SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2010

SAT 00:00 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vtyj1)
Episode 5
Rick Deckard has been arrested by a rogue android posing as a police inspector. Kerry Shale reads Philip K Dick's classic.
SAT 00:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007rkyx)
Episode 5
Lenina is horrified by the Savage Reservation, until she meets John. Nightmare vision of the future read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
SAT 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jsl4)
The World in Peril
Episode 20
As the invasion fleet reaches Earth, can Jet Morgan and his crew save the day?
Continuing the 20-part serial - the third of Charles Chilton's classic sci-fi trilogy set in 1972.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Don Sharp
Various ….Alan Tylvern
Rogers/The Martian …. David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1956.
SAT 01:00 Unofficial Rosie (b007jlgr)
4. If Looks Could Kill
Private-eye Rosie Monaghan continues to investigate a murder. But no-one else thinks there's been one...
Paula Wilcox stars in Alan McDonald's thriller serial.
Rosie ...... Paula Wilcox
Margie ...... Elizabeth Estensen
Jerry ...... Christopher Bramwell
Bob ...... Dominic Grounsell
Carol ...... Helen Roberts
Andrew ...... Kim Wall
Mike ...... Steve Hodson
Martin ...... Paul Barber
Andrew ...... Kim Wall
Bill Jones ...... Dominic Letts
Helen Thackray ...... Rachel Atkins
James MacLeish ...... James Telfer
DS Murdoch ...... Gareth Armstrong
Music composed by Peter Howell.
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
SAT 01:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnk5)
Deadlock
Down the Hatches
Private eye VI Warshawski's dead cousin "Boom Boom" knew too much about something - and his flat is burgled, leading to another murder...
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI Warshawski. With William Hootkins as Bobby Mallory, Kerry Shale as Murray, James Aubrey as Martin Bledsoe, Teresa Gallagher as Paige Carrington and William Roberts as Clayton Phillips.
Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime-fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but she never loses touch with her basic femininity. Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".
Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
SAT 02:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cvbj4)
Mounting Debts
Emma has tried and exhausted every effort to repay her debts, but feels that she's left with only one course of action...
Gripping conclusion of the French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness.
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
CharlesConrad Nelson
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Berthe Bovary ...... Daisy Jones
Victor Lariviere ...... Martin Reeve
Justin ...... Sam Curtis
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
SAT 02:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book (b007jw2l)
Sophia recalls the holidays spent with her grandmother on an island in the Gulf of Finland. Stars Phyllida Law and Sophie Thompson.
SAT 03:00 Marcy Kahan - 20 Cigarettes (b008m6tj)
Oscar attempts to quit smoking in a highly unusual way - to win the woman of his dreams. Stars Anton Lesser and Stephen Mangan.
SAT 04:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jp9l)
The Business Proposition
It's 1948 and 'Dad's Army' veterans Arthur Wilson and Frank Pike receive a surprise visitor at their bank in Frambourne-on-Sea.
A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee.
Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier
Frank Pike ...... Ian Lavender
Bert Hodges ...... Bill Pertwee
Miss Perkins ...... Vivienne Martin
Mr Hunter ...... Robin Parkinson
Mr Short ...... Edward Burnham
Mr Rawlings ...... Gordon Peters
Council Employee ...... Spencer Banks
After a pilot episode was made in 1981, Arthur Lowe sadly died. So this 13-part series was revamped to feature the Dad's Army characters played by Pertwee and Lavender instead. The series was later adapted for ITV by Yorkshire TV.
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1983.
SAT 04:30 The Sit Crom (b00mf205)
The Wasps' Nest
The search for enemies leads to love triumphing over fire.
Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War.
Sir John Firebasket .... Joss Ackland
Lady Anne Firebasket .... Denise Coffey
Tobias Thynne .... Clive Merrison
Mercy, alias Melissa .... Miriam Margolyes
Father Francis .... Nickolas Grace
Slow Ned .... Chris Emmett
Gazebo Fogg .... Jack Klaff
Posthumous .... Nicky Henson
Counter Tenor .... Peter Hayward
Captain Arise Higgs .... Alun Armstrong
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1990.
SAT 05:00 Songlines (b00pxjb8)
A Man's a Man For A' That
John Cavanagh probes Robert Burns' famous democratic song of liberty and freedom - also aimed at the pretentious ruling class.
SAT 05:30 Charles Dickens (b00rkl4f)
Sketches by Boz: Series 1
The Great Winglebury Duel
Alexander Trott finds it is possible to become betrothed in very trying circumstances. Stars Nicholas Farrell and Peter Gunn.
SAT 06:00 13/11/2010 (b00vy31y)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00vy320)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The Dark Ground, written by Gillian Cross and read by Ruth Wilson.
SAT 09:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k1rf)
1962
From Two-Way Family Favourites to portable transistors. Six selected years in radio history with Daphne Oxenford.
SAT 09:30 King Street Junior (b007rh35)
Series 2
Parents Evening
The arrival of supply teacher Mr West provokes strong reactions in the staffroom.
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
Mr Holiday …. Tom Watson
Mrs Stone …. Margaret John
Mrs Rudd …. Vivienne Martin
Mrs Patterson …. Deirdre Costello
Miss Lewis …. Marlene Sidaway
Mr West …. Peter Childs
Maria …. Samantha Cahill
Sundeep …. Robert Lynam
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1987.
SAT 10:00 Dad's Army (b007jw4r)
Permission to Speak, Sir!: Dad's Army on Radio
They don't like it up 'em!
After winning their frontline TV offensive, how did the Home Guard win the war of the ears with a rear-guard action for radio?
Legendary comedy producer Harold Snoad and actor Michael Knowles reveal how they went about adapting the classic BBC TV hit series for radio – as the writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft were too busy to do it themselves.
Over three hours, enjoy six Dad's Army episodes made for radio:
* The Enemy Within the Gates: Captain Mainwaring's platoon try to capture Germans for a reward. From February 1974.
* Don't Forget the Diver: The platoon don crazy camouflage in a drill to attack Captain Square's HQ. From February 1975.
* The Day the Balloon Went Up: Captain Mainwaring gets carried away with the platoon's war effort. From June 1975.
* When Did You Last See Your Money?: Corporal Jones panics when he misplaces £500 collected for the servicemen's canteen. From May 1975.
* If the Cap Fits: Captain Mainwaring promotes fractious Private Frazer, with unexpected results. February 1975.
* Put That Light Out: Captain Mainwaring's platoon causes havoc in Walmington-on-Sea during an air-raid. From February 1975.
Snoad and Knowles reflect on how the cast took to re-recording the shows without cameras and discuss the changes that had to be made to make the TV scripts work.
The duo's association with Dad's Army continued with their spin off radio comedy series, It Sticks Out Half A Mile.
Producer: Martin Dempsey
Made for BBC 7 and first brodcast in November 2005.
SAT 13:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jzm1)
The Return from Mars
Captain Jet Morgan and the crew of the spaceship Discovery return to Earth, thinking they've been away six years - only to discover they've somehow been transported into the 21st century...
1981 sequel to Charles Chiltern's hugely successful 20 part epic series of The Red Planet and The World in Peril - first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in the 1950s.
Stars John Pullen as Jet Morgan, Anthony Hall as Lemmy, Ed Bishop as Doc and Nigel Graham as Mitch.
Script by Charles Chiltern.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00vy3lh)
Colin Dexter's The Burglar
Neighbourly concern about a suspicious stranger sets a new puzzle for Inspector Morse. Read by John Turner.
SAT 14:45 Crime Catch-Up (b00vy3lw)
Colin Dexter - Monty's Revolver
When a special gun is auctioned, one collector is alarmed to end up facing the wrong end of the barrel. Read by Joe Dunlop.
SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00vy3mj)
Unofficial Rosie - Down These Mean Streets
Merseyside mum, Rosie Monaghan has lost her job, but she plans to be a private eye. Alan McDonald's mystery stars Paula Wilcox.
SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00vy3tf)
Unofficial Rosie - Following from in Front
Who is private eye Rosie Monaghan's mystery client and how do you trail someone? Stars Paula Wilcox and Elizabeth Estensen.
SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00vy3th)
Unofficial Rosie - Back against the Wall
A row over privatisation breaks out - and private eye Rosie has doubts over an apparently innocent death. Stars Paula Wilcox.
SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00vy3tk)
Unofficial Rosie - If Looks Could Kill
Private eye Rosie Monaghan pursues the murder suspects - but nobody seems to believe her. Stars Paula Wilcox and Helen Roberts.
SAT 17:00 Songlines (b00pxjb8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Charles Dickens (b00rkl4f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:30 today]
SAT 18:00 The Laxian Key (b007k2m3)
Episode 2
London is melting, but planetary decontaminationists Arnold and Gregor get the blame and go on the run.
Stephen Hawking once warned us that our species could soon be wiped out by plagues, asteroids and our tendency to destroy ourselves. The solution, he suggested, was for us to colonise other planets. But Chris Larner and David Gilbert's sci-fi comedy sees the truth as a little more complicated.
The Laxian Key shows how, as soon as Man steps onto another planet, he promptly fouls it up just as he did earth. The heroes of this wonderfully wacky tale are two interplanetary decontaminationists.
CAST:
Arnold …. Chris Larner
Gregor …. Mark Bonner
Evan …. Trevor Cooper
Office …. Alex Lowe
Ferngraum …. Sam Dale
Jo …. Christine Kavanagh
Dolores …. Virge Gilchrist
Virtual Newsreader …. Bethan Walker
with Paul Biggin, Emma Noakes and Joseph Kloska
Music by Mark Stevens and Chris Larner
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2007.
SAT 18:30 Red Dwarf (b00p84qc)
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
Episode 1
A raucous birthday bar crawl leads Dave Lister to a moon of Saturn and a fateful meeting. Read by Rimmer himself - Chris Barrie.
SAT 19:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k1rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 19:30 King Street Junior (b007rh35)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 20:00 Dad's Army (b007jw4r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 23:00 Guerrillas of Pop (b00vy3vs)
Despite our rip and burn age of downloads, Tim Samuels investigates how musicians are still being censored around the world.
SAT 23:30 The Dead Hour (b00vy400)
Episode 1
Glasgow, 1984: Cub reporter Paddy Meehan is called to a domestic dispute, but there are deadly consequences. Stars Amy Manson.
SAT 23:45 The Dead Hour (b00vy40n)
Episode 2
Will the police allow young journalist Paddy Meehan to report the biggest scoop of her career? Stars Amy Manson and Stevie Hannan.