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RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 7 ARCHIVE
Unofficial Weekly Listings for BBC Radio 7 — supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

SATURDAY 26 APRIL 2008

SAT 00:00 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.

SAT 01:00 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.

SAT 01:30 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.

SAT 02:00 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.

SAT 02:15 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.

SAT 03:00 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.

SAT 03:30 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.

SAT 04:00 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.

SAT 04:15 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.

SAT 04:30 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.

SAT 05:00 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.

SAT 06:00 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.

SAT 06:30 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.

SAT 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b1nz7)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.

SAT 08:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k1rf)
1962

From Two-Way Family Favourites to portable transistors. Six selected years in radio history with Daphne Oxenford.

SAT 08:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4hp)
Episode 5

As Harry plots against the pirate, Lord Rockingham's threat to Dona is at crisis point. Classic love drama with Lorna Heilbron.

SAT 09:00 Dad's Army (b007jw4r)
Permission to Speak, Sir!: Dad's Army on Radio

They don't like it up 'em!

After winning their frontline TV offensive, how did the Home Guard win the war of the ears with a rear-guard action for radio?

Legendary comedy producer Harold Snoad and actor Michael Knowles reveal how they went about adapting the classic BBC TV hit series for radio – as the writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft were too busy to do it themselves.

Over three hours, enjoy six Dad's Army episodes made for radio:

* The Enemy Within the Gates: Captain Mainwaring's platoon try to capture Germans for a reward. From February 1974.

* Don't Forget the Diver: The platoon don crazy camouflage in a drill to attack Captain Square's HQ. From February 1975.

* The Day the Balloon Went Up: Captain Mainwaring gets carried away with the platoon's war effort. From June 1975.

* When Did You Last See Your Money?: Corporal Jones panics when he misplaces £500 collected for the servicemen's canteen. From May 1975.

* If the Cap Fits: Captain Mainwaring promotes fractious Private Frazer, with unexpected results. February 1975.

* Put That Light Out: Captain Mainwaring's platoon causes havoc in Walmington-on-Sea during an air-raid. From February 1975.

Snoad and Knowles reflect on how the cast took to re-recording the shows without cameras and discuss the changes that had to be made to make the TV scripts work.

The duo's association with Dad's Army continued with their spin off radio comedy series, It Sticks Out Half A Mile.

Producer: Martin Dempsey

Made for BBC 7 and first brodcast in November 2005.

SAT 12:00 Hercule Poirot (b00rl44w)
Five Little Pigs

Sixteen years after her mother was convicted of murdering her father, Carla Lemarchant desperately seeks the help of Hercule Poirot.

Convinced her mother was innocent, Carla is prepared for whatever discovery the Belgian sleuth might make.

But this is a formidable challenge even for the remarkable detective - especially as he's nothing to go on - except five suspects who fit strangely into the pattern of a children's nursery rhyme...

John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot.

First published in 1943, Agatha Christie's whodunnit dramatised by Michael Bakewell. ,

Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Carla Lemarchant …. Clare Heyhoe
Sir Montague Depleach …. John Woodnutt
Elsa Greer …. Suzy Aitchison
Caroline Crale …. Jemma Churchill
Amyas Crale …. John Hartley
Cale Jonathan …. David Kossoff
Philip Blake …. Derek Waring
Meredith Blake …. Graham Crowden
Miss Williams …. Carmel McSharry
Angela Warren …. Charlotte Attenborough

Actor John Moffatt (1922-2012) played Hercule Poirot in 25 productions for BBC Radio.

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994.

SAT 13:30 Albert and Me (b007jynb)
Series 1

Rate of Decline

Struggling to bring up his baby son Albert, single dad Bryan Archer desperately needs cash for his rate arrears.

Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Harry Fowler as Joe Billings.

Written by Jim Eldridge.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.

SAT 14:00 26/04/2008 (b00b1p17)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.

SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00b1p19)
More comedy and music from the Ravinia Pavilion, Illinois, with special guest singers Ramblin' Jack Elliot and Jon Troast.

SAT 18:00 Heroes: The Official Radio Show (b00b1p26)
Series 2

Episode 1

Jon Holmes and Xanthe Fuller analyse the action from the TV series.

SAT 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b00b1p28)
Small Gods

Episode 1

Set in a complex state of beliefs, Great God Om appears before a novice monk - and is soon coming out of his shell...

There are gods everywhere on Discworld - you can't swing a simian librarian without hitting one - except, of course, only a few people can see them. Each small god lies in wait, desperately seeking to make someone believe in him. On Discworld, gods need people more than people need gods, for belief is the food of the gods.

Terry Pratchett's four-part comic fantasy starring Carl Prekopp, Patrick Barlow and Alex Jennings. With Anton Lesser as the Narrator.

Narrator ...... Anton Lesser
Om ...... Patrick Barlow
Brutha ...... Carl Prekopp
Vorbis ...... Alex Jennings
Nhumrod ...... Geoffrey Beevers
Sasho ...... Philip Fox
General Fri'it ...... Sean Barrett
Quisitor ...... Gerard McDermott

Other parts played by the cast.

Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Producer: Claire Grove
Director: Gordon House

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2006.

SAT 19:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k1rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

SAT 19:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4hp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

SAT 20:00 Dad's Army (b007jw4r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00b1p19)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today]

SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2008

SUN 00:00 Heroes: The Official Radio Show (b00b1p26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]

SUN 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b00b1p28)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]

SUN 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b00rl44w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]

SUN 02:30 Albert and Me (b007jynb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Saturday]

SUN 03:00 Dad's Army (b007jw4r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]

SUN 06:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00b1p19)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday]

SUN 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b1p6m)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.

SUN 08:00 Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street Omnibus (b00fvpdy)
Episode 2

Muriel's sister Connie returns home unexpectedly with startling news.

Set in Yorkshire prior to the First World War, Winifred Holtby's story about a woman's journey - from her teens to womanhood - into independence and self-fulfilment.

Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes dramatised in by Diana Griffiths.

Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt
Mr Hammond ...... David Fleeshman
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Bobby Collins ...... Sam Curtis
Lady Grainger ...... Daryl Fishwick
Young man ...... Steven Rostance

Director: Pauline Harris.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

SUN 09:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion (b007jwt4)
Mimi feels her family are drowning her. How can she keep head above water? Read by Patience Tomlinson.

SUN 09:30 Stilgoe's Around (b00b1p8c)
From 22/7/1989

Richard Stilgoe explores the antiques market when he visits Christie's Auction rooms with his musical revue. From July 1989.

SUN 10:00 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (b00hm3yj)
A talking cat and rat's scam falls apart. Terry Pratchett's inspired twist on the Pied Piper story. Starring David Tennant.

SUN 11:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007k44b)
Bleak Horse

Timothy Tamperton reports back on the stranger's death wish on the evil Joshua Farley. Stars Stephen Moore. From October 1988.

SUN 12:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b007jtcs)
Episode 5

Russell Davies celebrates the performers who helped boost wartime morale. Features Tommy Handley and Richard Murdoch.

SUN 12:30 Radio Roots (b007jxg7)
Beryl Reid

Beryl Reid: Russell Davies celebrates the wireless career of the woman who gave us 'Monica' and 'Marlene'. And who lived with ten cats. Episode 4 of 6.

SUN 13:00 Huddwinks (b00b1p9r)
Series 2

The Curse of the Smollett's Curse!

Melissa and Compton win a holiday, but spurn Herne Bay for an adventure in ancient Egypt. Stars Roy Hudd. From June 1988.

SUN 13:30 Stop Messing About! (b00b1p9t)
Series 1

Episode 1

The follow up series to Round The Horne kicks off with the first all nude radio show - with a pull-out supplement.

Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and announcer, Douglas Smith.

After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.

Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Myles Rudge

With the Max Harris Group.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1969.

SUN 14:00 27/04/2008 (b00b1p9w)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.

SUN 17:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b007jtcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]

SUN 17:30 Radio Roots (b007jxg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]

SUN 18:00 Alex Garland - The Coma (b007m5v9)
Episode 2

Carl fears the attack has caused brain damage, as he keeps having blackouts. Tom Goodman-Hill reads Alex Garland's novel.

SUN 18:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera (b008jw9j)
Episode 2

Christine Daae has disappeared. Is she with the mysterious Angel of Music? Stars Anna Massey, Peter Guinness and James D'Arcy.

SUN 19:00 Huddwinks (b00b1p9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]

SUN 19:30 Stop Messing About! (b00b1p9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]

SUN 20:00 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (b00hm3yj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

SUN 21:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007k44b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]

SUN 22:00 The Now Show (b00b1pcc)
Fresh from 4 - catch up with Punt and Dennis and guests. First heard on Radio 4 on 18th April.

SUN 22:30 The Right Time (b00b1pcf)
Series 2

Episode 3

A good reason for getting a piercing - and a prediction of reality TV going over the top...

Sketch show with a mature edge, written and performed by people who've lived a bit.

Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Paula Wilcox, Clive Swift and Roger Blake.

Written by Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Julie Balloo, Ramone Towers, Chris Thompson, Peter Reynolds, John Dowie, Peter Spence, Colin Bostock-Smith, Ronnie Golden and Andrew Nickolds.

Music by Ronnie & The Rex.

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.

SUN 23:00 A Load of Old Balls (b00b1pch)
A Load of Old Balls

A Load of Old Balls: Jo Brand's acclaimed academic tome on men and how useless some of them have been in history. Contains strong language. Episode 2 of 2.

SUN 23:45 2000 Years of Radio (b007tcbl)
Series 1

Headless - Civil War Radio

Battle reports as they happen - with all the decapitations and more. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2000.

MONDAY 28 APRIL 2008

MON 00:00 Doctor Who: The Commentaries (b00b1pb6)
Series 4

The Sontaran Stratagem

The Doctor Who cast and crew discuss the fourth episode of the fourth TV series.

MON 00:45 Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House (b007jtn1)
Episode 2

Eleanor Vance meets the other 'subjects' recruited for a supernatural experiment - and the man behind it all, Dr Montague.

Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror read by Emma Fielding.

Abridged in eight parts by Alison Joseph.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.

MON 01:00 Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street Omnibus (b00fvpdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]

MON 02:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion (b007jwt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 on Sunday]

MON 02:30 Stilgoe's Around (b00b1p8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]

MON 03:00 The Now Show (b00b1pcc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 on Sunday]

MON 03:30 The Right Time (b00b1pcf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Sunday]

MON 04:00 A Load of Old Balls (b00b1pch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Sunday]

MON 04:45 2000 Years of Radio (b007tcbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Sunday]

MON 05:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b007jtcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]

MON 05:30 Radio Roots (b007jxg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]

MON 06:00 Huddwinks (b00b1p9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]

MON 06:30 Stop Messing About! (b00b1p9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]

MON 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b2gnr)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.

MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
Series 7

Shifting Sands

Soldier Neddie Seagoon heads off to the fort at Waziri, which is drifting into peril.

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

Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Jack Train

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: Pat Dixon

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1957.

MON 08:30 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00b2gpj)
The Mystery of the Obese Escapologist

Baker Street’s Great Detective Sherlock Holmes probes the murky world of a Victorian music hall.

Roy Hudd spoofs the famous sleuth in Tony Hare’s comedy series.

With Chris Emmett as Dr Watson, June Whitfield as Mrs Hudson and Geoffrey Whitehead as Moriarty.

Musical accompaniment: Ian Smith.

Producer: Chris Neill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1999.

MON 09:00 WC Morrow - Over an Absinthe Bottle (b007jqq4)
A grim tale of two strangers drinking and gambling their lives away in a San Francisco bar. Read by Doug Cockle.

MON 09:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
Episode 6

As Mortimer Hive enters the lion's den - can Inspector Purbright finally unravel the wicked web?

One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.

Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Geoffrey Banks as Mortimer Hive, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Booker and Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime.

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.

MON 10:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b2grv)
Episode 1

An unexpected obstacle sparks a beguiling adventure for diplomat George Darrow.

Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most conventional of its characters.

Starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie and Sian Thomas as the Narrator.

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

MON 10:15 Ray Jenkins - From the House at the Top of the World (b007w3b8)
Stolen

German archaeologist, Von Le Coq, gets drawn into a race with Aurel Stein to 'steal' treasures from the Buddhist Monasteries and ancient lost oasis towns along the Silk Road crossing the Taklamaken and Gobi Deserts.

Last of three plays by Ray Jenkins based on the diaries of Catherine, Lady McCartney, wife of the British consul in Kashgar, on the roof of the world in Chinese Turkestan.

Stars Siobhan Redmond as Catherine McCartney, Alex Jennings as George McCartney, Sean Baker as Von Le Coq, Ioan Meredith as Aurel Stein, David Tse as Chiang and Stephen Critchlow as Bartus.

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.

MON 11:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq4d)
So Near, So Far

His marriage to the local pig breeder's daughter having ended disastrously, Jude once again trains his eyes and thoughts of academia on the magical Christminster, where his cousin Sue lives...

Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth North.

Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, June Barrie as Widow Edlin, John Normington as Phillotson, Constance Chapman as Aunt Drusilla Fawley, Elizabeth Garvie as Sue Bridehead, Brian Jackson as Tinker Taylor, Gregory Phillips as Jack Stagg, Nicholas Blane as the Policeman, Stella Riley as Miss Fontover, Kim Hicks as Freckles, Jack Harding as the Warder, Andrew Black and Paul Wilce as the students.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.

MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00b2kh3)
Series 4

Episode 9

Radio awards time - and John and Mary's intruder.

More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.

Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.

Written by Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman.

Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.

Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.

Producer: Humphrey Barclay

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1966.

MON 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children (b007jlkw)
Episode 1

The complications facing parents when a marriage breaks down and a new relationship begins.

Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of adjusting to a step-family.

Read by Penelope Wilton.

Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.

MON 13:15 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnlz)
Proper Names

The writer reminisces about his 1940s Leeds childhood, and the time his father was taken seriously ill.

MON 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00b2ncr)
Justice, Power and the Death of Henry

It is the 12th century and in an Anglo Saxon England, Henry is king. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.

MON 13:45 Adventures in Science (b00ffjc2)
Series 2

The Morning After the Night Before

Ben Silburn follows the rollercoaster ride of alcohol through our bodies and discovers whether science can cure a hangover.

MON 14:00 28/04/2008 (b00b2nd4)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.

MON 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00b2nfp)
Series 2

The Opium of the People

It's Glorious Reindeer Day in the People's Republic.

Seasonal goodwill abounds, even if light bulbs and religious tolerance don't...

Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.

Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, John Baddeley as Morris and Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988.

MON 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k2vm)
Series 1

The Unmentionable

A nasty moment for Bernard in the granny flat or is the landladies' daddy only joking?

Sue Limb's sitcom about events at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.

Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes star as sisters Alison and Maud.

Alison …. Denise Coffey
Maud …. Miriam Margolyes
Fathe …. Joss Ackland
Mr Mullett …. Chris Emmett
Bernard …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Leslie …. Nickolas Grace

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.

MON 18:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k0v5)
Episode 1

Solicitor Jonathan Harker and his fiance Mina's Transylvanian vampire ordeal begins. Stars Bernard Holley and Frederick Jaeger.

MON 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k0v6)
Mort

Episode 1

Hopeless young peasant Mort is hired as an apprentice to Death, and taken to his home beyond time and space to begin his training.

The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.

Dramatised in four parts by Robin Brooks.

Narrated by Anton Lesser.

Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Lezek ...... Philip Fox
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Hames ...... Jon Glover
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.

MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00b2kh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]

MON 20:00 WC Morrow - Over an Absinthe Bottle (b007jqq4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

MON 20:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]

MON 21:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b2grv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

MON 21:15 Ray Jenkins - From the House at the Top of the World (b007w3b8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]

MON 22:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00b2gpj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

MON 22:30 Dave Podmore (b007ncns)
Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix

Episode 1

What's gone wrong with English cricket recently?

Er.... nothing. But Dave Podmore is going to put that right.

County cricket's arrogant, politically-incorrect, money-grabbing, medium-paced trundler par excellence has a plan and it involves our children.

Christopher Douglas stars as Pod.

Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.

Dave ...... Chris Douglas
Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds

With Henry Allen, Keiran Cadweller, William Hicks, David Rogers, Fiona Howlett and Montanna Thompson.

Producer: Richard Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.

MON 23:00 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007rq8h)
Phase Space

Jeremy and Natalie battle to save humanity from the control of computers. Stars Greg Proops and John Hegley. From May 1996.

MON 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsmr)
Series 1

The Curse of the Mastersons

1760: Aristocratic rabbits and emancipation?

An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - based entirely on audience suggestions.

Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin, Jim Sweeney and Phelim McDermott.

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993.

TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2008

TUE 00:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k0v5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]

TUE 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k0v6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]

TUE 01:00 WC Morrow - Over an Absinthe Bottle (b007jqq4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]

TUE 01:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]

TUE 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b2grv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]

TUE 02:15 Ray Jenkins - From the House at the Top of the World (b007w3b8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Monday]

TUE 03:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00b2gpj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]

TUE 03:30 Dave Podmore (b007ncns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Monday]

TUE 04:00 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007rq8h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]

TUE 04:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday]

TUE 05:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]

TUE 06:00 Alison and Maud (b007k2vm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Monday]

TUE 06:30 Flying the Flag (b00b2nfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]

TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b2qb9)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.

TUE 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
Series 6

Hancock in Hospital

Laid up with a broken leg, the lad soon regrets a visit from Sid and Bill.

Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Joan Frank 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 December 1959.

TUE 08:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b311z)
Series 2

Episode 1

The comedian presents a selection of classic comic songs. With special guest Steve Brown. From October 2006.

TUE 09:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jrx2)
Series 2

1. Past Imperfect

The discovery of a skeleton buried in a wood in Suffolk back in 1965 sparks a murder investigation.

Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury, with the interfering assistance of her mother, tries to ‘un-bury’ the past...

Sue Rodwell's four-part murder mystery stars Annette Badland as DI Gwen Danbury.

DI Gwen Danbury …. Annette Badland
Joan Danbury …. Gudrun Ure
DS Henry Jacobs …. John Duttine
Superintendent Phillips …. John Rye
Mrs Banks …. Tina Gray
Dr Edward Barker …. Terence Alexander
Virginia Barker …. Margaret John
Stuart Barker …. Jonathan Tafler
Peter Lennox …. Peter Whitman
Ben Meen …. Peter Tuddenham
Dr Bull …. Don McCorkindale
The Archivist …. David Jarvis
Keith …. Mark Straker
Jimmy …. Martin Davey

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1994.

TUE 10:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b2qv8)
Episode 2

Diplomat George Darrow is determined to give Sophie a few days of happiness in Paris to compensate for her dreary prospects.

Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most conventional of its characters.

Starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, Julian Ovenden as Owen and Sian Thomas as the Narrator.

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

TUE 10:15 Martyn Wade - Hermit Lucas (b007jx32)
Staying at home for 25 years, the strange tale of celebrated Victorian recluse James Lucas. Stars Anton Lesser and Conleth Hill. From May 2004.

TUE 11:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq4p)
The Curse of Consciousness

Rebuffed from going to college at Christminster, Jude learns he may train for the priesthood elsewhere - perhaps at Melchester, where his cousin Sue has become a teacher.

Denied the possibility of courting her due to his marriage to Arabella, Jude can't resist travelling to Melchester to be near her....

Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth North.

Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, John Normington as Phillotson, Constance Chapman as Aunt Drusilla Fawley, Elizabeth Garvie as Sue Bridehead, Brian Jackson as Tinker Taylor, Elva Makins as Arabella, Anthony Morse as Parson, Alexa Romanes as the Landlady, Melvyn Bedford as the Shepherd and Abigail Docherty, Adele Griffiths and Bob Docherty as the children.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.

TUE 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

TUE 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jn7v)
Series 5

A Winter's Tale

Harold admits he's planning a holiday - but without his dad Albert.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert 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 was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.

Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Produced by Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.

TUE 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children (b007jn4k)
Episode 2

After her marriage breaks down, Nadine is fuelled with bitterness towards her ex-husband.

Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of adjusting to a step-family.

Read by Penelope Wilton.

Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.

TUE 13:15 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007k4mn)
Eating Out

The writer recalls the menu revolution of 1950s Britain, which saw the arrival of frothy coffee and cocktail parties.

TUE 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00b2t09)
Anarchy

With the death of Henry, his nephew becomes King. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, with Paul Eddington.

TUE 13:45 Adventures in Science (b00fg4tr)
Series 2

Supermassive Black Holes

Once the stuff of sci-fi, Ben Silburn explores the centre of the galaxy and the most spectacular objects in the universe.

TUE 14:00 29/04/2008 (b00b2t1d)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.

TUE 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jnc6)
Series 7

Taking the Rap

School trouble is brewing over a pupil playing truant and a strict disciplinarian on the staff. With Dilys Laye. From May 1992.

TUE 17:30 Ayres on the Air (b008p9vh)
Series 1

Holidays

Pam Ayres's poetry and sketch show looks at holidays,

With poems about packing too much and learning to ski at 50-something.

Plus sketches about booking a holiday online and getting shingles up the Orinoco.

With Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.

TUE 18:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k133)
Episode 2

Worried Mina awaits news from Transylvania, while Lucy sleepwalks after a shipwreck. Stars Phyllis Logan and Sharon Maharaj.

TUE 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k134)
Mort

Episode 2

Death sends his apprentice Mort to collect three lives, but the lad takes a fancy to one of them - a princess.

The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.

Narrated by Anton Lesser.

Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Cutwell ...... Adam Godley
Abbot ...... John Rowe
Ammeline ...... Sheila Mitchell
Stallholder ...... Jon Glover
Maid ...... Liz Sutherland

Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Director: Gordon House

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.

TUE 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

TUE 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jn7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]

TUE 20:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jrx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

TUE 21:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b2qv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

TUE 21:15 Martyn Wade - Hermit Lucas (b007jx32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]

TUE 22:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b311z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

TUE 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jmd4)
Series 3

The Beautiful Game

Satan decides to hold a major football tournament in Hell - The Underworld Cup.

Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.

Satan …. Andy Hamilton
The Professor …. James Grout
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan

Other characters played by Felicity Montagu, Philip Pope, Nick Revel and Michael Fenton Stevens.

Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999

TUE 23:00 Chewin' the Fat (b00b2txb)
Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan are back with more banter and sketches in Scotland's comedy favourite. From January 1998.

TUE 23:30 Genius (b008gh65)
Series 1

Paul Daniels

From the 99p coin to steel drum urinals.

Dave Gorman asks magician Paul Daniels to select the public's best loopy idea.

The first of three radio comedy series where award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.

WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 2008

WED 00:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k133)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]

WED 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k134)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]

WED 01:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jrx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]

WED 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b2qv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]

WED 02:15 Martyn Wade - Hermit Lucas (b007jx32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Tuesday]

WED 03:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b311z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]

WED 03:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jmd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Tuesday]

WED 04:00 Chewin' the Fat (b00b2txb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Tuesday]

WED 04:30 Genius (b008gh65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Tuesday]

WED 05:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]

WED 06:00 Ayres on the Air (b008p9vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Tuesday]

WED 06:30 King Street Junior (b007jnc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]

WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b3104)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.

WED 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b3194)
Kenneth Horne remembers Kenneth Williams' biography - or tries to, at any rate. From January 1961.

WED 08:30 Dead Ringers (b007k3fm)
Dumbledore and Gandalf feel the satirical bite of the team, in this show from January 2003. Episode 1 of 4.

WED 09:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jrzt)
Series 2

2. A Slim Chance

When a minister for Europe is found dead, Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury must go undercover to try to solve the case.

Sue Rodwell's murder mystery stars Annette Badland as DI Gwen Danbury.

DI Gwen Danbury …. Annette Badland
Joan Danbury …. Gudrun Ure
DS Henry Jacobs …. John Duttine
Supt Phillips …. John Rye
Mrs Banks …. Tina Gray
Eleanor Gedding …. Frances Jeater
Georgina …. Siriol Jenkins
Hans Schmidt …. Sean Barret
Keith …. Mark Straker
Peggy …. Patti Holloway
Dr Hunter …. Neville Jason
PC …. Lyndam Gregory

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1994.

WED 10:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b32bz)
Episode 3

Paris in the springtime is a dangerous place - a chateau in the October sunlight seems much safer. Darrow arrives at Givre in pursuit of Anna.

Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most conventional of its characters.

Starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, Julian Ovenden as Owen, Teresa Gallagher as Anna and Sian Thomas as the Narrator.

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

WED 10:15 Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley (b007k0l7)
Mrs Chatterley of Gravesend reveals similar interests to her famous namesake.

Martyn Wade's comedy set in the 1930s starring Felicity Montagu and Rachel Atkins.

A failing firm of solicitors is saved from ruin by the prospect of a literary libel case. But it may involve the rather buttoned up partner of the firm going way beyond the call of duty.

Constance Chatterley ...... Rachel Atkins
Miss Priestley ...... Felicity Montagu
David Horovitch ...... Mr Greene
Mr Chatterley ...... Jon Glover

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.

WED 11:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq5l)
The Unusual Tragedy of Love

Dashed down by Sue's marriage to Phillotson, Jude returns to Christminster as a stonemason. His drunken speechifying makes him the butt of jokes in the local public houses.

Arabella, the wife of his disastrous first marriage, has returned from Australia, destitute and determined to reclaim him....

Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth North.

Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, Elizabeth Garvie as Sue Bridehead, June Barrie as Widow Edlin, John Normington as Phillotson, Elva Makins as Arabella, Ian MacFarlane as the Voice, John Church as Gillingham, Debbie Papworth as Janey, Richard Morgan as the Vicar, Hubert Tucker as the Showman and David Sharp as the Townsman.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.

WED 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b3194)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

WED 12:30 Whispers (b007k2zg)
Series 1

Episode 3

“There never was an individual less regretted by his fellow creatures than this deceased King."

Gyles Brandreth reveals who - in the panel show that celebrates gossip rather than discretion - believing valour to be a redundant concept in the face of a good story.

The regular team captains are writer and critic, Anthony Holden and actor and writer, Stella Duffy.

Joining them to test their wits are ex-BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond and entertainer Geoffrey Durham.

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.

WED 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children (b007jn4y)
Episode 3

After marrying Matthew, Josie wants to be the perfect step-mum to his three children...

Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of adjusting to a step-family.

Read by Penelope Wilton.

Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.

WED 13:15 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnmy)
Aunt Eveline

The writer shares post-war memories of his relatives. They may not have been colourful, but they were definitely eccentric.

WED 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00b32r4)
Henry Plantagenet

Henry II takes to the throne and eventually marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, with Paul Eddington.

WED 13:45 Adventures in Science (b00ffnxt)
Series 2

Recalling the Past

Ben Silburn journeys around our brain's neural network to discover how it creates and stores memories.

WED 14:00 30/04/2008 (b00b34st)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.

WED 17:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007js6w)
Series 1

Episode 2

An Everyday Story of Towering Genius.

Sue Limb’s four-part soap opera set in and around the Lake District at the turn of the 18th century

Lord Biro arrives with his menagerie. He attempts the seduction of both Stinking Iris and Dorothy. His mysterious half-cousin is in labour. William is afflicted by his ailment....

Dorothy Wordsmith ...... Denise Coffey
William Wordsmith ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Samuel Tailor Cholericke ...... Simon Callow
Stinking Iris ...... Miriam Margolyes
The Leechpedlar ...... Chris Emmett
Lord Biro ...... Tim Curry
Teresa Sanseveria ...... Helen Atkinson-Wood

Music by Stephen Oliver and sung by Cantabile

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985.

WED 17:30 After Henry (b007jmr5)
Series 1

The Dinner Party

Sarah plays hostess, Mother plays the martyr and daughter Clare holds a flat-warming party.

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, Richard Davies as Leo Dolan and Ellen McIntosh as Gwen.

Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1985.

WED 18:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k1c0)
Episode 3

Jonathan lies ill in hospital and sleep-walking Lucy's well-being causes Mina concern. Stars Bernard Holley and Crawford Logan.

WED 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k1c1)
Mort

Episode 3

Death has fun in the real world, leaving his daughter Ysabell and Mort in charge of the life-collecting business.

The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.

Narrated by Anton Lesser.

Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Cutwell ...... Adam Godley
Keeble ...... Philip Fox
Landlord ...... Jon Glover

Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.

WED 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b3194)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

WED 19:30 Whispers (b007k2zg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]

WED 20:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jrzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

WED 21:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b32bz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

WED 21:15 Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley (b007k0l7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]

WED 22:00 Dead Ringers (b007k3fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

WED 22:30 Acropolis Now (b007jwps)
Series 2

Love

It's Eros night at the Fish Restaurant and, despite the hunger, romance is in the air. Stars Stephen Moore. From March 2002.

WED 23:00 Wild Things (b007wr38)
Series 2

Plastic Fantastic

The fiery florists discuss Winnie's plans for a surgical boost. Stars Doon Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. From November 2003.

WED 23:30 The Big Booth (b007jv50)
Series 2: The Big Booth Too

Episode 3

Boothby Graffoe meets a man with a replacement tongue and a man in a washing machine.

More guitar-flavoured songs and surreal laughs from Boothby Graffoe.

With Stephen Frost , Vivienne Soan, Big Al, Jim Sweeney and guitarist Antonio Forcione.

Written by Boothby Graffoe and Dave Thompson.

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.

THURSDAY 01 MAY 2008

THU 00:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k1c0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]

THU 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k1c1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]

THU 01:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jrzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]

THU 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b32bz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]

THU 02:15 Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley (b007k0l7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Wednesday]

THU 03:00 Dead Ringers (b007k3fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]

THU 03:30 Acropolis Now (b007jwps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Wednesday]

THU 04:00 Wild Things (b007wr38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Wednesday]

THU 04:30 The Big Booth (b007jv50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Wednesday]

THU 05:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]

THU 06:00 After Henry (b007jmr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Wednesday]

THU 06:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007js6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]

THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b3gcb)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.

THU 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qg0y)
Series 2

Episode 5

Eric is a far from fair cop and there’s some monkey business in Ernie's latest masterpiece ‘The Mighty Kong’.

Written by Eddie Braben.

With Nicola Pagett and Elaine Delmar.

Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra.

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976.

THU 08:30 The Harpoon (b00b3gv0)
Series 1

Episode 3

'Laughing through the Depression' - with a slightly budget issue of your nostalgic bumper golden weekly.

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 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007js26)
Series 2

3. A Sheltered Life

Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury comes to the aid of a wrongly accused colleague, and her lonely mother, Joan.

Sue Rodwell's murder mystery stars Annette Badland as DI Gwen Danbury.

DI Gwen Danbury …. Annette Badland
Joan Danbury …. Gudrun Ure
DS Henry Jacobs …. John Duttine
Supt Phillips …. John Rye
Larry Eaves …. John Moffatt
Emily Porter …. Hilda Braid
Arthur Lambert …. Godfrey Kenton
Hesset …. Don McCorkindale
Edwards …. Tom Bevan
Alison …. Rachel Atkins
Grey …. Peter Kenny
Warden …. Diana Payan

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.

THU 10:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b3gv2)
Episode 4

Just as Anna's life looks set to begin at last, now that Darrow has arrived to claim her - an unexpected surprise awaits him.

Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most conventional of its characters.

Starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, Teresa Gallagher as Anna and Sian Thomas as the Narrator.

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

THU 10:15 CW Hill - Killing Maestros (b007w5g0)
Jinxed with mysterious deaths - Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde is the 'Scottish Play' of the opera world.

Conductor Sergei Bodanov convinces himself that he too will suffer from the Opera's course, and tells his therapist that he has six weeks to cure him of this 'evil' before the first performance...

Christopher William Hill's drama starring Bill Nighy as Sergei Bodanov, Henry Goodman as Dr Carl Lieberman, Lorelei King as Ruth Lieberman, Sylvestra Le Touzel as Laura van Helden and Andrew C Wadsworth as Emile Danacre.

Pianist: Colin Guthrie

Director: Liz Webb

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.

THU 11:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq5z)
We Wronged No Man

Sue can no longer go on living with Phillotson as his wife, and elopes with Jude, who's now free of Arabella.

Sue, however, is intensely fearful of further entanglements, and cannot but see Jude's natural feelings for her in a brutal, barbaric light....

Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth North.

Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, Elizabeth Garvie as Sue Bridehead, June Barrie as Widow Edlin, Elva Makins as Arabella, Hazel Ellerby as Annie, Jesse Lawrence as Father Time, John Linstrum as Dr Vilbert, Barrie Shore as the Rough Woman and Jerold Wells as the Auctioneer.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.

THU 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qg0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jr4g)
Series 3

First Prize the Burkiss Way

Enjoy the Dinosaur Cheese Interlude - and Confessions of People Who Show Off Spherical Bits of Anatomy.

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 - Other People's Children (b007jn5f)
Episode 4

Nadine is getting desperate as she struggles with life a single mother...

Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of adjusting to a step-family.

Read by Penelope Wilton.

Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.

THU 13:15 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnng)
Unsaid Prayers

Scared of infection from the communion chalice, the writer recalls his Anglican faith throughout army and university life.

THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00b3h2y)
The Law, the Church and the Coming Tragedy

With the Assize of Clarendon, Henry begins a major overhaul of the legal system. Narrated by Anna Massey, with Paul Eddington.

THU 13:45 Adventures in Science (b00ffpfr)
Series 2

Flu

Ben Silburn goes to war. His enemy is the influenza virus and the human body is the battlefield. With Professor John Oxford.

THU 14:00 01/05/2008 (b00b3h83)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.

THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b00b3h85)
Dr Sparrow of Harley Street

Mayhem ensues when Simon Sparrow goes to work at Sir Lancelot Spratt's rather posh practice

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, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Howard Marion Crawford as the Duke, Richard Caldicot as Sir Raymond Beecham, Garard Green as the Butler, Rosalind Adams as the Nurse and Fenella Fielding as Kitty Buckingham.

Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1969.

THU 17:30 Boogie Up the River (b007jv8w)
A Curry at Kelmscot

Jennifer joins Mark and his mutt's Thames quest, but there is a surprise on their menu. Stars Timothy Spall. From January 1993.

THU 18:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k1l1)
Episode 4

Renfield's behaviour in his cell worsens, while Van Helsing fights to save poorly Lucy. Stars Bernard Holley and Crawford Logan.

THU 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k1l2)
Mort

Episode 4

Death has disappeared, leaving his apprentice Mort, his daughter Ysabell and Albert the cook to carry on the life-collecting operation.

The conclusion of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy set on Discworld.

Narrated by Anton Lesser.

and Jon Glover as the Duke.

Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Cutwell ...... Adam Godley
Rincewind ...... Philip Fox
Duke ...... Jon Glover

Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.

THU 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qg0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

THU 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jr4g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]

THU 20:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007js26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

THU 21:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b3gv2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

THU 21:15 CW Hill - Killing Maestros (b007w5g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]

THU 22:00 The Harpoon (b00b3gv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

THU 22:30 Rigor Mortis (b00b3hjt)
Series 2

Episode 2

A total lack of corpses sparks a dry spell in the pathology lab. Stars Peter Davison and Geoffrey Whitehead. From November 2004.

THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k2yt)
Series 4

Episode 1

A Page 3 girl reveals all, and a message from Mikhail Gorbachev. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour. From March 1989.

THU 23:30 Tilt (b00b3hnw)
Episode 6

The topical sketch show that takes you behind the week's news. And then mucks about with it a bit. Episode 6 of 6.

FRIDAY 02 MAY 2008

FRI 00:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k1l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]

FRI 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k1l2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]

FRI 01:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007js26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]

FRI 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b3gv2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]

FRI 02:15 CW Hill - Killing Maestros (b007w5g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday]

FRI 03:00 The Harpoon (b00b3gv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]

FRI 03:30 Rigor Mortis (b00b3hjt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Thursday]

FRI 04:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k2yt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Thursday]

FRI 04:30 Tilt (b00b3hnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Thursday]

FRI 05:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq5z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]

FRI 06:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Thursday]

FRI 06:30 Doctor at Large (b00b3h85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]

FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b3zc8)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.

FRI 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
Series 3

The Captain's Car

When a French general pays a visit to Walmington-on-Sea, there's a mighty motoring mix-up for the Home Guard platoon.

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
Lady Maltby …. Betty Marsden
Colonel Masters …. Garrard Green
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 (b007k4xw)
Episode 3

Patrick and Maureen have hit desperation point and invite a marriage counsellor to advise them on their communication skills live on-air.

It's a recipe for disaster.

Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick Barlow as Patrick Maybe.

Special guests: Mike Smith and Sarah Greene

Doctor ...... Peter Jones
Dennis ...... Kevin Eldon
Sergio ...... Simon Greenall

Written by Patrick Barlow.

Script associate: Nev Fountain

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.

FRI 09:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007js4n)
Series 2

4. The Hostages

Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury takes charge when a hostage is taken by a gunman, but then her feisty mother arrives...

Conclusion of Sue Rodwell's murder mystery starring Annette Badland as DI Gwen Danbury.

DI Gwen Danbury …. Annette Badland
Joan Danbury …. Gudrun Ure
DS Henry Jacobs …. John Duttine
Supt Phillips …. John Rye
Mrs Banks …. Tina Gray
Gary Wolsey …. Paul Panting
Cathy Bedford …. Elaine Claxton
Keets …. Crawford Logan
Sharon Keets …. Susannah Corbett
Colin Jarvis …. Matthew Morgan
Reporter …. Gavin Muir
PC …. David Holt

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.

FRI 10:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b3zz3)
Episode 5

Darrow sets out to persuade Sophie to leave Givre, but discovers affairs are much more complicated than he’d realised.

Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most conventional of its characters.

Starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, Teresa Gallagher as Anna, Julian Ovenden as Owen and Sian Thomas as the Narrator.

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

FRI 10:15 Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own (b00b4038)
To escape their children who won't leave home, Kenneth and Clare move to a smaller house - with no space for visitors.

But the couple are soon plagued by former residents and visitors - unaware that the previous owner Mrs Hooper has departed...

Martyn Wade's comedy starring David Troughton as Kenneth and Barbara Flynn as Clare.

With Margaret Tyzack as Mrs Hooper, Richenda Carey as Miss Grainger-Taylor, Jonathan Keeble as Mr Norton, Wayne Foskett as Maurice, Harry Myers as George and Colleen Prendergast as Jill.

Production note:

'A Home of Their Own' was due to be recorded on location in a house used for a number of Martyn's previous plays, but which had become too noisy for period plays.

Ironically during the recording, the cast and crew had to decamp to a studio as severe building work at both the back and front of the house made the recording inaudible. Perhaps the house was having the last word..?

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

FRI 11:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007t2h6)
The Letter Killeth

Into their lives comes little Father Time, the child of Jude and Arabella.

Sue finds herself bowed down with domestic drudgery and hardship. Jude returns to his humbler trade of baking because his consumption cannot withstand the outdoor life of a stonemason.

Once again there's the old longing to return to Christminster, and Jude makes a resolution...

Conclusion of Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth North.

Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, June Barrie as Widow Edlin, Elizabeth Garvie as Sue Bridehead, John Normington as Phillotson, Elva Makins as Arabella, Hazel Ellerby as Annie, Jesse Lawrence as Father Time, Brian Jackson as Tinker Taylor, Gregory Phillips as Jack Stagg, John Linstrum as Dr Vilbert, Alexa Romanes as the Landlady, Judy Gibson as the Woman and Brian Gear a as Man in Crowd.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.

FRI 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

FRI 12:30 Just a Minute (b00b40qs)
Nicholas Parsons is joined by Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, Tony Hawks and Fred MacAulay in Glasgow.

FRI 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children (b007jn5v)
Episode 5

Tom plans a third marriage to Elizabeth, but how will they cope with his possessive daughter?

Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of adjusting to a step-family.

Read by Penelope Wilton.

Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.

FRI 13:15 Alan Bennett - Telling Tales (b007jnnz)
No Mean City

The writer concludes his reminiscences of post-war Leeds, and describes the hold it's always maintained on him into adulthood.

FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00b4165)
Becket

The battle between Church and State culminates in the murder of an archbishop. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles with Paul Eddington.

FRI 13:45 Adventures in Science (b00fg4tt)
Series 2

Sound

From a violin to your brain, Ben Silburn traces the journey of an acoustic wave through our inner ear.

FRI 14:00 02/05/2008 (b00b41fn)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.

FRI 17:00 PG Wodehouse (b00b41fq)
What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning

Florence Craye

Trapped in the Hampshire hamlet of Steeple Bumpleigh, Bertie Wooster meets an old flame.

PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.

Adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller.

Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Florence Craye ..... Bronwen Williams
Stilton Cheesewright ..... Michael Kilgarriff
Salesman ..... Bruce Bennett

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1978.

FRI 17:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00b41fs)
Series 2

Anyone for a Cruise to Cherbourg?

The singing duo wonder why their agent is being uncharacteristically nice...

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, Edward Halstead, Paul Rogan and Alex Lowe.

Music by Frido Ruth.

Producer: Steve Doherty

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.

FRI 18:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (b007k1tj)
Episode 5

With Jonathan's return, Van Helsing is forced to reveal the shocking truth about Lucy. Stars Bernard Holley and Phyllis Logan.

FRI 18:30 Book Club (b00b41fv)
Terry Pratchett: Welcome to Discworld, or at least to an audience with the creator, Terry Pratchett. First broadcast in July 2004.

FRI 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

FRI 19:30 Just a Minute (b00b40qs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]

FRI 20:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007js4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

FRI 21:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b3zz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

FRI 21:15 Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own (b00b4038)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]

FRI 22:00 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4xw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

FRI 22:30 Dial M for Pizza (b00b41j9)
Series 1

Episode 5

The sketch show team take a pop at cops, cabs and cowboys. Stars Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. From December 1987.

FRI 23:00 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fw3zq)
Come Up and See Me

How Brian's interruption of a recording session inadvertently gave Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel their biggest hit.

More revelations from rock musicologist and part-time media studies tutor Brian Appleton

Series of comic lectures, written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.

FRI 23:15 Hearing With Hegley (b00b41k4)
Series 1

Episode 3

The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents a selection of his work.

With:

Keith Moore
Susan Norton
Nigel Piper
Andrew Bailey

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.

FRI 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007k2dc)
Series 1

Cash

Writer Nick struggles for cash, while his geraniums moan about Christmas decorations.

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)

01/05/2008 14:00 THU (b00b3h83)

02/05/2008 14:00 FRI (b00b41fn)

15 Minute Drama 02:00 SAT (b00b0qj8)

2000 Years of Radio 23:45 SUN (b007tcbl)

2000 Years of Radio 04:45 MON (b007tcbl)

26/04/2008 14:00 SAT (b00b1p17)

27/04/2008 14:00 SUN (b00b1p9w)

28/04/2008 14:00 MON (b00b2nd4)

29/04/2008 14:00 TUE (b00b2t1d)

30/04/2008 14:00 WED (b00b34st)

A Load of Old Balls 23:00 SUN (b00b1pch)

A Load of Old Balls 04:00 MON (b00b1pch)

Acropolis Now 22:30 WED (b007jwps)

Acropolis Now 03:30 THU (b007jwps)

Adventures in Science 13:45 MON (b00ffjc2)

Adventures in Science 13:45 TUE (b00fg4tr)

Adventures in Science 13:45 WED (b00ffnxt)

Adventures in Science 13:45 THU (b00ffpfr)

Adventures in Science 13:45 FRI (b00fg4tt)

After Henry 17:30 WED (b007jmr5)

After Henry 06:00 THU (b007jmr5)

Alan Bennett - Telling Tales 13:15 MON (b007jnlz)

Alan Bennett - Telling Tales 13:15 TUE (b007k4mn)

Alan Bennett - Telling Tales 13:15 WED (b007jnmy)

Alan Bennett - Telling Tales 13:15 THU (b007jnng)

Alan Bennett - Telling Tales 13:15 FRI (b007jnnz)

Albert and Me 13:30 SAT (b007jynb)

Albert and Me 02:30 SUN (b007jynb)

Alex Garland - The Coma 18:00 SUN (b007m5v9)

Alison and Maud 17:30 MON (b007k2vm)

Alison and Maud 06:00 TUE (b007k2vm)

Ayres on the Air 17:30 TUE (b008p9vh)

Ayres on the Air 06:00 WED (b008p9vh)

Beyond Our Ken 08:00 WED (b00b3194)

Beyond Our Ken 12:00 WED (b00b3194)

Beyond Our Ken 19:00 WED (b00b3194)

Big Toe Books 07:00 SAT (b00b1nz7)

Big Toe Books 07:00 SUN (b00b1p6m)

Big Toe Books 07:00 MON (b00b2gnr)

Big Toe Books 07:00 TUE (b00b2qb9)

Big Toe Books 07:00 WED (b00b3104)

Big Toe Books 07:00 THU (b00b3gcb)

Big Toe Books 07:00 FRI (b00b3zc8)

Boogie Up the River 17:30 THU (b007jv8w)

Boogie Up the River 06:00 FRI (b007jv8w)

Book Club 18:30 FRI (b00b41fv)

Bram Stoker's Dracula 18:00 MON (b007k0v5)

Bram Stoker's Dracula 00:00 TUE (b007k0v5)

Bram Stoker's Dracula 18:00 TUE (b007k133)

Bram Stoker's Dracula 00:00 WED (b007k133)

Bram Stoker's Dracula 18:00 WED (b007k1c0)

Bram Stoker's Dracula 00:00 THU (b007k1c0)

Bram Stoker's Dracula 18:00 THU (b007k1l1)

Bram Stoker's Dracula 00:00 FRI (b007k1l1)

Bram Stoker's Dracula 18:00 FRI (b007k1tj)

Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll 04:00 SAT (b00fvm5g)

Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll 23:00 FRI (b00fw3zq)

CW Hill - Killing Maestros 10:15 THU (b007w5g0)

CW Hill - Killing Maestros 21:15 THU (b007w5g0)

CW Hill - Killing Maestros 02:15 FRI (b007w5g0)

Chewin' the Fat 23:00 TUE (b00b2txb)

Chewin' the Fat 04:00 WED (b00b2txb)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 09:00 TUE (b007jrx2)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 20:00 TUE (b007jrx2)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 01:00 WED (b007jrx2)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 09:00 WED (b007jrzt)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 20:00 WED (b007jrzt)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 01:00 THU (b007jrzt)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 09:00 THU (b007js26)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 20:00 THU (b007js26)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 01:00 FRI (b007js26)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 09:00 FRI (b007js4n)

DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body 20:00 FRI (b007js4n)

Dad's Army 09:00 SAT (b007jw4r)

Dad's Army 20:00 SAT (b007jw4r)

Dad's Army 03:00 SUN (b007jw4r)

Dad's Army 08:00 FRI (b007jrdx)

Dad's Army 12:00 FRI (b007jrdx)

Dad's Army 19:00 FRI (b007jrdx)

Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek 08:30 SAT (b007k4hp)

Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek 19:30 SAT (b007k4hp)

Dave Podmore 22:30 MON (b007ncns)

Dave Podmore 03:30 TUE (b007ncns)

Dead Ringers 08:30 WED (b007k3fm)

Dead Ringers 22:00 WED (b007k3fm)

Dead Ringers 03:00 THU (b007k3fm)

Dial M for Pizza 03:30 SAT (b007k1k9)

Dial M for Pizza 22:30 FRI (b00b41j9)

Doctor Who: The Commentaries 00:00 MON (b00b1pb6)

Doctor at Large 17:00 THU (b00b3h85)

Doctor at Large 06:30 FRI (b00b3h85)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 10:00 MON (b00b2grv)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 21:00 MON (b00b2grv)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 02:00 TUE (b00b2grv)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 10:00 TUE (b00b2qv8)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 21:00 TUE (b00b2qv8)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 02:00 WED (b00b2qv8)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 10:00 WED (b00b32bz)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 21:00 WED (b00b32bz)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 02:00 THU (b00b32bz)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 10:00 THU (b00b3gv2)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 21:00 THU (b00b3gv2)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 02:00 FRI (b00b3gv2)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 10:00 FRI (b00b3zz3)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 21:00 FRI (b00b3zz3)

Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion 09:15 SUN (b007jwt4)

Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion 02:15 MON (b007jwt4)

Flying the Flag 17:00 MON (b00b2nfp)

Flying the Flag 06:30 TUE (b00b2nfp)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 17:00 SAT (b00b1p19)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 23:00 SAT (b00b1p19)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 06:00 SUN (b00b1p19)

Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera 18:30 SUN (b008jw9j)

Genius 23:30 TUE (b008gh65)

Genius 04:30 WED (b008gh65)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 TUE (b007jpvv)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 TUE (b007jpvv)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 TUE (b007jpvv)

Hearing With Hegley 04:15 SAT (b00b0sgk)

Hearing With Hegley 23:15 FRI (b00b41k4)

Hercule Poirot 12:00 SAT (b00rl44w)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 SUN (b00rl44w)

Heroes: The Official Radio Show 18:00 SAT (b00b1p26)

Heroes: The Official Radio Show 00:00 SUN (b00b1p26)

Huddwinks 13:00 SUN (b00b1p9r)

Huddwinks 19:00 SUN (b00b1p9r)

Huddwinks 06:00 MON (b00b1p9r)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 12:30 MON (b00b2kh3)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 19:30 MON (b00b2kh3)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 01:30 SAT (b007jtdj)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 09:30 MON (b007jtdt)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 20:30 MON (b007jtdt)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 01:30 TUE (b007jtdt)

Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children 13:00 MON (b007jlkw)

Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children 13:00 TUE (b007jn4k)

Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children 13:00 WED (b007jn4y)

Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children 13:00 THU (b007jn5f)

Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children 13:00 FRI (b007jn5v)

Just a Minute 12:30 FRI (b00b40qs)

Just a Minute 19:30 FRI (b00b40qs)

King Street Junior 17:00 TUE (b007jnc6)

King Street Junior 06:30 WED (b007jnc6)

Like They've Never Been Gone 06:00 SAT (b00b0qrc)

Like They've Never Been Gone 17:30 FRI (b00b41fs)

Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own 10:15 FRI (b00b4038)

Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own 21:15 FRI (b00b4038)

Martyn Wade - Hermit Lucas 10:15 TUE (b007jx32)

Martyn Wade - Hermit Lucas 21:15 TUE (b007jx32)

Martyn Wade - Hermit Lucas 02:15 WED (b007jx32)

Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley 10:15 WED (b007k0l7)

Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley 21:15 WED (b007k0l7)

Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley 02:15 THU (b007k0l7)

Mary Shelley - Frankenstein 00:00 SAT (b007jpx9)

Nick Warburton - Purvis 02:15 SAT (b007k1jy)

Old Harry's Game 22:30 TUE (b007jmd4)

Old Harry's Game 03:30 WED (b007jmd4)

PG Wodehouse 17:00 FRI (b00b41fq)

Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy 12:00 SUN (b007jtcs)

Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy 17:00 SUN (b007jtcs)

Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy 05:00 MON (b007jtcs)

Radio Roots 12:30 SUN (b007jxg7)

Radio Roots 17:30 SUN (b007jxg7)

Radio Roots 05:30 MON (b007jxg7)

Ray Jenkins - From the House at the Top of the World 10:15 MON (b007w3b8)

Ray Jenkins - From the House at the Top of the World 21:15 MON (b007w3b8)

Ray Jenkins - From the House at the Top of the World 02:15 TUE (b007w3b8)

Rigor Mortis 22:30 THU (b00b3hjt)

Rigor Mortis 03:30 FRI (b00b3hjt)

Second Thoughts 06:30 SAT (b00fnfp3)

Seymour the Fractal Cat 23:00 MON (b007rq8h)

Seymour the Fractal Cat 04:00 TUE (b007rq8h)

Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House 00:45 MON (b007jtn1)

Steptoe and Son 12:30 TUE (b007jn7v)

Steptoe and Son 19:30 TUE (b007jn7v)

Stilgoe's Around 09:30 SUN (b00b1p8c)

Stilgoe's Around 02:30 MON (b00b1p8c)

Stop Messing About! 13:30 SUN (b00b1p9t)

Stop Messing About! 19:30 SUN (b00b1p9t)

Stop Messing About! 06:30 MON (b00b1p9t)

Terry Pratchett 18:30 SAT (b00b1p28)

Terry Pratchett 00:30 SUN (b00b1p28)

Terry Pratchett 18:30 MON (b007k0v6)

Terry Pratchett 00:30 TUE (b007k0v6)

Terry Pratchett 18:30 TUE (b007k134)

Terry Pratchett 00:30 WED (b007k134)

Terry Pratchett 18:30 WED (b007k1c1)

Terry Pratchett 00:30 THU (b007k1c1)

Terry Pratchett 18:30 THU (b007k1l2)

Terry Pratchett 00:30 FRI (b007k1l2)

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 10:00 SUN (b00hm3yj)

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 20:00 SUN (b00hm3yj)

The Big Booth 23:30 WED (b007jv50)

The Big Booth 04:30 THU (b007jv50)

The Burkiss Way 12:30 THU (b007jr4g)

The Burkiss Way 19:30 THU (b007jr4g)

The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes 01:00 SAT (b007k372)

The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show 08:00 THU (b007qg0y)

The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show 12:00 THU (b007qg0y)

The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show 19:00 THU (b007qg0y)

The Fall of the Mausoleum Club 11:30 SUN (b007k44b)

The Fall of the Mausoleum Club 21:30 SUN (b007k44b)

The Friend in the Corner 08:00 SAT (b007k1rf)

The Friend in the Corner 19:00 SAT (b007k1rf)

The Goon Show 08:00 MON (b007jnth)

The Goon Show 12:00 MON (b007jnth)

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The Harpoon 08:30 THU (b00b3gv0)

The Harpoon 22:00 THU (b00b3gv0)

The Harpoon 03:00 FRI (b00b3gv0)

The Masterson Inheritance 23:30 MON (b007jsmr)

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The Million Pound Radio Show 23:00 THU (b007k2yt)

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The Mitch Benn Music Show 08:30 TUE (b00b311z)

The Mitch Benn Music Show 22:00 TUE (b00b311z)

The Mitch Benn Music Show 03:00 WED (b00b311z)

The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 08:30 MON (b00b2gpj)

The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 22:00 MON (b00b2gpj)

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The Nick Revell Show 04:30 SAT (b007k24d)

The Nick Revell Show 23:30 FRI (b007k2dc)

The Now Show 22:00 SUN (b00b1pcc)

The Now Show 03:00 MON (b00b1pcc)

The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience 03:00 SAT (b007k4qk)

The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience 08:30 FRI (b007k4xw)

The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience 22:00 FRI (b007k4xw)

The Right Time 22:30 SUN (b00b1pcf)

The Right Time 03:30 MON (b00b1pcf)

The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere 17:00 WED (b007js6w)

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This Sceptred Isle 13:30 MON (b00b2ncr)

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Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure 05:00 SAT (b007jq3z)

Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure 11:00 MON (b007jq4d)

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Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure 11:00 TUE (b007jq4p)

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Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure 11:00 WED (b007jq5l)

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Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure 11:00 THU (b007jq5z)

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Tilt 23:30 THU (b00b3hnw)

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WC Morrow - Over an Absinthe Bottle 09:00 MON (b007jqq4)

WC Morrow - Over an Absinthe Bottle 20:00 MON (b007jqq4)

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Whispers 12:30 WED (b007k2zg)

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Wild Things 23:00 WED (b007wr38)

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Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street Omnibus 08:00 SUN (b00fvpdy)

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