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 05 APRIL 2014

SAT 00:00 Ambrose Bierce - Moxon's Master (b03zmdqw)
Can a machine think? And if so, could it be prone to violence like humans? A pioneering story first published in 1893, read by Robert Lang.


SAT 00:15 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones (b012yym2)
The Eyelash

A humorous diversion into an evening meal, ruined by a small matter which prompts a big discussion. Read by Edith MacArthur. From January 2002.


SAT 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr1s)
The World in Peril

Episode 1

It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1955.


SAT 01:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr9c)
Episode 15

The anonymous would-be assassin is on his way out of the country - but what does his future hold?

Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.

Concluded by Michael Jayston.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.


SAT 01:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt78)
Series 1

The Penitent

Probing the mysterious death of Father Dominic, intelligence officers Colvil and Soames uncover links to his past...

Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery starring Christopher Benjamin as Henry Colvil and Amanda Redman as Alex Soames.

With Dudley Sutton as Arthur Guscott, Stephen Thorne as Joseph Kutner, Colette O'Neil as Mrs Wedlock, Peter Yapp as Monsignor, Neil McCaul as Roger Brown and Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.


SAT 02:00 Millport (b0076bbj)
Series 3

Restitution

The re-opening of the Cumbrae Club goes horribly wrong when Irene notices a fatal flaw in the plan.

Meanwhile, Alberto is paranoid that a new money-making scheme could bring the island some unwanted attention.

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/Rrobert ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie/Huberto ...... Kenneth Bryans

Music arranged by Olly Fox.

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.


SAT 02:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b007s2bx)
Series 1

Episode 5

The sports agent is struggling to keep his staff, his dignity and his wife. Stars Neil Pearson. From September 2004.


SAT 03:00 Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls (b00wrcng)
Episode 2

Arrested Chichikov escapes, determined to become honest. But his past soon catches up with him. Stars Michael Palin.


SAT 04:00 Deborah Moggach - Playing the Part (b03zm819)
A couple are house-sitting in London where they meet an unappealing dog and a celebrity neighbour.

Josie Lawrence reads Deborah Moggach’s short story.

Producer: Pam Fraser Solomon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.


SAT 04:15 Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld (b00rdspc)
A novelist is losing readers. But then he encounters two hardened criminals breaking into his house. Starring Richard E Grant.


SAT 05:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxgk)
From 17/12/1986

Humorous songs performed by the comedy musical cabaret quartet, Instant Sunshine:

Featuring David Barlow, Peter Christie, Miles Kington and Alan Maryon-Davis attempting to be reasonably together again.

With special guests: The Cambridge Buskers.

Producer: David Rayvern Allen

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.


SAT 05:30 Chambers (b007jp6n)
Series 2

The Phantom Barrister

Fuller-Carp sets about recruiting new blood with a puzzling new worker - and Ruth's mum pays a visit.

Clive Coleman’s sitcom set in perhaps the country's least spectacular law chambers.

John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Lancashire

With Robert Bathurst, Susan Johnston and Chris Pavlo.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.


SAT 06:00 Saturday Drama (b00jkv1w)
Alan Ayckbourn - Man of the Moment

A new production of the dark comedy by Sir Alan Ayckbourn, to mark the occasion of the playwright's 70th birthday. A career criminal, who has written an autobiography and is now a television celebrity, agrees to participate in a reality TV show filmed at his Mediterranean villa.

Jill Rillington ...... Lisa Dillon
Trudy Parks ...... Janie Dee
Douglas Beechey ...... Alex Jennings
Vic Parks ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Kenny Collins ...... Damian O'Hare
Sharon ...... Ella Smith
Ruy ...... Alan Shearman
Floor Manager ...... Michael Simkins
David ...... John Baddeley
Film crew ...... Kenneth Danziger, Matthew Wolf
Children ...... Matilda and Alfie Wickham

Directed by Martin Jarvis.


SAT 07:30 Armitage and Moore's Guide to Song (b00y1t61)
Episode 3

What songs mean and their significance, plus use of techniques. With analysis from Simon Armitage, Allan Moore and Tom McRae.


SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01hxn35)
Series 7

Episode 31

From Michigan, the American funny man welcomes Montana folk duo Storyhill, and Virginia's Robin and Linda Williams. From 2011.


SAT 09:00 2's Comedy (b007zzsn)
BBC Radio 2 - The First Year of Fun, with Ken Dodd

On 30th September 1967, the BBC Light Programme became BBC Radio 2. Primarily a music station, the network also regularly broadcast a variety of comedy series – many now regarded as classics.

The King of Knotty Ash, Ken Dodd introduces six fun-tastic gems transmitted during 2’s first 12 months on-air.

* ROUND THE HORNE * Series 4 Episode 15/16

Crofter Kenneth Horne meets Bona Prince Charlie, plus Rambling Syd Rumpo and the Bona Advertising agency run by Julian and Sandy.

Ever popular series with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden. (2nd June 1968)

* THE CLITHEROE KID * Series 11 Episode 16/20 Have Snake Will Travel

Cheeky schoolboy Jimmy Clitheroe sparks chaos when his teacher sends him reptile hunting.

With Peter Sinclair, Patricia Burke, Danny Ross, Diana Day, Tony Melody and Derek Nimmo. (10th December 1967)

* THE NAVY LARK * Series 9 Episode 16/20 Cuthbert Joins The Navy

Mrs Povey insists her snooty nephew Cuthbert samples a career on the ocean wave aboard HMS Troutbridge.

Comedy afloat with Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee, Stephen Murray, Richard Caldicot, Heather Chasen, Ronnie Barker, Tenniel Evans and Michael Bates. (15th October 1967)

* THE EMBASSY LARK * Series 3 Episode 4/15 Up The Pole

The Ambassador flags up trouble in the spin-off from The Navy Lark. Set in the British Embassy in the fictional country of Tratvia.

Stars Derek Francis, Frank Thornton, Charlotte Mitchell, Francis de Wolfe, Peter Stephens and Michael Spice. (26th March 1968)

* I’M SORRY, I’LL READ THAT AGAIN * Series 6 Episode 1/13

Radio's Dave the Rave and The Legend of Bunny and Claude.

Songs and sketches with John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Bill Oddie and Jo Kendall. (14th April 1968)

* THE KEN DODD SHOW *

Doddy reveals the tale of a legendary footballer, meet the Head of the Pips and it's panto time!.

With John Laurie, Patricia Hayes, Graham Stark and Judith Chalmers. (17th December 1967)

Producer: Nick St. George

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


SAT 12:00 Soloparentpals.com - Series 5 Omnibus (b03zx2mh)
Made for 4 Extra. Things should be looking up for soon to be married single parents Rosie and Tom. Stars Liz White and Julian Rhind-Tutt.


SAT 13:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jphl)
Series 2

Talking Poison

A controversial American preacher and men's rights advocate comes to the UK to take part in a TV debate, but threats have been made against him.

So it's up to Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury ensure his protection. But her mother Joan is not impressed...

Sue Rodwell's three-part detective mystery stars Annette Badland as DI Gwen Danbury, Stephanie Cole as Joan Danbury, Peter Marinker as Arthur Lamson, Liza Ross as Alena Lamson, Michelle Newell as Anna Tricker, Richard Derrington as Tom Palmer and Robert Lister as Superintendent Phillips.

Director: Rosemary Watts

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.


SAT 14:00 Listen to Les (b00jz2xl)
From 18/11/1979

Les Dawson presents 'Love in the Dole Queue', Cosmo Smallpiece and brace yourself for another piano sing-along with Les.

With Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn.

Music by Brian Fitzgerald.

Scripted and produced by James Casey.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1979.


SAT 14:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k1zr)
Series 4

Any Old Iron?

Albert gets concerned about an offer made to Harold.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Richard Hurndall, John Samson and Stephanie Turner.

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

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

Produced by Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1972.


SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01hxn35)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Saturday Drama (b00jkv1w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 Listen Against (b00txhld)
Series 3

Episode 4

A disaster on the island from Desert Island Discs, and BBC presenters go commercial.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes look back at a week's worth of radio and TV that never happened.

Produced by Sam Bryant and Jon Holmes.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.


SAT 18:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm1h)
The Primary Phase

Fit The Fifth

Arthur and company are blown up, but still find time for a bite at a very exclusive eatery. By Douglas Adams. From April 1978.

Arthur Dent is one of only two survivors from Earth, demolished to make way for a by-pass. He survived thanks to his friend, Ford Prefect (who hails not from Guildford, but somewhere near Betelgeuse), a writer for the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, "the most successful book ever to have come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor". Now paired with fellow Earth survivor Trillian and duplicitous two-headed hustler Zaphod Beeblebrox, Arthur and Ford were on the legendary planet Magrathea when the Galactic Police attacked them and an explosion occurred - they find themselves in a restaurant with a rather sensational selling point.

The global multi-media success story that is "Hitchhiker's" started life as a Radio 4 series in March 1978. The original scripts by the late Douglas Adams then went on to spawn a series of novels, a feature film, at least three stage shows, a TV series, a computer game, a collection of comic books - and various towels.

Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge and died in 2001 at the age of 49. He suffered a fatal heart attack after working out at his gym in California.

With Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey and Stephen Moore. Produced by the late Geoffrey Perkins.


SAT 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jn6w)
Series 2

Dreaming of Thee

Lorna is obsessed with a certain dream, a dream which becomes a nightmare and threatens to become reality.

The Man in Black sets the scene...

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

Written by Gwen Cherrell

The Man In Black …. Edward de Souza
Lorna …. Karen Archer
Cass …. Moir Leslie
Cadenyer …. Dominic Rickhards
Eddie …. David Goudge
Joanne …. Joan Walker
Coroner/Announcer …. Michael Deacon

Director: Gerry Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989.


SAT 19:00 2's Comedy (b007zzsn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Saturday Night Fry (b0091t5j)
Episode 4

Stephen Fry gets nostalgic as he serves up more witty banter and sketches.

With Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent and Alison Steadman.

Written by Stephen Fry with additional material by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.

Producer: Dan Patterson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1988.


SAT 22:30 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (b00s6n86)
A Christmas Eating at Rawlinson End

The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity.

Written by and starring Viv Stanshall.

Contains an edit of an original John Peel session as first heard on BBC Radio 1.

Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using additional musicians.

Producer: John Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.


SAT 22:45 Tina C (b0077164)
State of the Union Tour

Paris

Can the global activist and country singing sensation discover the secrets of French cuisine? Stars Christopher Green. From November 2006.


SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b040rtkv)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Frank Skinner.


SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Solution (b007js4r)
Series 2

Transport

Another radical proposal from comedian Mark Steel as he calls for wacky improvements to Britain's crumbling transport system

Alternative solutions written and performed by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.

With Kim Wall and Maria McErlane.

Producer Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994.


SAT 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsmr)
Series 1

The Curse of the Mastersons

1760: Aristocratic rabbits and emancipation?

An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - based entirely on audience suggestions.

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

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993.



SUNDAY 06 APRIL 2014

SUN 00:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jn6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01hxn35)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 Soloparentpals.com - Series 5 Omnibus (b03zx2mh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jphl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Saturday Drama (b00jkv1w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 Listen Against (b00txhld)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts Omnibus (b03zx4l3)
Episode 2

Suora Zuana administers a strong remedy for Serafina's convulsions. The convent soon faces tough choices. Stars Geraldine James and Natalie Dormer.


SUN 07:15 A Box of Wittgensteins (b00g44sj)
The One-Handed Pianist

The great-niece of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, Margaret Stonborough, talks to artist and historian Michael Huey as she delves into six boxes of newly-inherited family archives. As she digs deeper into the talented but tortured lives of the Wittgensteins she finds her cramped London house becoming ever more crowded with her larger-than-life forbears.

Margaret uncovers details of the life of her great uncle Paul Wittgenstein who, after the First World War, was determined to continue his career as a concert pianist, despite the loss of his right arm.

The readers are Sarah Finch, Nicholas Rowe and Dan Starkey.


SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b00qbv2p)
Series 6

Cheese Cricket

Ed finds himself a surprise hit when he takes part in a new Radio 4 'topical quiz with a tasty twist'. With Christopher Douglas and Stephanie Cole. From February 2010.


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

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

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

Written by Eric Merriman and Barry Took

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

Announcer: Douglas Smith

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

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

Producer: Jacques Brown

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1958.


SUN 08:30 To the Manor Born (b007k4vh)
Sons of the Fathers

Clearing out the cellar - Audrey finds more than she'd bargained for.

Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.

Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned

The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.

From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.

First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.

Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1997.


SUN 09:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sf7tf)
A Perilous Journey

D'Artagnan 'loses' Athos, Porthos and Aramis in a desperate bid to save the Queen's honour. Stars Jamie Glover.


SUN 09:30 Charles Dickens (b007tcgm)
Oliver Twist

Masks and Pistols

The rescued orphan's good fortune comes to an end when he's spied by Fagin. Stars Tim McInnerny, Adjoa Andoh and Edward Long.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03zx7sh)
Psychologists

Susan Blackmore

4 Extra Debut. From Bach to the Grateful Dead, psychologist Susan Blackmore shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From May 1998.


SUN 10:45 Once Seen (b00q9342)
The Up Escalator

Series of three stories inspired by a very modern small-ads phenomenon.

By Matt Beaumont.

As the narrator travels up towards daylight on the escalators at London's Holborn tube station, the second longest on the network, she gazes into the startling grey eyes of a man coming down. He looks at her for the entire length of the journey, even turning round once they've passed. But how will she ever gaze upon them again? Perhaps an ad is the answer.

Read by Jane Collingwood.

A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.


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 The Friend in the Corner (b007k207)
1967

BBC local stations begin and national radio is numbered from 1 to 4. Six selected years in radio history with Daphne Oxenford.


SUN 12:00 Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts Omnibus (b03zx4l3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 13:15 A Box of Wittgensteins (b00g44sj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


SUN 13:30 Ian Rankin - Rebus (b01n1tyr)
Let It Bleed

A dramatic car chase ends in death and sparks an investigation by Detective Inspector Rebus that plunges deep into the very heart of local government.

Ian Rankin's hard-hitting thriller uncovers a dark underbelly of 1990s Scotland in his probe of political corruption and insider dealing.

Starring Alexander Morton as John Rebus, James Bryce as DI Flowers, Sarah Collier as DCI Gill Temple and Crawford Logan as Chief Superintendent Watson.

Ian Rankin OBE is one of Britain's most successful crime writers. The Crime Writers' Association awarded him its prestigious Gold Dagger Award in 2005.

Dramatised by Roger Danes.
Producer: Gaynor MacFarlane
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.


SUN 15:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jp09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SUN 15:30 To the Manor Born (b007k4vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b03q5j12)
A collection of highlights from the past week on the 4 O'Clock Show, including a celebration of grannies and granddads and a trip to the National Railway Museum.


SUN 17:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sf7tf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Charles Dickens (b007tcgm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Doctor Who (b01169bp)
Cobwebs

Episode 3

The shocked Time Lord realises how the base's computer will affect all of their fates, present and future. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton.


SUN 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b0124qyz)
The Veldt

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


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


SUN 19:30 The Friend in the Corner (b007k207)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]


SUN 20:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jp09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SUN 20:30 To the Manor Born (b007k4vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03zx7sh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 Once Seen (b00q9342)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00qbv2p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SUN 22:30 Craig Brown's Lost Diaries (b00v1nhb)
January and February

Satirist Craig Brown dips into the private lives of public figures from the 1960s to the present day.

As the New Year begins, great thinkers like Barack Obama, John Prescott and Barbara Cartland turn their thoughts to new beginnings.

Voiced by Jan Ravens, Alistair McGowan, Lewis McLeod, Ewan Bailey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Dolly Wells.

Written by Craig Brown.

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b040qjb2)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Frank Skinner.


SUN 23:00 Newsjack (b03zm59w)
Series 10

Episode 5

Made for 4 Extra. The week's stories cobbled together in a scrapbook sketch show. Presented by Romesh Ranganathan, with Lewis MacLeod, Morgana Robinson and Pippa Evans.


SUN 23:30 Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax (b03zx9pg)
Episode 2

Legendary Scottish surrealist Ivor Cutler discovers ancient Egyptian music and what the Dutch think of British pubs.

With Fiona MacDonald.

Producer: Mark Savage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.


SUN 23:45 World of Pub (b008m4ft)
Series 1

Episode 2

Barry and Garry build the world's first environmentally friendly bar. Stars Phil Cornwell and John Thomson. From March 1998.



MONDAY 07 APRIL 2014

MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b01169bp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


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


MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03zx7sh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 01:45 Once Seen (b00q9342)
[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 The Friend in the Corner (b007k207)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jp09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Ian Rankin - Rebus (b01n1tyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sf7tf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Charles Dickens (b007tcgm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Falco (b01blbs0)
Poseidon's Gold

Episode 1

The Roman detective is looking forward to a rest, but his brother's old military colleague has other ideas. Stars Anton Lesser.


MON 06:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq4b3)
Episode 1

The newly promoted Bombay policeman is sent to probe the suicide of a British memsahib. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.


MON 06:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7k)
Series 1

The Wages of Sin

The late Father Dominic's mother was a Flynn, Mrs Wedlock was a Flynn, and the mysterious confessor was a Flynn.

But is this anything more than coincidence?

Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery starring Christopher Benjamin as Henry Colvil and Amanda Redman as Alex Soames.

With Dudley Sutton as Arthur Guscott, Stephen Thorne as Joseph Kutner, Colette O'Neil as Mrs Wedlock, Neil McCaul as Roger Brown, Christian Rodska as Father Williamson and Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.


MON 07:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jql7)
Black Eyes and Bloody Noses

Gussie Fink-Nottle gets walloped and Aunt Dahlia sends Bertie on a spending spree.

PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six parts by Richard Usborne.

Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Paul Eddington as Lord Sidcup, Jonathan Cecil as Gussie Fink-Nottle, John Le Mesurier as Sir Watkyn Bassett, Denise Coffey as Stiffy Bing, Aimi MacDonald as Madeline Bassett, Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia, Douglas Blackwell as the Reverend Harold Pinker and Ann Davies as Emerald Stoker.

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.


MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b03z9gmt)
Series 68

Episode 8

In the last edition this series, the panellists attempting to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition & deviation are Miles Jupp, Paul Merton, Graham Norton and relative newcomer Holly Walsh.
They do so, as always, under the chairmanship of Nicholas Parsons.

Subjects include 'A Shotgun Wedding' and 'Personal Hygiene in the Tenth Century'

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani.


MON 08:00 Listen to Les (b01696lw)
From 07/12/1980

Les Dawson presents a gritty UK version of TV's Dallas, plus culture with Cosmo Smallpiece and a not-so-tuneful piano singalong.

With Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn.

Music by Brian Fitzgerald.

Scripted and produced by James Casey.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1980.


MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b007jmzt)
Series 13

The TV Documentary

Confusion abounds when HMS Troutbridge gets a telly makeover as a German wartime frigate

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Commanding Officer, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Mrs Povey, Michael Bates as the Rear Admiral and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral.

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 and George Evans.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1972.


MON 09:00 Chain Reaction (b00mrc8n)
Series 5

Eddie Izzard interviews Alastair Campbell

Comedian Eddie Izzard chats to former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell.

Chain Reaction is the tag talk show, where the guest becomes the interviewer in the next episode.

Eddie Izzard asks him about his breakdown, working for Tony Blair and his beginnings as a soft porn writer.

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.


MON 09:30 Dead Ringers (b0085krp)
Series 2

Episode 5

More celebrity soundalikes, as Dale Winton argues with Barbara Windsor over who's loveliest. Stars Jon Culshaw. From July 2000.


MON 10:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jrt6g)
Augustus

Young Claudius grows up in the turbulent household of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor, and Livia, the wife who matched his achievements with her ambition. The Imperial Couple disregard their young grandson as they inch towards absolute power. But that won't save Claudius from heartbreak.

Robert Graves' scandalous histories of Roman political vice dramatised in six-parts by Robin Brooks.

Claudius ..... Tom Goodman-Hill
Augustus ..... Derek Jacobi
Livia ..... Harriet Walter
Tiberius ..... Tim McInnerny
Julia ..... Alison Pettitt
Athenodorus ..... Sam Dale
Cato ..... Jude Akuwudike
Thrasyllus ..... Sean Baker
Young Claudius ..... Harvey Allpress
Young Herod ..... Felix Zadek-Ewing
Young Germanicus ..... Harry Child
Camilla ..... Lauren Mote
Young Postumus ..... Ryan Watson
Young Livilla ..... Holly Gibbs
Other parts played by Adeel Akhtar, Tony Bell, Christine Kavanagh, and Sally Orrock.

Specially composed music by David Pickvance.

Director: Jonquil Panting.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


MON 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01pqdsc)
Mr Wrong, pt 1

Meg comes to London to buy a second-hand car, but all is not as it seems. Chilling tale read by Matilda Ziegler.


MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b03zxkpl)
Jo Whiley, Paul McGann, Scarlet Page, Tony Law, Danny Wallace, Eyes for Gertrude, Colin MacLeod

Star of Withnail and I, Paul McGann talks to Clive about starring in a searing new version of Chekhov's masterpiece, 'Three Sisters', reworked for the 21st century by Anya Reiss.

Clive salutes the greatest guitar heroes with music photographer Scarlet Page, daughter of Jimmy, whose new exhibition 'Resonators' features Sir Paul McCartney, Slash, Noel Gallagher, Brian May and Paul Weller as her subjects.

Danny Wallace talks Cigarettes & Alcohol with broadcaster Jo Whiley, who's reuniting with Steve Lamacq when their Evening Session returns to celebrate 20 years since the emergence of the Britpop scene.

Following sell out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and London's Soho Theatre, multi award-winning comedian Tony Law chats to Clive about feeling small and alone in a vast world, the subject of his critically acclaimed show 'Nonsense Overdrive.'

With music from Eyes for Gertrude, who perform 'Rag and Bone' from their album 'Residential Bliss.' And from Colin MacLeod, who performs 'California' from 'Anchor EP.'

Producer: Sukey Firth.


MON 12:00 Listen to Les (b01696lw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b007jmzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Falco (b01blbs0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq4b3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]


MON 13:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00mq835)
Jane Gardam - The Man in the Wooden Hat

Episode 1

Dramatisation by Pete Atkin of the new novel by Jane Gardam.

Barrister Edward Feathers and his wife Elizabeth's lives are intertwined with that of his hated rival, Terry Veneering, as their relationships play out from 1950s Hong Kong to present-day Dorset.

Eddie ...... Michael York
Betty ...... Olivia Williams
Terry ...... Lloyd Owen
Amy ...... Moira Quirk
Delilah ...... Carolyn Seymour
Albert Ross ...... Jon David Yu
Young Harry ...... Oliver Dillon
Expat ...... Kenneth Danziger
Older Harry ...... Matthew Wolf
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis

Directed by Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b00k3x4h)
The Failure to Reform; 14th July 1789 - Sacred to Liberty

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


MON 14:30 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008h948)
Episode 16

Patsy is not short of dance partners at a party, but who does Lord Warburton really love? Read by Miriam Margolyes.


MON 14:45 John Banville - The Sea (b0076wt0)
Episode 1

4 Extra Debut. After a recent loss, art historian Max Morden escapes to the seaside of his childhood to confront a trauma. Read by Jim Norton.


MON 15:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jrt6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0400plp)
Join Mel for part one of this week's story Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (Maybe) by Siobhan Parkinson, an adventure on an island where a mysterious woman lives.


MON 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvgy)
Episode 6

Landlord Jack has the flu, so Nicola takes over just as the pub inspectors are due.

If the father-daughter bond can survive this, it could probably survive anything...

Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Simon Greenall as Andy, Sally Grace as the Inspector and Toby Longworth as Joe.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.


MON 17:30 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jql7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 18:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wt987)
All Hallows

On a hot summer's evening, a weary traveller is oppressed by the supernatural atmosphere inside a gigantic cathedral by the sea.

Read by Richard E Grant.

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.


MON 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr4d)
The World in Peril

Episode 2

Jet and Lemmy hear weird sounds as they examine asteroids newly orbiting Earth.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955.


MON 19:00 Listen to Les (b01696lw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b007jmzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Falco (b01blbs0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq4b3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]


MON 20:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01pqdsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b03zxkpl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b03z9gmt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00mrc8n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b041j6t5)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Jon Holmes chats to Doug Segal.


MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b0400ppp)
Series 10

Episode 8

A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular Jeremy Hardy plus guest panellists Katy Brand, Kevin Day and Romesh Ranganathan.


MON 23:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b0080273)
Series 1

The Shooting Party

The elderly Scotsmen assist the Laird with armaments for shooting out on the moors. Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From December 2012.



TUESDAY 08 APRIL 2014

TUE 00:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wt987)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Falco (b01blbs0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq4b3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Chain Reaction (b00mrc8n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Dead Ringers (b0085krp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jrt6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01pqdsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b03zxkpl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jql7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Falco (b01blg85)
Poseidon's Gold

Episode 2

The Roman detective is now a murder suspect himself. To make things worse, his old love life is haunting him. Stars Anton Lesser.


TUE 06:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq7j3)
Episode 2

The Bombay detective arrives in Mahableshwar to investigate Iris Dawkins' suicide. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.


TUE 06:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7v)
Series 1

Requiescant in Pace

"Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead."

Two are indeed now dead, so who keeps the secret?

Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery starring Christopher Benjamin as Henry Colvil and Amanda Redman as Alex Soames.

With Dudley Sutton as Arthur Guscott, Stephen Thorne as Joseph Kutner, Christian Rodska as Father Williamson Beth Porter as Donna Hanley, Elaine Claxton as Theresa and Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.


TUE 07:00 Snap (b00tvql2)
Series 2

Episode 4

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

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

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

Producer: David Ian Neville

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.


TUE 07:30 Down the Line (b00zshns)
Series 4

Episode 3

The return of the ground-breaking Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show.

Down the Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse,

Special guests are Lee Mack, Adil Ray and Fiona Whitehouse.

Producers: Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
Series 7

The Macreekie Rising of '74

Neddie Seagoon has a 60-foot caber hidden under his kilt, but the Scots want it back.

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

Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

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

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1956.


TUE 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0082crd)
Series 2

Episode 4

Can shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel save a struggling department store from closure?

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.

Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus

With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.

Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.

Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.

Producer: Dirk Maggs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.


TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b0400ppp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b0080273)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]


TUE 10:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01js1l0)
Tiberius

Growing up amid the intrigues of the Imperial family, Claudius learns his grandmother Livia's true ambition - and finds himself and his brother Germanicus in danger.

Robert Graves' scandalous histories of Roman political vice dramatised in six-parts by Robin Brooks.

Claudius ..... Tom Goodman-Hill
Augustus ..... Derek Jacobi
Livia ..... Harriet Walter
Tiberius ..... Tim McInnerny
Pollio ..... Trevor Peacock
Germanicus ..... Joseph Kloska
Agrippina ..... Hattie Morahan
Sejanus ..... Sam Dale
Herod Agrippa ..... Zubin Varla
Postumus ..... Henry Devas
Livilla ..... Leah Brotherhead
Cassius Chaerea ..... Jude Akuwudike
Pomponius ..... Sean Baker
Antonia ..... Christine Kavanagh
Castor ..... Iain Batchelor
Piso ..... Tony Bell
Pallas ..... Lloyd Thomas
Young Caligula ..... James Warner

Specially composed music by David Pickvance.

Director: Jonquil Panting.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


TUE 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01pqn8d)
Mr Wrong, part 2

After a fright on the M1, will Meg be able to sell the car that she now knows is haunted? Read by Matilda Ziegler.


TUE 11:15 Sarah Daniels - Cross My Heart and Hope to Fly (b00766x0)
Lyn, Dave and Chris learn to recover from loss in quite unexpected ways.

Funny and moving play for three voices written by Sarah Daniels.

Starring Pauline Collins as Lyn, Jamie Foreman as Dave and Kerry Fox as Chris.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0082crd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:00 Falco (b01blg85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq7j3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]


TUE 13:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00mvbmy)
Jane Gardam - The Man in the Wooden Hat

Episode 2

Dramatisation by Pete Atkin of the new novel by Jane Gardam.

News that a plane carrying schoolchildren to England has crashed over the Indian Ocean provokes surprising reactions.

Eddie ...... Michael York
Betty ...... Olivia Williams
Terry ...... Lloyd Owen
Amy ...... Moira Quirk
Delilah ...... Carolyn Seymour
Albert Ross ...... Jon David Yu
Young Harry ...... Oliver Dillon
Expat ...... Kenneth Danziger
Older Harry ...... Matthew Wolf
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis

Directed by Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.


TUE 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007qwj4)
The United Irishmen; The Belfast Harp Festival of 1792

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


TUE 14:30 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008hq0c)
Episode 17

Concerned about her marriage to Gilbert, Isabel has a heart-to-heart with her friend Henrietta. Read by Miriam Margolyes.


TUE 14:45 John Banville - The Sea (b0400vtm)
Episode 2

Trying to cope with bereavement, Max retreats into memories of a childhood crush on an older woman. Read by Jim Norton.


TUE 15:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01js1l0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0400vtp)
Mel Giedroyc marks the 13th anniversary of the launch of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, still orbiting the planet. Plus bossy big sisters, and how humans find their way home.


TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b008s4fp)
Series 1

Night Moves

Bill and Faith's romantic plans are thwarted by Bert the dog

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

Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith and James Bolam as Bill.

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
Jill ...... Moir Leslie

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.


TUE 17:30 Snap (b00tvql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 18:00 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.


TUE 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr72)
The World in Peril

Episode 3

Captain Jet Morgan and his crew get on the trail of Earth's alien visitors.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0082crd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Falco (b01blg85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq7j3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]


TUE 20:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01pqn8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 21:15 Sarah Daniels - Cross My Heart and Hope to Fly (b00766x0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


TUE 22:00 Down the Line (b00zshns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 22:30 So Wrong It's Right (b00scw1t)
Series 1

Episode 2

Charlie Brooker presents the new comedy panel show that seeks the best in wrong answers. He plunders his guests' pasts and creativity over a series of rounds in which panellists have to be wrong to be right.

Comedians Lee Mack, Josie Long and Tom Basden are the guest panel for this edition. Their worst experiences on public transport and the wrongest ideas for high concept restaurants are up for comedy discussion.

Plus Lee Mack takes Charlie to task over his chief modern pleasure - the social network Twitter.

Producer: Aled Evans
A Zeppotron production for BBC Radio 4.


TUE 23:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00db05r)
Series 2

Diligence

The comedian examines the virtue of hard work. Tim Key and Tom Basden pay great attention to detail in their poems and songs. From September 2008.


TUE 23:30 The Shuttleworths (b007jnzg)
Series 3

Radio Shuttleworth

John Shuttleworth starts a new station for Sheffield, but can he count on Mary and Ken? Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1997.


TUE 23:45 All the World's a Globe (b007k4cp)
3. The Fall of Troy. The Rise of Greece

The Fall of Troy and the Rise of Greece

The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War.

Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.

With guest star Juliet Stevenson.

Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.

With thanks to

Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.



WEDNESDAY 09 APRIL 2014

WED 00:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wv6ln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Falco (b01blg85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq7j3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b0400ppp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


WED 02:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b0080273)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]


WED 03:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01js1l0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01pqn8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:15 Sarah Daniels - Cross My Heart and Hope to Fly (b00766x0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Second Thoughts (b008s4fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 Snap (b00tvql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Falco (b01blljm)
Poseidon's Gold

Episode 3

If he's going to clear his name, the Roman detective must confront his difficult past. Stars Anton Lesser and Trevor Peacock.


WED 06:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mr1rk)
Episode 3

The young detective heads to the Indian jungle in Poona in search of Iris's friend and correspondent, Pansy Watson. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.


WED 06:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt84)
Series 1

A Matter of Judgement

Intelligence officers Colvil and Soames delve further into the mystery that is Donna – and are concerned for Mrs Wedlock.

Henry's faith is dealt a mortal blow.

Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery starring Christopher Benjamin as Henry Colvil and Amanda Redman as Alex Soames.

With Dudley Sutton as Arthur Guscott, Stephen Thorne as Joseph Kutner, Colette O'Neil as Mrs Wedlock, Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne. Neil McCaul as Roger Brown and Christian Rodska as Father Williamson.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.


WED 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b007vhr4)
Series 1

Pantomime Cows

Robert lands a festive stage role, but ends up drinking before a show...

John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.

Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn

With Stephen Yardley, Royce Mills, Susan Sheridan, Anne Bryson and Joanna Mackie.

Producer: Paul Spencer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1989.


WED 07:30 Susan Calman Is Convicted (b03zd3j5)
Series 2

Children

In a new series for Radio 4, Susan Calman explores issues on which she has strong opinions. This week, she explains that she has never been interested in having children, and why they frighten her.

Produced by Lyndsay Fenner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp42)
Series 5

The Threatening Letters

The lad is full of the joys of Spring - until the postman arrives.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.

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 May 1958 .


WED 08:30 Albert and Me (b007jv04)
Series 1

Pilot Episode

Single dad Bryan Archer struggles to work as well as bringing up his baby son, Albert.

Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Frank Thornton as Vernon Wordsworth.

Written by Jim Eldridge.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1977.


WED 09:00 Country Matters (b00k2fkz)
Episode 2

Dave learns how the fete unearths the unscrupulous side of village life. Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From May 1994.


WED 09:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008vnz5)
Episode 6

Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Stephen Fry, John Sessions, Rory Bremner and Jon Glover.

It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC radio.

With Colin Sell at the piano.

Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by Martin Booth.

Producer: Dan Patterson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1988.


WED 10:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jswj3)
Sejanus

As he struggles to keep his throne, the Emperor Tiberius finds his Commander of the Guard, Sejanus, an invaluable aide against treason. And Sejanus finds Claudius an unwilling collaborator in his rise to power.

Robert Graves' scandalous histories of Roman political vice dramatised in six-parts by Robin Brooks.

Claudius ..... Tom Goodman-Hill
Tiberius ..... Tim McInnerny
Livia ..... Harriet Walter
Caligula ..... Samuel Barnett
Sejanus ..... Sam Dale
Agrippina ..... Hattie Morahan
Antonia ..... Christine Kavanagh
Livilla ..... Leah Brotherhead
Pallas ..... Lloyd Thomas
The Fisherman ..... Adeel Akhtar
Macro ..... Tony Bell
Calpurnia ..... Sally Orrock
Plautius ..... Jude Akuwudike
Cremutius ..... Sean Baker
Officer ..... Iain Batchelor
Senator ..... Henry Devas
Plancina ..... Claire Harry
Aelia ..... Deeivya Meir
Pallas ..... Lloyd Thomas

Specially composed music by David Pickvance.

Director: Jonquil Panting.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


WED 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01pr7s3)
Pont du Gard

Alan and Ruth's unhappy marriage is brought to crisis point on a family holiday in France. Read by Matilda Ziegler.


WED 11:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007rpry)
On the Train to Chemnitz

Aubrey and Dorinda live their lives in their own claustrophobic world, dominated by guilt.

Their verbal games of storytelling are vivid, unbelievable and true. Only 'they' exist - and the others.

Peter Tinniswood's drama stars Paul Scofield as Aubrey and Fiona Shaw as Dorinda.

Producer: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp42)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 Albert and Me (b007jv04)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:00 Falco (b01blljm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mr1rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]


WED 13:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00mvbn0)
Jane Gardam - The Man in the Wooden Hat

Episode 3

Dramatisation by Pete Atkin of the new novel by Jane Gardam.

Difficulties for Betty and Eddie in London and phone calls from Hong Kong.

Eddie ...... Michael York
Betty ...... Olivia Williams
Terry ...... Lloyd Owen
Amy ...... Moira Quirk
Delilah ...... Carolyn Seymour
Albert Ross ...... Jon David Yu
Young Harry ...... Oliver Dillon
Expat ...... Kenneth Danziger
Older Harry ...... Matthew Wolf
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis

Directed by Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.


WED 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007qx31)
At War with France; Earl Fitzwilliam's Failure

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


WED 14:30 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008h5z5)
Episode 18

Poorly Ralph prepares to return to England, while Isabel begins to reassess her marriage. Read by Miriam Margolyes.


WED 14:45 John Banville - The Sea (b0401fn3)
Episode 3

Recently bereaved Max struggles with memories of his childhood crushes and lost loves. Read by Jim Norton.


WED 15:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jswj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0401fn5)
Mel Giedroyc learns how to forage for food in the city, and how to make up bedtime stories for children. Plus the Inheritance Tracks of anti-racism campaigner Doreen Lawrence.


WED 17:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009sczf)
Two Fingers of Suspicion

Secrets from Brightco's defence job are reaching a foreign power. But who is responsible for a leak?

Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton star in Andrew Palmer’s sitcom

Jimmy Bright ...... Bernard Cribbins
Russell Farrow ...... Frank Thornton
Nan Forbes ...... Annette Crosbie
Sue Plant ...... Annee Blott
With John Graham

Written by Andrew Palmer.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1988.


WED 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007vhr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 18:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wvd6t)
Crewe

In the chilly waiting-room of a railway station, an old man relates a disturbing history of a haunting in a job he formerly held...

Read by Kenneth Cranham.

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.


WED 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007k42r)
The World in Peril

Episode 4

After an attempt on their lives, Jet and crew fight against time to blast off back to Mars

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp42)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 Albert and Me (b007jv04)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 20:00 Falco (b01blljm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 20:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mr1rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]


WED 20:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01pr7s3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 21:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007rpry)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


WED 22:00 Susan Calman Is Convicted (b03zd3j5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 22:30 Radio 9 (b0401g9p)
Series 1

Episode 1

Welcome to Radio 9 - where Dark approaches Silly, shakes hands, then realises its trousers are round its ankles.

All set in a parallel universe just like ours, but different.

The first in a four-part series, written and performed by Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker.

With Sarah Walton, John Stevenson, Stefan Frank, Janice Vee, Matt Wilkinson and Michelle Gomez.

Producers: Johnny Daukes and Katie Marsden

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003.


WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b041j6t7)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Jon Holmes chats to Doug Segal.


WED 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b00b9nzb)
Series 4

Knowledge and Ignorance

Satan thinks humans can't handle knowledge, but the professor thinks they can. Satanic sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From March 2001.


WED 23:30 Hut 33 (b01jk1bx)
Series 3

Big Machine

1942: can Gordon's new computing invention help the Bletchley Park code-breakers?

James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers.

Professor Charles Gardner …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Gordon ...... Fergus Craig
3rd Lieutenant Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall …. Alex MacQueen
Minka …. Olivia Coleman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.



THURSDAY 10 APRIL 2014

THU 00:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wvd6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]


THU 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007k42r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 Falco (b01blljm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mr1rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Country Matters (b00k2fkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008vnz5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jswj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01pr7s3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007rpry)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009sczf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]


THU 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007vhr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]


THU 06:00 Falco (b01bmprc)
Poseidon's Gold

Episode 4

The Roman detective tries to get his father's help, but old wounds don't heal easily. Stars Anton Lesser and Trevor Peacock.


THU 06:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrc86)
Episode 4

Can the detective's discovery about Iris Dawkins' tragic childhood solve her suicide? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.


THU 06:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt8w)
Series 1

Betrayal and Judgement

Mrs Wedlock 's role in the mystery has put her in mortal danger. Can Henry's faith withstand the whole truth?

Conclusion of Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery starring Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman as intelligence officers Henry Colvil and Alex Soames.

With Dudley Sutton as Arthur Guscott, Stephen Thorne as Joseph Kutner, Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne, Peter Yapp as Monsignor, Beth Porter as Donna Hanley, Christian Rodska as Father Williamson and Denys Hawthorne as the Porter.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.


THU 07:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t1bnm)
Series 1

Episode 1

Alun Armstrong stars as Giovanni Guareschi's Italian village priest. The communist mayor wants his child baptised. From March 2001.


THU 07:30 Cabin Pressure (b01l02j9)
Series 4

Timbuktu

Cabin Pressure is a sitcom about the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one plane, charter airline; staffed by two pilots: one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether they're flying squaddies to Hamburg, metal sheets to Mozambique, or an oil exec's cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult...

Episode 1:

Hooray hooray, it's Birling Day once more, where the crew traditionally swap their dignity for cash! But where have all the camels gone? And why is Arthur reading a book?

Written by John Finnemore
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.


THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
Series 3

My British Buddy

Walmington-on-Sea's warm welcome for some American troops backfires.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.

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

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Hodges Warden …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Colonel Schultz …. Jack Watson
Mrs Fox …. Mollie Sugden
Shirley …. Wendy Richard

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.


THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b0140dgx)
From 20/01/1955

A Glums family feud sparks the fire brigade's arrival. Stars Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From January 1955.


THU 09:00 Edgar Wallace - Educated Evans (b03zxqb1)
A Matched Pair

Can the 1920s tipster avoid police plans and see off a new 'educated' rival? Stars Roy Hudd, Andrew Sachs and Pat Coombs. From August 1996.


THU 09:30 Puzzle Panel (b00yb2vg)
Episode 6

More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, Val Gilbert and Professor David Singmaster. From July 1998.


THU 10:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jt0yt)
Caligula

When the Emperor Tiberius dies, the young and popular Caligula succeeds his Uncle. Claudius will be the first to learn his secret.

Robert Graves' scandalous histories of Roman political vice dramatised in six-parts by Robin Brooks.

Claudius ..... Tom Goodman-Hill
Tiberius ..... Tim McInnerny
Caligula ..... Samuel Barnett
Herod Agrippa ..... Zubin Varla
Antonia ..... Christine Kavanagh
Calpurnia ..... Sally Orrock
Drusilla ..... Deeivya Meir
Macro ..... Tony Bell
Agrippinilla ..... Claire Harry
Thrasyllus ..... Sean Baker
Doctor ..... Adeel Akhtar
Gaoler ..... Iain Batchelor
Senator ..... Lloyd Thomas

Specially composed music by David Pickvance.

Director: Jonquil Panting.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


THU 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01prccs)
Whip Hand

Mrs Bracken is determined that her daughter is going to be a star, but Fern has other ideas. Read by Matilda Ziegler.


THU 11:15 Drama (b007739x)
Martyn Wade - The Bringer of Peace

Martyn Wade's drama explores the life of Gustav Holst and the astrological inspiration behind the Planets Suite, his most famous work.

The story covers twenty years of this extraordinary composer's life, his relationship with his family, his friends, his teaching and composing and his constant solitary walking and travelling.

Gustav Holst ...... Adrian Scarborough
Isobel Holst ...... Amanda Root
Ralph Vaughan Williams ...... Michael Maloney
Imogen Holst ...... Georgina Osen
Constable ...... Mark Straker
Reporter ...... Anthony Glennon

Directed by David Hitchinson.


THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b0140dgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 13:00 Falco (b01bmprc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 13:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrc86)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]


THU 13:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00mvbn2)
Jane Gardam - The Man in the Wooden Hat

Episode 4

Dramatisation by Pete Atkin of the new novel by Jane Gardam.

After more than 20 years in Hong Kong, are Betty and Eddie destined to be lifetime expats?

Eddie ...... Michael York
Betty ...... Olivia Williams
Terry ...... Lloyd Owen
Amy ...... Moira Quirk
Delilah ...... Carolyn Seymour
Albert Ross ...... Jon David Yu
Young Harry ...... Oliver Dillon
Expat ...... Kenneth Danziger
Older Harry ...... Matthew Wolf
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis

Directed by Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.


THU 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007qvgh)
Peep o' Day Boys and Defenders; I Will Blow Your Souls to the Low Hills of Hell

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


THU 14:30 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008h3l1)
Episode 19

Callous Gilbert doubts that Isabel's cousin Ralph is really dying, and a big truth is revealed. Read by Miriam Margolyes.


THU 14:45 John Banville - The Sea (b0401k1n)
Episode 4

Recently bereaved Max plunges into memories of his childhood romance with the quixotic Chloe. Read by Jim Norton.


THU 15:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jt0yt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0401k1q)
In Questions Questions, Mel Giedroyc hears how horses love to swim. She listens to a weird cow moo ringtone, and some very excited children are making pork sausages on a farm.


THU 17:00 Ballylenon (b00pktqz)
Series 7

Episode 6

The question as to exactly how long Councillor Maconchy has been dead is silenced when the sisters claim to have observed Guard Gallagher wearing one of Muriel's dresses...

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1959.

Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.

Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Phonsie Doherty ...... Gerard Murphy
Vivienne Hawthorne ...... Annie McCartney
Stumpy Bonner ...... Gerard McSorley
Guard Gallagher ...... Frankie McCafferty
Matthew Addis ...... Aubrey Frawley
Mark Lambert ...... Terry Black

Pianist: Michael Harrison

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.


THU 17:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t1bnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


THU 18:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00ww8sr)
A Recluse

One hot evening in the English countryside, a traveller is forced to stay the night at the remote house of a sinister gentleman...

Read by Anthony Head.

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.


THU 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrdj)
The World in Peril

Episode 5

Jet and Lemmy monitor strange calls on the ship-to-ship intercom.

It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955.


THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b0140dgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 20:00 Falco (b01bmprc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 20:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrc86)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]


THU 20:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01prccs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


THU 21:15 Drama (b007739x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


THU 22:00 Cabin Pressure (b01l02j9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 22:30 Newsjack (b0401k7n)
Series 10

Episode 6

Made for 4 Extra. The week's stories cobbled together in a scrapbook sketch show. Presented by Romesh Ranganathan, with Lewis MacLeod, Pippa Evans and Alice Levine.


THU 23:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp51)
Series 1

Episode 3

Struggling writer Nick's mate Craig proves a headache, while Vince the geranium encounters a bee.

A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.

With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon Mackichan and Alison Sterling.

Producer: Jon Magnusson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4wm)
Series 2

Barrington Comprehensive

The management consultants try reversing the fortunes of an inner city school. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2002.



FRIDAY 11 APRIL 2014

FRI 00:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00ww8sr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 Falco (b01bmprc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrc86)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Edgar Wallace - Educated Evans (b03zxqb1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:30 Puzzle Panel (b00yb2vg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jt0yt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01prccs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:15 Drama (b007739x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 Ballylenon (b00pktqz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]


FRI 05:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t1bnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]


FRI 06:00 Falco (b01bn1yg)
Poseidon's Gold

Episode 5

The Roman detective hopes maritime matters can clear him, but Geminus brings bad news. Stars Anton Lesser and Trevor Peacock.


FRI 06:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrhdk)
Episode 5

News from Poona makes Dawkins think his wife was mad, but the detective isn't so sure. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.


FRI 06:30 Paul Temple (b007jqt1)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery

Too Young to Die

When Paul and Steve are asked to investigate a case of blackmail and murder, they soon discover violence has been brought right to their own doorstep...

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

With John Baddeley as Charlie, Wilfrid Carter as Inspector Lloyd, Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale, Isabel Dean as Margaret Milbourne, Isabel Rennie as Dolly Brazer, Frederick Treves as Stone, Pat Connell as Lucas, Alan Haines as Den Roberts, James Thomason as the Doctor, Malcolm Terris as the Police Conctable and Bruce Beeby as the Taxi Driver.

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.

Producer: Martin C. Webster.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.


FRI 07:00 Chambers (b007jp9b)
Series 2

A Case With a View

When barrister John Fuller-Carp's ambitions take a downward turn, he takes some extreme action. Stars John Bird. From June 1998.


FRI 07:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b03zxw0q)
Series 1

Episode 1

Tim recreates Sir John Throckmorton's 1811 attempt to have a coat made from scratch - going from the sheep's back to his own back in a single day.

Award-winning comedian-author-adventurer Tim FitzHigham recreates a series of bizarre bets from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Written by and starring Tim FitzHigham.

Additional material by Jon Hunter & Paul Byrne, and literal material from the Derbyshire Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers.

Producer: Colin Anderson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.


FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k27m)
Series 5

The Desperate Hours

After news of a jailbreak at Wormwood Scrubs, Albert and Harold get some unwelcome visitors.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Leonard Rossiter as Johnny Spooner and Paddy Joyce as Frank Ferris.

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

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

Produced by Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.


FRI 08:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01ml3jy)
From 08/06/1974

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray take a comic romp through the permissive society – and a spoof Noel Coward drama.

Characters, songs and sketches with Miriam Margolyes and Nigel Rees

Music by Neil Innes.

Script by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.


FRI 09:00 Millport (b0076bfv)
Series 3

Wild Rover

The Cumbrae Club is up and running and the islanders are already arguing over how it should be run.

Meanwhile back at Bruce House, Moira is in hysterics over her missing pet pooch. But will Irene risk missing the ferry and losing her job to help her unhappy sister?

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/Robert the Dog /Morris ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.


FRI 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b007k43j)
Series 1

Episode 6

A charity quiz night gives Trev the chance to boost office morale, or possibly destroy it. Stars Neil Pearson. From September 2004.


FRI 10:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jt2sf)
Claudius

How the Sibyl's prophecy came true, for the most unwilling Emperor of them all.

Robert Graves' scandalous histories of Roman political vice dramatised in six-parts by Robin Brooks.

Claudius ..... Tom Goodman-Hill
Caligula ..... Samuel Barnett
Herod Agrippa ..... Zubin Varla
Messalina ..... Jessica Raine
Calpurnia ..... Sally Orrock
Cassius Chaerea ..... Jude Akuwudike
Gratus ..... Sam Dale
Cornelius ..... Iain Batchelor
Bassus ..... Lloyd Thomas
Asiaticus ..... Sean Baker
Lupus ..... Henry Devas
Sentius ..... Tony Bell
The Executioner ..... Adeel Akhtar

Specially composed music by David Pickvance.

Director: Jonquil Panting.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


FRI 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01ps9w4)
Child's Play

Kate is not appreciated by her husband or daughter, but receives affection from an unusual source. Read by Matilda Ziegler.


FRI 11:15 Charlotte Jones - Airswimming (b0075ck2)
Persephone is just planning for her coming out ball, when she finds herself consigned to a rather puzzling finishing school: St Dymphna's Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

An uplifting comedy of friendship; fantasy and freedom by Charlotte Jones.

Stars Charlotte Jones as Dora, Sophie Thompson as Persephone, Marcia Warren as Porph, Elizabeth Bradley as Dorph and Geoffrey Whitehead as the Dastardly Man.

Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.


FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k27m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01ml3jy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 13:00 Falco (b01bn1yg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 13:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrhdk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]


FRI 13:30 Paul Temple (b007jqt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00mvbn4)
Jane Gardam - The Man in the Wooden Hat

Episode 5

Dramatisation by Pete Atkin of the new novel by Jane Gardam.

Does old age mean that Hong Kong secrets will finally be revealed?

Eddie ...... Michael York
Betty ...... Olivia Williams
Terry ...... Lloyd Owen
Amy ...... Moira Quirk
Delilah ...... Carolyn Seymour
Albert Ross ...... Jon David Yu
Young Harry ...... Oliver Dillon
Expat ...... Kenneth Danziger
Older Harry ...... Matthew Wolf
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis

Directed by Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.


FRI 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007qtm1)
The French Are in the Bay; Nothing But Terror Will Keep Them in Order

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


FRI 14:30 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008h4wv)
Episode 20

Isabel joins her dying cousin Ralph in London, and she contemplates her future. Concluded by Miriam Margolyes.


FRI 14:45 John Banville - The Sea (b0401n6g)
Episode 5

Can Max come to terms with recent bereavement when he is still haunted by a tragic loss in his childhood? Read by Jim Norton.


FRI 15:00 Robert Graves - I, Claudius (b01jt2sf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0401ngs)
Mel Giedroyc hears about the farmer's wife who revolutionised resturants in Ireland, and learns how to dig like an archaeologist. Plus a Magical Mystery tour to a watery place.


FRI 17:00 Instant Sunshine (b00lh3hd)
From 29/08/1988

Humorous songs performed by the comedy musical cabaret group, Instant Sunshine:

Featuring David Barlow, Peter Christie, Miles Kington and Alan Maryon-Davis

Producer: David Rayvern Allen

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.


FRI 17:30 Chambers (b007jp9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


FRI 18:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wwd8m)
The Almond Tree

A man looks back on the complex relationship between his parents and a female friend of his father's. It's one that will influence the rest of his life...

Read by Julian Wadham.

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.


FRI 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrgw)
The World in Peril

Episode 6

Captain Jet and Lemmy are not the only ones to heed the mysterious voice.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955.


FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k27m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01ml3jy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Falco (b01bn1yg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 20:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrhdk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today]


FRI 20:30 Paul Temple (b007jqt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01ps9w4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 21:15 Charlotte Jones - Airswimming (b0075ck2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


FRI 22:00 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b03zxw0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b00dhxn7)
Series 4

Episode 6

The comedy banker awards laughter bonuses. With Chris Addison, Miranda Hart and David Quantick. From September 2008.


FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b0425xcw)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith talks to Christian O'Connell.


FRI 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00mbm3j)
Series 4

Episode 2

"Make Me a Celebrity Centaur", an exciting new reality show that features cutting edge surgery and some horses.

Sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb,

With Sarah Hadland, Olivia Colman and James Bachman.

Producer Gareth Edwards

Firs broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.


FRI 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00rmygl)
Series 1

Smoked Meat

Sir Marcus wants a global web presence by the end of the week.

Mean marketing director John Weak descends to the IT netherworld to do battle with Gavin Smedley, an IT director grown from the sweat of a techie's armpit.

Alexander Armstrong stars as John Weak in Guy Browning’s sitcom.

John Weak ...... Alexander Armstrong
Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Gary Peyton ...... Ewan Bailey
Gavin Smedley ...... Gerard McDermott
Paul ...... Harry Myers

Producer: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.




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

15 Minute Drama 14:00 MON (b00mq835)

15 Minute Drama 14:00 TUE (b00mvbmy)

15 Minute Drama 14:00 WED (b00mvbn0)

15 Minute Drama 14:00 THU (b00mvbn2)

15 Minute Drama 14:00 FRI (b00mvbn4)

2's Comedy 09:00 SAT (b007zzsn)

2's Comedy 19:00 SAT (b007zzsn)

A Box of Wittgensteins 07:15 SUN (b00g44sj)

A Box of Wittgensteins 13:15 SUN (b00g44sj)

A Short History of Ireland 14:15 MON (b00k3x4h)

A Short History of Ireland 14:15 TUE (b007qwj4)

A Short History of Ireland 14:15 WED (b007qx31)

A Short History of Ireland 14:15 THU (b007qvgh)

A Short History of Ireland 14:15 FRI (b007qtm1)

Albert and Me 08:30 WED (b007jv04)

Albert and Me 12:30 WED (b007jv04)

Albert and Me 19:30 WED (b007jv04)

Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers 09:00 SUN (b00sf7tf)

Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers 17:00 SUN (b00sf7tf)

Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers 05:00 MON (b00sf7tf)

All the World's a Globe 23:45 TUE (b007k4cp)

Ambrose Bierce - Moxon's Master 00:00 SAT (b03zmdqw)

An Actor's Life for Me 07:00 WED (b007vhr4)

An Actor's Life for Me 17:30 WED (b007vhr4)

An Actor's Life for Me 05:30 THU (b007vhr4)

Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive 22:30 FRI (b00dhxn7)

Armitage and Moore's Guide to Song 07:30 SAT (b00y1t61)

Ballylenon 17:00 THU (b00pktqz)

Ballylenon 05:00 FRI (b00pktqz)

Beyond Our Ken 08:00 SUN (b007jp09)

Beyond Our Ken 15:00 SUN (b007jp09)

Beyond Our Ken 20:00 SUN (b007jp09)

Beyond Our Ken 03:00 MON (b007jp09)

Bradbury 13 18:30 SUN (b0124qyz)

Bradbury 13 00:30 MON (b0124qyz)

Cabin Pressure 07:30 THU (b01l02j9)

Cabin Pressure 22:00 THU (b01l02j9)

Chain Reaction 09:00 MON (b00mrc8n)

Chain Reaction 22:30 MON (b00mrc8n)

Chain Reaction 02:00 TUE (b00mrc8n)

Chambers 05:30 SAT (b007jp6n)

Chambers 07:00 FRI (b007jp9b)

Chambers 17:30 FRI (b007jp9b)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:30 SAT (b007jr1s)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:30 MON (b007jr4d)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:30 TUE (b007jr4d)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:30 TUE (b007jr72)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:30 WED (b007jr72)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:30 WED (b007k42r)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:30 THU (b007k42r)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:30 THU (b007jrdj)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:30 FRI (b007jrdj)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:30 FRI (b007jrgw)

Charles Dickens 09:30 SUN (b007tcgm)

Charles Dickens 17:30 SUN (b007tcgm)

Charles Dickens 05:30 MON (b007tcgm)

Charlotte Jones - Airswimming 11:15 FRI (b0075ck2)

Charlotte Jones - Airswimming 21:15 FRI (b0075ck2)

Colvil and Soames 01:30 SAT (b007jt78)

Colvil and Soames 06:30 MON (b007jt7k)

Colvil and Soames 13:30 MON (b007jt7k)

Colvil and Soames 20:30 MON (b007jt7k)

Colvil and Soames 01:30 TUE (b007jt7k)

Colvil and Soames 06:30 TUE (b007jt7v)

Colvil and Soames 13:30 TUE (b007jt7v)

Colvil and Soames 20:30 TUE (b007jt7v)

Colvil and Soames 01:30 WED (b007jt7v)

Colvil and Soames 06:30 WED (b007jt84)

Colvil and Soames 13:30 WED (b007jt84)

Colvil and Soames 20:30 WED (b007jt84)

Colvil and Soames 01:30 THU (b007jt84)

Colvil and Soames 06:30 THU (b007jt8w)

Colvil and Soames 13:30 THU (b007jt8w)

Colvil and Soames 20:30 THU (b007jt8w)

Colvil and Soames 01:30 FRI (b007jt8w)

Country Matters 09:00 WED (b00k2fkz)

Country Matters 02:00 THU (b00k2fkz)

Craig Brown's Lost Diaries 22:30 SUN (b00v1nhb)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 13:15 SAT (b007jphl)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 03:15 SUN (b007jphl)

Dad's Army 08:00 THU (b007jqbr)

Dad's Army 12:00 THU (b007jqbr)

Dad's Army 19:00 THU (b007jqbr)

Dead Ringers 09:30 MON (b0085krp)

Dead Ringers 02:30 TUE (b0085krp)

Deborah Moggach - Playing the Part 04:00 SAT (b03zm819)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 10:00 SUN (b03zx7sh)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 SUN (b03zx7sh)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (b03zx7sh)

Doctor Who 18:00 SUN (b01169bp)

Doctor Who 00:00 MON (b01169bp)

Down the Line 07:30 TUE (b00zshns)

Down the Line 22:00 TUE (b00zshns)

Drama 11:15 THU (b007739x)

Drama 21:15 THU (b007739x)

Drama 04:15 FRI (b007739x)

Ed Reardon's Week 07:30 SUN (b00qbv2p)

Ed Reardon's Week 22:00 SUN (b00qbv2p)

Edgar Wallace - Educated Evans 09:00 THU (b03zxqb1)

Edgar Wallace - Educated Evans 02:00 FRI (b03zxqb1)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 11:00 MON (b01pqdsc)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 21:00 MON (b01pqdsc)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 04:00 TUE (b01pqdsc)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 11:00 TUE (b01pqn8d)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 21:00 TUE (b01pqn8d)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 04:00 WED (b01pqn8d)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 11:00 WED (b01pr7s3)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 21:00 WED (b01pr7s3)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 04:00 THU (b01pr7s3)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 11:00 THU (b01prccs)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 21:00 THU (b01prccs)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 04:00 FRI (b01prccs)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 11:00 FRI (b01ps9w4)

Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 21:00 FRI (b01ps9w4)

Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones 00:15 SAT (b012yym2)

Falco 06:00 MON (b01blbs0)

Falco 13:00 MON (b01blbs0)

Falco 20:00 MON (b01blbs0)

Falco 01:00 TUE (b01blbs0)

Falco 06:00 TUE (b01blg85)

Falco 13:00 TUE (b01blg85)

Falco 20:00 TUE (b01blg85)

Falco 01:00 WED (b01blg85)

Falco 06:00 WED (b01blljm)

Falco 13:00 WED (b01blljm)

Falco 20:00 WED (b01blljm)

Falco 01:00 THU (b01blljm)

Falco 06:00 THU (b01bmprc)

Falco 13:00 THU (b01bmprc)

Falco 20:00 THU (b01bmprc)

Falco 01:00 FRI (b01bmprc)

Falco 06:00 FRI (b01bn1yg)

Falco 13:00 FRI (b01bn1yg)

Falco 20:00 FRI (b01bn1yg)

Fear on 4 18:30 SAT (b007jn6w)

Fear on 4 00:30 SUN (b007jn6w)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 08:00 SAT (b01hxn35)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 15:00 SAT (b01hxn35)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 01:00 SUN (b01hxn35)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:00 MON (b00wt987)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 00:00 TUE (b00wt987)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:00 TUE (b00wv6ln)

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

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:00 WED (b00wvd6t)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 00:00 THU (b00wvd6t)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:00 THU (b00ww8sr)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 00:00 FRI (b00ww8sr)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:00 FRI (b00wwd8m)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 06:15 MON (b00mq4b3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 13:15 MON (b00mq4b3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 20:15 MON (b00mq4b3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 01:15 TUE (b00mq4b3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 06:15 TUE (b00mq7j3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 13:15 TUE (b00mq7j3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 20:15 TUE (b00mq7j3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 01:15 WED (b00mq7j3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 06:15 WED (b00mr1rk)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 13:15 WED (b00mr1rk)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 20:15 WED (b00mr1rk)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 01:15 THU (b00mr1rk)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 06:15 THU (b00mrc86)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 13:15 THU (b00mrc86)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 20:15 THU (b00mrc86)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 01:15 FRI (b00mrc86)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 06:15 FRI (b00mrhdk)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 13:15 FRI (b00mrhdk)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 20:15 FRI (b00mrhdk)

Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea 23:45 MON (b0080273)

Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea 09:45 TUE (b0080273)

Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea 02:45 WED (b0080273)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b007jp42)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b007jp42)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b007jp42)

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady 14:30 MON (b008h948)

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady 14:30 TUE (b008hq0c)

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady 14:30 WED (b008h5z5)

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady 14:30 THU (b008h3l1)

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady 14:30 FRI (b008h4wv)

Hut 33 23:30 WED (b01jk1bx)

Ian Rankin - Rebus 13:30 SUN (b01n1tyr)

Ian Rankin - Rebus 03:30 MON (b01n1tyr)

Instant Sunshine 05:00 SAT (b007jxgk)

Instant Sunshine 17:00 FRI (b00lh3hd)

Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax 23:30 SUN (b03zx9pg)

John Banville - The Sea 14:45 MON (b0076wt0)

John Banville - The Sea 14:45 TUE (b0400vtm)

John Banville - The Sea 14:45 WED (b0401fn3)

John Banville - The Sea 14:45 THU (b0401k1n)

John Banville - The Sea 14:45 FRI (b0401n6g)

Just a Minute 07:30 MON (b03z9gmt)

Just a Minute 22:00 MON (b03z9gmt)

Listen Against 17:30 SAT (b00txhld)

Listen Against 05:30 SUN (b00txhld)

Listen to Les 14:00 SAT (b00jz2xl)

Listen to Les 08:00 MON (b01696lw)

Listen to Les 12:00 MON (b01696lw)

Listen to Les 19:00 MON (b01696lw)

Loose Ends 11:15 MON (b03zxkpl)

Loose Ends 21:15 MON (b03zxkpl)

Loose Ends 04:15 TUE (b03zxkpl)

Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better 23:00 TUE (b00db05r)

Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 SUN (b03q5j12)

Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld 04:15 SAT (b00rdspc)

Millport 02:00 SAT (b0076bbj)

Millport 09:00 FRI (b0076bfv)

Mind Your Own Business! 17:00 WED (b009sczf)

Mind Your Own Business! 05:00 THU (b009sczf)

Newsjack 23:00 SUN (b03zm59w)

Newsjack 22:30 THU (b0401k7n)

Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls 03:00 SAT (b00wrcng)

Old Dog and Partridge 17:00 MON (b007jvgy)

Old Dog and Partridge 05:00 TUE (b007jvgy)

Old Harry's Game 23:00 WED (b00b9nzb)

Once Seen 10:45 SUN (b00q9342)

Once Seen 21:45 SUN (b00q9342)

Once Seen 01:45 MON (b00q9342)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 07:00 MON (b007jql7)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 17:30 MON (b007jql7)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 05:30 TUE (b007jql7)

Paul Temple 06:30 FRI (b007jqt1)

Paul Temple 13:30 FRI (b007jqt1)

Paul Temple 20:30 FRI (b007jqt1)

Peter Tinniswood 11:15 WED (b007rpry)

Peter Tinniswood 21:15 WED (b007rpry)

Peter Tinniswood 04:15 THU (b007rpry)

Puzzle Panel 09:30 THU (b00yb2vg)

Puzzle Panel 02:30 FRI (b00yb2vg)

Radio 9 22:30 WED (b0401g9p)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 10:00 MON (b01jrt6g)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 15:00 MON (b01jrt6g)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 03:00 TUE (b01jrt6g)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 10:00 TUE (b01js1l0)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 15:00 TUE (b01js1l0)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 03:00 WED (b01js1l0)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 10:00 WED (b01jswj3)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 15:00 WED (b01jswj3)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 03:00 THU (b01jswj3)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 10:00 THU (b01jt0yt)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 15:00 THU (b01jt0yt)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 03:00 FRI (b01jt0yt)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 10:00 FRI (b01jt2sf)

Robert Graves - I, Claudius 15:00 FRI (b01jt2sf)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 01:00 SAT (b007jr9c)

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)

Sarah Daniels - Cross My Heart and Hope to Fly 11:15 TUE (b00766x0)

Sarah Daniels - Cross My Heart and Hope to Fly 21:15 TUE (b00766x0)

Sarah Daniels - Cross My Heart and Hope to Fly 04:15 WED (b00766x0)

Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts Omnibus 06:00 SUN (b03zx4l3)

Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts Omnibus 12:00 SUN (b03zx4l3)

Saturday Drama 06:00 SAT (b00jkv1w)

Saturday Drama 16:00 SAT (b00jkv1w)

Saturday Drama 04:00 SUN (b00jkv1w)

Saturday Night Fry 22:00 SAT (b0091t5j)

Second Thoughts 17:00 TUE (b008s4fp)

Second Thoughts 05:00 WED (b008s4fp)

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End 22:30 SAT (b00s6n86)

Snap 07:00 TUE (b00tvql2)

Snap 17:30 TUE (b00tvql2)

Snap 05:30 WED (b00tvql2)

So Wrong It's Right 22:30 TUE (b00scw1t)

Soloparentpals.com - Series 5 Omnibus 12:00 SAT (b03zx2mh)

Soloparentpals.com - Series 5 Omnibus 02:00 SUN (b03zx2mh)

Steptoe and Son 14:30 SAT (b007k1zr)

Steptoe and Son 08:00 FRI (b007k27m)

Steptoe and Son 12:00 FRI (b007k27m)

Steptoe and Son 19:00 FRI (b007k27m)

Susan Calman Is Convicted 07:30 WED (b03zd3j5)

Susan Calman Is Convicted 22:00 WED (b03zd3j5)

Take It From Here 08:30 THU (b0140dgx)

Take It From Here 12:30 THU (b0140dgx)

Take It From Here 19:30 THU (b0140dgx)

That Mitchell and Webb Sound 23:00 FRI (b00mbm3j)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 MON (b0400plp)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 TUE (b0400vtp)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 WED (b0401fn5)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 THU (b0401k1q)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 FRI (b0401ngs)

The Betty Witherspoon Show 08:30 FRI (b01ml3jy)

The Betty Witherspoon Show 12:30 FRI (b01ml3jy)

The Betty Witherspoon Show 19:30 FRI (b01ml3jy)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SAT (b040rtkv)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SUN (b040qjb2)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 MON (b041j6t5)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 WED (b041j6t7)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 FRI (b0425xcw)

The Friend in the Corner 11:30 SUN (b007k207)

The Friend in the Corner 19:30 SUN (b007k207)

The Friend in the Corner 02:30 MON (b007k207)

The Goon Show 08:00 TUE (b007jnj2)

The Goon Show 12:00 TUE (b007jnj2)

The Goon Show 19:00 TUE (b007jnj2)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 18:00 SAT (b007jm1h)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 00:00 SUN (b007jm1h)

The Little World of Don Camillo 07:00 THU (b00t1bnm)

The Little World of Don Camillo 17:30 THU (b00t1bnm)

The Little World of Don Camillo 05:30 FRI (b00t1bnm)

The Mark Steel Solution 23:00 SAT (b007js4r)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 08:30 TUE (b0082crd)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 12:30 TUE (b0082crd)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 19:30 TUE (b0082crd)

The Masterson Inheritance 23:30 SAT (b007jsmr)

The Navy Lark 08:30 MON (b007jmzt)

The Navy Lark 12:30 MON (b007jmzt)

The Navy Lark 19:30 MON (b007jmzt)

The News Quiz Extra 23:00 MON (b0400ppp)

The News Quiz Extra 09:00 TUE (b0400ppp)

The News Quiz Extra 02:00 WED (b0400ppp)

The Nick Revell Show 23:00 THU (b007jp51)

The Shuttleworths 23:30 TUE (b007jnzg)

Think the Unthinkable 23:30 THU (b007k4wm)

Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler 07:30 FRI (b03zxw0q)

Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler 22:00 FRI (b03zxw0q)

Tina C 22:45 SAT (b0077164)

To the Manor Born 08:30 SUN (b007k4vh)

To the Manor Born 15:30 SUN (b007k4vh)

To the Manor Born 20:30 SUN (b007k4vh)

Trevor's World of Sport 02:30 SAT (b007s2bx)

Trevor's World of Sport 09:30 FRI (b007k43j)

Weak at the Top 23:30 FRI (b00rmygl)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 09:30 WED (b008vnz5)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 02:30 THU (b008vnz5)

World of Pub 23:45 SUN (b008m4ft)