SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2008

SAT 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009mbjn)
Fight for the Future
Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the weapon away before all is lost...
Conclusion of Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk, Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine and Laura Molyneux as Slipstream.
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
SAT 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Song of the Silencer (b007jrb2)
'We have invented God' - will the creation of the Ultimate Machine wreak havoc on the universe? Read by Nigel Anthony.
SAT 01:00 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b009mb9h)
Series 2
The Red Sea Sharks, part 1
The intrepid boy reporter, Captain Haddock and Snowy try to avert a coup d'etat. Stars Richard Pearce and Andrew Sachs.
SAT 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k213)
Three Act Tragedy
Episode 5
Just as Hercule Poirot looks set is to solve the murder mystery, there's a fresh death.
Agatha Christie thriller dramatized by Michael Bakewell
Hercule Poirot..................................................John Moffatt
Mr Satterthwaite.............................................George Cole
Sir Charles Cartwright...................................Michael Cochrane
Egg Lytton Gor.................................................Beth Chalmers
Angela Sutcliffe................................................Jemma Churchill
Oliver Manders.................................................Carl Prekopp
Matron,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Natasha Pyne
Director Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002.
SAT 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jwdc)
Ladies of Letters Spring Clean
Episode 5
Vera uncovers a sinister scandal, and Irene is on her way home. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
SAT 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k48r)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1
The Singular Inheritance of Miss Gloria Wilson
The detective probes a series of audacious thefts with the return of 'The Ghost'. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs.
SAT 03:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jrz3)
Series 1
A Fete Worse than Death
Robin and Wendy continue their unhealthy obsession with a model village in their garage.
When inspiration strikes for a son et lumière display, what could possibly go wrong?
Written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall.
Robin ...... Simon Greenall
Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Maureen ...... Debra Stephenson
Derek ...... Phil Cornwell
Receptionist ...... Jo Enright
Man ...... Ewan Bailey
Woman 1 ...... Arianwen Flores
Woman 2 ...... Zoe Allen
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
SAT 03:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b00fqbsz)
Series 2
Episode 4
A dizzy Indian ad agency, a lovesick lament to Lahore - and the blundering Bhangra Muffins.
Starring:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Nitin Sawhney
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia
Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC TWO from 1998 to 2001.
Scripted by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sanjeev Kohli and Nina Wadia.
Script Editor: Sharat Sardana
Producer: Anil Gupta.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
SAT 04:00 Big Town All Stars (b007jrmc)
Series 2
Meet the Wife
When the band performs at Lorelei's school reunion - is honesty the best policy? With Stephen Tompkinson. From July 2001.
SAT 04:30 Ectoplasm (b007wwd6)
The Adventure of the Stupid Ignorant Americans
Lord Zimbabwe faces his greatest challenge yet - a voyage to the moon to rescue an American who has been subject to a cruel alien snatch.
This could only mean one thing.......
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero’s comedy about the swashbuckling exploits of Lord Zimbabwe, occultist and adventurer.
Lord Zimbabwe ...... Nick Romero
Dr Lilac ...... Dan Freedman
Cletus ...... Owen Oakeshott
Marylou Coyotecock ...... Sophie Aldred
Vicar ...... Colin Guthrie
Theremin ...... Peter Donaldson
Other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.
SAT 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpr1)
Framley Parsonage
Framley Parsonage Part 2
The vicar faces ruin as he tries to break away from the powerful Lady Lufton. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with David Haig.
SAT 06:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009mbjl)
Series 1
Episode 4
Despite their successful comeback tour, Tommy and Sheila aren't in the money.
Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another...
Mike Coleman's sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson, Edward Halsted, Rachel Smith, Chris Pavlo, Paul Rogan and Steven Rhodes.
Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.
SAT 06:30 Second Thoughts (b00fnfns)
Series 2
Health and Efficiency
Faith heads to a health farm, leaving Bill to mind the happy home.
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia Imrie as Hilary, Belinda Lang as Liza, Kelda Holmes as Hannah, Norman Bird as Mr Burrows and Nicholas Courtney as Ray.
Series two 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'.
Producer: Sioned Wiliam
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.
SAT 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009n23v)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
SAT 08:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k0s2)
1936
Sir John Reith's BBC discovers how to operate away from the studios. Six selected years in radio history with Daphne Oxenford.
SAT 08:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4fj)
Episode 1
Ducking London society, Lady Dona St Columb finds passion and adventure in Cornwall. Classic love drama with Lorna Heilbron.
SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007k1kw)
1970s
Episode 2
Glamtastic Barry Cryer with Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead, Hinge and Bracket, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, The Atkinson People, Just a Minute and Listen to Les.
SAT 12:00 Miss Marple (b007jvht)
The Body in the Library
Dolly Bantry, mistress of Gossington Hall, is enjoying a pleasant doze when suddenly her dreams take a strange turn.
The housemaid Mary is telling her there's a body in the library. As she wakes up, it turns out to be true. But who is the strange young blonde woman sprawled on the library floor?
Enter St Mary Mead's famous resident sleuth...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Miss Jane Marple ..…. June Whitfield
Colonel Melchett ..…. Richard Todd
Dolly Bantry ..…. Pauline Jameson
Colonel Bantry ..…. Jack Watling
Sir Henry Clithering ..…. Graham Crowden
Conway Jefferson ..…. John Hartley
Inspector Slack ..…. John Baddeley
Adelaide Jefferson ..…. Priyanga Elan
Mark Gaskell ..…. Harry Myers
George Bartlett ..…. Ben Crowe
Josie Turner ..…. Elizabeth Conboy
Basil Blake ..…. Giles Fagan
Dinah Lee ..…. Tilly Gaunt
Florence Small ..…. Eleanor Hodson
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
SAT 13:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jqfn)
Not on Your Telly
The bungling bureaucrats spark bedlam during a BBC 'Panorama' probe.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.
With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in August 1977.
SAT 14:00 29/03/2008 (b009n27d)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b009n27g)
Comedy and music in a special broadcast from the National Theatre of Iceland in Reykjavik, featuring the Fostbraedur Male Choir.
SAT 18:00 Gimmicks Three and Light Verse (b007jrgx)
Two witty tales by master sci-fi storyteller Isaac Asimov. Hell dimensions, time travel and robots are on the menu.
SAT 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jnt6)
Series 2
Soul Searching
Hospitals can be frightening enough, but even more so when a patient is asked to take part in a bizarre experiment.
The Man in Black sets the chilling scene...
Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.
Written by Martyn Wade
The Man in Black …. Edward de Souza
Mr Timmins …. Bernard Cribbins
Tom …. Shaun Prendergast
Oswald/2nd Surgeon …. Norman Bird
Sister …. Joan Walker
Night Nurse …. Rebecca Jones
1st Surgeon …. Steve Hodson
Producer: Martyn Wade
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1989.
SAT 19:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k0s2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 19:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4fj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SAT 20:00 Comedy Greats (b007k1kw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b009n27g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today]


SUNDAY 30 MARCH 2008

SUN 00:00 Gimmicks Three and Light Verse (b007jrgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jnt6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Glory in the Day Time (b009n3vq)
Fascinated by the world of artists and actors, Mrs Murdock is delighted to be invited to take tea with one of her heroes.
SUN 02:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jqfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:00 Comedy Greats (b007k1kw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b009n27g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday]
SUN 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009n3zq)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
SUN 08:00 Ladies of Letters (b00k1864)
Ladies Of Letters Spring Clean (Omnibus)
Spring cleaning unearths a confusing contraption, while the heart attack of a mutual suitor brings deep-seated rivalries to the fore for the proud grandmothers.
Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge return as bickering Irene Spencer and Vera Small, and this time they're full of springtime recipes and tips for a long and healthy life.
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
With:
Rachel Atkins
Christopher Kelham
Ann Beach
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.
SUN 09:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes (b009n49b)
It's the Reaction
Poignant Second World War experiences of women in Britain. A spinster's life resumes in peacetime. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel.
SUN 09:30 Stilgoe's Around (b007k3kj)
Champneys Health Spa
Champney's Health Hydro in Hertfordshire put Richard Stilgoe into a steam cabinet, and cooked him for two hours at Regulo 6.
The result is a medium rare, low calorie, non-alcoholic look at life 'down on the farm'
With Emma Thompson and The Cambridge Buskers
Producer: Mike Craig
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1984.
SUN 10:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote (b007k0m0)
Episode 2
The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de Ie Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra.
The intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors. The classic adventure published in 1605. Adapted by John Arden.
Starring Bob Grant as Don Quixote, Bernard Cribbins as Sancho Panza, Ronald Baddiley as Cervantes, David Sumner as Father Perez and Peter Wheeler as Barber-Surgeon.
Music composed by Stephen Boxer.
Director: Alfred Bradley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
SUN 11:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqjk)
The Charge of the Boys' Brigade
Miss Primrose is ordered to travel to South Africa and murder General Cheeseman. With Alison Steadman. From September 1988.
SUN 12:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b007jt57)
Episode 1
Russell Davies remembers the earliest on-air comedians, with a clip-packed taste of pre-war humour. From July 1988.
SUN 12:30 Radio Roots (b007jvsy)
Bernard Braden
Bernard Braden: The star was something of a hit on television, but with a solid history of radio and backstage tension behind him. Episode 3 of 4.
SUN 13:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz2)
Series 1
Voodoo Island
A missionary expedition leads to peril in the far flung Caribbean. Stars Roy Hudd and Denise Coffey. From August 1986.
SUN 13:30 Educating Archie (b007jsv1)
From 01/03/1959
Brough bets that he and school boy Archie Andrews can travel round Britain in eight days.
Radio ventriloquism with Dick Emery, Warren Mitchell, Bernard Bresslaw and Gladys Morgan.
Running from 1950-1958, Educating Archie introduced a number of soon-to-be household names to listeners, including Tony Hancock, Benny Hill, Harry Secombe, Dick Emery, Hattie Jacques, Bruce Forsyth and Max Bygraves - all taking a turn in tutoring Archie.
Scripted by: Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe and Marty Feldman.
Producer: Jacques Brown
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959.
SUN 14:00 30/03/2008 (b009n4jm)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
SUN 17:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b007jt57)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Radio Roots (b007jvsy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Doctor Who (b007jvtq)
Storm Warning
Episode 2
The R101 is under attack, the storm is breaking, and the passenger in cabin 43 needs to see the Doctor.
SUN 18:30 HP Lovecraft - The Tomb (b007jzmv)
The obsessive Jervas Dudley reveals the sinister events leading up to his incarceration in an asylum.
First published in 1917, HP Lovecraft’s chilling tale read by Ryan McCluskey.
American writer, H P Lovecraft (1890-1937) is recognised as one of the most significant figures in 20th century supernatural fiction. Contemporary horror writers, including Stephen King, often cite him as a major influence. His own outlook on life is mirrored in his writing.
"I am so beastly tired of mankind and the world that nothing can interest me unless it contains a couple of murders on each page or deals with the horrors unnameable and unaccountable that leer down from the external universes."
Lovecraft found living, the everyday stuff of life a painful experience. At every turn he felt disillusioned by what life had to offer. Through his writing he sought to put into words these sentiments.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.
SUN 19:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
SUN 19:30 Educating Archie (b007jsv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
SUN 20:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote (b007k0m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 22:00 The Now Show (b009n4nh)
Catch up with Punt and Dennis and guests.
SUN 22:30 The Right Time (b00fvpdt)
Series 1
Episode 4
The sketch show about modern life, with people who've lived a bit of it. Stars Eleanor Bron and Clive Swift. From September 2001.
SUN 23:00 Stand-Up on 7 (b007wvn6)
Rock 'n' Droll
The comical dynamic duo take to the stage to present a host of songs and patter. Recorded in London. From June 2004.


MONDAY 31 MARCH 2008

MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b007jvtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 HP Lovecraft - The Tomb (b007jzmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Ladies of Letters (b00k1864)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes (b009n49b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Stilgoe's Around (b007k3kj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The Now Show (b009n4nh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 The Right Time (b00fvpdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Stand-Up on 7 (b007wvn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b007jt57)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Radio Roots (b007jvsy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:30 Educating Archie (b007jsv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009ndtn)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc)
Series 7
Six Charlies in Search of an Author
Through pages and chapters, the fate of Neddie Seagoon is in the hands of the writer.
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: Pat Dixon
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1956.
MON 08:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007vjfl)
Sport and Leisure
The comedian shares his thoughts on how we spend our leisure time.
Six-part series illustrating the Domedic minutiae of life.
Stand-up and sketches with Simon Greenall, Sally Grace and Dave Lamb.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.
MON 09:00 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b00ssrj1)
Series 2
The Red Sea Sharks, part 2
The intrepid boy reporter realises that an old adversary is behind the dastardly slave trade. Stars Richard Pearce.
MON 09:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s)
Sad Cypress
Episode 2
Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt, Mrs Welman, has died in her sleep. And a tube of morphine has gone missing....
Agatha Christie's whodunit starring Emma Fielding and David McAlister.
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson
Nurse O'Brien ...... Joanna Myers
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Mary Gerrard ...... Susannah Corbett
Mrs Welman ...... Barbara Atkinson
Mrs Bishop ...... Margot Boyd
Ted Bigland ...... Eamonn Fleming
Judge ...... Alan Cullen
Mr Gerrard ...... John Webb
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: .Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.
MON 10:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3rs)
Ladies of Letters Go Global
Episode 1
Irene and Vera are back and this time they're going global.
Determined to escape the aftermath of their respective Christmases from Hell, first Vera nabs a package to Ibiza, then Irene sets out to rescue her friend when she falls prey to the charms of Gaston the seductive Gascon.
Irene ...... Prunella Scales
Vera ...... Patricia Routledge
The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman.
Producer: Claudine Toutoungi
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
MON 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4dc)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Abergavenny Murder
When a man dies in his Baker Street apartment, the detective feels bound to investigate. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs.
MON 11:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpr8)
Framley Parsonage
Framley Parsonage Part 3
Vicar Mark Robarts can no longer keep his deepening debts a secret. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Rosemary Leach.
MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00t1tkk)
Series 4
Episode 5
The Spy With My Cold, and Cabaret at the Café Au Lait.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Chapman, Graeme Garden, Eric Idle. Peter & David Lund and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1966.
MON 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b007jxnk)
Episode 1
A young evacuee arrives to stay with gruff but kindly Tom Oakley. Michelle Magorian's wartime tale read by David Brierley.
MON 13:15 Agatha Christie (b0076m5j)
The 8.55 to Baghdad
Episode 1
"Her adventure had been taken at a moment of major personal change; mine was beginning at a moment that could change the world".
In 1928, crime writer Agatha Christie made a spur-of-the-moment decision to go on holiday, alone, to Iraq. Then in her late thirties she was already a popular and successful novelist, but her 14 year marriage to Archie Christie had recently ended and her comfortable life at Sunningdale had become oppressive.
In the first of five readings from his book, Andrew Eames describes how 75 years later on, on the eve of the second Gulf War, he set out to trace Agatha's journey and explore her reasons for making it.
Abridged by Laurence Wareing.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio in 2004.
MON 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009nh07)
The Crumbling Legacy
The Romans have left, meaning the enemy is now the Barbarians. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
MON 13:45 The People of the British Museum (b009nh09)
Mummies, Myths and Magic
Through the eyes of its employees, Danny Danziger explores the wealth of treasures held in the vast collections.
MON 14:00 31/03/2008 (b009nh0c)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 17:00 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v)
Series 1
Spy Story
Why does the bear suck his paw in winter? And what does the answer have to do with the First Secretary's dinner suit?
The British Ambassador and his team plan their campaign for a diplomatic dinner.
Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Greif as the United States Ambassador, Susie Brann as Mrs Newton and Peter Howell as George Sommers.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.
MON 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7)
Series 1
Fishing for Compliments
Is there something fishy about Bernard, apart from his VAT returns?
Bed and Breakfast for Beginners. First of two series of Sue Limb's sitcom about events at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Starring Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes as sisters Alison and Maud.
Alison …. Denise Coffey
Maud …. Miriam Margolyes
Father …. Joss Ackland
Mr Mullett …. Chris Emmett
Bernard …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Marina …. Phyllida Nash
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002.
MON 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4lg)
The Seeds of Creation
Ralph Exon - working for an international fertiliser corporation - has created a new strain of plant: a mutation which he hopes will bring relief to the famine-ridden countries of the world.
It's an innocent-looking plant. But in that plant, known as the Exon strain, there also lurks the Destruction Factor...
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller in six-parts starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Ralph Exon ...... Clifford Rose
Balfour ...... Peter Wickham
Garrard ...... Rod Beacham
Ted Downes ...... Bruce Beeby
Kathy Downes ...... Joan Matheson
Milly ...... Karen Archer
Anne ...... Christine Absalom
Harriet ...... Debby Cumming
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
MON 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jw4p)
The Unusual Soiree
When young poet Gabriel Syme meets Lucien Gregory, he is introduced to a mysterious Edwardian London secret society.

Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.

Director: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.

First broadcast in March 2005.
MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00t1tkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b00ssrj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4dc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007vjfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 22:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtn5)
Series 2
The Human Body
Probing human cloning and what to do with our waste?
Series two of the cult comedy that answers the questions which leave other shows scratching their beards.
Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.
With Rebecca Front, Armando Iannucci and the voice of Tom Baker.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993.
MON 23:00 Graham Norton's Big Apple (b009nh8d)
Out on the Town
Graham goes Out on the Town with the help of gossip columnist Liz Smith, Mama Gina and Anthony Bourdain.
MON 23:30 The Curried Goat Show (b007k4xf)
Episode 5
Try Joseph's Psychedelic Poncho. Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Ben Silburn's sketch-bonanza. With Paula Wilcox. From February 1998.


TUESDAY 01 APRIL 2008

TUE 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4lg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jw4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b00ssrj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4dc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007vjfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtn5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Graham Norton's Big Apple (b009nh8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 The Curried Goat Show (b007k4xf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009nlr5)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
TUE 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj)
Series 6
Sid's Mystery Tours
Sid persuades the lad to become a director of his guided tours company, but there's a snag!
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Mavis Villers and Errol McKinnon.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1959.
TUE 08:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007k0fl)
Episode 5
Cheesy chat show host Alan Partridge is 'Live from Las Vegas' with glamorous American co-host, Kendall Ball.
With guests: Hollywood star couple Sally Hoff & Conrad Knight, New York comic Bernie Rosen and professional gambler Jack 'the Black Cat' Colson.
With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan.
Assistant researchers:
Patrick Marber
Rebecca Front
Doon Mackichan
David Schneider
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
TUE 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4fd)
The Confession of Guilt
Recalling the case of an immigrant accused of wounding near a cricket ground, Horace Rumpole investigates the truth of a true confession.
"The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole
With Michael Maloney as Nick Rumpole and Godfrey Kenton as Mr Justice Everglades and John Church as Magnus Piecan.
Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case-by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
TUE 09:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k253)
Sad Cypress
Episode 2
Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died, but a tube of morphine has gone missing. Stars Emma Fielding and David McAlister.
TUE 10:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3sq)
Ladies of Letters Go Global
Episode 2
Irene is forced into casual labour when she arrives in Ibiza to find she’s inherited her absent friend's debts.
Meanwhile Vera’s escaped Gaston's clutches in a beetroot truck heading for Trieste, when she falls in with Roman, a charismatic Transylvanian with a hatred of garlic.
Irene ...... Prunella Scales
Vera ...... Patricia Routledge
The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman.
Producer: Claudine Toutoungi
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
TUE 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4fh)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Shameful Betrayal of Miss Emily Smith
The murder of a schoolmistress sees the sleuthing pair head for Kent. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs.
TUE 11:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptr)
The Small House at Allington
The Small House at Allington Part 1
A squire's impoverished niece Lily Dale has a choice of two suitors. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Alex Jennings.
TUE 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 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.
TUE 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b009nlvv)
Episode 2
A disturbing letter from the young evacuee's mother causes concern. Michelle Magorian's wartime tale read by David Brierley.
TUE 13:15 Agatha Christie (b03hngqk)
The 8.55 to Baghdad
Episode 2
Retracing the crime writer's Middle Eastern journey of 1928, Andrew Eames recalls taking the Orient Express train to Istanbul.
TUE 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009nlxv)
Camelot
Anna Massey takes us back to the Dark Ages to examine whether there is any truth behind the legend of King Arthur.
TUE 13:45 The People of the British Museum (b009nlxx)
Storehouse of Knowledge
Danny Danziger visits the cuneiform tablet collection to meet Dr Irving Finkel, who can decipher the ancient inscriptions.
TUE 14:00 01/04/2008 (b009nly4)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
TUE 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jn8z)
Series 7
Is There a Father Christmas?
Mr Sims is elected to co-ordinate the school's festivities, but he doesn't spot the 'banana skin'.
Created by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy about a junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.
Written by Paul Copley.
Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the Headmaster, Tom Watson as Mr Holiday, Margaret John as Mrs Stone, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Deirdre Costello as Mrs Patterson, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Kemal Ibrahim as Andy, Sarah Harvey-Smart as Tanita, Anna Williams as Paula, Ben Wint as Martin,Adam Dean as Rajid and Michaela Strachan as herself.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992.
TUE 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k1kz)
Series 2
The Comeback Kid
Rosie and her team are asked to relaunch the career of an ageing children's TV presenter.
Can they prove that old fashioned entertainment can win out over computer games?
Prunella Scales stars in the second of four series of Simon Brett's sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event-management company based in Brighton.
With Arabella Weir as Kate, Rebecca Callard as Jo, Duncan Preston as Bob, Annette Badland as Tess, David Wood as Tommy Tummy, James Vaughan as Julian, Jim North as Bernard and Stefan Abingdon and Alice Connor as the Children,
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
TUE 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4mr)
The Devil's Harvest
As fires erupt - why is Ralph Exon's new plant strain mutation growing so rapidly?
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Ralph Exon ...... Clifford Rose
DI Balfour ...... Peter Wickham
Commander ...... Rod Beacham
Nurse ...... Joan Matheson
Voice in Climatorium ...... Jennifer Piercey
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
TUE 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jw50)
The Anarchists' Council
In an underground HQ, poet Gabriel Syme witnesses Lucien Gregory addressing the Central Anarchist Council.

Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.

Director: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.

First broadcast in March 2005.
TUE 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k1zr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k253)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3sq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4fh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007k0fl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jm9l)
Series 3
This Thing Called Love
Satan worries about his image, and the Professor is concerned over his widow's remarriage.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
The Professor …. James Grout
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Philip Pope, Michael Fenton Stevens, Felicity Montagu and Nick Revell
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
TUE 23:00 Chewin' the Fat (b007k3q4)
The Fat's back! Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan with more banter and sketches in Scotland's comedy favourite - from 1998.
TUE 23:30 The Shuttleworths (b007lrj3)
John Shuttleworth's Open Mind
Ghosts
Spooky happenings hamper John's investigation as he delves into the world of ghosts.
He can't afford a night at a haunted hotel, but he does get some expert advice from his telephone guest, Yvette Fielding.
Sheffield's John Shuttleworth continues his probe into unsolved phenomena..
With Mary Shuttleworth.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Additional material by Dean Wilkinson.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


WEDNESDAY 02 APRIL 2008

WED 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4mr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jw50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k253)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3sq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4fh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007k0fl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jm9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Chewin' the Fat (b007k3q4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 The Shuttleworths (b007lrj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Smelling of Roses (b007k1kz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:30 King Street Junior (b007jn8z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009npzc)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
WED 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b009npzf)
Desert island doings for the Swiss Family Horne - and 'Hornerama' probes the press. Stars Kenneth Horne. From November 1960.
WED 08:30 Dead Ringers (b007k2nw)
Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry on top form in May 2002.
WED 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4gk)
The Dear Departed
Rumpole recalls a fraud case based on some ghostly messages.
"The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole
With Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Peter Pratt as Justice Venables and Preston Lockwood as Mr Pontefract.
Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case-by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
WED 09:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d)
Sad Cypress
Episode 3
Who poisoned Mary Gerrard?
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is called in to track down the killer.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Mrs Bishop ...... Margot Boyd
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Mr Seddon ...... John Evitts
Ted Bigland ...... Eamonn Fleming
Wardress ...... Gudrun Ure
Policeman ...... Keith Drinkel
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: .Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.
WED 10:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3tn)
Ladies of Letters Go Global
Episode 3
Howard is no help in rescuing Vera, so Irene, after breaking out of her Ibizan jail, implores Brian to help.
But when Brian catches up with Vera in Moscow, Vera's enraging remarks about her new-found intimacy with Irene's son-in-law urge Irene to write an anonymous letter she may regret...
Irene ...... Prunella Scales
Vera ...... Patricia Routledge
Howard ...... Christopher Kelham
The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman.
Producer: Claudine Toutoungi
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
WED 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4gn)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Tragedy of Hanbury Street
Holmes and Watson investigate why a happy young idealist should kill herself. Stars Clive Merrison.
WED 11:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptz)
The Small House at Allington
The Small House at Allington Part 2
Lily is aghast at her fiance's visit to his old flame's aristocratic family. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Julia Ford.
WED 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b009npzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k19l)
My Stag Movie, part 1/2
The veteran auditionee recalls how sometimes talent can be found in the unlikeliest places - and sometimes it can't be found at all...
British show business doyen, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.
Performed and written by Peter Jones.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1986
WED 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b007jxr8)
Episode 3
Young wartime evacuee Willie Beech is taken shopping and there's news at the village church. Read by David Brierley.
WED 13:15 Agatha Christie (b0076m6c)
The 8.55 to Baghdad
Episode 3
Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey to Iraq, Andrew Eames recalls stopping off for a steam bath in Damascus.
WED 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009nqdx)
Who Are the English?
Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, revealing how the invading Angles, Saxons and Jutes became the English.
WED 13:45 The People of the British Museum (b009nqfw)
Heavenly Houses
Danny Danziger meets the long-serving curator of clocks and watches, David Thompson, and tours the beautiful collections.
WED 14:00 02/04/2008 (b009nqgn)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
WED 17:00 My Music (b009nqgq)
Frank Muir tells his sitar joke and gives us his 'In A Shady Nook'. Denis Norden offers advice to the ladies. From January 1994.
WED 17:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b009nqm9)
Creations include Arthur Cavity, collector of holes, and Hector Plasm, Ghosthunter. From May 1984.
WED 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4ny)
The Wings of Azreal
Can a corporation's new plant strain mutation bring relief to famine stricken countries?
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Nurse ...... Joan Matheson
Anne ...... Christine Absalom
Blowers ...... Michael Shannon
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
WED 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w5jd)
The Tale of a Detective
When Gabriel Syme turns the tables on Lucien Gregory, the Central Anarchist Council take action.

Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.

Director: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.

First broadcast in March 2005.
WED 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b009npzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k19l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4gk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3tn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4gn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
WED 22:00 Dead Ringers (b007k2nw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Acropolis Now (b007jwm0)
Series 1
Heroes
Frenzying is all the rage in Ancient Athens, but can Aristophanes cash in on the craze? Stars Stephen Moore. From January 2001.
WED 23:00 Wild Things (b007s8jv)
Series 1
Happiest Day of Your Life
Winnie and Ample are two florists with attitude. Starring Doon Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. From August 2002.
WED 23:30 The Big Booth (b007k2fv)
Series 1
Episode 5
Boothby Graffoe sorts it out - with monologues, sketches and songs.
With Simon Evans, Vivienne Soan and Big Al.
Special guest: renowned singer and world class guitarist Richard Thompson.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.


THURSDAY 03 APRIL 2008

THU 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4ny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w5jd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4gk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3tn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4gn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Dead Ringers (b007k2nw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Acropolis Now (b007jwm0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Wild Things (b007s8jv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Big Booth (b007k2fv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 The Michael Bentine Show (b009nqm9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 My Music (b009nqgq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009pmsg)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
THU 08:00 Yes Minister (b007jnk7)
Series 2
The Death List
A victim of phone tapping, Jim Hacker rebuts state surveillance - until his own life comes under threat.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around the hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard …. Derek Fowlds
Commander Forrest ...... Graeme Garden
Anne Hacker ...... Diana Hoddinot
Walter Fowler ...... Derek Newark
Detective ...... Peter Acre
Detective ...... William Eadle
Head Waiter ...... John Bott
Brian Perkins ...... Himself
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
THU 08:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009pn8p)
The Total Hotel Experience
John and his best friend Tony find themselves taking part in a seaside hotel's murder-mystery weekend.
John just wants to play dominoes, but amongst the guests is a woman from his past - with her potatoes.
Written by John Hegley
Starring John Hegley, Simon Munnery, Terry Malloy, Sunny Ormonde and Andy Hockley.
Original music by Nigel Piper.
Director: Anne Edyvean
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.
THU 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsdk)
The Gentle Art of Blackmail
Rumpole recalls a clear case of extortion at his Oxford College, St Joseph's.
"The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole
With Brian Sanders as the Judge, Geoffrey Bayldon as Bernard Crompton and Emily Richard as Sue Galton.
Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case-by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
THU 09:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p)
Sad Cypress
Episode 4
As Hercule Poirot unravels the threads of the murder, it seems like Mary Gerrard wasn't the first victim...
Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Wardress ...... Gudrun Ure
Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson
Nurse O'Brien ...... Joanna Myers
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992.
THU 10:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3vh)
Ladies of Letters Go Global
Episode 4
Irene’s kept on the move by her island-hopping employees so can’t prevent Lesley sending Christopher, Irene's treasured only son, out to Moscow to bring back Vera.
When Vera explains that she and Christopher are to go on a dangerous mission for MI6, Irene takes the desperate steps of appealing to Nellie Thoroughgood, Chris's adoptive mother, for help
Irene ...... Prunella Scales
Vera ...... Patricia Routledge
Nellie Thoroughgood ...... Susan Jameson
The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman.
Producer: Claudine Toutoungi
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
THU 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jwsz)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Determined Client
The crime-solving duo is asked by a woman to clear her father of murder. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs.
THU 11:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpx6)
The Small House at Allington
The Small House at Allington Part 3
As her fiance stays on at Courcy Castle, Lily Dale fears the worst. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Alex Jennings.
THU 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jnk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqv4)
Series 3
How to Succeed in Business The Burkiss Way
"It's That Script Again!" with fast-talking old-time radio comedy fun - and at the Council Planning Committee, will Satan eat a cucumber or offer a million pound bribe?
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett.
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.
THU 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b007jxsl)
Episode 4
Wartime evacuee Willie Beech starts school, while local villagers see changes in his guardian Tom. Read by David Brierley.
THU 13:15 Agatha Christie (b0076m6z)
The 8.55 to Baghdad
Episode 4
Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey, Andrew Eames's coach party arrives in Baghdad on the eve of war, but the welcome from the locals is friendly.
THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009pp7w)
The Arrogant Saint
Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain. Augustine is sent over from Rome to preach the word of God.
THU 13:45 The People of the British Museum (b009pp7y)
Art of the Sword
Danny Danziger meets assistant Paul Martin who talks about his dream job - looking after the Japanese weaponry collection.
THU 14:00 03/04/2008 (b009pp9j)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b009pp9l)
The Captain's Problem
Ship's doctor Simon Sparrow diagnoses trouble ahead with Captain Spratt!
The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Captain Spratt, Ray Cooney as First Mate Jock Hornbeam, Edward Cast as Colonel Smith and Peter Jones as Easter.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1969.
THU 17:30 Semi Circles (b007jtyy)
Series 2
A Lack of Moral Fibre
Christmas is coming and Ben is getting fat, but will going on a fibre diet with Helen raise his spirits?
The improving story of life and improving times in an improving neighbourhood.
Starring Paula Wilcox as Helen and David Wood as Ben
Written by Simon Brett
Helen ...... Paula Wilcox
Ben ...... David Wood
Mrs Kelly ...... Pay Heywood
Alastair ...... Tony Millan
Neil ...... Nick Wilton
Britt ...... Rosalind Adams
Blythe ...... Bryan Coleman
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982
THU 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007jpbg)
Birdstrike
After sparking a plane crash, the deadly Exon plant strain's advancement continues.
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Blowers ...... Michael Shannon
Prime Minister ...... Noel Johnson
Shand ...... Gregory de Polnay
Wayne ...... Roy Spencer
Dymond ...... Rod Beacham
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
THU 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w43w)
The Feast of Fear
Gabriel Syme meets his fellow anarchists at a breakfast meeting in London's Leicester Square.

Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.

Director: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.

First broadcast in March 2005.
THU 19:00 Yes Minister (b007jnk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsdk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jwsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
THU 22:00 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009pn8p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Rigor Mortis (b007k4q2)
Series 1
Episode 4
The pathologists face doing a holistic, non-invasive autopsy. Stars Peter Davison and Tracy-Ann Oberman. From June 2003.
THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009ppln)
Series 3
Episode 2
Changes at the BBC, and 007 is a new man. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour. With Harry Enfield. From October 1987.
THU 23:30 Tilt (b009pplq)
Episode 2
The topical sketch show that takes you behind the week's news. And then mucks about with it a bit.


FRIDAY 04 APRIL 2008

FRI 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007jpbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w43w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsdk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jwsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009pn8p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Rigor Mortis (b007k4q2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009ppln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Tilt (b009pplq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpx6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Semi Circles (b007jtyy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 Doctor at Large (b009pp9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009ppxd)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
FRI 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jr4t)
Series 3
The Cricket Match
Captain Mainwaring goes into bat when the Home Guard platoon are challenged to play a match against the wardens..
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
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Vicar …. Frank Williams
Verger …. Edward Sinclair
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976.
FRI 08:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007js1l)
Series 1
A Cavalier Attitude
Model village-makers, Robin and Wendy are shown "Black Bess" as their randy friends Sue and Glen persuade them to attend a battle re-enactment.
Written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall.
Robin ...... Simon Greenall
Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Maureen ...... Debra Stephenson
Derek ...... Phil Cornwell
Sue ...... Jan Ravens
Glenn ...... Michael Simkins
Darnley ...... Ewan Bailey
Carol ...... Jo Enright
Pikeman ...... Sean McKenna
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
FRI 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4l3)
The Rotten Apple
Rumpole recalls a suspicious case of bribery in the police force.
"The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole
With Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Robert Harris as Justice Vosper and Brian Carroll as Erskine-Brown.
Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case-by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
FRI 09:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y)
Sad Cypress
Episode 5
As Elinor Carlisle stands accused of murder, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot uncovers evidence of greed and deceit.
The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunnit starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson
Sir Edwin Bulmer ...... David King
Sir Samuel Atterbury ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Dr Garcia/Clerk ...... John Church
Inspector Brill ...... Eric Allan
Judge ...... Alan Cullen
Mr Wargrave ...... Jonathan Adams
Mr Littledale ...... Gordon Reid
Amelia Sedley ...... Ann Windsor
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.
FRI 10:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3wb)
Ladies of Letters Go Global
Episode 5
Vera and Christopher undertake a life-threatening undercover operation for MI6.
With no-one else to turn to, Irene combines forces with the ex-pat couple employing her to get Vera and Christopher air-lifted out of the diamond mine in which they have been billeted.
Irene ...... Prunella Scales
Vera ...... Patricia Routledge
Brian ...... Ewan Bailey
The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman.
Producer: Claudine Toutoungi
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
FRI 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4l6)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Striking Success of Miss Franny Blossom
A body in Hyde Park reunites the sleuth with a notorious former client. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs.
FRI 11:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpxd)
The Small House at Allington
The Small House at Allington Part 4
Lily still loves her ex-fiance, but will Adolphus marry Lady Alexandrina? Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Julia Ford.
FRI 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jr4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Mind Your Own Business! (b009pr6l)
Points of Disagreement
Whiz-kid Jimmy Bright has run out of Whizz. So staid accountant Russell Farrow grabs the reins, and ends up in a prickly situation...
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 Dennis Ramsden.
Written by Andrew Palmer.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1988.
FRI 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b007jxpw)
Episode 5
Young wartime evacuee Willie Beech is in for a big surprise on his birthday and Tom notices changes. Read by David Brierley.
FRI 13:15 Agatha Christie (b0076m7h)
The 8.55 to Baghdad
Episode 5
Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey, Andrew Eames visits the ancient city of Ur, where Agatha met her future husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan.
FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009prhp)
Edwin to Whitby
Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, revealing how King Edwin became one of the most powerful men of his day.
FRI 13:45 The People of the British Museum (b009prl1)
Treasure and Healing
Danny Danziger visits the coin and medal collections, with a Swedish coin the size of a tea-tray and millions of art prints.
FRI 14:00 04/04/2008 (b009prl3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfnv)
Series 2
Maybe, Baby
Broody Faith fancies starting a second family - but does Bill?
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Kelda Holmes as Hannah, Norman Bird as Mr Burrows and Deborah Rowbottom as the Police Officer.
Series two 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'.
Producer: Sioned Wiliam
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.
FRI 17:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009prt3)
Series 1
Episode 5
Duo Tommy and Sheila's comeback faces jeopardy - from his dodgy past.
Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another...
Mike Coleman's sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson, Edward Halsted, Chris Pavlo, Paul Rogan and Ned Sherrin.
Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.
FRI 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007jpbx)
Search and Destroy
Despite the national emergency, landowners try to profit from the deadly Exon strain.
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Nurse ...... Joan Matheson
Prime Minister ...... Noel Johnson
Blowers ...... Michael Shannon
TV Presenter ...... Henry Knowles
TV PA ...... Mary Elliott Nelson
Climatorium Technician ...... Rod Beacham
Helicopter Pilot ...... Peter Wickham
Farmer ...... Roy Spencer
Corporal ...... Gregory de Polnay
Sachs ...... Denis Goacher
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
FRI 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w525)
The Exposure
Sunday unmasks one of the anarchists as a Scotland Yard detective, leaving Gabriel Syme in despair.

Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.

Director: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.

First broadcast in March 2005.
FRI 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jr4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Mind Your Own Business! (b009pr6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4l3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3wb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4l6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007js1l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Dial M for Pizza (b007k0th)
Series 1
Episode 1
Fun-packed sketch show featuring 'Britain's Stupidest Postman'. Stars Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. From November 1987.
FRI 23:00 Big Town All Stars (b007jrq4)
Series 2
Fifteen Minutes of Fame
The band enters a TV talent show. Will it spark success - or return them to oblivion? Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From July 2001.
FRI 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp45)
Series 1
Holy Water
The life of a struggling writer with his dysfunctional friends and a talking geranium.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Kate McKenzie and Brian Bowles.
Special guest star: Brian Johnston and Vince the geranium.
Producer: Jon Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1992.