SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2011

SAT 00:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k2bc)
Episode 7
With time running out for Mina, can Van Helsing avert a tragedy? Stars Bernard Holley and Phyllis Logan.
SAT 00:30 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009mbjn)
Fight for the Future
Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the weapon away before all is lost...
Conclusion of Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk, Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine and Laura Molyneux as Slipstream.
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b007t1kg)
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
The Coat
A dangerous web of lies and murder awaits Paul Temple when his wife Steve disappears...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Simon Lack as Superintendent Raine, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, James Beattie as Charlie, June Tobin as Linda Kelburn, Jon Rollason as Tony Wyman and Mary Wimbush as the Telephone Operator.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First heard on the BBC Light Programme in 1961.
SAT 01:30 Dick Francis (b007ncw9)
Proof
8. Connections
Tony Beach and his detective chum Gerard MacGregor attempt to unearth the true identity of Paul Young. Stars Nigel Havers.
Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach in the gripping conclusion of Dick Francis's thriller.
Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers
Gerard …. George Parsons
Paul Young …. Stuart Organ
Chief Sup. Wilson …. Manning Wilson
Dramatised by Ernest Dudley
Producer: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1987.
SAT 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b0090c8l)
Sunset and Sunrise
Dorothea discovers the truth from Mrs Lydgate, and Ladislaw considers his future. Stars Caroline Martin and Richard Dillane.
SAT 02:15 Sue Rodwell - The Last Trace (b00lbnyv)
Tracing your ancestors can be fun - as long as they are quite, quite dead.
Genealogy, murder and revenge in Sue Rodwell's black comedy.
Stars Elizabeth Mansfield as Sally, Peter Dahlsen as Frank, David Bannerman as Jimmy, Jan Shand as Penny, Susie Baxter as Liz, Anny Tobin as Sheila, Elizabeth Kelly as Emily, David King as Tom and Paul Downing as Paul.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.'.
SAT 03:00 Shirley (b007wxhn)
Louis Moore
Caroline's discovery that Mrs Pryor is her mother gives her strength in her illness. Shirley appears about to accept a proposal.
SAT 04:00 Bristow (b00cglkn)
Series 1
Follow That Star
The troublesome buying clerk tries smuggling a food inspector into chef Gordon Blue's staff canteen.
Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows it.
Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years from 1961.
Bristow …. Michael Williams
Jones …. Rodney Bewes
B.J. Bothwick …. Christopher Benjamin
Hewitt …. Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman …. Katy Odey
Station Master …. Jon Glover
Post Boy …. Simon Schatzberger
Mrs Dimple …. Sheila Reid
Music: John Whitehall
Poducer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.
SAT 04:30 No Commitments (b007jnyh)
Series 7
A Family Lunch
A Family Lunch: Victoria's hopes for a happy birthday celebration are soon dashed. Stars Angela Thorne and Bill Nighy. From February 2001.
SAT 05:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yw32w)
Series 6
Episode 14
From Detroit, the American funny man welcomes great soul singers Mack Rice and Bettye Lavette. From 2010.
SAT 06:00 26/02/2011 (b00yw32y)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00yw330)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring a new recording of The Cafe on Callisto by Jackie French, read by Finty Williams.
SAT 09:00 Groucho Was My Father (b007ylwv)
Episode 2
Revealing the man behind the greasepaint moustache, Miriam Marx Allen tells Tony Staveacre about his reaction to her mishaps.
SAT 09:30 King Street Junior (b007jm9c)
Series 4
Opting Out
As a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the school, who has stolen the prunes for school dinner? Stars Karl Howman. From May 1989.
SAT 10:00 Goodbye Spike (b00yw332)
A celebration of the legendary funny man Spike Milligan, with Alex Riley. Featuring Vivat Milligna, More Plain Tales from the Raj, Dinosaurs, and The Goon Show - The Fear of Wages.
SAT 13:00 Alan Ayckbourn - The Norman Conquests (b007jwyb)
Table Manners
A weekend of tangled relationships begins in the dining room of a country house. Stars Robin Herford and Diane Bull.
SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00yw334)
Wally K Daly - Orphans In Waiting: Saturday PM
The Jago children have visitors. But do Uncle Brian and Auntie Vi have their best interests at heart? Stars Judy Bennett.
SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00yw336)
Wally K Daly - Orphans In Waiting: Saturday Midnight To Dawn
The Jago children escape the clutches of Brian and Vi, but are they now out of danger? Stars Judy Bennett and Frank Windsor.
SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00yw338)
Wally K Daly - Orphans in Waiting: Sunday AM
More danger awaits the Jago children in the war-torn land of their birth. With Judy Bennett and Amerjit Deu.
SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00yw33b)
Wally K Daly - Orphans in Waiting: Sunday PM
The Jago children end up in the midst of war, with the deadly Hyena on their trail. With Judy Bennett and Edward Kelsey.
SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00yw33d)
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery - The Coat
A dangerous web of lies and murder awaits the sleuth when his wife disappears. Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke.
SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yw32w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
SAT 18:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner (b007jrng)
Tainted Blade
Jarral carries the marks which Prince Mephtik scratched on his chest with a tainted blade.
He will die without help...
Douglas Hill's sci-fi fantasy dramatised in four parts by Wally K Daly.
Starring Eric Allen as Jarral the man, James Holland as Jarral the boy, Elizabeth Bell as Archer, Ben Onwukwe as Carver, Susan Sheridan as Mandra and Hugh Dixon as Prince Mephtik.
Other parts by James Thomason, Auriol Smith, Nigel Carrington, Charles Millom and Neil Roberts as the Soldiers.
Special effects by Dick Mills.
Music by Peter Howells of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Producer: Peter Fozzard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.
SAT 18:30 The Man in Black (b00yw4bc)
Series 3
Lights Out by Christopher Golden & Amber Benson
A group of women prisoners try to protect themselves from a malevolent force stalking the corridors at night...
Mark Gatiss stars as sinister raconteur, The Man in Black, to introduce Christopher Golden and Amber Benson's chilling tale.
Sarah ...... Jasmine Hyde
Izra ...... Vineeta Rishi
Guard ...... Joanna Monroe
Gemma ...... Leah Brotherhood
Agnes ...... Sally Orrock
The Ghosts ...... Deeivya Meir
More horrifying 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: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2011.
SAT 19:00 Groucho Was My Father (b007ylwv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 19:30 King Street Junior (b007jm9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 20:00 Goodbye Spike (b00yw332)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 23:00 Jaws (b00g9ppd)
Episode 6
Brody, Hooper and Quint finally come face to face with the killer shark. John Guerrasio concludes the 1974 beach blockbuster.
SAT 23:15 Stephen King - Blaze (b00g9ppb)
Episode 6
As troopers close in, the con artist gets desperate. What about baby Joe? William Hope concludes Stephen King's 'lost' thriller.
SAT 23:30 Adam Baron - Shut Eye (b00skb16)
Episode 3
Private eye Billy Rucker gets a high-profile suspect in his hunt for the serial killer. Stars David Morrissey and Danny Webb.


SUNDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2011

SUN 00:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner (b007jrng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 The Man in Black (b00yw4bc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Alan Ayckbourn - The Norman Conquests (b007jwyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Peter Ackroyd - The House of Doctor Dee (b0080gm9)
Matthew Palmer is left an old house in London's Clerkenwell. Once owned by an Elizabethan scholar who was reputedly involved in black magic, the house hides dark secrets...
Peter Ackroyd's 1993 novel, dramatised by Alan Drury.
Stars Philip Glenister as Matthew Palmer, Anthony Ofoegbu as Daniel Moore, Gerard McDermott as Edward Kelley, Nigel Anthony as Dr John Dee, Stephen Thorne as Matthew's father, Carolyn Jones as Matthew's mother, David Bannerman as Geoffrey, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Mrs John Dee, Alison Pettitt as Audrey, Jillie Meers as Mrs Lucas, John Rowe as Laurie and James Bell as the little boy.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
SUN 04:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yw32w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Groucho Was My Father (b007ylwv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 King Street Junior (b007jm9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 27/02/2011 (b00yw4tz)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00yw4v1)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring a new recording of Space Pirates on Callisto by Jackie French, read by Finty Williams.
SUN 09:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus (b0090tgs)
Episode 4
Ladislaw learns the truth about Casaubon's will, and about his family's past. Stars Martin Hyder and Richard Dillane.
SUN 10:15 Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams (b00yw4v3)
Episode 2
Personal struggles conflict with the actor's blossoming career. Nicholas Boulton reads Christopher Stevens' biography.
SUN 10:30 Albert and Me (b007jsdl)
Series 1
Holiday
When Bryan and son arrive in Frimlington, their fellow holidaymakers aren't too welcoming.
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Helen Worth (Gail from ITV's Coronation Street) as Deirdre, Peter Vaughan as Mr Wiggins and Cheryl Hall as Mavis.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.
SUN 11:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00mzw55)
Anthony Bygraves
Max Bygraves' son chats to Sally Magnusson about growing up with a famous showbiz father.
Producer: Mike Walker
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2006.
SUN 11:30 I Think the Nurses Are Stealing My Clothes (b00yy5pw)
Jo Brand, Mark Steel, Arthur Smith and Sandi Toksvig are among the friends celebrating the much-missed writer and radio comic.
SUN 12:00 Parsley Sidings (b007jp7p)
Series 2
A Night Out
A stranded passenger sparks a chain of disasters at the sleepy railway station.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Kenneth Connor as Bradshaw/Clara, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Ian Lavender as Bert, John Graham as the Inspector/Minister and Hilary Pritchard as Doris.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1973.
SUN 12:30 Brothers in Law (b007k2p3)
Series 2
But...
Juggling cases and girlfriends, barrister Roger has trouble with toggles and grommets.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy and Brian Oulton as the Judge.
All other parts played by William Fox, Garard Green and Peter Tuddenham.
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 Peter Ackroyd - The House of Doctor Dee (b0080gm9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today]
SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00yy5t7)
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Aha! Legendary squirm-inducing chat show with Norwich's finest son - Alan Partridge. Stars Steve Coogan. From December 1992.
SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00yy62h)
Heated Rollers
The all-women sketch show starring Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro. From February 1999.
SUN 15:30 Clare in the Community (b00yrrgb)
Series 3
Letter From America
Needing a new place to stay, Clare goes house-hunting with Brian - and she has an unusual, new pen pal.
Clare Barker is a social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions. Award-winning sitcom by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Starring Sally Phillips as Clare, Alex Lowe as Brian, George Harris as Wendell, Andrew Wincott as Simon, Richard Lumsden as Ray, Gemma Craven as Helen, Ellen Thomas as Irene, Nina Conti as Megan, Alex Tregear as Hannah and Roy Hudd as Mr Figgis.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006
SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00yy62m)
I Like Spike - The Poems and Puckoon
Roy Hudd thrills an audience with ephemera from the mind of Chief Goon Milligan, who makes a guest appearance. From July 1979.
SUN 16:30 The News Quiz (b00yy62p)
Sandi Toksvig presents another episode of the ever-popular topical panel show. Guests this week include Jeremy Hardy, Fred Macaulay and Francis Wheen. From Feb 18, 2011.
SUN 17:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00mzw55)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 17:30 I Think the Nurses Are Stealing My Clothes (b00yy5pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Planet B (b00yy62r)
Series 3
The End of the Rogue
Episode 5 by Matthew Broughton
The virtual world has been switched off by Mark Schwartz. As the power slowly drains from the circuits, Kip and Medley must race through the ruins of reality in a desperate bid to reset the universe. Is this the end for Planet B? Last in the series.
Kip .. Lloyd Thomas
Medley .. Claire Harry
Cerberus .. Chris Pavlo
Slab .. Tony Bell
Deano .. Adeel Akhtar
Mary .. Sally Orrock
Mark Schwartz .. Sam Dale
With Gunner Cauthery, Iain Batchelor, Henry Devas and Adjoa Andoh.
Directed by James Robinson.
SUN 18:30 A Short History of Vampires (b00yy6vt)
Israbel By Tanith Lee
The ultimate killing machines.
Natalie Haynes introduces another dark story, as she examines why the vampire - an iconic figure in horror-fiction - continues to exert such a powerful hold on our imaginations...
Mark Bonnar and Claire Harry read Tanith Lee’s tale: A beautiful vampire hires an artist to paint her portrait, but then he develops a dangerous obsession...
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2011.
SUN 19:00 Parsley Sidings (b007jp7p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 19:30 Brothers in Law (b007k2p3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 20:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus (b0090tgs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 21:15 Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams (b00yw4v3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
SUN 21:30 Albert and Me (b007jsdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Creme de la Crime (b007znpf)
Series 1
A Bowl Full of Serial Killers
A melange of multi-murderers for Michael Feydeau -TV's much-loved Inspector Niblett - and crime expert David Pershore
Tales from the vaults of villainy written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
With:
Emma Kennedy
Chris Pavlo
Director: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
SUN 22:15 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007k1n1)
Series 2
The Poison Pen Letters
The elderly Scotsmen investigate who's been snitching with green ink. Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From March 2004.
SUN 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00d7b5x)
Series 2
An Already Bad Life Made Worse but Sort of on Purpose
The comic Victorian epic sees Pip reach his lowest ebb in the worst place in the world, the East End of London in the first half of the 19th century.
Full of self-loathing Pip drinks some very strong gin, finds he is really quite keen on opium, and falls in with a gang of thieving boys. But is their leader, Mr Abraham Bagel, a Roman Catholic ne'er-do-well, all he seems?
Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Volume Two, Chapter the Fifth: An Already Bad Life Made Worse But Sort Of On Purpose.
Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Mr Benevolent........................Anthony Head
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland
Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Mr Scrunge...............................Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.
SUN 23:00 Newsjack (b00ysn2s)
Series 4
Episode 3
Miles Jupp and his topical team study the news stories from the last seven days and then make fun of them.
SUN 23:30 Spike Milligan - I Like Spike (b00yy78f)
Poems, Stories and the War Books
Roy Hudd presents more of his personal choice of Spike Milligan's writing, aided by the great man himself. From July 1979.


MONDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2011

MON 00:00 Planet B (b00yy62r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 A Short History of Vampires (b00yy6vt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Peter Ackroyd - The House of Doctor Dee (b0080gm9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00yy5t7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00yy62h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Clare in the Community (b00yrrgb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00yy62m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 The News Quiz (b00yy62p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tky95)
Betrayal
Edmond Dantes returns from sea to the girl and job of his dreams - but his meddling 'friends' are jealous. Stars Andrew Sachs.
MON 06:00 28/02/2011 (b00yy7f2)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jr8c)
Series 2
Episode 1
Big Ben's missing, so Kenneth Horne gets spying - and Julian and Sandy open a bona boutique.
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 March 1966.
MON 08:30 Bookcases (b00sxt6h)
Series 1
The Man in White
London 1858: A little bored by Gerald, Cordelia is having fun with the novelist Wilkie Collins, who’s having a spell of writer's block with The Woman in White.
Primus has the answer...or does he?
Martyn Wade's Victorian era comedy stars Michael Cochrane and Maggie Steed.
Primus …. Michael Cochrane
Cordelia …. Maggie Steed
Edith …. Elizabeth Spriggs
Gerald …. David Horovitch
Wilkie Collins …. David Timson
Simeon …. Charles Simpson
George Eliot …. David Antrobus
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.
MON 09:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007jlrq)
Growing Up
The comedian points out the pitfalls of growing up, becoming an adult and having children.
The first of a six-part series illustrating the Domedic minutiae of life
Stand-up and sketches with Simon Greenall, Sally Grace and Dave Lamb.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.
MON 09:30 Coming Alive (b00hlmm2)
Series 3
A Many-Splendoured Thing
Ex-con Terry has reached a crossroads. Will he get to stay with Sandra or will he have to let go? Stars Karl Howman.
MON 10:00 Shirley (b007xtcg)
Accounts Settled
Drama set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars and the Luddites. Will shy Caroline and well-connected Shirley ever find love in 19th century Yorkshire?
MON 11:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yy8gm)
Episode 1
1860s Canada - Mrs Ross fears her errant son faces blame for murdering a trapper. Stef Penney's mystery stars Meg Fraser.
MON 11:15 Georgia Pritchett - Stay (b007jw2n)
Lonely Lizzie runs a dog kennels. Her teenage daughter is aiming for sainthood. Tim, the kennels' handyman, strives daily to avoid the small calamities that seem to seek him out.
But romance is in the air when the new doctor arrives...
Georgia Pritchett's romantic comedy stars Sophie Thompson as Lizzie, Duncan Preston as Dr Perkins, Sheridan Smith as Emily, Timothy Spall as Tim, Elizabeth Bell as Mrs Beresford and Gavin Muir as Dr James.
Director: Marilyn Imrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jr8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jmcm)
Series 1
Keep Unfit the Burkiss Way
Stay the way you are with unexpected adjustments.
The easy correspondence course. Just fill in your name cut out the coupon and give it to your grocer to receive strange looks.
With easy instruction from Denise Coffey, Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris.
Easy scripts by Andrew Marshall, John Mason and David Renwick.
Easy production by Simon Brett.
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1976.
MON 13:00 Paul Temple (b007t1qq)
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
Concerning Ted Angus
The suave sleuth tries to connect his wife's kidnapping with a body dressed in a coat.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With James Beattie as Charlie, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, Simon Lack as Superintendent Raine, Hugh Manning as Larry Cross, Jon Rollason as Tony Wyman, June Tobin as Linda Kelburn, Julian Somers as George Kelburn and Tom Watson as Ted Angus.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First heard on the BBC Light Programme in 1961.
MON 13:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yy8yx)
Episode 1
Unassuming engineer Mr Graham runs for his life across war-torn Europe. Classic 1940s thriller read by Richard Greenwood.
MON 14:00 Foul Play (b00yy8yz)
Series 4
Deadline News
Crime writers Ruth Dudley Edwards and Robert Richardson try to solve the murder of a model.
With the help of witnesses played by Maria McErlane and Lee Simpson.
Murder mystery panel game chaired by Simon Brett.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.
MON 14:30 Faking the Classics (b00t5z90)
Shakespeare
How fraudsters and tricksters have set out to fool us with counterfeits passed off as the work of the Bard. Jonathan Bate investigates.
MON 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vgg4)
The Covenant; The Great Dublin Lock-Out
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
MON 15:15 Simon Gray - Coda (b00t170l)
Episode 1
The playwright and diarist's frank, moving and often painfully funny account of coming to terms with his terminal cancer. Read by Toby Stephens.
MON 15:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080jj1)
Episode 6
Sophie tells all, and Calypso has a secret for Hector, but where is he?
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Read by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
MON 15:45 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnlz)
Proper Names
The writer reminisces about his 1940s Leeds childhood, and the time his father was taken seriously ill.
MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yycj2)
Children's stories with Chris Pizzey, featuring Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Jessica Haggerthwaite: Media Star by Emma Barnes and Truckers by Terry Pratchett.
MON 17:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007jlrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 17:30 Coming Alive (b00hlmm2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 18:00 Blood Lines (b007k2d4)
The Dweller in High Places
A story by award-winning author Susanna Clarke begins this series showcasing new short story writers.
MON 18:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b007jl96)
Episode 1
A chilling vision of a dystopian world of female oppression. Offred looks to her future. Read by Buffy Davis.
MON 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s09rv)
The Brain of Morbius
Episode 1
The Time Lord and Sarah find themselves in a spaceship graveyard where a local searches for unusual spares. Read by Tom Baker.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jr8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jmcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b007t1qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
MON 20:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yy8yx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
MON 21:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yy8gm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Georgia Pritchett - Stay (b007jw2n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Bookcases (b00sxt6h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 22:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007s5v1)
Series 1
Not Suitable for Parents
Robert lands a part in the adult drama 'Strap Up Your Jocks'. Sue's parents would definitely not approve. What a pity they arrive on the doorstep.
John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.
Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
With:
Marcia Warren
David Ryall
Sally Grace
Paul B Davies
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1989.
MON 23:00 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? (b00ny84w)
Series 1
The Price of Success
Underachiever Giles woos ex-girlfriend Julia when he flat-sits in Knightsbridge. Stars Richard E Grant. From January 1995.
MON 23:30 The Best of in One Ear (b007jpbh)
Helen Lederer, Clive Mantle and Nick Wilton's compilation of series one of the sketch comedy show, first broadcast live in summer 1984.


TUESDAY 01 MARCH 2011

TUE 00:00 Blood Lines (b007k2d4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b007jl96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s09rv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007t1qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yy8yx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yy8gm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Georgia Pritchett - Stay (b007jw2n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Shirley (b007xtcg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007jlrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Coming Alive (b00hlmm2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tl09n)
The Abbe Faria
The 'mad' mentor helps him escape prison, find treasure and discover the truth - now Dantes counts on revenge. Stars Andrew Sachs.
TUE 06:00 01/03/2011 (b00yycnd)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrgc)
Moving On
Bob and Terry take an eventful trip down memory lane.
Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. With Sheila Fearn and Michael Segal.
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 August 1975.
TUE 08:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007jsdd)
Episode 2
A-ha! Chat show host Alan Partridge faces up to nine-year-old prodigy Simon Fisher, American hypnotist, Janey Katz and controversial lawyer Nick Ford.
Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.
With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan
Assistant researchers:
Patrick Marber
Rebecca Front
Doon Mackichan
David Schneider.
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
TUE 09:00 Flying the Flag (b00dp3qj)
Series 4
Little Extras
The novelty of artistic freedom in the People's Democracy attracts a swarm of film location managers, hungry for new backdrops, authentic faces - and cheap labour.
The movie moguls hadn't bargained for one thing, however: a little diplomatic scene stealing.
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, Stephen Greif as US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg and Peter Whitman as Duncan Bridges.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
TUE 09:30 Clare in the Community (b00yyfkz)
Series 3
Merry Christmas Mrs Lawrence
Clare is determined to survive Christmas Day with her laid-back parents...
Clare Barker is a social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions. Award-winning sitcom by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Starring Sally Phillips as Clare, Alex Lowe as Brian, Andrew Wincott as Simon, Richard Lumsden as Ray, Gemma Craven as Helen, Ellen Thomas as Irene, Nina Conti as Megan, Brigit Forsyth as Mrs Barker, Philip Davis as Mr Barker, Gerard McDermott as Grandad and Christine Kavanagh as Emma.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
TUE 10:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre (b007jzwl)
Jane, the Child
Unhappy Jane applies to be a governess at Thornfield Hall and meets Mr Rochester. Classic love story starring Sophie Thompson.
TUE 11:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yyfl1)
Episode 2
1867, Canada: Mrs Ross faces a fateful decision in her quest to prove her son is innocent of murder. Stars Meg Fraser.
TUE 11:15 Flaw in the Motor, Dust in the Blood (b00pl6sh)
Thomas's dreams are like thriller plots. Trevor Preston's exploration of a man's complex bipolar disorder. With Rory Kinnear.
TUE 12:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Doctor in the House (b007lmys)
Money Troubles
With their microscopes in at the pawn broker, the young medics need some cash in a hurry.
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, Joan Young as Lady Spratt and David Jason as the Waiter.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1968.
TUE 13:00 Paul Temple (b007t1qp)
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
A Change of Mind
The debonair sleuth needs to find out why he's been asked to halt his murder investigation...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With Simon Lack as Superintendent Raine, James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Jon Rollason as Tony Wyman, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, Julian Somers as George Kelburn, Joan Matheson as Mrs Fletcher, William Bedle as Bill Fletcher, Mary Wimbush as Dr Benkaray, Hugh Manning as Larry Cross and Tom Watson as Ted Angus.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First heard on the BBC Light Programme in 1961.
TUE 13:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yyfl3)
Episode 2
Surviving a bullet wound, engineer Graham leaves 1940s Istanbul by ship with his military secrets. Read by Richard Greenwood.
TUE 14:00 Puzzle Panel (b00yyfmh)
Episode 9
More fiendish brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Tony Buzan, David Singmaster and Robert Eastway. From July 1998.
TUE 14:30 Poisoned Angel - The Story of Alma Rose (b00yyfrq)
Niece of composer Gustav Mahler, the violinist Alma Rose was Viennese musical royalty. But that didn't save her from Auschwitz during the Second World War.
There, she was ordered to transform a ragged group of female musicians into an orchestra to play as the work details came and left their death-camp hell. Her success saved the women from the gas chambers.
Alyn Shipton looks at her life, the suspicion surrounding her death and controversy over the misrepresentation of her character by some of those she saved.
Producer: Paul Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
TUE 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vhhs)
The Curragh Mutiny; To the Brink of Civil War
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
TUE 15:15 Simon Gray - Coda (b00t1bcp)
Episode 2
The doctor reveals the bad news about the playwright's cancer in his 'last written words on the subject of myself'. Read by Toby Stephens.
TUE 15:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080p26)
Episode 7
Polly and the twins have an interesting relationship. Helena is put out by Richard's visit.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Read by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
TUE 15:45 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007k4mn)
Eating Out
The writer recalls the menu revolution of 1950s Britain, which saw the arrival of frothy coffee and cocktail parties.
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yyhfx)
Children's stories with Chris Pizzey, featuring Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Jessica Haggerthwaite: Media Star by Emma Barnes and Truckers by Terry Pratchett.
TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00dp3qj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Clare in the Community (b00yyfkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Blood Lines (b007k2fk)
Ghost in the Mechanic
Will Mickey-Joe have the courage to answer the ghost who calls to him from Cherrybrook Hill?
TUE 18:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008d0jh)
The Waiting Room
Offred ponders an offer made by her doctor. A chilling vision of a dystopian world of female oppression. Read by Buffy Davis.
TUE 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s0bjd)
The Brain of Morbius
Episode 2
The time travellers meet a sinister micro-surgeon and their arrival on the planet disturbs an ancient cult. Read by Tom Baker.
TUE 19:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Doctor in the House (b007lmys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b007t1qp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yyfl3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yyfl1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Flaw in the Motor, Dust in the Blood (b00pl6sh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007jsdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Sounding Off with McGough (b007jvnp)
The Way Things Are
Roger McGough's reflections on life, death and BBC Radio 4's 'Today' programme.
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 June 2000.
TUE 22:45 The Consultants (b007k320)
Series 1
Episode 2
The team ponder how to revamp tea to make it more dangerous and exciting. With Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings. From February 2003.
TUE 23:00 Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World (b008vr8l)
Episode 5
The surreal duo try solving the globe's topical problems. Stars Andrew Livingstone and Fine Time Fontayne. From August 1992.
TUE 23:30 Just Juliette (b00p8fkf)
Series 1
Episode 4
Talk show host Juliette Johnson battles to win a daytime TV award. Stars Jenny Eclair and Debra Stephenson. From August 1999.


WEDNESDAY 02 MARCH 2011

WED 00:00 Blood Lines (b007k2fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008d0jh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s0bjd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007t1qp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yyfl3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yyfl1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Flaw in the Motor, Dust in the Blood (b00pl6sh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre (b007jzwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Flying the Flag (b00dp3qj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Clare in the Community (b00yyfkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tlls3)
The Return
With his sudden boundless riches, Dantes reinvents himself and puts his plans for revenge into action. Stars Andrew Sachs.
WED 06:00 02/03/2011 (b00yz614)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsvk)
Series 5
The Election Candidate
The electioneering lad battles to represent East Cheam in the Houses of Parliament.
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 Heated Rollers (b007qg19)
Episode 2
A very nosey vicar, life before paternity tests – and Smothering Heights.
The first-ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2 stars Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro.
With music supplied by the Lorraine Bowen Experience.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1999.
WED 09:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007v1df)
The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace
Trouble looms for Bertie Wooster when his wild cousins arrive.
PG Wodehouse romp starring Richard Briers and Michael Hordern.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Eustace ..... David Jason
Claude ..... Jonathan Lynn
Aunt Agatha ..... Joan Sanderson
Marianne ...... Bridget Armstrong
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 (b0081b4j)
Series 2
Episode 2
Shady lawyer, Waldorf T Flywheel turns farmer for a wealthy Uncle.
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, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.
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 May 1991.
WED 10:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre (b007k04j)
Jane, the Governess
As she settles in at Thornfield Hall, Jane's feelings grow for the moody but charismatic Mr Rochester. Stars Sophie Thompson.
WED 11:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yz61b)
Episode 3
Determined to prove her son is innocent of murder in Dove River, Mrs Ross takes the law into her own hands. Stars Meg Fraser.
WED 11:15 Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld (b00rdspc)
A novelist is losing readers. But then he encounters two hardened criminals breaking into his house. Starring Richard E Grant.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00j0hbp)
Series 2
Episode 7
A forgetful actor, a grave digger's wedding - and people who use lots of words but say very little.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With Terence Brady, Pauline Yates and John Graham.
Pianist: Gordon Langford.
Written by Tony Bilbow and Mike Fentiman, Guy Boas, Terence Brady, David Climie, John Graham, Charles Griffin, Kevin Paul and Harold Arkthorp, Allan Scott and Chris Bryant, Peter Spence and Gerald Wiley.
Producer John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1972.
WED 13:00 Paul Temple (b007t1r7)
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
Bill Fletcher's Story
The debonair sleuth and wife Steve face danger when a bomb is sent to their home.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With Simon Lack as Superintendent Raine, James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Jon Rollason as Tony Wyman, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, Julian Somers as George Kelburn, Joan Matheson as Mrs Fletcher, William Bedle as Bill Fletcher, Mary Wimbush as Dr Benkaray, Hugh Manning as Larry Cross and James Beattie as Charlie.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First heard on the BBC Light Programme in 1961.
WED 13:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yz7b2)
Episode 3
Realising that his would-be killer is on board the ship, Graham tries to return to port in Istanbul. Read by Richard Greenwood.
WED 14:00 My Music (b00lrq9r)
Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and Denis Norden on sisters and songs about sustenance. From January 1994.
WED 14:30 Unearthing Mysteries (b007mwg6)
Series 1
Lost Map of London
With no surviving copies of London's oldest known map, Professor Aubrey Manning traces its Tudor origins.
WED 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vkjb)
Faithful to Erin, We Answer Her Call; The Conspirators Prepare
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 15:15 Simon Gray - Coda (b00t1qst)
Episode 3
Facing terminal cancer, the playwright turns to newspaper obituaries and ends up wondering 'how many years did they manage?'. Read by Toby Stephens.
WED 15:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qbv)
Episode 8
Sophie has an accident. Polly tries to forget the twins. Calypso receives some bad news.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Read by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
WED 15:45 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnmy)
Aunt Eveline
The writer shares post-war memories of his relatives. They may not have been colourful, but they were definitely eccentric.
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yz8v2)
Children's stories with Chris Pizzey, featuring Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Jessica Haggerthwaite: Media Star by Emma Barnes and Truckers by Terry Pratchett.
WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007v1df)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 17:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081b4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 18:00 Blood Lines (b007k2gx)
ID
Waking up in a deserted alley, a man is terrified at the loss of his identity card. Sam Dale reads Phil Emery's tale.
WED 18:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008f3nv)
The Ceremony
Offred sees how non-conformists are treated and begins her duty as surrogate child-bearer. Read by Buffy Davis.
WED 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s3cgl)
The Brain of Morbius
Episode 3
Matters come to a head as the Time Lord senses the presence of renegade Morbius, who he assumed was dead. Read by Tom Baker.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00j0hbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b007t1r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yz7b2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
WED 21:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yz61b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld (b00rdspc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Heated Rollers (b007qg19)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth (b00yz8v4)
Episode 4
The urban warrior asks do you rave or rock?
More undeniable truths to a nation crying out for direction and guidance.
Comedy-music mix written by and starring Simon Munnery.
With Peter Serafinowicz.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in March 1995.
WED 23:30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once (b007jr8f)
Series 1
Dib Dib Dib
Lovelorn Jason must face life without Debbie. Can Michael and the Sweater Girls' first gig take his mind off being single?
The lives of the Stockport-based, Conroy family - in series 1 of Jim Poyser and Damian Lanigan's comedy drama.
Starring Dominic Monaghan as Jason, Jason Done as Michael, Stefan Escreet as Dave, John McArdle as Eddie, Emma Clarke as Collete, Beverley Callard as Maureen, Jo-Anne Knowles as Debbie and Dan Maier as Mr Bickerstaff.
Music: Big George
Producer: Neil Mossey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.


THURSDAY 03 MARCH 2011

THU 00:00 Blood Lines (b007k2gx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008f3nv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s3cgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007t1r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yz7b2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yz61b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld (b00rdspc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre (b007k04j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007v1df)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081b4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tlwz6)
The House at Auteuil
All things seem possible for capricious millionaire Dantes. Runaway horses charm the imposter's enemies. Stars Andrew Sachs.
THU 06:00 03/03/2011 (b00yzb5b)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00yzb5d)
A Rotten System
Chaos erupts when Number 2 and Mildred overhear a doctor mention Number 1's "complaint".
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Starring Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.
Number One ...... Deryck Guyler
Number Two ...... Richard Murdoch
Mildred Murfin ...... Norma Ronald
With Joan Sanderson and John Graham.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor,
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1969.
THU 08:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nsnhd)
The Nose
Major Kovalyov's nose vanishes and reappears in St Petersburg disguised as a councillor. With Stephen Moore. From April 2002.
THU 09:00 Cabin Pressure (b00ctl6w)
Series 1
Fitton
Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.
The crew are grounded, so Arthur shows the crew why apples are the secret of happiness and Martin shows Carolyn how to be an Air Hostess
Starring
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ............................... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson......................... Roger Allam
Capt. Martin Crieff.............................. Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey................................................. John Finnemore
Mr Goddard......... ............................................Adam G Goodwin
Helena Richardson........................................... Melisande Cook
Written by John Finnemore
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4
THU 09:30 The Alan Davies Show (b00898wy)
Episode 3
After playing a gay miner, struggling actor Alan finds greater fame dressed as a strawberry.
Alan Davies stars in his own six-part sitcom.
Written by Ben Silburn, Tony Roche and Alan Davies.
Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona
With Debra Stephenson and Dave Lamb.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
THU 10:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre (b007k0dq)
Jane, the Fugitive
The wedding plans of Mr Rochester spark bewilderment for governess Jane. Stars Sophie Thompson, Ciaran Hinds and John Duttine.
THU 11:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yzbpr)
Episode 4
Mrs Ross sets out on her son's trail with Parker, a trapper with a violent reputation. Stef Penney's mystery stars Meg Fraser.
THU 11:15 Bettina Gracias - Asha's World (b007vg89)
Asha's controlling mother rings up from India to tell her she's arranged a date for her with a gorgeous Indian doctor. She refuses to go and her best friend Veronique goes instead, pretending to be Asha, setting in train a twisty romantic tale of mistaken identities.
Bettina Gracias's comedy stars Archie Panjabi as Asha, Leena Dhingra as Mum, Jemma Elder as Lisa, Anushka Dahssi as Veronique and Ajay Chhabra as Raj.
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00yzb5d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00dr9bb)
Series 6
Episode 9
Worries over Bill Oddie's singing voice - and the funny side of Shakespeare.

Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.

Written by Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Derek Farmer.

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 June 1968.
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007t1sf)
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
Breakwater House
As they hunt for Julia's killer, a fortune teller in Brighton warns the Temples they're in grave danger...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With Jon Rollason as Tony Wyman, James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, Julian Somers as George Kelburn, June Tobin as Linda Kelburn, Joan Matheson as Mrs Fletcher, Hugh Manning as Larry Cross and James Beattie as Charlie.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First heard on the BBC Light Programme in 1961.
THU 13:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzbpt)
Episode 4
Hiding from his would-be killer Banat, Graham finds an unexpected guest waiting in his cabin. Read by Richard Greenwood.
THU 14:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00j26h0)
Series 1
Episode 2
James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, Tracey MacLeod, Carol Decker and David Hepworth. From December 2004.
THU 14:30 Law of the Outback (b00t5w3z)
Episode 2
Clive Anderson travels to Darwin to see if Australian Aboriginals can save their ancient unwritten law system from extinction.
THU 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vkvs)
We Are Going to Be Slaughtered; Easter Week
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 15:15 Simon Gray - Coda (b00t1tkp)
Episode 4
As the playwright faces terminal cancer, an overcrowded airport provides the material for a darkly comic tableau. Read by Toby Stephens.
THU 15:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qtn)
Episode 9
Max gets a telephone call about Monica, while Helena gets a surprise visitor.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Read by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
THU 15:45 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnng)
Unsaid Prayers
Scared of infection from the communion chalice, the writer recalls his Anglican faith throughout army and university life.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yzcl5)
Children's stories with Chris Pizzey, featuring Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Jessica Haggerthwaite: Media Star by Emma Barnes and Truckers by Terry Pratchett.
THU 17:00 Cabin Pressure (b00ctl6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 17:30 The Alan Davies Show (b00898wy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Blood Lines (b007k2jb)
Conviction
A confrontation in an out-of-bounds part of town forces a man to reassess his way of life. Anthony Glennon reads Kate Scott's tale.
THU 18:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008f3pt)
Birth Day
Offred sees her friend give birth, evoking memories of her feminist mother. Read by Buffy Davis.
THU 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s3dpf)
The Brain of Morbius
Episode 4
The Time Lord braces himself for a fiery demise, but Solon still has his own gruesome plan in mind. Read by Tom Baker.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00yzb5d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00dr9bb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007t1sf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzbpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yzbpr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Bettina Gracias - Asha's World (b007vg89)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nsnhd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b00yzd0f)
Series 4
Episode 4
Miles Jupp and his topical team study the news stories from the last seven days and then make fun of them.
THU 23:00 Comic to Comic (b007w3s4)
Series 1
Susan Morrison
The compere extraordinaire tells Bruce Morton about crowd control subtleties and embarrassing her kids. From September 2005.
THU 23:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq6z)
Travel and Leisure
David Jason and company elect to poke fun at the Houses of Parliament.
With Sheila Steafel, Royce Mills and Chris Emmett.
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 Alastair Beaton.
Music by John Owen Edwards
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1977.


FRIDAY 04 MARCH 2011

FRI 00:00 Blood Lines (b007k2jb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008f3pt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s3dpf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007t1sf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzbpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yzbpr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Bettina Gracias - Asha's World (b007vg89)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre (b007k0dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Cabin Pressure (b00ctl6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Alan Davies Show (b00898wy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b00tn8xl)
The Dinner Party
Now established in society, the avenger Dantes exposes affairs and plots the downfall of his enemies. Stars Andrew Sachs.
FRI 06:00 04/03/2011 (b00yzd52)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00yzgq5)
Series 2
Cementing Relations
Commander Povey's aghast at news of an Island Draft inspection - sparking trouble for Pertwee.

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 Ginger and Tenniel Evans as Uncle Ebenzer.

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1959.
FRI 08:30 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00mq4pf)
Episode 4
Erratic castings - and a high court judge-cum-plumber. Zesty sketch show with Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From June 1989.
FRI 09:00 Bristow (b00ckd51)
Series 1
The Girl Next Door
When a new face appears in the office opposite the Chester Perry building - she causes quite a stir.
Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows it.
Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years from 1961.
Bristow …. Michael Williams
Jones …. Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy …. Dora Bryan
Fudge/Station Master/Samson/Hawkins …. Jon Glover
Miss Sunman/Mary …. Katy Odey
Post Boy/Dimkins …. Simon Schatzberger
Miss Prunella Peach/Janet/Mrs Buxton …. Carol Starks
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.
FRI 09:30 No Commitments (b007jnz1)
Series 7
Soft Soap
Charlotte makes her soap debut and Victoria has a change of heart. Starring Angela Thorne and Celia Imrie. From February 2001.
FRI 10:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre (b007jr21)
Jane, the Wife
Jane has fled Thornfield Hall and settles into village life, but still she thinks of Mr Rochester. Stars Sophie Thompson.
FRI 11:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yzj05)
Episode 5
Trailing her son in the Canadian wilderness, Mrs Ross and Parker arrive at a settlement and hope to find him. Stars Meg Fraser.
FRI 11:15 Altaban the Magnificent (b007qb93)
In post-war Berlin, magic is in the air but death is being conjured up. Sebastian Baczkiewicz's drama stars Clive Swift.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00yzgq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b00fh6w9)
My Lucky Day
The dear ladies squabble over some superstitious signs. Starring Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From October 1983.
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007rwkt)
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
Mainly About Wyman
The suave sleuth probes whether an international criminal is behind Julia's murder.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Simon Lack as Superintendent Raine, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, Julian Somers as George Kelburn, June Tobin as Linda Kelburn/Sidney, James Beattie as Charlie and Douglas Storm as Detective Inspector Burton.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First heard on the BBC Light Programme in 1961.
FRI 13:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzj3n)
Episode 5
As the Nazis close in, Graham makes a grim discovery in a cabin aboard the Sestri Levante. Concluded by Richard Greenwood.
FRI 14:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yzj3q)
Series 6
Episode 15
The American funny man is in Seattle: the cowboys get a job and Guy Noir goes to sea. With the Wailin' Jennys. From March 2010.
FRI 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vmbv)
Executions and Internment; Sacrifice at the Somme
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 15:15 Simon Gray - Coda (b00t2cn6)
Episode 5
Coming to terms with his terminal cancer, the playwright experiences the joys of a christening, then goes to collect the results of his scan. Read by Toby Stephens.
FRI 15:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080sjp)
Episode 10
A funeral sparks a big reunion of old faces at the house in Cornwall.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Concluded by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
FRI 15:45 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnnz)
No Mean City
The writer concludes his reminiscences of post-war Leeds, and describes the hold it's always maintained on him into adulthood.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yzjll)
Children's stories with Chris Pizzey, featuring Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Jessica Haggerthwaite: Media Star by Emma Barnes and Truckers by Terry Pratchett.
FRI 17:00 Bristow (b00ckd51)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 No Commitments (b007jnz1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Blood Lines (b007k2kp)
Expecting
Alone in a house, a pregnant woman grows distressed by the sounds of a crying baby. Emma Noakes reads Catherine Mant's tale.
FRI 18:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008fdxt)
The Commander
Offred responds to a bizarre request from her commander. Chilling vision of female oppression. Read by Buffy Davis.
FRI 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s3g4r)
The Brain of Morbius
Episode 5
The Time Lord battles to restore Sarah Jane's eyesight, but Solon and the Sisterhood have their own agendas. Read by Tom Baker.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00yzgq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b00fh6w9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007rwkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzj3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00yzj05)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Altaban the Magnificent (b007qb93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00mq4pf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mzslr)
Series 3
Episode 4
Fat is a feminist issue for Pam, and for everyone else when she declares war on gravity. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May 2004.
FRI 23:00 The Big Fun Show (b00lbwgk)
Episode 4
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 (b007jmsz)
Series 1
People Should Start School at 35
Radical proposals to improve our lives, with the comedian's education shake-up. With Maria McErlane. From October 1992