SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2011

SAT 00:00 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.
SAT 00:30 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.
SAT 01:00 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.
SAT 01:30 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.
SAT 02:00 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.
SAT 02:30 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.
SAT 03:00 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.
SAT 03:30 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.
SAT 04:00 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.
SAT 05:00 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.
SAT 05:30 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.
SAT 06:00 Neville Watchurst - A Vital Flaw (b00mj27x)
Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler has a serious health problem and Dr Felix Kersten is summoned to treat him.
So successful is he that Himmler's dependency on him is established and when war breaks out Kersten is faced with an impossible dilemma.
John Duttine and Martin Jarivs star in Neville Watchurst's drama - a truthful account of a relationship which developed in Germany both before and during the Second World War.
Heinrich Himmler ...... John Duttine
Dr Felix Kersten ...... Martin Jarvis
Rudolf Brandt ...... Christopher Ravenscroft
Irmgard ...... Louise Jameson
Rostery ...... Norman Bird
Bernadotte ...... Peter Harding
Hewitt ...... David Monico
Poh ...... Dominic Letts
Koch ...... Michael Onslow
Jacobseb ...... Malcolm Ward
Kivimaeki ...... John Baddeley
Kaltenbrummer ...... Gareth Armstrong
Music composed by Anthea Gomez.
Directed by Sue Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1994
SAT 07:30 What's So Funny? (b011qm8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today]
SAT 08:00 An Hour With Johnners (b008jw8h)
Much-loved cricket commentator Brian Johnston performs his hilarious one-man show in front of a sell-out audience at London's Richmond Theatre.
Recorded on the 21st November 1993, he sparks gales of laughter with anecdotes about his early life at Oxford, in the Guards and his BBC career, including behind-the-scenes tales of 'In Town Tonight', 'Down Your Way' and 'Test Match Special'. Talking about fellow broadcasters like John Snagge, John Arlott and Fred Trueman, Brian reveals many of their gaffes and mistakes, plus his very own 'Leg Over' incident, when he and Jonathan Agnew had a fit of the giggles.
Sadly this was to be Brian's final recording. Ten days later he suffered a major heart attack and died aged 81 on 5th January 1994. The Prime Minister, John Major, said: 'Summers will never be the same.'
Brian Johnston had always wanted to go on the stage but after Eton and Oxford he was persuaded to join the family coffee business in the City. During the war, he served in the Grenadier Guards, then joined the BBC Outside Broadcasts Department in 1946. For the next 48 years he commentated on everything from the funeral of King George VI to the annual Boat Race. He became the first BBC Cricket Correspondent and also presented 733 editions of 'Down Your Way' for the BBC Home Service and Radio 4.
Brian's eldest son Barry Johnston introduces this programme and also produced the original concert recording.
SAT 09:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b011tsc5)
Extra Strong - Count Arthur Speaks! Mint Extracts
Can it be true? Yes, famed memory man, treader of the boards and gourmand of corner shops Count Arthur Strong allows Mark Radcliffe to probe deeply into his past career and deeds, with a selection of episodes from his life.
The variety star opens up as never before - his childhood, his early forays into show business, his army days, the lack of hot soup in France, and what happened when he owned a barge with Stan Stennett and Roy Walker.
A blistering, some-holds-barred tell-all straight from the mouth of the horse himself. Learn, definitively, how he became a Count.
Asking the probing questions is Radio 2 & 6 Music DJ Mark Radcliffe (Mark and Lard), and he knows where the skeletons are hidden - he produced Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show.
It features a selection of the finest episodes from Radio 4's Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show, the comic creation of Steve Delaney.
SAT 12:00 Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper Omnibus (b011tsc7)
Tom is a groom on a country estate, but his life is changed when his master buys two half-dead elephants. Stars Stuart McLoughlin.
SAT 13:10 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.
SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007jlm8)
Series 2
Three in One
The crime-solving priest goes horse racing and uncovers the 'SP' on an ex-jockey's murder. Starring David Threlfall.
SAT 14:00 The Goon Show (b007k4l1)
Series 5
Lurgi Strikes Britain
Doctor Seagoon is dispatched to tackle a curious contagious epidemic disease.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.

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 November 1954.
SAT 14:30 Dad's Army (b007jlw7)
Series 1
Under Fire
On fire-watch with Godfrey, Frazer thinks a local resident of Walmington-on-Sea is signalling to the enemy...
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 Frazer …. John Laurie
Colonel Square …. Geoffrey Lumsden
Mrs Keene …. Avril Angose
Murphy …. David Goodison
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in April 1974.
SAT 15:00 An Hour With Johnners (b008jw8h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Neville Watchurst - A Vital Flaw (b00mj27x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b011qm8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today]
SAT 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmqz)
Is There Anybody There?
Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale set in discrete suburbia - home to medium and clairvoyant, Griselda Thorpe and her older sister Edie. And it is to their genteel house that Henry Jollit comes in search of a preview of eternity...
Written by William Ingram.
Griselda Thorpe …. Dilys Laye
Edie Thorpe .… Sylvia Coleridge
Henry Jollit …. Norman Bird
Music by Derek Price.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1983.
SAT 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b011tsc9)
The Ravine
A small-town serial strangler is stalking women, but Lavinia Nibbs refuses to let him spoil her night out. Ray Bradbury's thriller stars Barta Heiner.
SAT 19:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b011tsc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Saturday Stand-Up (b011tsgb)
Eddie Izzard - Glorious
More quirky hilarity as the stand-up comedian entertains an audience at London's Hammersmith Apollo. From November 1997.
SAT 22:45 Vous Must Be Joking - A Rendezvous with Eddie Izzard (b0120z66)
Eddie Izzard talks laughs and language in Paris with 4 Extra's Kathy Clugston.
SAT 23:00 Craig Russell - Lennox (b011tsgd)
Episode 4
Meeting hitman Mr Morrison moves the private eye a step closer to discovering who is behind Tam's murder. Read by Grant O'Rourke.
SAT 23:30 Ted Lewis - Jack Carter's Law (b00nw25x)
Episode 1
In 1970s London Soho, the legendary gangland enforcer has to uncover a grass. Gritty thriller read by Phil Daniels.


SUNDAY 12 JUNE 2011

SUN 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmqz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Bradbury 13 (b011tsc9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 An Hour With Johnners (b008jw8h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper Omnibus (b011tsc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:10 Chain Gang (b00n3mhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007jlm8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Neville Watchurst - A Vital Flaw (b00mj27x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b011qm8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011tt9h)
Episode 2
After her father's death Laura, now penniless, is taken in by her Aunt Lady Pelham.
Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London narrated by Maureen Beattie.
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?
Omnibus of the last five of ten parts dramatised by Gerda Stevenson
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.
SUN 07:10 Chain Gang (b00n5ny1)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone
Episode 3
Brian and Susan's honeymoon has been plunged into chaos... by our listeners. This week it's all about sausages, and predicting the future. But mostly sausages.
SUN 07:15 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.
SUN 07:30 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
SUN 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k4l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]
SUN 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jlw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]
SUN 09:00 Catherine Fisher - Incarceron (b011ttxr)
Episode 2
As Claudia's arranged wedding looms, she's more concerned with helping Finn escape his nightmarish prison. Stars Sarah Ovens.
SUN 09:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rlfy6)
Episode 4
Mary's friendship with sickly Colin is producing some startling results. Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, with Beryl Reid.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011ttxt)
Victoria Wood
From The Doobie Brothers to Tom Waits. Comedy star Victoria Wood CBE shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young
For decades Victoria has been one of our best-loved writers and performers. Her TV highlights - Acorn Antiques, Dinnerladies and Housewife 49 - have won her a devoted following as well as stacks of awards.
But, in a moving and open interview, she describes how, as a teenager, she felt she was a misfit - she had few friends, she struggled with her weight and at school she used to steal other people's homework. She joined a youth theatre and it was, she says, the saving of her. She found like-minded people and a sense that she had something to offer.
Victoria is very careful about how much of her own life she puts into her work. She doesn't mind saying she cuts her pubic hair with nail-scissors, but rarely discusses her children on the stage.
Victoria reveals her favourite tracks, book and luxury.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007.
SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b011ttxw)
Nigel Slater
The author and cook talks about his childhood and growing up with food - in conversation with John Wilson.
SUN 11:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x9)
Stories by Anton Chekhov
A Play
She insists on showing him her terrible work. He takes drastic action. Alistair McGowan reads a tale from the Russian master.
SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011qm8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
SUN 11:45 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9zv)
Stories by Anton Chekhov
The Old House
The landlord shows one of his properties, but the memories are traumatic. Alistair McGowan reads the Russian master's tale.
SUN 12:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011tt9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:10 Chain Gang (b00n5ny1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]
SUN 13:15 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011ppyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 14:00 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.
SUN 14:30 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.
SUN 15:00 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.
SUN 15:30 Just a Minute (b011tvj8)
From Guernsey, chairman Nicholas Parsons welcomes Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Tony Slattery and Stephen Frost. From March 1999.
SUN 16:00 Catherine Fisher - Incarceron (b011ttxr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 16:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rlfy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 17:00 An Hour With Johnners (b008jw8h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 18:00 Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (b007jpx9)
Episode 2
After first fleeing The Creature, Victor heads to the mountains to avenge his brother's murder. Stars John Wood.
SUN 19:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011qm8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
SUN 19:45 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]
SUN 20:00 The Goon Show (b007k4l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]
SUN 20:30 Dad's Army (b007jlw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011ttxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews (b011ttxw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today]
SUN 22:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011ppyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jpvx)
Series 2
The Quest for the Other Rabbit's Foot
Myths and mucking out in the Masterson’s adventures at the court of King Arthur.
The award-winning improvised historical family saga 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 (b00f2zsd)
A Working Society
Charting our bumpy evolution, Chris Addison explains why he chose to spell civilisation with a Z.
Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation, the thinking-idiot's anthropologist 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 Masala FM (b007x0c9)
Episode 1
Masala FM is East London's premier Asian community radio station.
Owner, Mr Krishna, wants to make some changes and everyone's scared, except for visiting Bollywood celebrity Johnny 'Muscles' Patel...
Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal
Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.
Music by Nitin Sawhney.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.


MONDAY 13 JUNE 2011

MON 00:00 Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (b007jpx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011ttxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b011ttxw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011qm8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
MON 02:45 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007js4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k425)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rzkyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 Just a Minute (b011qgtp)
From Guernsey - chairman Nicholas Parsons welcomes Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Tony Slattery and Stephen Frost. From March 1999.
MON 05:00 Catherine Fisher - Incarceron (b011ttxr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rlfy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvld)
Unnatural Death
1. No Sign of Foul Play
Not satisfied with Agatha Dawson's post-mortem, Lord Peter Wimsey investigates.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have Unnatural Death was first published in 1927.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in seven episodes by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Miss Climpson …. Ambrosine Phillpotts
Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Doctor Carr …. Peter Baldwin
Nurse Philliter …. Corinna Marlowe
Waiter …. Christopher Emmett
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.
MON 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011tz3y)
Series 3
The Green-Eyed Monster
A murder at the hotel disco has forced the warring Agatha and James to co-habit. But will they be able to solve this sudden death before they end up killing each other?
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.
MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b007jvg9)
Series 3
Episode 1
It's time for the Tidy Village Competition, but the inevitable factions emerge. Events move on to 1955. Stars TP McKenna. From June 1996.
MON 07:30 Down the Line (b011tzmj)
Series 2
Global Warming
Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in discussing the environment and global warming. Stars Rhys Thomas and Simon Day. From February 2007.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007k3n2)
Series 3
Episode 3
More swashbuckling for Kenneth Horne as 'The Three Musketeers' continues, a sea shanty from Rambling Syd Rumpo, plus Julian and Sandy go bona cruising.
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 (b011tzml)
Series 7
Episode 11
A complete guide to London - and Professor Prune's Time Trousers materialise in gangster-ridden Chicago.
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 (b007js6w)
Series 1
Episode 2
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
Lord Biro arrives with his menagerie. He attempts the seduction of both Stinking Iris and Dorothy. His mysterious half-cousin is in labour. William is afflicted by his ailment....
Dorothy Wordsmith ...... Denise Coffey
William Wordsmith ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Samuel Tailor Cholericke ...... Simon Callow
Stinking Iris ...... Miriam Margolyes
The Leechpedlar ...... Chris Emmett
Lord Biro ...... Tim Curry
Teresa Sanseveria ...... Helen Atkinson-Wood
Music by Stephen Oliver and sung by Cantabile
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985.
MON 09:30 The Party Line (b00stc2j)
Series 1
Episode 4
Labour MP Duncan Stonebridge dreads a visit from his critical Tory father. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis sitcom from June 2005.
MON 10:00 Meet David Sedaris (b011tzmn)
Series 2
The Incomplete Quad, The Squirrel and the Chipmunk
The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 for a second series of audience readings. This week a memoir of one nefarious summer while studying at college: "The Incomplete Quad" and a modern take on the anthropomorphic fable in: "The Squirrel & The Chipmunk".
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 10:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00d45nh)
Series 2
Joanna Briscoe
Wendy Robbins takes the novelist back to her isolated childhood home in Dartmoor, and an unconventional upbringing. From August 2008.
MON 11:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsx2)
Episode 5
At the Easter dance, Molly is concerned when Cynthia is pursued by Mr Preston. With Kathryn Hurlbutt and Anne-Louise Lambert.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007k3n2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Just a Minute (b011p7t2)
Series 60
Episode 4
On this week's show, which Nicholas Parsons describes as having affection and aggro in equal measure, the panellists are Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Gyles Brandreth and Tony Hawks.
Nicholas metes out the subjects and challenges each panellist to speak on a subject for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation - a task much more fiendish than it sounds.
This week Tony Hawks describes The First Signs of Summer, Paul tells us some Reasons Not to Go On Holiday, Gyles reveals his theory on Dividing Household Chores and Julian reveals what gives him A Good Laugh.
Producer: Claire Jones.
MON 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvld)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011tz3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus (b00snn43)
Arrival
Idealistic nuns at a remote Himalayan mission are troubled by the insolent candour of English agent Mr Dean. Stars Emma Fielding.
MON 14:15 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday]
MON 14:30 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008wfdp)
Episode 1
Robin Marantz Henig's biography about the Moravian monk who pioneered genetic research. Read by Liza Ross and Michael Williams.
MON 14:45 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm5m)
Episode 6
Sophia and Jan's plan to conceal their affair now depends on tulip mania in Amsterdam.
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 (b007k297)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Noble Bachelor
When a missing bride's clothes appear in a lake, the sleuth is bound to investigate. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
MON 15:45 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pdxrt)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
How The Wizard of Oz sparked a lifelong passion for the Hollywood star in Lucian Freud's daughter. Read by Tamsin Greig.
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011v193)
Mel Giedroyc with a tour of a lighthouse, and the work of the rat-catcher.
MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b007jvg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 Down the Line (b011tzmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jl9p)
Earthsearch I
Planetfall
The starship Challenger has been on a 115-year-long mission exploring other galaxies for suitable Earth-like planets to colonise.
The present crew of four were born on the Challenger and have never left it. From birth they've been looked after by two 'Angels' - voices surrounding and guiding their every move. The crew follows their advice without question. A dangerous situation, perhaps, if the Angels aren't all their names imply...
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Christopher Scott ...... Sinclair
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981.
MON 18:30 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00rpwl0)
Episode 1
Doctor Who's TV producer from 1969-74, Barry Letts recounts his early career through to his working life with Jon Pertwee.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007k3n2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011tzml)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvld)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011tz3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b011p7t2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 22:30 Mark Tavener - Absolute Power (b007q93w)
Series 1
Episode 3
Prentis McCabe - the machiavellian doctors of spin – get involved in the race for London Mayor.
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
Colin McFarlane
Hugh Parker
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.
MON 23:00 Meet David Sedaris (b011tzmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tlwzg)
Series 2
Otters
John Weak turns Smokehouse as green as the Jolly Green Giant, while saving Sir Marcus from an eco-Nazi who insists on paper underwear.
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
Ted ...... Kim Wall
Rebecca ...... Colleen Prendergast
Music: David Pickvance
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.


TUESDAY 14 JUNE 2011

TUE 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jl9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00rpwl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvld)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011tz3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007js6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b00stc2j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Meet David Sedaris (b011tzmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00d45nh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b007jvg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Down the Line (b011tzmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvlj)
Unnatural Death
2. Death in Epping Forest
After another killing, Lord Peter Wimsey questions an evasive would-be divorcee.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have Unnatural Death was first published in 1927.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in seven episodes by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Miss Climpson …. Ambrosine Phillpotts
Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Mrs. Peasgood …. Betty Cardno
Mrs. Forrest …. Bridget McConnel
Superintendent Walmisley …. Godfrey Kenton
Mrs. Gulliver …. Pauline Letts
Miss Murgatroyd …. Madi Hedd
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.
TUE 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011vf01)
Series 3
The Fairies of Fryfam
Hurt by James once too often, Agatha takes a trip to the Cornish village of Fryfam, but is soon disturbed by some strange lights at the bottom of her garden.
Starring Penelope Keith as Agatha Raisin, Malcolm Sinclair as James Lacey, Liza Sadovy as Mrs Bloxby and Rebecca Saire as Lucy Danvers.
Dramatised by David Semple from the novel by MC Beaton
Producer Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
TUE 07:00 Capital Gains (b007qgnq)
Series 1
Risk Capital
Amateur philosopher, Julius Hutch is looking forward to spending his retirement just "pottering".
But one morning, he wakes early to find that his life is changed forever...
Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.
First of two series written by Collin Johnson.
Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Mrs Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Kate ...... Justine Midda
Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham
News Reader ...... Collin Johnson
Producer: Andy Jordan.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.
TUE 07:30 The Sunday Format (b011vf14)
Series 3
Episode 2
All that's innovative and shiny, before it happens elsewhere. Plus, the six Ws. With Alexander Armstrong. From September 2001.
TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b011vffg)
From 14/01/1954
Dick Bentley asks Jimmy Edwards for help with a speech, and Ron and Eth ponder eloping in The Glums. From January 1954.
TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jq7tm)
Series 2
Replace The Burkiss Way
Smile, you're on Candid Cat!
Genghis Khan fun in The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living
As we conclude the second series of radio's correspondence course - if we were to hold auditions for this time slot, you might take over Jo Kendal , Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris
Or have a chance to write scripts like Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Or even (if your luck doesn't hold) end up like producer Simon Brett.
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1977.
TUE 09:00 1834 (b011vffj)
London
Trapped in 19th-century Macclesfield, bored 21st-century Jason heads to London, but is waylaid by a mint-popping highwayman...
In Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight, Jason is now Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport with faithful valet, Ned.
Jason Slater ...... Michael Begley
Ned ...... Joe Caffrey
Hoskins ...... Kenneth Alan Taylor
Lord Belport ...... Mark Chatterton
Millicent ...... Julia Rounthwaite
Henry ...... James Nickerson
Highwayman ...... Toby Hadoke
Duke of Cranmere ...... John Craig
Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.
TUE 09:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s7n40)
Series 2
Confessions
Salvatore is hell bent on making his family take confession leaving Ludovico in fear of being excommunicated.
Meanwhile Allessandro is upset that Salvatore is making him put 'little golden pants' on the cherubs that adorn the confessional...
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 and Nick Romero as Salvatore.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.
TUE 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b011vffl)
Series 1
Episode 21
It's a relaxing morning in for Alice and Chaz, while Nic is hatching a plan.
TUE 10:15 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
TUE 10:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007js75)
Series 1
Frank Randle
He was 'a gargoyle, a grotesque - and the funniest man alive'.
Mark Radcliffe tells the story of 'the bad lad of showbiz'. Frank Randle - the rebel from Wigan who hiked his way to stardom.
A six-part series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.
Producer: Bernadette McConnell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
TUE 11:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsx9)
The Mother's Manoeuvre
Osborne's complicated past leads to difficulties and Cynthia receives a proposal. Starring Tom Wilkinson and Kathryn Hurlbutt.
TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b011vffg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Clare in the Community (b00sx2ql)
Series 6
The Crush
Clare decides to focus on her son, sparking a chance meeting at Toddler Tunes that could change the course of her life.
Meanwhile, Brian's admiration for Nali grows when she visits his school and tames Year 9. All this plus Clare and Libby both interview for the Team Leader post.
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 ..... Nina Conti
Libby ..... Jess Robinson
Clerk .... Alex Tregear
Howard ..... Paterson Joseph
Other parts played by the cast.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2010.
TUE 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvlj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011vf01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus (b00snrzt)
The Young General
A group of nuns establishing a remote mission in the Himalayas gain a new pupil. Stars Emma Fielding and Lyndsey Marshal.
TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b011vffl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 14:30 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008wmwt)
Episode 2
Despite struggles with other duties, the monk begins his experiments. Robin Marantz Henig's biography, read by Michael Williams.
TUE 14:45 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm64)
Episode 7
Sophia and Jan gamble all on the tulip markets, but will they have enough time? Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
TUE 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2cy)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Beryl Coronet
Who has stolen jewels from one of the treasures of the Empire? The detective investigates snowy Streatham. With Clive Merrison.
TUE 15:45 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pdzg3)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Lucien Freud's daughter compares her family Yuletides to the sometimes difficult childhood of her heroine. Read by Tamsin Greig.
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011vg7f)
Mel Giedroyc find out all about infinity...
TUE 17:00 Capital Gains (b007qgnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 The Sunday Format (b011vf14)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlb2)
Earthsearch I
First Footprint City
As the starship Challenger returns to its solar system after a 115-year-long search for a planet suitable for colonisation - it's a home that the crew have never known.
Born aboard the craft, the four-strong space crew must come to terms with some shocking news...
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Sentinel ...... Alexander John
Simon ...... David Bradshawe
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981.
TUE 18:30 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00rv8q4)
Episode 2
The Doctor Who producer reveals how he graduated from actor to TV director, and found a new path to enlightenment.
TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b011vffg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jq7tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvlj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011vf01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Clare in the Community (b00sx2ql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Vent (b00t4qzw)
Series 1
Gravity Gets You Down
Ben's physiotherapy seems to be working miracles when he gets far enough out of his coma to punch his physiotherapist.
And what are a tough-as-nails agent, a giant winged angel and Elvis doing in his unconscious mind?
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, Tim Whitnall and Sue Vincent.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b007k4cm)
Series 2
A Hint of Calvados
After moaning to the Corporation, embittered writer Ed gets a job offer from the BBC.
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
Geoffrey Whitehead
Dan Tetsell
Matthew Holness
Martin Hyder
Chris Addison
Joanna Scanlan
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
TUE 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007wprc)
The Conversion
A hypnotised sales rep recalls a troubled life with her Dad. Stars John Woodvine and Sylvester McCoy.


WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2011

WED 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00rv8q4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvlj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011vf01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 1834 (b011vffj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s7n40)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b011vffl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:15 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
WED 03:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007js75)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Capital Gains (b007qgnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Sunday Format (b011vf14)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvlm)
Unnatural Death
3. The Will
A suspect takes a shine to Lord Peter Wimsey, as he investigates multiple murders.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have Unnatural Death was first published in 1927.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in seven episodes by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Miss Climpson …. Ambrosine Phillpotts
Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Mr Murbles …. Malcolm Hayes
Nurse Forbes …. Sheelah Wilcocks
Evelyn Gotobed …. Alison Skilbeck
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.
WED 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011vhyk)
Series 3
Murder in the Dark
The sleuths investigate the Cornish murder - but, even more of a mystery, can James forgive and forget?
Starring Penelope Keith as Agatha Raisin, Malcolm Sinclair as James Lacey 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.
WED 07:00 Life in London (b011vjfn)
The Show Folks
Desperate for money, Pierce Egan tries to get Tom, Bob and Jerry's adventures onto the stage.
Jerry rescues a damsel at Bartholomew fair who leads him once more to the rapacious lady wanton...
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, Chris Douglas, Dave Lamb, Morwenna Banks, Neil Edmond and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
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 (b00fzwp5)
Series 2
Episode 5
The comic's about to be crushed by a printing press, as his journalistic life flashes before his eyes.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
Series 6
The Elopement
With Bill suffering heartache, can Sid and The Lad Himself smooth the path to true love?
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Lillian Grasson, Wilfred Babbage, Fraser Kerr and Lee Crutchley.
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 November 1959.
WED 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jmpx)
Series 1
The Right to Know
MP Jim Hacker tries to excavate himself from problems with badgers.
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
Annie ...... Diana Hoddinott
Lucy ...... Gerry Cowper
Protester ...... Carol Boyd
Sir Frederick ...... Peter Cellier
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983.
WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b00cm8qz)
Series 2
Episode 4
Ken is trying to relax, but even on a date with Deborah, advertising is on his mind.
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
Corners ...... Don Henderson
Benny ...... Karl Howman
Lesley ...... Pauline Siddle
With Joss Ackland, James Griffiths, Miriam Margolyes, 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 (b011vjkr)
Humphrey Lyttelton's comedy panel game with Willie Rushton, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer. From October 1987.
WED 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011ttxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
WED 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b011ttxw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
WED 11:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsxh)
The Storm Bursts
Cynthia reveals all about her relationship with Mr Preston. Starring Kathryn Hurlbutt and Anne-Louise Lambert.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Party (b011pkqg)
Series 2
It's Technology, Stupid
The young aspiring politicians of the new political Party get to grips with technology and whether it is making people stupid.
Meanwhile, they launch a recruiting campaign on the internet.
Second series of Tom Basden's satirical comedy.
Simon ..... Tom Basden
Duncan ..... Tim Key
Jared ..... Jonny Sweet
Mel ..... Ann Crilly
Phoebe ..... Katy Wix
Jared's Mum ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
WED 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011vhyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus (b00sp1tx)
The New Chapel
It's Christmas at the new Himalayan convent, where Mr Dean is having an unsettling effect on the nuns. Stars Emma Fielding.
WED 14:15 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]
WED 14:30 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008x0vt)
Episode 3
The pioneer geneticist presents his findings to a baffled audience. Robin Marantz Henig's biography read by Michael Williams.
WED 14:45 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm6m)
Episode 8
Sophia's plan for escape is desperate, but will it be enough to convince her husband? Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
WED 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2fc)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Copper Beeches
A young governess consults the detective in a most sinister case. Starring Clive Merrison, Michael Williams and Imogen Stubbs.
WED 15:45 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pf12f)
You Made Me Love You
How the author's passion led to a schoolgirl infatuation, and what happened when she met Liza Minnelli. Read by Tamsin Greig.
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011vl3x)
Mel Giedroyc finds out about 'guilt', and the music choices of Jasmine Guinness.
WED 17:00 Life in London (b011vjfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fzwp5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbf)
Earthsearch I
Sands of Kyros
The Challenger's crew has returned to its solar system to discover that a million years has passed on Earth while only 115 years had passed on their starship.
After their devastating news, the four-strong crew face peril from a once benign force...
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Sentinel ...... Alexander John
George ...... John McAndrew
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981.
WED 18:30 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00rz8s0)
Episode 3
The Doctor Who producer recalls the show's regeneration from Patrick Troughton to Jon Pertwee, and from black and white to colour.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jmpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011vhyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 22:00 Party (b011pkqg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Secret World (b011vld9)
Series 1
Episode 5
From Sir Alan Sugar to Boy George, Jon Culshaw explores the bizarre private lives of famous folk. From May 2009.
WED 23:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k2d0)
A Study in Starlets
Clever sleuth Melcroft Dupont gets his comeuppance, but Inspector Chalker's on the case. Stars Fulton Mackay. From January 1987.
WED 23:30 Deep Trouble (b00tfqq4)
Series 2
Episode 4
As Christmas nears, the submarine crew stages a nativity with a realistic twist. Stars Jim Field Smith. From June 2007.


THURSDAY 16 JUNE 2011

THU 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00rz8s0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011vhyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b00cm8qz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011vjkr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011ttxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
THU 03:50 Front Row Interviews (b011ttxw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
THU 04:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Life in London (b011vjfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fzwp5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvlv)
Unnatural Death
4. Hallelujah
Thanks to a murder victim's cousin, new clues surface in Lord Peter Wimsey's investigation.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have Unnatural Death was first published in 1927.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Mr Murbles …. Malcolm Hayes
The Reverend Hallelujah Dawson …. Tommy Eytle
Mrs Cobling …. Miriam Margolyes
Piggin …. David Gooderson
Ben Cobling …. Bill Wallis
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.
THU 06:30 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q35)
Ash
Against Belfast's 1983 political murders, detective Bibi Ash tracks a sadistic killer. Tom Kelly's thriller with Lalor Roddy.
THU 07:00 The Brothers (b00ny721)
Series 2
Episode 3
The arrival of Nigel and Michael's father sparks more havoc. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From October 2005.
THU 07:30 Electric Ink (b011vmd9)
Series 1
Episode 5
While Freddy introduces buzzwords to the paper, Maddox uncovers a top story about the Prime Minister, will the story be spiked?
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
PM’s Wife ...... Janice Acquah
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 (b011vmdc)
Just the Ticket
The Ministry for General Assistance organises a national lottery - no thanks to the bumbling bureaucrats.
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 (b011vmg0)
Series 3
The Man From the Monastery
Queen Esmerelda appoints the Venerable Bede to research her husband Jim's ancestry. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From October 1979.
THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009prt3)
Series 1
Episode 5
Duo Tommy and Sheila's comeback faces jeopardy - from his dodgy past.
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, Chris Pavlo, Paul Rogan and Ned Sherrin.
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 (b011vmsl)
16-08-1999
From Edinburgh - Nicholas Parsons welcomes Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Paul Merton and Greg Proops. From August 1999.
THU 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b011vmwg)
Series 1
Episode 22
Jamie needs to make amends, and the net is tightening for Chaz.
THU 10:15 Loose Ends (b011ttft)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
Stuart Maconie is a BBC Radio stalwart - he can be heard on 6Music alongside his partner Mark Radcliffe or on the network's weird and wonderful music show The Freak Zone. And he's an accomplished author too. He's explored the North in his book Pies and Prejudice, his search for Middle England in Adventures on the High Teas. His latest book Hope and Glory looks at the defining moments of modern British history and how it's shaped the nation today.
He's been in feature films including The Patriot, Green Zone and the Harry Potter series and on TV in The Curse of Steptoe, The State Within and Brotherhood. Now Jason Isaac can be seen playing the enigmatic private detective Jackson Brodie in BBC One's Sunday night drama Case Histories based on the books of Kate Atkinson.
Emma Freud talks to Helen Fielding, the creator of Bridget Jones. She began as a BBC producer, working on the live broadcast from the Sudan in Comic Relief's early days. Helen is now an Ambassador for Save the Children and is championing their campaign to persuade world leaders to fund vaccines for the developing world.
We have bourbon soaked gypsy blues from The Urban Voodoo Machine (all eleven of them) who perform two tracks Go East and High Jeopardy Thing from their new album In Black 'N' Red.
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
THU 11:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsxp)
Scandal and Its Victim
Lady Harriet tries to redeem Molly's reputation and Cynthia has to face up to her past. With Tom Wilkinson and Angela Pleasence.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b011vmdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 It's Your Round (b00yrfwr)
Series 1
Episode 2
Angus Deayton hosts the comedy panel show with no format.
Andy Parsons, Rebecca Front, Miles Jupp and prog-rock legend, Rick Wakeman battle it out to see who can beat each other at the games they've each brought along.
Can the teams guess the concept for Rick's new prog rock album in his "What's The Concept?" round? And what happens when the teams have to play Andy's inventively titled "It's Not Your Round"? And would Rebecca Front like to marry Prince William?
Angus tries valiantly to ensure everyone comes out of it with their reputations intact.
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 Wimsey (b007jvlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q35)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus (b00spmk2)
Departures
The breathtaking, but difficult, Himalayan environment sparks a crisis of faith in the nuns. Stars Emma Fielding and Ben Crowe.
THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b011vmwg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 14:30 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008x3q5)
Episode 4
Other scientists, including Darwin, receive the monk's findings. Robin Marantz Henig's biography read by Michael Williams.
THU 14:45 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm73)
Episode 9
Sophia is in hiding and Jan is trying to plan their escape, but will fate intervene? Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
THU 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2gq)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1
Silver Blaze
The sleuth heads to Devon, when a racehorse favourite disappears and his trainer is found murdered. Stars Clive Merrison.
THU 15:45 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pf4xc)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
In her tribute to the Hollywood star, the author examines the differences between "good" and "bad" fans. Read by Tamsin Greig.
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011vnmh)
Mel Giedroyc discovers what happens to our bodies when we're sad.
THU 17:00 The Brothers (b00ny721)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Electric Ink (b011vmd9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbs)
Earthsearch I
The Solaric Empire
Searching for Earth - which has mysteriously vanished from the solar system - two of the crew of the starship Challenger have landed on neighbouring planet, Kyros.
At first it appears to be uninhabited, but Astra and Darv soon discover otherwise...
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Thale ...... Graham Faulkner
Helan ...... Judy Franklin
Thorden ...... John Bott
Spegal ...... Stephen Garlick
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981.
THU 18:30 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00s37c3)
Episode 4
The Doctor Who producer reflects on major changes in the TV filming process, and nurturing a formidable new writing team.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b011vmdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Jim the Great (b011vmg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q35)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsxp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 22:00 It's Your Round (b00yrfwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k498)
Series 2
Under New Management
Discover the secret of computer techniques in film, experience the history of rock'n'roll and meet the Museum's curious new curator.
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 (b00cl6vl)
Series 2
Episode 3
Things are looking up for Tom - he's got a new job working at the zoo, which he loves, and he's also met a rather nice girl called Pi, who works with the birds, and what's more it seems that Pi also has a band in her head.
Everything seems perfect, so surely the band in Tom's head couldn't possibly ruin things for him this time...could they?
Starring Suggs and Bob Monkhouse.
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
Pi ..... Debra Stephenson
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 (b0089c0y)
Jelly Stinger
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero's pun-fest, where salty talk show host Jelly Stinger meets some fishy guests.
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 September 1998


FRIDAY 17 JUNE 2011

FRI 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00s37c3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q35)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009prt3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b011vmsl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b011vmwg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:15 Loose Ends (b011ttft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsxp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Brothers (b00ny721)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Electric Ink (b011vmd9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvlr)
Unnatural Death
5. The Property Act
Unravelling property rules provides fresh clues for Lord Peter Wimsey's murder probe.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have Unnatural Death was first published in 1927.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Mr Murbles …. Malcolm Hayes
Mr Towkington …. Garard Green
Mr Trigg …. Gordon Clyde
Mrs Mead …. Bridget McConnel
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975.
FRI 06:30 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q42)
A Child in the Night
Detective Bibi Ash spots a pattern in Glasgow's brutal killings - and looks to the past. Tom Kelly's thriller with Lalor Roddy.
FRI 07:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00777b4)
How Puccini Done Madame Butterfly
The National Theatre of Brent reveals mysteries behind the tragic opera. Stars Patrick Barlow. From May 2007.
FRI 07:30 Snap (b00ttmvf)
Series 2
Episode 3
Trying to be mature and adult after their separation, Doug and Molly attempt to bury their differences to find out what's wrong with their son Ryan.
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, Samantha Spiro as Dawn and Richard Firth as Ansel.
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007ys7l)
Series 3
Povey's Unexpected Leave
It's a case of better the devil you know, when a temporary new Captain arrives on board HMS Troutbridge.

Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Mrs Povey, Michael Bates as the Laundry Manager and Tenniel Evans as the Clerk.

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 January 1961.
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s3cgj)
Series 1
The Diploma
Harold Steptoe drops a bombshell by quitting the family rag and bone business for a new career as a TV repair man.
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
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 (b00ck2dq)
Series 1
Found Wanting
To Robert's dismay, his sister, Barbara, is about to succumb to temptation in the shape of biker Andy Hunt.
His mother can't help to save her, so he enlists the help of Father Benedict as an avenger...
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 and Claire Skinner as Janet.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.
FRI 09:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lrv67)
Series 1
Episode 6
Vic Reeves hosts, as Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Arthur Smith, Tom Baker and Jo Caulfield answer the questions. From August 2007.
FRI 10:00 What's So Funny? (b011w4p2)
Series 1
Episode 11
Rufus Hound and guests with news, reviews and previews of what's happening in comedy this week.
FRI 10:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011w4p4)
Series 1, Episodes 21-22
It's a relaxing morning in for Alice and Chaz, while Nic is hatching a plan.
FRI 11:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsxz)
Reviving Hopes and Brightening Prospects
What will become of Osborne's wife and child? And is a marriage proposal on its way to Cynthia? Starring Kathryn Hurlbutt.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007ys7l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Now Show (b011pppw)
Series 34
Episode 1
Olympic tickets, universities and nightmarish raunch-confusion. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are back for a new series of The Now Show, with Laura Shavin, Jon Holmes, John Finnemore and Mitch Benn. Producer: Colin Anderson.
FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q42)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus (b00spr8j)
The Belfry
When a child dies, the nuns lose faith in the eyes of the local Himalayan people. Stars Emma Fielding and Lyndsey Marshal.
FRI 14:15 Anton Chekhov (b00qbb8m)
Stories by Anton Chekhov
Ivan Matveyitch
An old academic and a young boy. It's a topsy-turvy friendship, but it endures. Alistair McGowan reads the Russian master's tale.
FRI 14:30 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008x8b6)
Episode 5
The monk's religious duties take precedence, but his legacy remains. Robin Marantz Henig's biography read by Michael Williams.
FRI 14:45 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm7m)
Episode 10
Sophia feels she has committed a terrible sin and must pay for it, but how? Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
FRI 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2j4)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1
The Yellow Face
The sleuth investigates when a hideous apparition at a cottage window troubles an anxious husband. Stars Clive Merrison.
FRI 15:45 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pfkw5)
Get Happy
After a duet with Mickey Rooney, the author accepts an invitation to perform at a Garland tribute show. Read by Tamsin Greig.
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011w602)
Mel Giedroyc hears the final chapter of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke.
FRI 17:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00777b4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Snap (b00ttmvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007s19b)
Earthsearch I
The Pools of Time
Darv and Astra, two of the starship's crew, are in grave danger after being taken prisoner by the inhabitants of Zelda 5.
Their crewmates Telson and Sharna are in hot pursuit aboard the Challenger...
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Helan ...... Judy Franklin
Thorden ...... John Bott
Spegal ...... Stephen Garlick
Custodian of the Past ...... Eve Karpf
Old Man ...... Godfrey Kenton
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1981.
FRI 18:30 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00s5nfv)
Episode 5
The Doctor Who producer recalls the birth of the Time Lord's nemesis and the attributes of a time traveller's female companion.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007ys7l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s3cgj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q42)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters (b007jsxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 22:00 Now Show Extra (b01279bz)
A new programme for Radio 4 Extra, featuring jokes that you won't have heard in this week's Now Show, some clips from the archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material.
FRI 22:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b007jqqw)
Series 1
The Normal Mind
Cartoonist Steven takes advantage of modern surgical techniques to reveal the inner workings of the creative artist's brain.
Starring Mark Perry as cartoonist Steven Appleby who takes an abnormal look at everyday life.
Steven ...... Paul McCrink
Mum ...... Rosalind Paul
Female Steven ...... Rachel Atkins
Mr Two ...... Ewan Bailey
Dad ...... Nigel Betts
Other parts played by the cast.
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
FRI 23:00 What's So Funny? (b011w4p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 23:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00n8vry)
A Animal
Andy and Julie throw a posh dinner party. Alexei Sayle's quirky couples comedy, with Siobhan Redmond. From October 1999.