Bill Nighy stars as Archie Rice, a seedy third-rate comic in a tatty twice-nightly seaside show.
Set in the 1950s, Archie's tragedy mirrors not only a dying music hall, but a dying era, symbolic of the decline of post-war Britain. John Osborne's potent drama was first produced on stage in 1957.
With David Bradley as Billy Rice, Cheryl Campbell as Phoebe Rice, Sarah-Jane Holm as Jean Rice and Bertie Carvel as Frank Rice.
Music directed by Colin Sell with percussionist: Paul Girbow and trumpeter: Phil Revens.
Adapted by John Foley.
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of stories featuring Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson, read by Stacey Sampson.
Psychological drama about an order of idealistic nuns sent to establish a remote Himalayan mission. Stars Emma Fielding.
The Davenport family's boat fails to come in, in more ways than one. A French story adapted to an Irish setting.
Now that Nancy has fallen in love with Roland from the Ministry of Whatsisname, she doesn't like to remember what happened with Winston under the old beech tree at Winterleaf Gunner...
Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William.
The broadcaster talks about his journey from class clown to host of 'Sale of the Century' and 'Just a Minute'.
Ted and Kitty bicker over too much toothpaste, plus news of a curious will.
Starring Ted Ray.
With Kitty Bluett, Peter Sellers, Patricia Hayes, Fred Yule and Leslie Perrins.
Ray's A Laugh - the successor to ITMA - follows the comedy exploits of Ted's life at home with his 'radio' wife Kitty, as well as in a variety of jobs. It ran from 1949-1961.
Scripted by Eddie Maguire and Ted Ray.
Music from Bob and Alf Pearson and The Beaux and The Belles.
BBC Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black.
The cheeky youngster is due to be a page boy, but he's not keen on his satin outfit. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From December 1968.
Major Kovalyov's nose vanishes and reappears in St Petersburg disguised as a councillor. With Stephen Moore. From April 2002.
What goes up in the glasnost era, must come down - but where is subject to negotiation. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From March 1988.
A day in the life of a former variety star, includes a disastrous book signing. Stars Steve Delaney. From December 2005.
What do shipwrecked objects have in common? The late Caron Keating features in the cosmic comedy of connections. From June 1995.
The cartoonist searches for the secret meaning of life, said to be written on a sausage. Stars Paul McCrink. From March 2003.
Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over the latest news events. From 4 June 2010.
The Time Lord is forced down into Gestapo-run Paris, where he meets 'The Most Assassinated Man in the World'. Stars Paul McGann.
Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale set in discrete suburbia - home to medium and clairvoyant, Griselda Thorpe and her older sister Edie. And it is to their genteel house that Henry Jollit comes in search of a preview of eternity...
Written by William Ingram.
Griselda Thorpe …. Dilys Laye
Henry Jollit …. Norman Bird
Music by Derek Price.
Midfield maestro Ricky Lenin's new economic policy kicks in at Felchester Rovers football club.
Starring Alexei Sayle as Ricky Lenin, Keith Allen as Terry Trotsky, Andrew McClean as Stevie Stalin, Tony Alias as Des Frankly and Ballard Berkeley as the Colonel.
Legendary BBC football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme is Frank Lee Brian.
Written by Marcus Berkmann.
Producer: Harry Thompson.
Sports agent Trevor Heslop has to grapple with a Buddhist and a specially-trained bear. Stars Neil Pearson. From August 2004. Episode 3 of 6.
BBC Radio 7's showcase for up-and-coming comedy writer/performers. Features Jack Bernhardt and Katy Cavanagh. From November 2007.
A baby's first words and a spooky hunt for ghosts. Crazy sketch comedy with Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig. From February 2007.
MONDAY 14 JUNE 2010
MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b00sqh1x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Price of Fear (b007jmqz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 John Osborne - The Entertainer (b007k2ll)
[Repeat of broadcast at
02:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sqh1z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sqh21)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sqh23)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sqh25)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:15 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sqhrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:15 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 The News Quiz (b00sqhc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Time Hops (b007k1mt)
Once Upon a Time
A screwball scientist mouse escapes from the future to 1994 and enlists the help of three children to save the planet.
A five-part comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Dax O'Callaghan as Max, Bradley Lavelle as Harley, Ian Masters as Norton, Margaret John as Mrs Miller, Gavin Muir as Scarrion and Oliver Senton as Scab.
Music by Richard Attree.
Producer: Nandita Ghose
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
MON 05:30 Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians (b00sqksf)
Episode 3
Anxious parents Pongo and Missus set out to find their puppies stolen by the evil Cruella de Vil. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
MON 05:45 Just William (b007jqsc)
Series 3
William and the Real Laurence
A change of identity sends the mischievous schoolboy into unexpected quarantine. Martin Jarvis reads Richmal Crompton's story.
MON 06:00 14/06/2010 (b00sqksh)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jq38)
Series 3
The Great White Hunter
Captain Mainwaring causes chaos tracking down Walker's purloined silk parachute.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1976.
MON 08:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nw3x9)
The Mysterious Portrait
Chertkoff is St Petersburg's most high-minded young artist, until he makes a pact with the devil. With Stephen Moore. From April 2002.
MON 09:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jx9k)
Series 1
The Birthday Present
Busy writing his new crime novel, Gerald doesn't want to be disturbed - but Diana has other ideas...
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author written by Basil Boothroyd.
Starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife and more successful writer, Diana.
With Michael McClain
The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter ran from 1976 to 1981
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976.
MON 09:30 Capital Gains (b00sqlnp)
Series 2
Political Capital
At last Julius Hutch has the answer, but is it too late? If a desperate mission succeeds, Julius can make his first speech in Parliament...
Starring Peter Jones as Julius Hutch.
With Celestine Randall as Pauline Hutch, Justine Midda as Kate, Jeffrey Wickham as Sexton Lewis, Stephen Thorne as Sir Gainford Blounty, Jillie Meers as Dahlia Sprout, Collin Johnson as Haiku, Hugh Dickson as the Colonel, Toni G Barry as Liz Dangerfield and Brian Perkins as Himself.
Scripted by Collin Johnson.
Producers: Andy Jordan and David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.
MON 10:00 Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (b007vgg2)
Episode 6
Franklin Blake takes extreme action to try and induce himself into stealing the precious gem once more. Stars John Sharp.
MON 11:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00sqx9c)
Episode 1
In her squalid L-shaped bedsit, Jane has to overcome both her own prejudices and those of 1950s society against her.
Lynne Reid Banks' ground-breaking story of middle-class Jane, pregnant and unmarried, has remained in print ever since it was first published in 1960.
Stars Lynne Seymour as Jane, Richard Mitchley as Dr Graham, Marie Gordon-Price as Mavis, Nickie Rainsford as Doris, Bill Wallis as Father,
Simon Armstrong as James, John Rowe as Dr Maxwell, Rachel Atkins as Jane 2, Trevor Laird as John and John McAndrew as Toby.
Producer: Alison Hindell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
MON 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4c6)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1
The Saviour of Cripplegate Square
The sleuth recalls the case of an extraordinary man helping to solve a diabolical crime. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs.
MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jq38)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlb0)
Series 2
Pilgrim's Progress
Old soldier Albert is eager to revisit the World War One battlefields of Flanders, but Harold's in the mood to mock.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1967.
MON 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzky)
The Nine Tailors
5 A Question of Identity
Following his trip to France, Lord Peter Wimsey takes a step closer to identifying the killer.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Alistair Beaton.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Rev Theodore Venables …. Phillip Latham
Supt Blundell …. Timothy Bateson
Mrs Venables …. Noel Dyson
Nobby Cranton …. Stephen Greiff
Emily …. Jenny Twigg
Potty Peak …. Anthony Hyde
Donnington …. John Church
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980.
MON 13:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm2f)
Evil Under the Sun
Episode 1
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot allows himself to be tempted by an English summer holiday at the seaside.
But he soon senses the presence of evil on Smugglers' Island...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot
From the book first published in 1941 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Carrie Gardener …. Wendy Craig
Odell Gardener …. John Rowe
Miss Brewster …. Joan Littlewood
Rev Stephen Lane …. Iwan Thomas
Christine Redfern …. Susannah Corbett
Patrick Redfern …. Iain Glen
Arlena Stuart/Marshall …. Fiona Fullerton
Rosamund Darnley …. Sabina Franklyn
Linda Marshall …. Lindsey Fawcett
Captain Kenneth Marshall …. Robin Ellis
Horace Blatt …. John Hartley
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
MON 14:00 Voyeurs and Visionaries (b0089hjs)
Episode 1
Francine Stock investigates the appeal of film stars and their effect on our lives. With Terence Stamp and Stephen Frears.
MON 14:30 Doctor Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag (b0089bws)
The Wife of a Hero
There's an outbreak of cup fever on the eve of Levenford United's semi-final against Glasgow Rangers, but Dr Finlay must cope with more serious sickness.
Sue Rodwell's six-part dramatisation of AJ Cronin's stories about the early years of the celebrated doctor.
Ready with his black bag, Dr Finlay sets out to remedy all manner of ailments suffered by his patients in the Scottish Highland town of Levenford.
Stars John Gordon Sinclair as Dr Finlay, Brian Pettifer as Dr Cameron, Katy Murphy as Janet, Irvine Allan as Ned Sutherland, Annie George as Jenny Sutherland, David McKail as Paxton, Sharon Small as Nurse Angus and Roddy Forsyth as the Match Commentator.
Producer: Jeremy Howe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
MON 15:00 Great Inspirations (b00b5qw0)
Lord Hattersley
The former Labour deputy leader talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for socialist thinker RH Tawney's vision of equality.
MON 15:15 You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like This (b00sr302)
Episode 1
Terence Blacker celebrates the outrageous life of Willie Donaldson, creator of the 'Henry Root letters'. Read by Stephen Boxer.
MON 15:30 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (b00sr304)
Episode 8
Margaret confronts Jim Dixon for leaving her at the summer ball and his response leaves her hysterical. Read by Martin Jarvis.
MON 15:45 Adventures in Science (b00b02hq)
Series 1
Volcanoes
Ben Silburn journeys to the magma-creating centre of the Earth, recalling how a volcanic eruption in Martinique killed 30,000 people.
MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sr306)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of stories, featuring Big George and the Seventh Knight by Eric Pringle, The Dream Travellers by Sherry Ashworth, and Katie Milk by Annie Caulfield.
MON 17:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jx9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 17:30 Capital Gains (b00sqlnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
MON 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4lg)
The Seeds of Creation
Ralph Exon - working for an international fertiliser corporation - has created a new strain of plant: a mutation which he hopes will bring relief to the famine-ridden countries of the world.
It's an innocent-looking plant. But in that plant, known as the Exon strain, there also lurks the Destruction Factor...
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller in six-parts starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Ralph Exon ...... Clifford Rose
Balfour ...... Peter Wickham
Garrard ...... Rod Beacham
Ted Downes ...... Bruce Beeby
Kathy Downes ...... Joan Matheson
Milly ...... Karen Archer
Anne ...... Christine Absalom
Harriet ...... Debby Cumming
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
MON 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jw4p)
The Unusual Soiree
When young poet Gabriel Syme meets Lucien Gregory, he is introduced to a mysterious Edwardian London secret society.
Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.
Director: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in March 2005.
MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jq38)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzky)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
MON 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
MON 21:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00sqx9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nw3x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 22:30 On Baby Street (b00sr308)
Series 3
Episode 6
Robert and Lillian are horrified when Geraldine promotes her book on Woman's Hour. Stars Jenny Eclair and Frances Barber. From August 1998.
MON 23:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00c7923)
Series 1
Cookery Show
Reminiscences of an ex-variety star, who's cooking and drinking on a cable TV show. Stars Steve Delaney. From December 2005.
MON 23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fw5m7)
A Lot of Knowledge
The forgotten Thompson Twin reveals why rock 'n' roll can be a cruel mistress. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 2001.
MON 23:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00sr30b)
Series 2
Normal Things
Cartoonist Steven has a very removing experience when an expert de-clutters his house.
Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably describes as "insights into normal, everyday life".
With:
Rosalind Paul
Ewan Bailey
Nigel Betts
Rachel Atkins
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003
TUESDAY 15 JUNE 2010
TUE 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4lg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jw4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b007jzky)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00sqx9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (b007vgg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jx9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Capital Gains (b00sqlnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Time Hops (b007k1p3)
Killing Time
The chase is on as the children catapult further back in time and find themselves in deep water.
A five-part comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Derek Waring as the Captain, Natasha Pyne as the Librarian, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Dax O'Callaghan as Max, Bradley Lavelle as Harley, Ian Masters as Norton, Oliver Senton as Bert and Joshua Towb as Horatio.
Music by Richard Attree.
Producer: Nandita Ghose
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
TUE 05:30 Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians (b00srhlp)
Episode 4
Pongo and Missus enter Suffolk as they battle to find their stolen Dalmatian puppies. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
TUE 05:45 Just William (b007vkxz)
Series 3
The Outlaws and the Hidden Treasure
The mischievous schoolboy aims to get rich - with some help from Miss Peach's garden. Read by Martin Jarvis.
TUE 06:00 15/06/2010 (b00sr3vq)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b00cz5rd)
Scary tales of 'Javanese witchmen' - and Ron and Eth plan a romantic break in Belgium. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From March 1958.
TUE 08:30 The Long Hot Satsuma (b007jwxv)
Episode 1
The zesty Graeme Garden, Alison Steadman and Barry Cryer star in this citrus fruit of a sketch show. From May 1989.
TUE 09:00 After Henry (b007nf1y)
Series 4
Dependent Relatives
'I'm sorry, Mother. It's just that that's the fourth time you've said you're not feeling at all well in the last hour".
Sarah is missing her daughter Clare - and her mother Eleanor is still very irritating.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1989.
TUE 09:30 Bristow (b007s5dp)
Series 2
Mr Bristow Regrets
The Chester-Perry Dinner Dance is out of bounds to the buying clerk - until he falls in with Tom Paine, troublemaker...
Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the buying clerk from Frank Dickens' famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 41 years in London's Evening Standard.
Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Hickford ...... Roger Lloyd Pack
Tom ...... Jon Glover
Little Red ...... Simon Schatzberger
Miss Golightly ...... Lucy Akhurst
Miss Peach ...... Carol Starks
Music composed and performed by John Whitehall.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.
TUE 10:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00sr4hr)
Episode 1
In one of his most famous and personal novels, Dostoyevsky portrays the vivid inner life of Prince Myshkin, who has returned from years abroad spent trying to treat his epilepsy. It takes courage for him to reintroduce himself into Russian society. On the long rain journey home, he firsts learns the story of a woman who will dominate his life from now on.
Adapted by Melissa Murray.
Starring Paul Rhys as Prince Myshkin, Alex Jennings as Ganya, Roger Allam as Rogazhin, Lia Williams as Nastasya, David Swift as General Yepanchin and Paula Jacobs as Mrs Yepanchin,
Producer: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
TUE 11:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00sr4hp)
Episode 2
Single, pregnant Jane tries to make her bedsit a little more homely, and learns about Toby's writing. Stars Lynne Seymour and John McAndrew.
TUE 11:15 Peter Wolf - Ghost on the Moor (b00sr5qc)
Haunted by a painful break-up, moors recluse Graham begins an unexpected relationship. Romantic drama starring Robert Glenister.
TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b00cz5rd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lyst3)
Series 1
Episode 8
Vic Reeves hosts, as Alan Carr, Shappi Khorsandi, Ben Miller and Rowland Rivron answer audience questions. From August 2007.
TUE 13:00 Wimsey (b007jznj)
The Nine Tailors
6 A Damnable Business
Lord Peter Wimsey identifies the mystery body, but he's yet to name the killer.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Alistair Beaton.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Rev Theodore Venables …. Phillip Latham
Supt Blundell …. Timothy Bateson
Nobby Cranton …. Stephen Greiff
Will Thoday …. Keith Drinkell
Mary Thoday …. Claire Clifford
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980.
TUE 13:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm30)
Evil Under the Sun
Episode 2
When a glamorous American starlet is found strangled, the Belgian sleuth has a hotel full of suspects to investigate.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Colonel Weston …. George Baker
Carrie Gardener …. Wendy Craig
Odell Gardener …. John Rowe
Miss Brewster …. Joan Littlewood
Christine Redfern …. Susannah Corbett
Patrick Redfern …. Iain Glen
Arlena Stuart/Marshall …. Fiona Fullerton
Rosamund Darnley …. Sabina Franklyn
Linda Marshall …. Lindsey Fawcett
Captain Kenneth Marshall …. Robin Ellis
Inspector Colgate …. Gerrard McDermott
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
TUE 14:00 Voyeurs and Visionaries (b008cxtv)
Episode 2
Western films and the American Dream - Francine Stock examines the relationship between cinema and politics.
TUE 14:30 Doctor Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag (b0089kwf)
The Sisters Scobie
Finlay rashly decides he can cure both the crabby cohabiting Scobie sisters of flu and the fact that they haven't talked to each other for 15 years...
Sue Rodwell's six-part dramatisation of AJ Cronin's stories about the early years of the celebrated doctor.
Ready with his black bag, Dr Finlay sets out to remedy all manner of ailments suffered by his patients in the Scottish Highland town of Levenford.
Stars John Gordon Sinclair as Dr Finlay, Brian Pettifer as Dr Cameron, Katy Murphy as Janet, Jennifer Piercey as Beth Scobie, Muriel Barker as Annabelle Scobie, Sharon Small as Nurse Peggy Angus and Gordon Reid as John Angus.
Producer: Jeremy Howe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
TUE 15:00 Great Inspirations (b00b5vfp)
Lord Howe
The former foreign secretary talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for the political message of a GK Chesterton novel.
TUE 15:15 You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like This (b00srg4j)
Episode 2
Cambridge, then London - which means Emma Jane Crampton. Stephen Boxer reads Terence Blacker's celebration of William Donaldson.
TUE 15:30 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (b00srg4l)
Episode 9
To stop the formidable Mrs Welch catching him out, lecturer Jim must create a plausible diversion. Read by Martin Jarvis.
TUE 15:45 Adventures in Science (b00b0g3h)
Series 1
Fire in the Sky - Comets
Ben Silburn investigates the ocean-making power of the galaxy's 'dirty snowballs' from the mysterious Oort Cloud, beyond Pluto.
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00srg4n)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of stories, featuring Big George and the Seventh Knight by Eric Pringle, The Dream Travellers by Sherry Ashworth, and Katie Milk by Annie Caulfield.
TUE 17:00 After Henry (b007nf1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Bristow (b007s5dp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4mr)
The Devil's Harvest
As fires erupt - why is Ralph Exon's new plant strain mutation growing so rapidly?
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Ralph Exon ...... Clifford Rose
DI Balfour ...... Peter Wickham
Commander ...... Rod Beacham
Nurse ...... Joan Matheson
Voice in Climatorium ...... Jennifer Piercey
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
TUE 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jw50)
The Anarchists' Council
In an underground HQ, poet Gabriel Syme witnesses Lucien Gregory addressing the Central Anarchist Council.
Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.
Director: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in March 2005.
TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b00cz5rd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lyst3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b007jznj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm30)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00sr4hp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Peter Wolf - Ghost on the Moor (b00sr5qc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 The Long Hot Satsuma (b007jwxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Poets' Tree (b00srg4q)
Episode 4
Paul Hamilton looks at pop music's poetic merits plus a tribute to an unheralded genius. Stars Kevin Eldon. From April 2008.
TUE 22:45 Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies (b007jrm4)
Episode 4
From writing books to environmental damage.
Producer, writer and performer Armando Iannucci presents his own collection of humorous essays.
Compiled by Jenny Baynes.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.
TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00kfdtp)
Series 3
The Libel Action
As grumpy writer Ed updates obituaries, he produces a savage profile of an old friend.
The comical world of Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail.
Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon.
Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
Featuring:
John Fortune
Stephanie Cole
Geoffrey Whitehead
Rita May
Simon Greenall
Sally Hawkins
Philip Jackson
David Cann
Morwenna Banks
Alice Lowe
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
TUE 23:30 All the World's a Globe (b007jwt1)
5. The Male Nude and Charlton Heston
From St Francis to Buddhism
The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War.
Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.
Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.
With guest star Peter Barker.
With thanks to
Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.
TUE 23:45 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007r0c7)
Series 1
Lending Things
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
Adam Bloom explores what happens when you give something to someone and then ask for it back.
With stand-up reconstructions and help from Rob Rouse.
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003.
WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE 2010
WED 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4mr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jw50)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Wimsey (b007jznj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm30)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00sr4hp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Peter Wolf - Ghost on the Moor (b00sr5qc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00sr4hr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 After Henry (b007nf1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Bristow (b007s5dp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Time Hops (b007k1q8)
Time After Time
Steph stumbles on an unexpected part of the puzzle to help Eek's mission to change her planet's fate.
A five-part comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Natasha Pyne as the Librarian, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Bradley Lavelle as Harley, Ian Masters as Norton, Joshua Towb as Horatio, Margaret John as Mrs Miller, Neville Jason as the Robot and David Richard-Fox as the Bloke.
Music by Richard Attree.
Producer: Nandita Ghose
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
WED 05:30 Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians (b00srkfq)
Episode 5
With Cruella de Vil's arrival at Hell Hall, the rescue of the puppies becomes increasingly urgent. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
WED 05:45 Just William (b007jt0w)
Series 3
William and the Fairy Daffodil
The mischievous boy attempts to impress a girl by appearing in the school play. Martin Jarvis reads Richmal Crompton's story.
WED 06:00 16/06/2010 (b00srkfs)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k251)
Series 2
The Marrow Contest
The green-fingered lad takes on the authorities to save his pride and joy.
Starring Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Sidney James. Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams.
Announcer: 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 June 1955.
WED 08:30 The Party Line (b00srkfv)
Series 1
Episode 3
MP Duncan Stonebridge gets all wound up about a wind farm. Topical sitcom by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From June 2005.
WED 09:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfp1)
Series 2
Love and Hisses
Faith is worrying about money, when Bill gets an unexpected offer...
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Kelda Holmes as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe, Belinda Lang as Liza, Jo Kendall as Marjorie and Christopher Good as Richard.
Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off ‘Faith in the Future’.
Producer: Sioned Wiliam
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1989.
WED 09:30 No Commitments (b00srkfx)
Series 4
A Nip in the Air
When secretive Charlotte goes into hospital, sisters Anna and Victoria fear the worst. Stars Rosemary Leach. From July 1996.
WED 10:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srkfz)
Episode 2
Despite the dark tales he's heard about her, Prince Myshkin eagerly heads to Nastasya's birthday party. Stars Alex Jennings.
WED 11:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00srkg1)
Episode 3
Pregnant Jane receives a letter from her father, and visits a jazz club with Toby. Stars Lynne Seymour and John McAndrew.
WED 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qx2y)
Roll Jordan Roll
Rehearsing for the Brecon Jazz Festival, Megan keeps playing a certain melody but where does it come from?
Her musical detective trail leads to the 1880s and the visit to Swansea of a choir of emancipated slaves...
Stars Rakie Ayola as Megan the Fifth, Margaret John as Megan the Third, Helen Griffin as Megan the First, Don Warrington as Frederick Loudin, Phylip Harries as Owan and Rhodri Hugh as the Rev Davies.
Written by Alan Plater.
Stories based on original material researched and collected by Jen Wilson of the Women's Jazz Archive, Swansea.
Composer and Musical Director: Paula Gardiner
Music: Aula Gardiner, Richard Roberts, Peter Churchill, Nia Lynn, Dyfrig Morris and Lee Williams.
Directed in Wales by Alison Hindell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k251)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cfzqy)
Series 4
Episode 1
Tommy and Sheila's sneaky agent schemes to sell off their back catalogue to a record company – but what’s in it for him?
Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr battle on with their second stab at fame.
Series 4 of Mike Coleman’s six-part sitcom starring June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley and Edward Halstead.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.
WED 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzpw)
The Nine Tailors
7 All Is Not Explained
Lord Peter Wimsey goes snooping to try and establish who killed Geoffrey Deacon - and how.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Alistair Beaton.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Supt Blundell …. Timothy Bateson
Rev Theodore Venables …. Phillip Latham
Will Thoday …. Keith Drinkell
Jim Thoday …. Malcolm Terris
Engineer …. Leonard Fenton
Hezekiah Lavender …. Michael Spice
Sluice Keeper …. Peter Tudenham
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1980.
WED 13:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm3j)
Evil Under the Sun
Episode 3
Suspects-a-plenty, along with witchcraft and a secret love-letter for the Belgian sleuth to investigate.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Colonel Weston …. George Baker
Carrie Gardener …. Wendy Craig
Miss Brewster …. Joan Littlewood
Christine Redfern …. Susannah Corbett
Patrick Redfern …. Iain Glen
Rosamund Darnley …. Sabina Franklyn
Linda Marshall …. Lindsey Fawcett
Captain Kenneth Marshall …. Robin Ellis
Inspector Colgate …. Gerrard McDermott
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
WED 14:00 Voyeurs and Visionaries (b008fxr9)
Episode 3
Francine Stock investigates why we cry when watching films, as she examines the relationship between cinema and therapy.
WED 14:30 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag (b008fld5)
Series 1
The Catch
Doctor Cameron gets two arch enemies to look after each other, while Doctor Finlay moons over Nurse Angus.
Ready with his black bag, Dr Finlay sets out to remedy all manner of ailments suffered by his patients in the Scottish Highland town of Levenford.
AJ Cronin's stories about Scotland's most celebrated doctor dramatised by Sue Rodwell.
Stars John Gordon Sinclair as Dr Finlay, Brian Pettifer as Dr Cameron, Celia Imrie as Janet, Stella Gonet as Nurse Angus, Phyllis Logan as the Widow Robb and David Ashton as Tam.
Produced and directed at BBC Bristol by Jeremy Howe and Viv Beeby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
WED 15:00 Great Inspirations (b00b65vc)
Baroness Williams
The Liberal Democrat grandee talks to Anne Perkins about her admiration for the economic historian Karl Polanyi.
WED 15:15 You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like This (b00srkks)
Episode 3
Striking spoofer's gold with 'The Henry Root Letters'. Stephen Boxer reads Terence Blacker's celebration of William Donaldson.
WED 15:30 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (b00srkkv)
Episode 10
Jim is determined to win Christine from the bearded sportsman, but he will have to fight for her. Read by Martin Jarvis.
WED 15:45 Adventures in Science (b00b0hvs)
Series 1
Blood
Ben Silburn climbs aboard an oxygen-delivering red blood cell on its journey from the heart and around the body.
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00srkkx)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of stories, featuring Big George and the Seventh Knight by Eric Pringle, The Dream Travellers by Sherry Ashworth, and Katie Milk by Annie Caulfield.
WED 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 17:30 No Commitments (b00srkfx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4ny)
The Wings of Azreal
Can a corporation's new plant strain mutation bring relief to famine stricken countries?
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Nurse ...... Joan Matheson
Anne ...... Christine Absalom
Blowers ...... Michael Shannon
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
WED 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w5jd)
The Tale of a Detective
When Gabriel Syme turns the tables on Lucien Gregory, the Central Anarchist Council take action.
Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.
Director: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in March 2005.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k251)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cfzqy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzpw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
WED 21:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00srkg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qx2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 The Party Line (b00srkfv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007tcc2)
Series 3
Episode 4
Opening up a tomb in Egypt and falling into a pit of snakes, the comedian's life flashes before his eyes. From May 2001.
WED 23:00 At Home With The Snails (b007jvlw)
Series 2
Episode 1
George and Beverley decide to feign their deaths to see how their children will cope with the grief.
He wants to write a book about it all and she hopes they’ll realise how much they miss them, so that they can become one big happy reunited family.
But will their plan actually work?
Second series of Gerard Foster's comedy drama
George ..... Geoffrey Palmer
Beverley ..... Angela Thorne
Alex ..... Gerard Foster
Rose ..... Miranda Hart
Hosana ..... Debra Stephenson
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
WED 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.
THURSDAY 17 JUNE 2010
THU 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4ny)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w5jd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Wimsey (b007jzpw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00srkg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qx2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srkfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 No Commitments (b00srkfx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Time Hops (b007k1rg)
Long Time No See
Time-hopping has brought the children nothing but trouble. Could a dodgy robot really make things better?
A five-part comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Natasha Pyne as Doris, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Bradley Lavelle as Harley, Ian Masters as Norton, Joshua Towb as Horatio, Neville Jason as Tailor, Oliver Senton as Bill and Dax O’Callaghan as Max.
Music by Richard Attree.
Producer: Nandita Ghose
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
THU 05:30 Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians (b00srqfb)
Episode 6
It's Christmas Eve and the Dalmatians escape Hell Hall to begin the long journey back to London. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
THU 05:45 Just William (b007js2z)
Series 2
April Fool's Day
It's getting on for noon and the mischievous schoolboy still hasn't caught anyone out. Read by Martin Jarvis.
THU 06:00 17/06/2010 (b00srqfd)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnq8)
Series 7
The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons
With the revelation that Neddie Seagoon was once mass-produced, can the original be found?
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Pat Dixon
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1956.
THU 08:30 In the End (b007r45j)
Episode 4
Still hunting the killer, hack George Cragge denies he is retiring. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. From December 1999.
THU 09:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b008psw5)
Series 2
Flying Down to Greenock
Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.
By Michael Chaplin.
A centenarian Glaswegian, making his first ever flight, remembers life during the blitz over Clydeside.
James ...... Stanley Baxter
Isabel ...... Patricia Kerrigan
Directed by Marilyn Imrie.
THU 09:30 Flying the Flag (b00b0317)
Series 2
A Tooth for a Tooth
There’s no extradition agreement yet between the UK and the People's Republic - but some accusations can’t be lightly brushed aside...
Alex Shearer's Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Greif as the United States Ambassador and Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988.
THU 10:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srqfj)
Episode 3
Prince Myshkin analyses his feelings for the spoilt but captivating Nastasya - and the more timid Aglaya. Stars Paul Rhys.
THU 11:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00srqfl)
Episode 4
Jane has spent the night with Toby, but she hasn't told him about her pregnancy. Stars Lynne Seymour and John McAndrew.
THU 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qvgd)
The Great Pork Pie Mystery
Musical detective Megan's mystery melody quest leads her to a 1920s Swansea tearoom. Stars Rakie Ayola and Margaret John.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00srqfn)
Series 4
Episode 1
The explosive Flying Wombat - and insulted Italians. Series 4 kick off with more sketches and songs.
Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.
Starring John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, David Hatch and Jo Kendall.
Scripted by John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Clive James, David Hatch, Eric Idle and Graeme Garden.
With music from Dave Lee and his band.
Produced by Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1966.
THU 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzr6)
The Nine Tailors
8 Nine Tailors Make a Man
Can upper class sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey finally solve the baffling mystery of the murder of Geoffrey Deacon?
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
The conclusion of Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Supt Blundell …. Timothy Bateson
Rev Theodore Venables …. Phillip Latham
Mrs Venables...Noel Dyson
Will Thoday …. Keith Drinkell
Harry Gotobed …. Alexander John
First Sluice Keeper …. Michael Spice
Second Sluice Keeper …. Peter Tudenham
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1980.
THU 13:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm42)
Evil Under the Sun
Episode 4
With sound alibis proven for the main suspects, the Belgian sleuth makes a chance discovery in a nearby cove...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Colonel Weston …. George Baker
Christine Redfern …. Susannah Corbett
Patrick Redfern …. Iain Glen
Rosamund Darnley …. Sabina Franklyn
Linda Marshall …. Lindsey Fawcett
Captain Kenneth Marshall …. Robin Ellis
Inspector Colgate …. Gerrard McDermott
Rev Stephen Lane …. Iwan Thomas
Horace Blatt …. John Hartley
Gladys …. Nicol Forbes
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
THU 14:00 Voyeurs and Visionaries (b008h3wk)
Episode 4
Francine Stock examines the relationship between cinema and voyeurism - and the effects of moving images on the mind.
THU 14:30 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag (b008gd1y)
Series 1
The Fever
When scarlet fever hits Levenford, Doctor Finlay tries his hand at being a private detective - with disastrous results...
Ready with his black bag, Dr Finlay sets out to remedy all manner of ailments suffered by his patients in the Scottish Highland town.
AJ Cronin's stories about Scotland's most celebrated doctor dramatised by Sue Rodwell.
Stars John Gordon Sinclair as Dr Finlay, Brian Pettifer as Dr Cameron, Celia Imrie as Janet, Sharon Maharaj as Mrs Prentice, John McGlynn as Hendry, Tracy Wiles as Jeanie and David McKail as Dr Snoddie.
Produced and directed at BBC Bristol by Jeremy Howe and Viv Beeby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
THU 15:00 Great Inspirations (b00b6yxr)
Boris Johnson
The Mayor of London talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for the Greek historian Thucydides.
THU 15:15 You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like This (b00srqfq)
Episode 4
Life and writing get mixed up - a dangerous combination. Stephen Boxer reads Terence Blacker's celebration of William Donaldson.
THU 15:30 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (b00srqfs)
Episode 11
Jim Dixon makes his unconventional and infamous speech and includes his impression of Evelyn Waugh. Read by Martin Jarvis.
The all-time classic comic novel of academic life written by Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim lists the fortunes - or rather misfortunes - of Jim Dixon, a man of many faces, most of which don't fit his surroundings.
Produced and abridged by Pat McLoughlin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
THU 15:45 Adventures in Science (b00b0jyw)
Series 1
Protons
Deep underground in a laboratory in Geneva, scientists attempt to discover more about the Big Bang. With Ben Silburn. From 2001.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00srqfv)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of stories, featuring Big George and the Seventh Knight by Eric Pringle, The Dream Travellers by Sherry Ashworth, and Katie Milk by Annie Caulfield.
THU 17:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b008psw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 Flying the Flag (b00b0317)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007jpbg)
Birdstrike
After sparking a plane crash, the deadly Exon plant strain's advancement continues.
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Blowers ...... Michael Shannon
Prime Minister ...... Noel Johnson
Shand ...... Gregory de Polnay
Wayne ...... Roy Spencer
Dymond ...... Rod Beacham
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
THU 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w43w)
The Feast of Fear
Gabriel Syme meets his fellow anarchists at a breakfast meeting in London's Leicester Square.
Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.
Director: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in March 2005.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jnq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00srqfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm42)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00srqfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qvgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 In the End (b007r45j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b00srl7h)
Series 3
Episode 1
Miles and the Newsjack team look through news stories and make light of them... where appropriate.
THU 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k1qj)
Series 1
The History of the Future
Badgerland goes international and experience the History of the Future.
Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.
THU 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? (b00srqfx)
Series 3
Happy New Year
The London flatmates throw a party, with dates to impress - and a sandwich-maker to mend. Stars Tony Slattery. From May 1998.
FRIDAY 18 JUNE 2010
FRI 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007jpbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w43w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Wimsey (b007jzr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm42)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00srqfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qvgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srqfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b008psw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Flying the Flag (b00b0317)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Time Hops (b007k1sp)
Time's Up
The children are convinced that the man from the BBC will help them. But is he really what he seems?
Conclusion of the comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Dax O'Callaghan as Max, Ian Masters as Norton, Joshua Towb as Horatio, Neville Jason as Tailor and Margaret John as Mrs Miller.
Music by Richard Attree.
Producer: Nandita Ghose
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
FRI 05:30 Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians (b00srqjq)
Episode 7
Returning to London, Cruella's cat gives the Dalmatians the chance to get revenge on their kidnapper. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
FRI 05:45 Just William (b007js3d)
Series 2
That Boy
The mischievous boy jumps on a coach - and takes an old lady for a ride with tales of parental neglect. Read by Martin Jarvis.
FRI 06:00 18/06/2010 (b00srqjs)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00srqjv)
Series 4
Episode 5
Announcer Douglas Smith is taken for a spin in 'Relatively Grand Prix' - and at the Bona Male Model Agency, Julian and Sandy sign up some brand new talent.
Stars Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden.
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.
Marty Feldman had moved on so series 4 is written by Barry Took with Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Webster.
Music by the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1968.
FRI 08:30 Chain Reaction (b00gsb81)
Series 2
Barry Cryer Interviews Mark Thomas
Veteran gagsmith Barry Cryer and political comedian Mark Thomas in the tag talk show, where the guest is next week's interviewer.
Based on the original BBC Radio 5 programme of the same name, Chain Reaction is a simple idea of big name stars from the world of entertainment interviewing others whose work they appreciate and admire.
Recorded with an audience, the interviews focus on the life, career and the passions of the interviewee but often prove to be as revealing about the interviewer.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
FRI 09:00 The Embassy Lark (b00srvkq)
Spy
An asylum seeker sparks some political tit-for-tat posturing. Stars Derek Francis and Frank Thornton. From April 1966.
FRI 09:30 Bookcases (b00srvks)
Series 1
Bronte Country
London 1853: The orderly life of religious publishers, Spavin and Spavin, is set to transformed by an actress and her son.
Cordelia is setting her sights on one of the partners, while her son Primus fancies taking over the firm, starting with hopes of 'acquiring' Charlotte Bronte...
Series 1 of Martyn Wade's Victorian era comedy stars Michael Cochrane and Maggie Steed.
Primus …. Michael Cochrane
Cordelia …. Maggie Steed
Gerald …. David Horovitch
Edith …. Elizabeth Spriggs
The Reverend Bronte …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Charlotte …. Sarah Jane Holm
Mrs Gaskell/Emily Bronte …. Frances Jeater
Equity …. David Antrobus
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.
FRI 10:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srvkn)
Episode 4
Nastasya and Aglaya meet to talk over their feelings for Prince Myshkin - as he begins to fear for his life. Stars Paul Rhys.
FRI 11:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00srvkl)
Episode 5
Pregnant Jane books an appointment at an abortion clinic, but Mavis offers her an illegal alternative. Stars Lynne Seymour.
FRI 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qss0)
Beacons
Musical detective Megan's mystery melody quest comes full circle when she gets a surprise. Stars Rakie Ayola.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00srqjv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b008x0wg)
From 19/02/1984
From Russian spies to a tour of BBC sound effects department.
Michael Bentine in the ultimate one-man show written and performed by the host.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1984.
FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b00srwx5)
Gaudy Night
Episode 1
Posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey probes a poison-pen campaign at Oxford University. Dorothy Sayers' mystery stars Ian Carmichael.
FRI 13:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm4n)
Evil Under the Sun
Episode 5
Determined to pinpoint the American starlet's killer, the Belgian sleuth invites everyone on his list of suspects to a picnic.
The finale of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Colonel Weston …. George Baker
Christin Redfern …. Susannah Corbett
Patrick Redfern …. Iain Glen
Rosamund Darnley …. Sabina Franklyn
Linda Marshall …. Lindsey Fawcett
Captain Kenneth Marshall …. Robin Ellis
Inspector Colgate …. Gerrard McDermott
Horace Blatt …. John Hartley
Gladys …. Nicol Forbes
Carrie Gardener …. Wendy Craig
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
FRI 14:00 An Hour With... (b00bdjh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 on Saturday]
FRI 15:00 Great Inspirations (b00b7b0k)
Frank Field
The Labour MP talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for the communist writer and philosopher John Strachey.
FRI 15:15 You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like This (b00srwx8)
Episode 5
A salute to the ending of a 'great comic moralist'. Stephen Boxer concludes Terence Blacker's celebration of William Donaldson.
FRI 15:30 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (b00srwxb)
Episode 12
Some good news leaves lecturer Jim Dixon tickled pink, but he faces a race against time. Concluded by Martin Jarvis.
FRI 15:45 Adventures in Science (b00b0qnv)
Series 1
Voyager Space Probes
Billions of kilometres away in space, two man-made objects still send signals back to Earth. Ben Silburn reports. From 2001.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00srxd2)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of stories, featuring Big George and the Seventh Knight by Eric Pringle, and Red Stocking Rescue by Kate Saunders.
FRI 17:00 The Embassy Lark (b00srvkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Bookcases (b00srvks)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007jpbx)
Search and Destroy
Despite the national emergency, landowners try to profit from the deadly Exon strain.
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Nurse ...... Joan Matheson
Prime Minister ...... Noel Johnson
Blowers ...... Michael Shannon
TV Presenter ...... Henry Knowles
TV PA ...... Mary Elliott Nelson
Climatorium Technician ...... Rod Beacham
Helicopter Pilot ...... Peter Wickham
Farmer ...... Roy Spencer
Corporal ...... Gregory de Polnay
Sachs ...... Denis Goacher
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
FRI 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w525)
The Exposure
Sunday unmasks one of the anarchists as a Scotland Yard detective, leaving Gabriel Syme in despair.
Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.
Director: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in March 2005.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00srqjv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b008x0wg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b00srwx5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00srvkl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qss0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Chain Reaction (b00gsb81)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Genius (b008gh65)
Series 1
Paul Daniels
From the 99p coin to steel drum urinals.
Dave Gorman asks magician Paul Daniels to select the public's best loopy idea.
The first of three radio comedy series where award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jpd8)
Series 2
Computers
Satan has trouble with a fundamentalist and Scumspawn has trouble with a pushy computer.
Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Philip Pope, Felicity Montagu and Nick Revell.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
FRI 23:30 15 Minute Musical (b00sryqv)
Series 1
Brothers in Arms
A medieval rock musical, with Tony de Blair and Gordon de Brown heading to Downing Street. Stars Alex Lowe. From October 2004.
FRI 23:45 Elastic Planet (b007k3h0)
The Hair
A documentary maker films endangered hairstyles.
Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.
With Dan Strauss, Doon Mackichan, Kerry Shale, Michael Troughton, Ben Moor and Alexander Armstrong.
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.