Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
The Giggleswade Festival of Music and Culture has an honoured guest - one Mr K Horne.
A cavewoman looks ahead, the perils of phoning a bank and the history of feminism.
The first ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2 stars Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro.
4. A Case of Whistle and Run
A routine case for private eye Stephen J Blackburn starts to look like his final investigation
One of four more cases for the private investigator and his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Yorkshire town that's seen better days.
Stephen J. Blackburn …. Finetime Fontayne
Tracey Duggan …. Judy Flynn
Mam …. Rita May
Angela …. Daryl Fishwick
Rodney …. Christopher Kent
3. The Secret
Absent in Italy, John Maltravers sends a letter summoning Sophia to Naples, where she learns a terrible secret.
Set in the 1840s, J Meade Falkner's brilliant novella tells the story of a well-to-do Oxford student whose innocent love of music is destined to lead him under a malevolent influence.
As they go off dancing, Richardson realises both Alex and Tom are also falling under the heiress' spell. Stars Juliet Aubrey.
The canny man in the corner helps Polly when a gambler accused of murder seems to have the perfect alibi. Stars Bernard Hepton.
2. Marriage
Gwendolen is now trapped in a cruel and loveless marriage with the philandering Grandcourt.
George Eliot's classic novel of love and idealism dramatised by Robert Forrest.
Gwendolen Harleth ...... Anna Chancellor
Deronda ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Grandcourt ...... James Bryce
Mrs Davilow ...... Joanna Tope
Klesmer ...... Finlay Welsh
Mirah ...... Lucy Patterson
Mrs Arrowpoint ...... Sarah Collier
Sir Hugo ...... Sandy Neilson
Mordecai ...... Mark McDonnell
Mrs Meyrick ...... Gerda Stevenson
Ezra Cohen ...... Steven McNicoll
General knowledge quiz staged on a 'virtual' cricket pitch in Kent and umpired by the late Brian Johnston.
Tied to a tree, will the air ace and his chums meet an untimely end? Michael Palin concludes Captain WE Johns' adventure. From August 1981.
Blessed by the Pope, the scientist can continue work on his book, but convent life is hard for Virginia. Read by Stella Gonet.
By the start of the 18th century, Anne is queen and England is once again at war. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain.
Simon Parkes is in Oxford to meet a Bangladeshi family flying the flag for their own cuisine. From September 2000.
Busy writing his new crime novel, Gerald doesn't want to be disturbed - but Diana has other ideas...
Starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife and more successful writer, Diana.
'She does have her sensitivities. And this.... for a woman ... any woman ... even my mother - I'd have thought it would strike at the whole image she has of her entire marriage.'
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Rod ...... Paul Sirr
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV , Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Steph stumbles on an unexpected part of the puzzle to help Eek's mission to change her planet's fate.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Natasha Pyne as the Librarian, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Bradley Lavelle as Harley, Ian Masters as Norton, Joshua Towb as Horatio, Margaret John as Mrs Miller, Neville Jason as the Robot and David Richard-Fox as the Bloke.
Under a full moon somewhere in Europe - three friends meet in a strange, exotic bar. Lucy Cohu reads Lilian Pizzichini's tale.
Three friends, adrift in a mysterious European city, congregate one night at cocktail hour in a strange, exotic bar and, as they partake of an absinthe-like drink, pathological, long-buried natural tendencies surface under the influence of the full moon.
Mr Hyde appears to be dead and Dr Jekyll has disappeared. Will a paper trail unravel the mystery? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
Cellulite appears. Is wannabe Cynthia putting on weight or just getting 'bigger boned'? Stars Llewella Gideon.
When the Christmas snipping gets out of hand and the salon clients get too crazy, Carlo decides he's had enough. It's time to do something about it...
Brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando chop, snip and crimp their lucky clients into shape at London's finest hair salon.
Six-part comedy written and performed by Rainer Hersch and Mark Maie. With Stephen Greif and Catherine Tate.
Fred MacAulay brings his pick of comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festival.
THURSDAY 14 AUGUST 2008
THU 00:00 Time Hops (b007k1q8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0084yhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner (b00cywfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007n9k5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective (b007jmlx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Heated Rollers (b007jwzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 The Little Big Woman Radio Show (b007jnch)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 Quando, Quando, Quando (b0082bz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 MacAulay and Co (b00czjr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k06p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 After Henry (b007k47s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jx9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00cz5rb)
Contact us at:
Big Toe Books
BBC Broadcasting House
London
W1A 1AA
Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
THU 08:00 Take It From Here (b00cz5rd)
Scary tales of 'Javanese witchmen' - and Ron and Eth plan a romantic break in Belgium. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From March 1958.
THU 08:30 Married (b007zmd4)
Series 2
Identity
Robin is about to encounter the double of someone he knew from his old universe.
After all this time, and one universe later, he can't still be nursing a grudge?
Hugh Bonneville stars in Tony Bagley's comedy.
Robin .... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley .... Josie Lawrence
Dirk .... Stephen Frost
Dame Jane Hyde .... Stephanie Cole
Philippa .... Siobhan Redmond
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.
THU 09:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w4dj)
Series 3
1. A Case of Winners and Losers
Private-eye Steven J Blackburn is still trailing his assistant behind him, but she's rapidly catching up. At the allotments, a mucky war of the flowers has broken out.
Finetime Fontayne stars as Stephen J Blackburn.
One of four more cases for the ex-pitman turned investigator and his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Yorkshire town that's seen better days.
Stephen J Blackburn ...... Finetime Fontayne
Tracey Duggan ...... Judy Flynn
Ted Turner ...... Chris Brailsford
Dr Hatten ...... Christopher Wilkinson
Dad ...... John Branwell
Written by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby
Director: Dave Sheasby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.
THU 09:30 The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner (b00cz5rg)
4. The Return
As John returns from Italy, his friend Gaskell tries to penetrate how he fell under Adrian's malign spell.
Concluded by Joanna David.
Written in 1895 by J Meade Falkner.
Set in the 1840s, it follows John Maltravers, a well-to-do student at Oxford whose innocent love of music is destined to lead him under a malevolent influence.
Abridger: Doreen Estall
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in August 2008.
THU 10:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007ncy6)
Episode 4
Party plans are afoot to celebrate the heiress' 21st birthday and Richardson comes to a decision. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith.
THU 10:15 Dave Sheasby - The Amazing Ratman Story (b007mb5v)
An old man has a tale to tell about a piper, a mare and a town plagued with rats.
But no one wants to listen, unless his story makes good TV...
Dave Sheasby's drama stars Bernard Cribbins as Jack, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Kate, Colin Salmon as Gruchen, Giles Fagan as Dave and Andrew Wincott as Nurse Downs.
Music composed and performed by Keith Waite.
Director: Pam Fraser Solomon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
THU 11:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k07z)
3. Tensions
In the sun-drenched port of Genoa, Gwendolen and Daniel's fates become eternally and tragically entwined.
The conclusion of George Eliot's classic novel of love and idealism.
Starring Anna Chancellor and Michael Perceval-Maxwell.
Dramatised by Robert Forrest.
Gwendolen Harleth ...... Anna Chancellor
Deronda ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Grandcourt ...... James Bryce
Mrs Davilow ...... Joanna Tope
Klesmer ...... Finlay Welsh
Mirah ...... Lucy Patterson
Lydia ...... Noreen Leighton
Lush ...... Simon Tait
Leonara ...... Vivienne Dixon
Mordecai ...... Mark McDonnell
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
THU 12:00 Take It From Here (b00cz5rd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsfr)
Series 5
The Man from the Burkiss Way
A deadly game of Russian Roulette Video Cassette and Blake's 7 spoofed.
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett.
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1980.
THU 13:00 Just William (b007jqrl)
Series 3
William Goes Shopping
The schoolboy is side-tracked when running an errand to get fish for his mother. Read by Martin Jarvis.
THU 13:15 Dava Sobel - Galileo's Daughter (b007jq91)
Episode 4
As the Bubonic plague reaches Florence, the renowned scientist faces a backlash against his new theories. Read by Stella Gonet.
THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jspf)
Union With Scotland
It's 1707 and the union of Scotland and England is imminent. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
THU 13:45 The Take Away (b007k2r8)
Pizzas
Simon Parkes discovers why delivering the dough can be a dangerous business. From September 2000.
THU 14:00 14/08/2008 (b00cz5rj)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
Contact us at:
CBeebies Radio
London, W12 7RJ
Phone: 08700 100 700.
THU 17:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv61)
Series 3
Episode 1
Ad man Ken Handley snags a leggy model to spy on the work of a rival agency.
Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising
Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis
Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin
Freddie ...... Lockwood West
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
April ...... Shelley Thompson
Hedley ...... Robert Longden
Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths
With Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, David Tate, Sally Grace, Enn Reitel and Anton Rogers.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.
THU 17:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k2cn)
Series 2
The Wedding
Everyone is looking forward to Hillfield's big wedding ceremony, but in which synagogue?
Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd
Harriet ...... Eve Karpf
Nat ...... Harry Landis
Bernice ...... Laura Shavin
Clive ...... Joshua Towb
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.
THU 18:00 Time Hops (b007k1rg)
Long Time No See
Time-hopping has brought the children nothing but trouble. Could a dodgy robot really make things better?
A five-part comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Natasha Pyne as Doris, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Bradley Lavelle as Harley, Ian Masters as Norton, Joshua Towb as Horatio, Neville Jason as Tailor, Oliver Senton as Bill and Dax O’Callaghan as Max.
Music by Richard Attree.
Producer: Nandita Ghose
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
THU 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1hv)
Scavengers
Under a full moon - widow Lottie's odd encounter with a fox has a life changing effect. Amanda Root reads Dominic Power's tale.
After a heavy, gin-induced afternoon sleep, sixty-year old Lottie Nancarrow wakes up with the sense of dread that has plagued her since the recent death of her partner, the abstract painter Ned Stein, with whom she had shared thirty years of a happy bohemian existence. Lottie is treating her grief with alcohol, and is becoming increasingly eccentric, alienating herself from her small West London community and the life she shared with Ned. This evening, Lottie feels that something is wrong, some change in the atmosphere. Going to the French window of her garden flat, she sees a full moon hanging in the sky, and illuminated by the moon, staring through the glass at her, is a large urban fox - staring at her with a look that suggests some secret knowledge.
THU 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
Episode 4
Utterson's persistence with investigating the truth about his friend Dr Jekyll is finally rewarded. Read by Tim Piggott-Smith. From April 1996.
THU 19:00 Take It From Here (b00cz5rd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w4dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 20:30 The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner (b00cz5rg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 21:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007ncy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 21:15 Dave Sheasby - The Amazing Ratman Story (b007mb5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
THU 22:00 Married (b007zmd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 On the Town with the League of Gentlemen (b0080p90)
Go to Joan Glover
An educational theatre troupe with an unusual agenda visit the school in the remote northern town.
The first incarnation of the award-winning black comedy, about the "local people" of Spent - before it hit TV.
Starring Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.
Written by the cast and Jeremy Dyson.
The League of Gentlemen won a Perrier Edinburgh Festival award in 1997 and this radio series debuted in the same year. They also won a Sony Radio Award. The cult series switched to TV for three series on BBC 2 from 1999, plus stage shows and a feature film.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
THU 23:00 MacAulay and Co (b00czl1m)
Edinburgh Festival 2008
Episode 4
Fred MacAulay brings his pick of comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festival.
FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2008
FRI 00:00 Time Hops (b007k1rg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1hv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w4dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner (b00cz5rg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007ncy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Dave Sheasby - The Amazing Ratman Story (b007mb5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Married (b007zmd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 On the Town with the League of Gentlemen (b0080p90)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 MacAulay and Co (b00czl1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k07z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k2cn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv61)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00cz7zz)
Contact us at:
Big Toe Books
BBC Broadcasting House
London
W1A 1AA
Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 08:00 Listen to Les (b00cz801)
From 24/07/1983
Les Dawson's line-up including snobby Cissie Braithwaite instructing Ada Shufflebotham on the etiquette of fox hunting.
With Roy Barraclough, Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn.
Music by Brian Fitzgerald.
Scripted and produced by James Casey.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1983.
FRI 08:30 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (b007yn6y)
Series 3
Episode 7
World Cup songs and showbiz gossip. The comic duo tackle the week's news, with guest Julia Morris.
FRI 09:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w2k6)
Series 3
2. A Case of Hard Times
When a pub quiz jackpot is consistently won by the same contestant, the landlord's convinced trickery is involved so calls in Blackburn to crack the scam.
But general knowledge isn't really Stephen's strength and anyway, is it really a question of fraud?
Finetime Fontayne stars as Stephen J Blackburn.
Another case for the ex-pitman turned investigator and his assistant Tracey. Set in a South Yorkshire town that's seen better days.
Stephen J Blackburn ...... Finetime Fontayne
Tracey Duggan ...... Judy Flynn
Walton Bentley ...... Gerry Kersey
Gradgrind/Slavic ...... Christopher Kent
Quizmaster ...... Rod Arthur
Written by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby
Director: Dave Sheasby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.
FRI 09:30 Express to Stamboul (b007jq4f)
A young wife travelling alone on the Simplon-Orient Express falls victim to a mysterious and sinister theft.
FRI 10:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007nfd7)
Episode 5
As a midsummer night draws to an end, some life-changing events await Richardson. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith and Juliet Aubrey.
FRI 10:15 Roy Apps - The Master and Mrs Tucker (b00cz803)
The story of the friendship between Noel Coward and E Nesbit. Roy Apps' play stars Guy Henry, Ann Bell and Rosemary Leach.
FRI 11:00 Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener (b007jx95)
A man employed as a copyist in a firm of lawyers starts behaving strangely.
It begins with him announcing there are aspects of his work he’d 'prefer' not to do – although he’s excellent at the actual work.
But then the list of things he’d rather avoid doing becomes more sinister...
Ian Holm and Adrian Scarborough star in Herman Melville's short story.
Dramatised by Martyn Wade.
The Lawyer …. Ian Holm
Bartleby …. Adrian Scarborough
Turkey …. David Collings
Nippers …. Jonathan Keeble
Hudd …. Philip Fox
Norton …. John Rowe
Prison Officer …. Stephen Hogan
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
FRI 12:00 Listen to Les (b00cz801)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Just a Minute (b00cz805)
Nicholas Parsons is joined in Canterbury by Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Linda Smith and Clement Freud.
FRI 13:00 Just William (b007jqs1)
Series 3
Violet Elizabeth Runs Away
The mischievous schoolboy is surprised by the arrival of the rich spoilt schoolgirl. Read by Martin Jarvis.
FRI 13:15 Dava Sobel - Galileo's Daughter (b007jq9j)
Episode 5
On suspicion of heresy, the renowned scientist faces sentencing for his exposition of Copernicus. Read by Stella Gonet.
FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jspr)
England Loses An Admiral
The British have captured Gibraltar, but in the newly formed United Kingdom many are leaving for the New World.
FRI 13:45 The Take Away (b007k2sb)
Gourmet
Simon Parkes visits a company delivering up-market meals to the chronologically-challenged. From September 2000.
FRI 14:00 15/08/2008 (b00cz8nm)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
Contact us at:
CBeebies Radio
London, W12 7RJ
Phone: 08700 100 700.
FRI 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007rgl7)
Honoria Glossop
When Bingo Little's new love lands Bertie Wooster in bother - who can save the day?
PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Sir Roderick Glossop ..... Andrew Cruickshank
Aunt Agatha ..... Joan Sanderson
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Lord Rainsby ..... James Villiers
Honoria Glossop ..... Miriam Margolyes
Oswald Glossop ..... Denise Bryer
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1973.
FRI 17:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cz8np)
Series 4
Episode 6
It’s Tommy and Sheila’s anniversary – 40 years in showbiz!
Lewis is hoping it’ll pass quietly and cheaply. But will a short hospital stay force Tommy to start taking life easier?
Mike Coleman's sitcom starring Roy Hudd and June Whitfield.
Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr battle on with their second stab at fame.
Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield
Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes
Murray …. Julian Eardley
Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted
Vicky Blunt/Nurse …. Emma Kennedy
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
FRI 18:00 Time Hops (b007k1sp)
Time's Up
The children are convinced that the man from the BBC will help them. But is he really what he seems?
Conclusion of the comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Dax O'Callaghan as Max, Ian Masters as Norton, Joshua Towb as Horatio, Neville Jason as Tailor and Margaret John as Mrs Miller.
Music by Richard Attree.
Producer: Nandita Ghose
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
FRI 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1k4)
The Hiring Fair
Strong moonlight forces spark a sequence of events which echo across generations. Frances Tomelty reads Polly Devlin's tale.
In 1867 a young girl living with her father on their isolated County Tyrone farm often senses the magical attraction of the full moon. On one particular night of bright, silvery moonlight she gives in to strong forces sparking a sequence of events which echo across generations.
FRI 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00859tj)
Episode 5
It's Henry Jekyll's turn to tell the story, as the bizarre truth is finally revealed. Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
FRI 19:00 Listen to Les (b00cz801)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Just a Minute (b00cz805)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w2k6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Express to Stamboul (b007jq4f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 21:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007nfd7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Roy Apps - The Master and Mrs Tucker (b00cz803)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (b007yn6y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007yrwf)
Series 2
Colourthon
The sketch show team attempt their own radio charity fundraiser.
Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1991.
FRI 23:00 MacAulay and Co (b00czlq1)
Edinburgh Festival 2008
Episode 5
Fred MacAulay brings his pick of comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festival.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
09/08/2008
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10/08/2008
14:00 SUN (b00czbpd)
11/08/2008
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12/08/2008
14:00 TUE (b00cynhz)
13/08/2008
14:00 WED (b00cyz3k)
14/08/2008
14:00 THU (b00cz5rj)
15/08/2008
14:00 FRI (b00cz8nm)
4 at the Store
23:30 SUN (b007jqg1)
4 at the Store
04:30 MON (b007jqg1)
After Henry
17:30 WED (b007k47s)
After Henry
06:00 THU (b007k47s)
And Now in Colour
03:30 SAT (b007jscz)
And Now in Colour
22:30 FRI (b007yrwf)
Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
01:30 SAT (b00cvb9c)
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective
02:15 SAT (b0088zsz)
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective
10:15 MON (b007jmks)
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective
21:15 MON (b007jmks)
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective
02:15 TUE (b007jmks)
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective
10:15 TUE (b007jmlc)
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective
21:15 TUE (b007jmlc)
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective
02:15 WED (b007jmlc)
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective
10:15 WED (b007jmlx)
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective
21:15 WED (b007jmlx)
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective
02:15 THU (b007jmlx)
Beyond Our Ken
08:00 WED (b00cywfb)
Beyond Our Ken
12:00 WED (b00cywfb)
Beyond Our Ken
19:00 WED (b00cywfb)
Big Toe Books
07:00 SAT (b00cyywg)
Big Toe Books
07:00 SUN (b00cz21v)
Big Toe Books
07:00 MON (b00cyg6s)
Big Toe Books
07:00 TUE (b00cynhx)
Big Toe Books
07:00 WED (b00cywf8)
Big Toe Books
07:00 THU (b00cz5rb)
Big Toe Books
07:00 FRI (b00cz7zz)
Bristow
17:30 MON (b007r031)
Bristow
06:00 TUE (b007r031)
Caesar!
05:00 SAT (b00cvbk1)
Caesar!
11:00 MON (b00cylb9)
Caesar!
05:00 TUE (b00cylb9)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 SAT (b007jmt2)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 SUN (b007jmt2)
Children of the Corn
18:30 SUN (b007jr73)
Children of the Corn
00:30 MON (b007jr73)
Dad Made Me Laugh
08:00 SAT (b00cyywj)
Dad Made Me Laugh
19:00 SAT (b00cyywj)
Dava Sobel - Galileo's Daughter
13:15 MON (b007jq7w)
Dava Sobel - Galileo's Daughter
13:15 TUE (b007jq88)
Dava Sobel - Galileo's Daughter
13:15 WED (b007jq8p)
Dava Sobel - Galileo's Daughter
13:15 THU (b007jq91)
Dava Sobel - Galileo's Daughter
13:15 FRI (b007jq9j)
Dave Sheasby - The Amazing Ratman Story
10:15 THU (b007mb5v)
Dave Sheasby - The Amazing Ratman Story
21:15 THU (b007mb5v)
Dave Sheasby - The Amazing Ratman Story
02:15 FRI (b007mb5v)
Ed Reardon's Week
22:30 MON (b007wlpq)
Ed Reardon's Week
03:30 TUE (b007wlpq)
Express to Stamboul
09:30 FRI (b007jq4f)
Express to Stamboul
20:30 FRI (b007jq4f)
Fantastic Tales
18:00 SUN (b007k3d0)
Fantastic Tales
00:00 MON (b007k3d0)
Fear on 4
18:30 SAT (b007jq7s)
Fear on 4
00:30 SUN (b007jq7s)
Floggit's
13:30 SUN (b007jxwp)
Floggit's
19:30 SUN (b007jxwp)
Floggit's
06:30 MON (b007jxwp)
George Eliot - Daniel Deronda
11:00 TUE (b007k05d)
George Eliot - Daniel Deronda
05:00 WED (b007k05d)
George Eliot - Daniel Deronda
11:00 WED (b007k06p)
George Eliot - Daniel Deronda
05:00 THU (b007k06p)
George Eliot - Daniel Deronda
11:00 THU (b007k07z)
George Eliot - Daniel Deronda
05:00 FRI (b007k07z)
Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus)
08:00 SUN (b00cz223)
Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus)
01:00 MON (b00cz223)
Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary
02:00 SAT (b00cvbj4)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
10:00 MON (b007jvkm)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
21:00 MON (b007jvkm)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
02:00 TUE (b007jvkm)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
10:00 TUE (b007jvkr)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
21:00 TUE (b007jvkr)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
02:00 WED (b007jvkr)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
10:00 WED (b007n9k5)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
21:00 WED (b007n9k5)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
02:00 THU (b007n9k5)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
10:00 THU (b007ncy6)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
21:00 THU (b007ncy6)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
02:00 FRI (b007ncy6)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
10:00 FRI (b007nfd7)
HE Bates - Love for Lydia
21:00 FRI (b007nfd7)
HE Bates - Three Country Stories
09:15 SUN (b007jv2t)
HE Bates - Three Country Stories
02:15 MON (b007jv2t)
Heated Rollers
08:30 WED (b007jwzw)
Heated Rollers
22:00 WED (b007jwzw)
Heated Rollers
03:00 THU (b007jwzw)
Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener
11:00 FRI (b007jx95)
Hordes of the Things
13:30 SAT (b007jqyx)
Hordes of the Things
02:30 SUN (b007jqyx)
How Tickled Am I?
12:30 SUN (b007jp6m)
How Tickled Am I?
17:30 SUN (b007jp6m)
How Tickled Am I?
05:30 MON (b007jp6m)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
12:30 MON (b00cylbh)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
19:30 MON (b00cylbh)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile
17:30 TUE (b007jpyj)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile
06:00 WED (b007jpyj)
J Meade Falkner - Moonfleet
10:00 SUN (b007jqnz)
J Meade Falkner - Moonfleet
20:00 SUN (b007jqnz)
John Meade Falkner's Bag of Paradoxes
09:30 SUN (b00cz7wg)
John Meade Falkner's Bag of Paradoxes
02:30 MON (b00cz7wg)
Just William
13:00 THU (b007jqrl)
Just William
13:00 FRI (b007jqs1)
Just a Minute
12:30 FRI (b00cz805)
Just a Minute
19:30 FRI (b00cz805)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
12:00 SAT (b007jnpv)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
01:00 SUN (b007jnpv)
King Street Junior
17:00 TUE (b007jnnj)
King Street Junior
06:30 WED (b007jnnj)
Knocker
23:00 SUN (b008d1f2)
Knocker
04:00 MON (b008d1f2)
Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful
17:00 THU (b007jv61)
Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful
06:30 FRI (b007jv61)
Like They've Never Been Gone
06:00 SAT (b00cvjvf)
Like They've Never Been Gone
17:30 FRI (b00cz8np)
Listen to Les
08:00 FRI (b00cz801)
Listen to Les
12:00 FRI (b00cz801)
Listen to Les
19:00 FRI (b00cz801)
MacAulay and Co
23:00 MON (b00czj4h)
MacAulay and Co
04:00 TUE (b00czj4h)
MacAulay and Co
23:00 TUE (b00czjjg)
MacAulay and Co
04:00 WED (b00czjjg)
MacAulay and Co
23:00 WED (b00czjr4)
MacAulay and Co
04:00 THU (b00czjr4)
MacAulay and Co
23:00 THU (b00czl1m)
MacAulay and Co
04:00 FRI (b00czl1m)
MacAulay and Co
23:00 FRI (b00czlq1)
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
00:30 SAT (b008f8f5)
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
00:45 SAT (b008f8f6)
Married
08:30 THU (b007zmd4)
Married
22:00 THU (b007zmd4)
Married
03:00 FRI (b007zmd4)
Marty Ross - Catch My Breath
00:00 SAT (b007k3bt)
No Tomatoes
23:15 SUN (b0080jxn)
No Tomatoes
04:15 MON (b0080jxn)
On the Town with the League of Gentlemen
22:30 THU (b0080p90)
On the Town with the League of Gentlemen
03:30 FRI (b0080p90)
PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves
06:30 SAT (b007jvz6)
PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves
17:00 FRI (b007rgl7)
Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
03:00 SAT (b007jwbw)
Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
08:30 FRI (b007yn6y)
Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
22:00 FRI (b007yn6y)
Quando, Quando, Quando
22:45 WED (b0082bz0)
Quando, Quando, Quando
03:45 THU (b0082bz0)
RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
18:45 MON (b0081sjk)
RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
00:45 TUE (b0081sjk)
RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
18:45 TUE (b0081tfy)
RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
00:45 WED (b0081tfy)
RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
18:45 WED (b0084yhk)
RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
00:45 THU (b0084yhk)
RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
18:45 THU (b00858dr)
RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
00:45 FRI (b00858dr)
RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
18:45 FRI (b00859tj)
Radio Heads
09:00 SAT (b007jql4)
Radio Heads
20:00 SAT (b007jql4)
Radio Heads
03:00 SUN (b007jql4)
Radio Shuttleworth
08:30 MON (b007s5ds)
Radio Shuttleworth
22:00 MON (b007s5ds)
Radio Shuttleworth
03:00 TUE (b007s5ds)
Roy Apps - The Master and Mrs Tucker
10:15 FRI (b00cz803)
Roy Apps - The Master and Mrs Tucker
21:15 FRI (b00cz803)
Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book
08:30 SAT (b00cyywl)
Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book
19:30 SAT (b00cyywl)
Take It From Here
08:00 THU (b00cz5rd)
Take It From Here
12:00 THU (b00cz5rd)
Take It From Here
19:00 THU (b00cz5rd)
The Al Read Show
12:30 TUE (b008xzwj)
The Al Read Show
19:30 TUE (b008xzwj)
The Atkinson People
04:00 SAT (b007k1z5)
The Attractive Young Rabbi
17:30 THU (b007k2cn)
The Attractive Young Rabbi
06:00 FRI (b007k2cn)
The Blackburn Files
01:00 SAT (b007jpvg)
The Blackburn Files
09:00 MON (b007jpvw)
The Blackburn Files
20:00 MON (b007jpvw)
The Blackburn Files
01:00 TUE (b007jpvw)
The Blackburn Files
09:00 TUE (b007w5d7)
The Blackburn Files
20:00 TUE (b007w5d7)
The Blackburn Files
01:00 WED (b007w5d7)
The Blackburn Files
09:00 WED (b007w3zt)
The Blackburn Files
20:00 WED (b007w3zt)
The Blackburn Files
01:00 THU (b007w3zt)
The Blackburn Files
09:00 THU (b007w4dj)
The Blackburn Files
20:00 THU (b007w4dj)
The Blackburn Files
01:00 FRI (b007w4dj)
The Blackburn Files
09:00 FRI (b007w2k6)
The Blackburn Files
20:00 FRI (b007w2k6)
The Burkiss Way
12:30 THU (b007jsfr)
The Burkiss Way
19:30 THU (b007jsfr)
The Cabaret of Dr Caligari
04:30 SAT (b007jq2f)
The Clitheroe Kid
13:00 SUN (b007jsy7)
The Clitheroe Kid
19:00 SUN (b007jsy7)
The Clitheroe Kid
06:00 MON (b007jsy7)
The Goon Show
08:00 MON (b00cyg6v)
The Goon Show
12:00 MON (b00cyg6v)
The Goon Show
19:00 MON (b00cyg6v)
The Little Big Woman Radio Show
22:30 WED (b007jnch)
The Little Big Woman Radio Show
03:30 THU (b007jnch)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
09:30 MON (m000519j)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
20:30 MON (m000519j)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
01:30 TUE (m000519j)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
09:30 TUE (m000ql4n)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
20:30 TUE (m000ql4n)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
01:30 WED (m000ql4n)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
09:30 WED (b00cywfd)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
20:30 WED (b00cywfd)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
01:30 THU (b00cywfd)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
09:30 THU (b00cz5rg)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
20:30 THU (b00cz5rg)
The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
01:30 FRI (b00cz5rg)
The Lunar Effect
18:30 MON (b007k1d8)
The Lunar Effect
00:30 TUE (b007k1d8)
The Lunar Effect
18:30 TUE (b007k1fd)
The Lunar Effect
00:30 WED (b007k1fd)
The Lunar Effect
18:30 WED (b007k1dn)
The Lunar Effect
00:30 THU (b007k1dn)
The Lunar Effect
18:30 THU (b007k1hv)
The Lunar Effect
00:30 FRI (b007k1hv)
The Lunar Effect
18:30 FRI (b007k1k4)
The Maltby Collection
22:30 SUN (b00czc0j)
The Maltby Collection
03:30 MON (b00czc0j)
The Mark Steel Solution
22:30 TUE (b007jmsz)
The Mark Steel Solution
03:30 WED (b007jmsz)
The Navy Lark
08:00 TUE (b007jszb)
The Navy Lark
12:00 TUE (b007jszb)
The Navy Lark
19:00 TUE (b007jszb)
The Now Show
22:00 SUN (b00czc0g)
The Now Show
03:00 MON (b00czc0g)
The Palace of Laughter
12:00 SUN (b007svws)
The Palace of Laughter
17:00 SUN (b007svws)
The Palace of Laughter
05:00 MON (b007svws)
The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter
17:00 WED (b007jx9k)
The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter
06:30 THU (b007jx9k)
The Take Away
13:45 MON (b007jxxm)
The Take Away
13:45 TUE (b007k2ny)
The Take Away
13:45 WED (b007k2q2)
The Take Away
13:45 THU (b007k2r8)
The Take Away
13:45 FRI (b007k2sb)
The Vinyl Cafe
17:00 SAT (b007ylrb)
The Vinyl Cafe
23:00 SAT (b007ylrb)
The Vinyl Cafe
06:00 SUN (b007ylrb)
This Sceptred Isle
13:30 MON (b007jsnh)
This Sceptred Isle
13:30 TUE (b007jsnv)
This Sceptred Isle
13:30 WED (b007jsp3)
This Sceptred Isle
13:30 THU (b007jspf)
This Sceptred Isle
13:30 FRI (b007jspr)
Time Hops
18:00 MON (b007k1mt)
Time Hops
00:00 TUE (b007k1mt)
Time Hops
18:00 TUE (b007k1p3)
Time Hops
00:00 WED (b007k1p3)
Time Hops
18:00 WED (b007k1q8)
Time Hops
00:00 THU (b007k1q8)
Time Hops
18:00 THU (b007k1rg)
Time Hops
00:00 FRI (b007k1rg)
Time Hops
18:00 FRI (b007k1sp)
To the Manor Born
17:00 MON (b007lzww)
To the Manor Born
06:30 TUE (b007lzww)
Trivia Test Match
12:30 WED (b00cyz3h)
Trivia Test Match
19:30 WED (b00cyz3h)
Up the Garden Path
11:30 SUN (b007x080)
Up the Garden Path
21:30 SUN (b007x080)
WE Johns - Biggles Flies North
13:00 MON (b007m72r)
WE Johns - Biggles Flies North
13:00 TUE (b007m9sh)
WE Johns - Biggles Flies North
13:00 WED (b007mc8q)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
08:30 TUE (b008kty5)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
22:00 TUE (b008kty5)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
03:00 WED (b008kty5)