A provocative question posed by a formidable busybody send Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver on a series of journeys to unravel the mystery of a tragedy from the distant past - provoked in equal measure by love and hate.
Hercule Poirot ..... John Moffatt
Ariadne ..... Julia McKenzie
Chief Supt. Garroway .... Trevor Cuthbertson
Celia .... Rachel Bavidge
Desmond .... Ifan Meredith
Mrs Burton-Cox .... Paula Jacobs
Julia .... Jane Wenham
Nanny .... Barbara Atkinson
Mrs Buckle .... Elizabeth Proud
Mrs Rosentelle .... Jill Balcon
Zelie .... Alexandra Bastedo
Mr Goby .... Stephen Thorne
George .... Patrick Garland
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, including Follow Me Down by Julie Hearn, read by Adam Rhys Dee.
After the death of her child, Hetty must face her punishment. Can Dinah help her to ease her guilt? Stars Katherine Igoe, Thomas Arnold, Vicki Liddelle.
Bewildered by the changes in her life, an aunt finds solace in an unexpected place. Read by Penelope Wilton.
Father says he's going to marry Mrs Sunderland and cut the rest of the family off without a bean.
It's his wedding day. But is he serious?
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.
Director: Shaun MacLoughlin.
Geoffrey Wheeler revisits the scene of the Manchester Playhouse.
Built back-to-back with the Hulme Hippodrome, itself a famous northern Variety venue, the Playhouse was host to some of the BBC's best-loved comedy and Variety programmes from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Ken Dodd, Sandy Powell, Harry Worth and Bill Waddington are among those featured in this nostalgic trip through the BBC's archives.
Series featuring Variety theatres from all over the United Kingdom.
Famed for his catchphrase and comic ventriloquism, Mark Radcliffe profiles the career of Rotherham entertainer, Sandy Powell.
A six-part series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.
Nicholas Parsons explores how laughter on the airwaves has been a barometer of British social mores. With Paul Merton.
One feisty funny man grills another in the tag talk show, where the guest is the next interviewer. From February 2005.
Misadventures of a corner-shop barber, with a battle against rival Boris the Russian. Stars Victor Spinetti. From October 1979.
Alun Armstrong stars as Giovanni Guareschi's Italian village priest. The communist mayor is after a baptism. From March 2001.
The lives of trainee vampire Eloise, boyfriend Wayne and her Transylvanian tutor. Stars Louise Lombard. From October 1993.
Fresh from 4 - Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical look at the week's news. From July 9th 2010.
2. Escape
Despite Richard Tebrick's increased security for their new home, his vixen wife escapes to begin a new family life in the woods...
David Garnett's terrifying novel of transformation is concluded by Ben Miles.
Directed at BBC Northern Ireland by Lawrence Jackson.
A man makes wishes on a very unusual gift that's been cast with a sinister spell. Stars Oliver Maguire and Trudy Kelly.
Felchester Rovers take a break in the socialist idyll of El Telvador - but a war is raging. Stars Alexei Sayle. From April 1989.
Trainee Eloise must study for a GCSE in vampirism, and teacher Lucretia is tough. Stars Louise Lombard. From November 1993.
Miles Jupp and the gang take a look at the week's events and present the latest satirical sketches to emerge from Newsjack towers.
The story of Victorian Britain's greatest sporting hero.
The comedy trio's swashbuckling family romp.
Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.
With Miles Jupp and Ingrid Oliver.
Script edited by Richard Turner.
MONDAY 19 JULY 2010
MON 00:00 David Garnett - Lady into Fox (b00cmz8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jlvt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b00hqjg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
02:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00t336w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00m9jbq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00t336y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00t3370)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 The Now Show (b00t3372)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqp9)
Good Neighbours
Christmas is coming as the March sisters go to a party, in 19th-century New England. Stars Buffy Davis and Jemma Redgrave.
MON 05:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lnqr)
Biggles Gets a Letter
Answering an old chum's call for help, heroic fighter pilot Major James Bigglesworth flies off to Fort Beaver.
Michael Palin reads 'Captain' WE Johns' gripping adventure.
First published in 1939, 'Biggles Flies North' was adapted in eight parts by George Hearton.
WE Johns (1893-1968) wrote nearly 100 books about Biggles and his loyal sidekicks Algy, Ginger and Smyth.
Producer: Marilyn Ireland
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
MON 05:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lzws)
At the Three Star Saloon
When the pilot hero finds his chum is missing from the aerodrome, he crosses swords with the evil McBain. Read by Michael Palin. From August 1981.
MON 06:00 19/07/2010 (b00t37kk)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jqh1)
Series 3
The Big Parade
Captain Mainwaring wants a parade mascot, so he decides his Home Guard platoon must catch one.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
The Verger …. Edward Sinclair
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.
MON 08:30 Country Matters (b00lnd0x)
Episode 4
Dave and Cathy's quest for locally produced food proves problematic. Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From May 1994.
MON 09:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtg6)
Series 1
The Promotion
Gerald and Diana compete to publicize their new books.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic crime writer written by Basil Boothroyd.
Starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife and more successful writer, Diana.
With James Thomason, Anthony Smee and Peter Craze.
The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter ran from 1976 to 1981.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1976.
MON 09:30 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ck2dq)
Series 1
Found Wanting
To Robert's dismay, his sister, Barbara, is about to succumb to temptation in the shape of biker Andy Hunt.
His mother can't help to save her, so he enlists the help of Father Benedict as an avenger...
A six-part black comedy by Martin Davies
Stars Desmond Barrit as Father Benedict, Brenda Blethyn as Mrs Patterson, Paul Parris as Robert Patterson, Charlotte Coleman as Barbara Patterson, Martino Lazzeri as Guy Entwhistle, Mark Straker as Andy and Claire Skinner as Janet.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.
MON 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Personal History of David Copperfield (b007jmn6)
I Fall Into Disgrace
The idyllic childhood of a young boy is shattered when his widowed mother remarries.
Charles Dickens described this novel as his "favourite child".
All-star dramatisation in ten-parts by Betty Davies.
Stars Gary Cady as David Copperfield, Susan Sheridan as David's Mother, Miriam Margolyes as Betsey Trotwood, John Moffatt as Mr Murdstone, Timothy Spall as Ham Peggotty and Mary Wimbush as Mrs Gummidge.
Producer: Marilyn Imrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.
MON 11:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrdv)
Episode 1
Winston woos his bride as "Pug" and "Cat" get romantic.
From one of the great romances of the 20th century - the personal letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill, edited by their daughter Mary Soames.
Read by Alex Jennings and Sylvestra le Touzel.
Narrated by Helen Bourne.
Abridged in ten parts by Penny Leicester.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
MON 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2d8t)
Series 1
The Daddy
Based in Botswana, owner and founder Precious Ramotswe takes on her first case and a new secretary. Stars Clare Benedict.
MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jqh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t39lf)
Series 2
The Siege of Steptoe Street
Albert and Harold are besieged by all their creditors demanding money.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as Harold and Robert Dorning as Mr Stacey the butcher
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 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmrk)
Floater
Hitler has won the war...and the totalitarian Nazi regime in Germany has a terrible secret it needs to hide at all costs.
Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei called to investigate a suspicious death.
Best-selling thriller by Robert Harris - dramatised in five-parts by John Dryden.
Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis
Rudi ...... Andrew Sachs
Krause ...... Graham Padden
Jost ...... Robert Portal
Pili ...... Thomas Copeland
Frau Trinkl ...... Amanda Walker
Globus ...... Michael Byrne
Fiebes ...... Ian Gelder
Newsreader ...... Trevor Nichols
Newsreader ...... Alice Arnold
Chat Show Host ...... Ned Sherrin
Author Robert Harris is a former BBC reporter and newspaper journalist.
Producer: John Dryden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.
MON 13:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mb2qn)
Wasted Years
Episode 1
The jazz-loving cop sees parallels to the 1960s after a spate of armed robberies. Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller.
MON 14:00 Unearthing Mysteries (b007tbr0)
Series 5
Egyptian Mummy Project
Professor Aubrey Manning visits an ambitious project in Egypt aiming to unearth diseases suffered by the ancient inhabitants.
MON 14:30 Looking for Middle England (b00t3bnq)
Castles
Dubbed exclusive, defensive and resistant, Ian Hislop arrives in Ludlow to test cliche against reality. With Jeremy Paxman.
MON 15:00 Joy Adamson's Born Free (b007k3dr)
Episode 1
Star of the film, Virginia McKenna reads the classic story of Elsa the lion. Joy and husband George adopt three lion cubs.
MON 15:15 Miranda Seymour - The Bugatti Queen (b00mttts)
Episode 1
The story of Mariette Helene Delangle, model and dancer turned Grand Prix racing driver. Read by Harriet Walter.
MON 15:30 Inside the Queen's Head (b00t3bns)
Gay Bar
Lemn Sissay visits pubs with the Queen's name to meet her subjects. A lesbian anarchist and a male voice choir are in Brighton.
MON 15:45 The Benn Tapes (b007jr0n)
Series 2
Constituency Life
Political veteran Tony Benn shares private recordings from history's frontline. Parliament pales in comparison with a surgery.
MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00t3bnv)
Children's stories: Avenger by Pete Johnson, The Toilet of Doom by Michael Lawrence, and Horace by Chris d'Lacey.
MON 17:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 17:30 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ck2dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
MON 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009l6sv)
Into the Wolf's Lair
It's 1945, and the Allies are certain to win the war. Then an unidentified aircraft appears sparking a a dangerous mission...
Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey and Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
MON 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1d8)
The Cycle
Under a full moon, a young woman deals with two tormentors by unexpected means. Michelle Gomez reads John Connolly's tale.
How often have you done something which seemed out of character only to discover that a full moon fell on that day or week? Five stories marking a full moon. When someone or something unexpectedly steps outside of the norm is it just coincidence, or is there really something in The Lunar Effect?
The Cycle, written by John Connolly and read by Michelle Gomez.
On her way home from work on an almost deserted train, a young woman starts to suffer pains that we are led to believe indicate her period is imminent. When two troublemaking youths board the train and there is a subsequent delay, the boys' unwanted attention, the woman's increasing pain and the effect of the full moon result in the demise of her tormentors by unexpected means...
MON 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081sjk)
Episode 1
A mild-mannered doctor and his monstrous alter-ego. Tim Pigott-Smith reads Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a dual personality.
Abridged by Morag Lyall.
The mild-mannered Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug; one that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Mr Hyde. Transforming himself at will, he roams the streets of fog-bound London as his monstrous alter-ego. It seems he is master of his fate. It seems he is in complete control.
But soon he'll discover that his double life comes at a hideous price...
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish essayist, poet and author of fiction and travel books, was known especially for his novels of adventure. Stevenson became famous with the romantic adventure story Treasure Island, which appeared in 1883.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1996.
MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jqh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t39lf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmrk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
MON 20:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mb2qn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
MON 21:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
MON 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2d8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Country Matters (b00lnd0x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 22:30 Revolting People (b007jrqj)
Series 1
Storm Clouds
The year is 1770 and Baltimore shopkeeper, Samuel Oliphant has much to worry about.
Historical sitcom written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.
Stars Jay Tarses as Samuel Oliphant, Andy Hamilton as Sergeant McGurk, Sophie Thompson as Mary Oliphant, James Fleet as Captain Brimshaw, Hugh Dennis as Ezekiel Spriggs, Felicity Montagu as Cora Oliphant, Tony Maudsley as Joshua Oliphant, Susie Blake as Mrs Arbuthnot.
With Penelope Nice and Michael Fenton Stevens.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
MON 23:00 The Cheese Shop Presents (b007zh4g)
Series 1
Episode 1
Six young writer-performers with revue based comedy - tortoise racing and a soap with a talking dog. From January 1997.
MON 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00g3xwp)
Series 2
Problems
Adam Bloom has a problem. He's fed up with having problems.
But would not having problems really be any better?
With Rob Rouse and Stefano Paolini.
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
MON 23:45 This Is Craig Brown (b00dwndv)
The Arts
How designer Terence Conran 'invented' the chair. Satirist Craig Brown pokes fun, with Rory Bremner and Harry Enfield. From March 2004.
TUESDAY 20 JULY 2010
TUE 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009l6sv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1d8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081sjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmrk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mb2qn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2d8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Personal History of David Copperfield (b007jmn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ck2dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqpn)
Regular Angels
The sisters meet old Mister Laurence and Amy learns a lesson. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
TUE 05:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m474)
The Jupiter Heads Northward
Biggles faces more trouble from the evil McBain as he prepares to leave the local saloon. Read by Michael Palin. From August 1981.
TUE 05:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lzbj)
Some Grim Encounters
The crackle of vicious machine-gun fire from another plane forces the Jupiter to take action. Read by Michael Palin. From August 1981.
TUE 06:00 20/07/2010 (b00t3dbb)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 08:00 Yes Minister (b007jmj1)
Series 1
The Writing on the Wall
Finally losing patience with Sir Humphrey, MP Jim Hacker's big plans to slim down the Civil Service come home to roost.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Frank Weisel ...... Bill Nighy
Sir Frederick ...... Peter Cellier
Foreign Secretary ...... Tenniel Evans
Dr Donald Hughes ...... Edward Petherbridge
Butler ...... Kerry Francis
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983.
TUE 08:30 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00mzf52)
Episode 6
Tolstoy with a twist, and at home with the Jobsworths. Zesty sketch show with Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From June 1989.
TUE 09:00 After Henry (b007s8gm)
Series 4
Family Album
"Look at this old dear - roses round her cottage door, a cosy smell of making cake wafting from her kitchen. I can imagine a lot of people buying that, putting it in a frame and claiming it as their own grandmother. Probably easier to cope with than the real thing".
Eleanor's family snaps spark arguments with daughter Sarah over the past...
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
Auntie Lilian …. Jean Anderson
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989.
TUE 09:30 Bristow (b007w5jb)
Series 3
Repaying Mr Piper
Why is Bristow surrounded by incompetents? He has a theory - and determines to bumble toward the proof.
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
Perkins ...... Leslie Phillips
Gert ...... Liz Fraser
Daisy ...... Joan Sims
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Postboy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Stokes ...... David Battley
Miss Pleasant ...... Jackie Neglia
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.
TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Personal History of David Copperfield (b007jmnd)
I Begin Life On My Own Account
The boy's new life at boarding school brings both friendship and hardship. Stars Sheila Hancock, Timothy Spall and Gary Cady.
TUE 11:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrf5)
Episode 2
The letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill, recalling time spent apart as their daughter grows up. With Alex Jennings. From February 1999.
TUE 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2lzp)
Series 1
The Bone
Precious Ramotswe seeks the truth about Nandira Patel's boyfriend and tries to solve a bone mystery. Stars Claire Benedict.
TUE 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jmj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00hhrhr)
Stephen Fry joins Willie Rushton and the gang, as Humphrey Lyttelton hosts the antidote to panel games. From September 1986.
TUE 13:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jms0)
Stuckart
The Berlin detective fraternises with an American journalist. Together they try to unravel the secret at the heart of a post-war Nazi state.
Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei called to investigate a suspicious death.
Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryden.
Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball
Nebe ...... Stratford Johns
Frau Luther ...... Eleanor Bron
Globus ...... Michael Byrne
Krebs William ...... Scott Masson
Stuckart ...... Michael Culver
Producer: John Dryden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.
TUE 13:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbbfh)
Wasted Years
Episode 2
Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick's search for armed robbers gathers pace. But will they strike again? Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller.
TUE 14:00 Unearthing Mysteries (b007tzqc)
Series 5
Tri Radial Cairns
Professor Aubrey Manning examines possible astronomical alignments in prehistoric stone piles discovered in Northumberland.
TUE 14:30 Looking for Middle England (b00t3vjq)
Clubs
Ian Hislop goes to Guildford in search of clubs and civic engagement, and brushes up his golf swing.
TUE 15:00 Joy Adamson's Born Free (b007k3fr)
Episode 2
Virginia McKenna reads the classic story of Elsa the lion. Adjusting to life without her sisters, she's taken on safari.
TUE 15:15 Miranda Seymour - The Bugatti Queen (b00mv1sq)
Episode 2
Mariette Hélène Delangle becomes Hellé Nice and enters the first Grand Prix for women. Read by Harriet Walter.
TUE 15:30 Inside the Queen's Head (b00t3vjs)
A Mug's Game
Lemn Sissay visits pubs with the Queen's name to meet her subjects. A variety of migrants, and violence breaks out in London.
TUE 15:45 The Benn Tapes (b007jr0z)
Series 2
Prime Ministers
Political veteran Tony Benn shares private recordings from history's frontline. Prime ministerial power, up close and personal.
TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00t3vjv)
Children's stories: Avenger by Pete Johnson, The Toilet of Doom by Michael Lawrence, and Horace by Chris d'Lacey.
TUE 17:00 After Henry (b007s8gm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Bristow (b007w5jb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009lw5f)
The Eagle's Nest
Major Barton and his team head deep behind German lines to track down a terrifying new weapon...
Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Sam Pamphilon as Teazle and Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk.
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
TUE 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1fd)
The Boy by the Light of the Moon
Back in Morocco and remembering a distant a love affair - a Spaniard meets an odd waiter. David Warner reads Vega Powell's tale.
An older Spanish man returns to the Port of Tangier in Morocco, where memories stir of a love affair that changed his life. At his hotel he is attended by a strange boy, who seems to know about the woman he loved long ago. But when the man tries to find the waiter the next day, he's told he only works there once a month: the boy appears only at the time of the full moon. An exotic Tale of the Unexpected.
TUE 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081tfy)
Episode 2
Hyde is wanted for murder and disappears. But what is his connection with the respectable Dr Jekyll? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
TUE 19:00 Yes Minister (b007jmj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00hhrhr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jms0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbbfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
TUE 21:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrf5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2lzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00mzf52)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Jelly Mountain (b00ftk74)
Episode 5
Musings on a footkerchief and a forest full of girls. Songs and stories from Ivor Cutler, with Beverley Crew. From May 1996.
TUE 22:45 The Consultants (b007k3f3)
Series 1
Episode 4
The team wonder why so many men went to 'mow a meadow'. With Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings. From March 2003.
TUE 23:00 On the Hour (b007k45s)
Series 1
Episode 5
The latest on the 'Penelope Keith riots', and just 38 weeks to Wimbledon.
All the news as it happens, if it happens – and the sport with Alan Partridge.
Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris.
With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber and Doon Mackichan.
Written by Chris Morris, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, Andrew Glover, David Quantick and Stewart Lee.
Editor: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.
TUE 23:30 Armstrong and Miller (b00t3vjx)
Episode 2
Battles recreated, and National Trousers Day.
Sketches and songs with Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong in their first series for radio.
With Samuel West and Tony Gardiner.
Written by Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong and Tony Gardiner.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998.
TUE 23:45 Fabulous (b00hy947)
Series 1
Episode 4
Faye has money troubles, so she's hoping her mum will lend her £10,000.
Daisy Haggard stars as Faye in Lucy Clarke’s sitcom about a woman who wants to be fabulous but can't cope.
With:
Adam Buxton
Matthew Holness
Laura Solon
Anne Reid
Joanna Scanlan
Joanna Neary
Geoffrey McGivern
Music by Osymyso.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2007.
WEDNESDAY 21 JULY 2010
WED 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009lw5f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1fd)
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18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081tfy)
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18:45 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jms0)
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13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbbfh)
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13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrf5)
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11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2lzp)
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11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Personal History of David Copperfield (b007jmnd)
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10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 After Henry (b007s8gm)
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09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Bristow (b007w5jb)
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09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqq0)
Fun Forever and No Grubbage!
Jealous Amy skates on thin ice, and Meg glimpses high society. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
WED 05:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lrnj)
Southward Again
With the Jupiter stranded, thoughts of rescue fade as the chums realise who is roaring towards them. Read by Michael Palin. From August 1981.
WED 05:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m72r)
A New Peril
As the evil McBain plots to steal the gold, the air ace flies off in pursuit. Michael Palin reads Captain WE Johns' adventure. From August 1981.
WED 06:00 21/07/2010 (b00t3twf)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00t3twj)
Series 3
The Student Prince
The lad is lured to Moravia as an unknowing decoy for the endangered Crown Prince.
Starring Tony Hancock
With Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956.
WED 08:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t3twl)
Series 1
Episode 2
With no cash for a community centre, the priest turns detective over the mayor's plans. Stars Alun Armstrong. From March 2001.
WED 09:00 Huddwinks (b009kh0z)
Series 1
Railway '86 - The Movie!
British Rail's new 'Silver Bullet' train ends up as a runaway express to Aberdeen. Stars Roy Hudd. From August 1986.
WED 09:30 No Commitments (b00t3twn)
Series 4
Two at a Time
Victoria is convinced Anna is having a secret affair, while Charlotte heads for a fall. Stars Celia Imrie. From August 1996.
WED 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Personal History of David Copperfield (b007jmqs)
Betsy Trotwood
The boy flees London in search of his only living relative. Stars Miriam Margolyes, David Bamber and Gary Cady.
WED 11:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrfh)
Episode 3
The letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill. Tragedy strikes and more loneliness follows. With Sylvestra Le Touzel. From February 1999.
WED 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2nk9)
Series 1
The Maid
The Maid: Precious Ramotswe faces a domestic drama, tackles a doctor's erratic behaviour and takes on a new case. Stars Claire Benedict. Episode 3 of 4.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00t3twj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t3tws)
Series 2
Sunday for Seven Days
Harold lives to regret taking his dad Albert to the cinema.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Peter Hawkins and Nigel Clayton.
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 July 1967.
WED 13:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007r49s)
Switzerland
Probing the deaths of senior party officials in Adolf Hitler's post-war Germany, detective Xavier March gets a fresh lead...
Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei.
Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryden.
Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball
Nebe ...... Stratford Johns
Rudi ...... Andrew Sachs
Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis
Zaugg ...... Patrick Godfrey
Swiss Detective ...... Dan Fineman
Producer: John Dryden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
WED 13:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbfm9)
Wasted Years
Episode 3
The armed robbers are planning a return visit, but this time they vow not to fail. Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller.
WED 14:00 Unearthing Mysteries (b007vcn8)
Series 5
Great Orme Mine
Professor Aubrey Manning investigates the ancient Bronze Age mines at Great Orme Head on the Creuddyn Peninsula, Llandudno.
WED 14:30 Looking for Middle England (b00t3tww)
Culture
Ian Hislop is in Lincoln to gauge the Middle English attitude to broadening the mind and heightening the spirit. With AA Gill.
WED 15:00 Joy Adamson's Born Free (b007k3gp)
Episode 3
Virginia McKenna reads the classic story of Elsa the lion, as Joy and George decide to take her on holiday with them.
WED 15:15 Miranda Seymour - The Bugatti Queen (b00mvd42)
Episode 3
Can Hellé Nice, risqué dancer turned Grand Prix racing driver, break the world record? Read by Harriet Walter.
WED 15:30 Inside the Queen's Head (b00t3vh9)
Beartown
Lemn Sissay visits pubs with the Queen's name to meet her subjects, including the drinkers of affluent Congleton in Cheshire.
WED 15:45 The Benn Tapes (b007jr1y)
Series 2
The Winter of Discontent
Political veteran Tony Benn shares private recordings from history's frontline. The infamous Winter of Discontent, from the inside.
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00t3vsb)
Children's stories: Avenger by Pete Johnson, The Toilet of Doom by Michael Lawrence, and Horace by Chris d'Lacey.
WED 17:00 Huddwinks (b009kh0z)
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09:00 today]
WED 17:30 No Commitments (b00t3twn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m2ff)
The Tomorrow World
Major Barton and his team have located the Germans' secret weapon. But what exactly is it?
Simon Bovey's five-part sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey and Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
WED 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1dn)
She Often Walked at Night
Under a full moon somewhere in Europe - three friends meet in a strange, exotic bar. Lucy Cohu reads Lilian Pizzichini's tale.
Three friends, adrift in a mysterious European city, congregate one night at cocktail hour in a strange, exotic bar and, as they partake of an absinthe-like drink, pathological, long-buried natural tendencies surface under the influence of the full moon.
WED 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0084yhk)
Episode 3
Mr Hyde appears to be dead and Dr Jekyll has disappeared. Will a paper trail unravel the mystery? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00t3twj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t3tws)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007r49s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbfm9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
WED 21:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2nk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t3twl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Delve Special (b00t3xrt)
Series 1
The Shifton Scandal
Why did a Government Minister support the plan to build London's Third Airport 20 miles north east of Birmingham?
David Lander now attempts to answer that question by examining in detail the sex scandal which rocked the government and caused a sensation in 1982.
Studio production by Stephen Fry, Moray Watson, Jan Ravens and Jack Klaff.
With Brenda Bleythn, Mark Arden, Tony Robinson, Stephen Frost and Felicity Montague.
Dramatic reconstruction by Peter Wear, Phil Nice, Hilda Schroder, Brett Usher and Colin Starkey.
Researched and compiled 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 August 1984.
WED 23:00 The Remains of Foley and McColl (b007k4p6)
Cutting Edge
Sean and Hamish board Boris' Disco Ship to convert offshore ravers into fresh, young listeners.
Surreal comedy starring award-winning double act Sean Foley and Hamish McColl, the Right Size.
With:
Rose English
Count Arthur Strong
Chris Lamer
Mark Stevens
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000.
WED 23:30 Bearded Ladies (b00bfpwn)
Series 2
Episode 3
Quick-fire sketch show starring Susie Donkin, Charlotte MacDougal, Oriane Messina and Faye Rusling. From August 2005.
THURSDAY 22 JULY 2010
THU 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m2ff)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0084yhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007r49s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbfm9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2nk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Personal History of David Copperfield (b007jmqs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Huddwinks (b009kh0z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 No Commitments (b00t3twn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqq9)
Secrets
The March sisters go on an outing with Laurie's English friends. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
THU 05:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m9sh)
Ginger Acts Alone!
Trapped in a flaming jailhouse by the angry mob, the air ace is left with two equally harrowing choices. Read by Michael Palin. From August 1981.
THU 05:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007mc8q)
At the Eleventh Hour
Tied to a tree, will the air ace and his chums meet an untimely end? Michael Palin concludes Captain WE Johns' adventure. From August 1981.
THU 06:00 22/07/2010 (b00t403k)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jtth)
Series 7
Insurance: The White Man's Burden
Neddie Seagoon tries to set fire to the English Channel to claim the insurance.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Jack Train
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 February 1957.
THU 08:30 Dead Ringers (b007k0pf)
Series 2
Episode 3
More celebrity sound-alikes, featuring Jack Nicholson in Last of the Summer Wine. With Phil Cornwell. From June 2000.
THU 09:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxwl)
Series 2
Episode 5
Parish Council leader Mrs Roberts finds it hard to relax on her holiday. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From August 1989.
THU 09:30 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2)
Series 2
Submarine Diplomacy
Telexes are arriving from London; awkward questions are being asked in the House; the spirit of the Armada is in dire peril of reasserting itself.
All in a day's overwork for the British Ambassador and his staff.
Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov, David Goodland as Captain Warner and Stephen Greif as the US Ambassador.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988.
THU 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Personal History of David Copperfield (b007jmr2)
The Question of My Future
David and Steerforth's trip to Yarmouth has unforeseen consequences. Stars Miriam Margolyes, Gary Cady and Timothy Spall.
THU 11:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrfx)
Episode 4
The letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill. Another world war is looming. With Alex Jennings and Sylvestra Le Touzel. From February 1999.
THU 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2s0q)
Series 1
Tears of the Giraffe
Precious Ramotswe gets a surprise, while her case of the missing American has yet to be solved. Stars Claire Benedict.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jtth)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t4d75)
Series 2
The Piano
Harold and Albert strike the wrong chord with a grand piano in a top-floor flat.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
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 featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight series on TV.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Man ...... Brian Oulton
Policeman ...... Alan Simpson
With Ian Burford and David Charlesworth
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1967.
THU 13:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmsy)
Discovery
As the 75th birthday of Adolf Hitler nears, detective Xavier March hits trouble with his terrifying investigation...
Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei.
Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryden.
Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball
Globus ...... Michael Byrne
Krebs ...... William Scott Masson
Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis
Hotel Manager ...... Ian Gelder
Pili ...... Thomas Copeland
Friedman ...... Michael Culver
Car-hire Rep ...... Dan Fineman
Nazi Music Critic ...... Jonathan Coleman
Producer: John Dryden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
THU 13:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbl3m)
Wasted Years
Episode 4
Inspired by the success of another gang, Darren decides it's time to get serious. Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller.
THU 14:00 Roger Deakin - The House (b00t0zm0)
Soundings from an ancient farmhouse as it flexes its joints, sighs with the passing of the seasons and echoes with the sounds of its residents.
These include spiders which hang out in the window frames, bees that bumble round the bedrooms, slugs which slither across the doorsteps, hedgehogs that hang out in the kitchen and swallows up the chimney.
Writer and naturalist Roger Deakin presents a unique sound portrait of life in the timber-framed house in Suffolk.
In the following episode, Roger heads to ‘The Garden”.
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
THU 14:30 Roger Deakin - The Garden (b00t0zm2)
Walnut Tree Farm is a 450-year-old wooden farmhouse, buried under a blanket of ivy and wild honeysuckle, in Suffolk.
It's owner, the writer and conservationist Roger Deakin, introduced his home in The House. Now he presents his garden after which the farm is named.
In this evocative and personal portrait, Deakin offers an intimate record of the changing soundscape of the garden as the seasons unfold.
Our mildly eccentric guide tell us about his moat, shepherd's hut, outdoor Victorian bath, and animal friends.
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2005.
THU 15:00 Joy Adamson's Born Free (b007k3hn)
Episode 4
Virginia McKenna reads the classic story of Elsa the lion. Joy and George try to disprove a local myth about man-eating lions.
THU 15:15 Miranda Seymour - The Bugatti Queen (b00mvqsb)
Episode 4
Model-turned-Grand Prix driver Hellé Nice survives racing accidents and World War II. Read by Harriet Walter.
THU 15:30 Inside the Queen's Head (b00t4fbg)
Marooned
Lemn Sissay visits pubs with the Queen's name to meet her subjects, including the drinkers of Amlwch on the island of Anglesey.
THU 15:45 The Benn Tapes (b007jr2b)
Series 2
Europe
Political veteran Tony Benn shares private recordings from history's frontline. Pros and cons of the UK's links with Brussels.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00t4fbj)
Children's stories, including Avenger by Pete Johnson, The Toilet of Doom by Michael Lawrence, and Horace by Chris d'Lacey.
THU 17:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m464)
This Island Earth
Things can't get much worse for Major Barton and his team in their wartime efforts. Or can they?
Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk and Laura Molyneux as Slipstream.
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
THU 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1hv)
Scavengers
Under a full moon - widow Lottie's odd encounter with a fox has a life changing effect. Amanda Root reads Dominic Power's tale.
After a heavy, gin-induced afternoon sleep, sixty-year old Lottie Nancarrow wakes up with the sense of dread that has plagued her since the recent death of her partner, the abstract painter Ned Stein, with whom she had shared thirty years of a happy bohemian existence. Lottie is treating her grief with alcohol, and is becoming increasingly eccentric, alienating herself from her small West London community and the life she shared with Ned. This evening, Lottie feels that something is wrong, some change in the atmosphere. Going to the French window of her garden flat, she sees a full moon hanging in the sky, and illuminated by the moon, staring through the glass at her, is a large urban fox - staring at her with a look that suggests some secret knowledge.
THU 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
Episode 4
Utterson's persistence with investigating the truth about his friend Dr Jekyll is finally rewarded. Read by Tim Piggott-Smith. From April 1996.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jtth)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t4d75)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmsy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbl3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrfx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2s0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Dead Ringers (b00t4d73)
More celebrity sound-alikes, featuring Jack Nicholson in 'Last of the Summer Wine'. With Phil Cornwell. From June 2000.
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b00t4fbl)
Series 3
Episode 6
For the last time this series, Miles Jupp and the crew take a fine-tooth comb to the week's news and present some topical sketches submitted by the writing team.
THU 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k4r1)
Series 2
By Royal Appointment
Discover the joys of musical theatre, learn all about the wonder of the sea, plus marvel at the monarchy with the museum's new royal theme park.
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 2005.
THU 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007w45v)
Comedian's Moon
Stephen Tompkinson plays a young man who gets bitten by the comedy bug - with terrifying results. From November 1991.
FRIDAY 23 JULY 2010
FRI 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m464)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1hv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmsy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbl3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrfx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2s0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Personal History of David Copperfield (b007jmr2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqqn)
Dark Days
Marmee leaves to care for Father and Beth falls ill. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
FRI 05:30 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqrn)
Aunt March Settles the Question
Father returns for Christmas and Meg gets a proposal. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
FRI 06:00 23/07/2010 (b00t4qkd)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00t4qkg)
Series 4
Episode 10
Kenneth Horne is the wise old chief in 'The Apache Story'. But is Kenneth Williams a pseudonym? And exactly how will Julian and Sandy 'Keep Britain Bona'?
With 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 departed after series 3.
Scripted by Barry Took, Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer.
Music by the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in April 1968.
FRI 08:30 One Foot in the Grave (b007jmxg)
Alive and Buried
Grumpy Victor Meldrew arrives at work to learn that he's no longer employed and is set to be replaced by a box.
With time passing very slowly in his enforced retirement, Victor gripes about newsreaders and worries about becoming a lavatory junkie.
Richard Wilson stars as Victor and Annette Crosbie as his long-suffering wife Margaret.
Adapted for radio by David Renwick from his BBC TV script.
Victor Meldrew ...... Richard Wilson
Margaret Meldrew ...... Annette Crosbie
Mrs Warboys ...... Doreen Mantle
Nick Swainey ...... Owen Brenman
With Sally Grace and Jeffrey Holland.
Winning numerous awards, six series were made for TV plus numerous specials on BBC ONE from 1990 to 2000.
Producer: Diane Messias
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1995.
FRI 09:00 The Embassy Lark (b00t4qkk)
Sir Jeremy Goes on Holiday
When the cat's away, the mice want him back! An ambassador in demand. Stars Derek Francis and Frank Thornton. From March 1968.
FRI 09:30 Tony's (b007jt0l)
Series 1
Charles
Money starts to go missing from the corner-shop barber's till, so who is the thief? Stars Victor Spinetti. From October 1979.
FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Personal History of David Copperfield (b007jmtp)
Good and Bad Angels
David falls in love, and questions his friendship with Steerforth. Stars Miriam Margolyes, Sheila Hancock and Phil Daniels.
FRI 11:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrg7)
Episode 5
The letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill. The reality of war strikes home. With Alex Jennings and Sylvestra Le Touzel. From February 1999.
FRI 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k3myc)
Series 2
The Chief Justice of Beauty
Precious worries about her fiance, and Mma Makutsi takes on a case for the Chief Justice of Beauty. Stars Claire Benedict.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00t4qkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t4qmv)
Series 2
My Old Man's a Tory
Angry Albert disrupts Harold's Labour party meeting.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Dudley Foster as Stonelake and Beth Boyd as Miss Frobisher.
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 July 1967.
FRI 13:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmtf)
Closing In
Detective Xavier March uncovers the terrible secret of Adolf Hitler's totalitarian state.
Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei.
Conclusion of Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryde.
Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball
Globus ...... Michael Byrne
Krebs ...... William Scott Masson
Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis
Nebe ...... Stratford Johns
Border Guard ...... Dan Fineman
Commentator ...... Alan Dedicoat
Producer: John Dryden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
FRI 13:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbmh4)
Wasted Years
Episode 5
A spate of armed robberies has DI Charlie Resnick recalling his 1980s nemesis, the soon-to-be-paroled John Prior. Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller.
FRI 14:00 Marcy Kahan - Design for Murder (b00t2y9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 on Saturday]
FRI 15:00 Joy Adamson's Born Free (b007k3jh)
Episode 5
Virginia McKenna reads the classic story of Elsa the lion, as Joy and George take her on a seven week safari.
FRI 15:15 Miranda Seymour - The Bugatti Queen (b00mw69m)
Episode 5
Personal, political and financial problems dog Hellé Nice as her glamorous racing years fade. Read by Harriet Walter.
FRI 15:30 Inside the Queen's Head (b00t4qwx)
Sailing By
Lemn Sissay visits pubs with the Queen's name to meet her subjects. Is there a darker side to rowing town, Henley-on-Thames?
FRI 15:45 The Benn Tapes (b007jr2r)
Series 2
The Labour Party
Political veteran Tony Benn shares private recordings from history's frontline. When the SDP forms, some MPs decide to defect.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00t4qwz)
Children's stories: Avenger by Pete Johnson, The Toilet of Doom by Michael Lawrence, and Horace by Chris d'Lacey.
FRI 17:00 The Embassy Lark (b00t4qkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Tony's (b007jt0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009mbjn)
Fight for the Future
Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the weapon away before all is lost...
Conclusion of Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk, Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine and Laura Molyneux as Slipstream.
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
FRI 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1k4)
The Hiring Fair
Strong moonlight forces spark a sequence of events which echo across generations. Frances Tomelty reads Polly Devlin's tale.
In 1867 a young girl living with her father on their isolated County Tyrone farm often senses the magical attraction of the full moon. On one particular night of bright, silvery moonlight she gives in to strong forces sparking a sequence of events which echo across generations.
FRI 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00859tj)
Episode 5
It's Henry Jekyll's turn to tell the story, as the bizarre truth is finally revealed. Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00t4qkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t4qmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmtf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbmh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k3myc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 One Foot in the Grave (b007jmxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Vent (b00t4qzw)
Series 1
Gravity Gets You Down
Ben's physiotherapy seems to be working miracles when he gets far enough out of his coma to punch his physiotherapist.
And what are a tough-as-nails agent, a giant winged angel and Elvis doing in his unconscious mind?
Dark sitcom written by Nigel Smith.
Starring Neil Pearson as Ben Smith, Fiona Allen as Mary, Josie Lawrence as Mum and Leslie Ash as Blitzkrieg.
With Mark Perry, Dave Lamb, Jo Martin, Lucy Montgomery and Nicola Walker, Tim Whitnall and Sue Vincent.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jmbj)
Series 3
A Four Letter Word
A new arrival in Hell persuades Satan to re-shoot 'Casablanca' - with a mutant alien.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
The Professor …. James Grout
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Felicity Montagu, Philip Pope, Nick Revel and Michael Fenton Stevens.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.
FRI 23:30 15 Minute Musical (b00t4r1h)
Series 1
The Elton Story
Ben Elton tries to save his soul but 'the Lord' makes him write rock band shows - forever. With Richie Webb. From December 2004.
FRI 23:45 2000 Years of Radio (b007jnh4)
Series 1
Mad - Georgian Radio
Full Age of Enlightenment updates, plus the Earl of Sandwich lives up to his name. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2000.