Young orphan Pip makes the acquaintance of Miss Havisham and the haughty Estella. Stars Maggie Steed and Geraldine McEwan.
A favour for Miss Thorpe sets off a chain of very fishy events. Stephen Fry reads the adventures of the mischievous schoolboy.
With money tight, the three orphans are educated at home and begin to develop their natural skills. Read by Harriet Walter.
The Lad is longing to sample life across the English Channel, but Sid's got other ideas.
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.
Struggling actor Alan has a date with an X-rated actress, whilst Peruvian Flu strikes at the Gazette.
Alan Davies stars in his own sitcom.
Written by Ben Silburn, Tony Roche and Alan Davies.
Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona
With Debra Stephenson and Kevin Eldon.
Faith nurses poorly Bill, but he's in for a nasty surprise...
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.
Staring Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam.
Series one of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham
Liza ...... ,Belinda Lang
Alex ...... John Samson
Treadwell ...... Richard Tate
Richard ...... John Moffatt
Rosie Burns and company find themselves involved in the relaunch of a radio station...and of an old disc jockey's career.
Another assignment for Rosie Burns and the event management company, where the clients are only part of the problem...
Rosie ..... Prunella Scales
Jo ..... Rebecca Callard
Bob ..... Duncan Preston
Tess ..... Annette Badland
Brad Marshall ..... Colin Stinton
Kenny Truman ..... Chris Emmett
Valerie Pilkington ..... Sheila Mitchell
Written and produced by Simon Brett.
Jane Austen's unlikely heroine Fanny Price is plucked from her impoverished family and brought up by her wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park.
Classic tale dramatised in three parts by Elizabeth Proud.
Jane Austen …. Hannah Gordon
Fanny …. Amanda Root
Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams
Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire
Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister
Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson
Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher
Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott
Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Christian McKay, Jill Heartfield, Audrey Douglas and Katharine Gittings.
Satan spies Adam and Eve for the first time and eavesdrops as they talk. Stars Ian McDiarmid, Linus Roache and Federay Holmes.
Burglary and violent death among the Surrey gentry, as the sleuth tries to convalesce from over-work. Starring Clive Merrison.
Tommy has big celebration plans for Sheila, but then Lewis gets involved.
30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are back in the big time.
June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star in Mike Coleman's sitcom.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Edward Halstead, Paul Rogan and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
Music by Frido Ruth.
The suave amateur detective confronts theatre impresario Rupert Dreisler - and fears for his wife Steve.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
An aristocratic scandal erupts after Lord Peter's Wimsey's brother, the Duke of Denver, is arrested for murder...
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Bunter, James Villiers as the Duke of Denver, Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, James Thomason as the Coroner, Maria Aitken as Lady Mary Wimsey, Nigel Lambert as Freddie Arbuthnot, Betty Cardno as Miss Cathcart, Bill Wallis as Pettigrew and Sean Arnold as Cooper.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.
Producer: Simon Brett.
The Space Force crew make a discovery in Egypt - while stowaways are reported on the Mars-bound ship.
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard, Bernard Brown and Mia Soteriou.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
The Doctor comes up with the solution to defeat the seemingly indestructible foe. But will he stick around? Read by Tom Baker.
Philip Toosey's war efforts are recognised by his men, royalty and a former high-ranking adversary. Read by Anton Lesser.
The police pay a visit to Barnaby, who finally takes action over the repayment of his debts. Read by William Hope.
Struggling with his French mountain adventure, Robert Louis Stevenson approaches a monastery at nightfall. Read by Alan Cumming.
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring Pure Dead Magic, The Beast of Ballodan and No Flinch Lynch.
About to be shot by Mexican bandits, the comedian's life flashes before his eyes. With Alexander Armstrong. From October 1999.
Love is in the air at Masala FM as their first wedding resulting from Khalid's matrimonial phone-in looms.
Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.
Music by Nitin Sawhney.
Phil works and Sarah's a mum at home, but then she's offered a job. Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin.
THURSDAY 15 APRIL 2010
THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Doctor Who (b00rzs6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jzjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Wimsey (b007jvk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00rzrkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm66)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jr87)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx1p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Smelling of Roses (b00f86x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (b00s09rj)
Episode 3
As Pip grows older, his prospects slowly improve. But Estella remains proud. Stars Maggie Steed and Douglas Hodge.
THU 05:30 Anthony Buckeridge - Jennings Again! (b00s0d4w)
Underground
On a trip to London, Jennings is forced to turn detective. Stephen Fry reads the adventures of the mischievous schoolboy.
THU 05:45 Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes (b00s0bj4)
Episode 4
Pauline's dream of becoming a star comes true as she makes her stage debut. But what about Petrova? Read by Harriet Walter.
THU 06:00 15/04/2010 (b00s09rl)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jn48)
Series 6
The Jet-Propelled Guided Naafi
Grytpype and Moriarty set out to steal the plans for a secret new weapon.
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 January 1956.
THU 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.
THU 09:00 Up the Garden Path (b00898sz)
Series 2
Love's Labours
As her holiday in Wales comes to an end, Izzy argues with her fiance Charles.
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.
An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Charles ...... David Robb
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Bill ...... Neil McCaul
Louise ...... Phyllida Nash
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1988.
THU 09:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b008hgpz)
Series 3
Episode 5
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel takes on an amusement arcade.
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 Ravelli …. Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.
THU 10:00 Jane Austen (b007jrc2)
Mansfield Park
Mr Crawford Changes Tack
The Crawfords cause confusion for Fanny Price, and her brother William returns.
Jane Austen’s classic tale dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
CAST:
Jen Austen …. Hannah Gordon
Fanny …. Amanda Root
Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams
Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire
Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister
Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson
Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher
Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott
Tom Bertram …. Kim Wall
Maria Bertram …. Cathy Sara
Julia Bertram …. Tracy Wiles
Mr Rushworth …. Michael Onslow
Mr Yates …. Malcolm McKee
Mrs Grant …. Sharon Bayliss
William Price …. Richard Curnow
Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Christian McKay, Jill Heartfield, Audrey Douglas and Katharine Gittings.
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
THU 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s09rn)
Episode 14
The Angel Gabriel warns Uriel that an evil spirit has entered Paradise. Stars Ian McDiarmid and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
THU 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm6p)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Crooked Man
The sleuth investigates an officer's death, with the regimental honour of the Royal Mallows at stake. Stars Clive Merrison.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jn48)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s09rq)
Series 3
5/13
Revealing secrets of radio audience research - plus the rhubarb tart song.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by John Esmond and Bob Larbey, Graeme Garden, Alan Hutchison 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, Bill Oddie and John Cleese.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1966.
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jzkx)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
A Surprise for Pete Roberts
The death toll mounts - as the suave private detective journeys to an island on the River Thames.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
THU 13:30 Wimsey (b007jvk4)
Clouds of Witness
Mudstains and Bloodstains
The Duke of Denver stands accused of the murder of Captain Dennis Cathcart.
His brother, Lord Peter Wimsey desperately hunts for remaining clues at the scene of the shooting - Riddlesdale Lodge in Yorkshire
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Bunter, Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, Nigel Lambert as Freddie Arbuthnot, Bill Wallis as Pettigrew-Robinson, Miriam Margolyes as Mrs Hardraw and Betty Cardno as the Duchess of Denver.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.
THU 14:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4v)
Series 2
The Great Martian Pyramid
Landing on Mars, the Space Force crew start explorations - but find their welcome is far from warm.
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard and Bernard Brown.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1985.
THU 14:30 Doctor Who (b00s09rv)
The Brain of Morbius
Episode 1
The Time Lord and Sarah find themselves in a spaceship graveyard where a local searches for unusual spares. Read by Tom Baker.
THU 15:00 Shoot from the Hip - The World's Coolest Camera (b0076xhf)
Lucy Ash discovers how in the digital age, the world still loves a Soviet Union relic - the low-spec Lomo Camera. From 2006.
THU 15:15 Letter from America by Alistair Cooke (b008f8b8)
French forces in Afghanistan, November 2001
The coincidences between the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy. Plus, the UN debate on war with Afghanistan.
THU 15:30 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmfc)
Episode 9
Mrs Glynn calls, and Barnaby discovers that settling his family debts is no straightforward matter. Read by William Hope.
THU 15:45 Travels With a Donkey (b00cc0qq)
Our Ladies of the Snows
Robert Louis Stevenson samples French monastic life, as fellow visitors attempt to convert his religion. Read by Alan Cumming.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00s09rz)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring Pure Dead Magic, The Beast of Ballodan and No Flinch Lynch.
THU 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b00898sz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b008hgpz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 today]
THU 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s09rv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 today]
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jn48)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s09rq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jzkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Wimsey (b007jvk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s09rn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 In the Balance (b007k2gf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (b00s09s1)
Sir Henry Entertains
The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity.
Written by and starring Viv Stanshall.
Contains edits of original John Peel sessions first heard on BBC Radio 1.
Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using additional musicians.
Producer: John Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.
THU 22:45 Ivor Cutler - A Wet Handle (b00cgss2)
Episode 1
'I Am a Yellow Fly' and the tale of a greasy button.
Songs, stories and poems from humourist Ivor Cutler, with Craig Murray-Orr, Dylan Edwards and Beverley Crew.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 1997.
THU 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007szvj)
Series 2
Plays
Heraclitus' chance to escape Athens could expose Xanthippe to scorn and ridicule. Stars Stephen Moore. From March 2002.
THU 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? (b00s09s3)
Series 1
Dog Eat Dog
Underachiever Giles hits on a money-making scam, while the DSS worries Judith. Stars Richard E Grant. From January 1995.
FRIDAY 16 APRIL 2010
FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s09rv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jzkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Wimsey (b007jvk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s09rn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jrc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Up the Garden Path (b00898sz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b008hgpz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (b007jsmz)
Episode 4
Pip gains a mysterious new benefactor, while his sister is assaulted. Stars Jim Carter and Maggie Steed.
FRI 05:30 Anthony Buckeridge - Jennings Again! (b007jt4y)
Photo Finish
A tree planting leads to an unusual school photograph. Stephen Fry concludes the adventures of the mischievous schoolboy.
FRI 05:45 Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes (b00s2ykw)
Episode 5
Petrova's automotive dream comes true whilst Pauline attends her first audition, for the role of Alice. Read by Harriet Walter.
FRI 06:00 16/04/2010 (b00s0bj6)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00s0bj8)
Series 2
Episode 9
Changing the lodger - and is marriage all wedded bliss?
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 Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer.
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1970.
FRI 08:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007s5ds)
Series 1
Vanessa Feltz
Sheffield's aspiring singer-songwriter takes to the airwaves once more from his very own his front room!
Aided by his producer (and sole agent) Ken Worthington, and his hard-to-please wife Mary, the inimitable John Shuttleworth presents celebrity interviews, dodgy keyboard music, and even dodgier jingles.
Can special guest Vanessa Feltz help sort out a tricky domestic problem between him and Mary?
With Boothby Graffoe.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producers: Paul Schlesinger and Martin Willis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.
FRI 09:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jq9s)
Episode 1
Landlord Jack gets an offer from his daughter Nicola to help run his pub when she comes home for Christmas, but his reaction is not what she's expecting...
Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Simon Greenall as Andy and Toby Longworth as Various.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
FRI 09:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008klgb)
Up the Pole
When Harold Perkins befriends the Carnival Queen, the workmates plot a little sabotage.
Six anarchic tales from those demob days “when we was going to build the new Jerusalem - you know, before the world turned lax and sour”.
Stars Norman Rossington as Big Jim, Roland Curram as Harold Perkins, Harold Goodwin as Old Ned, David John as Nimrod, Sylvester McCoy as Turps, David Beckett as Chick, Steven Harrold as Harry and Carol Hawkins as Miss James.
Narrated by Bernard Cribbins.
Written by Ted Walker.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1987.
FRI 10:00 Jane Austen (b007jrff)
Mansfield Park
Portsmouth and After
Both Fanny and Tom face disappointment and hope in equal measure.
Conclusion of Jane Austen’s classic tale dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
CAST:
Jane Austen …. Hannah Gordon
Fanny …. Amanda Root
Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams
Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire
Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister
Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson
Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher
Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott
Tom Bertram …. Kim Wall
William Price …. Richard Curnow
Mrs Price …. Sunny Ormonde
Mr Price …. Terry Molloy
Susan price …. Katherine Mount
Rebecca …. Anne-Marie Francis
Price children: Tim Black, Stephanie Luxton, Zoe Ganjavi and Richard Ganjavi.
Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Christian McKay, Jill Heartfield, Audrey Douglas and Katharine Gittings.
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
FRI 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s0bjb)
Episode 15
As Adam and Eve rest unaware, their guardian angels apprehend Satan. Stars Ian McDiarmid, Julian Rhind-Tutt and David Holt.
FRI 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm75)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Resident Patient
A doctor calls on the sleuth, after the mystery death of his landlord - and the arrival of some Russians. Stars Clive Merrison.
FRI 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b00s0bj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b00fklbj)
The Holiday Prize
The dear ladies squabble over a holiday - and the milkman. Starring Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket.
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jznh)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
Home Again
A murder on a lonely island - as the suave amateur detective spots a clue pointing to Paris.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
FRI 13:30 Wimsey (b007jvk7)
Clouds of Witness
The Diamond Cat
Who is the mysterious "number 10" and what connects him to the beautiful Mrs Grimethorpe?
With his brother accused of shooting Captain Dennis Cathcart, Lord Peter Wimsey continues his murder investigation, as the family barrister arrives in Yorkshire to discuss the case...
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Bunter, Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, Maria Aitken as Lady Mary Wimsey, Brian Oulton as Sir Impey Biggs, Bill Wallis as Grimethorpe, Elizabeth Proud as Mrs Grimethorpe, David Sinclair as the Servant and Bonnie Hurren as Lucy Grimethorpe.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.
FRI 14:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn58)
Series 2
A Test of Endurance
Held captive in an underground city on Mars, the Space Force crew are set to learn their fate...
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard and Bernard Brown.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1985.
FRI 14:30 Doctor Who (b00s0bjd)
The Brain of Morbius
Episode 2
The time travellers meet a sinister micro-surgeon and their arrival on the planet disturbs an ancient cult. Read by Tom Baker.
FRI 15:00 Clive James: Falling Towards England (b00n46wr)
Soft Landing
The author and broadcaster reads from volume two of his memoirs, recalling his 1962 arrival in England by boat from Australia.
FRI 15:15 Letter from America by Alistair Cooke (b0089kdd)
Television in America, 1951
How a new daily diet of television in America is changing people's lives, as reported by Alistair Cooke.
FRI 15:30 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmfv)
Episode 10
Money matters come to a head between Sofia and Barnaby, whose thoughts return to the 'Gaitlin Angel'. Read by William Hope.
FRI 15:45 Travels With a Donkey (b00cblbn)
A Night Among the Pines
There's donkey trouble and no women around for Robert Louis Stevenson on his French mountain adventure. Read by Alan Cumming.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00s0bjg)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring Pure Dead Magic, Only Gilt and No Flinch Lynch.
FRI 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jq9s)
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FRI 17:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008klgb)
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FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn58)
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FRI 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s0bjd)
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FRI 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b00s0bj8)
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FRI 19:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b00fklbj)
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FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jznh)
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FRI 20:30 Wimsey (b007jvk7)
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FRI 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s0bjb)
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FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm75)
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FRI 22:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007s5ds)
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FRI 22:30 Delve Special (b007jmm8)
Series 3
Food for Thought
There’s alarm over a new chemical additive for food.
Reporter David Lander investigates the worrying impact of N7Q.
Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.
Studio production by Mark Arden, Julia Hills and Harry Hill.
Dramatic reconstructions by Jack Klaff, Robert Bathurst and Felicity Montagu.
Researched by Tony Sarchet.
Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer
Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1986.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b008m4f8)
Series 1
Introduction
Fed up with eternity, Satan decides Hell needs some new guests.
"I'm bored of skiing across the lake of fire with a nun lashed to each foot. That's the trouble with eternity - it's so hard to set yourself targets."
The opening episode of Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell
Other characters played by Philip Pope, Penelope Nice and Jasper Jacob.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
FRI 23:30 Ectoplasm (b007vgvc)
The Curse of Tutancommon
Lord Zimbabwe travels back to Ancient Egypt to uncover the mystery of the tackiest of the Pharoahs whose untimely death has unleashed an evil curse.
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero’s four-part comedy about the exploits of Lord Zimbabwe, occultist and adventurer.
Lord Zimbabwe ...... Nick Romero
Dr Lilac ...... Dan Freedman
Theremin ...... Peter Donaldson
Professor Cockcroft ...... Sophie Aldred
Other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.