SATURDAY 04 FEBRUARY 2012

SAT 00:00 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 00:30 The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley (b007jw60)
A young man works for a powerful alchemist. Feeling jilted in love and consumed with jealousy towards a rival, he secretly drinks one of his Master's potions hoping to cure himself of these emotions.
Instead, he’s soon facing a living hell…
Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley's fantastical tale explores man's fascination with eternal life and elixirs.
Read by Shaun Dooley.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2005.
SAT 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b3fdv)
Mrs McGinty's Dead
Episode 5
The chaos of Long Meadows provides Hercule Poirot with his final clue to unveiling the pitiless murderer.
But there's also another surprise in store for the Belgian detective...
Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Ariadne Oliver ...... Julia MacKenzie
Superintendent Spence ...... George Baker
Robin Upward ...... Nick Waring
Maud Williams ...... Beth Chalmers
Maureen Summerhayes ...... Molly Gaisford
Major Summerhayes ...... Ian Masters
Eve Carpenter ...... Angela Sims
Guy Carpenter ...... Dominic Colchester
Mrs Rendell ...... Susannah Corbett
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Enyd Williams.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.
SAT 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pl15k)
Episode 1
The King's Men are out to catch the smugglers and their elusive ringleader. Russell Thorndike's adventure read by Rufus Sewell.
SAT 02:00 Fat Chance (b01b3fp9)
Weighty Matters
A TV star turns up at Wendy Bottomley's slimming club and Graham unwisely divulges his secret to Lee...
Jenny McDade's high-fat bittersweet comedy for those believing there's a thin person inside them begging to get out.
Graham Pitscottie ..... Gareth Corke
Wendy Bottomley ..... Janine Duvitski
Clive Bottomley ..... Michael Troughton
Soo Pitscottie ..... Anne Reid
Tina Tattersall ..... Julia Deakin
Kelly Chambers ..... Tilly Gaunt
Lee Dubs ..... Harry Myers
Mrs Enright ..... Frances Jeater
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
SAT 02:30 We've Been Here Before (b00g1rsp)
Series 2
Episode 4
Clive Anderson hosts the panel show that pokes fun at events of the past.
The topical historical satirical panel show setting out to prove that there's nothing new under, or in, The Sun.
Nick Revell and Gyles Brandreth battle it out against Helen Atkinson-Wood and John O'Farrell.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
SAT 03:00 Charles Dickens (b01b3fqd)
Little Dorrit
Episode 5
After her father's death Little Dorrit is still in Italy when the newly-married Fanny has a strange visit from Mr Merdle.
Arthur is struck by disaster and Mrs Clennam is forced to reveal the family secret at last.
Conclusion of Charles Dickens's masterpiece of social satire and imprisonment.
Starring Sir Ian McKellen as Charles Dickens.
Recorded on location in London.
Charles Dickens ...... Ian McKellen
Arthur Clennam ...... Julian Wadham
Mrs Clennam ...... Margaret Tyzack
Little Dorrit ...... Jasmine Hyde
Fanny Dorrit ...... Indira Varma
John Chivery ...... Ben Crowe
Flintwinch ...... Ioan Meredith
Mr Pancks ...... Philip Joseph
Mr Doyce ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mr Merdle ...... Kenneth Cranham
Chivery ...... Gordon Reid
Dramatised by Doug Lucie.
Music by Mia Soteriou
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
SAT 04:00 Short Stories by John McGahern (b00nvyzb)
The Stoat
A man compares a stoat's steadfast quest for a rabbit to a shy woman's pursuit of his hopeless father. Read by Sean McGinley.
SAT 04:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007jw6t)
Mr Reliable
It's Mr Openshaw's job to listen to people. He goes to their houses to listen to them talk.
Mrs Flenswick is one of his visitees. But he doesn't listen to her at all...
Peter Tinniswood's drama stars Peter Sallis as Mr Oakenshaw and Edna Dore as Mrs Flenswick.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
SAT 05:00 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k390)
Episode 6
The Royal Dingle Company re-enact the Bard's great cinematic moments. Stars Patrick Barlow and Lionel Blair. From October 1995.
SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jrrq)
Series 1
A Good Cause
Rosie’s company is tasked to put together a charity gala concert in aid of the Afghans.
But there’s confusion over whether it’s for the people or the dogs?
Prunella Scales in Simon Brett's sitcom.
The trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event management company, based in Brighton.
Rosie ...... Prunella Scales
Kate ...... Arabella Weir
Jo ...... Rebecca Callard
Bob ...... Duncan Preston
Tess ...... Annette Badland
Ginnie ...... Joanna Munro
Lady Helen ...... Celia Imrie
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.
SAT 06:00 Peter Tinniswood (b01bl25p)
A Touch of Daniel
Young Carter Brandon struggles for love in a world preoccupied with Cheshire cheese, individual trifles, dominoes, outbreaks of wireworm and vests; where strong women fight grimly to maintain their hold on a traditionally matriarchal society and where the only person who really understands Carter is his cousin, the baby Daniel.
Peter Tinniswood's Northern drama about the Brandon family.
Starring Christian Rodska as Carter, Liz Smith as Mrs Brandon, Eileen Derbyshire as Auntie Lil, George A Cooper as Mort, Graham Roberts as Mr Brandon and Judy Bennett as Daniel.
Directed by Tony Cliff at BBC Manchester
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.
SAT 07:30 The World of Percy Edwards (b01bl27c)
The wildlife impressionist muses on the countryside and brings us birdsong and monologues. With Eric Morecambe. From May 1974.
SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01bl28v)
Series 7
Episode 16
From Minnesota, the American funny man welcomes string maestro Sam Bush, plus the latest news from Lake Wobegon. From 2011.
SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007jtk4)
The 1960s
Episode 2
Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC.
Six more favourites plucked from the groovy 1960s schedules of the BBC Light Programme:
* Whack-O!
From 15/03/1962
Crooked headmaster Professor Jimmy Edwards holds auditions for Chiselbury School's charity concert in aid of a retiring teacher. With Vera Lynn. From March 1962.
* The Men From the Ministry
Series 2 (2/13) Something about a Soldier
The bumbling civil servants find a 20-year-old demob letter. Stars Richard Murdoch, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Norma Ronald and Warren Mitchell. From August 1965.
* The Ken Dodd Show
From 19/07/1964
The King of Knotty Ash offers tips for nude photography and the hunt for a Scottish lake-bound monster. With Judith Chalmers, John Laurie and Patricia Hayes. From July 1964.
* Steptoe & Son
Series 1 (11/13) The Lead Man Cometh
The rag and bone men get an irresistible offer. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett and Leonard Rossiter. From September 1966.
* The Embassy Lark
Series 1 (6/13) A Trip to London
The staff of the British Embassy panic over the expiry of their lease in Tratvia. Stars Derek Francis, Frank Thornton and Francis de Wolff. From April 1966
* Round the Horne
Series 4 (12/16)
Kenneth Horne makes Fleet Street headlines, and calls round to Julian and Sandy's 'Bona Private Detective Agency'. With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden. From May 1968.
Produced and scripted by Peter Reed
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2003.
SAT 12:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus (b01bl2dx)
1662
Kris Marshall returns as Samuel Pepys in this dramatisation of his diary for 1662. The year begins badly when he accidentally elbows Elizabeth in the eye as he's waking up.
SAT 13:10 Storytime (b01cdqtq)
What's your favourite story? Can't decide? Radio 4 Extra hears from people who have.
SAT 13:15 McLevy (b007k0y3)
Series 2
The Wild Spark
When an Edinburgh tobacco warehouse goes up in smoke, the Victorian detective sets out to investigate. Starring Brian Cox.
SAT 14:00 The Original Godfather (b009kgnd)
Legendary writer and TV presenter Denis Norden chats to Paul Jackson about the legacy of his radio comedy partnership with Frank Muir.
The history of British sitcom is peppered with outstanding writing teams, not least Galton & Simpson, Clement & La Frenais, French & Saunders, Curtis & Elton and Aherne & Cash. But the very first - the veritable Godfathers of broadcast comedy - were Denis Norden and Frank Muir.
Born within two years of each other (Frank in 1920, Denis two years later), they shared similar RAF backgrounds and entertainment apprenticeships. After the Second World War, Muir landed a job with the BBC, writing for fellow ex-airman Jimmy Edwards and Norden joined a variety agency, writing for as many as 163 comedians.
Finally in 1947 they were brought together over lunch by Charles Maxwell (other reports claim it was fellow scriptwriter Ted Kavanagh) in the hope that they might hit it off. Thus started a 40 (plus) year partnership which kicked off with Take It From Here (1947-58) – still to be heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Their partnership continued into the early 1990s via My Word! (1956-1990) and My Music (1967-1991). Both series are still repeated in Australia and USA.
In between they wrote for countless stars from Bernard Braden and Peter Sellers to Benny Hill and Bob Monkhouse.
Paul Jackson explores their legacy with Denis himself, and hears from their long suffering secretary, Brenda Talbot and fellow writers Dick Vosburgh, Eric Sykes, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson and Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais.
Frank Muir passed away in 1998 and Denis Norden in 2018.
Producer: Paul Kobrak
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01bl28v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Peter Tinniswood (b01bl25p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b01b3fkk)
Series 2
Episode 18
Ed Byrne is joined by Hugh Dennis, Paul Sinha and Steve Hughes to discuss the best of British comedy from radio and screen.
SAT 18:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b00sm5lg)
The Trial
Scheming Max manipulates Jenna and Nick's evidence at their trial. Stars Carrie Dobro, Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Lord.
SAT 18:30 Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose (b00ncgg3)
Episode 1
The political awakening of psychiatrist Rosa Sobel. Ursula K Le Guin's award-winning powerful tale set in the near future. Read by Laurel Lefkow.
SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats (b007jtk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Glorious (b007m6jm)
Episode 1
More quirky hilarity and off-beat observations as the stand-up comedian entertains an audience at London's Hammersmith Apollo. From November 1997.
SAT 22:45 Creme de la Crime (b008f8hc)
Series 3
This Carriage for Justice
Michael Feydeau and David Pershore probe a murder and false accusations. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From April 2003.
SAT 23:00 Andrew Sachs - The Revenge (b007jr11)
Que? Andrew Sachs's pioneering thriller featuring sound effects and 11 actors, but no written dialogue.
This experimental play for radio an attempt to tell a story in terms of sounds alone. There is no dialogue, and no coherent speech, yet the play is a thriller with a straightforward storyline full of action and dramatic tension.
Recorded on location using the naturalistic recording techniques of binaural stereo.
Written and interpreted by Andrew Sachs, The Revenge, was the world's first radio drama without words...
With Andrew Sachs, Sean Barrett, Fraser Kerr, Graham Ashley, Paul Rosebury, Michael Deacon, Blain Fairman, John Rye, Melody Sachs, Frances Jeater and Leonard Fenton.
Producer: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
SAT 23:30 Johan Theorin - The Darkest Room (b01bl2mf)
Episode 5
As a harsh blizzard descends, Tilda must face a desperate gun battle.
Johan Theorin's supernatural thriller concluded by Nigel Cooke.
Winner of the Crime Writer's Association International Dagger 2010.
Producer: Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Brill Productions and first broadcast in 2012.


SUNDAY 05 FEBRUARY 2012

SUN 00:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b00sm5lg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose (b00ncgg3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01bl28v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus (b01bl2dx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 McLevy (b007k0y3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Peter Tinniswood (b01bl25p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b01b3fkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Charles Dickens (b00ck25n)
The Old Curiosity Shop (Omnibus)
Episode 5
Is Kit Nubbins a thief or a victim of evil Quilp's plotting?
Starring Alex Jennings as the Narrator, Daniel Bliss as Kit, Adrian Scarborough as Sampson Brass, Richard Firth as Mr Chuckster, Phil Daniels as Quilp, Lindsey Coulson as Mrs Nubbins and David Collings as Mr Garland.
Charles Dickens's fourth novel was published in 1841.
The concluding episodes dramatised by Mike Walker.
Music by Melanie Pappenheim and Anne Wood.
Director: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
SUN 07:15 Strange Weather Days (b00fsw1t)
Series 2
Bolt From the Blue
Meteorologist Helen Young visits a Dunstable gliding club to recall a pilot's lucky survival during a 1999 lightning strike.
SUN 07:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rbnmk)
Series 4
Travel Mogul
In this episode, Milton's a world-famous Travel Entrepreneur who builds the world's most Extreme Sports Hotel and crosses the Atlantic in a rather unusual way... So if you like bungee ropes, grizzly bears, bright blue aliens and mosquito nets designed to keep the mosquitoes in, then you might just want to catch yourself "Another Case Of Milton Jones"
He's joined in his endeavours by his co-stars Tom Goodman-Hill ("Camelot"), Dan Tetsell ("Mongrels") and Lucy Montgomery ("Down The Line").
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 - Top Gun aviator, Weatherman, Billy Elliot-style dancer, World-beating cyclist, mathematical genius and Extreme Travel Entrepreneur ...
... 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")
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 08:00 Take It From Here (b01bl4rd)
From 02/04/1958
Eth wants a busier social life in 'The Glums', while Jim and Bentley go to the ballet.
Starring Professor Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield.
Music from Wallace Eaton and the Keynotes and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Scripted by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.
SUN 08:30 Floggit's (b00d06hc)
From 02/11/1956
Village shopkeepers Gert and Daisy prepare for a Bonfire Night party.
Starring Elsie and Doris Waters as Gert and Daisy.
With Joan Sims, Hugh Paddick, Ronnie Barker, Doris Rogers and Ron Moody.
Originally popular regulars in 'Workers' Playtime' on the BBC Home Service during wartime, Gert and Daisy won their own series, Floggit's, where they've inherited a village general store in Russett Green with a ragbag of local characters to deal with. It ran for 2 series between 1956 and 1957.
Scripted by Terry Nation, John Junkin and Dave Freeman.
Producer: Bill Gates
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1956.
SUN 09:00 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010tbk9)
Episode 4
Time has run out for the Watson family and Malebron. The Evil have broken through worlds and have a lock on the hidden Treasures.
The only hope for Helen to find Findhorn to foil the Evil, otherwise the world of Elidor will be destroyed.
Conclusion of Alan Garner's classic fantasy adventure dramatised in four-parts by Don Webb.
Stars Mossie Cassidy as Roland, Raffey Cassidy as Helen, William Rush as Nicholas, Stephen Hoyle as David, Toby Hadoke as Malebron, Fiona Clarke as Mrs Watson, Sarah McDonald Hughes as Jennifer and Gerard Fletcher as the Foreman.
Original music composed by Ian Williams
Directed at BBC Manchester by Charlotte Riches.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in April 2011.
SUN 09:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rfqhm)
Episode 1
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic tale finds young Mary sent to England after the tragic death of her parents. Stars Beryl Reid.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b01c7xqf)
Sir David Attenborough
Kirsty Young chats to broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, who chooses his eight tracks, book and luxury item for the desert island.
Specially extended show to mark Desert Island Disc's 70th anniversary for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
He has seen more of the world than anyone else who has ever lived - he's visited the north and south poles and witnessed most of the life in-between - from the birds in the canopies of tropical rainforests to giant earthworms in Australia.
But despite his extraordinary travels, there is one part of the globe that's eluded Sir David. As a young man and a keen rock-climber, he yearned to conquer the highest peak in the world.
"I won't make it now - I won't make it to base camp now - but as a teenager, I thought that the only thing a red-blooded Englishman really should do was to climb Everest."
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.
SUN 11:00 That Reminds Me (b01bl6rf)
Series 4
Peter Sallis
Star of BBC TV's 'Last of the Summer Wine' and 'Wallace and Gromit', actor Peter Sallis looks back over his career.
Series showcasing the reminiscences of celebrated raconteurs before a live audience.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.
SUN 11:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0082b02)
Series 2
Swansea Grand Theatre
The Grand Theatre Swansea is a South Wales success story.
It's said to be the theatre where Hollywood star Catherine Zeta Jones first stepped on to a stage, and it's now home to the Swansea Ballet Russe and a thriving community theatre programme.
Geoffrey Wheeler discovers the stories behind the Grand's unassuming façade.
Series visiting variety theatres around the United Kingdom.
Producer: Libby Cross
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
SUN 12:00 Charles Dickens (b00ck25n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 Strange Weather Days (b00fsw1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Miss Marple (b00rz7b2)
Sleeping Murder
Amateur sleuth Jane Marple must solve the mystery surrounding a young woman's terrifying childhood memory - before the murderer is provoked to strike again.
Published posthumously in 1976 but set in the 1930s, Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Dr James Kennedy …. Julian Glover
Gwenda Reed …. Beth Chalmers
Giles Reed …. Carl Prekopp
Mrs Hengrave …. Hilda Schroder
Edith …. Joan Littlewood
Richard Erskine …. Derek Waring
Aunt Alison …. Carolyn Pickles
Walter Fane …. Ioan Meredith
Jackie Afflick …. Michael N Harbour
Inspector Last …. Ewan Bailey
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
SUN 15:00 Take It From Here (b01bl4rd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Floggit's (b00d06hc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010tbk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 16:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rfqhm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 17:00 A History of the World in 100 Objects (b00tbjkf)
Inside the Palace: Secrets at Court (AD 700 - 800)
Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum in London, continues his global history as told through objects from the Museum's collection.
In this episode he is using objects from the collection to gain insight into the private lives of some very powerful people. From inside a harem to inside a Chinese grave, Neil enters the intriguing, even painful, realms of great royal courts of the world.
Producers: Paul Kobrak and Anthony Denselow.
SUN 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jn9t)
Series 2
The Horn
Three strangers are trapped in a snowstorm on a remote stretch of motorway.
They find themselves listening for the sound of a horn which they believe will lead them to safety.
They are very much mistaken...
The Man in Black sets the chilling scene...
Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.
Written by Stephen Gallagher
The Man In Black …. Edward de Souza
Nathan …. John Castle
Mick …. Philip Sully
David …. Peter Gunn
The Snowplough Driver …. Christopher Scott
The Girl (spectral voice) …. Cara Kelly
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989.
SUN 18:30 The Scarifyers (b01bl9tb)
The Magic Circle
Episode 2
Lionheart is missing. To track him down, Professor Dunning has joined forces with his old colleague Harry 'Thumper' Crow. But meanwhile, strange things are happening all over London: magicians are being murdered, and a dead music-hall star has come back to life.
Can Crow and Dunning find Lionheart? A terrible truth awaits, as they unearth the long-buried secrets of The Magic Circle.
This is the sixth story in supernatural comedy series 'The Scarifyers.' The series follows the exploits of 1930s ghost-story writer Professor Dunning (Terry Molloy) and Detective Inspector Lionheart (Nicholas Courtney), who together investigate weird mysteries under the auspices of top-secret government department MI-13.
In 2011, Nicholas Courtney passed away. 'The Magic Circle' introduces a new lead character, played by David Warner, and serves as a farewell to both Lionheart and to the actor who played him.
Cast
David Warner as Harry Crow
Terry Molloy as Professor Dunning
Stephen Thorne as Billy Banter
Ewan Bailey as Solomon Winters and Chief Inspector Fang
Lizzie Roper as Iris Binns
Cicely Giddings as Lily Wighton
Scott Brooksbank as Inspector Boot
David Bickerstaff as Horace Sprout and Compton Wetherby
David Benson as David Devant
PRODUCER
Name: Simon Barnard
Tel: 07771657529
Email: simon@cosmichobo.com
Indie Company Name: Cosmic Hobo Productions.
SUN 19:00 That Reminds Me (b01bl6rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0082b02)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 20:00 Take It From Here (b01bl4rd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 Floggit's (b00d06hc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b01c7xqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rbnmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 The Maltby Collection (b00wwj28)
Series 2
Episode 1
With the museum stuck in the past, modernising deputy curator Rod wants to make it sexy. Stars Geoffrey Palmer. From June 2008.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01bl9vm)
The Comedy Club offers two hours of laughs six nights a week. Andi Osho chats to this week's special guest, Jeremy Hardy.
SUN 23:00 As Told To Craig Brown (b00bbnxt)
Episode 5
The Jane Austen industry and car user manuals.
Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social observation and nonsense.
Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright
With John Humphrys, Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Sally Grace, Ewan Bailey and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
SUN 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b01bl9xm)
Series 3
God
The comedian ponders matters spiritual involving burglars, Bruce Forsyth and Mr Tickle. With Brendon Burns. From November 2005.


MONDAY 06 FEBRUARY 2012

MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jn9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Scarifyers (b01bl9tb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b01c7xqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 That Reminds Me (b01bl6rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0082b02)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Take It From Here (b01bl4rd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Miss Marple (b00rz7b2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010tbk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rfqhm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Falco (b01blbs0)
Poseidon's Gold
Episode 1
The Roman detective is looking forward to a rest, but his brother's old military colleague has other ideas. Stars Anton Lesser.
MON 06:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01blcc3)
Episode 1
Journalist Rhoda Gradwyn checks into an exclusive cosmetic surgery clinic. PD James detective mystery with Christine Kavanagh.
MON 06:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pl95h)
Episode 2
Dr Pepper's inquest opens and the daredevil takes Jerry Jerk under his wing. 18th century adventure read by Rufus Sewell.
MON 07:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nsnhd)
The Nose
Major Kovalyov's nose vanishes and reappears in St Petersburg disguised as a councillor. With Stephen Moore. From April 2002.
MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b01b9hjj)
Series 8
Episode 6
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents. Tony Hawks, Alan Davies, Tom Wrigglesworth and John Finnemore are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Wool, Flowers, The Radio and Pasta.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Producer: Jon Naismith.
A Random Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00tlwzb)
Series 4
Episode 16
Listeners have their say - and there's a bona surprise for Julian and Sandy.
Kenneth Horne hosts the last ever show. With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden.
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. Marty departed after Series 3.
Written by Barry Took, Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer.
Music by the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1968.
MON 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0082crd)
Series 2
Episode 4
Can shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel save a struggling department store from closure?
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.
MON 09:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rfj1b)
Series 4
World-Famous Cyclist
In this episode, Milton's a world-beating cyclist who gets tangled up in a close-fitting body suit and the population of Holland... So if you want motivation, speed, adrenalin and a low-energy light bulb that takes forty minutes to come on, then put on your yellow jersey and catch up with "Another Case Of Milton Jones"
He's joined in his endeavours by his co-stars Tom Goodman-Hill ("Camelot"), Ben Willbond ("Horrible Histories") and Lucy Montgomery ("Down The Line").
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 - Top Gun aviator, Weatherman, Billy Elliot-style dancer, World-beating cyclist, mathematical genius and Extreme Travel Entrepreneur ...
... 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")
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 09:30 Says on the Tin (b00gb0bt)
Cat Food
Comedy by Christopher William Hill.
Eliott struggles to promote gourmet cat food for an intensely conservative company.
Eliott Thurber ...... Michael Brandon
Esther Finn ...... Samantha Bond
Hannah Walker ...... Pippa Haywood
Pippa Walker ...... Manjeet Mann
Zadie ...... Joannah Tincey
Ted ...... Malcolm Tierney
Mrs Braden ...... Rachel Atkins
Other parts played by Stephen Critchlow, Donnla Hughes, Janice Acquah and Jill Cardo.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
MON 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnh7)
Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend
Cut Adrift
Lizzie and Gaffer Hexam find a body floating in the River Thames. Dickens dramatisation starring Simon Cadell and Janet Maw.
MON 11:00 GM Fraser - Monsoon Selection Board (b01blcrg)
Corporal David MacNeill attempts to become an officer, as the Second World War draws to a close in India. GM Fraser's 1970 short story read by Tom Fleming.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01bkgfb)
Clive will be In The Thick Of It with Academy and BAFTA Award-winning actor Peter Capaldi, who will be keeping us In The Loop about writing, directing and starring in his new mockumentary 'Cricklewood Greats' on BBC Four, Sunday 5th February at 21.00. Peter is also starring in 'The Ladykillers' at The Geilgud Theatre, London until 14th April.
BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz will be illuminating the long history of the monarchy in a new eight part series for BBC Radio 4. Travelling from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to the Royal Library at Windsor, 'The Art of Monarchy' explores the monarchs who have ruled these islands through the works of art they have acquired. The series begins 11th February at 10.30.
Emma Freud talks to the legendary Queen of Ska, Pauline Black, lead singer of platinum-selling 2-Tone band 'The Selecter'. They toured with The Specials and Madness during the 80's spreading a conscious multicultural music message worldwide. They're off on the road again for their 'Made In Britain' tour which begins in March.
From talking about Kevin, to talking about libraries, novelist Lionel Shriver talks to Clive about her award-winning book 'We Need To Talk About Kevin', now a BAFTA nominated film starring Tilda Swinton. Lionel is one of the outstanding writers contributing to 'The Library Book', describing libraries real or imagined, why they matter and to whom. The book is published for National Libraries Day on 4th February.
With music from the unique voice of rising star Maverick Sabre, who plays 'I Need' from his debut album 'Lonely Are The Brave'.
And after a European tour with Tori Amos, singer songwriter Mark Hole performs his new single 'Torture Garden'.
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00tlwzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0082crd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Falco (b01blbs0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01blcc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]
MON 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pl95h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007js0q)
Episode 1
With his father dead, Nicholas seeks help from his Uncle - at a price. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel stars Oliver Milburn and Anna Massey.
MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007js4k)
The Elizabethans
Elizabeth comes to power at the age of twenty-five. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles, with Paul Eddington.
MON 14:30 Peter Tinniswood - Tales from the Backbench (b00764w1)
Series 2
How Long, How Long?
Useless and forgetful MP, Sir Plympton Makepeace wonders why he allowed himself to be persuaded back into politics?
Starring Leslie Phillips.
Written by Peter Tinniswood.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
MON 14:45 Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (b00s5ztz)
Episode 1
Paul Theroux retraces his 1973 journey from The Great Railway Bazaar, starting with London to Georgia. Stuart Milligan reads.
MON 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnh7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b015fl54)
Mel hears the first chapter of a brand new story, Nicobobinus by Terry Jones. We'll find out why Nicobobinus has to track down dragon's blood...
MON 17:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrb0)
The Stackton Faggot
The dear ladies try to save the Mayor's cricket pavilion. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1982.
MON 17:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nsnhd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 The Spaceship II (b0090x40)
Hole
Captain Gordon Taylor hits trouble over a failing call centre. Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst's comic sci-fi with James Fleet.
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 (b00tlwzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0082crd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Falco (b01blbs0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01blcc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]
MON 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pl95h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 GM Fraser - Monsoon Selection Board (b01blcrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01bkgfb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01b9hjj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rfj1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01bld4p)
An extended version of the News Quiz for Radio 4 Extra, featuring jokes that you won't have heard already, some clips from the archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material.
MON 23:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007k1wk)
Series 2
The Monster in the Loch
The elderly Scotsmen have a monstrous encounter in the great outdoors. Stars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Alison Steadman. From March 2004.


TUESDAY 07 FEBRUARY 2012

TUE 00:00 The Spaceship II (b0090x40)
[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 Falco (b01blbs0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01blcc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pl95h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rfj1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Says on the Tin (b00gb0bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnh7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 GM Fraser - Monsoon Selection Board (b01blcrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01bkgfb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nsnhd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Falco (b01blg85)
Poseidon's Gold
Episode 2
The Roman detective is now a murder suspect himself. To make things worse, his old love life is haunting him. Stars Anton Lesser.
TUE 06:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01blgj9)
Episode 2
Journalist Rhoda Gradwyn's plastic surgery is over, but Commander Dalgliesh soon gets a phone call. Stars Christine Kavanagh and Richard Derrington.
TUE 06:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00plsq6)
Episode 3
Will Rash's desire for Imogene lead to violence? Romney Marsh-based smuggling adventure read by Rufus Sewell.
TUE 07:00 Alison and Maud (b007k3lg)
Series 2
Golf Is a Four-Letter Word
Maud seeks solace in Test Match Special while Alison gets in a flap over a bird fancier.
Second of two series of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Starring Denise Coffey as Alison, Miriam Margolyes as Maud, Chris Emmett as Mr Mullett and Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
TUE 07:30 Mr and Mrs Smith (b01b9kdj)
Sally's Birthday
Will and Annabelle attend her mum's 60th Birthday Party. Will makes an effort to get on with his straight talking father-in-law John.
Will Smith's sitcom about a couple in marriage counselling,
Counsellor Guy must mediate another dispute between Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to the events that spawned the argument, and by the end, the couple find marital equilibrium once more. Sort of.
Will Smith ..... Will Smith
Annabelle Smith ..... Sarah Hadland
Guy ..... Paterson Joseph
John ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Sally ..... Susie Blake
Shop Assistant ..... Tracy Wiles
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jlq1)
Series 6
The Fear of Wages
Ignoring a telegram about Japan's surrender, Neddie Seagoon and company are still at war.
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 March 1956.
TUE 08:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrms)
Birthday Boy
Bob bungles a surprise birthday party for Terry.
Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers.
Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975.
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01bld4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007k1wk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnhj)
Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend
The Golden Dustman
A jury has found that Mr John Harmon came by his death in suspicious circumstances. Stars Simon Cadell and Michael Kitchen.
TUE 11:00 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007qpxb)
The Shades of Spring
Addy Syson returns to the home of his youth; the land waits for him unaltered, but what of the girl he used to love?
Peter Meakin reads DH Lawrence’s short story first published in 1914.
Producer: Rosemary Watts
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995.
TUE 11:15 Drama (b014641w)
Hugh Hughes - Floating
On April 2nd 1982, the Isle of Anglesey separated from the mainland of Wales and floated off into the North Atlantic. Emerging artist Hugh Hughes and his friend Sioned, recount the story of this extraordinary geological event, and explain its personal significance.
Created and performed by Hugh Hughes and Sioned Rowlands with assistance from Shôn Dale-Jones and Jill Norman.
Produced by James Robinson.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jlq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Falco (b01blg85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01blgj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]
TUE 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00plsq6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007js10)
Episode 2
Nicholas gets a position in Yorkshire as assistant to the iniquitous Wackford Squeers. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel stars Oliver Milburn and Alex Jennings.
TUE 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007js5d)
The Spinster, the Habsburg and Scottish Widow
The advisers of Elizabeth attempt to persuade her to marry. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
TUE 14:30 Peter Tinniswood - Tales from the Backbench (b00764zv)
Series 2
Dalliances
The useless and forgetful MP, Sir Plympton Makepeace, warms to the memory of his many happy carnal and amorous associations in Westminster.
Starring Leslie Phillips.
Written by Peter Tinniswood.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
TUE 14:45 Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (b00s6496)
Episode 2
In Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, Paul Theroux encounters an oil boom and 'evil eye deflectors'. Read by Stuart Milligan.
TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b015gnyk)
Mel Giedroyc introduces Chapter 2 of Nicobobinus by Terry Jones, hears from Dragons' Den star Hilary Devey, and we find some dragons of our own.
TUE 17:00 Bristow (b007vgv7)
Series 3
Chapter and Verse
As the Chester-Perry clerk writes for the house journal, he learns the meaning of poetic justice.
Michael Williams stars as Bristow.
Frank Dickens' sitcom is based on his famous long-running newspaper cartoon strip about the Chester-Perry buying clerk.
Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Postboy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Hickford ...... Roger Lloyd Pack
Liftboy ...... Ian Kelland
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.
TUE 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3lg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 The Spaceship II (b0090xyb)
Manhood
Scientist Clive 55 reconstructs a dead space pirate, who before long is running the ship. Stars James Fleet and Rosie Cavaliero.
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 (b007jlq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Falco (b01blg85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01blgj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]
TUE 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00plsq6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007qpxb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Drama (b014641w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Mr and Mrs Smith (b01b9kdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 The Ape That Got Lucky (b0081cbz)
Science and Progress
Humans like to think that even if evolution has dealt them a neat hand, they have made their own luck through their mastery of science and technology.
But many things, including penicillin and the light bulb, have been discovered accidentally.
A spoof exploration of the fascinating subject of human evolution.
Starring Chris Addison.
With Professor Austin Herring (aka Geoffrey McGivern), Jo Enright and Dan Tetsell.
Written by Chris Addison and Carl Cooper.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01cc8b3)
The Comedy Club offers two hours of laughs six nights a week. Arthur Smith chats to this week's special guest, Hattie Hayridge.
TUE 23:00 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mzslp)
Series 2
Episode 6
The sports agent's vain French football star client throws a party and wishes he hadn't. Stars Neil Pearson. From January 2006.
TUE 23:30 The Big Booth (b007k32y)
Series 2: The Big Booth Too
Episode 2
Boothby stays the night in a haunted Scottish castle.
More guitar-flavoured songs and surreal laughs from Boothby Graffoe.
With Stephen Frost, Vivienne Soan, Big Al and Kevin Eldon.
Special guest: singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock.
Written by Boothby Graffoe and Dave Thompson.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.


WEDNESDAY 08 FEBRUARY 2012

WED 00:00 The Spaceship II (b0090xyb)
[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 Falco (b01blg85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01blgj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00plsq6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01bld4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007k1wk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
WED 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007qpxb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Drama (b014641w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Bristow (b007vgv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3lg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Falco (b01blljm)
Poseidon's Gold
Episode 3
If he's going to clear his name, the Roman detective must confront his difficult past. Stars Anton Lesser and Trevor Peacock.
WED 06:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bllts)
Episode 3
Commander Dalgliesh arrives to investigate a high profile murder at an exclusive clinic in Dorset. Stars Richard Derrington.
WED 06:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pmgxd)
Episode 4
The daredevil hears the Captain's theory, and Jerry Jerk gets an invitation. Smuggling adventure read by Rufus Sewell.
WED 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b01bllzw)
Series 2
Travel
Pam admits to being a poor map reader. Poetry and sketches with Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From April 2006.
WED 07:30 Everyone Quite Likes Justin (b012fqnb)
Series 1
Episode 3
An untimely death causes a lifestyle rethink for the Manchester DJ.
Starring Justin Moorhouse, Anne Reid and Paul Copley.
Sitcom written by Justin Moorhouse and Jim Poyser.
Despite his messy life, Justin always remains positive. Every new day is a new opportunity, "When life throws you lemons, make lemonade".
Recorded in front of an audience in Manchester.
Anne Reid ..... Gran
Bernard Wrigley ..... Sven
Christine Bottomley ..... Lisa
Jim Poyser ..... Vicar
Justin Moorhouse ..... Justin
Lloyd Langford ..... Bryn
Paul Copley ..... Ray
Rachel Austin ..... Receptionist
Susan Cookson ..... Tanya
Producer ..... Steven Canny
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2011.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0186wj0)
Series 3
The Blackboard Jungle
The lad is a young master in a school full of juvenile delinquents. A parody of the controversial 1955 movie of the same name.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Recovered episode first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1955.
WED 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
From 20/05/1984
From a murderous martial art to an unexploded double bass.
Michael Bentine stars in the ultimate one man show written and performed by the host.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984
WED 09:00 Nineteen Ninety-Eight (b01blmhz)
Episode 1
Can Edward keep his girlfriend and avoid explosions? Orwellian sitcom with David Threlfall and Hugh Laurie. From March 1987.
WED 09:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00mb1r1)
Series 2
Episode 3
James Walton tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop music.
Team captains Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by Danny Kelly and Clare Grogan to be put through their musical paces.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
WED 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnlc)
Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend
The Doll's Dressmaker
With Gaffer Hexman found dead and John Harmon absent, his father's foreman, Mr Boffin, is the beneficiary. With Simon Cadell.
WED 11:00 Nan Woodhouse (b01bmjtk)
The Reconstruction Job
Retirement didn't suit Tommy at all. But perhaps the new life of the mill had something to offer him. Read by Russell Dixon.
WED 11:15 Drama (b00vkwvf)
Nick Warburton - Setting a Glass
By Nick Warburton
A man is summoned to a hospital where his elderly mother is fading away. He arrives in the middle of the night and walks through empty corridors looking for a coffee machine. So why is he avoiding sitting at his mother's bedside?
He gets talking to an auxiliary nurse, a disgruntled but determined young woman whose life is starting, just as his mother's is ending. As he tells this complete stranger about his mother's uneventful life, her small achievements, he comes to understand some of the mechanisms at play in his strange inability to sit with her.
Directed by Peter Kavanagh.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0186wj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Falco (b01blljm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bllts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]
WED 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pmgxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007js1b)
Episode 3
Nicholas arrives in the loathsome Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Oliver Milburn and Ken Campbell.
WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007js5q)
Trading, Slavery, Piracy and the Spanish Armada
The English begin to show their thirst for knowledge and trading. New routes are explored by men such as Frobisher and Raleigh.
WED 14:30 Peter Tinniswood - Tales from the Backbench (b007652v)
Series 2
Time to Confess
The useless and forgetful MP, Sir Plympton Makepeace admits to having created his persona on untruths and fantasy.
Starring Leslie Phillips.
Written by Peter Tinniswood.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.
WED 14:45 Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (b00s6dgr)
Episode 3
The author continues to retrace his route from The Great Railway Bazaar, through India to Sri Lanka. Read by Stuart Milligan.
WED 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b015h0xy)
Chapter three of Nicobobinus is coming your way. But what is that snoring noise? Plus, another Daily Dalek and the Inheritance Tracks of a special person.
WED 17:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jpyj)
Marooned
A visit to the pier theatre ends in disaster for Arthur Wilson and Miss Perkins.
A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee.
Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier
Frank Pike ...... Ian Lavender
Bert Hodges ...... Bill Pertwee
Miss Perkins ...... Vivienne Martin
Derek ...... Paul Russell
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1984.
WED 17:30 Ayres on the Air (b01bllzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 The Spaceship II (b00911c5)
Rude
The crew of Really Invincible III have some space tourists aboard - but it turns into a holiday from hell. Sci-fi comedy stars James Fleet.
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 (b0186wj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Falco (b01blljm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bllts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]
WED 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pmgxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Nan Woodhouse (b01bmjtk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Drama (b00vkwvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Everyone Quite Likes Justin (b012fqnb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Listen Against (b00fq2sw)
Series 2
Episode 3
Radio 4's new drama 'Peston', 'Thought for the Day' for Satanists and why is Jeremy Vine so charming in person but so tetchy on Radio 2?
The show that look backs in amplitude at rearranged and downright fictional snippets from BBC radio.
Written by and starring Jon Holmes,
With Alice Arnold.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.
WED 23:00 The End of the Road Show (b00ktfrf)
Episode 3
The series reaching the parts other comedy shows can't. With Nick Hancock, Tony Hawks and Neil Mullarkey. From January 1992.
WED 23:30 Rubbish (b00770sz)
Series 1
Chilling
Martin is horrified to hear that certain individuals are doing despicable things to council waste bins.
He makes the mistake of lying in-wait for them with community ranger Matt Jessop.
Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and manic-depressive, Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom.
Martin ...... Reece Dinsdale
Matt ...... Robert Wilfort
Sarah ...... Nicola Walker
Andrea ...... Susie Donkin
Barney ...... James Lance
Barry ...... James Lance
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006.


THURSDAY 09 FEBRUARY 2012

THU 00:00 The Spaceship II (b00911c5)
[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 Falco (b01blljm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bllts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pmgxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Nineteen Ninety-Eight (b01blmhz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00mb1r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Nan Woodhouse (b01bmjtk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Drama (b00vkwvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jpyj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Ayres on the Air (b01bllzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Falco (b01bmprc)
Poseidon's Gold
Episode 4
The Roman detective tries to get his father's help, but old wounds don't heal easily. Stars Anton Lesser and Trevor Peacock.
THU 06:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bmpth)
Episode 4
After journalist Rhoda Gradwyn's murder, Dalgliesh discovers evidence at the victim's London home. PD James mystery stars Richard Derrington.
THU 06:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pn48f)
Episode 5
The Scarecrow winds up business as Doctor Syn prepares to leave his parish. 18th century adventure read by Rufus Sewell.
THU 07:00 Chambers (b007jttl)
Series 1
QC at Any Cost
John Fuller-Carp, the Machiavellian head of chambers, is determined to become a QC and will perform almost any moral contortion to achieve his goal.
When left-wing Ruth Quirke, rumoured to be the daughter of a High Court judge, applies to join chambers at Forecourt Buildings, Fuller-Carp's imagination goes into overdrive and a hotline to the Lord Chancellor and promotion seems inevitable.
But will his "New Labour" image amount to anything..?
Clive Coleman’s sitcom about the questionable practices of a group of barristers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Lesley Sharp
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Judge ...... Gavin Muir
Suggs ...... John Baddeley
Brinsley ...... Alex Lowe
Jen ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Producer Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1996.
THU 07:30 Clare in the Community (b015pbhd)
Series 7
Debt of Honour
Episode Four - Debt of Honour
Clare is being plagued by Brian's marriage proposals. Her driving lessons lead to an unexpected encounter and there is an unveiling of a piece of public art at the Sparrowhawk Family Centre.
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Each week we join Clare in her continued struggle to control both her professional and private life
In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Episode Four - Debt of Honour - Cast
Clare: SALLY PHILLIPS
Brian: ALEX LOWE
Megan / Nali: NINA CONTI
Ray / Nick Powell: RICHARD LUMSDEN
Helen/ Lady Mayoress/Carol Morley: LIZA TARBUCK
Simon / Frankie 'The Fruitcake' Finnigan: ANDREW WINCOTT
Libby: SARAH KENDALL
Spartacus /'James Naughtie': GERARD McDERMOT
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Producer Katie Tyrrell.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b01bmq3w)
A Testing Time
Times are changing – but can the bungling bureaucrats pass the new civil service exams?
One of 14 shows not kept in the archive and re-recorded in 1980 – previously never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
‘The Men from the Ministry’ ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler (who replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966).
With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.
Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Edward Taylor.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Re-recording of ‘A Degrading Business' made in April 1980.
THU 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jnj5)
Series 2
Brain Versus Brawn
Disguised as firemen for an exercise, the Walmington-on-Sea platoon must tackle a real blaze.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunne
Private Fraser …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martin
The Waitress/The Policewoman …. Avril Angers
Colonel Pritchard …. Robert Raglan
Mr. Fairbrother/The Corporal …. Stuart Sherwin
Announcer …. John Snagge
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Producer: John Dyas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1975.
THU 09:00 Crowned Hudds (b00pgydd)
How Ye Quest Was Wonne
Poking fun at King Arthur, Roy Hudd takes a royal romp through history, with June Whitfield and Chris Emmett. From August 1995.
THU 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b01bmq92)
Series 2
Monday Monday
Patrick rashly agrees to babysit, and Billy actually gets some work. Written by and starring Jim Sweeney. From October 2002.
THU 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnln)
Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend
A Riddle Without an Answer
While Silas Wegg tries to work out who really owns the inheritance, the Lammles try to make some money by pairing off Fledgeby. Stars Bill Nighy.
THU 11:00 Trevor Hoyle - The Dying Art of Letter Writing (b01bmrq2)
Malcolm wants to sell the family paper mill, but his Aunt Emmie declares "Over my dead body!". Letters read by Joyce Gibbs. From February 2012.
THU 11:15 Drama (b00w1zlr)
Atching Tan
Atching Tan by Dan Allum
Lovvie Arkley is torn. Does she marry childhood sweetheart Nelius and live a traditional, yet isolated Traveller life? Or does she renounce her culture to pursue a career in the outside 'Gorgia' world? Drama teacher John threatens to tip the balance. Recorded on location on a Traveller site, with all Traveller parts cast from the Traveller community.
Music by Howard Jacques
Written by Dan Allum
Producer: Charlotte Riches
Director: Fiona Kelcher.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b01bmq3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jnj5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Falco (b01bmprc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bmpth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]
THU 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pn48f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007js1s)
Episode 4
Nicholas finds himself in Fanny Squeers' affections. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Oliver Milburn and Sophie Thompson.
THU 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007js61)
Essex, Ireland and Sturdy Beggars
It is a time of court rivalries in the late 16th Century. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
THU 14:30 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl4w)
Series 1
Par for the Course
Carter Brandon gets a week off work, so he decides to go on day-trips in his car, with his Uncle Mort, 'where the fancy takes them'.
Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.
Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.
Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
The Landlord …. John Samson
Ambulance Man …. Steve Hodson
Narrator …. Christian Rodska
Producer: Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.
THU 14:45 Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (b00s6n2d)
Episode 4
The author retraces his route from The Great Railway Bazaar, through Burma and its crumbling cities. Read by Stuart Milligan.
THU 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b015h37r)
As Nicobobinus enters The City of Cries, is he getting any closer to his dragon's blood? And Stewart Henderson goes on the hunt for Answers, Answers to your Questions, Questions.
THU 17:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b008nw1c)
Series 2
Pasta Alfredo at Cafe Alessandro
Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.
By Rona Munro.
An Italian cafe owner in Glasgow employs a little guile and cunning to defend the honour and the environment of his beloved native land.
Sandy ...... Stanley Baxter
Antonia ...... Luisa Pretolani
Christina ...... Tracy Wiles
Christopher ...... John Kazek
Rockafella ...... John Guerrasio
Radio Interviewer ...... Gordon Kennedy
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 17:30 Chambers (b007jttl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 The Spaceship II (b0091ppl)
Sick
The crew contract a mystery virus which makes them age at an alarming rate. Sci-fi comedy stars James Fleet and Rosie Cavaliero.
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 (b01bmq3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jnj5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Falco (b01bmprc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bmpth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]
THU 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pn48f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Trevor Hoyle - The Dying Art of Letter Writing (b01bmrq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Drama (b00w1zlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Clare in the Community (b015pbhd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Delve Special (b007jmq1)
Series 3
City Limits
The money men may be making a killing, but are they getting away with murder?
David Lander looks at the City and in particular the Rouget-Dory Venture Capital Syndicate
Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.
Studio production by Felicity Montagu, Jack Klaff and Robert Bathurst.
Dramatic reconstructions by Harry Enfield and Mark Arden.
Researched 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 September 1986.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01cc8f7)
The Comedy Club offers two hours of laughs six nights a week. More chat with host Arthur Smith and this week's special guest, Hattie Hayridge.
THU 23:00 Bleak Expectations (b00d7jpx)
Series 1
A Youth Utterly Crocked
Young Pip must thwart his evil guardian's plans. Mark Evans's Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson. From August 2007.
THU 23:30 The Castle (b00tdn0f)
Series 3
There's No Place Like Woodstock
Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then, starring James Fleet (The Vicar Of Dibley, Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Neil Dudgeon (Life Of Riley)
In this episode, we discover that somewhere, over the rainbow... there are a bunch of idiots from Woodstock and a mysterious man known only as 'Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber'.
Cast:
Sir John Woodstock ....... James Fleet
Sir William De Warenne ....... Neil Dudgeon
Lady Anne Woodstock ....... Martha Howe-Douglas
Cardinal Duncan ....... Jonathan Kydd
Lady Charlotte ........ Ingrid Oliver
Master Henry Woodstock ........ Steven Kynman
Merlin ........ Lewis Macleod
Written by Kim Fuller & Paul Alexander
Music by Guy Jackson
Producer/Director: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.


FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2012

FRI 00:00 The Spaceship II (b0091ppl)
[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 Falco (b01bmprc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bmpth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pn48f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Crowned Hudds (b00pgydd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b01bmq92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Trevor Hoyle - The Dying Art of Letter Writing (b01bmrq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Drama (b00w1zlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b008nw1c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Chambers (b007jttl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Falco (b01bn1yg)
Poseidon's Gold
Episode 5
The Roman detective hopes maritime matters can clear him, but Geminus brings bad news. Stars Anton Lesser and Trevor Peacock.
FRI 06:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bn2f3)
Episode 5
Evidence at victim Rhoda's flat leads Dalgliesh and Kate northwards, as the murder trail grows darker. PD James mystery stars Richard Derrington.
FRI 06:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00ps5hm)
Episode 6
Will Denis and Imogene be reunited and will the clergyman reveal the truth? Rufus Sewell concludes the Kent-based adventure.
FRI 07:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00v2rv2)
Series 4
The Coup d'Etat
A national election and a general strike puts the Italian priest in danger. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From April 2004.
FRI 07:30 What's So Funny? (b01bn3r5)
Series 2
Episode 19
Ed Byrne, Ardal O'Hanlon, Mitch Benn and Lucy Porter review the best of British comedy from radio and screen.
FRI 08:00 The TV Lark (b01bn40m)
House of Commons
Troutbridge TV must transmit a Party Political Broadcast. And Phillips is off to a ball.
After 4 series of 'The Navy Lark', the BBC decided the comedy crew needed a new setting, so where better than brand new independent station, Troutbridge TV?
However, after just 10 episodes, this proved to be only a temporary change of course for the crew of HMS Troutbridge - as the crew were soon back aboard 'The Navy Lark'.
Stars Jon Pertwee as the Floor Manager, Leslie Phillips as The Director, Stephen Murray as the Producer, Ronnie Barker as Fatso Johnson and Richard Caldicote as the Deputy Controller.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1963.
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jn4t)
Series 5
A Star Is Born
Harold falls for the leading lady from his drama society - and Albert makes an entrance.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as Harold and Trevor Bannister as Rupert. With Jo Manning Wilson, Michael McClain and Nicolette MacKenzie.
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.
Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.
FRI 09:00 Fat Chance (b01bn4qm)
Secrets and Lies
Will Graham be the next Blue Peter presenter and why did Tina's husband leave her?
Jenny McDade's high-fat bittersweet comedy for those believing there's a thin person inside them begging to get out.
Graham Pitscottie ..... Gareth Corke
Wendy Bottomley ..... Janine Duvitski
Clive Bottomley ..... Michael Troughton
Soo Pitscottie ..... Anne Reid
Tina Tattersall ..... Julia Deakin
Kelly Chambers ..... Tilly Gaunt
Lee Dubs ..... Harry Myers
Mrs Enright ..... Frances Jeater
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
FRI 09:30 Spending My Inheritance (b00fjdqd)
The Party
Sitcom by Clive Coleman, starring Kris Marshall as cash-strapped forty-something Harry, who has to watch from the sidelines as his newly retired parents start spending their hard-earned cash on themselves.
Harry decides to throw his dad a 65th birthday party.
Harry ...... Kris Marshall
Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy
Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham
Liz ...... Judy Parfitt
Richard ...... Chris Pavlo
David ...... Dan Starkey
Stuart ...... Malcolm Tierney
Directed by Sam Hoyle.
FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnpf)
Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend
Some Affairs of the Heart
Wondering what to expect, Bella Wilfer weeps over her contradictory life and fortunes. Stars Simon Cadell and Pippa Guard.
FRI 11:00 Winifred Holtby - The Celebrity Who Failed (b01bn5wr)
Can Amelia deal with the public attention after she learns to walk on water? Read by Alice Arnold.
FRI 11:15 Drama (b00t7h90)
Marcia Layne - The Barber and the Ark
by Marcia Layne
Issachar has been given an ultimatum by Yvonne, either the dreadlocks go or she does. But the veteran barber he visits has other ideas. Over a bottle of his 'special ingredient roots tonic' the barber shares his dream of discovering the Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopia. A dream that will change Isaachar's life.
Directed by Nadia Molinari.
FRI 12:00 The TV Lark (b01bn40m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jn4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Falco (b01bn1yg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bn2f3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]
FRI 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00ps5hm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007js23)
Episode 5
Smike is on the receiving end of Squeers' spite, while Fanny is a woman scorned. Oliver Milburn stars in Dickens' classic tale.
FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007js6c)
How A King Of Scots Became King Of England
Elizabeth has died and James becomes the first Stewart King of England. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
FRI 14:30 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5d)
Series 1
Fallen Comrades
Carter and his uncle Mort sup a poignant pint at the Old Comrades Club.
Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.
Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.
Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
Marcus …. John Samson
The Doorman …. Steve Hodson
The Barman …. Alan Dudley
Narrator …. Christian Rodska
Producer: Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.
FRI 14:45 Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (b00s6rcn)
Episode 5
The author concludes the retracing of his route from The Great Railway Bazaar, via Vladivostok and Perm. Read by Stuart Milligan.
FRI 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnpf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b015fv24)
Mel hears the final part of Nicobobinus by Terry Jones, and Andi Osho joins us for a sneaky peek into the best comedy coming up over the next seven days.
FRI 17:00 Brothers in Law (b007k0y6)
Series 2
Look It Up
Newly qualified lawyer Roger Thursby annoys his girlfriend Sally over a dispute involving a husband and wife.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Terence Alexander as Henry Blagrove, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Ronald Adam as the Chairman and Arthur Mullard as Briggs. All other parts by Sean Arnold, Douglas Blackwell and Patrick Tull.
Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson.
Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1971.
FRI 17:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00v2rv2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 The Spaceship II (b0091tns)
The End
The crew is brought face-to-face with reality when they reach the end of the universe. Stars James Fleet and Emily Joyce.
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 TV Lark (b01bn40m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jn4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Falco (b01bn1yg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01bn2f3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]
FRI 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00ps5hm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Winifred Holtby - The Celebrity Who Failed (b01bn5wr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Drama (b00t7h90)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 What's So Funny? (b01bn3r5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Elvenquest (b00wlgt5)
Series 2
Episode 5
The Questers continue their search for the Sword of Asnagar. This time they accidentally trespass upon grounds of the Emperor Jackie.
Jackie claims to have the Sword of Asnagar but he'll only hand it over if the Questers, and particularly Penthiselea, stay with him for a while.
In the meantime, Lord Darkness' main evil priest, Gaydok, is upset - he doesn't believe Darkness is evil anymore. In a fit of pique Darkness fires him.
But it's not long before he realises that keeping the faith with the evil hordes isn't as easy as he originally thought...
Fantasy-based sitcom set in Lower Earth written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.
Sam …. Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness …. Alistair McGowan
Emperor Jackie …. Sanjeev Bhaskar
Dean/Kreech …. Kevin Eldon
Vidar …. Darren Boyd
Amis – The Chosen One …. Dave Lamb
Penthiselea …. Sophie Winkleman
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b0090y11)
Series 2
Chuckles
Satan is conducting interviews for a new assistant. In the running are Scumspawn and a devious dolphin.
Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Philip Pope.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
FRI 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007tm8f)
Series 2
Magic
Did witches really fly with broomsticks between their legs or did they just get a bit overexcited?
Series two of the cult comedy that answers the questions which leave other shows scratching their beards.
Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.
With:
Rebecca Front
Armando Iannucci
And the voice of Tom Baker.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993.