Sub-Lieutenant Phillips is up for promotion, but will his Lord Nelson fantasy help or hinder?
Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Commanding Officer, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Lady Hamilton, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Michael Bates as the Vice-Admiral.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman and George Evans.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
A-ha! Chat show host Alan Partridge faces up to nine-year-old prodigy Simon Fisher, American hypnotist, Janey Katz and controversial lawyer Nick Ford.
Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.
David Schneider.
Patrick and Stella find their dream house, but will the children scupper their move? Stars Duncan Preston. From September 2003.
Headed abroad, author Gerald is not keen to visit his wife Diana's friend.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife, Diana.
With Lolly Cockerell, Jane Knowles, Brian Haines and Michael Spice.
Written by Basil Boothroyd.
Arthur Clennam still believes his parents to have wronged someone, but he can't get any help from the Circumlocution Office.
He also thinks he’s found a new love, and Little Dorrit receives a proposal.
Charles Dickens's masterpiece of social satire and imprisonment dramatised by Doug Lucie.
Starring Sir Ian McKellen as Charles Dickens.
Recorded on location in London.
Charles Dickens ...... Ian McKellen
Arthur Clennam ...... Julian Wadham
Mrs Clennam ...... Margaret Tyzack
William Dorrit ...... John Wood
Little Dorrit ...... Jasmine Hyde
Mrs Merdle ...... Jennie Stoller
Fanny Dorrit ...... Indira Varma
Flora Finching ...... Sophie Thompson
Frederick Dorrit ...... Peter Tuddenham
Pet Meagles ...... Clare Corbett
John Chivery ...... Ben Crowe
Tip Dorritt ...... Kenny Blyth
Maggy ...... Helen Ayres
Flintwinch ...... Ioan Meredith
Mr Meagles ...... Gordon Reid
Mr Doyce ...... Jonathan Keeble
Other parts played by members of the cast.
The dazzling splendour of a Marquis ball intensifies married Emma's longing for excitement.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Rouault ...... Russell Dixon
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Mrs Chatterley of Gravesend reveals similar interests to her famous namesake.
Martyn Wade's comedy set in the 1930s starring Felicity Montagu and Rachel Atkins.
A failing firm of solicitors is saved from ruin by the prospect of a literary libel case. But it may involve the rather buttoned up partner of the firm going way beyond the call of duty.
Constance Chatterley ...... Rachel Atkins
Miss Priestley ...... Felicity Montagu
David Horovitch ...... Mr Greene
Mr Chatterley ...... Jon Glover
Student medic Simon Sparrow gets saddled with vampish landlady, Mrs Robinson.
The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor in the House' published in 1952.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans, Norma Ronald as Vera and Ann Murray as Mrs Robinson.
Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London.
Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died, but a tube of morphine has gone missing. Stars Emma Fielding and David McAlister.
The wicked Squire's kidnap plot sparks the swashbuckler's daring rescue attempt - and nephew Nicholas appears. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
To scold or not to scold? Katie Hickman reveals how the wives of British diplomats were advised to deal with their servants.
It's springtime and the Northumbrian wood ants are hungry, but the tree fellers are getting closer. Peter France investigates.
Student Mike Engleby considers his difficulties at public school, while still fascinated with Jennifer. Read by Douglas Hodge.
From the Sheffield Evening Star to BBC TV's 'That Was The Week That Was'. Writer David Nobbs reads from his autobiography.
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien - featuring Little Wolf's Book of Badness, Stanley, Flat Again and Prince Francis.
Bran wants the Challenger crew to destroy 'an artefact' floating in space. Will they co-operate?
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama is a gripping sequel to his original Earthsearch.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Solaria ...... Pauline Letts
Elkeran ...... Nicholas Courtney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Dick, Vita and family set sail across the bay to Chapel Point, the site where Otto Bodrugan once lived. Read by Julian Wadham.
Buckingham Palace revelations and government food advice. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour, with Jasper Jacob. From April 1989.
Talk show host Juliette Johnson battles to win a daytime TV award. Stars Jenny Eclair and Debra Stephenson. From August 1999.
The spoof TV sci-fi star explains life's big mysteries. Stars Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From October 1992.
WEDNESDAY 09 DECEMBER 2009
WED 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jnzd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jw07)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k253)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7p95)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cq60z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley (b007k0l7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Charles Dickens (b01b2wb5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yd1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00p8fk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00ckz8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 09/12/2009 (b00p8fr6)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
Series 6
The Last Bus Home
It's a long walk home in the rain when Sid, Bill and The Lad Himself get stranded.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell and Hugo Morton.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959.
WED 08:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008yszx)
Series 3
Episode 2
Golf, holidays with friends and having a baby are the three things that Daniel and Lucy have always sworn they'll never do in life.
But when they end up on a golfing holiday with their unbearable friends, they start to realise life doesn't always turn out how you plan it...
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, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Katie, Tony Gardner as Andy, Joanna Brookes as Alison, Robert Harley as Peter, Carla Mendonca as Linda, Jonathan Aris as Steve and Martin Marquez as the Waiter.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
WED 09:00 Brothers in Law (b007k25g)
Series 2
Circling the Square
Lawyer Roger Thursby defends an author whose publisher refuses to print his new book.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, Bill Wallis as Denton and Robert Dorning.
Others parts by Douglas Blackwell.
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
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1971.
WED 09:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jrl9)
Series 1
Sleeping Partners
Rosie is arranging the activities for partners of delegates to a major finance company's conference.
Kate meanwhile sees it as her ticket back into a high-flying job...
Prunella Scales in Simon Brett's sitcom.
The trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event management company, based in Brighton.
Rosie ...... Prunella Scales
Kate ...... Arabella Weir
Jo ...... Rebecca Callard
Bob ...... Duncan Preston
Tess ...... Annette Badland
Sheila Wilkinson ...... Debbie Norman
Philip Wilkinson ...... Alan Cowan
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.
WED 10:00 Charles Dickens (b01b311m)
Little Dorrit
Episode 3
Mr Pancks has made discoveries about the Dorrit family, but Arthur still hasn’t solved his family's secret...
Charles Dickens's masterpiece of social satire and imprisonment dramatised by Doug Lucie.
Starring Sir Ian McKellen as Charles Dickens.
Recorded on location in London.
Charles Dickens ...... Ian McKellen
Arthur Clennam ...... Julian Wadham
Mrs Clennam ...... Margaret Tyzack
William Dorrit ...... John Wood
Little Dorrit ...... Jasmine Hyde
Mrs Merdle ...... Jennie Stoller
Mr Pancks ...... Philp Joseph
Fanny Dorrit ...... Indira Varma
Mr Merdle ...... Kenneth Cranham
Flora Finching ...... Sophie Thompson
Frederick Dorrit ...... Peter Tuddenham
Pet Meagles ...... Clare Corbett
John Chivery ...... Ben Crowe
Tip Dorritt ...... Kenny Blyth
Maggy ...... Helen Ayres
Flintwinch ...... Ioan Meredith
Mr Meagles ...... Gordon Reid
Mr Doyce ...... Jonathan Keeble
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Music by Mia Soteriou
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
WED 11:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cqdwd)
The Solicitor
As Emma and Charles move to a new town, she makes the acquaintance of a young solicitor.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Rouault ...... Russell Dixon
Doctor Lariviere ...... Martin Reeve
Mere Rollet ...... Julie McCabe
Madame Lefrancois ...... Siobahn Finneran
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
WED 11:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007jz06)
Dorothy, a Manager's Wife
A resentful soccer spouse rants about the game and her football manager husband. Stars Pauline Collins and Timothy West.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Foul Play (b007jqsh)
Series 1
The Adventure of the Murdered Heiress
Crime writers PD James and HRF Keating try to solve the deadly case of a jewel theft. Written and chaired by Simon Brett. From November 1996.
WED 13:00 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 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7qkq)
Episode 3
The swashbuckling daredevil pursues his enemy over to America - and falls in with pirates. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
WED 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jppg)
Eating and Drinking
Foreign menus were a challenge for some diplomatic women. Katie Hickman reveals how others relished the local cuisine.
WED 14:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yrvs)
Episode 3
Early summer sees the wood ants preparing to mate, but forest cyclists put their nest in danger. Peter France investigates.
WED 14:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00p8l34)
Episode 3
Just as student Mike Engleby finds he's getting closer to Jennifer, something truly terrible happens. Read by Douglas Hodge.
WED 14:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00cl7lz)
Episode 3
Recalling Peter Cook, David Frost and the part he played in the Sixties' satire boom, David Nobbs reads from his autobiography.
WED 15:00 Charles Dickens (b01b311m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00p8l36)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien - featuring Little Wolf's Book of Badness, Stanley, Flat Again and After the Hurricane.
WED 17:00 Brothers in Law (b007k25g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jrl9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jnzy)
Earthsearch II
Sundeath
On an abandoned artificial sun, the crew of Challenger probes the computer in charge.
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama is a gripping sequel to his original Earthsearch.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Solaria ...... Pauline Letts
Elkeran ...... Nicholas Courtney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Halsten ...... David McAlister
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1982.
WED 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jw0b)
Episode 7
Dick witnesses Roger trying to alert Otto of an ambush, and Magnus warns Dick to stay off the drug. Read by Julian Wadham.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Foul Play (b007jqsh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7qkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
WED 21:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cqdwd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007jz06)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008yszx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Hair in the Gate (b007k4dv)
Series 1
Episode 6
The TV arts show goes to the opera, but can Camilla find love before the fat lady sings? With Harriet Thorpe. From October 1993.
WED 23:00 Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop (b008wfjz)
Episode 3
The manly world of Steve 'not the snooker player' Davis, Victor Wood and The Big Fat Chef. With Dave Lamb. From June 2000.
WED 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jr0v)
Series 3
The Masterson Bunch
Suffragettes split the Masterson family, sparking drama at the races.
The award-winning improvised historical family saga based entirely on audience suggestions.
Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin.
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.
THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER 2009
THU 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jnzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jw0b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7qkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cqdwd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007jz06)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Charles Dickens (b01b311m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jppg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yrvs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00p8l34)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00cl7lz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 10/12/2009 (b00p92xr)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jlfp)
Series 5
The Phantom Head Shaver
As baldness breaks out in Brighton, is there a connection to a glut of cheap tobacco
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1954.
THU 08:30 Mark Tavener - In the Red (b007jzh9)
Episode 1
London is plagued by a series of bizarre murders of bank managers.
Hot on the trail of the killer are an old-style Chief Police Inspector and BBC Radio's anarchic crime correspondent, George Cragge.
A blackly humorous murder mystery set in the world of City finance, the BBC and political parties starring Michael Williams.
Dramatised in seven-parts by Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham from Mark Tavener's novel.
George Cragge ...... Michael Williams
Frank Jefferson ...... Barry Foster
Geoffrey Crichton-Potter ...... Stephen Moore
Henry ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Max ...... Peter Woodthorpe
Dominic De'ath ...... Benjamin Whitrow
With Nicholas Le Prevost, Peter Serafinowicz, Eva Stuart, Susie Brann, Alice Arnold, David Antrobus and Annabel Mullion.
Music by Tony McAnaney.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995.
THU 09:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3l9)
Series 3
Abraham's Brother
A faded photograph and a private film show spell trouble for Abraham.
Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd
Barnie ...... Harry Towb
Charlie ...... John Cater
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.
THU 09:30 The Brothers (b00p92xt)
Series 2
Episode 6
Peter, Nigel and Michael make mistakes and promises. Stars Raymond Coulthard, Adam Godley and James Fleet. From November 2005.
THU 10:00 Charles Dickens (b01b3clm)
Little Dorrit
Episode 4
The newly wealthy Dorrits set off on a tour of Europe but Little Dorrit is homesick.
Fanny finds a suitor and William is gratified by the attentions of the banker, Mr Merdle.
Charles Dickens's masterpiece of social satire and imprisonment dramatised by Doug Lucie.
Starring Sir Ian McKellen as Charles Dickens.
Recorded on location in London.
Charles Dickens ...... Ian McKellen
Arthur Clennam ...... Julian Wadham
Mrs Clennam ...... Margaret Tyzack
William Dorrit ...... John Wood
Little Dorrit ...... Jasmine Hyde
Mr Merdle ...... Kenneth Cranham
Mrs Merdle ...... Jennie Stoller
Fanny Dorrit ...... Indira Varma
Flora Finching ...... Sophie Thompson
Frederick Dorrit ...... Peter Tuddenham
John Chivery ...... Ben Crowe
Tip Dorritt ...... Kenny Blyth
Flintwinch ...... Ioan Meredith
Mr Pancks ...... Philip Joseph
Mr Doyce ...... Jonathan Keeble
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Music by Mia Soteriou
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
THU 11:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cql2l)
The Longing
Emma's memory of young solicitor Leon becomes the core of her despair.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Monsieur L'Heureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Felicite ...... Sarah Jayne Hallworth
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
THU 11:15 John Mortimer's Life, Love and the Law (b0075s4z)
The novelist, playwright, QC and Rumpole creator entertains an audience with his favourite readings, poems and reminiscences.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jlfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 We've Been Here Before (b00g1rsp)
Series 2
Episode 4
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.
Nick Revell and Gyles Brandreth battle it out against Helen Atkinson-Wood and John O'Farrell.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
THU 13:00 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 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8km5)
Episode 4
Dubbed Captain Clegg, the swashbuckling hero wins renown as the most feared of pirates. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
THU 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jppy)
Keeping Healthy
From boils to smallpox - Katie Hickman reveals how the wives of British diplomats battled with medical matters abroad.
THU 14:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yt3x)
Episode 4
In late summer, the queen ants must establish new colonies - sparking the start of insect warfare. Peter France investigates.
THU 14:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00p92xw)
Episode 4
With the police investigating the University mystery - will they turn their attentions to student Mike? Read by Douglas Hodge.
THU 14:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00cl6vg)
Episode 4
Recalling the birth of his famous comedy creation, Reginald Iolanthe Perrin - writer David Nobbs reads from his autobiography.
THU 15:00 Charles Dickens (b01b3clm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00p92xy)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien - featuring Little Wolf's Book of Badness, Stanley, Flat Again and Sarsaparilla.
THU 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3l9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 The Brothers (b00p92xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp0y)
Earthsearch II
Supermass
With the Angel computers weakened, the starship Challenger is plunging into a black hole.
The continuation of James Follett's ten-part cult sci-fi drama.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Theros ...... John Warner
S.A.7 ...... Spencer Banks
George ...... Stephen Garllick
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1982.
THU 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4tb)
Episode 8
Magnus fails to disembark, so Dick realises that he got off the train earlier. But there's a discovery. Read by Julian Wadham.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jlfp)
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THU 19:30 We've Been Here Before (b00g1rsp)
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THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p)
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13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8km5)
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13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cql2l)
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THU 21:15 John Mortimer's Life, Love and the Law (b0075s4z)
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THU 22:00 Mark Tavener - In the Red (b007jzh9)
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THU 22:30 Little Britain (b008h569)
Series 1
Episode 3
Back where it started out - Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit, without the cameras. From March 2001.
THU 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b00h4lnd)
Series 3
Episode 6
Life and Death prove to be very close neighbours for the staff in the mortuary. Stars Peter Davison. From March 2006.
THU 23:30 Mark Tavener - Absolute Power (b007nf8w)
Series 1
Episode 2
Prentis McCabe - the machiavellian doctors of spin - attempt the impossible.
Can they relaunch The Sun newspaper as the beacon of the pro Euro movement while retaining the newspaper's traditional readership nurtured on a healthy diet of extreme xenophobia?
Mark Tavener's comedy about the two specialists in government and media relations.
Starring Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss and John Bird as Martin McCabe.
With:
Tony Gardner
Siobhan Hayes
Roger Blake
Neil McCaul
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.
FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2009
FRI 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4tb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8km5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cql2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 John Mortimer's Life, Love and the Law (b0075s4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Charles Dickens (b01b3clm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jppy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yt3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00p92xw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00cl6vg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 11/12/2009 (b00p9352)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00bqv41)
Series 1
Episode 5
On the menu - struggling restauranteurs, Gaston and Jacque - and the tale of orphan Oliver Stick who asks for more...
Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and announcer, Douglas Smith.
After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.
Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Myles Rudge
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1969.
FRI 08:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jrwc)
Series 1
The Heinrich Manoeuvre
Robin and Wendy are a childless couple with an unhealthy obsession with Mayfield - a model village they’ve built that’s now the centre of their lives.
Written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall.
Robin ...... Simon Greenall
Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Maureen ...... Debra Stephenson
Derek ...... Phil Cornwell
Heinrich ...... Tony Gardner
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
FRI 09:00 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (b00p9354)
The Offer
The original 1962 script that sparked the triumphant Steptoe and Son. Stars Freddie Jones and John Thomson. From January 1999.
FRI 09:30 Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf (b007scym)
Episode 1
Whovian Toby Hadoke's comic TARDIS odyssey through the ups and downs of a TV legend. With Colin Baker. From July 2007.
FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens (b01b3fqd)
Little Dorrit
Episode 5
After her father's death Little Dorrit is still in Italy when the newly-married Fanny has a strange visit from Mr Merdle.
Arthur is struck by disaster and Mrs Clennam is forced to reveal the family secret at last.
Conclusion of Charles Dickens's masterpiece of social satire and imprisonment.
Starring Sir Ian McKellen as Charles Dickens.
Recorded on location in London.
Charles Dickens ...... Ian McKellen
Arthur Clennam ...... Julian Wadham
Mrs Clennam ...... Margaret Tyzack
Little Dorrit ...... Jasmine Hyde
Fanny Dorrit ...... Indira Varma
John Chivery ...... Ben Crowe
Flintwinch ...... Ioan Meredith
Mr Pancks ...... Philip Joseph
Mr Doyce ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mr Merdle ...... Kenneth Cranham
Chivery ...... Gordon Reid
Dramatised by Doug Lucie.
Music by Mia Soteriou
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
FRI 11:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cqzj4)
The Temptation
Emma meets wealthy land owner Rodolphe Boulanger, and succumbs to temptation...
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Madame Lefrancois ...... Siobhan Finneran
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
FRI 11:15 Robert Nye - Mrs Shakespeare (b007jxb4)
The Bard's shrewd wife reveals how he left her his second-best bed. Stars Maggie Steed and Kenneth Cranham.
FRI 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b00bqv41)
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08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Whispers (b00cbszf)
Series 2
Episode 6
Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz show with scandal on its mind and slander at its heart.
Charles Collingwood and Simon Fanshawe join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
FRI 13:00 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 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8yxp)
Episode 5
The swashbuckling daredevil returns to Kent - but makes a new enemy. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
FRI 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpqb)
Family Life
Juggling official duties with their home lives, Katie Hickman reveals how diplomats' wives still found time to walk the dog.
FRI 14:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yvk7)
Episode 5
Autumn brings ferocious storms for the wood ants, but hibernation beckons with the arrival of winter. Peter France investigates.
FRI 14:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pblz7)
Episode 5
Missing Jennifer is still very much in the thoughts of Mike Engleby, who gets a surprise visit. Read by Douglas Hodge.
FRI 14:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00cl496)
Episode 5
From Perrin and Pratt to 'Going Gently', writer David Nobbs concludes reading from his autobiography.
FRI 15:00 Charles Dickens (b01b3fqd)
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10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00pblz9)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien - featuring Little Wolf's Book of Badness, Stanley, Flat Again and No Trumpets Needed.
FRI 17:00 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (b00p9354)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf (b007scym)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp1d)
Earthsearch II
Deathship
Dragged into an artificial black hole, the crew of Challenger must face Spaceguard Six.
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Theros ...... John Warner
Kraken ...... Crawford Logan
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1982.
FRI 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4vj)
Episode 9
Wrestling with his guilt, Dick empties the laboratory of all evidence and sets off on a journey. Read by Julian Wadham.
FRI 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b00bqv41)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Whispers (b00cbszf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8yxp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cqzj4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Robert Nye - Mrs Shakespeare (b007jxb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jrwc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Flight of the Conchords (b00dnlkz)
The Fans Proposition
The Kiwi band face fan propositions
Improvised comedy from the satirical pop pair, as they align with established comics to poke fun at all aspects of pop music.
Rob Brydon narrates the musical odyssey..
Starring New Zealand musical comedy duo, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.
With:
Rhys Darby
Nina Conti
Neil Finn
Jimmy Carr
Additional Material by Joel Morris.
Musicians: David Catlin-Birch and Mark Allis.
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2005.
FRI 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b007vd6t)
Series 1
Pulp Non-Fiction
The Berkhamsted author's 'sideways look at celebrity pets' is soaring up the ratings.
Welcome to the world of Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail.
He may have only one pair of trousers and a seven-figure Amazon sales ranking, but no writer knows more about freeloading than Ed Reardon.
Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon.
Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
Featuring:
Stephanie Cole
John Fortune
Sally Grace
Sally Hawkins
Mel Hudson
Martin Hyder
Emma Kennedy
Rita May
Geoffrey McGivern
Dan Tetsell
Alice Lowe
Vicki Pepperdine
Geoffrey Whitehead
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005
FRI 23:30 The 99p Challenge (b007js7q)
Series 3
Episode 3
Crazy panel show capers as host Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, Armando Iannucci, Ben Moor and Nick Frost.
The game where someone stands to leave the studio 99p richer than when they came in.
Written by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley.
Producer: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.