Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Jez Edwards reading Jerry and the Monsters by Allen Sadler.
Pertwee makes waves with his request to leave the Island Draft and join Povey's staff instead. First broadcast in February 1960.
A legal firm invites Fuller-Carp, Ruth and Hilary to take part in an outward-bound weekend - with disastrous results...
Clive Coleman's sitcom set in perhaps the country's least spectacular set of chambers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Lancashire
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
With Chris Pavlo, Simon Greenall, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Natalie Walker.
At the funeral of her ice-hockey hero cousin, private eye V I Warshawski gets suspicious. Was his death really an accident?
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI Warshawski. With Eleanor Bron as Lottie, William Hootkins as Bobby Mallory, James Aubrey as Martin Bledsoe, Peter Marinker as Nils Greyfalk, Teresa Gallagher as Paige Carrington and William Roberts as Clayton Phillips.
Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime-fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but she never loses touch with her basic femininity. Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".
Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
When a goods train carrying valuable paintings arrives at its destination with one missing carriage, the owners turn to amateur sleuth, Thorpe Hazell. How did the thieves remove it from a non-stopping service?
Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.
Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.
English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.
Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.
Vincenti is high. Vincenti is about to make the biggest hit of his career. Gil Brewer's thriller, read by Peter Marinker.
Meena is called on to help with baby Sunil and sets about healing the rift with Anita. Meera Syal reads her own novel.
A man is forced to re-examine his cruelty towards a girl from his past. Stars John Wood, Julian Glover and Prunella Scales.
When prophet Fiver predicts doom for their warren, not all the rabbits will listen. Stars Simon Chandler and Tom George.
Clive Anderson hosts the panel show that pokes fun at events of the past.
The topical historical satirical panel show setting out to prove that there's nothing new under, or in, The Sun.
Gyles Brandreth and Natalie Haynes battle it out against John O'Farrell and Richard Herring.
A disturbing letter from the young evacuee's mother causes concern. Michelle Magorian's wartime tale read by David Brierley.
Byron Rogers goes in search of his Wild West heroes in Spain and the USA. Read by Crawford Logan.
Gladstone's ambitions as Chancellor are thwarted by the onset of the Crimean War. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
The former foreign secretary talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for the political message of a GK Chesterton novel.
There is double trouble for barrister Roger Thursby in a case of bigamy.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, Jean Anderson as Mrs Thursby, Barbara Windsor as Mrs Grant, Frank Thornton as the Judge, John Bluthal as Mr Grant and Peter Tuddenham as Alec.
Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson.
Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.
Producer: David Hatch.
Former TV soap star Charlotte finds the path to self-knowledge. Stars Rosemary Leach and Celia Imrie. From January 2002.
To combat the threat of an alien invasion, the nations of Earth formed a World Council.
The aliens gave selected humans extraordinary 'sixth-sense' powers, but these were abused. The British Government is ready to give an update on their plans...
Third in Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy starring James Shrapnel and Donald Hewlett.
Tom Harris …. John Shrapnel
Sally Harris …. Maureen O'Brien
A. P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
George …. Patrick Troughton
Marge …. Angela Thorne
'642' …. Timothy West
Doctor …. Arnold Diamond
Ray/Pilot …. Clive Panto
David/Paul …. Crawford Logan
Charles …. Henry Stamper
Sally's mother …. Katherine Parr
Alien Controller …. Manning Wilson
Vera …. Margot Boyd
Foreign Pilot/Barry …. Mark Rolston
Corporal/Vince …. Michael Jenner
Geoffrey Palmer …. Robert Dawes
Baby Sam/Gloria …. Moir Leslie
Alien …. Peter Acre
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Ransom awakes to find that they have landed on Earth but Weston and Devine have deserted him.
Radical comic Mark Steele re-assesses reassesses a period of major change in Britain.
A series of lectures on the theme of revolution, Mark examines some of the major historical forces at work during revolutions as well as holding up a mirror to our own age.
With Martin Hyder and Carla Mendonca.
Helen Lederer, Clive Mantle and Nick Wilton's compilation of series one of the sketch comedy show, first broadcast live in summer 1984.
Biting sketch show from Northern Ireland's comedy team of Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Mike McDowell.
WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER 2008
WED 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007jtcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007jrf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy0tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fy0y7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jy6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 A Visitation (b008wmny)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Chambers (b007jyzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 The Mark Steel Revolution (b00fy2lp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The Best of in One Ear (b007jpbh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Half Sketch (b00fy2nm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fwcz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 No Commitments (b007jp1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:30 Brothers in Law (b007js5z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fy2qy)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Jez Edwards reading Jerry and the Monsters by Allen Sadler.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0pd)
Series 1
The Sheik
The lad signs to Sid's new studio, but filming doesn't quite go to plan.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1955.
WED 08:30 In the Balance (b007k2gf)
Episode 6
Against the backdrop of an England-Germany World Cup final, the prime minister struggles to survive and lead his party into the imminent general election.
Can maverick BBC reporter George Cragge unmask the serial killer?
Mark Tavener's six-part sequel to his comedy thriller 'In the Red' set in the world of football, the BBC and party politics.
Starring Michael Williams as George Cragge and Barry Foster as Superintendent Jefferson.
With Jeremy Clyde, Robert Bathurst, Tracy Ann Oberman, Jim Carter, Peter Woodthorpe, Susie Brann, Christian Rodska, Ioan Meredith, Shirley Dixon, Dave Lamb, Joanna Monro, Alex Lowe, Christopher Scott and Alice Arnold.
Music by Paul Mottram
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1997.
WED 09:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnk5)
Deadlock
Down the Hatches
Private eye VI Warshawski's dead cousin "Boom Boom" knew too much about something - and his flat is burgled, leading to another murder...
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI Warshawski. With William Hootkins as Bobby Mallory, Kerry Shale as Murray, James Aubrey as Martin Bledsoe, Teresa Gallagher as Paige Carrington and William Roberts as Clayton Phillips.
Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime-fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but she never loses touch with her basic femininity. Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".
Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
WED 09:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy2qk)
The Affair of the Corridor Express
The son of multi-millionaire is snatched from a moving train, can Thorpe Hazell foil the kidnappers' dastardly plan?
Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.
Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.
English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.
Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.
WED 09:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fy2qm)
Series 1
Black
A gang war's raging, but a man called Black is there to get things sorted. Paul Cain's classic thriller, read by Peter Marinker.
WED 10:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b00fy2qp)
Episode 8
With Meena and Anita back on track, the girls begin to tackle the tricky subject of sex. Meera Syal reads her own novel.
WED 10:15 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf)
Recorded on location, this comedy drama centres on the relationship that develops between two woman brought together by a troublesome dog.
All Veronica's experiences as a dog-trainer are needed to curb the vicious beast bequeathed to Maureen by her late husband.
Especially written by Martyn Wade for distinguished actresses Joan Sims and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Maureen ...... Joan Sims
Veronica ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Cab Driver ...... David Thorpe
Nettie ...... Richenda Carey
Director: Cheery Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.
WED 11:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fy1g3)
Episode 2
The rabbits try to rescue General Woundwort's females to establish their own dynasty. Stars Tom George and Stephen Tomlin.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0pd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Who Goes There? (b00fy2r0)
Series 3
Episode 6
Martin Young chairs the quiz which looks at the noteworthy and the notorious from history.
Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego with guests Carol Sarler and Rachel Holmes
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
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 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball (b00fy2r2)
Episode 3
Byron Rogers goes in search of those who provide the wallpaper of the movies, the Hollywood extras. Read by Crawford Logan.
WED 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtjm)
The Arrow War
The second Opium War begins with the killing of a French missionary in China. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
WED 13:45 Great Inspirations (b00b65vc)
Baroness Williams
The Liberal Democrat grandee talks to Anne Perkins about her admiration for the economic historian Karl Polanyi.
WED 14:00 10/12/2008 (b00fy2r4)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 17:00 The World As We Know It (b00fy2qt)
Donna's Leaving Do
The Stranger revealed that the doomsday device was activated by someone inside the house.
Donna thinks it may be time to start afresh somewhere else. But would she really go and will they discover what really caused the end of the world?
Sitcom by Luke Sorba.
Donna ...... Meera Syal
Johnny ...... Toby Longworth
Patrick ...... Luke Sorba
Abigail ...... Carla Mendonca
The Stranger ...... Simon Greenall
Producer: Elizabeth Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
WED 17:30 Coming Alive (b007k1ty)
Series 1
Plumbing the Depths
Ex-convict Terry is challenged to bring neighbourhood talent to the community centre. Stars Karl Howman. From February 1999.
WED 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007jtfs)
With a Whimper to the Grave
Episode 2
With Tom trapped amongst the aliens, desperate Sally finds a Government ally.
Third in Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy starring James Shrapnel and Donald Hewlett.
To combat the threat of an alien invasion, the nations of the Earth have formed a World Council. The aliens have given selected humans extraordinary 'sixth-sense' powers.
But when these powers are abused the aliens prepare to leave and abandon the Earth to its fate. But are they really going? And what is the fate awaiting the peoples of the Earth?
Marge …. Angela Thorne
Doctor …. Arnold Diamond
Ray/Pilot …. Clive Panto
David/Paul …. Crawford Logan
A. P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Charles …. Henry Stamper
Tom Harris …. John Shrapnel
Sally's mother …. Katherine Parr
Alien Controller …. Manning Wilson
Vera …. Margot Boyd
Foreign Pilot/Barry …. Mark Rolston
Sally Harris …. Maureen O'Brien
Corporal/Vince …. Michael Jenner
Geoffrey Palmer …. Robert Dawes
Baby Sam/Gloria …. Moir Leslie
George …. Patrick Troughton
Alien …. Peter Acre
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
'642' …. Timothy West
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1984.
WED 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.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0pd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Who Goes There? (b00fy2r0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 20:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy2qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 20:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fy2qm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 today]
WED 21:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b00fy2qp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 21:15 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
WED 22:00 In the Balance (b007k2gf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Revolting People (b00fy2qr)
Series 2
Still in Trying Times
Ezekiel discovers the real truth about his ginger baby, and sets out to find the ginger father.
The others set out to stop him...
Comedy set just before the American Revolution.
Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.
Stars Jay Tarses as Samuel Oliphant, Andy Hamilton as Sergeant McGurk, James Fleet as Captain Brimshaw, Jan Ravens as Mary, Hugh Dennis as Ezekiel Spriggs, Penelope Nice as Cora Oliphant, Tony Maudsley as Joshua Oliphant, Michael Fenton Stevens as Dashmount, Susie Blake as Elizabeth and Philip Pope as Abraham Smith.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.
WED 23:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0075tgf)
Series 1
Episode 4
Have the girls from hit American TV show ‘Friends’ really come to visit?
Variety meets sitcom meets sketch show - written and performed by Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.
With Martin Hyder and Jim North.
Script editor: Graeme Garden
Music by Richard Webb.
Producers: Claire Jones and Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.
WED 23:30 Hair in the Gate (b00911f5)
Series 1
Episode 5
The TV arts show team try to boost ratings with their own awards show. Stars Harriet Thorpe and Lorelei King. From October 1993.
THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER 2008
THU 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007jtfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jw4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fy2qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fy2qm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b00fy2qp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 In the Balance (b007k2gf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Revolting People (b00fy2qr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0075tgf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Hair in the Gate (b00911f5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fy1g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Coming Alive (b007k1ty)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 The World As We Know It (b00fy2qt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fwq8y)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Jez Edwards reading Jerry and the Monsters by Allen Sadler.
THU 08:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00801nf)
Series 1
Episode 6
Judgement day dawns for the shady lawyer, Waldorf T Flywheel.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1990.
THU 08:30 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b008fgq3)
Series 2
Episode 3
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis spotlight dodgy space probes and a teddy for men. With guest Barry Cryer. From August 1999.
THU 09:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnkn)
Deadlock
Bedtime Stories
Somebody wants private eye VI Warshawski dead and tampers with her car.
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI Warshawski. With Eleanor Bron as Lottie, William Hootkins as Bobby Mallory, Kerry Shale as Murray, James Aubrey as Martin Bledsoe, Peter Marinker as Nils Greyfalk, and Teresa Gallagher as Paige Carrington.
Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime-fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but she never loses touch with her basic femininity. Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".
Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
THU 09:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwq9b)
The Stolen Necklace
A passenger begs for Thorpe Hazell's help after her Aunt's valuable diamonds are stolen from her luggage.
Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.
Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.
English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.
Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.
THU 09:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fwq9g)
Series 1
Forever After
Ardis Clinton thinks she has a foolproof plan to kill her husband. Jim Thompson's classic thriller read by Peter Marinker.
THU 10:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b00fwq9n)
Episode 9
Tough times for Meena, with a stay in hospital and major changes in her circle of friends. Meera Syal reads her own novel.
THU 10:15 Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own (b00b4038)
To escape their children who won't leave home, Kenneth and Clare move to a smaller house - with no space for visitors.
But the couple are soon plagued by former residents and visitors - unaware that the previous owner Mrs Hooper has departed...
Martyn Wade's comedy starring David Troughton as Kenneth and Barbara Flynn as Clare.
With Margaret Tyzack as Mrs Hooper, Richenda Carey as Miss Grainger-Taylor, Jonathan Keeble as Mr Norton, Wayne Foskett as Maurice, Harry Myers as George and Colleen Prendergast as Jill.
Production note:
'A Home of Their Own' was due to be recorded on location in a house used for a number of Martyn's previous plays, but which had become too noisy for period plays.
Ironically during the recording, the cast and crew had to decamp to a studio as severe building work at both the back and front of the house made the recording inaudible. Perhaps the house was having the last word..?
Producer: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
THU 11:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwq9v)
Episode 1
Little boy Kay Harker sets out on a magical quest to find treasure. Stars Sam Salter, Nickolas Grace and Charles Dance.
THU 12:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00801nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00fwq9z)
Crabbit's Rule is invoked for Mornington Crescent! Willie Rushton and Barry Cryer are a few of the panellists. From May 1982.
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 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball (b00fwqb3)
Episode 4
Byron Rogers tells the extraordinary tale of Hitler's nephew William, born in Liverpool. Read by Crawford Logan.
THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtjw)
Darwin
The new Theory of Evolution causes a deep divide between Church and Science. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
THU 13:45 Great Inspirations (b00b6yxr)
Boris Johnson
The Mayor of London talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for the Greek historian Thucydides.
THU 14:00 11/12/2008 (b00fwqbc)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
THU 17:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b0080q77)
Series 2
Episode 6
Lucy's offer to help a first-time celebrity author write a book finds her stuck in a remote Cornish cottage with an ex-page 3 model and a neurotic mother, leaving Daniel to have an unusual boy's night out...
David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.
Starring David Tennant as Daniel, Liz Carling as Lucy, Samantha Spiro as Katie, Tony Gardner as Andy, Tony Gardner as Andy and Paula Wilcox as Suzie.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
THU 17:30 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fwqbl)
Series 2
Scouting for Boys
West Bromwich offer Robert a trial, but Father Benedict doesn't want to lose him. Stars Brenda Blethyn. From October 1994.
THU 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007k44c)
With a Whimper to the Grave
Episode 3
The World Council takes action - as the aliens' plans are revealed. Stars Patrick Troughton, Angela Thorne and Timothy West.
Marge …. Angela Thorne
Doctor …. Arnold Diamond
Ray/Pilot …. Clive Panto
David/Paul …. Crawford Logan
A. P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Charles …. Henry Stamper
Tom Harris …. John Shrapnel
Sally's mother …. Katherine Parr
Alien Controller …. Manning Wilson
Vera …. Margot Boyd
Foreign Pilot/Barry …. Mark Rolston
Sally Harris …. Maureen O'Brien
Corporal/Vince …. Michael Jenner
Geoffrey Palmer …. Robert Dawes
Baby Sam/Gloria …. Moir Leslie
George …. Patrick Troughton
Alien …. Peter Acre
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
'642' …. Timothy West
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
THU 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.
THU 19:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00801nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00fwq9z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 20:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwq9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 20:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fwq9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 today]
THU 21:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b00fwq9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 21:15 Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own (b00b4038)
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THU 22:00 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b008fgq3)
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THU 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fwz6f)
Series 2
Episode 4
Sacre bleu! The comic is knocked over at the Cannes Film Festival and his life flashes before his eyes. From November 1999.
THU 23:00 Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (b00fwz6h)
Episode 1
A new gunner is recruited for the Second World War.
Spike Milligan shares memories of his wartime service.
Published in 1971, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall is the first volume of the Spike Milligan's idiosyncratic military memoir.
Reversioned into 8 parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra.
THU 23:30 Any Bloke (b007jzqk)
Series 2
Home Truths
Baby Jack's home, but unfortunately for his parents, so's Grandma Fay. Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin.
FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2008
FRI 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007k44c)
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18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jw50)
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18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnkn)
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09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwq9b)
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FRI 01:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fwq9g)
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FRI 02:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b00fwq9n)
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10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own (b00b4038)
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10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b008fgq3)
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08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fwz6f)
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22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (b00fwz6h)
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23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Any Bloke (b007jzqk)
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23:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwq9v)
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FRI 06:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fwqbl)
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17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b0080q77)
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17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fwcsk)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes David Yip reading The Kite Reader by Geraldine McCaughrean.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05w6)
Series 1
Episode 3
Kenneth Horne meets BBC Sound Effects men - and a pantomime horse in The Clissold Saga.
Starring Kenneth Horne. With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1965.
FRI 08:30 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (b008p7c0)
Series 5
Episode 10
Is 'Hoon' a rude word? Find out with Andy Parsons and Henry Naylor in their topical sketch show.
FRI 09:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnl3)
Deadlock
Deadlock
VI Warshawski flies to Canada to continue her investigation on the giant freighter the Lucella Weisser. But she's in for a shock when they sail through the Great Lakes Lock.
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI Warshawski. With Eleanor Bron as Lottie, William Dufris as Captain Bemis and Keith Drinkel as Mike Sheridan.
Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime-fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but she never loses touch with her basic femininity. Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".
Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
FRI 09:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcsp)
The Affair of the Birmingham Bank
Can daring Edwardian sleuth, Thorpe Hazell manage to foil a gold bullion train robbery?
Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.
Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.
English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.
Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.
FRI 09:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fwcsr)
Series 1
A Real Nice Guy
Jimmie is a psycho-sniper stalking Los Angeles for another target. William F Nolan's classic thriller, read by Peter Marinker.
FRI 10:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jvvd)
Episode 10
On the eve of her 11-plus, the exam seems to be the least of Meena's worries. Meera Syal reads her own novel.
FRI 10:15 Maigret (b00fwdll)
Series 1
A Man's Head
The French sleuth bends the rules to investigate a double murder in a Paris suburb. Stars Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
FRI 11:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwdlp)
Episode 2
Kay Harker must battle evil forces to capture the treasure. John Masefield's yarn stars Sam Salter, Nickolas Grace and Charles Dance.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05w6)
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FRI 12:30 Just a Minute (b007wwf5)
Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Graham Norton and Ross Noble join Nicholas Parsons at London's Mermaid Theatre.
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 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball (b00fwdvz)
Episode 5
Byron Rogers on two unlikely heroes, a witchcraft trial judge and a man who gets shot out of a cannon. Read by Crawford Logan.
FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtk1)
The Reform Bill
Revisions to the 1832 Reform Laws indicate wider political changes taking place. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
FRI 13:45 Great Inspirations (b00b7b0k)
Frank Field
The Labour MP talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for the communist writer and philosopher John Strachey.
FRI 14:00 12/12/2008 (b00fwdw1)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 17:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b007jsf7)
Series 1
A Day Trip to Romney Marsh
Linda and her chums head to the coast, letting the train increase the strain.
Comedy series written by and starring Linda Smith.
With Femi Elufowoju Jr, Jeremy Hardy, Martin Hyder, Margaret John, Chris Neill and Mark Steel.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
FRI 17:30 The Young Postmen (b00fwf94)
The Elfin Bangle
Strange mystic runes spark a fantastic journey for the eager trio. Stars Ben Miller and Alistair McGowan. From December 1992.
FRI 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.
FRI 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.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05w6)
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08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Just a Minute (b007wwf5)
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12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnl3)
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09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcsp)
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09:30 today]
FRI 20:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fwcsr)
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09:45 today]
FRI 21:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jvvd)
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10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Maigret (b00fwdll)
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10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (b008p7c0)
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08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Little Britain (b008s4w8)
Series 2
Episode 3
Back where it started out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit without the cameras. From February 2002.
FRI 23:00 The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show (b007jm52)
The Tragedies
The truncated thespians perform a 15-second 'King Lear', the 'Othello' Rap and 'Scottish Highland Discs'.
FRI 23:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007r4mg)
Series 1
Episode 5
Tamsyn's had enough of doing all the smuggling and getting none of the credit so is determined to quit.
But when she discovers there's a new charismatic smuggler in town, emergency measures are called for!
18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Imelda Staunton as Courageous Kate and Mark Perry as Hobbs.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.