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SATURDAY 09 FEBRUARY 2008

SAT 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007jv49)
The Antarctican

The struggle at the South Pole continues.

Having witnessed the destruction of the Ellsworth Research Centre and the death of several of their colleagues, the survivors prepare to flee...

Conclusion of Simon Bovey's 5-part sci-fi thriller set in 2015 stars Tim McMullan as Bowers, Tom Mannion as Commander Taft, Stuart McLoughlin as Max Bellingfield, Ndidi Del Fatti as Anaya and Helen Longworth as Deborah.

Director: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.


SAT 00:30 Algernon Blackwood - The Willows (b007jvdr)
Episode 4

The Swede offers his opinion on the island's evil forces and the necessity of offering them a sacrifice. Read by Roger Allam. From April 2005.


SAT 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008x7tk)
Series 1

Episode 5

Losing the struggle to keep his job, Simon receives an intriguing offer.

Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.

CAST:

Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Martin Hyder, Laurence Howarth and Beth Chalmers

Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.


SAT 01:30 Light on the Road to Woodstock (b007jqqs)
Episode 2

Tackling a case of treachery against his master, detective monk Brother Cadfael misses his friend Alard. Read by Nigel Anthony.


SAT 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008x7tl)
Confidences

Reverend Casaubon learns the truth about his illness, and a stranger arrives. Stars Caroline Martin and Nicholas Murchie.


SAT 02:15 Martyn Wade - Alias George Eliot (b007jw2v)
'George Eliot' cannot reveal her true identity - and when a certain Mr Liggins gets involved, life becomes even more complicated.


SAT 03:00 Saturday Night Fry (b00kvq7w)
1. Pilot Show

Stephen Fry's surreal, erudite sketch show with humorous banter and sketches.

With Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson.

Special guest: Barry Cryer.

The pilot programme that spawned Stephen Fry's cult series. A show identical in spirit to the great Mary Queen of Scots tapestry that hangs in Osterley House.

Written by Stephen Fry with additional material by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.

Producer: Dan Patterson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.


SAT 03:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b008x8fx)
Series 1

Episode 1

The teenage Bhangramuffins are DJing, the Maharisha Yogi is lecturing - and the hungry comedy team go for an 'English'.

Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Nitin Sawhney, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.

Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001.

Scripted by Sharat Sardana, Richard Pinto and the cast.

Produced by Gareth Edwards and Anil Gupta.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1996.


SAT 04:00 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.


SAT 04:30 Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio (b007k0x8)
Series 2

Episode 1

Crazy characters and sketches, plus Victorian detective Rutherford Lodge. Stars Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig. From January 2007.


SAT 05:00 Kill the Cameraman First (b008x898)
When a man ends up in a strange war-torn city, he embarks on a quest for The Truth. Written and directed by the late Don Taylor.


SAT 06:00 To the Manor Born (b007m9wg)
The Spare Room

DeVere takes a shine to Mrs fforbes-Hamilton's guest. Is Audrey jealous?.

Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.

Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
Podge Hodge ..... Zulema Dene

The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.

From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.

First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.

Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.


SAT 06:30 Second Thoughts (b007jx0t)
Series 1

The Late, Late Show

Where do Faith's children fit in, now that Bill's around?

Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.

Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith and James Bolam as Bill.

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
Christi ...... Ian Targett

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.


SAT 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fnsxd)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.


SAT 08:00 Westway Omnibus (b00fnsxs)
Another chance to hear the omnibus episodes of the BBC World Service drama serial set in and around a busy medical practice in West London.


SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007k0ly)
The 1950s

Episode 1

Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC.

With his hair in a quiff, our King of Skiffle rock 'n'rolls his way back to the 1950s. Barry's first comedy six-pack is plucked from the schedules of the BBC Light Programme and BBC Home Service:

* Life With The Lyons:
Series 5 (7/25) - A Crooner In the House
Daughter Barbara is in love with singer Ronnie Harris and father Ben's not happy. Stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. From January 1955.

* In All Directions:
06/01/56
American President Eisenhower fields questions and life in the BBC's Public Relations Office. Sketches galore scripted by and starring Peter Ustinov and Peter Jones. From January 1956

* The Al Read Show:
Northern Variety Parade
The wonders of modern cafeterias and the cheesy chat-up lines of men with motor cars.
Starring the Salford sausage maker turned monarch of the monologue. From November 1955.

* A Life of Bliss:
Finding a Girlfriend
Matchmakers galore target shy bachelor David Bliss. Stars George Cole, Petula Clark and Percy Edwards as Pysche the dog. From October1954.

* Take It From Here:
Series 10 (8/20)
Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bentley worry over BBC cuts in sound radio - and how Ron and Eth first met in 'The Glums'. With June Whitfield. From February 1957.

* The Goon Show:
Series 8 (10/26) - King Solomon's Mines
Neddie Seagoon loses at roulette, so heads off in search of legendary African riches. Stars Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers. With Wallace Greenslade. From December 1957.

Produced and scripted by Peter Reed

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2003.


SAT 12:00 Dick Francis (b007nn4g)
Bonecrack

Trouble abounds when Neil Griffon takes over managing his stricken father's racing stables at Newmarket.

He's forced to break every rule in the trainer's book.

Francis Matthews stars in Dick Francis's blockbuster thriller first published in 1971.

Neil Griffon …. Francis Matthews
Maggie Lake …. Caroline Blakiston
Alessandro Rivera …. Mark Colleano
Etty Craig …. Edwina Wray
Neville Griffon …. Dennis Bowen
Enso Rivera …. Roger Snowdon
Carlo …. Ray Handy
Cal …. Roy Stephens
Vet …. David Sharpe
Tommy Hoylake …. Rex Holdsworth

Dramatised by John Ashe.
Director: Brian Miller

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1976.


SAT 13:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007k0vq)
A Turn for the Nurse

Operations at a hospital turn sickly from the bungling civil servants' cure.

Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.

With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.


SAT 14:00 09/02/2008 (b00fnsxz)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b007jwt8)
The American funny man presents comedy and music from Minnesota's Lakeside Ballroom, with folk duo Bill Hinkley and Judy Larson.


SAT 18:00 Space Hacks (b007k22g)
Space Hacks

Two Men and a Baby Alien

Charlie and Moog mess up a mission to deliver Korg's nephew to playgroup. With Tim Key and Prunella Scales. From February 2007.


SAT 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jn6w)
Series 2

Dreaming of Thee

Lorna is obsessed with a certain dream, a dream which becomes a nightmare and threatens to become reality.

The Man in Black sets the scene...

Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.

Written by Gwen Cherrell

The Man In Black …. Edward de Souza
Lorna …. Karen Archer
Cass …. Moir Leslie
Cadenyer …. Dominic Rickhards
Eddie …. David Goudge
Joanne …. Joan Walker
Coroner/Announcer …. Michael Deacon

Director: Gerry Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989.


SAT 19:00 Westway Omnibus (b00fnsxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SAT 20:00 Comedy Greats (b007k0ly)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b007jwt8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today]



SUNDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2008

SUN 00:00 Space Hacks (b007k22g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jn6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Dick Francis (b007nn4g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007k0vq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 Comedy Greats (b007k0ly)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b007jwt8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday]


SUN 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fnxjt)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.


SUN 08:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus (b008xzs1)
Episode 2

Fred Vincy struggles with his debts, and Dorothea finds her marriage under strain. Stars Robert Glenister and Caroline Martin.


SUN 09:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007tzqb)
The Professor's Daughter

Four-year-old Britta and her fearful imagination cause social embarrassment for Miss Jenner. Read by Emma Fielding.


SUN 09:30 Unearthing Mysteries (b008xzs2)
Series 3

London's Mediaeval Medicine

Professor Aubrey Manning examines archaeological findings from an excavation of a hospital cemetery in London's Spitalfields.


SUN 10:00 Don Taylor - Daughters of Venice (b008xzs3)
The assignations, the comedy and passions concealed beneath the masks of the 18th century Venetian Carnival - to the accompaniment of Vivaldi's music, written for the brilliant girl musicians of the Orphanage of the Pieta.

But what happens to those brilliant girls when they're grown up and must leave the sheltered world of the Convent and enter the corrupt world of Venice..?

Don Taylor's romantic comedy stars Frances Barber as Contessa, Norman Rodway as Vivaldi, Amanda Root as Siliva, Chris Emmett as Bodger and Bill Wallis as Pazzo.

Violinist: Jean Bourgeois.

Director: Don Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.


SUN 11:30 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k1w6)
The Inaudible Man

1903: a murky autumn day. The Honourable Clarence Green enters the lobby of what turns out to be one of the queerest clubs in London.

In the Smoking Room he eagerly listens to the first creepy tale of an otolaryngologist.

Starring Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland and Spike Milligan.

Star-packed curious and macabre comedy series written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie

Dr Bates ...... Terence Stamp
Wyvern ...... Joss Ackland
Psychiatrist ...... Spike Milligan
Arturo ...... Andrew Sachs
Green ...... Royce Mills
Mrs Boyle ...... Sheila Steafel
Felch ...... Michael Ripper:
Policeman ...... Arthur Smith
Hornby ...... Adam Wide

Music by Max Harris.

Producer: Paul Spencer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987.


SUN 12:00 Stand Ups and Strumpets (b007jw57)
Meera Syal

The actress and author talks to Professor Alison Oddey about Woody Allen and spending all day in her pyjamas. From June 2003.


SUN 12:30 Radio Roots (b00jr7g4)
Series 1

Frankie Howerd

Russell Davies traces the comedian's start in broadcasting with clips and interviews. With Dick Bogarde and Gloria Hunniford.


SUN 13:00 Listen to Les (b007wlfd)
Favourites from Les Dawson. Including kissing the wife's black eyepatch, and Cissy and Ada pondering over a Devonshire split.


SUN 13:30 The Al Read Show (b008xzwj)
From 28/10/1995

Right monkey! Al takes a peek inside the world of horse racing.

A compilation of the legendary Northern comic's 1950s monologues.

Originally produced at BBC North by Ronnie Taylor

Compilation produced by Mike Craig.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1995.


SUN 14:00 10/02/2008 (b00fnxjw)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


SUN 17:00 Stand Ups and Strumpets (b007jw57)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Radio Roots (b00jr7g4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00f6ddd)
Series 2

Unaccustomed

Carlo leads the story as Edna and Tankerton face their biggest challenge yet

Staring Alex Tregear and Ben Moor.

Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga about magazine editor Edna Turner entering a parallel world where her version of London is replaced with the city of Undone.

Carlo .Jones..... Duncan Wisbey
Edna Turner ...... Alex Tregear
Tankerton Slopes ...... Ben Moor
Faceless Bureaucrat ...... Jot Davies
Daphne ...... Ray Baker
Prince ...... Kevin Eldon

Other parts played by the cast.

Producer: Colin Anderson

Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Radio Comedy and first broadcast in February 2008.


SUN 18:30 Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses (b007k4jq)
Episode 1

Recovering from a serious eye operation, Marda West discovers her vision has been heightened to a frighteningly new degree of clarity.

It makes her fear that people she trusts the most have sinister designs against her...

Daphne du Maurier's two-part fantasy thriller explores the darker aspects of human nature.

Read by Emma Fielding.

Produced and abridged by Gemma Jenkins.

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007.


SUN 19:00 Listen to Les (b007wlfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


SUN 19:30 The Al Read Show (b008xzwj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


SUN 20:00 Don Taylor - Daughters of Venice (b008xzs3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:30 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k1w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]


SUN 22:00 The News Quiz (b008y39m)
Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over the latest news events.


SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00gsb83)
Series 2

Mark Thomas Interviews Alexei Sayle

One tough-talking funny man chats to another in the tag talk show, where the guest is next week's interviewer.

Based on the original BBC Radio 5 programme of the same name, Chain Reaction is a simple idea of big name stars from the world of entertainment interviewing others whose work they appreciate and admire.

Recorded with an audience, the interviews focus on the life, career and the passions of the interviewee but often prove to be as revealing about the interviewer.

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


SUN 23:00 The Leicester Comedy Festival (b008y39q)
Host Jason Byrne introduces stand-ups Paul Sinha, Sarah Millican and Ivan Brackenbury.



MONDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2008

MON 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00f6ddd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses (b007k4jq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus (b008xzs1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007tzqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 on Sunday]


MON 02:30 Unearthing Mysteries (b008xzs2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 The News Quiz (b008y39m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Chain Reaction (b00gsb83)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 The Leicester Comedy Festival (b008y39q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Stand Ups and Strumpets (b007jw57)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Radio Roots (b00jr7g4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Listen to Les (b007wlfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]


MON 06:30 The Al Read Show (b008xzwj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]


MON 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fnywv)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.


MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
Series 7

The Macreekie Rising of '74

Neddie Seagoon has a 60-foot caber hidden under his kilt, but the Scots want it back.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.

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 1956.


MON 08:30 Mark Tavener - In the Red (b007k07w)
Episode 4

Reporter George Cragge grabs headlines, as the plot to overthrow the BBC Director General grows darker.

London is plagued by a series of bizarre murders of bank managers. Hot on the trail of the killer are an old-style Chief Police Inspector and BBC Radio's crime correspondent, George Cragge.

A blackly humorous murder mystery set in the world of City finance, the BBC and political parties. Dramatised in seven-parts by Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham from Mark Tavener's novel.

George Cragge ...... Michael Williams
Frank Jefferson ...... Barry Foster
Geoffrey Crichton-Potter ...... Stephen Moore
Henry ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Max ...... Peter Woodthorpe
Controller Radio 2 ...... Stephen Fry
Controller Radio 4 ...... John Bird
Dominic De'ath ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Hercules Fortescue ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Andrew James ...... Peter Serafinowcz
Laetitia ...... Victoria Carling
Caroline ...... Susie Brann

Other parts played by Jonathan Keeble, Don Macorkindale, Annabel Mullion and Alice Arnold.

Music by Paul Mottram

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995.


MON 09:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008y4fg)
Series 1

Episode 6

Exams loom large. Simon Harrison delves into his Health and Safety background for one final ruse. Can he unveil the killer?

Mark Tavener's comedy thriller.

CAST:

Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Sharon Small, Emily Wachter, Beth Chalmers and Nicholas Boulton.

Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.


MON 09:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4l4)
Wasted Years

Episode 1

Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's crime novel, featuring his well-known creation, Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick.


MON 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008y4gz)
Philanthropy

Dorothea is shocked to encounter Ladislaw, but delighted to help out Lydgate. Stars Caroline Martin and Tom Goodman-Hill.


MON 10:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007jqxv)
May Belfort

The Irish singer turned lady of the night. John Peacock's play based on Toulouse-Lautrec's characters. Starring Bonnie Langford.


MON 11:00 War and Peace (b007jlvz)
Plots and Stratagems

Russian aristocrats are blissfully unaware of Napoleon Bonaparte's plans. Stars Simon Russell Beale and Leo McKern.


MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b008y6g9)
The end of the world, Hamlet and a unique version of Tom Brown's Schooldays - all in under 30 minutes.


MON 13:00 Westway (b00fnywx)
Drama serial set in and around a busy medical practice in West London.


MON 13:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008y6gb)
Episode 1

Enter the alien and dangerous world of Northumbrian wood ants. Peter France takes an extraordinary journey across the seasons.


MON 13:30 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmcv)
Episode 6

Sofia grows increasingly fond of Barnaby, but her flatmate and mother are not impressed with him. Read by William Hope.


MON 13:45 Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (b008y6hl)
Episode 1

Tony Hawks bets he can beat the Moldovan football team at tennis. Hilarious oddball travelogue as he tracks down the team.


MON 14:00 11/02/2008 (b00fnywz)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


MON 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008y6pd)
Series 3

Episode 6

More odd stories, idiotic court hearings and surprises from the dictionary.

Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions, Joan Sims and Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton.

With Brian Bowles, Simon Greenall, Henrietta Gooden and featuring June Whitfield.

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 – thanks to characters he created between the wars.

Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.

Announcer: Brian Perkins

Producer: Harry Thompson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.


MON 17:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007k47r)
No Hiding Place

Bob takes Terry to be restyled at the hairdressers.

Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier and Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris.

With Sheila Fearn, George Layton, Jo Beadle, Brian Godfrey and Donald Gee.

Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley.

Producer: John Browell

Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in a BBC Treasure Hunt.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975.


MON 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007jwfl)
Episode 1

What happens when spare-part surgery becomes the norm?

When marketing expert Eleanor Riley is called in to re-vamp the image of a remote clone farm, she discovers there's more to ‘Abbotsville’ than meets the eye...

Jenny Stephens’s four-part sci-fi thriller stars Oliver Hembrough.

Jefferson 37 ..... Oliver Hembrough
Patel 2 ..... Dharmesh Patel
Eleanor Riley ..... Alison Carney
Dr Abbots ..... David Birrell
Dr Martell ..... Rob Swinton
Paul Smith ..... Alex Jones
Saskia Treby 9 ..... Helen Monks

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in January 2006.


MON 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jvzk)
Episode 1

Dick Young travels into the past, before recalling he was testing a new drug. Psychological thriller read by Julian Wadham.


MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b008y6g9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


MON 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008y4fg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 20:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4l4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008y4gz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 21:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007jqxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]


MON 22:00 Mark Tavener - In the Red (b007k07w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 22:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007qctj)
Series 1

Monsters

The spoof TV sci-fi star explains life's big mysteries. Stars Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From October 1992.


MON 23:00 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k4cn)
3. The Meaning of Life

Roger McGough's poetic reflections on 'the meaning of life'

With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.

Recorded at the Bath Festival.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.


MON 23:15 Date With Fate (b008y7g7)
A Damp Fib

Simon is a junior clerk in a surveyor's office, but when he tells a white lie it sparks disastrous consequences...

Harold Wing Pinero is your host.

The first of four comic close encounters with fate written by Gary Parker and Phil Whelans.

Simon ...... Alex Lowe
Harold Wing Pinero ...... Charles Gray
Naomi ...... Elliot Nicholls
Mr Reynolds ...... James Greene
Mrs Gibson ...... Margaret Stallard
Alan ...... Paul Davies

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.


MON 23:30 Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop (b008y7lg)
Episode 4

Macho men's matters with Steve 'not the snooker player' Davis, including 'Desert Island Birds'. With Dave Lamb. From June 2000.



TUESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2008

TUE 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007jwfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jvzk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008y4fg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4l4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008y4gz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007jqxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Mark Tavener - In the Red (b007k07w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007qctj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k4cn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:15 Date With Fate (b008y7g7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:15 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop (b008y7lg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 War and Peace (b007jlvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007k47r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Monday]


TUE 06:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008y6pd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]


TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fpxm2)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.


TUE 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp9g)
Series 6

The Childhood Sweetheart

The lad sets off for a romantic reunion pledged 25 years before.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Patricia Hayes.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959.


TUE 08:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b008ycft)
Series 2

New Islington

With London house prices going stratospheric in the East End, Linda gets a valuation.

Sitcom written by and starring Linda Smith.

With Femi Elufowoju Jnr, Jeremy Hardy, Martin Hyder, Margaret John and Chris Neill.

Special guest: Dillie Keane

Producer: Jon Rolph
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.


TUE 09:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008ycyr)
1. Murder

A murder in an East Anglian village reveals hidden passions beneath the calm surface.

Robin Ellis stars as detective Adam Dalgliesh in the debut crime novel of PD James.

Co-starring Sian Phillips and Hugh Grant.

Cover Her Face was first published in 1962, where the author created her famous poetry-writing detective who went on to feature in many more of her stories.

Dramatised in four-parts by Neville Teller.

Inspector Adam Dalgliesh .... Robin Ellis
Mrs Maxie …. Sian Phillips
Felix Hearne …. Hugh Grant
Deborah …. Beatie Edney
Stephen Maxie …. David Thorpe
Catherine Bowers …. Oona Beeson
Miss Liddell …. Kate Binchy
Dr Epps …. Philip Anthony
Martha …. Jill Graham
Sally Jupp …. Melanie Hudson
Mrs Webster …. Linda Polan

Producer: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.


TUE 09:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4md)
Wasted Years

Episode 2

A series of increasingly violent robberies echoing ten-year-old crimes forces DI Charlie Resnick to confront his painful past.


TUE 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008ycys)
Wife and Widow

Lydgate is the subject of gossip, and Casaubon demands a promise from Dorothea. Stars Caroline Martin and Tom Goodman-Hill.


TUE 10:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007n1hp)
Footitt and Chocolat

A circus double-act is in jeopardy. John Peacock's play based on Toulouse-Lautrec's characters. Starring Clarence Smith.


TUE 11:00 War and Peace (b007jlwj)
Disillusion

After the Austrian retreat, the armies meet at the town of Austerlitz. Stars Simon Russell Beale, Leo McKern and Amanda Redman.


TUE 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k094)
Series 4

Full House

Card sharks fleece Harold Steptoe, so his father Albert steps in.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962.

The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight series on TV.

Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett

With Martin Friend, Douglas Blackwell and Michael Kilgarriff.

Adapted for radio from their TV scripts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.


TUE 13:00 Westway (b00fpxm4)
Drama serial set in and around a busy medical practice in West London.


TUE 13:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yd1f)
Episode 2

It's springtime and the Northumbrian wood ants are hungry, but the tree fellers are getting closer. Peter France investigates.


TUE 13:30 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmdc)
Episode 7

Sofia finally meets Barnaby's parents, but then bitter accusations start to fly. Read by William Hope.


TUE 13:45 Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (b007s5tz)
Episode 2

Tony Hawks finds himself in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau, and begins the tortuous task of locating the players.


TUE 14:00 12/02/2008 (b00fpxm6)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


TUE 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jmlv)
Series 6

A Good Read

The staff heatedly debate what makes a good read, with Mr Beeston as a reluctant mediator. Stars Karl Howman. From June 1991.


TUE 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jzm2)
Series 1

Out To Launch

Rosie's company is set to launch the autobiography of the country's most famous footballer, Lloyd Gratton.

The lives of Rosie and her granddaughter Jo are shaken by the return to Rosie's daughter Kate after a long spell working abroad.

Prunella Scales in the first of four series of Simon Brett's sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event-management company based in Brighton.

With Arabella Weir as Kate, Rebecca Callard as Jo, Duncan Preston as Bob, Annette Badland as Tess, Jon Glover as Greg Turnball, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Lalage Croxton-Sackville and Will Ing as Lloyd Gratton.

Producer: Maria Esposito

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.


TUE 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4bh)
Episode 2

Eleanor discovers more about the work of Abbottsville, where the clones reveal very human-like feelings. Stars Alison Carney.


TUE 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jvzp)
Episode 2

Transported back six centuries, are the 'fictional' characters Dick meets real? Psychological thriller read by Julian Wadham.


TUE 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k094)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008ycyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4md)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008ycys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 21:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007n1hp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]


TUE 22:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b008ycft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b007k1p9)
Series 1

Redemption

The Wrath of God is invoked, sparking a heart-to-heart with Satan and a special request...

Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.

Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell

Other characters played by Philip Pope, David Swift, Penelope Nice, Michael Fenton Stevens and Nigel Pegram.

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.


TUE 23:00 The Beaton Generation (b008ydl2)
Episode 7

Alistair Beaton et al take a comic look at the stories making the news in the coming week.


TUE 23:45 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.



WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2008

WED 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4bh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jvzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008ycyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4md)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008ycys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007n1hp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b008ycft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 Old Harry's Game (b007k1p9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Beaton Generation (b008ydl2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:45 All the World's a Globe (b007k4cp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 War and Peace (b007jlwj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Smelling of Roses (b007jzm2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Tuesday]


WED 06:30 King Street Junior (b007jmlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]


WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fpyg6)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.


WED 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008ypyd)
More mayhem and madcap humour from the Kenneths, Horne and Williams.


WED 08:30 Dead Ringers (b008ypyf)
George W Bush calls Sesame Street, Go 4 It with Tracey Emin and The Archers meet Big Brother.


WED 09:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008ypyg)
2. Investigation

Inspector Adam Dalgliesh arrives on the scene to investigate the murder of Sally Jupp in a peaceful Essex village.

Robin Ellis stars as Dalgliesh with Sian Phillips and Hugh Grant.

PD James's debut crime novel about her gentleman detective.

Inspector Adam Dalgliesh .... Robin Ellis
Mrs Maxie …. Sian Phillips
Felix …. Hugh Grant
Deborah …. Beatie Edney
Catherine …. Oona Beeson
Miss Liddell …. Kate Binchy
Stephen …. David Thorpe
Dr Epps …. Philip Anthony
Martha ... Jill Graham
Thornton/Hicks …. John Church
Sgt Martin …. Steve Hodson
Inspector Manning …. John Fleming
Police Doctor …. John Baddeley

Dramatised by Neville Teller.

Producer: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.


WED 09:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4nl)
Wasted Years

Episode 3

A series of armed robberies bears an uncanny resemblance to crimes Inspector Resnick investigated ten years ago.


WED 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008yq3h)
The Public Man

Even in death, Casaubon hurts Dorothea with a cruel codicil to his will. Stars Caroline Martin and Robert Glenister.


WED 10:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007n9px)
Casque d'Or

Paris revolutionaries make a fatal stand. John Peacock's play based on Toulouse-Lautrec's characters. Stars Miranda Richardson and Nicholas Farrell.


WED 11:00 War and Peace (b007jlx2)
Things Fall Apart

Nikolai is caught in a duel and Andrei goes missing, as Lise goes into labour. Stars Leo McKern and Amanda Redman.


WED 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008ypyd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
Brian Allington

The common image of the breed of actors as selfish, chameleonic and unreliable is almost always quite unjustified.

After all, to be realistic, what sort of professional future could someone like that possibly expect to have?

The doyen of British show business, 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 May 1986.


WED 13:00 Westway (b00fpyrm)
Drama serial set in and around a busy medical practice in West London.


WED 13:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yrvs)
Episode 3

Early summer sees the wood ants preparing to mate, but forest cyclists put their nest in danger. Peter France investigates.


WED 13:30 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmdw)
Episode 8

The police pay a visit to Barnaby, who finally takes action over the repayment of his debts. Read by William Hope.


WED 13:45 Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (b007s74j)
Episode 3

The Moldovans are perplexed and obstructive in Tony Hawks' quest to take on their national soccer team on the court.


WED 14:00 13/02/2008 (b00fpyrp)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


WED 17:00 My Music (b008yrw7)
Frank Muir and Dennis Norden demonstrate their musical know-how with a series of noises.


WED 17:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b008yrw8)
From 26/02/1984

From the Metropolitan Police to a dead newsreader.

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 February 1984.


WED 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4kc)
Episode 3

Dr Abbotts claims clones are emotionless, while Jefferson and Lucy try to learn Carter 5's true fate. Stars Oliver Hembrough.


WED 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4lh)
Episode 3

On his next 'trip' back to the 14th century, Dick witnesses Sir Henry Champernoune's suspicious death. Read by Julian Wadham.


WED 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008ypyd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


WED 20:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008ypyg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 20:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4nl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008yq3h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 21:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007n9px)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]


WED 22:00 Dead Ringers (b008ypyf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 22:30 Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller (b008yrwy)
Episode 1

Number One for young people - Martin Bain-Jones and Craig Children present their frightfully clever pop culture show.

Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong write and star in their first full-length BBC radio comedy series.

With:

Charlie Condou
Melissa Lloyd

Producer: Jon Rolph

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.


WED 23:00 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b007mh3w)
Series 1

Thailand

The bumbling student's aim to emerge spiritually becomes a physical revelation with a loose sarong. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From August 2002.


WED 23:30 Hair in the Gate (b007k3t3)
Series 1

Episode 3

Camilla revamps the TV arts show to keep her cutting edge lover. Stars Harriet Thorpe and Alistair McGowan. From October 1993.



THURSDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2008

THU 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4kc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]


THU 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4lh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008ypyg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4nl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008yq3h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007n9px)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Dead Ringers (b008ypyf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]


THU 03:30 Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller (b008yrwy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b007mh3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:30 Hair in the Gate (b007k3t3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 War and Peace (b007jlx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 06:00 The Michael Bentine Show (b008yrw8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Wednesday]


THU 06:30 My Music (b008yrw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]


THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fq0sz)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.


THU 08:00 Yes Minister (b007jmsk)
Series 1

Doing the Honours

During an economy drive, MP Jim Hacker find himself outwitted by Sir Humphrey.

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.

Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Sir Arnold ...... John Nettleton
The Master ...... Graham Crowden
The Bursar ...... William Fox
Committee Member ...... Stuart Organ
Committee Member ...... David Peart
Committee Member ...... Moir Leslie

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983.


THU 08:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008yszx)
Series 3

Episode 2

Golf, holidays with friends and having a baby are the three things that Daniel and Lucy have always sworn they'll never do in life.

But when they end up on a golfing holiday with their unbearable friends, they start to realise life doesn't always turn out how you plan it...

David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.

Starring David Tennant as Daniel, Liz Carling as Lucy, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Katie, Tony Gardner as Andy, Joanna Brookes as Alison, Robert Harley as Peter, Carla Mendonca as Linda, Jonathan Aris as Steve and Martin Marquez as the Waiter.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


THU 09:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008yszy)
3. Fresh Leads

As Inspector Dalgliesh continues his investigation, the evidence points to one of the family. But which one?

Robin Ellis stars as Dalgliesh with Sian Phillips and Hugh Grant.

PD James's debut crime novel about her gentleman detective.

Inspector Adam Dalgliesh …. Robin Ellis
Mrs Maxie …. Sian Phillips
Felix Hearne …. Hugh Grant
Deborah Riscoe …. Beatie Edney
Stephen Maxie …. David Thorpe
Catherine Bowers …. Oona Beeson
Derek Pullen …. David Holt
Mrs Proctor …. Jillie Meers
Johnny Wilcox/Lilly Burwood …. Susan Sheridan
Sgt Martin …. Steve Hodson
Mr Wilson …. John Fleming
Sir Reynold Price …. Jonathan Adams
Miss Malpass …. Linda Polan
The Rev Hinks …. John Church
James Ritchie …. James Telfer

Dramatised by Neville Teller.

Producer: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.


THU 09:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4pq)
Wasted Years

Episode 4

A series of armed robberies bears resemblance to a spate of similar crimes DI Resnick investigated ten years ago.


THU 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008yt1t)
Duties and Desires

Bulstrode meets an unwelcome figure from his past, and Ladislaw makes preparations. Stars Caroline Martin and Martin Hyder.


THU 10:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007ncyz)
Aristide Bruant

The socialist club owner questions his success. John Peacock's play based on Toulouse-Lautrec's characters. Stars Bernard Hill and Julie Covington.


THU 11:00 War and Peace (b007jlxm)
Spring

With Europe teetering on the brink of war, Pierre aims to make a fresh start. Stars Simon Russell Beale and Amanda Redman.


THU 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jmsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fw)
Series 2

Skive From School the Burkiss Way

Can Moses Minor lead the boys of Greyfriars away from the clutches of their oppressors?

The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living with hints on truancy from Jo Kendall , Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris

Forged sick notes written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.

And a variety of excuses from producer: Simon Brett.

Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1977.


THU 13:00 Westway (b00fq0t1)
Drama serial set in and around a busy medical practice in West London.


THU 13:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yt3x)
Episode 4

In late summer, the queen ants must establish new colonies - sparking the start of insect warfare. Peter France investigates.


THU 13:30 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmfc)
Episode 9

Mrs Glynn calls, and Barnaby discovers that settling his family debts is no straightforward matter. Read by William Hope.


THU 13:45 Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (b007s8dc)
Episode 4

Tony Hawks finally manages to contact some footballers by devious means. But can he get all eleven onto the court?


THU 14:00 14/02/2008 (b00fq0t3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


THU 17:00 King Cutler (b008yt5q)
King Cutler V

A message to the nation from Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler.

Visitors bear gifts of words to add to their collection of poems, songs and stories.

With Dylan Edwards , David Lloyd, Ted Harrison and Craig Murray-Orr.

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 1990.


THU 17:30 Parsley Sidings (b007jpb9)
Series 2

A Bird in the Hand

A 'rare' gull is spotted during a station spring-clean at Parsley Sidings, causing chaos on the line.

Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Kenneth Connor as Valentine/ Bradshaw/Editor, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Ian Lavender as Bert and John Baddeley as the train driver.

Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.

Producer: Edward Taylor.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1973.


THU 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4s9)
Episode 4

Dr Abbotts finds his 'party trick' used against him, and Paul Smith takes full advantage of the chaos. Stars David Birrell.


THU 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4ms)
Episode 4

Dick starts realising he's confusing past and present, but Magnus urges him to increase the drug dosage. Read by Julian Wadham.


THU 19:00 Yes Minister (b007jmsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


THU 20:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008yszy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


THU 20:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4pq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


THU 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008yt1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 21:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007ncyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]


THU 22:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008yszx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 22:30 Radio Active (b008ythl)
Series 4

Minorities Programme

With their franchise under threat from broadcasting authorities, Radio Active must target community relations.

Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens.

Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown.

Written by Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins with Jon Canter, John Docherty and Moray Hunter.

Producer: Jamie Rix

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.


THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b008ythm)
Series 2

Episode 3

Spoofing the royals - and chatty dinosaurs. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged topical humour. From September 1986.


THU 23:30 On the Hour (b007jmkm)
Series 2

Episode 1

Pre-natal beauty therapy, DNA shocker – and a special report on sumo wrestlers.

All the news as it happens, if it happens from the BBC's urgent and incisive news overview.

Plus all the sport from Alan Partridge.

Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris.

With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber and Doon Mackichan.

Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, Patrick Marber, Andrew Glover and Stewart Lee.

Producer: Armando lannucci

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992.



FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2008

FRI 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4s9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008yszy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4pq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008yt1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre (b007ncyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008yszx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]


FRI 03:30 Radio Active (b008ythl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b008ythm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:30 On the Hour (b007jmkm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 War and Peace (b007jlxm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]


FRI 06:00 Parsley Sidings (b007jpb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Thursday]


FRI 06:30 King Cutler (b008yt5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]


FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fq1jj)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.


FRI 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jqh1)
Series 3

The Big Parade

Captain Mainwaring wants a parade mascot, so he decides his Home Guard platoon must catch one.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.

Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
The Verger …. Edward Sinclair
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.


FRI 08:30 Saturday Night Fry (b008yv5q)
Episode 2

Stephen Fry's surreal, erudite sketch show with humorous banter and sketches.

With Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent and Robert Bathurst.

Written by Stephen Fry with additional material by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.

Producer: Dan Patterson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1988.


FRI 09:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008yv5r)
4. The Gathering

Inspector Adam Dalgliesh summons the entire household to hear his conclusions about the killer of Sally Jupp.

Robin Ellis stars as Dalgliesh with Sian Phillips and Hugh Grant.

The climax of PD James's debut crime novel about her gentleman detective.

Inspector Adam Dalgliesh …. Robin Ellis
Mrs Maxie …. Sian Phillips
Felix Hearne …. Hugh Grant
Deborah Riscoe …. Beatie Edney
Stephen Maxie …. David Thorpe
Catherine Bowers …. Oona Beeson
Mrs Proctor …. Jillie Meers
Victor Proctor …. John Baddeley
Sgt Martin …. Steve Hodson
James Ritchie …. James Telfer
Johnny Wilcox …. Susan Sheridan
Martha …. Jill Graham
Sally Jupp …. Melanie Hudson

Dramatised by Neville Teller.

Producer: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993.


FRI 09:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4ql)
Wasted Years

Episode 5

A series of armed robberies bears resemblance to a spate of similar crimes DI Resnick investigated ten years ago.


FRI 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008yvfb)
Reaction and Reform

Fred is unexpectedly employed, and there's bad news for the Lydgates. Stars Caroline Martin and Tom Goodman-Hill.


FRI 10:15 Caroline Gawn - Fresh from the Coast (b007jqxk)
1940s London: Two women uncover a devastating secret that changes their friendship for ever.

Elsie Haworth and Kathleen James are old school friends, working on the rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge. Elsie is heavily pregnant, but won't reveal the father's name to anyone.

A police inspector begins to follow the two women, asking probing questions about the mysterious father. The plot thickens and then thickens again...

Caroline Gawn's thriller stars Jo Joyner as Elsie, Christine Brennan as Kathleen, Mark Chatterton as the Police Inspector, Martin Reeve as Mr Jackson and Ken Bradshaw as Gerhard.

Director: Polly Thomas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.


FRI 11:00 War and Peace (b007jly4)
Country Pleasures

With Russia and France's uneasy peace, all is not well in the Rostov family. Stars Simon Russell Beale and Leo McKern.


FRI 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jqh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition (b008yvhs)
Episode 1

Ian McMillan and guest comedians play games celebrating vintage comedy. With Alfie Joey, Justin Moorhouse and Sarah Millican.


FRI 13:00 Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner (b007qzh5)
A teacher faces the task of staging the 'Ring Cycle' in a school ranked bottom of the league tables. Read by Barbara Flynn.


FRI 13:15 A Year in the Life of Ants (b008yvk7)
Episode 5

Autumn brings ferocious storms for the wood ants, but hibernation beckons with the arrival of winter. Peter France investigates.


FRI 13:30 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmfv)
Episode 10

Money matters come to a head between Sofia and Barnaby, whose thoughts return to the 'Gaitlin Angel'. Read by William Hope.


FRI 13:45 Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (b007s9rn)
Episode 5

Tony Hawks battles to win his bet, to avoid stripping off to sing the Moldavan national anthem naked in Balham High Street.


FRI 14:00 15/02/2008 (b00fq1jl)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx1p)
Series 1

Nursing a Conscience

Faith nurses poorly Bill, but he's in for a nasty surprise...

Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.

Staring Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam.

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
Liza ...... ,Belinda Lang
Alex ...... John Samson
Treadwell ...... Richard Tate
Richard ...... John Moffatt

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1988.


FRI 17:30 To the Manor Born (b007n1wj)
An Englishman's Home

When Devere installs new security cameras, Audrey declares war.

Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.

Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
PC Dottle ...... Kevin Eldon

The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.

From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descendent.

First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997. Written for radio by Peter Spence.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.


FRI 18:00 Tanith Lee - Red as Blood (b007jq65)
In a dark Snow White fantasy, the Queen sets out to rescue her stepdaughter from her sinister heritage. Read by Stella Gonet.


FRI 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4nz)
Episode 5

Becoming obsessed with his alternative life, Dick is in no state to deal with Vita and her sons. Read by Julian Wadham.


FRI 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jqh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition (b008yvhs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face (b008yv5r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


FRI 20:30 Readings to Die For (b007k4ql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


FRI 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008yvfb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 21:15 Caroline Gawn - Fresh from the Coast (b007jqxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]


FRI 22:00 Saturday Night Fry (b008yv5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b007jv2l)
Series 1

Episode 2

Indian students on a gap year enjoy bustling England's smells at the airport, the Indian Neighbours are cooking a roast and Skipinder the Punjabi Kangaroo hops in.

Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Nitin Sawhney, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.

Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001.

Scripted by Sharat Sardana, Richard Pinto and the cast.

Produced by Gareth Edwards and Anil Gupta.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1996.


FRI 23:00 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jh6jt)
Series 1

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

A provincial theatre company comes a cropper at the hands of a mad playwright. Stars Karl Minns. From September 2000.


FRI 23:30 Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio (b007k156)
Series 2

Episode 2

The comedy duo tackle an evil fish. More sketches and crazy characters. Stars Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig. From January 2007.




LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)

09/02/2008 14:00 SAT (b00fnsxz)

10/02/2008 14:00 SUN (b00fnxjw)

11/02/2008 14:00 MON (b00fnywz)

12/02/2008 14:00 TUE (b00fpxm6)

13/02/2008 14:00 WED (b00fpyrp)

14/02/2008 14:00 THU (b00fq0t3)

15/02/2008 14:00 FRI (b00fq1jl)

A Year in the Life of Ants 13:15 MON (b008y6gb)

A Year in the Life of Ants 13:15 TUE (b008yd1f)

A Year in the Life of Ants 13:15 WED (b008yrvs)

A Year in the Life of Ants 13:15 THU (b008yt3x)

A Year in the Life of Ants 13:15 FRI (b008yvk7)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 09:00 TUE (b008ycyr)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 20:00 TUE (b008ycyr)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 01:00 WED (b008ycyr)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 09:00 WED (b008ypyg)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 20:00 WED (b008ypyg)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 01:00 THU (b008ypyg)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 09:00 THU (b008yszy)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 20:00 THU (b008yszy)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 01:00 FRI (b008yszy)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 09:00 FRI (b008yv5r)

Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face 20:00 FRI (b008yv5r)

Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner 13:00 FRI (b007qzh5)

Algernon Blackwood - The Willows 00:30 SAT (b007jvdr)

All the World's a Globe 23:45 TUE (b007k4cp)

All the World's a Globe 04:45 WED (b007k4cp)

Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet 13:30 MON (b007jmcv)

Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet 13:30 TUE (b007jmdc)

Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet 13:30 WED (b007jmdw)

Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet 13:30 THU (b007jmfc)

Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet 13:30 FRI (b007jmfv)

Beachcomber... By the Way 17:00 MON (b008y6pd)

Beachcomber... By the Way 06:30 TUE (b008y6pd)

Ben Moor - Undone 18:00 SUN (b00f6ddd)

Ben Moor - Undone 00:00 MON (b00f6ddd)

Beyond Our Ken 08:00 WED (b008ypyd)

Beyond Our Ken 12:00 WED (b008ypyd)

Beyond Our Ken 19:00 WED (b008ypyd)

Big Toe Books 07:00 SAT (b00fnsxd)

Big Toe Books 07:00 SUN (b00fnxjt)

Big Toe Books 07:00 MON (b00fnywv)

Big Toe Books 07:00 TUE (b00fpxm2)

Big Toe Books 07:00 WED (b00fpyg6)

Big Toe Books 07:00 THU (b00fq0sz)

Big Toe Books 07:00 FRI (b00fq1jj)

Caroline Gawn - Fresh from the Coast 10:15 FRI (b007jqxk)

Caroline Gawn - Fresh from the Coast 21:15 FRI (b007jqxk)

Chain Reaction 22:30 SUN (b00gsb83)

Chain Reaction 03:30 MON (b00gsb83)

Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller 22:30 WED (b008yrwy)

Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller 03:30 THU (b008yrwy)

Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio 04:30 SAT (b007k0x8)

Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio 23:30 FRI (b007k156)

Comedy Greats 09:00 SAT (b007k0ly)

Comedy Greats 20:00 SAT (b007k0ly)

Comedy Greats 03:00 SUN (b007k0ly)

Dad's Army 08:00 FRI (b007jqh1)

Dad's Army 12:00 FRI (b007jqh1)

Dad's Army 19:00 FRI (b007jqh1)

Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand 18:30 MON (b007jvzk)

Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand 00:30 TUE (b007jvzk)

Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand 18:30 TUE (b007jvzp)

Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand 00:30 WED (b007jvzp)

Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand 18:30 WED (b007k4lh)

Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand 00:30 THU (b007k4lh)

Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand 18:30 THU (b007k4ms)

Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand 00:30 FRI (b007k4ms)

Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand 18:30 FRI (b007k4nz)

Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses 18:30 SUN (b007k4jq)

Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses 00:30 MON (b007k4jq)

Date With Fate 23:15 MON (b008y7g7)

Date With Fate 04:15 TUE (b008y7g7)

Dead Ringers 08:30 WED (b008ypyf)

Dead Ringers 22:00 WED (b008ypyf)

Dead Ringers 03:00 THU (b008ypyf)

Dick Francis 12:00 SAT (b007nn4g)

Dick Francis 01:00 SUN (b007nn4g)

Don Taylor - Daughters of Venice 10:00 SUN (b008xzs3)

Don Taylor - Daughters of Venice 20:00 SUN (b008xzs3)

Double Income, No Kids Yet 08:30 THU (b008yszx)

Double Income, No Kids Yet 22:00 THU (b008yszx)

Double Income, No Kids Yet 03:00 FRI (b008yszx)

Fear on 4 18:30 SAT (b007jn6w)

Fear on 4 00:30 SUN (b007jn6w)

Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop 23:30 MON (b008y7lg)

Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop 04:30 TUE (b008y7lg)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 17:00 SAT (b007jwt8)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 23:00 SAT (b007jwt8)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 06:00 SUN (b007jwt8)

George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus 08:00 SUN (b008xzs1)

George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus 01:00 MON (b008xzs1)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 02:00 SAT (b008x7tl)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 10:00 MON (b008y4gz)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 21:00 MON (b008y4gz)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 02:00 TUE (b008y4gz)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 10:00 TUE (b008ycys)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 21:00 TUE (b008ycys)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 02:00 WED (b008ycys)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 10:00 WED (b008yq3h)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 21:00 WED (b008yq3h)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 02:00 THU (b008yq3h)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 10:00 THU (b008yt1t)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 21:00 THU (b008yt1t)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 02:00 FRI (b008yt1t)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 10:00 FRI (b008yvfb)

George Eliot - Middlemarch 21:00 FRI (b008yvfb)

Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off 23:00 WED (b007mh3w)

Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off 04:00 THU (b007mh3w)

Goodness Gracious Me 03:30 SAT (b008x8fx)

Goodness Gracious Me 22:30 FRI (b007jv2l)

Hair in the Gate 23:30 WED (b007k3t3)

Hair in the Gate 04:30 THU (b007k3t3)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 TUE (b007jp9g)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 TUE (b007jp9g)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 TUE (b007jp9g)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 12:30 MON (b008y6g9)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 19:30 MON (b008y6g9)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 12:30 WED (b007jzkv)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 19:30 WED (b007jzkv)

Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 18:00 MON (b007jwfl)

Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 00:00 TUE (b007jwfl)

Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 18:00 TUE (b007k4bh)

Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 00:00 WED (b007k4bh)

Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 18:00 WED (b007k4kc)

Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 00:00 THU (b007k4kc)

Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 18:00 THU (b007k4s9)

Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 00:00 FRI (b007k4s9)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 10:15 MON (b007jqxv)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 21:15 MON (b007jqxv)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 02:15 TUE (b007jqxv)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 10:15 TUE (b007n1hp)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 21:15 TUE (b007n1hp)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 02:15 WED (b007n1hp)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 10:15 WED (b007n9px)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 21:15 WED (b007n9px)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 02:15 THU (b007n9px)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 10:15 THU (b007ncyz)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 21:15 THU (b007ncyz)

John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre 02:15 FRI (b007ncyz)

Kill the Cameraman First 05:00 SAT (b008x898)

King Cutler 17:00 THU (b008yt5q)

King Cutler 06:30 FRI (b008yt5q)

King Street Junior 17:00 TUE (b007jmlv)

King Street Junior 06:30 WED (b007jmlv)

Light on the Road to Woodstock 01:30 SAT (b007jqqs)

Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting 08:30 TUE (b008ycft)

Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting 22:00 TUE (b008ycft)

Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting 03:00 WED (b008ycft)

Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World 22:30 MON (b007qctj)

Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World 03:30 TUE (b007qctj)

Listen to Les 13:00 SUN (b007wlfd)

Listen to Les 19:00 SUN (b007wlfd)

Listen to Les 06:00 MON (b007wlfd)

Margaret Bonham - The Casino 09:15 SUN (b007tzqb)

Margaret Bonham - The Casino 02:15 MON (b007tzqb)

Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders 01:00 SAT (b008x7tk)

Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders 09:00 MON (b008y4fg)

Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders 20:00 MON (b008y4fg)

Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders 01:00 TUE (b008y4fg)

Mark Tavener - In the Red 08:30 MON (b007k07w)

Mark Tavener - In the Red 22:00 MON (b007k07w)

Mark Tavener - In the Red 03:00 TUE (b007k07w)

Martyn Wade - Alias George Eliot 02:15 SAT (b007jw2v)

My Music 17:00 WED (b008yrw7)

My Music 06:30 THU (b008yrw7)

Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition 12:30 FRI (b008yvhs)

Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition 19:30 FRI (b008yvhs)

Old Harry's Game 22:30 TUE (b007k1p9)

Old Harry's Game 03:30 WED (b007k1p9)

On the Hour 23:30 THU (b007jmkm)

On the Hour 04:30 FRI (b007jmkm)

Parsley Sidings 17:30 THU (b007jpb9)

Parsley Sidings 06:00 FRI (b007jpb9)

Playing the Moldovans at Tennis 13:45 MON (b008y6hl)

Playing the Moldovans at Tennis 13:45 TUE (b007s5tz)

Playing the Moldovans at Tennis 13:45 WED (b007s74j)

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Playing the Moldovans at Tennis 13:45 FRI (b007s9rn)

Radio Active 22:30 THU (b008ythl)

Radio Active 03:30 FRI (b008ythl)

Radio Roots 12:30 SUN (b00jr7g4)

Radio Roots 17:30 SUN (b00jr7g4)

Radio Roots 05:30 MON (b00jr7g4)

Readings to Die For 09:30 MON (b007k4l4)

Readings to Die For 20:30 MON (b007k4l4)

Readings to Die For 01:30 TUE (b007k4l4)

Readings to Die For 09:30 TUE (b007k4md)

Readings to Die For 20:30 TUE (b007k4md)

Readings to Die For 01:30 WED (b007k4md)

Readings to Die For 09:30 WED (b007k4nl)

Readings to Die For 20:30 WED (b007k4nl)

Readings to Die For 01:30 THU (b007k4nl)

Readings to Die For 09:30 THU (b007k4pq)

Readings to Die For 20:30 THU (b007k4pq)

Readings to Die For 01:30 FRI (b007k4pq)

Readings to Die For 09:30 FRI (b007k4ql)

Readings to Die For 20:30 FRI (b007k4ql)

Saturday Night Fry 03:00 SAT (b00kvq7w)

Saturday Night Fry 08:30 FRI (b008yv5q)

Saturday Night Fry 22:00 FRI (b008yv5q)

Second Thoughts 06:30 SAT (b007jx0t)

Second Thoughts 17:00 FRI (b007jx1p)

Simon Bovey - Cold Blood 00:00 SAT (b007jv49)

Smelling of Roses 17:30 TUE (b007jzm2)

Smelling of Roses 06:00 WED (b007jzm2)

Sounding Off with McGough 23:00 MON (b007k4cn)

Sounding Off with McGough 04:00 TUE (b007k4cn)

Space Hacks 18:00 SAT (b007k22g)

Space Hacks 00:00 SUN (b007k22g)

Stand Ups and Strumpets 12:00 SUN (b007jw57)

Stand Ups and Strumpets 17:00 SUN (b007jw57)

Stand Ups and Strumpets 05:00 MON (b007jw57)

Steptoe and Son 12:30 TUE (b007k094)

Steptoe and Son 19:30 TUE (b007k094)

Tales From the Mausoleum Club 11:30 SUN (b007k1w6)

Tales From the Mausoleum Club 21:30 SUN (b007k1w6)

Tanith Lee - Red as Blood 18:00 FRI (b007jq65)

The Al Read Show 13:30 SUN (b008xzwj)

The Al Read Show 19:30 SUN (b008xzwj)

The Al Read Show 06:30 MON (b008xzwj)

The Beaton Generation 23:00 TUE (b008ydl2)

The Beaton Generation 04:00 WED (b008ydl2)

The Burkiss Way 12:30 THU (b00jr7fw)

The Burkiss Way 19:30 THU (b00jr7fw)

The Goon Show 08:00 MON (b007jnj2)

The Goon Show 12:00 MON (b007jnj2)

The Goon Show 19:00 MON (b007jnj2)

The Leicester Comedy Festival 23:00 SUN (b008y39q)

The Leicester Comedy Festival 04:00 MON (b008y39q)

The Men from the Ministry 13:30 SAT (b007k0vq)

The Men from the Ministry 02:30 SUN (b007k0vq)

The Michael Bentine Show 17:30 WED (b008yrw8)

The Michael Bentine Show 06:00 THU (b008yrw8)

The Million Pound Radio Show 23:00 THU (b008ythm)

The Million Pound Radio Show 04:00 FRI (b008ythm)

The News Quiz 22:00 SUN (b008y39m)

The News Quiz 03:00 MON (b008y39m)

The Nimmo Twins in... 04:00 SAT (b00jh6jr)

The Nimmo Twins in... 23:00 FRI (b00jh6jt)

To the Manor Born 06:00 SAT (b007m9wg)

To the Manor Born 17:30 FRI (b007n1wj)

Unearthing Mysteries 09:30 SUN (b008xzs2)

Unearthing Mysteries 02:30 MON (b008xzs2)

War and Peace 11:00 MON (b007jlvz)

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War and Peace 11:00 TUE (b007jlwj)

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War and Peace 11:00 WED (b007jlx2)

War and Peace 05:00 THU (b007jlx2)

War and Peace 11:00 THU (b007jlxm)

War and Peace 05:00 FRI (b007jlxm)

War and Peace 11:00 FRI (b007jly4)

Westway Omnibus 08:00 SAT (b00fnsxs)

Westway Omnibus 19:00 SAT (b00fnsxs)

Westway 13:00 MON (b00fnywx)

Westway 13:00 TUE (b00fpxm4)

Westway 13:00 WED (b00fpyrm)

Westway 13:00 THU (b00fq0t1)

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 17:30 MON (b007k47r)

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 06:00 TUE (b007k47r)

Yes Minister 08:00 THU (b007jmsk)

Yes Minister 12:00 THU (b007jmsk)

Yes Minister 19:00 THU (b007jmsk)