What will Mr Craven discover on his return home? Conclusion to Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, with Beryl Reid.
With Cruella de Vil's arrival at Hell Hall, the rescue of the puppies becomes increasingly urgent. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
The little girl's curious adventure sees her picnic with the Lion and the Unicorn. Alan Bennett reads Lewis Carroll's fantasy.
The duo welcome Penelope Keith, who does her own intro before performing in Ern's sketch what he wrote. From October 1977.
More celeb sound-alikes as Hyacinth Bucket rants and Dale Winton makes a call. With Jan Ravens and Jon Culshaw. From April 2001.
By Rona Munro. After many years spreading kindness, veteran hospital porter Archie's world is in disarray. With June Watson. From July 2006.
Can couples counselling calm the ultra-PC social worker's constant criticism of her boyfriend Brian? Stars Sally Phillips. From November 2005.
Based on film producer John Houseman's memoirs of The Blue Dahlia and risk-taker Raymond Chandler. Stars Peter Barkworth.
Lydgate has hopes for the new hospital, while Dorothea has hopes for Mr Casaubon. Stars Rachel Atkins and Candida Benson.
A man lost at sea returns to claim his fortune. Bow Street runner Pip and Peeler Thomas investigate. Stars Charles Simpson.
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.
Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London.
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.
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...
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.
More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, Professor Angela Newing and Robert Eastaway. From July 1998.
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.
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
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.
Student Mike Engleby considers his difficulties at public school, while still fascinated with Jennifer. Read by Douglas Hodge.
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.
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.
Billy Pilgrim is both a prisoner of war and an inadvertent time traveller. Cult absurdist classic read by Robert Jezek.
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.
Roger McGough's poetic reflections on the inhabitants of the world.
With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.
Recorded in Bath.
Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls his most memorable detentions. Stars Ian Richardson. From July 2005.
The surreal duo try solving the globe's topical problems. Stars Andrew Livingstone and Fine Time Fontayne. From July 1992.
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)
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FRI 04:30 Potting On (b00lblps)
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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)
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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)
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FRI 17:30 No Commitments (b00y37bh)
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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)
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08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrnd)
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12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y37bk)
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FRI 20:30 Raffles (b007jncv)
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13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vr8m)
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11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Robert Nye - Mrs Shakespeare (b007jxb4)
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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.