episode 2
In which the bear and Piglet nearly catch a Woozle, and Eeyore loses a tail. Read by Alan Bennett.
TUE 06:00 18/05/2010 (b00sf7tm)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b00d4fxq)
Eth wants a busier social life in 'The Glums', while Jim and Bentley go to the ballet. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From April 1958.
TUE 08:30 The In Crowd (b00sf7tp)
Series 3
Episode 2
How to open a pocket museum, how not to purchase a smoke alarm and how not to go about being a medium, an auctioneer or a tramp.
The ever helpful sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store.
With Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward.
Producer: Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
TUE 09:00 After Henry (b007jq4g)
Series 3
Intellectual Aspirations
'... but he did look at you twice. So clearly you have something that appeals to him other than your ability to discuss Schopenhauer's Weltanschauung.'
Clare's seeing graduate Julian, but his brainy parents make her feel inadequate.
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
Julian ...... Jasper Jacob
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 (b00cq588)
Series 1
Stranger on a Train
Bristow helps his colleague, Jones, to plan an escape from Chester Perry
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
Fudge, Mr Frost, Station Master and the Stranger on the Train …. Jon Glover
Miss Sunman …. Katie Odie
Post Boy and Godfrey …. Simon Schatsberger
Tea Lady …. Sarah Huntley
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
TUE 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k2m0)
Flora's Rights Again
As the wedding draws near, Flora Poste wrestles with Aunt Ada Doom. Will she get her rights at last?
Starring Patricia Gallimore and Elizabeth Proud.
The conclusion of Stella Gibbons' tale of early-20th-century rural England.
Flora Poste ..... Patricia Gallimore
Stella Gibbons ..... Elizabeth Proud
John Westbrook ..... John Westbrook
Reuben Starkadder ..... Trevor Martin
Judith Starkadder Margaret Robertson
Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps
Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Probert
Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis
Micah Starkadder ..... Alexander John
Richard Hawk-Monitor ..... Stephen Garlick
The Abbé Fausse-Maigre ..... Malcolm Hayes
Aunt Ada Doom ..... Fabia Drake
Mrs Beetle ..... Miriam Margolyes
Mr Mybug ..... Michael Spice
Harkaway Starkadder ..... David Timson
Urk Starkadder ..... Christopher Scott
Rennett Starkadder ..... Christine Absalom
Mrs Hawk-Monitor ..... Margot Boyd
Elfine Starkadder ..... Jane Knowles
Charl;es Fairford ..... David McAlister
Earl P Neck ..... Nigel Anthony
Dr Mudel ..... John Rye
Letty ..... Pauline Letts
Susan ..... Diana Bishop
Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Music: Terence Allbright
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1981
TUE 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj95g)
Double Cross Benchers
"United we stand, Divided we throw a tantrum".
Politics - and the shock of party loyalty - divulged by Leonard Rossiter.
Barry Pilton's mercurial musings. .
Producer: Louise Purslow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in September 1981.
TUE 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf7tr)
Episode 37
Adam is taken to the top of a hill, to be shown the future for his descendants. Stars Linus Roache and Denis Quilley.
TUE 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0w)
His Last Bow
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Watson heads to Switzerland for a missing aristocrat, but the trail leads back to a funeral parlour. Stars Clive Merrison.
TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b00d4fxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lkk0q)
Series 1
Episode 4
Vic Reeves hosts, as Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Arthur Smith, Tom Baker and Jo Caulfield tackle the questions. From July 2007.
TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yp1g)
Murder on the Orient Express
Episode 2
The Orient Express is trapped in a snowdrift and in one compartment, a man lies murdered. Fortunately Hercule Poirot is aboard the train.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
MacQueen ...... James Telfer
Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor
Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou
Masterman ...... Desmond Llewelyn
Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms
Pianist: Michael Haslam
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director Enyd Williams.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
TUE 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j2510)
Series 1
3. Bond
Suspicion erupts at a James Bond convention as Trueman and Riley go in search of a stolen ring.
Tracy's ring, as worn by Diana Rigg, in 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' is the 'holy grail' for collectors, but exactly what are they prepared to do to get it?
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
Karen …. Rachel Bavidge
Bill …. Paul Rider
Gerard …. Mark Straker
Jane …. Christine Kavanagh
The Receptionist …. Anthony Glennon
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.
TUE 14:00 Back to Front (b007k1fc)
Series 1
1981
The 1981 headline-makers bowled off the newspaper front pages by Ian Botham. Graham Dilley and Simon Callow get nostalgic.
TUE 14:30 Decline and Fall (b00c300g)
Episode 2
Paul Pennyfeather is put in charge of his school's sports day - and he falls in love. Stars Alistair McGowan and Richard Pearce.
TUE 15:00 Cutting a Dash (b007k0pj)
Changing Gear, the Comma
'A little boomerang', legalese and the Ancient Greeks come under the scrutiny of Lynne Truss in this series on punctuation.
TUE 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sf8t9)
Mr Locke and Mr Rousseau
Michael Morpurgo tells the story of two great 18th century philosophers, whose child-rearing ideas are influential to this day.
TUE 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007r42t)
Episode 7
After news of Joe's tragic death, the Meredith family are in turmoil and in need of comfort. Read by Robin Ellis.
TUE 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1xd)
Episode 7
Hope takes Eugene to watch the chimps' behaviour, but she ends up deeply shocked by his reaction. Read by Fiona Shaw.
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sf8tc)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The Return of the Indian, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Johnny and the Dead.
TUE 17:00 After Henry (b007jq4g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Bristow (b00cq588)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jtbwt)
Series 2
Number Twelve Looks Just Like You
A futuristic America orders surgery so everyone looks the same, but one woman refuses. Adapted from TV with Bonnie Somerville.
TUE 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n8v99)
A Terribly Strange Bed, Part 2
Wilkie Collins' unsettling account of one young man's brush with death at the hands of ruthless gamblers. Read by Robin Bailey.
TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b00d4fxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lkk0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yp1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j2510)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf7tr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 The In Crowd (b00sf7tp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007s8jw)
Catastrophe Theory
The battle to save humanity from the control of computers comes to a climax. Stars Greg Proops and John Hegley. From May 1996.
TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00jty5v)
Series 3
Dad
A visit from his father sparks ideas of inheritance in misanthropic Ed’s mind.
The comical world of Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail.
Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon.
Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
Featuring:
Stephanie Cole
Geoffrey Whitehead
Rita May
Simon Greenall
Sally Hawkins
Eve Dallas
James Rawlings
David Cann
David Warner
Alice Lowe
Philip Jackson
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
TUE 23:30 All the World's a Globe (b007jwp2)
The Creation
The National Theatre of Brent tells the chaotic story of life on Earth. Stars Patrick Barlow and Jim Broadbent. From May 1990.
TUE 23:45 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007m94n)
Series 1
Restaurants
Adam Bloom investigates bad service in restaurants with stand-up and reconstructions. It's comedy with a mission.
Helping Adam transform service culture are Sarah Kennedy, Brendon Burns and Rob Rouse
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
WEDNESDAY 19 MAY 2010
WED 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jtbwt)
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18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n8v99)
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WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yp1g)
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13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j2510)
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WED 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf7tr)
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WED 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0w)
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WED 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k2m0)
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WED 03:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj95g)
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WED 04:00 After Henry (b007jq4g)
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WED 04:30 Bristow (b00cq588)
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09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sfbgj)
The Mark of Satan
D'Artagnan gets involved with both Milady and her maid. But this is a dangerous game. Stars Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and Anton Lesser.
WED 05:30 Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (b00sfbgl)
Episode 3
A curious incident aboard Captain Nemo's submarine Nautilus ends in tragedy. Read by Nigel Anthony.
WED 05:45 AA Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh (b00sfbgn)
Episode 3
In which Piglet meets a Heffalump. Read by Alan Bennett.
WED 06:00 19/05/2010 (b00sfbgq)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z)
Series 2
The Holiday Camp
Sid hires the lad to run his new venture, but then he discovers a surprise next door.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Bill Kerr, Sidney James. Andree Melly, Kenneth Williams and Denis Wilson.
Announcer: Kenneth Williams
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed 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 May 1955.
WED 08:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f)
Episode 5
Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Stephen Fry, John Sessions, John Bird and Jimmy Mulville.
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 (b007jx69)
Series 2
Youth and Consequences
Bill's new young image leaves Faith feeling old on her birthday.
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia Imrie as Hilary, Belinda Lang as Liza, Kelda Holmes as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe, Rebecca Front as Rachel and Ian Targett as Gideon.
Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife 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 'Faith in the Future'.
Producer: Sioned Wiliam
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.
WED 09:30 No Commitments (b00sfby7)
Series 3
Talking Shop
Charlotte makes a momentous decision, and her sisters must suffer the aftermath. Stars Celia Imrie. From December 1994.
WED 10:00 Martyn Wade - Stepniak (b00sfby9)
The bitter-sweet real-life love story of Olive Garnett (sister of the famous Russian Translator, Constance) who meets and falls for a Russian expatriate whose charms hide a secret and rather sinister past...
Written by Martyn Wade.
Olive Garnett ...... Justine Waddell
Stepniak ...... David Horovitch
Connie Garnett ...... Jennie Stoller
Fanny Stepniak ...... Elizabeth Bell
Olive Rossetti ...... Jasmine Hyde
Edward Garnett ...... Charles Simpson
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.
WED 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9lp)
Einstein Watch Maker
"As science and the microchip redesign the world in their image, it seems the most obsolescent piece of merchandise is man."
Technological advances in society and the humble wristwatch explained by Leonard Rossiter.
Written by Barry Pilton.
Producer: Louise Purslow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 1981.
WED 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfbyc)
Episode 38
Archangel Michael tells Adam about the events that will lead to The Flood and God's covenant with Noah. Stars Mark Straker.
WED 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm18)
His Last Bow
The Devil's Foot
Watson worries about the sleuth as he recuperates in Cornwall - then horror strikes. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c075x)
Series 3
Episode 3
Sheila and Tommy tackle their memoirs, but are their memories up to it?
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
Dudley Rathbone …. Alex Lowe
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yrng)
Murder on the Orient Express
Episode 3
Hercule Poirot has discovered the murder victim has a "past" - and is convinced that the murderer is still aboard the train.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor
Princess Dragmiroff ...... Sian Phillips
Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy
Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe
Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins
Colonel Arbuthnot ...... Stephen Hodson
Hardman ...... John Church
Pianist: Michael Haslam
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director Enyd Williams.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
WED 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j272j)
Series 1
4. Speed
Detective Riley is feeling angry for being sent on a 'speed awareness' workshop.
But that puts him on the trail of ex-con from the old days in Hull - womanising rip-off merchant Frank Butters...
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
Frank Butters …. Sam Dale
Melanie …. Christine Kavanagh
Eric Simonelli …. John Dougal
Inez …. Miranda Keeling
Svetlana …. Jasmine Callan
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.
WED 14:00 Back to Front (b007k1p2)
Series 1
1990
The 1990 headline-makers kicked off the newspaper front pages by England in the World Cup. With Terry Butcher and Jim White.
WED 14:30 Decline and Fall (b00c5n6v)
Episode 3
Grimes has a startling announcement to make and Paul Pennyfeather gets a holiday job. Stars Alistair McGowan and Jim Broadbent.
WED 15:00 Cutting a Dash (b007k0qm)
And Another Thing - Colons and Semicolons
George Bernard Shaw, Sir Compton Mackenzie and Fay Weldon debate the 'limb' of punctuation. With Lynne Truss.
WED 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sfcy9)
'Dear Papa, Dear Mama'
Michael Morpurgo discovers how middle and upper-class children enjoyed more informal upbringings by the late 18th century.
WED 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007r4mb)
Episode 8
In the aftermath of a further death on the farm, Zoe continues flirting with her friend's father Robin. Read by Robin Ellis.
WED 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1yp)
Episode 8
Unexpectedly taken hostage, Hope and Ian get to know their civil war rebel captors. Read by Fiona Shaw.
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sfhr9)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The Return of the Indian, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Johnny and the Dead.
WED 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx69)
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09:00 today]
WED 17:30 No Commitments (b00sfby7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jz1f0)
Series 2
Pattern for Doomsday
A computer selects eight people for a spaceship to escape a colossal asteroid heading to Earth. Adapted from TV with Henry Rollins.
WED 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n4gmv)
Caterpillars
A man is terrorised by hideous apparitions in a haunted Italian villa. EF Benson's tale is read by Patrick Malahide.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c075x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yrng)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j272j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
WED 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfbyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm18)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00g27c8)
Series 2
Episode 6
The comic's facing certain death at the mouth of shark, when his life flashes before his eyes. From November 1999.
WED 23:00 At Home With The Snails (b007k2h6)
Series 1
Episode 1
Fed-up Alex has done nothing since university, but then he discovers an unusual hobby. Stars Geoffrey Palmer. From June 2001.
WED 23:30 Any Bloke (b0080sxn)
Series 1
Past, Present and Future
Phil's cheerful optimism proves to be misplaced. Starring Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin. From November 1993.
THURSDAY 20 MAY 2010
THU 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jz1f0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n4gmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:40 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yrng)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j272j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfbyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm18)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Martyn Wade - Stepniak (b00sfby9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9lp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:55 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx69)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 No Commitments (b00sfby7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sfzfl)
Treachery at La Rochelle
Can D'Artagnan escape death, and the inseparable friends outwit the enemy? Stars Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and Timothy Spall.
THU 05:30 Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (b00sfzfn)
Episode 4
Captain Nemo shows Professor Aronnax the lost city of Atlantis - and the Nautilus visits the Antarctic. Read by Nigel Anthony.
THU 05:45 AA Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh (b00sfzfq)
Episode 4
In which Christopher Robin leads an 'expotition' to the North Pole. Read by Alan Bennett.
THU 06:00 20/05/2010 (b00sfzfs)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr)
Series 7
Drums Along the Mersey
A newspaper claims Neddie Seagoon is set to inherit a million pounds. Stars Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. From October 1956.
THU 08:30 The Nick Revell Show (b00d7n9s)
Series 2
All's Well That Ends Well... Well, Well, Well
Writer Nick is leading a charmed life, which naturally leaves him feeling anxious.
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 (b008j0kf)
Series 3
Up the Stick and Sick as a Parrot
Izzy spends her birthday coping with the surprise news that she's pregnant...
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, Phyllida Nash as Louise and Sion Prober as Gwyn.
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 (b007jx8y)
Series 1
Here in the Western World
Why is the Ambassador's whiskey like an American submarine? And is the noble art of moaning really under threat?
Arms limitation negotiations at the Embassy call for some verbal gymnastics...
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, Jonathan Kydd as Mikhail Korovin, Michael Bilton as Yakov Korovin and Stephen Greif as the United States Ambassador.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.
THU 10:00 Steve Walker - Habakkuk of Ice (b0087495)
The extraordinary story of a battleship - made entirely of ice - designed for use in the Second World War.
It was left to dissolve in a lonely Canadian lake in Northern Alberta - and its eccentric English inventor, Professor Geofffey Pyke is one of the great unsung geniuses of the 20th Century.
Steve Walker's drama stars Tim McInnerney as Geoffrey Pyke, Dermot Crowley as JD Bernal, Melanie Hudson as Pamela Pleens, Chris Emmett as Winston Churchill and David Holt as Lord Mountbatten.
Director: Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
THU 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9r3)
Hold the Back Page
"The paper's policy was to identify with the man in the street - and unfortunately, our man in the street seemed to have escaped from some sort of asylum."
A disastrous foray into journalism is recounted in embarrassment by Leonard Rossiter (1926-1984).
Written by Barry Pilton.
Producer: Louise Purslow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 1981.
THU 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfzfj)
Episode 39
Archangel Michael tells Adam about Abraham and how Moses will lead the Children of Israel out of Egypt. Stars Linus Roache.
THU 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jph3)
His Last Bow
His Last Bow
"There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared."
Set in 1914, the great sleuth-cum-apiarist is asked to help England in her darkest hour.
Starring Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes, Michael Williams as Dr Watson and Norman Rodway as Stamford.
Violinist: Leonard Friedman
Dramatised by Bert Coules. Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sg1gl)
Series 3
Episode 10
Delving into the dark side - to explore the unexplainable.
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 John Esmonde & Bob Larbey, Peter Vincent & David McKellar, David Hatch, Eric Idle and Bill Oddie.
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 and Leon Cohen.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in May 1966.
THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ys7n)
Murder on the Orient Express
Episode 4
Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot discovers that someone aboard the train is lying to him.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou
Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms
Miss Debenham ...... Francesca Annis
Foscarelli ...... Frank Coda
Fraulein Schmidt ...... Linda Polan
Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe
Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins
Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy
Pianist: Michael Haslam
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director Enyd Williams.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
THU 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j5hpz)
Series 2
1. The Road to Nowhere
An upsurge of burglary on one street sees detective duo, Trueman and Riley, probe an odd deception amongst students.
Set in Leeds, the return of Brian B Thompson's ill-matched coppers sees them trying to climb back up the career ladder.
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 them more series made for BBC Radio 7.
DI Trueman …. Robert Daws
DS Riley …. Duncan Preston
Holly …. Laura Molyneux
Carol Munsthorpe …. Hannah Storey
Nic Jeune …. Malcolm Tierney
Harry …. Benjamin Askew
Marty Reynolds …. Matt Addis
Director: Toby Swift
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2009.
THU 14:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4)
Michael Sellers
Peter Sellers' son Michael chats to Sally Magnusson about the ups and downs of growing up with a famous funny father.
Producer: Mike Walker
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2005.
THU 14:30 Decline and Fall (b00c9fs5)
Episode 4
Paul Pennyfeather makes a proposal - and receives an unlikely visitor. Stars Alistair McGowan, Jim Broadbent and Andrew Sachs.
THU 15:00 Cutting a Dash (b007k0rs)
Listen to Me When I'm Writing
Jane Austen, inverted commas, proof-readers and a man haunted by an exclamation mark - it's all grist to Lynne Truss's mill.
THU 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sg1gn)
Babies, Dressed or Undressed, Jointed, Wax or Common
Michael Morpurgo traces the rise of the British toy shop in the 18th century, and the beginnings of pester power.
THU 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007r525)
Episode 9
Zoe's relationship with her flatmate's father Robin causes disruption in the local farming community. Read by Robin Ellis.
THU 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1zz)
Episode 9
Hope Clearwater is promised an escape from the civil war, but events conspire against her. Read by Fiona Shaw.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sg1gq)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Return of the Indian, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Johnny and the Dead.
THU 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b008j0kf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00k219g)
Series 2
Ring-a-Ding-Girl
A film star returns to her hometown, after receiving a ring that predicts the future. Adapted from TV with Sarah Wayne Callies.
THU 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n58dk)
The Mezzotint
A mysterious print reveals a tragic tale of rural revenge. MR James' short story read by Robin Bailey.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sg1gl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ys7n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j5hpz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfzfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jph3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 The Nick Revell Show (b00d7n9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Deep Trouble (b00sg1sj)
Series 1
Episode 1
Britain 2012. Nuclear submarine HMS Goliath is on patrol, minus a high-tech crew. Stars Jim Field Smith. From October 2005.
THU 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k0r6)
Series 1
A Very Important Visitor
Take a wander around the Museum of Everything- an infinite gallery of strange exhibits and stranger characters.
Learn about Mary Queen of Scots' execution and enjoy the Sheriff of Nottingham Medieval Disco Experience
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? (b00sg1sl)
Series 2
Les Connections Dangereuses
The graduate trio's money worries take a back seat when they set up a romantic dinner. Stars Douglas Hodge. From June 1996.
FRIDAY 21 MAY 2010
FRI 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00k219g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n58dk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:40 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ys7n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j5hpz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfzfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jph3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Steve Walker - Habakkuk of Ice (b0087495)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9r3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:55 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Up the Garden Path (b008j0kf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sg2nl)
Nemesis
Will Milady get her comeuppance, and what will happen to our heroes? Stars Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and Imelda Staunton.
FRI 05:30 Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (b00sg2nn)
Episode 5
Captain Nemo's hatred of humanity sparks terrible consequences. Read by Nigel Anthony.
FRI 05:45 AA Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh (b00sg2nq)
Episode 5
In which Eeyore has a birthday and gets two presents. Read by Alan Bennett.
FRI 06:00 21/05/2010 (b00sg2ns)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00nth15)
Series 4
Episode 1
Kenneth Horne is a doctor who talks to animals, tune into wonderful Radio Balls Pond Road and Julian and Sandy troll west to The Lazy Bona Ranch.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Marty Feldman had moved on so series 4 is written by Barry Took with Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Webster
Music by the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1968.
FRI 08:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007jqkk)
Series 2
Katrina Leskanich
The UK’s 1997 Eurovision song contest winner Katrina Leskanich drops in and reveals she always buys new socks as she doesn’t know how to darn. John decides to teach her this important skill, so that she need not be so wasteful.
Meanwhile, wife Mary gets the ironing board out and Robert Wyatt tries to impress an impresario.
The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth direct from his front room in Sheffield.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Additional material by Martin Willis.
Producer: Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.
FRI 09:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvgy)
Episode 6
Landlord Jack has the flu, so Nicola takes over just as the pub inspectors are due.
If the father-daughter bond can survive this, it could probably survive anything...
Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Simon Greenall as Andy, Sally Grace as the Inspector and Toby Longworth as Joe.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
FRI 09:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qv81)
Series 3
Episode 1
Legendary comic duo Eric and Ernie play wine-tasting connoisseurs, pay tribute to marriage guidance service and enjoy an afternoon in the garden.
Written by Eddie Braben.
With Allan Cuthbertson and Ann Hamilton.
Singing guest: Anita Harris
Music from Max Harris and his Orchestra.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1977
FRI 10:00 David Wade - Power of Attorney (b007w3c3)
Moral: If you have a rich aunt who is slightly dotty, think twice before attempting to defraud her of her money – as hard-up Geoffrey and Annabelle soon discover.
David Wade's comedy stars Geoffrey Palmer as Geoffrey Campion, Geraldine McEwan as Annabelle Campion, Joan Matheson as Aunt Beattie, Katherine Parr as Mrs Penny and John Moffatt as Corvo.
Producer: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
FRI 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9yy)
New York, New York
"I got myself wedged on a train, and immediately it left the station a knife-fight began, apparently to the death..."
A snapshot from the 1980s of the unique American city recalled by Leonard Rossiter.
Written by Barry Pilton.
Producer: Louise Purslow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 1981.
FRI 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sg33r)
Episode 40
Archangel Michael tells Adam about the reign of King David and the birth of Christ. Stars Mark Straker and Linus Roache.
FRI 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k3ps)
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1
The Illustrious Client
The sleuth takes on a lecherous crooked baron with a taste for society beauties. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00nth15)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b007js4v)
From 22/01/1984
Michael Bentine stars as the great Tibetan mystic U Tug, members of the British Bath Craftsman's Guild, the Toastmaster, the entire United Nations and occasionally himself.
The ultimate one man show written and performed by the host. Listen in and you’ll believe that telephone boxes can fly.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1984.
FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ytww)
Murder on the Orient Express
Episode 5
Time is against Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot as he battles to unmask the murderer aboard the Orient Express.
John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot in the conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou
Masterman ...... Desmond Llewelyn
Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor
Princess Dragmiroff ...... Sian Phillips
Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms
Miss Debenham ...... Francesca Annis
Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe
Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins
Colonel Arbuthnot ...... Stephen Hodson
Foscarelli ...... Frank Coda
Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy
MacQueen ...... James Telfer
Fraulein Schmidt ...... Linda Polan
Music composed and played by Michael Haslam
From the book published in 1934 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director Enyd Williams.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993.
FRI 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j5lbm)
Series 2
2. The Three Degrees
As detective pair Trueman and Riley probe an ex-student’s near-drowning in Leeds, they unearth an old secret.
Brian B Thompson's ill-matched detective duo starring Robert Daws and Duncan Preston.
DI Trueman …. Robert Daws
DS Riley …. Duncan Preston
Paul Balfe …. Jonathan Tafler
Jane Balfe …. Caroline Guthrie
Nick Cahill …. Paul Rider
Director: Toby Swift
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2009.
FRI 14:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kmlrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 on Saturday]
FRI 15:00 Cutting a Dash (b007k0t0)
Punctuating the Future
Are email and the internet influencing how we punctuate? Lynne Truss concludes her investigation.
FRI 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sg3tf)
The Child Is Father of the Man
With evangelicals to rationalists battling over Britain's children, Michael Morpurgo searches surviving 18th-century records.
FRI 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007jvcj)
Episode 10
How will the lives in the farming community touched by tragedy resolve themselves? Concluded by Robin Ellis.
FRI 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k218)
Episode 10
Pondering her past and future, Hope Clearwater takes action after she makes a discovery. Concluded by Fiona Shaw.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sg3th)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Return of the Indian, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Johnny and the Dead.
FRI 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qv81)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00k7lzl)
Series 2
Time Enough at Last
A bookworm's wish for more time to read is met by a nuclear holocaust - but is he alone? Adapted from TV with Tim Kazurinsky.
FRI 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n46wy)
My Own True Ghost Story
An Englishman spends a chilling night in a spooky bungalow in India. Rudyard Kipling's haunting tale read by Richard Pasco.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00nth15)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b007js4v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ytww)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j5lbm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sg33r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k3ps)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007jqkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Genius (b008h570)
Series 1
Richard Madeley
From mini-elephants to food on tap.
Dave Gorman asks TV host Richard Madeley to select the public's best loopy idea.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007k1p9)
Series 1
Redemption
The Wrath of God is invoked, sparking a heart-to-heart with Satan and a special request...
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, David Swift, 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 (b00sg6yn)
Series 1
The Joy of Sulks
Professor Joy Klamp tours the miserable world of relationships. Stars Dawn French and Christopher Douglas. From November 2005.
FRI 23:45 Elastic Planet (b007js6h)
The Train
The Ministry of Furniture and methodist pirates.
Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.
With Miriam Margolyes, Dan Strauss, Michael Troughton and Neil Mullarkey.
And Sir Patrick Moore, Sir Robert Stephens and Richard Baker.
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995