SATURDAY 12 JANUARY 2013

SAT 00:00 Doctor Who (b01psb69)
Deimos
A Martian moon has become a tourist trap. But below its surface stirs a deadly menace, once thought extinct. Eighth Doctor adventure stars Paul McGann and David Warner.
SAT 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl4z)
Bitter Medicine
1. Friendship
Private eye V.I. Warshawski suspects all is not well at a hospital after the death of a young girl who was pregnant.
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Sharon Gless.
V.I. Warshawski is Sara Paretsky’s tough, smart and likeable female private investigator.
Dramatised in six parts by Michelene Wandor.
V.I. Warshawski …. Sharon Gless
Fabiano …. Robert Harper
Bobby Mallory …. Bill Hootkins
Alan Humphries …. Chris Scott
Malcolm Tregiere …. Colin McFarlane
Lottie Herschel …. Eleanor Bron
Carol …. Joanna Monro
Mrs Alvarado …. Shirley Dixon
Consuela …. Teresa Gallagher
Peter Burgoyne …. William Dufris
Producer: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.
SAT 01:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00tdmc4)
Catch Me If You Can
Episode 5
The authorities have conman Frank Abagnale Jr within their reach, but he's a very slippery catch. Concluded by William Hope. From August 2010.
SAT 02:00 Millport (b0076br4)
Series 3
The End of the Beginning
The island makeover has turned horribly sour and with Irene gone, the only person to save the island from being bulldozed is Bunty Pierce.
But with her ailing health and hermit ways, will she leave her vegetables to rescue the island's integrity? And will Irene change her mind about mainland life and return to the island for good?
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Ferryman/Robert the Dog/Morris ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002.
SAT 02:30 Snap (b0133ldg)
Series 3
Episode 5
Doug and Molly’s attempts to rekindle their romance after divorcing are hampered by his mum who’s convalescing after tripping over. Molly is not impressed...

Paul Mendelson's sitcom stars Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn and Jonathan Tafler as Raymond.

Producer: David Ian Neville

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005
SAT 03:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1nq)
2. Forty-Five
Francis encounters Mirabell again and his fate is sealed.
Meanwhile, the rebels are at the gates of Carlisle.
Stars Gavin Muir, Mark Bonnar and Jane Whittenshaw.
Hugh Walpole's historical novel dramatised by Eric Pringle.
Francis ... Gavin Muir
David ... Mark Bonnar
Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw
Margaret ... Janet Maw
Mirabell ... Deborah Berlin
Roche ... Hugh Dickson
Cumberlege ... Gordon Reid
Hetty ... Alison Pettitt
Other parts played by:
Shirley Dixon
Robert Harper
Carolyn Jones
Alex Lowe
Gerard McDermott
Ioan Meredith
Chris Pavlo
Stephen Thorne
Director David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
SAT 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01ps9w4)
Child's Play
Kate is not appreciated by her husband or daughter, but receives affection from an unusual source. Read by Matilda Ziegler.
SAT 04:15 Michael Butt - Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre (b01ps9w6)
4 Extra Debut. A Hollywood star's bizarre 1963 legal battle. From court records of the actor's fight to protect his name. Stars Stephen Greif.
SAT 05:00 Ballylenon (b007k4qt)
Series 1
Episode 3
Vera's eavesdropping days are threatened by the Irish town's new automatic telephone exchange.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna
Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney
Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt
Peg Sweeney ...... Anna Manahan
Joe MacMonagle ...... Kevin Flood
Post Office Engineer ...... Robert Patterson
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994.
SAT 05:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qx6x)
Series 1
Elephants to Catch Eels
Why would a top London journalist be so interested that love is all around in Drumlin Bay? What's Tamsyn been up to?
It seems the new editor of 'The Times of London' is boosting circulation by becoming a scurrilous gossipy rag. Of course, that would never happen now...
18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Mark Perry as the Editor and Michael Fenton Stevens as Lampwick.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
SAT 06:00 John Osborne - The Entertainer (b007k2ll)
Bill Nighy stars as Archie Rice, a seedy third-rate comic in a tatty twice-nightly seaside show.
Set in the 1950s, Archie's tragedy mirrors not only a dying music hall, but a dying era, symbolic of the decline of post-war Britain. John Osborne's potent drama was first produced on stage in 1957.
With David Bradley as Billy Rice, Cheryl Campbell as Phoebe Rice, Sarah-Jane Holm as Jean Rice and Bertie Carvel as Frank Rice.
Music directed by Colin Sell with percussionist: Paul Girbow and trumpeter: Phil Revens.
Adapted by John Foley.
Producer: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2004.
SAT 07:30 Ay Mariachi! (b00xmv28)
It's night-time in the Plaza Garibaldi, Mexico City.
Neil Mcarthy descends into the meaning, madness and music of mariachi - hustling troubadours in sequined suits whose songs of love and pain are inseparable from Mexican life.
Producer: Mark Burman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00xg7dx)
Series 6
Episode 8
From San Francisco - the American funny man welcomes blues master Elvin Bishop and Scottish balladeer Jean Redpath. From 2010.
SAT 09:00 I Did It My Way (b0092lb4)
Roy Hudd
Much-loved comedian and actor Roy Hudd talks to Peter Reed about his radio life and times, with behind-the-scenes stories of making his on-air hit shows:
The News Huddlines (06/06/79). Poking fun at topical events and personalities, this series ran for 25 years on BBC Radio 2 when Roy was joined by Chris Emmett and his leading ladies Janet Brown, Alison Steadman and June Whitfield.
The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (16/01/1999). Roy dons his deerstalker to investigate 'The Case of the Clockwork Fiend' with June Whitfield.
The Sony Radio Academy Gold award-winning Huddwinks (14/08/86). Chris Emmett and Denise Coffey join Roy for 'Railway '86 - The Movie!': British Rail's new 'Silver Bullet' train ends up as a runaway express to Aberdeen.
Roy also reveals his more dramatic side in Peter Tinniswood's play The Scan (29/09/1999). Compulsive talker Ernest seeks reassurance from a protective nurse. Roy's co-star is Judy Cornwell.
Produced by Mik Wilkojc.
SAT 12:00 The Cazalets - Omnibus (b01ptgmp)
The Light Years
Episode 2
The Cazalets appear to have it all. But longing, indiscretions and jealousies simmer below the surface.
Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga of 'The Cazalets' vividly catalogues the lives and loves of three generations.
Starring Penelope Wilton as the narrator, Raymond Coulthard as Rupert, Zoe Tapper as Zoe, Georgia Groome as Clary, Naomi Frederick as Rachel, Shirley Dixon as The Duchy and Helen Schlesinger as Sid.
Siblings Hugh, Edward, Rupert and Rachel - and their respective families - are reunited. Rupert is trying not to think about whether he married beautiful but petulant Zoe too soon after his first wife's death; Hugh and his wife Sybil each try to put the other first, not necessarily to their mutual advantage; Edward is mulling on how he might be able to get away from his wife, Villy, to spend time with his mistress and Rachel is trying to find a private place to read her letter in secret. But as the wider world intrudes on their lives, each is increasingly wondering what their future holds...
The first of five dramatisations by Sarah Daniels.
Elizabeth Jane Howard's The Light Years and her following novels: Marking Time, Confusion and Casting Off were published between 1990-1995 and the fifth, All Change, in 2013.
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.
SAT 13:15 Sirens of Fleet Street (b01dvvt3)
Change of Heart
Mea Allan (1909-1982) was the first woman war correspondent to be permanently accredited to the British Forces and the first woman news editor in Fleet Street. During the Second World War she kept up a remarkable correspondence with her mentor May Chalmers which gives a picture of daily life in the Blitz and on the home front in London and Scotland.
Felicity Goodall's play opens with Mea looking back over her life and friendship with May, beginning with her arrival in Fleet Street in December 1938.
Stars Siobhan Redmond as Mea Allan, Brigit Forsyth as May Chalmers and Steven Deproost as Archie.
Second of a trilogy of plays examining the lives and writing of three pioneering women journalists.
Director: Felicity Goodall
Produced at BBC Manchester by Sue Roberts.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
SAT 14:00 The Embassy Lark (b00srvkq)
Spy
An asylum seeker sparks some political tit-for-tat posturing. Stars Derek Francis and Frank Thornton. From April 1966.
SAT 14:30 Parsley Sidings (b01prccq)
Series 1
The Concert
Can showbiz seduce Station Master Horace Hepplewhite away from the railways?
Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Kenneth Connor as Percy and Charlotte Mitchell as Miss Pennyfeather.
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.
Re-created Announcements by Keith Skues.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.
SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00xg7dx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 John Osborne - The Entertainer (b007k2ll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Nick Mohammed in Bits (b00tt5pw)
Mr Swallow
Nick Mohammed (Reggie Perrin, I'm Sorry I've Got No Head) stars as lifestyle guru Mr Swallow as he presents his memory technique to a live studio audience.
Bits showcases the best of Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic characters in a series of one off comic plays.
Produced by Victoria Lloyd.
SAT 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b012wzzd)
A Sound of Thunder
A safari into the prehistoric past sparks unexpected results. Adaptation of one of Ray Bradbury's most famous yarns, starring Max Robinson.
SAT 18:30 RL Stevenson - The Bottle Imp (b00z55h4)
Native Hawaiian Keawe buys a bottle promising love, fame and money - but there's a drawback. Stars David Rintoul and Tony Osoba.
SAT 19:00 I Did It My Way (b0092lb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation (b01ptg3x)
Series 2
How to Be a Father, pt 1
Why do men want to procreate? The host's comic lecture plus sketches. With Debbie Issit and Gordon Kennedy. From October 1994.
SAT 22:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00lk09w)
Series 1
Episode 2
Arthur Smith invites an audience into his home in Balham, south London, for music and comedy.
With Benjamin Zephaniah, Stephen K Amos and Matt Holness
Pippa Evans - as singer-songwriter Loretta Maine - lends a hand.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.
SAT 23:00 Ted Lewis - Jack Carter's Law (b00nx9j8)
Episode 2
As the legendary gangland enforcer edges closer to his quarry, he plans his next moves. Phil Daniels read the gritty thriller.
SAT 23:30 Adam Baron - Hold Back the Night (b00t5jwq)
Episode 4
Private-eye Billy Rucker uncovers the full horror that has wrecked the lives of Lucy and Donna. Stars David Morrissey.


SUNDAY 13 JANUARY 2013

SUN 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b012wzzd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 RL Stevenson - The Bottle Imp (b00z55h4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00xg7dx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 The Cazalets - Omnibus (b01ptgmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Sirens of Fleet Street (b01dvvt3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 John Osborne - The Entertainer (b007k2ll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Nick Mohammed in Bits (b00tt5pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w8ljj)
Omnibus
At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a chocolate-related tale while eating it.
At the inaugural meeting, Sarah reveals how chocolate helped her make one of the biggest decisions of her life...
Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama.
Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims
Clementine - Paula Wilcox
Rosie - Helena Breck
Sarah - Eleanor Bron
Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles
Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp
Luke - Peter Darney
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
SUN 07:15 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pfkw5)
Get Happy
After a duet with Mickey Rooney, the author accepts an invitation to perform at a Garland tribute show. Read by Tamsin Greig.
SUN 07:30 Heresy (b00bw51v)
Series 5
Episode 4
Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. With Clive James, Dave Gorman and Mark Steel. From May 2008.
SUN 08:00 Doctor in the House (b007mwkh)
Marriage-itis
Medic Simon Sparrow must cope with both his hangover and a bad case of cold feet.
The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor in the House' published in 1952.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans and Norma Ronald as Matron/Vera.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1968.
SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b00xn6sw)
Strictly for the Birds
The feather-brained civil servants get in a flap.
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government offices and to all the others who spend their days there as well.
Stars Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch.
With Norma Ronald, Roy Dotrice, Diana Olsson, Percy Edwards and John Graham.
Written and produced by Edward Taylor.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1962.
SUN 09:00 Hans Christian Andersen - The Snow Queen (b00pgyd8)
Gerda sets off into the wide world to find her playmate Kay who has been seduced away by the powerful Snow Queen to her ice palace in the far north.
Berlie Doherty's version of Hans Christian Andersen's wintry fairy tale is narrated by Dirk Bogarde and stars Diana Rigg as the Snow Queen. With Bill Patterson, Joshua Towb and Deborah Berlin.
The story was the inspiration for Disney's Oscar-winning animated film, Frozen.
Music by David Chilton.
Produced by Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01ptywx)
Charity Pioneers
Camila Batmanghelidjh
From Eminem to Elgar - children's campaigner Camila Batmanghelidjh's choices, in conversation with Kirsty Young. From October 2006.
SUN 10:45 Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words (b007w26k)
When a young man takes his beloved Rose to climb a mountain, there are alarming consequences. Read by Mark Bonnar.
SUN 11:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b007ym3m)
The Nits
The Quando brothers' hair salon is inundated with children wanting their haircut before the start of the school-term.
But one of them is accompanied by nits and the result is itchy mayhem...
Brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando chop, snip and crimp their lucky clients into shape at London's finest hair salon.
Six-part comedy written and performed by Rainer Hersch and Mark Maie. With Stephen Greif and Catherine Tate.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.
SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra (b01ptywz)
Series 4 - Omnibus
Series 4, Episodes 11-12
The two Berts, Jim and Joe find themselves on an intriguing quest, which leads them to pastures new.
SUN 11:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00cl7lz)
Episode 3
Recalling Peter Cook, David Frost and the part he played in the Sixties' satire boom, David Nobbs reads from his autobiography.
SUN 12:00 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w8ljj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pfkw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 John Buchan - The Courts of the Morning (b00ljk9j)
High adventure in South America, where The Republic of Olifa is rich in minerals, and ripe for revolution.
CAST:
Castor .... Ian McDiarmid
Janet Roylance .... Fiona Francis
Archie Roylance …. Andrew Wardlaw
Sandy Clanroyden .... Sandy Neilson
Babs .... Lynn Bains
Luis .... Richard Greenwood
Mayakovsky .... Finlay Welsh
Romanes …. Mark Coleman
Hamilton .... Derek Anders
Written by John Buchan and dramatised by Guy Slater.
Director: Patrick Rainer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1994.
SUN 15:00 Doctor in the House (b007mwkh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry (b00xn6sw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ptyx1)
Mel's best bits from this week's 4 O'Clock Show programmes, including Cornish food, a visit to a seal sanctuary, and the history of teapots.
SUN 16:30 Hans Christian Andersen - The Snow Queen (b00pgyd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Freedom Pass (b00sk9vm)
Episode 3
Sexagenarians Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew use free travel for another chatty trip on local public transport. From September 2004.
SUN 18:00 The Scarifyers (b018sltw)
The Secret Weapon of Doom
Episode 1
Dunning has literary trouble, while Lionheart searches for a mysterious object. Stars Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy, with guests Leslie Phillips and Nigel Havers.
SUN 18:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00cft28)
Robert Louis Stevenson - Olalla
During the Peninsular War in Spain a wounded Scottish soldier is sent to stay in a remote house in the hills. The soldier falls in love with the daughter of the house, but the family harbour a terrible secret...
Series of 3 Scottish 19th century tales of terror and mystery.
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson and dramatised by Marty Ross.
Alec ...... Paul Blair
Olalla ...... Roxanna Pope
Felipe ...... Richard Conlon
Senora ...... Carol Ann Crawford
Carrido ...... Richard Greenwood
The Padre ...... Simon Tait
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
SUN 19:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b007ym3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra (b01ptywz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
SUN 19:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00cl7lz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]
SUN 20:00 Doctor in the House (b007mwkh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry (b00xn6sw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01ptywx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words (b007w26k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Heresy (b00bw51v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (b00mr30m)
What a Wife
The tall, life-embracing shopkeeper is overlooked when Gary needs a pretend other half. With Tom Ellis. From September 2008.
SUN 23:00 Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop (b008tzz7)
Episode 2
More manly matters with Steve 'not the snooker player' Davis, including 'Desert Island Birds'. With Dave Lamb. From May 2000.
SUN 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp4p)
Series 1
Decoration
Struggling writer Nick paints his flat to impress Caroline, but his geraniums hate it.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon Mackichan and Alison Sterling.
Producer: Jon Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


MONDAY 14 JANUARY 2013

MON 00:00 The Scarifyers (b018sltw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00cft28)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01ptywx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words (b007w26k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b007ym3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra (b01ptywz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00cl7lz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Doctor in the House (b007mwkh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 John Buchan - The Courts of the Morning (b00ljk9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Hans Christian Andersen - The Snow Queen (b00pgyd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5g)
Bitter Medicine
2. The Lion's Den
Probing the mysterious death of a girl, V.I. Warshawski must venture into gangland.
Sharon Gless stars in Sara Paretsky's thriller as private investigator V.I. Warshawski
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
V.I. Warshawski …. Sharon Gless
Lottie Herschel …. Eleanor Bron
Bobby Mallory …. Bill Hootkins
Mr Contreras …. Kerry Shale
Mrs Rodriguez/Nurse …. Ann Beach
Sergio …. Chris Pavlo
Bartender …. Ioan Meredith
Carol …. Joanna Monro
Fabiano …. Robert Harper
Peter Burgoyne …. William Dufris
Producer: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in n December 1996.
MON 06:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zf4tc)
In What I Failed to Do
Sadie and husband Reggie are walking home from the shops. Mary D'Arcy's shocking tale of revenge, read by Maggie Steed.
MON 07:00 Country Matters (b00lk9mb)
Episode 3
Dave tackles the local traffic problem, but will the villagers support him? Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From May 1994.
MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b01pnn1d)
Series 10
Episode 2
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.
Lloyd Langford, Henning Wehn, Celia Pacquola and Rhod Gilbert are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Wine, The Queen, Baths and Wind.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Producer: Jon Naismith.
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wj)
Series 1
Episode 5
Saluting a puddings inventor - and Gruntfuttock's after a job at the BBC.
Starring Kenneth Horne. With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London.
Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1965.
MON 08:30 Jim the Great (b011f57l)
Series 1
The Turn of the Tide
The King needs to entertain the peasants, what about a lecture on ecology? Starring Jimmy Edwards. From September 1979.
MON 09:00 Heresy (b00c1fd6)
Series 5
Episode 6
Victoria Coren chairs the programme which challenges established ideas. The panellists are Arthur Smith, Michael Bywater and David Mitchell.
MON 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b01bmq92)
Series 2
Monday Monday
Patrick rashly agrees to babysit, and Billy actually gets some work. Written by and starring Jim Sweeney. From October 2002.
MON 10:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1pw)
3. The Wild Marriage
It is now 1756 and David is prospering. But Francis roams the fells searching for something he can never find.
Stars Gavin Muir, Mark Bonnar and Jane Whittenshaw.
Hugh Walpole's historical novel dramatised by Eric Pringle.
Francis ... Gavin Muir
David ... Mark Bonnar
Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw
Mirabell ... Deborah Berlin
Pomfret ... Stephen Thorne
Sunwood/Bann ... Christopher Scott
Denburn ... Keith Drinkel
Sarah .... Becky Hindley
Other parts played by Hugh Dickson, Carolyn Jones, Ioan Meredith, Chris Pavlo and Alison Pettitt
Director: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
MON 11:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pvbsw)
Goat
A penny whistle and a tramp called Goat unleash a potent transformation within a disillusioned clergyman. Read by Paul Hilton.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01pnft0)
Angus Deayton, Frances Barber, John Lanchester, Roses Gabor and Submotion Orchestra
Clive's got News For You from actor and broadcaster Angus Deayton, whose early work parodied local radio in the series Radio Active. In 1990 he put One Foot In The Grave and was later nicknamed "TV's Mr Sex" for his suave presenting manner. Angus returns as Alan in series two of 'Pramface' which sees the Derbyshire household reeling from their new arrival.
Clive meets journalist and novelist John Lanchester. John has described his new book 'Capital' as a "big, fat, London novel." Set against the backdrop of the financial crash, it's the story of the residents of Pepys Road. The neighbours all receive an anonymous postcard with the message 'We Want What You Have'. Who's behind it and what do they want? As the mystery deepens, the world around Pepys Road is turned upside down and its residents lives change beyond recognition.
Clive also chats to actor Frances Barber who is about to star alongside Kevin Bishop in a darkly comic film, 'May I Kill U?'. Frances plays the mother of cycle cop Baz who turns into a psychopath following a freak accident on a cycle path.
Nikki Bedi interviews singer Roses Gabor who has toured with Gorillaz and performed in a range of venues from Madison Square Gardens to Glastonbury Festival. She has contributed to some of the biggest underground records of recent years and is now taking centre stage with her debut single 'Stars' which she performs in the studio.
More music comes from avant-garde jazz dubstep ensemble Submotion Orchestra who perform 'Thinking' from their album 'Fragments'.
Producer: Paula McGinley.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Jim the Great (b011f57l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zf4tc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Karen Blixen - Out of Africa (b01pvbsy)
The Cuckoo
4 Extra Debut. 1913: Karen - a spirited and independent woman - travels to Kenya to start a farm with her new husband. Stars Emma Fielding.
MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00n4wyj)
Domestic Harmony
Historian Amanda Vickery reveals the importance of family music-making at home, and the chances it created for finding a partner.
MON 14:30 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012fc0q)
Episode 6
Vera and Nadia try to stop Valentina's plans. Marina Lewycka's wry portrait of a marriage of convenience. Read by Sian Thomas.
MON 14:45 Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales (b00st03f)
Episode 1
Born into a theatrical family, the author celebrates the highs, lows and hilarities of a lifetime in the acting profession.
MON 15:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pzvjd)
Mel Giedroyc starts listening to chapter 1 of 'Dustbin Baby' by Jacqueline Wilson. Plus, Dick and Dom with everyday science in How Dangerous Is Your Garden.
MON 17:00 Coming Alive (b00gsjth)
Series 2
Where the Action Is
Ex-convict Terry comes a cropper when he tries to stop a mob of vigilantes. Starring Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan.
MON 17:30 Country Matters (b00lk9mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Doctor Who (b01pvbt2)
The Resurrection of Mars
There's a tough battle for the Time Lord as the Ice Warriors head homewards, and someone threatens the Web of Time. Eighth Doctor adventure stars Paul McGann and Graeme Garden.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Jim the Great (b011f57l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zf4tc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pvbsw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01pt72m)
Clive Anderson, Timothy Spall, Mark Williams, Virginia Ironside, Pippa Evans, Serafina Steer, Old Tire Swingers
What ho! That charming chappie Clive Anderson has a simply spiffing line-up this week! He'll be parlaying with that wonderful plebeian actor Tim Spall who's playing Bertie Wooster in a new BBC One adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's Blandings on Sunday 13 January at 6:30pm. Bally good stuff, eh?
Segueing seamlessly we move from English gentleman to English Clergyman. Hearing Clive's confession this week is Mark Williams - former denizen of the parishes of the Fast Show and Harry Potter. Mark stars as Father Brown starting on BBC One Monday 14 January at 2.10pm.
Agony aunt Virginia Ironside will be in full effect too. In between sorting out Clive's "difficulties", Virginia will spill the beans on her latest comic novel which deals with the vagaries of getting on a bit. It's called, "No! I Don't Need Reading Glasses!" AND she's got a forthcoming 'granny stand-up tour'. Get her.
Pippa Evans will be exhausted, poor love. She's coming straight from a 50 hour non-stop improvised comedy soap opera. She's hot-footing it to Loose Ends central to make it up as she goes along with Jon Holmes. There's no helping some people. The Sixth Annual London Improvathon is at Hoxton Hall until Sunday 13 January at 9pm.
Top notch tunes this week come all the way from sunny California with a whiff of the Appalachian mountains. The Old Tire Swingers peddle their own brand of hard-driving old-time string band with a song called 'Big Eyed Rabbit' from their self-titled album.
And Jarvis Cocker's fave Serafina Steer is a harp playing multi-instrumentalist who will be taking us on an 'Island Odyssey' - the the current single from her new album 'The Moths Are Real'.
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01pnn1d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Heresy (b00c1fd6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pvbt4)
Series 6
Episode 4
An extended edition of The News Quiz, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Francesca Martinez, Fred Macaulay and Susan Calman.
MON 23:45 All the World's a Globe (b007k4cp)
3. The Fall of Troy. The Rise of Greece
The Fall of Troy and the Rise of Greece
The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War.
Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.
With guest star Juliet Stevenson.
Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.
With thanks to
Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.


TUESDAY 15 JANUARY 2013

TUE 00:00 Doctor Who (b01pvbt2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zf4tc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Heresy (b00c1fd6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b01bmq92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pvbsw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01pt72m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Coming Alive (b00gsjth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Country Matters (b00lk9mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5y)
Bitter Medicine
3. The Monkfish Files
An anti-abortion riot breaks out as the private eye's murder probe continues.
Sharon Gless stars in Sara Paretsky's thriller as private investigator V.I. Warshawski.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
V.I. Warshawski …. Sharon Gless
Lottie Herschel …. Eleanor Bron
Bobby Mallory …. Bill Hootkins
Peter Burgoyne …. William Dufris
Rioter …. Alice Arnold
Diaz …. Chris Pavlo
Pedro/Judge …. Ioan Meredith
Carol/Rioter …. Joanna Monro
Dick …. John Sharian
Rioter …. Jonathan Adams
Mr Contreras …. Kerry Shale
Fabiano …. Robert Harper
Dieter Monkfish …. Sean Baker
Producer: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.
TUE 06:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zf76l)
The Anatomisation of an Unknown Man; Intruders
Deceit over a painting, and a dishonest businessman. Jim Norton and Sorcha Cusack read John Connolly and Dominic Power's tales.
TUE 07:00 Never Too Late (b011d6rc)
Mildred and the Man
Man-mad Mildred's passions are aroused by the return of an old flame.
A surviving episode from the BBC archive of Terry Gregson's sitcom about a group of highly active pensioners starring Thora Hird.
Hilda Spriggett …. Thora Hird
Mildred Emmett …. Avis Bunnage
Emily Holroyd …. Megs Jenkins
Albert Pickles …. Kenneth Connor
Tommy Preston …. Joe Gladwyn
Producer: Edward Taylor.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981.
TUE 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01pp5vg)
Series 5
Dave Gorman
Marcus Brigstocke invites comic Dave Gorman to try new experiences, including horse-riding and a strip club. From January 2013.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jy5b)
Queen Anne's Rain
Min is counting rain drops, but why is everyone so wet? Is royalty to blame? Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1958.
TUE 08:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k19l)
My Stag Movie, part 1/2
The veteran auditionee recalls how sometimes talent can be found in the unlikeliest places - and sometimes it can't be found at all...
British show business doyen, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.
Performed and written by Peter Jones.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1986
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pvbt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 All the World's a Globe (b007k4cp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1r3)
4. A Great Age to Be Beginning
Trapped at Herries with a man she cannot love, Mirabell yearns to be free...
Stars Gavin Muir, Mark Bonnar and Deborah Berlin.
Conclusion of Hugh Walpole's historical novel dramatised by Eric Pringle.
Francis .... Gavin Muir
David ... Mark Bonnar
Mirabell ... Deborah Berlin
Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw
Sarah ... Becky Hindley
Benjamin ... Chris Pavlo
Reverend ... Christopher Scott
Harness ... Gerard McDermott
Other parts played by Stephen Thorne, Linda Polan, Katie Clarke, Joseph Head, Carolyn Jones and George Maguire
Director David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
TUE 11:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pvws2)
The House by the Weir and the Way, part 1
A rambling house on the route to Compostela is home to lovers Odile and Sabela. Old age confronts them. Read by Sara Kestelman.
TUE 11:15 Lavinia Greenlaw - The Kamikaze Handbook (b01pvws5)
4 Extra Debut. In occupied Japan at war's end, a kamikaze pilot's manual shows a girl how to avenge her dad's death. Lavinia Greenlaw's drama stars Annie Graham Brown.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jy5b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k19l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zf76l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Karen Blixen - Out of Africa (b01pvws8)
The Tapestry
Karen is settling into life on the farm in Kenya, but her husband has very different ideas. Stars Emma Fielding.
TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pvwsc)
Series 4
Episode 13
Our clue-finders take in the iconic landmarks of Liverpool as their journey reaches a conclusion - but where will it take them?
TUE 14:30 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012gq0s)
Episode 7
Vera and Valentina come to blows, and Nadia and her father celebrate their first step to freedom. Read by Sian Thomas.
TUE 14:45 Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales (b00st5bg)
Episode 2
As the jobs start to arrive, the actress recalls the day she danced with American Senator Jack Kennedy.
TUE 15:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1r3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01q0nls)
Mel Giedroyc takes a trip to the British Museum and hears about a hill-walking rubbish collector. Dick and Dom join her for more everyday science in How Dangerous Is Your Garden.
TUE 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c075x)
Series 3
Episode 3
Sheila and Tommy tackle their memoirs, but are their memories up to it?
Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr continue their second stab at fame.
Series 3 of Mike Coleman’s six-part sitcom,
CAST:
Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield
Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes
Murray Franklin …. Julian Eardley
Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted
Dudley Rathbone …. Alex Lowe
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
TUE 17:30 Never Too Late (b011d6rc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Doctor Who (b01pvwsk)
Relative Dimensions
The Time Lord invites his granddaughter and great-grandson to have Christmas dinner aboard the TARDIS. Eighth Doctor adventure stars Paul McGann and Carole Ann Ford.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jy5b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k19l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zf76l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pvws2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Lavinia Greenlaw - The Kamikaze Handbook (b01pvws5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01pp5vg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00bg3gf)
Series 2
Episode 1
Laura reveals 1001 uses for peas, missies a meeting and shuns a caravan owner.
Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series
With Rosie Cavaliero, Ben Moor and Ben Willbond.
Written by Laura Solon. With additional material by Holly Walsh and Jon Hunter.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
TUE 23:00 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b0085flc)
Incy Wincy Quincy
A case for spider pathologist Incy Wincy Quincy and The Archers abroad
Comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman and Nick Romero.
With Richard Coles.
Music by the Gents.
Producer: Julian Mayers
Pilot for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 1998
TUE 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007tm8f)
Series 2
Magic
Did witches really fly with broomsticks between their legs or did they just get a bit overexcited?
Series two of the cult comedy that answers the questions which leave other shows scratching their beards.
Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.
With:
Rebecca Front
Armando Iannucci
And the voice of Tom Baker.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993.


WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY 2013

WED 00:00 Doctor Who (b01pvwsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zf76l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pvbt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:45 All the World's a Globe (b007k4cp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
WED 03:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1r3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pvws2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Lavinia Greenlaw - The Kamikaze Handbook (b01pvws5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c075x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Never Too Late (b011d6rc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl6c)
Bitter Medicine
4. Family Ties
Stepping up her murder hunt, the private eye 'borrows' some files from the Monkfish charity.
Sharon Gless stars in Sara Paretsky's thriller as private investigator V.I. Warshawski.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
V.I. Warshawski …. Sharon Gless
Lottie Herschel …. Eleanor Bron
Mr Contreras/Murray Ryerson …. Kerry Shale
Peter Burgoyne …. William Dufris
Woman 1 and 2 …. Alice Arnold
Ann Beach …. Ann Beach
Bobby Mallory …. Bill Hootkins
Wino 1 …. Chris Pavlo
Wino 2 …. Ioan Meredith
Dick …. John Sharian
Producer: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.
WED 06:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfbbx)
Politically Correct; Where the Wild Flowers Grow
A suspicious banker, and a woman meets a man via a supernatural website. Jeffrey Archer and Bill Murphy's tales read by Michael Maloney and Susan Lynch.
WED 07:00 Double Science (b0133g6w)
Real Ale
A real ale home brewing competition turns incompetent teachers Kenneth and Colin into bitter rivals. The turmoil continues at the Sixth Form College.
Written by and starring Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards.
With Rebecca Front, Raza Jaffrey, Gus Brown and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
WED 07:30 Cabin Pressure (b01l02j9)
Series 4
Timbuktu
Cabin Pressure is a sitcom about the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one plane, charter airline; staffed by two pilots: one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether they're flying squaddies to Hamburg, metal sheets to Mozambique, or an oil exec's cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult...
Episode 1:
Hooray hooray, it's Birling Day once more, where the crew traditionally swap their dignity for cash! But where have all the camels gone? And why is Arthur reading a book?
Written by John Finnemore
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009rnlw)
Series 6
The Fete
The lad rashly agrees to tempt Sir Laurence Olivier to open the East Cheam Garden Fete.
Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Wilfred Babbage, Jack Watson and Hugh Morton.
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 December 1959.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00thy17)
Series 4
Episode 10
British seafarers - and John Cleese in reverse.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Eric Idle and Peter Hutchins.
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 and Bill Oddie.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1966.
WED 09:00 After Henry (b007jpwp)
Series 3
Poor Relations
"No, they're lovely. They'd never make me feel awkward. They'll keep inviting me, even if I never ask them back. That's not the problem. It's my pride. I want to be equal with them. I don't want to traipse around in their wake like something out of Anita Brookner."
Proud Sarah suffers her mother's nosiness, as well as some unexpected advances.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Neville ...... Ian Thompson
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1987.
WED 09:30 Foul Play (b00k2d8w)
Series 3
Commercial Death
Crime writers John Harvey and Val McDermid try to solve the mystery of who killed a radio DJ?
Simon Brett hosts the murder quiz.
Maria McErlane and Lee Simpson play the suspects.
Producer Liz Anstree
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.
WED 10:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00tx095)
Episode 1
A pretty orphan is apprenticed to a dressmaker. Attending a ball, the elegant Bellingham becomes enchanted. Stars Rory Kinnear.
WED 11:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pw3hf)
The House by the Weir and the Way, part 2
In Odile and Sabela's story of love and defiance, a traveller on the pilgrim route changes everything. Read by Sara Kestelman.
WED 11:15 Martyn Wade - Another Shakespeare (b0080hlv)
Drama inspired by the true life story of an 18th-century forger of the Bard. Starring Julian Rhind-Tutt and James Grout.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009rnlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00thy17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl6c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfbbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Karen Blixen - Out of Africa (b01pw3hh)
Visitors to the Farm
In Kenya, Karen has made new friends, Denys and Berkeley, and they share stories about their lives so far. Stars Emma Fielding.
WED 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00n4wyl)
Men at Home
In her hidden home history, Amanda Vickery reveals the stories of family 'black sheep'. Not everyone adhered to polite etiquette.
WED 14:30 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012gr6f)
Episode 8
Where is Valentina? Who is the mystery man outside? And whose version of a family's story should be believed? Read by Sian Thomas.
WED 14:45 Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales (b00stqkz)
Episode 3
Reading from her memoirs of a lifetime in acting, the actress recalls her fame generated by the notorious film 'Peeping Tom'.
WED 15:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00tx095)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01q0v66)
Mel Giedroyc presents part 3 of Jacqueline Wilson's 'Dustbin Baby' and the Inheritance Tracks of Frances de la Tour, plus Dick and Dom ask How Dangerous Is Your Garden.
WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqnr)
Game, Set and Match to Jeeves
Bertie Wooster's in a mess - can his valet Jeeves save his bacon?
PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six parts by Richard Usborne.
Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Paul Eddington as Lord Sidcup, John Le Mesurier as Sir Watkyn Bassett, Denise Coffey as Stiffy Bing, Ronald Fraser as Major Plank Aimi MacDonald as Madeline Bassett, Douglas Blackwell as the Reverend Harold Pinker and Graham Faulkner as the Constable.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
WED 17:30 Double Science (b0133g6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Doctor Who (b01qfqnf)
Prisoner of the Sun
The Time Lord is held against his will for several years, forced to help stop a dying sun from exploding. Eighth Doctor adventure stars Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009rnlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00thy17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl6c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfbbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pw3hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Martyn Wade - Another Shakespeare (b0080hlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Cabin Pressure (b01l02j9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Pick Ups (b008mdd0)
Series 1
Episode 1
Life at a rundown Manchester taxi office. Dave's first job is to take Ivy to Blackpool. Stars John Thomson. From January 2008.
WED 23:00 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jgq2v)
Series 1
Lord of the Onion Rings
Ed fancies Elaine. So does his boss. But in another world, mighty Ed can smite his enemies. With Owen Evans. From August 2000.
WED 23:30 At Home With The Snails (b007k2h6)
Series 1
Episode 1
Fed-up Alex has done nothing since university, but then he discovers an unusual hobby. Stars Geoffrey Palmer. From June 2001.


THURSDAY 17 JANUARY 2013

THU 00:00 Doctor Who (b01qfqnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl6c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfbbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 After Henry (b007jpwp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Foul Play (b00k2d8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00tx095)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pw3hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Martyn Wade - Another Shakespeare (b0080hlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Double Science (b0133g6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl6q)
Bitter Medicine
5. A Matter of Records
Private eye V.I. Warshawski suspects a case of hospital malpractice, as she probes a suspicious death.
Sharon Gless stars in Sara Paretsky's thriller as private investigator V.I. Warshawski.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor
V.I. Warshawski …. Sharon Gless
Lottie Herschel …. Eleanor Bron
Bobby Mallory …. Bill Hootkins
Peter Burgoyne …. William Dufris
Sal/Nurse …. Alice Arnold
Woman …. Ann Beach
Dick …. John Sharian
Max …. Jonathan Adams
Mr Contreras/Murray Ryerson …. Kerry Shale
Producer: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.
THU 06:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfp3q)
The Connection; The Craftsman
A woman's unique powers are reawakened, and a man with a secret faces a dilemma. Polly Devlin and Stuart Neville's tales read by Diana Quick and Frank O'Sullivan.
THU 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s648y)
Series 3
Fatal Distraction
Robert Wilson encounters a young flame.
Farcical sitcom about the trials and tribulations of a young actor desperately seeking work.
John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.
Robert ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Sue ..... Gina McKee
With:
Toby Longworth
Jon Glover
Stephanie Pack
Producer: Dianne Messias
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1993.
THU 07:30 Births, Deaths and Marriages (b01k2f7v)
Series 1
Episode 6
In this episode, the team is thrown into panic as Lorna announces there may be job cuts while Malcolm joins a dating website, fearing that unmarried registrars may be made redundant.
Births, Deaths and Marriages is the sitcom set in a Local Authority Register Office where the staff deal with the three greatest events in anybody's life.
Written by David Schneider (The Day Today, I'm Alan Partridge), who also stars as chief registrar Malcolm Fox - a stickler for rules and willing to interrupt any wedding service if the width of the bride infringes health and safety. He's unmarried but why does he need to be? He's married thousands of women.
Alongside him are rival and divorcee Lorna who has been parachuted in from Car Parks to drag the office (and Malcolm) into the 21st century. To her, marriage isn't just about love and romance, it's got to be about making a profit in our new age of austerity.
There's also the ever spiky Mary, geeky Luke who's worried he'll end up like Malcolm one day, and ditzy Anita who may get her words and names mixed up occasionally but, as the only parent in the office, is a mother to them all.
Cast:
Malcolm ...... David Schneider
Lorna ...... Sarah Hadland
Anita ...... Sandy McDade
Luke ...... Russell Tovey
Mary ....... Sally Bretton
Larry, Mr Charalambous ...... Mike Fenton Stevens
Malcolm's mum, Client registering birth ....... Mel Hudson
Julie, Jessica ...... Gina Peach
James ...... Arran Glass
Producer: Simon Jacobs
A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 08:00 Parsley Sidings (b008s3d0)
Series 1
Goodbye Parsley Sidings
Station Master Horace Hepplewhite takes on the bolshie buffet staff.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Kenneth Connor as Bradshaw and Bill Pertwee as Trimwick.
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 February 1972.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b01479kd)
From 27/01/1955
A thick pea souper leaves Eth stranded at the Glums' house. Stars Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From January 1955.
THU 09:00 1835 (b0129v0m)
Haircut Sir?
Aristocrat Belport and his servant Ned join the police force, and are called upon to solve some murders in the city of London.
But first, to meet police regulations, they must both have hair cut:s - and as luck would have it, there's a barber's on Fleet Street, run by a Mr Sweeney Todd...
Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.
Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Peel ...... Roy Barraclough
Trollope ...... Simon Greenall
Sweeney Todd ...... Jonathan Keeble
Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
THU 09:30 HR (b00hv33d)
Series 1
A Role-Play
Peter discovers that he has to reapply for his own job. But he's not the only one...
Nigel Williams’ comedy drama series charting the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.
Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce
Sam ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Director: Peter Cavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.
THU 10:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00tx3gc)
Episode 2
Taken in by a kindly preacher, abandoned Ruth Hilton must hide a dark secret. Stars Anton Lesser, Rory Kinnear and Anne Reid.
THU 11:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pwcyg)
Mr Carlton
A forced stop on a car journey brings Mr Carlton the gift of beauty in the most unlikely of places. Read by Robert Blythe.
THU 11:15 Shelagh Delaney - Country Life (b01pwcyj)
Rose deals with foot and mouth disease and a moody nephew, then her film-star brother Eddie arrives. With Barbara Marten.
THU 12:00 Parsley Sidings (b008s3d0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b01479kd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfp3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Karen Blixen - Out of Africa (b01pwcyl)
Icarus
Karen and Denys indulge their passions - shooting lions and flying in Denys's plane over Africa. Stars Emma Fielding.
THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pwcyn)
Series 4
Episode 14
Today's the day our four clue finders and Mrs Jones find out the truth, with some unexpected results for Joe Grundy.
THU 14:30 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012h98j)
Episode 9
Two women reveal their inner secrets. Marina Lewycka's tender and funny insight into life as an émigrée. Read by Sian Thomas.
THU 14:45 Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales (b00sttky)
Episode 4
Reading from her memoirs, the actress recalls Alfred Hitchcock hiring her - and how entering analysis helps with learning lines.
THU 15:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00tx3gc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01q19v2)
Mel Giedroyc listens to chapter 4 of Jacqueline Wilson's story 'Dustbin Baby,' and Dick and Dom are getting their hands dirty in How Dangerous Is Your Garden.
THU 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3dm)
Series 3
A Woman's Work
Rabbi Sus delighted to find a role-model, while Rabbi Abraham would settle for a hair-cut.
Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd
Rabbi Marilyn Sugarman ...... Rachel Atkins
Nicola ...... Anny Tobin
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.
THU 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s648y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Doctor Who (b01pwcys)
Lucie Miller
After the Dalek Invasion of Earth - a rematch...
Lucie Miller (Sheridan Smith) has had a troubled relationship with the Doctor (Paul McGann). Forced into the TARDIS by the Time Lords, parting company on bad terms, they seemed to patch up their differences. Lucie wound up travelling the world with the Doctor's great-grandson Alex in the 22nd century.
However, it isn't long before the Doctor is needed again - the Daleks return for a second attempt after he stopped them invading Earth in his first body. This time, it looks like they might succeed, and the Doctor is nowhere to be seen. What's more, it seems another old foe is part of the Daleks' plans - and so is an old friend.
As the odds stack up against Lucie and her human allies, the Doctor finally comes to her aid - but will he get there in time? When he does, will it ultimately matter?
First in a two-part story, this is a full-cast audio drama.
THU 19:00 Parsley Sidings (b008s3d0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b01479kd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfp3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pwcyg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Shelagh Delaney - Country Life (b01pwcyj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Births, Deaths and Marriages (b01k2f7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00dhg7k)
Series 2
Humility
The comedian ponders the virtue of living more modestly. With poetry and songs by Tim Key and Tom Basden. From September 2008.
THU 23:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007s5ds)
Series 1
Vanessa Feltz
Sheffield's aspiring singer-songwriter takes to the airwaves once more from his very own his front room!
Aided by his producer (and sole agent) Ken Worthington, and his hard-to-please wife Mary, the inimitable John Shuttleworth presents celebrity interviews, dodgy keyboard music, and even dodgier jingles.
Can special guest Vanessa Feltz help sort out a tricky domestic problem between him and Mary?
With Boothby Graffoe.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producers: Paul Schlesinger and Martin Willis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.
THU 23:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcs)
More Brothers Faversham
Titus Faversham
The story of Victorian Britain's greatest sporting hero.
The comedy trio's swashbuckling family romp.
Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.
With Miles Jupp and Ingrid Oliver.
Script edited by Richard Turner.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2008.


FRIDAY 18 JANUARY 2013

FRI 00:00 Doctor Who (b01pwcys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfp3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 1835 (b0129v0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 HR (b00hv33d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00tx3gc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pwcyg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Shelagh Delaney - Country Life (b01pwcyj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3dm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s648y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl7g)
Bitter Medicine
6. Public Health
With her murder probe expanding, private detective V.I. Warshawski opts to employ some unusual methods in an attempt to trap the perpetrators.
Sharon Gless stars in the conclusion of Sara Paretsky's thriller.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor
V.I. Warshawski …. Sharon Gless
Lottie Herschel …. Eleanor Bron
Bobby Mallory …. Bill Hootkins
Peter Burgoyne …. William Dufris
Murray Ryerson …. Kerry Shale
Sal/Nurse …. Alice Arnold
Mrs Rodriguez/Nurse/Woman …. Ann Beach
Alan Humphries …. Christopher Scott
Dick …. John Sharian
Max …. Jonathan Adams
Producer: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.
FRI 06:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfz9n)
The F Word
An eminent scientist delivers an extraordinary lecture on his ground-breaking research. Richard McCabe reads Ian Sansom's tale.
FRI 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007r4mg)
Series 1
Episode 5
Tamsyn's had enough of doing all the smuggling and getting none of the credit so is determined to quit.
But when she discovers there's a new charismatic smuggler in town, emergency measures are called for!
18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Imelda Staunton as Courageous Kate and Mark Perry as Hobbs.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
FRI 07:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b01pt9nc)
Series 5
Hector's House of Windsor
Hector's House of Windsor
By Colin Hough
A warm hearted comedic tribute to the Queen's jubilee year.
The Queen's Scots gillie aids her in a cunning plan to put her unruly prime minister and deputy firmly in their place when they visit her at Windsor and she invites them to join her on a canter round the park.
Her own superior wisdom, cunning and diplomatic skills are revealed while Her Majesty's wise and wily old Scots gillie looks on and enters into the fun.
Stanley Baxter plays the gillie and Phyllida Law takes the imperial role in this affectionate fictional account of what just might have happened when the prime minister of the day and his deputy pay Her Majesty a visit.
Written by Colin Hough
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 08:00 The Embassy Lark (b00svc1k)
The Party
Sir Jeremy plays host to the great and the good - and his despised brother-in-law. With Derek Nimmo.
FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsfr)
Series 5
The Man from the Burkiss Way
A deadly game of Russian Roulette Video Cassette and Blake's 7 spoofed.
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: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1980.
FRI 09:00 Bristow (b007r031)
Series 2
When Melancholy Autumn Comes to Chester-Perry
The promise of a Christmas bonus lifts Bristow's spirits - for once, his generosity knows no bounds... But then he takes matters into his own hands when it becomes clear that a bonus for Chester Perry staff isn't forthcoming.
Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the buying clerk from Frank Dickens' famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 41 years in London's Evening Standard.
Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Jonathan Quartly ...... Bernard Cribbins
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Molly ...... Sheila Reid
Rupert Clement ...... Royce Mills
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Richard Blobb ...... Norman Bird
Miss Golightly ...... Lucy Akhurst
Postboy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Receptionist ...... Zeena Eate
Music composed and performed by John Whitehall.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.
FRI 09:30 Snap (b013fct0)
Series 3
Episode 6
Molly's surprise pregnancy makes Doug to do something neither of them ever expected...
Conclusion of Paul Mendelson's sitcom about a couple trying to rebuild their relationship after divorce.
Starring Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn, Jonathan Tafler as Raymond and Richard Firth as Ansel.
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
FRI 10:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00ty016)
Episode 3
Bellingham's return spells danger. Could the damaging truth about Leonard be revealed? Stars Rory Kinnear and Laura Rees.
FRI 11:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pwg2m)
Tea at the Midland
An artist and his art threaten to come between a couple on a romantic outing. Thought-provoking story read by Sian Thomas.
FRI 11:15 Lavinia Murray - By the Coast of Coromandel (b0186yvm)
A surreal tale of Edward Lear in search of his creations. Songs by Nina Perry. Stars Derek Jacobi and Floella Benjamin.
FRI 12:00 The Embassy Lark (b00svc1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl7g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfz9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Karen Blixen - Out of Africa (b01pwg2p)
The Giraffes Go to Hamburg
As Karen faces the necessity of leaving Africa - there is still worse to come. Stars Emma Fielding.
FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00n4wyn)
Illicit Guests
Historian Amanda Vickery shares stories from adultery cases of women sneaking lovers into houses, spied on by their prying servants.
FRI 14:30 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012hbxt)
Episode 10
Reconciliation and a new arrival as Nikolai prepares for the next phase of a long and chequered life. Concluded by Sian Thomas.
FRI 14:45 Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales (b00svcbl)
Episode 5
Concluding her memoirs, the actress recalls her leading role in 'Hotel du Lac' - and a lavish cake presented at a party.
FRI 15:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00ty016)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01q1h0b)
Mel Giedroyc presents the final chapter of this week's story, 'Dustbin Baby' by Dame Jacqueline Wilson, and more everyday science with Dick and Dom in How Dangerous Is Your Garden.
FRI 17:00 Ballylenon (b00fnbtb)
Series 1
Episode 4
The battle commences to bring the opera festival to Killycromper Hall.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home. Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine McCartney as Vivienne Boal, John Hewitt as Guard Gallagher and Gerard McSorley as Stumpy Bonnar.
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
FRI 17:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007r4mg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Doctor Who (b01pwg2t)
To the Death
After the Dalek Invasion of Earth - a rematch...
The Doctor (Paul McGann) can't possibly be dead - but at the end of 'Lucie Miller' he was on board a Dalek spacecraft when it was destroyed...
Lucie (Sheridan Smith) and her friends get him to the TARDIS, but the full extent of the Daleks' new plans for the Earth become clear. It also becomes apparent that the Dalek Time Controller is very much alive and seeking revenge on the Time Lord for an earlier encounter. The chances of victory seem slim, and as rebel forces slowly gather their resources for an attack, the division between friends and enemies isn't so clear cut.
When the final confrontation occurs, the Doctor finds the cost is high and uncomfortably close to home...
Second in a two-part story, this is a full-cast.
FRI 19:00 The Embassy Lark (b00svc1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl7g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfz9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 David Constantine - Tea at the Midland (b01pwg2m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Lavinia Murray - By the Coast of Coromandel (b0186yvm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 John Finnemore, Apparently (b01pwg2w)
The silent majority speaks out. Just before his hit show 'Cabin Pressure' took off, John's one-off sketch show. From May 2008.
FRI 22:30 And Now in Colour (b00cfzx5)
Series 1
Marathon
The sketch show team and their studio audience enter the London Marathon, plus a car valet service with a twist.
Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1990.
FRI 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b00gl83p)
Series 3
Episode 4
A torn glove sparks a health scare for the path lab team. Stars Peter Davison and Geoffrey Whitehead. From February 2006.
FRI 23:30 Half Sketch (b007k0s9)
Series 4
Episode 4
Look back to an incorrect history of the year 2000. Northern Ireland's topical funsters. Stars Tim McGarry. From February 2001.