Mowgli and Kaa plan a jungle attack against the wild dogs. Stars Nisha K Nayar, Eartha Kitt and Freddie Jones.
Mrs Potter-Smith aims to bring the curtain down on the Blue Doors' latest show. Stars James Lance and Caroline Harker.
When he hears his sound-alike in a TV commercial, the lad heads straight to court.
Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Peter Goodwright, Ann Lancaster, Jerry Stovin, Jack Watson, Ronald Wilson and Wilfrid Babbage.
Unhappily married Patrick and Maureen are getting on so badly that they’re forced to present their final show form separate studios.
Doctor ...... Peter Jones
Cleonni ...... Carla Mendonca
Peter Davies ...... John Ramm
"I have something that the Reverend Hornblower will never enjoy; the love and respect of my congregation..."
Shocks galore for the hapless vicar, Timothy Carswell with a disappearing congregation - and shock new title.
Reverend Timothy Carswell ...... James Grout
Miss Tilling ...... Margaret Courtenay
Miss Tapp ...... Jean Heywood
Reverend Hornblower ...... Garrick Hagon
Mrs Muir ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mr Widlake ...... Brian Miller
Mrs Widlake ...... Bernadine Corrigan
Dr Warlock ...... Christopher Good
Rosie's no expert on Russian folk music but when she's asked to promote The Gulbekistan Dance Ensemble, she's sure she'll be equal to the challenge...
Another assignment for Rosie Burns and the event management company, where the clients are only part of the problem...
Rosie ..... Prunella Scales
Jo ..... Rebecca Callard
Bob ..... Duncan Preston
Tess ..... Annette Badland
Robert ..... Simon Trinder
Leonid ..... Chris Emmett
Ludmilla ..... Lorelei King
Lucy Honeychurch has witnessed a murder in Florence, but George's actions disturb her more...
Set in Italy and England, EM Forster’s 1908 tale of a young woman from repressed Edwardian England.
Lucy Honeychurch ...... Cathy Sara
Charlotte Bartlett ...... Sheila Hancock
Mr Emerson ...... John Moffatt
George Emerson ...... Gary Cady
Mr Beebe ...... Stephen Moore
Miss Lavish ...... Barbara Jefford
Mr Eager ...... David Collings
Phaeton ...... Andrew Branch
The action moves to 1876, when Isabel Archer's grown-up stepdaughter has an enthusiastic suitor. Read by Miriam Margolyes.
As the priestly sleuth tackles some crossword-related murders, Father Troy is a surprisingly adept ally. Stars David Threlfall.
Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another...
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson, Edward Halsted, Rachel Smith, Chris Pavlo, Paul Rogan and Steven Rhodes.
1. Filth and Fat and Blood and Foam
A gruesome murder at London's Smithfield meat market sparks another troubling investigation for Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
DSI Julie Enfield ..... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Sally ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Benjamin Travis ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Joey Jones ...... Don McCorkindale
Miss Sayers ...... Linda Regan
Terence Johns ...... David Bannerman
Rachel Jones ...... Jilly Bond
Micky Matthews ...... John Hollis
Doctor ...... Stephen Thorne
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
Helen Young talks to witnesses and experts about the last century's worst tornado in London's Gunnersbury, on 8th December 1954.
Double agent Eddie Chapman - codename 'Fritz' - prepares to sabotage a British factory making war planes. Read by Damian Lewis.
Sophie has an accident. Polly tries to forget the twins. Calypso receives some bad news.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Keen to play cricket on seven continents - Harry Thompson's team hit the West Indies. Comic travelogue read by Nicholas Boulton.
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien featuring Araminta Spook: My Haunted House, Cat and the Stinkwater War, A Coyote's in the House, and Henry's Cat: The Cowboy.
The future of the OAPs and, indeed, of the whole of civilisation, hangs in the balance.
Stephen Moore stars in the conclusion of Colin Swash's dystopian comedy set in 22nd-century Britain.
George ...... Stephen Moore
Doris ...... Patsy Byrne
O'Connell ...... Geoffrey McGivern
Mrs Cookson ...... Edna Dore
Andrea Sunbeam ...... Lorelei King
Other parts played by Melanie Hudson, Joanna Brookes, Christopher Douglas, Peter Serafinowcz and Lewis MacLeod.
Cayce Pollard has realised she’s entangled in something quite ruthless after being cornered by muggers in Tokyo.
Falling from the sky, the comedian's life starts flashing before his eyes. With Alexander Armstrong. From August 1998.
The ever so posh comedian - host of Radio 7's Newsjack - entertains an audience in London.
THURSDAY 04 MARCH 2010
THU 00:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jphb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1yz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3d42)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008gbq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Baldi (b007k4mg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007jpty)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx7h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dh89p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00d05bj)
The Spring Running
Mowgli leads the attack, but realises he must soon make a decision. Stars Nisha K Nayar, Eartha Kitt and Freddie Jones.
THU 05:30 Pamela Brown - The Swish of the Curtain (b00r3996)
Episode 4
Is it the final curtain for the children of the Blue Doors Theatre Company? Stars Philip Anthony and Caroline Harker.
THU 06:00 04/03/2010 (b00r39c3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (m000hwwr)
Series 6
The Lost Emperor
Archaeologist Neddie Seagoon hunts for the missing treasure of Genghis Khan.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1955.
THU 08:30 In the Chair (b007jq8n)
Episode 6
Maverick hack George Cragge is certain he knows the killer's identity. Meanwhile, who will be the BBC's next director-general?
Mark Tavener's six-part satirical comedy thriller stars Michael Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as DCI Frank Jefferson, Hugh Laurie as the Prime Minister, Richard Griffiths as Crichton-Potter, John Bird as Martin, Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss, Rebecca Front as Marcia Mallon, Kenneth Cranham as Jim Hardie, Geoffrey Whitehead as Director of Personnel, Simon Greehall as the Chancellor, Jonathan Keeble as John and Susie Brann as Caroline.
Music by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
THU 09:00 Up the Garden Path (b0080p54)
Series 2
Hot Water
With more love entanglements, Izzy is finding life back in England rather confusing.
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.
An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Aunt Vinny ...... Rosemary Martin
Charles ...... David Robb
Gwyn ...... Dafydd Hywel
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1988.
THU 09:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0084hzr)
Series 2
Episode 5
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel tries to bamboozle a millionaire.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.
THU 10:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007qx2z)
A Proposal and a Bathing Party
Lucy Honeychurch returns to England much changed after her disturbing trip to Italy.
Set in Italy and England, EM Forster’s 1908 tale of a young woman from repressed Edwardian England.
Lucy Honeychurch ...... Cathy Sara
Charlotte Bartlett ...... Sheila Hancock
Mr Emerson ...... John Moffatt
George Emerson ...... Gary Cady
Mr Beebe ...... Stephen Moore
Mrs Honeychurch ...... Julia McKenzie
Freddy Honeychurch ...... Roger May
Cecil Vyse ...... Nathaniel Parker
Mrs Phipps ...... Tessa Worsley
Sir Harry Otway ...... Derek Waring
Minnie Beebe ...... Sara-Jane Derrick
Floyd ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mrs Vyse ...... Pauline Letts
Pianist: Terence Allbright
Dramatised by David Wade.
Director: Glyn Dearman.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
THU 11:00 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008gcnc)
Episode 14
Two years since Isabel married Gilbert Osmond, Lord Warburton and Ralph pay her a visit in Rome. Read by Miriam Margolyes.
THU 11:15 Baldi (b007k4nn)
Series 4
The Devil's Eye
The priestly sleuth is confronted by shipwrecks and a remote Irish island community's mysterious past. Stars David Threlfall.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (m000hwwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00r39q1)
Series 2
Episode 8
Dr Y invents a time-travel machine, plus a never-ending sing-along with the studio audience.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs plus TV and cinema parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by John Esmonde & Bob Larbey, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Eric Idle, Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music by Dave Lee.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1965.
THU 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9y)
The Smithfield Murders
2. Blue Bummarees
Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield's father gets on well with his paid carer, but her investigation darkens amidst the 'Blue Bummarees' of the market. There's also a surprise flirtation...
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
DSI Julie Enfield ..... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Sally ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Paulo ..... Sean Barrett
Benjamin Travis ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Joey Jones ...... Don McCorkindale
Sadie Stern ...... Linda Regan
Henry Sinclair ...... John Turner
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
THU 13:30 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 14:00 Strange Weather Days (b007jxgb)
Series 1
Snow Stops Play
Meteorologist Helen Young recalls 1975, when snow fell in June and interrupted play at Buxton cricket ground.
THU 14:15 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jnls9)
Episode 4
MI5 send double agent Eddie Chapman to infiltrate Germany's Abwehr intelligence. Read by Damian Lewis.
THU 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qtn)
Episode 9
Max gets a telephone call about Monica, while Helena gets a surprise visitor.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Read by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
THU 14:45 Penguins Stopped Play (b00lncmq)
Episode 4
Out to play cricket on seven continents - Harry Thompson's team size up the Argentinians. Comic travelogue read by Nicholas Boulton.
THU 15:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007qx2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00r39v9)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien featuring Araminta Spook: My Haunted House, Cat and the Stinkwater War, A Coyote's in the House, and Henry's Cat: The Challenge.
THU 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b0080p54)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0084hzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Voices From the Grave (b007jwn1)
The Lie
Lisa gives up everything for her lover - and wanders a disused Victorian psychiatric hospital.
Series of four chilling and intimate dramas inspired by existing ghost stories from around Britain.
Lynn Ferguson's horror stars Leslie Ash as Angela, Ian Dunn as Colin, Leslie Ash as Angela, Janet Brown as Martha/Lisa's Mother, Geoffrey Beevers as the Caretaker and Lynn Ferguson as Lisa.
Producers: Luke Fresle/Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2006.
THU 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k208)
Episode 4
Searching for clues to the origins of the mysterious online film known as "the footage" has led Cayce Pollard across the world.
Now she finds herself in a deserted government complex near Bournemouth and discovers just how close she is getting to the truth....
William Gibson's fast-moving thriller read by Lorelei King.
Abridged by Ron Roberts.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2007.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (m000hwwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00r39q1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3k9d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008gcnc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Baldi (b007k4nn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 In the Chair (b007jq8n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jgzfs)
Series 1
Stiff Up a Lip
The tale of Victorian social climber Edwin and his awful secret. Stars Kath Burlinson and Owen Evans. From August 2000.
THU 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007n1x9)
Series 1
Gods
It's Socrates' birthday - so it's up to The Affable Ones to take him to the underworld. Stars Stephen Moore. From January 2001.
THU 23:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b007k16j)
Episode 4
Pun masters Dan Freedman and Nick Romero with a sheep version of Star Trek and an American Blackadder. From May 2000.
FRIDAY 05 MARCH 2010
FRI 00:00 Voices From the Grave (b007jwn1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k208)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3k9d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008gcnc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Baldi (b007k4nn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007qx2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Up the Garden Path (b0080p54)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0084hzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (b007jt6f)
Episode 1
Tumbling down a rabbit hole, a young girl's amazing story begins. Stars Sarah-Jane Holm, David Bamber and Roy Hudd.
FRI 06:00 05/03/2010 (b00r3s1l)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00r3s1n)
Series 2
Episode 3
Money worries for Sid and Rita, and the Smith Report investigates travel - does it get you anywhere?
Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and announcer Douglas Smith.
After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round the Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.
Written by Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer.
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1970.
FRI 08:30 Delve Special (b007k469)
Series 2
Whose Baby?
David Lander reports on the implications of revolutionary methods of baby production.
Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.
Studio production by Tony Robinson, Julia Hills, Stephen Frost and Felicity Montague.
Dramatic reconstruction by Jack Klaff, Phil Nice and Robert Bathurst.
Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet.
Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer
Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1985.
FRI 09:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp45)
Series 1
Holy Water
The life of a struggling writer with his dysfunctional friends and a talking geranium.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Kate McKenzie and Brian Bowles.
Special guest star: Brian Johnston and Vince the geranium.
Producer: Jon Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1992.
FRI 09:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2xh)
Episode 4
The Royal Dingle Company wreak havoc in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Stars Patrick Barlow and Louise Lombard. From September 1995.
FRI 10:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007qvgf)
The Triumph of Phaeton
Engaged to Cecil Vyse but haunted by her dreams of George Emerson, Lucy Honeychurch feels muddled..
Conclusion of EM Forster’s 1908 tale of a young woman from repressed Edwardian England.
Lucy Honeychurch ...... Cathy Sara
Charlotte Bartlett ...... Sheila Hancock
Mr Emerson ...... John Moffatt
George Emerson ...... Gary Cady
Mr Beebe ...... Stephen Moore
Mrs Honeychurch ...... Julia McKenzie
Freddy Honeychurch ...... Roger May
Cecil Vyse ...... Nathaniel Parker
Minnie Beebe ...... Sara-Jane Derrick
Floyd ...... Jonathan Keeble
Miss Alan ...... Anna Cropper
Phaeton ...... Andrew Branch
Pianist: Terence Allbright
Director: Glyn Dearman.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
FRI 11:00 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008ggv2)
Episode 15
Lord Warburton's interest in Pansy proves very pleasing to her father Gilbert Osmond. Read by Miriam Margolyes.
FRI 11:15 Baldi (b007k4pr)
Series 4
The Smoker
The priestly sleuth probes the murder of an outspoken, larger-than-life Dublin publisher and bon viveur. Stars David Threlfall.
FRI 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b00r3s1n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrdh)
A Lot of Tulle and a Little Imagination
The dear ladies take on the running of the Fancy Dress Ball. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From May 1982.
FRI 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlb9)
The Smithfield Murders
3. Chef's Special
There's a fresh dead body down at Clerkenwell, but Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield's love affair is hotting up - before she becomes a victim of extreme cold.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
DSI Julie Enfield ..... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Stephen Temple ...... Gavin Muir
Alex Wild ...... Deborah Berlin
DC Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Benjamin Travis ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Henry Sinclair ...... John Turner
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
FRI 13:30 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 14:00 Strange Weather Days (b007k216)
Series 1
Forever Freezing
Meteorologist Helen Young visits the bizarre frost hollow of Rickmansworth, near the Chilterns.
FRI 14:15 Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (b00jp108)
Episode 5
British wartime double agent and former convict Eddie Chapman arrives back home. Concluded by Damian Lewis.
FRI 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080sjp)
Episode 10
A funeral sparks a big reunion of old faces at the house in Cornwall.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Concluded by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
FRI 14:45 Penguins Stopped Play (b00lnfdy)
Episode 5
From South Africa to matches back home - and some sad news. Nicholas Boulton concludes Harry Thompson's comic cricketing travelogue.
FRI 15:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007qvgf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00r3tmh)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien featuring Araminta Spook: My Haunted House, Cat and the Stinkwater War, A Coyote's in the House, Thought Full, and The Busker.
FRI 17:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp45)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2xh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Voices From the Grave (b007jwn6)
The Parson
Back from missionary work abroad, Reverend Martin Stokes stumbles into a nightmare of biblical proportions abroad.
David Varela's horror stars Mark Bazeley as Rev. Martin Stokes, Lynne Verrall as Mrs Cameron, Geoffrey Beevers as Bishop Millcock, Wayne Foskett as Randall, Stephen Hogan as Sid and Gerard McDermott as Joseph.
Voices From The Grave is a series of four chilling and intimate dramas, inspired by existing ghost stories from around Britain. The writers make these stories more than simply scary - they are studies of humanity, love, rage and despair, of passion, longing and pain.
David has written plays for BBC Radio 4 as well as for TV and film.
Producer: Luke Fresle
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
FRI 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k21k)
Episode 5
'Coolhunter' Cayce travels to Moscow for an emotional encounter with the maker of "the footage" - the mysteriously compelling online film haunting web-surfers around the world.
But why is Cayce's boss at the ad agency so interested in it?
William Gibson's fast-moving thriller concluded by Lorelei King.
Abridged by Ron Roberts.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2007.
FRI 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b00r3s1n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3rlj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008ggv2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Baldi (b007k4pr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Delve Special (b007k469)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b008fgq3)
Series 2
Episode 3
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis spotlight dodgy space probes and a teddy for men. With guest Barry Cryer. From August 1999.
FRI 23:00 The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show (b007jm52)
The Tragedies
The truncated thespians perform a 15-second 'King Lear', the 'Othello' Rap and 'Scottish Highland Discs'.
FRI 23:30 Intimate Contact with Julian Clary (b00rbkk9)
Making tricky phone calls on behalf of his punters - including a plumber with a dribbling ballcock.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
01/03/2010
06:00 MON (b00r2l8y)
02/03/2010
06:00 TUE (b00r35y2)
03/03/2010
06:00 WED (b00r36nw)
04/03/2010
06:00 THU (b00r39c3)
05/03/2010
06:00 FRI (b00r3s1l)
27/02/2010
06:00 SAT (b00r2gxw)
28/02/2010
06:00 SUN (b00r2jxc)
Acropolis Now
23:00 THU (b007n1x9)
Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face
01:32 SAT (b008yv5r)
After Henry
09:00 TUE (b007jn96)
After Henry
17:00 TUE (b007jn96)
After Henry
04:00 WED (b007jn96)
Algernon Blackwood - The Willows
00:30 SAT (b007jvdr)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
05:00 FRI (b007jt6f)
An Actor's Life for Me
08:30 TUE (b0089m77)
An Actor's Life for Me
22:00 TUE (b0089m77)
Baldi
02:15 SAT (b007k0bt)
Baldi
11:15 MON (b007k0ft)
Baldi
21:15 MON (b007k0ft)
Baldi
02:15 TUE (b007k0ft)
Baldi
11:15 TUE (b007k0h2)
Baldi
21:15 TUE (b007k0h2)
Baldi
02:15 WED (b007k0h2)
Baldi
11:15 WED (b007k4mg)
Baldi
21:15 WED (b007k4mg)
Baldi
02:15 THU (b007k4mg)
Baldi
11:15 THU (b007k4nn)
Baldi
21:15 THU (b007k4nn)
Baldi
02:15 FRI (b007k4nn)
Baldi
11:15 FRI (b007k4pr)
Baldi
21:15 FRI (b007k4pr)
Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag
14:15 MON (b00jmttw)
Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag
14:15 TUE (b00jn0n6)
Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag
14:15 WED (b00jn6g2)
Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag
14:15 THU (b00jnls9)
Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag
14:15 FRI (b00jp108)
Big Toe Books
08:00 SAT (b00r2gxy)
Big Toe Books
08:00 SUN (b00r2jxf)
Big Toe Books
16:00 MON (b00r33ks)
Big Toe Books
16:00 TUE (b00r35y4)
Big Toe Books
16:00 WED (b00r38v3)
Big Toe Books
16:00 THU (b00r39v9)
Big Toe Books
16:00 FRI (b00r3tmh)
Big Town All Stars
22:30 TUE (b007jrq4)
Boogie Up the River
10:30 SUN (b007jz40)
Boogie Up the River
21:32 SUN (b007jz40)
Comedy Catch-Up
14:30 SUN (b00rd60q)
Comedy Catch-Up
15:00 SUN (b00r2jxt)
Comedy Catch-Up
15:30 SUN (b00r2jxw)
Comedy Catch-Up
15:45 SUN (b00r2k0f)
Comedy Catch-Up
16:00 SUN (b00r2k16)
Comedy Catch-Up
02:30 MON (b00rd60q)
Comedy Catch-Up
03:00 MON (b00r2jxt)
Comedy Catch-Up
03:30 MON (b00r2jxw)
Comedy Catch-Up
03:45 MON (b00r2k0f)
Comedy Catch-Up
04:00 MON (b00r2k16)
Comedy Controller
10:00 SAT (b007xrf8)
Comedy Controller
20:02 SAT (b007xrf8)
Crime Catch-Up
14:30 SAT (b00kj229)
Crime Catch-Up
15:00 SAT (b00r2hqn)
Crime Catch-Up
15:30 SAT (b00r2hqq)
Crime Catch-Up
16:00 SAT (b00r2hqs)
Crime Catch-Up
16:30 SAT (b00r2hqv)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
13:30 TUE (b00c36bm)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
20:30 TUE (b00c36bm)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
01:30 WED (b00c36bm)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
13:30 WED (b00c3d42)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
20:30 WED (b00c3d42)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
01:30 THU (b00c3d42)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
13:30 THU (b00c3k9d)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
20:30 THU (b00c3k9d)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
01:30 FRI (b00c3k9d)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
13:30 FRI (b00c3rlj)
DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer
20:30 FRI (b00c3rlj)
Dad's Army
08:00 MON (b007jnqc)
Dad's Army
12:00 MON (b007jnqc)
Dad's Army
19:00 MON (b007jnqc)
Delve Special
08:30 FRI (b007k469)
Delve Special
22:00 FRI (b007k469)
Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare
04:30 SAT (b007k2q6)
Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare
09:30 FRI (b007k2xh)
Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare
17:30 FRI (b007k2xh)
Dial M for Pizza
22:02 SUN (b007k0th)
Dick Francis
13:00 SAT (b007nn4g)
Dick Francis
01:00 SUN (b007nn4g)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
10:00 TUE (b007jpr7)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
15:00 TUE (b007jpr7)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
03:00 WED (b007jpr7)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
10:00 WED (b007jpty)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
15:00 WED (b007jpty)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
03:00 THU (b007jpty)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
10:00 THU (b007qx2z)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
15:00 THU (b007qx2z)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
03:00 FRI (b007qx2z)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
10:00 FRI (b007qvgf)
EM Forster - A Room with a View
15:00 FRI (b007qvgf)
Ed Doolan Interviews...
11:00 SUN (b00r2jxh)
Ed Doolan Interviews...
17:00 SUN (b00r2jxh)
Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words
10:15 SUN (b007w26k)
Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words
21:17 SUN (b007w26k)
Falco
01:00 SAT (b00qyr9t)
Falco
13:00 MON (b00r32wz)
Falco
20:00 MON (b00r32wz)
Falco
01:00 TUE (b00r32wz)
Falco
13:00 TUE (b00r35gz)
Falco
20:00 TUE (b00r35gz)
Falco
01:00 WED (b00r35gz)
For Better or for Worse
12:30 TUE (b00g2glt)
For Better or for Worse
19:30 TUE (b00g2glt)
Forty Nights in the Wildebeest
23:30 THU (b007k16j)
Four Joneses and a Jenkins
04:00 SAT (b007jz3j)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
05:00 SAT (b00j17qg)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
17:00 SAT (b00j17qg)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
04:00 SUN (b00j17qg)
HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy
09:30 MON (b00r32x3)
HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy
17:30 MON (b00r32x3)
HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy
04:30 TUE (b00r32x3)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 WED (b007jxpn)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 WED (b007jxpn)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 WED (b007jxpn)
Harry Worth
12:00 SUN (b00r2jxk)
Harry Worth
19:00 SUN (b00r2jxk)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
02:00 SAT (b008f86x)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
11:00 MON (b008g279)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
21:00 MON (b008g279)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
02:00 TUE (b008g279)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
11:00 TUE (b008g6vb)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
21:00 TUE (b008g6vb)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
02:00 WED (b008g6vb)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
11:00 WED (b008gbq2)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
21:00 WED (b008gbq2)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
02:00 THU (b008gbq2)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
11:00 THU (b008gcnc)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
21:00 THU (b008gcnc)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
02:00 FRI (b008gcnc)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
11:00 FRI (b008ggv2)
Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
21:00 FRI (b008ggv2)
Hercule Poirot
02:30 SUN (b00dcs9p)
Hercule Poirot
13:00 SUN (b00dcs9p)
Hercule Poirot
01:00 MON (b00dcs9p)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
12:30 THU (b00r39q1)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
19:30 THU (b00r39q1)
In the Chair
08:30 THU (b007jq8n)
In the Chair
22:00 THU (b007jq8n)
Intimate Contact with Julian Clary
23:30 FRI (b00rbkk9)
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation
23:00 MON (b00r33kv)
Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days
09:00 SAT (b007jtyx)
Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days
19:00 SAT (b007jtyx)
Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days
05:00 SUN (b007jtyx)
Julie Enfield Investigates
13:00 WED (b007jl9k)
Julie Enfield Investigates
20:00 WED (b007jl9k)
Julie Enfield Investigates
01:00 THU (b007jl9k)
Julie Enfield Investigates
13:00 THU (b007jl9y)
Julie Enfield Investigates
20:00 THU (b007jl9y)
Julie Enfield Investigates
01:00 FRI (b007jl9y)
Julie Enfield Investigates
13:00 FRI (b007jlb9)
Julie Enfield Investigates
20:00 FRI (b007jlb9)
Knocker
23:31 SUN (b008j006)
Like They've Never Been Gone
12:30 WED (b009mbjl)
Like They've Never Been Gone
19:30 WED (b009mbjl)
Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn
14:30 MON (b0080jj1)
Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn
14:30 TUE (b0080p26)
Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn
14:30 WED (b0080qbv)
Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn
14:30 THU (b0080qtn)
Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn
14:30 FRI (b0080sjp)
No Tomatoes
23:45 SUN (b0082dsm)
On Baby Street
22:30 MON (b00dp75j)
Pamela Brown - The Swish of the Curtain
05:30 MON (b00r2l8w)
Pamela Brown - The Swish of the Curtain
05:30 TUE (b00r35y0)
Pamela Brown - The Swish of the Curtain
05:30 WED (b00r367k)
Pamela Brown - The Swish of the Curtain
05:30 THU (b00r3996)
Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
00:00 SAT (b007jpf4)
Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
18:00 MON (b007jpfm)
Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
00:00 TUE (b007jpfm)
Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
18:00 TUE (b007jpgs)
Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
00:00 WED (b007jpgs)
Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
18:00 WED (b007jphb)
Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
00:00 THU (b007jphb)
Parsley Sidings
09:00 MON (b007jp7p)
Parsley Sidings
17:00 MON (b007jp7p)
Parsley Sidings
04:00 TUE (b007jp7p)
Paul Magrs - Never the Bride
18:00 SUN (b0092n8g)
Paul Magrs - Never the Bride
00:00 MON (b0092n8g)
Penguins Stopped Play
14:45 MON (b00lmqcz)
Penguins Stopped Play
14:45 TUE (b00ln0q4)
Penguins Stopped Play
14:45 WED (b00ln4b7)
Penguins Stopped Play
14:45 THU (b00lncmq)
Penguins Stopped Play
14:45 FRI (b00lnfdy)
Peter Tinniswood
03:00 SAT (b007k354)
Pleased to Meet You
23:00 SUN (b0124y89)
Portrait of a Lady Omnibus
09:00 SUN (b008fxqj)
Portrait of a Lady Omnibus
20:02 SUN (b008fxqj)
Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week
22:30 FRI (b008fgq3)
Richard Matheson - Duel
18:30 SAT (b007k3qp)
Richard Matheson - Duel
00:30 SUN (b007k3qp)
Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book
05:00 MON (b00cpqjc)
Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book
05:00 TUE (b00csypl)
Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book
05:00 WED (b00cyywl)
Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book
05:00 THU (b00d05bj)
Say What You Want to Hear - The Startup
10:00 MON (b00qx3jg)
Say What You Want to Hear - The Startup
15:00 MON (b00qx3jg)
Say What You Want to Hear - The Startup
03:00 TUE (b00qx3jg)
Short Cuts: Ruby Baby
01:30 SAT (b00qyr9w)
Short Cuts: Ruby Baby
14:27 SAT (b00r2hql)
Short Cuts: Ruby Baby
20:00 SAT (b00r2hql)
Short Cuts: Ruby Baby
02:27 SUN (b00r2hql)
Short Cuts: Ruby Baby
14:27 SUN (b00r2jxp)
Short Cuts: Ruby Baby
20:00 SUN (b00r2jxp)
Short Cuts: Ruby Baby
02:27 MON (b00r2jxp)
Short Cuts: Ruby Baby
13:30 MON (b00r32x1)
Short Cuts: Ruby Baby
20:30 MON (b00r32x1)
Short Cuts: Ruby Baby
01:30 TUE (b00r32x1)
Smelling of Roses
09:30 WED (b00dh89p)
Smelling of Roses
17:30 WED (b00dh89p)
Smelling of Roses
04:30 THU (b00dh89p)
Stand-Up on 7
23:00 WED (b00bwjnp)
Stephen King - Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
23:00 SAT (b00m0zyq)
Stockport, So Good They Named It Once
23:30 TUE (b007jrc7)
Stop Messing About!
08:00 FRI (b00r3s1n)
Stop Messing About!
12:00 FRI (b00r3s1n)
Stop Messing About!
19:00 FRI (b00r3s1n)
Strange Weather Days
14:00 MON (b007jxfx)
Strange Weather Days
14:00 TUE (b007jxg1)
Strange Weather Days
14:00 WED (b007jxg6)
Strange Weather Days
14:00 THU (b007jxgb)
Strange Weather Days
14:00 FRI (b007k216)
Take It From Here
08:00 TUE (b00cfwpt)
Take It From Here
12:00 TUE (b00cfwpt)
Take It From Here
19:00 TUE (b00cfwpt)
Ted Lewis - Jack Carter's Law
23:30 SAT (b00nxdz7)
Terry Pratchett
18:00 SAT (b00r2hhf)
Terry Pratchett
00:00 SUN (b00r2hhf)
The Adventures of John and Tony
23:30 MON (b009pn8p)
The Ape That Got Lucky
23:00 TUE (b008039f)
The Clitheroe Kid
12:30 SUN (b007jp0b)
The Clitheroe Kid
19:30 SUN (b007jp0b)
The Goon Show
08:00 THU (m000hwwr)
The Goon Show
12:00 THU (m000hwwr)
The Goon Show
19:00 THU (m000hwwr)
The Leopard in Autumn
08:30 MON (b00761mn)
The Leopard in Autumn
22:00 MON (b00761mn)
The Man in Black
18:30 SUN (b00gj8t1)
The Man in Black
00:30 MON (b00gj8t1)
The Mark Steel Lecture
22:32 SUN (b007k482)
The Mark Steel Lecture
04:30 MON (b007k482)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
09:30 THU (b0084hzr)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
17:30 THU (b0084hzr)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
04:30 FRI (b0084hzr)
The News Quiz
16:30 SUN (b00r2kvf)
The Nick Revell Show
09:00 FRI (b007jp45)
The Nick Revell Show
17:00 FRI (b007jp45)
The Nimmo Twins in...
22:30 THU (b00jgzfs)
The Parcel of Dreams
10:45 MON (b007vcn7)
The Parcel of Dreams
15:45 MON (b007vcn7)
The Parcel of Dreams
03:45 TUE (b007vcn7)
The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience
08:30 WED (b007lr4s)
The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience
22:00 WED (b007lr4s)
The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket
12:30 FRI (b007jrdh)
The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket
19:30 FRI (b007jrdh)
The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show
23:00 FRI (b007jm52)
The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue
09:00 WED (b007jx7h)
The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue
17:00 WED (b007jx7h)
The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue
04:00 THU (b007jx7h)
The Very World of Milton Jones
22:30 WED (b007rsz6)
Two Doors Down
09:30 TUE (b0086dhm)
Two Doors Down
17:30 TUE (b0086dhm)
Two Doors Down
04:30 WED (b0086dhm)
Up the Garden Path
09:00 THU (b0080p54)
Up the Garden Path
17:00 THU (b0080p54)
Up the Garden Path
04:00 FRI (b0080p54)
Voices From the Grave
18:00 THU (b007jwn1)
Voices From the Grave
00:00 FRI (b007jwn1)
Voices From the Grave
18:00 FRI (b007jwn6)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
12:30 MON (b007md8j)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
19:30 MON (b007md8j)
Whatever Happened to...?
09:30 SAT (b00j5827)
Whatever Happened to...?
19:30 SAT (b00j5827)
Whatever Happened to...?
05:30 SUN (b00j5827)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
18:30 MON (b007k1wb)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
00:30 TUE (b007k1wb)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
18:30 TUE (b007k1xp)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
00:30 WED (b007k1xp)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
18:30 WED (b007k1yz)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
00:30 THU (b007k1yz)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
18:30 THU (b007k208)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
00:30 FRI (b007k208)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
18:30 FRI (b007k21k)