SATURDAY 02 JULY 2011

SAT 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p9wx)
Episode 2
As MI7 recruits Malcolm Holmes to contact Agent Raphael, some uncomfortable truths are uncovered. Stars Deborah McAndrew.
SAT 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dy0wj)
The Fantastic Adventure of the Foredown Man
A monk in Rizla's dream thinks he's two minutes away from death. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.
SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv)
Five Red Herrings
Reconstruction
Lord Peter Wimsey and his cohorts battle to solve the mysterious death of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell - as they piece together his final hours.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green
Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp
The Procurator Fiscal ...... John Dunbar
Ferguson ...... Iain Blair
Saunders ...... Alaric Cotter
Miss Madden ...... Nicolette McKenzie
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.
SAT 01:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p689c)
Episode 5
After his series of terrifying premonitions, Tom battles to discover what Helen wants. Concluded by Trevor White.
SAT 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ftg1r)
Series 2
And Pigs Can Fry
The footie team's new strip causes controversy. Will they be ready for the new season? Stars Brenda Blethyn.
SAT 02:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lyst3)
Series 1
Episode 8
Vic Reeves hosts, as Alan Carr, Shappi Khorsandi, Ben Miller and Rowland Rivron answer audience questions. From August 2007.
SAT 03:00 What's So Funny? (b0124sg0)
Series 1
Episode 13
Rufus Hound and guests with news, reviews and previews of what's happening in comedy this week.
SAT 03:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0124shf)
Series 1, Episodes 25-26
Harry and Rhys are getting ready to race, and Alice has some explaining to do.
SAT 04:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlhn)
Episode 2
Walter has left Limmeridge House as Laura prepares to marry Sir Percival. Laura's half-sister Marian knows of Laura's feelings for Walter, has great doubts about the marriage, yet is powerless to stop it...
Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Stars Toby Stephens as Walter Hartright, Juliet Aubrey as Marian Halcombe, Emily Bruni as Laura Fairlie, Jeremy Clyde as Sir Percival Glyde, Alice Hart as Anne Catherick, Sean Baker as Mr Gilmore, Ioan Meredith as Pesca, Edward Petherbridge as Frederick Fairlie, Jonathan Keeble as Messenger, Philip Voss as Count Fosco and Geraldine Fitzgerald as Madame Fosco.
Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
SAT 05:00 Anything Legal (b0081qyq)
Episode 1
After commuting to work together for 15 years, Charles and George both lose their jobs, but decide to keep it a secret...
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles …. Donald Hewlett
George …. Michael Knowles
Hilary …. Norma Ronald
GJ …. Tony Anholt
Futristics Manager …. David Ryall
Billy …. Michael Bilton
Harry the Publican …. Colin Starkey
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
SAT 05:30 Snap (b00tzw0w)
Series 2
Episode 5
Doug is making progress dating his daughter's PE teacher, so why isn't he over the moon? Stars Rebecca Lacey. From August 2004.
SAT 06:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote (b007k0m0)
Episode 2
The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de Ie Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra.
The intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors. The classic adventure published in 1605. Adapted by John Arden.
Starring Bob Grant as Don Quixote, Bernard Cribbins as Sancho Panza, Ronald Baddiley as Cervantes, David Sumner as Father Perez and Peter Wheeler as Barber-Surgeon.
Music composed by Stephen Boxer.
Director: Alfred Bradley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
SAT 07:30 What's So Funny? (b0124sg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today]
SAT 08:00 An Hour With Ned Sherrin (b00yk21p)
From Jeffrey Archer to Pia Zadora in Ned Sherrin's witty A-Z of theatrical anecdotes.
The writer, director, producer and broadcaster was a brilliant raconteur and this hilarious one-man show was recorded live at Brighton's New Venture Theatre in June 1994.
Among many other celebrities, Ned includes tales about Noel Coward, John Gielgud, Rex Harrison, Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Maggie Smith.
Ned Sherrin: 18 February 1931 - 1 October 2007.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2011.
SAT 09:00 The Great Pretenders (b007jyw8)
The real Jan Ravens presents her archive choice of impressionist comedy: Listen - Mike Yarwood, The Impressionists, The Game's Up, Dead Ringers and The Archive Hour.
SAT 12:00 Annabel (b01293zl)
Omnibus. Kathleen Winter's debut novel about a young hermaphrodite growing up in the Canadian wilderness. Wayne faces the challenges of adolescence.
SAT 13:10 Chain Gang (b00nhn2m)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone
Episode 5
The serial steered by listeners continues on its unpredictable journey. How did they respond to Robert Shearman's request for boldness? The answer is, quite boldy.
SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007jlnl)
Series 2
Not for Life
A young girl's suicide sends the priestly sleuth on an internet murder trail. Starring David Threlfall and Robert Bathurst.
SAT 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009l7jt)
Series 6
The Waxwork
The lad is set to be immortalised in wax, but the trouble is, it's not quite how he'd envisaged...
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr and Warren Mitchell.
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.
SAT 14:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s7r4n)
Series 1
The Holiday
Harold fancies a holiday by himself in France, but his father Albert is not so keen.
CAST:
Albert .... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold .... Harry H. Corbett
The Doctor .... Colin Gordon
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 was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1966.
SAT 15:00 An Hour With Ned Sherrin (b00yk21p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote (b007k0m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b0124sg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today]
SAT 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn3p)
The Family Album
Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale of faceless commuter Arthur, who proves to be a formidable adversary as danger strikes.
Stars Maurice Denham as Arthur Goodby, Liz Fraser as Rose Goodby, James Kerry as Harry, Aubrey Morris as Mr Martin and Anthony Newlands as The Coroner.
Scripted by William Ingram.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.
SAT 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b01294pm)
There Was an Old Woman
Five men with a wicker basket arrive at Tildy's house, but not to do her shopping. Ray Bradbury's comic-horror tale stars Ruth Hale.
SAT 19:00 The Great Pretenders (b007jyw8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Saturday Stand-Up (b01294r9)
Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill
The inimitable stand-up comedian entertains a New York audience - telling all on British films and national anthems.
SAT 23:00 Adam Baron - Hold Back the Night (b00t108q)
Episode 2
A fresh discovery in the London hunt for a runaway turns private-eye Billy Rucker into a murder suspect. Stars David Morrissey.
SAT 23:30 Ted Lewis - Jack Carter's Law (b00ny6xx)
Episode 4
Gangland enforcer Jack Carter must pay a visit to one of his boss's massage parlours in Islington. Thriller read by Phil Daniels.


SUNDAY 03 JULY 2011

SUN 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Bradbury 13 (b01294pm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 An Hour With Ned Sherrin (b00yk21p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Annabel (b01293zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:10 Chain Gang (b00nhn2m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007jlnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote (b007k0m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b0124sg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair Omnibus (b008lywx)
Episode 1
Orphan Becky Sharp begins her journey in society. Stephen Fry narrates the Victorian comic tale. With Emma Fielding.
SUN 07:10 Chain Gang (b00nlyg7)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone
Episode 6
The story told by our listeners twists and turns, as Susan's troubled honeymoon continues. Satanic pacts, books that predict the future... all life, and death, is here.
SUN 07:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007tzqb)
The Professor's Daughter
Four-year-old Britta and her fearful imagination cause social embarrassment for Miss Jenner. Read by Emma Fielding.
SUN 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b0125g85)
Series 2
Nuit of the Living Dead and The End of the Affair
The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 for a series of audience readings. This week: what not to do with a mouse, in front of strangers in "Nuit of the Living Dead" and the ups and downs of along term relationship get the Sedaris treatment in "The End of the Affair"
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 08:00 Take It From Here (b0129500)
From 04/02/1954
Pa Glum tries to relieve Eth's cold, and there's a look at marriage USA-style. With Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From February 1954.
SUN 08:30 Life With The Lyons (b00zmbzb)
Home Again
Father Ben sparks family chaos after losing the keys to their house.
Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe Daniels and their children, Richard and Barbara.
With Doris Rogers as Florrie, Molly Weir as Aggie, Horace Percival as Mr Wimple, David Enders, Clive Baxter and Hugh Morton.
Life With the Lyons was one the BBC's most popular radio sitcoms between1950 and 1961. It was also adapted for BBC TV.
Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block and Bill Harding.
BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Incidental music by Arthur Wilkinson
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1952.
SUN 09:00 Tom Brown's Schooldays (b007jqnx)
Episode 1
The 12-year-old's arrival at boarding school in 1835 is marred by bully Flashman. Thomas Hughes' drama with Robert Hardy.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01295q8)
David Walliams
Kirsty Young's castaway on Desert Island Discs Revisited is David Walliams.
He has seen extraordinary success - as one half of the comedy duo behind Little Britain, as a cross-channel swimmer and more recently on the West End stage and as a novelist. In this frank interview, he describes his life away from the spotlight; how he used to practise comedy routines in his bathroom, the excitement of an early trip out wearing a Jean-Paul Gaultier skirt, the inner drive that propels him and the unhappiness he feels when he has no company except his own.
Favourite track: Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths
Book: Collected Poems by Philip Larkin
Alternative to Bible: None - Bible not taken
Luxury: A gun.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.
SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b01295rf)
Dominic West
The actor talks about the challenge of playing unlikeable characters - in conversation with Mark Lawson.
SUN 11:00 Carla Lane - Lena (b01295vx)
A new friendship makes 60-something Lena wonder if there's more to life than cooking and cleaning. Read by Pauline Collins.
SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0124shf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
SUN 11:45 Lynne Reid Banks - Who Shall I Run To? (b01295yh)
Sally recalls how she and ex-husband Jeremy celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary in romantic Paris. Read by Sian Phillips.
SUN 12:00 Vanity Fair Omnibus (b01294vw)
Orphan Becky Sharp begins her journey in society. Stephen Fry narrates the Victorian comic tale. With Emma Fielding.
SUN 13:10 Chain Gang (b00nlyg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]
SUN 13:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007tzqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Terence Rattigan - The Winslow Boy (b0129678)
"It is easy to do justice - very hard to do right".
Let Right Be Done - is the the theme of this drama by Terence Rattigan - set just before the First World War.
A father battles to prove the innocence of his son, accused of stealing a postal order at his Edwardian naval college.
His stubborn quest sparks reverberations at the House of Commons.
Arthur Winslow ...... Michael Aldridge
Grace Winslow ...... Pauline Letts
Catherine Winslow ...... Sarah Badel
Dickie Winslow ...... Michael Maloney
Ronnie Winslow ...... John McAndrew
Violet ...... Peggy Page
Attorney-General ...... Nicholas Courtney
John Watherstone ...... David Timson
Miss Barnes ...... Margaret Robertson
Mrs Beggs ...... Gladys Spencer
Desmond Curry ...... Michael Spice
Herbert Ridgeley-Pearce ...... John Rye
1st Lord of the Admiralty ...... Patrick Barr
Sir Robert Morton ...... Aubrey Woods
Adapted from Terence Rattigan's stage and TV scripts and directed by Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1981.
SUN 15:00 Take It From Here (b0129500)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Life With The Lyons (b00zmbzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Tom Brown's Schooldays (b007jqnx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:00 An Hour With Ned Sherrin (b00yk21p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jwxq)
Series 1
The Snowman Killing
The Man in Black introduces the snowy mystery of a mother fearing evil in her own home. Stars Edward de Souza and Imelda Staunton.
SUN 18:30 JG Ballard - The Recognition (b007jqxc)
What is the story behind the bizarre circus that rolls into town one Midsummer's eve? Fantastical tale read by Michael Maloney.
SUN 19:00 Carla Lane - Lena (b01295vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0124shf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
SUN 19:45 Lynne Reid Banks - Who Shall I Run To? (b01295yh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]
SUN 20:00 Take It From Here (b0129500)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 Life With The Lyons (b00zmbzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01295q8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews (b01295rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today]
SUN 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0125g85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jq3n)
Series 2
The Gangrene of the Mastersons
The Masterson's epic Crimean War struggle of carnage, carnality and cads.
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 July 1994.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b012j8vy)
Arthur Smith and his guest chat about life and laughs.
SUN 23:00 Pleased to Meet You (b007k2kz)
Series 1
Episode 1
90-something good-time girl Dora Dale spills the beans on her many celebrity friends. And how did the Rat Pack get its name?
Betraying confidences and breaking unwritten rules galore, the friend of the stars reveals some surprising and salacious secrets.
Written by and starring Martin Kelner and Jake Yapp.
Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in July 2006.
SUN 23:30 Masala FM (b007zjm8)
Episode 4
The station's only attracting Z-list Asian celebrities, but then a top member of 'royalty' phones in...
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 04 JULY 2011

MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jwxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 JG Ballard - The Recognition (b007jqxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01295q8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b01295rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Carla Lane - Lena (b01295vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0124shf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]
MON 02:45 Lynne Reid Banks - Who Shall I Run To? (b01295yh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Take It From Here (b0129500)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Terence Rattigan - The Winslow Boy (b0129678)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Tom Brown's Schooldays (b007jqnx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008g278)
'R'
Ashenden, a writer by profession, has returned from the First World War and is approached by a colonel who offers him a position in the Secret Service.
Ashenden is perfect due to his profession and his knowledge of many European languages. He's despatched to Geneva the next day with the warning that "if he does well, he'll get no thanks, and if he gets into trouble, he'll get no help".
A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's own First World War experiences
Read by Alex Jennings
Abridged by Neville Teller
Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
MON 06:30 Falco (b007wpf1)
The Silver Pigs
Episode 1
Rome, AD 70: Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco chances upon an illegal trade in precious metal (the silver pigs) after mounting a rescue from a kidnap gang.
Anton Lesser brings the popular detective to life in Lindsey Davis's witty and enthralling adventures set in the days of the Roman Empire.
Dramatised in four parts by Mary Cutler.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Sosia …. Felicity Jones
Lenia …. Gillian Goodman
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Pertinax/Julius …. Sean Connolly
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b007tcbg)
Series 3
Episode 4
A job offer for the Reverend Hawthorne raises Ms Boal's expectations. It's 1955 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars TP McKenna. From June 1996.
MON 07:30 Down the Line (b0129bj8)
Series 3
String Theory and Popular Science Fiction
Gary Bellamy tries to raise the bar on his phone-in show with a chat about string theory. Stars Rhys Thomas. From January 2008.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00lvz50)
Series 3
Episode 6
Kenneth Horne heads a Bohemian Paris romp and Julian and Sandy report on the latest bona goings on for the Daily Polari.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1967.
MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b007jqws)
Series 8
Episode 1
The BBC's "Plans for Broadcasting in the 70's" - and full frontal radio.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Sketches written by 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 February 1970.
MON 09:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0129bpk)
Series 2
Us and Them and selected diary extracts
The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 for a series of audience readings. This week, we learn no two families are ever alike in "Us and Them" and we get a peep into the caustic mind of the author when he reads selections from his extensive diaries.
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 09:30 The Party Line (b0129c7j)
Series 2
Episode 1
After a turbulent week at the Labour Party conference, MP Duncan Stonebridge is hoping for a quiet weekend at his constituency home. But local politics - in the shape of Britain's ugliest building - intrudes as usual.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis's topical sitcom from 2006 about a hapless backbench MP.
Stars James Fleet as Duncan Stonebridge.
With Simon Greenall, Geoffrey McGivern, Geraldine McNulty, Matilda Ziegler and Neil Edmond.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006.
MON 10:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b0129ccx)
Series 1
Distant Cold Light
A mysterious young man brings his mum for a special meal at Warwick Hedge's Cambridgeshire restaurant. Stars Trevor Peacock.
MON 10:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b0129cgp)
Episode 1
4 Extra Premiere. The charismatic and complex playwright who became an overnight success aged 25. Clive Merrison reads Michael Darlow's biography. Episode 1 of 5.
MON 11:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlj1)
Episode 3
Laura has finally come face to face with the woman in white who so resembles her. She had hoped to discover more about Sir Percival's secret, but their meeting was interrupted. Marian begins to fear for her sister's safety and is determined to learn what Sir Percival and Count Fosco are secretly planning.
Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Stars Toby Stephens as Walter Hartright, Juliet Aubrey as Marian Halcombe, Emily Bruni as Laura Fairlie, Jeremy Clyde as Sir Percival Glyde, Alice Hart as Anne Catherick, Sean Baker as Mr Gilmore, Jonathan Keeble as Mr Dawson, Carolyn Pickles as Mrs Michelson, Philip Voss as Count Fosco, Edward Petherbridge as Frederick Fairlie, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Madame Fosco and Richenda Carey as Mrs Rubelle.
Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00lvz50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b0124sc5)
Series 55
Episode 1
The 55th series of Radio 4's multi award-winning antidote to panel games promises more quality, desk-based entertainment for all the family, as the series starts its run in front of an audience of 2,500 at Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall. Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the panel by special guest Marcus Brigstocke, with Jack Dee as the programme's reluctant chairman. Regular listeners will know to expect inspired nonsense, pointless revelry and Colin Sell at the piano.
MON 13:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008g278)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvx0)
Episode 6
Becky Sharp gains a husband, but loses the chance of a title. Narrated by Stephen Fry, with Emma Fielding and Trevor Peacock.
MON 14:15 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b0129d4w)
Episode 1
'Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee...'
Sian Thomas begins Marina Lewycka's witty and tender novel about emigrating and immigration, family history and sisterly rivalry, tractors - and the lure of a green satin brassiere.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
MON 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0129d64)
Jill Mansell - To the Moon and Back
Episode 1
Set in London's Primrose Hill, Jill Mansell's sparky romantic comedy is about a young widow learning to fall in love with life again.
Read by Alex Tregear
Abridged by Miranda Davies
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011.
MON 15:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b0129ccx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 15:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b0129cgp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0129dks)
Join Mel Giedroyc as she celebrates short story writing, spying, and all things American.
MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b007tcbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 Down the Line (b0129bj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008pc2y)
Episode 3
Malcolm and Polly set alarms ringing at Scarpendale, and the Laughing Dog secrets are finally revealed. Stars Deborah McAndrew.
MON 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00f265m)
The Baffling Business of the Bevendean Bat
Rune and Rizla meet a detonating one-legged seafarer. Robert Rankin's fantastical comic serial with David Warner.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00lvz50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b007jqws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008g278)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b0124sc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 22:30 Mark Tavener - Absolute Power (b007jr82)
Series 1
Episode 6
What better way to increase the nation's feelgood factor than for England to win a major sporting trophy?
An impossible task Prentiss and McCabe?
Mark Tavener's comedy about the machiavellian doctors of PR spin with contacts at the highest level of government.
Starring Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss and John Bird as Martin McCabe.
With:
Siobhan Hayes
Tony Gardner
Simon Greenall
Beth Chalmers
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
MON 23:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0129bpk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00rql85)
Series 1
Wall of Crisps
A new corn and maize-based snack sparks trouble in the corner shop. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. From October 2007.


TUESDAY 05 JULY 2011

TUE 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008pc2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00f265m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008g278)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0129bpk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b0129c7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b0129ccx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b0129cgp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b007tcbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Down the Line (b0129bj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008g6v9)
The Traitor
Ashenden is despatched to a small hotel in Lucerne, Switzerland to try and buy the allegiance of a German informant - English charmer Grantley Caypor. But when it transpires that he's not to be bought, Ashenden has few options left and is forced to try and turn him in.
A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's own First World War experiences
Read by Alex Jennings
Abridged by Neville Teller
Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
TUE 06:30 Falco (b007wpz2)
The Silver Pigs
Episode 2
Roman detective, Falco is investigating the mystery of how a stolen lead ingot containing silver came to be in the bank box of a senator's daughter.
And things have taken a turn for the worse, as he's now probing a murder and - worse still - he's forced to visit a remote and dangerous outpost of the Empire - Britain.
Starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.
Lindsey Davis's witty and enthralling adventure set in the days of the Roman Empire.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Gaius Hilaris …. Ian Brooker
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Aelia …. Susan Jeffrey
Triferus/Cornix …. Alex Jones
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
TUE 07:00 Capital Gains (b007rq8b)
Series 1
Capital Return
Home at last, how will Julius Hutch come to terms with the bank that made him rich? Can he set himself up to live happily ever after?
Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.
Written by Collin Johnson.
Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham
Peter Fang ...... Peter Whitman
News Reader ...... Collin Johnson
Kate ...... Justine Midda
Producer: Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.
TUE 07:30 The Sunday Format (b0129tdt)
Series 4
Episode 1
How to look thinner - and TV's Kennel Makeover Show. More scoops from radio's posh paper. With Emma Kennedy. From January 2003.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b012bz13)
Series 5
The Booted Gorilla (Found?)
A trap must be laid on an African jungle safari, and Bluebottle gets a surprise.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

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

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1954.
TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqv4)
Series 3
How to Succeed in Business The Burkiss Way
"It's That Script Again!" with fast-talking old-time radio comedy fun - and at the Council Planning Committee, will Satan eat a cucumber or offer a million pound bribe?
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett.
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.
TUE 09:00 1835 (b0129v0m)
Haircut Sir?
Aristocrat Belport and his servant Ned join the police force, and are called upon to solve some murders in the city of London.
But first, to meet police regulations, they must both have hair cut:s - and as luck would have it, there's a barber's on Fleet Street, run by a Mr Sweeney Todd...
Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.
Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Peel ...... Roy Barraclough
Trollope ...... Simon Greenall
Sweeney Todd ...... Jonathan Keeble
Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
TUE 09:30 Street and Lane (b00v8lr4)
Series 1
Blues on the Stairs
Yorkshire builders in a white van - Johnny Street and Arthur Lane – are called to tackle the tricky task of a piano perilously perched on the Edwardian staircase of feisty music teacher Mrs Priam-Rhodes.
Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby.
Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane
Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne
Mrs Priam-Rhodes ...... Margaret Robertson
Ben Nevis ...... Kenny Blyth.
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
TUE 10:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b0129v0p)
Series 1
Mural
Ancient Warwick Hedges keeps interfering at the restaurant, so his frustrated son gives him a project. Stars Trevor Peacock.
TUE 10:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b0129v0r)
Episode 2
Based on his RAF experiences, the writer's 1942 play 'Flare Path' catches wartime Britain's public mood. Read by Clive Merrison. Episode 2 of 5.
TUE 11:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jljf)
Episode 4
Laura Fairlee and Walter Hartright have been reunited, but their happiness is marred by the fact that both their lives are in danger.
Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Stars Toby Stephens as Walter Hartright, Juliet Aubrey as Marian Halcombe, Emily Bruni as Laura Fairlie, Jeremy Clyde as Sir Percival Glyde, Alice Hart as Anne Catherick, Sean Baker as Mr Gilmore, Carolyn Pickles as Mrs Catherick, Philip Voss as Count Fosco, Edward Petherbridge as Frederick Fairlie, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Madame Fosco, Richenda Carey as Mrs Clements and Ioan Meredith as Pesca.
Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b012bz13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 When the Dog Dies (b00s9l4y)
Series 1
The Rival Grandad
Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit series Sorry - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent - for a sitcom about Sandy Hopper, a grandad happily growing old along with his dog Henry and his lodger, Dolores (Liza Tarbuck).
In this third episode, The Rival Grandad, we meet Sandy's grandson Tyson's other Grandad - Rex - who is a popular swashbuckling figure of a man, Tyson's hero and thus the bane of Sandy's life. Sandy's chance to get even comes when he takes Tyson and his sister Zoe to a new Adventure Park featuring dinosaurs, sharks and a great many light-fingered monkeys. Can Sandy's lodger, Dolores, save Sandy from an utter fiasco?
Sandy ..... Ronnie Corbett
Ellie ..... Tilly Vosburgh
Dolores ..... Liza Tarbuck
Tyson ..... Daniel Bridle
Mrs Pompom ..... Sally Grace
Blake ..... Jonathan Aris
Zoe ..... Amelia Clarkson
The producer is Liz Anstee, and this is a CPL production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 13:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008g6v9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvx8)
Episode 7
As Amelia Sedley's family face ruin, George Osborne breaks his engagement. Narrated by Stephen Fry, with Emma Fielding.
TUE 14:15 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012lty7)
Episode 2
Despite the 48-year age difference, Nadia's widower father is determined to marry his new love Valentina. Read by Sian Thomas.
TUE 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b012pcbb)
Jill Mansell - To the Moon and Back
Episode 2
Ellie begins her new job working for the handsome entrepreneur, Zack McLaren. Meanwhile, Tony enjoys a delightful encounter on Primrose Hill.

Jill Mansell's sparky romantic comedy about learning to fall in love with life again.
Read by Alex Tregear
Abridged by Miranda Davies
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011.
TUE 15:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b0129v0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 15:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b0129v0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012b00z)
Mel Giedroyc hears about spying skills, gets ice-dancing tips from Jane Torvill, and hears from a bestselling novelist who loves laserquesting.
TUE 17:00 Capital Gains (b007rq8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 The Sunday Format (b0129tdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel (b00wlrcp)
Episode 1
Malcolm Holmes is drawn back into the murky world of espionage from beyond the grave. Project Raphael sequel with Dan Hagley.
TUE 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00f5x8x)
The Sensational Saga of the Saltdean Stallion
Rizla battles to save Hugo Rune from Otto Black. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Rupert Degas.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b012bz13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008g6v9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jljf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 22:00 When the Dog Dies (b00s9l4y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b007wvmw)
Series 1
Episode 2
The funny man throws open his radio drop-in centre for sketches, chat and big, big fibs. With Mark Steel. From May 2005.
TUE 23:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcv)
More Brothers Faversham
Maximillian Faversham
The story of Victorian Britain's greatest horror writer.
The comedy trio's swashbuckling family romp.
Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.
With Miles Jupp and Ingrid Oliver.
Script edited by Richard Turner.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
TUE 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007ypp3)
The Body Politic
A government minister learns the true meaning of 'NHS cuts'. Starring John Woodvine and Sylvester McCoy.


WEDNESDAY 06 JULY 2011

WED 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel (b00wlrcp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00f5x8x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008g6v9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 1835 (b0129v0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Street and Lane (b00v8lr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b0129v0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b0129v0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jljf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Capital Gains (b007rq8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Sunday Format (b0129tdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gbq1)
Mr Harrington's Washing
In Petrograd, Ashenden encounters a fastidious American businessman called Mr Harrington, whose penchant for spotless laundry has ugly consequences when the Bolsheviks revolt.
Ashenden also crosses paths with his former Russian lover, Anastacia, who's only too eager to help him in his biggest and most important mission yet.
A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's own First World War experiences
Read by Alex Jennings
Abridged by Neville Teller
Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
WED 06:30 Falco (b007wpsz)
The Silver Pigs
Episode 3
Probing the illegal imports of the ingots, Roman sleuth Falco has chanced upon a sinister plot to overthrow the Emperor Vespasian.
And he's also discovered the identity of Helena's ex-husband: which has made him realise the plot is much closer to home than he thought.
Starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.
Lindsey Davis's witty and enthralling adventure set in the days of the Roman Empire.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Lenia …. Gillian Goodman
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Titus …. Jonathan Keeble
Domitian …. Declan Wilson
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
WED 07:00 Tony's (b007jt0l)
Series 1
Charles
Money starts to go missing from the corner-shop barber's till, so who is the thief? Stars Victor Spinetti. From October 1979.
WED 07:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007scyt)
Series 3
Episode 2
Drowning in a sea of shark's fin soup, the comic's life as celebrity chef flashes before his eyes. From April 2001.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj)
Series 6
Sid's Mystery Tours
Sid persuades the lad to become a director of his guided tours company, but there's a snag!
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Mavis Villers and Errol McKinnon.
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 (b007jzxt)
Series 2
The Compassionate Society
A new hospital needs a cure, but does MP Jim Hacker know his ACAS from his NALGO?
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowldes
Sir Ian …. Peter Jeffrey
Brian Baker …. Norman Bird
George …. Arthur Cox
Mrs Rogers …. Ellen McIntosh
Billy Fraser …. Peter Acre
James Lawford, MP …. John Bott
With Narissa Knights, Bernard Brown and Arnold Diamond
Featuring Bryan Martin and Moira Stuart as themselves
Adapted for radio by the producer, Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in October 1984.
WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv61)
Series 3
Episode 1
Ad man Ken Handley snags a leggy model to spy on the work of a rival agency.
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
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
April ...... Shelley Thompson
Hedley ...... Robert Longden
Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths
With Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, David Tate, Sally Grace, Enn Reitel and Anton Rogers.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.
WED 09:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b012b0r4)
Windsor welcomes host Humphrey Lyttelton, with Willie Rushton, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From May 1994.
WED 10:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012b1ys)
Series 1
Dark Horse
Odd-job-man Samuel's Fenland objects collection stirs up a rerun of the dark tale of the twisted eel. Stars Trevor Peacock.
WED 10:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b012b1yv)
Episode 3
Re-writing his play 'Love in Idleness' marks a distinct shift in the writer's once radical sympathies. Read by Clive Merrison.
WED 11:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm85)
Episode 1
Shipwrecked literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued by Wolf Larsen, demonic skipper of the seal-hunting schooner Ghost.
Jack London's 1904 psychological adventure novel telling of heroism, survival and love on the high seas.
Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury,
Dramatised in four parts by Ed Thomason
Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff
Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale
Mugridge ...... Ian Dury
Johnson ...... Jeffrey Gear
Leach ...... Scott Farrell
Charley ...... David Bannerman
Owen ...... Terence Edmond
Kelly ...... Norman Jonesy
Louis ...... Nigel Anthony
Svenson ...... Brett Usher
Smoke ...... Anthony Jackson
Harrison ...... Richard Pearce
Latimer ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Horner ...... Clarence Smith
Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott
Ferry Passenger ...... William Roberts
Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Singer: Sarah Connolly
Director: Adrian Bean
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b00x9237)
Series 7
In the Current Climate
Radio 4's most curmudgeonly author is back for a new series, complete with his trusty companion Elgar, his pipe and his never ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever scraps his agent, Ping, can offer him to keep body, mind and cat together.
Ed Reardon ..... Christopher Douglas
Jaz Milvain ..... Philip Jackson
Cliff ..... Geoff McGivern
Ray ..... Simon Greenall
Ping ..... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Felix ..... John Fortune
Ben Herbert ..... Tom Price
Pearl ..... Rita May
Olive ..... Stephanie Cole
Stan ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Functionary ..... Henry Devas
Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas
Produced by Dawn Ellis
Inevitably Ed finds himself once more battling through the week encountering the numerous 12-year olds who run the media; teaching the lively bunch of pensioners who can teach him a thing or two about money making schemes, frugal living and having a good time thank you very much, and regular run-ins with the rather successful Jaz Milvane, director of Ed's only ever book-to-screen adaptation.
As we renew our acquaintance with Ed austerity has hit hard. Jaz is eating at austerity themed restaurants, Ping is drawing in stocking seams with magic marker and Ed is picking blackberries from the canal towpath for his breakfast. However, things may be looking up as episode 1 sees Ed working with the most disturbingly fresh and mesmerizingly compelling voice of his generation, Ben Herbert. Ben has a three book deal and no time to write them all, so Ed has been drafted in to help him write one of the books - 'How to Survive With Like No Cash'. Surely a match made in heaven.
WED 13:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gbq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Falco (b007wpsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvxc)
Episode 8
George and Amelia honeymoon in Brighton, where Becky and Rawdon are after his aunt's cash. Narrated by Stephen Fry.
WED 14:15 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012b1yx)
Episode 3
Nadia and Vera bury the hatchet to plot how to prevent their aged father from marrying the voluptuous Valentina. Read by Sian Thomas.
WED 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b012b1yz)
Jill Mansell - To the Moon and Back
Episode 3
Ellie loves working for her new boss but doesn't fancy him much to Zack's disappointment.
Jill Mansell's sparky romantic comedy about learning to fall in love with life again.
Read by Alex Tregear
Abridged by Miranda Davies
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011.
WED 15:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012b1ys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 15:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b012b1yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012b1z2)
Mel Giedroyc meets the new Children's Laureate and author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson. Plus, flying blind, and driving a digger.
WED 17:00 Tony's (b007jt0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007scyt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel (b00wmp8p)
Episode 2
Malcolm and Polly travel unexpectedly beneath Moscow, and the ghost appears of someone he once knew very well. Stars Dan Hagley.
WED 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00fbzw3)
The Bizarre Brouhaha of the Birdman of Whitehawk
The future's best unknown. Rune and Rizla find out the hard way. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jzxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gbq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 21:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00x9237)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Secret World (b012b1z6)
Series 2
Episode 2
Alan Titchmarsh - quaint gardener or ruthless murderer? Jon Culshaw and friends probe the private lives of the famous. From July 2010.
WED 23:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007jnsr)
Jess of the B'ournevilles
Mr Sturdy arrives at the Club with a tale of West Country paganism. Stars Timothy Spall. From July 2003.
WED 23:30 Delve Special (b00t3xrt)
Series 1
The Shifton Scandal
Why did a Government Minister support the plan to build London's Third Airport 20 miles north east of Birmingham?
David Lander now attempts to answer that question by examining in detail the sex scandal which rocked the government and caused a sensation in 1982.
Studio production by Stephen Fry, Moray Watson, Jan Ravens and Jack Klaff.
With Brenda Bleythn, Mark Arden, Tony Robinson, Stephen Frost and Felicity Montague.
Dramatic reconstruction by Peter Wear, Phil Nice, Hilda Schroder, Brett Usher and Colin Starkey.
Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet.
Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer.
Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.


THURSDAY 07 JULY 2011

THU 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel (b00wmp8p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00fbzw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gbq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Falco (b007wpsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b012b0r4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012b1ys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b012b1yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Tony's (b007jt0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007scyt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gcmq)
Miss King
Agent Ashenden finds his Swiss hotel is a hive of activity for spies from both sides of the war and is summoned to the deathbed of an English governess who wants the ear of one of her countrymen before she dies.
A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's own First World War experiences
Read by Alex Jennings
Abridged by Neville Teller
Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
THU 06:30 Falco (b007wpcl)
The Silver Pigs
Episode 4
Falco battles to discover who killed Sosia - and to unmask the plotters against the Emperor.
He also discovers that true love can cross the boundaries of the strict Roman class structure...
Starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.
Conclusion of Lindsey Davis's adventure set in the days of the Roman Empire.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Titus …. Jonathan Keeble
Vespasian …. Michael Tudor Barnes
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
THU 07:00 The Brothers (b00p92xt)
Series 2
Episode 6
Peter, Nigel and Michael make mistakes and promises. Stars Raymond Coulthard, Adam Godley and James Fleet. From November 2005.
THU 07:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b012b3dy)
Series 1
To the Moon and Back
Comedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1961. A BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the unimaginably futuristic world of 2006.
The actors callously use the show to secure advertising deals.
Nigel Lavery ...... Peter Bowles
Sylvia Hann ...... Cheryl Campbell
Godfrey Winnard ...... John Fortune
Sir Angus McNairn ...... Gary Waldhorn
Hugo Kellerman ...... Joseph Kloska
Douglas Bennings ...... Jon Glover
Colin Franks ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Waitress ...... Miranda Keeling.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b012b8hx)
Fowl Play
The blundering bureaucrats learn not to put all their eggs in one in-tray.
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 August 1972.
THU 08:30 Hello Cheeky (b012b8hz)
From 28/04/1973
Mix up over TV newsreaders and the DJs hold forth on Radio 1's Roundtable.
Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1973.
THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00b0qrc)
Series 2
Tommy Wants a Knighthood
Comeback duo singer Tommy mounts his own campaign to be awarded an MBE.
30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are back in the big time.
June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star in Mike Coleman's sitcom.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Mike Coleman and Edward Halstead.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.
THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b012b8j1)
From London, Nicholas Parsons welcomes Clement Freud, Stephen Fry, Paul Merton and Liza Tarbuck. From January 2002.
THU 10:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012b8j3)
Series 1
The Taste of Success
The restaurant faces financial trouble. As Jack tries to get away, Warwick raves about a local pudding. Stars Trevor Peacock.
THU 10:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b012b8j5)
Episode 4
'The Browning Version' reflects the writer's emotional repression and reticence over his homosexuality. Read by Clive Merrison.
THU 11:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm8h)
Episode 2
The seal-hunting schooner Ghost journeys on to the herds with ruthless captain, Wolf Larsen at the helm.
Jack London's 1904 tale of brutality and survival on the high seas,
Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury,
Dramatised by Ed Thomason
Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff
Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale
Mugridge ...... Ian Dury
Johnson ...... Jeffrey Gear
Leach ...... Scott Farrell
Owen ...... Terence Edmond
Kelly ...... Norman Jones
Louis ...... Nigel Anthony
Smoke ...... Anthony Jackson
Harrison ...... Richard Pearce
Latimer ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Horner ...... Clarence Smith
Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott
Maud Brewster ...... Shelley Thompson
Louis ...... Nigel Anthony
Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Singer: Sarah Connolly.
Director: Adrian Bean.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b012b8hx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 It's Your Round (b00zf4nz)
Series 1
Episode 5
Angus Deayton hosts the comedy panel show with no format.
Tim Key, Micky Flanagan, Bridget Christie and Nick Hancock battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own games each has brought along.
What is Micky's 'Cockney Rhyming Slang Charades' all about and is it any fun to play? Can anyone understand the rules to Tim's 'No More Women'? And what is Bridget's idea of her 'Fantasy Funeral'? Find out the answers to these questions, and more, in this show.
Angus valiantly tries to make sure everyone comes out of it with their reputations intact.
Reader: Christine Kavanagh
Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell
Devised by Benjamin Partridge
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.
THU 13:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gcmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Falco (b007wpcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvxg)
Episode 9
Amelia follows George and the regiment to Brussels, as Becky attracts an army of admirers. Stars Emma Fielding and Jon Glover.
THU 14:15 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012b8j7)
Episode 4
Valentina continues her conspicuous consumption as cracks in the months-old marriage begin to show. Read by Sian Thomas.
THU 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b012b96v)
Jill Mansell - To the Moon and Back
Episode 4
Ellie and Zack grow closer and Tony is over the moon when Martha finally agrees to see him again.
Jill Mansell's sparky romantic comedy about learning to fall in love with life again.
Read by Alex Tregear
Abridged by Miranda Davies
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011.
THU 15:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012b8j3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 15:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b012b8j5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012b96x)
Mel Giedroyc with more prizewinning short stories, Coldplay's Chris Martin, and why Kirsten O'Brien hates a mess.
THU 17:00 The Brothers (b00p92xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b012b3dy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel (b00wmr9r)
Episode 3
Malcolm discovers why he ended up in the sewers of Moscow, and he is asked to complete a task for Victor. Stars Dan Hagley.
THU 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00fg48q)
The Wondrous One-Off Wiseman of Withdean
Rizla dresses as a woman, but Hugo Rune can't escape his destiny. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b012b8hx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b012b8hz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gcmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Falco (b007wpcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm8h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 22:00 It's Your Round (b00zf4nz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k4y7)
Series 2
Behind the Magic
The Film Institute has a self-regarding guest; the audio guides start to go wrong - and there's a sneak preview of the Museum's very own behind-the-scenes DVD.
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 May 2005.
THU 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00mbm3j)
Series 4
Episode 2
"Make Me a Celebrity Centaur", an exciting new reality show that features cutting edge surgery and some horses.
Sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb,
With Sarah Hadland, Olivia Colman and James Bachman.
Producer Gareth Edwards
Firs broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.
THU 23:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b008gdcr)
Episode 2
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero with Hong Feng Shui and Right Said Freud. Recorded at the Edinburgh Festival.


FRIDAY 08 JULY 2011

FRI 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel (b00wmr9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00fg48q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gcmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Falco (b007wpcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00b0qrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b012b8j1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012b8j3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b012b8j5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm8h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Brothers (b00p92xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b012b3dy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008ggv1)
Giulia Lazzari
Agent Ashenden's summoned to a Paris hotel and tasked with ensnaring a known agitator - Indian lawyer, Chandra Lal who's caused much trouble for the British war effort.
When a large reward was offered for his arrest, Chandra fled to Berlin and where he fell in love with an Italian dancer, Giulia Lazzari. But Intelligence Head R has intercepted their love letters sparking a plan to trap him.
A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's own First World War experiences
Read by Alex Jennings
Abridged by Neville Teller
Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
FRI 06:30 Falco (b008kkch)
Shadows in Bronze
1. Vipers
Following a plot to depose the Emperor Vespasian, Falco sets out to clear up a few loose ends, only to uncover a nest of vipers.
Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome.
With Ben Crowe as Petronius / Chamberlain, Fiona Clarke as Tullia, Anna Madeley as Helena Justina, Michael Tudor Barnes as Vespasian / Milo and Christian Rodska as Gordianus.
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
FRI 07:00 Anything Legal (b00828m9)
Episode 2
City commuters Charles and George finally admit they’ve both lost their jobs and take action...
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
‘A Tale of Two City Gents’ by Wally K Daly.
Charles …. Donald Hewlett
George …. Michael Knowles
Mr Rollings …. Jon Glover
The Ticket Collector …. Renu Setna
Black Market Job Salesman …. Ron Pember
The Waitress …. Sonia Fraser
Theme music by Jim Parker.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
FRI 07:30 Snap (b00v7sn2)
Series 2
Episode 6
Divorced Doug and Molly date in secret, but they can't ignore their split. Stars Paul Venables and Rebecca Lacey. From August 2004.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b0080qlm)
Series 3
Onabushkan Flu
With her crew battling flu, HMS Troutbridge must take on board half an Onabushkan crew for a special royal mission.

Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson,Tenniel Evans as Able Seaman Goldstein, Heather Chasen as the Queen and Michael Bates as the Aide.

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 (b00sbh9h)
Series 1
The Bath
Harold's plan for a proper bathroom upset his father Albert.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold.
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 was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1966.
FRI 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fwqbl)
Series 2
Scouting for Boys
West Bromwich offer Robert a trial, but Father Benedict doesn't want to lose him. Stars Brenda Blethyn. From October 1994.
FRI 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b007ncd1)
Series 1
Homeward Bound
Moving back where he grew up, Patrick meets school mate Billy. Jim Sweeney's comedy-drama with Steve Steen. From July 2001.
FRI 10:00 Loose Ends (b0128fqq)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
Rita Rudner joins Clive as she returns to the London stage for the first time in fifteen years with her one-woman show 'Rita Rudner Live in London. Rita is Las Vegas's most successful female comedian, with the longest running solo show in history with over one million tickets sold.
Designer and co-founder of the Red or Dead fashion label Wayne Hemingway talks about his Vintage Festival, celebrating seven decades of British cool with live music from Sandie Shaw, Percy Sledge and Robin Gibb. With DJ sets from Norman Jay and Craig Charles. And it's all indoors with proper toilets!
Michelle Ryan is best known for playing Zoe Slater in Eastenders but she has also appeared in Dr Who, Merlin and was The Bionic Woman. She stars in Ben Miller's directorial debut feature film Huge with Noel Clarke and Johnny Harris as a double act trying to make it big in the comedy world.
Listen Against and The Now Show's Jon Holmes talks to the comedian Dave Gorman. His past projects have involved a worldwide search to find other Dave Gorman, an obsession with Googlewhacks and a road trip to find non-corporate America. His latest book 'Dave Gorman Vs The Rest of the World, sees him challenge people all over the UK to a variety of games of their choice, from cards, darts, scrabble and Monopoly to Khet, Kubb, Tikal and Smite. And in August he returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in eight years with his new show, Dave Gorman's Powerpoint Presentation.
Born on a hippie commune in Ontario then raised in another in Virginia, USA, singer-songwriter Devon Sproule returns to the Loose Ends studio. With a full band behind her, she performs the title track from her latest album 'I Love You, Go Easy'.
And the soundtrack of summer comes folky Vetiver from San Francisco. They play 'Wonder Why' from their album The Errant Charm.
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
FRI 10:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b012brsl)
Episode 5
The terminally ill playwright's critical reputation revives before he dies. Clive Merrison concludes Michael Darlow's biography. Episode 5 of 5.
FRI 11:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmc9)
Episode 3
With Maud Brewster aboard, the real danger on the schooner's voyage is yet to begin...
Jack London's 1904 tale of brutality and survival on the high seas.
Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury.
Dramatised by Ed Thomason
Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff
Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale
Mugridge ...... Ian Dury
Kelly ...... Norman Jones
Smoke ...... Anthony Jackson
Latimer ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Horner ...... Clarence Smith
Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott
Maud Brewster ...... Shelley Thompson
Telefson ...... Charles Millham
Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott
Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Singer: Sarah Connolly.
Director: Adrian Bean.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b0080qlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Now Show (b0124qty)
Series 34
Episode 4
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Mitch Benn, Susan Calman, Laura Shavin, Boothby Graffoe and Nik Pynn, to present a mix of topical stand-up, sketches and comedy songs.
FRI 13:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008ggv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Falco (b008kkch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvxl)
Episode 10
1815, the Battle of Waterloo. As George and Rawdon fight, Becky and Amelia wait for news. Narrated by Stephen Fry.
FRI 14:15 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012brz6)
Episode 5
Father and his young wife Valentina argue over her visa appeal, but everyone has a cunning plan. Read by Sian Thomas.
FRI 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b012bs1w)
Jill Mansell - To the Moon and Back
Episode 5
While Ellie is uncertain about her own love life, she helps to bring another couple back together.
Jill Mansell's sparky romantic comedy about learning to fall in love with life again.
Concluded by Alex Tregear
Abridged by Miranda Davies
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011.
FRI 15:00 Loose Ends (b0128fqq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 15:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work (b012brsl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012bs1y)
Get your sequins out - Mel Giedroyc finds out how to be a trapeze artist, hears from a prizewinning young writer, and sings along to Adele.
FRI 17:00 Anything Legal (b00828m9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Snap (b00v7sn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel (b00wmznd)
Episode 4
The reason for Mike's involvement with the Nablovski colony is revealed, and also why Moira's case is so heavy. Stars Dan Hagley.
FRI 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00fksh6)
The Concluding Chaotic Conundrum of the Coldean Cat
Can Rizla survive with only a messiah for company? Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Rupert Degas.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b0080qlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00sbh9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008ggv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Falco (b008kkch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmc9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 22:00 Now Show Extra (b012bsf3)
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 (b00slvww)
Series 2
Normal Time
Cartoonist Steven Appleby claims dinosaurs mastered the 3Rs - reading, writing and riding bicycles.
Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably describes as "insights into normal, everyday life".
With:
Rosalind Paul
Ewan Bailey
Nigel Betts
Rachel Atkins
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003
FRI 23:00 The Jason Byrne Show (b00mbvf7)
Series 1
Education
Exploring a fresh theme each week, the award-winning comedian hosts stand-up and sketches. With Ivan Brackenbury. From July 2008.
FRI 23:30 Big Town All Stars (b007jr8x)
Series 1
If You Scratch My Back
A teacher joins a struggling a cappella group to quit geography. Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From February 2000.