Kenneth is given the freedom of the city of Gigglesway - the Las Vegas of the North.
The topical impressionists pick at politics and ransack broadcasting in the name of comedy.
4. The Doomed Oasis
A celebration and a shattered dream, as English lawyer George Grant continues his hunt for a missing client.
George Grant ....... Tim Munro
Colonel Whittaker ....... Bernard Horsfall
Prince Khalid ....... Raad Rawi
Alexander Erkhard ....... John Malcolm
Sir Philip Gorde ....... Garard Green
Sheikh Makhmud ....... Farouk El-Demerdash
Yousif....... Ali Refaie
Sheikh Abdullah ....... Adam Hussein
Kindly detective, Inspector Purbright probes the discovery of another body, found head down in a wishing well.
One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.
Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Booker, Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime, Geoffrey Banks as Mortimer Hive, Kathryn Hunt as Helen and Robin Polley as Palgrove.
As the war comes to an end, Muriel hears news of Delia and comes to a decision. Stars Claire Goose and Deborah McAndrew.
A missing recording of Macbeth creates a tie between three people in war-torn West Africa. Powerful drama starring Amanda Root.
Set to wed clergyman's son Angel Clare, Tess is torn over whether to reveal her past. Stars Claire Rushbrook and Keith Barron.
Gyles Brandreth hosts the scandals quiz show that puts naughty before nice, dishing the dirt on the bad boys and girls in history.
The regular team captains are writer and critic, Anthony Holden and actor and writer, Stella Duffy.
Joining them to test their wits are writer and broadcaster, Lynne Truss and former Erotic Review editor, Rowan Pelling.
In the aftermath of a further death on the farm, Zoe continues flirting with her friend's father Robin. Read by Robin Ellis.
Alan Bennett recalls his 1940s childhood, when the sum total of family secrets amounted to not having a proper breakfast.
Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain. William's son Robert sides against him, drawing the Conqueror away from England.
Ben Silburn climbs aboard an oxygen-delivering red blood cell on its journey from the heart and around the body.
Sue Limb’s four-part soap opera set in and around the Lake District at the turn of the 18th century
Dorothy is worried about William. Stinking Iris concocts herbal remedies. The Leechpedlar delivers a letter and Samuel Tailor Cholericke arrives....
Dorothy Wordsmith ...... Denise Coffey
William Wordsmith ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Samuel Tailor Cholericke ...... Simon Callow
Stinking Iris ...... Miriam Margolyes
The Leechpedlar ...... Chris Emmett
Sarah's mother and daughter gang up on her when she hires a cheap builder with big brown eyes...
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and Leo Dolan as Terry.
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
The future of the OAPs and, indeed, of the whole of civilisation, hangs in the balance.
Stephen Moore stars in the conclusion of Colin Swash's dystopian comedy set in 22nd-century Britain.
George ...... Stephen Moore
Doris ...... Patsy Byrne
O'Connell ...... Geoffrey McGivern
Mrs Cookson ...... Edna Dore
Andrea Sunbeam ...... Lorelei King
Other parts played by Melanie Hudson, Joanna Brookes, Christopher Douglas, Peter Serafinowcz and Lewis MacLeod.
Will the Triggs be able to help Nat's family, or have the avian attackers got to them first? Read by Charlie Barnecut.
Uncle Liquidities demands that Plato quits philosophy to enter the funerary urn business. With Stephen Moore. From March 2002.
The fiery florists face competition from some new rivals. Stars Doon Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. From September 2002.
THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2008
THU 00:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jphb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007jq79)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b0gyt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt (b00b0hkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Dead Ringers (b007jp2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Acropolis Now (b007rj19)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Wild Things (b007v1hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Big Booth (b007k32y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007rpxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 After Henry (b007jmnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007js4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b0jh4)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
THU 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007ncw8)
Series 3
Episode 3
The much-loved comedy duo celebrate Britain's "greatest living writer" - Ernie.
With Marion Montgomery.
Written by Eddie Braben.
Music by Peter Knight and his Orchestra.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1977.
THU 08:30 The Harpoon (b007k4lf)
Series 1
Episode 2
A special 'Looking Ahead to Autumn' issue of your nostalgic favourite weekly paper.
With Julian Dutton, Peter Baynham, Alistair McGowan, Mary Elliot-Nelson and Bryonie Pritchard.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.
THU 09:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsrw)
5. The Empty Quarter
As his quest continues, lawyer George Grant is led into an inhospitable desert - and into the heart of a long-standing conflict.
Starring Tim Munro.
Arabian adventure based on Hammond Innes' 1960 novel.
Adapted by Rene Basilico.
George Grant ....... Tim Munro
Colonel Whittaker ....... Bernard Horsfall
Prince Khalid ....... Raad Rawi
Salim ....... George Masri
David Whittaker ....... Christopher Guard
Hamid ....... Mamdouh Ashour
Ali....... Ali Refaie
Boy ....... Yasmin Abdul Rahman
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984.
THU 09:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtd5)
Episode 4
Alibis are examined as Inspector Purbright's probe into the murder of Mrs Palgrove makes life uncomfortable for her husband.
One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.
Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Dr Fergusson, Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime, Geoffrey Banks as Mortimer Hive and Robin Polley as Palgrove.
Producer: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
THU 10:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b0jqd)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street
Episode 9
Diana Griffiths's dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey into self-fulfilment.
9/10. Muriel moves from Yorkshire to London to live with Delia. She quickly adjusts to her new life until she receives an unexpected visit.
Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Delia Vaughan ...... Deborah McAndrew
Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Directed by Pauline Harris.
THU 10:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
When Jimmy asks Clara to teach him to read, an unlikely friendship develops, forged through fear. Stars Jim Sturgess.
THU 11:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007rsyv)
Episode 4
Rejected Tess hopes that husband Angel will forgive her, but then she meets the father of her child. Stars Claire Rushbrook.
THU 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007ncw8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jr1v)
Series 3
Not to Be Unwrapped the Burkiss Way
Queen Victoria needs some help with a personal problem - and all is revealed 'Upstairs Downstairs'.
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1977.
THU 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007r525)
Episode 9
Zoe's relationship with her flatmate's father Robin causes disruption in the local farming community. Read by Robin Ellis.
THU 13:15 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnkd)
A Shy Butcher
Alan Bennett recalls his father's lot in life, plus his own childhood evenings spent cleaning his parents' false teeth.
THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00b0jyt)
William Rufus and the First Crusade
William Rufus and the First Crusade: Family feuds and crusades follow in the wake of the Conqueror as Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
THU 13:45 Adventures in Science (b00b0jyw)
Series 1
Protons
Deep underground in a laboratory in Geneva, scientists attempt to discover more about the Big Bang. With Ben Silburn. From 2001.
THU 14:00 24/04/2008 (b00b0jyy)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b00b0jz0)
To Bed or Not to Bed
Simon Sparrow takes Wendy off for a naughty weekend, but events don't quite go to plan...
The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Norma Ronald as Wendy Swithenbank, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Dennis Ramsden as Colonel Brown, David Jason as Harris the Receptionist and Edward Cast as the Waiter.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1969.
THU 17:30 Boogie Up the River (b007jv7w)
See You Outside Boots in Oxford
Mark and his manic mutt look for the enigmatic Jennifer in the city of dreaming spires. Stars Timothy Spall. From December 1992.
THU 18:00 Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (b007jptw)
Episode 1
Classic dark tale of a young scientist's monstrous attempts to discover the secrets of creating life. Stars Michael Maloney. From October 1994.
THU 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007ncw8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jr1v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsrw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 20:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 21:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b0jqd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 21:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
THU 22:00 The Harpoon (b007k4lf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Rigor Mortis (b007mdgd)
Series 2
Episode 1
Doctor Webster gets a little carried away when Professor Donaldson suggests that the team get to know the people they're autopsying.
Starring Peter Davison.
Laurence Howarth's black comedy set in the world of the pathology lab.
Dr Webster ...... Peter Davison
Dr Anderson ...... Matilda Ziegler
Professor Donaldson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Gordon ...... Tom Price
Chloe ...... Marianne Levy
Simon ...... Gus Brown
Mr Reeve ...... Nicholas Boulton
Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b00b0jzg)
Series 3
Episode 6
Diabolical ways to look after your money. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour, with Harry Enfield. From November 1987.
THU 23:30 Tilt (b00b0jzq)
Episode 5
The topical sketch show that takes you behind the week's news. And then mucks about with it a bit.
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 2008
FRI 00:00 Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (b007jptw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsrw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b0jqd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Harpoon (b007k4lf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Rigor Mortis (b007mdgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b00b0jzg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Tilt (b00b0jzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (b007rsyv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv7w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 Doctor at Large (b00b0jz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b0qg8)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
FRI 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jrbf)
Series 3
Turkey Dinner
Corporal Jones mistakenly shoots a bird, so the platoon hatch a plan to cook it for the old folk of Walmington-on-Sea.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon.
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
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Vicar …. Frank Williams
Mrs Pike ...... Pearl Hackney
Mr Blewitt ...... Harold Bennett.
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.
FRI 08:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4qk)
Episode 2
Unhappily married Patrick and Maureen should have split long ago, but snipe at each other during their classical music show instead.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick Barlow as Patrick Maybe.
Special guest star Juliet Stevenson is not impressed.
Doctor ...... Peter Jones
Irina ...... Leonie Mellinger
John ...... John Ramm.
Written by Patrick Barlow.
Script associate: Nev Fountain
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
FRI 09:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007k372)
6. Jebel Al-Akhbar
Politics and practicalities as the water supply is cut to force the Emir to negotiate - and a final confrontation.
Starring Tim Munro.
Conclusion of the Arabian adventure based on Hammond Innes' novel.
Adapted by Rene Basilico.
George Grant ....... Tim Munro
Colonel Whittaker ....... Bernard Horsfall
David Whittaker ....... Christopher Guard
Ruffin ....... Robert Rietty
Colonel Goodge ....... Nicholas Courtney
Captain Chuck Berry ....... David McAlister
Sergeant Rashid ....... Adam Hussein
Yousif ....... Ali Refaie
Trucial Oman Scout ....... Mohammad Sultan
Abdul Zaid Emir of Hadd ....... Renu Setna
Henry Grant ....... Robert James
Betty ....... Jill Lidstone
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984.
FRI 09:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdj)
Episode 5
As suspicions over Palgrove grow, Inspector Purbright calls on his old friend Lucilla Teatime.
One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.
Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Dr Fergusson, Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime, Geoffrey Banks as Mortimer Hive, Kathryn Hunt as Helen and Robin Polley as Sgt Malley.
Producer: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
FRI 10:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b0qj8)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street
Episode 10
Diana Griffiths's dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey into self-fulfilment.
10/10. Muriel returns to Marshington in Yorkshire for the annual fete and is faced with a life-changing decision.
Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Directed by Pauline Harris.
FRI 10:15 Nick Warburton - Purvis (b007k1jy)
A kindly vicar appoints a lonely widower as church safety officer but he proves to be rather accident prone. Stars Peter Sallis. From November 2000.
FRI 11:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq3z)
Marriages Remain
Sorrowful at the departure of his mentor and only friend, the local school master, 11-year-old Jude Fawley resolves that one day he'll follow his teacher to academia - as symbolised by the gleaming spires of distant Christminster.
Growing up, however, Jude finds more obstacles in his path then merely difficulties of study...
Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth North.
Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, Mark Straker as Carter, June Barrie as Widow Edlin, Constance Chapman as Aunt Drusilla Fawley, Hazel Ellerby as Annie, John Normington as Phillotson, Elva Makins as Arabella, Jesse Lawrence as Young Jude, Esmond Rideout as Farmer Troutham and Richard Wasley as Tiler.
Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.
FRI 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jrbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Just a Minute (b00b0qkw)
Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, Tony Hawks and Fred MacAulay join Nicholas Parsons in Glasgow.
FRI 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007jvcj)
Episode 10
How will the lives in the farming community touched by tragedy resolve themselves? Concluded by Robin Ellis.
FRI 13:15 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnkv)
Days Out
The writer recalls his 1940s childhood and the difficulties he and his parents faced in leaving Leeds on wartime Sundays.
FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00b0qmc)
Henry and the Scottish Kings
The repercussions of the Conqueror are still being felt, as Henry marries Matilda. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
FRI 13:45 Adventures in Science (b00b0qnv)
Series 1
Voyager Space Probes
Billions of kilometres away in space, two man-made objects still send signals back to Earth. Ben Silburn reports. From 2001.
FRI 14:00 25/04/2008 (b00b0qr7)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfp3)
Series 2
There Goes the Bride
It's Faith and Bill's wedding day - can they manage to tie the knot?
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, James Bolam as Bill, Celia Imrie as Hilary, Kelda Holmes as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe, Belinda Lang as Liza, John Baddeley as the Registrar, Richard Tate as the Video Man and Ben Onwukwe as the Cabbie.
Series two 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’.
Producer: Sioned Wiliam
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1989.
FRI 17:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00b0qrc)
Series 2
Tommy Wants a Knighthood
Comeback duo singer Tommy mounts his own campaign to be awarded an MBE.
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.
June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star in Mike Coleman's sitcom.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Mike Coleman and Edward Halstead.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.
FRI 18:00 Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (b007jpx9)
Episode 2
After first fleeing The Creature, Victor heads to the mountains to avenge his brother's murder. Stars John Wood.
FRI 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jrbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Just a Minute (b00b0qkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007k372)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 21:00 15 Minute Drama (b00b0qj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Nick Warburton - Purvis (b007k1jy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Dial M for Pizza (b007k1k9)
Series 1
Episode 4
The sketch show takes to the rails for Dr Terror's House of Pizza. Stars Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. From December 1987.
FRI 23:00 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fvm5g)
Consider Yourself Dumped Upon
Rock musicologist and part-time media studies tutor Brian Appleton reveals more big names in rock have a lot to thank him for.
Brian performs the first progressive-rock song ever written, and reveals he inadvertently encouraged the Who to smash up their equipment and was instrumental in Phil Collins becoming the lead singer in Genesis.
Series of comic lectures, written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.
FRI 23:15 Hearing With Hegley (b00b0sgk)
Series 1
Episode 2
The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents a selection of his work.
With contributions from Keith Moore, Susan Norton, Andrew Bailey and Nigel Piper.
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.
FRI 23:30 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.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
15 Minute Drama
02:00 SAT (b009xysg)
15 Minute Drama
10:00 MON (b00b01yk)
15 Minute Drama
21:00 MON (b00b01yk)
15 Minute Drama
02:00 TUE (b00b01yk)
15 Minute Drama
10:00 TUE (b00b0fxj)
15 Minute Drama
21:00 TUE (b00b0fxj)
15 Minute Drama
02:00 WED (b00b0fxj)
15 Minute Drama
10:00 WED (b00b0gyt)
15 Minute Drama
21:00 WED (b00b0gyt)
15 Minute Drama
02:00 THU (b00b0gyt)
15 Minute Drama
10:00 THU (b00b0jqd)
15 Minute Drama
21:00 THU (b00b0jqd)
15 Minute Drama
02:00 FRI (b00b0jqd)
15 Minute Drama
10:00 FRI (b00b0qj8)
15 Minute Drama
21:00 FRI (b00b0qj8)
19/04/2008
14:00 SAT (b009z4dj)
20/04/2008
14:00 SUN (b009z5zw)
2000 Years of Radio
23:45 SUN (b007jng1)
2000 Years of Radio
04:45 MON (b007jng1)
21/04/2008
14:00 MON (b00b0315)
22/04/2008
14:00 TUE (b00b0g43)
23/04/2008
14:00 WED (b00b0hx2)
24/04/2008
14:00 THU (b00b0jyy)
25/04/2008
14:00 FRI (b00b0qr7)
A Load of Old Balls
23:00 SUN (b00800m3)
A Load of Old Balls
04:00 MON (b00800m3)
Acropolis Now
22:30 WED (b007rj19)
Acropolis Now
03:30 THU (b007rj19)
Adventures in Science
13:45 MON (b00b02hq)
Adventures in Science
13:45 TUE (b00b0g3h)
Adventures in Science
13:45 WED (b00b0hvs)
Adventures in Science
13:45 THU (b00b0jyw)
Adventures in Science
13:45 FRI (b00b0qnv)
After Henry
17:30 WED (b007jmnj)
After Henry
06:00 THU (b007jmnj)
Alan Ayckbourn - The Norman Conquests
10:00 SUN (b007jwzb)
Alan Ayckbourn - The Norman Conquests
20:00 SUN (b007jwzb)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
13:15 MON (b007jnhv)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
13:15 TUE (b007jnjd)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
13:15 WED (b007jnjx)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
13:15 THU (b007jnkd)
Alan Bennett - Telling Tales
13:15 FRI (b007jnkv)
Albert and Me
13:30 SAT (b007jv04)
Albert and Me
02:30 SUN (b007jv04)
Alex Garland - The Coma
18:00 SUN (b007jtvm)
Alison and Maud
17:30 MON (b007k2my)
Alison and Maud
06:00 TUE (b007k2my)
Ayres on the Air
17:30 TUE (b007k0pq)
Ayres on the Air
06:00 WED (b007k0pq)
Beyond Our Ken
08:00 WED (b00b0gqm)
Beyond Our Ken
12:00 WED (b00b0gqm)
Beyond Our Ken
19:00 WED (b00b0gqm)
Big Toe Books
07:00 SAT (b009z47g)
Big Toe Books
07:00 SUN (b009z5js)
Big Toe Books
07:00 MON (b00b01gt)
Big Toe Books
07:00 TUE (b00b037c)
Big Toe Books
07:00 WED (b00b0gml)
Big Toe Books
07:00 THU (b00b0jh4)
Big Toe Books
07:00 FRI (b00b0qg8)
Boogie Up the River
17:30 THU (b007jv7w)
Boogie Up the River
06:00 FRI (b007jv7w)
Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll
04:00 SAT (b00fvg6h)
Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll
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Chewin' the Fat
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Chewin' the Fat
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Comedy Controller
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Comedy Controller
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Comedy Controller
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Dad's Army
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Dad's Army
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Dad's Army
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Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek
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Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek
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Daphne Du Maurier
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Daphne Du Maurier
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Daphne Du Maurier
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Daphne Du Maurier
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Daphne Du Maurier
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Daphne Du Maurier
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Dead Ringers
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Dead Ringers
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Dead Ringers
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Dial M for Pizza
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Dial M for Pizza
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Doctor Who: The Commentaries
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Doctor at Large
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Doctor at Large
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Elizabeth Buchan - Resurrection
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Elizabeth Buchan - Resurrection
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Flying the Flag
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Flying the Flag
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Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
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Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
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Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
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Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera
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Hancock's Half Hour
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Hancock's Half Hour
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Hancock's Half Hour
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Hearing With Hegley
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Hearing With Hegley
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Hercule Poirot
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Hercule Poirot
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Horses
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I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
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I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
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Instant Sunshine
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Instant Sunshine
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Instant Sunshine
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Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin
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Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin
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Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin
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Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin
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Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin
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Just a Minute
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Just a Minute
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King Street Junior
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King Street Junior
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Like They've Never Been Gone
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Like They've Never Been Gone
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Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World
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Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World
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Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence
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Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
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Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
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Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
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Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt
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Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt
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Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt
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Nick Warburton - Beast
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Nick Warburton - Beast
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Nick Warburton - Beast
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Nick Warburton - Mustard Seed
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Nick Warburton - Mustard Seed
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Nick Warburton - Mustard Seed
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Nick Warburton - Purvis
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Nick Warburton - Purvis
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Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut
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Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut
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Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut
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Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector
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Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector
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Old Harry's Game
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Old Harry's Game
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Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
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Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
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Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
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Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
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Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
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Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
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Paradise Lost in Cyberspace
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Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy
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Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy
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Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy
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Radio Roots
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Radio Roots
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Radio Roots
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Ralph
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Ralph
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Richard Matheson - Duel
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Richard Matheson - Duel
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Rigor Mortis
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Rigor Mortis
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Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu
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Second Thoughts
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Second Thoughts
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Seymour the Fractal Cat
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Seymour the Fractal Cat
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Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
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Steptoe and Son
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Steptoe and Son
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Stilgoe's Around
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Stilgoe's Around
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The Big Booth
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The Big Booth
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The Burkiss Way
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The Burkiss Way
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The Curried Goat Show
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The Curried Goat Show
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes
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The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show
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The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show
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The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show
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The Fall of the Mausoleum Club
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The Fall of the Mausoleum Club
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The Friend in the Corner
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The Friend in the Corner
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The Goon Show
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The Goon Show
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The Goon Show
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The Harpoon
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The Harpoon
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The Harpoon
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The Ken Dodd Show
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The Ken Dodd Show
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The Ken Dodd Show
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The Million Pound Radio Show
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The Million Pound Radio Show
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The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
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The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
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The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
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The Nick Revell Show
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The Nick Revell Show
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The Now Show
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The Now Show
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The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience
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The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience
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The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience
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The Right Time
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The Right Time
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The Shuttleworths
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The Shuttleworths
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The Sunday Format
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The Sunday Format
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The Sunday Format
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The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere
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The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere
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This Sceptred Isle
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This Sceptred Isle
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This Sceptred Isle
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This Sceptred Isle
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This Sceptred Isle
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Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure
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Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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Tilt
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Tilt
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Whispers
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Whispers
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Wild Things
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Wild Things
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Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street Omnibus
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Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street Omnibus
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