SATURDAY 04 SEPTEMBER 2010
SAT 00:00 The Brightonomicon (b00dy0wj)
The Fantastic Adventure of the Foredown Man
A monk in Rizla's dream thinks he's two minutes away from death. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.
SAT 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jms4)
Operation Luna
3. Moon Music
Captain Jet Morgan is disturbed by visions and a sense of foreboding - as his rocket fails to respond.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
Other parts by David Jacobs and Duncan McIntyre
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
The original 1953 recordings of this futuristic series were erased.
This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.
SAT 01:00 Cadfael (b007jldz)
The Virgin in the Ice
5. Discoveries
Detective monk Brother Cadfael discovers outlaws have taken Ives Hugonin prisoner.
Conclusion starring Philip Madoc as Brother Cadfael.
Written by Ellis Peters and dramatised by Bert Coules.
Brother Cadfael ...... Philip Madoc
Narrator ...... Sir Michael Hordern
Ermina ...... Moira Buffini
Leonard ...... Leonard Fenton
Hugh ...... Douglas Hodge
Le Gaucher ...... Peter Laird
Ives ...... Dean Magri
Elyas ...... Crispin Letts
Axeman ...... Peter Gunn
Boterel ...... Andrew Wincott
Other parts played by the cast.
Music by Peter Salem.
Producer: Phil Clarke.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.
SAT 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr9c)
Episode 15
The anonymous would-be assassin is on his way out of the country - but what does his future hold?
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Concluded by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
SAT 02:00 E Nesbit - The Phoenix and the Carpet (b00tlwfx)
Episode 5
To the children's horror, the damaged magic carpet is to be replaced. 1901 fantasy novel concluded by Patricia Hodge.
SAT 02:15 Juliet Ace Monologues (b007k19x)
Skin
On her road to liberation, Mattie Potter strips off. Patricia Hodge tells her tale of sun, flesh, naturism and morality.
SAT 03:00 John Buchan - The Three Hostages (b00lgn64)
I Make the Acquaintance of a Popular Man
Some years after his 39 Steps mission, Richard Hannay encounters a global criminal gang. Stars David Robb and Haydn Gwynne.
SAT 04:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0vl)
Foreign Parts
Winter has come to the Ogle Valley. David is dreaming of sun and sand when an old friend offers him an exciting job. Meanwhile, Arthur dreams of a date with June.
Peter Davison and Michael Williams star in Peter Morfoot's railway sitcom.
David ...... Peter Davison
Rocket ...... Michael Williams
June ...... Rosemary Martin
Points ...... Phillippa Wilson
Hattie ...... Madge Hindle
Sodd ...... Chris Emmett
Brian ...... Peter Silverleaf
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1996.
SAT 04:30 Tony's (b00tlvzf)
Series 2
Court in the Act
The salon is accused of turning a customer's hair bright green.
Series 2 of the misadventures in the life of a corner-shop barber starring Victor Spinetti as Tony, Deryck Guyler as Stanley, Deborah Watling as Maisie.
With guests: Dilys Laye, Douglas Blackwell, Royce Mills and Leonard Fenton.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Incidental music by Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1981.
SAT 05:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00r7mdm)
Gyles Brandreth and Danny La Rue
The raconteur and former MP, Gyles Brandreth - followed by the famous female impersonator Danny La Rue, talking in 1985.
SAT 06:00 04/09/2010 (b00tmwd2)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00tmwd4)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Divide by Elizabeth Kay, read by Adrian Bower.
SAT 09:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jpbt)
Series 2
On the Beat with PC 49
Professor Jeffrey Richards recalls the popular street bobby and asks Susan Stranks about her father Alan's sleuthing creation.
SAT 09:30 King Street Junior (b007jps1)
Series 1
The Principle of the Thing
Mr Brown puts his foot through one of the sacred traditions of the staff room - and steps on a few sensibilities.
Created and written by Jim Eldridge.
Ten series of this comedy about King Street Junior School ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.
Eric Brown …. Peter Davison
Mr Beeston …. James Grout
Mrs Stone …. Margaret John
Mrs Rudd …. Vivienne Martin
Mr Long …. Paul Copley
Mr Holliday …. Tom Watson
Mrs Patterson …. Deirdre Costello
Sundar …. Marco Ferraro
Joanna …. Natalie Abbott
Andrea …. Danielle Akers
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985.
SAT 10:00 Ulrika's Comedy Gold (b007jvtl)
Episode 1
Ulrika Jonsson's Sony Radio Academy Awards six-pack: I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, People Like Us, Goodness Gracious Me, In One Ear, A Perforated Ulster and Knowing Me Knowing You.
SAT 13:00 E Nesbit - The Story of the Amulet (b00tn4p7)
Reunited with the Psammead, the children head back in time to solve the mystery of an ancient lucky charm. Stars Clive Francis.
SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00tmwks)
Cadfael - The Virgin in the Ice: Casualties of War
Shrewsbury, 1139: The detective monk sets out to find a missing brother and sister. Ellis Peters' thriller stars Philip Madoc.
SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00tn4p9)
Cadfael - The Virgin in the Ice: Danger from All Sides
Amid bitter civil war, the detective monk makes headway in his hunt. Ellis Peters' medieval thriller with Sir Michael Hordern.
SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00tn4pc)
Cadfael - The Virgin in the Ice: Found and Lost
The detective monk's brave search for a woman leads him to an isolated manor. Ellis Peters' medieval thriller with Philip Madoc.
SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00tn4pf)
Cadfael - The Virgin in the Ice: The Wolves' Nest
The detective monk's companions have disappeared in a blizzard. Ellis Peters' medieval thriller with Philip Madoc.
SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00tn4ph)
Cadfael - The Virgin in the Ice: Discoveries
The detective monk discovers outlaws have taken Ives Hugonin prisoner. Ellis Peters' medieval thriller with Philip Madoc.
SAT 17:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00r7mdm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 today]
SAT 18:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon (b007jnrf)
2. Don't Be a Freud
The time travellers hit 19th-century Austria, where Freud is about to give a historic paper on telepathy, which Raymond and Hildegard are bent on stealing...
Starring Amanda Donohoe as Hilderghast, Andrew McGibbon as Raymond, Karl Minns as the Conductor, Owen Evans as Bernie, Nick Romero as Karl, Andy Mulligan as Herr Grubberman, Dan Freedman as Breyer, Alex Lowe as the interpolator and Sophie Aldred as Martha.
Written by Andrew McGibbon. Additional material by Rob Colley, Julian Mayers and Kevin Greening.
Theme by Ozzy Temple and other music by Nick Romero.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
SAT 18:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007jwnt)
Episode 1
Gregor Samsa wakes one day to find himself hideously transformed into a monstrous insect. His family react with horror at his bizarre transformation but this slowly turns to revulsion - and then monstrous indifference - as he is left to quietly waste away in his bedroom.
First published in 1912, Benedict Cumberbatch reads Franz Kafka's classic novel in four parts.
Franz Kafka (1883-1924) ranks among the 20th century's most acclaimed writers. He is often cited as the author whose works best evoke the concerns and preoccupations of modern life. The world in his stories is portrayed as one in which the fantastic is entirely normal, the irrational is rational, and the unreasonable seems reasonable. As Ernst Pawel wrote in his biography of the writer, "Kafka articulates the anguish of being human."
Kafka, although Czech and living in Prague, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, spoke fluent German and Czech and actually wrote in German and thought it his mother tongue. The tensions between those who spoke German and those who spoke Czech were a direct reflection of the rise of nationalism and the quest for national identity.
Metamorphosis was translated by Richard Stokes. Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2006.
SAT 19:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jpbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
SAT 19:30 King Street Junior (b007jps1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
SAT 20:00 Ulrika's Comedy Gold (b007jvtl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
SAT 23:00 Jed Rubenfeld -The Interpretation of Murder (b00tn4rw)
Episode 3
A key witness is mute and the victim's body goes missing. Sigmund Freud keeps watch. Read by William Hope and Martin T Sherman.
SAT 23:15 Jed Rubenfeld -The Interpretation of Murder (b00tn4ry)
Episode 4
The evidence builds from two sadistic attacks and points at a prominent New Yorker. Read by William Hope and Martin T Sherman.
SAT 23:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3)
Terminus
3. Playing Games
Timothy Lineham, MP, is the 'Lucky Charm' killer's third victim. A drugs or terrorist connection seems likely. Events take a bizarre turn for DS Julie Enfield.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield
Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley
Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards
Dominic Letts ..... Terminus
Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father
Tina Grey ..... Mrs Winterton
Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley
Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah
David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer
Tom Bevan ..... The Beggar
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
SUNDAY 05 SEPTEMBER 2010
SUN 00:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon (b007jnrf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007jwnt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 E Nesbit - The Story of the Amulet (b00tn4p7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Miss Marple (b007jvgc)
4.50 From Paddington
Miss Marple's friend Mrs McGillicuddy arrives for a visit to St. Mary Mead claiming she's just witnessed a murder during her rail journey from London.
On another train running alongside her carriage, she explains how a blind flew up revealing a man slowly strangling a woman – until she slumped down. But next day, when there are no newspaper reports of a corpse, the spinster sleuth sets about her own murder investigation.
Set in the days of steam railways, Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield stars as Jane Marple.
First published in 1957 and dramatised for by Michael Bakewell.
Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Mrs McGillicuddy ...... Joan Sims
Lucy Eyelesbarrow ...... Susannah Harker
Detective Inspector Craddock ...... Ian Lavender
Luther Crackenthorpe ...... John Woodnutt
Emma Crackenthorpe ...... Janet Maw
Inspector Bacon ...... Sean Baker
Dr Quimper ...... Stephen Thorne
Cedric ...... Christopher Scott
Harold ...... Keith Drinkel
Alfred ...... Mark Bonner
Bryan ...... Jim Wall
Alexander ...... Jonathan Kitchens
James ...... Rory Jennings
Mrs Kidder ...... Ann Beach
Madam Joilet ...... Joanna Monro
Martine ...... Alice Arnold
Miss Ellis ...... Amanda Gordon
Wimborne ...... Lewis Jones
Inspector Dessin ...... Steve Hodson
Sergeant Wetherall ...... Chris Pavlo
Sergeant Cornish ...... Alex Lowe
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1997
SUN 04:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00r7mdm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jpbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 King Street Junior (b007jps1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 05/09/2010 (b00tn50f)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00tn50h)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Divide by Elizabeth Kay, read by Adrian Bower.
SUN 09:00 E Nesbit - The Phoenix and the Carpet Omnibus (b00tn50k)
A mysterious egg rolls out from a second-hand carpet for the nursery. 1901 fantasy novel read by Patricia Hodge.
SUN 10:15 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n5plg)
Solitude
A child's impetuous act is finally resolved on a seafront some 50 years later. Read by Penelope Wilton.
SUN 10:30 Winston (b00pbv78)
Winston Back Home
So This Is What Happiness Is All About
The idyllic return of Winston and Nancy to Winterleaf Gunner proves to be short-lived...
Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William.
Director: Shaun MacLoughlin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.
SUN 11:00 The Palace of Laughter (b007k2kn)
Series 2
Eastbourne Royal Hippodrome
Geoffrey Wheeler travels to Eastbourne, where he meets staff and supporters of the Royal Hippodrome Theatre.
It was built in the 1880s by architect CJ Phipps and acclaimed at the time as one of the most luxurious Variety theatres in the country.
The colourful history of the venue reflects the changing pattern of popular entertainment; its stage has seen everything from light operettas to Music Hall and stand-up.
With Bruce Forsyth.
Series visiting variety theatres around the United Kingdom.
Producer: Libby Cross
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.
SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007k4rl)
Series 2
Al Read
Mark Radcliffe profiles the Salford sausage-maker who became one of BBC radio's most popular comedians, Al Read.
Series exploring some of the North's best-loved and most influential comedians.
Producer: Libby Cross
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
SUN 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00tn8kq)
From 19/08/1958
Kenneth Horne flicks through his diary - and 'Hornerama' probes Love and Marriage.
Starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Ron Moody.
Written by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Music from Pat Lancaster, the Malcolm Mitchell Trio and the BBC Review Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Announcer: Douglas Smith
A madcap mix of sketches and songs, Beyond Our Ken hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964 - featuring regulars like Arthur Fallowfield, Cecil Snaith and Rodney and Charles.
The precursor to 'Round The Horne' - sadly only 13 shows survive from the original run of 21 episodes in Series 1. Audio restored using both home and overseas (BBC Transcription Service) recordings.
Producer: Jacques Brown
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1958.
SUN 12:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jm1x)
Something About a Soldier
The bumbling civil servants find a demob letter written 20 years before.
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Starring Wilfrid Hyde White as Number One and Richard Murdoch as Number Two.
With Norma Ronald, Warren Mitchell, David Nettheim and David Graham.
Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Edward Taylor.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor,
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1965.
SUN 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jvgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
02:30 today]
SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00tp6jc)
The Attractive Young Rabbi: The New Synagogue
A single phone call turns Rabbi Fine's comfortable Jewish community upside down. Stars Tracy-Ann Oberman. From November 1999.
SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00tn8cp)
Space Hacks: Men in Brown
The journos meet the Emperor of the Toilet People in a messy assignment. Stars Dan Mersh and Prunella Scales. From March 2008.
SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00tn8cr)
Revolting People
Sergeant McGurk reveals why the English won the Battle of Culloden. 1770 America sitcom. Stars Andy Hamilton. From April 2001.
SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00tn8ct)
The Party Party
It's 1992 and the party of the loony right and centre sweeps to power. Stars Robert Glenister and Rory Bremner. From May 1987.
SUN 16:30 Chain Reaction (b00tgx3w)
Series 6
Ade Edmondson interviews Ruby Wax
The new series of the tag team talk show continues as last week's guest, writer and star of "The Young Ones" and "Bottom", alternative comedy legend Ade Edmondson takes the microphone to interview the UK's favourite sharp tongued American, Ruby Wax.
Ade asks Ruby about the impact her strict parents had on her comedy, her start in entertainment as an RDC wench, her break into TV and those famous celebrity interviews, and how her journey has led her from being a celebrated TV entertainer and comedienne to a qualified expert on Psychotherapy and Neuroscience.
SUN 17:00 The Palace of Laughter (b007k2kn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
SUN 17:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007k4rl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Paul Magrs - Never the Bride (b0092n8g)
The Night Owls
Assembled monster turned B&B landlady, Brenda investigates a mysterious Whitby radio host. Stars Joanna Tope and Monica Gibb.
SUN 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jmv9)
Series 2
Snipe 3909
The telephone can be a vital lifeline in our lives. A lifeline, however, that can become horribly tangled.
The Man in Black reveals how a phone instils growing fear in house seller Mary Luckham.
Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.
Written by Graeme Fife
The Man in Black …. Edward de Souza
Mary …. Hannah Gordon
Hampton …. Peter Tuddenham
Rachel …. Caroline John
Craig …. Gregory de Polnay
Simon …. Michael Deacon
James Elwin …. Peter Sowerbutts
P C Martin …. Peter Craze
Police sergeant …. Joe Dunlop
Bloggs …. Dominic Rickhards
P.C. …. Christopher Scott
Director: Gerry Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1989.
SUN 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00tn8kq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
SUN 19:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jm1x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
SUN 20:00 E Nesbit - The Phoenix and the Carpet Omnibus (b00tn50k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
SUN 21:15 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n5plg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
SUN 21:30 Winston (b00pbv78)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 The Maltby Collection (b00cnclw)
Series 1
Episode 1
Rod Millet has always dreamed of working at the Maltby Collection.
But when he’s appointed deputy curator of painting and sculpture, it quickly becomes clear that the son of a self-made biscuit mogul isn't going to fit into the musty and insular world of London antiquities...
Geoffrey Palmer and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in the first of three series of David Nobbs’ sitcom about a small museum of paintings and sculpture.
Rod Millet ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Walter Brindle ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Prunella Edgecumbe ...... Rachel Atkins
Julian Crumb-Loosely ...... Ben Willbond
Des Wainwright ...... Michael Smiley
Eva Tattle ...... Julia Deakin
Wilf Arbuthnot ...... Geoff McGivern
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2007.
SUN 22:30 Safety Catch (b00fkyrd)
Series 1
Loose Lips Sink Ships
Will Simon blow the whistle on his murky world of international arms dealing? Stars Darren Boyd. From October 2007.
SUN 23:00 Space Hacks (b00tn8kt)
Space Hacks
The Quite Good Escape
Journos Charlie and Moog must track down Mad Captain Pendulum. Stars Dan Mersh, Tim Key and Prunella Scales. From March 2008.
SUN 23:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b007jv2l)
Series 1
Episode 2
Indian students on a gap year enjoy bustling England's smells at the airport, the Indian Neighbours are cooking a roast and Skipinder the Punjabi Kangaroo hops in.
Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Nitin Sawhney, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.
Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001.
Scripted by Sharat Sardana, Richard Pinto and the cast.
Produced by Gareth Edwards and Anil Gupta.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1996.
MONDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2010
MON 00:00 Paul Magrs - Never the Bride (b0092n8g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jmv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jvgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
02:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00tp6jc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00tn8cp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00tn8cr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00tn8ct)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 Chain Reaction (b00tgx3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tn8xl)
The Dinner Party
Now established in society, the avenger Dantes exposes affairs and plots the downfall of his enemies. Stars Andrew Sachs.
MON 06:00 06/09/2010 (b00tn8xn)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jr27)
Series 3
A Jumbo Sized Problem
The Home Guard platoon must pave the way for a convoy, but then the circus turns up.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John Laurie as Private Frazer, Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, Bill Pertwee as Hodges and Larry Martyn as Private Walker.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976.
MON 08:30 The Right Time (b007zhn2)
Series 1
Episode 5
The sketch show about modern life with people who have lived a bit of it. Stars Eleanor Bron and Clive Swift. From September 2001.
MON 09:00 Alison and Maud (b007k377)
Series 2
Beds in the East Are Soft
It's not a guest but Daddy who's not keen on a mattress. Is a sneaky swap the answer?
Second of two series of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Starring Denise Coffey as Alison, Miriam Margolyes as Maud, Joss Ackland as Father, Chris Emmett as Mr Mullett and Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
MON 09:30 A Whole New Ball Game (b00gf8dn)
Series 2
The Friendly
Fists fly when Andy and Robert's football teams meet, but not among the players. Stars Brenda Blethyn. From November 1994.
MON 10:00 John Buchan - The Three Hostages (b00lh0tl)
I Visit the Fields of Eden
Battling international kidnappers, agent Richard Hannay takes on a sinister adversary. Stars David Robb and Clive Merrison.
MON 11:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tn95k)
Episode 1
The perfect dinner party is never as easy at it looks, as Cara discovers to her cost. Stars Niamh Cusack and Mark Straker.
MON 11:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0nf)
Death in the Parish
When a cholera epidemic strikes London in 1854, the brilliant but mercurial Dr John Snow investigates. Starring Bill Nighy.
MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jr27)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k094)
Series 4
Full House
Card sharks fleece Harold Steptoe, so his father Albert steps in.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962.
The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight series on TV.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
With Martin Friend, Douglas Blackwell and Michael Kilgarriff.
Adapted for radio from their TV scripts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.
MON 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s)
Sad Cypress
Episode 2
Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt, Mrs Welman, has died in her sleep. And a tube of morphine has gone missing....
Agatha Christie's whodunit starring Emma Fielding and David McAlister.
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson
Nurse O'Brien ...... Joanna Myers
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Mary Gerrard ...... Susannah Corbett
Mrs Welman ...... Barbara Atkinson
Mrs Bishop ...... Margot Boyd
Ted Bigland ...... Eamonn Fleming
Judge ...... Alan Cullen
Mr Gerrard ...... John Webb
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: .Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.
MON 13:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h76wt)
Episode 1
The hero - an anonymous, wealthy Englishman - is now caged in a German prison with scores to settle. But there's been an air raid....
Read in 5 parts by Michael Jayston.
Geoffrey Household's sequel to his acclaimed British thriller 'Rogue Male' was published over 40 years later in 1982.
Abridged by Patricia Hannah.
Producer: David Jackson Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2009.
MON 14:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tn8xl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 today]
MON 15:00 Mightier than the Sword (b007k05f)
Thomas Hardy
A challenging arts magazine programme, or just a huge spoof? John Sessions and John Wells star.
MON 15:15 Centurions (b007jzjp)
Albert Camus: The Outsider
Ray Davison and Oliver Todd discuss the impact of the author's pioneering novel on post-war European thought and literature.
MON 15:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089jbx)
Episode 6
As Holly returns from holiday in Havana, Fred is approached by a stranger...
Henry Goodman continues Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
MON 15:45 Tony Hawks - Round Ireland With a Fridge (b007jm8r)
Episode 1
After a drunken bet in 1997, comedian Tony Hawks describes his unusual hitch-hiking adventure in the Emerald Isle.
MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00tndys)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring Broomstick Services by Ann Jungman, Whump! by Susie Day, and Vinegar Street by Phillip Ridley.
MON 17:00 Alison and Maud (b007k377)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 17:30 A Whole New Ball Game (b00gf8dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
MON 18:00 The Brightonomicon (b00f265m)
The Baffling Business of the Bevendean Bat
Rune and Rizla meet a detonating one-legged seafarer. Robert Rankin's fantastical comic serial with David Warner.
MON 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmsm)
Operation Luna
4. Is There Anybody Out There?
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew face catastrophe when their rocket loses power.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
Other parts played by David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
The original 1953 recordings of this futuristic series were erased.
This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.
MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jr27)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k094)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
MON 20:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h76wt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
MON 21:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tn95k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
MON 21:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Right Time (b007zhn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 22:30 Revolting People (b00fj2br)
Series 2
Even More Trying Times
Samuel's emporium faces competition from a new super-emporium and Mary climbs into bed with Captain Brimshaw.
Sitcom set just before the American War of Independence.
Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.
Samuel Oliphant …. Jay Tarses
Sergeant McGurk …. Andy Hamilton
Captain Brimshaw …. James Fleet
Mary Oliphant …. Jan Ravens
Ezekiel Spriggs …. Hugh Dennis
Cora Oliphant …. Penelope Nice
Joshua Oliphant …. Tony Maudsley
Elizabeth Oliphant …. Susie Blake
Agnes …. Selina Griffiths
Isaac …. Michael Fenton-Stevens
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
MON 23:00 The Cheese Shop Presents (b0081snq)
Series 2
The Butter Factor
Young Michael Owen's match report, and Chichester Radio relaunched. Sketch comedy with Ben Ward and Dave Lamb. From May 1998.
MON 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00h4cwy)
Series 2
Friendship
Earlier this year, Adam told three of his closest friends what he most disliked about them. This is how they reacted.
Written by and starring Adam Bloom.
With Brendon Burns.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
MON 23:45 Adam and Joe's Famous Guy (b010m7g6)
"I'm the best at pretending..."
Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish star in the tale of Manthea Shringleton, a journalist sent to interview a reclusive Hollywood star.
Written by Adam Buxton.
Producer: Claudine Toutoungi.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.
TUESDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2010
TUE 00:00 The Brightonomicon (b00f265m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmsm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h76wt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tn95k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 John Buchan - The Three Hostages (b00lh0tl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Alison and Maud (b007k377)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 A Whole New Ball Game (b00gf8dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tnm5b)
Poison
The relentless vengeance of Dantes slowly destroys his enemies, but now it's the Crown Prosecutor's turn. Stars Andrew Sachs.
TUE 06:00 07/09/2010 (b00tnm5d)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 Yes Minister (b007k0fx)
Series 2
The Skeleton in the Cupboard
MP Jim Hacker gets the better of Sir Humphrey over a crisis in Derbyshire.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around the hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowldes
Dr Cartwright …. Ian Lavender
Alex Andrews …. Clive Merrison
Civil Servant …. Peter Acre
Civil Servant …. Ellen McIntosh
The Man on the Train …. William Eedle
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984.
TUE 08:30 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00bf0l6)
Holmes Strikes a Happy Medium
Baker Street’s Great Detective Sherlock Holmes tries to unravel murderous goings-on at a seance.
Roy Hudd spoofs the famous sleuth in Tony Hare’s comedy series.
With Chris Emmett as Dr Watson, June Whitfield as Mrs Hudson, Geoffrey Whitehead as Moriarty and Jeffrey Holland as Inspector Lestrade
Musical accompaniment: Ian Smith.
Producer: Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1999.
TUE 09:00 Snap (b00tnmtj)
Series 2
Episode 1
Separated for over a year, Doug and Molly are still finding it hard to keep out of each other's lives.
When the decree absolute arrives and Doug hears that Molly is having a drinks party he's furious. But is all as it seems?
Paul Mendelson’s sitcom stars Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Jonathan Tafler as Raymond and Samantha Spiro as Dawn.
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
TUE 09:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00tnp6t)
Series 2
New Ways to Comb Old Gravel
Alison returns from Spain to find that Egg's taken her room and Xanthe has shrunk her favourite jeans in the wash.
Dad Patrick disappears off to work, leaving mum Stella to sort out the chaos - as she continues dreaming of a life in the country - without her grown-up children.
Series 2 of Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about topsy-turvy family life.
Stars Duncan Preston as Patrick, Penny Downie as Stella, Claudie Blakley as Alison, Bruce MacKinnon as Rick, Catherine Shepherd as Xanthe and Daniela Denby-Ashe as Egg.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
TUE 10:00 Anne Bronte - Agnes Grey (b00cm5tg)
A young woman dismays her family by choosing to earn her own living as a governess. Stars Poppy Miller and Robert Whelan.
TUE 11:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tnp6w)
Episode 2
For Clare, falling in love with Mike was easy, but will becoming stepmother to his son be quite so simple? Stars Niamh Cusack.
TUE 11:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0pn)
The Last Infirmity
Two ambitious young doctors tackle a yellow fever epidemic in 19th-century Cuba. Starring Colin Stinton and William Hope.
TUE 12:00 Yes Minister (b007k0fx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b008qq3w)
From 24/05/1950
Elocution lessons are on offer with Brains Amalgamated's new machine.
Starring Kenneth Horne and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch.
With Sam Costa, Maurice Denham, Diana Morrison and Barbara Leigh.
Much Binding in the Marsh ran from 1944 to 1954 initially set at a remote RAF station before being converted to a country club and later the action moved to a newspaper. (The show also ran for a season with commercial breaks on Radio Luxembourg).
Written by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne.
Music by the Augmented Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black.
Producer: Leslie Bridgemont
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1950.
TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k253)
Sad Cypress
Episode 2
Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died, but a tube of morphine has gone missing. Stars Emma Fielding and David McAlister.
TUE 13:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h8qlv)
Episode 2
Facing a perilous flight across occupied Europe, the aristocratic English hero must rely on his wits.
Read in 5 parts by Michael Jayston.
Geoffrey Household's sequel to his acclaimed British thriller 'Rogue Male' was published over 40 years later in 1982.
Abridged by Patricia Hannah.
Producer: David Jackson Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2009.
TUE 14:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tnm5b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 today]
TUE 15:00 Mightier than the Sword (b007k06q)
Virginia Woolf
Spoof arts magazine examining literary figures of the past and their relevance to today's society. With John Sessions and John Wells.
TUE 15:15 Centurions (b007jxdh)
Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window
Biographer John Russell Taylor, and composer Neil Brand celebrate one of the influential film director's personal favourites.
TUE 15:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089kf3)
Episode 7
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
TUE 15:45 Tony Hawks - Round Ireland With a Fridge (b007jm99)
Episode 2
Rainy roads and a cattle auction. More highlights of comedian Tony Hawks' unusual hitch-hiking adventure in the Emerald Isle.
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00tnp6y)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring Broomstick Services by Ann Jungman, Whump! by Susie Day, and Vinegar Street by Phillip Ridley.
TUE 17:00 Snap (b00tnmtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00tnp6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Brightonomicon (b00f5x8x)
The Sensational Saga of the Saltdean Stallion
Rizla battles to save Hugo Rune from Otto Black. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Rupert Degas.
TUE 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmt2)
Operation Luna
5. The First of Many
The stalled rocket ship prevents Captain Jet Morgan and his crew from returning to Earth.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
Other parts played by David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
The original 1953 recordings of this futuristic series were erased.
This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.
TUE 19:00 Yes Minister (b007k0fx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b008qq3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k253)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h8qlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tnp6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0pn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00bf0l6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Dave Podmore (b007t32j)
Dave Podmore's World of Cricket
Episode 3
Asked to advise on a new cricketing film, the star player causes havoc in Hollywood.
Sitcom about the exploits of talentless, amateurish, smug, inept and self-deluding English cricketer Dave Podmore.
Starring Chris Douglas and Andrew Nickolds with Chris Pavlo and Nicola Sanderson.
Written by Chris Douglas, Andrew Nickolds and Nick Newman.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.
TUE 23:00 On the Hour (b007k4vr)
Series 2
Episode 4
Reports of a right royal shocker, plus Alan Partridge with all the sport.
All the news as it happens, if it happens from the BBC's urgent and incisive news overview.
Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris.
With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber and Doon Mackichan.
Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, David Quantick, Stewart Lee and Patrick Marber.
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.
TUE 23:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qcsv)
Series 1
Episode 3
Tamsyn and Jago's smuggling exploits are to be chronicled at close quarters by a group of fly-on-the-wall balladeers.
They get some exciting material as Jago's up before an unusually hard-line judge - and it seems there's no escape from the noose...
18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Mark Perry as Judge Pettiforth and Michael Fenton Stevens as Anthony the Balladeer.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.
WEDNESDAY 08 SEPTEMBER 2010
WED 00:00 The Brightonomicon (b00f5x8x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmt2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k253)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h8qlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tnp6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0pn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Anne Bronte - Agnes Grey (b00cm5tg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Snap (b00tnmtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00tnp6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tnrzk)
The Enquiry
Repercussions from Dantes' false imprisonment are felt in Paris, so now he's got a final score to settle. Stars Andrew Sachs.
WED 06:00 08/09/2010 (b00tnrzm)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007lrqy)
Series 4
The New Secretary
The lad's plan to hire help is thwarted by the very scary Grizelda Pugh.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.
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 November 1956.
WED 08:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00tnrzp)
Series 3
The 13th Century Angel
With his church damaged, the Italian priest sparks a commotion over repairs. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From March 2003.
WED 09:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmzb)
Series 2
Tom Smollet's Schooldays
A young pupil faces up to boarding school life with a fearsome headmaster and a bullying head boy.
Roy Hudd stars in Laurie Rowley’s comic parodies.
With:
Denise Coffey
Chris Emmett
David Gooderson
Fred Harris
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1988.
WED 09:30 Millport (b00761w5)
Series 2
Happy Returns
It's Irene's 33rd birthday - so the island inhabitants have a few surprises in store...
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something island barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Bob ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Dougie ...... Matt Costello
Music arranged by Olly Fox.
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
WED 10:00 James Hilton - Lost Horizon (b00tnrv2)
The Kidnapping
During May 1931, the revolutionary situation in Baskul worsened and Air Force machines arrived from Peshawar to evacuate the residents.
A few miscellaneous aircraft were also employed - among them one lent by the Maharajah of Chandapore. In this, four passengers embarked: Miss Roberta Brinklow, of the Eastern Mission; Henry D Barnard, a US citizen; Hugh Conway, HM Consul; and Captain Charles Mallinson, HM Vice-Consul.
Mysteriously none of them reached their destination.
James Hilton's novel about Shangri-La, the mystical lamasery hidden in the mountains of Tibet.
Three-part dramatisation by Barry Campbell.
Starring Derek Jacobi as Hugh Conway, Andrew Branch as Mallinson, Alan Tilvern as Barnard, Carol Marsh as Miss Brinklow, John Livesey as Rutherford, Sion Probert as Wyland, Alaric Cotter as Hilton, Gary Cady as Sanders, John Bull as the Doctor and Garard Green as Chang.
Pianist: Antony Miall
Producer: Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
WED 11:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tnrv0)
Episode 3
Tessa's unconventional office raffle leads to a voyage with unexpected new horizons. Stars Niamh Cusack and John Dougall.
WED 11:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0qq)
The Epping Jaundice
A strange epidemic sweeps through the inhabitants of a quiet Essex suburb. Starring Bernard Hepton and Roger Allam.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007lrqy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 For Better or for Worse (b00tp6h4)
Series 2
Episode 6
When her mother inherits money, can Iris and fiance Bernard stop her from being swindled? Stars Gorden Kaye and Su Pollard. From January 1995.
WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d)
Sad Cypress
Episode 3
Who poisoned Mary Gerrard?
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is called in to track down the killer.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Mrs Bishop ...... Margot Boyd
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Mr Seddon ...... John Evitts
Ted Bigland ...... Eamonn Fleming
Wardress ...... Gudrun Ure
Policeman ...... Keith Drinkel
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: .Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.
WED 13:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h8x8g)
Episode 3
The aristocratic English hero is intercepted in his struggle to cross wartime enemy territory on horseback.
Read in 5 parts by Michael Jayston.
Geoffrey Household's sequel to his acclaimed British thriller 'Rogue Male' was published over 40 years later in 1982.
Abridged by Patricia Hannah.
Producer: David Jackson Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2009.
WED 14:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tnrzk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 today]
WED 15:00 Mightier than the Sword (b007k080)
Samuel Beckett
The Irish novelist, playwright and poet gets the spoof arts magazine programme treatment. With John Sessions, John Bird and Rebecca Front.
WED 15:15 Centurions (b007jxdc)
Anna Akhmatova - Requiem
Writer Zinovy Zinik, poet Sarah Maguire and friend Tania Litvinova discuss the leading Russian poet of her time.
WED 15:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089m5n)
Episode 8
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
WED 15:45 Tony Hawks - Round Ireland With a Fridge (b007jm9s)
Episode 3
As his hitch-hiking adventure continues, Tony Hawks samples some Irish hospitality and receives an unusual offer.
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00tp6h6)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring Broomstick Services by Ann Jungman, Whump! by Susie Day, and Vinegar Street by Phillip Ridley.
WED 17:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 17:30 Millport (b00761w5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 18:00 The Brightonomicon (b00fbzw3)
The Bizarre Brouhaha of the Birdman of Whitehawk
The future's best unknown. Rune and Rizla find out the hard way. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.
WED 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmtk)
Operation Luna
6. The Irresistible Force
Captain Jet Morgan decides to investigate the dark side of the moon, before the ship returns to Earth.
Futuristic tale set in 1965 written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
All Other Parts …. David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
The original 1953 recordings of this futuristic series were erased.
This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007lrqy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 For Better or for Worse (b00tp6h4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h8x8g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
WED 21:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tnrv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00tnrzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (b00tnrzr)
Series 1
Episode 5
Hollywood revealed. Andy Parsons and Henry Naylor's topical stand-up and sketch show. With Julia Morris. From February 2001.
WED 23:00 The Skivers (b007tcph)
Series 1
Ken Campbell
Action from Ancient Greece to 221B Baker Street.
Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with special guest Ken Campbell
Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With Peter Bradshaw and Mel Giedroyc
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.
WED 23:30 The Party Party (b007vlzq)
Episode 2
Prime Minister Action Man explains himself to the nation. Stars Hugh Laurie, Clive Mantle and Robert Glenister star. From May 1987.
THURSDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2010
THU 00:00 The Brightonomicon (b00fbzw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmtk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h8x8g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tnrv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 James Hilton - Lost Horizon (b00tnrv2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Millport (b00761w5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwq9v)
Episode 1
Little boy Kay Harker sets out on a magical quest to find treasure. Stars Sam Salter, Nickolas Grace and Charles Dance.
THU 06:00 09/09/2010 (b00tp6j3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jpgm)
Series 8
King Solomon's Mines
Neddie Seagoon loses at roulette, so heads off in search of legendary African riches. Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1957.
THU 08:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007jwbj)
Series 1
The TV Stars
Rabbi Su is set to appear on TV, but Rabbi Abraham is not impressed - or so it seems.
The first of three series of Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Starring David De Keyser as Rabbi Abraham Fine. Tracy-Ann Oberman as Rabbi Su Jacobs, Doreen Mantle as Sadie Fine, Henry Goodman as Melvin, Jonathan Kydd as Brian, Sheila Steafel as Sue's Mum, Peter Landi as Gareth Broughton and Rebecca Gethings as Fiona Collins.
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
THU 09:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tp807)
Series 4
Episode 2
The Parish council needs its money, but will the bank be able to pay out? Political satire with John Baddeley. From July 1991.
THU 09:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007jskt)
Series 2
26 September 1799
Dorothy is perturbed by de Quinine's enthusiasm. Stinking Iris is in an interesting condition. There is a reconciliation. And Sir Walter Spott is expected...
An everyday story of towering genius in Sue Limb's six part soap opera, set in and around the Lake District at the turn of the 18th century.
Stars Geoffrey Whitehead as William Wordsmith, Denise Coffey as Dorothy Wordsmith, Simon Callow as Samuel Tailor Cholericke, Nickolas Grace as Thomas de Quinine, Miriam Margolyes as Stinking Iris, Chris Emmett as the Leechpedla and Bill Paterson as Sir Walter Spott.
Music by Stephen Oliver and performed by Cantabile.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.
THU 10:00 James Hilton - Lost Horizon (b00tp809)
Shangri-La
Hugh Conway and the others are stranded in the Tibetan wilderness, but a man named Chang comes to their aid. Stars Derek Jacobi.
THU 11:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tp80c)
Episode 4
For Biddy, there was a time when a new-fangled device caused more problems for the family than it solved. Stars Niamh Cusack.
THU 11:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0rx)
The Stranded Eagle
After Salomon August Andrée's doomed Arctic crossing by hydrogen balloon, investigators piece together events. Stars Ken Stott.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jpgm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tp8gx)
Series 4
Episode 12
Meet the Aristocracy of Britain - and take a driving test with a difference...
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Eric Idle, Graeme Garden, David Hatch 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 and Bill Oddie.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1966.
THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p)
Sad Cypress
Episode 4
As Hercule Poirot unravels the threads of the murder, it seems like Mary Gerrard wasn't the first victim...
Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Wardress ...... Gudrun Ure
Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson
Nurse O'Brien ...... Joanna Myers
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992.
THU 13:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h91l2)
Episode 4
The aristocratic English hero makes it to Romania, but trouble is in store on the way to Istanbul.
Geoffrey Household's sequel to his acclaimed British thriller 'Rogue Male' was published over 40 years later in 1982.
Abridged by Patricia Hannah.
Producer: David Jackson Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2009.
THU 14:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwq9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 today]
THU 15:00 Mightier than the Sword (b00tp8gz)
Shakespeare
Hugh Pankhurst and guests profile the relevance of the Bard. John Sessions' spoof arts show with John Bird and Rebecca Front.
THU 15:15 Centurions (b007jx9t)
Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov and his play The Cherry Orchard are discussed by Michael Frayn, Janet Suzman and Donald Rayfield.
THU 15:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089kv5)
Episode 9
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
THU 15:45 Tony Hawks - Round Ireland With a Fridge (b007jmb7)
Episode 4
As his hitch-hiking adventure continues, Tony Hawks is persuaded to baptise his unusual travelling companion.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00tp8h1)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Dribblesome Teapots by Norman Hunter, Whump! by Susie Day, and Vinegar Street by Phillip Ridley.
THU 17:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tp807)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007jskt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 The Brightonomicon (b00fg48q)
The Wondrous One-Off Wiseman of Withdean
Rizla dresses as a woman, but Hugo Rune can't escape his destiny. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.
THU 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmvs)
Operation Luna
7. Is this The Earth?
As Captain Jet Morgan's crew are pursued on the dark side of the moon, they drift dangerously off course.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
All Other Parts …. David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
The original 1953 recordings of this futuristic series were erased.
This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1958.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jpgm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tp8gx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h91l2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tp80c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0rx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007jwbj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00lp32n)
Series 1
Episode 3
Arthur Smith invites an audience into his home in Balham, south London, for music and comedy.
With comedians Nat Luurtsema, Seann Walsh and Micky Flanagan.
In the kitchen, Arthur learns a thing or two about rock n' roll from guest band Alabama 3 (responsible for the theme tune to The Sopranos).
Pippa Evans - as singer-songwriter Loretta Maine - lends a hand.
Producers: Sam Michell and Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.
THU 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b00h3h6c)
Series 3
The Thing
Learn about medieval cooking, and view the most precious exhibit.
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 August 2006.
THU 23:30 Vent (b00tp80h)
Series 2
Mary's Girl Child
Comatose Ben celebrates Christmas, as the nativity plays out in his unconscious mind.
Dark sitcom following the thoughts of a coma patient written by Nigel Smith.
Starring Neil Pearson as Ben Smith, Fiona Allen as Mary, Josie Lawrence as Mum and Leslie Ash as Blitzkrieg.
With Nicholas Hutchison, Jo Martin, Mark Perry, Scarlett Milburn-Smith and Jeremy Paxman.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2007.
FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2010
FRI 00:00 The Brightonomicon (b00fg48q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmvs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h91l2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tp80c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0rx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 James Hilton - Lost Horizon (b00tp809)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tp807)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007jskt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwdlp)
Episode 2
Kay Harker must battle evil forces to capture the treasure. John Masefield's yarn stars Sam Salter, Nickolas Grace and Charles Dance.
FRI 06:00 10/09/2010 (b00tp9d6)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00bzfsf)
Series 1
The Missing Jeep
Pertwee's in a pickle over Commander Shaw's inspection aboard HMS Troutbridge.
Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Dennis Price as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Commander Shaw, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson and Tenniel Evans as LS Goldstein/Uncle Sebastian.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1959.
FRI 08:30 Chambers (b007jnqh)
Series 1
Trial By Television
Ruth gets a job as "Legal Eagle" on breakfast telly, leaving John Fuller-Carp desperate to make a bigger TV splash.
Clive Coleman’s sitcom about the questionable practices of a group of barristers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Lesley Sharp
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Matthew Hoadley ...... Robert Duncan
Trudy ...... Susie Brann
Sylvie ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
FRI 09:00 Anything Legal (b0081qyq)
Episode 1
After commuting to work together for 15 years, Charles and George both lose their jobs, but decide to keep it a secret...
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles …. Donald Hewlett
George …. Michael Knowles
Hilary …. Norma Ronald
GJ …. Tony Anholt
Futristics Manager …. David Ryall
Billy …. Michael Bilton
Harry the Publican …. Colin Starkey
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
FRI 09:30 Tony's (b00tp95z)
Series 2
The French Connection
A hairdresser exchange programme offers publicity and disaster - in equal measure.
Series 2 of the misadventures in the life of a corner-shop barber starring Victor Spinetti as Tony, Deryck Guyler as Stanley, Deborah Watling as Maisie.
With guests: Alan Lake and Roger Kitter.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Incidental music by Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1981.
FRI 10:00 James Hilton - Lost Horizon (b00tp95x)
The Inheritance
Hugh Conway's old acquaintances try to discover if there's any truth behind his Shangri-La adventure. Stars Derek Jacobi.
FRI 11:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tp9d8)
Episode 5
Harry and Nessa are delighted with their routine, but how will they cope with needy neighbour Melly? Stars Niamh Cusack.
FRI 11:15 McLevy (b0082hxv)
Series 1
For Unto Us
The Edinburgh inspector hits the Victorian streets on the trail of an ingenious cat-burglar. Brian Cox stars as David Ashton's sleuth.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00bzfsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Listen to Les (b00tp9db)
Les Dawson presents 'Love in the Dole Queue', Cosmo Smallpiece and a piano sing-along. With Colin Edwynn. From November 1979.
FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y)
Sad Cypress
Episode 5
As Elinor Carlisle stands accused of murder, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot uncovers evidence of greed and deceit.
The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunnit starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson
Sir Edwin Bulmer ...... David King
Sir Samuel Atterbury ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Dr Garcia/Clerk ...... John Church
Inspector Brill ...... Eric Allan
Judge ...... Alan Cullen
Mr Wargrave ...... Jonathan Adams
Mr Littledale ...... Gordon Reid
Amelia Sedley ...... Ann Windsor
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.
FRI 13:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h9t28)
Episode 5
Fuelled by unremitting vengeance, the aristocratic English hero's personal war with the Third Reich finally comes to an end.
Conclusion of 5 parts read by Michael Jayston.
Geoffrey Household's sequel to his acclaimed British thriller Rogue Male was published over 40 years later in 1982.
Abridged by Patricia Hannah.
Producer: David Jackson Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2009.
FRI 14:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwdlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 today]
FRI 15:00 Mightier than the Sword (b007k0bm)
DH Lawrence
The writer gets the spoof arts magazine programme treatment. John Sessions, John Bird and Simon Greenall star.
FRI 15:15 Centurions (b007jx9z)
Barbara Hepworth: The Sculpture Garden
'You can hear Barbara breathing in her garden at St. Ives' - the life and work of the British sculptor who died in 1975.
FRI 15:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089htv)
Episode 10
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
FRI 15:45 Tony Hawks - Round Ireland With a Fridge (b007jmbq)
Episode 5
In order to win his bet and conclude his hitch-hiking adventure, Tony Hawks sets out to visit the Emerald Isle's extremities.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00tp9dd)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Dribblesome Teapots by Norman Hunter, Whump! by Susie Day, and Vinegar Street by Phillip Ridley.
FRI 17:00 Anything Legal (b0081qyq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Tony's (b00tp95z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 The Brightonomicon (b00fksh6)
The Concluding Chaotic Conundrum of the Coldean Cat
Can Rizla survive with only a messiah for company? Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Rupert Degas.
FRI 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmw8)
Operation Luna
8. The Time Travellers
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew find themselves on a curiously familiar planet as visitors arrive.
Futuristic tale set in 1965 written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
All Other Parts …. David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
The original 1953 recordings of this futuristic series were erased.
This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1958.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00bzfsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Listen to Les (b00tp9db)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h9t28)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Maeve Binchy - No Nightingales No Snakes (b00tp9d8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 McLevy (b0082hxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Chambers (b007jnqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 A Look Back at the Nineties (b007jqk5)
1995
Sponsoring the British Army, the impact of total European integration - and the House of Commons votes for the Honesty Act...
Recorded in 1993 - Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Chris Barrie 'look back' at the rest of 1990s yet to happen - starting with 1995.
A satirical review set on New Year's Eve 1999 - the Sony Gold award-winning comedy recalls the events from 1995 to 1999.
Predicted by 'Spitting Image' writers Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Pete Sinclair.
Producer: Caroline Leddy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b00bf9z0)
Series 4
Beautiful England
As Satan sets out to prove England is the worst nation, Scumspawn tackles a lager lout. Satanic sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From April 2001.
FRI 23:30 The Tape Recorded Highlights of a Humble Bee (b00p87nr)
'Out and About' and 'Downtown'
A hapless, jazz-loving insect's audio diary of his mainly uneventful life. With Mark Williams and Tim Whitnall. From July 2003.
FRI 23:45 Hearing With Hegley (b00b7c59)
Series 1
Episode 4
The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents a selection of his work.
With:
Keith Moore
Susan Norton
Andrew Bailey
Nigel Piper
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.