Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
The lad gets triskaidekaphobic over the recording an episode of his show numbered between 12 and 14.
Starring Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Robin is soaking. Derek is excited. Maureen is furious. Whatever next? Stars Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. From June 2003.
'It's been wonderfully peaceful. Or it would have been if I hadn't felt so guilty all the time.'
Sarah and her mother Eleanor wage a war of attrition, until Russell steps in.
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
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
How can Bed and Breakfast landlady Alison avoid a courtship display - without hastily inventing a husband?
Alison …. Denise Coffey
Maud …. Miriam Margolyes
Father …. Joss Ackland
Mr Mullett …. Chris Emmett
Leslie …. Nickolas Grace
In which Flora's plots begin to thicken and she seems to be making headway over the tidying-up of the farm. But she’s reckoned without Aunt Ada Doom...
Stella Gibbons' tale of early-20th-century rural England dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Flora Poste ..... Patricia Gallimore
Stella Gibbons ..... Elizabeth Proud
John Westbrook ..... John Westbrook
Reuben Starkadder ..... Trevor Martin
Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps
Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Probert
Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis
Micah Starkadder ..... Alexander John
Richard Hawk-Monitor ..... Stephen Garlick
The Abbé Fausse-Maigre ..... Malcolm Hayes
Meriam ..... Amanda Murray
Mrs Beetle ..... Miriam Margolyes
Aunt Ada Doom ..... Fabia Drake
Mr Mybug ..... Michael Spice
Claud Hart-Harris ..... Roger Hammond
Harkaway Starkadder ..... David Timson
Urk Starkadder ..... Christopher Scott
Monsieur Solide ..... Alan Dudley
Rennett Starkadder ..... Christine Absalom
Mrs Hawk-Monitor ..... Margot Boyd
Elfine Starkadder ..... Jane Knowles
Young Man ..... David McAlister
Celie's stepfather dies and she inherits more than she ever dreamed. But her happiness is short-lived. Stars Nadine Marshall.
Yearning to be a private eye, the assistant takes on a case behind her boss's back. Stars Rosemary Martin and Barbara Atkinson.
The team pulls open the "Door Handle of the Day" - and who will win the "Difficult Time of the Month Competition"?
A murder brought them together, but for Detective Inspector Cromwell and Mother Helen within her enclosed convent, it's the theft of an icon that reunites them.
Crime and convents, the police and perdition come together in comedy writer and former monk Robert Smith's series of mysteries.
DI Cromwell ...... Timothy Spall
Mother Helen ...... Cheryl Campbell
DC Kelp ...... Jeremy Finch
Monsignor Nietzsche ...... Sandor Eles
Sister Demi ...... Elizabeth Bell
Radio/Tannoy ...... Beth Chalmers
Convinced that King Richard III was not a murderer, Inspector Grant and his new research worker, Brent are puzzled why his successor Henry VII failed to make political capital out of the fate of the Princes.
Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was described by The New York Times as 'One of the best mysteries of all time'.
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
Peter White sets off to navigate the London tube, shopping and crossing the road, as he explores how blind people experience beauty.
Alan Bennett recalls his 1940s childhood, when the sum total of family secrets amounted to not having a proper breakfast.
Rat advises Mole against visiting Badger, but he heads to the Wild Wood anyway. Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's classic.
Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs
The Commander gives Offred a bizarre request, but she realises that she has kindred spirits. Read by Buffy Davis.
Satan thinks humans can't handle knowledge, but the professor thinks they can. Satanic sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From March 2001.
Roger McGough looks at life, love, happiness, heroes, villains and embarrassing relations.
Poetic reflections on the business of poetry, to the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.
THURSDAY 14 MAY 2009
THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr72)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Handmaid's Tale (b00kfqn5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3d42)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k46b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfqdm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 A Confidential Agent (b007js32)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007jpwk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007rgx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty (b008rtky)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnjx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:45 The Wind in the Willows (b007jxh0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 14/05/2009 (b00kfskw)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k0bg)
Hollywood and Back
The veteran of many parts recalls one of the worst screen performances never seen.
British show business doyen, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.
Performed and written by Peter Jones.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1986.
THU 08:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007rh7q)
Series 1
I Can Do That
Young actor Robert Wilson gets a film role playing a chauffeur. The trouble is he can't drive...
John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.
Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
With:
Jo Kendall
Joanna Mackie
Blain Fairman
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1989.
THU 09:00 Doctor at Large (b00b0jz0)
To Bed or Not to Bed
Simon Sparrow takes Wendy off for a naughty weekend, but events don't quite go to plan...
The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Norma Ronald as Wendy Swithenbank, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Dennis Ramsden as Colonel Brown, David Jason as Harris the Receptionist and Edward Cast as the Waiter.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1969.
THU 09:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00kfsky)
Series 3
This Is Your Life
It's excitement all round as the staff and children prepare to celebrate the return of Head Teacher, Mrs Devon.
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, Teresa Gallagher as Miss Featherstone, Jacqueline Beatty as Miss Reid, Janice Acquah as Mrs Khan, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Christopher Ravenscroft as Paul Devon, Daryl Moore as Roscoe, Reanna Calvert as Tracy, Charlie Barker as Brandon and Elisha Mansuroglu as Kylie.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
THU 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k2m0)
Flora's Rights Again
As the wedding draws near, Flora Poste wrestles with Aunt Ada Doom. Will she get her rights at last?
Starring Patricia Gallimore and Elizabeth Proud.
The conclusion of Stella Gibbons' tale of early-20th-century rural England.
Flora Poste ..... Patricia Gallimore
Stella Gibbons ..... Elizabeth Proud
John Westbrook ..... John Westbrook
Reuben Starkadder ..... Trevor Martin
Judith Starkadder Margaret Robertson
Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps
Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Probert
Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis
Micah Starkadder ..... Alexander John
Richard Hawk-Monitor ..... Stephen Garlick
The Abbé Fausse-Maigre ..... Malcolm Hayes
Aunt Ada Doom ..... Fabia Drake
Mrs Beetle ..... Miriam Margolyes
Mr Mybug ..... Michael Spice
Harkaway Starkadder ..... David Timson
Urk Starkadder ..... Christopher Scott
Rennett Starkadder ..... Christine Absalom
Mrs Hawk-Monitor ..... Margot Boyd
Elfine Starkadder ..... Jane Knowles
Charl;es Fairford ..... David McAlister
Earl P Neck ..... Nigel Anthony
Dr Mudel ..... John Rye
Letty ..... Pauline Letts
Susan ..... Diana Bishop
Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Music: Terence Allbright
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1981
THU 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfsl0)
Episode 9
Celie has returned home - and she and Mister have become friends. Stars Nadine Marshall and Eamonn Walker.
THU 11:15 A Confidential Agent (b007js3h)
A Husband Scorned
The aspiring private eye becomes attracted to a teacher who has mislaid his wife. Stars Rosemary Martin and Barbara Atkinson.
THU 12:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k0bg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 My Music (b00kfsl2)
Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and Denis Norden on Franz Liszt and Ella Fitzgerald. From May 1990.
THU 13:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3k9d)
Sister, Brother
When a convicted forger decides on a new career as a nun, the sex change is just the beginning of his problems. And DI Cromwell is not amused when Mother Helen is put in danger.
Crime and convents, the police and perdition come together in comedy writer and former monk Robert Smith's mystery.
Starring Timothy Spall as DI Cromwell, Cheryl Campbell as Mother Helen, Jeremy Finch as DC Kelp and Stephen Critchlow as Sister Paula.
Producer: Ned Chaillet
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
THU 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k47g)
Episode 9
Obsessed by an historical murder mystery, Inspector Alan Grant and his research worker Brent have discovered that the bill attainting Richard before Parliament after his death made no mention of the slaying of the princes.
Brent has gone off to uncover what Stillington, the Bishop of Bath, said in June 1483 that changed the course of history and clinched the crown for Richard...
Josephine Tey's classic story read in 14 parts by Paul Young.
Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was described by The New York Times as 'One of the best mysteries of all time'.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2005.
THU 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007rkc0)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph; Caravats and Shanavests
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 14:15 Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty (b008s3b1)
Episode 4
Peter White tackles sporting events and the game of love in his exploration of what beauty means to blind people.
THU 14:30 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnkd)
A Shy Butcher
Alan Bennett recalls his father's lot in life, plus his own childhood evenings spent cleaning his parents' false teeth.
THU 14:45 The Wind in the Willows (b007jxh7)
Mr Badger
Rat and Mole seek refuge from the snowy, scary Wild Wood. Will Badger help? Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's classic.
THU 15:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k2m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00kfsl4)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b00b0jz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00kfsky)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007k42r)
The World in Peril
Episode 4
After an attempt on their lives, Jet and crew fight against time to blast off back to Mars
Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs
Music composed by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955.
THU 18:30 The Handmaid's Tale (b00kfsl6)
Episode 4
Serena Joy has a radical solution to help Offred, who finds an old friend in very disturbing surroundings. Read by Buffy Davis.
THU 19:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k0bg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 My Music (b00kfsl2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3k9d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k47g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfsl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 A Confidential Agent (b007js3h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b007rh7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 All the World's a Globe (b007k4cp)
3. The Fall of Troy. The Rise of Greece
The Fall of Troy and the Rise of Greece
The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War.
Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.
With guest star Juliet Stevenson.
Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.
With thanks to
Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.
THU 22:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007k24f)
Series 2
Trapped
The elderly Scotsmen's first trip to London ends in chaos. Stars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Alison Steadman and Jeremy Hardy. From March 2004.
THU 23:00 Think the Unthinkable (b00cqh5b)
Series 2
Nambitrea
The consultants advise an African finance minister, and Ryan carries a package. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From December 2002.
THU 23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fw5m7)
A Lot of Knowledge
The forgotten Thompson Twin reveals why rock 'n' roll can be a cruel mistress. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 2001.
THU 23:45 Elastic Planet (b007k3h0)
The Hair
A documentary maker films endangered hairstyles.
Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.
With Dan Strauss, Doon Mackichan, Kerry Shale, Michael Troughton, Ben Moor and Alexander Armstrong.
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
FRIDAY 15 MAY 2009
FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007k42r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Handmaid's Tale (b00kfsl6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3k9d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k47g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfsl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 A Confidential Agent (b007js3h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k2m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007rkc0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty (b008s3b1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:45 The Wind in the Willows (b007jxh7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 15/05/2009 (b00kfwg4)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jrw6)
Series 2
Episode 8
Kenneth Horne is on the mystery trail of a giant mouse - and down the end of the pier, it's the amazing Gruntfuttock and Julian and Sandy being telepathic.
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 1966.
FRI 08:30 The Alan Davies Show (b007js69)
Episode 1
Struggling actor Alan and his friends Kate and Murray find themselves locked in - a lot!
Alan Davies stars in his own six-part sitcom.
Written by Alan Davies, Ben Silburn and Tony Roche.
Alan Francis and Ronnie Ancona play his long-suffering friends.
Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona
With Caroline Loncq and Kevin Eldon.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
FRI 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0084hyx)
Series 1
Episode 5
Lady Cabstanleigh holds a party, Mrs McGurgle gets into an argument, Chief Inspector Blunderton follows up a few leads, and Justice Cocklecarrot has to contend with the antics of the Filthistan trio.
Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton.
Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour.
Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.
Announcer: Brian Perkins
Producer: Harry Thompson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989
FRI 09:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k33j)
Episode 5
John Barrowman's expert masterclass reaches a surprising conclusion about the Bard. Stars Patrick Barlow. From October 1995.
FRI 10:00 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 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfx33)
Episode 10
Shug is back! - and surprise visitors arrive for Celie. Stars Nadine Marshall and Nikki Amuka-Bird.
FRI 11:15 A Confidential Agent (b007js3v)
Sharks Have Pearly Teeth
The aspiring private eye learns the bitter truth behind a case of money lending and espionage. Stars Rosemary Martin.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jrw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kfx35)
From 29/04/1984
From a monastic order to international space relations.
Michael Bentine stars in the ultimate one man show written and performed by the host.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1984.
FRI 13:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3rlj)
Virtual Saints
Despite moving the convent into cyber space, Mother Helen and her nuns are not safe from declining numbers. And DI Cromwell has the small matter of an old murder to solve.
Timothy Spall stars as DI Cromwell and Cheryl Campbell as Mother Helen.
Crime and convents, the police and perdition come together in comedy writer and former monk Robert Smith's series of mysteries.
DI Cromwell ...... Timothy Spall
Mother Helen ...... Cheryl Campbell
DC Kelp ...... Jeremy Finch
Mr Lord ...... Bryan Pringle
Carer/Sister ...... Elizabeth Conboy
Youth ...... Tom George
Producer: Ned Chaillet
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.
FRI 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k48p)
Episode 10
Inspector Alan Grant is pursuing the truth about the murderous crimes of King Richard III.
He and research worker Brent have discovered he was crowned when Edward IV's children were declared illegitimate and an act of Parliament formalised his accession.
They duo are delving into those who may also have had a claim to the throne...
Josephine Tey's classic story read in 14 parts by Paul Young.
Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was described by The New York Times as 'One of the best mysteries of all time'.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2005.
FRI 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007rq88)
Ribbonmen, Orangemen and Rockites; Emancipation Refused
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 14:15 Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty (b008s4c3)
Episode 5
Rain and trees - Peter White encounters mother nature in his exploration of how blind people experience the concept of beauty.
FRI 14:30 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnkv)
Days Out
The writer recalls his 1940s childhood and the difficulties he and his parents faced in leaving Leeds on wartime Sundays.
FRI 14:45 The Wind in the Willows (b007jxhd)
Dulce Domum
Rat and Mole stumble across Mole's old abode. But it's a bittersweet homecoming. Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's classic.
FRI 15:00 Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener (b007jx95)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00kfx37)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien.
FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0084hyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k33j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrdj)
The World in Peril
Episode 5
Jet and Lemmy monitor strange calls on the ship-to-ship intercom.
It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.
Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs
Music composed by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955.
FRI 18:30 The Handmaid's Tale (b00kfx39)
Episode 5
Offred embarks on Serena Joy's plan and sees the brutality of the new regime in a cliff-hanging conclusion. Read by Buffy Davis.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jrw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kfx35)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3rlj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k48p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfx33)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 A Confidential Agent (b007js3v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 The Alan Davies Show (b007js69)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00kfx3c)
Series 1
Pride
Mark Watson investigates pride as he continues his quest to free us from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy.
Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and distractions.
Producer: Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007.
FRI 23:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00d8pgg)
Series 2
Oxford Union
The former variety star addresses the Oxford Union's 'Creationism versus Evolution' debate. With Steve Delaney and Sue Perkins.
FRI 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007s7x4)
Dave Podmore's World of Cricket
Episode 2
The player battles a case of libel based on an alleged encounter in a portable loo.
Sitcom about the exploits of talentless, amateurish, smug, inept and self-deluding English cricketer Dave Podmore.
Starring Chris Douglas and Andrew Nickolds with Chris Pavlo and Nicola Sanderson.
Written by Chris Douglas, Andrew Nickolds and Nick Newman.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
09/05/2009
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10/05/2009
05:00 SUN (b00kdr73)
11/05/2009
05:00 MON (b00kdr95)
12/05/2009
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13/05/2009
05:00 WED (b00kfqdk)
14/05/2009
05:00 THU (b00kfskw)
15/05/2009
05:00 FRI (b00kfwg4)
A Confidential Agent
11:15 WED (b007js32)
A Confidential Agent
21:15 WED (b007js32)
A Confidential Agent
02:15 THU (b007js32)
A Confidential Agent
11:15 THU (b007js3h)
A Confidential Agent
21:15 THU (b007js3h)
A Confidential Agent
02:15 FRI (b007js3h)
A Confidential Agent
11:15 FRI (b007js3v)
A Confidential Agent
21:15 FRI (b007js3v)
A Short History of Ireland
04:00 SAT (b007r524)
A Short History of Ireland
14:00 MON (b007r3l5)
A Short History of Ireland
04:00 TUE (b007r3l5)
A Short History of Ireland
14:00 TUE (b007rflj)
A Short History of Ireland
04:00 WED (b007rflj)
A Short History of Ireland
14:00 WED (b007rgx8)
A Short History of Ireland
04:00 THU (b007rgx8)
A Short History of Ireland
14:00 THU (b007rkc0)
A Short History of Ireland
04:00 FRI (b007rkc0)
A Short History of Ireland
14:00 FRI (b007rq88)
A-Z of the British Countryside
23:30 SUN (b007k38g)
Acropolis Now
22:30 MON (b007rj19)
After Henry
09:00 WED (b007k4gw)
After Henry
17:00 WED (b007k4gw)
Alan Bennett - An Englishman Abroad
13:00 SAT (b007jyxz)
Alan Bennett - An Englishman Abroad
01:00 SUN (b007jyxz)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
14:30 MON (b007jnhv)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
04:30 TUE (b007jnhv)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
14:30 TUE (b007jnjd)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
04:30 WED (b007jnjd)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
14:30 WED (b007jnjx)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
04:30 THU (b007jnjx)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
14:30 THU (b007jnkd)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
04:30 FRI (b007jnkd)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
14:30 FRI (b007jnkv)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple Omnibus
09:00 SUN (b00kdr77)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple Omnibus
20:00 SUN (b00kdr77)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
02:00 SAT (b00k9dbs)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
11:00 MON (b00kf0yx)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
21:00 MON (b00kf0yx)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
02:00 TUE (b00kf0yx)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
11:00 TUE (b00kf4p0)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
21:00 TUE (b00kf4p0)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
02:00 WED (b00kf4p0)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
11:00 WED (b00kfqdm)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
21:00 WED (b00kfqdm)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
02:00 THU (b00kfqdm)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
11:00 THU (b00kfsl0)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
21:00 THU (b00kfsl0)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
02:00 FRI (b00kfsl0)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
11:00 FRI (b00kfx33)
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
21:00 FRI (b00kfx33)
Alison and Maud
09:30 WED (b007k244)
Alison and Maud
17:30 WED (b007k244)
All the World's a Globe
22:30 THU (b007k4cp)
An Actor's Life for Me
08:30 THU (b007rh7q)
An Actor's Life for Me
22:00 THU (b007rh7q)
At Home With The Snails
23:30 TUE (b007k3hb)
Back to the Drawing Board
04:15 SAT (b0090f2l)
Ballylenon
09:00 MON (b007jpnw)
Ballylenon
17:00 MON (b007jpnw)
Beachcomber... By the Way
09:00 FRI (b0084hyx)
Beachcomber... By the Way
17:00 FRI (b0084hyx)
Big Toe Books
08:00 SAT (b00kctms)
Big Toe Books
08:00 SUN (b00kdr75)
Big Toe Books
16:00 MON (b00kf0z1)
Big Toe Books
16:00 TUE (b00kf5sq)
Big Toe Books
16:00 WED (b00kfqdq)
Big Toe Books
16:00 THU (b00kfsl4)
Big Toe Books
16:00 FRI (b00kfx37)
Boogie Up the River
10:30 SUN (b007jv8w)
Boogie Up the River
21:30 SUN (b007jv8w)
Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll
23:30 THU (b00fw5m7)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 SAT (b007jqz9)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 MON (b007jr1s)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 TUE (b007jr1s)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 TUE (b007jr4d)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 WED (b007jr4d)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 WED (b007jr72)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 THU (b007jr72)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 THU (b007k42r)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
00:00 FRI (b007k42r)
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space
18:00 FRI (b007jrdj)
Chewin' the Fat
23:00 MON (b00kf0z5)
Comedy Catch-Up
14:30 SUN (b00kdr79)
Comedy Catch-Up
15:00 SUN (b00kdr7c)
Comedy Catch-Up
15:30 SUN (b00kdr7f)
Comedy Catch-Up
16:00 SUN (b00kdr7h)
Comedy Catch-Up
16:30 SUN (b00kdr7k)
Comedy Catch-Up
02:30 MON (b00kdr79)
Comedy Catch-Up
03:00 MON (b00kdr7c)
Comedy Catch-Up
03:30 MON (b00kdr7f)
Comedy Catch-Up
04:00 MON (b00kdr7h)
Comedy Catch-Up
04:30 MON (b00kdr7k)
Comedy Controller
10:00 SAT (b00cpqcs)
Comedy Controller
20:00 SAT (b00cpqcs)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
23:00 FRI (b00d8pgg)
Crime Catch-Up
14:30 SAT (b00kctmv)
Crime Catch-Up
15:00 SAT (b00kctmx)
Crime Catch-Up
15:30 SAT (b00kctmz)
Crime Catch-Up
16:00 SAT (b00kctn1)
Crime Catch-Up
16:30 SAT (b00kctn3)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
13:00 TUE (b00c36bm)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
20:00 TUE (b00c36bm)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
01:00 WED (b00c36bm)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
13:00 WED (b00c3d42)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
20:00 WED (b00c3d42)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
01:00 THU (b00c3d42)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
13:00 THU (b00c3k9d)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
20:00 THU (b00c3k9d)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
01:00 FRI (b00c3k9d)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
13:00 FRI (b00c3rlj)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
20:00 FRI (b00c3rlj)
Dave Podmore
23:30 FRI (b007s7x4)
David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today...
04:45 SAT (b00cl496)
Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare
09:30 FRI (b007k33j)
Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare
17:30 FRI (b007k33j)
Doctor Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag
09:30 SAT (b0081w49)
Doctor Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag
19:30 SAT (b0081w49)
Doctor at Large
09:00 THU (b00b0jz0)
Doctor at Large
17:00 THU (b00b0jz0)
Ectoplasm
22:30 TUE (b007w5l4)
Ed Reardon's Week
23:00 TUE (b00kfdtp)
Elastic Planet
23:45 THU (b007k3h0)
Falco
01:00 SAT (b00k9dbx)
Falco
13:00 MON (b00kf0yz)
Falco
20:00 MON (b00kf0yz)
Falco
01:00 TUE (b00kf0yz)
Forty Years On
02:30 SUN (b00kd5q7)
Forty Years On
13:00 SUN (b00kd5q7)
Forty Years On
01:00 MON (b00kd5q7)
Frances McNeil - With a Little Help From My Friends
03:00 SAT (b00br7x6)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
17:00 SAT (b00kctml)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
23:00 SAT (b00kctml)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
04:00 SUN (b00kctml)
Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea
22:45 THU (b007k24f)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 WED (b007rgpj)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 WED (b007rgpj)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 WED (b007rgpj)
Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener
10:00 FRI (b007jx95)
Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener
15:00 FRI (b007jx95)
Huddwinks
09:30 TUE (b00941jx)
Huddwinks
17:30 TUE (b00941jx)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
01:30 SAT (b007k41t)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
13:30 MON (b007k441)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
20:30 MON (b007k441)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
01:30 TUE (b007k441)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
13:30 TUE (b007k458)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
20:30 TUE (b007k458)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
01:30 WED (b007k458)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
13:30 WED (b007k46b)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
20:30 WED (b007k46b)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
01:30 THU (b007k46b)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
13:30 THU (b007k47g)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
20:30 THU (b007k47g)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
01:30 FRI (b007k47g)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
13:30 FRI (b007k48p)
Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time
20:30 FRI (b007k48p)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
08:00 THU (b007k0bg)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
12:00 THU (b007k0bg)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
19:00 THU (b007k0bg)
Julie Enfield Investigates
02:15 SAT (b007jshc)
Julie Enfield Investigates
11:15 MON (b007zghc)
Julie Enfield Investigates
21:15 MON (b007zghc)
Julie Enfield Investigates
02:15 TUE (b007zghc)
Julie Enfield Investigates
11:15 TUE (b007jsjl)
Julie Enfield Investigates
21:15 TUE (b007jsjl)
Julie Enfield Investigates
02:15 WED (b007jsjl)
King Street Junior Revisited
09:30 THU (b00kfsky)
King Street Junior Revisited
17:30 THU (b00kfsky)
Knocker
23:15 SUN (b008hn0k)
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5
18:30 SUN (b007jwmb)
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5
00:30 MON (b007jwmb)
Listen to Les
12:30 SUN (b00cv8t7)
Listen to Les
19:30 SUN (b00cv8t7)
Man in His Time
00:30 SAT (b007zcy0)
Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better
22:30 FRI (b00kfx3c)
Much Binding in the Marsh
12:00 SUN (b008qq3w)
Much Binding in the Marsh
19:00 SUN (b008qq3w)
My Music
12:30 THU (b00kfsl2)
My Music
19:30 THU (b00kfsl2)
No Tomatoes
23:00 SUN (b0081snn)
Old Harry's Game
22:30 WED (b00b9nzb)
Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty
14:15 MON (b008qs4b)
Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty
04:15 TUE (b008qs4b)
Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty
14:15 TUE (b008qsv7)
Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty
04:15 WED (b008qsv7)
Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty
14:15 WED (b008rtky)
Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty
04:15 THU (b008rtky)
Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty
14:15 THU (b008s3b1)
Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty
04:15 FRI (b008s3b1)
Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty
14:15 FRI (b008s4c3)
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends
08:30 WED (b008h4qy)
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends
22:00 WED (b008h4qy)
Round the Horne
08:00 FRI (b007jrw6)
Round the Horne
12:00 FRI (b007jrw6)
Round the Horne
19:00 FRI (b007jrw6)
Safety Catch
22:30 SUN (b00fkyrd)
Second Thoughts
09:00 TUE (b00kf4ny)
Second Thoughts
17:00 TUE (b00kf4ny)
Sounding Off with McGough
23:45 WED (b007jlwb)
Stand-Up on 7
23:00 WED (b0081rcp)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
10:00 MON (b007k1tz)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
15:00 MON (b007k1tz)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
03:00 TUE (b007k1tz)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
10:00 TUE (b007k22w)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
15:00 TUE (b007k22w)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
03:00 WED (b007k22w)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
10:00 WED (b007jpwk)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
15:00 WED (b007jpwk)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
03:00 THU (b007jpwk)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
10:00 THU (b007k2m0)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
15:00 THU (b007k2m0)
Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
03:00 FRI (b007k2m0)
Steptoe and Son
12:30 TUE (b007k1r0)
Steptoe and Son
19:30 TUE (b007k1r0)
That Reminds Me
11:00 SUN (b007jz0c)
That Reminds Me
17:00 SUN (b007jz0c)
The Alan Davies Show
08:30 FRI (b007js69)
The Alan Davies Show
22:00 FRI (b007js69)
The Burkiss Way
12:30 WED (b007jttb)
The Burkiss Way
19:30 WED (b007jttb)
The Goon Show
08:00 MON (b007jr24)
The Goon Show
12:00 MON (b007jr24)
The Goon Show
19:00 MON (b007jr24)
The Handmaid's Tale
18:30 MON (b00kf0z3)
The Handmaid's Tale
00:30 TUE (b00kf0z3)
The Handmaid's Tale
18:30 TUE (b00kfdtm)
The Handmaid's Tale
00:30 WED (b00kfdtm)
The Handmaid's Tale
18:30 WED (b00kfqn5)
The Handmaid's Tale
00:30 THU (b00kfqn5)
The Handmaid's Tale
18:30 THU (b00kfsl6)
The Handmaid's Tale
00:30 FRI (b00kfsl6)
The Handmaid's Tale
18:30 FRI (b00kfx39)
The Harpoon
08:30 MON (b007k4lf)
The Harpoon
22:00 MON (b007k4lf)
The Last of the Sun
13:45 SAT (b00kh4vg)
The Last of the Sun
01:45 SUN (b00kh4vg)
The Leopard in Autumn
08:30 TUE (b00c3b7g)
The Leopard in Autumn
22:00 TUE (b00c3b7g)
The Michael Bentine Show
12:30 FRI (b00kfx35)
The Michael Bentine Show
19:30 FRI (b00kfx35)
The Navy Lark
08:00 TUE (b0081k4q)
The Navy Lark
12:00 TUE (b0081k4q)
The Navy Lark
19:00 TUE (b0081k4q)
The News Quiz
22:00 SUN (b00kj962)
The Nick Revell Show
23:30 MON (b007jp6w)
The Parcel of Dreams
10:15 SUN (b007vcn7)
The Parcel of Dreams
21:15 SUN (b007vcn7)
The Radio Detectives
11:30 SUN (b007q96v)
The Radio Detectives
17:30 SUN (b007q96v)
The Twilight Zone
18:00 SAT (b00kctmj)
The Twilight Zone
00:00 SUN (b00kctmj)
The Wind in the Willows
14:45 MON (b007jxgr)
The Wind in the Willows
04:45 TUE (b007jxgr)
The Wind in the Willows
14:45 TUE (b007jxgv)
The Wind in the Willows
04:45 WED (b007jxgv)
The Wind in the Willows
14:45 WED (b007jxh0)
The Wind in the Willows
04:45 THU (b007jxh0)
The Wind in the Willows
14:45 THU (b007jxh7)
The Wind in the Willows
04:45 FRI (b007jxh7)
The Wind in the Willows
14:45 FRI (b007jxhd)
Think the Unthinkable
23:00 THU (b00cqh5b)
Three Men on the Bummel
04:30 SAT (b007xxv3)
Unearthing Mysteries
09:00 SAT (b007s164)
Unearthing Mysteries
19:00 SAT (b007s164)
Unnatural Acts
09:30 MON (b00kf0yv)
Unnatural Acts
17:30 MON (b00kf0yv)
Voices From the Grave
18:00 SUN (b007jwn9)
Voices From the Grave
00:00 MON (b007jwn9)
Who Goes There?
12:30 MON (b00kfwbs)
Who Goes There?
19:30 MON (b00kfwbs)
Wicca
18:40 SAT (b007jsfh)
Wicca
00:40 SUN (b007jsfh)