SATURDAY 13 AUGUST 2011

SAT 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmx1)
Operation Luna
10. The Citadel
Stranded in Earth's past, the Voice tries tempting Captain Jet Morgan and his crew out into the city of the aliens.
Futuristic tale set in 1965 written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
All Other Parts …. Deryck Guyler
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
The original 1953 recordings of this futuristic series were erased.
This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1958.
SAT 00:30 Eoin Colfer - And Another Thing... (b0133m09)
Episode 10
Will the Vogons wipe out Nano? Is this The End, or just the end of a middle? Sequel to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, with Stephen Mangan.
SAT 00:45 MR James (b007k1kh)
MR James: Ghost Stories
Rats
Mr Thompson decides to explore the rooms at the inn where he is staying. Perhaps he shouldn't. Read by Benjamin Whitrow.
SAT 01:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0133ldd)
Series 1
Roaring Boy
Mary and Andy have some exciting news for George, but he's nowhere to be found - and on the other side of Dock Green, a desperate young man with a gun is on the run.
Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper starring David Calder as PC George Dixon and David Tennant as Andy Crawford.
Dixon of Dock Green's roots go back to 1950 film drama 'The Blue Lamp', which ended with Dixon being shot dead. However, Warner's role was resurrected for the BBC TV series running from 1955 to 1976.
PC George Dixon ...... David Calder
PC Andy Crawford ...... David Tennant
Mary Dixon ...... Charlie Brooks
Doug Beale ...... Carl Prekopp
Diana Johnson ...... Hayley Docherty
Written by Ted Willis. Dramatised from his TV screenplay by Sue Rodwell.
Produced in Bristol by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2005.
SAT 01:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nn7s8)
4. Following
Britain is in peril and Potts is in danger. Our hero follows his enemy to Paris. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
SAT 02:00 After Henry (b007jmkg)
Series 1
Moving
Her daughter wants to move out. Her mother wants to move in, but should Sarah just sell up?
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and Marion Bailey as Janie.
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985.
SAT 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b007s74l)
Series 1
Waterloo Sunset
It's the end of the line for Patrick, but Joe and Maria may have some good news to share. Stars Jim Sweeney. From August 2001.
SAT 03:00 Loose Ends (b012zy06)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
Offering Clive some nautical advice is, surprisingly, the actor Timothy Spall. He's best known for his roles in various Mike Leigh films and Auf Wiedersehen Pet. But in his new series for BBC Four 'Back At Sea', Timothy and his wife Shane continue their journey from Wales to Scotland in their Dutch barge, discovering a new tale at every port.
Bouncing into the studio is Liza Goddard who shot to fame as Clancy alongside 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'. In her new autobiography, 'Working with Children and Animals' Liza tells us about life after the marsupial and her roles on stage and screen most recently appearing in 'Midsomer Murders'.
Doug Stanhope is known as an unpredictable, no-holds-barred and uncompromising comic. But whilst the rest of the comedy world decamps to Edinburgh, Doug has decided to take up residency at The Leicester Square Theatre in London.
Nikki Bedi tries to give some dating advice to the comedian with OCD, Jon Richardson. In his latest book 'It's Not Me, It's You', Jon sets out to track down the right lady. But coming from the man who arranges the coins in his pockets in ascending size and colour, women who leave wet teaspoons in sugar bowls need not apply.
There's 'gyp-step' music from Molotov Jukebox, the energetic six-piece band (fronted by actress and accordionist Natalia Tena, of 'Harry Potter' and 'About A Boy' fame). They perform 'Double Dare' from their debut EP of the same name.
And from busking on the London Underground, Brixton Bluesman Errol Linton comes above ground to play 'Roll On Tomorrow' from his latest album 'Mama Said'.
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
SAT 03:45 15 Minute Musical (b00szjy2)
Series 1
Calamity Dave
The tender yet confusing story of how Posh and Becks met - set in the Wild West. Stars Dave Lamb. Fom November 2004.
SAT 04:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe (b007jqyc)
Episode 2
Crusoe's acceptance of his solitude is shattered by a single footprint in the sand.
Conclusion of Daniel Defoe’s epic tale dramatised by Steve Chambers
Older Robinson ...... Roy Marsden
Younger Robinson ...... Tom Bevan
Wells ...... Gerard McDermott
Crusoe's Father ...... John Rowe
Crusoe's Mother ...... Jenny Lee
Captain ...... Christopher Wright
Jack ...... Iwan Thomas
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
SAT 05:00 Anything Legal (b008cxvk)
Episode 7
The do-it-yourself skills of Charles and George arouse the suspicions of their wives Marjorie and Hilary.
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles ...... Donald Hewlett
George ...... Michael Knowles
Marjorie ...... Dilys Laye
Hilary ...... Norma Ronald
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.
SAT 05:30 Snap (b0133ldg)
Series 3
Episode 5
Doug and Molly’s attempts to rekindle their romance after divorcing are hampered by his mum who’s convalescing after tripping over. Molly is not impressed...

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, Robin Weaver as Dawn and Jonathan Tafler as Raymond.

Producer: David Ian Neville

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005
SAT 06:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4b7)
Rebecca
Arriving at Manderley, the young Mrs de Winter finds the beautiful mansion and its occupants haunted by memories of Rebecca - the first wife of her new husband Maxim...
Christopher Cazenove and Janet Maw star in Daphne Du Maurier’s classic 1938 novel.
Dramatised by Brian Miller.
Maxim de Winter …. Christopher Cazenove
Mrs de Winter …. Janet Maw
Mrs Danvers …. Rosalie Crutchley
Jack Favell …. Nicholas Grace
Colonel Julyan …. Frederick Treves
Mrs Van Hopper …. Irene Sutcliffe
Frith …. John Gabriel
Beatrice …. Margaret Courtenay
Ben …. Danny Schiller
Clarice …. Elizabeth Mansfield
Horridge …. Brian Miller
Tabb …. John Bull
Dr Baker …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1989
SAT 07:30 Fabulous Flops (b01380ck)
More Fabulous Flops
Episode 2
Paul Roseby surveys the musical wreckage of Annie 2, and weeps when Henry VIII finally gets to sing. With Elaine Stritch.
SAT 08:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00q92bq)
Dave Spikey
The NHS stalwart turned comedian - famous for Phoenix Nights - chooses some of his favourite songs, and chats about his career.
SAT 09:00 Comedy Connections (b007jt3v)
Simon Brett joins the dots between Bandwaggon (1939), Much Binding in the Marsh (1950), Beyond Our Ken (1958), Hancock's Half Hour (1956) and Paradise Street (1954).
SAT 12:00 Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms: Omnibus (b01381tq)
Episode 2
Frederic's life is in danger as anarchy rules on the Italian retreat, and it's every man for himself. Stars Patrick Kennedy. Episode 2 of 2.
SAT 13:10 Chain Gang (b00p7qbj)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone
Episode 11
We're entering the home straight of the tale our listeners have been telling, and there's a birth. Of sorts.
SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007k0bt)
Series 3
Settling Scores
Paolo invites Tina to her first classical music concert, but a murder soon sounds a wrong note.
David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.
Written by Mark Holloway.
With Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, Bill Nighy as O'Connor, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Geraldine James as Maggie, Owen Roe as Rynne, Gerard McSorley as Dr Virgo, Niall Buggy as Donal Clare, Luke Griffin as Billy and Collette Proctor as Kitty Henderson.
Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.
Script Editor: Gemma McMullan
Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.
Director: Mark Lambert
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
SAT 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0132tk2)
The Radio Ham - Pye's Re-recording
The Lad Himself communicates with the world. The originally TV-only episode performed before an audience in October 1961.
SAT 14:30 The Goon Show (b00qpjpm)
Series 5
The China Story
Neddie Seagoon is Britain's ambassador in China, and he's after cash.

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 Bruce Campbell.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1955.
SAT 15:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00q92bq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4b7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Fabulous Flops (b01380ck)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00qg1s3)
Nation
Episode 1
On a storm-battered island, Mau believes he's the only survivor. South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Norfolk.
SAT 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b01381ts)
The Wind
The mounting wind proves to be an enemy for one man. Ray Bradbury's atmospheric tale stars Bob Nelson.
SAT 19:00 Comedy Connections (b007jt3v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Saturday Stand-Up (b01381wx)
Boothby Graffoe in Cabaret
Boothby Graffoe entertains with jokes, silly songs and audience participation. From his 2009 show at Brighton's Komedia.
SAT 23:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b01381wz)
Episode 4
Robert has been shot. Could Greg Wyncoop - who has not been seen since they both fought by the river - really have done it? Or is his body lying in the morgue?
Patricia Highsmith's intriguing tale of obsession stars John Sharian as Robert Forester, Adrian Lester as Greg Wyncoop, Briony Glassco as Nickie Jurgen and Peter Marinker as Detective Lippenholtz.
Adapted by Shaun McKenna.
Music composed and performed by David Chilton
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
SAT 23:30 Scandinavian Chiller (b01380cm)
Camilla Lackberg - The Ice Princess
Episode 5
Confronting Alex's parents, Patrick learns what happened to their daughter in 1977. Alex Tregear concludes the Swedish thriller.


SUNDAY 14 AUGUST 2011

SUN 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00qg1s3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Bradbury 13 (b01381ts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00q92bq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms: Omnibus (b01381tq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:10 Chain Gang (b00p7qbj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007k0bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4b7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Fabulous Flops (b01380ck)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street Omnibus (b00fvpdw)
Episode 1
Prior to the First World War, Muriel Hammond is trying to find her place in the world.
Muriel unwittingly disgraces herself at her first party and then has to face the harsh reality of boarding school. Life brightens, however, when she befriends the exotic and beautiful Clare Duquesne.
Set in Yorkshire, Winifred Holtby's story about a woman's journey - from her teens to womanhood - into independence and self-fulfilment.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes dramatised in by Diana Griffiths.
Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Mr Hammond ...... David Fleeshman
Clare Duquesne ...... Victoria Brazier
Miss Hancock ...... Daryl Fishwick
Young Muriel ...... Ellie Sager
Young Godfrey ...... Jon-Paul Bell
Director: Pauline Harris.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
SUN 07:10 Chain Gang (b00pbtvz)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone
Episode 12
It's the penultimate episode of our listener-led story. And we've moved to London. But not as we know it.
SUN 07:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl6vd)
The Ugly Sister
A Cinderella pantomime character wonders if her own Prince Charming is in the audience. Short story read by Lesley Sharp.
SUN 07:30 When the Dog Dies (b013229w)
Series 2
Temptation
Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit TV comedy 'Sorry', Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent, in the second series of their Radio 4 sitcom.
Ronnie plays Sandy Hopper, who is growing old happily along with his dog Henry. His grown up children, both married to people Sandy doesn't approve of at all, would like him to move out of the family home so they can get their hands on their money earlier. But Sandy's not having this. He's not moving until the dog dies. And not just that, how can he move if he's got a lodger? His daughter is convinced that his too attractive lodger Dolores (Liza Tarbuck) is after Sandy and his money.
Luckily Sandy has three grandchildren and sometimes a friendly word - a kindly hand on the shoulder can really help a Granddad in the twenty-first century. Man and dog together face a complicated world. There's every chance they'll make it more so.
Episode Three - Temptation
Generous Sandy splashes out just a little - with his sponsorship of son-in-law Blake's noble efforts in a charity marathon. Too late, he discovers he's splashed out a whole lot. But the promise is signed, his generosity even announced on the net. Is there a way round this? Listeners should have a pencil and paper handy.
Cast:
Sandy ..... Ronnie Corbett
Dolores ..... Liza Tarbuck
Mrs Pompom ..... Sally Grace
Ellie ..... Tilly Vosburgh
Blake ..... Jonathan Aris
Damon ..... Stephen Critchlow
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 08:00 Take It From Here (b0138xvv)
From 15/04/1954
Jimmy and Dick talk green fingers, while Eth consults the stars over Ron's future in The Glums. Stars June Whitfield. From April 1954.
SUN 08:30 Life With The Lyons (b0138xvx)
Back in the Autumn
The family are planning their summer holiday, but will it be plain sailing?
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 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, Ronnie Hanbury and Bill Harding.
BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1954.
SUN 09:00 Roald Dahl (b0138xvz)
The Witches
Episode 1
A boy uncovers an evil plan to turn every child in the world into a mouse. Narrated by Toby Jones and starring Margaret Tyzack.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b0138xw1)
Martin Sheen
A chance to hear an extended edition of the Hollywood actor's Desert Island Discs, first broadcast in April 2011 on Radio 4. Presented by Kirsty Young.
SUN 11:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k207)
1967
BBC local stations begin and national radio is numbered from 1 to 4. Six selected years in radio history with Daphne Oxenford.
SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007k4rl)
Series 2
Al Read
Mark Radcliffe profiles the Salford sausage-maker who became one of BBC radio's most popular comedians, Al Read.
Series exploring some of the North's best-loved and most influential comedians.
Producer: Libby Cross
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
SUN 12:00 Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street Omnibus (b00fvpdw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:10 Chain Gang (b00pbtvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]
SUN 13:15 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl6vd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 PD James - The Skull Beneath the Skin (b007vchn)
Episode 1
With her life in danger, actress Clarissa Lisle turns to private detective Cordelia Grey. Two-part thriller starring Greta Scacchi.
SUN 15:00 Take It From Here (b0138xvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Life With The Lyons (b0138xvx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Roald Dahl (b0138xvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jsy7)
Series 8
One Jump Behind
The cheeky schoolboy causes hospital chaos as he tries to retrieve a key. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From November 1964.
SUN 17:30 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jpjp)
The Bishop Gains a Reputation
Clerical confusion abounds over the Archdeacon's tell-all book.
Starring Robertson Hare as the Archdeacon, William Mervyn as the Bishop, Jonathan Cecil as Bishop's Chaplain - the Reverend Mervyn Noote and John Barron as the Dean. With Michael Kilgarriff.
The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio.
Written and adapted by husband-and-wife team, Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1972.
SUN 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jmcr)
Series 1
The Face
A woman's terrifying dream turns into reality. Stars Rosalind Ayres. Introduced by the Man in Black, Edward De Souza.
SUN 18:30 Paul Magrs - Never the Bride (b00941pb)
The Vintage Costumed Hero Ball
Monstrous B&B landlady Brenda gets a murderous surprise at a superheroes convention. Stars Joanna Tope and John Paul Hurley.
SUN 19:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k207)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007k4rl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 20:00 Take It From Here (b0138xvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 Life With The Lyons (b0138xvx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b0138xw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 22:00 When the Dog Dies (b013229w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jr3g)
Series 3
The Pain of the Mastersons
The Masterson family find bohemian inspiration in the Lake District.
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 August 1995.
SUN 23:00 Dave Podmore (b007qx6y)
Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix
Episode 3
Dave Podmore refuses to stand idly by as English cricket stares down both barrels of a bottomless doldrum.
On a chaotic overseas tour, his private life takes a turn for the worse.
Christopher Douglas stars as Pod.
Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Dave ...... Chris Douglas
Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds
With Nicola Sanderson and Chris Pavlo.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
SUN 23:30 The Harpoon (b007lnx3)
Series 1
Episode 4
Nostalgia galore in the Empire's favourite weekly magazine.
With Susie Brann, Julian Dutton, Peter Baynham, Alistair McGowan, Mary Elliot-Nelson and Bryonie Pritchard.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.


MONDAY 15 AUGUST 2011

MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jmcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Paul Magrs - Never the Bride (b00941pb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b0138xw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k207)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007k4rl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Take It From Here (b0138xvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 PD James - The Skull Beneath the Skin (b007vchn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Roald Dahl (b0138xvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1vx)
1. The Curious Case of the Curs'd Quayside
Why do so many English warships sink for no apparent reason, and what does a certain jar contain?
Christopher Marlowe gets a job, hires a servant - and inherits a mystery.
First of four historical comedy mysteries by Ged Parsons. Amid the splendour and squalor of Elizabethan London - scholar, playwright and government spy, Christopher Marlowe is assigned to investigate a number of baffling mysteries and perplexing intrigues...
Starring Dominic Jephcott as Marlowe, Bill Wallis as Ratsbane, Paul Brooke as Sir Francis Walsingham, Garard Green as Admiral Downing, Brian Bowles as Captain Curtis and Julian Dutton as Captain Barnaby. With Sarah Thomas and Victoria Carling.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993
MON 06:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nnpb3)
5. Godalming
The ex-officer heads to Godalming to protect Phyllis. And are the Duchess' pearls safe? Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b007jx5y)
Series 5
Episode 2
Guard Gallagher gets new lodgings, as arguments rage over the cottage.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine McCartney as Vivienne Hawthorne, Gerard Murphy as Rev Hawthorne, Marcella Riordan as Peg Sweeney, John Guiney as Father O'Flatley and Charlie Bonnar as Packy McGoldrick.
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
MON 07:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4qk)
Episode 2
Unhappily married Patrick and Maureen should have split long ago, but snipe at each other during their classical music show instead.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick Barlow as Patrick Maybe.
Special guest star Juliet Stevenson is not impressed.
Doctor ...... Peter Jones
Irina ...... Leonie Mellinger
John ...... John Ramm.
Written by Patrick Barlow.
Script associate: Nev Fountain
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00mlxk1)
Series 3
Episode 12
Kenneth Williams saddles up as a jockey in 'A Man Is Two Foot Tall', but Kenneth Horne is after some advice on Bona Bijou Tourettes from Julian and Sandy.
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 April 1967.
MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b0139bkv)
Series 8
Episode 7
The show's listeners go on strike - and a legendary royal's in marrying mode.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Sketches written by Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Jo Kendall
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 1970.
MON 09:00 When the Dog Dies (b0139d46)
Series 2
The Never Ending Story
Ronnie Corbett and the writers of his hit sitcom Sorry, Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent, return for a second series of this popular sitcom about Sandy Hopper, a granddad happily growing old along with his dog Henry and his lodger, Dolores (Liza Tarbuck).
Dolores seems to have taken up with a married man but Sandy's grandfatherly duties come before his fatherly ones. And thus Sandy discovers the power of the story. Tyson's sister Zoe is desperate to find out what happened next. If it were just a matter of googling Emily Bronte, it would be simple enough but things are never that easy for Sandy. Just who is Byron Queasley, for a start?
Cast:
Ronnie Corbett ...... Sandy
Liza Tarbuck ...... Dolores
Sally Grace ...... Mrs Pompom
Tilly Vosburgh ...... Ellie
Philip Bird ....... Lance
Amelia Clarkson ...... Zoe
Stephen Critchlow ...... Queasley
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 09:30 The Party Line (b0139gg2)
Series 3
Episode 1
Hapless backbencher Duncan Stonebridge loses a laptop full of secret government reports. Stars James Fleet. From October 2008.
MON 10:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx3z)
Series 1
The Troubles of This Life
The lively events in the parish of Over Stowey, from the 1799 diary of Somerset parson, William Holland. Stars Ronald Pickup.
MON 10:45 Creme de la Crime (b007jr3j)
Series 1
The Cheese Killer
Michael Feydeau and David Pershore review the murderous case of Charles Sparrow. Stars Punt and Dennis. From September 2001.
MON 11:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures (b00ncspw)
Episode 1
Back home in England, the castaway heads northwards in search of more excitement. Daniel Defoe's adventure stars Tim McInnerny.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00mlxk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Just a Minute (b013214n)
Series 61
From 08/08/2011
Ventriloquism and PAs. Nicholas Parsons welcomes Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Shelia Hancock and Graham Norton. From August 2011.
MON 13:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nnpb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b01yk)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street
Episode 6
Diana Griffiths' dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey into self-fulfilment.
6/10. Muriel's sister Connie returns home unexpectedly with startling news.
Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt
Mr Hammond ...... David Fleeshman
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Bobby Collins ...... Sam Curtis
Lady Grainger ...... Daryl Fishwick
Young man ...... Steven Rostance
Directed by Pauline Harris.
MON 14:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees (b00j1c4r)
Roots
Nature writer and conservationist Roger Deakin's poetic travelogue starts with Suffolk in springtime. Read by Sean Baker.
MON 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b00890l3)
Episode 1
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
MON 14:45 John Bayley - Iris (b007jzdx)
Episode 1
Recalling her love of swimming, the husband of novelist Iris Murdoch tells his wife's story. Read by Oliver Ford Davies.
MON 15:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 15:45 Creme de la Crime (b007jr3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b013cfzj)
Mel Giedroyc uncovers the truth behind space dust, learns the correct way to blow up a building and introduces a race down the Royal Mile at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b007jx5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmxh)
Operation Luna
11. To the Moon or Venus?
The Voice invites Captain Jet Morgan and his crew to meet him, but Lemmy is soon feeling terrified...
Futuristic tale set in 1965 as first broadcast in 1953.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
Other parts by David Jacobs and Deryck Guyler.
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
Written in 13-parts and produced by Charles Chilton.
Though first heard in 1953, the original recordings were wiped.
Re-recording first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1958.
MON 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1wb)
Episode 1
Cayce Pollard is a young American advertising consultant with an unusual allergy - she's hyper-sensitive to brands and branding.
It's a pretty lucrative affliction, because Cayce is a 'coolhunter', employed by multinational companies to test new brands and logos. She knows, instinctively, what will work - and what won't.
But visiting London for what should have been a straightforward job, Cayce becomes involved in something altogether more mysterious and complicated...
Stylish fast-moving thriller by award-winning cult American writer William Gibson.
Read by Lorelei King.
Abridged by Ron Roberts.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00mlxk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b0139bkv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nnpb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b013fk4s)
Edinburgh Festival 2011
Episode 1
Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from the Edinburgh Festival.
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b013214n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 22:30 4 Extra at the Fringe (b013m6l1)
David O'Doherty does an impression of a penguin for Arthur Smith.
MON 22:40 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007n101)
Series 1
Gossip
Adam Bloom investigates exactly who starts rumours?
Helping Adam to silence wagging tongues are Sarah Kennedy, Brendon Burns and Stefano Paolini.
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
MON 22:55 4 Extra at the Fringe (b013m6l3)
Arthur chats to Henning Wehn and fellow comic Otto who shows off his yodelling talent.
MON 23:00 When the Dog Dies (b0139d46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 23:30 Hut 33 (b00lqfm2)
Series 1
Careless Talk
A security breach at Bletchley Park puts the wartime code-breakers under suspicion.
Set in Bletchley Park in 1941, three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut, as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately, they hate each other.
CAST:
Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Joshua …. Alex MacQueen
and Miranda Raison
Written by James Cary.
Producer: Adam Bromley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.


TUESDAY 16 AUGUST 2011

TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1wb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nnpb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 When the Dog Dies (b0139d46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b0139gg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 Creme de la Crime (b007jr3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures (b00ncspw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b007jx5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1x8)
2. The Turbulent Tale of the Troubl'd Tragedy
Why does an unknown patron fund the worst play ever written, and what has become of Mighty Meg?
Historical comedy mysteries by Ged Parsons. Amid the splendour and squalor of Elizabethan London - scholar, playwright and government spy, Christopher Marlowe is assigned to investigate a number of baffling mysteries and perplexing intrigues...
Starring Dominic Jephcott as Marlowe, Bill Wallis as Ratsbane, Paul Brooke as Sir Francis Walsingham, Roy Hudd as Peek, Simon Godley as Fortescue, Lionel Jeffries as Trump, Daniel Strauss as Squires and Victoria Carling as Gloriana Nonesuch.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
TUE 06:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nskjl)
6. Foiling
Can our hero foil evil Peterson's plan to overthrow the government? Sapper's yarn is concluded by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
TUE 07:00 To the Manor Born (b007k45h)
The Grapevine
Audrey tries to fool Devere that she has been on holiday to Spain.
Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.
Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
Zulema Dene ..... Mrs Plunkett
The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, finally arrived home in 1997.
Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1997.
TUE 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00ccd7j)
Series 1
Radio Play
The ex-variety star has a muddled day at the butchers and at a radio play read-through. Stars Steve Delaney. From January 2006.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jscs)
Series 5
Under Two Floorboards
In true Beau Geste style, Neddie Seagoon joins the foreign legion in disgrace.

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 January 1955.
TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jttb)
Series 3
Ignore These Programme Titles the Burkiss Way
The team pulls open the "Door Handle of the Day" - and who will win the "Difficult Time of the Month Competition"?
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .
Cult sketch comedy series, which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Scripted by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978.
TUE 09:00 Any Other Business (b013cnyp)
Episode 4
Chesbury FC is in dire straits, but Lady Mayoress Graham is determined to save the day.
Lucy Flannery's local government sitcom stars Nelson David, John Duttine, James Grout, Rosy Fordham, Nick Hardy, Howard Lew Lewis, Toby Longworth, Jan Ravens, Vivienne Rochester and June Whitfield.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
TUE 09:30 Street and Lane (b00w5rgj)
Series 2
Going for Broke
The Yorkshire builders are warned over a dodgy landlord - and a birth is imminent...
Series 2 of Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby's comedy stars Shaun Dooley as Johnny Street, Fine Time Fontayne as Arthur Lane, Muzz Khan as Pete and Bethan Walker as Lucy.
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
TUE 10:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx44)
Series 1
The Fruits of the Earth
In the year 1800, parson William Holland battles with the Somerset farmers and sees the harvest in. Stars Ronald Pickup.
TUE 10:45 Creme de la Crime (b00807sd)
Series 1
Heist Society
A tale of 1960s cunning villainy coinciding with the World Cup.
Recalled by Michael Feydeau -TV's much-loved Inspector Niblett - and crime expert David Pershore
Using a daring mixture of reconstructions, interviews, music and specially made noises, tales from the vaults of villainy.
Written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
With:
Emma Kennedy
Simon Greenall
Director: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
TUE 11:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures (b00nd06k)
Episode 2
The castaway searches for more adventure in the far north wastes of Siberia. Stars Tim McInnerny and Jonathan Tafler.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jscs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b01322dm)
Series 2
Episode 3
The human chameleon's host of comic characters from a chicken shop worker to a honeymooner.
Starring; Lucy Montgomery,
With Philip Pope, Sally Grace, Natalie Walter, Iris Walker and Waen Shepherd
Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steve Burge, Jon Hunter, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Fay Rusling.
Script Editor: Dan Tetsell
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.
TUE 13:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1x8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nskjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b0fxj)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street
Episode 7
Diana Griffiths' dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey into self-fulfilment.
7/10. Muriel has gone to stay with Connie in the Yorkshire Moors. Connie, desperate for Muriel's help, receives a letter and discovers the truth concerning a past lover.
Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Mr Todd ...... Paul McCleary
Mrs Todd ...... Deborah McAndrew
Ben Todd ...... Graeme Hawley
Alice ...... Tahira Dar
Directed by Pauline Harris.
TUE 14:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees (b00j1hzr)
Sapwood
Nature writer and conservationist Roger Deakin looks at moths with a group of Essex insect enthusiasts. Read by Sean Baker.
TUE 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b00898s7)
Episode 2
Young writer Paul Varjak gets to know girl-about-town Holly Golightly in 1940s New York. Read by Henry Goodman.
TUE 14:45 John Bayley - Iris (b007jzg6)
Episode 2
Novelist Iris Murdoch's husband recalls falling in love with the lady on the bicycle in Oxford. Read by Oliver Ford Davies.
TUE 15:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 15:45 Creme de la Crime (b00807sd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b013cnyr)
Mel Giedroyc introduces Flamenco dancing at the Edinburgh Fringe, celebrates David Walliams' birthday and whistles along to the song of one of Britain's tiniest birds.
TUE 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007k45h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00ccd7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmyk)
Operation Luna
12. A Rocky Send Off
After travelling through time, could Captain Jet Morgan and his crew be bound for home at last?
Futuristic tale set in 1965 as first broadcast in 1953.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
Other parts by David Jacobs and Deryck Guyler.
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Though first heard in 1953, the original recordings were wiped.
Re-recording first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1958.
TUE 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1xp)
Episode 2
Advertising guru Cayce Pollard’s been employed to search for the maker of a mysteriously addictive online film called "the footage".
Now the Coolhunter’s search takes her to Tokyo - where the mystery deepens...
William Gibson's fast-moving 21st Century detective thriller,
Read by Lorelei King.
Abridged by Ron Roberts.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2007.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jscs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jttb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1x8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nskjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b013fk6f)
Edinburgh Festival 2011
Episode 2
Fred MacAulay brings you the best comedy and music from the Fringe 2011. Guests today include Irish comedian Ed Byrne, the fantastic Andi Osho and 30 Rock writer Hannibal Buress.
TUE 22:00 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b01322dm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 22:30 4 Extra at the Fringe (b013m6p0)
Richard Herring chats to Andi Osho about love.
TUE 22:40 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007p1nn)
Series 1
Street Crime
Is there an etiquette to being mugged?
Adam Bloom explores the social awkwardness of petty crime.
Rob Rouse helps Adam solve these criminal dilemmas.
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003.
TUE 22:55 4 Extra at the Fringe (b013m6p2)
American comic Hannibal Burress chatts to Andi Osho.
TUE 23:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007k24d)
Series 1
Episode 4
Struggling writer Nick has quit smoking and is jetting off, but the geraniums don't want him to go.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon Mackichan and Alison Sterling.
Producer: Jon Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.
TUE 23:30 The Museum of Everything (b00hlcw5)
Series 3
Transport
Lady Bagshot claims on the insurance, and the model railway club hits the buffers. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From August 2006.


WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST 2011

WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1xp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1x8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nskjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Any Other Business (b013cnyp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Street and Lane (b00w5rgj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 Creme de la Crime (b00807sd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures (b00nd06k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 To the Manor Born (b007k45h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00ccd7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1yk)
3. The Perplex'd Plot of the Perilous Plague
Can the hub of government survive the plague?
As London is ravaged by an epidemic - the playwright spy is on the case of a double-crossing.
Historical comedy mysteries by Ged Parsons. Amid the splendour and squalor of Elizabethan London - scholar, playwright and government spy, Christopher Marlowe is assigned to investigate a number of baffling mysteries and perplexing intrigues...
Starring Dominic Jephcott as Marlowe, Bill Wallis as Ratsbane, Paul Brooke as Sir Francis Walsingham, Garard Green as Beaumont, Ronald Herdman as Faversham, Richard Bonneville as Ripley and Hugh Dennis as Dr Valentine.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
WED 06:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq36)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Episode 1
Attending one of Lady Windermere's regular Thursday evening society parties, the dashing Lord Arthur Savile offers his hand for a reading by the dastardly palmist, Podgers. He's shocked when his murderous fate is revealed...
Michael Maloney reads Oscar Wilde's mystery written in 1891.
Produced in Manchester by Katherine Beacon.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003.
WED 07:00 Tony's (b00tlvzf)
Series 2
Court in the Act
The salon is accused of turning a customer's hair bright green.
Series 2 of the misadventures in the life of a corner-shop barber starring Victor Spinetti as Tony, Deryck Guyler as Stanley, Deborah Watling as Maisie.
With guests: Dilys Laye, Douglas Blackwell, Royce Mills and Leonard Fenton.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Incidental music by Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1981.
WED 07:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013cx3p)
Series 3
Dream Genie
Derek is devastated when he hears that his ex-wife Jackie is unwell.
After using Wendy as a shoulder to cry on, he rushes to Jackie's side, leaving Maureen feeling uncharacteristically panicky at the thought of being without him.
Sitcom about the mundane lives of childless couple, Robin and Wendy and their friends and neighbours - with a twist.
Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Robin ...... Brian Capron
Derek ...... Martin Trenaman
Maureen ...... Amelia Bullmore
Written by Kay Stonham.
Devised by Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
The First Night Party
The lad throws a launch party - with cocktails and dinner - for his very first half hour, but things don't quite go to plan.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Gerald Campion and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
WED 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jnk7)
Series 2
The Death List
A victim of phone tapping, Jim Hacker rebuts state surveillance - until his own life comes under threat.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around the hapless MP 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 …. Derek Fowlds
Commander Forrest ...... Graeme Garden
Anne Hacker ...... Diana Hoddinot
Walter Fowler ...... Derek Newark
Detective ...... Peter Acre
Detective ...... William Eadle
Head Waiter ...... John Bott
Brian Perkins ...... Himself
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
WED 09:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b013dntm)
Work Is Freedom
"January 1st 1994 - The Environment is all around you......"
Edward Wilson becomes embroiled in mysterious government machinations.
Starring Robert Lindsay.
Futuristic sitcom by Richard Turner and William Osborne with a nod to George Orwell.
Edward ...... Robert Lindsay
Sophie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Charles ...... Paul Shearer
With Pam Ferris, Richard Turner and David Goodland.
Producer: Nick Symons
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985.
WED 09:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b007jt05)
How the antidote to panel games began for Humphrey Lyttelton, Jo Kendall, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.
WED 10:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx4d)
Series 1
Pastoral
Poor parishioners revolt and curious medical problems in the diary of Somerset parson William Holland. Stars Ronald Pickup.
WED 10:45 Creme de la Crime (b0080sx1)
Series 1
A Death on the Ocean Wave
Michael Feydeau and David Pershore exhume a murder case on a luxury liner. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From October 2001.
WED 11:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnk)
Episode 1
When a concert party is marooned in the Midlands, the lives of three dissatisfied people are entwined. Stars Philip Jackson.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons (b0132l7g)
The Dalai Lama, or How the West Was Won
The multi award winning National Theatre of Brent - Artistic Director Desmond Olivier Dingle and the entire acting company (Raymond Box) - returns triumphantly to Radio 4 in the last of an occasional series celebrating the rare but rarefied beings deemed in Desmond's expert view to be Iconic Icons. Previous celebratees include Bob Dylan and Tracey Emin.
The final and climactic iconic icon is his holiness the Dalai Lama. Desmond and Raymond trace his journey from two year old yak boy to disaffected teenage Dalai to the mature Lama, exiled from his country, separated from his people, but spiritually at one with himself and the world, and possessor of a top twinkly smile. They also present Buddhism in a Nutshell.
Written and performed by the National Theatre of Brent, who are Patrick Barlow and John Ramm, in front of an audience at the Bush Hall in London, this latest addition to the Brent canon will be as essential and massive a contribution to the current artistic and spiritual life of this country as the rest of their work. And, of course it will be very funny.
Desmond Olivier Dingle ..... Patrick Barlow
Raymond Box ..... John Ramm
Director: Patrick Barlow
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 13:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1yk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b0gyt)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street
Episode 8
As the war comes to an end, Muriel hears news of Delia and comes to a decision. Stars Claire Goose and Deborah McAndrew.
WED 14:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees (b00j1ywl)
Wood Jazz
Nature writer Roger Deakin is in North Wales to celebrate the living outdoor sculptures of David Nash. Read by Sean Baker.
WED 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b00899kj)
Episode 3
Fred upsets girl-about-town Holly, while a man from her Hollywood past arrives in New York. Read by Henry Goodman.
WED 14:45 John Bayley - Iris (b007jzhg)
Episode 3
Novelist Iris Murdoch's husband reflects on married life and recalls their wedding day in 1956. Read by Oliver Ford Davies.
WED 15:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 15:45 Creme de la Crime (b0080sx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b013drb7)
Mel Giedroyc takes a ride with a rollercoaster inventor, hears the favourite songs of the creator of Elmer The Patchwork Elephant and goes hunting for cave-dwelling spiders.
WED 17:00 Tony's (b00tlvzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013cx3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmz0)
Operation Luna
13. Set Course for Earth
After blasting off, Captain Jet Morgan and his crew try to make sense of their mammoth trip through time.
Conclusion of the futuristic tale set in 1965 as first broadcast in 1953.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
Other parts by David Jacobs and Deryck Guyler.
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Though first heard in 1953, the original recordings were wiped.
Re-recording first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1958.
WED 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1yz)
Episode 3
Cayce Pollard has realised she’s entangled in something quite ruthless after being cornered by muggers in Tokyo.
But who’s behind her assailants?
William Gibson's cool and compelling thriller read by Lorelei King.
Abridged by Ron Roberts.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2007.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jnk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1yk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b013fk7d)
Edinburgh Festival 2011
Episode 3
Fred MacAulay brings you the very best comedy and music from the Fringe 2011. Guests today include David Sedaris and Tim Key.
WED 22:00 The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons (b0132l7g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 22:30 4 Extra at the Fringe (b013m6q9)
Paul Foot and Arthur Smith engage in a surreal comedy chat. What fun.
WED 22:40 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007qs2d)
Series 1
Mobiles
You can answer a mobile phone anywhere, including a cinema. Should you say anything if somebody does?
Adam Bloom attempts to tackle this tricky situation.
With the help of Rob Rouse , Stefano Paolini and Sarah Kennedy
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003.
WED 22:55 4 Extra at the Fringe (b013m6qc)
Sara Pascoe and Arthur Smith do a bit of imaginary arm wrestling.
WED 23:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007k44b)
Bleak Horse
Timothy Tamperton reports back on the stranger's death wish on the evil Joshua Farley. Stars Stephen Moore. From October 1988.
WED 23:30 The Castle (b00809z8)
Series 1
Episode 5
Sitcom by Kim Fuller, set in a medieval castle with some remarkably modern trappings.
The village pub acquires two new mysterious barmaids as Anne and Charlotte plot to ensnare Sam Tree. De Warenne gets in touch with his feminine side whilst Duncan gets in touch with his masculine one.
Sir John Woodstock ...... James Fleet
Sir William De Warenne ...... Neil Dudgeon
Lady Anne Woodstock ...... Susan Earl
Cardinal Duncan ...... Jonathan Kydd
Lady Charlotte ...... Ingrid Oliver
Master Henry Woodstock ...... Steven Kynman
Sam Tree ...... Toby Ross-Bryant.


THURSDAY 18 AUGUST 2011

THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1yz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1yk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b013dntm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b007jt05)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 Creme de la Crime (b0080sx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Tony's (b00tlvzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013cx3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1zv)
4. The Murky Mystery of Murder at St Mark's
Can a college murderer at large be outwitted?
The eloquent Elizabethan spy heads to Cambridge, where college professors are dropping like flies.
Historical comedy mysteries by Ged Parsons. Amid the splendour and squalor of Elizabethan London - scholar, playwright and government spy, Christopher Marlowe is assigned to investigate a number of baffling mysteries and perplexing intrigues...
Starring Dominic Jephcott as Marlowe, Bill Wallis as Ratsbane, Paul Brooke as Sir Francis Walsingham, Peter Serafinowicz as Darus, Gordon Reid as Sir Hubert and Sarah Thomas as Mistress Parker.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
THU 06:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq3l)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Episode 2
Acting on palmist Podger's chilling prediction, the dapper Lord Arthur is in for a fresh shock.
Michael Maloney reads Oscar Wilde's mystery written in 1891.
Produced in Manchester by Katherine Beacon.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003.
THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bwtw9)
What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning
Fancy Dress
Bertie Wooster helps his fearsome Uncle Percy with a spot of dressing up.
P.G. Wodehouse’s romp adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller.
CAST:
Jeeves …. Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster …. Richard Briers
Boko Fittleworth …. Jonathan Cecil
Peter Worplesden …. Peter Woodthorpe
Nobby Hopwood …. Rosalind Adams
Stilton Cheesewright …. Michael Kilgarriff
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
THU 07:30 Double Science (b013dzmw)
Field Trip
Alison takes her class to a Cumbrian wind farm, with keen colleagues Colin and Kenneth in hot pursuit.
The turmoil continues at Forresters Sixth Form College.
Written by and starring Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards.
With Rebecca Front, Raza Jaffreyand Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b013dzmy)
Food for Thought
The antics of the bungling bureaucrats attract some sinister interest from abroad...
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 April 1973.
THU 08:30 Hello Cheeky (b013dzn0)
From 16/05/1976
Fast-moving pun-tastic fun as the trio welcome Grandstand's Frank Bough.
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 May 1976.
THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c6vrj)
Series 3
Episode 2
Sheila raises Tommy's suspicions and blood pressure, but there's method in her madness.
Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr continue their second stab at fame.
Series 3 of Mike Coleman’s six-part sitcom,
CAST:
Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield
Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes
Murray Franklin …. Julian Eardley
Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted
Jack Dunne …. William Franklyn
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
THU 09:30 Jest a Minute (b013f0vy)
Series 1
Episode 6
Justin Moorhouse, Greg Davies, Chris Corcoran and Lucy Porter star in Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz. From September 2006.
THU 10:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx4j)
Series 2
Don't Look Down Your Nose at Me, Sir
Unruly parishioners, lazy farmers and a bucolic manservant - the life of Somerset parson William Holland. Stars Ronald Pickup.
THU 10:45 Creme de la Crime (b0081mpp)
Series 2
Six Feet Down Under
Michael Feydeau -TV's much loved Inspector Niblett - and crime expert, David Pershore probe a strange death by cutlery back in 1824.
Tales from the vaults of villainy written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
Director: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.
THU 11:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnw)
Episode 2
After three strangers arrive, the marooned concert party start making plans without their manager. Stars Helen Longworth.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b013dzmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b0132p8h)
Series 5
Royal Speech Therapist
As the royal Speech Therapist, Milton Jones helps a Prince find his voice and a king find his pomegranates. He also starts three wars in one afternoon, and another three a little later on.
He's joined in his endeavours by his co-stars Tom Goodman-Hill ("Camelot"), Dave Lamb ("Come Dine With Me") and Lucy Montgomery ("Down The Line").
Milton Jones returns to BBC Radio Four for an amazing 9th series - which means he's been running for longer than Gardeners' Question Time and answered more questions on gardening as well.
Britain's funniest Milton and the king of the one-liner returns with a fully-working cast and a shipload of new jokes for a series of daffy comedy adventures
Each week, Milton is a complete and utter expert at something - brilliant Mathematician, World-Class Cyclist, Aviator, Championship Jockey...
... and each week, with absolutely no ability or competence, he plunges into a big adventure with utterly funny results...
"Milton Jones is one of Britain's best gagsmiths with a flair for creating daft yet perfect one-liners" - The Guardian.
"King of the surreal one-liners" - The Times
"If you haven't caught up with Jones yet - do so!" - The Daily Mail
Written by Milton with James Cary ("Think The Unthinkable", "Miranda"), the man they call "Britain's funniest Milton," returns to the radio with a fully-working cast and a shipload of new jokes. The cast includes regulars Tom Goodman-Hill ( "Spamalot"), Lucy Montgomery ("Down The Line"), Dave Lamb ("Come Dine With Me") and Ben Willbond ("Horrible Histories")
David Tyler's radio credits include Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive, Cabin Pressure, Bigipedia, Another Case Of Milton Jones, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off, The 99p Challenge, The Castle, The 3rd Degree and even, going back a bit, Radio Active. His TV credits include Paul Merton - The Series, Spitting Image, Absolutely, The Paul & Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's Run, The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon and exec producing Victoria Wood's dinnerladies.
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 13:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b0jqd)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street
Episode 9
Diana Griffiths's dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey into self-fulfilment.
9/10. Muriel moves from Yorkshire to London to live with Delia. She quickly adjusts to her new life until she receives an unexpected visit.
Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Delia Vaughan ...... Deborah McAndrew
Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Directed by Pauline Harris.
THU 14:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees (b00j26h2)
Driftwood
Nature writer Roger Deakin marvels at forest birdsong in France and hunts bush plums with Aboriginal women. Read by Sean Baker.
THU 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089btv)
Episode 4
Holly Golightly throws a party in New York, where Fred meets the glamorous Mag Wildwood. Read by Henry Goodman.
THU 14:45 John Bayley - Iris (b007jzjq)
Episode 4
Iris Murdoch's husband remembers the eerie, early signs of Alzheimer's shown by his novelist wife. Read by Oliver Ford Davies.
THU 15:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 15:45 Creme de la Crime (b0081mpp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b013f2wh)
It's a spacey 4 O'Clock Show with Mel Giedroyc as we learn about a fantastic space lift, go for a moon walk with our Daily Dalek and blow some big bubbles at the Edinburgh Fringe.
THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bwtw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Double Science (b013dzmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jx5r)
The Red Planet
1. Mayhem on the Moon
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew aboard Discovery blast off for their epic mission to Mars - but there's a problem...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1954.
THU 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k208)
Episode 4
Searching for clues to the origins of the mysterious online film known as "the footage" has led Cayce Pollard across the world.
Now she finds herself in a deserted government complex near Bournemouth and discovers just how close she is getting to the truth....
William Gibson's fast-moving thriller read by Lorelei King.
Abridged by Ron Roberts.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2007.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b013dzmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b013dzn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b013fkm0)
Edinburgh Festival 2011
Episode 4
Fred MacAulay brings you the very best comedy and music from the Fringe 2011. Guests today include Ruby Wax and Police Academy star Michael Winslow.
THU 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b0132p8h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 22:30 4 Extra at the Fringe (b013m6qw)
Ed Byrne chats to Andi Osho.
THU 22:40 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007r0c7)
Series 1
Lending Things
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
Adam Bloom explores what happens when you give something to someone and then ask for it back.
With stand-up reconstructions and help from Rob Rouse.
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003.
THU 22:55 4 Extra at the Fringe (b013m6qy)
Pete Firman chats to Andi Osho. Magic.
THU 23:00 The Skivers (b007tcph)
Series 1
Ken Campbell
Action from Ancient Greece to 221B Baker Street.
Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with special guest Ken Campbell
Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With Peter Bradshaw and Mel Giedroyc
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.
THU 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007qctj)
Series 1
Monsters
The spoof TV sci-fi star explains life's big mysteries. Stars Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From October 1992.


FRIDAY 19 AUGUST 2011

FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jx5r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k208)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c6vrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Jest a Minute (b013f0vy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 Creme de la Crime (b0081mpp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bwtw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Double Science (b013dzmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Bill Murphy - Hallows End (b007k2zc)
Wealthy Dubliner Dermot McPhail misguidedly buys a Gothic mansion on the wild coast of west Cork, but things start going dramatically wrong when the unscrupulous property developer and his pampered wife Clodagh move in.
Is someone sabotaging Dermot's dream, or is the ancient curse of Hallows End at work?
Bill Murphy's whodunit stars Gerry O'Brien as Dermot, Ann Marie Horan as Clodagh, Darragh Kelly as Patrick, Helen Norton as Aoife and Simon Delaney as Martin/Barman.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in 2007.
FRI 06:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq42)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Episode 3
Still thwarted in trying to fulfil his predicted dark destiny, Lord Arthur Savile decides to change his tactics.
Michael Maloney concludes Oscar Wilde's mystery written in 1891.
Produced in Manchester by Katherine Beacon.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003.
FRI 07:00 Anything Legal (b008fxrd)
Episode 8
With their business struggling, Charles and George turn to nanny.
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles ...... Donald Hewlett
George ...... Michael Knowles
Nanny ...... Marjorie Withers
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1985.
FRI 07:30 Snap (b013fct0)
Series 3
Episode 6
Molly's surprise pregnancy makes Doug to do something neither of them ever expected...
Conclusion of Paul Mendelson's sitcom about a couple trying to rebuild their relationship after divorce.
Starring Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn, Jonathan Tafler as Raymond and Richard Firth as Ansel.
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b0089bpn)
Series 3
Pertwee and the Laundry
Johnson's not keen when the Chief hatches a money-making wheeze using surplus crew pyjamas.

Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as AS 'Fatso' Johnson/Lt Commander Stanton, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey and Heather Chasen as Ramona Povey.

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 March 1961.
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b013fj7r)
Series 2
The Wooden Overcoats
Trouble ensues when Harold brings home coffins on the cart, sparking a burst of manic superstition from 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 June 1967.
FRI 09:00 After Henry (b007jmnj)
Series 1
The Cowboy
Sarah's mother and daughter gang up on her when she hires a cheap builder with big brown eyes...
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and Leo Dolan as Terry.
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1985.
FRI 09:30 Trivia Test Match (b007v02t)
Umpire Brian Johnston bowls the questions to Willie Rushton, Tim Rice, William Franklyn and Paul Merton. From August 1992.
FRI 10:00 Loose Ends (b0134wjg)
Peter Curran and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
Taking Ireland by storm and opening in UK cinemas soon is 'The Guard' written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. John will be talking to Peter about this and his other work including the screenplay for a recent take on the infamous 'Ned Kelly'.
For some, Hip-hop and Shakespeare do not make easy bedfellows, but for rapper Akala they have formed the cornerstone of his recent musical and educational successes. Since 2008, he has toured his 'Hip-hop Shakespeare' workshops across the UK and is now presenting a new series on Channel 4 called 'Life of Rhyme'. Peter will be talking to Akala about this series and its exploration of emcee culture's contribution to the spoken word and poetry in Great Britain.
Trojan Records for many IS reggae music, and now Universal are releasing a CD box set telling the story of the label through archive classics, rarities and unreleased material. Laurence Cane-Honeysett compiled this set and will also be talking to Peter about his book 'Young, Gifted and Black'.
Jo Bunting will be talking to a very recognisable face, Sally Lindsay, star of Coronation Street and Phoenix Nights. Sally is now leading the cast of Sky's new suburban comedy drama 'Mount Pleasant' as Lisa, a 30-something Mancunian navigating the highs and lows of cul-de-sac life.
Raghu Dixit, hugely successful in India and now the UK, will be playing their fusion of traditional Indian music and folk rock with the track, 'I'm In Mumbai Waiting For A Miracle'.
Also performing, are the wonderfully 'bluesy' & sumptuous tones of Louise and the Pins, the project of singer-songwriter Louise Hill with their track 'Bell Jar'.
Producer: Sukey Firth.
FRI 10:45 Creme de la Crime (b008756y)
Series 3
The Quiller Killer
TV detective Michael Feydeau ponders the murder of Christopher Marlowe. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From April 2003.
FRI 11:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlp4)
Episode 3
As the concert party hits rock bottom, will their manager and 'angel' Miss Trant pull the plug on them? Stars Jemma Churchill.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b0089bpn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Chain Reaction (b0132pv7)
Series 7
Peter Hook talks to John Cooper Clarke
Chain Reaction is Radio 4's tag-team interview show. Each week, a figure from the world of entertainment chooses another to interview; the next week, the interviewee turns interviewer, and they in turn pass the baton on to someone else - creating a 'chain' throughout the series.
After Rhys Thomas interviewed Simon Day, Simon interviewed the musician and author Peter Hook. This week, Peter interviews a fellow Salfordian, the punk poet laureate John Cooper Clarke. Coming to prominence during the punk years of the late 70s, Clarke would appear on the bill with The Sex Pistols, The Buzzcocks, and Peter's own Joy Division - and Peter's next band, New Order, would support John on a tour of New Zealand and Australia. The interview takes in their shared Salford heritage, doing adverts in the 1980s, and John's recent appearance on the GCSE English syllabus.
FRI 13:00 Bill Murphy - Hallows End (b007k2zc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq42)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b0qj8)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street
Episode 10
Diana Griffiths's dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey into self-fulfilment.
10/10. Muriel returns to Marshington in Yorkshire for the annual fete and is faced with a life-changing decision.
Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Directed by Pauline Harris.
FRI 14:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees (b00j2j7f)
Heartwood
Nature writer Roger Deakin visits a library full of apples and returns home to lay a tree hedge by hand. Read by Sean Baker.
FRI 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b008900m)
Episode 5
Budding New York author Paul gets a job, but is still captivated by girl-about-town Holly Golightly. Truman Capote's New York novel. Read by Henry Goodman.
FRI 14:45 John Bayley - Iris (b007jzl1)
Episode 5
Iris Murdoch's husband reflects on his wife's inner world after the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Read by Oliver Ford Davies.
FRI 15:00 Loose Ends (b0134wjg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 15:45 Creme de la Crime (b008756y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b013fj7t)
It's party time with Mel Giedroyc as she looks at the history of jelly, gets inventive at the Edinburgh Fringe and remembers the first dogs in space.
FRI 17:00 Anything Legal (b008fxrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Snap (b013fct0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpkd)
The Red Planet
2. What's Wrong with Whittaker?
Freighter No 2 of Captain Jet Morgan's Mars space fleet is in trouble.
But when radio mechanic Lemmy and motor engineer Steve tried to cross over from the flagship, Discovery, to put the trouble right, Steve became unhitched from his safety line and is now drifting in the void...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1954.
FRI 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k21k)
Episode 5
'Coolhunter' Cayce travels to Moscow for an emotional encounter with the maker of "the footage" - the mysteriously compelling online film haunting web-surfers around the world.
But why is Cayce's boss at the ad agency so interested in it?
William Gibson's fast-moving thriller concluded by Lorelei King.
Abridged by Ron Roberts.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2007.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b0089bpn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b013fj7r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Bill Murphy - Hallows End (b007k2zc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Oscar Wilde (b007jq42)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b013fkv9)
Edinburgh Festival 2011
Episode 5
Fred MacAulay brings you the very best comedy and music from the Fringe 2011. Guests today include Never Mind the Buzzcocks star Phill Jupitus and 4 Poofs and a Piano.
FRI 22:00 Chain Reaction (b0132pv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
FRI 22:30 4 Extra at the Fringe (b013m6rv)
Seann Walsh on how he's doing this year in Edinburgh plus music from Jay Foreman.
FRI 22:40 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007rgld)
Series 1
Cutting Corners
The frugal comedian features an excerpt from his stand-up show at the Edinburgh Festival. With Rob Rouse. From September 2003.
FRI 22:55 4 Extra at the Fringe (b013m6rx)
Holly Walsh reveals how she ended up in hospital after jumping off a pier.
FRI 23:00 What's So Funny? (b013fj7w)
Series 1
Edinburgh Special
Comedian Jason Cook with guests and music from Edinburgh's Comedy Festival. News, reviews and gossip on front runners for the prestigious comedy award.
FRI 23:30 Big Town All Stars (b007jrwp)
Series 2
The Ballad of Kenny and Christine
Kenny's new girlfriend wants to join his a cappella band - but she can't sing. Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From July 2001.