SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2012

SAT 00:00 Hordes of the Things (b007jqts)
2. The Forces Gather
Radox the Green battles to gather an army against the encroaching Evil One.
But as his mum gives him an ear-bashing - is Agar really a hero?
Andrew Marshall and John Lloyd's epic Tolkien parody.
Starring Paul Eddington, Paul Magee and Simon Callow.
King Yulfric the Wise …. Paul Eddington
The Chronicler …. Patrick Magee
Crown Prince Veganin …. Simon Callow
Agar …. Christian Rodska
Radox the Green …. Frank Middlemass
Maliadoc …. Hugh Thomas
King Yulfric's First Assistant Advisor …. David Ross
Mother of Agar …. Miriam Margolyes
Queen Elfreda …. Maggie Steed
The High Bishop of Zylbor …. Aubrey Woods
Golin Longshanks …. Jonathan Lynn
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1980.
SAT 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrh9)
Episode 4
Bill Masen is horrified by what he discovers in London, but manages to rescue a girl from danger. Cult novel read by Roger May.
SAT 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ytww)
Murder on the Orient Express
Episode 5
Time is against Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot as he battles to unmask the murderer aboard the Orient Express.
John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot in the conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou
Masterman ...... Desmond Llewelyn
Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor
Princess Dragmiroff ...... Sian Phillips
Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms
Miss Debenham ...... Francesca Annis
Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe
Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins
Colonel Arbuthnot ...... Stephen Hodson
Foscarelli ...... Frank Coda
Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy
MacQueen ...... James Telfer
Fraulein Schmidt ...... Linda Polan
Music composed and played by Michael Haslam
From the book published in 1934 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director Enyd Williams.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993.
SAT 01:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcsp)
The Affair of the Birmingham Bank
Can daring Edwardian sleuth, Thorpe Hazell manage to foil a gold bullion train robbery?
Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.
Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.
English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.
Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.
SAT 01:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g42tg)
Episode 5
Under cover of darkness, the police make one last trip to wealthy farmer William Muffit's murder scene. Read by Robert Lindsay.
SAT 02:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b00mvs9q)
Off the Rails
Ticket sales at Oglethorpe railway station are at an all-time low.
Could passengers be put off by Points's Platform 1 FM Punk Rock Show? Or is it down to June's seances in the cafe? - or perhaps because Rocket refuses to sell anyone a ticket to Barnsley?
New station manager, David Clare has a challenge on his hands!
Peter Morfoot's railway sitcom stars Michael Williams and Peter Davison.
Rocket ...... Michael Williams
David ...... Peter Davison
June ...... Rosemary Martin
Points ...... Phillippa Wilson
Hattie ...... Madge Hindle
Sodd ...... Chris Emmett
Other parts played by Caroline Strong and David Timson.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1995.
SAT 02:30 Spending My Inheritance (b00fpx7l)
Where There's a Will
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 tries to find out if his mum and dad have made a will.
Harry ...... Kris Marshall
Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy
Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham
Liz ...... Judy Parfitt
Jess ...... Antonia Thomas
Paul ...... Stephen Critchlow
Nick ...... Jonathan Tafler
Ed/Simon ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Radio Correspondent ...... Clive Coleman
Fran ...... Jill Cardo
Directed by Sam Hoyle.
SAT 03:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01c7x03)
Murder in Appin
David Balfour is shipwrecked off Scotland's coast. Cast ashore, he heads to Appin and a fateful encounter. Robert Louis Stevenson's historical adventure stars Paul Young.
SAT 04:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Gardener (b00nrvp3)
An aunt's grief for a nephew killed by a splinter shell on the Somme. A poignant tale of Remembrance read by Patricia Hodge. From November 2000.
SAT 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c7x3s)
Series 3
The Dancing Stone
4 Extra Debut. Buoyant Warwick spots a mysterious stone and wants it in the restaurant, but Sam says to move it at his peril. Stars Trevor Peacock.
SAT 05:00 Brothers in Law (b007jrhv)
Series 2
Statistics
Lawyer Roger has a bad day at the races, thanks to Joy's Uncle.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Terence Alexander as Henry Blagrove, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, John Le Mesurier as the Judge, Richard Wattis as Trent and Malcolm Hayes as the Commentator.
All other parts by Michael Kilgarriff.
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.
SAT 05:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00vd7sd)
Series 4
The Flying Squad
The priest is put to the test when floods threaten the parish of Mondo Piccolo. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From May 2004.
SAT 06:00 JB Priestley - When We Are Married (b007jvkd)
Three couples receive a very rude shock in the midst of their joint silver wedding celebrations.
First performed on stage in 1938, JB Priestley's classic comedy with a star-packed cast.
Starring Alun Armstrong as Albert Parker, Alan Bennett as Herbert Soppitt, Brenda Blethyn as Clara Soppitt, Michael Jayston as Joe Helliwell, Polly James as Lottie, Nicola Pagett as Maria Helliwell, Gwen Taylor as Annie Parker, Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs Northrop, Peter Woodthorpe as Ormonroyd, Cathryn Bradshaw as Ruby, Timothy Watson as Gerald, Deborah Berlin as Nancy, Paul Panting as Fred and James Taylor as the Reverend Mercer.
Music by Stuart Hutchinson
Adapted and produced: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
SAT 07:30 The Anatomy of the Musical (b00t1bcm)
The Love Song
Examining successful musicals, Russell Davies asks how lyricists avoid cliches to preserve sentiment without sentimentality.
SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01chxyw)
Series 7
Episode 19
From San Diego, the funny man welcomes the United States Navy Band Southwest and shares the news from Lake Wobegon. From 2011.
SAT 09:00 The Spike Show: Milligan Remembered (b01chydc)
Recorded at the office where they worked together, Spike Milligan's agent and friend, Norma Farnes remembers the life and work of the comic genius. Featuring:
* Vivat Milligna: A Twenty-One Goon Salute (24/12/2002)
Denis Norden trawls through the archives to tell the story of his friend, Spike's career, and sometimes uneasy relationship with the BBC.
* In the Psychiatrist's Chair: Spike Milligan (25/09/1982)
The writer and comedian tells Professor Anthony Clare about the profound impact of shell shock on his mental health.
* Spike's Fleas Knees and Hidden Elephants (25/12/1995)
Spike Milligan reads some of his magical poems, in his own inimitable style.
* The Goon Show: Fear of Wages (6/03/1956)
Ignoring a telegram about Japan's surrender, Neddie Seagoon and company are still at war. Stars Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Max Geldray and Wallace Greenslade.
* Spike Milligan: The Serious Poet (6/11/2011)
In this award- winning documentary, Spike's three daughters, Sila, Laura and Jane discuss how their father's serious poetry reflected his life and personality.
Producer: Sarah Wade
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2012.
SAT 12:00 The Resistance of Mrs Brown - Omnibus (b01chygt)
Amanda Root stars as Mrs Brown, a very ordinary tea lady who serves the Nazi Administration in London, in Ed Harris's stirring wartime thriller with a modern twist.
SAT 13:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective (b007jmlc)
The Brighton Mystery
When an American heiress is blackmailed by her 'dead' husband, it's a case for the astute crime solver. Stars Bernard Hepton.
SAT 14:00 More Plain Tales from the Raj (b009x5gl)
Milligan Chota Sahib - the Indian Childhood of Spike Milligan
Marking 10 years since he died, the comedian recalls the excitement of his early life in India. Presented by Evan Charlton.
SAT 14:45 Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad (b0148wfr)
Variety and Comedians
Sir Harry Secombe remembers his early career on stage in variety - and recalls his friendship with a young Tony Hancock.
Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.
Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01chxyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 JB Priestley - When We Are Married (b007jvkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b01c7vg6)
Series 2
Episode 21
Ed Byrne is joined by Robin Ince, Rob Deering and Roisin Conaty to discuss the best of the week in British comedy.
SAT 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b00l93z1)
The Host
Part of BBC Radio 4 Extra's tribute to the remarkable talent of writer and producer Charles Chilton, who died on 2 January 2013 at the age of 95.
Toby Stephens plays Jet Morgan in a 21st-century remake of Chilton's mould-breaking series from 1953, which originally won an audience of 6 million and earned him international recognition.
Jet Morgan and his crew get a distress call from an abandoned freighter. Jet and his comrades must find a way to defeat the vastly superior 'Host'. If they fail, they will not only all perish, but mankind will become a dispensable stepping stone to a new chapter in evolution.
From the original cast, David Jacobs, plays The Host.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
Jet ...... Toby Stephens
Doc/Enceladus Control ...... Alan Marriott
Lemmy ...... Jot Davies
Mitch ...... Chris Pavlo
The Host ...... David Jacobs
Edie ...... Jana Carpenter
JJ Andreev ...... Basher Savage
Original music & sound design by David Chilton.
A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 19:00 The Spike Show: Milligan Remembered (b01chydc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill (b007qq9w)
Episode 2
The inimitable stand-up comedian entertains a New York audience, telling all on British films and national anthems. From 1998.
SAT 23:00 An Illustration of Modern Science by Richard Marsh (b007jq1h)
Convinced she soon be murdered, stage artiste Beauffie Buckingham enlists the help of a London barrister to make her will...
Richard Marsh’s thriller read by Joanna Riding.
Richard Marsh was the pseudonym of British author Richard Bernard Heldmann. (1857 - 1915) best known for his supernatural thriller ‘The Beetle’.
Producer: Katherine Beacon
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003.
SAT 23:30 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01chylv)
Episode 2
With terrified hostages, the brutal hijackers make demands to the Transit Authority. William Hope reads John Godey's thriller.


SUNDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2012

SUN 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b00l93z1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01chxyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 The Resistance of Mrs Brown - Omnibus (b01chygt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective (b007jmlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 JB Priestley - When We Are Married (b007jvkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b01c7vg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Nicholas Nickleby Omnibus (b007k4k0)
Episode 3
Omnibus. Nicholas and new pal Smike set out for London, while his sister Kate struggles. Dickens dramatisation starring Oliver Milburn and Alex Jennings.
SUN 07:15 The People of the British Museum (b009nlxx)
Storehouse of Knowledge
Danny Danziger visits the cuneiform tablet collection to meet Dr Irving Finkel, who can decipher the ancient inscriptions.
SUN 07:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rtf9n)
Series 4
Celebrity Weatherman
In this episode, Milton proves that you don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - you just need a fully-working anemometer and a mouse called Tim.
Hurricanes, eclipses and a box of Duchy Originals are just some of the hideous forces of nature Milton has to reckon with. So if you like talking about the weather - and what English person doesn't - then wrap up warm and make sure you catch Another Case Of Milton Jones.
Milton'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 jokes for this 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!" - Daily Mail
Written by Milton with James Cary (Think The Unthinkable, Miranda)
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive Production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 08:00 Take It From Here (b01cj179)
From 23/04/1958
The perils of worker relations in a northern town - and Ron Glum needs a new suit, in 'The Glums'
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 Parsley Sidings (b007jp4z)
Series 2
The Entente Cordiale
Cross-channel harmony hits the buffers, when the station is twinned with one in France.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Kenneth Connor as Valentine /Bradshaw/Head of French Rail, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Ian Lavender as Bert and Roger Delgado as Dupont.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1973.
SUN 09:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet (b01cj1p6)
Episode 2
by Rosemary Sutcliff, dramatised by Shaun McKenna
More magical happenings await Hugh, as he journeys through England with the Strolling Players. But as Christmas approaches, Argos has an adventure of his own and cannot be found....
Hugh ..... Josef Lindsay
Narrator ..... Adjoa Andoh
Tobias Pennyfeather ..... Allan Corduner
Jonathan Whiteleaf ..... Peter Hamilton Dyer
Nicky Bodkin/Walter Raleigh ..... Gwilym Lee
Benjamin Bunsell ..... Carl Prekopp
Pilgrim ..... James Lailey
Producer/Director ..... Marion Nancarrow.
SUN 09:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rlfy6)
Episode 4
Mary's friendship with sickly Colin is producing some startling results. Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, with Beryl Reid.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01cj1sw)
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kirsty Young explores the choices of the actor and dramatist in the third of a series featuring playwrights.
SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b01cj20f)
Sir Bruce Forsyth
The venerable entertainer on singing with Nat King Cole and reinventing yourself in showbiz, in conversation with John Wilson.
SUN 11:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (b01cj229)
Episode 2
"I woke at six the next morning and set to work to wake up Harris with a scull. The third prod did it: and he turned over on the other side, and said he would be down in a minute."
A tin of pineapple takes on a starring role, as George, Harris and J's holiday on the River Thames continues - with Montmorency the dog.
Adapted and performed in three episodes by Jeremy Nicholas.
Music by Jeremy Nicholas. Performed by The Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
SUN 11:30 The Real Patron Saints (b00768rh)
Saint David
How did a monk keen on standing in freezing cold water become the Patron Saint of Wales? Ian Hislop investigates.
SUN 12:00 Nicholas Nickleby Omnibus (b007k4k0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 The People of the British Museum (b009nlxx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 JCW Brook - The Doppelganger (b007jv9r)
Adam and Jane are off on a make-or-break second honeymoon; but at Oxford station Adam sees his possibly dead mother.
Then at the hotel he meets Beth, a 25-year-old girl with the mind of a child of seven, who looks like Jane.... "a doppelganger is your other self - your dark brother of myth, who wishes to take your place in this world..."
JCW Brook’s spine-chilling drama stars Nigel Anthony as Adam Oxton, Elizabeth Lindsay as Beth Harris, Penelope Lee as Sarah Steadman, Emily Richard as Jane Oxton, Geoffrey Collins as Ralph Steadman, Mary Wimbush as the Woman and Jack May as the Man.
Music by Paddy Kingsland of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
SUN 15:00 Take It From Here (b01cj179)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Parsley Sidings (b007jp4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet (b01cj1p6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 16:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rlfy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 17:00 A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus (b00tjsm8)
Meeting the Gods
Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made and this week he is exploring the sophisticated ways that people expressed religious yearning in the 14th and 15th centuries.

In this ominbus edition, Neil encounters the statues of gods and ancestors - in India, Mexico and on Easter Island - and he describes the importance of icon painting in the Orthodox Church.

But he begins with an object designed to connect with Christ himself - a stunning Christian reliquary from medieval Europe made to house a thorn from the crown of thorns


Producer: Paul Kobrak.
SUN 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jnlv)
His Last Card
The Man in Black reveals Laura's feelings over a card signed 'One day to death'. Stars Edward de Souza and Maureen O'Brien.
SUN 18:30 Weird Tales (b00x4gb2)
Series 1
Out of the Depths by Melissa Murray
When Martha discovers her sister Grace has been trying past-life regression to break a cycle of abusive relationships, she decides it is time for them to return to a place from their past.
Travelling to Cornwall, they are forced to confront demons. But which sister needs to be free and what will it cost?
Written by Melissa Murray.
Series of four chilling dramas inspired by Lovecraft's stories of magical rites and forbidden lore.
Martha ...... Elizabeth Berrington
Grace ...... Naomi Frederick
Lovecraft ...... Stephen Hogan
Tom ...... Ed Gaughan
Therapist ...... Caroline Guthrie
Vicar ...... Jonathan Tafler
Producer: Pam Marshall
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.
SUN 19:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (b01cj229)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:30 The Real Patron Saints (b00768rh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 20:00 Take It From Here (b01cj179)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 Parsley Sidings (b007jp4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01cj1sw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews (b01cj20f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today]
SUN 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rtf9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 The Maltby Collection (b00xj161)
Series 2
Episode 4
At the museum's first children's day, the dog counting competition is not going well. Stars Geoffrey Palmer. From June 2008.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01cj366)
The Comedy Club brings you laughs six nights a week. Andi Osho chats to this week's guest.
SUN 23:00 Newsjack (b01c7ttz)
Series 6
Episode 1
Made for 4 Extra. Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news stories from the last seven days.
SUN 23:30 The Harpoon (b007k4lf)
Series 1
Episode 2
A special 'Looking Ahead to Autumn' issue of your nostalgic favourite weekly paper.
With 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 27 FEBRUARY 2012

MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jnlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Weird Tales (b00x4gb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01cj1sw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b01cj20f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (b01cj229)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 The Real Patron Saints (b00768rh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Take It From Here (b01cj179)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 JCW Brook - The Doppelganger (b007jv9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet (b01cj1p6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rlfy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Wimsey (b00srwx5)
Gaudy Night
Episode 1
Posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey probes a poison-pen campaign at Oxford University. Dorothy Sayers' mystery stars Ian Carmichael.
MON 06:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp1b)
Series 1
The Blue Cross
The cream of London's police force in association with France's finest detective fail to apprehend arch villain Flambeau, the master of disguise.
Their suspicions fall on a tall Roman Catholic priest and they set off in vain pursuit. However it’s the little English priest who seems to be behaving oddly.
Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth dramatised by John Scotney.
Starring Andrew Sachs as Father Brown and Olivier Pierre as Flambeau.
With Bill Wallis as Bagshaw, Alan Thompson as the Sergeant, Ellen McIntosh as the Shopkeeper, Trader Faulkner as the Restauranteur, John Abineri as Valentine, Trevor Nichols as the Constable, Graham Blockey as the Porter and Robin Summers as the Waiter.
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
MON 07:00 Married (b00cpcw6)
Series 2
Churlish
Confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot wakes up to find himself married in a parallel universe in which the Lib Dems are in power, the Richard Whiteley Experience has just opened in London and alcohol is a class-A drug.
Now Robin's life is about to change again. He's about to be divorced from the woman he was never married to in the first place...
Hugh Bonneville stars in series two of Tony Bagley's comedy.
Robin .... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley .... Josie Lawrence
Dame Jenny Hyde …. Stephanie Cole
Dirk .... Steve Frost
Murdo …. Lewis MacLeod
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.
MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b01c7ncx)
Series 62
Episode 3
Chairman Nicholas Parsons endeavours to find out who has the greatest gift of the gab.
Panellists Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Julian Clary and Charles Collingwood have to speak on a variety of subjects given to them by Nicholas. They must speak for 60 seconds on that subject without hesitation, repetition or deviation - a task much more difficult than it sounds.
This week Sue Perkins reveals what she's got in her attic, Paul Merton talks about his Olympic Dreams, Julian Clary explains why he likes singing in the shower and Charles Collingwood lets us in on his fear of spiders and rats when he's asked to talk on the subject of Sydney.
The game Just A Minute was devised by the late Ian Messiter atop a London bus on his way to work as a BBC Radio producer more than 45 years ago. It was inspired by his memory of a teacher making him and his classmates speak on a subject for 60 seconds as a punishment for bad behaviour.
Producer: Claire Jones.
MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00tn8kq)
From 19/08/1958
Kenneth Horne flicks through his diary - and 'Hornerama' probes Love and Marriage.
Starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Ron Moody.
Written by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Music from Pat Lancaster, the Malcolm Mitchell Trio and the BBC Review Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Announcer: Douglas Smith
A madcap mix of sketches and songs, Beyond Our Ken hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964 - featuring regulars like Arthur Fallowfield, Cecil Snaith and Rodney and Charles.
The precursor to 'Round The Horne' - sadly only 13 shows survive from the original run of 21 episodes in Series 1. Audio restored using both home and overseas (BBC Transcription Service) recordings.
Producer: Jacques Brown
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1958.
MON 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
Series 3
Episode 1
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel stays in a haunted mansion. With guest star Spike Milligan as The Mayor of Witchfield.
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.
Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli.
With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Dick Vosburgh.
Written by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
MON 09:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01cj461)
Pilot
Comedian Alex Horne (from BBC 4's We Need Answers) brings his 5 piece jazz band to Radio 4 in this one-off audience show that combines comedy, improvisation, storytelling and music. Alex and the band explore the fantasies of a computer programmer; try combat aerobics for the over 60s; learn to speak 'jazz' and journey into space. Meanwhile special guest, the explorer Benedict Allen, finds out if music can enhance his rumble in the jungle.
Alex Horne - Host
Joe Auckland - Trumpet
Mark Brown - Saxophone
Will Collier - Bass
Ben Reynolds - Drums and percussion
Joe Stilgoe - Keyboards and piano
Producer - Julia McKenzie.
MON 09:30 Says on the Tin (b00gvhxv)
Healthcare
Comedy by Christopher William Hill.
Eliott makes a film to encourage US investment in the NHS, explaining that 'where there's pain, there's gain'.
Eliott Thurber ...... Michael Brandon
Esther Finn ...... Samantha Bond
Hannah Walker ...... Pippa Haywood
Zadie ...... Joannah Tincey
Baz ...... Inam Mirza
Ted ...... Malcolm Tierney
Carl ...... Jonathan Tafler
Moses ...... Stephen Critchlow
Film Director ...... Janice Acquah
Hospital Exec ...... Dan Starkey
Other Parts played by Stephen Critchlow, Jonathan Tafler, Dan Starkey, Gunnar Cauthery and Donnla Hughes.
MON 10:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01cj485)
The Flight in the Heather
David Balfour has witnessed the murder of the Red Fox at Appin and must flee from the pursuit of the redcoats. Robert Louis Stevenson's historical adventure stars Paul Young.
MON 11:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xdw)
A Bushbaby from Harrods
4 Extra Debut. Five short stories by Julia Blackburn, read by the author. A family friend takes one look at ten-year-old Julia and decides that she needs companionship.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01cj2hg)
Clive will be scratching an itch with broadcaster Simon Mayo, whose new children's book is inspired by his son's love of reading and science. Itchingham Lofte is a fourteen year old science nut who discovers a rock that, in the wrong hands, could cause untold havoc across the world.
Journalist and presenter Michael Mosley will be sprinting in to talk to Clive about his current fitness regime, consisting of just three minutes of high intensity training per week! Forget about spending hours in the gym or jogging, Michael's BBC Two programme explains how in 'Horizon: The Truth About Exercise' on Tuesday 28th February at 21.00.
Arthur Smith tickles the ivories with comedian and pianist Rainer Hersch. His new London show is a tribute to one of the world's greatest comedy entertainers Victor Borge, whose life is retold and his hilarious act re-imagined by his natural successor. 'Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge' is at Jermyn Street Theatre, London from 6th to 31st March.
Clive's on a Big Night Out with comedian Simon Day, whose 'Fast Show' comedy creations include blazer wearing, deadpan entertainer 'Tommy Cockles' and the 'Competitive Dad'. Simon's autobiography 'Comedy and Error' tells the story of his past addictions, homelessness and his successful career as a comedian.
With music from the Mercury nominated Portico Quartet featuring Swedish singer Cornelia who perform 'Steepless' from their self-titled album.
And our prayers are answered when singer-songwriter Ed Laurie performs 'East Wind' from his album 'Cathedral'.
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00tn8kq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Wimsey (b00srwx5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k4l5)
Episode 16
Alfred Mantallini's melodrama increases when he asks for more money. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings.
MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b00cfzk0)
The Lord Protector
With his new powers and godly duties, Cromwell is asked to become King. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
MON 14:30 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rj8j)
Series 1
A Night on the Town
It's Carter's first look at Soho exotic dancers, but not Uncle Mort's.
Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Sam Kelly
The Nice Woman …. Liz Goulding
Door Keeper …. Christopher Good
Narrator …. Christian Rodska
Written by Peter Tinniswood.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
MON 14:45 Simon Gray - Coda (b00t170l)
Episode 1
The playwright and diarist's frank, moving and often painfully funny account of coming to terms with his terminal cancer. Read by Toby Stephens.
MON 15:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01cj485)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01cj5v6)
Mel Giedroyc hides behind a fake bushy beard, seeks out storytelling tips, and goes mad with some March hares.
MON 17:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrnd)
Putting It on the Map
To encourage tourism, the dear ladies revive an old custom. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1983.
MON 17:30 Married (b00cpcw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Hordes of the Things (b007jqwz)
Episode 3
A startling discovery is made by one defender of Albion.
Andrew Marshall and John Lloyd's four-part epic Tolkien parody.
CAST:
King Yulfric the Wise …. Paul Eddington
The Chronicler …. Patrick Magee
Crown Prince Veganin …. Simon Callow
Agar …. Christian Rodskar
Radox the Green …. Frank Middlemass
Maliadoc …. Hugh Thomas
King Yulfric's First Assistant Advisor …. David Ross
Mother of Agar …. Miriam Margolyes
Queen Elfreda …. Maggie Steed
The High Bishop of Zylbor …. Aubrey Woods
Golin Longshanks …. Jonathan Lynn
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1980.
MON 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrhp)
Episode 5
With the carnivorous plants on the rampage, Josella is devastated when she returns to her home with Bill. Cult novel read by Roger May.
MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00tn8kq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Wimsey (b00srwx5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xdw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01cj2hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b01c7ncx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01cj461)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 23:00 The Now Show (b01c7x4w)
Series 36
Episode 2
Steve Punt is joined by Jon Culshaw, Mitch Benn, Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin and Paul Sinha for a topical tour of the week's news.
Producer Katie Tyrrell.
MON 23:30 The Mitch Benn Show (b01d7mjl)
The musical comedian presents his selection of some of the finest comic songs. With guest Neil Innes. From August 2005.


TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2012

TUE 00:00 Hordes of the Things (b007jqwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrhp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b00srwx5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01cj461)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Says on the Tin (b00gvhxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01cj485)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xdw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01cj2hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Married (b00cpcw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Wimsey (b00sss7m)
Gaudy Night
Episode 2
After being victimised, Harriet Vane returns to her old college to find out who's behind the hate campaign. Stars Joanna David.
TUE 06:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y25xk)
Series 1
2. The Queer Feet
Death in a small hotel. Who stole the silver fish service? How many waiters are there? And how did all this lead to a glimmer of repentance?
Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth dramatised by John Scotney.
Starring Andrew Sachs as Father Brown and Olivier Pierre as Flambeau.
With Matt Brenner as the Colonel, Christopher Scott as Duke, Kerry Shale as Hector, David Graeme as Lever, Arnold Diamond as Giovanni, Robin Summers as Jean-Pierre, David Sinclair as the Doctor and Alan Thompson as Audley.
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984
TUE 07:00 Alison and Maud (b007k449)
Series 2
Men Misbehaving But Only Slightly
The sisters plan a celebration for Father's 85th birthday.
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, Joss Ackland as Father, Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard, Chris Emmett as Mr Mullet and Nicholas Grace as Leslie.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.
TUE 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b01c7pqz)
Series 7
The Minx
Count Arthur (Steve Delaney) encounters more problems with the world as he tries to insure his car, a Hillman Minx. In an attempt to reduce his premium he sets out to prove that Terry Wogan will not be his passenger, causing great confusion for Mr Wogan himself.
Count Arthur Strong - one time Variety Star, now sole proprietor and owner of Doncaster's Academy of Performance - is a show business legend, raconteur, and lecturer extraordinaire. He stars in a Sitcom with regular sidekick Wilfred Taylor, Master Butcher, and a host of other characters.
All false starts and nervous fumbling badly covered up by a delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance, and an expert in everything from the world of entertainment to the origin of the species, everyday life with Arthur is an enlightening experience.
Cast:
Steve Delaney
Mel Giedroyc
Alastair Kerr
David Mounfield
Producer: John Leonard
A Komedia Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr)
Series 7
Drums Along the Mersey
A newspaper claims Neddie Seagoon is set to inherit a million pounds. Stars Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. From October 1956.
TUE 08:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrx4)
Storm in a Tea Chest
Bob and Terry take a trip down memory lane.
Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers.
With Robert Gillespie.
Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley.
Producer: John Browell
Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in a BBC Treasure Hunt.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975.
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b01c7x4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 The Mitch Benn Show (b01d7mjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01cj9yd)
Across the Forth
Still a fugitive, David Balfour is near Edinburgh and looks to the law to help him claim his inheritance. Robert Louis Stevenson's historical adventure stars Paul Young.
TUE 11:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xfd)
Tortoises and Tropical Fish
Five short stories by Julia Blackburn, read by the author. Julia finds that watching the tropical fish calms her racing heart when family life becomes too painful.
TUE 11:15 Shelagh Delaney - Sweetly Sings the Donkey (b01dbytf)
A girl convalesces in post-war Blackpool with fellow invalids, nuns and the waves. Shelagh Delaney's trilogy stars Beth Squires.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrx4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Wimsey (b00sss7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y25xk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k4mf)
Episode 17
Nicholas is pleased with Smike's progress in the garden. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings and Oliver Milburn.
TUE 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jscn)
The Beginning of the Restoration
With the death of Cromwell, England once more aims towards a monarchy. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
TUE 14:30 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rprx)
Series 1
Admiral of the Night
After visiting Hampton Court, Carter's uncle spots a fellow war veteran.
Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Sam Kelly
The Young Woman …. Liz Goulding
Tommy Faramond …. Brian Miller
Narrator …. Christian Rodska
Written by Peter Tinniswood.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
TUE 14:45 Simon Gray - Coda (b00t1bcp)
Episode 2
The doctor reveals the bad news about the playwright's cancer in his 'last written words on the subject of myself'. Read by Toby Stephens.
TUE 15:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01cj9yd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01cjbf7)
Be careful what you eat - Mrs Twit serves up spaghetti, and Mel Giedroyc goes hunting for worms.
TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b009x1kq)
Series 2
The Space Race
What goes up in the era of glasnost must come down, but exactly where is still a matter for negotiation...
Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Greif as the United States Ambassador, Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and David Goodland as Olav.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988.
TUE 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k449)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Hordes of the Things (b007jqyx)
Episode 4
Can the assembled forces of Radox the Green win the battle?
The conclusion of Andrew Marshall and John Lloyd's epic Tolkien parody.
King Yulfric the Wise …. Paul Eddington
The Chronicler …. Patrick Magee
Crown Prince Veganin …. Simon Callow
Agar …. Christian Rodska
Radox the Green …. Frank Middlemass
Queen Elfreda …. Maggie Steed
The Evil Flesh-Eating Lord of Craarn …. Aubrey Woods
Baddedas the Blue …. Ballard Berkeley
Hob-Lob, The Monstrous Spider …. Bob Grant
Xanspur, the Skylord …. Michael Cule
Golin Longshanks …. Jonathan Lynn
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1980.
TUE 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrj5)
Episode 6
As they battle to avoid the deadly plants and the blinded population, Bill gets to know Josella better.
Roger May continues a 17-part unabridged reading of John Wyndham's cult sci-fi novel - an unsettlingly vivid and thrillingly realised tale of ecological apocalypse.
Producer: Susan Carson
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in 2004.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrx4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b00sss7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y25xk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Shelagh Delaney - Sweetly Sings the Donkey (b01dbytf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b01c7pqz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b00fn0jh)
Series 2
Poltergeist
Linda Smith's life of Riley is interrupted by an idle poltergeist after a Psychic Fayre, and live-in builder Chris reveals an unwanted Gift.
Sitcom written by and starring Linda Smith.
With Femi Elufowoju Jnr, Jeremy Hardy, Margaret John, Martin Hyder and Chris Neill.
Producer: Jon Rolph
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.
TUE 23:00 Deep Trouble (b00sm5qn)
Series 1
Episode 3
Goliath's crew faces a Russian sub, a Harrier jet, a sewing machine and a promotion. Underwater comedy stars Jim Field Smith. From November 2005.
TUE 23:30 The Big Booth (b007jrvv)
Series 2: The Big Booth Too
Episode 5
Boothby's script dictatorship is overthrown by the Workers' Collective.
More guitar-flavoured songs and surreal laughs from Boothby Graffoe.
With Stephen Frost , Kevin Eldon, Vivienne Soan, Big Al and Antonio Forcione.
Written by Boothby Graffoe and Dave Thompson.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.


WEDNESDAY 29 FEBRUARY 2012

WED 00:00 Hordes of the Things (b007jqyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrj5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Wimsey (b00sss7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y25xk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01c7x4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:30 The Mitch Benn Show (b01d7mjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday]
WED 03:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01cj9yd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Shelagh Delaney - Sweetly Sings the Donkey (b01dbytf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b009x1kq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Alison and Maud (b007k449)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Wimsey (b00st4n6)
Gaudy Night
Episode 3
Upper-crust sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey joins Harriet to help unravel the Oxford mystery. Stars Ian Carmichael and Joanna David.
WED 06:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y2x2c)
Series 1
3. The Eye of Apollo
A villain turned detective? A new religion proclaimed from a balcony. And Inspector Bagshaw is baffled... Only Father Brown discovers the murderer.
Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth dramatised by John Scotney.
Starring Andrew Sachs as Father Brown and Olivier Pierre as Flambeau.
With Bill Wallis as Bagshaw, Bruce Boa as Kalon, Narissa Knights as Pauline Stacey, Lisa Flanagan as Joan Stacey, Melinda Walker as the Sister, Garrick Hagon as Wilson and Robin Summers as the News Vendor.
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
WED 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b01cjcmp)
Series 2
Food
Prose and sketches about Pam's world of food, from childhood to the present day. With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From April 2006.
WED 07:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b01c7rqd)
Series 4
Episode 3
Comedian-activist Mark Thomas and his studio audience consider proposals for a People's Manifesto.
The Agenda:
1) Cancel out everyone's debt.
2) Sue Goldman Sachs for their part in the Greek economic collapse.
and
3) Increase the indicated speed on car speedometers.
Plus throughout the show there are "any other business" policy suggestions from the studio audience.
Produced by Colin Anderson.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4v4)
Series 4
The Income Tax Demand
With a tax bill looming, the lad consults crooked chartered accountant Sid.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr 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
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1956.
WED 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b008yrw8)
From 26/02/1984
From the Metropolitan Police to a dead newsreader.
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 February 1984.
WED 09:00 Nineteen Ninety-Eight (b01cjd41)
Episode 4
Edward Wilson's quest for truth becomes the Movement. Orwellian sitcom with David Threlfall and Hugh Laurie. From April 1987.
WED 09:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00mpqkn)
Series 2
Episode 6
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 Clare Grogan and Danny Kelly 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 2006.
WED 10:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007jl9f)
Episode 1
When her father learns that the family is related to the aristocratic d'Urbervilles, Tess is sent to seek preferment. She meets Alec d'Urberville, who is to have a dramatic effect on her life...
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, the most tragic of Thomas Hardy's heroines. First published in 1891. Dramatised in four parts by Alan Sharp
Starring Claire Rushbrook as Tess, Adam Godley as Alec, James D'Arcy as Angel, Keith Barron as Mr Durbeyfield, Amelda Brown as Mrs Durbeyfield, Lyndsey Marshal as Liza Lu, Jennie Stoller as Mrs D'Urbeville, David Thorpe as Felix, Kenny Blyth as Cuthbert, Janice Acquah as Marion and Clare Corbett as Lizzie.
Music composed by Sylvia Hallett.
Violin: Isabel Watson
Director Mary Peate.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
WED 11:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xfw)
Chickens, Guinea Pigs and the Facts of Life
Short stories by Julia Blackburn, read by the author. Guinea pigs teach Julia the facts of life as she wishes to know them.
WED 11:15 Shelagh Delaney - Tell Me a Film (b01ddfy6)
Four women, who first met as convalescents, return to Blackpool as they turn 60. Shelagh Delaney's trilogy stars Barbara Marten.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4v4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b008yrw8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Wimsey (b00st4n6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y2x2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k4nm)
Episode 18
As he dreams about Kate, Smike gets a shock, but soon discovers a surprising ally. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Raymond Pickard and Alex Jennings.
WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jsd4)
Milton and the Galileo Connection
It is a time of new ideas and challenges to accepted ways of thinking. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
WED 14:30 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rr6s)
Series 1
In a Jam
Carter's uncle gets time to reflect, stuck on a busy motorway to the coast.
Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Sam Kelly
Pat/The Belgian Lady …. Liz Goulding
Narrator …. Christian Rodska
Written by Peter Tinniswood.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
WED 14:45 Simon Gray - Coda (b00t1qst)
Episode 3
Facing terminal cancer, the playwright turns to newspaper obituaries and ends up wondering 'how many years did they manage?'. Read by Toby Stephens.
WED 15:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007jl9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01cjfph)
Will you marry us? Mel Giedroyc finds out about leap year traditions, and where the extra day comes from.
WED 17:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq64)
War Damage
Wilson, Pike and Hodges go to London to try and claim compensation for their pier in Frambourne-on-Sea.
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
Sir Wensley Smithers ...... Reginald Marsh
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 September 1984.
WED 17:30 Ayres on the Air (b01cjcmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p7wl)
Episode 1
British Intelligence, MI7 are working with agents from beyond the grave to gather secrets from the mysterious Nablovski Colony. Agent Raphael volunteers to be transferred, but no-one can contact him.
Enter local ghost-hunter Malcolm Holmes, and his friend Polly, would-be ace reporter.
First of a three-part sci-fi thriller by Jenny Stephens.
Starring Deborah McAndrew and Aneirin Hughes as Agents Finch and Evans, with Dan Hagley as Malcolm Holmes and Emily Chennery as Polly Williams. John Flitcroft is the revenant Raphael, with Sunny Ormonde as Holmes's mum.
Director: Peter Leslie Wild
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
WED 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrjm)
Episode 7
Bill and Josella join the University group and discover how the new community expects to survive. Cult novel read by Roger May.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4v4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b008yrw8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Wimsey (b00st4n6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y2x2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Shelagh Delaney - Tell Me a Film (b01ddfy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b01c7rqd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Ross Noble Goes Global (b01cjg35)
Series 2
Adelaide
Ross travels to Adelaide in Australia and finds out it is a city of weirdness, in which men dressed in leotards wander the streets, and the locals all seem to be hiding something sinister.
A series of travelogues from comedian Ross Noble.
Producer: Danny Wallace
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01dcb1w)
Two hours of comedy in the Comedy Club. Arthur Smith chats to comedian Brett Goldstein.
WED 23:00 Edge Falls (b007spsj)
Series 1
Family Fun Day
Dickie Doubleday 'Animal Man' is booked for a celebrity appearance at the retail village. But it proves to be a barking idea...
Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst's sitcom following the lives of the staff of Edge Falls Retail Village starring Sarah Lancashire and Mark Benton.
Sonya.............................Sarah Lancashire
Mick................................Mark Benton
Rez............................... Emil Marwa
Valerie........................... Sarah Hadland
Colin...........................Anthony Glennon
Milosh.............................John Dougall
John.........................Neil Warhurst
Dickie Doubleday............Paul Barnhill
Tina/Shaz............................Jasmine Callan
Miranda............................Lindsay Allen
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.
WED 23:30 Any Bloke (b00755mb)
Series 1
Demand and Supply
Phil works and Sarah's a mum at home, but then she's offered a job. Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin.


THURSDAY 01 MARCH 2012

THU 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p7wl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrjm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Wimsey (b00st4n6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y2x2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Nineteen Ninety-Eight (b01cjd41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00mpqkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007jl9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Shelagh Delaney - Tell Me a Film (b01ddfy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq64)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Ayres on the Air (b01cjcmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Wimsey (b00stc2l)
Gaudy Night
Episode 4
Love, jealousy and revenge complicate matters as Harriet and Lord Peter Wimsey close in. Stars Ian Carmichael and Joanna David.
THU 06:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y32hg)
Series 1
4. The Invisible Man
A murder for Christmas, but the body goes missing. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful clerical sleuth.
Father Brown solves the mystery and a young girl proves she wishes to marry someone who will make his own way in the world.
Dramatised by John Scotney
With Andrew Sachs as Father Brown, and Olivier Pierre, Eileen Tully, Anthony Hyde, Michael Drew, Melinda Walker, Margot Boyd, Peter Acre.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985.
THU 07:00 Chambers (b007jnqh)
Series 1
Trial By Television
Ruth gets a job as "Legal Eagle" on breakfast telly, leaving John Fuller-Carp desperate to make a bigger TV splash.
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
Matthew Hoadley ...... Robert Duncan
Trudy ...... Susie Brann
Sylvie ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
THU 07:30 It's Not What You Know (b01c7snf)
Series 1
Episode 1
Rachel Johnson, Desmond Lynam and Mark Steel nominate one of their nearest and dearest to answer a selection of questions.
Anything from "Who would you like to be stranded on a desert island with?" to "What is your favourite film?" to "How much is a pint of milk?"
Then they attempt to second-guess how their nominee responded. If they can get it right, or come close, they get points.
Miles Jupp takes the chair.
Plus special guest - renowned film director and food critic, Michael Winner gives answers which the panel must try to predict.
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b01cjlny)
Computaclanger
The bungling bureaucrats' get-rich-quick schemes backfire and sparks havoc!
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 ''The Trouble with Cecil' made in May 1980.
THU 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jntl)
Series 2
Getting the Bird
Lance Corporal Jones is short of meat at his butcher's shop, so Private Walker arranges a special off-ration supply.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Fraser …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
The Vicar ...... Frank Williams
Sergeant Wilson’s Daughter ...... Diana Bishop
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.
THU 09:00 Crowned Hudds (b00pytdz)
VR in Charge
Will Queen Victoria be amused? Roy Hudd's historical royal romp, with June Whitfield and Chris Emmett. From August 1995.
THU 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b01cjmb5)
Series 2
Summer Holiday
An unexpected reversal for Patrick, Helen, Billy and Moira brings equally unexpected joy. Stars Jim Sweeney. From October 2002.
THU 10:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007jl9t)
Episode 2
Tess must face the ruinous consequences of her encounter with Alec D'Urberville. Stars Claire Rushbrook and James D'Arcy.
THU 11:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xgb)
Two Very Different Dogs
Short stories by Julia Blackburn, read by the author. Julia's cocker spaniel Jason becomes an outward sign of the troubles in her family.
THU 11:15 Shelagh Delaney - Baloney Said Salome (b01ddg0q)
Four older women with a unique friendship prepare for a farewell. Shelagh Delaney's trilogy concludes. Stars Eileen O'Brien.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b01cjlny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jntl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Wimsey (b00stc2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y32hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007js8n)
Episode 19
John Browdie reveals how he outsmarted Wackford Squeers. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings and Oliver Milburn.
THU 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jsdg)
Charles II and the Return of the Monarchy
As royalty and Parliament are restored, Samuel Pepys reports on the King's homecoming. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
THU 14:30 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007jrdq)
Series 2
The Great Escape
Carter Brandon and his uncle are chuffed to find a miserable home from home. Peter Tinniswood's adventures with Sam Kelly.
THU 14:45 Simon Gray - Coda (b00t1tkp)
Episode 4
As the playwright faces terminal cancer, an overcrowded airport provides the material for a darkly comic tableau. Read by Toby Stephens.
THU 15:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007jl9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01cjmkb)
Happy St David's Day! Mel Giedroyc celebrates with daffodils and leeks.
THU 17:00 For Better or for Worse (b00td6mp)
Series 2
Episode 2
When the boss's daughter ties the knot, can Bernard get her to the church on time? Stars Gorden Kaye. From December 1994.
THU 17:30 Chambers (b007jnqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p9wx)
Episode 2
As MI7 recruits Malcolm Holmes to contact Agent Raphael, some uncomfortable truths are uncovered. Stars Deborah McAndrew.
THU 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrk3)
Episode 8
The University group with Bill and Josella are ready to begin a new life together, but some have other ideas. Cult novel read by Roger May.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b01cjlny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jntl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Wimsey (b00stc2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y32hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xgb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Shelagh Delaney - Baloney Said Salome (b01ddg0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 It's Not What You Know (b01c7snf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b01cj3nb)
Series 6
Episode 2
Made for 4 Extra. Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news stories from the last seven days.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01dcb3f)
The Comedy Club with two hours of comedy. More chat from Arthur Smith with guest Brett Goldstein.
THU 23:00 Bleak Expectations (b00djnq3)
Series 1
A Life Sadly Smashed Then, Happily, Restored a Bit
Pip lands in court - can a friend save the day? Mark Evans's Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson. From September 2007.
THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4wm)
Series 2
Barrington Comprehensive
The management consultants try reversing the fortunes of an inner city school. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2002.


FRIDAY 02 MARCH 2012

FRI 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p9wx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrk3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Wimsey (b00stc2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y32hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Crowned Hudds (b00pytdz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b01cjmb5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007jl9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xgb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Shelagh Delaney - Baloney Said Salome (b01ddg0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 For Better or for Worse (b00td6mp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Chambers (b007jnqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Wimsey (b00stsdc)
Gaudy Night
Episode 5
Questions galore for Lord Peter Wimsey - most about the case, but one very personal. Stars Ian Carmichael and Joanna David.
FRI 06:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y37bk)
Series 1
5. The Honour of Israel Gow
An eye for an eye and a tooth to satisfy Israel Gow.
Father Brown surveys the remnants of a battered corpse and talks of money.
Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth dramatised by John Scotney.
Starring Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
With Henry Stamper as McCandlish, Graham Blockey as Johnstone, David Sinclair as Dacre, Ellen McIntosh as Mrs MacDonald, James Bryce as Old Jamie and Guy Holden as the Barman.
The Piper: Brian Supple.
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985.
FRI 07:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00vhlxd)
Series 4
The Wall
The priest is put to the test when building work threatens a religious icon. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From May 2004.
FRI 07:30 What's So Funny? (b01ckdgx)
Series 2
Episode 22
Ed Byrne is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Andrew Maxwell and Alex Lowe to discuss the best of the week in British comedy.
FRI 08:00 The TV Lark (b01ckdll)
Ship Ahoy
Troutbridge TV's new naval show is set to film a mine sweeper sailing to the breakers' yard.
After four 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 ten 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'.
CAST:
The Producer …. Stephen Murray
The Floor Manager …. Jon Pertwee
The Director …. Leslie Phillips (The Director)
Henry Povey, The Deputy Controller of Programmes …. Richard Caldicote
'Fatso' Johnson/Commander Stanton …. Ronnie Barker
The Admiral/Taffy Goldstein/ Uncle Ebenezer Pertwee …. Teniel Evans
DG/Rear Admiral Ironbridge …. Michael Bates
Janet …. Janet Brown
TTV Continuity Announcer …. Robin Boyle
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1963.
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnfd)
Series 5
Men of Letters
Albert butts in on Harold's church magazine article.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Anthony Sharp as the Vicar.
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 the BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.
FRI 09:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b007jzwk)
The Thin Controller
David Clare, Oglethorpe’s new Station Master, has got off to a bad start - falling through the cafe window, being shot at and attacked by a prize ferret - but things look likely to get a lot worse when he tries to sack Rocket...
Peter Morfoot's railway sitcom stars Peter Davison and Michael Williams.
David ...... Peter Davison
Rocket ...... Michael Williams
June ...... Rosemary Martin
Points ...... Phillippa Wilson
Hattie ...... Madge Hindle
Sodd ...... Chris Emmett
Other parts played by Tessa Worsley, John Hartley and Jonathan Keeble.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1995.
FRI 09:30 Spending My Inheritance (b00fsyld)
To Your Very Good Health
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.
With all their spending on exercise machines and looking after themselves, Harry's parents seem in better shape than he is.
Harry ...... Kris Marshall
Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy
Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham
Liz ...... Judy Parfitt
Jess ...... Antonia Thomas
Assistant ...... Manjeet Mann
Doctor ...... Inam Mirza
Directed by Sam Hoyle.
FRI 10:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007rpxy)
Episode 3
Set to wed clergyman's son Angel Clare, Tess is torn over whether to reveal her past. Stars Claire Rushbrook and Keith Barron.
FRI 11:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xgv)
Talking with Pigs
Julia takes up pig-keeping. Julia Blackburn concludes reading her autobiographical stories.
FRI 11:15 Shelagh Delaney - Out of the Pirate's Playhouse (b0076d28)
Five 11-year-olds are shocked to learn they are too old for their activity centre. Drama with Daniel Hanbridge and Brooke Vincent.
FRI 12:00 The TV Lark (b01ckdll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b00stsdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y37bk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007js8z)
Episode 20
Wackford Squeers has a shocking revelation for Smike. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings and Oliver Milburn.
FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jsdt)
The Cavalier Parliament
Charles II returns to England to become King, but he is in a great deal of debt. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain.
FRI 14:30 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007jrf2)
Series 2
The Hitchhiker
Giving a lift to a passenger causes some surprises for Carter and his uncle. Peter Tinniswood's adventures with Stephen Thorne.
FRI 14:45 Simon Gray - Coda (b00t2cn6)
Episode 5
Coming to terms with his terminal cancer, the playwright experiences the joys of a christening, then goes to collect the results of his scan. Read by Toby Stephens.
FRI 15:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007rpxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ckv5k)
As Mr and Mrs Twit get their comeuppance with some sticky glue, Mel Giedroyc hears what's inside Roald Dahl's writing shed.
FRI 17:00 Brothers in Law (b007k1p0)
Series 2
In and Out
Lawyer Roger sets out to defend a prisoner overly fond of life behind bars.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, James Beck as Newman and Basil Dignam as the Judge.
Others parts by William Fox Leslie Heritage and Michael Kilgarriff.
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 August 1971.
FRI 17:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00vhlxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008pc2y)
Episode 3
Malcolm and Polly set alarms ringing at Scarpendale, and the Laughing Dog secrets are finally revealed. Stars Deborah McAndrew.
FRI 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrl5)
Episode 9
Bill Masen tries his best to support his blind group, but some problems prove to be insurmountable. Cult novel read by Roger May.
FRI 19:00 The TV Lark (b01ckdll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b00stsdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Father Brown Stories (b00y37bk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 My Animals and Other Family (b0076xgv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Shelagh Delaney - Out of the Pirate's Playhouse (b0076d28)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 What's So Funny? (b01ckdgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 The Big Fun Show (b00l1xbh)
Episode 2
Sketch series with Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Tony Hawks and Josie Lawrence - before they hit the big time. From January 1988.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jpdn)
Series 2
G.U.T.
For centuries, scientists have tried in vain to work out the grand unifying theory behind the universe.
Satan sits the Professor down and teaches it to him...
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, Felicity Montagu and Nick Revell.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
FRI 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtpd)
Series 2
The Sea
Why did Turner paint the sea so often? Was it its timeless majesty, or because he couldn't draw hands properly?
From Liverpool University - this is the cult New Age comedy that answers the questions which leave other shows scratching their beards.
Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.
With Carla Mendonca, Armando Iannucci and the voice of Tom Baker.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1993.