SATURDAY 28 MAY 2011

SAT 00:00 Doctor Who (b011f87h)
The Cradle of the Snake
Episode 2
There's relief for Tegan, but a Manussan mystic predicts that the time travellers' problems have only just begun. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Janet Fielding.
SAT 00:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4d)
Series 2
The Red Planet
The Space Force crew make a discovery in Egypt - while stowaways are reported on the Mars-bound ship.
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard, Bernard Brown and Mia Soteriou.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1985.
SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvl4)
Clouds of Witness
The Speech for the Defence
Lord Peter Wimsey gathers vital evidence in New York to try and clear his brother Gerald of murder, but there's a sting in the tail...
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Bunter, Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, Maria Aitken as Lady Mary Wimsey, Brian Oulton as Sir Impey Biggs, Elizabeth Proud as Mrs Grimethorpe, Nigel Lambert as Freddie Arbuthnot, John Forrest as Benson, James Villiers as the Duke of Denver, Bridget McConnell as Simone, Jo Manning Wilson as Madame Brigette, John Bull as Sugg and Malcolm Hayes as Murbles.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1974.
SAT 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011f5km)
Series 1
The Walkers of Dembley
Keen to get closer to James - the sleuth gets embroiled in a saga of murder, lust and Wellington Boots.
Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin.
Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.
Agatha Raisin …. Penelope Keith
James Lacey …. Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Bloxby …. Liza Sadovy
DC Bill Wong …. Ben Crowe
Deborah Camden …. Rachel Atkins
Mr Boggle …. David Holt
Sir Charles Whitaker …. Philip Fox
Jessica Keller …. Alice Hart
Kelvin …. Bertie Carvell
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
SAT 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00c5r8c)
Series 1
The Mould in the Gold
Father Benedict is holding a Golden Oldie night in honour of the late Gregory Patterson. But is it the right occasion for a eulogy from his only son, Robert?
Not when Barbara Patterson is determined to ruin the evening.
A six-part black comedy by Martin Davies
Stars Desmond Barrit as Father Benedict, Brenda Blethyn as Mrs Patterson, Paul Parris as Robert Patterson, Charlotte Coleman as Barbara Patterson, Martino Lazzeri as Guy Entwhistle, Mark Straker as Andy, Claire Skinner as Janet and Jill Meers as the Manageress.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993.
SAT 02:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lh5tp)
Series 1
Episode 3
Vic Reeves hosts, as Sean Lock, Liz Smith, Suggs and Patrick Kielty answer questions from the audience. From July 2007.
SAT 03:00 What's So Funny? (b011f7m1)
Series 1
Episode 8
Rufus Hound and guest Richard Herring preview and review what's happening in comedy this week. Features include kids doing stand up and comedians who dress as women.
SAT 03:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011f7m3)
Series 1, Episodes 15-16
Jamie's got money troubles, while Fallon is all ears.
SAT 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51g)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Episode 2
Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley.
The trap is set to catch the East German spymaster who has ruthlessly destroyed Alec Leamas's Berlin network - and the bait is Leamas himself.
Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
Alec Leamas ...... Brian Cox
Fiedler ...... Henry Goodman
Liz Gold ...... Ruth Gemmell
Control ...... John Rowe
Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane
Mundt ...... Sam Dale
Ashe ...... Jamie Newall
Doorman ...... Stephen Hogan
Miss Crail ...... Liza Sadovy
Mr Pitt ...... Philip Fox
Grocer ...... David Hargreaves
CIA Man ...... Benjamin Askew.
SAT 05:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00776jn)
How Michelangelo Done the Sistine Chapel
Desmond Olivier Dingle and the National Theatre of Brent recreate the Renaissance. Stars Patrick Barlow. From April 2007.
SAT 05:30 Snap (b00tky99)
Series 1
Episode 4
Doug's planning a surprise 70th birthday party for his mum.
Can he get it right without Molly's help?
Paul Mendelson’s sitcom about life for a couple after they've split.
Molly …. Rebecca Lacey
Doug …. Paul Venables
Kaz …. Soumaya Keynes
Ryan …. Jessie Sullivan
Annie …. Marlene Sidaway
Dawn …. Rebecca Front
Ansel …. Richard Firth
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
SAT 06:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (b007k49r)
Twelve-year-old Matthew has an imaginary friend, or is she an alien life force? Psychological drama with Owen Teale and Cathy Tyson.
SAT 07:30 What's So Funny? (b011f7m1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today]
SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y)
Series 6
Episode 27
From the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, the American funny man is joined by The Wailin' Jennys and Andra Suchy. From 2010.
SAT 09:00 Goon Again (b011hz60)
4 Extra Premiere. A re-recording of an original script for the 50th Goon Anniversary in 2001. With Andrew Secombe, Jon Glover and Jeffrey Holland.
SAT 10:00 Eric Sykes - The Radio Years (b0088z58)
The late and much missed Eric Sykes, in conversation with Paul Jackson, reflects back on his radio years writing scripts for Frankie Howerd, Archie Andrews and the Goons.
Producer: Paul Kobrak.
SAT 11:00 The Goon Show (b0080hxc)
The Last Goon Show of All
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers reunite to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the BBC in 1972.
Recorded on 30th April 1972, their farewell performance with a distinguished audience is broadcast complete with the pre-show warm-up at the Camden Theatre, London. It was simultaneously recorded for broadcast on BBC TV.
Written by Spike Milligan and featuring:
Peter Sellers as Grytpype-Thynne, Bluebottle, Major Denis Bloodnok, Henry Crun.
Harry Secombe as Neddy Seagoon in floral cretonne.
Spike Milligan as Eccles, Minnie Bannister, Moriarty
With the Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and the Wally Stott Orchestra conducted by Peter Knight.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 5th October 1972.
SAT 12:00 The Gap (b011j0c8)
Omnibus. A drama about an Edinburgh family breaking up during their daughter's gap year.
SAT 13:10 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9r3)
Hold the Back Page
"The paper's policy was to identify with the man in the street - and unfortunately, our man in the street seemed to have escaped from some sort of asylum."
A disastrous foray into journalism is recounted in embarrassment by Leonard Rossiter (1926-1984).
Written by Barry Pilton.
Producer: Louise Purslow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 1981.
SAT 13:15 Baldi (b00803g1)
Series 1
Death Cap
At a monastic retreat far out in County Cork, a sudden death among the Franciscan brothers causes Paolo Baldi to suspect foul play.
Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Patrick Ryecart as Father Cyril, Barry Cassin as Abbot Frederick and Rudolph Walker as Brother Vincent.
Murder mystery written by Simon Brett.
Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.
Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
SAT 14:00 The Goon Show (b007k43y)
Series 5
The Affair of the Lone Banana
Neddie Seagoon tracks young Fred Nurke, who’s vanished from his banana-growing family's home.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1954.
SAT 14:30 Dad's Army (b007jscw)
Series 1
Operation Kilt
Captain Mainwaring's squad is challenged to try and capture the headquarters of the Highland platoon.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Captain Ogilvy …. Jack Watson
Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1974.
SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (b007k49r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b011f7m1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today]
SAT 18:00 The Scarifyers (b00vjktx)
The Curse of the Black Comet
Episode 4
With Dunning entombed alive and Lionheart en route to Nazi Germany, can the duo save the world? Stars Nicholas Courtney.
SAT 18:30 Weird Tales (b00vknkm)
Series 1
Bleeder by Ed Hime
Trainee surgeon Andy is left with a recurring nightmare after being involved in a car crash which killed his friend.
The flashbacks give him problems in the operating theatre, and, when his dreams start changing, Andy can no longer be sure what is fantasy and what really happened.
Written by Ed Hime.
Series of four chilling dramas inspired by Lovecraft's stories of magical rites and forbidden lore.
Alice ...... Lizzy Watts
Andy ...... Joseph Kloska
Richard ...... Benjamin Askew
Lovecraft ...... Stephen Hogan
Inside Out Man ...... Ewan Bailey
Dr Larson ...... Jonathan Tafler
Producer: Jessica Dromgoole
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.
SAT 19:00 Goon Again (b011hz60)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:00 Eric Sykes - The Radio Years (b0088z58)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 21:00 The Goon Show (b0080hxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Definite Article (b007jvtj)
Episode 1
The inimitable comedian entertains an audience with his stream of consciousness at London's Shaftesbury Theatre. From 1995.
SAT 23:00 Craig Russell - Lennox (b011j0m7)
Episode 2
Waking up in hospital, the private eye wonders who attacked him. Are they connected to the McGahern hit? Read by Grant O'Rourke.
SAT 23:30 Scandinavian Chiller (b011j0m9)
Hakan Nesser - Woman With Birthmark
Episode 4
In this Scandinavian chiller, one man suspects he could be the serial killer's next victim. Read by Michael Maloney.


SUNDAY 29 MAY 2011

SUN 00:00 The Scarifyers (b00vjktx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Weird Tales (b00vknkm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 The Gap (b011j0c8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:10 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9r3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Baldi (b00803g1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (b007k49r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b011f7m1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A Omnibus (b00l3pxs)
Episode 2
Will Thomas lose the biggest cash prize on Indian TV? The inspiration for hit film Slumdog Millionaire. Stars Anand Tiwari.
SUN 07:10 Chain Gang (b00mz47s)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone
Episode 1
Honeymooners Brian and Susan Ferguson are in for a shock. The first instalment of an amazing story written by our listeners.
SUN 07:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes (b009n49b)
It's the Reaction
Poignant Second World War experiences of women in Britain. A spinster's life resumes in peacetime. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel.
SUN 07:30 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011d6rf)
Series 2
4. 'It's me or the dog'
"It's me or the dog!"
"My phobias are out of control but I'm too scared to even admit it"
Sarah Millican is a life counsellor and modern-day agony aunt tackling the nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice for real people.
Assisted by her very own team of experts of the heart - man of the people local cabbie Terry, and self qualified counsellor Marion,
Sarah tackles the nation's problems head on and has a solution for everything.
Sarah ...... Sarah Millican
Marion ...... Ruth Bratt
Terry ...... Simon Daye
Laura ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Barry ...... Harry Peacock
John ...... Tim Key
Written by Sarah Millican.
Producer: Lianne Coop
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011
SUN 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k43y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]
SUN 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jscw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]
SUN 09:00 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b011j237)
Episode 4
In an emotional climax, both Rusty and her mother decide that their lives have to change. Stars Jessica Marshall-Gardiner.
SUN 09:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rglts)
Episode 2
Will orphaned Mary ever find her way into the locked garden? Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic tale, with Harriet Walter.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011j239)
Miriam Margolyes
Kirsty Young presents gems from the Desert Island Discs archive. In the fourth of our series featuring the castaway choices of actors, we hear from Miriam Margolyes.
SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b011j2c6)
Frank Skinner
The funny man talks about his comedy career, getting older and theology - in conversation with John Wilson.
SUN 11:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z)
An archaeologist is amazed by her nurse's likeness to an Egyptian painting discovered in a tomb. Read by Janet Maw.
SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011f7m3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
SUN 11:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008hkr4)
A showcase of the author's wit and irony - two tales of an unwanted guest and an outspoken hitch-hiker. Read by Crawford Logan.
SUN 12:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A Omnibus (b00l3pxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:10 Chain Gang (b00mz47s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]
SUN 13:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes (b009n49b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011d6rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
Series 6
The Last Bus Home
It's a long walk home in the rain when Sid, Bill and The Lad Himself get stranded.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell and Hugo Morton.
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 October 1959.
SUN 14:30 The Party Line (b010p0pf)
Series 1
Episode 1
The frustrations of a backbench MP. Topical sitcom from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. Starring James Fleet. From May 2005.
SUN 15:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00rzky4)
Series 2
An Englishman Abroad
Monte Guano, the pettiest of Italian states, plays host to an honoured English aristocratic guest - the somewhat suspect Lord Luton.
Second series of the comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy devised by Neal Anthony.
Written by Sue Limb.
Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Graham Crowden as Francesco, Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, Paul Bigley as Alessandro and Nicholas Grace as Lord Luton.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.
SUN 15:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011f7pk)
Humph's last show features Sound Charades and the Swanee Kazoo. With Andy Hamilton and Jack Dee. From Peterborough.
SUN 16:00 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b011j237)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 16:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rglts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 18:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b011j4p6)
Rendezvous With Rama
Episode 2
What is space object Rama's secret? And why, years on, has the Commander never spoken of what he found? Stars Richard Dillane.
SUN 19:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011f7m3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
SUN 19:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008hkr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]
SUN 20:00 The Goon Show (b007k43y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]
SUN 20:30 Dad's Army (b007jscw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011j239)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews (b011j2c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today]
SUN 22:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011d6rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsy1)
Series 1
The Mastersons Lose Everything
London 1890. Auberon Masterson is the epitome of decadence, but will his unsavoury habits ruin the family?
An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - based entirely on audience suggestions.
Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin, Jim Sweeney and Phelim McDermott.
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1993.
SUN 23:00 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00dr4t0)
Controlling the Universe
Chris Addison goes on a journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation and explains exactly what we need to create a new one.
In the opening episode, he investigates the notion of a controllable universe.
With:
Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern)
Jo Enright
Dan Tetsell
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.
SUN 23:30 Dry Slopes (b00lvl1l)
Series 1
Families and How to Conceive Them
Friendless, jobless Angus breaks free from his sheltered-life shackles to go on a date.
Nick Ball’s sitcom about the unemployed son of a high-flying mother.
Angus Dry ...... Nick Ball
Mum ...... Louisa Rix
With Robert Harley, Toby Longworth and Julie Gibbs.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995.


MONDAY 30 MAY 2011

MON 00:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b011j4p6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011j239)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b011j2c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011f7m3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
MON 02:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008hkr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 The Party Line (b010p0pf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00rzky4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011f7pk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b011j237)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rglts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt)
A Caribbean Mystery
Episode 1
Amateur sleuth Jane Marple's peaceful island break is disrupted by a death - and a photo.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
From the thriller first published in 1964 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Major Palgrave …. Windsor Davies
Dr Graham .... John Rowe
Canon Prescott …. David King
Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee
Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones
Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright
Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr
Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit
Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe
Victoria .... Amanda Gordon
Jim Ellis …. Anthony Ofoegbu
Raymond West …. Iwan Thomas
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1997.
MON 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h)
Series 1
A Marriage of Convenience
Investigating the murder of a militant rambler, Agatha and James go undercover as a married couple. Stars Penelope Keith.
Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin.
Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.
Agatha Raisin …. Penelope Keith
James Lacey …. Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Bloxby …. Liza Sadovy
DC Bill Wong …. Ben Crowe
Deborah Camden …. Rachel Atkins
Mr Boggle …. David Holt
Sir Charles Whitaker …. Philip Fox
Kelvin …. Bertie Carvell
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b00g2djy)
Series 2
Episode 3
With clergy rumours buzzing - Vera McConkey's extra busy in the telephone exchange
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1954, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty …. T.P. McKenna
Muriel McConkey …. Margaret D'Arcy
Vera McConkey …. Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal …. Aine McCartney
Guard Gallagher …. John Hewitt
Stumpy Bonnar …. Gerard McSorley
Packy McGoldrick …. Charlie Bonnar
Josie Doherty …. Ciara McKeown
Rev Samual Hawthorne …. Gerard Murphy
Mr. Mawhinney …. Harry Towb
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
MON 07:30 Down the Line (b011j51z)
Series 2
Immigration and Love
Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in discussing immigration. Stars Rhys Thomas, Matt Lucas and Arabella Weir. From January 2007.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jlnp)
Series 3
Episode 1
Kenneth Horne in war romp 'The Plastic Max', Seamus Android at Pinewood and Jules and Sandy bewail their parts
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 February 1967.
MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011j5lh)
Series 7
Episode 9
Professor Prune is incarcerated and Bill Oddie rhapsodises the flowers in the garden.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Sketches written by 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 Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.
Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1969.
MON 09:00 Never Too Late (b011j605)
Down Memory Lane
Feisty Hilda's senior citizen holiday sees man-mad Mildred after a nostalgic destination.
A surviving episode from the BBC archive of Terry Gregson's sitcom about a group of highly active pensioners starring Thora Hird.
Hilda Spriggett …. Thora Hird
Mildred Emmett …. Avis Bunnage
Albert Pickles …. Kenneth Connor
Emily Holroyd …. Megs Jenkins
Tommy Preston …. Joe Gladwyn
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981.
MON 09:30 The Party Line (b00sp1tv)
Series 1
Episode 2
MP Duncan welcomes a French delegation - will he end up with 'oeuf' on his face? Punt and Dennis's June 2005 topical sitcom.
MON 10:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011j6lq)
Series 2
5. 'I'm a mother in need of quiet'
"Sibling Rivalry: The grass is always greener in my brother's massive garden"
"I'm a mother in need of quiet - do drum kits have a mute button?"
Sarah Millican is a life counsellor and modern-day agony aunt tackling the nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice for real people.
Assisted by her very own team of experts of the heart - man of the people local cabbie Terry, and self qualified counsellor Marion,
Sarah tackles the nation's problems head on and has a solution for everything.
Sarah ...... Sarah Millican
Marion ...... Ruth Bratt
Terry ...... Simon Daye
Melissa ...... Isabel Fay
Michael ...... Miles Jupp
Janet ...... Annie Aldington
Written by Sarah Millican.
Producer: Lianne Coop
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011
MON 10:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00cxr1f)
Series 2
Mona Siddiqui
Wendy Robbins presents a series revisiting the childhood neighbourhoods of influential Britons.
Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic Studies at Glasgow University, takes Wendy back to her childhood home in Huddersfield. She recalls growing up in a literary family and her mother's insistence on living separately from the wider Muslim community.
MON 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51j)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Episode 3
Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley.
The deadly game of deceit and betrayal reaches its climax at the foot of the Berlin Wall.
Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
Alec Leamas ...... Brian Cox
Fiedler ...... Henry Goodman
Mundt ...... Sam Dale
Liz Gold ...... Ruth Gemmell
Ashe ...... Jamie Newall
Tribunal President ...... Siobhan Redmond
Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane
Commissar ...... Liza Sadovy
Agent ...... Stephen Hogan
Miss Crail ...... Liza Sadovy
Mr Pitt ...... Philip Fox
Grocer ...... David Hargreaves
CIA Man ...... Benjamin Askew.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jlnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Just a Minute (b011lhrb)
Series 60
Episode 2
Ever-popular panel show hosted by Nicholas Parsons.
MON 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011j6lv)
Two Suitors
Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?
Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson.
.
In the opening episode, Colonel Hargrave's sexual advances are too much for Laura - and she places her suitor on a two-year probation.
Narrated by Maureen Beattie.
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Lady Harriet Montreville ...... Phyllida Law
Jeannie ...... Colette O'Neil
Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall
Mary Brunton was a Scottish novelist much admired by Jane Austen; and Self Control, first published in 1811, deals with similar themes to Sense and Sensibility.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
MON 14:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes (b009n49b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday]
MON 14:30 Ian Kelly - Casanova (b00qsc98)
Episode 1
Born to a family of actors in Venice, sickly Giacomo is expected to die. Benedict Cumberbatch reads the libertine's biography.
MON 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose (b011j7kl)
Episode 6
Georgy takes to his new role in the library, but is his work strictly bibliographical? David Warner reads John Boyne's novel.
MON 15:00 Have Your Cake (b011j7kn)
Unusual Christening Cake
The cake club prepares for a christening, as Tess and Maggie struggle with secrets. Nicola Baldwin's drama stars Lesley Sharp.
MON 15:45 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World (b00lbsx9)
Episode 1
The Bard gets his first taste of theatre. Reconstructing the life, work and era of William Shakespeare, read by Toby Stephens.
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011j7kq)
Mel Giedroyc is back in The 4 O'Clock Show seat, hearing about the biggest tree house in the country and introducing a brand new set of stories from the Just William series.
MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b00g2djy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 Down the Line (b011j51z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Doctor Who (b011j7ks)
The Cradle of the Snake
Episode 3
Can the Time Lord's companions save him, or is the Mara's malign influence just too much to resist? Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Janet Fielding.
MON 18:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4v)
Series 2
The Great Martian Pyramid
Landing on Mars, the Space Force crew start explorations - but find their welcome is far from warm.
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard and Bernard Brown.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1985.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jlnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011j5lh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b011lhrb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 22:30 Mark Tavener - Absolute Power (b007jqw0)
Series 1
Episode 1
Having left the BBC, Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe embark on a new career as spin doctors in the world of government and media relations.
They’re visited by the Chairman of the Conservative Party, who offers to establish them on the road to solvency...
Mark Tavener's political comedy stars Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss and John Bird as Martin McCabe.
With:
Jeremy Clyde
Tony Gardner
Simon Greenall
Siobhan Hayes
Martin Hyder
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.
MON 23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011j6lq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tgch7)
Series 2
Booty
John Weak reveals the feminist metatext of a chocolate bar ad that features a bikini-clad model with lips that could suck the hair shirt off a Benedictine monk at 50 yards.
Randy, devious, sexist and workshy, John Weak puts the man into management – in Guy Browning’s sitcom.
Starring Alexander Armstrong as marketing maestro and "totty" magnet John Weak.
Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Sasha ...... Tracy Wiles
Tibet ...... Adjoa Andoh
Ski Guy ...... Kim Wall
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.


TUESDAY 31 MAY 2011

TUE 00:00 Doctor Who (b011j7ks)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Never Too Late (b011j605)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b00sp1tv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011j6lq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00cxr1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b00g2djy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Down the Line (b011j51z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb)
A Caribbean Mystery
Episode 2
After Major Palgrave's sudden death, the amateur sleuth wonders whether it was murder?
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper
Dr Graham .... John Rowe
Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell
Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee
Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones
Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright
Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit
Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe
Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr
Victoria .... Amanda Gordon
Jackson …. Andrew Wincott
Daventry …. David Brooks

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
TUE 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn)
Series 2
1. The Curious Curate
When the village curate is found murdered, retired PR guru Agatha Raisin vows to bring his killer to justice, particularly if the investigation also brings her closer to her handsome next-door neighbour, Colonel Lacey...
Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin.
Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.
Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Richard Binser ...... Nicky Henson
Mrs Wendle ...... Tina Gray
Miss Partle ...... Ella Smith
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.
TUE 07:00 The World As We Know It (b00ftbx1)
The Murderer Is in This Very Room
Things have become a little boring recently in the household.
So, Johnny holds a video festival to try and entertain everyone and The Stranger suggests a game of murder mystery...
Sitcom by Luke Sorba.
Donna ...... Meera Syal
Johnny ...... Toby Longworth
Patrick ...... Luke Sorba
Abigail ...... Carla Mendonca
The Stranger ...... Simon Greenall
Producer: Elizabeth Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
TUE 07:30 The Sunday Format (b011klym)
Series 2
Episode 6
Tea towels are a form of communication. Radio's very own posh paper tells you how. With Alexander Armstrong. From December 2000.
TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b011klyp)
From 03/12/1953
Listener confusion over June Whitfield and Alma Cogan, and the Glums are hard up. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From December 1953.
TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
Series 2
This is Your Life the Burkiss Way
Eamonn Andrews' famous Big Red Book spells surprises.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living. Radio's Amazing Revelation Course in which the programme's subject is ............. (We can't tell you yet, because it's a secret)
Do you remember these voices from Jo Kendall. Nigel Rees Chris Emmett and Fred Harris?
And who wrote these words? (Here's a clue - Andrew Marshall and David Renwick)
And whose name is in producer Simon Brett’s little black book this week?
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1977.
TUE 09:00 1834 (b011klyr)
Strong Continental Lager
21st-century teacher Jason decides 19th-century Macclesfield needs a decent pub with decent beer.
In Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight, Jason is now Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport with a faithful valet, Ned.
Jason Slater ...... Michael Begley
Ned ...... Joe Caffrey
Hoskins ...... Kenneth Alan Taylor
Lord Belport ...... Mark Chatterton
Stubbs ...... Glenn Cunningham
Millicent ...... Julia Rounthwaite
Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003.
TUE 09:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s3bcz)
Series 2
Salvatore's Apotheosis
Plethora decides it's time for son and heir Salvatore to be ordained as a priest - by nonagenarian Father Ignazio.
Second series of the comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy devised by Neal Anthony.
Written by Roger Danes.
Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Graham Crowden as Francesco, Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, Nicholas Grace as Lord Luton and Kim Wall as Father Ignazio.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.
TUE 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b011klyt)
Series 1
Episode 17
Chaz is trying to keep out of trouble and Pip's got a lot on her mind.
TUE 10:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
TUE 10:30 It's a Funny Business (b011klyw)
Betty Driver
Coronation Street's legendary barmaid relives some humorous showbiz moments from her long career with Mike Craig. From January 1986.
TUE 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt2m0)
The Looking Glass War
Episode 1
Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's novel, the fourth to feature spymaster George Smiley.
When word reaches The Department that Soviet missiles are being installed close to the West German border, they seize the opportunity to relive former glories.
Leclerc ...... Ian McDiarmid
George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
Avery ...... Patrick Kennedy
Haldane ...... Philip Jackson
Woodford ...... David Hargeaves
Sarah ...... Fenella Woolgar
Control ...... John Rowe
Carol ...... Annabelle Dowler
Taylor/Sutherland ...... Philip Fox
Peersen ...... Stephen Hogan
Lansen ...... Matt Addis
Girl ...... Lizzy Watts
Fred Leiser ...... Piotr Baumann
Directed by Marc Beeby.
TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b011klyp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Clare in the Community (b00srjdd)
Series 6
Clare v God
Social worker Clare doesn't like people on her patch - especially an interfering Vicar.
Clare Barker is the self-absorbed social worker who has the right jargon for every problem she comes across, though never a practical solution. But there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Clare ..... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Helen ..... Liza Tarbuck
Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti
Libby ..... Sarah Kendall
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
TUE 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011km7g)
A Future Lost
Laura's skills as a painter are praised by a London artist - but her father receives some terrible news about his investments...
Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson.
Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?
Narrated by Maureen Beattie.
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Lady Harriet Montreville ...... Phyllida Law
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Jeannie ...... Colette O'Neil
Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall
Mr Foster ...... David Timson
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b011klyt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 14:30 Ian Kelly - Casanova (b00qsvzq)
Episode 2
The young cleric's scandalous affair with a married woman leads to a flight to Constantinople. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.
TUE 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose (b011km7j)
Episode 7
Fear blights Georgy's mind, recounting a dread of Rasputin's betrayal and panic of almost losing his wife. Read by David Warner.
TUE 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k1w4)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A Scandal in Bohemia
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective traces a compromising photo, but meets his match in Irene Adler. Stars Clive Merrison.
TUE 15:45 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World (b00lbwgf)
Episode 2
The Bard leaves his family for London. Reconstructing the life, work and era of William Shakespeare, read by Toby Stephens.
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011km7l)
Mel Giedroyc hears about the history of stories like Hansel and Gretel, learns how to master a jigsaw puzzle and introduces another Just William story.
TUE 17:00 The World As We Know It (b00ftbx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 The Sunday Format (b011klym)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Doctor Who (b011kmbs)
The Cradle of the Snake
Episode 4
The power of the Mara is released on the unsuspecting Manussans - time for an unlikely hero to step forward. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Janet Fielding.
TUE 18:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn58)
Series 2
A Test of Endurance
Held captive in an underground city on Mars, the Space Force crew are set to learn their fate...
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard and Bernard Brown.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1985.
TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b011klyp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt2m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Clare in the Community (b00srjdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Vent (b00szjy0)
Series 1
Wouldn't You Like to Get Away
Mary and Mum have a break when Ben's unconscious body gets driven to a medical conference in Birmingham. But they can't quite bring themselves to leave the hospital.
Meanwhile, Ben's mind also takes a trip. Unfortunately, it's a trip back to the hotel in Paris, where he had the most miserable night of his life.
Dark sitcom written by Nigel Smith.
CAST:
Ben …. Neil Pearson
Jean/Mum …. Josie Lawrence
Mary …. Fiona Allen
Blitzkrieg …. Leslie Ash
with Dave Lamb, Mark Perry, Jo Martin, Hils Barker, Giles New, Lucy Montgomery, Scarlett Milburn-Smith and Elizabeth Bell.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.
TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b007k3ym)
Series 2
The Last Laugh
Embittered writer Ed takes action when he sees his bank statement.
Welcome to the comical world of Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail.
Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon.
Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
Featuring:
Stephanie Cole
John Fortune
Martin Hyder
Rita May
Geoffrey McGivern
Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Sally Grace
Geoffrey Whitehead
Tom Colebrook
Dan Tetsell
Matthew Holness
Andy Hamilton
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
TUE 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007jq2f)
A Word in Your Ear
The dark, surreal goings-on in a nightclub owned by Dr Caligari. A late night DJ drops in. Starring John Woodvine. From 1991.


WEDNESDAY 01 JUNE 2011

WED 00:00 Doctor Who (b011kmbs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn58)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 1834 (b011klyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s3bcz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b011klyt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
WED 03:30 It's a Funny Business (b011klyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt2m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 The World As We Know It (b00ftbx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Sunday Format (b011klym)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv)
A Caribbean Mystery
Episode 3
Tensions start to grow on the beautiful tropical island.
The authorities have been called in and a murder investigation is underway.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones
Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright
Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr
Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit
Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe
Victoria …. Amanda Gordon
Jim Ellis …. Anthony Ofoegbu
Inspector Weston …. David Bannerman
Daventry …. David Brooks
Cook …. Chris Pavlo
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
WED 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh)
Series 2
2. Duck and Cover
Still reeling from the death of their curate, the inhabitants of Carsley decide on Duck Racing and Morris Dancing to cheer themselves up.
But the Village Fete is unlikely to go smoothly whilst the killer is still amongst them...
Penelope Keith stars as PR guru turned amateur sleuth, Agatha Raisin.
Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.
Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Richard Binser ...... Nicky Henson
Roy ...... James Holmes
Mrs Wendle ...... Tina Gray
Miss Partle ...... Ella Smith
Farmer Ruskin ...... Gerard McDermott
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.
WED 07:00 Life in London (b011kpfk)
Mr Lushington
If Pierce can't meet his deadline, how will the audience hear about a visit to the slums, George IV's interior decorating, and a dog fighting a monkey?
Starring Greg Wise, Mark Gatiss and James Bachman.
Pierce Egan’s 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell.
Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern
Hustle .... Alex Macqueen
Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise
Pickpocket .... Neil Edmond
Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss
Jarvey .... Ben Graves
Bob Logic .... James Bachman
Fishwife .... Laura Shavin
Mrs Egan .... Alys Torrence
Corinthian Kate .... Amanda Abbington
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
WED 07:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00ftjn2)
Series 2
Episode 3
When the comedian's Arctic search for Santa leaves him freezing to death, his life flashes before his eyes. From November 1999.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0090xjy)
Series 6
The Picnic
Bill, Sid and The Lad Himself eat al fresco to impress their dates from the local Palais.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Patricia Hayes, Ann Lancaster, Elizabeth Fraser and Wilfred Babbage.
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 October 1959.
WED 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jmj1)
Series 1
The Writing on the Wall
Finally losing patience with Sir Humphrey, MP Jim Hacker's big plans to slim down the Civil Service come home to roost.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Frank Weisel ...... Bill Nighy
Sir Frederick ...... Peter Cellier
Foreign Secretary ...... Tenniel Evans
Dr Donald Hughes ...... Edward Petherbridge
Butler ...... Kerry Francis
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983.
WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvv7)
Series 2
Episode 2
Three Deborahs, one stingy bank and an impending divorce perplex ad man Ken Handley.
Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising
Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis
Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin
Freddie ...... Lockwood West
Deborah ...... Rosalind Ayres
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
Stella ...... Imelda Staunton
Stella's Heavy ...... Jim Carter
Angus ...... Michael Jenner
Researcher ...... Stacey Tendeter
Subjects ...... David Peart/Michael Jenner
Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths
With Joss Ackland, James Griffiths, Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel and David Tate.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1984.
WED 09:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011kqj0)
Humphrey Lyttelton's comedy panel game with Kenny Everett, Willie Rushton, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From May 1985.
WED 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011j239)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
WED 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b011j2c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
WED 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51p)
The Looking Glass War
Episode 2
Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's novel, the fourth to feature spymaster George Smiley.
As Leiser's clandestine mission into East German territory proceeds, it soon becomes clear that nothing is quite what it seems.
Leclerc ...... Ian McDiarmid
George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
Avery ...... Patrick Kennedy
Haldane ...... Philip Jackson
Fred Leiser ...... Piotr Baumann
Jack Johnson ...... Ben Crowe
Anna ...... Ania Sowinski
Sarah ...... Fenella Woolgar
Control ...... John Rowe
Carol ...... Annabelle Dowler
Official ...... Philip Fox
Soldiers ...... Matt Addis, Benjamin Askew
Directed by Marc Beeby.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0090xjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Gobetweenies (b011ckxb)
Series 1
Befriending Freddie
David Tennant and Sarah Alexander star as the exes determined to be double not single parents and bring the kids up together apart.
But Lucy needs compensation for moving house every week...
If it's Wednesday it must be Holloway.
It turns out Mimi's new husband says he is into fatherhood after all, and Lucy tells her Dad and Tom all about Mum's condition...
Mimi is desperate to bring the kids to New York for the premiere of her new husband's play but Tom has found a new friend whose cute yogic mother Joe is drawn to...
When Lucy refuses to miss out on her best friend's birthday because of a planned visit to her stepfather in New York, Mimi fails to get Joe's back-up.
Cast List:
Joe ..... David Tennant
Mimi ..... Sarah Alexander
Tom ...... Finlay Christie
Lucy ..... Phoebe Abbott
Jennifer ..... Emily Bruni
Freddie ...... Oliver Dillon
Harry ...... Stuart Milligan
Writer: Marcella Evaristi
Director: Marilyn Imrie
Producer: Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011kqj4)
London
Laura and her father travel to London in search of their lost annuity - and meet a man who talks like a parrot, dresses like a monkey, and smells like a civet-cat.
Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson.
Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?
Narrated by Maureen Beattie.
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Lady Harriet Montreville ...... Phyllida Law
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Jeannie ...... Colette O'Neil
Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall
Montague De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
Wilkins ...... David Timson
Warren ...... Thomas Arnold
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
WED 14:15 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008hkr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]
WED 14:30 Ian Kelly - Casanova (b00qsxf2)
Episode 3
Giacomo Casanova creates a stir at the French court of King Louis XV. Benedict Cumberbatch reads the libertine's biography.
WED 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose (b011kqj6)
Episode 8
Past and present, tradition and revolution, all collide. Fugitive Georgy flees time and again. Read by David Warner. Episode 8 of 10.
WED 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k1xh)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Red-Headed League
The detective investigates why a pawnbroker is paid four sovereigns a week to copy out an encyclopaedia. Stars Clive Merrison.
WED 15:45 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World (b00lc4d2)
Episode 3
The Bard finds his feet in London. Reconstructing the life, work and era of William Shakespeare, read by Toby Stephens.
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011kqkp)
Mel Giedroyc explores the world of sibling rivalry and hears the inheritance tracks of comedian and poet John Hegley. Plus, another story from Richmal Crompton's Just William.
WED 17:00 Life in London (b011kpfk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00ftjn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p)
Episode 1
Aspiring poet Saul Judd gets drawn into a web of dark and mysterious forces - as a leprous prince ignores sinister warnings and a Bath playgroup's blind terror baffles the adults...
Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial in six episodes.
Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd
Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd
Freddie Jones .... The Scribe
Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife
Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria
John Telfer .... Prince Bladud
Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant
Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel
June Barrie .... The Chairwoman
Geoff Serle .... The Northern Man
Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian
Original music composed by Thomas Johnson.
Music realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop)
Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
WED 18:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn5r)
Series 2
Living With Death
Elevated to the priesthood of God-King Ra - the captive crew of Space Force seize a chance to escape.
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard and Bernard Brown.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1985.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0090xjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jmj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 22:00 The Gobetweenies (b011ckxb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Secret World (b011kqsj)
Series 1
Episode 3
From Jools Holland to Ross Kemp, Jon Culshaw explores the bizarre private lives of famous folk. From April 2009.
WED 23:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k1w6)
The Inaudible Man
1903: a murky autumn day. The Honourable Clarence Green enters the lobby of what turns out to be one of the queerest clubs in London.
In the Smoking Room he eagerly listens to the first creepy tale of an otolaryngologist.
Starring Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland and Spike Milligan.
Star-packed curious and macabre comedy series written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie
Dr Bates ...... Terence Stamp
Wyvern ...... Joss Ackland
Psychiatrist ...... Spike Milligan
Arturo ...... Andrew Sachs
Green ...... Royce Mills
Mrs Boyle ...... Sheila Steafel
Felch ...... Michael Ripper:
Policeman ...... Arthur Smith
Hornby ...... Adam Wide
Music by Max Harris.
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987.
WED 23:30 Deep Trouble (b00tb9f4)
Series 2
Episode 2
It's a case of 'goodbye Samantha, hello Sam' for Jack Trainor as he meets an old chum. Stars Ben Willbond. From May 2007.


THURSDAY 02 JUNE 2011

THU 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn5r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011kqj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011j239)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
THU 03:50 Front Row Interviews (b011j2c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
THU 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Life in London (b011kpfk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00ftjn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc)
A Caribbean Mystery
Episode 4
With the island's murder tally now standing at two, the spinster sleuth needs an ally.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper
Dr Graham .... John Rowe
Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee
Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell
Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones
Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright
Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit
Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
THU 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
Series 2
3. Buried Treasure
When Agatha embarks on a plan to give up smoking, little does she know it will lead to a treasure hunt, humiliation and a rather nasty murder...
Penelope Keith stars as PR guru turned amateur sleuth, Agatha Raisin.
Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.
Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Roy Silver ...... James Holmes
Mrs Friendly ...... Joanna Brookes
Mrs Hicks ...... Lynda Baron
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.
THU 07:00 The Brothers (b00nn2hg)
Series 2
Episode 1
Michael gets a circus obsession and Nigel has an odd encounter. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From September 2005.
THU 07:30 Electric Ink (b011kvmn)
Series 1
Episode 3
Editor Oliver wants Terry from Tottenham, as 'street boy' Freddy inadvertently breaks a top story in the Treasury.
Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the changing world of the newspaper industry.
Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay
Oliver ...... Alex Jennings
Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington
Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar
Masha ...... Debbie Chazen
Freddy ...... Ben Willbond
Announcer ...... Matt Addis
With additional material by Tom Mitchelson.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b011kvmq)
Transatlantic Trouble
The bumbling bureaucrats welcome a niece from America and face up to a new Under-Secretary.
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley 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 Radio 4 in September 1971.
THU 08:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms)
Series 3
Oh, Claudius!
After losing his Kingdom, the King is now a grumpy galley slave rowing to Rome. Starring Jimmy Edwards. From September 1979.
THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009hsqj)
Series 1
Episode 3
Management and publicity problems plague the return of duo Tommy and Sheila.
Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another...
Mike Coleman's sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson, Edward Halsted, Rachel Smith and Jenny Lee.
Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b011kvmx)
From London, chairman Nicholas Parsons welcomes Peter Jones, Clement Freud, Paul Merton and Tony Hawks. From February 1999.
THU 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b011kw6x)
Series 1
Episode 18
Pip wants to build bridges, and Kirsty's worried she's out in the cold.
THU 10:15 Loose Ends (b011j2g5)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
Clive is joined by grumpy stand-up and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue host, Jack Dee. Jack's alter ego, Rick Spleen, a failed comic and serial liar, returns for more trials and tribulations in Lead Balloon.
Ute Lemper's career has seen her in prime roles in Chicago, Cats and Cabaret. She's been on stages in London's West End, Vienna, Paris, Las Vegas and Broadway. As part of this years Bath International Music Festival, Ute Lemper performs Last Tango in Berlin, a homage to Marlene Dietrich, Piazolla, Edith Piaf and Weimar cabaret. To close the festival on Sunday 5 June, there will be a Brecht and Weill Night with performances by Frances Rufelle, Clive Rowe and Roger Lloyd-Pack.
From early roles alongside Ray Winstone in Scum and most notably Jimmy the Mod in Quadrophenia, Phil Daniels has doggedly stuck to his working class roots throughout his 35 year career. More recently he's been in Eastenders and he was also the voice of Blur's 'Parklife'. He talks to Clive about his life encapsulated in his autobiography 'Class Actor'.
What's the difference between a Young Fop and a Dandy? A Cad and a Crusty Old Duffer? Jon Holmes answers these questions and more from the consummately well dressed British Gentleman and founder of Chap Magazine, Gustav Temple.
With music from Brighton's Mechanical Bride, the musical moniker of Lauren Doss who brings her eerie folk pop to Radio 4. She plays Young Gold from her soon to be released debut album Living With Ants.
And from the former vocalist with Zero 7 Sophie Barker, who performs Paradise Lost from her second album, Seagulls.
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
THU 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1v0)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Episode 1
Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley.
Ever since the capture and torture of their agent in Czechoslovakia, the British Secret Intelligence Service has been in trouble. Now, the government has been forced to call George Smiley back from retirement to investigate the whole incident and to seek out the mole they believe to be at the heart of the service.
George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor
Jim Prideaux ...... Anthony Calf
Peter Guillam ...... Ewan Bailey
Oliver Lacon ...... Alex Jennings
Ricki Tarr ...... Jamie Foreman
Irina ...... Vera Filatova
Mendel ...... Kenneth Cranham
Connie Sachs ...... Maggie Steed
Magyar ...... Peter Majer
Roddy Martindale ...... Philip Fox
Bill Roach ...... Ryan Watson.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b011kvmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Simon Day Show (b011cfmx)
Series 1
Simon Day
Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. Each week one of Simon's characters come to perform at The Mallard and we hear the highlights of that night's show along with the back stage and front of house goings on at the theatre itself.
In the final episode of the series British comedy legend and star of The Fast Show, Down the Line and Bellamy's People, Simon Day visits The Mallard Theatre as "himself".
Cast list:
Simon Day ..... Simon Day
Catherine ..... Catherine Shepherd
Goose ..... Felix Dexter
Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall
Written by Simon Day
Produced by Colin Anderson.
THU 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011kw71)
A New Admirer
Colonel Hargrave pursues Laura from Perthshire to London - where Laura meets a new admirer.
Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson.
Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?
Narrated by Maureen Beattie.
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Lady Harriet Montreville ...... Phyllida Law
Jeannie ...... Colette O'Neil
Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall
Montague De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
Wilkins ...... David Timson
Warren ...... Thomas Arnold
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b011kw6x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 14:30 Ian Kelly - Casanova (b00qt2hm)
Episode 4
Giacomo Casanova's intrigues in London lead him to a soaking in the Thames. Benedict Cumberbatch the libertine's biography.
THU 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose (b011kw7t)
Episode 9
On the run, Georgy tracks the Imperial Royal Family, and Anastasia, to a house in Yekaterinburg. Read by David Warner.
THU 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k1ys)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A Case of Identity
The detective agrees to help locate a missing husband, but can he do so without leaving 221B Baker Street? Stars Clive Merrison.
THU 15:45 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World (b00lc99p)
Episode 4
The Bard faces the death of his son. Reconstructing the life, work and era of William Shakespeare, read by Toby Stephens.
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011l7dn)
Mel Giedroyc hears how the perfect movie trailer voice is achieved, finds out about the skills of persuasion and dishes up another Just William story for you.
THU 17:00 The Brothers (b00nn2hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Electric Ink (b011kvmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js82)
Episode 2
After aspiring poet Saul Judd and his family win a competition, strange events happen.
Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - and under - Bath.
Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd
Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd
Freddie Jones .... The Scribe
Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife
Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria
John Telfer .... Prince Bladud
Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant
Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel
June Barrie .... The Chairwoman
Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist
Liz Goulding .... Rita
Original music composed by Thomas Johnson.
Music realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop)
Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
THU 18:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn65)
Series 2
Unto Death - And Beyond
Stranded on the Golden Planet, the Space Force crew must find a way to return to Mars.
Conclusion of Charles Chilton's second intergalatic adventure starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard, Bernard Brown and Mia Soteriou.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1985.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b011kvmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1v0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 22:00 The Simon Day Show (b011cfmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k3wp)
Series 2
The Museum Reopens
Discover the fate of Badgerland as well as finding out about the life and work of Victorian author Thomas Queesley.
Feel free to wander around our many galleries and experience the history of everything.
Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.
THU 23:00 I Think I've Got a Problem (b00cc4qg)
Series 2
Episode 1
In an attempt to rid him of the band that lives in his head, Tom’s been sent to a special centre for the entertainingly afflicted. The treatment's going well - until the band can't take any more and make Tom burst into song.
Reunited once more, Tom and the band decide they've missed each other and hatch an escape plan...
Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a man who can't stop himself from breaking into song.
Suggs ..... Tom Caine
Bob Monkhouse ..... Dr Boone
Phil Cornwell ..... Bouche
Andrew McGibbon ..... Jake
Nick Romero ..... Monty DeVere
Bill Nighy ..... Malc
Julia Deakin ..... Phelia
Toby Longworth ..... Clammy
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs
Producers: Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
THU 23:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b00dbj12)
Tossed in Space
Dan and Nick serves up a salad family who are Tossed in Space, plus Robin Wood and The Archers abroad.
Comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman and Nick Romero.
With Richard Coles.
Music by the Gents.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998


FRIDAY 03 JUNE 2011

FRI 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js82)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009hsqj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b011kvmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b011kw6x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:15 Loose Ends (b011j2g5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1v0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Brothers (b00nn2hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Electric Ink (b011kvmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx)
A Caribbean Mystery
Episode 5
After two murders and an attempted suicide, amateur sleuth Miss Marple is battling to find a link.
The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper
Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe
Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit
Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell
Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones
Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright
Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Jackson …. Andrew Wincott
Canon Prescott …. David King
Dr Graham .... John Rowe
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
FRI 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8)
Series 2
4. The Civil War
The search to find the killer leads Agatha and James to the dreaming spires of Oxford, where they soon get intimate - in a cupboard full of EM Forster first editions...
Penelope Keith stars as PR guru turned amateur sleuth, Agatha Raisin.
Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.
Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Mrs Friendly ...... Joanna Brookes
Mrs Hicks ...... Lynda Baron
Professor Wolf ...... Simon Treves
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.
FRI 07:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00776tk)
The Taj Mahal and How It Was Done
The National Theatre of Brent recreates 17th-century India's greatest love story. Stars Patrick Barlow. From April 2007.
FRI 07:30 Snap (b00tnmtj)
Series 2
Episode 1
Separated for over a year, Doug and Molly are still finding it hard to keep out of each other's lives.
When the decree absolute arrives and Doug hears that Molly is having a drinks party he's furious. But is all as it seems?
Paul Mendelson’s sitcom stars Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Jonathan Tafler as Raymond and Samantha Spiro as Dawn.
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007wwf0)
Series 3
50th Show - Mr Murray's Houseboat
Number One entrusts Uncle Ebeneezer and his tug with the purchase of his new houseboat - meaning disaster isn't faraway...

The 50th show in the series stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson Tenniel Evans as Nunky, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey and Heather Chasen and Michael Bates as Mr & Mrs Granthamum.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1960.
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rvzks)
Series 1
The Economist
Fuming Harold decides their rag and bone business needs some bite.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962.
The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series on TV.
Albert …. Wilfrid Brambell
Harold …. Harry H. Corbett
With Ian Burford.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966.
FRI 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00cb1m8)
Series 1
Hungry
Robert's mum is doing so much work for the church he can't get enough to eat. And it seems his friends and family can’t seem to get enough of something else.
A six-part black comedy by Martin Davies
Stars Desmond Barrit as Father Benedict, Brenda Blethyn as Mrs Patterson, Paul Parris as Robert Patterson, Charlotte Coleman as Barbara Patterson, Martino Lazzeri as Guy Entwhistle, Mark Straker as Andy, Claire Skinner as Janet and Jill Meers as Lady At Counter and Gordon Reid as Father Hugh
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993.
FRI 09:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lkk0q)
Series 1
Episode 4
Vic Reeves hosts, as Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Arthur Smith, Tom Baker and Jo Caulfield tackle the questions. From July 2007.
FRI 10:00 What's So Funny? (b011lb9q)
Series 1
Episode 9
Rufus Hound and guest Gina Yashere preview and review what's happening in comedy this week. Features include a day in the studio with comedy boyband Midnight Beast.
FRI 10:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011lb9s)
Series 1, Episodes 17-18
Jamie's got money troubles, while Fallon is all ears.
FRI 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1v7)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Episode 2
Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic novel.
George Smiley, called back from retirement, tries to piece together the events of the past to find the mole he believes is tearing apart the British Secret Intelligence Service.
George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor
Control ...... John Rowe
Peter Guillam ...... Ewan Bailey
Percy Alleline ...... Bill Paterson
Ricki Tarr ...... Jamie Foreman
Toby Esterhase ...... Sam Dale
Bill Haydon ...... Michael Feast
Roy Bland...... David Hargreaves
Sam Collins ...... Nicholas Boulton.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007wwf0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The News Quiz (b011ckxs)
Series 74
Episode 7
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
FRI 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011lcx2)
Desperation
Laura's father is ill, their money is running out and Colonel Hargrave is growing desperate.
Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson.
Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?
Narrated by Maureen Beattie.
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Stubbs ...... Phyllida Law
Beggar ...... Colette O'Neil
Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall
Montague De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
FRI 14:15 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007jwv8)
Cruise
Sailing round the Mediterranean, a young lady writes about the upper-class antics on board ship. Read by Abigail Docherty. From March 2003.
FRI 14:30 Ian Kelly - Casanova (b00qtpnw)
Episode 5
The Italian libertine goes to a ball in St Petersburg, but meeting Catherine the Great proves fruitless. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.
FRI 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose (b011lcx4)
Episode 10
Recalling the Russian Imperial Family's fate, Georgy faces another loss - that of his beloved wife. Concluded by David Warner.
FRI 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k202)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
When a man is murdered, his blood-covered son stands accused. But the detective has his own theory. Stars Clive Merrison.
FRI 15:45 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World (b00lcltq)
Episode 5
At 40, the Bard meditates on old age. Reconstructing the life, work and era of William Shakespeare, read by Toby Stephens.
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011lcyk)
Mel Giedroyc finds out about the Scottish pupils learning bushcraft skills and we'll hear about the life of the urban chicken. Plus, Just William and another Daily Dalek.
FRI 17:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00776tk)
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FRI 17:30 Snap (b00tnmtj)
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FRI 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8d)
Episode 3
Haensel Sethria warns Elise Judd, and Saul Judd is summoned to meet Selwyn Fist.
Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - and under - Bath.
Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd
Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd
Freddie Jones .... The Scribe
Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife
Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria
Gordon Reid .... Priscus
Michael Stroud .... Stranger
Jonathan Tafler .... Landlord
Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist
John Abineri .... Roman Officer
Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian
Original music composed by Thomas Johnson.
Music realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop)
Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
FRI 18:30 Kurt Vonnegut - The Euphio Question (b0088zh5)
A way of producing and harnessing happiness is revealed when a physicist plays out the sound of dark matter during a local radio programme.
The sound lulls the listeners into a state of euphoria, producing an effect not unlike a large dose of sedative.
The ethical and moral implications of marketing this new found product become evident - as the temptation to make money and control huge numbers of people proves too great.
Kurt Vonnegut's short story is read by Stuart Milligan.
One of the outstanding figures of modern US literature, Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was a cult figure among students in the 1960s and 1970s with his classics of US counterculture.
The bombing of Dresden by allied forces in 1945 was the pivotal moment of his life, which informed his best-known work 'Slaughterhouse Five'.
Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007wwf0)
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FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rvzks)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8)
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FRI 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1v7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 22:00 The News Quiz Extra (b011ld9s)
A new programme for Radio 4 Extra, featuring jokes that you won't have heard in this week's News Quiz, some clips from the archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material.
FRI 22:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b007jmzw)
Series 1
Normal Death
Steven sells his soul to the Devil in the hope of securing eternal life.
The main side effect is that he becomes rather like a certain Hollywood icon
Starring Mark Perry as cartoonist Steven Appleby who takes an abnormal look at everyday life.
Featuring Rachel Atkins, Ewan Bailey, Nigel Betts and Rosalind Paul.
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001
FRI 23:00 What's So Funny? (b011lb9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 23:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00mzvfq)
A Loft
Alexei Sayle writes and stars in the comedy about life, love and not living together. With Siobhan Redmond. From October 1999.