SATURDAY 04 JUNE 2011

SAT 00:00 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.
SAT 00:30 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.
SAT 01:00 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.
SAT 01:30 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.
SAT 02:00 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.
SAT 02:30 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.
SAT 03:00 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.
SAT 03:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011lb9s)
Series 1, Episodes 17-18
Jamie's got money troubles, while Fallon is all ears.
SAT 04:00 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.
SAT 05:00 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.
SAT 05:30 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.
SAT 06:00 John Wyndham - The Chrysalids (b00ddx9p)
David appears like a normal boy in a world paralysed by genetic mutation, until he learns he's different. Stars Spencer Banks.
SAT 07:30 What's So Funny? (b011lb9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today]
SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011p0dm)
Series 6
Episode 28
From Illinois, the American funny man welcomes legendary singer-songwriter John Prine and singer Andra Suchy. From 2010.
SAT 09:00 Take It From June (b011p0j2)
Comedy legend June Whitfield talks to radio drama director Enyd Williams about her amazing career in BBC radio - spanning over 60 years. Though June is a star of BBC TV, from Absolutely Fabulous to Terry and June, radio remains June's true love.
June picks some of her very favourite performances - as we journey with her from her big break on radio, joining the team of Take it From Here in 1953, to working with comedy greats like Ronnie Barker, Frankie Howerd and Bob Monkhouse - to playing Mrs Thatcher on Radio 2’s The News Huddlines - and being cast as Radio 4's Miss Marple, by drama director Enyd Williams:
*Take it From Here
From 24/04/1957
Can Mr Glum stop Ron and Eth marrying in a court of law? Stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From April 1957.
*Crowther's Crowd
From 07/12/1963
Comedy sketches at the ready with June Whitfield, Ronnie Barker and Leslie Crowther. From December 1963.
*The Frankie Howerd Show
From 07/01/1966
Titters galore from the comedy legend, with June Whitfield, Wallas Eaton and Robertson Hare. From August 1966.
*Punch Line
From 21/05/1980
Can the stars come up with just the right punch line? Starring June Whitfield, Kenneth Connor and Bob Monkhouse. From May 1980.
*The News Huddlines
19/10/2000
Roy Hudd's topical sketch show that ran for 26 years on BBC Radio 2. With June Whitfield and Chris Emmett. From October 2000.
*Murder At The Vicarage
From 28/12/1993
The amateur sleuth looks into the Colonel's murder in the vicar's study. Agatha Christie's thriller stars June Whitfield.
Produced by Peter McHugh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2011
SAT 12:00 Once More With Feeling: Omnibus (b011p0n5)
Twenty five years after being sacked from his band, Les Bone is going back on the road. Stars Paul Copley and Belinda Everett.
SAT 13:10 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.
SAT 13:15 Baldi (b0080483)
Series 1
Devil Take the Hindmost
Crime-solving priest Paolo Baldi investigates the death of a student on campus, following the trail to an arrogant clique that dabbled in the occult. Is there a rational explanation, or was the Devil really involved?
Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Gerard McSorley as Doctor Graham, Owen Roe as Superintendent Rynne and Margaret D'Arcy as Mrs Reid.
Murder mystery written by Annie Caulfield.
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 (b007k4c2)
Series 5
The Canal
Back home after 43 years, why must Neddie Seagoon never go near the oily waters again?

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

Special guest: Valentine Dyall

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 November 1954.
SAT 14:30 Dad's Army (b007jsg2)
Series 1
Battle School
The Walmington-on-Sea platoon is off to a weekend training camp - subject to Captain Mainwaring and his map...
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
Major Smith …. SJack Watson
Captain Rodrigues …. Alan Tilvern
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in April 1974.
SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011p0dm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 John Wyndham - The Chrysalids (b00ddx9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b011lb9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today]
SAT 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jnhf)
To My Dear, Dear Saladin
Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale of a cat - and its unusual inheritance.
To Emily, Great Aunt Hesta leaves her entire fortune, including her home, Longbridge Manor.
To her beloved cat, Saladin, she bequeaths continuing life on the estate. But Emily's husband, Freddie has other ideas and dearly pays the price...
Starring Edward Woodward as Freddie, Annette Crosbie as Emily, Steve Hodson as Smiley and Lewis Stringer as the Solicitor
Scripted by William Ingram.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.
SAT 18:30 Weird Tales (b00vknmp)
Series 2
Connected
WEIRD TALES: Connected
By Melissa Murray
Hoarder of horror Lovecraft returns for a new series to share more of his chilling tales.
When her brother-in-law is killed in a car crash, Steph is overcome with sadness. One day, feeling maudlin, she rings his mobile number. She just wants to hear his voice really. The next day he rings her back...
Steph ..... Fiona Glascott
Ray ..... Joseph Kloska
Jamie ..... Piers Wehner
Lovecraft ..... Stephen Hogan
Mother ..... Kate Layden
Jan / Flight Attendant ..... Melissa Advani
Passenger ..... Ewan Hooper
Shop Assistant ..... Rhys Jennings
Passerby ..... John Biggins
Passerby 2 / Estate Agent ..... Tessa Nicholson
Directed by Mary Peate
Introduced by the mysterious H.P. Lovecraft, Weird Tales is a series of three chilling and intimate plays for the late night slot on Radio 4.
Drawing the audience into a claustrophobic and disturbing world, the plays set out to explore the characters' deepest fears and torments. The series will concentrate on the psychological element of the horror genre stirring the imagination of the listener.
One hundred years ago, H.P. Lovecraft created The Necronomicon, a grimoire of lost souls, magical rites and forbidden lore. Locked away, he is after new stories, new blood, to add to his collection. From ghosts to demons, the plays draw the audience into a claustrophobic and disturbing world, exploring the audience's deepest fears and neuroses.
SAT 19:00 Take It From June (b011p0j2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Definite Article (b00gky8n)
Episode 2
Pavlov, the Big Bang and Latin. More from the inimitable comedian's performance at London's Shaftesbury Theatre. From 1995.
SAT 23:00 Craig Russell - Lennox (b011p4q2)
Episode 3
Who ordered the hit on Tam McGahern? Is the missing person case connected? The private eye investigates. Read by Grant O'Rourke.
SAT 23:30 Scandinavian Chiller (b011p4q4)
Hakan Nesser - Woman With Birthmark
Episode 5
Inspector Van Veeteren pieces together a woman's past to help understand a serial killer. Read by Michael Maloney.


SUNDAY 05 JUNE 2011

SUN 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jnhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Weird Tales (b00vknmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011p0dm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Once More With Feeling: Omnibus (b011p0n5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:10 Chain Gang (b00mz47s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Baldi (b0080483)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 John Wyndham - The Chrysalids (b00ddx9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b011lb9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011pjsw)
Omnibus, Part One
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 narrated by Maureen Beattie.
Colonel Hargrave's sexual advances are too much for Laura - and she places her suitor on a two-year probation.
Omnibus of the first five of ten parts dramatised by Gerda Stevenson.
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.
SUN 07:10 Chain Gang (b00n3mhn)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone
Episode 2
All is not what it seems for honeymooners Brian and Susan. Hear how our listeners took charge and began to shape the story.
SUN 07:15 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.
SUN 07:30 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
SUN 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k4c2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]
SUN 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jsg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]
SUN 09:00 Catherine Fisher - Incarceron (b011pkp9)
Episode 1
In a dystopian future, two teenagers trapped in different worlds make contact via a magical crystal key. Stars Joshua Jenkins.
SUN 09:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rl8kn)
Episode 3
Mary finds the source of the mysterious crying that haunts the house. Frances Hodgson Burnett's story with Harriet Walter.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011pksg)
Joss Ackland
Kirsty Young presents gems from the Desert Island Discs archive. In the fifth of our series featuring the castaway choices of actors, we hear from Joss Ackland from 2001.
SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b011pnrg)
Sir Bob Geldof
The musician and campaigner talks about his career, and finding inspiration for songs, in conversation with John Wilson.
SUN 11:00 Nick Warburton - The Inspection (b011pnrj)
Roy dislikes his nice new school jacket so much that losing it becomes a mission. Read by Christian Rodska.
SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011lb9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
SUN 11:45 Enid Bagnold - The Amorous Ghost (b00m9jbl)
Mr Templeman's wife is away, but it seems someone is sleeping in her nightgowns. Read by Paul Daneman.
SUN 12:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011pjsw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:10 Chain Gang (b00n3mhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]
SUN 13:15 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007jwv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011j6lq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 14:00 Snap (b00tnmtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:30 on Saturday]
SUN 14:30 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.
SUN 15:00 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.
SUN 15:30 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.
SUN 16:00 Catherine Fisher - Incarceron (b011pkp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 16:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rl8kn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011p0dm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 18:00 Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (b007jptw)
Episode 1
Classic dark tale of a young scientist's monstrous attempts to discover the secrets of creating life. Stars Michael Maloney. From October 1994.
SUN 19:00 Nick Warburton - The Inspection (b011pnrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011lb9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
SUN 19:45 Enid Bagnold - The Amorous Ghost (b00m9jbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]
SUN 20:00 The Goon Show (b007k4c2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]
SUN 20:30 Dad's Army (b007jsg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011pksg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews (b011pnrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today]
SUN 22:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011j6lq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jps7)
Series 2
Beware the Ides of Masterson
The award-winning improvised historical comedy series returns with a story of intrigue, terror, tyrants and togas set in ancient Rome.
Based entirely on audience suggestions.
Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin.
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994.
SUN 23:00 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00dy51z)
Cities and Laws
What are the flaws in the urban democratic system?
Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation, Chris Addison explains exactly what we need to create a new one.
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 (b00ly7c2)
Series 1
Dry Wit
Friendless, jobless Angus writes a requiem to himself. He is really a genius, you know
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 06 JUNE 2011

MON 00:00 Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (b007jptw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011pksg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b011pnrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Nick Warburton - The Inspection (b011pnrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011lb9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
MON 02:45 Enid Bagnold - The Amorous Ghost (b00m9jbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Snap (b00tnmtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:30 on Saturday]
MON 03:30 Yes Minister (b007jmj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s3bcz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 Round the Horne (b007jlnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Catherine Fisher - Incarceron (b011pkp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rl8kn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
Whip Hand
1. Swindler
Disabled ex-champion jumping jockey turned investigator Sid Halley faces a daunting treble:
* Guard the Guineas favourite
* Investigate a dubious racing syndicate
* Find the man who's swindled his ex-wife.
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing stars Mick Ford.
Dramatised in five parts by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
George Caspar ...... Alan Devereux
Unwin ...... David Vann
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Jenny ...... Petra Markha
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Other parts played by Susan Sheridan and David Neal.
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
MON 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ppfg)
Series 2
5. The Wizard of Evesham
Agatha is alarmed when her new wizard of a hairdresser seems keen to take care of more than just her split ends.
She soon discovers that everyone in his salon has a secret and that he practises a very dark magic indeed...
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 Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy
Mrs Wendle ...... Tina Gray
John Orlando ...... John Cummins
Bobby ...... Matthew Carter
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio in November 2005.
MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b00gddtk)
Series 2
Episode 4
After "overhearing" that Reverend Hawthorne is leaving Ballylenon for a larger congregation, telephone operator Vera McConkey loses no time in communicating the good news to the local newspaper, The Vindicator.
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.
Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine McCartney as Vivienne Boal, John Hewitt as Guard Gallagher, Charlie Bonnar as Packy McGoldrick, Ciara McKeown as Josie Doherty and Gerard Murphy as Rev Samuel Hawthorne.
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 (b011ppnl)
Series 2
Plastic Surgery and Natural Disasters
Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in, discussing cosmetic surgery and other disasters. Stars Rhys Thomas and Harry Enfield. From February 2007.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jlqv)
Series 3
Episode 2
Kenneth Horne crosses swords in 'The Three Musketeers' and thanks to Julian and Sandy, 'Bona Law' handles his briefs.
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 (b011ppvg)
Series 7
Episode 10
Gooseberries and Centurion tanks in Arthur Price's shopping news.
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 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007js4t)
Series 1
Episode 1
An Everyday Story of Towering Genius.
Sue Limb’s four-part soap opera set in and around the Lake District at the turn of the 18th century
Dorothy is worried about William. Stinking Iris concocts herbal remedies. The Leechpedlar delivers a letter and Samuel Tailor Cholericke arrives....
Dorothy Wordsmith ...... Denise Coffey
William Wordsmith ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Samuel Tailor Cholericke ...... Simon Callow
Stinking Iris ...... Miriam Margolyes
The Leechpedlar ...... Chris Emmett
Music by Stephen Oliver and sung by Cantabile
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1985.
MON 09:30 The Party Line (b00srkfv)
Series 1
Episode 3
MP Duncan Stonebridge gets all wound up about a wind farm. Topical sitcom by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From June 2005.
MON 10:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011ppyc)
Series 2
6. ' I've finally found what I'm looking for...'
"Bullying at work - a trapeze artist who's been pushed off her perch"
"I've finally found what I'm looking for...Terry, it's you!"
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
Judy ...... Anna Crilly
Evan ...... Elis James
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 (b00d0sj4)
Series 2
David Blunkett
The politician takes Wendy Robbins to the boarding schools for the blind that he attended as a child. From August 2008.
MON 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1w3)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Episode 3
Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic novel.
George Smiley, called back from retirement, is reaching the end of his hunt to find the mole he believes is tearing the British Secret Intelligence Service apart.
George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor
Control ...... John Rowe
Peter Guillam ...... Ewan Bailey
Jim Prideaux ...... Anthony Calf
Mendel ...... Kenneth Cranham
Magyar ...... Peter Majer
Ricki Tarr ...... Jamie Foreman
Toby Esterhase ...... Sam Dale
Bill Haydon ...... Michael Feast
Karla ...... Philip Fox
Polyakov ...... Stephen Greif
Steve Mackelvore ...... Piers Wehner
Mrs McCraig ...... Kate Layden
Bill Roach ...... Ryan Watson.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jlqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Just a Minute (b011j7vh)
Series 60
Episode 3
It's the panel game that rewards chatterboxes but only if they don't repeat themselves, hesitate or deviate from the subject given to them by chairman Nicholas Parsons.
Today's show sees Stephen Fry describing How to Clean a Chandelier, Sue Perkins revealing her violent style of Weeding, Paul Merton sharing all he knows about Aristotle and new girl Fi Glover describing The Best Sort of Babysitter.
MON 13:00 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ppfg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011pq1x)
Penniless
After her father's death Laura, now penniless, is taken in by her Aunt Lady Pelham.
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
Lady Pelham ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman Hill
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Harrington ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Maid ...... Emma Wooliams
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 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007jwv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday]
MON 14:30 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l69cv)
Eternity
Brother Guy Consalmagno examines ideas about the future of the universe. Is it immortal - or will it vanish and start anew?
MON 14:45 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm27)
Episode 1
1630s Amsterdam: Artist Jan Van Loos falls for his married subject...
Deborah Moggach's bestselling story of passion set during 17th century Holland's tulip mania.
Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
First published in 1999. Abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Producer: Sarah Johnson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
MON 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k21c)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Five Orange Pips
After receiving a violent death threat letter, Colonel Elias Openshaw calls on the Baker Street detective. Stars Clive Merrison.
MON 15:45 Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales (b00st03f)
Episode 1
Born into a theatrical family, the author celebrates the highs, lows and hilarities of a lifetime in the acting profession.
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011psb4)
Mel's back with a new story, The Ruby in The Smoke. Plus Michael Caine.
MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b00gddtk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 Down the Line (b011ppnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8q)
Episode 4
Saul learns the truth about Stonehenge and the fear-instilling Gibson Room, and two cavers push too deep.
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
Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist
Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst
Jonathan Tafler .... Alan
Steve Woodward .... Martin
Katy Carmichael .... Tracky
Jonathan Adams .... Optician
Cornelius Garrett .... Newsreader
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.
MON 18:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vkxxk)
Episode 1
High in the Antarctic, a team of scientists make an unexpected discovery. HP Lovecraft's tale of terror read by Richard Coyle.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jlqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011ppvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ppfg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1w3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b011j7vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 22:30 Mark Tavener - Absolute Power (b007nf8w)
Series 1
Episode 2
Prentis McCabe - the machiavellian doctors of spin - attempt the impossible.
Can they relaunch The Sun newspaper as the beacon of the pro Euro movement while retaining the newspaper's traditional readership nurtured on a healthy diet of extreme xenophobia?
Mark Tavener's comedy about the two specialists in government and media relations.
Starring Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss and John Bird as Martin McCabe.
With:
Tony Gardner
Siobhan Hayes
Roger Blake
Neil McCaul
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.
MON 23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011ppyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tjnmq)
Series 2
Values
Marketing maestro John Weak tries to solve the meeting room crisis with some challenging seduction...
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
Tim ...... Ewan Bailey
Giles ...... Stephen Critchlow
Sam ...... Adjoa Andoh
Music: David Pickvance
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.


TUESDAY 07 JUNE 2011

TUE 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vkxxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ppfg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007js4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b00srkfv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011ppyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00d0sj4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1w3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b00gddtk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Down the Line (b011ppnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
Whip Hand
2. Hide Out
When the favourite for the Newmarket 2000 Guineas was nobbled, why was Sid Halley hiding out in Paris?
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing stars Mick Ford.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
George Caspar ...... Alan Devereux
Unwin ...... David Vann
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Jenny ...... Petra Markha
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Martin England ...... Christopher England
Other parts played by Susan Sheridan and David Neal.
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
TUE 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011pv6k)
Series 2
6. The Moment of Truth
Agatha must quickly discover the identity of the poisoner, but James is refusing to help.
Has he really ceased to care for her?
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 Wendle ...... Tina Gray
Eve ...... Fay Rusling
Bobby ...... Matthew Carter
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio in November 2005.
TUE 07:00 The World As We Know It (b00fy2qt)
Donna's Leaving Do
The Stranger revealed that the doomsday device was activated by someone inside the house.
Donna thinks it may be time to start afresh somewhere else. But would she really go and will they discover what really caused the end of the world?
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 (b011pv6m)
Series 3
Episode 1
Celebrity eaters choose 'Desert Island Biscs'. Radio's posh paper tells all. With Alexander Armstrong. From September 2001.
TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b011pw50)
From 31/12/1953
A butler's upstairs wrangles, and Eth finally gets a ring on her finger in The Glums. Stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From December 1953.
TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g2)
Series 2
Become a Rock Star The Burkiss Way
Starting at the end, this show is brought to you in reverse order.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living - radio's Funky Correspondence Course.
With heavy sounds from Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris.
Meaningful words from Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
With producer Simon Brett getting it all together.
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1977.
TUE 09:00 1834 (b011pw52)
Dentists and Lovers
Ned needs root canal work, but 21st-century Jason needs lessons in 19th-century courting.
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 July 2003.
TUE 09:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s5xtl)
Series 2
The Bonfire of the Sanities
Salvatore has returned to Monte Guano with a peasant crowd of bretheren and sisteren, bent on making his family throw their wordly goods to a Bonfire of the Vanities.
Desperate for him to take his rantings elsewhere, Plethora hatches a devious plan...
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, Paul Bigley as Alessandro, Nick Romero as Salvatore, Chris Kelham as Guido and Kim Wall as Father Ignazio.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.
TUE 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b011pw54)
Series 1
Episode 19
Chaz is hot on the trail of a missing student, and Jamie's running out of patience.
TUE 10:15 Nick Warburton - The Inspection (b011pnrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
TUE 10:30 It's a Funny Business (b011pw56)
Tom O'Connor
Finding fame via TV's Opportunity Knocks, the teacher-turned-comic relives humorous career moments with Mike Craig. From January 1986.
TUE 11:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsvj)
Calf Love
The last novel from the author of Cranford finds Molly faced with spending time away from Papa. Starring Tom Wilkinson.
TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b011pw50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Clare in the Community (b00stq0j)
Series 6
In The Dog House
Clare is entranced by a dog that follows her into work. Brian is less entranced. However, the dog comes in useful when there's a bump in the night.
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/Tamzin ..... Liza Tarbuck
Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti
Libby ..... Jess Robinson
Clerk/WPC ..... Alex Tregear
Jonathan/Burglar ..... Paterson Joseph
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
TUE 13:00 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011pv6k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011pwwn)
Choices
De Courcy has fallen completely for Laura, but fears that she is still in love with Hargrave.
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
Lady Pelham ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman Hill
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Harriet ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b011pw54)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 14:30 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l6gdy)
The Big Crunch
Will the universe implode or will it contract and expand? Vatican Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno investigates.
TUE 14:45 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm2s)
Episode 2
As tulip mania grips Amsterdam, Sophia's attraction to Jan increases. Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
TUE 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k241)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Man With the Twisted Lip
Trailing a missing man, the detective enters one of London's vilest opium dens. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
TUE 15:45 Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales (b00st5bg)
Episode 2
As the jobs start to arrive, the actress recalls the day she danced with American Senator Jack Kennedy.
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011px72)
Another chapter of The Ruby in the Smoke, and hear how Christine Bleakley got her job.
TUE 17:00 The World As We Know It (b00fy2qt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 The Sunday Format (b011pv6m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js93)
Episode 5
Saul and Elise make a grim discovery in the nursing home.
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
Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist
Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst
Katy Carmichael .... Tracky
Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria
Bill Bellamy .... Leaflet Man
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.
TUE 18:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vl2hh)
Episode 2
A grisly discovery at Professor Lake's camp sparks a perilous two-man flight over monstrous mountains. Read by Richard Coyle.
TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b011pw50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011pv6k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Clare in the Community (b00stq0j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Vent (b00t2crk)
Series 1
Switching Off
Ben's doctors wonder if lying in a coma might be making him depressed and they send in the hospital psychiatrist to see him. This has a surprising effect on Ben, Mary and Mum.
Meanwhile Ben's unconscious mind takes him back to his previous experience of therapy - having a row with Mary about their marriage guidance counsellor.
Dark sitcom written by Nigel Smith.
Starring Neil Pearson as Ben Smith, Fiona Allen as Mary, Josie Lawrence as Mum and Leslie Ash as Blitzkrieg.
With Mark Perry, Dave Lamb, Jo Martin, Lucy Montgomery and Nicola Walker.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b007k44m)
Series 2
Our Man In Berkhamsted
Embittered writer Ed's got a dental dilemma and is ranting over a literary festival.
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
Philip Jackson
John Fortune
Rita May
Geoffrey McGivern
Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Sally Grace
Geoffrey Whitehead
Dan Tetsell
Alice Lowe
Simon Greenall
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
TUE 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007w45v)
Comedian's Moon
Stephen Tompkinson plays a young man who gets bitten by the comedy bug - with terrifying results. From November 1991.


WEDNESDAY 08 JUNE 2011

WED 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vl2hh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011pv6k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 1834 (b011pw52)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s5xtl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b011pw54)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:15 Nick Warburton - The Inspection (b011pnrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
WED 03:30 It's a Funny Business (b011pw56)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 The World As We Know It (b00fy2qt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Sunday Format (b011pv6m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
Whip Hand
3. Threats
Determined Sid Halley returns to England determined to overcome threats made against him by a gang of racecourse dopers.
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing stars Mick Ford.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
Unwin ...... David Vann
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Jenny ...... Petra Markha
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Rammileese ...... Andy Hockley
Mark Rammileese ...... Philip Molloy
John Viking ...... James Simmonds
Ullaston ...... Geoff Serle
Other parts played by David Neal.
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
WED 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011q9fr)
Series 3
The Murderous Marriage
After pursuing him for nearly four years, Cotswold sleuth Agatha Raisin is finally set to marry James Lacey, the handsome Colonel next door.
But there's just one little problem.
Starring Penelope Keith as Agatha Raisin, Malcolm Sinclair as James Lacey, Liza Sadovy as Mrs Bloxby and Stephen Hogan as DC Wong.
Dramatised by David Semple from the novel by MC Beaton
Producer Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
WED 07:00 Life in London (b011q9fw)
High and Low Life
Pierce Egan is reduced to pawning himself.
He talks his way out of this bind by relating the adventures of Tom, Bob and Jerry as they drink with the lower orders in the East End, dance with high society up West and attend a masquerade, where Jerry is smitten by a serial seductress...
Starring Greg Wise and Mark Gatiss.
Pierce Egan’s 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell.
Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern
Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise
Pickpocket .... Neil Edmond
Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss
With James Bachman, Neil Edmond, Morwenna Banks, Giles Taylor and Alys Torrance.
Original music by Ben Walker
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
WED 07:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fwz6f)
Series 2
Episode 4
Sacre bleu! The comic is knocked over at the Cannes Film Festival and his life flashes before his eyes. From November 1999.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jph6)
Series 6
The Gourmet
The lad thinks he's a connoisseur of food, so Sid enters him in an eating competition.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell and Hugh Morton.
Special guest star: BBC sports commentator, Ray Glendenning.
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 (b007jlgh)
Series 1
Jobs for the Boys
As Sir Humphrey warns on Public-Private Partnership, MP Jim Hacker learns it takes two to Quango.
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 Desmond ...... Richard Vernon
Joe Morgan ...... Richard Davies
George ...... Arthur Cox
Conway ...... Kerry Francis
Himself ...... Gordon Clough
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983.
WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv2q)
Series 2
Episode 3
A seven foot squirrel drives ad man Ken Handley nuts, but can some face cream help?
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
Leo Gale ...... Glyn Owen
Christina ...... Jo Manning Wilson
Receptionist ...... Maggie McCarthy
George ...... Peter Tuddenham
With Joss Ackland, James Griffiths, John Shrapnel, Imelda Staunton 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 (b011q9g8)
Humphrey Lyttelton's comedy panel game with Stephen Fry, Willie Rushton, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer. From September 1986.
WED 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011pksg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
WED 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b011pnrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
WED 11:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsvt)
A Crisis
The prospect of a stepmother looms large on Molly's horizon. Starring Tom Wilkinson and Kathryn Hurlbutt.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jph6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Party (b011jrmq)
Series 2
All Publicity Is Good Publicity
The young aspiring politicians of the new political Party attempt to step up a gear and get the recognition and publicity they deserve.
All they need to do is sort out the diversity of their group first.
Second series of Tom Basden's satirical comedy.
Simon ...... Tom Basden
Duncan ...... Tim Key
Jared ...... Jonny Sweet
Mel ...... Ann Crilly
Phoebe ...... Katy Wix
Photographer ...... Jane Wittenshaw
Producer - Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
WED 13:00 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011q9fr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011q9gg)
A Request
Laura learns more about Hargrave's conduct and receives a request from De Courcy. But will she accept?
Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised 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
Lady Pelham ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman Hill
Harriet ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Mrs Hargrave ...... Phyllida Law
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
WED 14:15 Enid Bagnold - The Amorous Ghost (b00m9jbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]
WED 14:30 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l6txt)
The Bouncing Universe
Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno thinks ahead to a post-human future and back to some ancient beliefs.
WED 14:45 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm38)
Episode 3
Jan and Sophia's attraction to each other is overwhelming, but can it stay secret? Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
WED 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k25c)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Blue Carbuncle
The detective must solve a case where the only clues are a Christmas goose and a hat. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
WED 15:45 Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales (b00stqkz)
Episode 3
Reading from her memoirs of a lifetime in acting, the actress recalls her fame generated by the notorious film 'Peeping Tom'.
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011qdpb)
Mel Giedroyc introduces Alexei Sayle, the number seven, and Dickensian London.
WED 17:00 Life in London (b011q9fw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fwz6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js9x)
Episode 6
On the day of the festival, Saul and the Guardians prepare to fight.
Conclusion of 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
Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist
Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst
Katy Carmichael .... Tracky
Sam Dastor .... Karim El Hatel
June Barrie .... Chairwoman
Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst
Melanie Hudson .... Patricia Gwent
Geoffrey Collins .... Control
Phillip Manikum .... Punch
Paul Cresswell .... John
John Adams .... 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 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vlq6b)
Episode 3
Dyer and student geologist Danforth discover sprawling evidence of an incredible ancient civilisation. Read by Richard Coyle.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jph6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jlgh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011q9fr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsvt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 22:00 Party (b011jrmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Secret World (b011qdpd)
Series 1
Episode 4
From Steve Wright to Ken Dodd, Jon Culshaw explores the bizarre private lives of famous folk. From May 2009.
WED 23:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k243)
Heart of Skegness
The Honourable Clarence Green becomes more entranced as he listens to a story of a journey into the very darkest part of barbarism.
Starring Jim Broadbent and Matt Frewer.
Star-packed curious and macabre comedy series set in a very exclusive London club.
Written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.
Curtis ...... Jim Broadbent
Johnson ...... Matt Frewer
Captain White ...... Richard Pearson
Green ...... Royce Mills
Mrs Jeves ...... Sheila Steafel
The Boss ...... BillWallis
Bannister ...... Ron Pember
Welch ...... Michael Ripper
Music by Max Harris.
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987.
WED 23:30 Deep Trouble (b00td8tw)
Series 2
Episode 3
A submarine systems failure puts the Goliath crew at the mercy of a drugs baron. Stars Jim Field Smith. From June 2007.


THURSDAY 09 JUNE 2011

THU 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js9x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vlq6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011q9fr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011q9g8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011pksg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
THU 03:50 Front Row Interviews (b011pnrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
THU 04:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsvt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Life in London (b011q9fw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fwz6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
Whip Hand
4. Connections
Sid Halley must probe a link between cauliflowers and pig disease - and the loss of three champion racehorses.
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing stars Mick Ford.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Rammileese ...... Andy Hockley
Ullaston ...... Geoff Serle
Arnadale ...... David Vann
Louise ...... Susan Sheridan
Martin England ...... Christopher England
Other parts played by David Neal.
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
THU 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011qfr6)
Series 3
The Disappearing Trick
With her marriage dreams in tatters, Agatha has the small task of returning all the wedding presents - and the slightly larger one of clearing her name of murder.
Starring Penelope Keith as Agatha Raisin, Malcolm Sinclair as James Lacey, Belinda Lang as Harriet and Liza Sadovy as Mrs Bloxby.
Dramatised by David Semple from the novel by MC Beaton
Producer Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
THU 07:00 The Brothers (b00ntdnr)
Series 2
Episode 2
The two dysfunctional siblings Nigel and Michael win an award. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From October 2005.
THU 07:30 Electric Ink (b011qfr8)
Series 1
Episode 4
The paper hires a reality star as a columnist so Maddox must find a way of rewriting her copy without upsetting her.
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
Debbie ...... Lizzy Watts
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 (b011qfrb)
The Finger of Suspicion
Bumbling bureaucrat Lamb is inconvenienced over collecting the takings from public loos.
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 (b011qgtk)
Series 3
Chase Me, Charlemagne
Who is Erasmus? Why is the last King now a Chancellor? It's all to do with Europe. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From September 1979.
THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009mbjl)
Series 1
Episode 4
Despite their successful comeback tour, Tommy and Sheila aren't in the money.
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, Chris Pavlo, Paul Rogan and Steven Rhodes.
Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.
THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b011qgtp)
From Guernsey - chairman Nicholas Parsons welcomes Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Tony Slattery and Stephen Frost. From March 1999.
THU 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b011qgtr)
Series 1
Episode 20
Is it too little, too late for Jamie? Meanwhile Rhys and Kirsty are plotting again.
THU 10:15 Loose Ends (b011p0fx)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
Clive talks to singer-songwriter k.d. lang. Her ground breaking twenty five year career has see her collect four GRAMMY Awards, a Brit, a VMA and Canada's highest civilian honour, The Order of Canada. With the release of her album Sing It Loud, she joins us on the tail end of her UK tour with her band the Siss Boom Bang.
Although Anthony Horowitz's phenomenally successful Alex Ryder books have come to an end (which persuaded the notoriously difficult market of teenage boys to read), Anthony is no less busy. 81 years after the death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony has written a new Sherlock Holmes book and has penned a new series for ITV1 - 'Injustice' a psychological thriller set in the British legal system.
The explorer Ed Stafford Walked the Amazon, from source to sea, 4000 miles in total and it took him 853 days. So it was a stroll in the park to get himself to the Loose Ends studio and tell us about his adventures.
Rachael Stirling talks to the Fairy Jobmother Hayley Taylor who has her work cut out trying to help the unemployed and seemingly unemployable back to work for her second series on Channel 4.
There's music from the effortlessly inventive, Brit award winning four piece Guillemots, performing their new single 'I Must Be A Lover' from their album Walk the River.
And American bluesman Seasick Steve performs on a variety of customised guitars for his latest album 'You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks'. It could be a 3 String Trace Wonder, a Cigar Box guitar or even one made from a Morris Minor hubcap - which one will it be when he plays 'It's A Long, Long Way' for us in the Loose Ends studio?
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
THU 11:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsw4)
The New Mama
In this novel from the author of Cranford, Molly has to come to terms with her father's betrothed. With Angela Pleasance.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b011qfrb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 It's Your Round (b00yjs4p)
Series 1
Episode 1
It's the comedy panel show with no format!
Find out what hilarity ensues when Rufus Hound, Miles Jupp, Sara Pascoe and Adam Hills do battle in the games that each of them have brought along,
Stand by for "Them Next Door", "What Does My Dad Know?", "Come To Romford!" and "Newspaper Headline or Cryptic Crossword Clue".
All these games are untried, untested and unpredictable so it could all end in disaster. But that's all part of the fun!
Angus Deayton is the host valiantly trying to keep the show together.
Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell
Devised by Benjamin Partridge
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.
THU 13:00 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011qfr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011qjfr)
Turmoil
Laura has agreed to marry De Courcy, but will Hargrave let her? Could danger be lurking?
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
Lady Pelham ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman Hill
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mary ...... Emma Woolliams
Surgeon ...... Stuart McGugan
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b011qgtr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 14:30 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l74f0)
The Big Chill
If the sun and the stars burn themselves out, will any life survive in the darkness? With astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno.
THU 14:45 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm3t)
Episode 4
Sophia must act quickly to stop her affair being revealed to her husband. Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
THU 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k26n)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Speckled Band
After her twin sister dies screaming in terror, a woman seeks the detective's help. Star Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
THU 15:45 Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales (b00sttky)
Episode 4
Reading from her memoirs, the actress recalls Alfred Hitchcock hiring her - and how entering analysis helps with learning lines.
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011qjjk)
Mel Giedroyc explores the history of shoes and meets Europe's last witch.
THU 17:00 The Brothers (b00ntdnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Electric Ink (b011qfr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Last Days of Shandakor (b007k2tj)
Episode 1
An epic space adventure set on Mars. The proud inhabitants of a dying city are determined to go out in style.
THU 18:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vlw5s)
Episode 4
Investigating fantastic ancient structures high in the Antarctic, Dyer and Danforth face pure terror. Read by Richard Coyle.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b011qfrb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Jim the Great (b011qgtk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011qfr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 22:00 It's Your Round (b00yjs4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k425)
Series 2
The Dig
Discover the results of a 'live' archaeology dig and visit a very liberal safari park.
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 (b00cfzrq)
Series 2
Episode 2
Tom tried to get into his mother's good books by helping out at her folk club, but soon finds himself in the doghouse when the band inside his head launch into a jazz number in the middle of her song.
In an attempt to make amends he tries to raise money for the church funds and finds himself taking part in a stand-up comedy competition...
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 April 2003.
THU 23:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b00874qh)
Episode 5
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero's pun-fest features a plant psychiatrist and an amoebic 'Top Gear'.


FRIDAY 10 JUNE 2011

FRI 00:00 Last Days of Shandakor (b007k2tj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vlw5s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011qfr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009mbjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b011qgtp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b011qgtr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:15 Loose Ends (b011p0fx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Brothers (b00ntdnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Electric Ink (b011qfr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Dick Francis (b011qm8r)
Whip Hand
5. The Finish
Sid Halley believes he knows the truth behind the doping and phoney racing syndicates, but dare he reveal it?
Mick Ford stars in the conclusion of Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Rammileese ...... Andy Hockley
Ullaston ...... Geoff Serle
Jenny ...... Petra Markham
Mark Rammileese ...... Philip Molloy
George Casper ...... Alan Devereux
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
FRI 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011qm8t)
Series 3
The Terrible Tourist
Now that their marriage plans have collapsed, Agatha is furious to discover that James is taking a holiday on the island where they were supposed to honeymoon together. But when she sets out in pursuit of him, she stumbles upon another murder.
Starring Penelope Keith as Agatha Raisin, Malcolm Sinclair as James Lacey, Caroline Harker as Olivia and George Layton as Sam.
Dramatised by David Semple from the novel by MC Beaton
Producer Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
FRI 07:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b007773d)
The Bronte Sisters and How They Done Their Novels
The National Theatre of Brent illuminate the lives of siblings Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Stars Patrick Barlow. From April 2007.
FRI 07:30 Snap (b00tqqjc)
Series 2
Episode 2
Kaz is having problems at school and wants her dad to have a firm talk with her PE teacher from hell.
Meanwhile, Molly’s concerned about Dawn who’s concerned about Raymond. Is he having an affair?
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 (b007xwmb)
Series 3
Johnson's Birthday
'Fatso' Johnson is in hiding on his birthday, but the attention of the crew of HMS Troutbridge is diverted when they find a treasure map.

The show was recorded before an audience of officers and ratings (and family) from real-life frigate HMS Troubridge from which Troutbridge was derived.

Starring Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Tenniel Evans as Sir Willoughby Todhunter-Brown, Heather Chasen as Lady Todhunter-Brown and Michael Bates as Lieutenant Bates.

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 (b00rzkyb)
Series 1
Wallah, Wallah, Catsmeat
The rag and bone business falters when Hercules the horse needs a vet.
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
The Vet ...... Eric Woodburn
Lionel ...... Leslie Dwyer
Charlie ...... Peter Hawkins.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1966.
FRI 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00cfsz9)
Series 1
Tactics
It's the semi-final of the Frewitt Cup, but Father Benedict's tactics manual falls into enemy hands.
Robert Patterson knows that victory will come only with the help of the Angel of the Lord.
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 Gordon Reid as Mr Plant,
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993.
FRI 09:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lngwd)
Series 1
Episode 5
Vic Reeves hosts, as Paul Whitehouse, Michael McIntyre, Lucy Porter and Andy Parsons answer audience questions. From July 2007.
FRI 10:00 What's So Funny? (b011qm8w)
Series 1
Episode 10
Rufus Hound and guests with news, reviews and previews of what's happening in comedy this week.
FRI 10:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011qm8y)
Series 1, Episodes 19-20
Chaz is hot on the trail of a missing student, and Jamie's running out of patience.
FRI 11:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jswc)
Mr Osborne Hamley's Secret
Molly overhears some shocking information regarding the Squire's son. From the author of Cranford. Starring Kathryn Hurlbutt.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007xwmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The News Quiz (b011jx7l)
Series 74
Episode 8
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With Rory Bremner, Jeremy Hardy, Mark Steel and Fred Macaulay.
FRI 13:00 Dick Francis (b011qm8r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011qm8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011qm90)
Kidnapped
Kidnapped by the love-crazed Hargrave, Laura will inherit a fortune - if she agrees to marry him...
Conclusion of Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised by Gerda Stevenson.
In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can Laura Montreville choose wisely between passion and virtue?
Narrated by Maureen Beattie
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Mrs Falkland ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Dougalas ...... Phyllida Law
Annie ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Mary ...... Emma Woolliams
Robert ...... Stuart McGugan
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
FRI 14:15 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x3)
Stories by Anton Chekhov
An Incident
Two children, two pets, one stranger. Then a small domestic disaster. Alistair McGowan reads a tale from the Russian master.
FRI 14:30 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l7mm6)
Death by Industrial Accident
The Earth could be habitable for another three billion years. Is there time to escape? Guy Consolmagno investigates.
FRI 14:45 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm4d)
Episode 5
Can Sophia's plan fool her husband and keep her affair a secret? Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
FRI 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k27y)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Engineer's Thumb
A young man with severe injuries and a chilling tale arrives at Watson's surgery. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
FRI 15:45 Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales (b00svcbl)
Episode 5
Concluding her memoirs, the actress recalls her leading role in 'Hotel du Lac' - and a lavish cake presented at a party.
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011qm92)
Mel Giedroyc discovers what happens to your body when you're 'afraid'!
FRI 17:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b007773d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Snap (b00tqqjc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Last Days of Shandakor (b007k30c)
Episode 2
Fear turns to admiration, as anthropologist Jon learns about his alien captors. Nathan Osgood reads Leigh Brackett's adventure.
FRI 18:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vnf09)
Episode 5
Battling in the Antarctic, can Dyer and Danforth escape with their lives? Richard Coyle concludes HP Lovecraft's tale of terror.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007xwmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rzkyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Dick Francis (b011qm8r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011qm8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jswc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 22:00 The News Quiz Extra (b011qm94)
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 (b007jn0b)
Series 1
Normal Science
Cartoonist Steven sets out to prove that science will eventually make the natural world, humans included, entirely redundant.
Starring Mark Perry as cartoonist Steven Appleby who takes an abnormal look at everyday life.
Steven ...... Paul McCrink
Mum ...... Rosalind Paul
Lauren Maroon ...... Rachel Atkins
Mr Two ...... Ewan Bailey
Dad ...... Nigel Betts
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
FRI 23:00 What's So Funny? (b011qm8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 23:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00n4gmx)
A Airport
Andy and Julie honeymoon at Heathrow. Alexei Sayle's quirky couples comedy, with Siobhan Redmond. From October 1999.