1. The Crompton Canvas
A violent burglary leads Victorian detective Charles Craddock to a sinister rendezvous.
Lucy Greenwood travels from Lancashire to London to work with her Uncle Charles at his London book shop - but soon discovers he has another profession as a private investigator.
Charles Craddock …. Martin Jarvis
Lucy Greenwood …. Emma Tate
Grout …. Struan Rodger
Leopold Kransky …. Stephen Thorne
Slip …. Lyndham Gregory
Peggie McLavety …. John Evitts
Captain John Trevail …. Gareth Armstrong
In the summer of 2009, British Antarctic Survey very publicly recruited 43 plumbers, carpenters, mechanics, electricians and doctors to spend 18 months working on their most southerly research stations - promising "the most exhilarating experience of a lifetime". Chris Eldon Lee discovers what actually happened to the new recruits. Almost 2000 tradesman applied to be parted from their white vans and sent into whiteout conditions. Doctors were also hired to care for their welfare in such extreme conditions.
Mark Green, a 48-year-old Bristol plumber, was sent to Halley Research Station on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula. His job is to keep water supplies flowing at temperatures of minus 50 Celsius. 30-year-old Claire Lehman, a recently qualified Wiltshire GP, was posted to Rothera, on the western shore of the Peninsula.
Like everybody else in Antarctica, both have had to learn brand new skills to help keep their Bases going. Mark finds himself abseiling down precipitous crevasses and learning to be a sea-ice driver's mate. Claire is refuelling planes and supplying all the field scientists with freshly baked Christmas Cakes.
A Culture Wise production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2020.
Just as he is starting to make the most of his new life, Robin is whisked back to his old universe where his doppelganger has been wreaking havoc...
Robin ...... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley ...... Josie Lawrence
Dirk ...... Steve Frost
Julia ...... Barbara Murray
Penny ...... Melanie Hudson
Drunk ...... Harry Myers
Pub Landlord creator, Al Murray passes the baton to the comedian and satirist Ian Hislop.
Chain Reaction is the long running hostless chat show where this week's interviewee becomes next week's interviewer.
After an early foray into stand-up as a character called 'The Murderer', Al Murray created his famous Pub Landlord character in the mid nineties as part of a touring show with Harry Hill. The Pub Landlord went on to tour venues and festivals worldwide before making his own chat show and sitcom for Sky. Outside of the Pub Landlord, Al is well known as a presenter of history documentaries and more recently as a candidate for parliament when he stood against Nigel Farage in South Thanet during the UK General Election of 2015.
Al's guest Ian Hislop is much more used to the cut and thrust of British politics both as a long-standing team captain on 'Have I Got News for You' and as the editor of satirical magazine Private Eye. As a dedicated fan and student of history, he has made several acclaimed documentaries on wide-ranging subjects including conscientious objectors and The Beeching Report.
Al grills Ian on his early days writing for such comedians as Harry Enfield, asks how we should define the role of the satirist and poses the intriguing question, 'what's it like being sued?'
A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2016.
Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather and Michael Bates as the Padre and Tenniel Evans as Taffy Goldstein.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Frank Skinner, Grace Dent and Jonathan Agnew each nominate someone they know well to answer a series of questions and they than have to second guess how they answered.
Host Miles Jupp tests Frank on how well he knows his friend and radio co-host Emily Dean, Grace her best friend, the Times columnist Caitlin Moran, and Jonathan his wife's best friend Anne Davies.
What is Frank's favourite drink? Who is Grace's favourite writer? And what would Jonathan do if he wasn't a cricket commentator?
Family friction for Duncan Stonebridge as MPs debate the Religious and Racial Hatred Bill. Stars James Fleet. From June 2005.
1920s. Lewis Eliot is teaching in a Cambridge College when an election is called for a new Master.
Francis Getliffe ... Andy Taylor
Winslow ... Clive Merrison
Brown ... Philip Franks
Calvert ... Adam Levy
Jago ... David Calder
Nightingale ... Jeremy Child
Chrystal ... Matthew Marsh
Crawford ... Hugh Quarshie
Mrs Jago... Joanna Monroe
SIr Horace Timberlake... Ian Hogg
It is September 1805 and a young lieutenant awaits his first naval action with some trepidation. Read by Ewan Bailey.
The 25 short stories that comprise England and Other Stories mark Swift's return to the short form after seven acclaimed novels. The stories dwell on the essence of Englishness and those chosen place us on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar, in a barbers, a supermarket, a laboratory and Macintyre's warehouse, and in each place and time, Swift perfectly captures a universal truth from the minutiae of lives.
"This is a sharp, beautiful collection: every story quick and readable but leaving in the memory a core, a residue of thoughtfulness" The Guardian
Graham Swift came to prominence with this second novel Shuttlecock, which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1983. That same year, Swift's Waterland, set in the Fens earned him a place on the shortlist for the Booker prize. Swift would go on to win the Booker prize in 1996 with his novel Last Orders, which became a film starring Michael Caine, Tom Courtney, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.
After her twin sister dies screaming in terror, a woman seeks the detective's help. Star Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
The new novel by Patricia Ferguson is the compassionate and moving story of two sisters and the young black orphan who changes their lives.
Violet has taken Grace home to Silkhampton where she causes quite a stir. And Violet receives an unwelcome visitor.
By the end of the First World War the mysterious sudden death of elms was a common sight across Belgium and the Netherlands. Dutch researchers managed to elucidate the real culprit amidst rumours of drought or wartime gas poisoning. It was a fungus thought to originate from America, carried by a beetle and the disease rather unfairly gained its name Dutch elm disease. Diagnosis produced no cure and it soon advanced across the channel to Britain.
Professor Kathy Willis talks to the head of Kew's arboretum, Tony Kirkham, on the disease's impact amidst complacency, and how the emergence of a vigorous new fungal strain was to completely transform the landscape during its peak in the 1970's.
Now that the principle replacement for lost elms, ash, itself has fallen victim to the latest disease to hitch a ride on incoming nursery stock, Paul Smith, Head of Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, explains why this new disease could be easier to control.
After the tragedy, Neely gets agitated and Anne gets a visit from an old flame. Stars Madeleine Potter and Susan Jameson.
Well known for his histories of Norman Sicily, Venice, the Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean, John Julius Norwich has now turned his attention to the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter himself - traditionally (though by no means historically) the first pope - to the present day. Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in unspeakable iniquity.
Irresistible to women, the father of at least six children before he became pope, Rodrigo Borgia became a byword for deviousness and corruption. Bribes helped him become pope and his notorious son Cesare helped him run the Vatican. As described by John Julius Norwich in today's episode of The Popes the Papacy of 1492 was a very different world.
8. The Time Travellers
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew find themselves on a curiously familiar planet as visitors arrive.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
All Other Parts …. David Jacobs
This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1958.
Dominic Arkwright discusses putting your foot in it, with Melissa Kite, Dominic Holland and Annie Nightingale. From August 2006.
Andrew Lawrence continues his comic explanation of our development via stand up, sketch and song.
The best in contemporary comedy. Jessica Fostekew talks food and funnies with George Egg.
Damien and Anthony arrive at a literary festival to promote Damien's book about the culinary habits of the Great Poets. Despite the charming hotel and the peaceful surroundings, the cookery writer can barely disguise his chagrin at his talk being in a tent smaller to other writers he considers lesser than him.
But he soon has the opportunity to get the audience he feels he deserves when a fellow author is knocked unconscious and Damien is asked to fill in. But can he rise to the occasion?
Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony MacIlveny ...... Justin Edwards
Gary McDade ...... Ben Crowe
Sound Man ...... Ben Crowe
Bill Trumpetz ...... Toby Longworth
The Lady ...... Sarah Thom
Marion Duffett ...... Lesley Vickerage
George and Beverley have feigned their deaths to see how their children will cope with the grief.
Alex is missing his parents, but his snail obsession is back with a vengeance...
George ..... Geoffrey Palmer
Beverley ..... Angela Thorne
Alex ..... Gerard Foster
Rose ..... Miranda Hart
Hosana ..... Debra Stephenson
THURSDAY 10 MARCH 2016
THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmw8)
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THU 00:30 Off the Page (b072zkkm)
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THU 01:00 Craddock and Co (b007jsvl)
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THU 01:30 Plumbers and Penguins (b00wr6qk)
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THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b01ncjfs)
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THU 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches (b04cffpd)
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THU 02:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mjs2l)
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THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b00zm07y)
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THU 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gyjd)
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THU 04:00 It's Not What You Know (b036v9hd)
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THU 04:30 The Party Line (b00sx226)
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THU 05:00 Married (b007w523)
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THU 05:30 Chain Reaction (b071vkwl)
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THU 06:00 Craddock and Co (b007jsvx)
2. The Play's the Thing
1899: Victorian bookseller-cum-detective Charles Craddock and his niece, Lucy, investigate mysterious backstage dramas at a London theatre.
CAST:
Charles Craddock …. Martin Jarvis
Lucy Greenwood …. Emma Tate
Grout …. Struan Rodger
James Price …. David Thorpe
Rufus Weatherby …. Colin Pinney
Rex Radford …. Barry J. Gordon
Elizabeth Barnes …. Teresa Gallagher
Hamlet …. Michael Onslow
Written by Chris Thompson.
Director: John Taylor.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993.
THU 06:30 Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer (b00vkwvc)
When John Lennon was asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world he quipped " He wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles". Lennon's natural put-down is typical of the way drummers are belittled within music circles.
Presenter Phill Jupitus challenges this notion with the help of a cross-section of musicians to discover how they have gained this reputation?
We hear from Clem Burke (drummer with Blondie) and Dr. Marcus Smith who together have proven scientifically that Clem burns a similar amount of calories during a concert as a premiership footballer. Phil Collins (Genesis) and Stewart Copeland (The Police), explain how they cope with the physical demands of performing and how these veterans react to the negative image of the drummer.
Having established the physical demands made on drummers does this exclude women? Dame Evelyn Glennie thinks not as she believes the physicality is not an obstacle. The programme also hears from Kenny Jones (The Small Faces, The Faces and The Who) who still features a drum solo in his set but has the drum solo had its day? Has the modern drummer discarded this indulgence and settled for keeping time at the back? If so why?
For many, the drummer is the joker in the group, Phil Selway of Radiohead explains within the ranks of Britain's moodiest band, there is not too much light hearted banter but he does see his role as a supporting one for the others to be creative.
This whimsical programme hears its fair share of drummer jokes which happily filter through this engaging half hour and yes we discover what Phil Collins thought of the gorilla crashing his way through 'In The Air Tonight" for that famous chocolate TV commercial.
Beat It - The World Of the Modern Drummer an exhaustive and fun exploration of life at the back.
Producer: John Sugar
A Sugar Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bt4vw)
What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning
Schemes and Ruses
Bertie Wooster is much in demand, but his best-laid plans go awry as he lands in a bit of pickle...
P.G. Wodehouse’s romp adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller.
CAST:
Jeeves …. Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster …. Richard Briers
Boko Fittleworth …. Jonathan Cecil
Percy, Lord Worplesden …. Peter Woodthorpe
Florence Craye …. Bronwen Williams
Nobby Hopwood …. Rosalind Adams
Edwin the Boy Scout …. Denise Bryer
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
THU 07:30 Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On (b071whf9)
Series 1
Holiday with John Finnemore
Susan Calman is the least relaxed person she knows. She has no down time, no hobbies (unless you count dressing up your cats in silly outfits) and her idea of relaxation is to play Grand Theft Auto, an hour into which she is in a murderous rage with sky high blood pressure. Her wife had to threaten to divorce her to make her go on holiday last year. Her first for four years. But she's been told by the same long-suffering wife, that unless she finds a way to switch off, and soon, she's going to be unbearable.
So Susan is going to look at her options and try to immerse herself in the pursuits that her friends find relaxing, to find her inner zen and outer tranquillity. Each week she will ditch the old Susan Calman and attempt to find the new Susan Calm, in a typically British leisure pursuit.
This time John Finnemore takes her on a spontaneous holiday.
Keep Calman Carry On is an audience stand up show in which Susan reports on how successful she's been - both at relaxing and at the pursuit itself - as well as playing in and discussing a handful of illustrative clips from her efforts. It's an attempt to find out how people find solace or sanctuary in these worlds and how Susan can negotiate her own place in them.
Producer: Lyndsay Fenner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jnqv)
Series 6
Live Now, Paye Later
The tax inspector catches up with Albert Steptoe and son Harold is not impressed.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold.
Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Mr Greenwood ...... George A Cooper
With Michael Shannon and Peter Williams.
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.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1976.
THU 08:30 Radio Active (b007jvfx)
Series 3
Lunchtime With Anna
Anna Dapter moves her Breakfast Show to lunchtime this week to accommodate the revised menu in the Radio Active Canteen. 'Lunchtime with Anna' features live coverage of the Buy British Exhibition, from London's Olympia and carrots.
Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens.
Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown.
Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins. With Jon Canter, Michael Fenton-Stevens, Moray Hunter, John Docherty and Roger Planer.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1983.
THU 09:00 The Food Quiz (b072zq3m)
Series 1
Episode 5
On Jay Rayner's menu are Clement Freud, Marguerite Patten, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Sonya Kidney. From October 2003.
THU 09:30 The Senses (b072zxm4)
The Sixth Sense
Conversation is far from neighbourly when the occupants of an old cemetery greet a new arrival and discover their lack of common ground.
Buckmaster ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Sarah ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Mildred ...... Joan Sims
Kitchie ...... Brian Murphy
Ridley ...... Peter Blythe
Olivia ...... Jane Booker
Gordon ...... Michael Kilgareth
Last in Bob Sinfield's comedy series who explains: "The six half-hour plays dealt respectively with the five obvious senses plus the er...other one".
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in February 1990.
THU 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gzk8)
The Masters, Part 2
The politics of the Cambridge college where Lewis teaches becomes poisonous as the country stands on the brink of war.
CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English Establishment and Power.
Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway
With Adam Godley as Lewis Eliot and narrated by David Haig
Francis Getliffe ... Andy Taylor
Winslow ... Clive Merrison
Brown ... Philip Franks
Calvert ... Adam Levy
Jago ... David Calder
Nightingale ... Jeremy Child
Chrystal ... Matthew Marsh
Crawford ... Hugh Quarshie
Mrs Jago... Joanna Monroe
SIr Horace Timberlake... Ian Hogg
Directed by Jeremy Howe and Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
THU 11:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories (b04j2p0z)
Tragedy, Tragedy
At Macintyre's warehouse, Mick Hammond turns the conversation to the nature of tragedy. Read by Ewan Bailey.
The 25 short stories that comprise England and Other Stories mark Swift's return to the short form after seven acclaimed novels. The stories dwell on the essence of Englishness and those chosen place us on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar, in a barbers, a supermarket, a laboratory and Macintyre's warehouse, and in each place and time, Swift perfectly captures a universal truth from the minutiae of lives.
"This is a sharp, beautiful collection: every story quick and readable but leaving in the memory a core, a residue of thoughtfulness" The Guardian
Graham Swift came to prominence with this second novel Shuttlecock, which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1983. That same year, Swift's Waterland, set in the Fens earned him a place on the shortlist for the Booker prize. Swift would go on to win the Booker prize in 1996 with his novel Last Orders, which became a film starring Michael Caine, Tom Courtney, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.
Produced by Jeremy Osborne
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk.
THU 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k27y)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Engineer's Thumb
A young man with severe injuries and a chilling tale arrives at Watson's surgery. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jnqv)
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THU 12:30 Radio Active (b007jvfx)
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THU 13:00 Craddock and Co (b007jsvx)
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THU 13:30 Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer (b00vkwvc)
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THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b01ncjyn)
Patricia Ferguson - The Midwife's Daughter
Episode 4
By Patricia Ferguson
Read by Joanna Tope
The new novel by Patricia Ferguson is the compassionate and moving story of two sisters and the young black orphan who changes their lives.
Grace is accepted as part of the Silkhampton community. At a school sports day, she catches a glimpse - for the first time - of another person who looks like her.
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane.
THU 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches (b04cfhqt)
Hunt for Diversity
Agriculture tends to favour the best food varieties but this is often a trade off with beneficial traits such as resistance to disease or tolerance to drought. During the 1920s the Russian botanist Nikolai Vavilov, having witnessed famine on a large scale, became increasingly concerned about the potential loss of locally adapted varieties and spent his life studying crop plants in their wild habitats.
Professor Kathy Willis examines Vavilov's pioneering work and his search for pools of genetic variability - so called "centres of origin" amongst the wild relatives of our domesticated crops that could help sustain future plant breeding for human use.
Vavilov's story has a tragic end but, as we hear, his legacy lives on in seedbanks such as Kew's Millennium Seedbank at Wakehurst Place whose Crop Wild Relatives Project is collecting and assessing new potential amongst the original progenitors of our domestic crops.
With contributions from archaeobotanist Dorian Fuller, Kew's curator of economic botany Mark Nesbitt, Crop Wild Relatives Project coordinator Ruth Eastwood, and head of the Millennium Seedbank Paul Smith.
Producer Adrian Washbourne.
THU 14:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mk688)
Episode 14
Lyon is back and Anne still has feelings for him, despite being engaged to Kevin. Stars Madeleine Potter and Barbara Barnes.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00zm1kv)
John Julius Norwich - The Popes
Episode 4
Well known for his histories of Norman Sicily, Venice, the Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean, John Julius Norwich has now turned his attention to the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter himself - traditionally (though by no means historically) the first pope - to the present day.
Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in unspeakable iniquity.
Nepotistic, vain, pompous and idle - Pius VI was not an ideal choice as pope at any time and certainly not during the revolutionary tumult of the late eighteenth century. In today's episode of The Popes, John Julius Norwich explores one of the most dangerous times for the authority of the Vatican.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gzk8)
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THU 16:00 The Food Quiz (b072zq3m)
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THU 16:30 The Senses (b072zxm4)
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THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bt4vw)
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THU 17:30 Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On (b071whf9)
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THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmwq)
Operation Luna
9. An Offer of Help
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew have returned to Earth, but it's not as they left it.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
All Other Parts …. David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
The original 1953 recordings of this futuristic series were erased.
This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1958.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0076yft)
Series 9
Tamara Karsavina
Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. Anna Raeburn nominates ballerina Tamara Karsavina, the leading female dancer in Diaghilev's Ballet Russes from its beginning in 1909 until 1922. In England she coached Margot Fonteyn and created roles for Frederick Ashton. From May 2006.
THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jnqv)
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THU 20:00 Craddock and Co (b007jsvx)
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THU 20:30 Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer (b00vkwvc)
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THU 21:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories (b04j2p0z)
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THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k27y)
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THU 22:00 Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On (b071whf9)
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THU 22:30 Newsjack (b07301mk)
Series 14
Episode 5
This week's stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into sketches, one-liners and vox-pops written by the public. Trying to make sense of it all is our host, Nish Kumar.
Nish is joined this week by Daniel Barker, Natasia Demetriou and Alison Thea-Skot.
The Production Coordinator was Sophie Richardson.
Newsjack was produced by Paul Sheehan and Matt Stronge.
It was a BBC Radio Comedy Production.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b074v6b9)
The best in contemporary comedy. Jessica Fostekew has a culinary chat with comedian George Egg.
THU 23:00 Believe It! (b01j5nw6)
Series 1
Power
Celebrity autobiographies are everywhere. Richard Wilson has always said he'd never write one.
Based on glimmers of truth, BELIEVE IT is the hilarious, bizarre, revealing (and, most importantly, untrue) celebrity radiography of Richard Wilson.
He narrates the series, weaving in and out of dramatised scenes from his fictional life-story. He plays a heavily exaggerated version of himself: a Scots actor and national treasure, unmarried, private, passionate about politics, theatre and Manchester United (all true), who's a confidant of the powerful and has survived childhood poverty, a drunken father, years of fruitless grind, too much success, monstrosity, addiction, charity work, secret work for governments and fierce rivalry with Sean Connery (not true). All the melodramatic staples of celebrity-autobiography are wonderfully undercut by Richard's deadpan delivery.
(The title - in case you hadn't spotted - is an unashamed reference to his famous catchphrase.)
Richard is supported by a small core cast viz:
David Tennant
John Sessions
Lewis Macleod
Arabella Weir
And Jane Slavin
Who play anyone and everyone!
Ghost written by Jon Canter
Produced by: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 23:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b01075pz)
Series 3
Episode 2
Arthur Smith with more music and comedy from his actual flat in Balham, south London.
Jenny Eclair is in the front room, Simon Evans on the landing, John Smallshaw delivers poetry and Alex Wilson and his salsa combo are in the kitchen.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.
FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016
FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmwq)
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FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b0076yft)
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FRI 01:00 Craddock and Co (b007jsvx)
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FRI 01:30 Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer (b00vkwvc)
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FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b01ncjyn)
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FRI 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches (b04cfhqt)
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FRI 02:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mk688)
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FRI 02:45 Book of the Week (b00zm1kv)
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FRI 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017gzk8)
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FRI 04:00 The Food Quiz (b072zq3m)
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FRI 04:30 The Senses (b072zxm4)
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FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bt4vw)
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FRI 05:30 Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On (b071whf9)
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FRI 06:00 Craddock and Co (b007jsw5)
3. My Dear Isabelle
Spring, 1900: The reappearance of a woman from his past persuades Victorian private investigator, Charles Craddock, to help find her kidnapped husband in France, but niece Lucy realises there are hidden perils.
CAST:
Charles Craddock …. Martin Jarvis
Lucy Greenwood …. Emma Tate
Grout …. Struan Rodger
Isabelle Vallance …. Frances Jeater
Leopold Kransky …. Stephen Thorne
Sir Aubrey Blake …. Colin Pinney
Monsieur Vallance …. Malcolm Ward
Walter Smith …. Michael Onslow
Written by Chris Thompson.
Director: John Taylor.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993.
FRI 06:30 Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson (b00vrvqh)
Lal Waterson's voice was stark but captivating and it's been said that the songs she wrote were close to German cabaret or chanson. They were lyrically ambitious and melodically powerful.
Since her death in 1998, her reputation has grown and now she is placed alongside the great singer song-writers like Nick Drake and Richard Thompson. She was a member of the famous Waterson family and numbered among other relatives the folk singer Martin Carthy and his daughter Eliza.
In this feature, Robin Denselow explores the life and legacy of Lal Waterson and assesses her impact on song-writers today.
Producer: Emma Kingsley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.
FRI 07:00 1835 (b0125lgl)
All at Sea
Aristocrat Belport and his servant Ned are called up to serve in the navy aboard the HMS Fortunate. Fortunate by name, a magnet for French cannons by nature...
Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.
Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Black Pete ...... Roy Barraclough
Collins ...... Simon Greenall
Tony Nelson ...... Jonathan Keeble
Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
FRI 07:30 Wordaholics (b01rvptv)
Series 2
Episode 3
Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show.
Lloyd Langford and Susie Dent compete against Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes to find out who has the most word know-how.
Dave Gorman guesses the meaning of the phrase 'living on Queen Street' from the late 1800s; Natalie Haynes unravels the word 'autodysomophobia'; Lloyd Langford guesses the meaning of the Yiddish word 'farpotshket'; and Susie Dent shares her love of the current Liverpool word 'twirlies' and explains the meaning of the word 'quockerwodger'.
Both teams also have a go at coming up with modern phrases to replace the old cliches 'When life give you lemons, make lemonade' and 'Beauty is only skin deep'.
Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.
FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009rnlw)
Series 6
The Fete
The lad rashly agrees to tempt Sir Laurence Olivier to open the East Cheam Garden Fete.
Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Wilfred Babbage, Jack Watson and Hugh Morton.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1959.
FRI 08:30 The Goon Show (b007jnb4)
Series 6
Scradje
With Britain's boots exploding, Neddie Seagoon tries to tackle a national 'scradje' shortage.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1956.
FRI 09:00 Wildbrain (b07308t6)
1997 - Heat 5
Lionel Kelleway visits Arundel to test three contestants' wildlife knowledge in the BBC Natural History Unit's quiz.
FRI 09:30 No Commitments (b007jp22)
Series 8
New Age Differences
Victoria gets all intellectual, while Charlotte is on a spiritual path. Stars Angela Thorne and Celia Imrie. From January 2002.
FRI 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017h805)
The Light and the Dark
As the Second World War erupts, Lewis Eliot heads to Whitehall and his love life takes an unexpected turn.
CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English Establishment and Power.
Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway
With Adam Godley as Lewis Eliot and narrated by David Haig
Hector Rose ...Rupert Vansittart
Roy Calvert .... Adam Levy
Houston Eggar ... Peter Marinker
Willy Romantovski ... Kenneth Collard
Gilbert Cooke ... Anthony Calf
Margaret Davidson ...Juliet Aubrey
Rosalind ... Anne-Marie Duff
Betty Vane ... Carla Simpson
Directed by Jeremy Howe and Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
FRI 11:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories (b04j2yrc)
People Are Life
It's the last customer of the day for a Cypriot barber and the conversation turns toward friendship. Read by Ewan Bailey.
The 25 short stories that comprise England and Other Stories mark Swift's return to the short form after seven acclaimed novels. The stories dwell on the essence of Englishness and those chosen place us on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar, in a barbers, a supermarket, a laboratory and Macintyre's warehouse, and in each place and time, Swift perfectly captures a universal truth from the minutiae of lives.
"This is a sharp, beautiful collection: every story quick and readable but leaving in the memory a core, a residue of thoughtfulness: The Guardian
Graham Swift came to prominence with this second novel Shuttlecock, which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1983. That same year, Swift's Waterland, set in the Fens earned him a place on the shortlist for the Booker prize. Swift would go on to win the Booker prize in 1996 with his novel Last Orders, which became a film starring Michael Caine, Tom Courtney, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.
Produced by Jeremy Osborne
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk.
FRI 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k297)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Noble Bachelor
When a missing bride's clothes appear in a lake, the sleuth is bound to investigate. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009rnlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jnb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Craddock and Co (b007jsw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson (b00vrvqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b01nd3jk)
Patricia Ferguson - The Midwife's Daughter
Episode 5
By Patricia Ferguson
Read by Joanna Tope
The new novel by Patricia Ferguson is the compassionate and moving story of two sisters and the young black orphan who changes their lives.
Violet hears about her sister's overreaction to a description of Grace and suspects that Bea has been keeping a secret from her.
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane.
FRI 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches (b04cfvg3)
Botanical Medicine
In 1947 Sir Robert Robinson received the Nobel prize for Chemistry "in recognition of his investigations of plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids". This powerful family of plant chemicals was proving a potent medical tool.
Professor Kathy Willis traces the natural role of alkaloids in plants and the first attempts to isolate one of the best know - quinine, from chinchona bark growing in the Andes. This development gave rise to the emergence of a new kind of laboratory scientist equally able to handle botanical and chemical data. As Mark Nesbitt, Keeper of Kew's Economic Botany Collection explains, this was to eliminate the chance and guesswork in identifying "good" plants from "bad".
Professor Monique Simmons of Kew's Jodrell Laboratory, assesses why chemicals from the plant kingdom are still needed in the fight against some of our most challenging diseases, from breast cancer to cardiovascular disease, and how making the nuanced connections between plant species is central to success in this field.
Producer Adrian Washbourne.
FRI 14:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mlxk3)
Episode 15
Betrayed by Neely, and with Lyon becoming more distant, Anne turns to the dolls. Stars Madeleine Potter and Barbara Barnes.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00zm3hq)
John Julius Norwich - The Popes
Episode 5
Well known for his histories of Norman Sicily, Venice, the Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean, John Julius Norwich has now turned his attention to the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter himself - traditionally (though by no means historically) the first pope - to the present day. Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in unspeakable iniquity.
In the final episode of The Popes, John Julius Norwich concludes with the election of the people's pope John XXIII a welcome antidote to Pius XII. Expected to be nothing more than a brief, caretaker pope, John turned out to be anything but. Dragging the Church into the twentieth century, he shook the world.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers (b017h805)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Wildbrain (b07308t6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 16:30 No Commitments (b007jp22)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 17:00 1835 (b0125lgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Wordaholics (b01rvptv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jmx1)
Operation Luna
10. The Citadel
Stranded in Earth's past, the Voice tries tempting Captain Jet Morgan and his crew out into the city of the aliens.
Futuristic tale set in 1965 written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Mitch …. David Williams
All Other Parts …. Deryck Guyler
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
The original 1953 recordings of this futuristic series were erased.
This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1958.
FRI 18:30 Soul Music (b0076xj6)
Series 5
Widor's Toccata
Ever since Widor's Toccata was included in two Royal wedding ceremonies in the 1960's, this display of fireworks at the organ has become a firm favourite for married couples to exit the Church by in the UK.
Organist Thomas Trotter dissects the music and dispels the myths about playing Widor's Toccata. Organist Daniel Roth explains what it's like to be Widor's direct successor as present day organist at the St Sulpice in Paris. And record producer Simon Cooper talks about hearing a synthesized version of the piece as a 7 year old which switched him on to music for the first time and led him to become a composer himself
Featuring:
Thomas Trotter
John Berry
Simon Cooper
Daniel Roth
Dr Francis Jackson
Katherine Dienes
Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.
FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009rnlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b007jnb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Craddock and Co (b007jsw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson (b00vrvqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories (b04j2yrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k297)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Wordaholics (b01rvptv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b01nb1s7)
Series 4
Best Local Business
EPISODE TWO: BEST LOCAL BUSINESS
Father and son comedy set in the finest old-school record shop in Birmingham. Starring Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker and some terrific tunes.
Rudy's Rare Records is a tiny down at heel old reggae record shop in Birmingham - one of a dying breed; a place with real soul, stacked with piles of vinyl, where the slogan is "if we don't have it - them don't mek it". It's owned by the charismatic, irrepressible Rudy Sharpe (Larrington Walker), reluctantly helped out by his long-suffering neurotic son Adam (Lenny Henry) and Handsworth's first, black, surly girly goth, Tasha (Natasha Godfrey). Rudy has recently married his long-term love interest Doreen (Claire Benedict) which is leaving his best friend Clifton (Jeffery Kissoon) feeling left out.
But business is not booming and Adam enters a competition for the Best Local Business hoping the publicity and the prize money will give the record shop a much needed boost. It also means war between Rudy's Rare Records and Clifton's Blooms.
Adam ..... Lenny Henry
Rudy ..... Larrington Walker
Tasha ..... Natasha Godfrey
Doreen ..... Claire Benedict
Clifton ..... Jeffery Kissoon
Richie ..... Joe Jacobs
Darnell ..... Javone Prince
Secret Shopper ..... Sarah Thom
Ainsley Harriott ..... Himself
Twitch ..... Adam Nagaitis
Written by Paula Hines
Script Editor: Danny Robins
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
Music in this episode:
GET UP EDINA DESMOND DEKKER
RUN THIS TOWN JAY Z, RIHANNA & KANYE WEST
FUSSIN AND FIGHTING BOB MARLEY
BE PREPARED WINSTON SAMUEL
DON'T PLAY NO GAME
THAT I CAN'T WIN BEASTIE BOYS FEAT. SANTIGOLD
DO I WORRY DERRICK HARRIOT
NO FRIEND DELROY WILLIAMS.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b074v7wl)
From
10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Adam Riches.
FRI 23:00 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007jlw6)
Series 2
Lord Byron
The life and times of the 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' Romantic poet, Lord Byron.
Mark Steel lectures humourously about historical figures that have shaped their era.
With:
Melanie Hudson
Martin Hyder
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2001.
FRI 23:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01pgs6z)
Series 3
Episode 6
The Archers and The Waltons with a twist, and the Minx Twins tackle feminism. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar. From June 1998.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
1835
07:00 FRI (b0125lgl)
1835
17:00 FRI (b0125lgl)
55 and Over
07:00 TUE (b01nt3xm)
55 and Over
17:00 TUE (b01nt3xm)
55 and Over
05:00 WED (b01nt3xm)
A Good Read
18:30 MON (b00763q1)
A Good Read
00:30 TUE (b00763q1)
Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This?
22:30 WED (b01p0sbk)
Archive on 4
08:00 SAT (b01nnw8t)
Archive on 4
15:00 SAT (b01nnw8t)
Archive on 4
03:00 SUN (b01nnw8t)
Arthur Smith's Balham Bash
23:30 THU (b01075pz)
At Home With The Snails
23:30 WED (b007k3hb)
Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer
06:30 THU (b00vkwvc)
Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer
13:30 THU (b00vkwvc)
Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer
20:30 THU (b00vkwvc)
Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer
01:30 FRI (b00vkwvc)
Believe It!
23:00 THU (b01j5nw6)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 MON (b01n9yg5)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 TUE (b01n9yg5)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 TUE (b01ncj0v)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 WED (b01ncj0v)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 WED (b01ncjfs)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 THU (b01ncjfs)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 THU (b01ncjyn)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 FRI (b01ncjyn)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 FRI (b01nd3jk)
Book of the Week
02:45 SAT (b00z9pzr)
Book of the Week
14:45 MON (b00zlfh1)
Book of the Week
02:45 TUE (b00zlfh1)
Book of the Week
14:45 TUE (b00zlhhl)
Book of the Week
02:45 WED (b00zlhhl)
Book of the Week
14:45 WED (b00zm07y)
Book of the Week
02:45 THU (b00zm07y)
Book of the Week
14:45 THU (b00zm1kv)
Book of the Week
02:45 FRI (b00zm1kv)
Book of the Week
14:45 FRI (b00zm3hq)
Boyle's Law
22:30 SAT (b00n12rr)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
10:00 MON (b017gq5y)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
15:00 MON (b017gq5y)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
03:00 TUE (b017gq5y)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
10:00 TUE (b017gtdx)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
15:00 TUE (b017gtdx)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
03:00 WED (b017gtdx)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
10:00 WED (b017gyjd)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
15:00 WED (b017gyjd)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
03:00 THU (b017gyjd)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
10:00 THU (b017gzk8)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
15:00 THU (b017gzk8)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
03:00 FRI (b017gzk8)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
10:00 FRI (b017h805)
CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
15:00 FRI (b017h805)
Chain Reaction
07:30 WED (b071vkwl)
Chain Reaction
17:30 WED (b071vkwl)
Chain Reaction
22:00 WED (b071vkwl)
Chain Reaction
05:30 THU (b071vkwl)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 SAT (b007jmt2)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 MON (b007jmtk)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 TUE (b007jmtk)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 TUE (b007jmvs)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 WED (b007jmvs)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 WED (b007jmw8)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 THU (b007jmw8)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 THU (b007jmwq)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 FRI (b007jmwq)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 FRI (b007jmx1)
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre: Omnibus
13:00 SAT (b072rsqx)
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre: Omnibus
01:00 SUN (b072rsqx)
Chris Addison's Civilization
22:30 MON (b00f2zsd)
Classic Serial
03:00 SAT (b0122r2m)
Classic Serial
18:00 SUN (b01lh971)
Classic Serial
00:00 MON (b01lh971)
Clive Dunn - Definitely Dunn
07:15 SUN (b072s2zc)
Clive Dunn - Definitely Dunn
14:15 SUN (b072s2zc)
Clive Dunn - Definitely Dunn
02:15 MON (b072s2zc)
Comedy Greats
09:00 SAT (b007k3x4)
Comedy Greats
19:00 SAT (b007k3x4)
Craddock and Co
06:00 WED (b007jsvl)
Craddock and Co
13:00 WED (b007jsvl)
Craddock and Co
20:00 WED (b007jsvl)
Craddock and Co
01:00 THU (b007jsvl)
Craddock and Co
06:00 THU (b007jsvx)
Craddock and Co
13:00 THU (b007jsvx)
Craddock and Co
20:00 THU (b007jsvx)
Craddock and Co
01:00 FRI (b007jsvx)
Craddock and Co
06:00 FRI (b007jsw5)
Craddock and Co
13:00 FRI (b007jsw5)
Craddock and Co
20:00 FRI (b007jsw5)
Dad's Army
08:00 MON (b007jr4t)
Dad's Army
12:00 MON (b007jr4t)
Dad's Army
19:00 MON (b007jr4t)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
11:50 SUN (b00zm4j4)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
19:50 SUN (b00zm4j4)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
10:15 SUN (b072s5f3)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
21:15 SUN (b072s5f3)
Drama
14:15 SAT (b010y37b)
Drama
02:15 SUN (b010y37b)
Dry Slopes
05:00 SAT (b0729jgv)
EM Forster - Ansell
15:45 SUN (b072sbp4)
EM Forster - Ansell
03:45 MON (b072sbp4)
Elvenquest
23:30 MON (b01616lj)
F Scott Fitzgerald - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
02:00 SAT (b074h8jl)
Goodness Gracious Me
23:30 FRI (b01pgs6z)
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories
11:00 MON (b04j2333)
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories
21:00 MON (b04j2333)
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories
11:00 TUE (b04j29zn)
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories
21:00 TUE (b04j29zn)
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories
11:00 WED (b04j2dsd)
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories
21:00 WED (b04j2dsd)
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories
11:00 THU (b04j2p0z)
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories
21:00 THU (b04j2p0z)
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories
11:00 FRI (b04j2yrc)
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories
21:00 FRI (b04j2yrc)
Great Lives
18:30 THU (b0076yft)
Great Lives
00:30 FRI (b0076yft)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 FRI (b009rnlw)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 FRI (b009rnlw)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 FRI (b009rnlw)
Hood
06:00 SAT (b072nn3t)
Hood
16:00 SAT (b072nn3t)
Hood
04:00 SUN (b072nn3t)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
08:30 WED (b012xpyk)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
12:30 WED (b012xpyk)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
19:30 WED (b012xpyk)
ITMA - It's That Man Again
08:00 SUN (b072s3gk)
ITMA - It's That Man Again
12:00 SUN (b072s3gk)
In and Out of the Kitchen
23:00 WED (b01qlhjh)
Inheritance Tracks
14:10 SAT (b072rsxt)
Inheritance Tracks
02:10 SUN (b072rsxt)
Inheritance Tracks
10:10 SUN (b072s5f0)
Inheritance Tracks
21:10 SUN (b072s5f0)
It's Not What You Know
09:00 WED (b036v9hd)
It's Not What You Know
16:00 WED (b036v9hd)
It's Not What You Know
04:00 THU (b036v9hd)
It's Your Round
16:00 TUE (b00zf4nz)
It's Your Round
04:00 WED (b00zf4nz)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (Omnibus)
06:00 SUN (b00mj3g2)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (Omnibus)
13:00 SUN (b00mj3g2)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (Omnibus)
01:00 MON (b00mj3g2)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
02:30 SAT (b00mfhv8)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
14:30 MON (b00mjktk)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
02:30 TUE (b00mjktk)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
14:30 TUE (b00mjnwj)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
02:30 WED (b00mjnwj)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
14:30 WED (b00mjs2l)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
02:30 THU (b00mjs2l)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
14:30 THU (b00mk688)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
02:30 FRI (b00mk688)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
14:30 FRI (b00mlxk3)
James Acaster's Findings
22:00 SAT (b01rg23c)
James Follett - The Pentworth Trilogy
18:40 SAT (b007jr6v)
James Follett - The Pentworth Trilogy
00:40 SUN (b007jr6v)
Jason Cook's Happiness HQ
23:00 SAT (b0112ydx)
Julie Enfield Investigates
01:00 SAT (b007jl8s)
Just a Minute
07:30 MON (b071sn2k)
Just a Minute
17:30 MON (b071sn2k)
Just a Minute
22:00 MON (b071sn2k)
Just a Minute
05:30 TUE (b071sn2k)
King Street Junior
09:30 MON (b007jmjs)
King Street Junior
16:30 MON (b007jmjs)
King Street Junior
04:30 TUE (b007jmjs)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
07:30 TUE (b007jsf7)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
17:30 TUE (b007jsf7)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
22:00 TUE (b007jsf7)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
05:30 WED (b007jsf7)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
08:30 SUN (b00j0hbp)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
12:30 SUN (b00j0hbp)
Listen to Les
08:30 MON (b0180fmx)
Listen to Les
12:30 MON (b0180fmx)
Listen to Les
19:30 MON (b0180fmx)
Mandela in His Own Words
06:30 TUE (b00wr4j3)
Mandela in His Own Words
13:30 TUE (b00wr4j3)
Mandela in His Own Words
20:30 TUE (b00wr4j3)
Mandela in His Own Words
01:30 WED (b00wr4j3)
Mark Thomas: The Manifesto
23:30 SAT (b00lbt3y)
Married
07:00 WED (b007w523)
Married
17:00 WED (b007w523)
Married
05:00 THU (b007w523)
Mr Blue Sky
07:30 SUN (b01dp51w)
Mr Blue Sky
17:30 SUN (b01dp51w)
Mr Blue Sky
22:00 SUN (b01dp51w)
Mr Blue Sky
05:30 MON (b01dp51w)
Mr and Mrs Smith
09:30 TUE (b01bgp22)
Mr and Mrs Smith
16:30 TUE (b01bgp22)
Mr and Mrs Smith
04:30 WED (b01bgp22)
Newsjack
23:00 SUN (b07295ph)
Newsjack
22:30 THU (b07301mk)
No Commitments
04:30 SAT (b007jp1m)
No Commitments
12:30 SAT (b007jp1m)
No Commitments
09:30 FRI (b007jp22)
No Commitments
16:30 FRI (b007jp22)
Off the Page
18:30 WED (b072zkkm)
Off the Page
00:30 THU (b072zkkm)
Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson
06:30 FRI (b00vrvqh)
Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson
13:30 FRI (b00vrvqh)
Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson
20:30 FRI (b00vrvqh)
PG Wodehouse
12:00 SAT (b00bfq14)
PG Wodehouse
07:00 THU (b00bt4vw)
PG Wodehouse
17:00 THU (b00bt4vw)
PG Wodehouse
05:00 FRI (b00bt4vw)
Plants: From Roots to Riches
02:15 SAT (b04bryyz)
Plants: From Roots to Riches
14:15 MON (b04cb9gw)
Plants: From Roots to Riches
02:15 TUE (b04cb9gw)
Plants: From Roots to Riches
14:15 TUE (b04cc1wy)
Plants: From Roots to Riches
02:15 WED (b04cc1wy)
Plants: From Roots to Riches
14:15 WED (b04cffpd)
Plants: From Roots to Riches
02:15 THU (b04cffpd)
Plants: From Roots to Riches
14:15 THU (b04cfhqt)
Plants: From Roots to Riches
02:15 FRI (b04cfhqt)
Plants: From Roots to Riches
14:15 FRI (b04cfvg3)
Plumbers and Penguins
06:30 WED (b00wr6qk)
Plumbers and Penguins
13:30 WED (b00wr6qk)
Plumbers and Penguins
20:30 WED (b00wr6qk)
Plumbers and Penguins
01:30 THU (b00wr6qk)
Poetry Extra
17:00 SUN (b072sj34)
Poetry Extra
05:00 MON (b072sj34)
Radio Active
08:30 THU (b007jvfx)
Radio Active
12:30 THU (b007jvfx)
Radio Active
19:30 THU (b007jvfx)
Rocking the Blitz Club
06:30 MON (b00rz61w)
Rocking the Blitz Club
13:30 MON (b00rz61w)
Rocking the Blitz Club
20:30 MON (b00rz61w)
Rocking the Blitz Club
01:30 TUE (b00rz61w)
Round the Horne
08:00 TUE (b00spqnx)
Round the Horne
12:00 TUE (b00spqnx)
Round the Horne
19:00 TUE (b00spqnx)
Ruby Murray: The Secret Story of Curry
01:30 SAT (b00rtg89)
Rudy's Rare Records
22:30 FRI (b01nb1s7)
Sherlock Holmes
11:15 MON (b007k241)
Sherlock Holmes
21:15 MON (b007k241)
Sherlock Holmes
11:15 TUE (b007k25c)
Sherlock Holmes
21:15 TUE (b007k25c)
Sherlock Holmes
11:15 WED (b007k26n)
Sherlock Holmes
21:15 WED (b007k26n)
Sherlock Holmes
11:15 THU (b007k27y)
Sherlock Holmes
21:15 THU (b007k27y)
Sherlock Holmes
11:15 FRI (b007k297)
Sherlock Holmes
21:15 FRI (b007k297)
Soul Music
00:30 SAT (b0076xfb)
Soul Music
18:30 FRI (b0076xj6)
Steptoe and Son
08:00 THU (b007jnqv)
Steptoe and Son
12:00 THU (b007jnqv)
Steptoe and Son
19:00 THU (b007jnqv)
Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On
07:30 THU (b071whf9)
Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On
17:30 THU (b071whf9)
Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On
22:00 THU (b071whf9)
Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On
05:30 FRI (b071whf9)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 SAT (b07303q7)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 WED (b074v66j)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 THU (b074v6b9)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 FRI (b074v7wl)
The Food Quiz
09:00 THU (b072zq3m)
The Food Quiz
16:00 THU (b072zq3m)
The Food Quiz
04:00 FRI (b072zq3m)
The Goon Show
08:30 FRI (b007jnb4)
The Goon Show
12:30 FRI (b007jnb4)
The Goon Show
19:30 FRI (b007jnb4)
The In Crowd
22:45 SUN (b007jpmk)
The Mark Steel Lecture
23:00 FRI (b007jlw6)
The Men from the Ministry
08:30 TUE (b0133g6y)
The Men from the Ministry
12:30 TUE (b0133g6y)
The Men from the Ministry
19:30 TUE (b0133g6y)
The Moth Radio Hour
11:00 SUN (b072s73v)
The Moth Radio Hour
19:00 SUN (b072s73v)
The Navy Lark
08:00 WED (b01jt25y)
The Navy Lark
12:00 WED (b01jt25y)
The Navy Lark
19:00 WED (b01jt25y)
The Nick Revell Show
23:30 SUN (b00ct94s)
The Now Show
23:00 MON (b071x885)
The Now Show
09:00 TUE (b071x885)
The Palace of Laughter
18:30 TUE (b007vcw2)
The Palace of Laughter
00:30 WED (b007vcw2)
The Party Line
09:30 WED (b00sx226)
The Party Line
16:30 WED (b00sx226)
The Party Line
04:30 THU (b00sx226)
The Real Henry James (Omnibus)
09:00 SUN (b072s4hn)
The Real Henry James (Omnibus)
20:00 SUN (b072s4hn)
The Right Time
07:00 MON (b0076mmf)
The Right Time
17:00 MON (b0076mmf)
The Right Time
05:00 TUE (b0076mmf)
The Senses
09:30 THU (b072zxm4)
The Senses
16:30 THU (b072zxm4)
The Senses
04:30 FRI (b072zxm4)
The Shuttleworths
22:30 SUN (b007jm47)
The Twilight Zone
18:00 SAT (b072rwl0)
The Twilight Zone
00:00 SUN (b072rwl0)
The Write Stuff
09:00 MON (b00f9vnx)
The Write Stuff
16:00 MON (b00f9vnx)
The Write Stuff
04:00 TUE (b00f9vnx)
Think the Unthinkable
23:30 TUE (b007m4dz)
Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler
22:30 TUE (b040h6xq)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (Omnibus)
14:30 SUN (b072sbd8)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (Omnibus)
02:30 MON (b072sbd8)
Wildbrain
04:00 SAT (b0729kh8)
Wildbrain
09:00 FRI (b07308t6)
Wildbrain
16:00 FRI (b07308t6)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
06:00 MON (b007jq0p)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
13:00 MON (b007jq0p)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
20:00 MON (b007jq0p)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
01:00 TUE (b007jq0p)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
06:00 TUE (b007jq12)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
13:00 TUE (b007jq12)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
20:00 TUE (b007jq12)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
01:00 WED (b007jq12)
Wordaholics
05:30 SAT (b01rr48h)
Wordaholics
07:30 FRI (b01rvptv)
Wordaholics
17:30 FRI (b01rvptv)
Wordaholics
22:00 FRI (b01rvptv)
World of Pub
23:00 TUE (b007sygy)
You're Entering The Twilight Zone
07:30 SAT (b00mk6t9)
You're Entering The Twilight Zone
17:30 SAT (b00mk6t9)
You're Entering The Twilight Zone
05:30 SUN (b00mk6t9)
Zoe Fairbairns - The Belgian Nurse
16:00 SUN (b00772vr)
Zoe Fairbairns - The Belgian Nurse
04:00 MON (b00772vr)