SATURDAY 08 SEPTEMBER 2012

SAT 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqb9)
The Red Planet
11. The Desperate Search
Captain Jet Morgan and the crew reach freighter number two after it crash landed, but they fear they're not alone on Mars...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
SAT 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007rkyx)
Episode 5
Lenina is horrified by the Savage Reservation, until she meets John. Nightmare vision of the future read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
SAT 00:45 MR James (b007k1kh)
MR James: Ghost Stories
Rats
Mr Thompson decides to explore the rooms at the inn where he is staying. Perhaps he shouldn't. Read by Benjamin Whitrow.
SAT 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0009cbv)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 5
The Three Gables
The Baker Street sleuth faces threats as he investigates a house buyer, who's also after all of its contents...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective investigates.
Stars Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson.
Steve Dixie ...... Frank Singuineau
Mary Maberly ...... Grizelda Hervey
Susan ...... Nicolette Bernard
Sutro ...... Allan Haines
Isadora Klein ...... Selma Vas Dias
Inspector Lestrade ...... Humphrey Morton
Adapted for radio by Michael Hardwick.
Producer Graham Gauld
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1964.
SAT 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr9c)
Episode 15
The anonymous would-be assassin is on his way out of the country - but what does his future hold?
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Concluded by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
SAT 02:00 Hazelbeach (b00853kb)
Series 1
Horse-Racing
Ronnie organises a trip to the races and Nick makes a startling discovery about the true nature of friendship.
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy stars Jamie Forman as Ronnie Hazelbeach.
Ronnie ...... Jamie Foreman
Nick ...... Paul Bazely
Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles
James ...... John Dougall
Harry ...... Simon Treves
Andrea ...... Liza Sadovy
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.
SAT 02:30 Whispers (b007k2zg)
Series 1
Episode 3
“There never was an individual less regretted by his fellow creatures than this deceased King."
Gyles Brandreth reveals who - in the panel show that celebrates gossip rather than discretion - believing valour to be a redundant concept in the face of a good story.
The regular team captains are writer and critic, Anthony Holden and actor and writer, Stella Duffy.
Joining them to test their wits are ex-BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond and entertainer Geoffrey Durham.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
SAT 03:00 Marcy Kahan - Our Man in Jamaica (b00tdzjv)
Fidel Castro is in Cuba - dare Noel Coward turn spy again for Great Britain? Adventure with Malcolm Sinclair and Eleanor Bron.
SAT 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m52y)
Notes From the House Spirits
A chronicle of the happenings and lives of the neglectful inhabitants of a Cornish house. Read by Amanda Lawrence.
SAT 04:15 James Follett - The Twisted Image (b007mf16)
Two police officers discover the body of a local businessman's wife in the boot of his Rolls-Royce, stolen from outside his shop in the new town centre.
It should be an open and shut case - only the new town centre won't be built for another five years...
James Follett's futuristic whodunit stars Douglas Blackwell as Detective Inspector Simmonds, Joan Matheson as Mrs Francis and Peter Wickham as Detective Sergeant Colt
Producer: Margaret Etall
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
SAT 05:00 No Commitments (b01mhqbz)
Series 10
Time With the Family
Emily is engaged to Nick, so Roger and Victoria must absolutely meet her fiance's parents. Stars Bill Nighy. From February 2004.
SAT 05:30 The Young Postmen (b00fz7bp)
Top of the Pops
The eager threesome attempt a Christmas number one. Stars Ben Miller, John Thompson and Alistair McGowan. From December 1992.
SAT 06:00 David Pownall - Dreams and Censorship (b00vfgwv)
Shakespeare fears revolution over James I's new translated Bible, including the Dream of St John. Stars Robert Stephens.
SAT 07:30 Simon Schama - Baseball and Me (b00yhqcf)
Episode 2
After 30 years in America, English-born historian Simon Schama wonders why he's still bewitched by the ever-popular sport.
SAT 08:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00q92bq)
Dave Spikey
The NHS stalwart turned comedian - famous for Phoenix Nights - chooses some of his favourite songs, and chats about his career.
SAT 09:00 Comedy Winners (b00t5jrz)
Series 2
Episode 1
Mark Radcliffe's award-winning selection: Little Britain, The Flight of the Conchords, The 99p Challenge, Clare in the Community, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Pleased to Meet You.
SAT 12:00 Dissolution Omnibus (b01ml19l)
Episode 1
CJ Samson's Tudor mystery. Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake probes the murder of a King's Commissioner. Stars Jason Watkins.
SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007k4t3)
Series 4
The Empty Vessel
The death of a debating society leader sees the priestly sleuth probing his close-knit student friends. Stars David Threlfall.
SAT 14:00 Dad's Army (b007jr4t)
Series 3
The Cricket Match
Captain Mainwaring goes into bat when the Home Guard platoon are challenged to play a match against the wardens..
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Vicar …. Frank Williams
Verger …. Edward Sinclair
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976.
SAT 14:30 Yes Minister (b007jzxt)
Series 2
The Compassionate Society
A new hospital needs a cure, but does MP Jim Hacker know his ACAS from his NALGO?
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowldes
Sir Ian …. Peter Jeffrey
Brian Baker …. Norman Bird
George …. Arthur Cox
Mrs Rogers …. Ellen McIntosh
Billy Fraser …. Peter Acre
James Lawford, MP …. John Bott
With Narissa Knights, Bernard Brown and Arnold Diamond
Featuring Bryan Martin and Moira Stuart as themselves
Adapted for radio by the producer, Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in October 1984.
SAT 15:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00q92bq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 David Pownall - Dreams and Censorship (b00vfgwv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01m9qkz)
Alex Horne Presents the Horne Section: Edinburgh 2012
A one-off Edinburgh special of music and comedy from Alex Horne and his 5 piece band. With special guests Al Murray and poet Tim Key.
Alex Horne .... Host
Joe Auckland .... Trumpet and Banjo
Mark Brown .... Saxophone and guitar
Will Collier .... Bass
Ben Reynolds .... Drums
Joe Stilgoe .... Keyboards
Al Murray .... Guest
Tim Key .... Guest
Producer .... Julia McKenzie.
SAT 18:00 The Scarifyers (b00vfhlm)
The Curse of the Black Comet
Episode 3
MI-13's Lionheart and Dunning head for Egypt to uncover the secret of the lost tombs. Stars Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy.
SAT 18:30 Legacy (b00thdkc)
Episode 1
Legacy - devised by David Ian Neville, Episode One by Louise Ironside.
Following the death of their parents, twins Jules and Harry were brought up by their grandmother Rose. Remote and eccentric, it is not until after Rose's death that Jules and Harry begin to discover who she really was and what she did in the war.
After finding clues to the whereabouts of the legacy in Rose's attic, Harry sets off for the City of London. Harry thinks he's heading for a security vault but finds himself trapped in an underground complex of bunkers. Rose it emerges worked for the secret services during the war and helped to develop The Legacy Project - a secret weapon built to disrupt and defeat the Nazis in the event of them being able to occupy London. The weapon, hidden underground, was designed to destroy the centre of London with other weapons being replicated in major cities throughout Britain. It should have been deactivated after the war but was kept secretly in commission for use during the Cold War.
Rose believed it should have been destroyed and had a life-long goal to de-activate it. But she ran out of time. Now Harry and Jules have been left the challenge but they are not the only people trying to find the Legacy Project, and not everyone has peaceful intentions.
There is also an online audio game linked to LEGACY.
Cast:
JULES. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Hulse
HARRY. . ... . . . . . . . ... .......... .Samuel Jameson
ANNA.....................Kim Gerard
ROSE........................Joanna Tope
ARMITAGE...................Nick Underwood
COYLE..................Robin Laing
Produced & Directed by David Ian Neville
A BBC Scotland Radio Drama and BBC Scotland New Media co-production.
SAT 19:00 Comedy Winners (b00t5jrz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Jason Byrne Show (b00mbvf7)
Series 1
Education
Exploring a fresh theme each week, the award-winning comedian hosts stand-up and sketches. With Ivan Brackenbury. From July 2008.
SAT 22:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix (b00klk4r)
Series 1
Episode 3
Understanding phones – and what women never do...or do they?
Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney make it up as they go along!
Faced with a live studio audience and a couple of microphones - the masters of improve create sketches from shouted out suggestions.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.
SAT 23:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqdy)
Killing Orders
No One Is Lucky Forever
Phone threats and an acid attacker - can VI Warshawski halt the Corpus Christi takeover of Ajax and finally prove who murdered Agnes?
Conclusion of Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as Chicago private eye, VI Warshawski.
Roger Ferrant ...... Martin Shaw
Uncle Stefan ...... Maurice Denham
O'Faolin ...... John Bennett
Gabriella ...... Avril Clark
Lotty Herschel ...... Miriam Karlin
Mrs Paciorek ...... Helen Horton
Father Carroll ...... Don Fellows
Walter Novick ...... Colin McFarlane
Murray Ryerson ...... Kerry Shale
Rosa ...... Eileen Way
Father Pelly ...... Colin Stinton
Dr Paciorek ...... Norman Jones
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
SAT 23:30 Stephen King - Blaze (b00g9ppb)
Episode 6
As troopers close in, the con artist gets desperate. What about baby Joe? William Hope concludes Stephen King's 'lost' thriller.
SAT 23:45 Ruth Rendell - The Fall of the Coin (b007jt6n)
Unhappily married Nina and James are forced to share a hotel room when they attend a wedding. Read by Richard Mitchley.


SUNDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2012

SUN 00:00 The Scarifyers (b00vfhlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Legacy (b00thdkc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00q92bq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Dissolution Omnibus (b01ml19l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007k4t3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 David Pownall - Dreams and Censorship (b00vfgwv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01m9qkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Ladies of Letters (b01ml24w)
Ladies of Letters Log On
Omnibus, pt 2
The discovery of email doesn't stop the flow of comic vitriol. With Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales. From April 2001.
SUN 07:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0hvs)
Series 1
Blood
Ben Silburn climbs aboard an oxygen-delivering red blood cell on its journey from the heart and around the body.
SUN 07:30 Clare in the Community (b00stq0j)
Series 6
In The Dog House
Clare is entranced by a dog that follows her into work. Brian is less entranced. However, the dog comes in useful when there's a bump in the night.
Clare Barker is the self-absorbed social worker who has the right jargon for every problem she comes across, though never a practical solution. But there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Clare ..... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Helen/Tamzin ..... Liza Tarbuck
Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti
Libby ..... Jess Robinson
Clerk/WPC ..... Alex Tregear
Jonathan/Burglar ..... Paterson Joseph
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
SUN 08:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01ml3jy)
From 08/06/1974
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray take a comic romp through the permissive society – and a spoof Noel Coward drama.
Characters, songs and sketches with Miriam Margolyes and Nigel Rees
Music by Neil Innes.
Script by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.
SUN 08:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007vd6p)
Series 10
As Advertised on the Telly
The cheeky schoolboy sees double when he helps out with a TV commercial. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From November 1966.
SUN 09:00 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qxzyr)
Episode 2
Roberta, Phyllis and Peter jump to the rescue as Mother falls ill and a Russian turns up at the station. Stars Timothy Bateson.
SUN 09:30 Time Hops (b007k1q8)
Time After Time
Steph stumbles on an unexpected part of the puzzle to help Eek's mission to change her planet's fate.
A five-part comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Natasha Pyne as the Librarian, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Bradley Lavelle as Harley, Ian Masters as Norton, Joshua Towb as Horatio, Margaret John as Mrs Miller, Neville Jason as the Robot and David Richard-Fox as the Bloke.
Music by Richard Attree.
Producer: Nandita Ghose
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b01ml45g)
Mark Gatiss
A chance to hear an extended edition of the writer and actor's Desert Island Discs, first broadcast in October 2011 on Radio 4. Presented by Kirsty Young.
SUN 11:00 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4p0)
Les Dawson
Les Dawson's unique recitation of Marriott Edgar's 'The Channel Swimmer' and 'The Recumbent Posture'.
SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra (b01ml45j)
Series 3 - Omnibus
Episode 10
Lance can't bear it that things seem to be going Kenton's way, so he makes his last, desperate move. Is Meriel safe? Can Kenton save the day? Can Jolene forgive Kenton's past?
SUN 11:45 Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History (b015r2bd)
Episode 5
Suffering a stroke on stage, Henry Irving dies, but Ellen Terry battles on. Eleanor Bron concludes Michael Holroyd's biography.
SUN 12:00 Ladies of Letters (b01ml24w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0hvs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Karel Capek - War With the Newts (b016rfcm)
When humans discover a race of intelligent reptile hominids, can humanity survive? Starring Dermot Crowley and Sally Hawkins.
SUN 15:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01ml3jy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007vd6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ml45l)
Mel Giedroyc snacks on some seaweed, plays some skipping games and tidies up the countryside in this week's picks.
SUN 16:30 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qxzyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:00 Time Hops (b007k1q8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 17:30 The Actor, The Lodgings, The Kipper And Ma (b0084ht0)
Geoffrey Wheeler recollects the theatrical landladies who gave bed and board to actors and variety turns. With Bruce Forsyth.
SUN 18:00 Fear on 4 (b00c84nd)
Series 3
Invitation to the Vaults
The Man in Black tells of a harrowing comeuppance for a crooked literary agent.

Starring Sarah Badel as Madame Freitas, Roger Hammond as Albano Pizar and Edward de Souza as the Man in Black.

Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.

Adapted by Wally K Daly from a short story by Basil Copper.

Producer: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.
SUN 18:30 Paul Magrs - Never the Bride (b009gctd)
Our Frank
A cliff-top drama for Whitby landlady Brenda, when her monstrous old fiance appears. Stars Joanna Tope and Monica Gibb.
SUN 19:00 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4p0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra (b01ml45j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
SUN 19:45 Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History (b015r2bd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]
SUN 20:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01ml3jy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007vd6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b01ml45g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (b00stq0j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Hair in the Gate (b01ml45n)
Series 3
Episode 2
Are the daffy TV arts show team facing an alien incursion? The truth is out there. Stars Geoffrey Whitehead. From November 1996. Episode 2 of 4.
SUN 23:00 Bearded Ladies (b00bb9rt)
Series 2
Episode 2
Quick-fire sketch show starring Susie Donkin, Charlotte MacDougal, Oriane Messina and Faye Rusling. From August 2005.
SUN 23:30 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007jngg)
Simplexity
Computer Omni-Tec talks to the chatty cat, whose human pals need protection. Stars Greg Proops and John Hegley. From April 1996.


MONDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2012

MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b00c84nd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Paul Magrs - Never the Bride (b009gctd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b01ml45g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4p0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra (b01ml45j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:45 Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History (b015r2bd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01ml3jy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Karel Capek - War With the Newts (b016rfcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qxzyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Time Hops (b007k1q8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0009cq5)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 5
The Retired Colourman
"Burglary has always been an alternative profession and I have little doubt that I should have come to the front."
A simple case of adultery and theft turns sinister for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective.
Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson.
Josiah Amberle ...... John Ruddock
Reverend Elman ...... Garard Green
Inspector MacKinnon ...... Michael Kilgarriff
Mrs Hudson ...... Janet Morrison
Barker ...... Denis Goacher
Adapted for radio by Michael Hardwick.
Producer Graham Gauld
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1964.
MON 06:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
1. A Shot in the Night
Sick of the espionage business, professional hitman Art Gordo had quit the British Secret Service.
But then he's offered big money to carry out one last killing...
Dinsdale Landen stars in a five-part thriller adapted by Jim Eldridge from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landen
Clarke …. Manning Wilson
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Ben/Roberts …. Jon Croft
Joe/Ferguson …. Peter Craze
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
MON 07:00 HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy (b00qg7s7)
Episode 1
Pop Larkin finds he's not as young as he used to be. Rural family saga with David Jason and Pam Ferris. From February 1996.
MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b01md9v4)
Series 64
Episode 5
Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Liza Tarbuck, Sue Perkins and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.
MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00cl6hw)
Kenneth Horne is Caesar in Cleopatra's saga - and Rodney and Charles play football. With Kenneth Williams. From November 1963.
MON 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jld2)
Series 2
Homes Fit for Heroes
Harold quarrels with his Dad Albert over his plan to pack him off to travel the world.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962.
The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight series on TV.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Miss Lottersby ...... Marie Makino
Matron ...... Olwen Brookes.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1967.
MON 09:00 Clare in the Community (b00sx2ql)
Series 6
The Crush
Clare decides to focus on her son, sparking a chance meeting at Toddler Tunes that could change the course of her life.
Meanwhile, Brian's admiration for Nali grows when she visits his school and tames Year 9. All this plus Clare and Libby both interview for the Team Leader post.
Clare Barker is the self-absorbed social worker who has the right jargon for every problem she comes across, though never a practical solution. But there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Clare ..... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Helen ..... Liza Tarbuck
Megan ..... Nina Conti
Libby ..... Jess Robinson
Clerk .... Alex Tregear
Howard ..... Paterson Joseph
Other parts played by the cast.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2010.
MON 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b007qx33)
Series 1
Lazy Sunday
Patrick faces a full house, as Maria takes on her pub competition. Stars Jim Sweeney and Cathryn Harrison. From August 2001.
MON 10:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b0107x49)
Episode 1
When Helen Schlegel goes to stay at Howard's End - the country home of the Wilcox family, her own life, along with that of her sister Margaret, is changed forever
Starring John Hurt as the Narrator, Lisa Dillon as Margaret Schlegel, Jill Cardo as Helen Schlegel, Tom Ferguson as Tibby Schlegel, Alexandra Mathie as Aunt Juley, Malcolm Raeburn as Henry Wilcox and Ann Rye as Ruth Wilcox.
EM Forster's classic English novel adapted for radio in two parts by Amanda Dalton.
Produced in Manchester by Susan Roberts.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
MON 11:00 Love Stories (b010nxrt)
The Lark
By Alan Titchmarsh. A widow's life is transformed by an unexpected love affair. Read by Joanna Tope.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01mhnhb)
Rob Brydon, Warren Brown, Jonathan Meades, James Wong, Beth Orton, and Hurray for the Riff Raff
Clive Anderson is joined by Rob Brydon, Nikki Bedi, Warren Brown, Jonathan Meades and James Wong for an eclectic mix of conversation and comedy. With music from Beth Orton and Hurray for the Riff Raff.
Rob Brydon make his West End acting debut in Alan Ayckbourn's 'A Chorus of Disapproval', playing Dafydd, the ferociously zealous director of an amateur production of 'A Beggar's Opera'. 'A Chorus of Disapproval' is at Harold Pinter Theatre, London from Monday 17th September until Saturday 5th January 2013.
Clive samples the good life with self-confessed botany geek James Wong. After cultivating herbal remedies at home for his series 'Grow Your Own Drugs', his new book 'James Wong's Homegrown Revolution' instructs urban foodies on how to grow their own incredible edibles.
Guest interviewer Nikki Bedi squares up to former professional Thai boxer turned actor Warren Brown. He's now packing a punch as PC John Paul Rocksavage, who's life as a Liverpool policeman is turned upside down when his best friend is murdered. Episode two of 'Good Cop' is repeated on BBC One on Monday 10 Sep 2012 at 03.15 and Episode three is on BBC One on Thursday 13th September at 21.00.
Jonathan Meades new book 'Museum Without Walls' is born of his preoccupation with places, their composition, their power over us and the ideas they inspire. With his trademark wit and narrative agility, Jonathan's lectures, essays and scripts dissolve the barriers between high and low culture and good and bad taste.
With music from New Orleans band Hurray For The Riff Raff, who perform 'Little Black Star' from their album 'Look Out Mama', and folktronica songbird Beth Orton performs 'Magpie' from her new album 'Sugaring Season'.
Producer: Sukey Firth.
MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00cl6hw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jld2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0009cq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnq6)
Episode 1
Summer, 1799 in the Staffordshire village of Hayslope, and one of Lisbeth Bede's sons has marriage on his mind.
George Eliot's haunting story of love betrayed and love rewarded dramatised in 15 episodes by Robert Forrest.
An immediate bestseller in 1859, Eliot's second novel established her reputation and paved the way for masterpieces such as The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch.
Starring Thomas Arnold as Adam, Ann Scott-Jones as Lisbeth, John Kielty as Seth and Victoria Liddelle as Dinah.
Director: Patrick Rayner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtm8)
The Cutty Sark, Dickens, Education and Stanley
Sail v Steam, the death of Dickens, schools 'on the rates' and Livingstone found. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain.
MON 14:30 Julian Barnes - Arthur and George (b01ml9k4)
Episode 6
Arthur Conan Doyle struggles with his chivalric ideals, while George Edalji is in need of a champion. Read by Clive Merrison.
MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b03c3bhv)
Seamus Heaney - Beowulf
Episode 6
Radio 4 pays tribute to Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize-winning poet, internationally recognised as one of the greatest contemporary voices who passed away in September at the age of 74.
Composed towards the end of the first millennium, the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf is one of the great Northern epics and a classic of European literature. Seamus Heaney's translation , completed near the end of the second millennium is both true, line by line, to the original, as well as being an expression of his own creative, lyrical gift.
Here, in a recording made ten years ago, Seamus Heaney brings his vibrant powerful writing to life as he reads ten fifteen minute extracts from the narrative.
The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then living on, physically and psychically exposed, in that exhausted aftermath. It is not hard to draw parallels between this story and the history of the twentieth century, nor can Heaney's Beowulf fail to be read partly in the light of his Northern Irish upbringing.
But it also transcends such considerations, telling us psychological and spiritual truths that are permanent and liberating.
Beowulf's fight with the evil Grendel's mother.
Produced in Salford by Susan Roberts.
Radio Drama North.
MON 15:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b0107x49)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ml9k8)
Mel Giedroyc presents this week's story, the extraordinarily powerful 'A Monster Calls' by Patrick Ness, read by the legendary actor and director David Hayman.
MON 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj)
What's in a Name?
Hard-up Audrey needs a secret job - but what on earth is she qualified to do?
Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.
Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, finally arrived home in 1997.
Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1997.
MON 17:30 HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy (b00qg7s7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqdn)
The Red Planet
12. Mysterious Lights and More...
An alien ship disturbs the space crew - and is Captain Jet Morgan's childhood dream becoming a reality on Mars?
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
MON 18:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jts8)
Episode 6
Bernard brings John to London - and gets revenge on the Director of Hatcheries.
Published in 1932, Aldous Huxley's enduring tale about cloning, consumerism and chemical abandon in a nightmare vision of an ideal society in the future.
Read by Anton Lesser.
Abridged in 10 parts by Neville Teller.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
MON 18:45 HG Wells (b01mlrdw)
The First Men in the Moon
Episode 1
1901: Penniless businessman Mr Bedford meets the brilliant Cavor, a scientist on the brink of developing a material that can block gravity.
Together, they prepare to embark on an expedition to the moon...
First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged in five parts by Neville Teller.
Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Producer: David Roper
Made by Heavy Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2009.
MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00cl6hw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jld2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0009cq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Love Stories (b010nxrt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01mhnhb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b01md9v4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Clare in the Community (b00sx2ql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01mlrdy)
Series 5
10/09/2012
An extended version of The News Quiz, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Fred Macaulay, Sarah Millican and Andy Hamilton.
MON 23:45 The Shuttleworths (b01mlrf0)
Series 4
Cough in the Loft
Singer/songwriter John Shuttleworth complete with an electronic keyboard.
Episode 1: A Cough in the Loft
Mary is busy having a clear-out and asks John to put some things in the loft for storage. Whilst up there he hears an old digital watch bleeping and so, armed with cheese and piccalilli sandwiches for fortification, he decides to sit in and wait until it bleeps once more in a quest to find it.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows
Produced by Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


TUESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2012

TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jts8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 00:45 HG Wells (b01mlrdw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0009cq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Clare in the Community (b00sx2ql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b007qx33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b0107x49)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Love Stories (b010nxrt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01mhnhb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy (b00qg7s7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007zl1r)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 6
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
The Baker Street sleuth probes a murder in Herefordshire, but the crime's roots are down under.
Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and adapted by Michael Hardwick.
Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Doctor Watson …. Norman Shelley
James McCarthy ...... Nigel Graham
Coroner ...... Geoffrey Wincott
Inspector Lestrade ...... Humphrey Morton
Alice Turner ...... Sheila Grant … Alice Turner
John Turner ...... Bruce Beeby
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1966.
TUE 06:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
2. The Double Target
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, heads to his friend Louise's flat to plan his next moves.
Dinsdale Landen stars in Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landen
Clarke …. Manning Wilson
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Roberts/Man on the Phone …. Jon Croft
Joe/Ferguson …. Peter Craze
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
TUE 07:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1q4)
Episode 5
Edgar Finchley goes on a crusade, Master Finchley plays truant and a barber gets a close shave.
Victor Canning's novel about the adventures of a man and his horse-drawn caravan touring the 1930s countryside of Kent.
CAST:
Mr Finchley …. Richard Griffiths
Mr Blain …. John Bird
Turk …. Peter Vaughan
Robert Finchley …. Robert Gill
Mr Harbottle …. Piers Gibbon
Miss Slater …. Kate Binchy
Sir Simon Penickle …. Alan Thompson
The Mechanic …. David Howarth
Narrated by James Villiers.
Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1993.
TUE 07:30 Thom Tuck Goes Straight to DVD (b01bwp8v)
Pilot
Thom Tuck recounts heart-rending tales of love and loss, laying bare all the failures he's suffered in his relationships and drawing comparisons with the 54 straight-to-DVD Disney movies he's watched, so we don't have to. These underrated gems - perhaps rightfully ignored and forgotten - mirror his experiences with women he has loved too often and too soon.
A show with a huge heart, all about heartbreak in various forms...the perfect antidote for Valentines Day.
Thom Tuck's brilliant debut solo show was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Fosters Comedy Awards in Edinburgh 2011. He is also part of acclaimed sketch group "The Penny Dreadfuls".
"...a seductive experience" The Guardian
Produced by Lianne Coop.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jpkr)
The String Robberies
Ace investigator Neddie Seagoon must solve a crime, and the link to Moriarty's sock.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
George Chisholm
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: Pat Dixon
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1958.
TUE 08:30 Listen to Les (b0180fmx)
From 20/01/1985
Les Dawson pays tribute to a feisty barber, Cosmo Smallpiece chairs a chat show and with Les at the piano, the Ink Blots help to murder a song.
With Daphne Oxenford, Eli Woods and Colin Edwynn.
Music by Brian Fitzgerald.
Scripted and produced by James Casey.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1985.
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01mlrdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 The Shuttleworths (b01mlrf0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b01091p5)
Episode 2
Helen Schlegel is unhappy that her sister Margaret has agreed to marry Henry Wilcox.
Starring John Hurt as the Narrator, Lisa Dillon as Margaret Schlegel, Jill Cardo as Helen Schlegel, Tom Ferguson as Tibby Schlegel, Alexandra Mathie as Aunt Juley, Malcolm Raeburn as Henry Wilcox, Ann Rye as Ruth Wilcox and Joseph Kloska as Charles Wilcox.
EM Forster's classic English novel adapted for radio in two parts by Amanda Dalton.
Produced in Manchester by Susan Roberts.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
TUE 11:00 Love Stories (b010grrf)
Restoration Woman
By Elizabeth Buchan. A portrait sparks an epiphany in a young widower. Series of stories by bestselling romantic novelists. Read by Tom Goodman-Hill.
TUE 11:15 Dave Sheasby - Apple Blossom Afternoon (b007jpjz)
Ted's down at the betting shop, just like every Saturday. But this one's a bit special; it's his 55th birthday.
He's not asking for much to celebrate - just a win on a dream accumulator bet - but will Apple Blossom oblige?
Dave Sheasby's drama stars Malcolm Hebden as Ted, Marlene Sidaway as Jane, Ray Ashcroft as Dave, Louis Emerick as Wesley, Colin Meredith as Povey, Philp Whitchurch as Billy and Christine Cox as the Tannoy.
Produced at BBC Manchester by Tony Cliff.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jpkr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Listen to Les (b0180fmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007zl1r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnqp)
Episode 2
Remarkable young Methodist preacher Dinah Morris arrives to comfort Lisbeth Bede. Stars Ann Scott-Jones.
TUE 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtmg)
A Question of Monarchy
Gladstone's 'six brilliant years' bring about many changes, but the Queen is under threat from other quarters. With Anna Massey.
TUE 14:30 Julian Barnes - Arthur and George (b01mltrj)
Episode 7
Arthur is energised by his investigations when he meets disgraced George's family. Read by Clive Merrison.
TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b03c3cmp)
Seamus Heaney - Beowulf
Episode 7
Beowulf , home after ridding the Danes of Grendel and his mother, is welcomed at the court of Hygelac, King of the Geats.
Produced in Salford by Susan Roberts.
Radio Drama North.
TUE 15:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b01091p5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01mltrq)
Mel Giedroyc presents this week's story, the extraordinarily powerful 'A Monster Calls' by Patrick Ness, read by the legendary actor and director David Hayman.
TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00dhkzf)
Series 4
In Custody
‘We are representatives of Democracy in this benighted place, William. We enshrine the values of liberty, tolerance and free speech. By the way, why is that woman chained to the embassy railings..?'
Ambassador Mackenzie must tackle the delicate issue of a Briton being held hostage.
Series 4 of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Stephen Greif as Spiro.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992.
TUE 17:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1q4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqgq)
The Red Planet
13. Dream or Reality?
In the Martian city from Captain Jet Morgan's childhood dream, Lemmy is under telepathic attack...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
TUE 18:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtt4)
Episode 7
John 'the Savage' is a big hit, while Bernard is jealous. Nightmare vision of the future read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
TUE 18:45 HG Wells (b01mltrs)
The First Men in the Moon
Episode 2
Cavor has invented a new material blocking the effect of gravity. After covering a sphere with the substance, he and Mr Bedford travel far from Earth to the Moon's surface.
Here they encounter a strange new world...and new life forms.
First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged by Neville Teller.
Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Producer: David Roper
Made by Heavy Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2007
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jpkr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Listen to Les (b0180fmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007zl1r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Love Stories (b010grrf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Dave Sheasby - Apple Blossom Afternoon (b007jpjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Thom Tuck Goes Straight to DVD (b01bwp8v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b0081lf5)
Series 1
Episode 4
Merv gains strong support from an unlikely source when the cafe faces closure. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From December 2001.
TUE 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007jwhf)
Series 1
Fish
Danger is predicted for Aristophanes. Lynne Truss' Ancient Greek restaurant comedy with Stephen Moore. From December 2000.
TUE 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jps7)
Series 2
Beware the Ides of Masterson
The award-winning improvised historical comedy series returns with a story of intrigue, terror, tyrants and togas set in ancient Rome.
Based entirely on audience suggestions.
Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin.
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994.


WEDNESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2012

WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqgq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 00:45 HG Wells (b01mltrs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007zl1r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01mlrdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:45 The Shuttleworths (b01mlrf0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
WED 03:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b01091p5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Love Stories (b010grrf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Dave Sheasby - Apple Blossom Afternoon (b007jpjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b00dhkzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1q4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jr3d)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 6
5. The Crooked Man
Probing a military murder, the great detective exposes a cryptic connection to Colonial India.
Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and adapted by Michael Hardwick.
Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Doctor Watson …. Norman Shelley
Corporal Wood ...... Allan McClelland
Sergeant Barclay ...... Douglas Hankin
Major Murphy ...... Alan Dudley
Eva Stuart … Miss Morrison
William Flinn ...... William Eedle
Jane Stewart ...... Beth Boyd
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1966.
WED 06:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
3. A Life for a Life
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, faces more pressure to kill the shadowy Charles Allweather.
Dinsdale Landen stars in Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Sally Le Clerk …. Joanna Wake
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
WED 07:00 Albert and Me (b007jsbh)
Series 1
Spanner in the Works
Single dad Bryan's son Albert is starting nursery - what could possibly go wrong?
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With John Junkin as Harry.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.
WED 07:30 When the Dog Dies (b013n0q2)
Series 2
Tangled Web
Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit sitcom Sorry, Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. Sorry ran for seven series on BBC 1 and was number one in the UK ratings.
In the second series of their Radio 4 sitcom, Ronnie plays Sandy Hopper, who is growing old happily along with his dog Henry. His grown up children - both married to people Sandy doesn't approve of at all - would like him to move out of the family home so they can get their hands on their money earlier. But Sandy's not having this. He's not moving until the dog dies. And not just that, how can he move if he's got a lodger? His daughter is convinced that his too attractive lodger Dolores (Liza Tarbuck) is after Sandy and his money.
Luckily Sandy has three grandchildren and sometimes a friendly word, a kindly hand on the shoulder can really help a Granddad in the twenty-first century. Man and dog together face a complicated world. There's every chance they'll make it more so.
Episode Four- Tangled Web
Whenever people tell porkies, they seem to come to Sandy for help. Being a spare man and his own master - he can provide the alibi or hide the goods. However, multi-tasking was never his strongpoint even when he was Manager (Acting) of the Five Feathers, Frinton. Deceiving needs practice and not on the job, either.
Cast:
Sandy ..... Ronnie Corbett
Dolores ..... Liza Tarbuck
Ellie ..... Tilly Vosburgh
Blake ..... Jonathan Aris
Calais ..... Amelia Clarkson
PC - Stephen Critchlow
Megan ..... Polly Frame
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsys)
Series 5
Sunday Afternoon at Home
Bored and miserable at home, the lad tries to decide what to do.
Classic episode starring Tony Hancock as The Lad Himself.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s09rq)
Series 3
5/13
Revealing secrets of radio audience research - plus the rhubarb tart song.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by John Esmond and Bob Larbey, Graeme Garden, Alan Hutchison and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Dave Lee, Bill Oddie and John Cleese.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1966.
WED 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fwqbl)
Series 2
Scouting for Boys
West Bromwich offer Robert a trial, but Father Benedict doesn't want to lose him. Stars Brenda Blethyn. From October 1994.
WED 09:30 The Party Line (b00sx226)
Series 1
Episode 5
Family friction for Duncan Stonebridge as MPs debate the Religious and Racial Hatred Bill. Stars James Fleet. From June 2005.
WED 10:00 Virginia Woolf - The Waves (b01130n9)
Episode 1
Louis, Bernard, Neville, Jinny, Susan and Rhoda look back on childhood and their first forays into adulthood.
One of Virginia Woolf's most original titles, The Waves charts the lives of six friends from early childhood through to middle age.
Dramatised and directed in two parts by one of the UK's most original film makers, Terence Davies.
With Janet Suzman as the Narrator, Jon Cartwright as Bernard, Geraldine James as Susan, Anna Massey as Rhoda, Peter Guinness as Neville, Jane Lapotaire as Jinny and Don Warrington as Louis.
Producer: Polly Thomas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
WED 11:00 Love Stories (b010tbkk)
Fish and Chips
By Freya North. An inheritance by the sea broadens a young woman's horizons. Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. Read by Melody Grove.
WED 11:15 Andy Barrett - The Perfect Wood (b007jtmh)
When Bill retires from his tedious career in confectionery sales, he looks forward to spending his autumn years indulging in the ancient art of lawn bowls.
He and his wife are the best pair in the club and odds-on favourites for the Riddington Married Couples Cup. That is, until Matt and Jude move in next door...
Stars Geoffrey Palmer as Bill, Stephanie Cole as Margaret, Ben Crowe as Matt and Sara Poyzer as Jude.
Written by Andy Barrett.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s09rq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jr3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnr6)
Episode 3
The young squire Arthur Donnithorne pays a visit to Hall Farm, and the seeds of love are sown. Stars Richard Greenwood.
WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtmw)
How Britain Bought the Suez Canal
Disraeli becomes Prime Minister and cements the country's imperial interests. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
WED 14:30 Julian Barnes - Arthur and George (b01mlzcf)
Episode 8
The creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, confronts the chief constable over George Edalji. Read by Clive Merrison.
WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b03c45hh)
Seamus Heaney - Beowulf
Episode 8
After the death of King Hygelac, Beowulf rules
the land of the Geats wisely for fifty winters. Then, a dragon awakes.
Produced in Salford by Susan Roberts.
Radio Drama North.
WED 15:00 Virginia Woolf - The Waves (b01130n9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01mlzck)
Mel Giedroyc presents this week's story, the extraordinarily powerful 'A Monster Calls' by Patrick Ness, read by the legendary actor and director David Hayman.
WED 17:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007w5j9)
The Silver Cow-Creamer
Bertie Wooster turns to Aunt Dahlia to help out Gussie.
PG Wodehouse romp adapted by Chris Miller.
Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Patrick Cargill as Sir Watkin Bassett, James Villiers as Roderick Spode and Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia.
Other parts by William Sleigh.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1973.
WED 17:30 Albert and Me (b007jsbh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqjl)
The Red Planet
14. Lost in Time
As the crew of Discovery explore Mars, Captain Jet Morgan and Doc must rescue Lemmy - but what about Mitch?
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1954.
WED 18:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtvb)
Episode 8
Lenina makes a move on John, but he is distracted by Linda's illness. Nightmare vision of the future read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
WED 18:45 HG Wells (b01mlzcm)
The First Men in the Moon
Episode 3
The intrepid explorers encounter advanced, intelligent beings on the Moon - but it's a meeting of worlds that proves far from harmonious...
First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged by Neville Teller.
Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Producer: David Roper
Made by Heavy Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2007.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s09rq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jr3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Love Stories (b010tbkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Andy Barrett - The Perfect Wood (b007jtmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 When the Dog Dies (b013n0q2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Rigor Mortis (b007qw7n)
Series 2
Episode 4
Dr Webster meets his doppelganger - entomologist Dr Betsy. Meanwhile Gordon hears voices. Stars Peter Davison. From December 2004.
WED 23:00 The Cheese Shop Presents (b007jzfh)
Series 3
Episode 4
Cheesy pop has-been Ted Ruby explains his boyhood genius. Sketch comedy with Richard Webb and Dave Lamb. From January 1999.
WED 23:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00mr4w3)
Series 4
Episode 5
A date with a slightly disappointing superhero; and the perils of compulsory workplace drinking.
Sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
With Olivia Colman,Sarah Hadland and James Bachman.
Producer Gareth Edwards
Firs broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.


THURSDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2012

THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtvb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 HG Wells (b01mlzcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jr3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fwqbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 The Party Line (b00sx226)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Virginia Woolf - The Waves (b01130n9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Love Stories (b010tbkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Andy Barrett - The Perfect Wood (b007jtmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007w5j9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Albert and Me (b007jsbh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jqt1)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Too Young to Die
When Paul and Steve are asked to investigate a case of blackmail and murder, they soon discover violence has been brought right to their own doorstep...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With John Baddeley as Charlie, Wilfrid Carter as Inspector Lloyd, Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale, Isabel Dean as Margaret Milbourne, Isabel Rennie as Dolly Brazer, Frederick Treves as Stone, Pat Connell as Lucas, Alan Haines as Den Roberts, James Thomason as the Doctor, Malcolm Terris as the Police Conctable and Bruce Beeby as the Taxi Driver.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martin C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
THU 06:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
4. The Professionals
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, makes a decision about his target, Charles Allweather.
But what about Louise?
Dinsdale Landen stars in Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Francis/Forbes …. Douglas Blackwell
Parson …. Terrence Hardiman
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
THU 07:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jzkw)
Series 2
Them and Us
Joy and consternation as Wendy is promoted at work, but Robin is suspended. Stars Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. From May 2003.
THU 07:30 Just a Minute's Indian Adventure (b01f5hnq)
Just a Minute grew to prominence in India, when it became available to Indian audiences via the BBC World Service. This exposure gave birth to a number of 'Indianised' versions of the game, which continue to be played amongst smart, young, Indian college graduates today. Dubbed 'JAM', they are a testament to the show's transnational appeal.
As part of the Radio 4 Just a Minute anniversary celebration, Nicholas Parsons visits Bangalore and Mumbai to take a look at these JAM sessions; modern Indianised and radically different take up of the Just a Minute British audiences know and love. The documentary follows a group of lively young Indian college students as they prepare for a competitive JAM tournament against their peers at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore.
To see photos and video clips of these shows please go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s5dp
The Producer is Tilusha Ghelani.
THU 08:00 Yes Minister (b007jltg)
Series 2
The Greasy Pole
Blending jobs with chemicals makes an explosive mixture for MP Jim Hacker.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowldes
Joan Littler, MP …. Brenda Blethyn
Sir Wally Macfarlane …. Freddie Earlle
Professor Henderson …. Jerome Willis
Lord Crichton …. Geoffrey Toone
Lady Crichton …. Helena Breck
The Protestor …. Helen Atkinson Wood
Newsreader …. Moira Stuart
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in 1984.
THU 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jr7l)
Series 3
Time on my Hands
The Home Guard platoon try to capture a German pilot hanging off the Town Hall clock in Walmington-on-Sea.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John Laurie as Private Frazer, Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, Bill Pertwee as Hodges, Frank Williams as the Vicar, Larry Martyn as Private Walker, Erik Chitty as Mr Parsons and Fraser Kerr as the German pilot.
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 August 1976.
THU 09:00 Huddwinks (b00b52ch)
Series 2
The Dead Walk at Midnight!
A reporter arrives to investigate mysterious happenings at a haunted manor.
Roy Hudd stars in Laurie Rowley’s comic parodies.
With:
Denise Coffey
Chris Emmett
David Gooderson
Fred Harris
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1988.
THU 09:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b00bz0ws)
Series 2
Episode 6
David Mitchell tries to sort facts from fiction. With Adam Buxton, Ed Byrne, Lee Mack and Tim Vine. From June 2008.
THU 10:00 Virginia Woolf - The Waves (b01137gm)
Episode 2
As the life-long friends each try to come to terms with Percival's death, more secrets are uncovered. Stars Geraldine James.
THU 11:00 Love Stories (b01mm3c5)
Room Service
By Jojo Moyes. A surprise weekend away after 14 years of marriage. Series of stories by bestselling romantic novelists. Read by Doon MacKichan.
THU 11:15 Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla (b016q2l5)
Laura is a lonely girl living in a solitary castle in the south east of Austria.
Into her life comes the beautiful and mysterious Carmilla, with whom Laura strikes up, what will prove to be, a dangerous friendship...
Starring Anne-Marie Duff as Laura, Brana Bajic as Carmilla, David Warner as Father and Celia Imrie as Madame.
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s gothic novella was first published in 1871.
Dramatised by Don McCamphill.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003
THU 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jltg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jr7l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jqt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnrq)
Episode 4
Young squire Arthur invites the flirtatious Hetty for an evening stroll in Donnithorne Woods. Stars Richard Greenwood.
THU 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jwd3)
1876 - Gladstone and the War in Bosnia
The entrenched Eastern Question brings Gladstone back into front bench politics. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
THU 14:30 Julian Barnes - Arthur and George (b01mm3c7)
Episode 9
Sir Arthur's enthusiastic style of investigations leave George feeling uneasy about their outcome. Read by Clive Merrison.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b03c46dc)
Seamus Heaney - Beowulf
Episode 9
Beowulf, who has now ruled the Geats for fifty winters, fights the dragon.
Produced in Salford by Susan Roberts.
Radio Drama North.
THU 15:00 Virginia Woolf - The Waves (b01137gm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01mm3cc)
Mel Giedroyc presents this week's story, the extraordinarily powerful 'A Monster Calls' by Patrick Ness, read by the legendary actor and director David Hayman.
THU 17:00 Capital Gains (b00slqv8)
Series 2
Stake Capital
When an act of civil disobedience centred around a tea break fails to bring results, Julius Hutch, the leader of The Tree Party, turns to games of chance.
CAST:
Julius Hutch …. Peter Jones
Pauline Hutch …. Celestine Randall
Sexton Lewis …. Jeffrey Wickham
Kate …. Justine Midda
Sir Gainford Blounty …. Stephen Thorne
Dahlia Sprout …. Jillie Meers
Haiku Jack …. Collin Johnson
Ted Smoothie/Dr Heinz Strudel …. David Holt
Brian Perkins as Himself
Switten by Collin Johnson.
Producers: Andy Jordan and David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.
THU 17:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jzkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqlg)
The Red Planet
15. Hypnosis
Cold-handed Maclean attacks Lemmy, but the plucky radio operator fights back...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
THU 18:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007qhgg)
Episode 9
Bernard worries as John tries to foster rebellion amongst the Delta grades. Nightmare vision of the future read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
THU 18:45 HG Wells (b01mm3cf)
The First Men in the Moon
Episode 4
Intrepid explorers Bedford and Cavor must run for their lives to escape the inhabitants of the moon - the Selenites.
First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged by Neville Teller.
Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Producer: David Roper
Made by Heavy Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2007.
THU 19:00 Yes Minister (b007jltg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jr7l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jqt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Love Stories (b01mm3c5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla (b016q2l5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Just a Minute's Indian Adventure (b01f5hnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Four Sad Faces (b00g27lp)
Episode 2
Quirky sketches from Jack Bernhardt, Tobi Wilson, Tom Crowley and Rachel Lerman - who all met at school. From December 2008.
THU 23:00 Rubbish (b0088np3)
Series 2
Rant
Martin foolishly agrees to go on a sponsored walk with his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.
Will he be able to keep his rants to a minimum - or will an audience just encourage him?
Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and manic-depressive, Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom.
Martin ...... Reece Dinsdale
Sarah ...... Pippa Haywood
Barney ...... Matthew Cottle
Scott ...... Kevin Eldon
Loud American ...... Ewan Bailey
David ...... Martin Trenaman
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b01mm3ch)
Series 4
Eurotank
The bumbling management consultants try to salvage the reputation of the MoD. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From September 2005.


FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2012

FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqlg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007qhgg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 HG Wells (b01mm3cf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jqt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Huddwinks (b00b52ch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b00bz0ws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Virginia Woolf - The Waves (b01137gm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Love Stories (b01mm3c5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla (b016q2l5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Capital Gains (b00slqv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jzkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jqtj)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Concerning Mrs Milbourne
Paul Temple probes the mysterious circumstances surrounding the apparent death of Mrs Milbourne’s husband Carl in a car crash in Switzerland. But it's a case he may soon regret taking on...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With John Baddeley as Charlie, Wilfrid Carter as Inspector Lloyd, Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale, Isabel Dean as Margaret Milbourne, Isabel Rennie as Dolly Brazer, Anthony Hall as Green, Nigel Graham as Danny Clayton, James Thomason as the Doctor, Simon Lack as Vince Langham, Hamlyn Benson as Inspector Jenkins, Fraser Kerr as Mr Gadd and Barbara Barnett as Mrs Langham.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martin C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
FRI 06:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
5. The Moment of Truth
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, finally comes face-to-face with his mysterious nemesis.
Dinsdale Landen stars in the gripping conclusion of Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Sally Le Clerk …. Joanna Wake
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Forbes …. Douglas Blackwell
Parsons …. Terrence Hardiman
Hotel Porter …. Frank Coda
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
FRI 07:00 Millport (b00761w5)
Series 2
Happy Returns
It's Irene's 33rd birthday - so the island inhabitants have a few surprises in store...
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something island barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Bob ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Dougie ...... Matt Costello
Music arranged by Olly Fox.
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
FRI 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b014r5qh)
Series 4
Alan Davies
Marcus Brigstocke invites reluctant vocalist, actor Alan Davies to sing in public for the first time.
Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is about embracing the new and getting out of our comfort zones.
The title comes from the fact that the show's producer and creator Bill Dare had never seen the film Star Wars.
Producer: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b01mmp0j)
Series 7
Taking Some Liberties
With HMS Troutbridge set for special escort duty, amorous Mr Phillips returns on a unicycle.
Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Ronnie Barker as Lieutenant Queeg and Tenniel Evans as Leading Seamen Goldstein.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1965.
FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqxd)
Series 3
Son of the Burkiss Way
Film 77 presents the premiere of the BBC's first ever motion picture for radio
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1977.
FRI 09:00 Hazelbeach (b0088nnw)
Series 1
Gardening
Ronnie has a devious idea to get Nick's ex-girlfriend back. What could possibly go wrong?
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy stars Jamie Forman as Ronnie Hazelbeach.
Ronnie ...... Jamie Foreman
Nick ...... Paul Bazely
Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles
James ...... John Dougall
Harry ...... Simon Treves
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
FRI 09:30 Whispers (b007k356)
Series 1
Episode 4
The great and the good are torn from their pedestals in glee in the panel show that proves there's no smoke without fire.
Gyles Brandreth is your host.
The regular team captains are writer and critic, Anthony Holden and actor and writer, Stella Duffy.
Writer Jenny Colgan and broadcaster Rosie Millard join them as they attempt to dish the dirt on the bad boys and girls in history.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
FRI 10:00 Jill Paton Walsh - A Piece of Justice (b010vyt7)
When Fran gets the chance to take over the biography of the great mathematician Gideon Summerfield, she rapidly discovers there's a mystery over a few days he went missing in August 1978.
Her friend Imogen is the first to realise she may be in danger...
Dramatised by Neville Teller from the novel by Jill Paton Walsh.
Imogen Quy ..... Barbara Flynn
Janet Somerfield ..... Rosemary Leach
Francis Bullion ..... Tracy Wiles
Josh ..... Robert Harper
Dr Mistral ..... James Greene
Lady Buckmote ..... Marlene Sidaway
Sir William Buckmote ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Professor Maverack ..... Colin Starkey
Meredith Bagadeuce ..... Peter Howell(
Pamela Zephyr ..... Di Botcher
David Swann ..... Iwan Thomas
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
FRI 11:00 Love Stories (b01mmrh0)
The Lion's Den
By Josephine Cox. A young man assumes he will never find his heart's desire. Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. Read by Robert Glenister.
FRI 11:15 Char March - People Come Here to Cry (b007jxh1)
Razor-sharp observations and wit light up this heartening and humorous monologue - an examination of the counselling industry. In her 40s, Deborah Smith comes to an emotional watershed in her life. During the morning vacuuming, a radio chat show mentions the local Crisis Centre, Deborah girds up her loins, her stock of handkerchiefs and her thermos flask and prepares to get counselled.
Stars Sue Johnston.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b01mmp0j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jqtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jns8)
Episode 5
As Hetty receives a gift from the captain, Adam waits in the wings hoping she will marry him. Stars Thomas Arnold.
FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtn9)
Victoria Becomes Empress of India
The Suez Canal is up for sale, but who will buy - Britain or France? Anna Massey continues the history of the British Isles.
FRI 14:30 Julian Barnes - Arthur and George (b01mmrh2)
Episode 10
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's passing leaves George Edalji in a quandary over death and spirituality. Concluded by Clive Merrison.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b03c46nt)
Seamus Heaney - Beowulf
Episode 10
The funeral of Beowulf.
Produced in Salford by Susan Roberts.
Radio Drama North.
FRI 15:00 Jill Paton Walsh - A Piece of Justice (b010vyt7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01mmrh6)
Mel Giedroyc presents this week's story, the extraordinarily powerful 'A Monster Calls' by Patrick Ness, read by the legendary actor and director David Hayman.
FRI 17:00 No Commitments (b01mmrh8)
Series 10
A Bride Too Far
Victoria and Emily battle it out over the wedding, while Charlotte is feeling left out. Stars Celia Imrie. From February 2004.
FRI 17:30 Millport (b00761w5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqp2)
The Red Planet
16. Strange Farm
With Mitch still missing, Captain Jet Morgan, Doc and Lemmy set off to find him, with hopes of finding the engineer rapidly diminishing...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Wife …. Madi Hedd
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1954.
FRI 18:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007q9yw)
Episode 10
Disenchanted with society, John decides to seek solitude. Nightmare vision of the future concluded by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
FRI 18:45 HG Wells (b01mmrhb)
The First Men in the Moon
Episode 5
Intrepid explorers Bedford and Cavor’s first mission to the moon comes to a surprising and unexpected conclusion.
First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged by Neville Teller.
Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Producer: David Roper
Made by Heavy Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2007.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b01mmp0j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jqtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Love Stories (b01mmrh0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Char March - People Come Here to Cry (b007jxh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b014r5qh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World (b01mmrhd)
Episode 6
The surreal duo try solving the globe's topical problems. Stars Andrew Livingstone and Fine Time Fontayne. From August 1992.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01myh3b)
From 10pm - midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith speaks to Tom Basden about Party.
FRI 23:00 This Is Craig Brown (b00f8799)
Communications
The world telephone premiere of Romeo and Juliet. The satirist pokes fun, with Harry Enfield and Rory Bremner. From March 2004.
FRI 23:15 Date With Fate (b0092wr7)
Love Bites
We've all been visited by the doubt that perhaps we've chosen a less than perfect soul-mate
Martin's proposal to his girlfriend does not go according to plan.
Harold Wing Pinero is your host.
The last of four comic close encounters with fate written by Gary Parker and Phil Whelans.
Harold Wing Pinero …. Charles Gray
Martin …. Paul Raffield
Wendy …. Gillian Bevan
Journalist/Sheila …. Tracy Wiles
Liam …. James Nesbitt
Others …. Stephen Critchlow
Guitar played by Tim Hope.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast in BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.
FRI 23:30 The Remains of Foley and McColl (b007jrl6)
The Real You
Their BBC producer forces Sean and Hamish to get proper jobs.
Surreal comedy starring award-winning double act, Sean Foley and Hamish McColl - the Right Size.
With:
Rose English
Count Arthur Strong
Chris Lamer
Mark Stevens
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000.