SATURDAY 29 JANUARY 2011

SAT 00:00 Planet B (b00pgqf0)
Series 2
Dark Star
In Light City you are either with the police or against them. Whichever side you're on, there are points to be earned. But when an uncompromising vigilante arrives it looks like the rules are changing.
Lioba …. Tessa Nicholson
Kip …. Joseph Cohen-Cole
Blend …. Emerald O'Hanrahan
Fabian …. Ewan Hooper
Cerberus …. Chris Pavlo
Voice of Planet B …. Adjoa Andoh
Other Parts …. Melissa Advani, Kate Layden, Rhys Jennings and Piers Wehner
Written by Matthew Broughton.
Director: Jeremy Mortimer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
SAT 00:30 Report On The Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut (b0085hqx)
Professor Barnhouse discovers a way of channelling his mind to control the forces of nature.
The phenomenon becomes known as the "Barnhouse Effect". The academic sees his skill as a marvellous opportunity to secure world peace. However, the American government has other ideas...
Stuart Milligan reads Kurt Vonnegut's first short story published in 1950.
Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2007.
SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b007k440)
Strong Poison
Turkish Delight
Can Lord Peter Wimsey finally clear Harriet Vane's name and persuade her to take his? Stars Ian Carmichael and Peter Jones.
SAT 01:30 Raffles (m0001mfp)
Series 2
2. Criminologist's Club
Bunny is appalled to learn that the Criminologists' Club has invited Raffles and Bunny to dinner.
But Raffles sees the opportunity to have a little fun....
EW Hornung's Raffles stories about the 'gentleman thief' starring Jeremy Clyde.
Dramatised by David Buck.
AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde
Bunny Manders ...... Michael Cochrane
Inspector Mackenzie ...... Henry Stamper
Lord Thornaby ...... David March
Kingsmill ...... Michael Tudor Barnes
Parrington ...... Blain Fairman
Ernest ...... Simon Hewitt
Leggett ...... Norman Bird
William ...... Paul Sirr
Porter ...... John Samson
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in June 1988.
SAT 02:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xn8hs)
The Death of Albert
Based on diaries and letters. Victoria mourns for her mother whilst Albert is tormented by Bertie. Stars Imogen Stubbs.
SAT 02:15 Bruce Bedford - Carnival King (b00lvyny)
A London city slicker tries to win the cup for his float in a Somerset village parade. Stars James Grout and Sarah Neville.
SAT 03:00 Far from the Madding Crowd (b007jlfl)
Gathering In
Still courted by her would-be suitors, will Bathsheba ever find love? Thomas Hardy drama with Janet Maw and Tim McInnerny.
SAT 04:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq64)
War Damage
Wilson, Pike and Hodges go to London to try and claim compensation for their pier 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
Sir Wensley Smithers ...... Reginald Marsh
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984.
SAT 04:30 No Commitments (b007jnvs)
Series 6
Retiring Types
Charlotte, Anna and Victoria's sisterly ties are strained over a family dinner. Stars Rosemary Leach. From August 1999.
SAT 05:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00xn8p6)
Series 6
Episode 10
From Arizona, the American funny man welcomes Chicano band iMas, accordionist Joel Guzman and singer Andra Suchy. From 2010.
SAT 06:00 29/01/2011 (b00y1t5x)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00y1t5z)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Witch Trade by Michael Molloy, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer, and A Sudden Glow of Gold by Anne Fine.
SAT 09:00 Armitage and Moore's Guide to Song (b00y1t61)
Episode 3
What songs mean and their significance, plus use of techniques. With analysis from Simon Armitage, Allan Moore and Tom McRae.
SAT 09:30 King Street Junior (b007jm6n)
Series 3
Under Canvas
The school holiday ... camping in the 'great outdoors'.
It's an exciting time for the children - but a test for the nerves of the staff.
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.
Philip Sims …. Karl Howman
Mr Beeston …. James Grout
Mr Holliday …. Tom Watson
Mrs Stone …. Margaret John
Mrs Rudd …. Vivienne Martin
Mr Long …. Paul Copley
Wayne …. Leon Hamilton
Patel …. Robert Lynma
Mandy …. Julie Newell
Sundar …. Daniel Perry
Alice …. Lindsay Pearce
Tony …. Alex Eston
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988.
SAT 10:00 Comedy Winners (b007s0q0)
Series 2
Episode 2
Mark Radcliffe hosts a prize-winning selection: I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol, The Nick Revell Show, The LL Files, The Now Show and The Boosh.
SAT 13:00 Michael Hastings - Tom and Viv (b00y1t63)
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the heartbreaking story of TS Eliot's marriage to Vivienne Haigh-Wood.
Michael Hastings' best-known play charts the turbulent, doomed marriage of the young TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood. This moving, highly charged study has been described as 'one of the most important plays of the 20th century'.
Stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Tom, Lia Williams as Viv and David Haig as Maurice. Adapted and directed by Peter Kavanagh.
SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00y1tk3)
Gervase Fen - Frequent Hearses
At a London film studio, the amateur sleuth stumbles upon a suicide and a murder. James Wilby reads Edmund Crispin's thriller.
SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00y1tk5)
Gervase Fen - Frequent Hearses
At a London film studio, the amateur sleuth probes a dead cameraman's relationship to a drowned actress. Read by James Wilby.
SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00y1tk7)
Gervase Fen - Frequent Hearses
Trailing a murderous avenger, the amateur detective is led to Lanthorn House - and into a terrifying maze. Read by James Wilby.
SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00y1tk9)
EW Hornung - Raffles: The Rest Cure
Mixing work with pleasure - the gentlemen thief invites Bunny to take a break. Stars Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.
SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00y1tkc)
EW Hornung - Raffles: The Criminologists' Club
Appalled Bunny joins the gentlemen thief for some fun at the expense of a group of amateur crime sleuths. Stars Jeremy Clyde.
SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00xn8p6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
SAT 18:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson (b007wxhs)
4. The Wound
Back from his voyage, the narrator sees a sinister green hand at his window...
First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi.
Concluded by Jim Norton.
Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in September 2007.
SAT 18:30 The Man in Black (b00p1gh8)
Series 2
4. Angels in Disguise by Nicola Jones
For years, Emily has entertained her friend Nathaniel for tea. Her son David and his wife think Nathaniel is a figment of the old lady's imagination.
But when they move into the family home, they find the table laid for two...
Nicola Jones's tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister raconteur, The Man in Black.
Emily …. Auriol Smith
Andrea …. Rachel Atkins
David …. Stephen Hogan
Nathaniel …. Piers Wehner
Jenny …. Tessa Nicholson
Policeman …. Philip Fox
Horrifying series of tales from The Man in Black. You might meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of a care home.
Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you.
Director: Peter Leslie Wild
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in November 2009.
SAT 19:00 Armitage and Moore's Guide to Song (b00y1t61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 19:30 King Street Junior (b007jm6n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 20:00 Comedy Winners (b007s0q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 23:00 Jaws (b00g36dc)
Episode 2
Brody regrets not closing the beaches as the killer shark claims more victims. John Guerrasio reads the blockbusting thriller.
SAT 23:15 Stephen King - Blaze (b00g36d9)
Episode 2
The small-time con acquires equipment to honour George's kidnap plan. William Hope reads Stephen King's 'lost' thriller.
SAT 23:30 DS Sue Manson - Fractions of Zero (b00y1tkf)
Episode 3
A mathematician helps the detective determine the killer's victim selection system. Bill Murphy's thriller stars Susan Lynch.
SAT 23:45 DS Sue Manson - Fractions of Zero (b00y1tlg)
Episode 4
A fresh cryptogram alarms the detective. Has the murderer changed their system? Bill Murphy's thriller stars Susan Lynch.


SUNDAY 30 JANUARY 2011

SUN 00:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson (b007wxhs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 The Man in Black (b00p1gh8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Michael Hastings - Tom and Viv (b00y1t63)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 David Ashton - The Windbear (b00y1vks)
Taxidermist George feels closer to his work than his wife, so police fear the worst when she goes missing. Stars Bernard Hepton.
SUN 04:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00xn8p6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Armitage and Moore's Guide to Song (b00y1t61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 King Street Junior (b007jm6n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 30/01/2011 (b00y1vzh)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00y1vzk)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Witch Trade by Michael Molloy, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer, and A Sudden Glow of Gold by Anne Fine.
SUN 09:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (Omnibus) (b00y1vzm)
Episode 2
The honeymoon is all too soon over for Albert and Victoria, as pressing matters of state require her attention. But their happiness is made even greater when their first child is expected...
Scripted by Juliet Ace, based on the letters and diaries of the young Queen Victoria, this portrait of her younger life and the happy years of her marriage, reveals some of the remarkable and long-lasting achievements of this extraordinary queen.
Starring Imogen Stubbs as Victoria.
Duchess of Kent ........ Anna Massey
Prince Albert ........ Adrian Lukis
Baroness Lehzen ........ Selina Cadell
Sir John Conroy ........ John Rowe.
Melbourne ........ Christopher Cazenove
WAG ........ Andrew Wincott
William IV ........ Terence Edmond
Prince of Wales Bertie ........ Thomas Arnold
Princess Vicky ........ Clare Corbett
Prince of Wales Bertie as a child ........ George Allonby
Producer: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
SUN 10:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion (b007jwt4)
Mimi feels her family are drowning her. How can she keep head above water? Read by Patience Tomlinson.
SUN 10:30 Albert and Me (b007jv04)
Series 1
Pilot Episode
Single dad Bryan Archer struggles to work as well as bringing up his baby son, Albert.
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Frank Thornton as Vernon Wordsworth.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1977.
SUN 11:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4)
Michael Sellers
Peter Sellers' son Michael chats to Sally Magnusson about the ups and downs of growing up with a famous funny father.
Producer: Mike Walker
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2005.
SUN 11:30 That Reminds Me (b007jnhk)
Series 2
Sir Clement Freud
The legendary 'Just a Minute' star recalls his colourful life, and his famous psychoanalyst grandfather Sigmund. From October 2000.
SUN 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b64yx)
Kenneth Horne's abominable quest for a Yeti - and 'Hornerama' looks at Leisure. With Kenneth Williams. From February 1961.
SUN 12:30 Brothers in Law (b007k1p0)
Series 2
In and Out
Lawyer Roger sets out to defend a prisoner overly fond of life behind bars.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, James Beck as Newman and Basil Dignam as the Judge.
Others parts by William Fox Leslie Heritage and Michael Kilgarriff.
Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson.
Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1971.
SUN 13:00 David Ashton - The Windbear (b00y1vks)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today]
SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pzhcm)
Cabin Pressure: Abu Dhabi
Taking off with a bump for pilot Martin - the ups and downs of a tiny charter airline. Stars Stephanie Cole. From July 2008.
SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00rpvv7)
Radio Shuttleworth
The BBC hands over the airwaves to aspiring singer/songwriter John Shuttleworth, with guest Leo Sayer. From November 1998.
SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00jz2xn)
The Mitch Benn Music Show
The comedian presents a selection of classic comic songs. With special guest Steve Brown. From October 2006.
SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00y1wbs)
Hamish and Dougal's Burns Night Special
Come Highland Dancing - as the Scotsmen sort the Laird's entertainment. Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From January 2007.
SUN 16:30 The News Quiz (b00y1wbv)
Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over the latest news events. From 21st January 2011.
SUN 17:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 17:30 That Reminds Me (b007jnhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Planet B (b00y1whc)
Series 3
Haunted
As the rogues face their biggest threat yet, a familiar face returns. Virtual reality saga by Dawn King. Stars Lloyd Thomas.
SUN 18:30 Tanith Lee - Red as Blood (b007jq65)
In a dark Snow White fantasy, the Queen sets out to rescue her stepdaughter from her sinister heritage. Read by Stella Gonet.
SUN 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b64yx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 19:30 Brothers in Law (b007k1p0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 20:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (Omnibus) (b00y1vzm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 21:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion (b007jwt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
SUN 21:30 Albert and Me (b007jv04)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Idiots of Ants: Totally Gizmo (b00y1xtn)
Dimension Jump
Fast-paced spoof of a futuristic gadget show first heard in 2020. Stars James Wrighton, Benjamin Wilson, Elliott Tiney, Andrew Spiers and Jessica Ransom.
SUN 22:15 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b0080273)
Series 1
The Shooting Party
The elderly Scotsmen assist the Laird with armaments for shooting out on the moors. Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From December 2012.
SUN 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00ctlhp)
Series 2
A Happy Life, Cruelly Re-kippered
The further remarkable adventures of Pip Bin, inventor of the bin, as he struggles against the cruel plotting of his evil guardian Mr Gently Benevolent, recently returned from the dead.

Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens after far too much gin.

Volume Two, Chapter the First: A Happy Life, Cruelly Re-kippered
You're invited to bask in the kindness of St Lovely's school, with its classes of double Definitely-Not-Latin and its School Cakery. But what is that sinister presence lurking with a very large number of horses? Could it be that Mister Benevolent has plans to steal the school?
Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Mr Benevolent.......................Anthony Head
Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Lily.....................................Sarah Hadland
Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Sundry boys..............................Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.
SUN 23:00 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007k1qh)
Belfast
Goldilocks, Robert the Bruce and body awareness.
From Queen's University, Belfast.
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
With Peter Baynham, Ronni Ancona and John Thomson.
Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC Two in 1995.
Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.
SUN 23:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b5tc3)
Series 2
Episode 2
The comedian presents a selection of classic comic songs. With special guest singer-songwriter Isy Suttie. From October 2006.


MONDAY 31 JANUARY 2011

MON 00:00 Planet B (b00y1whc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Tanith Lee - Red as Blood (b007jq65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 David Ashton - The Windbear (b00y1vks)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00pzhcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00rpvv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00jz2xn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00y1wbs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 The News Quiz (b00y1wbv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rlfy6)
Episode 4
Mary's friendship with sickly Colin is producing some startling results. Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, with Beryl Reid.
MON 05:30 Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians (b00srhlp)
Episode 4
Pongo and Missus enter Suffolk as they battle to find their stolen Dalmatian puppies. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
MON 05:45 Lewis Carroll - Alice Through the Looking Glass (b00r8gy2)
Episode 4
The little girl has some curious encounters with the White Queen and Humpty Dumpty. Alan Bennett reads Lewis Carroll's fantasy.
MON 06:00 31/01/2011 (b00y1yc3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x7)
Series 1
Episode 13
Kenneth Horne Master Spy gets an Eiffel while Julian and Sandy offer some animal advice at their new shop in Chelsea, Bona Pets. Rambling Sid Rumpo sings a special song of Cornwall.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
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.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1965.
MON 08:30 Artists (b00y2194)
Series 1
The War of Dog
Tamsin buys a dog to prove a point, and Dolores asks Marcus to landscape the garden. Stars Dave Lamb. From April 2003.
MON 09:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz1f)
Series 3
The Escape
Author Gerald and his wife Diana feel jaded and start planning a break.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife, Diana.
With Betty Huntley-Wright and Michael McClain.
Written by Basil Boothroyd.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979.
MON 09:30 Coming Alive (b00gsjth)
Series 2
Where the Action Is
Ex-convict Terry comes a cropper when he tries to stop a mob of vigilantes. Starring Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan.
MON 10:00 Edith Wharton - Madame de Treymes (b0089brw)
John Durham's fight for the woman he loves sparks a confrontation with a powerful and devious French family.
Anna Massey as Christiane de Treymes in Edith Wharton’s novella dramatised by John Peacock.
John Durham ...... Philip Voss
Narrator ...... Valerie Sarruf
Fanny ...... GwenHumble
Mrs Humble ...... Auriol Smith
Nanny ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Katey ...... Tara Dominick
Bessie Boykin ...... Elizabeth Kelly
Elmer Boykin ...... James Greene
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
MON 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008sbsg)
Miss Brooke and Mr Lydgate
Dorothea Brooke yearns to right society's wrongs in 1830s England, and Dr Lydgate arrives. Stars Roger Allam and Candida Benson.
MON 11:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008p7qg)
The Last of the Bow Street Runners
London 1839, and Katherine turns to old-school detective Pip Shepherd when her sweetheart Michael disappears. Stars Todd Carty.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jlyw)
Series 1
Peel Bananas the Burkiss Way
Welcome to the Burkiss Way to dynamic living - radio's first correspondence course. Send no money.
Lesson one is courtesy of Denise Coffey, Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris.
Then you too can write a script like Andrew Marshall, John Mason and David Renwick and produce a programme like Simon Brett.
The groundbreaking sketch show with cult status.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.
MON 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b007jp1b)
Series 1
The Blue Cross
Master of disguise Flambeau is on the run from the police. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful clerical sleuth.
MON 13:30 Raffles (m0001ngh)
Series 2
3. The Field of Philippi
Making a nostalgic return to their school, Raffles and Bunny meet old enemy, 'Soapy' Sudborough, who owns the local bank with his father.
Raffles, like Caesar at the field of Philippi, is not one to leave old scores unsettled...
EW Hornung's Raffles stories about the 'gentleman thief' starring Jeremy Clyde
Dramatised by David Buck.
AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde
Bunny Manders ...... Michael Cochrane
Sudborough ...... Bernard Brown
Calthorpe ...... Steve Hodson
Bodley ...... Adrian Egan
Lapwing ...... John Baddeley
McNab ...... Michael Deacon
Young Bunny ...... James Dykes
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in June 1988.
MON 14:00 Foul Play (b00jtm1q)
Series 3
Oh Yes She Is Dead!
Crime writers Susan Moody and Simon Shaw probe a Charming murder at the pantomime. Oh yes they do!
Simon Brett hosts the murder quiz.
Suspects played by Maria McErlane and Lee Simpson.
Producer Liz Anstree
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.
MON 14:30 Laugh Out Loud (b0076l9m)
How much of ourselves do we reveal when we laugh?
Nicola Green has recorded people laughing in every conceivable situation, creating music from the sound of pure laughter. This programme blends that music with laughing anecdotes from various well-known voices.
This is a Laughing Portrait - from a baby's first laugh to dying of laughter.
Featuring Paul Merton, Emma Freud and her family, Rev Mark Oakley, Ainsley Harriot, Arthur Smith, Mark Steel and sound artist Scanner.
Producer : Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
MON 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007s5dm)
The Clare Election; Scum Condensed of Irish Bog
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
MON 15:15 Someone Like Me by Miles Kington (b00dp3qs)
Episode 1
Recalling his earliest memory - of an event before his own birth - as well as the drama of his first kidnapping.
Broadcaster, writer and musician Miles Kington (1941-2008) reads from his account of an endearingly eccentric childhood.
Abridged in five parts by Richard Hamilton.
Producer: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
MON 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00p87nm)
Episode 1
Returning to his University life, Mike Engleby becomes captivated by fellow student Jennifer Arkland. Read by Douglas Hodge.
MON 15:45 Book of the Week (b00n46wt)
Michael Palin Diaries - The Python Years
The Holy Grail
The Monty Pyton star recalls the making of their first film, 'The Holy Grail'.
Michael Palin reads five scintillating extracts from his diaries - as the success of the influential comedy troupe Monty Python escalates during the 1970s.
Producer: Louise Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00y22yj)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring One Girl, Two Decks and Three Degrees of Love by Jonny Zucker, and A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett.
MON 17:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 17:30 Coming Alive (b00gsjth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 18:00 Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 (b007jwlm)
Episode 1
An innocent abroad, Billy Pilgrim stumbles into enemy hands. Psychedelic, darkly humorous anti-war novel read by Robert Jezek.
MON 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00m9p2w)
Episode 1
Millions of years in the future, a colossal banyan tree covers much of the Earth. In its boughs, the last remnants of humanity are fighting for survival, terrorised by carnivorous plants and grotesque insect life.
The Earth has stopped rotating and the Sun's output has increased. Plants are engaged in a constant tropical forest-style frenzy of growth driving other life forms to extinction...
Brian Aldiss's 1962 sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas.
Abridged in five parts by Lu Kemp.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jlyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b007jp1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
MON 20:30 Raffles (m0001ngh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
MON 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008sbsg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008p7qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Artists (b00y2194)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 22:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00773xs)
Series 1
Episode 5
The torrid tale of Justine's jeans and the sad story of a second gap year.
Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series
With Ben Moor, Katherine Parkinson and Ben Willbond.
Written by Laura Solon. With additional material by the cast, Carl Cooper, Tony Roche and Andy Marlatt.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007.
MON 23:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00kkfk6)
Series 1
Envy
Mark Watson investigates envy as he continues his quest to free us from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy.
Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and jealous glances.
Producer: Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.
MON 23:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b00cq188)
Series 1
Wendy Craig
Sheffield's aspiring singer-songwriter takes to the airwaves once more from his very own his front room!
Aided by his producer (and sole agent) Ken Worthington, and his hard-to-please wife Mary, the inimitable John Shuttleworth presents celebrity interviews, dodgy keyboard music, and even dodgier jingles.
Special guests: Wendy Craig, Simon Munnery and Lorraine Bowen.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producers: Paul Schlesinger and Martin Willis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.


TUESDAY 01 FEBRUARY 2011

TUE 00:00 Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 (b007jwlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00m9p2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b007jp1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Raffles (m0001ngh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008sbsg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008p7qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Edith Wharton - Madame de Treymes (b0089brw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Coming Alive (b00gsjth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rm084)
Episode 5
What will Mr Craven discover on his return home? Conclusion to Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, with Beryl Reid.
TUE 05:30 Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians (b00srkfq)
Episode 5
With Cruella de Vil's arrival at Hell Hall, the rescue of the puppies becomes increasingly urgent. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
TUE 05:45 Lewis Carroll - Alice Through the Looking Glass (b00r8jtj)
Episode 5
The little girl's curious adventure sees her picnic with the Lion and the Unicorn. Alan Bennett reads Lewis Carroll's fantasy.
TUE 06:00 01/02/2011 (b00y23tp)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b00bx21q)
From 25/03/1978
The duo welcome Penelope Keith, who does her own intro before performing in Ern's sketch what he wrote. From October 1977.
TUE 08:30 Dead Ringers (b00jtm1l)
Series 4
Episode 2
More celeb sound-alikes as Hyacinth Bucket rants and Dale Winton makes a call. With Jan Ravens and Jon Culshaw. From April 2001.
TUE 09:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b0076yzp)
Series 1
Wheeling Them In
By Rona Munro. After many years spreading kindness, veteran hospital porter Archie's world is in disarray. With June Watson. From July 2006.
TUE 09:30 Clare in the Community (b00g27lm)
Series 2
Brian Come Home
Can couples counselling calm the ultra-PC social worker's constant criticism of her boyfriend Brian? Stars Sally Phillips. From November 2005.
TUE 10:00 Ray Connolly - Lost Fortnight (b00j2j79)
Based on film producer John Houseman's memoirs of The Blue Dahlia and risk-taker Raymond Chandler. Stars Peter Barkworth.
TUE 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008v1r4)
Cupid's Bow
Lydgate has hopes for the new hospital, while Dorothea has hopes for Mr Casaubon. Stars Rachel Atkins and Candida Benson.
TUE 11:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008p9l1)
A Cuckoo in the Nest
A man lost at sea returns to claim his fortune. Bow Street runner Pip and Peeler Thomas investigate. Stars Charles Simpson.
TUE 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b00bx21q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Doctor in the House (b007k437)
Sex and St Swithins
Medic Simon Sparrow breaks hospital rules by flirting with a pretty new nurse.
The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor in the House' published in 1952.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans and Barbara Mitchell as Sister.
Special guest star: Irene Handl as Mrs Clarke.
Producer: David Hatch
Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968.
TUE 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y25xk)
Series 1
The Queer Feet
Death in a small hotel. Who stole the silver fish service? How many waiters are there? And how did all this lead to a glimmer of repentance?
Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth dramatised by John Scotney.
Starring Andrew Sachs as Father Brown and Olivier Pierre as Flambeau.
With Matt Brenner as the Colonel, Christopher Scott as Duke, Kerry Shale as Hector, David Graeme as Lever, Arnold Diamond as Giovanni, Robin Summers as Jean-Pierre, David Sinclair as the Doctor and Alan Thompson as Audley.
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
TUE 13:30 Raffles (m0001p33)
Series 2
4. A Bad Night
Raffles' plans to avenge a friend by robbing a private house in Hampton Court are thwarted by a prior engagement at Old Trafford, to play in the second test cricket match against Australia.
Bunny, however, nobly steps into the breach...
EW Hornung's Raffles stories about the 'gentleman thief' starring Jeremy Clyde
Dramatised by David Buck.
AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde
Bunny Manders ...... Michael Cochrane
Medlicott ...... Anton Lesser
Police Officer ...... John Baddeley
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in June 1988.
TUE 14:00 Puzzle Panel (b00y26mr)
Episode 5
More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, Professor Angela Newing and Robert Eastaway. From July 1998.
TUE 14:30 Blueberries in Manndalen (b00y26mt)
In the Arctic Circle's midsummer silvery light - poet and writer, John Burnside visits the Sami Music Festival of Riddu Riddu in northern Norway.
Here the air is filled with the music and song of the indigenous peoples of the north.
Producer: Caroline Barbour
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
TUE 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007s5tx)
A Social Laboratory; Property Has Its Duties as Well as Its Rights
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
TUE 15:15 Someone Like Me by Miles Kington (b00dp6f6)
Episode 2
Frog-like Aunt Flo and Uncle Walter's fascination with fig leaves.
Broadcaster, writer and musician, Miles Kington continues his account of an endearingly eccentric childhood.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton.
Producer: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
TUE 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00p8fk9)
Episode 2
Student Mike Engleby considers his difficulties at public school, while still fascinated with Jennifer. Read by Douglas Hodge.
TUE 15:45 Book of the Week (b00n4907)
Michael Palin Diaries - The Python Years
Branching Out
The actor and travel writer recalls the Monty Python team's success in America, their break-up and the start of his solo projects. From October 2006.
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00y26mw)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky, and One Girl, Two Decks, Three Degrees of Love by Jonny Zucker.
TUE 17:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b0076yzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Clare in the Community (b00g27lm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 (b007jwmb)
Episode 2
Billy Pilgrim is both a prisoner of war and an inadvertent time traveller. Cult absurdist classic read by Robert Jezek.
TUE 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00mdx7n)
Episode 2
The tribal elders have gone, leaving the children to face the Earth's dense jungle alone.
The Earth has stopped rotating and the Sun's output has increased. Plants are engaged in a constant tropical forest-style frenzy of growth driving other life forms to extinction...
Brian Aldiss's 1962 sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas.
Abridged in five parts by Lu Kemp.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.
TUE 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b00bx21q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Doctor in the House (b007k437)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y25xk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Raffles (m0001p33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008v1r4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008p9l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Dead Ringers (b00jtm1l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k44n)
Episode 2
Roger McGough's poetic reflections on the inhabitants of the world.
With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.
Recorded in Bath.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.
TUE 22:45 The Pickerskill Detentions (b00y26my)
A Textbook Detention
Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls his most memorable detentions. Stars Ian Richardson. From July 2005.
TUE 23:00 Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World (b007jx1h)
Episode 1
The surreal duo try solving the globe's topical problems. Stars Andrew Livingstone and Fine Time Fontayne. From July 1992.
TUE 23:30 The Sofa of Time (b00j0hqt)
Here Comes Bod
Can Milford and Parker overcome Raamen Bod and find the Sofa of Time? Stars Mark Heap and Nick Frost. From November 2002.


WEDNESDAY 02 FEBRUARY 2011

WED 00:00 Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 (b007jwmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00mdx7n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y25xk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Raffles (m0001p33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008v1r4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008p9l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Ray Connolly - Lost Fortnight (b00j2j79)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b0076yzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Clare in the Community (b00g27lm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqp9)
Good Neighbours
Christmas is coming as the March sisters go to a party, in 19th-century New England. Stars Buffy Davis and Jemma Redgrave.
WED 05:30 Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians (b00srqfb)
Episode 6
It's Christmas Eve and the Dalmatians escape Hell Hall to begin the long journey back to London. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
WED 05:45 Lewis Carroll - Alice Through the Looking Glass (b00r8jtl)
Episode 6
The little girl encounters the Red Knight and the White Knight. Alan Bennett reads Lewis Carroll's fantasy.
WED 06:00 02/02/2011 (b00y28c0)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnjm)
Series 5
The Unexploded Bomb
When the lad gets a surprise in the cellar, Sid sees his chance to make some money.
Stars Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1958.
WED 08:30 The House of Milton Jones (b00lbtl0)
Episode 4
An Englishman's home is his castle - literally in the case of the surreal comedian. With Rosemary Leach. From July 2003.
WED 09:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007rgl7)
Honoria Glossop
When Bingo Little's new love lands Bertie Wooster in bother - who can save the day?
PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Sir Roderick Glossop ..... Andrew Cruickshank
Aunt Agatha ..... Joan Sanderson
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Lord Rainsby ..... James Villiers
Honoria Glossop ..... Miriam Margolyes
Oswald Glossop ..... Denise Bryer
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1973.
WED 09:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007ynfd)
Series 1
Episode 4
It's a dog's life for shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel when a Pekingese goes missing.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990.
WED 10:00 Jill Paton Walsh - The Wyndham Case (b007jsrd)
The locked library of St Agatha's College in Cambridge houses an invaluable collection of 17th-century volumes. It also contains one dead student. A tragic accident - or is there some more mysterious and deadly circumstance surrounding the death of model student Philip Skellow?
If anyone can find out, it’s college nurse and amateur sleuth, Imogen Quy, and her policeman friend, Mike.
Imogen Quy …. Carolyn Pickles
Mike Parsons …. Richard Derrington
Sir William …. Jeffery Dench
Lady Buckmoat …. Marlene Sidaway
Fran Bullion …. Tracey Wyles
Mountnessing …. Charles Collingwood
Mrs. Skellow …. Gillian Goodman
Lord Goldhooper …. Ian Brooker
Nick …. Tom George
Emily and Tracy …. Claire Corbett
Catherine and Felicity …. Jasmine Hyde
Jack …. Thomas Arnold
Phillip Skellow …. Alex Trinder
Roger …. Martyn Read
Written by Jill Paton Walsh and dramatised by Neville Teller.
Directed in Birmingham by Peter Lesley Wild
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
WED 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vlwk)
Old and Young
Dorothea Brooke is due to be wed, while Fred Vincy pins his hopes on his frail uncle, Mr Featherstone. Stars Candida Benson.
WED 11:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008pbw2)
Out on the Drag
Victorian Peelers Pip and Thomas go undercover to infiltrate a gang, but get more than they bargained for. Stars Todd Carty.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnjm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00hk2f1)
Series 2
Episode 2
Improvement grants for everybody explained and a plumber muses on words.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With Terence Brady and Pauline Yates.
Pianist: Gordon Langford.
Written by Tony Bilbow, Mike Fentiman, David Climie, Gordon Langford, John Graham, Miles Kington, Roy Lomax, Myles Rudge, Max Harris and Peter Spence.
Producer John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1972.
WED 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y2x2c)
Series 1
The Eye of Apollo
A villain turned detective? A new religion proclaimed from a balcony. And Inspector Bagshaw is baffled... Only Father Brown discovers the murderer.
Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth dramatised by John Scotney.
Starring Andrew Sachs as Father Brown and Olivier Pierre as Flambeau.
With Bill Wallis as Bagshaw, Bruce Boa as Kalon, Narissa Knights as Pauline Stacey, Lisa Flanagan as Joan Stacey, Melinda Walker as the Sister, Garrick Hagon as Wilson and Robin Summers as the News Vendor.
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
WED 13:30 Raffles (m0001p3l)
Series 2
5. A Trap To Catch A Cracksman
When an American pugilist boasts of inventing a trap to catch the cleverest cracksman alive, it’s a challenge Raffles is quite unable to resist - with disastrous consequences...
EW Hornung's Raffles stories about the 'gentleman thief' starring Jeremy Clyde
Dramatised by David Buck.
AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde
Bunny Manders ...... Michael Cochrane
Inspector Mackenzie ...... Henry Stamper
Maguire ...... Alan Tilvern
Hambone ...... Peter Banks
Cruncher ...... Michael Deacon
Ruby ...... Frances Jeater
Cabbie ...... Alan Dudley.
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in June 1988.
WED 14:00 A Fork in the Road (b00y2x2f)
The extraordinary tale of farmer Ken Wild's 18th-century farmhouse, marooned in the middle of the M62. With Gary O'Donaghue.
WED 14:30 Behind the Beat (b00y2x2h)
Jeffrey Rosson attempts to make sense of the pulses, throbs, ticks and beats measuring out life from those involved. From January 2006.
WED 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007s74g)
The Repealer Repulsed; Monster Meetings
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 15:15 Someone Like Me by Miles Kington (b00dpg1d)
Episode 3
Gossip, siestas and his brother's attempt to play a corpse.
Broadcaster, writer and musician, Miles Kington continues his account of an endearingly eccentric childhood.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton.
Producer: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
WED 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00p8l34)
Episode 3
Just as student Mike Engleby finds he's getting closer to Jennifer, something truly terrible happens. Read by Douglas Hodge.
WED 15:45 Book of the Week (b00n4ffh)
Michael Palin Diaries - The Python Years
My Father
The comic actor and travel writer shares more poignant memories from the 70s, reflecting on his relationship with his ailing father. From October 2006.
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00y2x2k)
Children's stories with Chris Pizzey, featuring Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky, read by Shirley Henderson, and One Girl, Two Decks, Three Degrees of Love by Jonny Zucker.
WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007rgl7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 17:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007ynfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 18:00 Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 (b007jwmv)
Episode 3
Anti-hero Billy Pilgrim starts to relish his life in a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore. Read by Robert Jezek.
WED 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00mj3gd)
Episode 3
The manipulative Morel fungus guides Gren and Poyly's lives without their tribe.
Millions of years in the future, a colossal banyan tree covers much of the Earth. In its boughs, the last remnants of humanity are fighting for survival, terrorized by carnivorous plants and grotesque insect life.
The Earth has stopped rotating and the Sun's output has increased. Plants are engaged in a constant tropical forest-style frenzy of growth driving other life forms to extinction...
Brian Aldiss's 1962 sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas.
Abridged in five parts by Lu Kemp.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnjm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00hk2f1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y2x2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Raffles (m0001p3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
WED 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vlwk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008pbw2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 The House of Milton Jones (b00lbtl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Maltby Collection (b00y2x2m)
Series 2
Episode 6
Love is all around? It is Prunella and Julian's wedding day. Stars Geoffrey Palmer and Julian Rhind-Tutt. From July 2008.
WED 23:00 The Lee Mack Show (b00c4cd2)
Toyah Willcox
Toyah Willcox joins the sharp comedian for stand-up, sketches and music. With Angela McHale and Steve Brown. From April 2005.
WED 23:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007jq9d)
Series 2
Episode 7
Talking dolphins - and bible sponsorship. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged topical humour. From October 1986.


THURSDAY 03 FEBRUARY 2011

THU 00:00 Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 (b007jwmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00mj3gd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y2x2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Raffles (m0001p3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vlwk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008pbw2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Jill Paton Walsh - The Wyndham Case (b007jsrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007rgl7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007ynfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqpn)
Regular Angels
The sisters meet old Mister Laurence and Amy learns a lesson. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
THU 05:30 Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians (b00srqjq)
Episode 7
Returning to London, Cruella's cat gives the Dalmatians the chance to get revenge on their kidnapper. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
THU 05:45 Lewis Carroll - Alice Through the Looking Glass (b00r93xm)
Episode 7
The little girl lands at the eighth square - but can she get home? Alan Bennett concludes Lewis Carroll's fantasy.
THU 06:00 03/02/2011 (b00y2xj4)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00y2xmy)
French Cricket
The hapless duo set out to sell the national game overseas.
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government offices and to all the others who spend their days there as well.
Stars Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch.
With Norma Ronald, Roy Dotrice, David Graham and Betty Marsden.
Written and produced by 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.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1962.
THU 08:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b0094wj8)
Series 3
Episode 6
Friends are getting divorced, accountants are living as cavemen and 87-year-old women are having triplets.
Have Daniel and Lucy finally had enough of dealing with other people's problems?
David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.
Starring David Tennant as Daniel, Liz Carling as Lucy, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Katie, Tony Gardner as Andy, Carla Mendonca as Linda and Jonathan Aris as Steve.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
THU 09:00 Cabin Pressure (b00cdsj8)
Series 1
Boston
Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.
A routine flight to Boston is disrupted by a routine fire, a routine lawsuit and a routine corpse.
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
First Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Capt Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
ATC Fitton ...... Ewen MacIntosh
Hamilton Leeman ...... Kerry Shale
Paramedic ...... Matilda Ziegler
Written by John Finnemore.
THU 09:30 Potting On (b00lblps)
Flab
Noticing both their waistlines are getting bigger, Pam challenges Gordon to a dieting competition.
Sitcom about a couple at odds over running a garden centre and growing older.
Starring Pam Ayres as Pam and Geoffrey Whitehead as Gordon.
Written by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds with Pam Ayres.
With Trevor Bannister, Karl Theobald and Alex Tregear.
Sitcom by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds.
Producer Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2008.
THU 10:00 Nathaniel Hawthorne - Wakefield (b00rs19x)
A dull middle-aged man whose life has been monotonously ordinary for years, devises a plot to temporarily leave home and observe the effect on his wife from a flat opposite.
But he stays away much longer than expected - and it becomes more and more difficult for him to return...
David Haig stars in Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Wakefield ...... David Haig
Hawthorne ...... John Rowe
Mrs Wakefield ...... Richenda Carey
Mr Lucas Ferris ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mrs Brand ...... Jennie Stoller
Doctor ...... Gordon Reid
Producer: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001
THU 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vqy1)
The Social Round
There's gossip at the engagement party, and Rosy Vincy encounters Dr Lydgate. Stars Katherine Igoe and Robert Glenister.
THU 11:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008pbr7)
The Kitten Houser
With a frightened young girl in danger, Pip and Thomas investigate a sophisticated vice ring. Stars Charles Simpson.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00y2xmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00db5l4)
Series 6
Episode 5
A multimillion pound loan - and the entire history of mankind.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Alan Hutchison, Bill Oddie and David Tate.
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 Liam Cohen, Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.
Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in May 1968.
THU 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y32hg)
Series 1
The Invisible Man
A murder for Christmas, but the body goes missing. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful clerical sleuth.
THU 13:30 Raffles (m0001qm0)
Series 2
6. The Gift of the Emperor
Raffles plans the most daring enterprise of his career - the theft of a jewel worth £100,000.
But Inspector Mackenzie is hot on his trail. Could the intrepid cracksman's luck finally run out?
EW Hornung's Raffles stories about the 'gentleman thief' starring Jeremy Clyde
Dramatised by David Buck.
AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde
Bunny Manders ...... Michael Cochrane
Inspector Mackenzie ...... Henry Stamper
Von Heumann ...... Frederick Jaeger
Miss Werner ...... Zelah Clarke
Captain ...... Alan Dudley
Steward ...... Stephen Rashbrook
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in July 1988.
THU 14:00 We've Been Here Before (b00fy1g5)
Series 2
Episode 2
Clive Anderson hosts the panel show that pokes fun at events of the past.
The topical historical satirical panel show setting out to prove that there's nothing new under, or in, The Sun.
Gyles Brandreth and Natalie Haynes battle it out against John O'Farrell and Richard Herring.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
THU 14:30 One Way to Necropolis (b00y35ys)
Waterloo to Woking - Alan Dein examines the history of the 'dead line', where trains took the departed to their final station.
THU 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007s8d9)
A Nation Once Again; The Very Extreme of Human Wretchedness
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 15:15 Someone Like Me by Miles Kington (b00dpnwr)
Episode 4
A Sherlock Holmes game unearths some awkward family evidence.
Broadcaster, writer and musician, Miles Kington continues his account of an endearingly eccentric childhood.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton.
Producer: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005
THU 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00p92xw)
Episode 4
With the police investigating the University mystery - will they turn their attentions to student Mike? Read by Douglas Hodge.
THU 15:45 Book of the Week (b00n51g1)
Michael Palin Diaries - The Python Years
Saturday Night Live
The comic actor shares his surreal experience of guest hosting a big American TV show and going to a party at New York's Studio 54. From October 2006.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00y35yw)
Children's stories with Chris Pizzey, featuring Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky, read by Shirley Henderson, and One Girl, Two Decks, Three Degrees of Love by Jonny Zucker.
THU 17:00 Cabin Pressure (b00cdsj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 17:30 Potting On (b00lblps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 (b007jwnm)
Episode 4
Billy Pilgrim arrives in Dresden on the eve of its destruction by Allied bombing. Concluded by Robert Jezek.
THU 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00mpnkm)
Episode 4
Gren and Poyly survive the volcano, but the Morel is becoming increasingly frustrated.
Millions of years in the future, a colossal banyan tree covers much of the Earth. In its boughs, the last remnants of humanity are fighting for survival, terrorized by carnivorous plants and grotesque insect life.
The Earth has stopped rotating and the Sun's output has increased. Plants are engaged in a constant tropical forest-style frenzy of growth driving other life forms to extinction...
Brian Aldiss's 1962 sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas.
Abridged in five parts by Lu Kemp.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00y2xmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00db5l4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y32hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Raffles (m0001qm0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
THU 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vqy1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008pbr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b0094wj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007jvy6)
Series 2
The Grand Tour
The sketch show team take their audience on a luxury excursion to London.
Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1991.
THU 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b00h4lnd)
Series 3
Episode 6
Life and Death prove to be very close neighbours for the staff in the mortuary. Stars Peter Davison. From March 2006.
THU 23:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jpwr)
Money
David Jason's probe of modern life sets out to comprehend cash.
Following in the footsteps of Lord Clark, Dr Bronowski and Professor Galbraith, David Jason unravels the mysteries of the universe and the meaning of life.
With Miriam Margolyes and Royce Mills.
Written by Colin Bostock Smith, Andy Hamilton and Barry Pilton.
Music by John Owen Edwards.
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1977.


FRIDAY 04 FEBRUARY 2011

FRI 00:00 Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 (b007jwnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00mpnkm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y32hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Raffles (m0001qm0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vqy1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 John Peacock - London Particulars (b008pbr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Nathaniel Hawthorne - Wakefield (b00rs19x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Cabin Pressure (b00cdsj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Potting On (b00lblps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqq0)
Fun Forever and No Grubbage!
Jealous Amy skates on thin ice, and Meg glimpses high society. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
FRI 05:30 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqq9)
Secrets
The March sisters go on an outing with Laurie's English friends. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
FRI 06:00 04/02/2011 (b00y3634)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00y37bf)
Series 2
The Mock Action
HMS Troutbridge heads to an exercise off of Dover, but Mr Phillips gets lost in fog...

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Bracewell and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral.

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1959.
FRI 08:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b008h4qy)
Series 2
About Some Boys
Robin is soaking. Derek is excited. Maureen is furious. Whatever next? Stars Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. From June 2003.
FRI 09:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq8k)
The Pin-Up Girl
Who can be persuaded to pose for the 'What The Butler Saw' machine on the pier 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
Dudley Watkins ...... Christopher Biggins
Mr Hunter ...... Robin Parkinson.
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the Dad's Army characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984.
FRI 09:30 No Commitments (b00y37bh)
Series 6
Spreading Wings
Emily's A-level results make mum Victoria realise she is growing up. Stars Celia Imrie and Angela Thorne. From August 1999.
FRI 10:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4qn)
September Tide
When Cherry comes home to visit her widowed mother Stella, she brings her new husband with her.
But surprises are in-store, as this is the first time mother and son-in-law have met.
Starring Paula Wilcox, Jonathan Firth and Alice Hart.
Daphne du Maurier's bittersweet love story set in a beautiful house on a Cornish estuary.
Stella Martin …. Paula Wilcox
Evan Davies …. Jonathan Firth
Cherry Davies …. Alice Hart
Robert Hanson …. John Rowe
Mrs Tucket …. Susan Jameson
Neighbour …. Duncan Walsh Atkins
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.
FRI 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vr8m)
The Chaplaincy
The appointment of the Chaplain is imminent and there's a surprise encounter in Rome. Stars Ron Cook and Caroline Martin.
FRI 11:15 Robert Nye - Mrs Shakespeare (b007jxb4)
The Bard's shrewd wife reveals how he left her his second-best bed. Stars Maggie Steed and Kenneth Cranham.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00y37bf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrnd)
Putting It on the Map
To encourage tourism, the dear ladies revive an old custom. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1983.
FRI 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y37bk)
Series 1
The Honour of Israel Gow
An eye for an eye and a tooth to satisfy Israel Gow.
Father Brown surveys the remnants of a battered corpse and talks of money.
Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth dramatised by John Scotney.
Starring Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
With Henry Stamper as McCandlish, Graham Blockey as Johnstone, David Sinclair as Dacre, Ellen McIntosh as Mrs MacDonald, James Bryce as Old Jamie and Guy Holden as the Barman.
The Piper: Brian Supple
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
FRI 13:30 Raffles (b007jncv)
Series 3
No Sinecure
AJ Raffles is dead - and Bunny must face the world alone. Then comes an invitation to answer a newspaper advertisement...
The stories of EW Hornung in the continuing adventures of cricketer and gentleman thief, Arthur J Raffles, and his chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders.
Starring Jeremy Clyde as AJ Raffles, Michael Cochrane as Bunny, Gordon Reid as Dr Theobald and John Hartley as Maturin.
Dramatised by Olwen Wymark.
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in 1992.
FRI 14:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00y38bc)
Series 6
Episode 11
From Minnesota - the American funny man welcomes Elvis Costello and vocal powerhouses Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele. From 2009.
FRI 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007s9rl)
The Far-Seeing Merchants of Northern Venice; So Much Wretchedness
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 15:15 Someone Like Me by Miles Kington (b00dpspz)
Episode 5
A shock at the age of 18 from his sausage-loving father...
Broadcaster, writer and musician, Miles Kington continues his account of an endearingly eccentric childhood.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton.
Producer: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005
FRI 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pblz7)
Episode 5
Missing Jennifer is still very much in the thoughts of Mike Engleby, who gets a surprise visit. Read by Douglas Hodge.
FRI 15:45 Book of the Week (b00n58dd)
Michael Palin Diaries - The Python Years
The Life of Brian
The actor and writer recalls how the influential comedy group reconvened in 1977 to make their most controversial film. From October 2006.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00y38bf)
Children's stories with Chris Pizzey, featuring Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky read by Shirley Henderson, and One Girl, Two Decks, Three Degrees of Love by Jonny Zucker.
FRI 17:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq8k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 No Commitments (b00y37bh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5k)
Before the Screaming Begins
Episode 1
An invasion by aliens interrupts an idyllic wedding anniversary celebration for Tom Harris and his wife.
Before the Screaming Begins is the first of Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream and With a Whimper to the Grave.
Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson
Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey
AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett
Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter
Catherine's Mother ...... Katherine Parr
Nurse ...... Maggie Ollerenshaw
Desk Sergeant ...... Peter Williams
Silkin ...... Peter Wickham
Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard
Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
FRI 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00mtpl0)
Episode 5
A parting of the ways for the Morel and Gren, but the search for a home goes on.
Millions of years in the future, a colossal banyan tree covers much of the Earth. In its boughs, the last remnants of humanity are fighting for survival, terrorized by carnivorous plants and grotesque insect life.
The Earth has stopped rotating and the Sun's output has increased. Plants are engaged in a constant tropical forest-style frenzy of growth driving other life forms to extinction...
Conclusion of Brian Aldiss's 1962 sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas.
Abridged by Lu Kemp.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00y37bf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y37bk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Raffles (b007jncv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vr8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Robert Nye - Mrs Shakespeare (b007jxb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b008h4qy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 The Leicester Comedy Festival (b00y4cw5)
An hour of stand-up from the 2011 festival launch at Leicester's De Montfort Hall, compered by the brilliant Jarred Christmas.
FRI 23:30 The Young Postmen (b00fz7bp)
Top of the Pops
The eager threesome attempt a Christmas number one. Stars Ben Miller, John Thompson and Alistair McGowan. From December 1992.