Meg faces marriage troubles, while Jo triumphs in her writing. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
Tension mounts as Anna and her family leave Berlin. Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story, read by Rosemary Leach.
Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story. Anna and her family become refugees in Zurich. Read by Rosemary Leach.
Inspired by Bill and supplied by Sid, the lad turns his home into a centre of learning.
Stars Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
When the comedian gets involved in a bank robbery, isn't it all a bit of 'armless fun? With Rosemary Leach. From August 2003.
PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Revrend Heppenstall ..... Maurice Denham
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Eustace ..... David Jason
Claude ..... Jonathan Lynn
Cynthia ..... Carol Marsh
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel tries to swing a prize fight.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Following the violent encounter at the Karamazov home, Dmitry flees the town in search of Grushenka.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Makarov ...... Mark Straker
Andrey ...... Philip Fox
Trifon ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Musialowicz ...... Sam Dale
Constable ...... Saikat Ahamed
Revellers ...... Miranda Keeling/ Bethan Walker
Original music by David Pickvance.
Fred has hopes for an inheritance, and busy Dr Lydgate has problems of his own. Stars Caroline Martin and Tom Goodman-Hill.
A condemned man gives the French detective a fresh lead on an unsolved murder. With Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
Mystery in a spoof of smooth sleuth Paul Temple - and wires get crossed on the telephone.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With Terence Brady, Pauline Yates and Ann Beach. Pianist: Gordon Langford.
Written by Arnold Brown, Donald Churchill, Peter Spence, Don Currell and Andy Kelvin, John Graham, Charles Griffin, JG Sacks, Myles Rudge and Ted Dicks, and Gerald Wiley.
Mystery afloat as a Cornish family's curse starts to unravel. Who will come into his rightful inheritance - and will Father Brown be in time to avert a tragedy?
Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.
Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
Flambeau ...... Olivier Pierre
The Admiral ...... Edward Kelsey
Sir Cecil Fanshaw ...... Brian Hewlett
Tregear ...... Keith Kraushaar
Tommy/Walter ...... James Goode
Bunny is appalled to hear Raffles calmly announce that he intends to visit New Scotland Yard to view an exhibition of his own craftsman's tools...
The stories of EW Hornung in the continuing adventures of cricketer and gentleman thief, Arthur J Raffles, and his chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders.
Starring Jeremy Clyde as AJ Raffles, Michael Cochrane as Bunny, Gudrun Ure as Mrs Fisher and Peter Forbes as Druce.
Dramatised by Olwen Wymark.
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Why was the Dutch Master painter so fascinated with self-portraits? Nigel Warburton investigates. From October 2006.
Alkarim Jivani asks why we value originality, from Roman villas to so-called original features beloved of estate agents. He visits Warsaw to discuss the beautiful fake that is the town centre, flattened by the Germans in the Second World War and painstakingly reconstructed in the 1950s. But should the reconstruction have taken the form of the 18th-century original, the 19th or even the 1939 version? Along the way, Jivani considers homage, tributes, remakes, restorations and renovations.
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
Cancer's infrequently asked questions, and notifying the dog. Miles Kington's humorous last letters. With Michael Palin.
Mike returns to the street where he last saw Jennifer, but his recollections prove disturbing. Read by Douglas Hodge.
The writer visits Asturias - a happy hunting ground for both cheese enthusiasts and cider lovers. Read by Jonathan Firth.
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring The Secret of Iguando by Robert Dodds, Matilda by Roald Dahl and The Missing Link by Kate Thompson.
Tom Harris disappears into space but returns with new and astonishing powers. Put to good use, they will benefit humanity - but in the wrong hands they could have horrifying and nightmarish implications.
Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'.
Tom Harris …. James Laurenson
A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon
Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams
Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye
Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay
Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson
Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck
First Girl …. Alison Draper
Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra
3. New Frontiers
Lazarus Long leads the families on board the colony spaceship 'New Frontiers'.
Paul Birchard reads Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life via selective breeding and financial encouragement.
Abridged by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
The Urban Warrior clambers on to his soapbox to impart more undeniable truths to a nation crying out for direction and guidance.
The comedy and music mix includes a cure for apathy, if he can be bothered.
Written by and starring Simon Munnery.
With Peter Serafinowicz.
Motson's Syndrome - and a nuclear attack. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged topical humour. From October 1986.
THURSDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2011
THU 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007jt6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rkc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Raffles (b007jnfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wzxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Maigret (b00fz0g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb5ch)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007s5dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007zgqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3c2)
Our Foreign Correspondent
Our Foreign Correspondent: Amy heads to Europe, while Jo makes a friend in New York. Stars Buffy Davis, Gayle Hunnicutt and Anne Marie Zola.
THU 05:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb61d)
Episode 5
Unable to get published in Zurich, Papa travels to Paris. Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story. Read by Rosemary Leach.
THU 05:45 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb61g)
Episode 6
In order to be published, Anna's father transfers to Paris. Read by Rosemary Leach.
First published in 1971, Judith's semi-autobiographical story tells the story of nine year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis - passing through Switzerland and France - before arriving in England in 1936.
Judith wrote it for her son to explain her own story of her family fleeing Nazi Germany. Her father was a drama critic and a distinguished writer whose books were burned by the Nazis.
Kerr found herself a fairly willing refugee, seeing her long travels as a great adventure. A view her parents went to great pains to confirm, often hiding their own personal and professional privations and struggles from their young children.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury and produced by Peter Hutchings.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.
THU 06:00 10/02/2011 (b00yb61j)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00ybxgy)
The War with the Isle of Wight
The daft duo sets out to buy some land for the military and nearly start a war...
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Stars Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch.
With Norma Ronald, Roy Dotrice, Diana Olsson, Julian Somers and Joan Sanderson.
Written and produced by Edward Taylor.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1962.
THU 08:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nd0t5)
The Two Ivans
In a sleepy Russian town, a careless insult changes the lives of two neighbours. Stars Griff Rhys Jones. From March 2002.
THU 09:00 Cabin Pressure (b00chy5c)
Series 1
Cremona
Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.
Arthur is struck dumb when a film star joins the flight, and Douglas has to disguise 30 knights of Camelot in a hurry.
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
Hester Macaulay ...... Helen Baxendale
Percival ...... Rufus Jones
Gawain ...... Robert Harley
Lancelot ...... Ali Amadi
Written by John Finnemore
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for the BBC
www.pozzitive.co.uk
THU 09:30 Potting On (b00lg8gt)
Something for Me
Pam has a win on the Premium Bonds.
Gordon earmarks the money for a new office computer, but Pam fancies splashing out on a sports car!
Sitcom about a couple at odds over running a garden centre and growing older.
Starring Pam Ayres as Pam and Geoffrey Whitehead as Gordon.
Written by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds with Pam Ayres.
With Trevor Bannister, Karl Theobald and Alex Tregear.
Sitcom by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds.
Producer Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.
THU 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00ybxz9)
Episode 4
As Dmitry goes on trial for the murder of his father, Alyosha desperately seeks proof of his innocence.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Smerdyakov ...... Joseph Kloska
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Judge ...... Ian Masters
Prosecutor ...... Philip Fox
Fetyokovich ...... Mark Straker
Devil ...... Sam Dale
Spectators ...... Paul Richard Biggin/ Saikat Ahamed/ Bethan Walker/ Miranda Keeling
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
THU 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x3lw)
Private and Public
Mr Brooke gets a lesson in reform politics, and Dorothea shares the secrets of her soul with Ladislaw. Stars Caroline Martin.
THU 11:15 Maigret (b00fz0y3)
Series 1
My Friend Maigret
The inspector revisits his past while uncovering a Mediterranean murder. With Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00ybxgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00df6ls)
Series 6
Episode 6
The great Sir Ruddy Shame - and the Ghost of McMuckle Manse.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Simon Brett, Derek Farmer, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Liam Cohen, Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.
Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in May 1968.
THU 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgy)
Series 2
The Arrow of Heaven
An American millionaire safe in his fortress, death threats, a murky past and a bolt from the blue. Father Brown, on his first visit to the United States, unravels the mystery and exposes thereby a mire of hypocrisy.
Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.
Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
Barnard ...... Ed Bishop
Harris ...... Guy Gregory
Wendell ...... Andrew Branch
Norman Drage ...... Sean Prendergast
Brander Merton ...... Richard Durden
Peter Wayne ...... Johnny Myers
Matt ...... Harry Towb
Customs Officer ...... Tim Reynolds
Dramatised by John Scotney
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.
THU 13:30 Raffles (b007jngf)
Series 3
The Knees of the Gods
Raffles and Bunny leave England to fight for queen and country in the South African war. For one of them there will be no return...
The stories of EW Hornung in the continuing adventures of cricketer and gentleman thief, Arthur J Raffles, and his chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders.
Starring Jeremy Clyde as AJ Raffles, Michael Cochrane as Bunny, Sean Barrett as Connell, Gudrun Ure as Mrs Fisher and Peter Penry-Jones as the General.
Dramatised by Olwen Wymark.
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in 1992.
THU 14:00 We've Been Here Before (b00fz84k)
Series 2
Episode 3
Clive Anderson hosts the panel show that pokes fun at events of the past.
The topical historical satirical panel show setting out to prove that there's nothing new under, or in, The Sun.
Mark Steel and David Quantick battle it out against John O'Farrell and Chris Addison.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
THU 14:30 Death By Chocolate (b00ybzdh)
From Brighton's chocolate-cream poisoner to chocolate hand grenades, Jo Brand looks at the sinister history of the sweet treat. From March 2007.
THU 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007t599)
The Battle of Widow McCormack's Cabbage Patch; The Fenian Brotherhood
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 15:15 Miles Kington - How Shall I Tell the Dog? (b00ybzdk)
Episode 4
The perfect funeral and gravestone, and parlez-vous cancer? Miles Kington's humorous last letters. With Michael Palin.
THU 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pd1nv)
Episode 9
Fourteen years after Jennifer's disappearance, the truth is finally revealed. How will Mike cope? Read by Douglas Hodge.
THU 15:45 A Late Dinner (b00k2ttl)
Episode 4
The writer's culinary tour hits Andalusia - home to a third of Spain's 220 million olive trees. Read by Jonathan Firth.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yc089)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Secret of Iguando by Robert Dodds, Matilda by Roald Dahl and The Missing Link by Kate Thompson.
THU 17:00 Cabin Pressure (b00chy5c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 Potting On (b00lg8gt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007k3zb)
The Silent Scream
Episode 2
The aliens are standing by to invade, but is there an even bigger threat to humanity?
Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'.
CAST:
Tom Harris …. James Laurenson
A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon
Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams
Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye
Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay
Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson
Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck
First Girl …. Alison Draper
Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a ninety-minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
THU 18:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rq8d)
4. The Unknown
100,000 family members settle into their prolonged lives aboard the colony ship.
Paul Birchard reads Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life via selective breeding and financial encouragement.
Abridged by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2007.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00ybxgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00df6ls)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Raffles (b007jngf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x3lw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Maigret (b00fz0y3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nd0t5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b00yc08c)
Series 4
Episode 1
Miles Jupp and the topical team look through the news stories from the last seven days and tastefully make fun of them.
THU 23:00 Comic to Comic (b007jw9k)
Series 1
Omid Djalili
British-Iranian Omid Djalili reveals to Bruce Morton how disco-dancing and experimental theatre shaped his life and work.
Series in which Bruce Morton talks to top stand-up comedians about life, the universe and comedy.
Producer: Carol Purcell
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in August 2005.
THU 23:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jpzh)
Love, Sex and Marriage
David Jason tries to crack relationships via computer dating and Punch and Judy.
With Sheila Steafel and Royce Mills.
Following in the footsteps of Lord Clark, Dr Bronowski and Professor Galbraith, David Jason unravels the mysteries of the universe and the meaning of life.
Scripted by Colin Bostock Smith, Andy Hamilton, Barry Pilton and Paul Leigh.
Music by John Owen Edwards
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1977.
FRIDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2011
FRI 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007k3zb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rq8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Raffles (b007jngf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x3lw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Maigret (b00fz0y3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00ybxz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Cabin Pressure (b00chy5c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Potting On (b00lg8gt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3cs)
Heartache
Jo and Laurie must face their futures, while Beth tells Jo the truth at last. Stars Buffy Davis and Gayle Hunnicutt.
FRI 05:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yc1rb)
Episode 7
Having fled Germany, Anna and her family settle in Paris. Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story. Read by Rosemary Leach.
FRI 05:45 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yc1rf)
Episode 8
The children settle in Paris, but begin to miss Berlin. Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story. Read by Rosemary Leach.
FRI 06:00 11/02/2011 (b00yc36z)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
Series 2
Going Dutch
Sent to Whittlesea Bay, HMS Troutbridge runs out of fuel - near some windmills in Holland.
Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as Lt Commander Stanton, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Hans and Tenniel Evans as Goldstein.
The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1959.
FRI 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.
FRI 09:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jqc5)
Hidden Treasure
Pike and Hodges call in a clairvoyant to help them locate the rumoured booty hidden somewhere on the pier in Frambourne-on-Sea.
A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee.
Arthur Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Frank Pike …. Ian Lavender
Bert Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Miss Perkins …. Vivienne Martin
Madame Zara …. Betty Marsden
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1984.
FRI 09:30 No Commitments (b007q9k6)
Series 6
Growing Away
As Emily flies the nest, Victoria and Roger assess their marriage. Stars Rosemary Leach and Angela Thorne. From August 1999.
FRI 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yc3jw)
Episode 5
Following Ivan's dramatic appearance at his brother's trial, Katerina prepares to deal Dmitry a fatal blow.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Conclusion of Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Devil ...... Sam Dale
Judge ...... Ian Masters
Prosecutor ...... Philip Fox
Fetyukovich ...... Mark Straker
Bystanders ...... Paul Richard Biggin/ Saikat Ahamed
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
FRI 11:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x7tl)
Confidences
Reverend Casaubon learns the truth about his illness, and a stranger arrives. Stars Caroline Martin and Nicholas Murchie.
FRI 11:15 Maigret (b00fzc3q)
Series 1
Madame Maigret's Own Case
The sleuth's spouse looks after a child. Could this be related to a murder case? With Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrr4)
Getting It Together
The dear ladies struggle to build a flat-pack settee. Starring Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket.
FRI 13:00 Father Brown Stories (b007jp3p)
Series 2
The Mistake of the Machine
A suspect is locked away, but has a prison governor got the right man? Can Father Brown discover the answer as he makes his way across America?
Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.
Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
O'Connor ...... TP McKenna
McGurk ...... Billy Boyle
Usher ...... Don Fellows
Prisoner ...... Brian Haines
Todd ...... Ed Bishop
Butler ...... Manning Wilson
Convict ...... Stuart Organ
Dramatised by John Scotney
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.
FRI 13:30 Raffles (b007jngz)
Series 3
The Last Word
War-scarred Bunny returns to London, determined to restore his extraordinary friend's reputation.
The stories of EW Hornung in the continuing adventures of cricketer and gentleman thief, Arthur J Raffles, and his chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders.
Starring Jeremy Clyde as AJ Raffles, Michael Cochrane as Bunny, Emily Richard as Sophie and Matthew Morgan as Alec.
Dramatised by Olwen Wymark.
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in 1992.
FRI 14:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yc4vv)
Series 6
Episode 12
From Minnesota - the American funny man welcomes opera tenor Raul Melo, guitarist Leo Kottke and VocalEssence. From 2010.
FRI 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007sygj)
The Green Flag Will Be Flying Independently; God Save Ireland!
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 15:15 Miles Kington - How Shall I Tell the Dog? (b00yc4vx)
Episode 5
Test your own will to live, and how to write a funny book about cancer. Miles Kington's last letters. With Michael Palin.
FRI 15:30 Sebastian Faulks: Engleby (b00pd387)
Episode 10
Mike adapts to his new life - considering a troubling past, while contemplating his future. Read by Douglas Hodge.
FRI 15:45 A Late Dinner (b00k3myh)
Episode 5
The last stop on the writer's gastronomic travelogue of Spain is a bustling market in Barcelona. Read by Jonathan Firth.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00yc5dy)
Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring Matilda by Roald Dahl, The Missing Link by Kate Thompson and Henry's Cat: The Letter, by Stan Hayward.
FRI 17:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jqc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 No Commitments (b007q9k6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007k406)
The Silent Scream
Episode 3
As the alien takeover deadline approaches, can humanity fend off enemies from without and within?
Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'.
CAST:
Tom Harris …. James Laurenson
A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon
Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams
Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye
Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay
Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson
Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck
First Girl …. Alison Draper
Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a ninety-minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
FRI 18:30 Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein (b007rsz2)
5. New World
After entering the alien temple, a colonist returns as a broken man.
Paul Birchard continues Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life via selective breeding and financial encouragement.
Abridged by Bert Coules.
Produced at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2007.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
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FRI 19:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrr4)
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12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Father Brown Stories (b007jp3p)
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FRI 20:30 Raffles (b007jngz)
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FRI 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x7tl)
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FRI 21:15 Maigret (b00fzc3q)
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FRI 22:00 The Long Hot Satsuma (b007jwxv)
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FRI 22:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mjq8m)
Series 3
Episode 1
An uncle's gift leaves menopausal flower child Merv yearning to discover his inner cowboy. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May 2004.
FRI 23:00 The Big Fun Show (b00kvb5d)
Episode 1
Sketch series with Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Tony Hawks and Josie Lawrence - before they hit the big time. From January 1988.
FRI 23:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007jmrl)
Series 2
The Royal Family Should Be Chosen By a Weekly Lottery
Mark Steel crowns his series by proposing that the royal family be chosen by a lottery.
Alternative solutions written and performed by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.
With Kim Wall and Maria McErlane.
Producer Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.