Kenneth Horne tells all about a film premiere, and Hornerama investigates shipping. With Kenneth Williams. From June 1959.
3. Hostile Intelligence
Danielle de Brescou is followed and terrified by two men in hoods, while two of Princess Casilia's finest racing horses are slaughtered with a bolt gun.
Kit Fielding ...... Eric Allan
Princess Casilia ...... Sian Phillips
Danielle ...... Elizabeth MacGovern
Henri ...... John Bull
Roland ...... Simon Carter
Dusty ...... Christian Rodska
Wykeham ...... William Eedle
Lord Vaughnley ...... Gerry Hinks
Prince Litsi ...... Sam Dastor
Beatrice Bunt ...... Margaret Robertson
As the Skinner family prepare to attend a garden party, the disturbing truth behind the death of their son-in-law begins to emerge.
Dorothea Brooke is due to be wed, while Fred Vincy pins his hopes on his frail uncle, Mr Featherstone. Stars Candida Benson.
Poor parishioners revolt and curious medical problems in the diary of Somerset parson William Holland. Stars Ronald Pickup.
Each has staked his fortune on the outcome. Each has everything to lose.
Ben Hur ...... Jamie Glover
Messala ...... Samuel West
Simonides ...... Bernard Hepton
Ilderim ...... Freddie Jones
Drusus ...... Ian Masters
Amrah ...... Phyllis Calvert
Mother ...... Margaret John
Esther ...... Deborah Berlin
Tirzah ...... Natasha Pyne
Malluch ...... Gavin Muir
Iras ...... Becky Hindley
Gesius ...... Peter Yapp
Pilate ...... Neville Jason
Assassin ...... Oliver Senton
Roman 1 ...... Joshua Towb
Servant ...... Michael Tudor Barnes
The 'One Ronnie' - Ronnie Barker - with a collection of sketches, prose, poems and music.
Life begins at 40? The pain and pleasure of Middle Age. Having an affair? 'It's not about sex, it's about death'.
Battling to find his missing brother James, William Caldicott gets a fresh lead. Read by the author.
Conflict, Christianity and Hugh Walpole. More correspondence from the future Poet Laureate. Read by Michael Williams.
Steve Race hosts the panel game with Frank Muir, Dennis Norden, John Amis and Ian Wallace.
From an old colonial to a herd of operatic cows – it can only be Michael Bentine.
The ultimate one man show written and performed by the host.
The comedy-horror set in the British Museum continues. The dead are on the move and the living are on the menu.
Having infiltrated a secret masked ball where the female revellers are naked, Fridolin is discovered and must face his hosts.
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.
Frozen fiascos are afoot as the dim student traveller sails with Greenpeace. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From August 2002.
A heavy metal band takes action over a back stage expose. TV arts show based sitcom. With Harriet Thorpe. From September 1993.
THURSDAY 31 JANUARY 2008
THU 00:00 Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies (b007k043)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Dream Story (b007jpqx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Dick Francis (b007jpyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Before the Party (b007jqpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vlwk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Dead Ringers (b008vczt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k4r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b007jrmf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Hair in the Gate (b007k3g1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur (b007jr5x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 The Michael Bentine Show (b008vnrl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 My Music (b008vnrk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fmcks)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
THU 08:00 Yes Minister (b007jlgh)
Series 1
Jobs for the Boys
As Sir Humphrey warns on Public-Private Partnership, MP Jim Hacker learns it takes two to Quango.
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 Desmond ...... Richard Vernon
Joe Morgan ...... Richard Davies
George ...... Arthur Cox
Conway ...... Kerry Francis
Himself ...... Gordon Clough
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983.
THU 08:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008vnz5)
Episode 6
Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Stephen Fry, John Sessions, Rory Bremner and Jon Glover.
It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC radio.
With Colin Sell at the piano.
Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by Martin Booth.
Producer: Dan Patterson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1988.
THU 09:00 Dick Francis (b007jpzb)
Bolt
4. The Killing Game
Prince Litsi faces terror, hanging by his finger tips from the top of the old stand at Bradbury race-course.
Dick Francis's racing thriller dramatised by John Ashe.
Kit Fielding ...... Eric Allan
Princess Casilia ...... Sian Phillips
Danielle ...... Elizabeth MacGovern
Roland ...... Simon Carter
Dusty ...... Christian Rodska
Wykeham ...... William Eedle
Hodges ...... Gerry Hinks
Prince Litsi ...... Sam Dastor
Beatrice Bunt ...... Margaret Robertson
Allardeck ...... Bill Wallis
Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin at BBC Pebble Mill.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1994
THU 09:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq0p)
Episode 1
Given just days to live, a Victorian policeman is ready to make his final confession
He candidly reveals his involvement in a murder case many years before. As a young police constable in London, he recalls how a young woman burst in with news of a gruesome killing...
Detective story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1881.
Read by Ronald Pickup.
Producer: Joanne Reardon
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003.
THU 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vqy1)
The Social Round
There's gossip at the engagement party, and Rosy Vincy encounters Dr Lydgate. Stars Katherine Igoe and Robert Glenister.
THU 10:15 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx4j)
Series 2
Don't Look Down Your Nose at Me, Sir
Unruly parishioners, lazy farmers and a bucolic manservant - the life of Somerset parson William Holland. Stars Ronald Pickup.
THU 11:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur (b007jr6d)
The King Comes into His Kingdom
After the prince's victory in the chariot race, news arrives of his mother and sister.
Conclusion of Lew Wallace's epic tale starring Jamie Glover as Judah Ben Hur.
Ben Hur ...... Jamie Glover
Simonides ...... Bernard Hepton
Balthasar ...... Michael Hordern
Amrah ...... Phyllis Calvert
Mother ...... Margaret John
Esther ...... Deborah Berlin
Tirzah ...... Natasha Pyne
Malluch ...... Gavin Muir
Iras ...... Becky Hindley
Guide ...... Neville Jason
Man at Inn ...... Joshua Towb
Man 1 ...... Don McCorkindale
Man 2 ...... Derek Waring
Man 3 ...... Peter Yapp
Man 4 ...... Peter Whitman
Michael Gambon reads from the Bible.
Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska.
Music by Wilfredo Acosta.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995.
THU 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jlgh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fr)
Series 2
Commemorate Jubilees the Burkiss Way
A comedy celebration of the Queen's 25 years on the throne.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living is radio's limited edition correspondence course.
With mock-hide instruction from Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris.
Embossed scrollwork script from Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
A genuine leatherette production by Simon Brett (a gift you will treasure for always)
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977.
THU 13:00 Westway (b00fmckv)
Drama serial set in and around a busy medical practice in West London.
THU 13:15 Stuck in the Middle (b008vr0z)
The Generational Squeeze
Life begins at 40? The pain and pleasure of Middle Age. Examining what happens when the caring shifts from children to parents.
THU 13:30 Dirk Bogarde - Jericho (b008vr10)
Episode 11
William Caldicott's wife Helen reveals her future plan, while their son Giles enjoys his visit to France. Read by the author.
THU 13:45 The Betjeman Letters (b007jxcs)
1945 to 1948 - Poetry, Prose and Religion
Catholicism and the Church of England, Evelyn Waugh and Nancy Mitford - more musings from the poet. Read by Michael Williams.
THU 14:00 31/01/2008 (b00fmckx)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
THU 17:00 King Cutler (b008vr1b)
King Cutler III
Another zesty batch of poems, songs and stories from Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler.
Interrupting from beyond the harmonium are Dylan Edwards , David Lloyd and Craig Murray-Orr.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in January 1990.
THU 17:30 Parsley Sidings (b007jp4z)
Series 2
The Entente Cordiale
Cross-channel harmony hits the buffers, when the station is twinned with one in France.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Kenneth Connor as Valentine /Bradshaw/Head of French Rail, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Ian Lavender as Bert and Roger Delgado as Dupont.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1973.
THU 18:00 Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies (b007k0d4)
Episode 3
The comedy-horror set in the British Museum continues. The living fall out while the dead plot revenge in the Reading Room.
THU 18:30 Dream Story (b007m92z)
Episode 6
The revelation of Albertine's dream sends Fridolin deeper into chaos as he tries to unravel the mystery of the previous evening.
THU 19:00 Yes Minister (b007jlgh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Dick Francis (b007jpzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 20:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vqy1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 21:15 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
THU 22:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008vnz5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Radio Active (b007jp67)
Series 4
Round Your Parts
Mike Flex, Anna Daptor and Mike Channel make a special visit to meet the residents of the Rural Village of Humpingham.
Radio Active is the one and only local national radio station.
Starring:
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Angus Deayton
Geoffrey Perkins
Philip Pope
Michael Fenton-Stevens
Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown.
Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins. With Jon Canter, Murray Hunter and John Docherty.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1984.
THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b008vr3v)
Series 2
Episode 1
Tackling burglars and TV war reports revealed. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged topical humour. From August 1986.
THU 23:30 On the Hour (b007k3zk)
Series 1
Episode 4
Why cream maybe good for you - and another motorway goes missing...
All the news as it happens, if it happens – and the sport must go on for a bereaved 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 August 1991.
FRIDAY 01 FEBRUARY 2008
FRI 00:00 Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies (b007k0d4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Dream Story (b007m92z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Dick Francis (b007jpzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vqy1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007jx4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008vnz5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Radio Active (b007jp67)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b008vr3v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 On the Hour (b007k3zk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur (b007jr6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Parsley Sidings (b007jp4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 King Cutler (b008vr1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fmfcc)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
FRI 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
Series 3
My British Buddy
Walmington-on-Sea's warm welcome for some American troops backfires.
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
Hodges Warden …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Colonel Schultz …. Jack Watson
Mrs Fox …. Mollie Sugden
Shirley …. Wendy Richard
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.
FRI 08:30 Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World (b008vr8l)
Episode 5
The surreal duo try solving the globe's topical problems. Stars Andrew Livingstone and Fine Time Fontayne. From August 1992.
FRI 09:00 Dick Francis (b007qg3v)
Bolt
5. Nemesis for Two
Champion jockey Kit Fielding gets wind that Henri de Brescou plans to kill more horses. Kit is determined to put a stop to this needless slaughter.
Conclusion of Dick Francis's racing thriller.
Kit Fielding ...... Eric Allan
Princess Casilia ...... Sian Phillips
Danielle ...... Elizabeth MacGovern
Roland ...... Simon Carter
Wykeham ...... William Eedle
Prince Litsi ...... Sam Dastor
Henri ...... John Bull
Greening ...... Jack May
Thomas ...... Steve Hodson
Beatrice Bunt ...... Margaret Robertson
Allardeck ...... Bill Wallis
Dramatised by John Ashe.
Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin at BBC Pebble Mill.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1994.
FRI 09:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq12)
Episode 2
With just days to live, a Victorian policeman continues his final confession from his death bed.
With mystery still surrounding the brutal murder of John Zebedee, he recalls his determination to solve the case when the rest of the police force had given up.
Detective story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1881.
Concluded by Ronald Pickup
Producer: Joanne Reardon
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003.
FRI 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vr8m)
The Chaplaincy
The appointment of the Chaplain is imminent and there's a surprise encounter in Rome. Stars Ron Cook and Caroline Martin.
FRI 10:15 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007lzdp)
Series 2
Travel Broadens the Seat
A hectic social visit to Bath with his family, and more from the diary of Somerset parson William Holland. Stars Ronald Pickup.
FRI 11:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1mf)
1. Wilderness
In 1730, drawn by a wild romantic impulse, Francis Herries moves his family to a tumbledown ancestral house called 'Herries', ringed by the Cumberland fells.
Stars Gavin Muir, Mark Bonnar and Janet Maw.
Hugh Walpole's historical novel, first published in 1930.
Dramatised in four parts by Eric Pringle.
Francis .... Gavin Muir
David ... Mark Bonnar
Margaret ... Janet Maw
Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw
Alice Press ... Jane Slavin
Pomfret ... Stephen Thorne
Jannice .... Shirley Dixon
Father Roache ....Hugh Dickson
Statesman Peel ....Gerard McDermott
The Pedlar ....Ioan Meredith
Benjamin ....Chris Pavlo
Young Deborah ....Katie Clarke
Young David ....George Maguire
Others parts by Joseph Head, Robert Harper, Alex Lowe, Alison Pettitt and Christopher Scott
Director David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1997.
FRI 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Counterpoint (b008vrb6)
1999
Episode 12
Ned Sherrin's third semi-final with Louis Powell of Berkshire, Yorkshire's Colin Spencer and Len Smith from Essex.
FRI 13:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh)
The Two Mrs Reeds
Two women with the same name convalesce in a maternity ward. Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story.
FRI 13:15 Stuck in the Middle (b008vrcn)
Time's Winged Chariot
Life begins at 40? The pain and pleasure of Middle Age. The clock is ticking, but is the Big Goodbye to be feared or welcomed?
FRI 13:30 Dirk Bogarde - Jericho (b008vrcp)
Episode 12
William Caldicott finally discovers the truth about his brother James's disappearance. Concluded by the author.
FRI 13:45 The Betjeman Letters (b007jxcw)
1949 to 1951 - Expenses and Encouragement
Disputes with the BBC and speaking up for Dylan Thomas. More missives from the Poet Laureate-to-be. Read by Michael Williams.
FRI 14:00 01/02/2008 (b00fmfcf)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jwzt)
Series 1
She Who Hesitates
Still trying to find their feet together, Bill and Faith end up bickering, as she struggles to act impulsively...
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith and James Bolam as Bill.
Series one of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham
Hilary ...... Celia Imrie
Alex ...... John Samson
Treadwell ...... Richard Tate
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
FRI 17:30 To the Manor Born (b007lzww)
A Wife's Prerogative
Audrey makes the most of helping Devere - by pretending she's his wife.
Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.
Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
Mademoiselle Dutoit ..... Rula Lenska
The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.
Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.
FRI 18:00 Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies (b007k0m2)
Episode 4
The comedy-horror in the British Museum continues. How to get 8000 angry body parts back in their cases before opening time?
FRI 18:30 Dream Story (b007m9wj)
Episode 7
Fridolin returns to the house of the masked ball to find the mysterious woman who saved his life, and has an unpleasant surprise.
FRI 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Counterpoint (b008vrb6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Dick Francis (b007qg3v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq12)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008vr8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007lzdp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World (b008vr8l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Little Britain (b008vt68)
Series 2
Episode 4
Back where it started out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit, without the cameras. From March 2002.
FRI 23:00 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jh6jp)
Series 1
I Say, I Say, I Say
Disabled comedian Bill finds popularity once more and embarks on one final gig. Owen Evans' monologue from September 2000.
FRI 23:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcq)
The Brothers Faversham
Augustus Faversham
The story of Victorian Britain's most celebrated magician - Augustus Faversham.
The comedy sketch trio present swashbuckling tales of four brothers born into the same privileged aristocratic family - Horatius, Theseus, Leonidas and Augustus.
Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.
Alexandra Faversham ... Ingrid Oliver
Narrator... Miles Jupp.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2008.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
01/02/2008
14:00 FRI (b00fmfcf)
26/01/2008
14:00 SAT (b00flqyz)
27/01/2008
14:00 SUN (b00flw90)
28/01/2008
14:00 MON (b00fm16s)
29/01/2008
14:00 TUE (b00fm6cx)
30/01/2008
14:00 WED (b00fm9zg)
31/01/2008
14:00 THU (b00fmckx)
Alan Plater - The Devil's Music
02:15 SAT (b007qss0)
All the World's a Globe
23:45 TUE (b007jwp2)
All the World's a Globe
04:45 WED (b007jwp2)
Andrew Rissik - Troy
10:00 SUN (b007k434)
Andrew Rissik - Troy
20:00 SUN (b007k434)
At Home With Hinge and Bracket
11:30 SUN (b008s999)
At Home With Hinge and Bracket
21:30 SUN (b008s999)
Ayres on the Air
17:30 TUE (b007k1f9)
Ayres on the Air
06:00 WED (b007k1f9)
Beachcomber... By the Way
17:00 MON (b008tx2z)
Beachcomber... By the Way
06:30 TUE (b008tx2z)
Before the Party
09:30 TUE (b007jqpf)
Before the Party
20:30 TUE (b007jqpf)
Before the Party
01:30 WED (b007jqpf)
Before the Party
09:30 WED (b007jqpt)
Before the Party
20:30 WED (b007jqpt)
Before the Party
01:30 THU (b007jqpt)
Ben Moor - Undone
18:00 SUN (b008s9dm)
Ben Moor - Undone
00:00 MON (b008s9dm)
Beyond Our Ken
08:00 WED (b008vczs)
Beyond Our Ken
12:00 WED (b008vczs)
Beyond Our Ken
19:00 WED (b008vczs)
Big Toe Books
07:00 SAT (b00fl9mv)
Big Toe Books
07:00 SUN (b00flw8y)
Big Toe Books
07:00 MON (b00fm16n)
Big Toe Books
07:00 TUE (b00fm6cs)
Big Toe Books
07:00 WED (b00fm9zb)
Big Toe Books
07:00 THU (b00fmcks)
Big Toe Books
07:00 FRI (b00fmfcc)
Bruce Bedford - The Gibson
00:00 SAT (b007js93)
Bruce Bedford - The Gibson
18:00 MON (b007js9x)
Bruce Bedford - The Gibson
00:00 TUE (b007js9x)
Chain Reaction
22:30 SUN (b00grv92)
Chain Reaction
03:30 MON (b00grv92)
Counterpoint
12:30 FRI (b008vrb6)
Counterpoint
19:30 FRI (b008vrb6)
Dad's Army
08:00 FRI (b007jqbr)
Dad's Army
12:00 FRI (b007jqbr)
Dad's Army
19:00 FRI (b007jqbr)
Dead Ringers
08:30 WED (b008vczt)
Dead Ringers
22:00 WED (b008vczt)
Dead Ringers
03:00 THU (b008vczt)
Dick Francis
01:00 SAT (b007ncw9)
Dick Francis
09:00 MON (b007jpxx)
Dick Francis
20:00 MON (b007jpxx)
Dick Francis
01:00 TUE (b007jpxx)
Dick Francis
09:00 TUE (b007jpyf)
Dick Francis
20:00 TUE (b007jpyf)
Dick Francis
01:00 WED (b007jpyf)
Dick Francis
09:00 WED (b007jpyx)
Dick Francis
20:00 WED (b007jpyx)
Dick Francis
01:00 THU (b007jpyx)
Dick Francis
09:00 THU (b007jpzb)
Dick Francis
20:00 THU (b007jpzb)
Dick Francis
01:00 FRI (b007jpzb)
Dick Francis
09:00 FRI (b007qg3v)
Dick Francis
20:00 FRI (b007qg3v)
Dirk Bogarde - Jericho
13:30 MON (b008tx1t)
Dirk Bogarde - Jericho
13:30 TUE (b008v26c)
Dirk Bogarde - Jericho
13:30 WED (b008vnrj)
Dirk Bogarde - Jericho
13:30 THU (b008vr10)
Dirk Bogarde - Jericho
13:30 FRI (b008vrcp)
Dream Story
00:30 SAT (b007lzwy)
Dream Story
18:30 MON (b007m48w)
Dream Story
00:30 TUE (b007m48w)
Dream Story
18:30 TUE (b007jpqh)
Dream Story
00:30 WED (b007jpqh)
Dream Story
18:30 WED (b007jpqx)
Dream Story
00:30 THU (b007jpqx)
Dream Story
18:30 THU (b007m92z)
Dream Story
00:30 FRI (b007m92z)
Dream Story
18:30 FRI (b007m9wj)
Ed Doolan Interviews...
12:00 SUN (b007jwfp)
Ed Doolan Interviews...
17:00 SUN (b007jwfp)
Ed Doolan Interviews...
05:00 MON (b007jwfp)
Fear on 4
18:30 SAT (b007jn0y)
Fear on 4
00:30 SUN (b007jn0y)
Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop
23:30 MON (b008tzz7)
Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop
04:30 TUE (b008tzz7)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
17:00 SAT (b007jwq3)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
23:00 SAT (b007jwq3)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
06:00 SUN (b007jwq3)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
10:00 MON (b008sbsg)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
21:00 MON (b008sbsg)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
02:00 TUE (b008sbsg)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
10:00 TUE (b008v1r4)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
21:00 TUE (b008v1r4)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
02:00 WED (b008v1r4)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
10:00 WED (b008vlwk)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
21:00 WED (b008vlwk)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
02:00 THU (b008vlwk)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
10:00 THU (b008vqy1)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
21:00 THU (b008vqy1)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
02:00 FRI (b008vqy1)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
10:00 FRI (b008vr8m)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
21:00 FRI (b008vr8m)
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
23:00 WED (b007jrmf)
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
04:00 THU (b007jrmf)
Hair in the Gate
23:30 WED (b007k3g1)
Hair in the Gate
04:30 THU (b007k3g1)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 TUE (b008v13d)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 TUE (b008v13d)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 TUE (b008v13d)
Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries
11:00 FRI (b007k1mf)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
12:30 MON (b007jn60)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
19:30 MON (b007jn60)
Inspector Morse
12:00 SAT (b007lmbz)
Inspector Morse
01:00 SUN (b007lmbz)
Kenny Everett's Radio Days
23:00 SUN (b007k43k)
Kenny Everett's Radio Days
04:00 MON (b007k43k)
King Cutler
17:00 THU (b008vr1b)
King Cutler
06:30 FRI (b008vr1b)
King Street Junior
17:00 TUE (b007jmkq)
King Street Junior
06:30 WED (b007jmkq)
Last Days of Shandakor
18:30 SUN (b007k2tj)
Last Days of Shandakor
00:30 MON (b007k2tj)
Lew Wallace - Ben Hur
11:00 MON (b007jr51)
Lew Wallace - Ben Hur
05:00 TUE (b007jr51)
Lew Wallace - Ben Hur
11:00 TUE (b007jr5g)
Lew Wallace - Ben Hur
05:00 WED (b007jr5g)
Lew Wallace - Ben Hur
11:00 WED (b007jr5x)
Lew Wallace - Ben Hur
05:00 THU (b007jr5x)
Lew Wallace - Ben Hur
11:00 THU (b007jr6d)
Lew Wallace - Ben Hur
05:00 FRI (b007jr6d)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
08:30 TUE (b00fn0jh)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
22:00 TUE (b00fn0jh)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
03:00 WED (b00fn0jh)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
12:30 WED (b008vlwt)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
19:30 WED (b008vlwt)
Little Britain
03:30 SAT (b008s4w8)
Little Britain
22:30 FRI (b008vt68)
Lost Voices
09:30 SUN (b007jxz6)
Lost Voices
02:30 MON (b007jxz6)
Margaret Bonham - The Casino
09:15 SUN (b007s9rk)
Margaret Bonham - The Casino
02:15 MON (b007s9rk)
Margaret Bonham - The Casino
13:00 FRI (b007sygh)
Mark Tavener - In the Red
08:30 MON (b007jzr4)
Mark Tavener - In the Red
22:00 MON (b007jzr4)
Mark Tavener - In the Red
03:00 TUE (b007jzr4)
Martin Kiszko - Scramble
18:00 SAT (b007jwq4)
Martin Kiszko - Scramble
00:00 SUN (b007jwq4)
Much Binding in the Marsh
13:00 SUN (b008gzwf)
Much Binding in the Marsh
19:00 SUN (b008gzwf)
Much Binding in the Marsh
06:00 MON (b008gzwf)
My Music
17:00 WED (b008vnrk)
My Music
06:30 THU (b008vnrk)
Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World
03:00 SAT (b008s44t)
Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World
08:30 FRI (b008vr8l)
Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World
22:00 FRI (b008vr8l)
Old Harry's Game
22:30 TUE (b007jtzz)
Old Harry's Game
03:30 WED (b007jtzz)
On the Hour
23:30 THU (b007k3zk)
On the Hour
04:30 FRI (b007k3zk)
Parsley Sidings
17:30 THU (b007jp4z)
Parsley Sidings
06:00 FRI (b007jp4z)
Paupers and Pig Killers
10:15 MON (b007jx3z)
Paupers and Pig Killers
21:15 MON (b007jx3z)
Paupers and Pig Killers
02:15 TUE (b007jx3z)
Paupers and Pig Killers
10:15 TUE (b007jx44)
Paupers and Pig Killers
21:15 TUE (b007jx44)
Paupers and Pig Killers
02:15 WED (b007jx44)
Paupers and Pig Killers
10:15 WED (b007jx4d)
Paupers and Pig Killers
21:15 WED (b007jx4d)
Paupers and Pig Killers
02:15 THU (b007jx4d)
Paupers and Pig Killers
10:15 THU (b007jx4j)
Paupers and Pig Killers
21:15 THU (b007jx4j)
Paupers and Pig Killers
02:15 FRI (b007jx4j)
Paupers and Pig Killers
10:15 FRI (b007lzdp)
Paupers and Pig Killers
21:15 FRI (b007lzdp)
Radio Active
22:30 THU (b007jp67)
Radio Active
03:30 FRI (b007jp67)
Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies
18:00 TUE (b007jzw4)
Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies
00:00 WED (b007jzw4)
Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies
18:00 WED (b007k043)
Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies
00:00 THU (b007k043)
Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies
18:00 THU (b007k0d4)
Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies
00:00 FRI (b007k0d4)
Revenge of the Celebrity Mummies
18:00 FRI (b007k0m2)
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household
01:30 SAT (b007jr8w)
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household
09:30 MON (b007jr9c)
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household
20:30 MON (b007jr9c)
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household
01:30 TUE (b007jr9c)
Second Thoughts
06:30 SAT (b008s4fp)
Second Thoughts
17:00 FRI (b007jwzt)
Sounding Off with McGough
23:00 MON (b007jlwb)
Sounding Off with McGough
04:00 TUE (b007jlwb)
Steptoe and Son
12:30 TUE (b007jzsd)
Steptoe and Son
19:30 TUE (b007jzsd)
Stuck in the Middle
13:15 MON (b008tx0j)
Stuck in the Middle
13:15 TUE (b008v26b)
Stuck in the Middle
13:15 WED (b008vnnj)
Stuck in the Middle
13:15 THU (b008vr0z)
Stuck in the Middle
13:15 FRI (b008vrcn)
The Al Read Show
13:30 SUN (b007s198)
The Al Read Show
19:30 SUN (b007s198)
The Al Read Show
06:30 MON (b007s198)
The Beaton Generation
23:00 TUE (b008v79w)
The Beaton Generation
04:00 WED (b008v79w)
The Betjeman Letters
13:45 MON (b007jxcd)
The Betjeman Letters
13:45 TUE (b007lzwt)
The Betjeman Letters
13:45 WED (b007m475)
The Betjeman Letters
13:45 THU (b007jxcs)
The Betjeman Letters
13:45 FRI (b007jxcw)
The Burkiss Way
12:30 THU (b00jr7fr)
The Burkiss Way
19:30 THU (b00jr7fr)
The Goon Show
08:00 MON (b007jndr)
The Goon Show
12:00 MON (b007jndr)
The Goon Show
19:00 MON (b007jndr)
The Great Pretenders
09:00 SAT (b007jyw8)
The Great Pretenders
20:00 SAT (b007jyw8)
The Great Pretenders
03:00 SUN (b007jyw8)
The Men from the Ministry
13:30 SAT (b007k0dt)
The Men from the Ministry
02:30 SUN (b007k0dt)
The Michael Bentine Show
17:30 WED (b008vnrl)
The Michael Bentine Show
06:00 THU (b008vnrl)
The Million Pound Radio Show
23:00 THU (b008vr3v)
The Million Pound Radio Show
04:00 FRI (b008vr3v)
The Museum of Everything
22:30 WED (b007k4r1)
The Museum of Everything
03:30 THU (b007k4r1)
The News Quiz
22:00 SUN (b008s9hw)
The News Quiz
03:00 MON (b008s9hw)
The Nimmo Twins in...
04:00 SAT (b00jgq2v)
The Nimmo Twins in...
23:00 FRI (b00jh6jp)
The Penny Dreadfuls
04:30 SAT (b00gpbcn)
The Penny Dreadfuls
23:30 FRI (b00gpbcq)
The Remains of Foley and McColl
22:30 MON (b007m4dx)
The Remains of Foley and McColl
03:30 TUE (b007m4dx)
The Shuttleworths
23:15 MON (b008tzyp)
The Shuttleworths
04:15 TUE (b008tzyp)
To the Manor Born
06:00 SAT (b007k4vh)
To the Manor Born
17:30 FRI (b007lzww)
Westway
08:00 SAT (b00fl9mx)
Westway
19:00 SAT (b00fl9mx)
Westway
13:00 MON (b00fm16q)
Westway
13:00 TUE (b00fm6cv)
Westway
13:00 WED (b00fm9zd)
Westway
13:00 THU (b00fmckv)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
17:30 MON (b007jrk2)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
06:00 TUE (b007jrk2)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
08:30 THU (b008vnz5)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
22:00 THU (b008vnz5)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
03:00 FRI (b008vnz5)
Wilkie Collins - No Name
05:00 SAT (b007jryr)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
09:30 THU (b007jq0p)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
20:30 THU (b007jq0p)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
01:30 FRI (b007jq0p)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
09:30 FRI (b007jq12)
Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee?
20:30 FRI (b007jq12)
William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair Omnibus
08:00 SUN (b008s959)
William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair Omnibus
01:00 MON (b008s959)
William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair
02:00 SAT (b007jvyz)
Yes Minister
08:00 THU (b007jlgh)
Yes Minister
12:00 THU (b007jlgh)
Yes Minister
19:00 THU (b007jlgh)