SATURDAY 09 FEBRUARY 2013

SAT 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009mbjn)
Fight for the Future
Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the weapon away before all is lost...
Conclusion of Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk, Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine and Laura Molyneux as Slipstream.
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
SAT 00:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007s19b)
Earthsearch I
5. The Pools of Time
Darv and Astra, two of the starship's crew, are in grave danger after being taken prisoner by the inhabitants of Zelda 5.
Their crewmates Telson and Sharna are in hot pursuit aboard the Challenger...
James Follett's ten-part adventure serial in time and space.
CAST:
Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold
Sharna …. Amanda Murray
Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv …. Haydn Wood
Angel One …. Sonia Fraser
Angel Two …. Gordon Reid
Helan …. Judy Franklin
Thorden …. John Bott
Spegal …. Stephen Garlick
Custodian of the Past …. Eve Karpf
Old Man …. Godfrey Kenton
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1981.
SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvk0)
Clouds of Witness
The Riddlesdale Inquest
An aristocratic scandal erupts after Lord Peter's Wimsey's brother, the Duke of Denver, is arrested for murder...
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Bunter, James Villiers as the Duke of Denver, Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, James Thomason as the Coroner, Maria Aitken as Lady Mary Wimsey, Nigel Lambert as Freddie Arbuthnot, Betty Cardno as Miss Cathcart, Bill Wallis as Pettigrew and Sean Arnold as Cooper.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.
SAT 01:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015qqx9)
Episode 10
With his memory restored, Campion races against time to foil the counterfeit plot set to ruin the economy. Roger Allam reads Margery Allingham's mystery.
SAT 01:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mw69f)
Episode 10
What was the gunshot heard by the detective as the khansamah was being driven to jail? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.
SAT 02:00 Bristow (b007sxvq)
Series 2
The Girl in the Yellow Overcoat
It's the Chester-Perry office party and Jones thinks all his Christmases have come at once.
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
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
MoorcroftRobert Bathurst
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Post Boy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Witherspoon ...... Peter Kelly
Fenella ...... Anna Mountford
Yellow Overcoat Girl ...... Zeena Eate
Music composed and performed by John Whitehall.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.
SAT 02:30 Ayres on the Air (b00mbz1c)
Series 3
On Yer Bike
Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches.
Pam is joined by Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu for poems about French cycling holidays, the up-side to riding a tandem, getting fit on gym bikes and how to banish the middle-age blues by getting kitted out with a motorbike and leathers.
SAT 03:00 Martyn Wade - Stepniak (b00sfby9)
The bitter-sweet real-life love story of Olive Garnett (sister of the famous Russian Translator, Constance) who meets and falls for a Russian expatriate whose charms hide a secret and rather sinister past...
Written by Martyn Wade.
Olive Garnett ...... Justine Waddell
Stepniak ...... David Horovitch
Connie Garnett ...... Jennie Stoller
Fanny Stepniak ...... Elizabeth Bell
Olive Rossetti ...... Jasmine Hyde
Edward Garnett ...... Charles Simpson
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.
SAT 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfs6z)
The China Factory
A student regrets holding certain things back at her factory holiday job to fit in with the women workers. Read by Emily Taaffe.
SAT 04:15 Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt (b00b0hkx)
A missing recording of Macbeth creates a tie between three people in war-torn West Africa. Powerful drama starring Amanda Root.
SAT 05:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00sts5b)
Series 2
Episode 1
Parish Council leader Mrs Roberts battles on with her village toll tax. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1989.
SAT 05:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00v7v1j)
Series 2
Highwaymen
Major Thomas Falconer attempts to become more of a cad to win Tamsyn, but she’s more concerned er disloyal fans are being poached by "Boyz 2 Rob", the hunky band of highwaymen that is taking Drumlin Bay by storm.
It's 1793 and in the small Cornish village of Drumlin Bay, heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny is still running rings around the customs men, assisted by her drunken father Jago.
Written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Sheridan Smith 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 Hobbs and India Fisher as Alice.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.
SAT 06:00 Anthony Hope - The Prisoner Of Zenda (b01qkm4l)
The great swashbuckling story of the English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll and his adventures in the East European province of Ruritania. Epic historical tale of subterfuge and doppelgangers.
Starring Julian Glover as King Rudolf/Rudolf Rassendyll, Nigel Stock as Colonel Sapt, Hannah Gordon as Princess Flavia and Martin Jarvis as Rupert of Hentzau.
Adapted by Eric Maschwitz and Kay Patrick
Original music (1939) by Robert Chignell and Leslie Woodgate
Cast:
Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf .... Julian Glover
Colonel Sapt .... Nigel Stock
Princess Flavia .... Hannah Gordon
Count Fritz .... David Timson
Rupert of Hentzau .... Martin Jarvis
Duke Michael .... Michael Spice
Antoinette de Mauban .... Anne Kidd
Lord Burlesdon .... Clive Swift
Lady Rose Burlesdon/ Innkeeper .... Diana Bishop
Countess Helga .... Hilda Schroder
Rosa .... Cherry Gilliam
Captain Detchard .... Terry Scully
Johann .... Sam Dastor
Josef .... Haydn Jones
Train guard .... William Sleigh
Bersonin .... David Gooderson
Customs officer .... Brian Haines
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1973.
SAT 07:30 Fabulous Flops (b012qmk3)
Fabulous Flops
Episode 3
Paul Roseby remembers the pain of short-lived musicals inspired by royalty and religion. With Polly James and Bonnie Langford.
SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yc4vv)
Series 6
Episode 12
From Minnesota - the American funny man welcomes opera tenor Raul Melo, guitarist Leo Kottke and VocalEssence. From 2010.
SAT 09:00 I Did It My Way (b009qh5q)
Andy Hamilton
The devil himself talks! The writer and star of 'Old Harry's Game' talks to Peter Reed about his radio life and times.
Featuring The Million Pound Radio Show (July 1991), Old Harry's Game (July 1995 and April 1998), Revolting People (February 2000) and Trevor's World of Sport (Mar 2007).
Andy Hamilton has been involved with some of the finest television comedies of the last four decades - Not the Nine O'Clock News, Drop the Dead Donkey and latterly Outnumbered. Television alone is not the only successful arena for Andy- Old Harry's Game, Revolting People and Trevor's World of Sport are just some of his radio triumphs. 2014 saw Andy's film What We Did On Our Holiday reach cinemas featuring David Tennant, Rosamund Pike and Billy Connolly.
Produced by Martin Dempsey.
SAT 12:00 Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City (Omnibus) (b01qkm6q)
More Tales of the City
San Francisco, 1976. Barbary Lane's residents are on the move, Mary Ann on the high seas and Mona on the highway. Stars Lydia Wilson. From February 2013.
SAT 13:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vd7x5)
Series 3
Grinding
The detective probes the theft of a valuable church painting, and an old Suffolk mill is threatened. Stars Annette Badland.
SAT 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxpn)
Series 6
The Impersonator
When he hears his sound-alike in a TV commercial, the lad heads straight to court.
Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Peter Goodwright, Ann Lancaster, Jerry Stovin, Jack Watson, Ronald Wilson and Wilfrid Babbage.
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.
SAT 14:30 Round the Horne (b00j05wv)
Series 1
Episode 8
Who killed the Amazing Proudbasket? And Kenneth Horne trolls round to 'Bona Tours' - courtesy of Julian and Sandy.
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.
SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yc4vv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Anthony Hope - The Prisoner Of Zenda (b01qkm4l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 The Newsagent's Window (b01qdr38)
Comic story written and narrated by John Osborne about the community he discovered when he started replying to adverts in his local newsagent's window.
SAT 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b013zf1m)
Here There Be Tygers
A planet spurned is no friend to man. Ray Bradbury's surreal space tale stars Max Robinson.
SAT 18:30 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (b007wlpm)
1. Ichabod
In New York State, a few years after the American War of Independence, a tale of two love rivals and a headless horseman unfolds.
Sleepy Hollow school teacher, Ichabod Crane is determined to win the heart of wealthy farmer's daughter, Katrina Van Tassell. Not only does he face opposition from local buck, Brom Bones, but it would also appear that supernatural forces are against him.
An eccentric New Yorker by the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker narrates this bizarrely comic tale.
Washington Irving's classic tale in three parts. Set in 17th-century America
Narrated by Martin Jarvis
Musical score and sound design by award-winning composer, David Pickvance.
The Sleepy Hollow choir:
Ayesha Antoine
Delroy Brown
John Cummins
Gerard McDermott
Carolyn Pickles
Sophie Roberts
Nick Sayce
Ella Smith
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in December 2005.
SAT 19:00 I Did It My Way (b009qh5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Mark Steel Revolution (b00fnnz6)
The Sexual Revolution
Radical comic Mark Steele presents a highly personal account of the sexual revolution.
A series of lectures on the theme of revolution, Mark examines some of the major historical forces at work during revolutions as well as holding up a mirror to our own age.
With Martin Hyder and Carla Mendonca.
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
SAT 22:30 4 at the Store (b00ddx9h)
Series 2
Episode 4
Stand-up at London's Comedy Store with host Simon Bligh, Andrew Maxwell, Pierre Hollins and Simon Evans. From January 2002.
SAT 23:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9k)
The Smithfield Murders
1. Filth and Fat and Blood and Foam
A gruesome murder at London's Smithfield meat market sparks another troubling investigation for Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
DSI Julie Enfield ..... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Sally ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Benjamin Travis ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Joey Jones ...... Don McCorkindale
Miss Sayers ...... Linda Regan
Terence Johns ...... David Bannerman
Rachel Jones ...... Jilly Bond
Micky Matthews ...... John Hollis
Doctor ...... Stephen Thorne
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
SAT 23:30 The Phone (b00wr8q7)
Tourist Trap, by Jon Sen
By Jon Sen.
A series of late night thrillers, each connected by a mysterious mobile phone. When Charlotte picks up the wrong suitcase at the airport, a mini-break on a Greek island soon becomes a holiday from hell.
Sophie . . . . . Kellie Shirley
Charlotte . . . . . Lydia Wilson
Andreas . . . . . Harry Katsari
Doctor . . . . . Chris Pavlo
Voice . . . . . Sean Baker
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.


SUNDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2013

SUN 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b013zf1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (b007wlpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yc4vv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City (Omnibus) (b01qkm6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vd7x5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Anthony Hope - The Prisoner Of Zenda (b01qkm4l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 The Newsagent's Window (b01qdr38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus (b007jtsc)
Episode 3
Marius is walking in the Luxembourg Gardens and sees Cosette. Just one glance and his life is changed forever! But Valjean is nervous...
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan.
Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor Hugo, Lucy Whybrow as Cosette, Jonathan Forbes as Marius, Carl Prekopp as Combeferre and Annette Badland as Toussaint.
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
SUN 07:15 Paper Gardens (b007k2hz)
The Plant Hunters
Leslie Forbes pays a visit to London's Kew Gardens to investigate the enthusiasm of plant hunters and botanical artists.
SUN 07:30 Bleak Expectations (b00w2282)
Series 4
A Wretched Life Made Much, Much Sadder
After an embarrassing disaster involving a bridge and a train full of puppies and orphans Pip and Harry travel to America on the SS Massive Britain, where Pip begins a reading tour.
But all is not as it seems and Mister Benevolent lures our hero into a gunfight at the "All Right I Suppose Corral"
Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson
Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman
Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ..... Susy Kane
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.
SUN 08:00 Doctor at Large (b009544m)
Women on Board
Seasick ship's doctor Simon Sparrow takes a shine to the company chairman's daughter...
The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Jock Hornby, Peter Jones as Easter, Joan Sanderson as Edna Swithenbank and Norma Ronald as Wendy Swithenbank.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1969.
SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b00yjy0z)
The Hole
The time-wasting twosome get bogged down in a building project.
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Starring Wilfrid Hyde White as Number One and Richard Murdoch as Number Two..
With Norma Ronald, Roy Dotrice and John Graham.
Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Edward Taylor, Brian Cooke.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor,
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1965.
SUN 09:00 Horrible Histories (b01nl9r5)
The Rotten Romans
Murky myths, blood-drenched battles, and meet the gruesomest of gladiators. She scared everyone. Stars author Terry Deary.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01qknhk)
Film Star Winners
Jeremy Irons
4 Extra Debut. From Chenier to Cohen, Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From February 2006.
SUN 10:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007k30q)
On Guard 2/2
On Guard: A small dog called Hector comes to dominate his mistress's life while her fiance is abroad. Read by Crawford Logan. From March 2003.
SUN 11:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b0082bz0)
The Christmas Rush
When the Christmas snipping gets out of hand and the salon clients get too crazy, Carlo decides he's had enough. It's time to do something about it...
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 December 1999.
SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra (b01qknmf)
Series 4 - Omnibus
Series 4, Episodes 19-20
Alan is furious, Michael is provoking, Usha is hopeful and Rachel is apologetic in today's dramatic Ambridge Extra.
SUN 11:45 Centurions (b007k007)
Damien Hirst
Sarah Kent and Waldemar Januszczak discuss the work of the artist who preserved a shark in formaldehyde. From 1999.
SUN 12:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus (b007jtsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 Paper Gardens (b007k2hz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Miss Marple - A Pocket Full of Rye (b00tqj5w)
The spinster sleuth suspects a nursery rhyme is behind a set of gory murders. Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars June Whitfield.
SUN 15:00 Doctor at Large (b009544m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry (b00yjy0z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b01qknss)
Mel takes a walk on Ancient Roman streets, makes a Horrible Histories Rotten Ancient Roman meal, and hears about spitting spiders, and an eight-year-old entrepreneur.
SUN 16:30 Horrible Histories (b01nl9r5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Freedom Pass (b00sw6bx)
Episode 7
Using free over-60s travel, Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew head to London Zoo and Regents Park's boating pond. From September 2005.
SUN 18:00 The Scarifyers (b01b1y01)
The Magic Circle
Episode 1
Uncanny investigators MI-13 are back on the case. David Warner joins the regular cast for a brand new Scarifyers adventure, The Magic Circle.
Professor Dunning (Terry Molloy) is finding the business of single-handedly saving Great Britain from the forces of darkness rather taxing.
And Lionheart? Lionheart is missing.
When the only clue to his disappearance seems to lie in a twenty-year-old murder investigation, Dunning turns to the one man who might have the answers: Lionheart's erstwhile colleague Harry 'Thumper' Crow (David Warner).
Harry doesn't hold with supernaturalism, but over the next few days he's going to see some very strange things indeed: a string of murdered magicians, a dead music-hall star come back to life, and a pensioner from the depths of hell.
Can Crow and Dunning find Lionheart? A terrible truth awaits, as they unearth the long-buried secrets of The Magic Circle.
This is the sixth story in supernatural comedy series 'The Scarifyers.' The series follows the exploits of 1930s ghost-story writer Professor Dunning (Terry Molloy) and Detective Inspector Lionheart (Nicholas Courtney), who together investigate weird mysteries under the auspices of top-secret government department MI-13.
In 2011, Nicholas Courtney passed away. 'The Magic Circle' introduces a new lead character, played by David Warner, and serves as a farewell to both Lionheart and to the actor who played him.
PRODUCER
Name: Simon Barnard
Tel: 07771657529
Email: simon@cosmichobo.com
Indie Company Name: Cosmic Hobo Productions.
SUN 18:30 Wally K Daly (b007nfs5)
625Y
2. Elixir of Life
Scientist Kate Brown's attempt to bring her dramatic new gene discovery into the public domain doesn't go to plan...
Conclusion of Wally K Daly intriguing sci-fi drama.
Kate Brown …. Amanda Root
Professor Slingsby …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Joe Barnard …. Jon Strickland
Reporter …. Elizabeth Conboy
Prime Minister …. Chris Tranchell
Minister of Defence …. Ian Masters
Major Peters …. Brett Usher
Danny Flowers …. Stuart Milligan
Lab Technician …. Harry Myers
Minister of Health …. Sandra Clark
Director: Gordon House.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
SUN 19:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b0082bz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra (b01qknmf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
SUN 19:45 Centurions (b007k007)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]
SUN 20:00 Doctor at Large (b009544m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry (b00yjy0z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01qknhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007k30q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Bleak Expectations (b00w2282)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 The Sofa of Time (b00hxnfl)
Where the Brave Go Shopping
Parker discovers that drinking in gravy makes you shrink, Milford gets rich quick as he changes his £1.40 for 7,000,000 Gravish francs at Papa Mbomba's bureau de change, and Marmite takes the boys to get tooled up at Bravemart for the battle against Raemen Bod.
Continuing the epic and timeless tale of two men and their quest to find "The Sofa of Time", the most magical and powerful item of furniture in the entire universe.
It is said that those who sit on the sofa can be transported to anywhere and anytime.
Fantasy sitcom written by Nick Frost and Matt King.
Milford ...... Matt King.
Parker ...... Nick Frost
Marmite ...... Mark Heap
Raamen Bod ...... Peter Serafinowcz
With Kevin Eldon, Julia Deakin, Janei Anderson, Joseph Marcell, Daisy Jones and Andrew Maxwell.
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01qv1gs)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy around. Plus Arthur Smith has poetry and more from John Cooper Clarke.
SUN 23:00 Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop (b0090x8t)
Episode 6
Steve 'not the snooker player' Davis reveals all on streaking, eggs and colonizing the moon. With Dave Lamb. From June 2000.
SUN 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp6w)
Series 1
Moving
Struggling writer Nick ponders moving in with his girlfriend, and which geranium is sexiest?
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 11 FEBRUARY 2013

MON 00:00 The Scarifyers (b01b1y01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007nfs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01qknhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007k30q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b0082bz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra (b01qknmf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:45 Centurions (b007k007)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Doctor at Large (b009544m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Miss Marple - A Pocket Full of Rye (b00tqj5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Horrible Histories (b01nl9r5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvk4)
Clouds of Witness
Mudstains and Bloodstains
The Duke of Denver stands accused of the murder of Captain Dennis Cathcart.
His brother, Lord Peter Wimsey desperately hunts for remaining clues at the scene of the shooting - Riddlesdale Lodge in Yorkshire
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Bunter, Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, Nigel Lambert as Freddie Arbuthnot, Bill Wallis as Pettigrew-Robinson, Miriam Margolyes as Mrs Hardraw and Betty Cardno as the Duchess of Denver.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.
MON 06:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp3qg)
Episode 1
On a foggy London night, a chance meeting for MP John Chilcote looks set to become life changing. Read by Nicholas Boulton.
MON 07:00 Safety Catch (b0178ncg)
Series 2
Brothers in Arms
Darren Boyd is back as reluctant arms dealer Simon McGrath who is generally a nice chap - he just happens to work as an arms dealer, or 'Defence and security equipment system solutions broker' as he prefers to call it.
Whilst battling with his conscience he justifies to himself why five years on he's still in a job he just fell into - after all, what he really wants is to pursue is his career in electronic music. But until that takes off he'll stay where he is, and as his mother so eloquently puts it, "any job where you get your own desk and a hot dinner can't be all bad".
And so as we renew our acquaintance with Simon we find him, using his 'flair for original ideas' to go to extreme lengths to prove to everyone just how badly he feels about doing the job he does.
Series two of Laurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality set in the world of arms dealing.
Simon Mcgrath..........................Darren Boyd
Anna Grieg...............................Joanna Page
Boris Kemal............................Lewis Macleod
Judith McGrath..........................Sarah Smart
Angela McGrath........................Brigit Forsyth
Madeleine Turnbull....................Rachel Atkins
Peter..........................................Gus Brown
Paramedic.....................................Philip Fox
Producer: Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.
MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b01qdtq6)
Series 10
Episode 6
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.
John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Arthur Smith are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Germany, Beards, Camels and Simon Cowell.
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 (b00j05wz)
Series 1
Episode 9
Kenneth Horne trails 'The Spy Who Came With A Cold' and pops round for a trim from riah shushers, Julian and Sandy at Bona Bouffant.
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 May 1965.
MON 08:30 The Al Read Show (b00tf065)
From 25/11/1954
A nagging wife - and secrets of the boys in blue.
Monologues and sketches from the legendary Northern comic "introducing us to ourselves".
With The Tunesmiths and the Augmented Northern Variety Orchestra.
Conductor: Alyn Ainsworth
Produced in the North of England by Ronnie Taylor.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
MON 09:00 Bleak Expectations (b00w7dnw)
Series 4
A Painful Life Further Re-Miserabled
Pip and Harry put to sea with Captain Beehab in a bid to thwart a sea-going Mister Benevolent and rescue Ripely.
But fate has other plans and they are shipwrecked. Pip soon finds himself on a desert island that holds many surprising secrets.
Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson
Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman
Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ..... Susy Kane
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
MON 09:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv61)
Series 3
Episode 1
Ad man Ken Handley snags a leggy model to spy on the work of a rival agency.
Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising
Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis
Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin
Freddie ...... Lockwood West
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
April ...... Shelley Thompson
Hedley ...... Robert Longden
Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths
With Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, David Tate, Sally Grace, Enn Reitel and Anton Rogers.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.
MON 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gq5y)
Time of Hope
Lewis Eliot starts his rise to power by escaping from the drudgery of a council clerk's office in Leicester in the 1920s by passing exams to study at the Bar in this first episode of CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English Establishment and Power.
Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway
With Adam Godley as Lewis Eliot and narrated by David Haig
George Passant ... Bill Wallis
Marion ... Laura Doddington
Sheila Knight ... Anastasia Hille
Herbert Getliffe ... Stephen Moore
Percy Hall ... Danny Webb
Charles March ... Jamie Glover
Leonard March ... John Standing
Katherine March ... Carla Simpson
Ann Simon .... Emma Woolliams
Mrs Getliffe ... Suzanna Hamilton
Revd Knight ...Brett Usher
Directed by Jeremy Howe and Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
MON 11:00 Sue Teddern - Three Women in a Motorhome (b01j8pcx)
Pam's Story
Three very different women - Pam, Kate and Rosemary - set off on a trip that stirs up hopes and fears. Stars Lynda Bellingham.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01qhb84)
Mariel Hemingway; David Baddiel; Mike McShane; Foals; Lord Huron
Clive tames Three Lions with comedian and presenter David Baddiel, who returns to stand-up comedy for the first time in fifteen years. As much a thought-piece as a comedy show, David's trying out material that will become a complete deconstruction of his own fame, and our culture's obsession with celebrities. David Baddiel is at London's Soho Theatre from Monday 11th to Saturday 16th February.
Clive talks to actress Mariel Hemingway, nominated for an Academy Award for her role as Tracy in the Woody Allen film 'Manhattan'. Mariel's attending the World Premiere of the play based on her grandfather, Ernest Hemingway's novel 'The Sun Also Rises' about a man's obsession with bullfighting. 'FIESTA (The Sun Also Rises)' is at London's Trafalgar Studio 2 until Saturday 2nd March.
Clive asks 'Who's Line Is It Anyway?' with actor, singer and improvisational comedian Mike McShane, who's looking sharp as Louis B Mayer in new musical 'The Tailor-Made Man'. It tells the tale of William Haines, the openly gay silent film actor who defied studio pressure to marry and put an end to rumours about his love life. It's at The Arts Theatre, London from 14th to 21st February.
And a welcome return to Foals, who gallop into the studio to perform 'My Number' from their new album 'Holy Fire'. Music also from American Indie-Folk band Lord Huron, who perform the title track from their debut album 'Lonesome Dreams'.
Producer: Jane Thurlow.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Al Read Show (b00tf065)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp3qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmvl)
Episode 16
Can Marius persuade his Grandfather to let him marry Cosette before Valjean takes her to England?
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan.
Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor Hugo, Lucy Whybrow as Cosette, Jonathan Forbes as Marius, Leslie Phillips as Gillenormand, Patsy Palmer as Eponine, Peter Darney as Enjolras, Carl Prekopp as Combeferre, Annette Badland as Toussaint, Leagh Conwell as Gavroche and Sean Baker as Vendor.
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndm9v)
Courtship and Setting Up Home
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both social prestige and a successful marriage.
The story of two 18th-century marriages and how the husbands prepared new houses for their bride. One got it right, the other destroyed any chance of a happy partnership.
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 14:30 Andrew Miller - Pure (b01qkpkk)
Episode 6
The first spades cut the ground of the cemetery. But the miners' digging disturbs more than the earth. Read by John Sessions.
MON 14:45 Ferdinand Mount - Cold Cream (b00yqtxr)
Episode 1
Memoirs of Tory grandee and Thatcher adviser, Ferdinand Mount. Italy and mysteries of cold cream. Read by Oliver Ford Davies.
MON 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gq5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01qkpnf)
Mel Giedroyc introduces the first episode of Blabbermouth by Morris Gleitzman.
MON 17:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t3twl)
Series 1
Episode 2
With no cash for a community centre, the priest turns detective over the mayor's plans. Stars Alun Armstrong. From March 2001.
MON 17:30 Safety Catch (b0178ncg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Haunted (b01qkpqr)
Little Girl Lost by Rosemary Timperley
Her daughter-in-law is worried. Can Mrs Grove really talk with her husband beyond the grave?
A series of stories of the Supernatural.
Rosemary Timperley's tale dramatised by Derek Hoddinott.
Sally ..... Jenny Linden
Herbert ..... John Carson
Mrs Grove ..... Ruth Dunning
Janet ..... Bernadette Windsor
Doctor / John Grove ..... Adrian Egan
Director: Derek Hoddinott
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in October 1979.
MON 18:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007sw34)
Earthsearch I
6. Across the Abyss
The starship Challenger, continuing its search for Earth, has left Zelda 5 and - with Grand Emperor Thorden on board - is heading toward the star cluster, Tersus 9.
Darv is certain that this is where Paradise - a planet discovered by the second generation crew - is to be found.
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
CAST:
Commander Telson .... Sean Arnold
Sharna .... Amanda Murray
Astra .... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv .... Haydn Wood
Angel One .... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two .... Gordon Reid
Kroll .... Michael Spice
Fagor .... Sion Probert
Dren .... John Webb
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1981.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Al Read Show (b00tf065)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp3qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Sue Teddern - Three Women in a Motorhome (b01j8pcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01qhb84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01qdtq6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Party (b011znh7)
Series 2
Is the Party Over?
The aspiring politicians of the new political party move on to tackle drugs and housing and come up with a convenient catch-all solution.
But is there any point if Jared's all set to move to the Isle of Wight?
Second series of Tom Basden's satirical comedy.
Simon ..... Tom Basden
Duncan ..... Tim Key
Jared ..... Jonny Sweet
Mel ..... Ann Crilly
Phoebe ..... Katy Wix
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01qkqbx)
Series 6
Episode 8
An extended edition of this week's News Quiz, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists include Jeremy Hardy and Daniel Finkelstein.
MON 23:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jww5)
7. From Nelson to Women's Emaciation
The emaciation of women.
Continuing the history of mankind.
Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.
Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.
With guest star Peter Barker.
With thanks to
Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990.


TUESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2013

TUE 00:00 Haunted (b01qkpqr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007sw34)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp3qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Bleak Expectations (b00w7dnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gq5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Sue Teddern - Three Women in a Motorhome (b01j8pcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01qhb84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t3twl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Safety Catch (b0178ncg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvk7)
Clouds of Witness
The Diamond Cat
Who is the mysterious "number 10" and what connects him to the beautiful Mrs Grimethorpe?
With his brother accused of shooting Captain Dennis Cathcart, Lord Peter Wimsey continues his murder investigation, as the family barrister arrives in Yorkshire to discuss the case...
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Bunter, Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, Maria Aitken as Lady Mary Wimsey, Brian Oulton as Sir Impey Biggs, Bill Wallis as Grimethorpe, Elizabeth Proud as Mrs Grimethorpe, David Sinclair as the Servant and Bonnie Hurren as Lucy Grimethorpe.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.
TUE 06:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp62r)
Episode 2
MP John Chilcote and his dead ringer John Loder set out to exchange identities, but can they succeed? Read by Nicholas Boulton.
TUE 07:00 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mzslr)
Series 3
Episode 4
Fat is a feminist issue for Pam, and for everyone else when she declares war on gravity. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May 2004.
TUE 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01qdvsy)
Series 5
Dame Evelyn Glennie
Dame Evelyn Glennie, despite having appeared in the Olympic 2012 ceremony as the rhythmic backbone, had never seen it. She watches it for the first time, and also watches Downton Abbey, goes on a Go-Kart, and throws a pot. She gives her verdicts to Marcus Brigstocke.
Produced by Bill Dare.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jyf4)
Series 9
The Call of the West
Count Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne sell saxophones to the Indians in a cowboy caper. Stars Peter Sellers. From January 1959.
TUE 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz1f)
Series 3
The Escape
Author Gerald and his wife Diana feel jaded and start planning a break.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife, Diana.
With Betty Huntley-Wright and Michael McClain.
Written by Basil Boothroyd.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979.
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01qkqbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jww5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gtdx)
The Conscience of the Rich
1920s
Lewis Eliot gets caught up in a political scandal that engulfs the family of his best friend Charles March.
CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English Establishment and Power.
Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway
With Adam Godley as Lewis Eliot and narrated by David Haig
George Passant ... Bill Wallis
Marion ... Laura Doddington
Sheila Knight ... Anastasia Hille
Herbert Getliffe ... Stephen Moore
Percy Hall ... Danny Webb
Charles March ... Jamie Glover
Leonard March ... John Standing
Katherine March ... Carla Simpson
Ann Simon .... Emma Woolliams
Mrs Getliffe ... Suzanna Hamilton
Revd Knight ...Brett Usher
Directed by Jeremy Howe and Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
TUE 11:00 Sue Teddern - Three Women in a Motorhome (b01j9hs7)
Rosemary's Story
84-year-old Rosemary makes an unusual young friend. Will he be able to deliver her surprising request? Stars Marcia Warren.
TUE 11:15 Stephen Mollett - A House Halfway to Africa (b01hz719)
Although he was unlucky in love, artist Vincent van Gogh secured the affections of a young woman in his last years. But was Vincent beyond reciprocating?
Stephen Mollett's drama stars Pete Postlethwaite as Vincent van Gogh, Maria Miles as Claire, Jenny Howe as Marie Ginoux, Jane Whittenshaw as Sien, David Bannerman as Theo van Gogh, Vincent Brimble as Gaugin and David King as Reverend Rochelieu.
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jyf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp62r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmw2)
Episode 17
Valjean confronts Cosette about her love for Marius. Joss Ackland stars in Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love.
TUE 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndm9x)
Neat and Not too Showy
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both social prestige and a successful marriage.
Moving into the 19th century, Prof Vickery explores the homes of people lower down the social scale and their ideas about how they wanted them to look. She draws on a series of funny and revealing letters which she discovered in the archive of a wallpaper company.
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 14:30 Andrew Miller - Pure (b01qksv0)
Episode 7
Still recovering from the attack in his bedroom, Baratte starts to make some changes. Read by John Sessions.
TUE 14:45 Ferdinand Mount - Cold Cream (b00yrshz)
Episode 2
Shooting with father leads to farce and tragedy. Tory grandee Ferdinand Mount's memoir, read by Oliver Ford Davies.
TUE 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gtdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01qksx4)
Mel Giedroyc introduces the second part of Blabbermouth by Morris Gleitzman.
TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx4k)
Series 2
Overtaken By Events
Hannah's driving her mother round the bend, while son Joe is discovering girls.
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia Imrie as Hilary, Kelda Holmes as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe.
Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Producer: Sioned Wiliam
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989.
TUE 17:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mzslr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Haunted (b01qkt50)
Walk on the Water by Rosemary Timperley
A salutary lesson about talking to strangers, as a young girl finds her whole life blighted by one encounter.
A series of stories of the Supernatural.
Rosemary Timperley's tale dramatised by Derek Hoddinott.
Rachel ..... Anna Cooper
Mother ..... Ursula Howells
Father ..... Jack May
Peter ..... David Ashford
Man ..... Brian Hewlett
With Brian Haines, Trevor Cooper and Leonard Fenton.
Director: Derek Hoddinott
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in November 1979.
TUE 18:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jld3)
Earthsearch I
7. New Blood
Telson and Sharna, two of the Challenger's crew, have entered the floating hulk of its sister ship and discovered it houses a population with no knowledge of anything outside their own small world. To them, Earth is eternity.
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
CAST:
Commander Telson .... Sean Arnold
Sharna .... Amanda Murray
Astra .... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv .... Haydn Wood
Angel One .... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two .... Gordon Reid
Fagor .... Sion Probert
Lenart .... Jane Knowles
Tandor .... Pauline Letts
Forty One .... John Church
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1981.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jyf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp62r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Sue Teddern - Three Women in a Motorhome (b01j9hs7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Stephen Mollett - A House Halfway to Africa (b01hz719)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01qdvsy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00c5xtr)
Series 2
Episode 5
An attic full of peas, switching from Girl Guide to sumo wrestler and dull geological holidays.
Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series
With Rosie Cavaliero, Ben Moor and Ben Willbond.
Written by Laura Solon.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
TUE 23:00 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b0089lxf)
Turning 40
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero's pun-fest with a distraught Robin Wood turning 40 and The Archers goes sci-fi.
Comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman and Nick Romero.
With Richard Coles.
Music by the Gents.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998
TUE 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtql)
Series 2
The Scheme of Things
Where does Britain fit in the Theatre of Being?
Cult New Age 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 August 1993.


WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2013

WED 00:00 Haunted (b01qkt50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jld3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp62r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01qkqbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jww5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
WED 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gtdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Sue Teddern - Three Women in a Motorhome (b01j9hs7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Stephen Mollett - A House Halfway to Africa (b01hz719)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mzslr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvkk)
Clouds of Witness
Mary Quite Contrary
Mystery deepens over the illness of Lord Peter Wimsey's sister, Lady Mary Wimsey.
As he continues his investigation into Captain Cathcart's murder, the upper class sleuth's mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver has arrived...
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Bunter, Patricia Routledge as the Dowager Duchess of Denver, Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, Maria Aitken as Lady Mary Wimsey, Miriam Margolyes as Miss Tarrant, David Sinclair as Doctor Thorpe and Bonnie Hurren as the Woman/Cockney.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.
WED 06:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp7xf)
Episode 3
Attending Lady Bramfell's reception as Chilcote, Loder partakes in the night's crystal ball gazing. Read by Nicholas Boulton.
WED 07:00 Fat Chance (b019fwxg)
Weigh in with Wendy
Graham joins the members of a slimming club run by Wendy Bottomley.
Jenny McDade's high-fat bittersweet five-part comedy - for those believing there's a thin person inside them begging to get out.
Graham Pitscottie ..... Gareth Corke
Wendy Bottomley ..... Janine Duvitski
Clive Bottomley ..... Michael Troughton
Soo Pitscottie ..... Anne Reid
Tina Tattersall ..... Julia Deakin
Kelly Chambers ..... Tilly Gaunt
Lee Dubs ..... Harry Myers
Mrs Enright ..... Frances Jeater
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
WED 07:30 Cabin Pressure (b01qdzc4)
Series 4
Xinzhou
Sitcom by John Finnemore about the pilots of a tiny charter airline.
It's cold, it's dark & there's no food on board. What better time for Gertie to decide to fall to bits? And what worse time for Arthur to try out his maths skills?
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...
Written by John Finnemore
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for the BBC.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
The First Night Party
The lad throws a launch party - with cocktails and dinner - for his very first half hour, but things don't quite go to plan.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Gerald Campion and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tv7wx)
Series 4
Episode 14
To mark the end of series 4, it's panto time with Jack and the Beanstalk!
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 Eric Idle 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 and Bill Oddie.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1967.
WED 09:00 After Henry (b007jq6v)
Series 3
A Box of Chocolates
"Any treaty drawn up with my mother would have to include strict boundary agreements. I'm afraid she has the same attitude to frontiers as Genghis Khan. And now I come to think of it, the similarities don't end there."
When Sarah meets an old flame 30 years on, her mother manages to interrupt them once again.
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
Peter ...... Tom Wilkinson
Doctor ...... Julie Berry
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 October 1987.
WED 09:30 Street and Lane (b00vzz09)
Series 2
Estimates Day
When the Yorkshire builders price up fitting mirrors, they start seeing double...
Series 2 of Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby's comedy stars Shaun Dooley as Johnny Street, Fine Time Fontayne as Arthur Lane, Christine Kavanagh as Janet, Mark Straker as John, Sam Dale as Franklin and Rachel Atkins as Julia.
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
WED 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gyjd)
The Masters, Part 1
1920s. Lewis Eliot is teaching in a Cambridge College when an election is called for a new Master.
CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English Establishment and Power.
Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway
With Adam Godley as Lewis Eliot and narrated by David Haig
Francis Getliffe ... Andy Taylor
Winslow ... Clive Merrison
Brown ... Philip Franks
Calvert ... Adam Levy
Jago ... David Calder
Nightingale ... Jeremy Child
Chrystal ... Matthew Marsh
Crawford ... Hugh Quarshie
Mrs Jago... Joanna Monroe
SIr Horace Timberlake... Ian Hogg
Directed by Jeremy Howe and Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
WED 11:00 Sue Teddern - Three Women in a Motorhome (b01j9mz6)
Kate's Story
Kate gets some troubling news that may cut the journey short, and her mum has a surprise waiting for her. Stars Rebecca Smart.
WED 11:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007q9f4)
Anton in Eastbourne
Mr Anton arrives for a sojourn. He expects to meet a young lady with a little dog. He knows her stories well. But he doesn't yet seem to know his own.
Peter Tinniswood's last play was created as a tribute for Chekhov admirer, Paul Scofield.
Anton ...... Paul Scofield
Miss Mansfield ...... Emma Fielding
Mr Kember ...... Stephen Thorne
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tv7wx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp7xf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmwk)
Episode 18
Tragedy stalks the streets and a familiar face is discovered spying on the Revolutionaries. Starring Joss Ackland.
WED 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00njctx)
Education in the Moral Home
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
Homes were exposed to huge forces of change in the 19th and 20th century, responding to industrialisation, pollution, and the imperial mission. Prof Vickery explores how they remained idealised havens in a heartless, dirty world.
Until the late-19th century, home was the only schoolroom many British children were to experience, especially if they were girls. But was domestic education really so inferior to formal schooling? Drawing on diaries she has discovered, Prof Vickery explores home education from the perspective of both mother and child.
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 14:30 Andrew Miller - Pure (b01qkvl0)
Episode 8
To the consternation of those around him, Baratte asks Heloise Godard to move in with him. Read by John Sessions.
WED 14:45 Ferdinand Mount - Cold Cream (b00yrw87)
Episode 3
After a letter from the bank manager, Ferdinand needs employment. The writer and politician's memoir read by Oliver Ford Davies.
WED 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gyjd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01qkw3t)
Mel Giedroyc hears the Inheritance Tracks of chef Heston Blumenthal.
WED 17:00 No Commitments (b01qkw3m)
Series 11
Accentuate the Positive
Emily is in Australia, Charlotte is still engaged and Roger is worried. Can Anna cope? Stars Rosemary Leach. From January 2005.
WED 17:30 Fat Chance (b019fwxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Haunted (b01qlclc)
The Dream Woman by Wilkie Collins
Isaac lives in constant fear of a knife-wielding female. But is she of this Earth - or from beyond the grave?
A series of stories of the Supernatural.
Wilkie Collins's tale dramatised by Derek Hoddinott.
Isaac ...... Charles Kay
Rebecca ...... Maureen O'Brien
Doctor ...... Richard Bebb
Landlord ...... Douglas Blackwell
Mrs Stratchard ...... Katherine Parr
With David Timson and Danny Schiller.
Director: Derek Hoddinott
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in November 1979.
WED 18:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jldg)
Earthsearch I
8. Marooned
The Challenger's crew has returned to its solar system to discover that a million years has passed on Earth while only 115 years had passed on their starship.
After their devastating news, the four-strong crew face peril from a once benign force.
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
CAST:
Commander Telson .... Sean Arnold
Sharna .... Amanda Murray
Astra .... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv .... Haydn Wood
Angel One .... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two .... Gordon Reid
Sentinel .... Alexander John
George .... John McAndrew
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1981.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tv7wx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp7xf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Sue Teddern - Three Women in a Motorhome (b01j9mz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007q9f4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Cabin Pressure (b01qdzc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Pick Ups (b008w3xx)
Series 1
Episode 5
A sticky DIY mishap for cabbie Dave, and Mike's first job is with the menacing Jess. Taxi firm sitcom stars John Thomson, Sally Lindsay, Ash Tandon, Phil Rowson. From February 2008.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01qyggp)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy around. Sara Pascoe talks to Nat Luurtsema.
WED 23:00 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jh6jw)
Series 1
Norwich
The duo desperately seek inspiration for the final script of their series. Stars Karl Minns and Owen Evans. From September 2000.
WED 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00w0d8p)
Series 6
Edith
Satan strikes a bizarre bargain with an eminent historian. Devilish sitcom starring Andy Hamilton and Annette Crosbie. From September 2007.


THURSDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2013

THU 00:00 Haunted (b01qlclc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jldg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dp7xf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 After Henry (b007jq6v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Street and Lane (b00vzz09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gyjd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Sue Teddern - Three Women in a Motorhome (b01j9mz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007q9f4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 No Commitments (b01qkw3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Fat Chance (b019fwxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvkp)
Clouds of Witness
The Morning After
Despite his sister Mary's confession, the aristocratic murder mystery is far from over yet for Lord Peter Wimsey...
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Bunter, Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, Maria Aitken as Lady Mary Wimsey, Patricia Routledge as the Duchess of Denver, Malcolm Hayes as Murbles, Clifford Norgate as Goyles and Brian Oulton as Sir Impy Biggs.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.
THU 06:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dpl2p)
Episode 4
Acclaimed in the Commons as MP Chilcote, will an event from Loder's past unmask his true identity? Read by Nicholas Boulton.
THU 07:00 Up the Garden Path (b008g7p2)
Series 3
Over-Drawn, Over-Sexed and Over-Optimistic
It's crunch time for Izzy, with Bill, Michael and Razors all vying for her attention.
Imelda Staunton stars as Isabelle 'Izzy' Comyn.
With Mike Grady as Dick, Marty Cruickshank as Maria, Nicholas Le Prevost as Michael, Rene Zagger as Razors, Sion Probert as Gwyn and Neil McCaul as Bill.
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something teacher Izzy has a predilection for inappropriate men.
A six-part radio sequel first adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The last of three series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1993.
THU 07:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b01qfjdg)
Series 2
Crime and Punishment
Stephen K Amos is joined by stand-up comedians Alfie Moore, Ava Vidal and Richard Herring to compile an Idiot's Guide to Crime and Punishment. Producer: Colin Anderson.
THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jph9)
Who Owned the Pier?
1948: In the battle to restore the pier in Frambourne-on-Sea, hopes rest on a visit from an electrician...
A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee.
Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier
Frank Pike ...... Ian Lavender
Bert Hodges ...... Bill Pertwee
Miss Perkins ...... Vivienne Martin
Mr Guthrie ...... Glynn Edwards
Mr Watkins ...... Barry Gosney
Assistant ...... Stuart Sherwin
Librarian ...... James Bryce
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1983.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b01qld5w)
From 03/10/1955
Ron Glum faces jail - will Eth stand by her man? Stars Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From March 1955.
THU 09:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqjk)
The Charge of the Boys' Brigade
Miss Primrose is ordered to travel to South Africa and murder General Cheeseman. With Alison Steadman. From September 1988.
THU 09:30 Jest a Minute (b0170c50)
Series 2
Episode 2
Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff.
With Markus Birdman, Lloyd Langford, Chris Corcoran and Steve Williams.
Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn.
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in 2006.
THU 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gzk8)
The Masters, Part 2
The politics of the Cambridge college where Lewis teaches becomes poisonous as the country stands on the brink of war.
CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English Establishment and Power.
Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway
With Adam Godley as Lewis Eliot and narrated by David Haig
Francis Getliffe ... Andy Taylor
Winslow ... Clive Merrison
Brown ... Philip Franks
Calvert ... Adam Levy
Jago ... David Calder
Nightingale ... Jeremy Child
Chrystal ... Matthew Marsh
Crawford ... Hugh Quarshie
Mrs Jago... Joanna Monroe
SIr Horace Timberlake... Ian Hogg
Directed by Jeremy Howe and Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
THU 11:00 Crossing the Glacier by Berlie Doherty (b007jv9m)
Gerda and Pam are two women who find themselves emotionally frozen in the past. Short story read by Janet Dale.
THU 11:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
When Jimmy asks Clara to teach him to read, an unlikely friendship develops, forged through fear. Stars Jim Sturgess.
THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jph9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b01qld5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dpl2p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmwz)
Episode 19
Marius and the rebels face the cannons while Valjean and Javert face each other. Who will survive? Starring Joss Ackland.
THU 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00njct8)
The Garden Indoors
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
Homes were exposed to huge forces of change in the 19th and 20th century, responding to industrialisation, pollution and the imperial mission. Prof Vickery explores how they remained idealised havens in a heartless, dirty world.
By the mid-19th century, the majority of the British population lived in filthy polluted towns. Yet the Victorians contrived increasingly ingenious ways to domesticate nature, capturing ferns and sea anemones under glass in their parlours.
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 14:30 Andrew Miller - Pure (b01qldfg)
Episode 9
After the rape, Lecoeur hides at Les Innocents with a pistol. Baratte hunts for him, armed with a spade. Read by John Sessions.
THU 14:45 Ferdinand Mount - Cold Cream (b00ysn2n)
Episode 4
A surprise new job at the heart of the Thatcher government. Tory grandee Ferdinand Mount's memoir, read by Oliver Ford Davies.
THU 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gzk8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01qldfj)
Mel Gieldroyc with this week's story, Blabbermouth by Morris Gleitzman.
THU 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b00cfgxs)
Series 3
A Very Nice Girl
A difficult and testing time as Rabbi Abraham struggles after his collapse and Rabbi Su meets a hospital doctor.
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
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd
Rabbi Gerald Nathan ...... Kerry Shale
Dr Mark Gluckstein ...... Ben Crowe
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2002.
THU 17:30 Up the Garden Path (b008g7p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Haunted (b01qldfl)
Listen to the Silence by Rosemary Timperley
Mary must face her fears. Can she refuse the offer made by a strange voice claiming to be her grandfather? Stars Gwen Watford.
A series of stories of the Supernatural.
Rosemary Timperley's tale dramatised by Patricia Mays.
Mary ...... Gwen Watford
Captain ...... George Pravda
Mrs Maple ...... Patsy Rowlands
Doctor ...... David Ashford
With Heather Bell and Alexander John.
Director: Derek Hoddinott
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in January 1982.
THU 18:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jldt)
Earthsearch I
9. Star Cluster - Tersus Nine
Having destroyed the warrior android Fagor and returned safely to the starship Challenger, the crew have resumed their search for Earth and are heading - in a state of suspended animation - for Tersus Nine.
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
CAST:
Commander Telson .... Sean Arnold
Sharna .... Amanda Murray
Astra .... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv .... Haydn Wood
Angel One .... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two .... Gordon Reid
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1981.
THU 19:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jph9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b01qld5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dpl2p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Crossing the Glacier by Berlie Doherty (b007jv9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b01qfjdg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b01qldms)
Series 8
Episode 1
Made for 4 Extra. The eighth series of the topical sketch show which anyone can write for. With Justin Edwards, Pippa Evans, Nadia Kamil and Lewis Macleod.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01qygp3)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy aroundSara Pascoe chats a little more with Nat Luurtsema.
THU 23:00 Son of Cliche (b00pbx1y)
Weird Magazines
Spoofing student life and a meaty mammal.
Sketch comedy with Chris Barrie, Nick Maloney and Nick Wilton.
Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.
Producer: Alan Nixon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.
THU 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tbb7d)
Series 2
Conference
John Weak designs the perfect company conference using only a video of great sporting moments and that fox from Channel 5 News.
Randy, devious, sexist and workshy, John Weak puts the man into management – in the return of Guy Browning’s sitcom.
Starring Alexander Armstrong as marketing maestro and "totty" magnet John Weak.
Hayley ...... Clare Perkns
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Hayley ...... Clare Perkns
Ross Fullbright ...... Ewan Bailey
Giles Renton Willis ...... Stephen Critchlow
Marian Davis ...... Adjoa Andoh
Camilla Harma-McCall ...... Beth Chalmers
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006.


FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013

FRI 00:00 Haunted (b01qldfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jldt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dpl2p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Jest a Minute (b0170c50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gzk8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Crossing the Glacier by Berlie Doherty (b007jv9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b00cfgxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Up the Garden Path (b008g7p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvkv)
Clouds of Witness
In a Fog
On the trail of the Grimethorpes, Lord Peter Wimsey and Bunter get lost on the moor...
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Bunter, James Villiers as the Duke of Denver, Bill Wallis as Grimethorpe, Elizabeth Proud as Mrs Grimethorpe, David Sinclair as Jake and Alan Rowe as the Warden Rescuer.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1974.
FRI 06:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dps76)
Episode 5
After exchanging identities, MP John Chilcote and John Loder's masquerade is in danger of discovery. Read by Nicholas Boulton.
FRI 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00vcx38)
Series 2
France
Captured by French revolutionaries, Tamsyn faces an excruciating torture involving a shuttlecock, some badminton rackets and two fat naked Germans.
It's 1793 and in the small Cornish village of Drumlin Bay, heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny is still running rings around the customs men, assisted by her drunken father Jago.
Written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Sheridan Smith 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 and Mark Perry as Hobbs.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
FRI 07:30 Valentine's Day (b01qhdjz)
Following on from his very successful John Peel's shed, here is another beautiful story of every day life from the very talented John Osbourne.
A young man starts turning out his junk and comes across a box of memories he has saved, letters, birthday and Valentine's cards he has received over the years, tickets for gigs he's been to. And through these we come to understand the recent events in his life.
Some are from an ex girlfriend. His first love (played by Isy Suttie) - they were together when they were teenagers.
Others are from his mum (played by Suki Webster.) She worries about him. She means well and is trying to make him feel better but it makes him feel worse. John will tell this story in front of an audience in the Radio Theatre.
There are also postcards from his Gran (Ann Beach) mainly moaning about her various seaside trips.
This is recorded in the Radio Theatre in front of an audience.
FRI 08:00 The Embassy Lark (b00szhvj)
Mr Pettigrew's Life Story
The First Secretary reveals how a liking for the ladies has always got him into trouble. With Frank Thornton. From May 1968.
FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsnb)
Series 5
Settle Out of Court the Burkiss Way
Find out 'What's My Gender', plus a galactic 'Panorama'.
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 November 1980.
FRI 09:00 Tony's (b007jsz2)
Series 1
Putting on the Style
Misadventures of a corner-shop barber, with a battle against rival Boris the Russian. Stars Victor Spinetti. From October 1979.
FRI 09:30 Ayres on the Air (b00mg9fy)
Series 3
Shopping
Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches.
Pam is joined on stage by Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu for poems and sketches on the subject of Shopping. Featuring sketches about braving the cosmetics department, and how some shop assistants think anyone over 40 should only wear beige.
Pam's shopping poems include 'Nowadays We Worship at Saint Tesco', the Contact Lens poem and 'I Can't Find Nice Knickers', one of her briefer poems.
FRI 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017h805)
The Light and the Dark
As the Second World War erupts, Lewis Eliot heads to Whitehall and his love life takes an unexpected turn.
CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English Establishment and Power.
Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway
With Adam Godley as Lewis Eliot and narrated by David Haig
Hector Rose ...Rupert Vansittart
Roy Calvert .... Adam Levy
Houston Eggar ... Peter Marinker
Willy Romantovski ... Kenneth Collard
Gilbert Cooke ... Anthony Calf
Margaret Davidson ...Juliet Aubrey
Rosalind ... Anne-Marie Duff
Betty Vane ... Carla Simpson
Directed by Jeremy Howe and Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
FRI 11:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - Three Hours Between Planes (b01hpx3k)
With three hours to kill, Donald looks up an old flame - and gets a big surprise. Short story read by Garrick Hagon.
FRI 11:15 Chris Thompson - Skeggy (b007jtlr)
Three couples have their own reasons for returning to the scene of their happiest holidays in the resort of Skegness.
Part of Radio 4 Extra's Great British Seaside Staycation.
Chris Thompson's seaside drama stars Sean Connolly as Dave, Susan Brooke as Marie, Laura Chambers as Lauren, Joyce Gibbs as Sheila, Norman Bird as Charlie, Veda Warwick as Mrs Adams, Alison Carney as Jane and Tom Knight as Martin.
Producer: Peter Wild
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
FRI 12:00 The Embassy Lark (b00szhvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsnb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvkv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dps76)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmxc)
Episode 20
With Marius in his arms and barely alive, Valjean struggles to find a way out of the Parisian sewers. Starring Roger Allam.
FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00njctb)
Exporting the Home
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
Homes were exposed to huge forces of change in the 19th and 20th century, responding to industrialisation, pollution and the imperial mission. Prof Vickery explores how they remained idealised havens in a heartless, dirty world.
Prof Vickery explores the kind of homes the British struggled to create in India, using the diaries and letters of colonial settlers.
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 14:30 Andrew Miller - Pure (b01qlg0h)
Episode 10
The miners have built a pyre for their dead comrade, and hold a vigil in the ruins of the church. Concluded by John Sessions.
FRI 14:45 Ferdinand Mount - Cold Cream (b00ysqf2)
Episode 5
A dramatic moment in political history and a return to damsons. Ferdinand Mount's memoir concluded by Oliver Ford Davies.
FRI 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017h805)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01qlg0k)
Mel Giedroyc introduces the final part of Blabbermouth by Morris Gleitzman.
FRI 17:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00sxbj7)
Series 2
Episode 2
Parish council leader Mrs Roberts sparks in-fighting and economic upheaval. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1989.
FRI 17:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00vcx38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Haunted (b01qlg49)
The Judge's House by Bram Stoker
Malcolm Malcolmson discovers the truth of 'absurd prejudices' which have accrued around an empty property.
A series of stories of the Supernatural.
Bram Stoker's tale dramatised by Patricia Mays.
Malcolmson ...... Nigel Havers
Mrs Witham ...... Jane Thompson
With David Timson and Alexander John.
Director: Derek Hoddinott
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in January 1982.
FRI 18:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b00cfzsp)
Earthsearch I
10. Earthfall
Despite the difficulties put in their way by the two guardian 'Angels', the crew of the Challenger have found Paradise - an earth-like planet originally discovered by the second generation crew.
However, the 'Angels' are by no means beaten.
Conclusion of James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
CAST:
Commander Telson .... Sean Arnold
Sharna .... Amanda Murray
Astra .... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv .... Haydn Wood
Angel One .... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two .... Gordon Reid
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1981.
FRI 19:00 The Embassy Lark (b00szhvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsnb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvkv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dps76)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - Three Hours Between Planes (b01hpx3k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Chris Thompson - Skeggy (b007jtlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b0137yqf)
Series 2
Episode 4
The human chameleon's host of comic characters from a deluded teenager to a nonagenarian Diva.
Multi-paced, one woman Fast Show starring Lucy Montgomery.
With:
Philip Pope
Sally Grace
Waen Shepherd
Natalie Walter
Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steve Burge, Jon Hunter, Fay Rusling, Abigail Burdess, Suk Pannu, Andy Wolton and Joseph Morpurgo.
Script Editor: Dan Tetsell
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.
FRI 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b007jzvf)
Series 1
Episode 1
The funny man throws open his radio drop-in centre for sketches, chat and big, big fibs. With Phill Jupitus. From May 2005.
FRI 23:00 Ivor Cutler - A Stuggy Pren (b00cmjv9)
Episode 2
Alison O'Kill wants to read Ivor Cutler a poem, while Craig Murray-Orr can't think with the sun in his eyes.
A tale-toddling kittle of poems, songs and stories from the lodgings of humorist Ivor Cutler.
Passers-through include sculptor Craig Murray-Orr and apprentice wordsmith Alison O'Kill.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in May 1994.
FRI 23:15 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (b00s3j26)
Cabbage Looking in Mufti
The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity.
Written by and starring Viv Stanshall.
Contains edits of an original John Peel session as first heard on BBC Radio 1.
Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using additional musicians.
Producer: John Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.
FRI 23:30 Innes Own World (b0178mxy)
Episode 2
A radio programme that takes you inside Neil Innes's head and doesn't let you out for half an hour.
Featuring "The Breakfast Things", Neil's own version of The Today Programme, broadcast from his kitchen table.
Script Editor: John Dowie
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.