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RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 4 Extra
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SATURDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2012

SAT 00:00 The Laxian Key (b007k2m3)
Episode 2

London is melting, but planetary decontaminationists Arnold and Gregor get the blame and go on the run.

Stephen Hawking once warned us that our species could soon be wiped out by plagues, asteroids and our tendency to destroy ourselves. The solution, he suggested, was for us to colonise other planets. But Chris Larner and David Gilbert's sci-fi comedy sees the truth as a little more complicated.

The Laxian Key shows how, as soon as Man steps onto another planet, he promptly fouls it up just as he did earth. The heroes of this wonderfully wacky tale are two interplanetary decontaminationists.

CAST:

Arnold …. Chris Larner
Gregor …. Mark Bonner
Evan …. Trevor Cooper
Office …. Alex Lowe
Ferngraum …. Sam Dale
Jo …. Christine Kavanagh
Dolores …. Virge Gilchrist
Virtual Newsreader …. Bethan Walker
with Paul Biggin, Emma Noakes and Joseph Kloska

Music by Mark Stevens and Chris Larner

Producer: Peter Kavanagh

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2007.

SAT 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b0084sqq)
Delhi by Vandana Singh

A man living in present-day Delhi is haunted by visions of the city as it was in the past - and how it will be in the future...

Vandana Singh’s story is read by Shiv Grewal.

Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories from around the world.

Director: Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2007.

SAT 01:00 Falco (b01by6mb)
Poseidon's Gold

Episode 10

The Roman detective has discovered a hidden room, but can he solve the lingering mystery? Stars Anton Lesser and Trevor Peacock.

SAT 01:15 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient (b01by6nk)
Episode 10

Dalgliesh has a searching conversation with retired solicitor Kershaw. Will he uncover the truth? PD James mystery stars Richard Derrington.

SAT 01:30 A Sting in the Tale (b00zfz9n)
The F Word

An eminent scientist delivers an extraordinary lecture on his ground-breaking research. Richard McCabe reads Ian Sansom's tale.

SAT 02:00 Fat Chance (b01byc68)
Better Wed Than Dead

It's Kelly's wedding day and the rest of the slimming club rally round to give her a day she'll never forget - though she may want to...

Jenny McDade's high-fat bittersweet 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 March 1999.

SAT 02:30 Spending My Inheritance (b00fkx90)
Voluntary Service

Sitcom by Clive Coleman, starring Kris Marshall as cash-strapped forty-something Harry, who has to watch from the sidelines as his newly retired parents start spending their hard-earned cash on themselves.

Harry ...... Kris Marshall
Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy
Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham
Liz ...... Judy Parfitt
Jess ...... Antonia Thomas
Mike ...... Robert Lonsdale
Jan ...... Jill Cardo

Directed by Sam Hoyle.

SAT 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jnwx)
Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend

The Trap Springs

On his deathbed, Wrayburn proposes to Lizzie. Others also prepare to meet their maker. Stars Simon Cadell and Pippa Guard.

SAT 04:00 Josephine Cox - The Lion's Den (b010m618)
Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. A young man assumes he'll never find his heart's desire. Read by Robert Glenister.

SAT 04:15 Drama (b00jsxxk)
The Gallery

A second chance to hear Alan Plater's final play for radio. The opening night of a new Tyneside art gallery is thrown into jeopardy by the well-meaning but ill-trained staff. Dodgy wiring, an over-zealous cleaner and a retired greyhound add to the comic mix.
Trevor ... Joe Caffrey
Liz ... Janice Acquah
Michael ... Deka Walmsley
Heather ... Caroline Guthrie
Julie ... Phillippa Wilson
Neville ... Chris Connel
Chris ... Benjamin Askew
Norma ... Tracey Wilkinson
Susie ... Lizzy Watts
Sammy ... Lisa McGrillis
Tomlin ... Malcolm Tierney

Director ... Alison Hindell

Alan Plater is the much-loved author of hundreds of stage, radio and television dramas including The Beiderbecke Affair, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, Close the Coalhouse Door, The Pallisers, Z Cars and Lewis. His work for radio includes an adaptation of his own autobiography, Stories For Another Day, and the original drama series The Devil's Music. The Gallery was his final play for radio before his death in June 2010.

SAT 05:00 Brothers in Law (b007k164)
Series 2

Tell 'Em the Tale

Newly qualified lawyer Roger Thursby's got an appointment with his boss, but worries in case there's bad news...

Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally and Bridget Armstrong as Joy. All other parts by Sean Arnold, Douglas Blackwell and Patrick Tull.

Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson.

Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1971.

SAT 05:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00v7whx)
Series 4

A Solomon Comes to Judgement

The priest mediates between warring village factions, but where's the Mayor? Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From May 2004.

SAT 06:00 Daphne du Maurier - The Years Between (b00qm3c3)
In the early 1940s, Diana Wentworth's MP husband, Michael, is reported missing - presumed killed in action.

Once over the shock, she builds a new life - taking over Michael's seat in parliament, and falling in love with a much more suitable man.

But on the eve of their wedding, a phone call brings Diana shattering news....

Daphne du Maurier's 1945 stage play dramatised for radio by Jill Hyem.

Stars Diana Quick as Diana Wentworth, Roger Allam as Michael Wentworth, David Collings as Richard Llewelyn, Peter England as Robin Wentworth, Frederick Treves as Sir Ernest Foster and Derek Waring as the Vicar.

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.

SAT 07:30 The Anatomy of the Musical (b00t16t7)
The Opener

Russell Davies looks at what makes a good musical and shows how first songs set the tone musically, in lyrics and in staging.

SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01c6brd)
Series 7

Episode 18

From a gym in Minnesota, the American funny man welcomes a University Concert Choir and singing saw master Andy McCormick. From 2011.

SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007k1kw)
1970s

Episode 2

Glamtastic Barry Cryer with Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead, Hinge and Bracket, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, The Atkinson People, Just a Minute and Listen to Les.

SAT 12:00 HighLites Omnibus (b01c6csd)
Omnibus

Bev resorts to desperate measures to save the salon. A hair-raising comedy in five appointments, by Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding.

SAT 13:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective (b007jmhx)
The Body in the Barge

A River Thames corpse sparks a complex mystery for the astute old teahouse customer. Stars Bernard Hepton and Suzanne Burden.

SAT 14:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jn7v)
Series 5

A Winter's Tale

Harold admits he's planning a holiday - but without his dad Albert.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett.

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

Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Produced by Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.

SAT 14:30 Fat Chance (b01byc68)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:00 today]

SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01c6brd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

SAT 16:00 Daphne du Maurier - The Years Between (b00qm3c3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b01by928)
Series 2

Episode 20

Ed Byrne, Jenny Eclair, Andi Osho and Pete Firman review the best of British comedy from radio and screen.

SAT 18:00 Saturday Drama (b009rx9q)
Journey into Space: Frozen in Time

Journey into Space: Frozen in Time. A tribute to Charles Chilton's iconic 1960s series Journey into Space. The crew of the spacecraft Ares awake from suspended animation in 2013.

SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats (b007k1kw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill (b007jvxn)
Episode 1

The ingenious stand-up comedian entertains an audience in New York with his hilarious stream of consciousness. From 1998.

SAT 23:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost Special (b01c8cbn)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story of the mysterious disappearance of a train en route from Liverpool. Read by David Schofield.

SAT 23:30 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01c8cbq)
Episode 1

Grand Central station, New York. 1:23pm. What starts as a normal day on the city subway becomes a race against time when a busy commuter train is hijacked - by four armed men. As the hostages await their fate, a terrifying game of cat and mouse begins...

Read by William Hope.

John Godey's thriller abridged in 5-parts by Neville Teller.

A best-seller in 1973, 'The Taking of Pelham 123' was made into the 1974 film starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, a 1998 TV-movie remake of the same title, and a 2009 film starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. The novel's impact - and that of the subsequent 1974 film - apparently resulted in New York's City Transit Authority banning any scheduling of a train departing Pelham station at 1:23 for many years.

Using the pen name John Godey, Brooklyn-born author Morton Freedgood's crime novels include 'A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany', 'Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today' and 'The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome'.

Producer: Heather Larmour

Made for BBC Radio Extra by BBC Northern Ireland.

First broadcast in 2012.

SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2012

SUN 00:00 Saturday Drama (b009rx9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]

SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01c6brd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]

SUN 02:00 HighLites Omnibus (b01c6csd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]

SUN 03:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective (b007jmhx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]

SUN 04:00 Daphne du Maurier - The Years Between (b00qm3c3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]

SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b01by928)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]

SUN 06:00 Nicholas Nickleby Omnibus (b007k4b4)
Episode 2

The defiant youngster flees to London. Meanwhile, Kate receives unwelcome affection. Dickens dramatisation by Mike Walker, with Oliver Milburn and Anna Massey.

SUN 07:15 The People of the British Museum (b009nh09)
Mummies, Myths and Magic

Through the eyes of its employees, Danny Danziger explores the wealth of treasures held in the vast collections.

SUN 07:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rp1wd)
Series 4

Oil Baron and Mining Engineer

In this episode, Milton waves goodbye to the world of dance and musical theatre to pursue his dream of becoming - a miner! And then his fortunes skyrocket when he strikes oil in the middle of the ocean - on an oil tanker. Diamonds, gold, laser beams and Eastenders combine in a glamorous yet gritty tribute to Billy Elliot in "Another Case Of Milton Jones".

He's joined in his endeavours by his co-stars Tom Goodman-Hill (Camelot), Dave Lamb (Come Dine With Me) and Ingrid Oliver (Watson & Oliver).

Britain's funniest Milton and the king of the one-liner returns with a fully-working cast and a shipload of new jokes in this series of daffy comedy adventures.

Each week, Milton is a complete and utter expert at something - Top Gun aviator, Weatherman, Billy Elliot-style dancer, World-beating cyclist, mathematical genius and Extreme Travel Entrepreneur.

And each week, with absolutely no ability or competence, he plunges into a big adventure with utterly funny results.

"Milton Jones is one of Britain's best gagsmiths with a flair for creating daft yet perfect one-liners" - The Guardian
"King of the surreal one-liners" - The Times
"If you haven't caught up with Jones yet - do so!" - The Daily Mail

Written by Milton with James Cary (Think The Unthinkable, Miranda)

Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive Production for BBC Radio 4.

SUN 08:00 Take It From Here (b01c6fkb)
From 16/04/1958

Dick's dreaming of Persia - and Eth's agitated after being accused of theft at work, in 'The Glums'

Starring Professor Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield.

Music from Wallace Eaton and the Keynotes and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Scripted by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.

Producer: Charles Maxwell

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.

SUN 08:30 Parsley Sidings (b008s3d0)
Series 1

Goodbye Parsley Sidings

Station Master Horace Hepplewhite takes on the bolshie buffet staff.

Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Kenneth Connor as Bradshaw and Bill Pertwee as Trimwick.

Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1972.

SUN 09:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet (b01c6gs7)
Episode 1

by Rosemary Sutcliff, dramatised for radio by Shaun McKenna

Ten year old Hugh is an orphan, forced to live on a farm with his Aunt Alison, who treats him cruelly. When she threatens to get rid of his dog, Argos, for running after the ducks, Hugh feels there's only one thing they can do. It's a decision which leads him onto the roads of Elizabethan England, where many adventures are to befall him.

Hugh ..... Josef Lindsay
Narrator ..... Adjoa Andoh
Aunt Alison ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Tobias Pennyfeather ..... Allan Corduner
Jonathan Whiteleaf ..... Peter Hamilton Dyer
Tom O'Bedlam ..... Carl Prekopp
Nicky Bodkin ..... Gwilym Lee
Zachary Hawkins ..... James Lailey

Producer/Director ..... Marion Nancarrow.

SUN 09:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rl8kn)
Episode 3

Mary finds the source of the mysterious crying that haunts the house. Frances Hodgson Burnett's story with Harriet Walter.

SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01bw8vs)
Lucy Gannon

Kirsty Young explores the choices of the stage and screen writer in the second of a series on playwrights.

SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b01bw8z2)
Anthony Horowitz

The author talks to Mark Lawson and reflects on the task of writing a new adventure for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.

SUN 11:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (b01c6h6v)
Episode 1

"We arranged to start on the following Saturday. Harris and I would take the boat up to Chertsey, and George, who would not be able to get away from the city till the afternoon, would meet us there. (George goes to sleep at the bank from ten to four each day, except Saturdays, when they wake him up and put him outside at two)."

George, Harris and J holiday on the River Thames from Kingston to Oxford - with Montmorency the dog. Adapted and performed in three episodes by Jeremy Nicholas.

Music by Jeremy Nicholas. Performed by The Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.

SUN 11:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4)
Michael Sellers

Peter Sellers' son Michael chats to Sally Magnusson about the ups and downs of growing up with a famous funny father.

Producer: Mike Walker

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2005.

SUN 12:00 Nicholas Nickleby Omnibus (b007k4b4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

SUN 13:15 The People of the British Museum (b009nh09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]

SUN 13:30 Miss Marple (b007jvgc)
4.50 From Paddington

Miss Marple's friend Mrs McGillicuddy arrives for a visit to St. Mary Mead claiming she's just witnessed a murder during her rail journey from London.

On another train running alongside her carriage, she explains how a blind flew up revealing a man slowly strangling a woman – until she slumped down. But next day, when there are no newspaper reports of a corpse, the spinster sleuth sets about her own murder investigation.

Set in the days of steam railways, Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield stars as Jane Marple.

First published in 1957 and dramatised for by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Mrs McGillicuddy ...... Joan Sims
Lucy Eyelesbarrow ...... Susannah Harker
Detective Inspector Craddock ...... Ian Lavender
Luther Crackenthorpe ...... John Woodnutt
Emma Crackenthorpe ...... Janet Maw
Inspector Bacon ...... Sean Baker
Dr Quimper ...... Stephen Thorne
Cedric ...... Christopher Scott
Harold ...... Keith Drinkel
Alfred ...... Mark Bonner
Bryan ...... Jim Wall
Alexander ...... Jonathan Kitchens
James ...... Rory Jennings
Mrs Kidder ...... Ann Beach
Madam Joilet ...... Joanna Monro
Martine ...... Alice Arnold
Miss Ellis ...... Amanda Gordon
Wimborne ...... Lewis Jones
Inspector Dessin ...... Steve Hodson
Sergeant Wetherall ...... Chris Pavlo
Sergeant Cornish ...... Alex Lowe

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1997

SUN 15:00 Take It From Here (b01c6fkb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

SUN 15:30 Parsley Sidings (b008s3d0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

SUN 16:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet (b01c6gs7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

SUN 16:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rl8kn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]

SUN 17:00 A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus (b00tgxxm)
Status Symbols (AD 1100 - 1500)

Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum in London, continues his global history as told through objects from the Museum's collection.

This week he sheds light on some of the great status symbols of taste and power, as owned by the wealthy and well-informed around 700 years ago. His journey takes him from China to Nigeria and from Spain to the Caribbean, but he begins in Scotland with the story of probably the world's best known board game, in the company of the Lewis Chessmen.

Producers: Paul Kobrak and Anthony Denselow.

SUN 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jnhq)
Series 2

Hand in Glove

The one thing Ethel Trevor needed to get her man was a pair of white gloves which are the mark of a lady, but there was a price to be paid for them.

The Man in Black reveals the fallout...

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

Written by Elizabeth Bowen and dramatized by Elizabeth Troop

The Man In Black …. Edward de Souza
Ethel Trevor …. Kate Binchy
Aunt Elysia …. Marjorie Westbury
Elsie Trevor …. Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Lord Frederick …. Madhav Sharma
Arthur …. Joe Dunlop

Guitarist …. Peter Bond

Director: Peter Fozzard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1989.

SUN 18:30 The Scarifyers (b01c6hvf)
The Magic Circle

Episode 4

Lionheart's daughter Lily is in the clutches of Montague Blake. Can Dunning and Crow get there in time? Stars David Warner.

SUN 19:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (b01c6h6v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

SUN 19:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]

SUN 20:00 Take It From Here (b01c6fkb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

SUN 20:30 Parsley Sidings (b008s3d0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01bw8vs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews (b01bw8z2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today]

SUN 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rp1wd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

SUN 22:30 The Maltby Collection (b00xn9fp)
Series 2

Episode 3

Will the museum's first ever Sunday opening run smoothly? Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt and Geoffrey Palmer. From June 2008.

SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01c6hyj)
The Comedy Club brings you laughs six nights a week. Andi Osho chats to this week's guest.

SUN 23:00 A-Z of the British Countryside (b007k38g)
Award-winning comics Howard Read and Josie Long are joined by Chris Chantler on a 'road movie for radio.' From March 2007.

SUN 23:30 The Harpoon (b007k4cc)
Series 1

Episode 1

From patent cures to whaling for the under 5s.

The nostalgic spiffing spoof of adventure story papers for boys. Hip hip!

With Susie Brann, Alistair McGowan, Mary Elliot-Nelson, Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham.

Producer: Sarah Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.

MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2012

MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jnhq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]

MON 00:30 The Scarifyers (b01c6hvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]

MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01bw8vs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]

MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b01bw8z2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday]

MON 02:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (b01c6h6v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]

MON 02:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]

MON 03:00 Take It From Here (b01c6fkb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]

MON 03:30 Miss Marple (b007jvgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]

MON 05:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet (b01c6gs7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]

MON 05:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rl8kn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]

MON 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yn6z)
Murder on the Orient Express

Episode 1

A train departs, but one person aboard the Orient Express is destined never to arrive.

Speeding through the snowy European landscape, a bizarre and terrible murder brings the train to an abrupt halt.

The high-class carriages are packed with passengers and one of them - Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot - soon realises the challenge that awaits him...

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

From the book published in 1934 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Princess Dragmiroff ...... Sian Phillips
Miss Debenham ...... Francesca Annis
Mr Ratchett ...... Joss Ackland
Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor
Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms
Masterman ...... Desmond Llewelyn
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
Colonel Arbuthnot ...... Stephen Hodson
MacQueen ...... James Telfer
Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy
Foscarelli ...... Frank Coda
Hardman ...... John Church
Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe
Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins
Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou
The Taurus Express Guard ...... Vic Tablian
The Hotel Clerk ...... Kevork Malikyan

Pianist: Michael Haslam

Director Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.

MON 06:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcpc)
The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box

Can daring amateur sleuth, Thorpe Hazell help to intercept a German dispatch-box containing a highly confidential document stolen from the British Government?

Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.

Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.

English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.

Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.

MON 06:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g2cv0)
Episode 1

David Williams investigates who killed wealthy womaniser William Murfitt in 1938. True mystery story read by Robert Lindsay.

MON 07:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00p2hb2)
The Diary of a Madman

A civil servant's dull existence is transformed when he overhears two dogs talking. With Griff Rhys Jones. From May 2002.

MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b01bwfys)
Series 62

Episode 2

Panellists Ross Noble, Paul Merton, Jenny Eclair and Gyles Brandreth join host Nicholas Parsons for the popular panel game where they have to speak on a given subject for sixty seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

This week Gyles Brandreth tells us which Self-Help Books he keeps at the side of his bed, Ross Noble talks about the Search for Intelligent Life, Paul Merton reveals the Things he Throws Away and Jenny Eclair talks about Coping With Embarrassment.

Devised by Ian Messiter.

Producer: Claire Jones.

MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jp09)
From 12/08/1958

Kenneth Horne hitches a lift in a helicopter - and 'Hornerama' investigates sport.

Starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Ron Moody.

Written by Eric Merriman and Barry Took

Music from Pat Lancaster, the Malcolm Mitchell Trio and the BBC Review Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.

Announcer: Douglas Smith

A madcap mix of sketches and songs, Beyond Our Ken hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964 - featuring regulars like Arthur Fallowfield, Cecil Snaith and Rodney and Charles.

The precursor to 'Round The Horne' - sadly only 13 shows survive from the original run of 21 episodes in Series 1. Audio restored using both home and overseas (BBC Transcription Service) recordings.

Producer: Jacques Brown

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1958.

MON 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0085j9l)
Series 2

Episode 6

Shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel heads to Hollywood and makes a movie.

Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.

CAST:

Groucho Marx as Waldorf T. Flywheel …. Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli …. Frank Lazarus
Miss Dimple and Other Female Roles …. Lorelei King
Von Blitzen …. Graham Hoadly
Tyrone Price …. Vincent Marzello

Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman.
Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.

Producer: Dirk Maggs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.

MON 09:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rtf9n)
Series 4

Celebrity Weatherman

In this episode, Milton proves that you don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - you just need a fully-working anemometer and a mouse called Tim.

Hurricanes, eclipses and a box of Duchy Originals are just some of the hideous forces of nature Milton has to reckon with. So if you like talking about the weather - and what English person doesn't - then wrap up warm and make sure you catch Another Case Of Milton Jones.

Milton's joined in his endeavours by his co-stars Tom Goodman-Hill (Camelot), Dan Tetsell (Mongrels) and Lucy Montgomery (Down The Line).

Britain's funniest Milton and the king of the one-liner returns with a fully-working cast and a shipload of jokes for this series of daffy comedy adventures.

Each week, Milton is a complete and utter expert at something - Top Gun aviator, Weatherman, Billy Elliot-style dancer, World-beating cyclist, mathematical genius and Extreme Travel Entrepreneur. And each week, with absolutely no ability or competence, he plunges into a big adventure with utterly funny results.

"Milton Jones is one of Britain's best gagsmiths with a flair for creating daft yet perfect one-liners" - The Guardian
"King of the surreal one-liners" - The Times
"If you haven't caught up with Jones yet - do so!" - Daily Mail

Written by Milton with James Cary (Think The Unthinkable, Miranda)

Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive Production for BBC Radio 4.

MON 09:30 Says on the Tin (b00gqzw0)
Chowder

Comedy by Christopher William Hill.

Eliott, Esther and Hannah compete aggressively to promote American Chowder to the British.

Eliott Thurber ...... Michael Brandon
Esther Finn ...... Samantha Bond
Hannah Walker ...... Pippa Haywood
Zadie ...... Joannah Tincey
Baz ...... Inam Mirza
Sal ...... John Guerrasio

Other parts played by Stephen Critchlow, Jonathan Tafler, Dan Starkey, Gunnar Cauthery and Donnla Hughes.

MON 10:00 Ethel Lena White - The Lady Vanishes (b017557m)
A train, a missing governess and evil Nazi plans for Europe. All aboard for a gripping ride to adventure.

Dramatised by Neville Teller from Ethel Lina White’s novel ‘The Wheel Spins’.

CAST:

Miss Froy …. Renee Asherson
Iris …. Jenny Funnell
Wilberforce …. Mark Tandy
Maximillan Hare …. Mark Payton
Dr Traunitz/Stephen Yardley …. Richard Durden
Baroness/Mrs Todhunter …. Shirley Dixon
Prince Frederick/Mr Barnes/Porter …. Jonathan Keeble
Baron Hoffmeir/Mr Todhunter …. Michael Roberts
Ian Bretherton/Ticket Collector …. Geoffrey Beevers
Evelyn Flood-Porter/Frau ummer …. Geraldine Fitzgerald
Rose Flood-Porter/Frau Kummer …. Jan Shand
Mrs Barnes …. Karen Lewis

The book was also adapted as a 1938 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Director: Andy Jordan

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1999.

MON 11:00 Katie Fforde - A Fortnight in Tuscany (b010m61b)
Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. A control freak is forced to attend a Tuscan cookery course. Read by Candida Benson.

MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01c6kr1)
Clive will be chewing the fat with author Will Self, whose new book 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker' is a selection of his hilarious New Statesman Real Meals columns. Will bravely delves into the ubiquitous Thai meal and chicken tikka masala, frozen TV dinners and airline food.

Clive will be saying 'Yes M'Lady' to actress Keeley Hawes, who stars as Lady Agnes in the second series of 'Upstairs Downstairs'. Keeley will be talking about the drama, intrigue and passion among the sumptuous household of 165 Eaton Place. What would Mrs Bridges think? 'Upstairs Downstairs' returns to BBC One on Sunday 19th February at 21.30.

Gideon Coe will be making a splash with intrepid adventurer and original 'Castaway' Ben Fogle, whose new BBC Two series takes a thrilling look at the underwater world of the crocodile. 'Swimming With Crocodiles' starts on Sunday 19th February at 21.00.

Clive talks 'Infidelity' with the original 'It' girl Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, who's had no time to 'do lunch' as she's been writing, presenting, playing the piano and even swinging through the jungle! 'Infidelity' is the sequel to Tara's first book 'Inheritance' and is a tale of lovers and losers, cheaters and winners.

With music from Canadian five-piece roots collective The Deep Dark Woods who perform 'Sugar Mama' from their album 'The Place I Left Behind'.

And sending pulses racing, bluesy punk duo The Kills are in to celebrate their tenth anniversary with their new single 'The Last Goodbye' from their album 'Blood Pressures'.

Producer: Cathie Mahoney.

MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jp09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

MON 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0085j9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

MON 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yn6z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

MON 13:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

MON 13:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g2cv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

MON 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k4c5)
Episode 11

Nicholas and Smike leave London to seek their fortunes. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings and Oliver Milburn.

MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b00cblhd)
The Civil War Begins

It's January 1642 and Charles I is about to make a big mistake. Narrated by Anna Massey.

MON 14:30 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jrc0)
Series 2

Young Chocolate

Carter's uncle fancies a good funeral, so they head off to the burial for a boxer.

Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
The Undetraker …. Michael Graham Cox
Marcus Potts …. Stan Richards
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989.

MON 14:45 Hollywood History of the World (b01c6lhd)
Episode 1

Tinseltown's costume dramas - how historically accurate were they? Hosted by author George MacDonald Fraser. From March 1998.

MON 15:00 Ethel Lena White - The Lady Vanishes (b017557m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01c6nph)
Mel Giedroyc catches the Hogwarts Express on one of the most beautiful railways in the world, the West Highland Railway line in Scotland.

MON 17:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrkn)
Telling Tails

The dear ladies face chaos with a mouse in their house. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1983.

MON 17:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00p2hb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

MON 18:00 The Laxian Key (b007k2tx)
Episode 3

With the planetary decontaminationists on the run, Arnold's apologetic call for melting Earth is traced.

Stephen Hawking once warned us that our species could soon be wiped out by plagues, asteroids and our tendency to destroy ourselves. The solution, he suggested, was for us to colonise other planets. But Chris Larner and David Gilbert's sci-fi comedy sees the truth as a little more complicated.

The Laxian Key shows how, as soon as Man steps onto another planet, he promptly fouls it up just as he did earth. The heroes of this wonderfully wacky tale are two interplanetary decontaminationists.

CAST:

Arnold …. Chris Larner
Gregor …. Mark Bonner
Evan …. Trevor Cooper
Office …. Alex Lowe
Ferngraum …. Sam Dale
Jo …. Christine Kavanagh
Dolores …. Virge Gilchrist
Virtual Newsreader …. Bethan Walker
with Paul Biggin, Emma Noakes and Joseph Kloska

Music by Mark Stevens and Chris Larner

Producer: Peter Kavanagh

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2007.

MON 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k3d0)
The Silken-Swift by Theodore Sturgeon

A man is caught between a good witch and a wicked witch, but a unicorn holds the key to true happiness...

Written in 1953, Theodore Sturgeon's intense fantasy is read by Mark Bonnar.

Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories from around the world.

Director: Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in April 2007.

MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jp09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

MON 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0085j9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yn6z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

MON 20:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

MON 20:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g2cv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

MON 21:00 Katie Fforde - A Fortnight in Tuscany (b010m61b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01c6kr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b01bwfys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

MON 22:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rtf9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

MON 23:00 The Now Show (b01by9ls)
Series 36

Episode 1

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis return with another series of topical sketch and stand up. With Mitch Benn, Jon Holmes, Pippa Evans and John Finnemore.

Producer Katie Tyrrell.

MON 23:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007v1p5)
Series 1

Episode 4

The musical comedian presents his selection of some of the finest comic songs. With guest Phil Pope. From August 2005.

TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2012

TUE 00:00 The Laxian Key (b007k2tx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]

TUE 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k3d0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]

TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yn6z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]

TUE 01:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]

TUE 01:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g2cv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday]

TUE 02:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rtf9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]

TUE 02:30 Says on the Tin (b00gqzw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]

TUE 03:00 Ethel Lena White - The Lady Vanishes (b017557m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]

TUE 04:00 Katie Fforde - A Fortnight in Tuscany (b010m61b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]

TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01c6kr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]

TUE 05:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]

TUE 05:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00p2hb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]

TUE 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yp1g)
Murder on the Orient Express

Episode 2

The Orient Express is trapped in a snowdrift and in one compartment, a man lies murdered. Fortunately Hercule Poirot is aboard the train.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
MacQueen ...... James Telfer
Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor
Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou
Masterman ...... Desmond Llewelyn
Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms

Pianist: Michael Haslam

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell

Director Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.

TUE 06:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy0tm)
Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture

When a goods train carrying valuable paintings arrives at its destination with one missing carriage, the owners turn to amateur sleuth, Thorpe Hazell. How did the thieves remove it from a non-stopping service?

Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.

Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.

English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.

Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.

TUE 06:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3797)
Episode 2

In the mystery case of a womanising farmer killed in 1938, evidence mounts against his wife Gertrude. Read by Robert Lindsay.

TUE 07:00 Alison and Maud (b007k3yc)
Series 2

Free-Range Angels

Alison and Maud make merry with a Thai take-away.

Second of two series of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.

Starring Denise Coffey as Alison, Miriam Margolyes as Maud, Joss Ackland as Father, Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard, Chris Emmett as Mr Mullet and Nicholas Grace as Leslie.

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.

TUE 07:30 Mr and Mrs Smith (b01bwp6g)
The Bathroom

Annabelle is annoyed because Will couldn't stand up to their over-enthusiastic builder. Will is furious at Annabelle for hiring the builder.

Guy mediates, but this week the counsellor has his own problems...

Will Smith's sitcom about a couple in marriage counselling.

Counsellor Guy must mediate another dispute between Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to the events that spawned the argument, and by the end, the couple find marital equilibrium once more. Sort of.

Will Smith ..... Will Smith
Annabelle Smith ..... Sarah Hadland
Guy ..... Paterson Joseph
John ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Saskia, Sally ..... Susie Blake
Adam ..... Dan Tetsell
Claudia ..... Tracy Wiles

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.

TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jtd4)
Series 7

The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis

Admiral Seagoon is dispatched as bandits attack the British garrison.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.

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 October 1956.

TUE 08:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrt7)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Terry is not keen to meet any of Bob's snobbish friends.

Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers.

With Sheila Fearn, Olive Milbourne, Julian Holloway and Gretta Gouriet.

Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley.

Producer: John Browell
Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in a BBC Treasure Hunt.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975.

TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b01by9ls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]

TUE 09:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007v1p5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday]

TUE 10:00 James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans (b007jljv)
1. Under Siege

The daughters of Colonel Munro are led into danger by vengeful Huron, Magua.

J. Fenimore Cooper's epic set amidst the struggle between the British and the French for control of North America. Dramatised in two-parts by David Calcutt.

CAST:

Narrator …. Garrick Hagon
Major Heyward …. Philip Franks
Uncas …. Clarence Smith
Cora …. Helen McCory
Magua …. Alfredo Michelsen
General Munro …. Russell Dixon
Chingachgook …. Okon Jones
Alice …. Naomi Radcliffe
General Montcalm …. John Jardine
Hawkeye …. Michael Feast

Producer: Michael Fox

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995

TUE 11:00 Maeve Binchy - Love in the Afternoon (b010m0bd)
Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. 'My mother always told me life is a matter of luck.' Read by Adjoa Andoh.

TUE 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c6ql1)
Series 3

Bird in Hand

4 Extra Debut. Chef Warwick Hedges offers ornithologist Megan a night's stay and a guaranteed sighting of a rare bird. Stars Trevor Peacock.

TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jtd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

TUE 12:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrt7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yp1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

TUE 13:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy0tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

TUE 13:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3797)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

TUE 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k4db)
Episode 12

Kate suffers from Sir Mulberry Hawk's sinister advances. Stars Alex Jennings, Oliver Milburn and Anna Massey.

TUE 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007js9q)
The Rise and Rise of Oliver Cromwell

Some Kings lost their heads but only Charles I lost the monarchy. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.

TUE 14:30 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jrcg)
Series 2

A Very Occasional Day

Uncle Mort and Carter Brandon continue their days out by going to a sheepdog trial

Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of long-suffering Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
Pat Brandon …. Liz Goulding
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1989.

TUE 14:45 Hollywood History of the World (b01c6rsq)
Episode 2

Cinema's biblical epics - how did they shape history's image? Presented by author George MacDonald Fraser. From March 1998.

TUE 15:00 James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans (b007jljv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01c6rtr)
Mel Giedroyc makes American pancakes for Shrove Tuesday and continues the search for the cleverest family in Britain with the Keep It in the Family quiz.

TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b009r202)
Series 2

The Bread and Butter

A mystery body strains the Republic's spirit of glasnost at the British Embassy – where many more British tourists are finding their way here than in the past...

Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.

Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Greif as the United States Ambassador, Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Stephen Rashbrook as Harris.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988.

TUE 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

TUE 18:00 The Laxian Key (b007k30w)
Episode 4

Evans the Welsh vigilante aims to senselessly bomb the planetary decontaminationists for melting Earth.

Stephen Hawking once warned us that our species could soon be wiped out by plagues, asteroids and our tendency to destroy ourselves. The solution, he suggested, was for us to colonise other planets. But Chris Larner and David Gilbert's sci-fi comedy sees the truth as a little more complicated.

The Laxian Key shows how, as soon as Man steps onto another planet, he promptly fouls it up just as he did earth. The heroes of this wonderfully wacky tale are two interplanetary decontaminationists.

CAST:

Arnold …. Chris Larner
Gregor …. Mark Bonner
Evan …. Trevor Cooper
Office …. Alex Lowe
Ferngraum …. Sam Dale
Jo …. Christine Kavanagh
Dolores …. Virge Gilchrist
Virtual Newsreader …. Bethan Walker
with Paul Biggin, Emma Noakes and Joseph Kloska

Music by Mark Stevens and Chris Larner

Producer: Peter Kavanagh

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2007.

TUE 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrfm)
Episode 1

After a mysterious meteor shower, Bill Masen wakes up in hospital an eye operation to find that the world he knew will never be the same again...

Roger May begins a 17-part unabridged reading of John Wyndham's cult sci-fi novel - an unsettlingly vivid and thrillingly realised tale of ecological apocalypse.

Producer: Susan Carson

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in 2004.

TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jtd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

TUE 19:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrt7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yp1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

TUE 20:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy0tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

TUE 20:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3797)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

TUE 21:00 Maeve Binchy - Love in the Afternoon (b010m0bd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

TUE 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c6ql1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

TUE 22:00 Mr and Mrs Smith (b01bwp6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

TUE 22:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b00fnfnx)
Series 2

Fragile Peace

Linda takes on the mantle of Kofi Annan as she tries to broker a fragile peace between her elderly neighbour Betty and live-in builder Chris. In the strife-torn streets of East London, can bingo and musical theatre ever be reconciled?

Sitcom written by and starring Linda Smith.

With Femi Elufowoju Jnr, Jeremy Hardy, Margaret John, Martin Hyder and Chris Neill.

Producer: Jon Rolph

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.

TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01d2c3d)
The Comedy Club offers two hours of laughs six nights a week. Arthur Smith chats to Warren Lakin and Andy Hamilton.

TUE 23:00 Deep Trouble (b00sjp2s)
Series 1

Episode 2

The US Navy's special Seals force causes excitement aboard nuclear submarine Goliath. Stars Jim Field Smith. From October 2005.

TUE 23:30 The Big Booth (b007k3g2)
Series 2: The Big Booth Too

Episode 4

Boothby and friends share scary tales of the railway and dramas at sea.

More guitar-flavoured songs and surreal laughs from Boothby Graffoe.

With Stephen Frost, Vivienne Soan, Big Al, io Forcione, Jim Sweeney and Neil Innes.

Written by Boothby Graffoe and Dave Thompson.

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.

WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2012

WED 00:00 The Laxian Key (b007k30w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]

WED 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]

WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yp1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]

WED 01:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy0tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]

WED 01:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3797)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Tuesday]

WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01by9ls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]

WED 02:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007v1p5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday]

WED 03:00 James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans (b007jljv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]

WED 04:00 Maeve Binchy - Love in the Afternoon (b010m0bd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]

WED 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c6ql1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]

WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b009r202)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]

WED 05:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]

WED 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yrng)
Murder on the Orient Express

Episode 3

Hercule Poirot has discovered the murder victim has a "past" - and is convinced that the murderer is still aboard the train.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor
Princess Dragmiroff ...... Sian Phillips
Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy
Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe
Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins
Colonel Arbuthnot ...... Stephen Hodson
Hardman ...... John Church

Pianist: Michael Haslam

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell

Director Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.

WED 06:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy2qk)
The Affair of the Corridor Express

The son of multi-millionaire is snatched from a moving train, can Thorpe Hazell foil the kidnappers' dastardly plan?

Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.

Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.

English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.

Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.

WED 06:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3g26)
Episode 3

In the wealthy farmer death riddle, the spotlight falls on James Walker and his glamorous housekeeper. Read by Robert Lindsay.

WED 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b01c6s6k)
Series 2

The Old Days

Pam Ayres uses poetry and sketches to illustrate fond memories. With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From April 2006.

WED 07:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b01by7cs)
Series 4

Sheffield

Comedian-activist Mark Thomas heads to Sheffield City Hall in search of new proposals for his People's Manifesto.

This week's agenda:

1) Councils to plant fruit trees in public spaces
2) 3 Years' free education for all between age 25 and retirement
and
3) Buckingham Palace to be converted into homeless flats

Plus lots of "any other business" suggestions for the studio audience, including a novel approach to reducing knife crime.

Written and presented by Mark Thomas
Produced by Colin Anderson.

WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4m9)
Series 4

The Bolshoi Ballet

The lad's hopes for a night of dance at London's Covent Garden don't quite go to plan.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1956.

WED 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00k9dbv)
From 22/04/1984

From duelling kings to a Commons washroom attendant.

Michael Bentine stars in the ultimate one man show written and performed by the host.

Producer: Jamie Rix

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1984.

WED 09:00 Nineteen Ninety-Eight (b01c6sgt)
Episode 3

On the run, Edward meets the Leopard - will he survive? Orwellian sitcom with David Threlfall and Hugh Laurie. From April 1987.

WED 09:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00mjktm)
Series 2

Episode 5

James Walton tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop music.

Team captains Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by Stewart Lee and David Quantick to be put through their musical paces

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Written and researched by James Walton.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.

WED 10:00 James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans (b007jpng)
2. The Pursuit

As the brutal war rages, Huron chief Magua captures Colonel Munro's daughters.

Hawkeye, Captain Heyward and the Mohicans set out in pursuit...

Conclusion of J Fenimore Cooper's epic set amidst the struggle between the British and the French for control of North America. Dramatised in two-parts by David Calcutt.

CAST:

Hawkeye …. Michael Feast
Major Heyward …. Philip Franks
Cora …. Helen McCrory
Alice …. Naomi Radcliffe
Chingachgook …. Okon Jones
Uncas …. Clarence Smith
Magua …. Alfredo Michelsen
General Munro …. Russell Dixon
General Montcalm …. John Jardine
David …. Robert Whelan
Tamenund …. Joe Speare
The Narrator …. Garrick Hagon

Producer: Michael Fox

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995

WED 11:00 Penny Vincenzi - A Voice From the Past (b010gkq8)
Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. A young girl is enchanted by vivid tales from the past. Read by Joanna Lumley.

WED 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c6sk6)
Series 3

The Dream Insists

4 Extra Debut. Warwick and Sam share a recurring dream about a ramshackle hut - but it turns out that it really exists. Stars Trevor Peacock.

WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4m9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

WED 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00k9dbv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yrng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

WED 13:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy2qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

WED 13:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3g26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

WED 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k4fg)
Episode 13

Nicholas and Smike begin their new theatrical careers. Stars Alex Jennings, Oliver Milburn and Raymond Pickard.

WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jsb4)
The First Redcoats and The Battle of Naseby

1645 and the Battle of Naseby began, which historians believe was the start of modern British democracy. Narrated by Anna Massey.

WED 14:30 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jrcs)
Series 2

2084

Carter Brandon takes his uncle off to ponder growing old over a pint.

Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of long-suffering Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
The Barmaid …. Liz Goulding
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1989.

WED 14:45 Hollywood History of the World (b01c6tkw)
Episode 3

How cinema tackled Tudor royalty and adventure on the high seas. Presented by author George MacDonald Fraser. From March 1998.

WED 15:00 James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans (b007jpng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01c6tl4)
Mel Giedroyc hears about the 'Inheritance Books' of 500 Words Short Story Competition Judge, Andy Stanton. Plus another round of Keep it in the Family.

WED 17:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq3p)
The Builder

The nationality of a workman reignites old Home Guard hostilities for Wilson, Hodges and Pike.

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
Guthrie …. Glynn Edwards
Myrtle Spivey …. Stella Tanner
Wolfgang Fischer …. Gordon Clyde
The Builder’s Receptionist …. Carole Harrison
The Irish Nun …. Katherine Parr

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 August 1984.

WED 17:30 Ayres on the Air (b01c6s6k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

WED 18:00 Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples (b007jplz)
As a beautiful woman picks its last withered apple, a dying ancient tree is determined to survive. Read by William Hootkins.

WED 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrg0)
Episode 2

Bill Masen remembers how the Triffids first came to England, and why they became so prevalent. Cult novel read by Roger May.

WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4m9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

WED 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00k9dbv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yrng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

WED 20:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy2qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

WED 20:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3g26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

WED 21:00 Penny Vincenzi - A Voice From the Past (b010gkq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

WED 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c6sk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

WED 22:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b01by7cs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

WED 22:30 Ross Noble Goes Global (b01c6txd)
Series 2

Belgium

Comedian Ross Noble Ross sets about proving Belgium is not dull, with chocolate, odd statues and the legacy of Jean-Claude Van Damme

Producer: Danny Wallace

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.

WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01d2c3z)
The Comedy Club offers two hours of laughs six nights a week. More chat with Arthur Smith and Andy Hamilton, the week's guest.

WED 23:00 Edge Falls (b007s1dt)
Series 1

Happy Week

The retail park's latest campaign is launched by its politically correct manager, Sonya.

Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst's sitcom following the lives of the staff of Edge Falls Retail Village starring Sarah Lancashire and Mark Benton.

Sonya.............................Sarah Lancashire
Mick................................Mark Benton
Rez............................... Emil Marwa
Valerie........................... Sarah Hadland
Colin...............................Anthony Glennon
Milosh.............................John Dougall
John/Jim.........................Neil Warhurst
Karl/Gretel......................Paul Barnhill
Tina................................Jasmine Callan
Cheryl.............................Kitty McDonagh
Mum................................Rachel Bavidge

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.

WED 23:30 Rubbish (b0077128)
Series 1

Outsourcing

Martin's boss Roger is suspended after his computer is taken away following a worldwide FBI sting operation.

Martin finds himself acting head, but when he meets the outsourcing partner from hell, he starts to realise he's in over his head.

Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and manic-depressive, Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom.

Martin ...... Reece Dinsdale
Roger ...... Paul Copley
Sarah ...... Nicola Walker
Barney ...... James Lance
Karen ...... Oriane Messina
Darren ...... Mark Maier

Producer: Claire Bartlett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.

THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2012

THU 00:00 Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples (b007jplz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]

THU 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]

THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yrng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]

THU 01:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy2qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]

THU 01:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3g26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Wednesday]

THU 02:00 Nineteen Ninety-Eight (b01c6sgt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]

THU 02:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00mjktm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]

THU 03:00 James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans (b007jpng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]

THU 04:00 Penny Vincenzi - A Voice From the Past (b010gkq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]

THU 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c6sk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]

THU 05:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]

THU 05:30 Ayres on the Air (b01c6s6k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]

THU 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ys7n)
Murder on the Orient Express

Episode 4

Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot discovers that someone aboard the train is lying to him.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou
Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms
Miss Debenham ...... Francesca Annis
Foscarelli ...... Frank Coda
Fraulein Schmidt ...... Linda Polan
Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe
Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins
Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy

Pianist: Michael Haslam

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell

Director Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.

THU 06:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwq9b)
The Stolen Necklace

A passenger begs for Thorpe Hazell's help after her Aunt's valuable diamonds are stolen from her luggage.

Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.

Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.

English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.

Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.

THU 06:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3x7b)
Episode 4

Secrets are revealed at womanising farmer William Muffit's inquest, but his killer is still at large. Read by Robert Lindsay.

THU 07:00 Chambers (b007znmz)
Series 1

The Cab Rank Rule

Fuller-Carp faces a dilemma when asked to represent animal rights activists, having just accepted an invitation to go fox-hunting with some influential High Court judges.

Nor is it just Fuller-Carp's dignity which is on the line, as LAM (Lawyers against Meat) is ready to pounce...

Clive Coleman’s sitcom about the questionable practices of a group of barristers.

John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Lesley Sharp
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Simon De Vere ...... Jonathan Coy
Rob ...... Paul Shearer
Mr Porteus ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Porteus ...... Ann Beach

Producer Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1996.

THU 07:30 Clare in the Community (b01693gs)
Series 7

Basic Attraction

Finally, it's Clare and Brian's wedding day! But first there's the Hen Party and Stag Night to get through.

Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.

A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.

Join Clare in her continued struggle to control both her professional and private life. In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.

SALLY PHILLIPS Clare
ALEX LOWE Brian
NINA CONTI Megan / Nali
RICHARD LUMSDEN Ray
LIZA TARBUCK Helen
ANDREW WINCOTT Simon
SARAH KENDALL Libby
TRACY WILES Nina / Mrs Mellish
GERARD MCDERMOT Registrar
ADAM BILLINGTON Gavin / Terry
VICTORIA INEZ HARDY Nurse / Trudi

Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden

Producer Katie Tyrrell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.

THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b01c7rlx)
Gone to Earth

One of 14 shows not kept in the archive and re-recorded in 1980 – previously never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.

‘The Men from the Ministry’ ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977.

Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler (who replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966).

With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.

Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Edward Taylor.

Producer: Edward Taylor.

Re-recording of ‘' The Hole'' made in April 1980.

THU 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jnqc)
Series 2

Mum's Army

When Captain Mainwaring decides to open up his Home Guard unit to women, Mrs Gray catches his eye.

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

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Fraser …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker Larry Martyn
Mrs Fox …. Mollie Sugden
Mrs Gray …. Carmen Silvera
Edith Parish ....... Wendy Richard
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1975.

THU 09:00 Crowned Hudds (b00psrfz)
Fourth Wedding and Some Funerals

Poking fun at King Henry VIII, it's Roy Hudd's historical royal romp, with June Whitfield and Chris Emmett. From August 1995.

THU 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b01c7rsl)
Series 2

Communication Breakdown

The couples need to talk, but is a cosy chat really what's on the agenda? With Jim Sweeney and Stephen Frost. From October 2002.

THU 10:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01c7rym)
The House of Shaws

Scotland is in turmoil after the Jacobite rebellion, as young David sets off to Edinburgh. Robert Louis Stevenson's historical adventure stars David Rintoul.

THU 11:00 Deborah Moggach - An Arrangement in Grey and Black (b007mwdd)
In 1871, Whistler paints a masterpiece picture of his mother. A century later, it reappears. Deborah Moggach's story, read by Susannah York. From March 1997.

THU 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c7scj)
Series 3

Pitiless Storm

4 Extra Debut. Buoyant chef Warwick Hedges starts promising lavish Christmas gifts for all - what is he up to? Stars Trevor Peacock.

THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b01c7rlx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jnqc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ys7n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

THU 13:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwq9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

THU 13:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3x7b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

THU 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k4gm)
Episode 14

Sir Mulberry Hawke takes Kate Nickleby and her mother to the theatre. Stars Oliver Milburn, Nicola Ratcliffe and Jeremy Clyde.

THU 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jsbc)
The Execution of Charles I

Money had to be found for the war and taxes were high. Anna Massey narrates the events leading up to the execution of Charles.

THU 14:30 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007jqzh)
Series 1

We've Only Just Started

Carter Brandon drives his Uncle Mort down south, but trouble looms at a pub stop.

Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of long-suffering Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Sam Kelly
Elderly Man …. Christopher Good
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1990.

THU 14:45 Hollywood History of the World (b01c7sgp)
Episode 4

Saddle up partner, there's gold in them thar hills! Westerns are tackled. Presented by author George MacDonald Fraser. From March 1998.

THU 15:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01c7rym)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01c7sjc)
Mel Giedroyc finds the cave where Bonnie Prince Charlie hid before he escaped to France, and she continues her quest to find the smartest family in Britain.

THU 17:00 For Better or for Worse (b00t9yby)
Series 2

Episode 1

Will undertaker's assistant Bernard ever get fiancee Iris up the aisle? Stars Su Pollard and Gorden Kaye. From December 1994.

THU 17:30 Chambers (b007znmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

THU 18:00 Hordes of the Things (b0089b37)
1. The Prophecy is Cast

The kingdom of Albion is in peril, and the law of darkness encroaches...

Andrew Marshall and John Lloyd's epic four-part Tolkien parody.

Starring Paul Eddington, Paul Magee and Simon Callow.

King Yulfric the Wise …. Paul Eddington
The Chronicler …. Patrick Magee
Crown Prince Veganin …. Simon Callow
Agar …. Christian Rodska
Radox the Green …. Frank Middlemass
Maliadoc …. Hugh Thomas
King Yulfric's First Assistant Advisor …. David Ross
Caradorn …. Gordon Gostelow
Dyandetes …. Miriam Margolyes
Another Harpy …. Eve Karpf

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980.

THU 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrgd)
Episode 3

It is well known that Triffids can walk, but Bill Masen wonders what other human skills they might possess. Cult novel read by Roger May.

THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b01c7rlx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

THU 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jnqc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ys7n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

THU 20:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwq9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

THU 20:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3x7b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

THU 21:00 Deborah Moggach - An Arrangement in Grey and Black (b007mwdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

THU 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c7scj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

THU 22:00 Clare in the Community (b01693gs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

THU 22:30 Newsjack (b01c7ttz)
Series 6

Episode 1

Made for 4 Extra. Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news stories from the last seven days.

THU 23:00 Bleak Expectations (b00ddx9f)
Series 1

A Young Love Mercilessly Dismembered

Pip falls in love but great drama awaits. Mark Evans' Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson. From September 2007.

THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4p8)
Series 2

Blue Herring

The management consultants plug into media technology. Stars Emma Kennedy and Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2002.

FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2012

FRI 00:00 Hordes of the Things (b0089b37)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]

FRI 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]

FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ys7n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]

FRI 01:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwq9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]

FRI 01:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3x7b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Thursday]

FRI 02:00 Crowned Hudds (b00psrfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]

FRI 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b01c7rsl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]

FRI 03:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01c7rym)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]

FRI 04:00 Deborah Moggach - An Arrangement in Grey and Black (b007mwdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]

FRI 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c7scj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]

FRI 05:00 For Better or for Worse (b00t9yby)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]

FRI 05:30 Chambers (b007znmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]

FRI 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ytww)
Murder on the Orient Express

Episode 5

Time is against Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot as he battles to unmask the murderer aboard the Orient Express.

John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot in the conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne
Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou
Masterman ...... Desmond Llewelyn
Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor
Princess Dragmiroff ...... Sian Phillips
Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms
Miss Debenham ...... Francesca Annis
Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe
Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins
Colonel Arbuthnot ...... Stephen Hodson
Foscarelli ...... Frank Coda
Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy
MacQueen ...... James Telfer
Fraulein Schmidt ...... Linda Polan

Music composed and played by Michael Haslam

From the book published in 1934 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell

Director Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993.

FRI 06:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcsp)
The Affair of the Birmingham Bank

Can daring Edwardian sleuth, Thorpe Hazell manage to foil a gold bullion train robbery?

Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.

Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.

English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.

Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.

FRI 06:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g42tg)
Episode 5

Under cover of darkness, the police make one last trip to wealthy farmer William Muffit's murder scene. Read by Robert Lindsay.

FRI 07:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00vd7sd)
Series 4

The Flying Squad

The priest is put to the test when floods threaten the parish of Mondo Piccolo. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From May 2004.

FRI 07:30 What's So Funny? (b01c7vg6)
Series 2

Episode 21

Ed Byrne is joined by Robin Ince, Rob Deering and Roisin Conaty to discuss the best of the week in British comedy.

FRI 08:00 The TV Lark (b01c7wj3)
On Safari

The Troutbridge TV team heads to Africa for 'Up The Creek' with naturalists Maggie and Arnold Crump.

After 4 series of 'The Navy Lark', the BBC decided the comedy crew needed a new setting, so where better than brand new independent station, Troutbridge TV?

However, after just 10 episodes, this proved to be only a temporary change of course for the crew of HMS Troutbridge - as the crew were soon back aboard 'The Navy Lark'.

Stars Jon Pertwee as the Floor Manager, Leslie Phillips as The Director, Stephen Murray as the Producer, Ronnie Barker as Fatso Johnson and Richard Caldicote as the Deputy Controller.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1963.

FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnbp)
Series 5

Men of Property

Albert and Harold set out to buy their rag and bone yard's freehold.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Norman Bird, Jeanne Cook and Michael McClain.

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

Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Produced by Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.

FRI 09:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b00mvs9q)
Off the Rails

Ticket sales at Oglethorpe railway station are at an all-time low.

Could passengers be put off by Points's Platform 1 FM Punk Rock Show? Or is it down to June's seances in the cafe? - or perhaps because Rocket refuses to sell anyone a ticket to Barnsley?

New station manager, David Clare has a challenge on his hands!

Peter Morfoot's railway sitcom stars Michael Williams and Peter Davison.

Rocket ...... Michael Williams
David ...... Peter Davison
June ...... Rosemary Martin
Points ...... Phillippa Wilson
Hattie ...... Madge Hindle
Sodd ...... Chris Emmett

Other parts played by Caroline Strong and David Timson.

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1995.

FRI 09:30 Spending My Inheritance (b00fpx7l)
Where There's a Will

Sitcom by Clive Coleman, starring Kris Marshall as cash-strapped forty-something Harry, who has to watch from the sidelines as his newly retired parents start spending their hard-earned cash on themselves.

Harry tries to find out if his mum and dad have made a will.

Harry ...... Kris Marshall
Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy
Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham
Liz ...... Judy Parfitt
Jess ...... Antonia Thomas
Paul ...... Stephen Critchlow
Nick ...... Jonathan Tafler
Ed/Simon ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Radio Correspondent ...... Clive Coleman
Fran ...... Jill Cardo

Directed by Sam Hoyle.

FRI 10:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01c7x03)
Murder in Appin

David Balfour is shipwrecked off Scotland's coast. Cast ashore, he heads to Appin and a fateful encounter. Robert Louis Stevenson's historical adventure stars Paul Young.

FRI 11:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Gardener (b00nrvp3)
An aunt's grief for a nephew killed by a splinter shell on the Somme. A poignant tale of Remembrance read by Patricia Hodge. From November 2000.

FRI 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c7x3s)
Series 3

The Dancing Stone

4 Extra Debut. Buoyant Warwick spots a mysterious stone and wants it in the restaurant, but Sam says to move it at his peril. Stars Trevor Peacock.

FRI 12:00 The TV Lark (b01c7wj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ytww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

FRI 13:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

FRI 13:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g42tg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

FRI 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007js6m)
Episode 15

Nicholas is alerted to Sir Mulberry Hawke's treatment of his sister Kate. Stars Alex Jennings, Oliver Milburn and Jeremy Clyde.

FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jsbp)
The Republic of England

Upon the execution of Charles I, England becomes a republic. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.

FRI 14:30 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007jqzx)
Series 1

Three Star Comfort

Carter Brandon checks in for some room service, but his uncle has other ideas.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Sam Kelly
Pat/Receptionist …. Liz Goulding
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Written by Peter Tinniswood.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.

FRI 14:45 Hollywood History of the World (b01c7x7l)
Episode 5

Scotland and its perception in the realm of cinema. Author George MacDonald Fraser hosts last of the series. From March 1998.

FRI 15:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01c7x03)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01c7x85)
Mel Giedroyc's journey on the Hogwarts Express finishes at the Scottish town of Mallaig, where she uncovers the hidden history at the end of the line.

FRI 17:00 Brothers in Law (b007jrhv)
Series 2

Statistics

Lawyer Roger has a bad day at the races, thanks to Joy's Uncle.

Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Terence Alexander as Henry Blagrove, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, John Le Mesurier as the Judge, Richard Wattis as Trent and Malcolm Hayes as the Commentator.

All other parts by Michael Kilgarriff.

Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson.

Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1971.

FRI 17:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00vd7sd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

FRI 18:00 Hordes of the Things (b007jqts)
2. The Forces Gather

Radox the Green battles to gather an army against the encroaching Evil One.

But as his mum gives him an ear-bashing - is Agar really a hero?

Andrew Marshall and John Lloyd's epic Tolkien parody.

Starring Paul Eddington, Paul Magee and Simon Callow.

King Yulfric the Wise …. Paul Eddington
The Chronicler …. Patrick Magee
Crown Prince Veganin …. Simon Callow
Agar …. Christian Rodska
Radox the Green …. Frank Middlemass
Maliadoc …. Hugh Thomas
King Yulfric's First Assistant Advisor …. David Ross
Mother of Agar …. Miriam Margolyes
Queen Elfreda …. Maggie Steed
The High Bishop of Zylbor …. Aubrey Woods
Golin Longshanks …. Jonathan Lynn

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1980.

FRI 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrh9)
Episode 4

Bill Masen is horrified by what he discovers in London, but manages to rescue a girl from danger. Cult novel read by Roger May.

FRI 19:00 The TV Lark (b01c7wj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ytww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

FRI 20:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

FRI 20:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g42tg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

FRI 21:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Gardener (b00nrvp3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

FRI 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b01c7x3s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

FRI 22:00 What's So Funny? (b01c7vg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

FRI 22:30 The Big Fun Show (b00kvb5d)
Episode 1

Sketch series with Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Tony Hawks and Josie Lawrence - before they hit the big time. From January 1988.

FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jpd8)
Series 2

Computers

Satan has trouble with a fundamentalist and Scumspawn has trouble with a pushy computer.

Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.

Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan

Other characters played by Philip Pope, Felicity Montagu and Nick Revell.

Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.

FRI 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtn5)
Series 2

The Human Body

Probing human cloning and what to do with our waste?

Series two of the cult comedy that answers the questions which leave other shows scratching their beards.

Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.

With Rebecca Front, Armando Iannucci and the voice of Tom Baker.

Producer: Sarah Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993.

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

A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus 17:00 SUN (b00tgxxm)

A Sting in the Tale 01:30 SAT (b00zfz9n)

A-Z of the British Countryside 23:00 SUN (b007k38g)

Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient 01:15 SAT (b01by6nk)

Alison and Maud 07:00 TUE (b007k3yc)

Alison and Maud 17:30 TUE (b007k3yc)

Alison and Maud 05:30 WED (b007k3yc)

All the Way from Memphis 09:30 WED (b00mjktm)

All the Way from Memphis 02:30 THU (b00mjktm)

All the Young Dudes 09:30 THU (b01c7rsl)

All the Young Dudes 02:30 FRI (b01c7rsl)

Another Case of Milton Jones 07:30 SUN (b00rp1wd)

Another Case of Milton Jones 22:00 SUN (b00rp1wd)

Another Case of Milton Jones 09:00 MON (b00rtf9n)

Another Case of Milton Jones 22:30 MON (b00rtf9n)

Another Case of Milton Jones 02:00 TUE (b00rtf9n)

Ayres on the Air 07:00 WED (b01c6s6k)

Ayres on the Air 17:30 WED (b01c6s6k)

Ayres on the Air 05:30 THU (b01c6s6k)

Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective 13:15 SAT (b007jmhx)

Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective 03:15 SUN (b007jmhx)

Beyond Our Ken 08:00 MON (b007jp09)

Beyond Our Ken 12:00 MON (b007jp09)

Beyond Our Ken 19:00 MON (b007jp09)

Bleak Expectations 23:00 THU (b00ddx9f)

Brothers in Law 05:00 SAT (b007k164)

Brothers in Law 17:00 FRI (b007jrhv)

Chambers 07:00 THU (b007znmz)

Chambers 17:30 THU (b007znmz)

Chambers 05:30 FRI (b007znmz)

Change at Oglethorpe 09:00 FRI (b00mvs9q)

Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby 14:00 MON (b007k4c5)

Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby 14:00 TUE (b007k4db)

Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby 14:00 WED (b007k4fg)

Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby 14:00 THU (b007k4gm)

Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby 14:00 FRI (b007js6m)

Charles Dickens 03:00 SAT (b007jnwx)

Clare in the Community 07:30 THU (b01693gs)

Clare in the Community 22:00 THU (b01693gs)

Comedy Greats 09:00 SAT (b007k1kw)

Comedy Greats 19:00 SAT (b007k1kw)

Crowned Hudds 09:00 THU (b00psrfz)

Crowned Hudds 02:00 FRI (b00psrfz)

Dad Made Me Laugh 11:30 SUN (b007k0n4)

Dad Made Me Laugh 19:30 SUN (b007k0n4)

Dad Made Me Laugh 02:30 MON (b007k0n4)

Dad's Army 08:30 THU (b007jnqc)

Dad's Army 12:30 THU (b007jnqc)

Dad's Army 19:30 THU (b007jnqc)

Daphne du Maurier - The Years Between 06:00 SAT (b00qm3c3)

Daphne du Maurier - The Years Between 16:00 SAT (b00qm3c3)

Daphne du Maurier - The Years Between 04:00 SUN (b00qm3c3)

Deborah Moggach - An Arrangement in Grey and Black 11:00 THU (b007mwdd)

Deborah Moggach - An Arrangement in Grey and Black 21:00 THU (b007mwdd)

Deborah Moggach - An Arrangement in Grey and Black 04:00 FRI (b007mwdd)

Deep Trouble 23:00 TUE (b00sjp2s)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 10:00 SUN (b01bw8vs)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 SUN (b01bw8vs)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (b01bw8vs)

Drama 04:15 SAT (b00jsxxk)

Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill 22:00 SAT (b007jvxn)

Edge Falls 23:00 WED (b007s1dt)

Ethel Lena White - The Lady Vanishes 10:00 MON (b017557m)

Ethel Lena White - The Lady Vanishes 15:00 MON (b017557m)

Ethel Lena White - The Lady Vanishes 03:00 TUE (b017557m)

FH Burnett - The Secret Garden 09:30 SUN (b00rl8kn)

FH Burnett - The Secret Garden 16:30 SUN (b00rl8kn)

FH Burnett - The Secret Garden 05:30 MON (b00rl8kn)

Falco 01:00 SAT (b01by6mb)

Fantastic Tales 00:30 SAT (b0084sqq)

Fantastic Tales 18:30 MON (b007k3d0)

Fantastic Tales 00:30 TUE (b007k3d0)

Fat Chance 02:00 SAT (b01byc68)

Fat Chance 14:30 SAT (b01byc68)

Fear on 4 18:00 SUN (b007jnhq)

Fear on 4 00:00 MON (b007jnhq)

Flying the Flag 17:00 TUE (b009r202)

Flying the Flag 05:00 WED (b009r202)

For Better or for Worse 17:00 THU (b00t9yby)

For Better or for Worse 05:00 FRI (b00t9yby)

Front Row Interviews 10:50 SUN (b01bw8z2)

Front Row Interviews 21:50 SUN (b01bw8z2)

Front Row Interviews 01:50 MON (b01bw8z2)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 08:00 SAT (b01c6brd)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 15:00 SAT (b01c6brd)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 01:00 SUN (b01c6brd)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b007k4m9)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b007k4m9)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b007k4m9)

Hercule Poirot 06:00 MON (b007yn6z)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 MON (b007yn6z)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 MON (b007yn6z)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 TUE (b007yn6z)

Hercule Poirot 06:00 TUE (b007yp1g)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 TUE (b007yp1g)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 TUE (b007yp1g)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 WED (b007yp1g)

Hercule Poirot 06:00 WED (b007yrng)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 WED (b007yrng)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 WED (b007yrng)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 THU (b007yrng)

Hercule Poirot 06:00 THU (b007ys7n)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 THU (b007ys7n)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 THU (b007ys7n)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 FRI (b007ys7n)

Hercule Poirot 06:00 FRI (b007ytww)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 FRI (b007ytww)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 FRI (b007ytww)

HighLites Omnibus 12:00 SAT (b01c6csd)

HighLites Omnibus 02:00 SUN (b01c6csd)

Hollywood History of the World 14:45 MON (b01c6lhd)

Hollywood History of the World 14:45 TUE (b01c6rsq)

Hollywood History of the World 14:45 WED (b01c6tkw)

Hollywood History of the World 14:45 THU (b01c7sgp)

Hollywood History of the World 14:45 FRI (b01c7x7l)

Hordes of the Things 18:00 THU (b0089b37)

Hordes of the Things 00:00 FRI (b0089b37)

Hordes of the Things 18:00 FRI (b007jqts)

It Sticks Out Half A Mile 17:00 WED (b007jq3p)

It Sticks Out Half A Mile 05:00 THU (b007jq3p)

James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans 10:00 TUE (b007jljv)

James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans 15:00 TUE (b007jljv)

James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans 03:00 WED (b007jljv)

James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans 10:00 WED (b007jpng)

James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans 15:00 WED (b007jpng)

James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans 03:00 THU (b007jpng)

Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat 11:00 SUN (b01c6h6v)

Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat 19:00 SUN (b01c6h6v)

Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat 02:00 MON (b01c6h6v)

John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 23:30 SAT (b01c8cbq)

John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids 18:30 TUE (b007jrfm)

John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids 00:30 WED (b007jrfm)

John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids 18:30 WED (b007jrg0)

John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids 00:30 THU (b007jrg0)

John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids 18:30 THU (b007jrgd)

John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids 00:30 FRI (b007jrgd)

John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids 18:30 FRI (b007jrh9)

Josephine Cox - The Lion's Den 04:00 SAT (b010m618)

Just a Minute 07:30 MON (b01bwfys)

Just a Minute 22:00 MON (b01bwfys)

Katie Fforde - A Fortnight in Tuscany 11:00 MON (b010m61b)

Katie Fforde - A Fortnight in Tuscany 21:00 MON (b010m61b)

Katie Fforde - A Fortnight in Tuscany 04:00 TUE (b010m61b)

Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting 22:30 TUE (b00fnfnx)

Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World 23:30 FRI (b007jtn5)

Loose Ends 11:15 MON (b01c6kr1)

Loose Ends 21:15 MON (b01c6kr1)

Loose Ends 04:15 TUE (b01c6kr1)

Maeve Binchy - Love in the Afternoon 11:00 TUE (b010m0bd)

Maeve Binchy - Love in the Afternoon 21:00 TUE (b010m0bd)

Maeve Binchy - Love in the Afternoon 04:00 WED (b010m0bd)

Mark Thomas: The Manifesto 07:30 WED (b01by7cs)

Mark Thomas: The Manifesto 22:00 WED (b01by7cs)

Miss Marple 13:30 SUN (b007jvgc)

Miss Marple 03:30 MON (b007jvgc)

Mr and Mrs Smith 07:30 TUE (b01bwp6g)

Mr and Mrs Smith 22:00 TUE (b01bwp6g)

Newsjack 22:30 THU (b01c7ttz)

Nicholas Nickleby Omnibus 06:00 SUN (b007k4b4)

Nicholas Nickleby Omnibus 12:00 SUN (b007k4b4)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 11:15 TUE (b01c6ql1)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 21:15 TUE (b01c6ql1)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 04:15 WED (b01c6ql1)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 11:15 WED (b01c6sk6)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 21:15 WED (b01c6sk6)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 04:15 THU (b01c6sk6)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 11:15 THU (b01c7scj)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 21:15 THU (b01c7scj)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 04:15 FRI (b01c7scj)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 11:15 FRI (b01c7x3s)

Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen 21:15 FRI (b01c7x3s)

Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat 07:00 MON (b00p2hb2)

Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat 17:30 MON (b00p2hb2)

Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat 05:30 TUE (b00p2hb2)

Nineteen Ninety-Eight 09:00 WED (b01c6sgt)

Nineteen Ninety-Eight 02:00 THU (b01c6sgt)

Old Harry's Game 23:00 FRI (b007jpd8)

Parsley Sidings 08:30 SUN (b008s3d0)

Parsley Sidings 15:30 SUN (b008s3d0)

Parsley Sidings 20:30 SUN (b008s3d0)

Penny Vincenzi - A Voice From the Past 11:00 WED (b010gkq8)

Penny Vincenzi - A Voice From the Past 21:00 WED (b010gkq8)

Penny Vincenzi - A Voice From the Past 04:00 THU (b010gkq8)

Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples 18:00 WED (b007jplz)

Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples 00:00 THU (b007jplz)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 06:45 MON (b00g2cv0)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 13:45 MON (b00g2cv0)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 20:45 MON (b00g2cv0)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 01:45 TUE (b00g2cv0)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 06:45 TUE (b00g3797)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 13:45 TUE (b00g3797)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 20:45 TUE (b00g3797)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 01:45 WED (b00g3797)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 06:45 WED (b00g3g26)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 13:45 WED (b00g3g26)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 20:45 WED (b00g3g26)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 01:45 THU (b00g3g26)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 06:45 THU (b00g3x7b)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 13:45 THU (b00g3x7b)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 20:45 THU (b00g3x7b)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 01:45 FRI (b00g3x7b)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 06:45 FRI (b00g42tg)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 13:45 FRI (b00g42tg)

Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years 20:45 FRI (b00g42tg)

RL Stevenson - Kidnapped 10:00 THU (b01c7rym)

RL Stevenson - Kidnapped 15:00 THU (b01c7rym)

RL Stevenson - Kidnapped 03:00 FRI (b01c7rym)

RL Stevenson - Kidnapped 10:00 FRI (b01c7x03)

RL Stevenson - Kidnapped 15:00 FRI (b01c7x03)

Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet 09:00 SUN (b01c6gs7)

Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet 16:00 SUN (b01c6gs7)

Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet 05:00 MON (b01c6gs7)

Ross Noble Goes Global 22:30 WED (b01c6txd)

Rubbish 23:30 WED (b0077128)

Rudyard Kipling - The Gardener 11:00 FRI (b00nrvp3)

Rudyard Kipling - The Gardener 21:00 FRI (b00nrvp3)

Saturday Drama 18:00 SAT (b009rx9q)

Saturday Drama 00:00 SUN (b009rx9q)

Says on the Tin 09:30 MON (b00gqzw0)

Says on the Tin 02:30 TUE (b00gqzw0)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost Special 23:00 SAT (b01c8cbn)

Spending My Inheritance 02:30 SAT (b00fkx90)

Spending My Inheritance 09:30 FRI (b00fpx7l)

Steptoe and Son 14:00 SAT (b007jn7v)

Steptoe and Son 08:30 FRI (b007jnbp)

Steptoe and Son 12:30 FRI (b007jnbp)

Steptoe and Son 19:30 FRI (b007jnbp)

Take It From Here 08:00 SUN (b01c6fkb)

Take It From Here 15:00 SUN (b01c6fkb)

Take It From Here 20:00 SUN (b01c6fkb)

Take It From Here 03:00 MON (b01c6fkb)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 MON (b01c6nph)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 TUE (b01c6rtr)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 WED (b01c6tl4)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 THU (b01c7sjc)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 FRI (b01c7x85)

The Anatomy of the Musical 07:30 SAT (b00t16t7)

The Big Booth 23:30 TUE (b007k3g2)

The Big Fun Show 22:30 FRI (b00kvb5d)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SUN (b01c6hyj)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 TUE (b01d2c3d)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 WED (b01d2c3z)

The Goon Show 08:00 TUE (b007jtd4)

The Goon Show 12:00 TUE (b007jtd4)

The Goon Show 19:00 TUE (b007jtd4)

The Harpoon 23:30 SUN (b007k4cc)

The Laxian Key 00:00 SAT (b007k2m3)

The Laxian Key 18:00 MON (b007k2tx)

The Laxian Key 00:00 TUE (b007k2tx)

The Laxian Key 18:00 TUE (b007k30w)

The Laxian Key 00:00 WED (b007k30w)

The Little World of Don Camillo 05:30 SAT (b00v7whx)

The Little World of Don Camillo 07:00 FRI (b00vd7sd)

The Little World of Don Camillo 17:30 FRI (b00vd7sd)

The Maltby Collection 22:30 SUN (b00xn9fp)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 08:30 MON (b0085j9l)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 12:30 MON (b0085j9l)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 19:30 MON (b0085j9l)

The Men from the Ministry 08:00 THU (b01c7rlx)

The Men from the Ministry 12:00 THU (b01c7rlx)

The Men from the Ministry 19:00 THU (b01c7rlx)

The Michael Bentine Show 08:30 WED (b00k9dbv)

The Michael Bentine Show 12:30 WED (b00k9dbv)

The Michael Bentine Show 19:30 WED (b00k9dbv)

The Mitch Benn Music Show 23:30 MON (b007v1p5)

The Mitch Benn Music Show 09:30 TUE (b007v1p5)

The Mitch Benn Music Show 02:30 WED (b007v1p5)

The Now Show 23:00 MON (b01by9ls)

The Now Show 09:00 TUE (b01by9ls)

The Now Show 02:00 WED (b01by9ls)

The People of the British Museum 07:15 SUN (b009nh09)

The People of the British Museum 13:15 SUN (b009nh09)

The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket 17:00 MON (b007jrkn)

The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket 05:00 TUE (b007jrkn)

The Scarifyers 18:30 SUN (b01c6hvf)

The Scarifyers 00:30 MON (b01c6hvf)

The TV Lark 08:00 FRI (b01c7wj3)

The TV Lark 12:00 FRI (b01c7wj3)

The TV Lark 19:00 FRI (b01c7wj3)

Think the Unthinkable 23:30 THU (b007k4p8)

This Sceptred Isle 14:15 MON (b00cblhd)

This Sceptred Isle 14:15 TUE (b007js9q)

This Sceptred Isle 14:15 WED (b007jsb4)

This Sceptred Isle 14:15 THU (b007jsbc)

This Sceptred Isle 14:15 FRI (b007jsbp)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 06:30 MON (b00fwcpc)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 13:30 MON (b00fwcpc)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 20:30 MON (b00fwcpc)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 01:30 TUE (b00fwcpc)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 06:30 TUE (b00fy0tm)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 13:30 TUE (b00fy0tm)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 20:30 TUE (b00fy0tm)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 01:30 WED (b00fy0tm)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 06:30 WED (b00fy2qk)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 13:30 WED (b00fy2qk)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 20:30 WED (b00fy2qk)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 01:30 THU (b00fy2qk)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 06:30 THU (b00fwq9b)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 13:30 THU (b00fwq9b)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 20:30 THU (b00fwq9b)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 01:30 FRI (b00fwq9b)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 06:30 FRI (b00fwcsp)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 13:30 FRI (b00fwcsp)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 20:30 FRI (b00fwcsp)

Uncle Mort's North Country 14:30 MON (b007jrc0)

Uncle Mort's North Country 14:30 TUE (b007jrcg)

Uncle Mort's North Country 14:30 WED (b007jrcs)

Uncle Mort's South Country 14:30 THU (b007jqzh)

Uncle Mort's South Country 14:30 FRI (b007jqzx)

What's So Funny? 17:30 SAT (b01by928)

What's So Funny? 05:30 SUN (b01by928)

What's So Funny? 07:30 FRI (b01c7vg6)

What's So Funny? 22:00 FRI (b01c7vg6)

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 08:30 TUE (b007jrt7)

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 12:30 TUE (b007jrt7)

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 19:30 TUE (b007jrt7)