Jo writes the story of her family's life, and finds true love at last. Stars Buffy Davis and Gayle Hunnicutt.
What will Mr Craven discover on his return home? Conclusion to Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, with Beryl Reid.
When the lad hits the gym, he knocks down a prize boxer completely by chance - which gives Sid an idea...
Starring Tony Hancock. With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams and Paul Carpenter.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
After playing a gay miner, struggling actor Alan finds greater fame dressed as a strawberry.
Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Series one of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham
Jill ...... Moir Leslie
A theatre awards ceremony sparks no end of subterfuge for event organiser Rosie and her team. All thanks to some hypersensitive theatrical characters...
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
Crosby Grantham ..... Timothy West
Stella Steele ..... Richenda Carey
The feckless Major Hound throws his battalion's rearguard action into chaos. Stars Hugh Burden and Timothy Bateson.
Confusion and recriminations fly as Irene and Vera correspond across the miles. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
Who has stolen jewels from one of the treasures of the Empire? The detective investigates snowy Streatham. With Clive Merrison.
30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are back in the big time.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
After the discovery of the body of key witness, Mary Talbot, there's drama back at her flat - and suave sleuth Paul worries that wife Steve is in danger.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With Duncan McIntyre as Detective Inspector Kingston, Richard Williams as Lance Reynolds, Grizelda Hervey as Betty Wayne, James Beattie as Charlie and Robert Rietty as Peter Galino.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
3. A Life for a Life
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, faces more pressure to kill the shadowy Charles Allweather.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Sally Le Clerk …. Joanna Wake
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
A fresh loft secret - and a betrayal sparks more bad news for the inventor to break to wife Rita. Read by Paul Whitehouse.
As the shock reverberates for the Stockdales, Guy's son Alan decides to meet his father's lover Merrion. Read by Barbara Flynn.
As the cyclists continue their European adventure, George is taught a lesson in Prague. Read by Hugh Laurie.
Comedy stalwart Barry Cryer recalls his Leeds school years - and the stars he met when working at the city's Empire Theatre.
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The Enchanted Wood, Adults Only and I'm An Alien Beam Me Off Here.
MI-13's Lionheart and Dunning are after the Faraday Murderer. What's the link to ghost hunter Price? Stars Nicholas Courtney.
With the planetary decontaminationists on the run, Arnold's apologetic call for melting Earth is traced.
Stephen Hawking once warned us that our species could soon be wiped out by plagues, asteroids and our tendency to destroy ourselves. The solution, he suggested, was for us to colonise other planets. But Chris Larner and David Gilbert's sci-fi comedy sees the truth as a little more complicated.
The Laxian Key shows how, as soon as Man steps onto another planet, he promptly fouls it up just as he did earth. The heroes of this wonderfully wacky tale are two interplanetary decontaminationists.
Arnold …. Chris Larner
Gregor …. Mark Bonner
Evan …. Trevor Cooper
Office …. Alex Lowe
Ferngraum …. Sam Dale
Jo …. Christine Kavanagh
Dolores …. Virge Gilchrist
Virtual Newsreader …. Bethan Walker
Stuck in concrete and about to be shot, the comedian's life flashes before his eyes. With Dave Lamb. From September 1998.
When one of Auntieji's disgruntled listeners decides to take matters in to his own hands, Khalid may be the only one who can save the station.
The tall, life-embracing shopkeeper tries to prove that she can get a proper job. With Patricia Hodge. From August 2008.
THURSDAY 25 MARCH 2010
THU 00:00 The Scarifyers (b00hwyq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Laxian Key (b007k2tx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b00rm20y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2cy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Sword of Honour (b007k2cr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Second Thoughts (b008s4fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dwnch)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lnqr)
Biggles Gets a Letter
Answering an old chum's call for help, heroic fighter pilot Major James Bigglesworth flies off to Fort Beaver.
Michael Palin reads 'Captain' WE Johns' gripping adventure.
First published in 1939, 'Biggles Flies North' was adapted in eight parts by George Hearton.
WE Johns (1893-1968) wrote nearly 100 books about Biggles and his loyal sidekicks Algy, Ginger and Smyth.
Producer: Marilyn Ireland
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
THU 05:15 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lzws)
At the Three Star Saloon
When the pilot hero finds his chum is missing from the aerodrome, he crosses swords with the evil McBain. Read by Michael Palin. From August 1981.
THU 05:30 Gillian Cross - The Demon Headmaster (b00rm4xc)
Episode 1
Dinah joins a new foster family, and finds some unusual goings-on at her new school. Gillian Cross' story stars Lucy Speed.
THU 06:00 25/03/2010 (b00rm4xf)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jmrj)
Series 6
Shangri-La Again
Neddie Seagoon escapes an invasion and finds Utopia.
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 November 1955.
THU 08:30 In the Balance (b007jsg6)
Episode 3
If George Cragge can keep close on the trail of the World Cup murderer then his BBC job looks secure - for the time being at least...
Mark Tavener's six-part sequel to his comedy thriller 'In the Red' set in the world of football, the BBC and party politics.
Starring Michael Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as Superintendent Jefferson and Jeremy Clyde as the PM.
With Robert Bathurst, Tracy Ann Oberman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Jim Carter, Peter Woodthorpe, Susie Brann, Christian Rodska, Keith Wickham, Ioan Meredith, Chris Pavlo and Shirley Dixon.
Music by Paul Mottram
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1997.
THU 09:00 Up the Garden Path (b0082g3d)
Series 2
On the Side of the Angels
Izzy faces confusion when fiancé Charles takes her home to the family mansion.
Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy. With David Robb as Charles, Neil McCaul as Bill, Marty Cruickshank as Maria, Dafydd Hywel as Gwyn, Melissa Wilson as Sharon and Catherine Clarke as Lorraine.
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
An eight-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of three series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
THU 09:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0089jcz)
Series 3
Episode 2
An escaped murderer is after the shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel.
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.
Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli.
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 July 1992.
THU 10:00 Sword of Honour (b007k2f5)
Episode 8
The battle-weary Guy Crouchback comes to confront the horror and banality of war. Stars Hugh Burden and Hugh Dickson.
THU 11:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd4)
Ladies of Letters Spring Clean
Episode 4
Irene is musing on life, death and daughters. Vera is at the vet's having her hip sorted out. With Patricia Routledge.
THU 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k25c)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Blue Carbuncle
The detective must solve a case where the only clues are a Christmas goose and a hat. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jmrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00rm4xh)
Series 3
Episode 2
A nervous sex talk - and the fortunes of Moll Flounders.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Phillip Cox and Graeme Garden.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Dave Lee, Bill Oddie and John Cameron.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1966.
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b00rm4xk)
Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case
La Mortella
Hot on the heels of a tip from Peter Galino, the debonair sleuth and wife Steve head to London's La Mortella club to hunt down clues.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes, Peggy Hassard as Lynn Ferguson, Richard Williams as Lance Reynolds, Grizelda Hervey as Betty Wayne and Olaf Olsen as Louis Fabian.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1954.
THU 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
4. The Professionals
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, makes a decision about his target, Charles Allweather.
But what about Louise?
Dinsdale Landen stars in Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Francis/Forbes …. Douglas Blackwell
Parson …. Terrence Hardiman
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
THU 14:00 Robin Cooper's The Timewaster Diaries (b00rm4xm)
Episode 4
The inventor tries to license his chocolate and wife Rita's calligraphy meeting is rudely interrupted. Read by Paul Whitehouse.
THU 14:15 Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress (b007t59b)
Episode 4
Guy Stockdale's dumped wife Laura starts making demands, while his lover Merrion's mother is worried. Read by Barbara Flynn.
THU 14:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xwv4)
Episode 4
On their German tour, the cyclists go climbing - and meet a dog with misplaced affections. Read by Hugh Laurie.
THU 14:45 Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But (b007jv08)
Episode 4
Showbiz legend Barry Cryer charts his path to fame - and how recording his first record sparked a short-lived singing career.
THU 15:00 Sword of Honour (b007k2f5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00rm55v)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The Enchanted Wood, Adults Only, and I'm An Alien Beam Me Off Here.
THU 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b0082g3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0089jcz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 The Scarifyers (b00j18v0)
For King and Country
Episode 3
MI-13's Lionheart and Dunning discover the identity of the Stour Banshee and the Faraday Murderer. Stars Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy.
THU 18:30 The Laxian Key (b007k30w)
Episode 4
Evans the Welsh vigilante aims to senselessly bomb the planetary decontaminationists for melting Earth.
Stephen Hawking once warned us that our species could soon be wiped out by plagues, asteroids and our tendency to destroy ourselves. The solution, he suggested, was for us to colonise other planets. But Chris Larner and David Gilbert's sci-fi comedy sees the truth as a little more complicated.
The Laxian Key shows how, as soon as Man steps onto another planet, he promptly fouls it up just as he did earth. The heroes of this wonderfully wacky tale are two interplanetary decontaminationists.
CAST:
Arnold …. Chris Larner
Gregor …. Mark Bonner
Evan …. Trevor Cooper
Office …. Alex Lowe
Ferngraum …. Sam Dale
Jo …. Christine Kavanagh
Dolores …. Virge Gilchrist
Virtual Newsreader …. Bethan Walker
with Paul Biggin, Emma Noakes and Joseph Kloska
Music by Mark Stevens and Chris Larner
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2007.
THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jmrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00rm4xh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b00rm4xk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k25c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 In the Balance (b007jsg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jh6jr)
Series 1
Killing Time
Mr Pike takes on many mundane jobs, with the zeal of a former assassin. Stars Karl Minns and Owen Evans. From September 2000.
THU 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007r431)
Series 1
Sheep
Socrates and friends enter the Intellectual Olympics, but Heraclitus is side-tracked. Stars Stephen Moore. From January 2001.
THU 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? (b00nth17)
Series 1
Death of Hope
Three promising graduates are still underachieving in their 30s. Stars Richard E Grant and Amanda Root. From January 1995.
FRIDAY 26 MARCH 2010
FRI 00:00 The Scarifyers (b00j18v0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Laxian Key (b007k30w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b00rm4xk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k25c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Sword of Honour (b007k2f5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Up the Garden Path (b0082g3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0089jcz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m474)
The Jupiter Heads Northward
Biggles faces more trouble from the evil McBain as he prepares to leave the local saloon. Read by Michael Palin. From August 1981.
FRI 05:15 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lzbj)
Some Grim Encounters
The crackle of vicious machine-gun fire from another plane forces the Jupiter to take action. Read by Michael Palin. From August 1981.
FRI 05:30 Gillian Cross - The Demon Headmaster (b00rpz92)
Episode 2
SPLAT members try to stop the Head's quest for the school to win the Eddy Hair TV quiz. Stars Lucy Speed and Edward de Souza.
FRI 06:00 26/03/2010 (b00rmxpr)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00rmxpt)
Series 2
Episode 6
A paralytic stuntman in a shock Smith Report - and war prisoners outfox the Nazis.
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 Radio Shuttleworth (b007qs2x)
Series 1
Episode 1
Sheffield aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth takes over the BBC airwaves. With Leo Sayer. From November 1998.
FRI 09:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007k24d)
Series 1
Episode 4
Struggling writer Nick has quit smoking and is jetting off, but the geraniums don't want him to go.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon Mackichan and Alison Sterling.
Producer: Jon Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.
FRI 09:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008g6v4)
Transport of Delight
Demobbed Old Ned heads south after the war and joins a special construction team.
Six anarchic tales from those demob days “when we was going to build the new Jerusalem - you know, before the world turned lax and sour”.
Stars Norman Rossington as Big Jim, Roland Curram as Harold Perkins, Harold Goodwin as Old Ned, David John as Nimrod, Sylvester McCoy as Turps, David Beckett as Chick, Douglas Blackwell as the Farmer and Karen Ascoe as the Farmer’s Daughter.
Narrated by Bernard Cribbins.
Written by Ted Walker.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1987.
FRI 10:00 Sword of Honour (b007k2gj)
Episode 9
Tragedy strikes Guy Crouchback - but he finally meets the man who saved his life. Stars Hugh Dickson and Jennifer Hilary.
FRI 11:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jwdc)
Ladies of Letters Spring Clean
Episode 5
Vera uncovers a sinister scandal, and Irene is on her way home. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
FRI 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k202)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
When a man is murdered, his blood-covered son stands accused. But the detective has his own theory. Stars Clive Merrison.
FRI 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b00rmxpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrnd)
Putting It on the Map
To encourage tourism, the dear ladies revive an old custom. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1983.
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b00rmxpm)
Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case
That Good Old Intuition
With Lynn Ferguson missing - the suave sleuth heads off to question the owner of the La Mortella club, Louis Fabian.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes, James Beattie as Charlie, Peggy Hassard as Lynn Ferguson, Charles Leno as Wilfred Stirling and Olaf Olsen as Louis Fabian.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1954.
FRI 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
5. The Moment of Truth
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, finally comes face-to-face with his mysterious nemesis.
Dinsdale Landen stars in the gripping conclusion of Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Sally Le Clerk …. Joanna Wake
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Forbes …. Douglas Blackwell
Parsons …. Terrence Hardiman
Hotel Porter …. Frank Coda
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
FRI 14:00 Robin Cooper's The Timewaster Diaries (b00rmxsg)
Episode 5
Living in a shed with pigeons, a drunk and no toilet - can life get any worse for the wannabe inventor? Read by Paul Whitehouse.
FRI 14:15 Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress (b007sygk)
Episode 5
Cajoled by his wife Carrie, Simon Stockdale finally meets his father's lover, Merrion. Read by Barbara Flynn.
FRI 14:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xxv3)
Episode 5
As the cyclists conclude their lively German jaunt, they reflect on the people they've met on the way. Read by Hugh Laurie.
FRI 14:45 Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But (b007jv0f)
Episode 5
Charting his path to fame, comedy legend Barry Cryer recalls his big writing break - thanks to a famous female impersonator.
FRI 15:00 Sword of Honour (b007k2gj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00rmy6x)
Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The Enchanted Wood, Adults Only, and I'm An Alien Beam Me Off Here.
FRI 17:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007k24d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008g6v4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 The Scarifyers (b00j59gd)
For King and Country
Episode 4
With Lionheart captured by Cromwell's skeleton army, can Dunning save the King's coronation? Stars Terry Molloy.
FRI 18:30 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jq83)
Episode 1
The Great Wizard sends student sorcerer Arcos on a mission, little realising how perilous and menacing it will prove to be...
A fantasy-adventure by Peter Thomson and Jamie Thomson in six parts.
Arcos ..... Francis Thomson
Kaddah ..... Trevor Peacock
Vanna ..... Elizabeth Whiting
Shazir ..... Crawford Logan
Bereneth ..... Edward Kelsey
Va ..... Melanie Hudson
Alviza ..... Emma Fielding
Zander ..... Robert Portal
Kishah ..... John Church
Rashiq ..... Theresa Streatfeild
Producer: Peter Hutchings
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1991.
FRI 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b00rmxpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b00rmxpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jwdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k202)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007qs2x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b008h3jx)
Series 2
Episode 6
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis spotlight the UK's gout capital and topless cashiers. With guest Stuart Maconie. From September 1999.
FRI 23:00 The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show (b007jm8k)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare's brother a jazz musician? The play's the thing, as the boys try and tackle the famous Dane. From May 1994.
FRI 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00rmygl)
Series 1
Smoked Meat
Sir Marcus wants a global web presence by the end of the week.
Mean marketing director John Weak descends to the IT netherworld to do battle with Gavin Smedley, an IT director grown from the sweat of a techie's armpit.
Alexander Armstrong stars as John Weak in Guy Browning’s sitcom.
John Weak ...... Alexander Armstrong
Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Gary Peyton ...... Ewan Bailey
Gavin Smedley ...... Gerard McDermott
Paul ...... Harry Myers
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
20/03/2010
06:00 SAT (b00rkl49)
21/03/2010
06:00 SUN (b00rl569)
22/03/2010
06:00 MON (b00rl8ys)
23/03/2010
06:00 TUE (b00rlfy8)
24/03/2010
06:00 WED (b00rm086)
25/03/2010
06:00 THU (b00rm4xf)
26/03/2010
06:00 FRI (b00rmxpr)
AS Byatt - Gode's Story
10:15 SUN (b007jtb6)
AS Byatt - Gode's Story
21:15 SUN (b007jtb6)
Acropolis Now
23:00 THU (b007r431)
After Henry
09:00 TUE (b007jnl5)
After Henry
17:00 TUE (b007jnl5)
After Henry
04:00 WED (b007jnl5)
Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects
02:00 SAT (b009scn3)
Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects
09:00 SUN (b009v3js)
Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects
20:00 SUN (b009v3js)
An Actor's Life for Me
08:30 TUE (b008j0ln)
An Actor's Life for Me
22:00 TUE (b008j0ln)
Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But
14:45 MON (b007jtzm)
Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But
14:45 TUE (b007jtzv)
Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But
14:45 WED (b007jv01)
Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But
14:45 THU (b007jv08)
Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But
14:45 FRI (b007jv0f)
Beachcomber... By the Way
09:00 MON (b0080jmp)
Beachcomber... By the Way
17:00 MON (b0080jmp)
Beachcomber... By the Way
04:00 TUE (b0080jmp)
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
09:30 FRI (b008g6v4)
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
17:30 FRI (b008g6v4)
Big Toe Books
08:00 SAT (b00rkl4c)
Big Toe Books
08:00 SUN (b00rl56c)
Big Toe Books
16:00 MON (b00rlf5n)
Big Toe Books
16:00 TUE (b00rlyr6)
Big Toe Books
16:00 WED (b00rm2hm)
Big Toe Books
16:00 THU (b00rm55v)
Big Toe Books
16:00 FRI (b00rmy6x)
Bill Murphy - Vostok
00:30 SAT (b007jzm4)
Brian Aldiss - Hothouse
18:30 SAT (b00mj3gd)
Brian Aldiss - Hothouse
00:30 SUN (b00mj3gd)
Charles Dickens
09:00 SAT (b00rkl4f)
Charles Dickens
19:00 SAT (b00rkl4f)
Charles Dickens
05:00 SUN (b00rkl4f)
Comedy Catch-Up
14:30 SUN (b00rl56k)
Comedy Catch-Up
15:00 SUN (b00rl56m)
Comedy Catch-Up
15:30 SUN (b00mj3g8)
Comedy Catch-Up
16:00 SUN (b00rl5lj)
Comedy Catch-Up
02:30 MON (b00rl56k)
Comedy Catch-Up
03:00 MON (b00rl56m)
Comedy Catch-Up
03:30 MON (b00mj3g8)
Comedy Catch-Up
04:00 MON (b00rl5lj)
Crime Catch-Up
14:30 SAT (b00lqd2h)
Crime Catch-Up
15:00 SAT (b00lqd2k)
Crime Catch-Up
15:30 SAT (b00lv0y6)
Crime Catch-Up
16:00 SAT (b00lv0y8)
Crime Catch-Up
16:30 SAT (b00lv0yb)
Dad's Army
08:00 MON (b007jp0x)
Dad's Army
12:00 MON (b007jp0x)
Dad's Army
19:00 MON (b007jp0x)
Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare
04:30 SAT (b007k390)
Dial M for Pizza
22:00 SUN (b007k1k9)
Ed Doolan Interviews...
11:00 SUN (b00rl56f)
Ed Doolan Interviews...
17:00 SUN (b00rl56f)
FH Burnett - The Secret Garden
05:30 MON (b00rl8kn)
FH Burnett - The Secret Garden
05:30 TUE (b00rlfy6)
FH Burnett - The Secret Garden
05:30 WED (b00rm084)
Fags, Mags and Bags
22:30 TUE (b00rlyr8)
For Better or for Worse
12:30 TUE (b00gl83r)
For Better or for Worse
19:30 TUE (b00gl83r)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
05:00 SAT (b00jh1f7)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
17:00 SAT (b00jh1f7)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
04:00 SUN (b00jh1f7)
Gillian Cross - The Demon Headmaster
05:30 THU (b00rm4xc)
Gillian Cross - The Demon Headmaster
05:30 FRI (b00rpz92)
Girls Will Be Girls
23:30 MON (b00dyb0r)
Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows
23:45 SUN (b00fl0jv)
HG Wells
18:00 MON (b007jwdh)
HG Wells
00:00 TUE (b007jwdh)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 WED (b007jygf)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 WED (b007jygf)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 WED (b007jygf)
Harry Worth
12:00 SUN (b00rl56h)
Harry Worth
19:00 SUN (b00rl56h)
Hercule Poirot
02:30 SUN (b00rl44w)
Hercule Poirot
13:00 SUN (b00rl44w)
Hercule Poirot
01:00 MON (b00rl44w)
I Think I've Got a Problem
23:30 TUE (b007wp39)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
12:30 THU (b00rm4xh)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
19:30 THU (b00rm4xh)
If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?
23:30 THU (b00nth17)
In the Balance
08:30 THU (b007jsg6)
In the Balance
22:00 THU (b007jsg6)
Isaac Asimov's Jokester
18:00 SUN (b007jwnj)
Isaac Asimov's Jokester
00:00 MON (b007jwnj)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
13:30 MON (b007jtkk)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
20:30 MON (b007jtkk)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
01:30 TUE (b007jtkk)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
13:30 TUE (b007jtkq)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
20:30 TUE (b007jtkq)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
01:30 WED (b007jtkq)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
13:30 WED (b007jtkw)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
20:30 WED (b007jtkw)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
01:30 THU (b007jtkw)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
13:30 THU (b007tcfh)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
20:30 THU (b007tcfh)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
01:30 FRI (b007tcfh)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
13:30 FRI (b007jtl9)
Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death
20:30 FRI (b007jtl9)
Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress
14:15 MON (b007sxvm)
Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress
14:15 TUE (b007szmf)
Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress
14:15 WED (b007t2v4)
Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress
14:15 THU (b007t59b)
Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress
14:15 FRI (b007sygk)
Julie Enfield Investigates
01:00 SAT (b010nwbj)
Ladies of Letters
11:00 MON (b007jwcq)
Ladies of Letters
21:00 MON (b007jwcq)
Ladies of Letters
02:00 TUE (b007jwcq)
Ladies of Letters
11:00 TUE (b007jwcw)
Ladies of Letters
21:00 TUE (b007jwcw)
Ladies of Letters
02:00 WED (b007jwcw)
Ladies of Letters
11:00 WED (b007jwd0)
Ladies of Letters
21:00 WED (b007jwd0)
Ladies of Letters
02:00 THU (b007jwd0)
Ladies of Letters
11:00 THU (b007jwd4)
Ladies of Letters
21:00 THU (b007jwd4)
Ladies of Letters
02:00 FRI (b007jwd4)
Ladies of Letters
11:00 FRI (b007jwdc)
Ladies of Letters
21:00 FRI (b007jwdc)
Like They've Never Been Gone
12:30 WED (b009y19f)
Like They've Never Been Gone
19:30 WED (b009y19f)
Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin
23:00 SAT (b00nsjm2)
Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin
23:15 SAT (b00nsnhj)
Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives
05:00 MON (b008f3cs)
Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives
05:00 TUE (b008fd9w)
Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives
05:00 WED (b008fdb8)
Masala FM
23:00 WED (b007jypp)
Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote
13:00 SAT (b007k0m0)
Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote
01:00 SUN (b007k0m0)
Miranda Hart's Joke Shop
23:30 WED (b00mk4bz)
Nicci French's Killing Me Softly
23:30 SAT (b00rl3vy)
Nicci French's Killing Me Softly
23:45 SAT (b00rl41v)
On Baby Street
22:30 MON (b00f3c0g)
P Division
01:30 SAT (b00rgnxh)
Paul Temple
13:00 MON (b00rlb29)
Paul Temple
20:00 MON (b00rlb29)
Paul Temple
01:00 TUE (b00rlb29)
Paul Temple
13:00 TUE (b00rlwgt)
Paul Temple
20:00 TUE (b00rlwgt)
Paul Temple
01:00 WED (b00rlwgt)
Paul Temple
13:00 WED (b00rm20y)
Paul Temple
20:00 WED (b00rm20y)
Paul Temple
01:00 THU (b00rm20y)
Paul Temple
13:00 THU (b00rm4xk)
Paul Temple
20:00 THU (b00rm4xk)
Paul Temple
01:00 FRI (b00rm4xk)
Paul Temple
13:00 FRI (b00rmxpm)
Paul Temple
20:00 FRI (b00rmxpm)
Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week
22:30 FRI (b008h3jx)
Radio Shuttleworth
08:30 FRI (b007qs2x)
Radio Shuttleworth
22:00 FRI (b007qs2x)
Robin Cooper's The Timewaster Diaries
14:00 MON (b00rlf5l)
Robin Cooper's The Timewaster Diaries
14:00 TUE (b00rlyr4)
Robin Cooper's The Timewaster Diaries
14:00 WED (b00rm2hk)
Robin Cooper's The Timewaster Diaries
14:00 THU (b00rm4xm)
Robin Cooper's The Timewaster Diaries
14:00 FRI (b00rmxsg)
Say What You Want to Hear - The Endgame
02:15 SAT (b00rgpbq)
Second Thoughts
09:00 WED (b008s4fp)
Second Thoughts
17:00 WED (b008s4fp)
Second Thoughts
04:00 THU (b008s4fp)
Semi Circles
09:30 MON (b007jtsz)
Semi Circles
17:30 MON (b007jtsz)
Semi Circles
04:30 TUE (b007jtsz)
Sherlock Holmes
11:15 MON (b007k1ys)
Sherlock Holmes
21:15 MON (b007k1ys)
Sherlock Holmes
02:15 TUE (b007k1ys)
Sherlock Holmes
11:15 TUE (b007k1w4)
Sherlock Holmes
21:15 TUE (b007k1w4)
Sherlock Holmes
02:15 WED (b007k1w4)
Sherlock Holmes
11:15 WED (b007k2cy)
Sherlock Holmes
21:15 WED (b007k2cy)
Sherlock Holmes
02:15 THU (b007k2cy)
Sherlock Holmes
11:15 THU (b007k25c)
Sherlock Holmes
21:15 THU (b007k25c)
Sherlock Holmes
02:15 FRI (b007k25c)
Sherlock Holmes
11:15 FRI (b007k202)
Sherlock Holmes
21:15 FRI (b007k202)
Simon Bovey - The Voice of God
00:00 SAT (b007jwlh)
Smelling of Roses
09:30 WED (b00dwnch)
Smelling of Roses
17:30 WED (b00dwnch)
Smelling of Roses
04:30 THU (b00dwnch)
Spats
23:30 SUN (b007tcbk)
Sport Relief Comedy Controller - Garry Richardson
10:00 SAT (b00rklg7)
Sport Relief Comedy Controller - Garry Richardson
20:00 SAT (b00rklg7)
Steptoe and Son
12:30 MON (b00rlb08)
Steptoe and Son
19:30 MON (b00rlb08)
Stop Messing About!
08:00 FRI (b00rmxpt)
Stop Messing About!
12:00 FRI (b00rmxpt)
Stop Messing About!
19:00 FRI (b00rmxpt)
Sword of Honour
03:00 SAT (b007k26g)
Sword of Honour
10:00 MON (b007k27r)
Sword of Honour
15:00 MON (b007k27r)
Sword of Honour
03:00 TUE (b007k27r)
Sword of Honour
10:00 TUE (b007k290)
Sword of Honour
15:00 TUE (b007k290)
Sword of Honour
03:00 WED (b007k290)
Sword of Honour
10:00 WED (b007k2cr)
Sword of Honour
15:00 WED (b007k2cr)
Sword of Honour
03:00 THU (b007k2cr)
Sword of Honour
10:00 THU (b007k2f5)
Sword of Honour
15:00 THU (b007k2f5)
Sword of Honour
03:00 FRI (b007k2f5)
Sword of Honour
10:00 FRI (b007k2gj)
Sword of Honour
15:00 FRI (b007k2gj)
Take It From Here
08:00 TUE (b00ctvxd)
Take It From Here
12:00 TUE (b00ctvxd)
Take It From Here
19:00 TUE (b00ctvxd)
Terry Pratchett
18:00 SAT (b00rkm9p)
Terry Pratchett
00:00 SUN (b00rkm9p)
The Alan Davies Show
08:30 WED (b00898wy)
The Alan Davies Show
22:00 WED (b00898wy)
The Ape That Got Lucky
23:00 TUE (b0081sw3)
The Clitheroe Kid
12:30 SUN (b007jr1q)
The Clitheroe Kid
19:30 SUN (b007jr1q)
The Friend in the Corner
09:30 SAT (b007k18t)
The Friend in the Corner
19:30 SAT (b007k18t)
The Friend in the Corner
05:30 SUN (b007k18t)
The Goon Show
08:00 THU (b007jmrj)
The Goon Show
12:00 THU (b007jmrj)
The Goon Show
19:00 THU (b007jmrj)
The Heart of Hark'un
18:30 FRI (b007jq83)
The Laxian Key
18:30 MON (b007k2c1)
The Laxian Key
00:30 TUE (b007k2c1)
The Laxian Key
18:30 TUE (b007k2m3)
The Laxian Key
00:30 WED (b007k2m3)
The Laxian Key
18:30 WED (b007k2tx)
The Laxian Key
00:30 THU (b007k2tx)
The Laxian Key
18:30 THU (b007k30w)
The Laxian Key
00:30 FRI (b007k30w)
The Leopard in Autumn
08:30 MON (b00c683t)
The Leopard in Autumn
22:00 MON (b00c683t)
The Man in Black
18:30 SUN (b00h73hw)
The Man in Black
00:30 MON (b00h73hw)
The Mark Steel Lecture
22:30 SUN (b007jlwr)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
09:30 THU (b0089jcz)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
17:30 THU (b0089jcz)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
04:30 FRI (b0089jcz)
The Nick Revell Show
04:00 SAT (b007jp51)
The Nick Revell Show
09:00 FRI (b007k24d)
The Nick Revell Show
17:00 FRI (b007k24d)
The Nimmo Twins in...
22:30 THU (b00jh6jr)
The Now Show
16:30 SUN (b00rl74c)
The Now Show
04:30 MON (b00rl74c)
The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket
12:30 FRI (b007jrnd)
The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket
19:30 FRI (b007jrnd)
The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show
23:00 FRI (b007jm8k)
The Scarifyers
18:00 TUE (b00hv5wb)
The Scarifyers
00:00 WED (b00hv5wb)
The Scarifyers
18:00 WED (b00hwyq1)
The Scarifyers
00:00 THU (b00hwyq1)
The Scarifyers
18:00 THU (b00j18v0)
The Scarifyers
00:00 FRI (b00j18v0)
The Scarifyers
18:00 FRI (b00j59gd)
The Very World of Milton Jones
22:30 WED (b007jmlh)
Think the Unthinkable
23:00 MON (b007jm2g)
Three Men on the Bummel
14:30 MON (b007xs1y)
Three Men on the Bummel
14:30 TUE (b007xw8c)
Three Men on the Bummel
14:30 WED (b007xs36)
Three Men on the Bummel
14:30 THU (b007xwv4)
Three Men on the Bummel
14:30 FRI (b007xxv3)
Two Doors Down
09:30 TUE (b008fdj0)
Two Doors Down
17:30 TUE (b008fdj0)
Two Doors Down
04:30 WED (b008fdj0)
Up the Garden Path
09:00 THU (b0082g3d)
Up the Garden Path
17:00 THU (b0082g3d)
Up the Garden Path
04:00 FRI (b0082g3d)
WE Johns - Biggles Flies North
05:00 THU (b007lnqr)
WE Johns - Biggles Flies North
05:15 THU (b007lzws)
WE Johns - Biggles Flies North
05:00 FRI (b007m474)
WE Johns - Biggles Flies North
05:15 FRI (b007lzbj)
We Are Klang: Amazing Lives
23:00 SUN (b007k3b7)
Weak at the Top
23:30 FRI (b00rmygl)
Winston
10:30 SUN (b007k4k4)
Winston
21:30 SUN (b007k4k4)