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

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SATURDAY 01 DECEMBER 2012

SAT 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn3p)
The Family Album

Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale of faceless commuter Arthur, who proves to be a formidable adversary as danger strikes.

Stars Maurice Denham as Arthur Goodby, Liz Fraser as Rose Goodby, James Kerry as Harry, Aubrey Morris as Mr Martin and Anthony Newlands as The Coroner.

Scripted by William Ingram.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.


SAT 00:30 A Canticle for Leibowitz (b01p1pl8)
Fiat Homo

Episode 5

Brother Francis heads to New Rome for the canonisation of Saint Leibowitz, his greatest hope fulfilled. 1960 post-apocalyptic alternate history read by Nigel Lindsay.


SAT 01:00 Raffles (b01p10th)
Series 1

3. A Costume Piece

Reuben Rosenthall has made his millions in the diamond fields of South Africa, and it seems only right and proper to Raffles that some of this wealth should be redistributed.

But his attempts to seize the diamonds don't quite go according to plan, as a low-key stakeout spirals into a terrifying scramble for survival.

EW Hornung's early Raffles stories dramatised by David Buck.

Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.

AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde
Bunny ...... Michael Cochrane
Reuben Rosenthall ...... Geoffrey Matthews
'Slammer' Purvis ...... John Hollis
Jala ...... Alton Kumalo
Lady 1 ...... Natasha Pyne
Lady 2 ...... Jane Leonard
Odd Bodd ...... Graham Blockey

Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.

Directed by Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in November 1985.


SAT 01:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0161mpx)
5. Deadly Adversary

Having followed a trail that led from Soho to Jamaica, via Istanbul, Lucifer Box has finally come face to face with a deadly adversary from his past.

Will our hero prevent him from carrying out his evil plan?

Written and concluded by Mark Gatiss.

Set in 1953, this is the third in a trilogy of spoof spy novels detailing the devilishly daring adventures of secret agent, Lucifer Box.

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in October 2011.


SAT 02:00 Bristow (b00ct8w3)
Series 1

The Great Escape

Bristow plots the summer holiday of a lifetime - in Mudsea.

Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows it.

Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years from 1961.

Bristow …. Michael Williams
Jones …. Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy …. Dora Bryan
Hewitt …. Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman …. Katy Odey
Fudge …. Jon Glover
BJ …. Christopher Benjamin
Post Boy …. Simon Schatzberger
Francine …. Carol Starks
Turner …. David Ryall

Other parts played by the cast.

Music: John Whitehall

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.


SAT 02:30 The Brothers (b007m477)
Series 1

Episode 3

Liquidised orchids, tropical fish and John Travolta's cuff links.

More events for brothers Nigel and Michael. Has one of them got a date?

Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard.

Comedy series about two brothers starting a website-design company - written by Caroline and David Stafford.

Nigel ...... Adam Godley
Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard
Oonagh...... Pauline McLynn
Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley
Daughter...... Alice Hart
Dad ...... John Glover

Producer: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.


SAT 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq5z)
We Wronged No Man

Sue can no longer go on living with Phillotson as his wife, and elopes with Jude, who's now free of Arabella.

Sue, however, is intensely fearful of further entanglements, and cannot but see Jude's natural feelings for her in a brutal, barbaric light....

Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth North.

Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, Elizabeth Garvie as Sue Bridehead, June Barrie as Widow Edlin, Elva Makins as Arabella, Hazel Ellerby as Annie, Jesse Lawrence as Father Time, John Linstrum as Dr Vilbert, Barrie Shore as the Rough Woman and Jerold Wells as the Auctioneer.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.


SAT 04:00 Opening Lines (b01p10tk)
Series 12

Kiss

by Heather Reid. Thoughts of her all-important first kiss occupy a teenager's mind as she heads home on the school bus. Read by Morven Christie.


SAT 04:15 Rumours of Guns (b007jw38)
A powerful Battle of Britain drama about the emotional cost of war. By Andrew Greig and Kathleen Jamie. Stars Stella Forge.


SAT 05:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008qs53)
Series 3

Episode 3

A woman struggles to take off her shoe – and the perils of drinking different types of alcohol.

Richard Ingrams John Wells, John Sessions, Joan Sims amd Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton.

With Brian Bowles, Simon Greenall, Henrietta Gooden and featuring June Whitfield.

Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created between the wars.

Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.

Announcer: Brian Perkins.

Producer: Harry Thompson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.


SAT 05:30 Up the Garden Path (b0084qnz)
Series 2

You Shall Go to the Ball

Izzy gets invited to a ball in Cambridge, but she could do with a fairy godmother...

Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.

Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.

An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.

Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Charles ...... David Robb
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Louise ...... Phyllida Nash
Gwyn ...... Dafydd Hywel

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.


SAT 06:00 Compton Mackenzie - Whisky Galore (b007jpk9)
In the middle of the Second World War, there's no more whisky left on the small Hebridean islands of Great Todday and Little Todday.

That is until a merchant ship bound for New York runs aground carrying 50,000 cases.

How will the islanders keep their wonderful secret?

Compton Mackenzie's classic tale dramatised by Hector MacMillan.

Old/Young Fred ... Bernard Holley
Peggy ... Dolina MacLennan
Interviewer ... Donalda Samuel
Macroon ... Michael Elder
Macrurie ... Bill Riddoch
Drooby ... John Shedden
Biffer ... Paul Young
Mrs Biffer ... Eliza Langland
Norman ... Finlay McLean
Catriona ... Alyxis Daly
Mrs Waggett ... Stella Forge
Captain Waggett ... Raymond Ross
Father MacAlister ... John Buick
George Campbell ... Tony Kearney
Mrs Campbell ... Mairead Ross
Dr Mack ... Charles Kearney
Jocky ... Allan Sharpe
Hugh ... John Ramage

Director: Hamish Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.


SAT 07:30 Death By Chocolate (b00ybzdh)
From Brighton's chocolate-cream poisoner to chocolate hand grenades, Jo Brand looks at the sinister history of the sweet treat. From March 2007.


SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00wbr94)
Series 6

Episode 2

The American funny man hits New York's Town Hall with singer Karan Casey and fiddler Sara Watkins. From 2009.


SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller (b00rv66q)
Nicholas Parsons

The Just a Minute chairman chooses his radio six-pack: The Goon Show, Much Binding in the Marsh, Hancock's Half Hour, Listen to This Space, Round the Horne and Just a Minute.


SAT 12:00 The Little Ottleys (b0106tcx)
Series 1 Omnibus

It's 1908 and Bruce and Edith, The Little Ottleys, as they were called, live in a very new, very small, very white flat in Knightsbridge.

And so begins Ada Leverson's witty and wonderful social comedy set in Edwardian London

Ada Leverson............Haydn Gwynne
Bruce.......................Bertie Carvel
Edith........................Juliet Aubrey
Hyacinth...................Alex Tregear
Cecil........................Stuart McLoughlin
Anne........................Jane Whittenshaw
Eugenia....................Joanna Monro

Omnibus of Martyn Wade's five-part dramatisation of three short novels Love's Shadow, Tenterhooks and Love At Second Sight. Written between 1908 and 1916, the three were grouped as 'The Little Ottleys' in 1962.

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast in five-parts on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.


SAT 13:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jsjl)
Murder West One

4. Soho Espresso

Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield's night out in London's Soho is rudely interrupted by a murder above a coffee bar.

The day's takings are left untouched, so robbery is clearly not the motive...

Nick Fisher's thriller stars Imelda Staunton.

DSI Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Mary Simons ...... Frances Jeater
Gerry Maddox ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
David Simons ...... Jonathan Keeble
Woman in Club ...... Priyanga Elan
Coffee Drinker ...... Elizabeth Conboy
David Simons ...... Jonathan Keeble
Tourist ...... Giles Fagan
Waiter ...... Ben Crowethe
Woman ...... Tilly Gaunt

Director: Richard Wortley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.


SAT 14:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p0x1b)
Series 1

The Inspector Calls

The threat of closure from an official inspection calls for desperate measures at the sleepy station.

Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Kenneth Connor as Percy, Liz Fraser as Gloria and John Graham as Phineas Perkins.

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

Re-created Announcements by Keith Skues.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1971.


SAT 14:30 Take It From Here (b011db7s)
From 26/11/1953

Sabotage at the BBC, and Eth dithers over home decor in The Glums. With Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From November 1953.


SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00wbr94)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Compton Mackenzie - Whisky Galore (b007jpk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 The Golden Age (b01p068b)
Minority Appeal

Mabel suggests making some programmes for "minorities"; a suggestion which takes Lord Reith by surprise.

Meanwhile, Tharb does his best to cheer up BBC Radio's most depressed newsreader, Roger Eves.

Set in the BBC's Broadcasting House in London during the 1930s, this series follows head of programmes, John Tharb and his assistant, Mabel Hopcraft as they struggle to deal with the foibles and fragile egos of radio's biggest stars.

Robert Bathurst stars in the last episode of the radio sitcom written by Arthur Mathews.

Robert Bathurst.....John Tharb
Vicky McClure.....Mabel Hopcraft
Ford Kiernan.....Lord Reith
Peter Egan.....Doctor Ganley
Malcolm Tierney.....Sergeant Major
Kevin Bishop.....Ordinary Cockney Father / Perfumed Pete
Pippa Evans.....Ordinary Cockney Mother
Ewan Bailey.....Roger Eves / Fancy Dan
Moisty.....Arthur Mathews

Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.


SAT 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b0120vy9)
Night Call, Collect

A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. Finally at age 80, his phone rings. Ray Bradbury's thriller stars Morgan White.


SAT 18:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wv6ln)
Seaton's Aunt

Two boys on holiday stay in the creaking house of an eccentric and sinister aunt, an experience that will mark them forever...

Read by Toby Jones.

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children and adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

Producer: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2010.


SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller (b00rv66q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Act Your Age (b00g0nnv)
Series 1

Episode 4

Simon Mayo discovers which generation is the funniest. With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker. From December 2008.


SAT 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01p2s1y)
Series 3

I Looked Like Gollum at School

Award-winning comedian Jason Byrne lists the liabilities of looking good.

Stand up and sketches with Laurence Howarth and Daisy Haggard.

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 2010.


SAT 23:00 P Division (b00rgnxh)
Two Way Cut

Episode 4

Donoghue has enough evidence to arrest Stein - but where is he? Louise wants to make a statement about the murder and Elka Willems is going to tell Mrs Salisbury about her daughter's illness.

Stars Frank Gallagher as DC Malcolm Montgomery, Robert Carlyle as DC King, Eliza Langland as WPC Elka Willems, Ginni Barlow as Mrs Sailisbury, Mary Ann Reid as Mrs Steen, Jake D'Arcy as DS Ray Sussock and Crawford Logan as DI Donoghue.

Published in 1988, this is Peter Turnbull's fifth P Division novel about his Glaswegian cops.

Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
Producer: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.


SAT 23:30 Kenneth Noye - A Killer on the Run (b01p2s20)
Episode 4

Prison life has some unexpected benefits, but a moment of rage on a motorway costs Noye everything. Read by Philip Jackson.


SAT 23:45 Ira Levin - The Boys From Brazil (b014tllj)
Episode 4

Yakov Liebermann pays a visit to an ex-Nazi prison guard, and the diabolical plan is finally revealed. Read by Alex Jennings.



SUNDAY 02 DECEMBER 2012

SUN 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b0120vy9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wv6ln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00wbr94)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 The Little Ottleys (b0106tcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jsjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Compton Mackenzie - Whisky Galore (b007jpk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 The Golden Age (b01p068b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:45 Ira Levin - The Boys From Brazil (b014tllj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Lynn Ferguson - After Happy Ever Omnibus (b00pkyb0)
Alternate versions of famous fairytales. Stars John Rowe, Melanie Hill, Geraldine James, Janet Brown and the author herself.


SUN 07:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b0090f2l)
Episode 5

What happens when you give an inventor time, space and financial support? Matthew Harvey investigates the pitfalls.


SUN 07:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b007cnxp)
Series 2

Explorer

The surreal comedian's new challenge is to be an explorer, with no ability whatsoever. With Tom Goodman-Hill. From May 2007.


SUN 08:00 Doctor in the House (b007k437)
Sex and St Swithins

Medic Simon Sparrow breaks hospital rules by flirting with a pretty new nurse.

The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor in the House' published in 1952.

Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans and Barbara Mitchell as Sister.

Special guest star: Irene Handl as Mrs Clarke.

Producer: David Hatch

Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968.


SUN 08:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jqx7)
Series 14

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fair

Anxious to get to the fairground, the cheeky schoolboy sparks a chain of catastrophes. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From June 1970.


SUN 09:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv8wd)
Letting Your Hair Down

When her parents separate, Kate is sent to stay with her strict Aunt Austeria. Modern retelling of a Brothers Grimm tale, with Jane Danson.


SUN 09:30 L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz (b00pk92c)
Episode 2

Dorothy and friends face danger on the way to the Emerald City. Stars Barbara Barnes and Maureen Lipman.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01p2w1h)
Just a Minute

Julian Clary

From yodelling to T. Rex - comedian Julian Clary's castaway choices, in conversation with Sue Lawley. From September 2005.


SUN 10:45 Mordecai Richler - Herr Bambinger (b018sxnf)
A refugee proves to be an aggravating and judgemental man of mystery. William Roberts reads Mordecai Richler's short tale. From October 1990.


SUN 11:00 Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! (b017097w)
Goodbye-ee

Finding inspiration in the comic celebration of the words and music of renowned songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee.

Starring Roy Hudd as Bert Weston and Billy Dainty as Bert Lee.

Devised and written by Roy Hudd.

Musical arrangements by Ian Smith.

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1982.


SUN 11:30 Five Meet to Make Up Myths (b00xchg6)
Gyles Brandreth explores the creative connections between five Victorian authors. Oscar Wilde, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, JM Barrie and Bram Stoker all knew each other and used to frequent many of the same venues in London in the 1880s and 90s. Gyles Brandreth enlists the help of Freudian psychotherapist Brett Kahr and others to find out why their fictional creations remain compelling to this day.


SUN 12:00 Lynn Ferguson - After Happy Ever Omnibus (b00pkyb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 13:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b0090f2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


SUN 13:30 Theo (b007jt2n)
Made in Germany in 1908, a rare cinnamon plush bear with boot button eyes - still with the Steiff button in his ear - discovers he’s Lot 107, and the auction is about to begin...

Martin Jarvis stars as Theo in Moya O'Shea’s drama.

Theo ...... Martin Jarvis
Little Tom ...... Thomas Connor
Tom ...... Ross Livingstone
Mr Lonsdale ...... David Collings
Mrs Lonsdale ...... Jilly Bond
Charles Morgan ...... Henry Cormack
Nicholas ...... Jonathan Praeger
Jessie ...... Becky Hindley
Hannah ...... Caroline Strong
Mrs Tyler ...... Zulema Dene
George ...... Alexis Edyvean
Mr McKee ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mrs McKee ...... Linda Regan
Little Greg ...... George Allonby
Young Greg ...... Jack Allonby
Greg ...... Paul Jenkins
Imelda ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Janice ...... Sandra James Young
Mark ...... Gary Bryden
Roland ...... Stephen Critchow
Auctioneer ...... John Turner

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.


SUN 15:00 Doctor in the House (b007k437)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SUN 15:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jqx7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p2znl)
Mel's wearing her fluffy slippers, she's got her feet up, has a warm cup of cocoa, and is relaxing with her best bits from this week's 4 O'Clock Show programmes.


SUN 16:30 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv8wd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 17:00 L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz (b00pk92c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 17:30 Arthur Askey - Before Your Very Eyes (b01p2znn)
Not Shaw About Agate

Comic Arthur Askey reads his life story. Arthur's stage success means an awkward chat with George Bernard Shaw. From July 1975.


SUN 18:00 Doctor Who (b011dkmy)
The Whispering Forest

Episode 4

The settlers confront their demons, but as the time travellers leave, one of them reveals a secret. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Janet Fielding.


SUN 18:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4ny)
The Wings of Azreal

Can a corporation's new plant strain mutation bring relief to famine stricken countries?

James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna.

Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Nurse ...... Joan Matheson
Anne ...... Christine Absalom
Blowers ...... Michael Shannon

Producer: David Spencer

First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.


SUN 19:00 Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! (b017097w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 19:30 Five Meet to Make Up Myths (b00xchg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]


SUN 20:00 Doctor in the House (b007k437)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SUN 20:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jqx7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01p2w1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 Mordecai Richler - Herr Bambinger (b018sxnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b007cnxp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SUN 22:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b007jmzw)
Series 1

Normal Death

Steven sells his soul to the Devil in the hope of securing eternal life.

The main side effect is that he becomes rather like a certain Hollywood icon

Starring Mark Perry as cartoonist Steven Appleby who takes an abnormal look at everyday life.

Featuring Rachel Atkins, Ewan Bailey, Nigel Betts and Rosalind Paul.

Written by Steven Appleby

Producer: Toby Swift

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001


SUN 22:45 2000 Years of Radio (b007jng1)
Series 1

Crusade Roadshow

Join DJ Steve in the Afternoon on his AD 1200 Christian Crusade Roadshow as he gathers up an army of children and the plague-ridden to find salvation and a suntan in the Holy Land.

Six-part series that taps into the radio archive of a bygone age.

Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Claire Downes, Stuart Lane, Al Holloway, Danny Robbins and Dan Tetsell.

Producers: Paul Dodgson & Sean Grundy

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.


SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01pmh36)
From 10pm until midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two hours of comedy. Arthur Smith chats to Peter Serafinowicz.


SUN 23:00 Radio Active (b007jrrb)
Series 2

Pick of the Week

The best of your local national radio station's output, including the one-minute playwright and 'Spot the Sexist'.

Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens.

Music by Philip Pope.

Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins with Richard Curtis, Jon Canter, James Hendrie and Jimmy Mulville.

Producer: Jimmy Mulville

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1982.


SUN 23:30 The Boosh (b007jxrs)
Hitcher

Zoo boss Bob Fossil is concerned about the erratic behaviour of Tony the prawn and gives zookeepers Howard and Vince the duty of escorting him to a zoo for animal offenders.

All goes wrong, however, when Howard and Vince come across a strange figure standing by the side of the road.

Written by and starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt.

The Boosh is a surreal adventure based on the Perrier Award-winning comedy show, featuring Howard and Vince's battles with zoo manager Bob Fossil.

Howard Moon ...... Julian Barrattt
Vince Noir ...... Noel Fielding
Bob Fossil ...... Rich Fulcher

After BBC radio gave them their big break with this series, they transferred to BBC TV where The Mighty Boosh ran for three series.

Producer: Danny Wallace.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.



MONDAY 03 DECEMBER 2012

MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b011dkmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4ny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01p2w1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 01:45 Mordecai Richler - Herr Bambinger (b018sxnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 02:00 Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! (b017097w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:30 Five Meet to Make Up Myths (b00xchg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Doctor in the House (b007k437)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Theo (b007jt2n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv8wd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz (b00pk92c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Raffles (b01p3d3w)
Series 1

4. Nine Points of the Law

Bunny is forced to extemporise when Raffles' theft of a valuable painting seems to go wrong.

EW Hornung's early Raffles stories dramatised by David Buck.

Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.

AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde
Bunny ...... Michael Cochrane
Addenbrooke ...... David Buck
Craggs ...... Nigel Graham

Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.

Directed by Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in November 1985.


MON 06:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jmttw)
Episode 1

The story of ex-convict Eddie Chapman, Britain's most extraordinary wartime double agent. Read by Damian Lewis.


MON 06:45 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 07:00 Second Holmes (b015qy32)
The Case of the Reading Undertaker

The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the death of a man by crossbow.

Six light-hearted adventures involving the grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson written by Grant Eustace

Starring Peter Egan as Stamford Holmes, Jeremy Nicholas as Dr Watson, Stuart Organ as Simon Durham, Madi Hedd as Janet Durham, James Kerry as Inspector Fowler, Ronald Baddiley as the General and Hugh Dickson as Lamson.

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.


MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b01p0bn3)
Series 58

Episode 3

The nation's favourite wireless entertainment pays a visit to the Symphony Hall in Birmingham. Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the panel by Jeremy Hardy, with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell provides piano accompaniment. Producer - Jon Naismith.


MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00drsl5)
The very last show - with Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, and Bill Pertwee.


MON 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00890mh)
Series 3

Episode 3

Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel starts a bus tour of New York.

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.

Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli. With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly.

Special guest stars Spike Milligan and Dick Vosburgh.

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 July 1992.


MON 09:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b007gyxy)
Series 2

Jockey

The surreal comedian's latest challenge is to be a jockey, with no ability whatsoever. With Tom Goodman-Hill. From May 2007.


MON 09:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b00cm8qz)
Series 2

Episode 4

Ken is trying to relax, but even on a date with Deborah, advertising is on his mind.

Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising

Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis
Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin
Freddie ...... Lockwood West
Deborah ...... Rosalind Ayres
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
Corners ...... Don Henderson
Benny ...... Karl Howman
Lesley ...... Pauline Siddle

With Joss Ackland, James Griffiths, Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, Imelda Staunton and David Tate.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1984.
.


MON 10:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007t2h6)
The Letter Killeth

Into their lives comes little Father Time, the child of Jude and Arabella.

Sue finds herself bowed down with domestic drudgery and hardship. Jude returns to his humbler trade of baking because his consumption cannot withstand the outdoor life of a stonemason.

Once again there's the old longing to return to Christminster, and Jude makes a resolution...

Conclusion of Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth North.

Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, June Barrie as Widow Edlin, Elizabeth Garvie as Sue Bridehead, John Normington as Phillotson, Elva Makins as Arabella, Hazel Ellerby as Annie, Jesse Lawrence as Father Time, Brian Jackson as Tinker Taylor, Gregory Phillips as Jack Stagg, John Linstrum as Dr Vilbert, Alexa Romanes as the Landlady, Judy Gibson as the Woman and Brian Gear a as Man in Crowd.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.


MON 11:00 The Interview (b00770d8)
The Nut House

A gunman walks into a vegetarian restaurant in Edinburgh. Short story written and read by comedian Ian MacPherson. From October 2006.


MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01p2vts)
Stewart Lee, Oona Chaplin, David Nobbs, Jane Treays, Kristina Train and Iko

Clive discusses the ups and downs of being a comedy writer with author David Nobbs, whose first break was writing for 'That Was The Week That Was'. David's latest novel 'The Fall And Rise Of Gordon Coppinger' is the follow-up to 'The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin' and is a witty observation of modern British values and the craving for a public fall from grace.

Clive's just in time to talk to actress Oona Chaplin about her role as Marnie Madden in the award-winning 1950's newsroom drama 'The Hour'. Series two rejoins The Hour team in 1957, still striving to broadcast the stories they believe in as they grapple with the looming spectre of the Cold War and changing social mores.'The Hour' is on BBC Two on Wednesdays at 21.00.

Nikki Bedi has afternoon tea with Director Jane Treays whose hard-hitting documentary credits include 'Mum, Heroine and Me' and this year's Olympic programme 'Tom Daley: Diving For Britain'. Jane's living the highlife at the very grand Claridges hotel, discovering the traditions and challenges that lie behind its pampering and five star service. 'Inside Claridges' begins on BBC Two on Monday 3rd December at 21.00.

Clive rolls out the red carpet and talks shagpile with 'Officially The 41st Best Stand Up Ever', Stewart Lee. His misery-comedy-memoir show sees him scramble to put together a coherent show from a rag-bag of remnants originally intended to explore idealised notions of society. 'Carpet Remnant World' is available now on DVD.

With music from pop/soul singer songwriter and London-based New Yorker Kristina Train who performs the title track of her new album 'Dark Black'.

And Dartmoor band Iko take the studio by storm to perform 'Lightning Bolts' from their 'Dazed and Confused' EP.

Producer: Cathie Mahoney.


MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00drsl5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00890mh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Raffles (b01p3d3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jmttw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 13:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


MON 14:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b0153tq3)
Episode 1

Vic Brown is infatuated with his work colleague Ingrid Rothwell, but how will he manage to break the ice?

Set in Yorkshire, Stan Barstow's iconic 1960s novel is a compelling, poignant and humorous account of 20 year-old Vic's infatuation for Ingrid - which develops into an emotional crisis, thanks in part to her spiteful friend, Dorothy.

Dramatised by Stan Barstow's partner Diana Griffiths.

Starring Lee Ingleby as Vic Brown, Rebecca Callard as Ingrid Rothwell, Kate Layden as Mrs Brown and Fine Time Fontayne as Mr Brown

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


MON 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country (b00s8djt)
Healing in the Open Air

How the rural landscape came to be seen as a place of moral, physical and spiritual healing for First World War veterans.


MON 14:30 Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad (b0147g9m)
Childhood Memories

The Goon Show star recalls his Swansea childhood and why a raffle was one of his greatest disappointments.

Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.

Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.


MON 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose (b011j7kl)
Episode 6

Georgy takes to his new role in the library, but is his work strictly bibliographical? David Warner reads John Boyne's novel.


MON 15:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007t2h6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p3dkr)
Mel Giedroyc introduces the return of quirky quiz Keep It In The Family and another episode from current story Up On Cloud Nine by Anne Fine.


MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00bbn44)
Series 2

Practice Makes Perfect

It's not all plain sailing as duo Tommy and Sheila prepare for a cruise.

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

June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star in Mike Coleman's sitcom.

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

With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley and Edward Halstead

Music by Frido Ruth.

Producer: Steve Doherty

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.


MON 17:30 Second Holmes (b015qy32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


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

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

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

Scripted by William Ingram.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.


MON 18:30 Red Dwarf (b00pxjv8)
Better Than Life

Episode 1

Lister, Cat and Rimmer waste away in a computer fantasy. Can lowly service mechanoid Kryten rescue them? Rob Grant and Doug Naylor's cult sci-fi, read by Chris Barrie.


MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00drsl5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00890mh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Raffles (b01p3d3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jmttw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 20:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


MON 21:00 The Interview (b00770d8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01p2vts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b01p0bn3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b007gyxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01pmh3s)
From 10pm until midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two hours of comedy. Tom Wrigglesworth chats to Danny Bhoy.


MON 23:00 The Now Show (b01p0vqw)
Series 38

Episode 4

Leveson Reports: in the week that Lord Justice Leveson released his hotly anticipated debut report on the media, Angela Barnes and Pippa Evans join Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team to look at the week's big stories. With Jon Holmes, Mitch Benn and Laura Shavin. Produced by Victoria Lloyd.


MON 23:30 On Baby Street (b00fnnz8)
Series 2

Episode 4

The Gordon boys are sitting up, while Geraldine wants a divorce. Stars Jenny Eclair and Frances Barber. From September 1997.



TUESDAY 04 DECEMBER 2012

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


TUE 00:30 Red Dwarf (b00pxjv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Raffles (b01p3d3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jmttw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b007gyxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b00cm8qz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007t2h6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 The Interview (b00770d8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01p2vts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00bbn44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 Second Holmes (b015qy32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Raffles (b01p3hkh)
Series 1

5. Wilful Murder

Bunny is horrified when gentleman thief Raffles calmly declares he wants to try a different crime - by planning to commit a murder.

EW Hornung's early Raffles stories dramatised by David Buck.

Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.

AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde
Bunny ...... Michael Cochrane
Crawshay ...... Ron Pember
Sergeant/Waiter ...... John Church
Inspector MacKenzie ...... Henry Stamper

Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in November 1985.


TUE 06:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jn0n6)
Episode 2

Recruited by the German enemy, British double agent Eddie Chapman is codenamed Fritz. Read by Damian Lewis.


TUE 06:45 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 07:00 Semi Circles (b007jtxf)
Series 2

Charity Begins at Home

Helen and Ben fight the forces of materialism. Can they win when promotion beckons?

The improving story of life and improving times in an improving neighbourhood.

Starring Paula Wilcox as Helen and David Wood as Ben

Written by Simon Brett

Helen ...... Paula Wilcox
Ben ...... David Wood
Mrs Kelly ...... Pay Heywood
Alastair ...... Tony Millan

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982


TUE 07:30 Bleak Expectations (b01p0fz3)
Series 5

A Re-Excited Life Made Distinctly Dangerous

The Victorian comedy adventure sees Pip and his friends travel to India in their quest to thwart the evil machinations of smooth but sinister genius Mr Gently Benevolent.

Gasp as our heroes struggle with super-intelligent tigers, giant snakes, and secret gin!

Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.

Sir Philip ...... Richard Johnson
Young Pip Bin ...... Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman
Clampvulture ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ...... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ...... Susy Kane
Viceroy Roy Weiss ...... Mark Evans

Producer: Gareth Edwards.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jvj0)
The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy

Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne set about trying to drown Neddie Seagoon - for money.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

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: John Browell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1958.


TUE 08:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k0bg)
Hollywood and Back

The veteran of many parts recalls one of the worst screen performances never seen.

British show business doyen, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.

Performed and written by Peter Jones.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1986.


TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b01p0vqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b012n3rs)
Series 1

What Price Utopia

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

The government tries to use the programme for a very dark purpose.

With Peter Bowles, Cheryl Campbell, John Fortune, Gary Waldhorn.


TUE 10:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jphk)
Episode 1

Cornish parson's daughter Elfride becomes the object of affection for two very different men. Stars Janet Maw and Sean Arnold.


TUE 11:00 The Interview (b00770ds)
The Last Comeback

An aging diva is about to be interviewed by her occasional lover. But he's indisposed. Sian Preece short story read by Joanna Tope. From October 2006.


TUE 11:15 Lloyd Peters - A Higher Education (b007jw1y)
What happens when you combine a university drama lecturer locked in a studio with a shy student, a real gun and a copy of Hamlet?

Add Black Forest gateau, a scheming dean, a drunken parent and the police, sprinkle liberally with sharp one-liners, slapstick and comic tension, and you have a combination guaranteed to ruin any head of department's day.

Lloyd Peters' comedy stars Rik Mayall as Don, Helen Lederer as Sophie, Philip Glenister as Ronnie/Roy, Judi Earl as Deidre/Ms Jones-Juggler and Gary Brown as Inspector Snoddy/Dennis.

Directed in Manchester by Polly Thomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jvj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k0bg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:00 Raffles (b01p3hkh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jn0n6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 13:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy0tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


TUE 14:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b0154xfd)
Episode 2

Vic's second date with Ingrid doesn't go well. Is their romance doomed before it starts? Stars Lee Ingleby and Rebecca Callard. From July 2010.


TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01p3l1m)
Series 4

Episode 1

Made for 4 Extra. The Horrobin family are in uproar. As Keith appears in court to hear his sentence for arson, his wife Donna thinks he'll get off. But will he?


TUE 14:30 Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad (b014b98y)
Holidays

Sir Harry recalls his travels, tummy troubles and an unfortunate series of events at sea.

Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.

Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.


TUE 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose (b011km7j)
Episode 7

Fear blights Georgy's mind, recounting a dread of Rasputin's betrayal and panic of almost losing his wife. Read by David Warner.


TUE 15:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jphk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p3l1p)
Mel Giedroyc bounces back on air with a look at bungee jumping, says Happy Birthday Ronnie Corbett and introduces the next part of Anne Fine's story Up On Cloud Nine.


TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx1p)
Series 1

Nursing a Conscience

Faith nurses poorly Bill, but he's in for a nasty surprise...

Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.

Staring Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam.

Series one of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.

A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.

Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham
Liza ...... ,Belinda Lang
Alex ...... John Samson
Treadwell ...... Richard Tate
Richard ...... John Moffatt

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1988.


TUE 17:30 Semi Circles (b007jtxf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmty)
Not Wanted on the Voyage

Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale of the despotic Henrietta Forsythe's sway over her secretary and new husband.

Stars Margaret Courtenay as Henriette Forsythe, Sandor Eles as Carlos Mendoza, Henry Stamper as The Captain and Sheila Grant as Evelyn.

Scripted by William Ingram.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.


TUE 18:30 Red Dwarf (b00q94ry)
Better Than Life

Episode 2

Holly strikes up a relationship with Talkie Toaster, and Rimmer's mind screws it up for everyone. Read by Chris Barrie.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jvj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k0bg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Raffles (b01p3hkh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jn0n6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 20:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy0tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


TUE 21:00 The Interview (b00770ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 21:15 Lloyd Peters - A Higher Education (b007jw1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


TUE 22:00 Bleak Expectations (b01p0fz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 22:30 Such Rotten Luck (b01p3l1r)
Series 1

A Touch of the Whatsits

Woodhouse may have to face life alone.

The ups and downs of a second class writer

Comedy drama series written by Ronald Hayman.

Woodhouse ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Gila ...... Zoe Wanamaker
Seamus ...... Stephen Rea
Wilhelmina ...... Susie Bran
Henrietta Masterson ...... Miriam Karlin
Hamish McVomitory ...... Bill Wallis
Gila's Dad ...... Benjamin Witrow
Gila's Mum ...... Joan Matheson

With Eva Stuart, Susan Sheridan and Shaun Prendergast as the other members of the Creative Writing Class.

Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Director: Piers Plowright

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in September 1989.


TUE 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b00c6jfr)
Series 5

Moral Leadership

Mankind is now so sinful that they're all coming to Hell and the place is full to bursting.

The only way to stop the flow is to persuade humanity to be good - but that's quite a tall order for the Prince of Darkness.

Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.

Satan …. Andy Hamilton
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
God …. David Swift
The Professor …. James Grout

Other characters played by Philip Pope, Nick Revell and Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.


TUE 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jqqh)
Series 3

The Masterson's Magical Marquee, pt 1

The improvised historical family saga's two-part romp about a Victorian travelling circus. Stars Paul Merton. From July 1995.



WEDNESDAY 05 DECEMBER 2012

WED 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmty)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Red Dwarf (b00q94ry)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Raffles (b01p3hkh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jn0n6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01p0vqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


WED 02:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b012n3rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jphk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Interview (b00770ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:15 Lloyd Peters - A Higher Education (b007jw1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx1p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 Semi Circles (b007jtxf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Raffles (b01p3mq2)
Series 1

6. The Chest of Silver

With Inspector MacKenzie's suspicions about Raffles' professional life growing, AJ decides it's time to visit Scotland.

But Bunny is not to go with him: he has the responsibility of guarding Raffles' illegally-acquired silver plate.

Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.

EW Hornung's early Raffles stories dramatised by David Buck.

Inspector MacKenzie ...... Henry Stamper
Man at Turkish Baths ...... David Garth
Man at Turkish Baths ...... Garard Green
Man at Bank ...... Richard Durden
Man at Bank ...... Robin Summers
Clerk ...... Brian Smith
Porter ...... Adrian Egan
Cabman ...... Gordon Reid
Flunkey ...... David Learner

Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.

Directed by Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in 1985.


WED 06:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jn6g2)
Episode 3

Double agent Eddie Chapman - codename 'Fritz' - prepares to sabotage a British factory making war planes. Read by Damian Lewis.


WED 06:45 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 07:00 One Foot in the Grave (b007jmxg)
Alive and Buried

Grumpy Victor Meldrew arrives at work to learn that he's no longer employed and is set to be replaced by a box.

With time passing very slowly in his enforced retirement, Victor gripes about newsreaders and worries about becoming a lavatory junkie.

Richard Wilson stars as Victor and Annette Crosbie as his long-suffering wife Margaret.

Adapted for radio by David Renwick from his BBC TV script.

Victor Meldrew ...... Richard Wilson
Margaret Meldrew ...... Annette Crosbie
Mrs Warboys ...... Doreen Mantle
Nick Swainey ...... Owen Brenman

With Sally Grace and Jeffrey Holland.

Winning numerous awards, six series were made for TV plus numerous specials on BBC ONE from 1990 to 2000.

Producer: Diane Messias

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1995.


WED 07:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b01p0rpj)
Series 4

Whitehaven

Comedian Mark Steel returns with a new series, looking under the surface of some of the UK's more distinctive towns to shed some light on the people, history, rivalries, slang, traditions, and eccentricities that makes them unique.

Creating a bespoke stand-up set for each town, Mark performs the show in front of a local audience.

As well as examining the less visited areas of Britain, Mark uncovers stories and experiences that resonate with us all as we recognise the quirkiness of the British way of life and the rich tapestry of remarkable events and people who have shaped where we live.

During this 4th series of 'Mark Steel's In Town', Mark will visit Tobermory, Whitehaven, Handsworth, Ottery St Mary, Corby, and Chipping Norton.

This week, Mark visits Whitehaven, to discuss surrealist pirates, the dubious origins of rum butter, and the unreassuring link between rugby and nuclear power. From November 2012.

Additional material by Pete Sinclair.
Produced by Sam Bryant.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
Series 6

The Elopement

With Bill suffering heartache, can Sid and The Lad Himself smooth the path to true love?

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Lillian Grasson, Wilfred Babbage, Fraser Kerr and Lee Crutchley.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1959.


WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sz54y)
Series 4

Episode 4

Can Tim escape the villains? Will Jo do a love scene with King Harold?

More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.

Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.

Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Eric Idle and Bill Oddie. Plus Andy Smith and Don Currell.

Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.

Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1966.


WED 09:00 Winston (b007k4k4)
Series 1

Weaving the Spells

Thrown out because of his infidelities, cordon bleu scoundrel Winston has not only moved into Nancy's house without an invite - but is also plotting to get rid of her sister Rosie, brother William and her Father - so he can have Nancy to himself...

Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial.

CAST:

Winston …. Bill Wallis
Father …. Maurice Denham
Nancy …. Shirley Dixon
Rosie …. Liz Goulding
William …. Christian Rodska

Directed at BBC Bristol by Shaun MacLoughlin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio in May 1989.


WED 09:30 The Party Line (b012xs26)
Series 2

Episode 5

MP Duncan Stonebridge is desperate for a quiet weekend with a sponsored walk in his constituency, but events conspire against him.

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis's topical sitcom from 2006 about a hapless backbench MP.

Stars James Fleet as Duncan Stonebridge.

With Simon Greenall, Geoffrey McGivern, Geraldine McNulty, Neil Edmond and Sarah Coleman.

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006.


WED 10:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jpj0)
Episode 2

After failing to marry Stephen, Elfride meets and falls in love with his mentor Henry. Stars Jeremy Irons and Janet Maw.


WED 11:00 The Interview (b00770fb)
Scissors, Paper, Stone

A man with a passion for stones falls foul of a ruthless authority. Shiromi Pinto's short story read by Vicki Liddelle. From October 2006.


WED 11:15 Rachel Joyce - To Be a Pilgrim (b008m75s)
After six months of retirement, tired Harold opens a letter and everything changes. Stars Anna Massey and Anton Rodgers.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sz54y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:00 Raffles (b01p3mq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jn6g2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 13:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy2qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


WED 14:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b0154z0t)
Episode 3

Vic Brown fears that his big romance with Ingrid may be over when she fails to turn up for a night out. Stars Lee Ingleby. From July 2010.


WED 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country (b00sbcdh)
Gertrude Jekyll and the Suburban Countryside

How gardens became more than just lawns and borders, and transformed instead into a microcosm of the natural world.


WED 14:30 Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad (b0148rvv)
Majorca

Sir Harry Secombe recalls his idyllic holiday home in Majorca and his not-so-idyllic command of Spanish.

Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.

Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.


WED 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose (b011kqj6)
Episode 8

Past and present, tradition and revolution, all collide. Fugitive Georgy flees time and again. Read by David Warner. Episode 8 of 10.


WED 15:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jpj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p41r7)
Mel Giedroyc makes a splash with a wheelbarrow river race and introduces Carol Vorderman's Inheritance Tracks. Plus, there's the next part of Anne Fine's book Up On Cloud Nine.


WED 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00p8fk7)
Series 1

New House

Patrick and Stella find their dream house, but will the children scupper their move? Stars Duncan Preston. From September 2003.


WED 17:30 One Foot in the Grave (b007jmxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmqz)
Is There Anybody There?

Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale set in discrete suburbia - home to medium and clairvoyant, Griselda Thorpe and her older sister Edie. And it is to their genteel house that Henry Jollit comes in search of a preview of eternity...

Written by William Ingram.

Griselda Thorpe …. Dilys Laye
Edie Thorpe .… Sylvia Coleridge
Henry Jollit …. Norman Bird

Music by Derek Price.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1983.


WED 18:30 Red Dwarf (b00qg5vt)
Better Than Life

Episode 3

Rimmer makes a daring jailbreak in a woman's body. Holly is almost out of time when he makes a discovery. Read by Chris Barrie.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sz54y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 20:00 Raffles (b01p3mq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 20:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jn6g2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 20:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy2qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


WED 21:00 The Interview (b00770fb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 21:15 Rachel Joyce - To Be a Pilgrim (b008m75s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


WED 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b01p0rpj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 22:30 Just Plain Gardening (b007jn8l)
Iris Discovers Her Roots

Miss Bowermount's scheming niece Iris delves in unfamiliar ground. Stars Celia Imrie and Rosie Cavaliero. From April 2002.


WED 22:45 The Consultants (b007k3f3)
Series 1

Episode 4

The team wonder why so many men went to 'mow a meadow'. With Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings. From March 2003.


WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01pmh4p)
From 10pm until midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two hours of comedy. Tom Wrigglesworth chats to Danny Bhoy.


WED 23:00 The Hare Lane Diaries (b00m5wdy)
Episode 6

Jobless Rex is hiding at home, but Jessica thinks she's got a ghost and holds a seance. Stars Frances Barber. From October 2001.


WED 23:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00773xs)
Series 1

Episode 5

The torrid tale of Justine's jeans and the sad story of a second gap year.

Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series

With Ben Moor, Katherine Parkinson and Ben Willbond.

Written by Laura Solon. With additional material by the cast, Carl Cooper, Tony Roche and Andy Marlatt.

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007.



THURSDAY 06 DECEMBER 2012

THU 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmqz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]


THU 00:30 Red Dwarf (b00qg5vt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 Raffles (b01p3mq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jn6g2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]


THU 01:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy2qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Winston (b007k4k4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:30 The Party Line (b012xs26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jpj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 The Interview (b00770fb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:15 Rachel Joyce - To Be a Pilgrim (b008m75s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00p8fk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]


THU 05:30 One Foot in the Grave (b007jmxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]


THU 06:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1vx)
1. The Curious Case of the Curs'd Quayside

Why do so many English warships sink for no apparent reason, and what does a certain jar contain?

Christopher Marlowe gets a job, hires a servant - and inherits a mystery.

First of four historical comedy mysteries by Ged Parsons. Amid the splendour and squalor of Elizabethan London - scholar, playwright and government spy, Christopher Marlowe is assigned to investigate a number of baffling mysteries and perplexing intrigues...

Starring Dominic Jephcott as Marlowe, Bill Wallis as Ratsbane, Paul Brooke as Sir Francis Walsingham, Garard Green as Admiral Downing, Brian Bowles as Captain Curtis and Julian Dutton as Captain Barnaby. With Sarah Thomas and Victoria Carling.

Producer: Richard Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993


THU 06:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jnls9)
Episode 4

MI5 send double agent Eddie Chapman to infiltrate Germany's Abwehr intelligence. Read by Damian Lewis.


THU 06:45 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 07:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013plyb)
Series 3

Arrivederci Coma

Robin gets run over by a fork lift truck and ends up in a coma and Wendy has to decide whether to turn off his life support system.

But then she meets an attractive young patient on another ward, who's in need of some mothering.

Meanwhile, Maureen can't decide how to spend the compensation money...

Sitcom about the mundane lives of childless couple, Robin and Wendy and their friends and neighbours - with a twist.

Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Robin ...... Brian Capron
Derek ...... Martin Trenaman
Maureen ...... Amelia Bullmore

Written by Kay Stonham.

Devised by Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.


THU 07:30 Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This? (b01p0sbk)
Violence

Andrew Lawrence continues his comic explanation of our development via stand up, sketch and song.

This time, Andrew explores violence.

Sara Pascoe and Marek Larwood assist.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.


THU 08:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p47pg)
Series 1

The 1890 Rocket

Station master Horace Hepplewhite decides to renovate his grandfather's rusting old steam engine, to get it back on the rails once more.

Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Kenneth Connor as Percy, Liz Fraser as Gloria and John Graham as Phineas Perkins.

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.

Recreated Announcements by Keith Skues.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.


THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b011klyp)
From 03/12/1953

Listener confusion over June Whitfield and Alma Cogan, and the Glums are hard up. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From December 1953.


THU 09:00 Unnatural Acts (b00kf0yv)
Series 2

All the World's a Stage

It's audition time in the Hardy household, as Paul's new motorbike gets in on the action. With Kit Hollerbach and Jeremy Hardy.


THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b01p497k)
Email and the plug hole. Nicholas Parsons welcomes Linda Smith, Clement Freud, Paul Merton and Stephen Fry. From August 2000.


THU 10:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jpjg)
Episode 3

After seeing Stephen at the church, Elfride procrastinates over telling Henry of her past. Stars Jeremy Irons and Janet Maw.


THU 11:00 The Interview (b00770fs)
Sing for Your Supper

Shona thought she had won the lottery. But then reality kicked in. Nick Brooks short story read by Una McLean. From October 2006.


THU 11:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007jz06)
Dorothy, a Manager's Wife

A resentful soccer spouse rants about the game and her football manager husband. Stars Pauline Collins and Timothy West.


THU 12:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p47pg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b011klyp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 13:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 13:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jnls9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 13:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwq9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


THU 14:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b0153hwv)
Episode 4

Vic and Ingrid's seemingly idyllic romance moves on a pace, but are doubts creeping in? Stars Lee Ingleby and Rebecca Callard. From July 2010.


THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01p497p)
Series 4

Episode 2

Tracy Horrobin goes to work, but with a terrible hangover. Donna Horribin goes to work, but finds support from a very unexpected source.


THU 14:30 Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad (b0148wfr)
Variety and Comedians

Sir Harry Secombe remembers his early career on stage in variety - and recalls his friendship with a young Tony Hancock.

Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.

Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.


THU 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose (b011kw7t)
Episode 9

On the run, Georgy tracks the Imperial Royal Family, and Anastasia, to a house in Yekaterinburg. Read by David Warner.


THU 15:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jpjg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p49jf)
Mel Giedroyc gets hooked on fishing and goes walkies with an excitable springer spaniel. Plus there's the next part of Anne Fine's book Up On Cloud Nine.


THU 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jnb0)
Series 7

Fatal Attraction

'Outrageous fortune' deals a cruel blow to Mr Sims - and to an unsuspecting Mrs Patterson. Stars Karl Howman. From April 1992.


THU 17:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013plyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


THU 18:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b00sls9k)
Eye of the Machine

Computer genius Avon becomes embittered by the establishment. Stars Colin Salmon, Geoffrey Palmer and Keeley Hawes.


THU 18:30 Red Dwarf (b00qm9k4)
Better Than Life

Episode 4

Lister's recovery is interrupted by a game of planetary snooker and a shocking revelation. Read by Rimmer himself, Chris Barrie.


THU 19:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p47pg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b011klyp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 20:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 20:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jnls9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 20:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwq9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


THU 21:00 The Interview (b00770fs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


THU 21:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007jz06)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


THU 22:00 Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This? (b01p0sbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 22:30 Elvenquest (b00kpw9l)
Series 1

Episode 6

Finally the Sword of Asnagar is found. But is Sam a traitor? Fantasy comedy starring Darren Boyd and Dave Lamb. From June 2009


THU 23:00 The Atkinson People (b007jsb0)
Sir Corin Basin

The actor, raconteur and general bore talks to just about anyone who will listen. Stars Rowan Atkinson. From April 1979.


THU 23:30 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k4tl)
What She Did

Roger McGough's poetic reflections on the perennially fruitful topic of love.

With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.

Recorded at the Bath Festival.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000.


THU 23:45 The Tape Recorded Highlights of a Humble Bee (b00p87nr)
'Out and About' and 'Downtown'

A hapless, jazz-loving insect's audio diary of his mainly uneventful life. With Mark Williams and Tim Whitnall. From July 2003.



FRIDAY 07 DECEMBER 2012

FRI 00:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b00sls9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 Red Dwarf (b00qm9k4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jnls9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]


FRI 01:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwq9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Unnatural Acts (b00kf0yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b01p497k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jpjg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 The Interview (b00770fs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007jz06)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 King Street Junior (b007jnb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]


FRI 05:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013plyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]


FRI 06:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1x8)
2. The Turbulent Tale of the Troubl'd Tragedy

Why does an unknown patron fund the worst play ever written, and what has become of Mighty Meg?

Historical comedy mysteries by Ged Parsons. Amid the splendour and squalor of Elizabethan London - scholar, playwright and government spy, Christopher Marlowe is assigned to investigate a number of baffling mysteries and perplexing intrigues...

Starring Dominic Jephcott as Marlowe, Bill Wallis as Ratsbane, Paul Brooke as Sir Francis Walsingham, Roy Hudd as Peek, Simon Godley as Fortescue, Lionel Jeffries as Trump, Daniel Strauss as Squires and Victoria Carling as Gloriana Nonesuch.

Producer: Richard Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.


FRI 06:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jp108)
Episode 5

British wartime double agent and former convict Eddie Chapman arrives back home. Concluded by Damian Lewis.


FRI 06:45 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 07:00 Up the Garden Path (b0085k01)
Series 2

The More the Merrier

Charles learns of Izzy's torrid past, when her friends join them for a holiday.

Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.

Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.

An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.

Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Charles ...... David Robb
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Bill ...... Neil McCaul
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Gwyn ...... Dafydd Hywel
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Louise ...... Phyllida Nash

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.


FRI 07:30 Nick Mohammed in Bits (b00tjdnz)
Witness Statement

There's been a robbery, and character comedian Nick Mohammed (Reggie Perrin, Sorry I've Got No Head) dons a police helmet and takes statements. Colin Hoult and Anna Crilly (Lead Balloon) co-star as the unhappy couple called on to testify.

Bits is a series of character pieces showcasing the best of Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic characters in a series of one off comic plays.

Produced by Victoria Lloyd.


FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b01p4qvm)
Series 7

Going on Leave in Croydon

Heather has to let Pertwee down gently before it leads to a brawl.

Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Michael Bates as Lieutenant Bates.

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

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman

Incidental Music by Tommy Riley and James Moody.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1965.


FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrxq)
Series 4

Rise from the Grave the Burkiss Way

Dracula and Oedipus Rex get a good going over from Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett.

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

Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1979.


FRI 09:00 Millport (b0076b7f)
Series 3

Reinstatement

As the first ferry of the holiday season arrives - why is Irene back on the island?

The third series of the bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.

Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Dr Hume/Ferryman ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans

Music arranged by Olly Fox.

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2002.


FRI 09:30 The Brothers (b007mc8t)
Series 1

Episode 4

Arson and revolving bow ties - just another day for Nigel and Michael. Stars Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard. From June 2004.


FRI 10:00 Nathaniel Hawthorne - Wakefield (b00rs19x)
A dull middle-aged man whose life has been monotonously ordinary for years, devises a plot to temporarily leave home and observe the effect on his wife from a flat opposite.

But he stays away much longer than expected - and it becomes more and more difficult for him to return...

David Haig stars in Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story dramatised by Martyn Wade.

Wakefield ...... David Haig
Hawthorne ...... John Rowe
Mrs Wakefield ...... Richenda Carey
Mr Lucas Ferris ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mrs Brand ...... Jennie Stoller
Doctor ...... Gordon Reid

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001


FRI 11:00 The Interview (b00770g9)
The Good Shepherd

Is a new member of the congregation the answer to a cash-strapped pastor's prayers? Laura Marney short story read by James Fleet. From October 2006.


FRI 11:15 Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley (b007k0l7)
Mrs Chatterley of Gravesend reveals similar interests to her famous namesake.

Martyn Wade's comedy set in the 1930s starring Felicity Montagu and Rachel Atkins.

A failing firm of solicitors is saved from ruin by the prospect of a literary libel case. But it may involve the rather buttoned up partner of the firm going way beyond the call of duty.

Constance Chatterley ...... Rachel Atkins
Miss Priestley ...... Felicity Montagu
David Horovitch ...... Mr Greene
Mr Chatterley ...... Jon Glover

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.


FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b01p4qvm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 13:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1x8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 13:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jp108)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 13:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


FRI 14:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015272f)
Episode 5

Vic is increasingly indifferent towards Ingrid, but can he let her out of his life? Stars Lee Ingleby and Rebecca Callard.


FRI 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country (b00sf8ky)
The Brotherhood of Ruralists, part 1

The designer explains how Mother Nature inspired a group of 1970s artists to paint rural life in the countryside.


FRI 14:30 Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad (b01494gh)
Sports and Swansea

Goon Show star Sir Harry Secombe recalls his school days in Wales, lessons in sportsmanship, and he makes a few confessions.

Conclusion of the autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe.

Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.


FRI 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose (b011lcx4)
Episode 10

Recalling the Russian Imperial Family's fate, Georgy faces another loss - that of his beloved wife. Concluded by David Warner.


FRI 15:00 Nathaniel Hawthorne - Wakefield (b00rs19x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p4sgp)
Mel Giedroyc hears a history of women in flight and introduces the final part of current story Up On Cloud Nine by Anne Fine.


FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008tx2z)
Series 3

Episode 4

A tale from Tibet - and the wonders of a newly developed matchstick.

Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions, Joan Sims amd Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton.

With Brian Bowles, Simon Greenall, Henrietta Gooden and featuring June Whitfield.

Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created between the wars.

Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.

Announcer: Brian Perkins.

Producer: Harry Thompson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.


FRI 17:30 Up the Garden Path (b0085k01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


FRI 18:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b018sh0k)
Point of No Return

On the eve of a tense election, Major Travis is given an unexpected assignment. But can he trust the evidence? With Craig Kelly.


FRI 18:30 Red Dwarf (b00qs7qy)
Better Than Life

Episode 5

Lister awaits rescue. And waits. And waits. Back on the ship, however, time behaves oddly. Read by Rimmer himself, Chris Barrie.


FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b01p4qvm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 20:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1x8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 20:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jp108)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 20:45 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


FRI 21:00 The Interview (b00770g9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 21:15 Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley (b007k0l7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


FRI 22:00 Nick Mohammed in Bits (b00tjdnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01p4sgr)
Series 3

Episode 3

The Kapoors tee off on the golf course, and the Delhi students take a train trip to Southend-on-Sea.

Starring:

Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia

Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC TWO from 1998 to 2001.

Written by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sanjeev Kohli.

Script Editors: Sharat Sardana and Richard Pinto

Producer: Anil Gupta.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.


FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01ppsyc)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best of stand-up laughs. Tonight Arthur Smith chats to Peter Serafinowicz.


FRI 23:00 Tales from the Tower (b00jf6s1)
The Last Waltz

From Blackpool Tower, caretaker Bob spies on a troubled tea dance with a drag spectacular. Stars David Holt. From August 2001.


FRI 23:30 Dial M for Pizza (b007k1k9)
Series 1

Episode 4

The sketch show takes to the rails for Dr Terror's House of Pizza. Stars Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. From December 1987.




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

2000 Years of Radio 22:45 SUN (b007jng1)

A Canticle for Leibowitz 00:30 SAT (b01p1pl8)

Act Your Age 22:00 SAT (b00g0nnv)

Ambridge Extra 14:15 TUE (b01p3l1m)

Ambridge Extra 14:15 THU (b01p497p)

Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This? 07:30 THU (b01p0sbk)

Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This? 22:00 THU (b01p0sbk)

Another Case of Milton Jones 07:30 SUN (b007cnxp)

Another Case of Milton Jones 22:00 SUN (b007cnxp)

Another Case of Milton Jones 09:00 MON (b007gyxy)

Another Case of Milton Jones 22:30 MON (b007gyxy)

Another Case of Milton Jones 02:00 TUE (b007gyxy)

Arthur Askey - Before Your Very Eyes 17:30 SUN (b01p2znn)

Back to the Drawing Board 07:15 SUN (b0090f2l)

Back to the Drawing Board 13:15 SUN (b0090f2l)

Beachcomber... By the Way 05:00 SAT (b008qs53)

Beachcomber... By the Way 17:00 FRI (b008tx2z)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 06:30 MON (b00jmttw)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 13:30 MON (b00jmttw)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 20:30 MON (b00jmttw)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 01:30 TUE (b00jmttw)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 06:30 TUE (b00jn0n6)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 13:30 TUE (b00jn0n6)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 20:30 TUE (b00jn0n6)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 01:30 WED (b00jn0n6)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 06:30 WED (b00jn6g2)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 13:30 WED (b00jn6g2)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 20:30 WED (b00jn6g2)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 01:30 THU (b00jn6g2)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 06:30 THU (b00jnls9)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 13:30 THU (b00jnls9)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 20:30 THU (b00jnls9)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 01:30 FRI (b00jnls9)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 06:30 FRI (b00jp108)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 13:30 FRI (b00jp108)

Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag 20:30 FRI (b00jp108)

Beyond Our Ken 08:00 MON (b00drsl5)

Beyond Our Ken 12:00 MON (b00drsl5)

Beyond Our Ken 19:00 MON (b00drsl5)

Bill Taylor - Likely Stories 09:00 SUN (b00tv8wd)

Bill Taylor - Likely Stories 16:30 SUN (b00tv8wd)

Bill Taylor - Likely Stories 05:00 MON (b00tv8wd)

Blake's 7: The Early Years 18:00 THU (b00sls9k)

Blake's 7: The Early Years 00:00 FRI (b00sls9k)

Blake's 7: The Early Years 18:00 FRI (b018sh0k)

Bleak Expectations 07:30 TUE (b01p0fz3)

Bleak Expectations 22:00 TUE (b01p0fz3)

Bradbury 13 18:00 SAT (b0120vy9)

Bradbury 13 00:00 SUN (b0120vy9)

Bristow 02:00 SAT (b00ct8w3)

Comedy Controller 09:00 SAT (b00rv66q)

Comedy Controller 19:00 SAT (b00rv66q)

Compton Mackenzie - Whisky Galore 06:00 SAT (b007jpk9)

Compton Mackenzie - Whisky Galore 16:00 SAT (b007jpk9)

Compton Mackenzie - Whisky Galore 04:00 SUN (b007jpk9)

Death By Chocolate 07:30 SAT (b00ybzdh)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 10:00 SUN (b01p2w1h)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 SUN (b01p2w1h)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (b01p2w1h)

Dial M for Pizza 23:30 FRI (b007k1k9)

Doctor Who 18:00 SUN (b011dkmy)

Doctor Who 00:00 MON (b011dkmy)

Doctor in the House 08:00 SUN (b007k437)

Doctor in the House 15:00 SUN (b007k437)

Doctor in the House 20:00 SUN (b007k437)

Doctor in the House 03:00 MON (b007k437)

Elvenquest 22:30 THU (b00kpw9l)

Five Meet to Make Up Myths 11:30 SUN (b00xchg6)

Five Meet to Make Up Myths 19:30 SUN (b00xchg6)

Five Meet to Make Up Myths 02:30 MON (b00xchg6)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 08:00 SAT (b00wbr94)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 15:00 SAT (b00wbr94)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 01:00 SUN (b00wbr94)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:30 SAT (b00wv6ln)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 00:30 SUN (b00wv6ln)

Goodness Gracious Me 22:30 FRI (b01p4sgr)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b007jpl8)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b007jpl8)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b007jpl8)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 07:30 MON (b01p0bn3)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 22:00 MON (b01p0bn3)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 08:30 WED (b00sz54y)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 12:30 WED (b00sz54y)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 19:30 WED (b00sz54y)

Ira Levin - The Boys From Brazil 23:45 SAT (b014tllj)

Ira Levin - The Boys From Brazil 05:45 SUN (b014tllj)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 08:30 TUE (b007k0bg)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 12:30 TUE (b007k0bg)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 19:30 TUE (b007k0bg)

James Follett - The Destruction Factor 18:30 SUN (b007k4ny)

James Follett - The Destruction Factor 00:30 MON (b007k4ny)

John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose 14:45 MON (b011j7kl)

John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose 14:45 TUE (b011km7j)

John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose 14:45 WED (b011kqj6)

John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose 14:45 THU (b011kw7t)

John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose 14:45 FRI (b011lcx4)

Julie Enfield Investigates 13:15 SAT (b007jsjl)

Julie Enfield Investigates 03:15 SUN (b007jsjl)

Just Plain Gardening 22:30 WED (b007jn8l)

Just a Minute 09:30 THU (b01p497k)

Just a Minute 02:30 FRI (b01p497k)

Kenneth Noye - A Killer on the Run 23:30 SAT (b01p2s20)

King Street Junior 17:00 THU (b007jnb0)

King Street Junior 05:00 FRI (b007jnb0)

L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz 09:30 SUN (b00pk92c)

L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz 17:00 SUN (b00pk92c)

L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz 05:30 MON (b00pk92c)

Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking 23:30 WED (b00773xs)

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country 14:15 MON (b00s8djt)

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country 14:15 WED (b00sbcdh)

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country 14:15 FRI (b00sf8ky)

Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 09:30 MON (b00cm8qz)

Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 02:30 TUE (b00cm8qz)

Like They've Never Been Gone 17:00 MON (b00bbn44)

Like They've Never Been Gone 05:00 TUE (b00bbn44)

Lloyd Peters - A Higher Education 11:15 TUE (b007jw1y)

Lloyd Peters - A Higher Education 21:15 TUE (b007jw1y)

Lloyd Peters - A Higher Education 04:15 WED (b007jw1y)

Loose Ends 11:15 MON (b01p2vts)

Loose Ends 21:15 MON (b01p2vts)

Loose Ends 04:15 TUE (b01p2vts)

Lynn Ferguson - After Happy Ever Omnibus 06:00 SUN (b00pkyb0)

Lynn Ferguson - After Happy Ever Omnibus 12:00 SUN (b00pkyb0)

Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly 01:30 SAT (b0161mpx)

Mark Steel's in Town 07:30 WED (b01p0rpj)

Mark Steel's in Town 22:00 WED (b01p0rpj)

Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley 11:15 FRI (b007k0l7)

Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley 21:15 FRI (b007k0l7)

Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 SUN (b01p2znl)

Millport 09:00 FRI (b0076b7f)

Mordecai Richler - Herr Bambinger 10:45 SUN (b018sxnf)

Mordecai Richler - Herr Bambinger 21:45 SUN (b018sxnf)

Mordecai Richler - Herr Bambinger 01:45 MON (b018sxnf)

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Wakefield 10:00 FRI (b00rs19x)

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Wakefield 15:00 FRI (b00rs19x)

Nick Mohammed in Bits 07:30 FRI (b00tjdnz)

Nick Mohammed in Bits 22:00 FRI (b00tjdnz)

Old Harry's Game 23:00 TUE (b00c6jfr)

On Baby Street 23:30 MON (b00fnnz8)

One Foot in the Grave 07:00 WED (b007jmxg)

One Foot in the Grave 17:30 WED (b007jmxg)

One Foot in the Grave 05:30 THU (b007jmxg)

Opening Lines 04:00 SAT (b01p10tk)

P Division 23:00 SAT (b00rgnxh)

Parsley Sidings 14:00 SAT (b01p0x1b)

Parsley Sidings 08:00 THU (b01p47pg)

Parsley Sidings 12:00 THU (b01p47pg)

Parsley Sidings 19:00 THU (b01p47pg)

Peter Tinniswood 11:15 THU (b007jz06)

Peter Tinniswood 21:15 THU (b007jz06)

Peter Tinniswood 04:15 FRI (b007jz06)

Rachel Joyce - To Be a Pilgrim 11:15 WED (b008m75s)

Rachel Joyce - To Be a Pilgrim 21:15 WED (b008m75s)

Rachel Joyce - To Be a Pilgrim 04:15 THU (b008m75s)

Radio Active 23:00 SUN (b007jrrb)

Raffles 01:00 SAT (b01p10th)

Raffles 06:00 MON (b01p3d3w)

Raffles 13:00 MON (b01p3d3w)

Raffles 20:00 MON (b01p3d3w)

Raffles 01:00 TUE (b01p3d3w)

Raffles 06:00 TUE (b01p3hkh)

Raffles 13:00 TUE (b01p3hkh)

Raffles 20:00 TUE (b01p3hkh)

Raffles 01:00 WED (b01p3hkh)

Raffles 06:00 WED (b01p3mq2)

Raffles 13:00 WED (b01p3mq2)

Raffles 20:00 WED (b01p3mq2)

Raffles 01:00 THU (b01p3mq2)

Red Dwarf 18:30 MON (b00pxjv8)

Red Dwarf 00:30 TUE (b00pxjv8)

Red Dwarf 18:30 TUE (b00q94ry)

Red Dwarf 00:30 WED (b00q94ry)

Red Dwarf 18:30 WED (b00qg5vt)

Red Dwarf 00:30 THU (b00qg5vt)

Red Dwarf 18:30 THU (b00qm9k4)

Red Dwarf 00:30 FRI (b00qm9k4)

Red Dwarf 18:30 FRI (b00qs7qy)

Ring Around the Bath 17:00 WED (b00p8fk7)

Ring Around the Bath 05:00 THU (b00p8fk7)

Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends 07:00 THU (b013plyb)

Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends 17:30 THU (b013plyb)

Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends 05:30 FRI (b013plyb)

Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! 11:00 SUN (b017097w)

Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! 19:00 SUN (b017097w)

Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! 02:00 MON (b017097w)

Rumours of Guns 04:15 SAT (b007jw38)

Second Holmes 07:00 MON (b015qy32)

Second Holmes 17:30 MON (b015qy32)

Second Holmes 05:30 TUE (b015qy32)

Second Thoughts 17:00 TUE (b007jx1p)

Second Thoughts 05:00 WED (b007jx1p)

Semi Circles 07:00 TUE (b007jtxf)

Semi Circles 17:30 TUE (b007jtxf)

Semi Circles 05:30 WED (b007jtxf)

Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad 14:30 MON (b0147g9m)

Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad 14:30 TUE (b014b98y)

Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad 14:30 WED (b0148rvv)

Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad 14:30 THU (b0148wfr)

Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad 14:30 FRI (b01494gh)

Sounding Off with McGough 23:30 THU (b007k4tl)

Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving 14:00 MON (b0153tq3)

Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving 14:00 TUE (b0154xfd)

Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving 14:00 WED (b0154z0t)

Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving 14:00 THU (b0153hwv)

Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving 14:00 FRI (b015272f)

Steven Appleby's Normal Life 22:30 SUN (b007jmzw)

Such Rotten Luck 22:30 TUE (b01p3l1r)

Take It From Here 14:30 SAT (b011db7s)

Take It From Here 08:30 THU (b011klyp)

Take It From Here 12:30 THU (b011klyp)

Take It From Here 19:30 THU (b011klyp)

Tales from the Tower 23:00 FRI (b00jf6s1)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 MON (b01p3dkr)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 TUE (b01p3l1p)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 WED (b01p41r7)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 THU (b01p49jf)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 FRI (b01p4sgp)

The Atkinson People 23:00 THU (b007jsb0)

The Boosh 23:30 SUN (b007jxrs)

The Brothers 02:30 SAT (b007m477)

The Brothers 09:30 FRI (b007mc8t)

The Burkiss Way 08:30 FRI (b007jrxq)

The Burkiss Way 12:30 FRI (b007jrxq)

The Burkiss Way 19:30 FRI (b007jrxq)

The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries 06:00 THU (b007k1vx)

The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries 13:00 THU (b007k1vx)

The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries 20:00 THU (b007k1vx)

The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries 01:00 FRI (b007k1vx)

The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries 06:00 FRI (b007k1x8)

The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries 13:00 FRI (b007k1x8)

The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries 20:00 FRI (b007k1x8)

The Clitheroe Kid 08:30 SUN (b007jqx7)

The Clitheroe Kid 15:30 SUN (b007jqx7)

The Clitheroe Kid 20:30 SUN (b007jqx7)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SUN (b01pmh36)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 MON (b01pmh3s)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 WED (b01pmh4p)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 FRI (b01ppsyc)

The Consultants 22:45 WED (b007k3f3)

The Golden Age 17:30 SAT (b01p068b)

The Golden Age 05:30 SUN (b01p068b)

The Goon Show 08:00 TUE (b007jvj0)

The Goon Show 12:00 TUE (b007jvj0)

The Goon Show 19:00 TUE (b007jvj0)

The Hare Lane Diaries 23:00 WED (b00m5wdy)

The Interview 11:00 MON (b00770d8)

The Interview 21:00 MON (b00770d8)

The Interview 04:00 TUE (b00770d8)

The Interview 11:00 TUE (b00770ds)

The Interview 21:00 TUE (b00770ds)

The Interview 04:00 WED (b00770ds)

The Interview 11:00 WED (b00770fb)

The Interview 21:00 WED (b00770fb)

The Interview 04:00 THU (b00770fb)

The Interview 11:00 THU (b00770fs)

The Interview 21:00 THU (b00770fs)

The Interview 04:00 FRI (b00770fs)

The Interview 11:00 FRI (b00770g9)

The Interview 21:00 FRI (b00770g9)

The Jason Byrne Show 22:30 SAT (b01p2s1y)

The Little Ottleys 12:00 SAT (b0106tcx)

The Little Ottleys 02:00 SUN (b0106tcx)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 08:30 MON (b00890mh)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 12:30 MON (b00890mh)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 19:30 MON (b00890mh)

The Masterson Inheritance 23:30 TUE (b007jqqh)

The Navy Lark 08:00 FRI (b01p4qvm)

The Navy Lark 12:00 FRI (b01p4qvm)

The Navy Lark 19:00 FRI (b01p4qvm)

The Now Show 23:00 MON (b01p0vqw)

The Now Show 09:00 TUE (b01p0vqw)

The Now Show 02:00 WED (b01p0vqw)

The Party Line 09:30 WED (b012xs26)

The Party Line 02:30 THU (b012xs26)

The Price of Fear 00:00 SAT (b007jn3p)

The Price of Fear 18:00 MON (b007jmxv)

The Price of Fear 00:00 TUE (b007jmxv)

The Price of Fear 18:00 TUE (b007jmty)

The Price of Fear 00:00 WED (b007jmty)

The Price of Fear 18:00 WED (b007jmqz)

The Price of Fear 00:00 THU (b007jmqz)

The Tape Recorded Highlights of a Humble Bee 23:45 THU (b00p87nr)

Theo 13:30 SUN (b007jt2n)

Theo 03:30 MON (b007jt2n)

Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes 10:00 TUE (b007jphk)

Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes 15:00 TUE (b007jphk)

Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes 03:00 WED (b007jphk)

Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes 10:00 WED (b007jpj0)

Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes 15:00 WED (b007jpj0)

Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes 03:00 THU (b007jpj0)

Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes 10:00 THU (b007jpjg)

Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes 15:00 THU (b007jpjg)

Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes 03:00 FRI (b007jpjg)

Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure 03:00 SAT (b007jq5z)

Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure 10:00 MON (b007t2h6)

Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure 15:00 MON (b007t2h6)

Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure 03:00 TUE (b007t2h6)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 06:45 MON (b00fwcpc)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 13:45 MON (b00fwcpc)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 20:45 MON (b00fwcpc)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 01:45 TUE (b00fwcpc)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 06:45 TUE (b00fy0tm)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 13:45 TUE (b00fy0tm)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 20:45 TUE (b00fy0tm)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 06:45 WED (b00fy2qk)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 13:45 WED (b00fy2qk)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 20:45 WED (b00fy2qk)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 01:45 THU (b00fy2qk)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 06:45 THU (b00fwq9b)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 13:45 THU (b00fwq9b)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 20:45 THU (b00fwq9b)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 01:45 FRI (b00fwq9b)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 06:45 FRI (b00fwcsp)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 13:45 FRI (b00fwcsp)

Thrilling Stories of the Railway 20:45 FRI (b00fwcsp)

Tomorrow, Today! 09:30 TUE (b012n3rs)

Tomorrow, Today! 02:30 WED (b012n3rs)

Unnatural Acts 09:00 THU (b00kf0yv)

Unnatural Acts 02:00 FRI (b00kf0yv)

Up the Garden Path 05:30 SAT (b0084qnz)

Up the Garden Path 07:00 FRI (b0085k01)

Up the Garden Path 17:30 FRI (b0085k01)

Winston 09:00 WED (b007k4k4)

Winston 02:00 THU (b007k4k4)