Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Ruth Jones reading The 13 days of Christmas by Jenny Overton.
It's New Year's Eve and the lad is pondering what could have been. Features the famous Test Pilot scene.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott.
Hack George Cragge is convinced that the minister for information has something to hide and the BBC Chairman gets implicated...
Mark Tavener's six-part satirical comedy thriller stars Michael Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as DCI Frank Jefferson, Hugh Laurie as the Prime Minister, Richard Griffiths as Crichton-Potter, John Bird as Martin, Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss, Rebecca Front as Marcia Mallon, Kenneth Cranham as Jim Hardie, Geoffrey Whitehead as Director of Personnel, Simon Greehall as the Chancellor, Jonathan Keeble as John and Susie Brann as Caroline.
5. The Property Act
Unravelling property rules provides fresh clues for Lord Peter Wimsey's murder probe.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have Unnatural Death was first published in 1927.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Mr Murbles …. Malcolm Hayes
Mr Towkington …. Garard Green
Mr Trigg …. Gordon Clyde
Mrs Mead …. Bridget McConnel
Back in his childhood, Blaze's first con was to help another pupil. William Hope reads Stephen King's 'lost' thriller.
Shark expert Matt Hooper joins the hunt, but gets distracted by Brody's wife. John Guerrasio reads the 1974 seaside blockbuster.
With no more loans, Little Nell's grandfather is agitated. But who betrayed him? Dickens dramatisation with Trevor Peacock.
Jesus renames Simon and stirs anger. Dorothy L Sayers' cycle of plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf.
Herbert knows that Pip cannot get over Estella, but she remains distant. Amanda Redman and Douglas Hodge star in Dickens' dark tale.
All you have to do is fill in your name here: take out all the vowels and consonants and make an anagram of what remains to gain access to the latest lesson.
In the wealthy farmer death riddle, the spotlight falls on James Walker and his glamorous housekeeper. Read by Robert Lindsay.
The actor recalls all the letters sent by his mother Annie from Hull as his career in London developed. With Sian Thomas. From October 2000.
The Suez Canal is up for sale, but who will buy - Britain or France? Anna Massey continues the history of the British Isles.
Travelling Betjeman's Britain - Roger McGough takes the Metro for an architectural journey from Piccadilly to Salford Quays.
Widow Sarah battles to bring up her 18-year-old daughter Clare, hindered by her meddling mother Eleanor.
The debut episode of 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 James Griffiths as Nick.
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Could Terry end up back in prison after his community centre success? Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan.
What is being built out in a remote Australian desert? And what havoc will it wreak? Stars Clare Corbett and Matthew Dyktynski. From February 2006.
Cayce Pollard has realised she’s entangled in something quite ruthless after being cornered by muggers in Tokyo.
The comical dynamic duo take to the stage to present a host of songs and patter. Recorded in London. From June 2004.
Hamish and Dougal find themselves celebrating Hogmanay with a busload of celebrities after they get stuck in a snowdrift on its way to the BBC's Hogmanay Cavalcade in Edinburgh.
Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden star as the two elderly Scotsmen famed for their appearances on BBC Radio’s I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Mrs Naughtie ...... Alison Steadman
The Laird ...... Jeremy Hardy
Humphrey Lyttelton ...... Butler
Tim Brooke-Taylor ...... Himself
Sandi Wedge ...... Sandi Toksvig
James ...... James Naughtie
THURSDAY 01 JANUARY 2009
THU 00:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1yz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Stephen King - Blaze (b00g3g1c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:45 Jaws (b00g3g1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Charles Dickens (b007v2f6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 The Man Born to Be King (b008gbr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 In the Chair (b007jsvd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Stand-Up on 7 (b007wvn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b008kl37)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (b00g3g1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Coming Alive (b00g3g1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 After Henry (b007jmgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00g3h8m)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Cheryl Campbell reading Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce.
THU 08:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081b4j)
Series 2
Episode 2
Shady lawyer, Waldorf T Flywheel turns farmer for a wealthy Uncle.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1991.
THU 08:30 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b008gcmp)
Series 2
Episode 5
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis spotlight surfer rage and Jack Nicholson's stomach. With guest Iain Pattinson. From August 1999.
THU 09:00 Wimsey (b007jvm7)
Unnatural Death
6. Vera Findlater
Lord Peter Wimsey's murder trail leads him to make a shocking seaside discovery.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have Unnatural Death was first published in 1927.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted for radio by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Miss Climpson …. Ambrosine Phillpotts
Miss Findlater …. Gretta Gouriet
Sir Charles Pillington … James Thomason
Alf the Boy Scout/Maid …. Denise Bryer
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975.
THU 09:30 Stephen King - Blaze (b00g3h8f)
Episode 4
Baby Joe is crying. Can his kidnapper make the little child smile? William Hope reads Stephen King's 'lost' thriller.
THU 09:45 Jaws (b00g3h8h)
Episode 4
Brody is suspicious of Hooper - but needs his help to find the killer shark. John Guerrasio reads the 1974 seaside blockbuster.
THU 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jwf7)
The Old Curiosity Shop
Episode 4
With Kit banished from the shop, he must set about finding other employment. Dickens dramatisation with Emily Chennery.
THU 10:15 The Man Born to Be King (b008gcnt)
The Feast of Tabernacles
Jesus draws some unwelcome attention. Dorothy L Sayers' cycle of plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf.
THU 11:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (b00g3x76)
Episode 5
Pip meets his enigmatic patron, and wants to learn more about Estella. Amanda Redman and Douglas Hodge star in Dickens' dark tale.
THU 12:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081b4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00g3x78)
Spurious definitions of macaroni abound. Humphrey Lyttelton and Willie Rushton in the antidote to panel games. From March 1983.
THU 13:00 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g3x7b)
Episode 4
Secrets are revealed at womanising farmer William Muffit's inquest, but his killer is still at large. Read by Robert Lindsay.
THU 13:15 Tom Courtenay - Dear Tom (b007k1r4)
Episode 4
Still at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, student Tom Courtenay is receiving funny and moving letters from his mother Annie back in Hull.
As agents start to take an interest in the budding actor, Tom is feeling worried when he goes home...
Actor, Sir Tom Courtenay reads more of his memoir of those letters. Sian Thomas plays his mother Annie.
Published in 2000. Abridged in five parts by Penny Leicester.
Producer: Sarah Johnson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtnl)
Gladstone Returns
Disraeli struggles for support in the face of Rourke's Drift. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
THU 13:45 The End of the Line? (b00bx3p2)
Sheffield
Travelling Betjeman's Britain - Roger McGough takes the tram to the Meadowhall shopping centre and recalls the steelworks.
THU 14:00 01/01/2009 (b00g3x7d)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
THU 17:00 Doctor in the House (b007jsz4)
Anatomy
More hospital mayhem, as student medic Simon Sparrow struggles with dissecting bodies
The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor in the House' published in 1952.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans and Norma Ronald as Vera.
Producer: David Hatch
Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968.
THU 17:30 A Whole New Ball Game (b00g3x7g)
Series 2
Retreat
When the Pattersons get a dog, Father Benedict is not impressed. Stars Desmond Barrit and Brenda Blethyn. From November 1994.
THU 18:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwl8)
Blowback
Nick battles to find the person responsible for his lover Belinda's death. Stars Clare Corbett and Matthew Dyktynski. From February 2006.
THU 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k208)
Episode 4
Searching for clues to the origins of the mysterious online film known as "the footage" has led Cayce Pollard across the world.
Now she finds herself in a deserted government complex near Bournemouth and discovers just how close she is getting to the truth....
William Gibson's fast-moving thriller read by Lorelei King.
Abridged by Ron Roberts.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2007.
THU 19:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081b4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00g3x78)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvm7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 20:30 Stephen King - Blaze (b00g3h8f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 20:45 Jaws (b00g3h8h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 today]
THU 21:00 Charles Dickens (b007jwf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 21:15 The Man Born to Be King (b008gcnt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
THU 22:00 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b008gcmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jxbp)
Series 3
Episode 1
The comic's Moon trip ends up on Mars, where his space suit fails and his life flashes before his eyes. From April 2001.
THU 23:00 Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (b00g3xwm)
Episode 4
1941. Troublesome telephone lines and odd athletics events.
Spike Milligan shares more frank memories of his wartime service.
Published in 1971, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall is the first volume of the Spike Milligan's idiosyncratic military memoir.
Reversioned into eight parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra.
THU 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00g3xwp)
Series 2
Problems
Adam Bloom has a problem. He's fed up with having problems.
But would not having problems really be any better?
With Rob Rouse and Stefano Paolini.
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
THU 23:45 Truly, Madly, Bletchley (b007xvp9)
Series 1
Episode 1
High comic drama among the humble members of a local council in the Home Counties. With Liz Fraser. From January 1997.
FRIDAY 02 JANUARY 2009
FRI 00:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k208)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvm7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Stephen King - Blaze (b00g3h8f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:45 Jaws (b00g3h8h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Charles Dickens (b007jwf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 The Man Born to Be King (b008gcnt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b008gcmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jxbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (b00g3xwm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00g3xwp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:45 Truly, Madly, Bletchley (b007xvp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:45 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (b00g3x76)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00g3x7g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 Doctor in the House (b007jsz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00g42t0)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Cheryl Campbell reading Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wj)
Series 1
Episode 5
Saluting a puddings inventor - and Gruntfuttock's after a job at the BBC.
Starring Kenneth Horne. With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London.
Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1965.
FRI 08:30 Radio Active (b00g42t4)
Series 7
Radio Radio Programme
The on-air team looks at how radio works, why radios work, what radio works on the radio and what radio works have been done on the radio which work.
Plus Martin Brown meets special guest John Peel to ask him what it's like being Emma's brother.
Starring Helen Atkinson Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens.
Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown.
Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins. With Michael Fenton-Stevens.
Producer: David Tyler
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1987.
FRI 09:00 Wimsey (b007jvmb)
Unnatural Death
7. Miss Climpson Investigates
Lord Peter Wimsey enlists help to try and solve the puzzling murder mystery.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have Unnatural Death was first published in 1927.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Conclusion of Chris Miller's radio adaptation.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Miss Climpson …. Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs Forrest …. Bridget McConnel
Mr Tredgold …. John Forrest
Dr Faulkner …. John Dunbar
Sacristan …. Mark Penfold
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975.
FRI 09:30 Stephen King - Blaze (b00g42t6)
Episode 5
The small-time con recalls happy times, love lost and when he nearly escaped. William Hope reads Stephen King's 'lost' thriller.
FRI 09:45 Jaws (b00g42t8)
Episode 5
Brody hires veteran seaman Quint to track down the killer shark. John Guerrasio reads the blockbuster that sparked a film.
FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jwff)
The Old Curiosity Shop
Episode 5
Little Nell is faced with the most important decision of her young life. Dickens dramatisation with Alex Jennings.
FRI 10:15 The Man Born to Be King (b008ggwh)
The Light and The Life
Lazarus lives. Has Jesus gone too far? Dorothy L Sayers' cycle of plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf.
FRI 11:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (b00g42tb)
Episode 6
As Pip heals and faces the future, startling facts about Estella emerge. John Shrapnel, Amanda Redman and Douglas Hodge star in Dickens' dark tale.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00g42td)
From 08/03/1971
A eulogy to Beethoven - and the epic tale of the building of a new bus shelter.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With Terence Brady, Pauline Yates and Josephine Gordon.
Pianist: Gordon Langford
Written by:
Chris Allen
JHB Peel
John Graham
Allan Scott & Chris Bryant
Peter Spence
Gerald Wiley (Ronnie's Barker's pseudonym)
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1971.
FRI 13:00 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years (b00g42tg)
Episode 5
Under cover of darkness, the police make one last trip to wealthy farmer William Muffit's murder scene. Read by Robert Lindsay.
FRI 13:15 Tom Courtenay - Dear Tom (b007k1sc)
Episode 5
As he earns more success, there's a bittersweet conclusion to actor Sir Tom Courtenay's memoir of the loving letters sent by his mother Annie from Hull.
Sian Thomas plays his mother Annie.
Published in 2000. Abridged in five parts by Penny Leicester.
Producer: Sarah Johnson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtnr)
Death of Disraeli
Gladstone's Midlothian Campaign costs the Prime Minister dearly. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
FRI 13:45 The End of the Line? (b00bwtw5)
Liverpool
Roger McGough concludes his poetic quest of Betjeman's Britain riding the railways of Merseyside to his home city.
FRI 14:00 02/01/2009 (b00g43w8)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 17:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b00fnfnx)
Series 2
Fragile Peace
Linda takes on the mantle of Kofi Annan as she tries to broker a fragile peace between her elderly neighbour Betty and live-in builder Chris. In the strife-torn streets of East London, can bingo and musical theatre ever be reconciled?
Sitcom written by and starring Linda Smith.
With Femi Elufowoju Jnr, Jeremy Hardy, Margaret John, Martin Hyder and Chris Neill.
Producer: Jon Rolph
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.
FRI 17:30 For Better or for Worse (b00g43w6)
Series 1
Episode 2
A trip to the cinema turns into a disaster off-screen for sweethearts Bernard and Iris and his dad Wilf.
Dithering Bernard tries to get engaged to his flighty partner Iris. Will she manage to persuade Bernard to buy her an engagement ring at last?
Gorden Kaye and Su Pollard star in Vince Powell’s sitcom about the turbulent relationship of an odd couple.
Iris ...... Su Pollard
Bernard ...... Gorden Kaye
Wilf ...... David Ross
Daisy ...... Paula Tilbrook
Mr Foley ...... Peter Wheeler
Myrtle ...... Julie Higginson
Writer Vince Powell (1928–2009) scripted a number of popular TV sitcoms including Love Thy Neighbour, For the Love of Ada and Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width.
Produced in Manchester by Mike Craig.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1993.
FRI 18:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwlh)
Can You Hear That
Can You Hear That: The colonel plans to fire the sonic weapon and risk a global catastrophe. Stars Clare Corbett and Matthew Dyktynski. From February 2006.
FRI 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k21k)
Episode 5
'Coolhunter' Cayce travels to Moscow for an emotional encounter with the maker of "the footage" - the mysteriously compelling online film haunting web-surfers around the world.
But why is Cayce's boss at the ad agency so interested in it?
William Gibson's fast-moving thriller concluded by Lorelei King.
Abridged by Ron Roberts.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2007.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00g42td)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Stephen King - Blaze (b00g42t6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 20:45 Jaws (b00g42t8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 today]
FRI 21:00 Charles Dickens (b007jwff)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 The Man Born to Be King (b008ggwh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Radio Active (b00g42t4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 All Classical Music Explained (b007jsm4)
Opera
Rainer Hersch reveals how 'Cosi Fan Tutte' is actually about TV chefs and the truth about Handel's 'Messiah'. From October 1998.
FRI 23:00 The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show (b007jm8k)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare's brother a jazz musician? The play's the thing, as the boys try and tackle the famous Dane. From May 1994.
FRI 23:30 Rigor Mortis (b00g43w4)
Series 3
Episode 2
Ruth's keen to get pregnant, but Anthony's distracted by a potential patient. Stars Peter Davison. From February 2006.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
01/01/2009
14:00 THU (b00g3x7d)
02/01/2009
14:00 FRI (b00g43w8)
27/12/2008
14:00 SAT (b00g2174)
28/12/2008
14:00 SUN (b00g27lh)
29/12/2008
14:00 MON (b00g2d63)
30/12/2008
14:00 TUE (b00g38nz)
31/12/2008
14:00 WED (b00g3g28)
A Whole New Ball Game
17:30 THU (b00g3x7g)
A Whole New Ball Game
06:00 FRI (b00g3x7g)
After Henry
17:00 WED (b007jmgk)
After Henry
06:30 THU (b007jmgk)
Agatha Christie
01:30 SAT (b007k0bk)
All Classical Music Explained
22:30 FRI (b007jsm4)
Archie's the Boy
13:00 SUN (b007jsl1)
Archie's the Boy
19:00 SUN (b007jsl1)
Archie's the Boy
06:00 MON (b007jsl1)
Back to Front
09:30 SUN (b0080hrw)
Back to Front
02:30 MON (b0080hrw)
Ballylenon
17:00 MON (b00g2djy)
Ballylenon
06:30 TUE (b00g2djy)
Big Toe Books
07:00 SAT (b00g20wj)
Big Toe Books
07:00 SUN (b00g278t)
Big Toe Books
07:00 MON (b00g29r1)
Big Toe Books
07:00 TUE (b00g36d7)
Big Toe Books
07:00 WED (b00g3g24)
Big Toe Books
07:00 THU (b00g3h8m)
Big Toe Books
07:00 FRI (b00g42t0)
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
05:00 SAT (b00g2glr)
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
11:00 MON (b00g2cn4)
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
05:00 TUE (b00g2cn4)
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
11:00 TUE (b00g3795)
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
05:00 WED (b00g3795)
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
11:00 WED (b00g3g1h)
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
05:00 THU (b00g3g1h)
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
11:00 THU (b00g3x76)
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
05:00 FRI (b00g3x76)
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
11:00 FRI (b00g42tb)
Charles Dickens
10:00 MON (b007v0b8)
Charles Dickens
21:00 MON (b007v0b8)
Charles Dickens
02:00 TUE (b007v0b8)
Charles Dickens
10:00 TUE (b007v1qj)
Charles Dickens
21:00 TUE (b007v1qj)
Charles Dickens
02:00 WED (b007v1qj)
Charles Dickens
10:00 WED (b007v2f6)
Charles Dickens
21:00 WED (b007v2f6)
Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens
10:00 THU (b007jwf7)
Charles Dickens
21:00 THU (b007jwf7)
Charles Dickens
02:00 FRI (b007jwf7)
Charles Dickens
10:00 FRI (b007jwff)
Charles Dickens
21:00 FRI (b007jwff)
Clare in the Community
22:30 SUN (b00g27lm)
Clare in the Community
03:30 MON (b00g27lm)
Coming Alive
17:30 WED (b00g3g1k)
Coming Alive
06:00 THU (b00g3g1k)
Dead Ringers
08:30 MON (b0081f84)
Dead Ringers
22:00 MON (b0081f84)
Dead Ringers
03:00 TUE (b0081f84)
Doctor Who: The Commentaries
18:00 SUN (b00g6ddk)
Doctor Who: The Commentaries
00:00 MON (b00g6ddk)
Doctor in the House
17:00 THU (b007jsz4)
Doctor in the House
06:30 FRI (b007jsz4)
For Better or for Worse
06:00 SAT (b00g2glt)
For Better or for Worse
17:30 FRI (b00g43w6)
Four Sad Faces
23:30 SUN (b00g27lp)
Four Sad Faces
04:30 MON (b00g27lp)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
17:00 SAT (b00j05wg)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
23:00 SAT (b00j05wg)
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
06:00 SUN (b00j05wg)
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
23:30 MON (b007jrq6)
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
04:30 TUE (b007jrq6)
Half Sketch
23:30 TUE (b00g38nq)
Half Sketch
04:30 WED (b00g38nq)
Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea
23:30 WED (b008kl37)
Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea
04:30 THU (b008kl37)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 WED (b007k0gt)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 WED (b007k0gt)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 WED (b007k0gt)
Hercule Poirot
12:00 SAT (b008hsvg)
Hercule Poirot
01:00 SUN (b008hsvg)
His Dark Materials
09:00 SAT (b00g2106)
His Dark Materials
20:00 SAT (b00g2106)
His Dark Materials
03:00 SUN (b00g2106)
Hordes of the Things
11:30 SAT (b0089b37)
Hordes of the Things
22:30 SAT (b0089b37)
Hordes of the Things
05:30 SUN (b0089b37)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
12:30 THU (b00g3x78)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
19:30 THU (b00g3x78)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
12:30 MON (b007jp5h)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
19:30 MON (b007jp5h)
In the Chair
08:30 WED (b007jsvd)
In the Chair
22:00 WED (b007jsvd)
In the Chair
03:00 THU (b007jsvd)
Jaws
09:45 MON (b00g2ch5)
Jaws
20:45 MON (b00g2ch5)
Jaws
01:45 TUE (b00g2ch5)
Jaws
09:45 TUE (b00g36dc)
Jaws
20:45 TUE (b00g36dc)
Jaws
01:45 WED (b00g36dc)
Jaws
09:45 WED (b00g3g1f)
Jaws
20:45 WED (b00g3g1f)
Jaws
01:45 THU (b00g3g1f)
Jaws
09:45 THU (b00g3h8h)
Jaws
20:45 THU (b00g3h8h)
Jaws
01:45 FRI (b00g3h8h)
Jaws
09:45 FRI (b00g42t8)
Jaws
20:45 FRI (b00g42t8)
Ken Dodd's Palace of Laughter
13:30 SAT (b007jm84)
Ken Dodd's Palace of Laughter
02:30 SUN (b007jm84)
Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat Omnibus
08:00 SUN (b007jtzh)
Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat Omnibus
01:00 MON (b007jtzh)
Ladies of Letters
02:00 SAT (b007k02v)
Laughter in the Air
12:00 SUN (b007k2bv)
Laughter in the Air
17:00 SUN (b007k2bv)
Laughter in the Air
05:00 MON (b007k2bv)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
06:30 SAT (b00g2glw)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
17:00 FRI (b00fnfnx)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
12:30 FRI (b00g42td)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
19:30 FRI (b00g42td)
Louisa May Alcott - Little Women
08:30 SAT (b007jqp9)
Louisa May Alcott - Little Women
19:30 SAT (b007jqp9)
Margaret Bonham - The Casino
09:15 SUN (b0076lzm)
Margaret Bonham - The Casino
02:15 MON (b0076lzm)
Mr Finchley Goes to Paris
11:30 SUN (b00g27dk)
Mr Finchley Goes to Paris
21:30 SUN (b00g27dk)
No Commitments
17:30 TUE (b007jp2j)
No Commitments
06:00 WED (b007jp2j)
Play and Record
23:00 SUN (b00g2fzw)
Play and Record
04:00 MON (b00g2fzw)
Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years
13:00 MON (b00g2cv0)
Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years
13:00 TUE (b00g3797)
Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years
13:00 WED (b00g3g26)
Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years
13:00 THU (b00g3x7b)
Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years
13:00 FRI (b00g42tg)
Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week
08:30 THU (b008gcmp)
Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week
22:00 THU (b008gcmp)
Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week
03:00 FRI (b008gcmp)
Radio Active
03:00 SAT (b007jvzy)
Radio Active
08:30 FRI (b00g42t4)
Radio Active
22:00 FRI (b00g42t4)
Rigor Mortis
04:30 SAT (b00g2glp)
Rigor Mortis
23:30 FRI (b00g43w4)
Round the Horne
08:00 FRI (b00j05wj)
Round the Horne
12:00 FRI (b00j05wj)
Round the Horne
19:00 FRI (b00j05wj)
Second Thoughts
17:00 TUE (b007jvh3)
Second Thoughts
06:30 WED (b007jvh3)
Simon Bovey - The Voice of God
18:00 MON (b007jwkl)
Simon Bovey - The Voice of God
00:00 TUE (b007jwkl)
Simon Bovey - The Voice of God
18:00 TUE (b007jwks)
Simon Bovey - The Voice of God
00:00 WED (b007jwks)
Simon Bovey - The Voice of God
18:00 WED (b007jwkz)
Simon Bovey - The Voice of God
00:00 THU (b007jwkz)
Simon Bovey - The Voice of God
18:00 THU (b007jwl8)
Simon Bovey - The Voice of God
00:00 FRI (b007jwl8)
Simon Bovey - The Voice of God
18:00 FRI (b007jwlh)
Space Hacks
18:30 SAT (b007k2lp)
Space Hacks
00:30 SUN (b007k2lp)
Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
23:00 THU (b00g3xwm)
Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
04:00 FRI (b00g3xwm)
Stand-Up on 7
22:30 WED (b007wvn6)
Stand-Up on 7
03:30 THU (b007wvn6)
Stephen King - Blaze
09:30 MON (b00g2ch3)
Stephen King - Blaze
20:30 MON (b00g2ch3)
Stephen King - Blaze
01:30 TUE (b00g2ch3)
Stephen King - Blaze
09:30 TUE (b00g36d9)
Stephen King - Blaze
20:30 TUE (b00g36d9)
Stephen King - Blaze
01:30 WED (b00g36d9)
Stephen King - Blaze
09:30 WED (b00g3g1c)
Stephen King - Blaze
20:30 WED (b00g3g1c)
Stephen King - Blaze
01:30 THU (b00g3g1c)
Stephen King - Blaze
09:30 THU (b00g3h8f)
Stephen King - Blaze
20:30 THU (b00g3h8f)
Stephen King - Blaze
01:30 FRI (b00g3h8f)
Stephen King - Blaze
09:30 FRI (b00g42t6)
Stephen King - Blaze
20:30 FRI (b00g42t6)
Steptoe and Son
12:30 TUE (b007jl5j)
Steptoe and Son
19:30 TUE (b007jl5j)
The Best of in One Ear
23:00 TUE (b00g38nn)
The Best of in One Ear
04:00 WED (b00g38nn)
The Burkiss Way
12:30 WED (b00gs0fr)
The Burkiss Way
19:30 WED (b00gs0fr)
The End of the Line?
13:45 MON (b00bwsxg)
The End of the Line?
13:45 TUE (b00bxldd)
The End of the Line?
13:45 WED (b00bxv1q)
The End of the Line?
13:45 THU (b00bx3p2)
The End of the Line?
13:45 FRI (b00bwtw5)
The Goon Show
08:00 MON (b007jq0n)
The Goon Show
12:00 MON (b007jq0n)
The Goon Show
19:00 MON (b007jq0n)
The Heart of Hark'un
00:00 SAT (b007jqbs)
The Man Born to Be King
02:15 SAT (b008f86y)
The Man Born to Be King
10:15 MON (b008g27w)
The Man Born to Be King
21:15 MON (b008g27w)
The Man Born to Be King
02:15 TUE (b008g27w)
The Man Born to Be King
10:15 TUE (b008g6vj)
The Man Born to Be King
21:15 TUE (b008g6vj)
The Man Born to Be King
02:15 WED (b008g6vj)
The Man Born to Be King
10:15 WED (b008gbr6)
The Man Born to Be King
21:15 WED (b008gbr6)
The Man Born to Be King
02:15 THU (b008gbr6)
The Man Born to Be King
10:15 THU (b008gcnt)
The Man Born to Be King
21:15 THU (b008gcnt)
The Man Born to Be King
02:15 FRI (b008gcnt)
The Man Born to Be King
10:15 FRI (b008ggwh)
The Man Born to Be King
21:15 FRI (b008ggwh)
The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton
00:30 SAT (b007ww7m)
The Mark Steel Lecture
22:30 TUE (b007jv1g)
The Mark Steel Lecture
03:30 WED (b007jv1g)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
08:00 THU (b0081b4j)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
12:00 THU (b0081b4j)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
19:00 THU (b0081b4j)
The Masterson Inheritance
03:30 SAT (b007jqsl)
The Museum of Everything
23:00 MON (b007k4r1)
The Museum of Everything
04:00 TUE (b007k4r1)
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
10:00 SUN (b007jvp1)
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
20:00 SUN (b007jvp1)
The Nags Head, Wollastan
08:00 SAT (b00g20wl)
The Nags Head, Wollastan
19:00 SAT (b00g20wl)
The Navy Lark
08:00 TUE (b007k4nw)
The Navy Lark
12:00 TUE (b007k4nw)
The Navy Lark
19:00 TUE (b007k4nw)
The Now Show
22:00 SUN (b00g27lk)
The Now Show
03:00 MON (b00g27lk)
The Price of Fear
18:00 SAT (b007jmcf)
The Price of Fear
00:00 SUN (b007jmcf)
The Problem With Adam Bloom
23:30 THU (b00g3xwp)
The Problem With Adam Bloom
04:30 FRI (b00g3xwp)
The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show
04:00 SAT (b007jm86)
The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show
23:00 FRI (b007jm8k)
The Remains of Foley and McColl
22:30 MON (b007m4dx)
The Remains of Foley and McColl
03:30 TUE (b007m4dx)
The Shuttleworths
08:30 TUE (b007k4tn)
The Shuttleworths
22:00 TUE (b007k4tn)
The Shuttleworths
03:00 WED (b007k4tn)
The Very World of Milton Jones
22:30 THU (b007jxbp)
The Very World of Milton Jones
03:30 FRI (b007jxbp)
This Sceptred Isle
13:30 MON (b007jtmw)
This Sceptred Isle
13:30 TUE (b007jwd3)
This Sceptred Isle
13:30 WED (b007jtn9)
This Sceptred Isle
13:30 THU (b007jtnl)
This Sceptred Isle
13:30 FRI (b007jtnr)
Tom Courtenay - Dear Tom
13:15 MON (b007k1mh)
Tom Courtenay - Dear Tom
13:15 TUE (b007k1ns)
Tom Courtenay - Dear Tom
13:15 WED (b007k1py)
Tom Courtenay - Dear Tom
13:15 THU (b007k1r4)
Tom Courtenay - Dear Tom
13:15 FRI (b007k1sc)
Truly, Madly, Bletchley
23:45 THU (b007xvp9)
Truly, Madly, Bletchley
04:45 FRI (b007xvp9)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
13:30 SUN (b007jrms)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
19:30 SUN (b007jrms)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
06:30 MON (b007jrms)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
18:30 MON (b007k1wb)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
00:30 TUE (b007k1wb)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
18:30 TUE (b007k1xp)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
00:30 WED (b007k1xp)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
18:30 WED (b007k1yz)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
00:30 THU (b007k1yz)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
18:30 THU (b007k208)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
00:30 FRI (b007k208)
William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
18:30 FRI (b007k21k)
Wimsey
01:00 SAT (b007jvlj)
Wimsey
09:00 MON (b007jvlm)
Wimsey
20:00 MON (b007jvlm)
Wimsey
01:00 TUE (b007jvlm)
Wimsey
09:00 TUE (b007jvlv)
Wimsey
20:00 TUE (b007jvlv)
Wimsey
01:00 WED (b007jvlv)
Wimsey
09:00 WED (b007jvlr)
Wimsey
20:00 WED (b007jvlr)
Wimsey
01:00 THU (b007jvlr)
Wimsey
09:00 THU (b007jvm7)
Wimsey
20:00 THU (b007jvm7)
Wimsey
01:00 FRI (b007jvm7)
Wimsey
09:00 FRI (b007jvmb)
Wimsey
20:00 FRI (b007jvmb)
Winston
17:30 MON (b007svwq)
Winston
06:00 TUE (b007svwq)