The BBC has announced that it has a sustainable plan for the future of the BBC Singers, in association with The VOCES8 Foundation.
The threat to reduce the staff of the three English orchestras by 20% has not been lifted, but it is being reconsidered.
See the BBC press release here.

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SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2011

SAT 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b00cfzsp)
Earthsearch I

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.

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.


SAT 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00d9z5l)
The Curious Case of the Centenary Centaur

Hugo Rune and Rizla cause a riot at a new-age seminar. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.


SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b00s6brb)
Five Red Herrings

3. Bicycles

One of six suspects over the death of Sandy Campbell, Jock Graham has let slip that he knows rather more than he pretends. Lord Peter Wimsey investigates.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Hammond/PC Duncan …. David Strong
Jock Graham …. Christopher Scoular
Inspector MacPherson …. Don McKillopp
Jaime Mair/The Constable …. Jonathan Scott
Ferguson …. Iain Blair
Mrs McGregor …. Miriam Margoyles
Helen McGregor …. Yvonne Gillan
PC Ross …. Gordon Kane

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978.


SAT 01:30 Above Suspicion (b00cfwdc)
Episode 5

Mission accomplished, amateur spies Frances and Richard are being watched by a man with a duelling scar. Read by Emma Currie.


SAT 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00cmypt)
Series 1

The Final Supper

It's Frewitt Cup Final day. A day of destiny for the Patterson family and Father Benedict.

Will there be tears of joy at the end of it? Or a weeping and a gnashing of teeth?

A six-part black comedy by Martin Davies

Stars Desmond Barrit as Father Benedict, Brenda Blethyn as Mrs Patterson, Paul Parris as Robert Patterson, Charlotte Coleman as Barbara Patterson, Martino Lazzeri as Guy Entwhistle, Mark Straker as Andy, Claire Skinner as Janet and Gordon Reid as Mr Plant.

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.


SAT 02:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lw1m5)
Series 1

Episode 7

Vic Reeves hosts, as Sean Lock, Patrick Kielty, Liz Smith and Suggs answer questions from the audience. From August 2007.


SAT 03:00 What's So Funny? (b0121zvz)
Series 1

Episode 12

Rufus Hound and guests with news, reviews and previews of what's happening in comedy this week.


SAT 03:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0121zz9)
Series 1, Episodes 23-24

Alice is keeping a vigil, and the competition's hotting up between Harry and Rhys.


SAT 04:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0121xgr)
Deaths and Entrances

John's political pursuits lead him to Westminster and Welsh valley mines.

Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.

Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.

John Shawcross ...... Ian McKellen
Tom Hannaway ...... Geoffrey Wheeler
Lord Lostwithiel of Hereward Castle ...... Jeffrey Wickham
Lady Lettice Melland ...... Helen Ryan
Anne Artingstall ...... June Barry
Lizzie Lightowler ...... Rosalie Crutchley
Arnold Ryerson ...... Andrew Jackson
Pen Muff ...... Vida Paterson
Harry Liskeard ...... Peter Guinness
Jimmy Newboult ...... John Baldwin
Ellen Stansfield ...... Rosalie Williams
Edith Ryerson ...... Ann Rye
Nell Richards ...... Nina Holloway
Marsden ...... Herbert Smith
Carrickfergus ...... James Tomlinson
Evan Vaughan ...... Richard Clay-Jones
Gallery Assistant ...... Rory Scase

Director: Trevor Hill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.


SAT 05:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b007cp1n)
The Entire History of Theatre Through the Ages and How It Is Done

The National Theatre of Brent reveals the true history of the stage. Stars Patrick Barlow. From May 2007.


SAT 05:30 Snap (b00tvql2)
Series 2

Episode 4

A problem aired is a problem shared, but will Ryan find a way to deal with being bullied on his own?

And Molly doesn't care who Doug goes out with now they’re divorced, but she'd still like to know all the details...

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, Samantha Spiro as Dawn and Jonathan Tafler as Raymond.

Producer: David Ian Neville

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.


SAT 06:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote (b007k0d1)
Episode 1

The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de Ie Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra.

Don Quixote dons his rusty armour, mounts his broken down horse and sets off with Sancho Panza, his faithful squire, to put the world to rights. The classic adventure published in 1605. Adapted by John Arden.

Starring Bob Grant as Don Quixote, Bernard Cribbins as Sancho Panza, Ronald Baddiley as Cervantes and Meg Johnson as Aldonza.

Music composed by Stephen Boxer.

Director: Alfred Bradley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.


SAT 07:30 What's So Funny? (b0121zvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today]


SAT 08:00 An Hour With... (b00bdjh3)
Jon Pertwee

The star of 'Doctor Who', 'The Navy Lark' and 'Worzel Gummidge', actor Jon Pertwee entertains an audience with his one-man biographical show - sharing tales from his very early days through to his career highlights.

Jon recalls life at school and in the navy during the war. Staying afloat, he moves onto working on popular BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark - and reveals how one of his co-stars was instrumental in him taking over from Patrick Troughton as Doctor Who for BBC TV in the 1970s.

Later when playing Worzel Gummidge for Southern TV, Jon loved being able to change heads - and he also reveals how he stood up to Kenneth Williams on a 'Carry On' film!


SAT 09:00 I Did It My Way (b00k21fj)
Simon Brett

Novelist, playwright and one-time BBC producer Simon Brett talks to Peter Reed about his radio life and times.

His radio series No Commitments, After Henry and Charles Paris are all firm favourites in the BBC Radio 4 Extra schedule. Simon recalls his first radio moments as a listener and later as a radio producer, revealing the career path he took along the way that saw him move into TV and writing

Featuring 'Frank Muir Goes Into... Television' (22/09/75), 'After Henry' (20/10/87), 'A Series Of Murders' (25/09/04) and 'Hoax!' (15/10/96).


SAT 12:00 Annabel (b0124qyx)
Episode 1

Omnibus. Kathleen Winter's compelling debut novel is the moving story of a young hermaphrodite growing up in the Canadian wilderness.


SAT 13:10 Chain Gang (b00ncbwy)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone

Episode 4

The serial steered by listeners continues on its unpredictable journey. This week we deal with the fallout from the Sausage Incident, and introduce The Man.


SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007jln9)
Series 2

Schecter's Knot

The priestly sleuth wonders if extreme professional jealousy is behind a talented professor's death. Stars David Threlfall.


SAT 14:00 The Goon Show (b007jlsh)
Series 5

The Last Tram (from Clapham)

London's trams are no more, but boss Neddie Seagoon must pursue the one that got away.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1954.


SAT 14:30 Dad's Army (b007jm2h)
Series 1

The Showing Up of Corporal Jones

Corporal Jones will be forced to retire from the Home Guard, unless he manages to complete an assault course in 15 minutes....

Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on BBC TV, these specially adapted radio versions began recording with the original cast.

Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, John Laurie as Private Frazer, Graham Stark as Private Walker and Jack Watson as Major Regan Smith. With John Snagge as the announcer.

Adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's original BBC TV scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in April 1974.


SAT 15:00 An Hour With... (b00bdjh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote (b007k0d1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b0121zvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today]


SAT 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmxv)
Out of the Mouths

Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale about unforeseen danger as a scientist tries out advanced theories on his new born son.

Stars Hywel Bennett as Richard, Elizabeth Proud as Rachel and John Quail as David.

Scripted by William Ingram.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.


SAT 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b0124qyz)
The Veldt

Wealthy parents worry when their holographic nursery will only show an African plain filled with savage lions. Ray Bradbury's thriller stars Ivan Croswell.


SAT 19:00 I Did It My Way (b00k21fj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Saturday Stand-Up (b0124qz1)
Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill

Part 1

The ingenious stand-up comedian entertains an audience in New York with his hilarious stream of consciousness.


SAT 23:00 Adam Baron - Hold Back the Night (b00sydl4)
Episode 1

Ex-cop turned private-eye Billy Rucker scours London's hot and humid underbelly for runaway teenagers. Stars David Morrissey.


SAT 23:30 Ted Lewis - Jack Carter's Law (b00nxdz7)
Episode 3

Things hot up for the gangland enforcer when some Geordie yobs need to be disposed of. Phil Daniels reads the gritty thriller.



SUNDAY 26 JUNE 2011

SUN 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 Bradbury 13 (b0124qyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 An Hour With... (b00bdjh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 Annabel (b0124qyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:10 Chain Gang (b00ncbwy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday]


SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007jln9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote (b007k0d1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b0121zvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Ladies of Letters (b0124trd)
Ladies of Letters Go Green

Omnibus

More electronic correspondence from the tempestuous twosome. Starring Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.


SUN 07:10 Chain Gang (b00nhn2m)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone

Episode 5

The serial steered by listeners continues on its unpredictable journey. How did they respond to Robert Shearman's request for boldness? The answer is, quite boldy.


SUN 07:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007rsyx)
Miss King

A penny is the source of much discord between Emma Bury and Milly Young. Read by Emma Fielding.


SUN 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b01211y4)
Series 2

Me Talk Pretty One Day; It's Catching

The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 for a series of audience readings. This week the perils of an American learning French in Paris in "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and an essay dealing with a friend's concern for cleanliness; "It's Catching".

Producer: Steve Doherty
A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4.


SUN 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jlsh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]


SUN 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jm2h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]


SUN 09:00 Dick King-Smith - The Queen's Nose (b0124xm1)
Harmony Parker's uncle gives her a 50 pence piece with the power to grant wishes, but whatever will she wish for? Stars Lauren Mote.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0124xm3)
Jo Brand

Kirsty Young presents highlights from the Desert Island Discs archive. Revisit the castaway choices of stand-up comedian Jo Brand. From March 2007.


SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b0124xm5)
David Lodge

The author talks about creating fiction based on the lives of famous writers - in conversation with Mark Lawson.


SUN 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk)
The River

A flood causes catastrophe for river-loving William and his young daughter Frankie. Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story.


SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0121zz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]


SUN 11:45 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh)
The Two Mrs Reeds

Two women with the same name convalesce in a maternity ward. Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story.


SUN 12:00 Ladies of Letters (b0124trd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 13:10 Chain Gang (b00nhn2m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 13:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007rsyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


SUN 13:30 Meet David Sedaris (b01211y4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SUN 14:00 Down the Line (b01211xy)
Series 2

Education and Ghosts

Things go bump in the night on award-winning Gary Bellamy's phone-in. Stars Rhys Thomas and Mark Gatiss. From February 2007.


SUN 14:30 Hello Cheeky (b007jnx4)
From 14/04/1973

What do you get when you fall in love? And bizarre events at Crewe Junction.

Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio.

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1973.


SUN 15:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00sbf7q)
Series 2

Royal Wedding Blues

All is not well in Monte Guano. Countess Rosalie has confessed she no longer loves Prince Ludovico - sending him into a terrible rage.

Can Princess Plethora save the day?

Second series of the comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy devised by Neal Anthony.

Written by Roger Danes.

Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Graham Crowden as Francesco, Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, Nick Romero as Salvatore and Chris Kelham as Guido.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.


SUN 15:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011082h)
Comedy panel game with Humphrey Lyttelton, Willie Rushton, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From May 1984.


SUN 16:00 Dick King-Smith - The Queen's Nose (b0124xm1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 17:00 An Hour With... (b00bdjh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]


SUN 18:00 Nevil Shute - On the Beach (b0124y0r)
Episode 2

As the deadly radioactive cloud approaches Australia, a desperate submarine mission is launched. Stars Richard Dillane.


SUN 19:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0121zz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]


SUN 19:45 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]


SUN 20:00 The Goon Show (b007jlsh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]


SUN 20:30 Dad's Army (b007jm2h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0124xm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews (b0124xm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today]


SUN 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b01211y4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SUN 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jq14)
Series 2

The Jousting Mastersons

The 15th century Masterson family struggles to survive in an overcrowded castle.

The award-winning improvised historical family saga based entirely on audience suggestions.

Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin.

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994.


SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b012jchg)
David Reed

Andi Osho chats to David Reed from The Penny Dreadfuls.


SUN 23:00 Pleased to Meet You (b0124y89)
Pilot

90-something good-time girl Dora Dale shares wild tales of her star-strewn past.

Betraying confidences and breaking unwritten rules galore, the friend of the stars reveals some surprising and salacious secrets.

Written by and starring Martin Kelner and Jake Yapp.

Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in November 2005.


SUN 23:30 Masala FM (b007jypp)
Episode 3

When one of Auntieji's disgruntled listeners decides to take matters in to his own hands, Khalid may be the only one who can save the station.

Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal

Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.

Music by Nitin Sawhney.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.



MONDAY 27 JUNE 2011

MON 00:00 Nevil Shute - On the Beach (b0124y0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0124xm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b0124xm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]


MON 02:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0121zz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday]


MON 02:45 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Down the Line (b01211xy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Hello Cheeky (b007jnx4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00sbf7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011082h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Dick King-Smith - The Queen's Nose (b0124xm1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Wimsey (b007jw80)
Five Red Herrings

4. Bunter Investigates

As Lord Peter Wimsey continues his hunt for the murderer of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell, his manservant Bunter takes the initiative.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Parker …. Stephen Thorne
Inspector MacPherson …. Don McKillopp
Miss Selby …. Nell Brennan
Miss Cochran …. Audrey Muir
Bob Anderson …. Henry Knowles
Ferguson …. Iain Blair
Strachan …. Gordon Clyde

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978.


MON 06:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p4y6p)
Episode 1

Being hypnotised by his brother-in-law at a dinner party awakens strange abilities in Tom Wallace. Read by Trevor White.


MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b007szbq)
Series 3

Episode 3

The BBC's plan to record a programme at the church causes some upset. It's 1955 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars TP McKenna. From June 1996.


MON 07:30 Down the Line (b0125dj2)
Series 3

Liberal Agenda of Media

Spoof phone-in show starring Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy. With Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse.

With special guests Julia Davis and Lee Mack.

A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00lrv62)
Series 3

Episode 5

Kenneth Horne heads a gangster romp 'How The Bullet Proof Vest Was Won' - and can Julian and Sandy find him a Bona Soulmate?

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 March 1967.


MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b0125g83)
Series 7

Episode 13

A look at love, sex and marriage - plus a tense climax in the hunt for the Professor Prune's Time Trousers.

Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.

Sketches written by Graeme Garden 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 Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.

Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in April 1969.


MON 09:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b00b9xqh)
Series 1

Episode 4

An Everyday Story of Towering Genius.

Sue Limb’s four-part soap opera set in and around the Lake District at the turn of the 18th century

Cholericke is indisposed, while William attempts to recollect an emotion.

The Lumps arrive. Dorothy prepares tea and Mary Lump goes mad ...

Dorothy Wordsmith ...... Denise Coffey
William Wordsmith ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Samuel Tailor Cholericke ...... Simon Callow
Stinking Iris ...... Miriam Margolyes
The Leechpedlar ...... Chris Emmett
Charles Lump ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Mary Lump ...... Julia Hills

Music by Stephen Oliver and sung by Cantabile

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985


MON 09:30 The Party Line (b00sythm)
Series 1

Episode 6

MP Duncan goes on a date - with the Opposition. Stars James Fleet. Topical sitcom by Punt and Dennis. From June 2005.


MON 10:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0125g85)
Series 2

Nuit of the Living Dead and The End of the Affair

The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 for a series of audience readings. This week: what not to do with a mouse, in front of strangers in "Nuit of the Living Dead" and the ups and downs of along term relationship get the Sedaris treatment in "The End of the Affair"

Producer: Steve Doherty
A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 10:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00dgjg0)
Series 2

Baroness Mary Warnock

Wendy Robbins presents a series revisiting the childhood neighbourhoods of influential Britons.

Baroness Mary Warnock has been a moral referee for 30 years. Her judgement has often been relied upon to steer a path through a tangle of controversies from human embryo research to euthanasia. She takes Wendy back to her idyllic childhood in Winchester, where she was brought up by her beloved nanny and an eccentric mother.


MON 11:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125g87)
Hamer's Women

Social reformer John is tempted by Lady Lettice, as his wife fights for the suffragettes.

Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.

Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.

John Shawcross ...... Ian McKellen
Tom Hannaway ...... Geoffrey Wheeler
Anne Artingstall ...... June Barry
Lizzie Lightowler ...... Rosalie Crutchley
Lady Lettice ...... Helen Ryan
Arnold Ryerson ...... Andrew Jackson
Pen Ryerson ...... Vida Paterson
Harry Liskeard ...... Peter Guinness
Jimmy Newboult ...... John Baldwin
Ellen Stansfield ...... Rosalie Williams
Charles Shawcross aged 8 ...... David Boardman
Hawley Artingstall ...... Graham Tennant
Organ grinder ...... Colin Bean
Prison wardens ...... Joan Anstey/ Delia Corrie
Prison doctor ...... Roger Grainger

Director: Trevor Hill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.


MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00lrv62)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 Just a Minute (b011zm36)
Series 60

Episode 6

Stephen Fry, Sue Perkins, Paul Merton and Fi Glover are the panellists on this, the final show of the series. Chairman Nicholas Parsons hands out subjects on which the panellists attempt to speak for sixty seconds without being buzzed by fellow players of the game.

This week Stephen Fry speaks on The Right Way to Greet Someone and Fi Glover speaks on The Wrong Way to Greet Someone, Paul Merton declaims on the American Dream and Sue Perkins reveals she is less than loyal to the idea of Loyalty Cards.

This week both Sue Perkins and Stephen Fry achieve the coveted aim of speaking for a whole minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. A task much more testing than it sounds.

The programme was devised by Ian Messiter.

The producer was Claire Jones.


MON 13:00 Wimsey (b007jw80)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p4y6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvvx)
Episode 1

Orphan Becky Sharp and her friend Amelia Sedley leave school. Stephen Fry narrates the Victorian comic tale. With Emma Fielding.


MON 14:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007rsyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday]


MON 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0125j6y)
SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep

Episode 1

What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep?

How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?

In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is.

She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is.

This is Christine's story.

This Debut thriller has been attracting a lot of attention and is part of Radio 4 Extra's Book at Beachtime Special Season.

Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood


MON 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm75)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2

The Resident Patient

A doctor calls on the sleuth, after the mystery death of his landlord - and the arrival of some Russians. Stars Clive Merrison.


MON 15:45 Rachel Cusk - The Last Supper (b0125j76)
Episode 1

The author and her family embark on a three-month holiday in Italy, discovering its rich artistic heritage. Read by Holly Aird.


MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0125j80)
Mel Giedroyc starts a new week with stories from Astrid Lindgren's The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking and a project to build a giant treehouse in the African country of Gabon.


MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b007szbq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:30 Down the Line (b0125dj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmfp)
Episode 1

The mystery deepens when all the residents of the rural village of Midwich suddenly fall into a state of unconsciousness...

The classic 1957 sci-fi novel by John Wyndam (1903-1969) adapted in three-parts by William Ingram.

Colonel Bernard Westcott ...... Charles Kay
Richard Gayford ...... William Gaunt
Gordon Zellaby ...... Manning Wilson
Angela Zellaby ...... Pauline Yates
Janet Gayford ...... Rosalind Adams
Ferrelyn Zellaby ...... Jenny Quayle
Alan Hughes ...... Gordon Dulieu
Doctor Willers ...... Hugh Dickson
Vicar Leebody ...... William Ingram
Colonel Latcher ...... Garard Green
Captain Beamish ...... Martin Bansley
Group Captain Harding ...... Peter Tuddenham
Chief Constable ...... Ronald Baddiley
Pilot ...... Alex Jennings
PC ...... David Peart
Base Controller ...... Edward Cast

Music specially composed by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Director: Gordon House

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in December 1982.


MON 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dcs9m)
The Monstrous Mystery of the Moulsecoomb Crab

Hugo Rune and Rizla uncover an alien plot on the Sussex Downs. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.


MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00lrv62)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b0125g83)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Wimsey (b007jw80)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p4y6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125g87)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b011zm36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


MON 22:30 Mark Tavener - Absolute Power (b007r395)
Series 1

Episode 5

Prentiss and McCabe are set their hardest challenge so far - to substantially increase listening figures for BBC Radio 3.

Will this prove a wheeze too far for the Wheeze-master Generals?

Mark Tavener's comedy about the machiavellian doctors of PR spin with contacts at the highest level of government.

Starring Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss and John Bird as Martin McCabe.

With:
Rebecca Front
Roger Sloman
Philip Fox
Beth Chalmers
Mark Tonderai

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


MON 23:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0125g85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00rlyr8)
Series 1

The De-Magowaning of Ramesh

Corner shop owner Ramesh has toothache and Sanjay embraces retail. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. From October 2007.



TUESDAY 28 JUNE 2011

TUE 00:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dcs9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b007jw80)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p4y6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b00b9xqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b00sythm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0125g85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00dgjg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125g87)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b007szbq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 Down the Line (b0125dj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
Five Red Herrings

5. Alibis

Lord Peter Wimsey battles to verify the whereabouts of key suspects in the murder of unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Campbell.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Strachan ...... Gordon Clyde
Mrs Smith-Le Mesurier ...... Sheila Mitchell
Waters ...... Bill Wallace
Mrs Faron ...... Frances Jeater
Faron ...... Gordon Gardner

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.


TUE 06:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p5x2f)
Episode 2

On an evening out, Tom faces a vision of a woman. Is he hallucinating, dreaming or seeing ghosts? Read by Trevor White.


TUE 07:00 Capital Gains (b007r5d3)
Series 1

Venture Capital

Absconding with £4,601,740.72 of someone else's money proves more challenging than it sounds for Julius Hutch.

Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.

Written by Collin Johnson.

Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham
Peter Fang ...... Peter Whitman
News Reader ...... Collin Johnson
Kate ...... Justine Midda

Producer: Andy Jordan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.


TUE 07:30 The Sunday Format (b0125jn2)
Series 3

Episode 4

Famous folk's fave shades - and the erratic flex. Radio's posh paper reveals all. With Alexander Armstrong. From October 2001.


TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b0125jp9)
From 28/01/1954

Frank Muir and Denis Norden's classic comedy. Pa Glum probes Ron and Eth's wedding gift. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From January 1954.


TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jq7qb)
Series 3

Get Cut Off the Burkiss Way

Pulling the chain on quiz shows - and the legendary tales of Scheherazade prove disappointing.

Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .

Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.

Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.

Producer: John Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.


TUE 09:00 1835 (b0125lgl)
All at Sea

Aristocrat Belport and his servant Ned are called up to serve in the navy aboard the HMS Fortunate. Fortunate by name, a magnet for French cannons by nature...

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
Black Pete ...... Roy Barraclough
Collins ...... Simon Greenall
Tony Nelson ...... Jonathan Keeble

Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.


TUE 09:30 Street and Lane (b00v3n2v)
Series 1

Patio Marital

"Up your Street, Down your Lane".

Johnny Street and Arthur Lane are a pair of Yorkshire builders in a white van who battle out their partnership and their future as they tackle a plethora of household repairs.

Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby.

In this opening episode, the duo tool up for a patio job at the home of warring couple.

Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane
Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne
Christine ...... Becky Hindley
Tom ...... Richard Katz
Great Northern Man ...... Gerard McDermott

Producer: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.


TUE 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b0125lk3)
Series 1

Episode 25

Spend more time with some of your favourite Archers characters in Ambridge Extra.


TUE 10:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]


TUE 10:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp11)
Series 1

Les Dawson

"Hardship? He knew all about it..."

Mark Radcliffe profiles the career of the Mancunian wordsmith who started out playing piano in a Parisian brothel - and went on to become one of this country's most popular comedians.

Featuring Roy Barraclough.

A six-part series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.

Producer: Bernadette McConnell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.


TUE 11:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125lky)
Nothing But the Truth, Almost!

The Great War dominates politics as leaders ask people to unite. Hamer's son enlists.

Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.

Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.

John Hamer Shawcross …. Sir Ian McKellen
Anne Artingstall …. June Barry
Lizzie Lightowler …. Rosalie Crutchley
Arnold Tyerson …. Andrew Jackson
Pen Ryerson …. Vida Paterson
Alice Ryerson …. Valerie Georgeson
Tom Hannaway …. Geoffrey Wheeler
Lady Hannaway …. Romy Baskerville
Mrs Ambeley-Rosewater …. Cynthia Michaelis
Jimmy Newboult …. John Baldwin
Lady Lettice Melland …. Helen Ryan
The Election Official …. Peter Ellis

Director: Trevor Hill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.


TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b0125jp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 When the Dog Dies (b00s7f9r)
Series 1

Spying Is Believing

Grandad Sandy has started snooping on his daughter-in-law Victoria, hiding in a car boot and climbing a tree. With Ronnie Corbett and Liza Tarbuck. From May 2010.


TUE 13:00 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p5x2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvw5)
Episode 2

Ambitious Becky awaits a marriage proposal, while Amelia meets old friend Dobbin. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding.


TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b0125lk3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0125m78)
SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep

Episode 2

What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep?

How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?

In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is. She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is.

This is Christine's story.

Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood


TUE 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm7p)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2

The Greek Interpreter

Watson is introduced to the sleuth's brother Mycroft - and all three tackle the case of a Greek captive. Stars Clive Merrison.


TUE 15:45 Rachel Cusk - The Last Supper (b0125mbj)
Episode 2

On a three month break in Italy, the author visits Tuscany and Umbria on the trail of Piero della Francesca. Read by Holly Aird.


TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0125mcw)
Mel Giedroyc learns about egg throwing and fishing in rural Sweden, home to Pippi Longstocking. And Simon Singh tries to solve a curious puzzle linked to the making of maps.


TUE 17:00 Capital Gains (b007r5d3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:30 The Sunday Format (b0125jn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmg5)
Episode 2

There are moral and security issues when all the women of child-bearing age in the village of Midwich simultaneously become pregnant by an alien force.

The classic 1957 sci-fi novel by John Wyndam dramatised by William Ingram.

Bernard Westcott …. Charles Kay
Gordon Zellaby …. Manning Wilson
Angela Zellaby …. Pauline Yates
Richard Gayford …. William Gaunt
Janet Gayford/Secretary …. Rosalind Adams
Ferrelyn Zellaby …. Jenny Quayle
Alan Hughes …. Gordon Dulieu
Vicar Leebody …. William Ingram
Doctor Willers …. Hugh Dickson

Music specially composed by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Director: Gordon House.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982.


TUE 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00djm57)
The Lark of the Lansdowne Lioness

Hugo Rune and Rizla collect the tea-flavoured tears of a magical statue. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner.


TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b0125jp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jq7qb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p5x2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125lky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 22:00 When the Dog Dies (b00s7f9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


TUE 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.


TUE 23:00 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.


TUE 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007xwg7)
The Homeless Who Ate London

A people-eating blob starts rampaging through the capital. Starring John Woodvine and Sylvester McCoy. From December 1991.



WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE 2011

WED 00:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmg5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00djm57)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p5x2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 1835 (b0125lgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 Street and Lane (b00v3n2v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b0125lk3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]


WED 03:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp11)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125lky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Capital Gains (b007r5d3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 The Sunday Format (b0125jn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
Five Red Herrings

6. Evidence of a Commercial Traveller

Who killed unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Campbell? Lord Peter Wimsey and Inspector McPherson are weighing up the alibis of suspects

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green
Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp
Waters ...... Bill Wallace
Strachan. ...... Gordon Clyde
Jock Graham ...... .Christopher Scoular
Clarence Gordon ...... .Gordon Faith

Producer Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.


WED 06:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p6125)
Episode 3

Who is the strange woman that Tom Wallace sees in his living room? Why can he sense other people's emotions? Read by Trevor White.


WED 07:00 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.


WED 07:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jxbp)
Series 3

Episode 1

The comic's Moon trip ends up on Mars, where his space suit fails and his life flashes before his eyes. From April 2001.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009l7jt)
Series 6

The Waxwork

The lad is set to be immortalised in wax, but the trouble is, it's not quite how he'd envisaged...

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr and Warren Mitchell.

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 November 1959.


WED 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jznv)
Series 1

The Devil You Know

Cabinet reshuffle rumours unsettle MP Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.

Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Annie ...... Diana Hoddinott
Sir Arnold ...... John Nettleton
George ...... Arthur Cox
Waiter ...... Stuart Organ

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in December 1983.


WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv5j)
Series 2

Episode 6

Ad man Ken Handley faces his own emergency when he's coerced into a Samaritans campaign. Stars Martin Jarvis. From March 1984.


WED 09:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b0125jzj)
30-11-1991

Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton welcomes Willie Rushton, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer. From November 1991.


WED 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0124xm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


WED 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b0124xm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]


WED 11:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125kcb)
Perish By the Sword

Labour briefly tastes of power, and fortunes are made and lost as Hamer Shawcross concludes his memoirs.

Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.

Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.

John Hamer Shawcross …. Sir Ian McKellen
Jimmy Newboult …. John Baldwin
Lady Lettice Melland …. Helen Ryan
Lady Hannaway …. Romy Baskerville
Arnold Tyerson …. Andrew Jackson
Pen Ryerson …. Vida Paterson
Lizzie Lightowler …. Rosalie Crutchley
Tom Hannaway …. Geoffrey Wheeler
Alice Ryerson …. Valerie Georgeson
Charles Shawcross …. Richard Durden
Pendleton …. Rory Scase

Director: Trevor Hill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009l7jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 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.


WED 13:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p6125)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwb)
Episode 3

A lascivious lawyer and a dashing captain - Becky Sharp continues to attract admirers. Stephen Fry narrates. With Emma Fielding.


WED 14:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday]


WED 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0125mth)
SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep

Episode 3

What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep?

How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?

In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is. She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is...

This is Christine's story.

Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood


WED 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm8v)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2

The Naval Treaty

Watson's old school chum faces ruin if a secret government document can't be found. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.


WED 15:45 Rachel Cusk - The Last Supper (b0125mvh)
Episode 3

On their Italian holiday, the author and her family visit Assisi to learn about the life of St Francis. Read by Holly Aird.


WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0125mx9)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates strawberries and cream season with a lesson in how to make the perfect summer pavlova. And gardener Monty Don shares some of his favourite music.


WED 17:00 Tony's (b007jsz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jxbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmh3)
Episode 3

The mysterious powers of the alien children start to become destructive...

Conclusion of the classic 1957 sci-fi novel by John Wyndam.

Bernard Westcott …. Charles Kay
Gordon Zellaby …. Manning Wilson
Angela Zellaby …. Pauline Yates
Richard Gayford …. William Gaunt
Chief Constable …. Ronald Baddiley
Coroner …. Nigel Graham
Doctor Torrance …. Peter Tuddenham
Mrs Williams …. Katherine Parr
Girl …. Rosalind Adams
Boy …. Jill Lidstone
Man …. Simon Hewitt

Dramatised by William Ingram.

Music specially composed by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Director: Gordon House.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982.


WED 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dnz0t)
The Curious Case of the Woodingdean Chameleon

Rizla must hit the mean streets to try and stop an assassination. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009l7jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jznv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 20:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 20:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p6125)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 21:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125kcb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 22:00 Party (b011znh7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


WED 22:30 The Secret World (b0125n5t)
Series 2

Episode 1

From Al Pacino to Keith Harris and Orville, Jon Culshaw and friends probe the private lives of the famous. From July 2010.


WED 23:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007jnpk)
Soldiers Three: India Nil

A chilling tale of what happened when a greedy soldier gets all that he wishes for. Stars Stephen Fry. From January 1987.


WED 23:30 Delve Special (b00t1qsy)
Series 1

The Shifton Scandal

In 1982 Shifton, a town 20 miles north east of Birmingham, was demolished to make way for London's third airport.

David Lander examines the part played in the scandal by Mickey Ozada's Jolly Good Fun Holiday Company and looks at the fate of the Women's Anti-Airport Protest Camp.

Studio production by Stephen Fry, Jack Klaff and Andrew Sachs.

With Brenda Bleythn, Moray Watson, Tony Robinson and Jan Ravens.

Dramatic reconstruction by Mark Arden, Stephen Frost, Felicity Montague and Phil Nice.

Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet.

Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer.

Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.



THURSDAY 30 JUNE 2011

THU 00:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]


THU 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dnz0t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p6125)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b0125jzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0124xm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


THU 03:50 Front Row Interviews (b0124xm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]


THU 04:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125kcb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 Tony's (b007jsz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]


THU 05:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jxbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]


THU 06:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
Five Red Herrings

7. Council of War

As the investigation into the mysterious death of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell continues, Lord Peter Wimsey listens to all the various theories and pronounces that they are all wrong.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green
Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp
PC Ross ...... Gordon Kane
PC Duncan ...... David Strong
Campbell/Dr Cameron ...... Trevor Martin
The Procurator Fiscal ...... John Dunbar

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.


THU 06:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p684p)
Episode 4

Tom Wallace feels sure the woman he sees once lived in the house, but what does she want? Read by Trevor White.


THU 07:00 The Brothers (b00p6b1t)
Series 2

Episode 5

Oonagh makes a discovery and Nigel is at last pushed to the brink. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From October 2005.


THU 07:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y)
Series 1

Dial M for Martian

Comedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1961. A BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the unimaginably futuristic world of 2006.

Will Hugo give in to government manipulation to save his beloved show from cancellation?

Nigel Lavery ...... Peter Bowles
Sylvia Hann ...... Cheryl Campbell
Godfrey Winnard ...... John Fortune
Sir Angus McNairn ...... Gary Waldhorn
Hugo Kellerman ...... Joseph Kloska
Douglas Bennings ...... Jon Glover
Colin Franks ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Miss Pickford ...... Miranda Keeling.


THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0124y9s)
How Now Brown Cow

The bumbling bureaucrats spark a right royal mix-up when they act on the hoof.

A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.

Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

'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 Radio 4 in July 1972.


THU 08:30 Hello Cheeky (b0124yrn)
From 21/04/1973

The Sexiest Man Called Nicholas Parsons competition and the man who thinks he's a plum...

Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio.

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1973.


THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009y19f)
Series 2

Trouble With the Credit Card

It's duo Tommy and Sheila's second stab at fame - and she's been spending.

30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are back in the big time.

Series 2 of Mike Coleman's six-part sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.

Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield

With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley and Edward Halstead.

Music by Frido Ruth.

Producer: Steve Doherty

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.


THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b007jmlz)
From King's Lynn, Nicholas Parsons welcomes Linda Smith, Paul Merton, Julian Clary and Kit Hesketh-Harvey. From February 2001.


THU 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b0124zv4)
Series 1

Episode 26

Jamie's playing a risky game, and events come to a head for Alice and Chris. Last in series.


THU 10:15 Loose Ends (b0122mnd)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.

Lucinda Lambton has researched, written and presented over 80 films for BBC and ITV including "On The Throne -The History of the Lavatory". Now she explores porcine palaces, bovine barracks and terrapin temples in her new book 'Palaces for Pigs - Animal Architecture and other Beastly Buildings'.

Rhys Thomas is perhaps best known as the award winning spoof radio presenter Gary Bellamy in BBC Radio 4's 'Down The Line' and BBC Two's 'Bellamy's People'. Rhys tells Clive about a different role as a world-weary paramedic in Channel 4's new comedy drama series 'Sirens'.

Philip Mould OBE is an international art dealer who regularly appears on BBC One's "Antique's Roadshow". He can now be seen again on Sunday nights alongside Fiona Bruce in "Fake or Fortune" in which they explore the mysteries that lie beneath the paint of valuable pieces of art.

Nikki Bedi's music knowledge is put to the test with Guy Chambers. Best known for his collaboration with Robbie Williams, Guy shares his musical expertise in his new series "Secrets of the Pop Song" on BBC Two .

Live music this week from former dance DJ turned singer/songwriter Fink. He may have written for John Legend, Amy Winehouse and Professor Green, but this month sees the release of his own album "Perfect Darkness" and alongside his bandmates, they perform that title track.

King Creosote and classically trained producer Jon Hopkins spent seven years creating their latest album 'Diamond Mine'. King Creosote describes it as a 'soundtrack to a romanticised version of a life lived in a Scottish coastal village'. From it, they play their single "Bubble".

Producer: Cathie Mahoney.


THU 11:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlgx)
Episode 1

Walter Hartright meets a strange woman dressed in white as he returns home across Hampstead Heath late one night. He's about to travel north to take up a post as drawing master to two young ladies. Little does he realise how this chance encounter and his new position are inextricably linked.

Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised in four episodes by Martyn Wade.

Walter Hartright............................................Toby Stephens
Marian Halcombe.........................................Juliet Aubrey
Laura Fairlie.....................................................Emily Bruni
Sir Percival Glyde.......................................... Jeremy Clyde
Anne Catherick...............................................Alice Hart
Mr Gilmore......................................................Sean Baker
Pesca...................................................................Ioan Meredith
Frederick Fairlie..............................................Edward Petherbridge
Mr Dempster...................................................Jonathan Keeble
Jacob...................................................................Oliver Cookson

Music: Elizabeth Parker

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.


THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0124y9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
Series 1

Episode 4

Angus Deayton hosts the comedy panel show with no format.

Russell Kane, Josie Long, Alun Cochrane and Milton Jones battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own games each has brought along.

How will they fare at Russell Kane's "Mood News" round? What superhero would Milton Jones like to be? And what is josie Long's "Nine Previous Convictions" all about? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this show.

Angus Deayton valiantly tries to make sure everyone comes out of it with their reputations intact.

Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell

Devised by Benjamin Partridge

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.


THU 13:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 13:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p684p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwg)
Episode 4

Becky Sharp aims to charm a wealthy spinster and her handsome nephew. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding.


THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b0124zv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0125070)
SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep

Episode 4

What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep?

How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?

In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is. She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is.

This is Christine's story.

Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood


THU 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm9d)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2

The Final Problem

With the culmination of his life's work, the detective prepares to meet his greatest adversary. Starring Clive Merrison.


THU 15:45 Rachel Cusk - The Last Supper (b012507d)
Episode 4

The author and her family go to Florence to see Raphael's masterpieces and then head south to Naples. Read by Holly Aird.


THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012507l)
Mel Giedroyc finds out how to be chosen as a Queen Bee, Arabella Weir tries out the Pony Club and a listener shares a remarkable story about living underneath Freddie Mercury.


THU 17:00 The Brothers (b00p6b1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


THU 17:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p7wl)
Episode 1

British Intelligence, MI7 are working with agents from beyond the grave to gather secrets from the mysterious Nablovski Colony. Agent Raphael volunteers to be transferred, but no-one can contact him.

Enter local ghost-hunter Malcolm Holmes, and his friend Polly, would-be ace reporter.

First of a three-part sci-fi thriller by Jenny Stephens.

Starring Deborah McAndrew and Aneirin Hughes as Agents Finch and Evans, with Dan Hagley as Malcolm Holmes and Emily Chennery as Polly Williams. John Flitcroft is the revenant Raphael, with Sunny Ormonde as Holmes's mum.

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2008.


THU 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dr0ny)
The Scintillating Story of the Sackville Scavenger

Nude Rune and Rizla encounter doomed musicians like Kurt Cobain. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.


THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0124y9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b0124yrn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 20:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 20:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p684p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 21:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


THU 22:00 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


THU 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k4r1)
Series 2

By Royal Appointment

Discover the joys of musical theatre, learn all about the wonder of the sea, plus marvel at the monarchy with the museum's new royal theme park.

Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.

With Lucy Montgomery.

Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.

Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.


THU 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00m6bhh)
Series 4

Episode 1

How to talk to an emperor and inventing Saturday night TV shows. Stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb. From August 2009.


THU 23:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b007k0hh)
Episode 1

Dan Freedman and Nick Romero probe the French Revolution, Frankenstein and the Death of the Dinosaurs. From April 2000.



FRIDAY 01 JULY 2011

FRI 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p7wl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dr0ny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p684p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009y19f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b007jmlz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b0124zv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 03:15 Loose Ends (b0122mnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 The Brothers (b00p6b1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]


FRI 05:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]


FRI 06:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv)
Five Red Herrings

Reconstruction

Lord Peter Wimsey and his cohorts battle to solve the mysterious death of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell - as they piece together his final hours.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green
Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp
The Procurator Fiscal ...... John Dunbar
Ferguson ...... Iain Blair
Saunders ...... Alaric Cotter
Miss Madden ...... Nicolette McKenzie

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.


FRI 06:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p689c)
Episode 5

After his series of terrifying premonitions, Tom battles to discover what Helen wants. Concluded by Trevor White.


FRI 07:00 Anything Legal (b0081qyq)
Episode 1

After commuting to work together for 15 years, Charles and George both lose their jobs, but decide to keep it a secret...

Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.

A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly

Charles …. Donald Hewlett
George …. Michael Knowles
Hilary …. Norma Ronald
GJ …. Tony Anholt
Futristics Manager …. David Ryall
Billy …. Michael Bilton
Harry the Publican …. Colin Starkey

Theme music by Jim Parker

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.


FRI 07:30 Snap (b00tzw0w)
Series 2

Episode 5

Doug is making progress dating his daughter's PE teacher, so why isn't he over the moon? Stars Rebecca Lacey. From August 2004.


FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00805k9)
Series 3

The Falmouth Ghost Ship

The crew of HMS Troutbridge investigate strange lights spotted at sea off the coast of Cornwall.

Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Tenniel Evans as Sir Willoughby Todhunter-Brown, Heather Chasen as Lady Todhunter-Brown, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Michael Bates as Commander Bracewell and Ronnie Barker as the Liner Captain.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1961.


FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s7r4n)
Series 1

The Holiday

Harold fancies a holiday by himself in France, but his father Albert is not so keen.

CAST:

Albert .... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold .... Harry H. Corbett
The Doctor .... Colin Gordon

Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.

Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.

Produced by Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1966.


FRI 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ftg1r)
Series 2

And Pigs Can Fry

The footie team's new strip causes controversy. Will they be ready for the new season? Stars Brenda Blethyn.


FRI 09:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lyst3)
Series 1

Episode 8

Vic Reeves hosts, as Alan Carr, Shappi Khorsandi, Ben Miller and Rowland Rivron answer audience questions. From August 2007.


FRI 10:00 What's So Funny? (b0124sg0)
Series 1

Episode 13

Rufus Hound and guests with news, reviews and previews of what's happening in comedy this week.


FRI 10:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0124shf)
Series 1, Episodes 25-26

Harry and Rhys are getting ready to race, and Alice has some explaining to do.


FRI 11:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlhn)
Episode 2

Walter has left Limmeridge House as Laura prepares to marry Sir Percival. Laura's half-sister Marian knows of Laura's feelings for Walter, has great doubts about the marriage, yet is powerless to stop it...

Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised by Martyn Wade.

Stars Toby Stephens as Walter Hartright, Juliet Aubrey as Marian Halcombe, Emily Bruni as Laura Fairlie, Jeremy Clyde as Sir Percival Glyde, Alice Hart as Anne Catherick, Sean Baker as Mr Gilmore, Ioan Meredith as Pesca, Edward Petherbridge as Frederick Fairlie, Jonathan Keeble as Messenger, Philip Voss as Count Fosco and Geraldine Fitzgerald as Madame Fosco.

Music: Elizabeth Parker

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.


FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00805k9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 The Now Show (b012078r)
Series 34

Episode 3

With Steve Punt off playing the part of Eric Idle in a new Monty Python biopic, Hugh Dennis is joined by Jon Culshaw to present the Now Show's guides to next week's public sector strikes and the BBC's week of out-door broadcasting. Meanwhile Jon Holmes discovers that Aung San Soo Kyi has been listening to the Hairy Cornflake and guest stand-up Tom Wrigglesworth writes a letter to Sue Barker.

Starring Hugh Dennis and Jon Culshaw, with Mitch Benn, Jon Holmes, Jess Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth.

Written by the cast and Steve Punt, with additional material from Gareth Gwynn, Steve Hall, Will Ing, Ben Partridge and Andy Wolton. Oh, and that Benghazi joke from when Rory Bremner last did the show.

Produced by Colin Anderson.


FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 13:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p689c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwn)
Episode 5

Becky travels to London with the ailing spinster Miss Crawley. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding and Margaret Tyzack.


FRI 14:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007tzqb)
The Professor's Daughter

Four-year-old Britta and her fearful imagination cause social embarrassment for Miss Jenner. Read by Emma Fielding.


FRI 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0124v3t)
SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep

Episode 5

What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep?

How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?

In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is. She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is.

This is Christine's story.

Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood


FRI 15:00 Dan Rebellato - Erskine May (b007jw23)
With the Palace of Westminster blown up, can an assistant librarian rebuild it for Queen Victoria to open? Stars Alex Jennings.


FRI 15:45 Rachel Cusk - The Last Supper (b0124vpy)
Episode 5

The author and her family explore Rome's artistic heritage, as their three month trip draws to an end. Concluded by Holly Aird.


FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0124xkh)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates Canada Day baking pancakes with Pippi Longstocking and hearing about how maple syrup is harvested from maple sugar trees. Plus Andi Osho's Sneaky Peeks.


FRI 17:00 Anything Legal (b0081qyq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


FRI 17:30 Snap (b00tzw0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p9wx)
Episode 2

As MI7 recruits Malcolm Holmes to contact Agent Raphael, some uncomfortable truths are uncovered. Stars Deborah McAndrew.


FRI 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dy0wj)
The Fantastic Adventure of the Foredown Man

A monk in Rizla's dream thinks he's two minutes away from death. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.


FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00805k9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s7r4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 20:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p689c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 21:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 22:00 Now Show Extra (b0124xkk)
A new programme for Radio 4 Extra, featuring jokes that you won't have heard in this week's Now Show, some clips from the archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material.


FRI 22:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00slshn)
Series 2

Normal Reality

Cartoonist Steven Appleby is only mildly surprised to be identified as the Earth's supreme being by alien civilisations throughout the universe.

But where does reality end and fantasy begin?

Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably describes as "insights into normal, everyday life".

With:

Rosalind Paul
Ewan Bailey
Nigel Betts
Rachel Atkins

Written by Steven Appleby

Producer: Toby Swift

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003


FRI 23:00 What's So Funny? (b0124sg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 23:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00nj7cz)
A Enemy

Dad's double-life shocks Andy and Julie. Alexei Sayle's quirky couples comedy, with Siobhan Redmond. From November 1999.




LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)

1835 09:00 TUE (b0125lgl)

1835 02:00 WED (b0125lgl)

A Whole New Ball Game 02:00 SAT (b00cmypt)

A Whole New Ball Game 09:00 FRI (b00ftg1r)

Above Suspicion 01:30 SAT (b00cfwdc)

Adam Baron - Hold Back the Night 23:00 SAT (b00sydl4)

Ambridge Extra Omnibus 03:30 SAT (b0121zz9)

Ambridge Extra Omnibus 11:15 SUN (b0121zz9)

Ambridge Extra Omnibus 19:15 SUN (b0121zz9)

Ambridge Extra Omnibus 02:15 MON (b0121zz9)

Ambridge Extra Omnibus 10:30 FRI (b0124shf)

Ambridge Extra 10:00 TUE (b0125lk3)

Ambridge Extra 14:15 TUE (b0125lk3)

Ambridge Extra 03:00 WED (b0125lk3)

Ambridge Extra 10:00 THU (b0124zv4)

Ambridge Extra 14:15 THU (b0124zv4)

Ambridge Extra 03:00 FRI (b0124zv4)

An Hour With... 08:00 SAT (b00bdjh3)

An Hour With... 15:00 SAT (b00bdjh3)

An Hour With... 01:00 SUN (b00bdjh3)

An Hour With... 17:00 SUN (b00bdjh3)

Annabel 12:00 SAT (b0124qyx)

Annabel 02:00 SUN (b0124qyx)

Anything Legal 07:00 FRI (b0081qyq)

Anything Legal 17:00 FRI (b0081qyq)

Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive 22:30 TUE (b007jzvf)

Baldi 13:15 SAT (b007jln9)

Baldi 03:15 SUN (b007jln9)

Ballylenon 07:00 MON (b007szbq)

Ballylenon 17:00 MON (b007szbq)

Ballylenon 05:00 TUE (b007szbq)

Book at Beachtime 14:30 MON (b0125j6y)

Book at Beachtime 14:30 TUE (b0125m78)

Book at Beachtime 14:30 WED (b0125mth)

Book at Beachtime 14:30 THU (b0125070)

Book at Beachtime 14:30 FRI (b0124v3t)

Bradbury 13 18:30 SAT (b0124qyz)

Bradbury 13 00:30 SUN (b0124qyz)

Capital Gains 07:00 TUE (b007r5d3)

Capital Gains 17:00 TUE (b007r5d3)

Capital Gains 05:00 WED (b007r5d3)

Chain Gang 13:10 SAT (b00ncbwy)

Chain Gang 03:10 SUN (b00ncbwy)

Chain Gang 07:10 SUN (b00nhn2m)

Chain Gang 13:10 SUN (b00nhn2m)

Dad's Army 14:30 SAT (b007jm2h)

Dad's Army 08:30 SUN (b007jm2h)

Dad's Army 20:30 SUN (b007jm2h)

Dan Rebellato - Erskine May 15:00 FRI (b007jw23)

Delve Special 23:30 WED (b00t1qsy)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 10:00 SUN (b0124xm3)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 SUN (b0124xm3)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (b0124xm3)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 10:00 WED (b0124xm3)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 03:00 THU (b0124xm3)

Dick King-Smith - The Queen's Nose 09:00 SUN (b0124xm1)

Dick King-Smith - The Queen's Nose 16:00 SUN (b0124xm1)

Dick King-Smith - The Queen's Nose 05:00 MON (b0124xm1)

Does The Team Think? 02:30 SAT (b00lw1m5)

Does The Team Think? 09:30 FRI (b00lyst3)

Down the Line 14:00 SUN (b01211xy)

Down the Line 03:00 MON (b01211xy)

Down the Line 07:30 MON (b0125dj2)

Down the Line 17:30 MON (b0125dj2)

Down the Line 05:30 TUE (b0125dj2)

Fags, Mags and Bags 23:30 MON (b00rlyr8)

Forty Nights in the Wildebeest 23:30 THU (b007k0hh)

Front Row Interviews 10:50 SUN (b0124xm5)

Front Row Interviews 21:50 SUN (b0124xm5)

Front Row Interviews 01:50 MON (b0124xm5)

Front Row Interviews 10:50 WED (b0124xm5)

Front Row Interviews 03:50 THU (b0124xm5)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b009l7jt)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b009l7jt)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b009l7jt)

Hello Cheeky 14:30 SUN (b007jnx4)

Hello Cheeky 03:30 MON (b007jnx4)

Hello Cheeky 08:30 THU (b0124yrn)

Hello Cheeky 19:30 THU (b0124yrn)

How Tickled Am I? 10:30 TUE (b007jp11)

How Tickled Am I? 03:30 WED (b007jp11)

Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur 04:00 SAT (b0121xgr)

Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur 11:00 MON (b0125g87)

Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur 21:00 MON (b0125g87)

Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur 04:00 TUE (b0125g87)

Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur 11:00 TUE (b0125lky)

Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur 21:00 TUE (b0125lky)

Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur 04:00 WED (b0125lky)

Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur 11:00 WED (b0125kcb)

Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur 21:00 WED (b0125kcb)

Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur 04:00 THU (b0125kcb)

I Did It My Way 09:00 SAT (b00k21fj)

I Did It My Way 19:00 SAT (b00k21fj)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 15:30 SUN (b011082h)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 04:30 MON (b011082h)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 09:30 WED (b0125jzj)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 02:30 THU (b0125jzj)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 08:30 MON (b0125g83)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 19:30 MON (b0125g83)

It's Your Round 12:30 THU (b00z5zyh)

It's Your Round 22:00 THU (b00z5zyh)

James Follett - Earthsearch 00:00 SAT (b00cfzsp)

Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael 18:00 THU (b008p7wl)

Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael 00:00 FRI (b008p7wl)

Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael 18:00 FRI (b008p9wx)

John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos 18:00 MON (b007jmfp)

John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos 00:00 TUE (b007jmfp)

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Sorry About Last Night 23:30 FRI (b00nj7cz)

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