Big Toe Books is a daily children's programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Amanda St. John reading Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien.
Starring Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Sidney James. Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Tension mounts as the serial killer claims a third journalist victim. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. From December 1999.
5. The Blackmailer
Cantankerous criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle probes the dealings of a mysterious Spanish Count.
Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.
Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle
Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Inspector Hood …. Phillip Wray
Sir Clifford Forbes …. Douglas Young
Lady Forbes …. Madeleine Christie
Cynthia Forbes …. Ruth Trouncer
Hotel Waiter …. Haydn Jones
Hotel Manager …. Humphrey Morton
Lily the Maid …. Beryl Calder
Matron …. Molly Rankin
Harry Fox …. Ian Sadler
As the storm rages, the men struggle back to the surgery and the Doctor learns who the arsonist is.
Fred has hopes for an inheritance, and busy Dr Lydgate has problems of his own. Stars Caroline Martin and Tom Goodman-Hill.
With the Palace of Westminster blown up, can an assistant librarian rebuild it for Queen Victoria to open? Stars Alex Jennings.
Jane Austen …. Hannah Gordon
Fanny …. Amanda Root
Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams
Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire
Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister
Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson
Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher
Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott
Tom Bertram …. Kim Wall
William Price …. Richard Curnow
Mrs Price …. Sunny Ormonde
Mr Price …. Terry Molloy
Susan price …. Katherine Mount
Rebecca …. Anne-Marie Francis
Price children: Tim Black, Stephanie Luxton, Zoe Ganjavi and Richard Ganjavi.
Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Christian McKay, Jill Heartfield, Audrey Douglas and Katharine Gittings.
Can Moses Minor lead the boys of Greyfriars away from the clutches of their oppressors?
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living with hints on truancy from Jo Kendall , Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris
And a variety of excuses from producer: Simon Brett.
Loss adjuster Lorimer Black gets an unexpected offer of help to investigate the insurance claim. Read by Stephen Critchlow.
The latin lover smells a rat with a friend's wife. Is he in love or debt? Giacomo Casanova's own words, read by Jack Klaff.
The country's epic story continues the domination of the Norman Barons, and more battles. With Richard Dormer.
Darwin arrives in the Galapagos, quite unaware of the historic importance of his visit. Jo Stone-Fewings reads from his journal.
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
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.
Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and Mark Kingston as Chris.
Four radio series were made, but instead of then moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Sandra's mother starts meddling over Terry, and there is a surprising sporting challenge. Stars Karl Howman. From October 2001.
With Jonathan's return, Van Helsing is forced to reveal the shocking truth about Lucy. Stars Bernard Holley and Phyllis Logan.
Biochemist Diana's compensation payout catches the attention of Fleet Street.
The scientific world, government, media and the beauty salon collide in John Wyndham's 1960 sci-fi novel.
The Wrath of God is invoked, sparking a heart-to-heart with Satan and a special request...
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell
Other characters played by Philip Pope, David Swift, Penelope Nice, Michael Fenton Stevens and Nigel Pegram.
The garrulous stand-up comedian entertains an audience at London's Albery Theatre, with a host of eclectic themes. From 1994.
THURSDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2009
THU 00:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k1tj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen (b007k3kn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Horses (b007m00c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008wzxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Dan Rebellato - Erskine May (b007jw23)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 In the End (b007qww6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Old Harry's Game (b007k1p9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Eddie Izzard (b00hhjfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Jane Austen (b007jrff)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Coming Alive (b00hhjfg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 After Henry (b007k1rb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00hhn1d)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Amanda St. John reading Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien.
THU 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qg0y)
Series 2
Episode 5
Eric is a far from fair cop and there’s some monkey business in Ernie's latest masterpiece ‘The Mighty Kong’.
Written by Eddie Braben.
With Nicola Pagett and Elaine Delmar.
Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976.
THU 08:30 The Right Time (b007zhn2)
Series 1
Episode 5
The sketch show about modern life with people who have lived a bit of it. Stars Eleanor Bron and Clive Swift. From September 2001.
THU 09:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7)
6. Voice in the Night
After receiving sinister death threats over the telephone, an elderly spinster calls in cantankerous criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle.
Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.
Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle
Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Miss Nicholson …. Hester Paton Brown
Billy Boy the Dog …. Percy Edwards
Mr Nicolson …. Alan McClelland
Superintendent Denham …. Fred Yule
Station Officer …. Alan Keith
Julian Smith/Taxi Driver …. John Baker
Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold.
Director: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957.
THU 09:30 Horses (b007jrv6)
Episode 4
Father Devoy struggles with his faith and Garda Sweeney with his impatience, but what is going through Helen's mind?
THU 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x3lw)
Private and Public
Mr Brooke gets a lesson in reform politics, and Dorothea shares the secrets of her soul with Ladislaw. Stars Caroline Martin.
THU 10:15 Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent (b00hhn1g)
Captain Fitzroy sails to tragedy, as Charles Darwin finds fame. Poetic journey of evolution and creation with Fenella Fielding.
THU 11:00 John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman (b00hhn1j)
Episode 1
1867 Lyme Regis: Charles Smithson's complacent snobbery is about to be shattered as he encounters a young social outcast, Sarah Woodruff.
John Hurt narrates John Fowles' passionate epic of two lovers in conflict with starched Victorian society.
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Jonathan Firth
Sarah ...... Emily Bruni
Ernestina ...... Kelly Reilly
Mrs Tranter ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Dr Grogan ...... TP McKenna
Mrs Poulteney ...... Susan Jameson
Sam ...... Nick Sayce
Mary ...... Ella Smith
The Dairyman ...... Gerard McDermott
Mrs Fairley ...... Colleen Prendergast
Ostler ...... Wayne Foskett
Dramatised by Graham White.
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
THU 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qg0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00hhrhr)
Stephen Fry joins Willie Rushton and the gang, as Humphrey Lyttelton hosts the antidote to panel games. From September 1986.
THU 13:00 William Boyd - Armadillo (b007k2j1)
Episode 9
Mighty mysterious forces are shaping the destiny of loss adjuster Lorimer Black. Read by Stephen Critchlow.
THU 13:15 Casanova in London (b007jwl4)
Episode 4
Has the infamous lover met his match? It certainly looks that way. Giacomo Casanova in his own words, read by Jack Klaff.
THU 13:30 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3n5)
Edward the Bruce; Famine
The country's epic story continues with the Scottish invasion, and a devastating blow to the nation's health. With James Greene.
THU 13:45 The Beagle Diary (b00hjzgj)
Episode 4
Darwin visits Tahiti and encounters 'the finest men I have ever beheld'. Jo Stone-Fewings reads from his journal.
THU 14:00 12/02/2009 (b00hhrht)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
THU 17:00 Doctor in the House (b007k4s5)
Out-Patients
Medic Simon Sparrow misdiagnoses a boil, while Taffy keeps volunteering for night-shifts.
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 and Carol Mason as Nurse.
Special guest star: Irene Handl as Mrs Clark.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1968.
THU 17:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b007jxck)
Series 1
Waiting for Ofsted
There's tension in the staff room and nerves are on edge - all because the inspectors are coming!
School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge. Ten series of this King Street Junior ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.
Stars Carolyn Pickles as Mrs Devon, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Michael Cochrane as Mr Maxwell, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Teresa Gallagher as Miss Featherstone, Jacqueline Beatty as Miss Reid, Janice Acquah as Mrs Khan, Sally George as Mrs Mears, Sonny Muslim as Gino, Jordan Maxwell as Gavin, Candice Davies as Sarujeet and Louisa Lytton as Mandy.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.
THU 18:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k22f)
Episode 6
The companions target the Count, but could one of them be a traitor? Stars Bernard Holley and Crawford Logan.
THU 18:30 John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen (b007k3r3)
Episode 4
Biochemist Diana Brackley's attempts to conceal the true source of the antigerone are finally overcome.
The scientific world, government, media and the beauty salon collide in John Wyndham's 1960 sci-fi novel.
Read by Joanna Tope.
Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2007
THU 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qg0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00hhrhr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 20:30 Horses (b007jrv6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x3lw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 21:15 Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent (b00hhn1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
THU 22:00 The Right Time (b007zhn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Fabulous (b00hhrhm)
Series 1
Episode 1
Faye is anxious.
She knows today's women are fabulous: they have the job, the house, the colour co-ordinated capsule wardrobe.
They cope with singledom, marriage and having kids with nothing more than a copy of Prima and a poem by Pam Ayres to guide them.
So why can't she pull it off?
Daisy Haggard stars as Faye in Lucy Clarke’s sitcom about a woman who wants to be fabulous but can't cope.
With:
Olivia Colman
Adam Buxton
Katy Brand
Matthew Holness
Laura Solon
Joanna Scanlan
Music by Osymyso.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007.
THU 22:45 The Correspondent (b007k37h)
Series 2
Episode 1
Tom starts his new job at Brooks Furniture - 'A world of furniture that makes a world of difference'.
THU 23:00 Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller (b008yrwy)
Episode 1
Number One for young people - Martin Bain-Jones and Craig Children present their frightfully clever pop culture show.
Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong write and star in their first full-length BBC radio comedy series.
With:
Charlie Condou
Melissa Lloyd
Producer: Jon Rolph
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
THU 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00hhrhp)
Series 2
Stress
It's quite stressful writing a six-part series, planning an Edinburgh show and taking a holiday.
Will Adam manage to complete the series? And just what is the best way of dealing with stress?
Written by and starring Adam Bloom.
With Brendon Burns.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.
THU 23:45 Truly, Madly, Bletchley (b0081b6p)
Series 1
Episode 6
The Derby and Joan club's performance of Emmanuel is top of the councillors' agenda. With Liz Fraser.
FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2009
FRI 00:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k22f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen (b007k3r3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Horses (b007jrv6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x3lw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent (b00hhn1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Right Time (b007zhn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Fabulous (b00hhrhm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 The Correspondent (b007k37h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller (b008yrwy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00hhrhp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:45 Truly, Madly, Bletchley (b0081b6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:45 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman (b00hhn1j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b007jxck)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 Doctor in the House (b007k4s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00hhtgh)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Amanda St. John reading Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00hzphb)
Series 1
Episode 11
Kenneth Horne, Master Spy battles for Britain - and Bona Homes with Julian and Sandy.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1965.
FRI 08:30 Radio Active (b00hk2dn)
Series 7
The Mega Phone-In
The biggest ever phone-in attempted on radio gives you the opportunity to dial in from anywhere in the world - and talk to the engaged signal.
Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens.
Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown.
Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins.
Producer: David Tyler
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1987.
FRI 09:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83)
9. The Black Ruby
The cantankerous criminal psychologist probes the authenticity of a fabled gem. Is it cursed?
Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.
Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle.
Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Guy Hampton …. Norman Woodland
Sonia Hampton …. Virginia Winter
Helen Reynolds …. Louise Gainsborough
Bill Reynolds …. Richard Bebb
Aubrey Green …. Desmond Carrington
Airline Captain/Various …. John Baker
Director: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957.
FRI 09:30 Horses (b007jry1)
Episode 5
Dr Brooks, Father Devoy and Garda Sweeney race through the storm only to make a horrifying discovery.
FRI 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x7tl)
Confidences
Reverend Casaubon learns the truth about his illness, and a stranger arrives. Stars Caroline Martin and Nicholas Murchie.
FRI 10:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
When Jimmy asks Clara to teach him to read, an unlikely friendship develops, forged through fear. Stars Jim Sturgess.
FRI 11:00 John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman (b00hk2dv)
Episode 2
Charles's life as a complacent Victorian gent has been overturned by his secret meetings with the mysterious Sarah on the under-cliff at Lyme.
Having vowed to end the liaison he finds himself lured one last time. He kisses Sarah passionately. Then discovers they're being watched...
John Hurt concludes John Fowles' passionate epic of two lovers in conflict with starched Victorian society.
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Jonathan Firth
Sarah ...... Emily Bruni
Ernestina ...... Kelly Reilly
Dr Grogan ...... TP McKenna
Mrs Endicott ...... Susan Jameson
Sam ...... Nick Sayce
Mary ...... Ella Smith
Mr Freeman ...... Gerard McDermott
Mrs Rogers ...... Colleen Prendergast
Montague ...... Wayne Foskett
Prostitute ...... Sophie Roberts
Curate ...... John Cummins
Dramatised by Graham White.
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00hzphb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00hk2f1)
Series 2
Episode 2
Improvement grants for everybody explained and a plumber muses on words.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With Terence Brady and Pauline Yates.
Pianist: Gordon Langford.
Written by Tony Bilbow, Mike Fentiman, David Climie, Gordon Langford, John Graham, Miles Kington, Roy Lomax, Myles Rudge, Max Harris and Peter Spence.
Producer John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1972.
FRI 13:00 William Boyd - Armadillo (b007k2kf)
Episode 10
Loss adjuster Lorimer Black types up his findings over the massive bogus insurance claim. Concluded by Stephen Critchlow.
FRI 13:15 Casanova in London (b007jwld)
Episode 5
The womaniser loses his cool - and dancing the hornpipe as never before. Giacomo Casanova in his own words. Read by Jack Klaff.
FRI 13:30 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3p1)
The Black Death; Galloglasses
The country's epic story continues with a devastating epidemic, and a new mercenary warrior elite. With Richard Dormer.
FRI 13:45 The Beagle Diary (b00hjzrk)
Episode 5
Darwin visits Australia and then returns home after more than five years of travelling. Jo Stone-Fewings reads from his journal.
FRI 14:00 13/02/2009 (b00hk2f3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 17:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007w5j9)
The Silver Cow-Creamer
Bertie Wooster turns to Aunt Dahlia to help out Gussie.
PG Wodehouse romp adapted by Chris Miller.
Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Patrick Cargill as Sir Watkin Bassett, James Villiers as Roderick Spode and Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia.
Other parts by William Sleigh.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1973.
FRI 17:30 For Better or for Worse (b00hk2dx)
Series 1
Episode 8
Iris is proper poorly, but not quite as poorly as Wilf thinks she is. Stars Gorden Kaye and Su Pollard. From April 1993.
FRI 18:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k2bc)
Episode 7
With time running out for Mina, can Van Helsing avert a tragedy? Stars Bernard Holley and Phyllis Logan.
FRI 18:30 John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen (b007k3xm)
Episode 5
The secret of long life is out, but with a reticent boss, Diana must face intense media pressure alone.
The scientific world, government, media and the beauty salon collide in John Wyndham's 1960 sci-fi novel.
Concluded by Joanna Tope.
Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2007.
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FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00hzphb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00hk2f1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Horses (b007jry1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x7tl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Radio Active (b00hk2dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Genius (b008gh65)
Series 1
Paul Daniels
From the 99p coin to steel drum urinals.
Dave Gorman asks magician Paul Daniels to select the public's best loopy idea.
The first of three radio comedy series where award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
FRI 23:00 Bearded Ladies (b00bfpwn)
Series 2
Episode 3
Quick-fire sketch show starring Susie Donkin, Charlotte MacDougal, Oriane Messina and Faye Rusling. From August 2005.
FRI 23:30 Big Town All Stars (b007jr8x)
Series 1
If You Scratch My Back
A teacher joins a struggling a cappella group to quit geography. Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From February 2000.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
07/02/2009
14:00 SAT (b00hdbs7)
08/02/2009
14:00 SUN (b00hdf7t)
09/02/2009
14:00 MON (b00hg826)
10/02/2009
14:00 TUE (b00hgg4j)
11/02/2009
14:00 WED (b00hgmdx)
12/02/2009
14:00 THU (b00hhrht)
13/02/2009
14:00 FRI (b00hk2f3)
A Case for Dr Morelle
09:00 WED (b007qw04)
A Case for Dr Morelle
20:00 WED (b007qw04)
A Case for Dr Morelle
01:00 THU (b007qw04)
A Case for Dr Morelle
09:00 THU (b007qww7)
A Case for Dr Morelle
20:00 THU (b007qww7)
A Case for Dr Morelle
01:00 FRI (b007qww7)
A Case for Dr Morelle
09:00 FRI (b007qv83)
A Case for Dr Morelle
20:00 FRI (b007qv83)
A Short History of Ireland
13:30 MON (b007k3jg)
A Short History of Ireland
13:30 TUE (b007k3ld)
A Short History of Ireland
13:30 WED (b007k3m9)
A Short History of Ireland
13:30 THU (b007k3n5)
A Short History of Ireland
13:30 FRI (b007k3p1)
After Henry
17:00 WED (b007k1rb)
After Henry
06:30 THU (b007k1rb)
All Classical Music Explained
03:30 SAT (b007jsvz)
All Gas and Gaiters
13:30 SAT (b007jpjp)
All Gas and Gaiters
02:30 SUN (b007jpjp)
An Inspector Calls
12:00 SAT (b007jvpp)
An Inspector Calls
01:00 SUN (b007jvpp)
Ballylenon
17:00 MON (b007jvhs)
Ballylenon
06:30 TUE (b007jvhs)
Bearded Ladies
23:00 FRI (b00bfpwn)
Big Toe Books
07:00 SAT (b00hd4lp)
Big Toe Books
07:00 SUN (b00hddc3)
Big Toe Books
07:00 MON (b00hdfdl)
Big Toe Books
07:00 TUE (b00hg9n0)
Big Toe Books
07:00 WED (b00hgmdv)
Big Toe Books
07:00 THU (b00hhn1d)
Big Toe Books
07:00 FRI (b00hhtgh)
Big Town All Stars
23:30 FRI (b007jr8x)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
00:00 SAT (b007k133)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
18:00 MON (b007k1c0)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
00:00 TUE (b007k1c0)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
18:00 TUE (b007k1l1)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
00:00 WED (b007k1l1)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
18:00 WED (b007k1tj)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
00:00 THU (b007k1tj)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
18:00 THU (b007k22f)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
00:00 FRI (b007k22f)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
18:00 FRI (b007k2bc)
Casanova in London
13:15 MON (b007jwkh)
Casanova in London
13:15 TUE (b007jwkp)
Casanova in London
13:15 WED (b007jwkw)
Casanova in London
13:15 THU (b007jwl4)
Casanova in London
13:15 FRI (b007jwld)
Chain Reaction
22:30 SUN (b00gsb85)
Chain Reaction
03:30 MON (b00gsb85)
Char March - People Come Here to Cry
10:15 TUE (b007jxh1)
Char March - People Come Here to Cry
21:15 TUE (b007jxh1)
Char March - People Come Here to Cry
02:15 WED (b007jxh1)
Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller
23:00 THU (b008yrwy)
Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller
04:00 FRI (b008yrwy)
Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent
10:15 THU (b00hhn1g)
Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent
21:15 THU (b00hhn1g)
Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent
02:15 FRI (b00hhn1g)
Colin Sharpe - Dalek, I Love You
18:00 SUN (b007jwk8)
Colin Sharpe - Dalek, I Love You
00:00 MON (b007jwk8)
Comedy Controller
09:00 SAT (b007zc9f)
Comedy Controller
20:00 SAT (b007zc9f)
Comedy Controller
03:00 SUN (b007zc9f)
Coming Alive
17:30 WED (b00hhjfg)
Coming Alive
06:00 THU (b00hhjfg)
Dan Rebellato - Erskine May
10:15 WED (b007jw23)
Dan Rebellato - Erskine May
21:15 WED (b007jw23)
Dan Rebellato - Erskine May
02:15 THU (b007jw23)
Dead Ringers
08:30 MON (b00899df)
Dead Ringers
22:00 MON (b00899df)
Dead Ringers
03:00 TUE (b00899df)
Doctor in the House
17:00 THU (b007k4s5)
Doctor in the House
06:30 FRI (b007k4s5)
Eddie Izzard
23:00 WED (b00hhjfd)
Eddie Izzard
04:00 THU (b00hhjfd)
Fabulous
22:30 THU (b00hhrhm)
Fabulous
03:30 FRI (b00hhrhm)
Fantastic Journeys
18:30 SUN (b00hdf7m)
Fantastic Journeys
00:30 MON (b00hdf7m)
Fay Weldon Stories
09:15 SUN (b007jtk9)
Fay Weldon Stories
02:15 MON (b007jtk9)
For Better or for Worse
06:00 SAT (b00h9t2d)
For Better or for Worse
17:30 FRI (b00hk2dx)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
17:00 SAT (b00j009g)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
23:00 SAT (b00j009g)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
06:00 SUN (b00j009g)
Genius
22:30 FRI (b008gh65)
Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice
01:30 SAT (b00h9t28)
George Bernard Shaw - Candida
10:00 SUN (b007jtk5)
George Bernard Shaw - Candida
20:00 SUN (b007jtk5)
George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus
08:00 SUN (b008wcq0)
George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus
01:00 MON (b008wcq0)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
02:00 SAT (b008vr8m)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
10:00 MON (b008wf96)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
21:00 MON (b008wf96)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
02:00 TUE (b008wf96)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
10:00 TUE (b008wmnk)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
21:00 TUE (b008wmnk)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
02:00 WED (b008wmnk)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
10:00 WED (b008wzxz)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
21:00 WED (b008wzxz)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
02:00 THU (b008wzxz)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
10:00 THU (b008x3lw)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
21:00 THU (b008x3lw)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
02:00 FRI (b008x3lw)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
10:00 FRI (b008x7tl)
George Eliot - Middlemarch
21:00 FRI (b008x7tl)
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
23:30 MON (b007rsz5)
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
04:30 TUE (b007rsz5)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 WED (b007k251)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 WED (b007k251)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 WED (b007k251)
Horses
09:30 MON (b007jrl3)
Horses
20:30 MON (b007jrl3)
Horses
01:30 TUE (b007jrl3)
Horses
09:30 TUE (b007jrnt)
Horses
20:30 TUE (b007jrnt)
Horses
01:30 WED (b007jrnt)
Horses
09:30 WED (b007m00c)
Horses
20:30 WED (b007m00c)
Horses
01:30 THU (b007m00c)
Horses
09:30 THU (b007jrv6)
Horses
20:30 THU (b007jrv6)
Horses
01:30 FRI (b007jrv6)
Horses
09:30 FRI (b007jry1)
Horses
20:30 FRI (b007jry1)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
12:30 THU (b00hhrhr)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
19:30 THU (b00hhrhr)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
12:30 MON (b00hg824)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
19:30 MON (b00hg824)
In the End
08:30 WED (b007qww6)
In the End
22:00 WED (b007qww6)
In the End
03:00 THU (b007qww6)
Isaac Asimov - The Last Question
00:30 SAT (b007jwp4)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile
17:30 TUE (b007k1sl)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile
06:00 WED (b007k1sl)
James Follett - The Pentworth Trilogy
18:40 SAT (b007jrd7)
James Follett - The Pentworth Trilogy
00:40 SUN (b007jrd7)
Jane Austen
05:00 SAT (b007jtdp)
Jane Austen
11:00 MON (b007jr87)
Jane Austen
05:00 TUE (b007jr87)
Jane Austen
11:00 TUE (b007jrc2)
Jane Austen
05:00 WED (b007jrc2)
Jane Austen
11:00 WED (b007jrff)
Jane Austen
05:00 THU (b007jrff)
John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman
11:00 THU (b00hhn1j)
John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman
05:00 FRI (b00hhn1j)
John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman
11:00 FRI (b00hk2dv)
John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre
02:15 SAT (b007ncyz)
John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen
18:30 MON (b007k36c)
John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen
00:30 TUE (b007k36c)
John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen
18:30 TUE (b007k3cz)
John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen
00:30 WED (b007k3cz)
John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen
18:30 WED (b007k3kn)
John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen
00:30 THU (b007k3kn)
John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen
18:30 THU (b007k3r3)
John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen
00:30 FRI (b007k3r3)
John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen
18:30 FRI (b007k3xm)
King Street Junior Revisited
17:30 THU (b007jxck)
King Street Junior Revisited
06:00 FRI (b007jxck)
Laughter in the Air
12:00 SUN (b007jrdd)
Laughter in the Air
17:00 SUN (b007jrdd)
Laughter in the Air
05:00 MON (b007jrdd)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
06:30 SAT (b0090xjz)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
12:30 FRI (b00hk2f1)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
19:30 FRI (b00hk2f1)
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World
23:00 TUE (b007jqhc)
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World
04:00 WED (b007jqhc)
Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders
01:00 SAT (b00h9t26)
Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders
09:00 MON (b00hdfdn)
Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders
20:00 MON (b00hdfdn)
Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders
01:00 TUE (b00hdfdn)
Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders
09:00 TUE (b00hg9n4)
Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders
20:00 TUE (b00hg9n4)
Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders
01:00 WED (b00hg9n4)
Mr Finchley Takes the Road
11:30 SUN (b007k0qs)
Mr Finchley Takes the Road
21:30 SUN (b007k0qs)
Nebulous
22:30 MON (b00hg828)
Nebulous
03:30 TUE (b00hg828)
Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut
10:15 FRI (b007k1f8)
Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut
21:15 FRI (b007k1f8)
Old Harry's Game
22:30 WED (b007k1p9)
Old Harry's Game
03:30 THU (b007k1p9)
On the Hour
23:30 TUE (b007k45s)
On the Hour
04:30 WED (b007k45s)
Radio Active
03:00 SAT (b00h9t2b)
Radio Active
08:30 FRI (b00hk2dn)
Radio Active
22:00 FRI (b00hk2dn)
Radio Shuttleworth
08:30 TUE (b00cq188)
Radio Shuttleworth
22:00 TUE (b00cq188)
Radio Shuttleworth
03:00 WED (b00cq188)
Round the Horne
08:00 FRI (b00hzphb)
Round the Horne
12:00 FRI (b00hzphb)
Round the Horne
19:00 FRI (b00hzphb)
Second Thoughts
17:00 TUE (b007jx2l)
Second Thoughts
06:30 WED (b007jx2l)
Steptoe and Son
12:30 TUE (b007jlll)
Steptoe and Son
19:30 TUE (b007jlll)
The Beagle Diary
13:45 MON (b00hjz2s)
The Beagle Diary
13:45 TUE (b00hjz9y)
The Beagle Diary
13:45 WED (b00hjzdx)
The Beagle Diary
13:45 THU (b00hjzgj)
The Beagle Diary
13:45 FRI (b00hjzrk)
The Burkiss Way
12:30 WED (b00jr7fw)
The Burkiss Way
19:30 WED (b00jr7fw)
The Code of the Woosters
17:00 FRI (b007w5j9)
The Correspondent
22:45 THU (b007k37h)
The Correspondent
03:45 FRI (b007k37h)
The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show
08:00 THU (b007qg0y)
The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show
12:00 THU (b007qg0y)
The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show
19:00 THU (b007qg0y)
The Friend in the Corner
09:30 SUN (b007k207)
The Friend in the Corner
02:30 MON (b007k207)
The Goon Show
08:00 MON (b007jqbn)
The Goon Show
12:00 MON (b007jqbn)
The Goon Show
19:00 MON (b007jqbn)
The Leicester Comedy Festival
04:00 SAT (b008y39q)
The Leicester Comedy Festival
23:00 SUN (b00hdf7r)
The Leicester Comedy Festival
04:00 MON (b00hdf7r)
The Mark Steel Lecture
22:30 TUE (b007jlx9)
The Mark Steel Lecture
03:30 WED (b007jlx9)
The Museum of Everything
23:00 MON (b00hg82b)
The Museum of Everything
04:00 TUE (b00hg82b)
The Navy Lark
08:00 TUE (b00hg9n2)
The Navy Lark
12:00 TUE (b00hg9n2)
The Navy Lark
19:00 TUE (b00hg9n2)
The News Quiz
22:00 SUN (b00hdf7p)
The News Quiz
03:00 MON (b00hdf7p)
The Problem With Adam Bloom
23:30 THU (b00hhrhp)
The Problem With Adam Bloom
04:30 FRI (b00hhrhp)
The Right Time
08:30 THU (b007zhn2)
The Right Time
22:00 THU (b007zhn2)
The Right Time
03:00 FRI (b007zhn2)
The Twilight Zone
18:00 SAT (b00hdbrv)
The Twilight Zone
00:00 SUN (b00hdbrv)
Truly, Madly, Bletchley
23:45 THU (b0081b6p)
Truly, Madly, Bletchley
04:45 FRI (b0081b6p)
Unearthing Mysteries
08:00 SAT (b007qpz4)
Unearthing Mysteries
19:00 SAT (b007qpz4)
Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful
10:15 MON (b007jw27)
Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful
21:15 MON (b007jw27)
Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful
02:15 TUE (b007jw27)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
13:30 SUN (b007md8j)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
19:30 SUN (b007md8j)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
06:30 MON (b007md8j)
Whatever Happened to...?
08:30 SAT (b00hdbs5)
Whatever Happened to...?
19:30 SAT (b00hdbs5)
William Boyd - Armadillo
13:00 MON (b007k2cv)
William Boyd - Armadillo
13:00 TUE (b007k2f8)
William Boyd - Armadillo
13:00 WED (b007k2gm)
William Boyd - Armadillo
13:00 THU (b007k2j1)
William Boyd - Armadillo
13:00 FRI (b007k2kf)
Winston
17:30 MON (b007jncr)
Winston
06:00 TUE (b007jncr)
Yes Minister
13:00 SUN (b007jl89)
Yes Minister
19:00 SUN (b007jl89)
Yes Minister
06:00 MON (b007jl89)