Repercussions from Dantes' false imprisonment are felt in Paris, so now he's got a final score to settle. Stars Andrew Sachs.
Bob asks his fiancee Thelma to fix Terry up with a date.
Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. With Lois Daine and Lorna Wilde.
Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley.
Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in a BBC Treasure Hunt.
A-ha! Alan Partridge meets France's second-best racing driver Michel Lambert, saucy East End glamour girl Shirley Dee and looks for the lighter side of being held hostage...
Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.
Desperate to be seen to be Green, the Ambassadors from both East and West try to reconcile materialism with ecological common sense.
Agreement on policies proves impossible and time is running out: diplomacy may soon be extinct.
Series 4 of 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 and Stephen Greif as US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg.
Clare is coerced into helping Megan organise her one-year-old daughter's birthday party.
Clare Barker is a social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions. Award-winning sitcom by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Starring Sally Phillips as Clare, Alex Lowe as Brian, Andrew Wincott as Simon, Richard Lumsden as Ray, Gemma Craven as Helen, Ellen Thomas as Irene, Nina Conti as Megan and Lewis MacLeod as Gordon.
Eleanor is torn between loyalty to her father and her love for John Bold. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Alec McCowen.
As Mrs Ross hunts down the real killer, could a remote trading post hold vital clues? Stef Penney's mystery stars Meg Fraser.
Daunt and Dervish have established their detective agency and there's a steady flow of business, in the days just after the end of the Second World War.
But their lives really become exciting when they rescue a woman from drowning, discover she is not at all what she seems, and find themselves involved in the more shady side of life at the race track.
Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie and Bill Nighy as Ted Sharping.
Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Meredith.
Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker.
Medic Simon Sparrow's efforts to get a date for the hospital ball turn to chaos.
The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor in the House' published in 1952.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans, Norma Ronald as Matron/Vera and Joan Young as Lady Spratt.
With time running out, can the suave sleuth finally confront who murdered Julia Kelburn?
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Simon Lack as Superintendent Raine, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, Julian Somers as George Kelburn, June Tobin as Linda Kelburn, Joan Matheson as Mrs Fletcher, Mary Wimbush as Dr Benkaray, James Beattie as Charlie and Hugh Manning as Larry Cross.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Carole Seddon and new accomplice Jude step up their efforts to search for the missing body. Simon Brett's thriller read by Joanna Tope.
With still no body, Carole Seddon realises that she still has much to learn about being a detective. Simon Brett's thriller read by Joanna Tope.
Fiendish brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Dr Doreen Baxter, Professor David Singmaster and Robert Eastway. From August 1998.
Dubbed exclusive, defensive and resistant, Ian Hislop arrives in Ludlow to test cliche against reality. With Jeremy Paxman.
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
One summer young Oliver goes exploring and meets a painter - while his mother entertains her 'friend'. Read by Jonathan Firth.
Recruited by the German enemy, British double agent Eddie Chapman is codenamed Fritz. Read by Damian Lewis.
Recalling tales of his Yorkshire family, the writer reflects on his Dad - who Mam says never pushes himself forward.
Children's stories introduced by Chris Pizzey, featuring Big George by Eric Pringle, Honestly Mum by Kathryn Lamb, and At the Firefly Gate by Linda Newbery.
Discovering how to keep death at bay, a Victorian scientist starts resurrecting. Christine Kavanagh reads Nick Moulton's tale.
Serena Joy reveals a radical solution to help Offred's attempt to bear her a child. Read by Buffy Davis.
Implanted into the composite body, the brain of Morbius is determined to get its revenge against the world. Read by Tom Baker.
The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity.
Written by and starring Viv Stanshall.
Contains edits of original John Peel sessions first heard on BBC Radio 1.
Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using additional musicians.
The team tackle an unusual case of sexual harassment. With Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings. From February 2003.
Fed-up Alex has done nothing since university, but then he discovers an unusual hobby. Stars Geoffrey Palmer. From June 2001.
Failed talk show host Juliette Johnson decides to become the perfect wife and mother. Stars Jenny Eclair. From November 2000.
WEDNESDAY 09 MARCH 2011
WED 00:00 Blood Lines (b007xrff)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008flfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:15 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s3jtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007rwp2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 The Body on the Beach (b0090xlq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:45 The Body on the Beach (b0090xlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:45 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z628m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s5tv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Flying the Flag (b00dr99l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Clare in the Community (b00z60tb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Anna Sewell - Black Beauty (b00mdyl3)
A well-bred horse hits hard times and poor health due to overwork.
CAST:
Black Beauty …. Adam Godley
Ginger/Dolly/Servant …. Liza Sadovy
Master/John Manley/Skinner …. Ewan Bailey
Langley/Reuben Smith/Mr Bond/Bob …. Jon Glover
Doctor/Larry/Hard Face/Father …. Philip Fox
Squire Gordon/Mr Clay/Ostler/Seller …. Ioan Meredith
Lady Gordon/Polly/Grace …. Helen Longworth
Beauty's Mother/Lady Two …. Ndidi Del Fatti
Carter/Driver/York …. Stephen Hogan
Joe Green/Robert/Gentleman …. Stuart McLoughlin
Jerry/Ned/Farrier …. Robert Hastie
Merrylegs/Man …. Jason Chan
Written by Anna Sewell and dramatised by Katie Hims.
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004
WED 06:00 09/03/2011 (b00z64dv)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jntz)
Series 5
Hancock's Car
Parked outside for ten years - the lad's forced to move his motor car, but hits snags galore.
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.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.
WED 08:30 Heated Rollers (b007qv82)
Episode 3
Granny in space - and Mrs Slocombe the locum.
The first ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2 stars Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro.
With music supplied by the Lorraine Bowen Experience.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1999.
WED 09:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007vgg5)
Bingo and the Little Woman
Bertie Wooster turns into a romantic novelist (again) when Bingo Little falls in love (again).
PG Wodehouse romp starring Richard Briers and Michael Hordern.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Lord Bittlesham ..... Ronald Fraser
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973.
WED 09:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081s3d)
Series 2
Episode 3
Can crooked lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel free his jailed assistant Ravelli?
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, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1991.
WED 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpc9)
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers Part 1
Septimus Harding is discomforted by the arrival of a new chaplain. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Simon Russell Beale.
WED 11:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z64dx)
Episode 8
At the remote Canadian settlement, Mrs Ross makes a discovery that turns her world upside down. Stars Meg Fraser.
WED 11:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwty)
Series 1
A Question of Class
The detective duo return to their Covent Garden office in London early one morning to discover an Oxford undergraduate slumped on the doorstep wanting them to find the wallet he left in a Soho house of ill repute.
Daunt's knowledge of his past makes her very suspicious of later accusations that he's beaten a woman up.
With the Second World War over, former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish are running their own detective agency.
Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie and Scott Handy as James 'Podger' Urquhart.
Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Meredith.
Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jntz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00j2j7c)
Series 2
Episode 8
A bizarre slice of Shakespeare - and a poem for a man with a plan.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With Terence Brady, Pauline Yates and John Graham.
Pianist: Gordon Langford
Guitarist: Dick Abell.
Written by Chris Allen, Peter Campbell, Ted Clayton and Patrick Ennis, John Graham, Roy Lomax, Donald Monat and June Dixon, Frank A Terry and Harold Arpthorp.
Producer John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1972.
WED 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jsj9)
Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
1. The Fergusons
On a flight home from New York, Paul Temple and Steve meet the Fergusons, who are flying to England to visit their student son Richard at Oxford University. At the airport, they learn he's been shot dead.
But there are only two clues...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Robert Ferguson …. John Glen
Helen Ferguson …. Grizelda Hervey
Dinah Nelson …. Valerie Kirkbright
Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason
Reggie Mackintosh …. Simon Lack
Red Harris …. John Baddeley
Simo …. William Fox
Police Sergeant …. Frederick Treves
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1963.
WED 13:30 The Body on the Beach (b009100g)
Episode 5
With help from the town's snoopers, Carole and Jude make some deeper discoveries in their murder mystery. Read by Joanna Tope.
WED 13:45 The Body on the Beach (b009102d)
Episode 6
Keen to solve the murder mystery, Carole Seddon uncovers more sinister goings on in the neighbourhood. Brett's thriller read by Joanna Tope.
WED 14:00 My Music (b00lvyp2)
Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and Denis Norden on Nina Simone and speeded up singers. From January 1994.
WED 14:30 Unearthing Mysteries (b007nncs)
Series 2
Sounds of the Stone Age
Visiting some of Britain's oldest structures, Professor Aubrey Manning tackles the conundrum of their acoustic properties.
WED 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007w4fc)
The Dreary Steeples; Partition
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 15:15 William Boyd - Fascination (b007jwkx)
Lunch
From a bundle of receipts and comments, we piece together a diner's eventful days. William Boyd adaptation, read by Bill Nighy.
WED 15:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jn6g2)
Episode 3
Double agent Eddie Chapman - codename 'Fritz' - prepares to sabotage a British factory making war planes. Read by Damian Lewis.
WED 15:45 Alan Bennett - Untold Stories (b00kn1hy)
Aunty Myra
The writer recalls tales of his Yorkshire family. Visiting his mother's sister, she always shared her military service memories.
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00z64xn)
Children's stories introduced by Chris Pizzey, featuring Big George by Eric Pringle, Honestly Mum by Kathryn Lamb, and At the Firefly Gate by Linda Newbery.
WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007vgg5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 17:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081s3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 18:00 Blood Lines (b007ylqw)
Elegy Underground
Angels have returned, but to a world where only one person remembers who they are. Bethan Walker reads Fiona McFarlane's tale.
WED 18:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008flfs)
Jezebels
Offred comes across her old friend in very disturbing surroundings. Chilling vision of female oppression. Read by Buffy Davis.
WED 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s5ztx)
The Brain of Morbius
Episode 8
The Time Lord and Sarah Jane confront the Morbius monster once more, and call upon the Sisterhood for help. Read by Tom Baker.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jntz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00j2j7c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jsj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
WED 20:30 The Body on the Beach (b009100g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
WED 20:45 The Body on the Beach (b009102d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:45 today]
WED 21:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z64dx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwty)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Heated Rollers (b007qv82)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth (b00z64xq)
Episode 5
The urban warrior speaks to The People. In a Pub.
More undeniable truths to a nation crying out for direction and guidance.
Comedy-music mix written by and starring Simon Munnery.
With Peter Serafinowicz, Mandy Knight, Dermot Carmody and Simon Clayton.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in March 1995.
WED 23:30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once (b007jrc7)
Series 1
Lights
Eddie scores tickets to Stockport County's biggest match ever. An even greater challenge faces his son-in-law Dave
The lives of the Stockport-based, Conroy family in series 1 of Jim Poyser and Damian Lanigan's comedy drama.
Starring Dominic Monaghan as Jason, John McArdle as Eddie, Jason Done as Michael, Stefan Escreet as Dave, Emma Clarke as Collete, Beverley Callard as Maureen and Jo-Anne Knowles as Debbie.
With Alan Green as himself.
Music: Big George
Producer: Neil Mossey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.
THURSDAY 10 MARCH 2011
THU 00:00 Blood Lines (b007ylqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008flfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:15 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s5ztx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jsj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Body on the Beach (b009100g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:45 The Body on the Beach (b009102d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:45 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z64dx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwty)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpc9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007vgg5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081s3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows (b00qsxdy)
Episode 1
Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger's famous adventure dramatised and narrated by Alan Bennett. With Richard Briers and Derek Waring.
THU 06:00 10/03/2011 (b00z66dn)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00z66dq)
A Sticky Business
The bumbling bureaucrats hit the buffers over plans for a London Underground station.
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Starring Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.
Number One ...... Deryck Guyler
Number Two ...... Richard Murdoch
With John Graham, Ronald Baddiley and Carol Allen.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
'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.
Producer: Edward Taylor,
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1969.
THU 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.
THU 09:00 Our Brave Boys (b007s74k)
Series 1
Nanny Knows Best
MoD workers George and Bill are tired of making government excuses to the armed forces. With Martin Jarvis. From October 2001.
THU 09:30 The Alan Davies Show (b0089kpx)
Episode 4
The struggling actor and mate Murray try out a global food café, while Kate has a bad day.
Alan Davies stars in his own sitcom.
Written by Ben Silburn, Tony Roche and Alan Davies.
Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona
With Debra Stephenson, Alistair MacGowan and Dave Lamb.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
THU 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpfs)
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers Part 2
New chaplain Obadiah Slope continues to antagonise everyone except Eleanor. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Juliet Aubrey.
THU 11:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z66h3)
Episode 9
Mrs Ross decides that the only way to prove her son's innocence is to risk her own life. Stars Meg Fraser and Iain Robertson.
THU 11:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s8d7)
Series 1
Games of Chance
The detective duo are called in on a 'sporting' assignment to keep a 24 hour watch on a young East End boy who's about to fight for a place in the 1948 boxing team. The local Catholic priest has been taking a special interest in the boy's progress, but why?
With the Second World War over, former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish are running their own detective agency.
Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie, Dermot Crowley as Father Mike Finucan and Carl Prekopp as Tommy.
Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Meredith.
Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00z66dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00dyb12)
Series 6
Episode 10
Problem corner with Marjorie Droops, and Robinson Prunestone gets marooned.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Simon Brett, Graeme Garden and Jo Kendall.
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 June 1968.
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjn)
Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
2. That Good Old Intuition
After meeting the Fergusons on a flight back to England, the sleuth and his wife are investigating the 'murder' of their student son Richard.
But is he definitely dead..?
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Robert Ferguson …. John Glen
Helen Ferguson …. Grizelda Hervey
Charlie …. James Beattie
Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason
Reggie Mackintosh …. Simon Lack
Mrs Parsons …. Eva Stuart
Hall Porter …. Frank Partington
Max Wyman …. Frederick Treves
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1963.
THU 13:30 The Body on the Beach (b0091nkn)
Episode 7
Carole Seddon and accomplice Jude question the death of Rory Turnbull - was it really suicide? Simon Brett's thriller read by Joanna Tope.
THU 13:45 The Body on the Beach (b0091nkq)
Episode 8
Carole Seddon's murder suspicions are vindicated as a fresh suspect emerges. Simon Brett's thriller read by Joanna Tope.
THU 14:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00j6bh8)
Series 1
Episode 3
James Walton's pop music quiz with Andrew Collins, Tracey MacLeod, Richard Curtis and Anthony Wilson. From December 2004.
THU 14:30 Back to Front (b007k166)
Series 1
1963
The 1963 headline makers knocked off the newspaper front pages by Henry Cooper. Ned Sherrin and Claire Rayner get nostalgic. With Simon Barnes.
THU 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007w2pg)
Stretch Out the Hand of Forebearance; The Treaty
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 15:15 William Boyd - Fascination (b007jwl5)
Fantasia on a Favourite Waltz
Clara, who lives by 'entertaining' gentlemen, meets a talented teen pianist. William Boyd adaptation, read by Niamh Cusack.
THU 15:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jnls9)
Episode 4
MI5 send double agent Eddie Chapman to infiltrate Germany's Abwehr intelligence. Read by Damian Lewis.
THU 15:45 Alan Bennett - Untold Stories (b00kn5x3)
Aunty Kathleen
Recalling tales of his Yorkshire family, the writer reflects on the brisk marriage of his Mam's sister.
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00z682d)
Children's stories introduced by Chris Pizzey, featuring Big George by Eric Pringle, Honestly Mum by Kathryn Lamb, and At the Firefly Gate by Linda Newbery.
THU 17:00 Our Brave Boys (b007s74k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 The Alan Davies Show (b0089kpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Blood Lines (b007zcd6)
A Lasting Impression
The new writing series continues. Following a terrible row with her boyfriend, a woman receives a chilling supernatural message.
THU 18:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008f8f5)
Nick
Offred embarks on Serena Joy's plan and witnesses the brutality of the new regime. Read by Buffy Davis.
THU 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s6494)
The Creature from the Pit
Episode 1
A distress signal sends the TARDIS to a jungle planet - where owning metal gives political power. Read by Tom Baker.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00z66dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00dyb12)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 The Body on the Beach (b0091nkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 20:45 The Body on the Beach (b0091nkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:45 today]
THU 21:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z66h3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s8d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nw3x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b00z6837)
Series 4
Episode 5
Miles Jupp and his topical team study the news stories from the last seven days and then make fun of them.
THU 23:00 Comic to Comic (b007wpj0)
Series 1
Ian Cognito
The outrageous stand-up star tells Bruce Morton about life on the road as a jobbing comedian.
THU 23:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq9g)
The Unknown
David Jason and company explore fork bending, time travel and things that go bump in the night.
With Sheila Steafel, Royce Mills and John Owen Edwards.
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 Alastair Beaton.
Music by John Owen Edwards
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1977.
FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2011
FRI 00:00 Blood Lines (b007zcd6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008f8f5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:15 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s6494)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjn)
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13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 The Body on the Beach (b0091nkn)
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13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:45 The Body on the Beach (b0091nkq)
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13:45 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z66h3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s8d7)
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11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpfs)
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10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Our Brave Boys (b007s74k)
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09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Alan Davies Show (b0089kpx)
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09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows (b00qt10k)
Episode 2
Toad is offered an escape route by a washer-woman and her niece. Dramatised and narrated by Alan Bennett. With Richard Briers.
FRI 06:00 11/03/2011 (b00z6ch6)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007k3hg)
Series 2
Strike Up the Band
When Number One uses the Comfort Fund accounts for a dance, Pertwee takes action.
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 AS Johnson, Heather Chasen as Mrs Povey, Michael Bates as Ginger and Tenniel Evans as Uncle Ebenzer.
The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1959.
FRI 08:30 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00mv1sg)
Episode 5
Misprint Theatre, and whatever happened to Checkpoint? Zesty sketch show with Barry Cryer and Alison Steadman. From June 1989.
FRI 09:00 Bristow (b00cnhyq)
Series 1
Sun, Sea and Sabotage
The buying clerk's traditional summer plans are threatened by the arrival of a new boy at Chester Perry's.
Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows it.
Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years from 1961.
Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Post Boy ...... Simon Schatsberger
Check-in ...... GirlKatie Odie
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.
FRI 09:30 No Commitments (b007jnzl)
Series 7
Reflected Glory
With Charlotte's celebrity status rising, sister Victoria plans to deflate her ego. Stars Celia Imrie. From February 2001.
FRI 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpg2)
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers Part 3
Obadiah Slope is determined to win Eleanor, but others try to thwart him. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Juliet Aubrey.
FRI 11:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z6ch8)
Episode 10
Mrs Ross's journey to prove her son's innocence ends with a shoot-out in the wilderness. Stef Penney's mystery stars Meg Fraser.
FRI 11:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwvb)
Series 1
The Singer Not the Song
When a newspaper magnate is murdered, the obvious suspect is his much younger wife, but when the police discover that Daunt and Dervish were actually in the grounds of the house that evening - they're not only under suspicion, but their licence is suspended. The only way to get it back will be for them to beat the police to the discovery of the real murderer...
With the Second World War over, former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish are running their own detective agency.
Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie and Nicky Henson as Daniel Slater.
Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Meredith.
Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007k3hg)
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08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b00fklbj)
The Holiday Prize
The dear ladies squabble over a holiday - and the milkman. Starring Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket.
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjz)
Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
3. The Ring
The suave sleuth meets a murder suspect - but is she aware of a vital clue?
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Helen Ferguson …. Grizelda Hervey
Charlie …. James Beattie
Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason
Dinah Nelson …. Valerie Kirkbright
Reggie Mackintosh …. Simon Lack
Hall Porter …. Frank Partington
Police Sergeant/Max Wyman …. Frederick Treves
Rudolph Charles …. Anthony Hall
Mavis Russell …. Isabel Rennie
Mark Elliot …. William Fox
Richard Ferguson …. Gabriel Woolf
Bobby …. David Spenser
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1963.
FRI 13:30 The Body on the Beach (b0091t5y)
Episode 9
There's fresh drama at the yacht club, while Carole Seddon makes an important discovery. Simon Brett's thriller read by Joanna Tope.
FRI 13:45 The Body on the Beach (b0091t5z)
Episode 10
More drama erupts, as Carole Seddon's murder investigation reaches a gripping climax. Simon Brett's thriller read by Joanna Tope.
FRI 14:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00z6dsj)
Series 6
Episode 16
From Seattle, the American funny man welcomes Nellie McKay to celebrate Doris Day's birthday and Brandi Carlile. From 2010.
FRI 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007w3f1)
The Split; Troubles North and South
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 15:15 William Boyd - Fascination (b007jwlf)
The Pigeon
Love, sickness, betrayal and family fissures. And what is going on in Paris? Read by Tom Goodman-Hill.
FRI 15:30 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jp108)
Episode 5
British wartime double agent and former convict Eddie Chapman arrives back home. Concluded by Damian Lewis.
FRI 15:45 Alan Bennett - Untold Stories (b00kn8k3)
Mam
Recalling tales of his Yorkshire family, the writer explains how his Mam's memory is beginning to fail.
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00z6dsl)
Children's stories introduced by Chris Pizzey, featuring Big George by Eric Pringle, Honestly Mum by Kathryn Lamb, and At the Firefly Gate by Linda Newbery.
FRI 17:00 Bristow (b00cnhyq)
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09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 No Commitments (b007jnzl)
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09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Blood Lines (b007k2sj)
Father's Day
An estranged father and daughter's reunion is threatened by sinister state forces. Jasmine Callan reads Ian Dudley's tale.
FRI 18:15 Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (b008f8f6)
Episode 10
Serena Joy confronts Offred in the climax to the chilling, dystopian vision of female subjugation. Concluded by Buffy Davis.
FRI 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s6dgp)
The Creature from the Pit
Episode 2
The Time Lord encounters an adversary deep below ground, whilst Romana and K9 struggle to survive above. Read by Tom Baker.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007k3hg)
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08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b00fklbj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 The Body on the Beach (b0091t5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 20:45 The Body on the Beach (b0091t5z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:45 today]
FRI 21:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z6ch8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwvb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00mv1sg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00n490h)
Series 3
Episode 5
Reunions top the agenda at the CyberPass bistro, but are they such a good idea? Stars Mervyn Stutter. From June 2004.
FRI 23:00 The Big Fun Show (b00lh0ty)
Episode 5
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 (b007jmtg)
Series 1
Anyone Born in England Should Be Deported
Radical proposals to improve our lives, with the comedian's emigration shake-up. From November 1992.