SATURDAY 05 FEBRUARY 2011

SAT 00:00 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.
SAT 00:30 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.
SAT 01:00 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.
SAT 01:30 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.
SAT 02:00 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.
SAT 02:15 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.
SAT 03:00 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.
SAT 04:00 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.
SAT 04:30 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.
SAT 05:00 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.
SAT 06:00 05/02/2011 (b00y8v88)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00y8v8b)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring Surprising Joy, written by Valerie Bloom and read by Naomi Cortez.
SAT 09:00 Simon Schama - Baseball and Me (b00y8v8d)
Episode 1
After 30 years living in the USA, why is English-born historian Simon Schama mad about the bat-and-ball skills of the Boston Red Sox?
SAT 09:30 King Street Junior (b007jm74)
Series 3
The School Fete
The school are alarmed by the prospect of an outbreak of nits just in time for a visit from a celebrity journalist, while Mr Beeston wonders how the school can accommodate a wheelchair user. Another typical day in the life of King Street Junior School.
There were ten series of the comedy about King Street Junior which ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.
CAST:
Phillip Sims..................................Karl Howman
Mr Beeston..................................James Grout
Mr Holiday...................................Tom Watson
Mrs Stone................................,,,..Margaret John
Mr Long.......................................,Paul Copley
Miss Lewis....................................Marlene Sidaway
Mrs Rudd.................................... Vivienne Martin
Mrs Patterson)...........................Deirdre Costello
Sundar...........................................David Crane
Maureen.......................................Victoria Keady
Razia...............................................Caroline Wigley
And with John Craven as himself
Created and written by Jim Eldridge
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988.
SAT 10:00 Comedy Winners (b00tcsv7)
Series 2
Episode 3
Mark Radcliffe hosts a prize-winning selection: The Shuttleworths, On the Hour, The Very World of Milton Jones, World of Pub, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Parsley Sidings.
SAT 13:00 RL Stevenson - Weir of Hermiston (b007jsy9)
The writer's unfinished tale of passion in the Scottish Lowlands. Completed for radio by Robert Forrest. Stars Paul Young.
SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00y8v8g)
EW Hornung - Raffles: The Field of Philippi
The cricket-loving gentlemen thief sets out to settle old scores at his school reunion. Stars Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.
SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00y8v8j)
EW Hornung - Raffles: A Bad Night
Planning revenge by robbery - the gentlemen thief is called on to bat for England, so Bunny must step in. Stars Jeremy Clyde.
SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00y8vl1)
EW Hornung - Raffles: A Trap to Catch a Cracksman
When a prize fighter claims his trophy room is impregnable - the gentleman cracksman seizes the challenge. Stars Jeremy Clyde.
SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00y8vl3)
EW Hornung - Raffles: The Gift of the Emperor
The gentlemen thief plans the theft of a valuable pearl - but will he live to regret his daring enterprise? Stars Jeremy Clyde.
SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00y8vl5)
EW Hornung - Raffles: No Sinecure
The gentlemen thief is dead. Facing life without his partner-in-crime - Bunny's newspaper sparks a surprise. Stars Jeremy Clyde.
SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00y38bc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
SAT 18:00 Bill Murphy - Vostok (b007jzm4)
Three intrepid divers plunge into the world's last unexplored Antarctic lake. Stars Stuart Milligan and Ingvar Sigurdsson.
SAT 18:30 The Man in Black (b00p4klw)
Series 2
5. The Old Road by Penelope Skinner
City girl Callie drives out of London to visit her best friend, Roo, up North. As her mobile reception wanes and her satnav starts malfunctioning, she begins to wonder whether the road has plans of its own…
Penelope Skinner’s tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister raconteur, The Man in Black.
Callie …. Laura Molyneux
Roo …. Ellie Beaven
Satnav Voice …. Rhys Jennings
Judy …. Kate Layden
Harry …. 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: Faith Collingwood
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in November 2009.
SAT 19:00 Simon Schama - Baseball and Me (b00y8v8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 19:30 King Street Junior (b007jm74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 20:00 Comedy Winners (b00tcsv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 23:00 Jaws (b00g3g1f)
Episode 3
Shark expert Matt Hooper joins the hunt, but gets distracted by Brody's wife. John Guerrasio reads the 1974 seaside blockbuster.
SAT 23:15 Stephen King - Blaze (b00g3g1c)
Episode 3
Back in his childhood, Blaze's first con was to help another pupil. William Hope reads Stephen King's 'lost' thriller.
SAT 23:30 DS Sue Manson - Fractions of Zero (b00y8vl7)
Episode 5
The detective puts herself in personal jeopardy to catch the murderer. Bill Murphy's thriller stars Susan Lynch.
SAT 23:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b65bw)
Burning End
Fed up caring for her mother-in-law, Linda is worried when a glass vase seems to have caused a fire. Read by Sue Johnston.


SUNDAY 06 FEBRUARY 2011

SUN 00:00 Bill Murphy - Vostok (b007jzm4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 The Man in Black (b00p4klw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 RL Stevenson - Weir of Hermiston (b007jsy9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Liz Lochhead - Blood And Ice (b00y8vw6)
In 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft eloped with her lover Percy Shelley to the shores of Lake Geneva.
They moved into a villa close to Lord Byron and turned their hands to writing ghostly tales.
A tale of the creation of Frankenstein by Liz Lochhead.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley …. Gerda Stevenson
Percy Bysshe Shelley …. Stephen Boxer
Lord Byron …. Jack Klaff
Claire Clairmont …. Stella Gonet
Elise …. Tilly Vosburgh
The Creature …. Peter Kelly
Music composed and played by Robert Pettigrew.
Director: Marilyn Imrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990.
SUN 04:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00y38bc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Simon Schama - Baseball and Me (b00y8v8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 King Street Junior (b007jm74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 06/02/2011 (b00y8vww)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00y8wpd)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring Surprising Joy, written by Valerie Bloom and read by Naomi Cortez.
SUN 09:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus (b008wcq0)
Episode 1
Made for 4 Extra. Dorothea Brooke yearns to right society's wrongs in 1830s England. Then Dr Lydgate arrives. Stars Roger Allam and Candida Benson.
SUN 10:15 GM Fraser - Royal Flash (b00y8yrk)
Episode 1
Celebrated cavalry officer Harry Flashman is caught with his trousers down in a London club. Read by Iain Cuthbertson.
SUN 10:30 Albert and Me (b007jynb)
Series 1
Rate of Decline
Struggling to bring up his baby son Albert, single dad Bryan Archer desperately needs cash for his rate arrears.
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Harry Fowler as Joe Billings.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.
SUN 11:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k1mb)
Annabel Meredith
Chic Murray's daughter chats to Sally Magnusson about her life with the legendary Scottish comedian.
Producer: Mike Walker
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in October 2005.
SUN 11:30 That Reminds Me (b007jnlp)
Series 2
Victor Spinetti
Welsh stage and screen star Victor Spinetti reminisces about his acting career, as he entertains an audience.
Featuring memories ranging from The Beatles to Sir Laurence Olivier,
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.
SUN 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b9xgs)
Kenneth Horne meets juicy Nell Gwyn, and Hornerama reports on Homes and Gardens. Sketch comedy with Kenneth Williams. From November 1961.
SUN 12:30 Brothers in Law (b007k1xl)
Series 2
Polite Notice
Parking his car lands bungling barrister Roger in a jam.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, David Jason as Bannister, Gerald Cross as the Judge.
Others parts by Sean Arnold and Douglas Blackwell.
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 Liz Lochhead - Blood And Ice (b00y8vw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today]
SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00y90wn)
Bleak Expectations - A Happy Life, Cruelly Re-Kippered
In Mark Evans's Dickensian spoof, Pip's exceedingly evil guardian causes school havoc. Stars Richard Johnson.
SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00y90wq)
Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World
Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World - The surreal duo try solving the globe's topical problems. Stars Andrew Livingstone and Fine Time Fontayne. From July 1992.
SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00y90ws)
The Jason Explanation... of Money
The Jason Explanation... of Money - David Jason's probe of modern life sets out to comprehend cash. With Miriam Margolyes and Royce Mills. From September 1977.
SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00yjvlr)
The Burkiss Way - Peel Bananas the Burkiss Way
The pun-tastic cult comedy sketch show starring Denise Coffey, Chris Emmett, Nigel Rees and Fred Harris.
SUN 16:30 The News Quiz (b00y90wx)
Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over the latest news events. From 28th January 2011.
SUN 17:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k1mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 17:30 That Reminds Me (b007jnlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Planet B (b00y90wz)
Series 3
The Pirate Islands
Medley and Kip must battle island inhabitants to save Planet B. Virtual reality saga by Penelope Skinner. Stars Claire Harry.
SUN 18:30 Isaac Asimov - The Last Question (b007jwp4)
Can entropy be reversed? The sci-fi guru's proposed answer takes in infinity, immortality and creation. Read by Henry Goodman.
SUN 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b9xgs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 19:30 Brothers in Law (b007k1xl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 20:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus (b008wcq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 21:15 GM Fraser - Royal Flash (b00y8yrk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
SUN 21:30 Albert and Me (b007jynb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Creme de la Crime (b007jr0x)
Series 1
20,000 Leaks Under the Sea
Michael Feydeau and David Pershore unravel a case of wartime spying skullduggery. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From September 2001.
SUN 22:15 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007k0x6)
Series 2
The Vampire of the Glen
Suspicions are alerted when the laird asks the duo to dig a hole big enough to fit a coffin-shaped wardrobe.
Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden star as the two Scotsmen famed for their appearances on BBC Radio’s I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
With Alison Steadman as their cleaning-lady-cum-housekeeper, Mrs Naughtie, and Jeremy Hardy as the local Laird.
Hamish ...... Barry Cryer
Dougal ...... Graeme Garden
Mrs Naughtie ...... Alison Steadman
The Laird ...... Jeremy Hardy
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
SUN 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00cxvxj)
Series 2
A Re-Kippered Life Smashed Some More
You're invited to marvel at the engineering genius of the early railways, including a tunnel made of beef and pastry and a man who sends loud telegrams to say "He's on the train. Stop."
But as Pip travels the length and breadth of the land in search of his beloved school could it be that there is another even more sinister plan underway? And will the evil Mister Benevolent be involved somehow? Yes! And yes again!
Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Volume Two, Chapter the Second: A Re-Kippered Life Smashed Some More
Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Mr Benevolent.......................Anthony Head
Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Lily.....................................Sarah Hadland
Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Sundry railwaymen.....................Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.
SUN 23:00 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007k1z6)
Greenwich
Driving instructors, pornography and a surprise from Supermarket Sweep's TV host, Dale Winton.
From Greenwich University, London.
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
With Peter Baynham, Rebecca Front and John Thomson.
Special guest: Dale Winton
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 November 1993.
SUN 23:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b9k9l)
Series 2
Episode 3
The host presents a selection of classic comic songs with special guest comedian Howard Read. From October 2006.


MONDAY 07 FEBRUARY 2011

MON 00:00 Planet B (b00y90wz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Isaac Asimov - The Last Question (b007jwp4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Liz Lochhead - Blood And Ice (b00y8vw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00y90wn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00y90wq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00y90ws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00yjvlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 The News Quiz (b00y90wx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqqn)
Dark Days
Marmee leaves to care for Father and Beth falls ill. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
MON 05:30 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqrn)
Aunt March Settles the Question
Father returns for Christmas and Meg gets a proposal. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
MON 06:00 07/02/2011 (b00y9344)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00hzh39)
Series 1
Episode 14
Special agent Kenneth Horne probes a pirate invasion of the BBC, while Kenneth Williams throws a hissy fit.
How sure are Binkie Huckaback and Dame Celia Molestrangler about their latest movie revival?
And at the Studio Bona, is Mr Horne up to flexing his deltoids for photographers Julian and Sandy?
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 June 1965.
MON 08:30 Artists (b00y9453)
Series 1
A Brush With Death
Gerard organises Tamsin's first solo exhibition, but she's got so much else to do. Stars Vicki Pepperdine. From April 2003.
MON 09:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz94)
Series 3
The Flat
Author Gerald and his wife Diana's holiday abroad is far from relaxing.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife, Diana.
With Michael McClain, Fiona Mathieson and Garard Green.
Written by Basil Boothroyd.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979.
MON 09:30 Coming Alive (b00h3ngz)
Series 2
Big Trouble
Smugglers with big ideas plague Terry, and Sandra is faced with an unwanted admirer. Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan. From August 2000.
MON 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00y9455)
Episode 1
Russia, 1880: The Karamazovs are reunited for a meeting with their father to discuss Dmitry's inheritance.
But the unpredictable Fyodor Karamazov does not look as if he's going to play the game...
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised in five parts by Melissa Murray.
Fyodor Karamazov ...... Roy Marsden
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
The Elder ...... Sam Dale
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Smerdyakov ...... Joseph Kloska
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
The Monk ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Katerina's Servant ...... Miranda Keeling
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
MON 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wf96)
A Bad Bet
Fred Vincy struggles with his debts, and Dorothea finds her marriage under strain. Stars Robert Glenister and Caroline Martin.
MON 11:15 Stephen Sheridan - Murder By the Book (b00y95fv)
Two elderly librarians decide to emulate Miss Marple when a corpse is discovered in their crime section. Stars Mary Wimbush.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00hzh39)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jm1y)
Series 1
Pass Examinations the Burkiss Way
Improve your IQ and go on the Auntie Quiz in the cult sketch show.
Continuing the Burkiss Way to dynamic living - radio's first correspondence course. No stamp needed.
Dynamic instruction from Denise Coffey, Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris.
Dynamic scripts by Andrew Marshall, John Mason and David Renwick with dynamic production by Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1976.
MON 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y9tqf)
Series 1
The Hammer of God
Retribution that comes from above is not always divine.
Nevertheless Father Brown reaches the evil in the heart of the good...
Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth dramatised by John Scotney.
Starring Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
With Bryan Matheson as Wilfred Boedric, Phillip Manikum as Doctor Westley, Paul Nicholson as Norman Boedric, Tony Phillips as Simeon Barnes, Deborah Paige as Mrs Thurston, Robin Summers as PC Barton, David Sinclair as Inspector Stow and John Webb as Josian Risby.
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
MON 13:30 Raffles (b007jndt)
Series 3
To Catch a Thief
London's glittering High Society suffers some audacious jewel robberies - but for once, the cracksman is not Raffles.
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, Henry Stamper as Inspector MacKenzie and Gordon Reid as Dr Theobald.
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.
MON 14:00 Foul Play (b00jz7jg)
Series 3
Murder Before Matins
Crime writers Liza Cody and Reginald Hill try to solve a deathly mystery in a monastery.
Simon Brett hosts the murder quiz.
With witness statements from Maria McErlane and Lee Simpson.
Producer Liz Anstree
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.
MON 14:30 Imaginary Friends (b00y9tqh)
From tea-time to the North Pole, children and adults share their experiences of invented companions. From January 2006.
MON 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007sxvl)
The Census of 1841; Phytophthora Infestans
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
MON 15:15 Miles Kington - How Shall I Tell the Dog? (b00y9tqk)
Episode 1
Things to do before you die, and literary rivalry with an oncologist.
Miles Kington died of cancer in January 2008. Given very little time to live by his doctors, he decided to make cancer "pay its way" - by coming up with increasingly witty and absurd ideas for this book, as suggested to his agent, Gill.
With Michael Palin as Miles and Anna Massey as Gill.
Dramatised by Robin Brooks
Produced by Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 by Pacificus Productions
First broadcast in October 2008.
MON 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pcd1l)
Episode 6
Mike has left university and his career as a journalist is about to begin. But always there's Jennifer. Read by Douglas Hodge.
MON 15:45 A Late Dinner (b00k2fc9)
Episode 1
The writer combines travel with Spain's culinary delights and enjoys mouth-watering food in Ibiza. Read by Jonathan Firth.
MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00y9ws7)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring The Secret of Iguando by Robert Dodds, Matilda by Roald Dahl and The Missing Link by Kate Thompson.
MON 17:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz94)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 17:30 Coming Alive (b00h3ngz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5w)
Before the Screaming Begins
Episode 2
The startling new mental powers of Tom Harris sparks the interest of authorities...
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
Prime Minister ...... Patrick Troughton
AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett
Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter
MP ...... 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.
MON 18:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rgl9)
1. Foundation
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life.
Selective breeding via financial encouragement has led to groups of people living for hundreds of years...
Robert Heinlein's sci-fi story first appeared as an expanded full-length novel in 1958.
Read by Paul Birchard
Abridged in six parts by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2007.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00hzh39)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jm1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y9tqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
MON 20:30 Raffles (b007jndt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
MON 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wf96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Stephen Sheridan - Murder By the Book (b00y95fv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Artists (b00y9453)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 22:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00y9xdg)
Series 1
Episode 6
Revelations about hats, tents and some disturbing tales from Beatrix Potter.
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 (b00kn8k7)
Series 1
Sloth
Mark Watson investigates sloth 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 (b007jw00)
Series 1
Patrick Moore
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.
Can special guest Sir Patrick Moore help John identify the red glow that appears outside the front bay window just before bedtime?
With Sean Cullen and Dylan Goodhew.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producers: Paul Schlesinger and Martin Willis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.


TUESDAY 08 FEBRUARY 2011

TUE 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rgl9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y9tqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Raffles (b007jndt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wf96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Stephen Sheridan - Murder By the Book (b00y95fv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00y9455)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz94)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Coming Alive (b00h3ngz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008czt5)
The First Wedding
Amy has grand hopes for an upmarket social gathering. Sequel to Little Women stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
TUE 05:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00y9y8k)
Episode 1
Judith Kerr's classic novel for children set in Berlin in 1933, as Adolf Hitler's election campaign is underway. Read by Rosemary Leach.
First published in 1971, Judith's semi-autobiographical story tells the story of nine year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis - passing through Switzerland and France - before arriving in England in 1936.
Judith wrote it for her son to explain her own story of her family fleeing Nazi Germany. Her father was a drama critic and a distinguished writer whose books were burned by the Nazis.
Kerr found herself a fairly willing refugee, seeing her long travels as a great adventure. A view her parents went to great pains to confirm, often hiding their own personal and professional privations and struggles from their young children.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury and produced by Peter Hutchings.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.
TUE 05:45 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00y9ycj)
Episode 2
Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story set in Berlin. As elections loom, Anna's father disappears. Read by Rosemary Leach.
TUE 06:00 08/02/2011 (b00y9ycl)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jr6l)
Strangers on a Train
Best mates Bob and Terry haven't spoken for seven years, so there's a lot to catch up on when they bump into each other on a train.
Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. With Lois Daine and Peter Whitman.
Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley.
Producer: John Browell
Originally lost from the archive, the audio was provided by BBC producer Stan Was.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1975.
TUE 08:30 Dead Ringers (b00jz5x4)
Series 4
Episode 3
More celeb sound-alikes with tea-time for Alan Bennett and horror at the Simon Bates Hotel. With Jon Culshaw. From April 2001.
TUE 09:00 Flying the Flag (b00xc71y)
Series 4
Spiritual Values
Her Majesty's Ambassador Mackenzie and his staff battle on bravely, coming to terms with the changing order in Colonel Surikov's fledgling Eastern-bloc democracy.
The new order brings new problems, not least keeping the diplomatic upper hand in a country discovering the ills of the West.
So when equal rights for women appears on the agenda, closely followed by the emergence of militant feminists, the embassies echo to the sound of men closing ranks.
Series 4 of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Stephen Greif as Spiro.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992.
TUE 09:30 Clare in the Community (b00g9mgx)
Series 2
Mean Streets
The meddling social worker takes a homeless survey, and Brian arranges a stag night. Stars Sally Phillips. From September 2005.
TUE 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb1sd)
Episode 2
While Alyosha attends the bedside of the dying Elder, relations between Dmitry and his father become ever more dangerous.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Fyodor Karamazov ...... Roy Marsden
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
The Elder ...... Sam Dale
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Smerdyakov ...... Joseph Kloska
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
The Monk ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Father Paisy ...... Philip Fox
Monks ...... Saikat Ahamed
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
TUE 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wmnk)
Waiting for Death
Dr Lydgate attends the poorly Reverend Casaubon, and Fred's debts trouble the Garth family. Stars Ron Cook and William Gaunt.
TUE 11:15 Maigret (b00fwdll)
Series 1
A Man's Head
The French sleuth bends the rules to investigate a double murder in a Paris suburb. Stars Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
TUE 12:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jr6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Doctor in the House (b007k4bc)
Our First Baby
Medic Simon Sparrow is thrown in the deep-end on St Swithins' ante-natal ward.
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 Norma Ronald as Vera.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1968.
TUE 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b00yb1z9)
Series 1
The Sins of Prince Saradine
Father Brown and Flambeau cross a Norfolk lake to meet an Italian with a dark history, and exchange dreams with an old adversary.
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 Garard Green as Mr Paul, June Barrie as Mrs Anthony, Roger Hammond as Saradine, Robin Summers as the Italian and Peter Acre as Norfolk Tough.
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
TUE 13:30 Raffles (b007jnfb)
Series 3
An Old Flame
Raffles has had many worthy combatants, both on the cricket field and in his more nefarious pursuits. But none prove so formidable as Jacques Saillard - an old flame.
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, Gudrun Ure as Mrs Fisher and Peter Forbes as Druce.
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.
TUE 14:00 Puzzle Panel (b00yb2vg)
Episode 6
More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, Val Gilbert and Professor David Singmaster. From July 1998.
TUE 14:30 The Choir Invisible (b00yb305)
Ian Hislop finds out why women - excluded from much of Victorian society - wrote so many famous hymns. From August 2003.
TUE 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007szmd)
Famine; The Famine in Skibbereen
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
TUE 15:15 Miles Kington - How Shall I Tell the Dog? (b00yb307)
Episode 2
Things to learn before you die, without leaving home. Cancer sufferer Miles Kington's humorous letters. With Michael Palin.
TUE 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pchz4)
Episode 7
Mike is making a success of his personal life, but then an unsettling side to him is revealed. Read by Douglas Hodge.
TUE 15:45 A Late Dinner (b00k2lzr)
Episode 2
The writer's long drive to an exclusive restaurant takes him to a place of mystery and magic. Read by Jonathan Firth.
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yb34c)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Secret of Iguando by Robert Dodds, Matilda by Roald Dahl and The Missing Link by Kate Thompson.
TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00xc71y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Clare in the Community (b00g9mgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007js66)
Before the Screaming Begins
Episode 3
The sinister intentions of the alien invaders are finally revealed. Can the Earth fight back?
Conclusion of Before the Screaming Begins - 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
Prime Minister ...... Patrick Troughton
AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett
Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter
Prime Minister's Wife ...... Katherine Parr
MP ...... Peter Williams
Brosteaux ...... Nigel Graham
Corporal Wilkes ...... Geoffrey Leesley,
Corporal Johnson ...... Eric Allen
Cabinet Minister ...... Maggie Ollerenshaw
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.
TUE 18:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rhwz)
2. Immortality
The prospect of immortality sparks riots, so the Government starts mass arrests.
Paul Birchard reads Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life via selective breeding and financial encouragement.
Abridged by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2007.
TUE 19:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jr6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Doctor in the House (b007k4bc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b00yb1z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Raffles (b007jnfb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wmnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Maigret (b00fwdll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Dead Ringers (b00jz5x4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k4cn)
Episode 3
Roger McGough's poetic reflections on 'the meaning of life'
With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.
Recorded at the Bath Festival.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.
TUE 22:45 The Pickerskill Detentions (b00yb3cn)
Smoking Wet
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 (b007jx2d)
Episode 2
The surreal duo try solving the globe's topical problems. Stars Andrew Livingstone and Fine Time Fontayne. From July 1992.
TUE 23:30 Just Juliette (b007jvzn)
Series 1
Episode 1
Devastated by a TV critic, talk show host Juliette Johnson's day goes from bad to worse. Stars Jenny Eclair. From August 1999.


WEDNESDAY 09 FEBRUARY 2011

WED 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007js66)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rhwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00yb1z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Raffles (b007jnfb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wmnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Maigret (b00fwdll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb1sd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Flying the Flag (b00xc71y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Clare in the Community (b00g9mgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008czvf)
The Big, Busy World
Meg faces marriage troubles, while Jo triumphs in her writing. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
WED 05:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb45z)
Episode 3
Tension mounts as Anna and her family leave Berlin. Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story, read by Rosemary Leach.
WED 05:45 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb490)
Episode 4
Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story. Anna and her family become refugees in Zurich. Read by Rosemary Leach.
WED 06:00 09/02/2011 (b00yb492)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnmp)
Series 5
Hancock's School
Inspired by Bill and supplied by Sid, the lad turns his home into a centre of learning.
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 March 1958.
WED 08:30 The House of Milton Jones (b00lh0tg)
Episode 5
When the comedian gets involved in a bank robbery, isn't it all a bit of 'armless fun? With Rosemary Leach. From August 2003.
WED 09:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007s5dn)
The Great Sermon Handicap
Can Bertie Wooster beat the odds of disaster in an unusual betting syndicate?
PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Revrend Heppenstall ..... Maurice Denham
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Eustace ..... David Jason
Claude ..... Jonathan Lynn
Cynthia ..... Carol Marsh
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973.
WED 09:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007zgqw)
Series 1
Episode 5
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel tries to swing a prize fight.
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 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb5ch)
Episode 3
Following the violent encounter at the Karamazov home, Dmitry flees the town in search of Grushenka.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Makarov ...... Mark Straker
Andrey ...... Philip Fox
Trifon ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Musialowicz ...... Sam Dale
Constable ...... Saikat Ahamed
Revellers ...... Miranda Keeling/ Bethan Walker
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
WED 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wzxz)
The Will
Fred has hopes for an inheritance, and busy Dr Lydgate has problems of his own. Stars Caroline Martin and Tom Goodman-Hill.
WED 11:15 Maigret (b00fz0g3)
Series 1
The Bar on the Seine
A condemned man gives the French detective a fresh lead on an unsolved murder. With Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00hmb64)
Episode 3
Mystery in a spoof of smooth sleuth Paul Temple - and wires get crossed on the telephone.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With Terence Brady, Pauline Yates and Ann Beach. Pianist: Gordon Langford.
Written by Arnold Brown, Donald Churchill, Peter Spence, Don Currell and Andy Kelvin, John Graham, Charles Griffin, JG Sacks, Myles Rudge and Ted Dicks, and Gerald Wiley.
Producer John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1972.
WED 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgw)
Series 2
The Perishing of the Pendragons
Mystery afloat as a Cornish family's curse starts to unravel. Who will come into his rightful inheritance - and will Father Brown be in time to avert a tragedy?
Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.
Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
Flambeau ...... Olivier Pierre
The Admiral ...... Edward Kelsey
Sir Cecil Fanshaw ...... Brian Hewlett
Tregear ...... Keith Kraushaar
Tommy/Walter ...... James Goode
Dramatised by John Scotney
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986
WED 13:30 Raffles (b007jnfw)
Series 3
The Raffles Relics
Bunny is appalled to hear Raffles calmly announce that he intends to visit New Scotland Yard to view an exhibition of his own craftsman's tools...
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, Gudrun Ure as Mrs Fisher and Peter Forbes as Druce.
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.
WED 14:00 Rembrandt Today (b00yb5ck)
Why was the Dutch Master painter so fascinated with self-portraits? Nigel Warburton investigates. From October 2006.
WED 14:30 The Original (b00bz4ch)
Alkarim Jivani asks why we value originality, from Roman villas to so-called original features beloved of estate agents. He visits Warsaw to discuss the beautiful fake that is the town centre, flattened by the Germans in the Second World War and painstakingly reconstructed in the 1950s. But should the reconstruction have taken the form of the 18th-century original, the 19th or even the 1939 version? Along the way, Jivani considers homage, tributes, remakes, restorations and renovations.
WED 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007t2v3)
Fever; Emigration
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 15:15 Miles Kington - How Shall I Tell the Dog? (b00yb5vd)
Episode 3
Cancer's infrequently asked questions, and notifying the dog. Miles Kington's humorous last letters. With Michael Palin.
WED 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pclp8)
Episode 8
Mike returns to the street where he last saw Jennifer, but his recollections prove disturbing. Read by Douglas Hodge.
WED 15:45 A Late Dinner (b00k2nkc)
Episode 3
The writer visits Asturias - a happy hunting ground for both cheese enthusiasts and cider lovers. Read by Jonathan Firth.
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yb5vj)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring The Secret of Iguando by Robert Dodds, Matilda by Roald Dahl and The Missing Link by Kate Thompson.
WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007s5dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 17:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007zgqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007jt6t)
The Silent Scream
Episode 1
Tom Harris disappears into space but returns with new and astonishing powers. Put to good use, they will benefit humanity - but in the wrong hands they could have horrifying and nightmarish implications.
Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'.
CAST:
Tom Harris …. James Laurenson
A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon
Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams
Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye
Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay
Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson
Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck
First Girl …. Alison Draper
Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
WED 18:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rkc4)
3. New Frontiers
Lazarus Long leads the families on board the colony spaceship 'New Frontiers'.
Paul Birchard reads Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life via selective breeding and financial encouragement.
Abridged by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2007.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00hmb64)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Raffles (b007jnfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
WED 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wzxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Maigret (b00fz0g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 The House of Milton Jones (b00lh0tg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth (b007jvkb)
Episode 1
The Urban Warrior clambers on to his soapbox to impart more undeniable truths to a nation crying out for direction and guidance.
The comedy and music mix includes a cure for apathy, if he can be bothered.
Written by and starring Simon Munnery.
With Peter Serafinowicz.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in February 1995.
WED 23:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k1j3)
Series 2
Episode 8
Motson's Syndrome - and a nuclear attack. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged topical humour. From October 1986.


THURSDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2011

THU 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007jt6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rkc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Raffles (b007jnfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wzxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Maigret (b00fz0g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb5ch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007s5dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007zgqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3c2)
Our Foreign Correspondent
Our Foreign Correspondent: Amy heads to Europe, while Jo makes a friend in New York. Stars Buffy Davis, Gayle Hunnicutt and Anne Marie Zola.
THU 05:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb61d)
Episode 5
Unable to get published in Zurich, Papa travels to Paris. Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story. Read by Rosemary Leach.
THU 05:45 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb61g)
Episode 6
In order to be published, Anna's father transfers to Paris. Read by Rosemary Leach.
First published in 1971, Judith's semi-autobiographical story tells the story of nine year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis - passing through Switzerland and France - before arriving in England in 1936.
Judith wrote it for her son to explain her own story of her family fleeing Nazi Germany. Her father was a drama critic and a distinguished writer whose books were burned by the Nazis.
Kerr found herself a fairly willing refugee, seeing her long travels as a great adventure. A view her parents went to great pains to confirm, often hiding their own personal and professional privations and struggles from their young children.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury and produced by Peter Hutchings.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.
THU 06:00 10/02/2011 (b00yb61j)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00ybxgy)
The War with the Isle of Wight
The daft duo sets out to buy some land for the military and nearly start a war...
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Stars Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch.
With Norma Ronald, Roy Dotrice, Diana Olsson, Julian Somers and Joan Sanderson.
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 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nd0t5)
The Two Ivans
In a sleepy Russian town, a careless insult changes the lives of two neighbours. Stars Griff Rhys Jones. From March 2002.
THU 09:00 Cabin Pressure (b00chy5c)
Series 1
Cremona
Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.
Arthur is struck dumb when a film star joins the flight, and Douglas has to disguise 30 knights of Camelot in a hurry.
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
Hester Macaulay ...... Helen Baxendale
Percival ...... Rufus Jones
Gawain ...... Robert Harley
Lancelot ...... Ali Amadi
Written by John Finnemore
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for the BBC
www.pozzitive.co.uk
THU 09:30 Potting On (b00lg8gt)
Something for Me
Pam has a win on the Premium Bonds.
Gordon earmarks the money for a new office computer, but Pam fancies splashing out on a sports car!
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 April 2008.
THU 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00ybxz9)
Episode 4
As Dmitry goes on trial for the murder of his father, Alyosha desperately seeks proof of his innocence.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Smerdyakov ...... Joseph Kloska
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Judge ...... Ian Masters
Prosecutor ...... Philip Fox
Fetyokovich ...... Mark Straker
Devil ...... Sam Dale
Spectators ...... Paul Richard Biggin/ Saikat Ahamed/ Bethan Walker/ Miranda Keeling
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
THU 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x3lw)
Private and Public
Mr Brooke gets a lesson in reform politics, and Dorothea shares the secrets of her soul with Ladislaw. Stars Caroline Martin.
THU 11:15 Maigret (b00fz0y3)
Series 1
My Friend Maigret
The inspector revisits his past while uncovering a Mediterranean murder. With Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00ybxgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00df6ls)
Series 6
Episode 6
The great Sir Ruddy Shame - and the Ghost of McMuckle Manse.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Simon Brett, Derek Farmer, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by 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 (b00f0sgy)
Series 2
The Arrow of Heaven
An American millionaire safe in his fortress, death threats, a murky past and a bolt from the blue. Father Brown, on his first visit to the United States, unravels the mystery and exposes thereby a mire of hypocrisy.
Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.
Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
Barnard ...... Ed Bishop
Harris ...... Guy Gregory
Wendell ...... Andrew Branch
Norman Drage ...... Sean Prendergast
Brander Merton ...... Richard Durden
Peter Wayne ...... Johnny Myers
Matt ...... Harry Towb
Customs Officer ...... Tim Reynolds
Dramatised by John Scotney
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.
THU 13:30 Raffles (b007jngf)
Series 3
The Knees of the Gods
Raffles and Bunny leave England to fight for queen and country in the South African war. For one of them there will be no return...
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, Sean Barrett as Connell, Gudrun Ure as Mrs Fisher and Peter Penry-Jones as the General.
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.
THU 14:00 We've Been Here Before (b00fz84k)
Series 2
Episode 3
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.
Mark Steel and David Quantick battle it out against John O'Farrell and Chris Addison.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
THU 14:30 Death By Chocolate (b00ybzdh)
From Brighton's chocolate-cream poisoner to chocolate hand grenades, Jo Brand looks at the sinister history of the sweet treat. From March 2007.
THU 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007t599)
The Battle of Widow McCormack's Cabbage Patch; The Fenian Brotherhood
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 15:15 Miles Kington - How Shall I Tell the Dog? (b00ybzdk)
Episode 4
The perfect funeral and gravestone, and parlez-vous cancer? Miles Kington's humorous last letters. With Michael Palin.
THU 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pd1nv)
Episode 9
Fourteen years after Jennifer's disappearance, the truth is finally revealed. How will Mike cope? Read by Douglas Hodge.
THU 15:45 A Late Dinner (b00k2ttl)
Episode 4
The writer's culinary tour hits Andalusia - home to a third of Spain's 220 million olive trees. Read by Jonathan Firth.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yc089)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Secret of Iguando by Robert Dodds, Matilda by Roald Dahl and The Missing Link by Kate Thompson.
THU 17:00 Cabin Pressure (b00chy5c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 17:30 Potting On (b00lg8gt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007k3zb)
The Silent Scream
Episode 2
The aliens are standing by to invade, but is there an even bigger threat to humanity?
Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'.
CAST:
Tom Harris …. James Laurenson
A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon
Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams
Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye
Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay
Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson
Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck
First Girl …. Alison Draper
Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a ninety-minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
THU 18:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rq8d)
4. The Unknown
100,000 family members settle into their prolonged lives aboard the colony ship.
Paul Birchard reads Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life via selective breeding and financial encouragement.
Abridged by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2007.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00ybxgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00df6ls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Raffles (b007jngf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
THU 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x3lw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Maigret (b00fz0y3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nd0t5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b00yc08c)
Series 4
Episode 1
Miles Jupp and the topical team look through the news stories from the last seven days and tastefully make fun of them.
THU 23:00 Comic to Comic (b007jw9k)
Series 1
Omid Djalili
British-Iranian Omid Djalili reveals to Bruce Morton how disco-dancing and experimental theatre shaped his life and work.
Series in which Bruce Morton talks to top stand-up comedians about life, the universe and comedy.
Producer: Carol Purcell
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in August 2005.
THU 23:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jpzh)
Love, Sex and Marriage
David Jason tries to crack relationships via computer dating and Punch and Judy.
With Sheila Steafel and Royce Mills.
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.
Scripted by Colin Bostock Smith, Andy Hamilton, Barry Pilton and Paul Leigh.
Music by John Owen Edwards
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1977.


FRIDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2011

FRI 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007k3zb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rq8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Raffles (b007jngf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x3lw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Maigret (b00fz0y3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00ybxz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Cabin Pressure (b00chy5c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Potting On (b00lg8gt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3cs)
Heartache
Jo and Laurie must face their futures, while Beth tells Jo the truth at last. Stars Buffy Davis and Gayle Hunnicutt.
FRI 05:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yc1rb)
Episode 7
Having fled Germany, Anna and her family settle in Paris. Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story. Read by Rosemary Leach.
FRI 05:45 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yc1rf)
Episode 8
The children settle in Paris, but begin to miss Berlin. Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story. Read by Rosemary Leach.
FRI 06:00 11/02/2011 (b00yc36z)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
Series 2
Going Dutch
Sent to Whittlesea Bay, HMS Troutbridge runs out of fuel - near some windmills in Holland.

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 Lt Commander Stanton, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Hans and Tenniel Evans as Goldstein.

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 The Long Hot Satsuma (b007jwxv)
Episode 1
The zesty Graeme Garden, Alison Steadman and Barry Cryer star in this citrus fruit of a sketch show. From May 1989.
FRI 09:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jqc5)
Hidden Treasure
Pike and Hodges call in a clairvoyant to help them locate the rumoured booty hidden somewhere 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
Madame Zara …. Betty Marsden
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 October 1984.
FRI 09:30 No Commitments (b007q9k6)
Series 6
Growing Away
As Emily flies the nest, Victoria and Roger assess their marriage. Stars Rosemary Leach and Angela Thorne. From August 1999.
FRI 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yc3jw)
Episode 5
Following Ivan's dramatic appearance at his brother's trial, Katerina prepares to deal Dmitry a fatal blow.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Conclusion of Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Devil ...... Sam Dale
Judge ...... Ian Masters
Prosecutor ...... Philip Fox
Fetyukovich ...... Mark Straker
Bystanders ...... Paul Richard Biggin/ Saikat Ahamed
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
FRI 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x7tl)
Confidences
Reverend Casaubon learns the truth about his illness, and a stranger arrives. Stars Caroline Martin and Nicholas Murchie.
FRI 11:15 Maigret (b00fzc3q)
Series 1
Madame Maigret's Own Case
The sleuth's spouse looks after a child. Could this be related to a murder case? With Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrr4)
Getting It Together
The dear ladies struggle to build a flat-pack settee. Starring Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket.
FRI 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b007jp3p)
Series 2
The Mistake of the Machine
A suspect is locked away, but has a prison governor got the right man? Can Father Brown discover the answer as he makes his way across America?
Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.
Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
O'Connor ...... TP McKenna
McGurk ...... Billy Boyle
Usher ...... Don Fellows
Prisoner ...... Brian Haines
Todd ...... Ed Bishop
Butler ...... Manning Wilson
Convict ...... Stuart Organ
Dramatised by John Scotney
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.
FRI 13:30 Raffles (b007jngz)
Series 3
The Last Word
War-scarred Bunny returns to London, determined to restore his extraordinary friend's reputation.
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, Emily Richard as Sophie and Matthew Morgan as Alec.
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 (b00yc4vv)
Series 6
Episode 12
From Minnesota - the American funny man welcomes opera tenor Raul Melo, guitarist Leo Kottke and VocalEssence. From 2010.
FRI 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007sygj)
The Green Flag Will Be Flying Independently; God Save Ireland!
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 15:15 Miles Kington - How Shall I Tell the Dog? (b00yc4vx)
Episode 5
Test your own will to live, and how to write a funny book about cancer. Miles Kington's last letters. With Michael Palin.
FRI 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pd387)
Episode 10
Mike adapts to his new life - considering a troubling past, while contemplating his future. Read by Douglas Hodge.
FRI 15:45 A Late Dinner (b00k3myh)
Episode 5
The last stop on the writer's gastronomic travelogue of Spain is a bustling market in Barcelona. Read by Jonathan Firth.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yc5dy)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring Matilda by Roald Dahl, The Missing Link by Kate Thompson and Henry's Cat: The Letter, by Stan Hayward.
FRI 17:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jqc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 No Commitments (b007q9k6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007k406)
The Silent Scream
Episode 3
As the alien takeover deadline approaches, can humanity fend off enemies from without and within?
Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'.
CAST:
Tom Harris …. James Laurenson
A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon
Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams
Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye
Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay
Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson
Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck
First Girl …. Alison Draper
Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a ninety-minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
FRI 18:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rsz2)
5. New World
After entering the alien temple, a colonist returns as a broken man.
Paul Birchard continues Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life via selective breeding and financial encouragement.
Abridged by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2007.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b007jp3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Raffles (b007jngz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x7tl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Maigret (b00fzc3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 The Long Hot Satsuma (b007jwxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mjq8m)
Series 3
Episode 1
An uncle's gift leaves menopausal flower child Merv yearning to discover his inner cowboy. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May 2004.
FRI 23:00 The Big Fun Show (b00kvb5d)
Episode 1
Sketch series with Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Tony Hawks and Josie Lawrence - before they hit the big time. From January 1988.
FRI 23:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007jmrl)
Series 2
The Royal Family Should Be Chosen By a Weekly Lottery
Mark Steel crowns his series by proposing that the royal family be chosen by a lottery.
Alternative solutions written and performed by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.
With Kim Wall and Maria McErlane.
Producer Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.