SATURDAY 22 MAY 2010

SAT 00:00 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.
SAT 00:40 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.
SAT 01:00 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.
SAT 01:30 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.
SAT 02:00 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.
SAT 02:15 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.
SAT 03:00 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.
SAT 03:55 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.
SAT 04:00 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.
SAT 04:30 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
SAT 05:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kssql)
Series 5
Episode 32
The American funny man presents comedy and music from Las Cruces, New Mexico. With honky-tonk heroes Joe Ely and Joel Guzman.
SAT 06:00 22/05/2010 (b00sh01s)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00sh01v)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Steven Pacey.
SAT 09:00 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4fk)
Episode 2
Lady Dona St Columb is captivated by a French pirate terrorizing the Cornish coast. Classic love drama with Lorna Heilbron.
SAT 09:30 Freedom Pass (b00sgzk6)
Episode 2
Sexagenarians Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew use free travel to venture forth on their local public transport. From September 2004.
SAT 10:00 Comedy Controller (b00cpqcs)
John Shuttleworth
During a day trip to London, Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth takes control of the studios whilst Ken goes down to the BBC vaults in search of his favourite comedies. Mary pops in too. But in reality, they'd all rather be watching Billy Elliot The Musical, but the tickets were too pricey.
Featuring comedy from the sisters (Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes) living with their difficult father (Geoffrey Whitehead): Alison and Maud (03/01/2003); Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent and Emma Thompson and special guest Phyllida Law in Saturday Night Fry (28/05/1988); Mark Thomas presents the story of the American double act Bob and Ray in We Interrupt This Programme (03/08/2004); the social worker and her colleagues celebrate Christmas in Clare In The Community (25/12/2006); there's a trip to the garden centre in The Shuttleworths (12/07/1995); Hovis Presley makes the most of John Shuttleworth's Open House (26/09/1996). Plus American shock jock Roy D Mercer makes a few disruptive phone calls.
SAT 13:00 Justice or Murder?: The Death of Charles I (b00lwxlc)
The monarchy and parliament feature in the Putney Debates, preceding the King's execution. Jack Emery's play with Derek Jacobi.
SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00sh01x)
Hercule Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express
The Belgian sleuth's train sets off, but one passenger aboard will never arrive. Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffat.
SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00sh01z)
Hercule Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express
A passenger lies murdered, but luckily the Belgian sleuth is aboard the snowbound train. Stars John Moffat and Andre Maranne.
SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00sh021)
Hercule Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express
The Belgian sleuth becomes convinced that the murderer is still aboard the train. Stars John Moffat and Sian Phillips.
SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00sh023)
Hercule Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express
The Belgian sleuth discovers that one of the passengers is lying to him. Stars John Moffat, Andre Maranne and Sylvia Sims.
SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00sh025)
Hercule Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express
Time is against the Belgian sleuth, as he battles to unmask the murderer's identity. Stars John Moffat and Andre Maranne.
SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kssql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
SAT 18:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson (b007wznx)
2. The Siege
After beginning to read the ragged manuscript purporting to be written by an old recluse, the narrator and his sister face the swine-like supernatural creatures' terrifying siege...
Read by Jim Norton.
First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi.
Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in September 2007.
SAT 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b0084sqq)
Delhi by Vandana Singh
A man living in present-day Delhi is haunted by visions of the city as it was in the past - and how it will be in the future...
Vandana Singh’s story is read by Shiv Grewal.
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.
SAT 19:00 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 19:30 Freedom Pass (b00sgzk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 20:00 Comedy Controller (b00cpqcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 23:00 Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (b00sh027)
Episode 3
The Greenlander complains to the District Attorney about the investigation into young Isaiah's death. Read by Siobhan Redmond.
SAT 23:15 Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (b00sh029)
Episode 4
The Greenlander makes a fresh discovery about Isaiah's death thanks to a forensic medicine expert. Read by Siobhan Redmond.
SAT 23:30 Adam Baron - Shut Eye (b00sh02c)
Episode 2
Private-eye Billy Rucker investigates the murder of Sir Peter Morant's airline pilot brother, Edward. Stars David Morrissey.


SUNDAY 23 MAY 2010

SUN 00:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson (b007wznx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b0084sqq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Justice or Murder?: The Death of Charles I (b00lwxlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 JB Priestley - Time and the Conways (b00sh0dq)
Classic drama of 'joy and woe' cutting back and forth in time as it follows a Yorkshire family's fortunes. Stars Amanda Redman.
SUN 04:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007k0ds)
Series 8
James, the Little Gentleman
When Granddad comes into money, the naughty schoolboy is faced with boarding school. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From November 1964.
SUN 05:00 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Freedom Pass (b00sgzk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 23/05/2010 (b00sh0ds)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00sh0dv)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Steven Pacey.
SUN 09:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost - Omnibus (b00sh0dx)
Episode 8
God decrees that Adam and Eve must leave the Garden of Paradise. Epic poem starring Godfrey Kenton and Linus Roache.
SUN 10:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jv63)
Series 2
Loss of Pride
Uncle Silas tells his tale of the womanising shoemaker and the baked potato. Read by David Neal.
SUN 10:30 Winston (b007rdrz)
Winston Comes to Town
Repeat After Me
A mystery letter sparks a family surprise thanks to William - and a decision is taken over the fate of Father...
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... (b00fhzqv)
Brian Conley and Joe Pasquale
The multi-talented entertainer and the comedian chat about their showbiz careers, from backstage in Birmingham.
SUN 12:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jptm)
The Bishop Warms Up
The newly installed central heating at St Ogg's causes temperatures to rise.
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 Hugh Paddick as Mr Fox, Frank Vickers as Mr Dawson and Dudley Jones as Mr Parry-Jones.
The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971.
Written for radio by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1972.
SUN 12:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007k0ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:30 today]
SUN 13:00 JB Priestley - Time and the Conways (b00sh0dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today]
SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00nhq5d)
Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat: The Two Ivans
In a sleepy Russian town, a careless insult changes the lives of two neighbours. Stars Griff Rhys Jones. From March 2002.
SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sh0xz)
Radio Shuttleworth
1997 Eurovision winner Katrina Leskanich visits the Sheffield singer, but wife Mary gets the ironing board out. From March 2000.
SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sh0y1)
All the World's a Globe
The National Theatre of Brent tells the chaotic story of life on Earth. Stars Patrick Barlow and Jim Broadbent. From May 1990.
SUN 16:15 Comedy Catch-Up (b00jz2xv)
Elastic Planet: The Train
The Ministry of Furniture and methodist pirates. Patrick Moore guest stars in the comedy of connections.
SUN 16:30 The News Quiz (b00sh2dz)
Series 71
Episode 5
Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over the latest news events. From 14 May 2010.
SUN 17:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00fhzqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 18:00 Doctor Who (b00sh12y)
Orbis
Episode 2
Can Lucie restore the Time Lord's memory in time to save the planet from destruction? Stars Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith.
SUN 18:30 The Price of Fear (b007jmcf)
Blind Man's Bluff
Horror legend Vincent Price's chilling tale of an eerie passenger who joins him on a train heading west.
Co-starring Freddie Jones and Geoffrey Collins.
Written by William Ingram.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1975.
SUN 19:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jptm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 19:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007k0ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:30 today]
SUN 20:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost - Omnibus (b00sh0dx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 21:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jv63)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
SUN 21:30 Winston (b007rdrz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00f2zsd)
A Working Society
Charting our bumpy evolution, Chris Addison explains why he chose to spell civilisation with a Z.
Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation, the thinking-idiot's anthropologist explains exactly what we need to create a new one.
With Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern), Jo Enright and Dan Tetsell.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.
SUN 22:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b00sh2f1)
Series 3
Napoleon Bonaparte
The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of the life and career of the battling French emperor. From October 2002.
SUN 23:00 Play and Record (b0082hdz)
Series 1
Episode 1
Showcase for fresh comedy writer-performers. Features Jack Bernhardt and Adam Gutteridge. Made for BBC Radio 7 in October 2007.
SUN 23:30 Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio (b007k0x8)
Series 2
Episode 1
Crazy characters and sketches, plus Victorian detective Rutherford Lodge. Stars Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig. From January 2007.


MONDAY 24 MAY 2010

MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b00sh12y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Price of Fear (b007jmcf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 JB Priestley - Time and the Conways (b00sh0dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00nhq5d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sh0xz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sh0y1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:15 Comedy Catch-Up (b00jz2xv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:15 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 The News Quiz (b00sh2dz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth (b00sh59l)
Episode 1
Can Marcus recover his father's reputation and the lost Eagle of his legion? Rosemary Sutcliff's adventure stars Tom Smith.
MON 05:30 E Nesbit's Last of the Dragons (b00sh59n)
Last of the Dragons
A prince is always supposed to rescue a princess from the wicked dragon, but not in this tale. Read by Prunella Scales.
MON 05:45 AA Milne's The House at Pooh Corner (b00sh59q)
Episode 1
The bear and Piglet try a spot of DIY and recycling in order to build their friend Eeyore a new home. Read by Alan Bennett.
MON 06:00 24/05/2010 (b00sh59s)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jpvh)
Series 3
Keep Young and Beautiful
New War Office policy sparks drastic action amongst the platoon's old guard.
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
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Wig Maker …. Michael Burlington
Additional music by Dennis Gomm.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1976.
MON 08:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nhw1v)
The Overcoat
A humble Russian civil servant's career is stuck in a dismal rut, until he buys a new coat. With Stephen Moore. From April 2002.
MON 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008g29h)
Series 2
Episode 4
JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From August 1991.
MON 09:30 Capital Gains (b00shdzt)
Series 2
Seed Capital
Billionaire philanthropist Julius Hutch has never voted, but when his wife leaves home and a compulsory purchase order arrives, he takes action.
Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.
Written by Collin Johnson.
Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Kate ...... Justine Midda
Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham
Sir Gainford Blounty ...... Stephen Thorne
Dahlia Sprout ...... Jillie Meers
Other parts played by Collin Johnson, David Holt and Brian Perkins.
Producers: Andy Jordan and David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997 .
MON 10:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnk)
Episode 1
When a concert party is marooned in the Midlands, the lives of three dissatisfied people are entwined. Stars Philip Jackson.
MON 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00shdzw)
Episode 41
Archangel Michael comforts Adam and leads him, together with Eve, out of Paradise. Stars Mark Straker and Federay Holmes.
MON 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmyc)
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1
The Blanched Soldier
Whilst Watson honeymoons, his friend takes on the case of a Boer War veteran. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jpvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00shdzy)
Series 1
The Bonds That Bind Us
After a win on the premium bonds, Albert starts splashing the cash and brings home a young gold digger.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as Harold and Yootha Joyce as Madge.
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 (b007jlw5)
Murder in Mesopotamia
Episode 1
Amy Leatheran has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist; events prove stranger than she could ever have imagined.
Her patient's bizarre visions and nervous terror seem unfounded, but as the oppressive tension in the air thickens, events come to a terrible climax - in murder...
Agatha Christie's whodunit in a tale of angst and archaeology.
Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
From the book first published in 1936 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Louise Leidner …. Dorothy Tutin
Dr Leidner …. William Franklyn
Amy Leatheran …. Becky Hindley
Dr Reilly …. Norman Rodway
Coleman …. David Jarvis
Sheila Reilly …. Cathy Sara
Miss Johnson …. Elizabeth Spriggs
Father Lavigny …. John Hartley
Richard Carey …. Gavin Muir
Mrs Mercado …. Elaine Claxton
Mercado …. Neville Jason
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.
MON 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j622b)
Series 2
3. A Man's World
Back at CID, Trueman and Riley suspect a male hospital midwife of petty thefts from pregnant women.
Brian B Thompson's ill-matched detective duo starring Robert Daws and Duncan Preston.
DI Trumen …. Robert Daws
DS Riley …. Duncan Preston
Nurse …. Benjamin Askew
Eileen …. Caroline Guthrie
Tiffany …. Lizzy Watts
Mark Jefferson …. Stephen Critchlow
Sarah Haddon …. Janice Acquah
Dan …. Stephen Hogan
Director: Toby Swift
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2009.
MON 14:00 An English Journey (b0092mzs)
Episode 1
Retracing JB Priestley's footsteps of 1933, poet Lemn Sissay heads south to begin his odyssey around modern England.
MON 14:30 Decline and Fall (b00cfmnb)
Episode 5
On the eve of their wedding, Margot sends Paul to Marseille to sort out a little problem for her. Stars Alistair McGowan.
MON 15:00 Postscripts: JB Priestley (b00nskjq)
Episode 1
Reflecting on the evacuation of Dunkirk, the broadcaster's 1940 wartime observations are read by Patrick Stewart.
MON 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00shhrj)
How I Wish I Were a Boy
Michael Morpurgo discovers middle-class boys went to 19th-century public schools as a shield from too much female influence.
MON 15:30 Sir Peter Shaffer - Amadeus (b00shhrl)
Episode 1
Dying composer Salieri is fiercely jealous of his young rival. F Murray Abraham reads the play about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
MON 15:45 Timothy West - I'm Here I Think, Where Are You? (b007jw49)
Episode 1
Actor Timothy West reads letters written over 30 years to his wife Prunella Scales. Starting with weekly rep tours in the 1960s.
MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00shhrn)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Strongest Girl in the World, The World According to Humphrey, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, and Room 13.
MON 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008g29h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 17:30 Capital Gains (b00shdzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00kctmj)
Series 2
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
A clown, a hobo, a ballet dancer, a bagpipe player and an army major are all trapped. Adapted from TV with Jason Alexander.
MON 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n51g5)
Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand
An Alderman leases a property for his family unaware that it's haunted. J Sheridan Le Fanu's tale read by Richard Pasco.
MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jpvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00shdzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jlw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
MON 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j622b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
MON 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00shdzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nhw1v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 22:30 On Baby Street (b00shhrq)
Series 3
Episode 3
Ian and Shona wonder if their babies will ever walk, while Clinton pursues Yvette. Stars Jenny Eclair. From July 1998.
MON 23:00 Think the Unthinkable (b00cqh5b)
Series 2
Nambitrea
The consultants advise an African finance minister, and Ryan carries a package. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From December 2002.
MON 23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fw3zq)
Come Up and See Me
How Brian's interruption of a recording session inadvertently gave Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel their biggest hit.
More revelations from rock musicologist and part-time media studies tutor Brian Appleton
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
MON 23:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00slshn)
Series 2
Normal Reality
Cartoonist Steven Appleby is only mildly surprised to be identified as the Earth's supreme being by alien civilisations throughout the universe.
But where does reality end and fantasy begin?
Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably describes as "insights into normal, everyday life".
With:
Rosalind Paul
Ewan Bailey
Nigel Betts
Rachel Atkins
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003


TUESDAY 25 MAY 2010

TUE 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00kctmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n51g5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jlw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j622b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00shdzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008g29h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Capital Gains (b00shdzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth (b00shkbx)
Episode 2
As Marcus heads north with Esca, clues appear to the missing Eagle's whereabouts. Stars Tom Smith and Paul Morrow.
TUE 05:30 E Nesbit's Last of the Dragons (b00shkbz)
Kind Little Edmund
A boy finds a troublesome dragon in the heart of a mountain. Can the wise cockatrice help him out? Read by Prunella Scales.
TUE 05:45 AA Milne's The House at Pooh Corner (b00shkc1)
Episode 2
When a newcomer bounces into 100 Acre Wood, the friends have to find out what he likes to eat. Read by Alan Bennett.
TUE 06:00 25/05/2010 (b00shkc3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b01dtg79)
From 04/12/1958
Napoleonic double-doings, while Ron's latest news shocks broody Eth in 'The Glums'.
Starring Professor Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield.
Announcer: Brian Matthew
Music from Wallace Eaton and the Keynotes and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Scripted by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1958.
TUE 08:30 The In Crowd (b00shkc5)
Series 3
Episode 3
Olive:
"Ooh, I'm shattered. You've really got to punch those old ladies hard if you want any bargains at the church jumble sale nowadays. I saw Vicar Simms headbutt that Mrs Knowles to get a blazer. Arthur, what are you doing in my tights?"
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 August 2002.
TUE 09:00 After Henry (b007jq6v)
Series 3
A Box of Chocolates
"Any treaty drawn up with my mother would have to include strict boundary agreements. I'm afraid she has the same attitude to frontiers as Genghis Khan. And now I come to think of it, the similarities don't end there."
When Sarah meets an old flame 30 years on, her mother manages to interrupt them once again.
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
Peter ...... Tom Wilkinson
Doctor ...... Julie Berry
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 (b00ct8w3)
Series 1
The Great Escape
Bristow plots the summer holiday of a lifetime - in Mudsea.
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
Mrs Purdy …. Dora Bryan
Hewitt …. Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman …. Katy Odey
Fudge …. Jon Glover
BJ …. Christopher Benjamin
Post Boy …. Simon Schatzberger
Francine …. Carol Starks
Turner …. David Ryall
Other parts played by the cast.
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
TUE 10:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnw)
Episode 2
After three strangers arrive, the marooned concert party start making plans without their manager. Stars Helen Longworth.
TUE 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00shkc7)
Episode 1
When God pronounces that Christ is his son, alarmed Satan plots against him. Sequel to Paradise Lost stars Robert Glenister.
TUE 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmyv)
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1
The Mazarin Stone
The Baker Street sleuth puts his life on the line to trap an audacious jewel thief. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b01dtg79)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lngwd)
Series 1
Episode 5
Vic Reeves hosts, as Paul Whitehouse, Michael McIntyre, Lucy Porter and Andy Parsons answer audience questions. From July 2007.
TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jlwq)
Murder in Mesopotamia
Episode 2
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is on hand when a death occurs in the heat of the desert.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Coleman …. David Jarvis
Amy Leatheran …. Becky Hindley
Miss Johnson …. Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs Mercado …. Elaine Claxton
Emmott …. Peter Whitman
Dr Leidner …. William Franklyn
Dr Reilly …. Norman Rodway
Louise Leidner …. Dorothy Tutin
Father Lavigny …. John Hartley
Captain Maitland …. Richard Todd
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.
TUE 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j6bh2)
Series 2
4. The Other Chic
Passions run high as detectives Trueman and Riley tackle an arson attack on a lingerie shop in Leeds.
Brian B Thompson's ill-matched detective duo starring Robert Daws and Duncan Preston.
DI Trueman …. Robert Daws
DS Riley …. Duncan Preston
Rachel Hammond …. Melanie Kilburn
Colin Teague …. Philip Fox
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in March 2009.
TUE 14:00 An English Journey (b00941ht)
Episode 2
Retracing JB Priestley's footsteps of 1933, poet Lemn Sissay heads north to complete his odyssey around England.
TUE 14:30 Decline and Fall (b00cjs2c)
Episode 6
As he languishes in jail, is there a happy ending in store for Paul Pennyfeather? Stars Alistair McGowan and Andrew Sachs.
TUE 15:00 Postscripts: JB Priestley (b00nsnhn)
Episode 2
Describing a wartime outing to Margate, the broadcaster's 1940 wartime observations are read by Patrick Stewart.
TUE 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00shl8f)
Reinstated Divinity
Michael Morpurgo discovers how the Victorian obsession with childhood, both real and romanticised, appeared in art and literature.
TUE 15:30 Sir Peter Shaffer - Amadeus (b00shl8h)
Episode 2
Salieri's jealousy of Mozart ignites a plot for revenge. Read by F Murray Abraham. Adapted from the stage play.
TUE 15:45 Timothy West - I'm Here I Think, Where Are You? (b007jw4f)
Episode 2
Actor Timothy West reads old letters to wife Prunella Scales, reflecting on touring European theatres with Shakespeare's plays. Episode 2 of 5.
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00shl8k)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Strongest Girl in the World, The World According to Humphrey, Clumsy Clive, and Room 13.
TUE 17:00 After Henry (b007jq6v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Bristow (b00ct8w3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00h30s4)
Series 2
A Piano in the House
Bitter theatre critic Fitzgerald Fortune buys his younger wife an extraordinary birthday present that harbours unexpected powers...
Earl Hamner Jr's TV script adapted for radio by Dennis Etchison
Starring Michael York as Fitzgerald Fortune. With Sarah Wellington, Christian Stolte, Reene Matthews, Doug James, Herb Graham, Meg Thalken, Roz Alexander, Rick Vargas and Kurt Naebig.
Stacy Keach (best known here as US TV detective Mike Hammer) takes Serling's original TV role as narrator.
Created by Rod Serling, cult sci-fi and horror series 'The Twilight Zone' was first broadcast in the USA on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and electrified the new medium of television.
Armed with a licence from CBS and the Serling estate, Carl Amari's slick adaptions are based on the original TV scripts - adapted from 2002 as a 40-minute radio drama series, with a full cast, music and sound effects.
Produced and directed by Carl Amari for the Falcon Picture Group.
TUE 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n490c)
The Man in the Bell
A church bell ringer's trip up to the Belfry has terrifying consequences. WE Aytoun's chilling tale read by Patrick Malahide.
TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b01dtg79)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lngwd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jlwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j6bh2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00shkc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmyv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 The In Crowd (b00shkc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Poets' Tree (b00shngl)
Episode 1
The first of Poet Paul Hamilton's poetry magazine programmes.
Paul hears some classic poetry from Derek Harricot, and inspires an unusual person to try poetry for the very first time.
Poetry spoof by Kevin Eldon and Stewart Lee.
With Olivia Colman and Peter Serafinowicz.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.
TUE 22:45 Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies (b007jrkw)
A Switch in Time
Tackling time-wasting and greetings cards
Producer, writer and performer Armando Iannucci presents his own collection of humorous essays.
Compiled by Jenny Baynes.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00jzcky)
Series 3
Undercover
Ed shaves his beard in order to work unrecognised as a mystery shopper.
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:
John Fortune
Stephanie Cole
Geoffrey Whitehead
Rita May
Sally Grace
Simon Greenall
Geoffrey McGivern
Matthew Holness
Paul Biggin
Sally Hawkins
Eve Dallas
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
TUE 23:30 All the World's a Globe (b007k44p)
2. Civilisation
From Egypt to origami.
The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War.
Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.
Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.
With thanks to
Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.
TUE 23:45 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007n101)
Series 1
Gossip
Adam Bloom investigates exactly who starts rumours?
Helping Adam to silence wagging tongues are Sarah Kennedy, Brendon Burns and Stefano Paolini.
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.


WEDNESDAY 26 MAY 2010

WED 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00h30s4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n490c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jlwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j6bh2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00shkc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmyv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 After Henry (b007jq6v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Bristow (b00ct8w3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth (b00shp2n)
Episode 3
After finding the legion's lost Eagle, Marcus and Esca must risk everything to retake it. Stars Tom Smith and Tony Kearney.
WED 05:30 E Nesbit's Last of the Dragons (b00shp2q)
The Deliverers of Their Country
Two children battling to save England from a plague of hungry dragons turn to dragon killer St George. Read by Prunella Scales.
WED 05:45 AA Milne's The House at Pooh Corner (b00shp2s)
Episode 3
The bear and friends search the 100 Acre Wood to find a tiny missing person. Guess where they find him? Read by Alan Bennett.
WED 06:00 26/05/2010 (b00shp9t)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1f3)
Series 2
The Chef that Died of Shame
The regular Hancock's cast play different characters - in the rise and fall saga of a pie-stall cook, Percy Higgins.
Starring Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Sidney James. Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams.
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? (b008vnz5)
Episode 6
Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Stephen Fry, John Sessions, Rory Bremner and Jon Glover.
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 February 1988.
WED 09:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfns)
Series 2
Health and Efficiency
Faith heads to a health farm, leaving Bill to mind the happy home.
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, Norman Bird as Mr Burrows and Nicholas Courtney as Ray.
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 (b00shr9h)
Series 3
An Ill Wind
Victoria's illness makes Roger squeamish. Charlotte overreacts, but Anna is a rock. Stars Rosemary Leach. From December 1994.
WED 10:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlp4)
Episode 3
As the concert party hits rock bottom, will their manager and 'angel' Miss Trant pull the plug on them? Stars Jemma Churchill.
WED 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00shr9f)
Episode 2
Disguised Satan approaches Christ and suggests that he cures his hunger by turning stones into bread. Stars Denis Quilley.
WED 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmz8)
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1
The Three Gables
When a young diplomat dies in Rome, the sleuth turns to the tabloid press for help. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1f3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c4bs5)
Series 3
Episode 4
Can a tribe of African pygmies be persuaded to endorse Tommy and Sheila's CD?
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
Libby Earnest …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jlx8)
Murder in Mesopotamia
Episode 3
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot must dig for more clues. Is there a killer in a team of desert archaeologists?
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Richard Carey …. Gavin Muir
Amy Leatheran …. Becky Hindley
Dr Reilly …. Norman Rodway
Dr Leidner …. William Franklyn
Sheila Reilly …. Cathy Sara
Miss Johnson …. Elizabeth Spriggs
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.
WED 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j7p9f)
Series 2
5. Love Bytes
With a woman missing, Trueman and Riley are sucked into the virtual world of online role playing.
Brian B Thompson's ill-matched detective duo starring Robert Daws and Duncan Preston.
DI Trueman …. Robert Daws
DS Riley …. Duncan Preston
Susan/Lucy Lovestar …. Rebecca Manley
Andy …. Matt Addis
Mr Thomas …. Malcolm Tierney
Geoff/Male Voice …. Stephen Critchlow
Male Voice …. Benjamin Askew
Male Voice …. Jonathan Tafler
Seductive Female Voice …. Lizzy Watts
Internet Café Owner …. Paul Rider
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in March 2009.
WED 14:00 The Little White Rose (b00lm928)
Scots share their feelings about what Scotland's history, literature, culture and music means to them and to the world.
WED 14:30 Maugham's Eye View (b00lqd27)
The Creative Impulse
The authoress Mrs Forrester is horrified when her husband runs off with the cook but she turns it to creative advantage.
Dirk Bogarde is the narrator for a series of six Somerset Maugham short stories.
Dramatised by Neville Teller.
Mrs Forrester ...... Sylvia Syms
Mr Forrester ...... Desmond Barrit
Mrs Bullfinch ...... Shirley Anne Field
Other parts played by:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Zulema Dene
John Hartley
Tracy Wiles
David Collings
David Timson
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.
WED 15:00 Postscripts: JB Priestley (b00nsp7n)
Episode 3
Comparing his current and previous wartime experiences, broadcaster JB Priestley's 1940 observations. Read by Patrick Stewart.
WED 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00shrwl)
Father, Is It Time?
Michael Morpurgo reveals children's working lives during the Industrial Revolution - up chimneys, in factories and down mines.
WED 15:30 Sir Peter Shaffer - Amadeus (b00shrwn)
Episode 3
Salieri wrestles with his conscience over seducing Mozart's wife. Read by F Murray Abraham. Adapted from the stage play.
WED 15:45 Timothy West - I'm Here I Think, Where Are You? (b007jw4h)
Episode 3
The actor reads letters written to his wife Prunella Scales during his 1975 RSC Hedda Gabler tour of Australia and America.
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sjm3v)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Strongest Girl in the World, The World According to Humphrey, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Room 13.
WED 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 17:30 No Commitments (b00shr9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00h6v32)
Series 2
The Chaser
A lovesick suitor buys a guaranteed love potion from a mysterious soul - a love potion that works all too well...
Robert Presnell Jr's TV script based on John Collier's short story adapted for radio by Dennis Etchison
Starring Stephen Tobolowsky, Michele Graff, Roderick Peeples, JoBe Cerny, Doug James, Jeff Lupetin, Carl Amari, Roy Millonzi, Meg Thalken, Jennifer Litterio, Linda Reiter, Peggy Roeder and Craig Harris.
Stacy Keach (best known here as US TV detective Mike Hammer) takes Serling's original TV role as narrator.
Created by Rod Serling, cult sci-fi and horror series 'The Twilight Zone' was first broadcast in the USA on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and electrified the new medium of television.
Armed with a licence from CBS and the Serling estate, Carl Amari's slick adaptions are based on the original TV scripts - adapted from 2002 as a 40-minute radio drama series, with a full cast, music and sound effects.
Produced and directed by Carl Amari for the Falcon Picture Group.
WED 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n5vsl)
The Masque of the Red Death
This classic Edgar Allen Poe story follows Prince Prospero's eager attempts to avoid the Red Death. Read by Patrick Malahide.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1f3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c4bs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jlx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j7p9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
WED 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00shr9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmz8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008vnz5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jxbp)
Series 3
Episode 1
The comic's Moon trip ends up on Mars, where his space suit fails and his life flashes before his eyes. From April 2001.
WED 23:00 At Home With The Snails (b007k2ql)
Series 1
Episode 2
Alex is obsessed with snails, but can women ever replace them in his affections? Stars Gerard Foster. From July 2001.
WED 23:30 Any Bloke (b007jyzg)
Series 2
Dream Catcher
Phil's told off for not wearing his empathy womb at the antenatal class. Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin.


THURSDAY 27 MAY 2010

THU 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00h6v32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n5vsl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jlx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j7p9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00shr9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmz8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlp4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 No Commitments (b00shr9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth (b00sjm9c)
Episode 4
Marcus and Esca have retrieved the legion's Eagle, denying their enemies a symbol of defiance. Rosemary Sutcliffe's adventure concludes. Stars Tom Smith and Tony Kearney.
THU 05:30 E Nesbit's Last of the Dragons (b00sjm9f)
The Book of Beasts
Wearing his new crown, Lionel loves being King - until he makes a terrible mistake involving a dragon. Read by Prunella Scales.
THU 05:45 AA Milne's The House at Pooh Corner (b00sjp2b)
Episode 4
The bear invents a new game for his friends to play, and Tigger helps Eeyore get close to the action. Read by Alan Bennett.
THU 06:00 27/05/2010 (b00sjp2d)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
Series 7
The Macreekie Rising of '74
Neddie Seagoon has a 60-foot caber hidden under his kilt, but the Scots want it back.
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 In the End (b007n9gk)
Episode 1
Maverick hack George Cragge fears a serial killer is on the loose. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. From November 1999.
THU 09:00 Up the Garden Path (b007jqkw)
Series 3
A Dick in Shining Armour
Will pregnant Izzy be able to finally settle down with the man of her dreams? Stars Imelda Staunton. From October 1993.
THU 09:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v)
Series 1
Spy Story
Why does the bear suck his paw in winter? And what does the answer have to do with the First Secretary's dinner suit?
The British Ambassador and his team plan their campaign for a diplomatic dinner.
Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Greif as the United States Ambassador, Susie Brann as Mrs Newton and Peter Howell as George Sommers.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.
THU 10:00 Gunter Grass - The Tin Drum (b007jls2)
Episode 1
It's 1930 and Hitler's rise to power has begun. Three year old Oskar decides to stop growing and stop talking. Instead he plays his tin drum.
Phil Daniels stars as Oskar alongside Kenneth Cranham and Lesley Manville in Mike Walker's two-part dramatisation of Gunter Grass's dark and intriguing story.
Written in 1959, The Tin Drum is a modern classic of post-Second World War literature, telling the story of the Third Reich's decline and fall from a most particular perspective - that of a dwarf. It was published at a time when a generation of Germans was seeking to understand the war for the first time.
Oskar ...... Phil Daniels
Matzerath ...... Kenneth Cranham
Agnes ...... Lesley Manville
Bebra ...... David Collings
Jan ...... Stephen Critchlow
Greff ...... Paul Jenkins
Gretchen ...... Kristin Milward
Roswitha ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Marcus ...... John Turner
Fisherman ...... John Hartley
Midwife ...... Tessa Worsley
Gunter Grass was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999 and the Swedish Academy praised him as a writer 'whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history'.
Mike Walker's efforts won him the Writer's Award for Best Dramatisation.
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.
THU 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00sjp2g)
Episode 3
Satan confers with his council on how best to bring about the downfall of Christ. Stars Ian McDiarmid and Godfrey Kenton.
THU 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmzq)
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1
The Sussex Vampire
The Baker Street sleuth's powers of deduction and reason are challenged by the creatures of the night. Stars Clive Merrison.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sjp2j)
Series 3
Episode 11
Tales of Merrie England and an insight into show-jumping.
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 Graeme Garden, Peter Hutchins, Eric Idle, Peter Vincent and David McKellar,
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 (b007jlxs)
Murder in Mesopotamia
Episode 4
As Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot continues quizzing the suspects, a second tragedy strikes the archaeological dig.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Mrs Mercado …. Elaine Claxton
Emmott …. Peter Whitman
Mercado …. Neville Jason
Amy Leatheran …. Becky Hindley
Carl Reiter …. Tom Bevan
Dr Leidner …. William Franklyn
Miss Johnson …. Elizabeth Spriggs
Father Lavigny …. John Hartley
Richard Carey …. Gavin Muir
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.
THU 13:30 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p7pb)
Episode 1
The Senior House Officer is suspicious when a former patient commits suicide. Annie McCartney's thriller stars Seanin Brennan.
THU 14:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00cyywj)
Jenny Secombe
Harry Secombe's daughter chats to Sally Magnusson about growing up with her versatile, funny father - singer, actor and comic.
Producer: Mike Walker
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in August 2006.
THU 14:30 Maugham's Eye View (b00lv0y4)
The Vessel of Wrath
An unlikely liaison is formed in the Dutch East Indies when a lady missionary inadvertently falls for a drunken drop out.
Dirk Bogarde is the narrator for a series of six Somerset Maugham short stories.
Martha Jones ...... Anna Massey
Ginger Ted ...... Bill Nighy
Dutch Controleur ...... Timothy Spall
Mr Jones ...... David Timson
Engineer ...... Andrew Branch
Islander ...... Roger May
Dramatised by Neville Teller.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.
THU 15:00 Postscripts: JB Priestley (b00ntdnz)
Episode 4
Looking back to the very first day of the war, broadcaster JB Priestley's observations from 1940 are read by Patrick Stewart.
THU 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sjp2l)
I Ain't a Child
Michael Morpurgo tells the story of Victorian street children and the organisations that grew up to rescue them.
THU 15:30 Sir Peter Shaffer - Amadeus (b00sjp2n)
Episode 4
Will Salieri finally take his revenge on Mozart? Or is his quarrel really with God? Read by F Murray Abraham.
THU 15:45 Timothy West - I'm Here I Think, Where Are You? (b007jw4l)
Episode 4
Timothy West reads letters to wife Prunella Scales, when he was asked to perform before the Pope and an audience of thousands.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sjp2q)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring The Strongest Girl in the World, The World According to Humphrey, and Room 13.
THU 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b007jqkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 17:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Blake's 7 (b008hscc)
Rebel
The Galactic Federation thinks it has seen the last of space outlaw Roj Blake, when he is framed and exiled. Stars Derek Riddell.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sjp2j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jlxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p7pb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
THU 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00sjp2g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 In the End (b007n9gk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Deep Trouble (b00sjp2s)
Series 1
Episode 2
The US Navy's special Seals force causes excitement aboard nuclear submarine Goliath. Stars Jim Field Smith. From October 2005.
THU 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k0zt)
Series 1
School Parties Welcome
The Museum enjoys a visit from some schoolchildren as they learn the origin of scampi in the new Undersea Adventure display.
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 April 2004.
THU 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? (b00sjp2v)
Series 2
Games People Play
Giles can't get a mortgage, David is computer-obsessed and Judith is a corporate Boadicea. Stars Douglas Hodge. From June 1996.


FRIDAY 28 MAY 2010

FRI 00:00 Blake's 7 (b008hscc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jlxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p7pb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00sjp2g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jmzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Gunter Grass - The Tin Drum (b007jls2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Up the Garden Path (b007jqkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Just William (b00sjpnm)
All the News
Mischievous schoolboy William Brown sets out to wreak havoc, but is hindered by Violet Elizabeth. Read by Martin Jarvis.
FRI 05:15 Just William (b00sjpnp)
Aunt Arabelle in Charge
Schoolboy William Brown has a sea fight and loses his ten shillings - how far will he go to get it back? Read by Martin Jarvis.
FRI 05:30 E Nesbit's Last of the Dragons (b00sjpnr)
The Dragon Tamers
Blacksmith John and his family's very hard life soon changes when a dragon emerges from the cellar. Read by Prunella Scales.
FRI 05:45 AA Milne's The House at Pooh Corner (b00sjpnt)
Episode 5
Windy weather causes havoc in 100 Acre Wood, but the bear and friends all gather round to help. Read by Alan Bennett.
FRI 06:00 28/05/2010 (b00sjpnw)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b007w4df)
Series 4
Episode 2
Kenneth Horne stars in a roaring 1920s film spoof 'Thoroughly Modern Willy', Rambling Syd Rumpo sings of a nadger and Julian and Sandy come over all transcendental with Bona Gurumat.
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 March 1968.
FRI 08:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007ynmh)
Series 2
Matthew Kelly
Matthew Kelly joins John to host a Shuttleworth edition of Stars in Their Eyes.
But which stars will the family appear as? Could John come through the curtain as Elton John with wife Mary as Kiki Dee?
Trying to Impress an Impressario is Mitch Benn , while Kevin Gildea calls in a final attempt to Make Mary Merry
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 The Embassy Lark (b00sjqcc)
Security
British Embassy staff suspect that Russians next door are bugging them. Stars Derek Francis and Frank Thornton. From March 1966.
FRI 09:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
Series 2
Episode 3
Cinema shenanigans for the much-loved duo and the heroic deeds of Private Morecambe.
Written by Eddie Braben
With Richard Mathews, Ann Hamilton and Michael Kilgarriff.
Special singing guest: Clodagh Rodgers
Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976.
FRI 10:00 Gunter Grass - The Tin Drum (b007jlvd)
Episode 2
As the war rages, Oskar discovers sex, jazz and the black market. Will his mad drumming make him a star?
Phil Daniels stars as Oskar in the conclusion of Gunter Grass's dark and intriguing story.
Written in 1959, The Tin Drum is a modern classic of post-Second World War literature, telling the story of the Third Reich's decline and fall from a most particular perspective - that of a dwarf.
Oskar ...... Phil Daniels
Matzerath ...... Kenneth Cranham
Bebra ...... David Collings
Roswitha ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Zeidler ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Dorothea ...... Patience Tomlinson
Lankes ...... Jonathan Keeble
Maria ...... Tracy Wiles
Klepp ...... Nigel Anthony
Official ...... David Timson
Young Man ...... Andrew Branch
Other parts ...... John Hartley
Dramatised by Mike Walker.
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.
FRI 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00sjr7b)
Episode 4
Satan tries to tempt Christ in the wilderness with an exquisite banquet and promises of wealth and power. Stars Denis Quilley.
FRI 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jn04)
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1
The Three Garridebs
The sleuth tackles the inheritance case of two men who must find the third person sharing their surname. Stars Clive Merrison.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b007w4df)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jf6rv)
From 29/01/1984
From playing Doxon of Dick Green, to a troop of Beefeaters. The ultimate one-man show, written by the host. From January 1984.
FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jly9)
Murder in Mesopotamia
Episode 5
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot battles to reveal the identity of the desert murderer...
The gripping conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Coleman …. David Jarvis
Captain Maitland …. Richard Todd
Mrs Mercado …. Elaine Claxton
Sheila Reilly …. Cathy Sara
Dr Reilly …. Norman Rodway
Dr Leidner …. William Franklyn
Richard Carey …. Gavin Muir
Amy Leatheran …. Becky Hindley
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.
FRI 13:30 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p8x9)
Episode 2
After Sophie's alleged suicide, the Senior House Officer suspects foul play. Annie McCartney's thriller stars Seanin Brennan.
FRI 14:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kssql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday]
FRI 15:00 Postscripts: JB Priestley (b00nth1f)
Episode 5
Describing recent air-raids in his native city of Bradford, the broadcaster's 1940 observations are read by Patrick Stewart.
FRI 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sjw36)
The Habit of Schooling
Michael Morpurgo discovers the reaction to the 1870 Forster Education Act, marking the start of compulsory education for all.
FRI 15:30 Sir Peter Shaffer - Amadeus (b00sjr7d)
Episode 5
Salieri is seething when Mozart writes an Italian opera, so he plots to stop it. Read by F Murray Abraham.
FRI 15:45 Timothy West - I'm Here I Think, Where Are You? (b007jw4n)
Episode 5
In letters to his wife Prunella Scales, the actor reflects on the Bristol Old Vic and touring 'King Lear' in Ireland.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sjw38)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring The Strongest Girl in the World, The World According to Humphrey, Wheelchair Wally, and Room 13.
FRI 17:00 The Embassy Lark (b00sjqcc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Blake's 7 (b008jhns)
Traitor
The space outlaws try to gain control of the Liberator. But whose side is Avon on? Stars Derek Riddell and Colin Salmon.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b007w4df)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jf6rv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jly9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p8x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Regained (b00sjr7b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jn04)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007ynmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Genius (b00b9nzd)
Series 1
John Fortune
A fake brake pedal for nervous passengers to using laughing gas for riots?
Dave Gorman asks John Fortune 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 (b007k1xw)
Series 2
Assistant
With Hell getting overcrowded, Satan decides it's time to hire an assistant demon.
Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
It's not easy being Satan. Thrown out of heaven by a vengeful, white-haired God merely for daring to voice the concerns of middle management and condemned for all eternity to listen to Edith Piaf and Elvis Presley. Satan may rule the roost, but he's beset by the poor unfortunates condemned to sit out Eternity with him
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Philip Pope and Felicity Montagu.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
FRI 23:30 Mastering the Universe (b00sjw5l)
Series 1
Party On Down
Professor Joy Klamp explores the miserable world of partying. Stars Dawn French and Christopher Douglas. From November 2005.
FRI 23:45 Elastic Planet (b0089jhr)
The Shape
Drugged electricity and artificial icebergs.
Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.
With Johnny Ball, Henry Cooper, Kerry Shale, Dan Strauss, Michael Troughton, Neil Mullarkey, Siriol Jenkins, Jamie Owen and Alan Dedicoat.
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995