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SATURDAY 30 MAY 2009

SAT 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js79)
The World in Peril

Episode 15

Stranded on the surface of the asteroid, Jet Morgan and Doc fight desperately to be rescued.

It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Flynn …. Pat Campbell
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Rogers/The Martian/Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956.


SAT 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007jv1s)
The Children of Witchwood

Episode 5

Jackie's extraordinary telepathic powers attract the evil attentions of the eerie Cranford family.


SAT 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00094ml)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 5

The Three Garridebs

To inherit a fortune, an American asks the sleuth to find two men with his surname.

Another case for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective.

Stars Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson.

Mrs Hudson ...... Janet Morrison
Inspector Lestrade ...... Humphrey Morton
John Garrideb ...... Eric Anderson
Nathan Garrideb ...... Charles E Stickill
Holloway ...... Harold Reese

Adapted for radio by Michael Hardwick.

Producer Graham Gauld

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1964.


SAT 01:30 Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader (b00dps76)
Episode 5

After exchanging identities, MP John Chilcote and John Loder's masquerade is in danger of discovery. Read by Nicholas Boulton.


SAT 02:00 Christine de Pizan - The Book of the City of Ladies (b007mdzb)
Episode 5

There's jubilant singing at the Chapel of Women, as Kathryn Hunt completes Christine de Pizan's book of fantasy.


SAT 02:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007jw6z)
The Duvet Lady

Wrapped in a duvet, Edna recalls her younger days. Will she ever emerge for an evening engagement? Stars Billie Whitelaw.


SAT 03:00 War and Peace (b007k48s)
The World Transformed

1812. Napoleon's dream of conquest turns to nightmare - and his army is forced to retreat. Stars Simon Russell Beale.


SAT 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007t599)
The Battle of Widow McCormack's Cabbage Patch; The Fenian Brotherhood

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


SAT 04:15 Paper Gardens (b007k2kb)
Subverting the Lawn

Leslie Forbes meets the artists who hung a 'living tapestry' amongst a museum's 15th-century textiles.


SAT 04:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b00807gp)
Episode 5

Helena leaves her lover to help Richard. A gun shot causes a commotion.

A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.

Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.


SAT 04:45 Alan Bennett - Untold Stories (b00kn8k3)
Mam

Recalling tales of his Yorkshire family, the writer explains how his Mam's memory is beginning to fail.


SAT 05:00 30/05/2009 (b00kss2n)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00kss2q)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley and read by Imogen Rands.


SAT 09:00 Unearthing Mysteries (b007vcn8)
Series 5

Great Orme Mine

Professor Aubrey Manning investigates the ancient Bronze Age mines at Great Orme Head on the Creuddyn Peninsula, Llandudno.


SAT 09:30 Doctor Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag (b00874cp)
Wee Robertson

Finlay gets caught in the middle when a henpecked husband escapes his fussing wife by losing his memory...

Sue Rodwell's six-part dramatisation of AJ Cronin's stories about the early years of the celebrated doctor.

Ready with his black bag, Dr Finlay sets out to remedy all manner of ailments suffered by his patients in the Scottish Highland town of Levenford.

Stars John Gordon Sinclair as Dr Finlay, Brian Pettifer as Dr Cameron, David McKail as Robert Robertson, Phylis Logan as Sarah Robertson, Aline Mowat as the Landlady, Harry Ward as the Ticket Collector and David Tennant as Jackson.

Producer: Jeremy Howe

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.


SAT 10:00 Comedy Greats (b007k0ly)
The 1950s

Episode 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Produced and scripted by Peter Reed

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2003.


SAT 13:00 Farewell My Lovely (b007jwr4)
Murder, mayhem, Mrs Grayle and a Moose on the Loose. Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler's classic tale.


SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00kssq8)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs: The Three Gables

The sleuth investigates a house buyer who also wants to acquire every single item in the building. From 1964.


SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00kssqb)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs: The Retired Colourman

A simple case of adultery and theft turns into something much more sinister for the sleuth and his companion. From 1964.


SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00kssqd)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs: Thor Bridge

When an American magnate's governess is accused of his wife's murder, the sleuth is called in to investigate. From 1962.


SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00kssqg)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs: The Sussex Vampire

The sleuth is called in when a Peruvian woman is accused of sucking the blood of her children. From 1964.


SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00kssqj)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs: The Three Garridebs

American John Garrideb asks the sleuth to find two men who share his surname, and so could claim a large inheritance. From 1964.


SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kssql)
Series 5

Episode 32

The American funny man presents comedy and music from Las Cruces, New Mexico. With honky-tonk heroes Joe Ely and Joel Guzman.


SAT 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmxv)
Out of the Mouths

Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale about unforeseen danger as a scientist tries out advanced theories on his new born son.

Stars Hywel Bennett as Richard, Elizabeth Proud as Rachel and John Quail as David.

Scripted by William Ingram.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.


SAT 18:30 A Short Journey into Space Force, with Charles Chilton (b00kst7z)
Episode 3

The former BBC producer talks about the ground-breaking music and effects on his classic 1950s sci-fi 'Journey into Space'.


SAT 18:40 James Follett - The Silent Vulcan (b007jsn3)
Episode 3

Selby and his team make an important discovery - which won't please cult's leader, Adrian Roscoe.

After a UFO crash landed, the Sussex town of Pentworth has been cut off by a mysterious invisible and impenetrable wall - and tensions are rising.

'The Silent Vulcan' is the final book in James Follett's sci-fi trilogy of the same name.

Read by Nigel Anthony.

Abridged by Miranda Davis.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard.

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004.


SAT 19:00 Unearthing Mysteries (b007vcn8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 19:30 Doctor Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag (b00874cp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 20:00 Comedy Greats (b007k0ly)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kssql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today]



SUNDAY 31 MAY 2009

SUN 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 A Short Journey into Space Force, with Charles Chilton (b00kst7z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]


SUN 00:40 James Follett - The Silent Vulcan (b007jsn3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Farewell My Lovely (b007jwr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Andrew Rissik - Troy (b007k434)
Helen at Ephesus

After defeating the Trojans, the Greeks sail home. Will the gods be kind to them? City downfall trilogy with Paul Scofield.


SUN 04:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kssql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 31/05/2009 (b00kstkz)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00kstl1)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley and read by Imogen Rands.


SUN 09:00 Christine de Pizan - The Book of the City of Ladies (b007mwc7)
Christine de Pizan's allegorical fantasy about building a fortress for women from valour, virtue and wisdom. With Kathryn Hunt.


SUN 10:15 Five Stories by Rose Tremain (b00cqh5g)
The Ebony Hand

Bewildered by the changes in her life, an aunt finds solace in an unexpected place. Read by Penelope Wilton.


SUN 10:30 Bristow (b00cbcpg)
Series 1

Fair Shares

Takeover tangles as Bristow learns that Chester Perry is making a takeover bid for the firm across the street.

He thinks that if he surreptitiously invests in rivals Miles and Rudge, he can make a mint...

Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows it.

Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years from 1961.

Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Prunella Peach ...... Carol Starks
Fred Stokes ...... David Battley
Post Boy ...... Simon Schatzberger

Music: John Whitehall

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


SUN 11:00 That Reminds Me (b007jn9p)
Series 2

Maureen Lipman

Actress Maureen Lipman looks back on her career in film, TV and the theatre, as she entertains an audience.

Featuring memories of growing up in Hull and her great heroine, Joyce Grenfell.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.


SUN 11:30 The Radio Detectives (b007jpd7)
Series 3

Down the Mean Streets with Philip Marlowe

An exploration of Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled, wisecracking American private-eye - who first appeared in ‘The Big Sleep’ published in 1939.

Series about classic detectives presented by Professor Jeffrey Richards.

With Phillip French, Van Heflin, Ed Bishop, John Tydeman and Bill Morrison.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.


SUN 12:00 Potting On (b00ksx62)
Taking a Break

Pam decides she wants to go on an exciting adventure holiday, but Gordon would much prefer the usual caravanning.

Pam and Gordon Grant are a couple at odds running a garden centre and growing older...

Sitcom by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds.

Starring Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead as Pam and Gordon Grant.

With Trevor Bannister, Karl Theobald and Alex Tregear.

Sitcom by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds.

Producer Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2008.


SUN 12:30 Listen to Les (b00d4nwv)
Les Dawson pays tribute to a feisty barber and Cosmo Smallpiece chairs a chat show. With Daphne Oxenford. From January 1985.


SUN 13:00 Andrew Rissik - Troy (b007k434)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today]


SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ksx64)
The Goon Show: The Last Smoking Seagoon

Ned's quitting nicotine, but Grytpype-Thynne has other ideas. End of the regular series. With Spike Milligan. From January 1960.


SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ksztv)
Ectoplasm: The Case of the Stupid Ignorant Americans

Lord Zimbabwe and Dr Lilac are moon-bound pursuing abducted hillbillies. With Dan Freedman and Nick Romero. From August 2000.


SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ksztx)
Beachcomber...By the Way

JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From July 1991.


SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ksztz)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show

The showbiz legend gives a lecture to impress the Egyptology Society - but there's a strict dress code. Stars Steve Delaney.


SUN 16:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00kszv1)
The Michael Bentine Show

From tackling Britain's recession to film extra of the century - the ultimate one man show, written by the host. From May 1984.


SUN 17:00 That Reminds Me (b007jn9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 17:30 The Radio Detectives (b007jpd7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Voices From the Grave (b007jwn6)
The Parson

Back from missionary work abroad, Reverend Martin Stokes stumbles into a nightmare of biblical proportions abroad.

David Varela's horror stars Mark Bazeley as Rev. Martin Stokes, Lynne Verrall as Mrs Cameron, Geoffrey Beevers as Bishop Millcock, Wayne Foskett as Randall, Stephen Hogan as Sid and Gerard McDermott as Joseph.

Voices From The Grave is a series of four chilling and intimate dramas, inspired by existing ghost stories from around Britain. The writers make these stories more than simply scary - they are studies of humanity, love, rage and despair, of passion, longing and pain.
David has written plays for BBC Radio 4 as well as for TV and film.

Producer: Luke Fresle

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.


SUN 18:30 Report On The Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut (b0085hqx)
Professor Barnhouse discovers a way of channelling his mind to control the forces of nature.

The phenomenon becomes known as the "Barnhouse Effect". The academic sees his skill as a marvellous opportunity to secure world peace. However, the American government has other ideas...

Stuart Milligan reads Kurt Vonnegut's first short story published in 1950.

Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2007.


SUN 19:00 Potting On (b00ksx62)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 19:30 Listen to Les (b00d4nwv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 20:00 Christine de Pizan - The Book of the City of Ladies (b007mwc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 21:15 Five Stories by Rose Tremain (b00cqh5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]


SUN 21:30 Bristow (b00cbcpg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 22:00 The News Quiz (b00kszv3)
Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over the latest news events. First heard on Radio 4 on 22nd May 2009.


SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00kwdsm)
Series 1

Jenny Eclair Interviews Jimmy Carr

Feisty comedienne, Jenny Éclair and deadpan funny man, Jimmy Carr in the tag talk show, where this week's guest turns interviewer in the next show.

Producer Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.


SUN 23:00 Four Sad Faces (b00g27lp)
Episode 2

Quirky sketches from Jack Bernhardt, Tobi Wilson, Tom Crowley and Rachel Lerman - who all met at school. From December 2008.


SUN 23:30 Spats (b00cmjv7)
Series 2

Apathy v Effort

Comedian Luke Roberts tries to solve the big arguments using light entertainment. With Clare Wille. From July 2008.



MONDAY 01 JUNE 2009

MON 00:00 Voices From the Grave (b007jwn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Report On The Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut (b0085hqx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Andrew Rissik - Troy (b007k434)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday]


MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ksx64)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ksztv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ksztx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ksztz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00kszv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 01/06/2009 (b00kt1q4)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b0080hxc)
The Last Goon Show of All

Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers reunite to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the BBC in 1972.

Recorded on 30th April 1972, their farewell performance with a distinguished audience is broadcast complete with the pre-show warm-up at the Camden Theatre, London. It was simultaneously recorded for broadcast on BBC TV.

Written by Spike Milligan and featuring:

Peter Sellers as Grytpype-Thynne, Bluebottle, Major Denis Bloodnok, Henry Crun.

Harry Secombe as Neddy Seagoon in floral cretonne.

Spike Milligan as Eccles, Minnie Bannister, Moriarty

With the Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and the Wally Stott Orchestra conducted by Peter Knight.

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 5th October 1972.


MON 09:00 Capital Gains (b007qgnq)
Series 1

Risk Capital

Amateur philosopher, Julius Hutch is looking forward to spending his retirement just "pottering".

But one morning, he wakes early to find that his life is changed forever...

Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.

First of two series written by Collin Johnson.

Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Mrs Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Kate ...... Justine Midda
Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham
News Reader ...... Collin Johnson

Producer: Andy Jordan.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.


MON 09:30 Unnatural Acts (b00kt1q6)
Series 2

To Catch a Thief

It's all hands to the duster as Paul makes an interesting discovery in Ashdown Forest. Stars Jeremy Hardy. From April 1988.


MON 10:00 Caesar! (b00ct508)
Series 1

Meeting at Formiae

Julius Caesar secretly seeks senate leaders Cicero and Cato's support to shake up the rule of Rome. Stars David Troughton.


MON 11:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00kt1q2)
5,000 Rupees

A street kid goes on an Indian TV game show. The novel that sparked the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. Stars Anand Tiwari.


MON 11:15 Baldi (b007k06w)
Series 3

Tempus Fugit

Mrs Reid leads Franciscan priest Paolo Baldi and his broken watch to a house of clocks where love, revenge and jealousy make a mockery of time...

David Threlfall stars in Series 3 about the murder-solving priest.

Written by Martin Meenan.

Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, Owen Roe as Rynne, Margaret D'Arcy as Mrs Reid, David Kelly as Stanley, Niall Toibin as Frederick, Sorcha Cusack as Aggie, Des Cave as Eddie and Pauline McLynn as Deborah.

Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.

Script Editor: Gemma McMullan

Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.

Director: Mark Lambert

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b0080hxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jp86)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair

The Sitter-in

When a baby goes missing, the suave sleuth and wife Steve are on the case - but can they identify a mystery man?

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

With Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, Frederick Treves as Inspector Eden, James Beattie as Charlie, Peter Wilde as Terry Palmer, June Tobin as Mary Desmond, Armine Sandford as Queenie Edwards, Catherine Salkold as Madame Flaubert and Haydn Jones as Bert Walters

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard so often needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

Producer: Martin C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.


MON 13:30 Casino Royale (b00f6gxp)
Episode 1

A dangerous game of chance for James Bond. Will his new sidekick prove a liability? Alex Jennings reads the classic spy novel.


MON 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007sygj)
The Green Flag Will Be Flying Independently; God Save Ireland!

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


MON 14:15 Journey Into Language (b00dk3vs)
The Journey Begins

Linguistics teaching pioneer Professor Eric Hawkins recalls how his path of learning started out in 1920s Liverpool.


MON 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080jj1)
Episode 6

Sophie tells all, and Calypso has a secret for Hector, but where is he?

A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.

Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.


MON 14:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00kt887)
Thora Hird

The writer recalls his special monologue for the much-loved actress - her last professional recording, made for BBC Radio 7.


MON 15:00 Caesar! (b00ct508)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00kt889)
Kirsten O'Brien presents. Featuring The Adventures of the Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton and read by Stacey Sampson, and Montmorency by Eleanor Updale and read by Paul J Medford.


MON 17:00 Capital Gains (b007qgnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 17:30 Unnatural Acts (b00kt1q6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js9j)
The World in Peril

Episode 16

Captain Jet Morgan and the crew of the Discovery ambush the Lunar Controller.

Continuing the 20-part serial - the third of Charles Chilton's classic sci-fi trilogy set in 1972.

CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Don Sharp
Various ….Alan Tylvern
Rogers/The Martian …. David Jacobs

Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956.


MON 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1d8)
The Cycle

Under a full moon, a young woman deals with two tormentors by unexpected means. Michelle Gomez reads John Connolly's tale.

How often have you done something which seemed out of character only to discover that a full moon fell on that day or week? Five stories marking a full moon. When someone or something unexpectedly steps outside of the norm is it just coincidence, or is there really something in The Lunar Effect?

The Cycle, written by John Connolly and read by Michelle Gomez.

On her way home from work on an almost deserted train, a young woman starts to suffer pains that we are led to believe indicate her period is imminent. When two troublemaking youths board the train and there is a subsequent delay, the boys' unwanted attention, the woman's increasing pain and the effect of the full moon result in the demise of her tormentors by unexpected means...


MON 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081sjk)
Episode 1

A mild-mannered doctor and his monstrous alter-ego. Tim Pigott-Smith reads Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a dual personality.

Abridged by Morag Lyall.

The mild-mannered Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug; one that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Mr Hyde. Transforming himself at will, he roams the streets of fog-bound London as his monstrous alter-ego. It seems he is master of his fate. It seems he is in complete control.

But soon he'll discover that his double life comes at a hideous price...

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish essayist, poet and author of fiction and travel books, was known especially for his novels of adventure. Stevenson became famous with the romantic adventure story Treasure Island, which appeared in 1883.

Producer: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1996.


MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b0080hxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jp86)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


MON 20:30 Casino Royale (b00f6gxp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


MON 21:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00kt1q2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:15 Baldi (b007k06w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


MON 22:00 The Harpoon (b007m747)
Series 2

Episode 1

Yes, Madam! The Empire's favourite weekly is back on the shelves!

Nostalgia galore in the first of four lovingly hand-tooled issues of this acclaimed comedy series awaits your collection - this one a bumper summer edition.

With Susie Brann, Alistair McGowan , Mary Elliot-Nelson, Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham.

Producer: Sarah Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.


MON 22:30 Acropolis Now (b007tldm)
Series 2

Sons

As food runs out at the fish restaurant, a man claims he's the Oracle's long-lost son. Stars Stephen Moore. From March 2002.


MON 23:00 Chewin' the Fat (b00kt8h2)
Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan present Radio Scotland's 'topical' banter and sketch show. From May 1998.


MON 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b00cq58b)
Series 2

Health and Fitness

When his geraniums laugh at his puny physique, the writer overdoes his new fitness regime.

A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.

With:

Alistair McGowan
Doon MacKichan
Brian Bowles
Charles McKeown

Producer: Ioan Magnusson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1993



TUESDAY 02 JUNE 2009

TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1d8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081sjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jp86)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Casino Royale (b00f6gxp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00kt1q2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Baldi (b007k06w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Caesar! (b00ct508)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007sygj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:15 Journey Into Language (b00dk3vs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080jj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00kt887)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 02/06/2009 (b00kt8sx)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7. Contact: CBeebies Radio London, W12 7RJ. Phone: 08700 100 700.


TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b0084rjh)
Series 3

Commodore Goldstein

Hard up Able Seaman 'Taffy' finds himself mistakenly promoted aboard HMS Troutbridge.

Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman 'Fatso' Johnson, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Teniel Evans as LS Goldstein and Heather Chasen as WREN Chasen.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1961.


TUE 08:30 The House of Milton Jones (b00kt8sz)
Episode 1

The surreal comedian's Aunt Dilys wants to sell up and move into an old people's home. With Rosemary Leach. From July 2003.


TUE 09:00 Second Thoughts (b00kt92h)
Series 3

Backs to the Drawing Board

Bill takes time off to help a friend, but Faith is already working at home.

Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith beginning married life, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and Faith's teenage children.

Stars James Bolam as Bill, Lynda Bellingham as Faith, Belinda Lang as Liza, Emma Gregory as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe, Nigel Carrington as Karel Cerny and Brian Bowles as Dennis.

Series three 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: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1991.


TUE 09:30 Huddwinks (b00fsmz4)
Series 1

Dead Men Don't Eat Pilchards

Top cops are on the case, when a witness protection programme goes catastrophically wrong. Stars Roy Hudd. From August 1986.


TUE 10:00 Caesar! (b00ctjz4)
Series 1

The Arena

As Julius's appointed heir, young Octavian uses his legendary skills to outwit enemies and rule Rome. Stars Richard Johnson.


TUE 11:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktc7t)
10,000 Rupees

He's got the first question right, but can Ram Mohammad Thomas win a billion on the Indian TV game show? Stars Anand Tiwari.


TUE 11:15 Baldi (b007k085)
Series 3

The Bookcase

Paolo Baldi helps a librarian investigate the link between her young lover's death, a shifty Chicago cop and the surprisingly dangerous, illegal trade in rare books.

David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.

Written by Simon Brett.

With Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, Bill Nighy as O'Connor, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Geraldine James as Maggie,Owen Roe as Rynne, Gerard McSorley as Dr Virgo, Niall Buggy as Donal Clare, Luke Griffin as Billy and Collette Proctor as Kitty Henderson.

Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.

Script Editor: Gemma McMullan

Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.

Director: Mark Lambert

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b0084rjh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jn1s)
Series 5

Come Dancing

Albert sets out to help son Harold to conquer his fear of ballroom dancing.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Clifford Norgate as the Milkman.

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 Paul Temple (b007jp92)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair

The Marlow Incident

With Queenie dead - will her clue help the debonair detective and wife Steve find the missing baby?

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

With Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, Frederick Treves as Inspector Eden, James Beattie as Charlie, Peter Wilde as Terry Palmer, June Tobin as Mary Desmond, David Spenser as Sergeant Digby, John Stott as Bill McCall, Richard Hurndall as Roger Shelly, Jeffrey Segal as George, James Thomason as the Waiter, Hugh Manning as the Sergeant and Hilda Schroder as the Telephone Girl.

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

Producer: Martin C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.


TUE 13:30 Casino Royale (b00f6q3t)
Episode 2

Bond manages to deal with a bomb attack, but will Le Chiffre have the winning hand? Alex Jennings reads the classic spy novel.


TUE 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tdf7)
The Growth of Belfast; Party Fights

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


TUE 14:15 Journey Into Language (b00dk921)
Listening to Lorca

Renowned linguist Professor Eric Hawkins recalls studying in France and Germany during the 1930s rise of fascism.


TUE 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080p26)
Episode 7

Polly and the twins have an interesting relationship. Helena is put out by Richard's visit.

A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.

Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.


TUE 14:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00ktfr9)
Arise Sir

The writer reflects on speaking engagements and explains why he's never appeared in the annual Honours List.


TUE 15:00 Caesar! (b00ctjz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00ktfrc)
Kirsten O'Brien presents. Featuring The Adventures of the Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton and read by Stacey Sampson, and Montmorency by Eleanor Updale and read by Paul J Medford.


TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00kt92h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 17:30 Huddwinks (b00fsmz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jscg)
The World in Peril

Episode 17

With few resources available, Jet and his crew race to make radio contact.

Continuing the 20-part serial - the third of Charles Chilton's classic sci-fi trilogy set in 1972.

CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Don Sharp
Various ….Alan Tylvern
Rogers/The Martian …. David Jacobs

Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956.


TUE 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1fd)
The Boy by the Light of the Moon

Back in Morocco and remembering a distant a love affair - a Spaniard meets an odd waiter. David Warner reads Vega Powell's tale.

An older Spanish man returns to the Port of Tangier in Morocco, where memories stir of a love affair that changed his life. At his hotel he is attended by a strange boy, who seems to know about the woman he loved long ago. But when the man tries to find the waiter the next day, he's told he only works there once a month: the boy appears only at the time of the full moon. An exotic Tale of the Unexpected.


TUE 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081tfy)
Episode 2

Hyde is wanted for murder and disappears. But what is his connection with the respectable Dr Jekyll? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.


TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b0084rjh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jn1s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jp92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Casino Royale (b00f6q3t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktc7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 21:15 Baldi (b007k085)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


TUE 22:00 The House of Milton Jones (b00kt8sz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 22:30 The Big Fun Show (b00kvb5d)
Episode 1

Sketch series with Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Tony Hawks and Josie Lawrence - before they hit the big time. From January 1988.


TUE 23:00 The End of the Road Show (b00ktfrf)
Episode 3

The series reaching the parts other comedy shows can't. With Nick Hancock, Tony Hawks and Neil Mullarkey. From January 1992.


TUE 23:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b007k11n)
A Tale of Two Tenting

The two friends head off on a surreal camping trip, with Herman Hessian - a dog made out of an old potato sack.

The first of four comic journeys written by John Hegley in which John and his best mate Tony search for happiness, love, the meaning of life ... and glasses.

Starring John Hegley, Simon Munnery, Terry Malloy, Sunny Ormonde and John Korne.

Original music by Nigel Piper.

Director: Anne Edyvean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.



WEDNESDAY 03 JUNE 2009

WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jscg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081tfy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jp92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Casino Royale (b00f6q3t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktc7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Baldi (b007k085)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Caesar! (b00ctjz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tdf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:15 Journey Into Language (b00dk921)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080p26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00ktfr9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 03/06/2009 (b00ktgpy)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy)
Series 4

The Wild Man of the Woods

The lad announces that he's rejecting society to go and live a truly rural life.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1957.


WED 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.


WED 09:00 After Henry (b007jq99)
Series 3

Different Viewpoints

'If the television is a guest in the house, it's rude to exclude it from the conversation. If the television says something, then one would be impolite not to respond to it.'

Sarah is irritated by her mother Eleanor's opinions on TV - and every other subject...

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.

Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper

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 November 1987.


WED 09:30 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.


WED 10:00 Caesar! (b00ctml6)
Series 1

Peeling Figs for Julius

His name is now a byword for depravity, but growing up in Tiberius's court, how evil was Emperor Caligula? Stars David Tennant.


WED 11:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktgq0)
50,000 Rupees

TV show contestant Thomas delves into his troubled past, hoping to find the right answer and win a life-changing sum. Stars Anand Tiwari.


WED 11:15 Baldi (b007k0b9)
Series 3

The Sick Rose

Paolo Baldi discovers that a priceless hybrid plant leads to little peace and serenity in the newly designed garden of contemplation - as he and Tina are soon digging round in the murderous world of gardening.

David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.

Written by Martin Meenan.

With Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Owen Roe as Rynne, Margaret D'Arcy as Mrs Reid, Victoria Smurfit as Claire, Adrian Dunbar as Kearney, Pat Laffan as Meadows, Mark O'Regan as Sheridan, Anne Marie Horan as Megan and Deirdre Monaghan as Gloria.

Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.

Script Editor: Gemma McMullan

Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.

Director: Mark Lambert

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jtxx)
Series 3

Bruce's Choice and Start New Series the Burkiss Way

Long ago in a radio galaxy far away - space film spoofing, the best of 'Bruce Forsyth' and a quiz "live from Norwich".

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 January 1978.


WED 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jp9h)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair

Introducing Mr Droste

More mystery, as the debonair detective sets out to unravel the secret behind Mrs Desmond's gloves.

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

With Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, Peter Wilde as Terry Palmer, John Scott as Bill McCall, Richard Hurndall as Roger Shelly, Simon Lack as Philip Droste, Grizelda Hervey as Vanessa Droste, John Cazabon as Eddie, Leigh Crutchley as the Taxi Driver, John Bryning as Charles Marett and Beryl Calder as the Telephone Girl.

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

Producer: Martin C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.


WED 13:30 Casino Royale (b00f71gh)
Episode 3

Bond is locked in a battle of wills, but victory at the gaming table is no guarantee. Alex Jennings reads the classic spy novel.


WED 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tkgd)
My Mission to Pacify Ireland; Keep a Firm Grip on Your Homesteads

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


WED 14:15 Journey Into Language (b00dkhnt)
Trampling Flat the Frontiers

Renowned linguist Professor Eric Hawkins recalls how being a wartime soldier influenced his future ethos in the classroom.


WED 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qbv)
Episode 8

Sophie has an accident. Polly tries to forget the twins. Calypso receives some bad news.

A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.

Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.


WED 14:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00ktln4)
Seeing Stars

The writer recalls one of his favourite childhood pastimes - going to the pictures and seeing his favourite film stars.


WED 15:00 Caesar! (b00ctml6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00ktln6)
Kirsten O'Brien presents. Featuring The Adventures of the Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton and read by Stacey Sampson, and Montmorency by Eleanor Updale and read by Paul J Medford.


WED 17:00 After Henry (b007jq99)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k2vm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jsfq)
The World in Peril

Episode 18

With the Martians in pursuit, Jet and the crew try desperately to get a message to Earth.

Continuing the 20-part serial - the third of Charles Chilton's classic sci-fi trilogy set in 1972.

CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Don Sharp
Various ….Alan Tylvern
Rogers/The Martian …. David Jacobs

Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956.


WED 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1dn)
She Often Walked at Night

Under a full moon somewhere in Europe - three friends meet in a strange, exotic bar. Lucy Cohu reads Lilian Pizzichini's tale.

Three friends, adrift in a mysterious European city, congregate one night at cocktail hour in a strange, exotic bar and, as they partake of an absinthe-like drink, pathological, long-buried natural tendencies surface under the influence of the full moon.


WED 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0084yhk)
Episode 3

Mr Hyde appears to be dead and Dr Jekyll has disappeared. Will a paper trail unravel the mystery? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jtxx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jp9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


WED 20:30 Casino Royale (b00f71gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


WED 21:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktgq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 21:15 Baldi (b007k0b9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


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


WED 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jvhf)
Series 4

Poet's Corner

Satan is cross with Yeats over a poem, while Scumspawn and Thomas write their own verse. Satanic sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From April 2001.


WED 23:00 Greg Proops - Back in the UK (b007jlq7)
From Edinburgh, the American comedian holds forth on everything from animals to the orange world of David Copperfield.


WED 23:45 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k4lr)
Heroes and Villains

Roger McGough's poetic reflections on relatives and retsina.

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

Recorded at the Bath Festival.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.



THURSDAY 04 JUNE 2009

THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jsfq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]


THU 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]


THU 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0084yhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jp9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Casino Royale (b00f71gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktgq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:15 Baldi (b007k0b9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Caesar! (b00ctml6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tkgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:15 Journey Into Language (b00dkhnt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]


THU 04:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qbv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]


THU 04:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00ktln4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 04/06/2009 (b00ktvvr)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


THU 08:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k11m)
An 'Ep' in the Country

The off-screen doings of TV soap opera stars are often more interesting than the actual programmes, particularly if you never watch the programme concerned.

British show business doyen, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.

Performed and written by Peter Jones.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1986


THU 08:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007v206)
Series 1

May the Farce Be With You

Robert is about to appear in a new London West End farce, but the real farce is what happens in the half hour before the curtain rises...

John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.

Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Margery Shaw ..... Alison Steadman
Stage Manager ..... Jonathan Kydd

Producer: Paul Spencer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1989.


THU 09:00 Doctor at Large (b00bb9m8)
Fellowship

An x-ray mix-up leads Simon Sparrow's confused friends to fear his end is in sight.

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, Norma Ronald as Wendy Swithenbank, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans, Dandy Nichols as Mrs Travers and Kathleen Helme as Sister

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


THU 09:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00ktvvt)
Series 4

It's Behind You

Christmas is coming but goodwill is in short supply among the staff panto cast. Stars Marlene Sidaway and Brigit Forsyth.


THU 10:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg)
Series 2

The Best of Mothers

The murderous tale of Emperor Nero and his interfering mother Agrippina. Stars Jonathan Forbes and Frances Barber.


THU 11:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktvvw)
100,000 Rupees

Thomas' time spent working for an Australian Colonel proves useful when he answers the next quiz question. Stars Anand Tiwari.


THU 11:15 Baldi (b007k0bt)
Series 3

Settling Scores

Paolo invites Tina to her first classical music concert, but a murder soon sounds a wrong note.

David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.

Written by Mark Holloway.

With Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, Bill Nighy as O'Connor, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Geraldine James as Maggie, Owen Roe as Rynne, Gerard McSorley as Dr Virgo, Niall Buggy as Donal Clare, Luke Griffin as Billy and Collette Proctor as Kitty Henderson.

Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.

Script Editor: Gemma McMullan

Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.

Director: Mark Lambert

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


THU 12:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k11m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 My Music (b00904tn)
Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and Denis Norden in their 500th edition. From May 1990.


THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jp9x)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair

Boulevard Seminaire

The mystery glove trail leads the suave detective and his wife to a rendezvous in Paris.

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

With Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, John Scott as Bill McCall, Simon Lack as Philip Droste, Grizelda Hervey as Vanessa Droste, John Bryning as Charles Marett, Jon Farrell as Luke, Betty Baskcomb as the Telephone operator, Rolf Lefebvre as Louis Franz, David March as the Waiter and Beatrice Ormonde as the Receptionist/Lady.

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

Producer: Martin C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.


THU 13:30 Casino Royale (b00f84kr)
Episode 4

Bond is in a delicate position. Could Le Chiffre be right? Should the games end? Alex Jennings reads the classic spy novel.


THU 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tm4c)
The Land War; The Relief of Captain Boycott

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


THU 14:15 Don't Hang Up (b00kv7w3)
Phone boxes around the country are randomly called by presenter Alan Dein. Passing strangers answer and share their stories.


THU 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qtn)
Episode 9

Max gets a telephone call about Monica, while Helena gets a surprise visitor.

A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.

Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.


THU 14:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00kv7w5)
A Common Assault

The writer recalls an ill-fated holiday to Italy in the spring of 1992 which landed him in hospital.


THU 15:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00kv7w7)
Presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Featuring The Adventures of the Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton and read by Stacey Sampson, and Montmorency by Eleanor Updale and read by Paul J Medford.


THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b00bb9m8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


THU 17:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00ktvvt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jshx)
The World in Peril

Episode 19

Despite their best efforts, Jet and the crew are prised from their ship by the Martians.

Continuing the 20-part serial - the third of Charles Chilton's classic sci-fi trilogy set in 1972.

CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Don Sharp
Various ….Alan Tylvern
Rogers/The Martian …. David Jacobs

Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956.


THU 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1hv)
Scavengers

Under a full moon - widow Lottie's odd encounter with a fox has a life changing effect. Amanda Root reads Dominic Power's tale.

After a heavy, gin-induced afternoon sleep, sixty-year old Lottie Nancarrow wakes up with the sense of dread that has plagued her since the recent death of her partner, the abstract painter Ned Stein, with whom she had shared thirty years of a happy bohemian existence. Lottie is treating her grief with alcohol, and is becoming increasingly eccentric, alienating herself from her small West London community and the life she shared with Ned. This evening, Lottie feels that something is wrong, some change in the atmosphere. Going to the French window of her garden flat, she sees a full moon hanging in the sky, and illuminated by the moon, staring through the glass at her, is a large urban fox - staring at her with a look that suggests some secret knowledge.


THU 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
Episode 4

Utterson's persistence with investigating the truth about his friend Dr Jekyll is finally rewarded. Read by Tim Piggott-Smith. From April 1996.


THU 19:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k11m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 My Music (b00904tn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jp9x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


THU 20:30 Casino Royale (b00f84kr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


THU 21:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktvvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


THU 21:15 Baldi (b007k0bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


THU 22:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b007v206)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 22:30 All the World's a Globe (b007jwv5)
6. The Interregnum & The Age of Turmoil

Tales of Cromwell, Roundheads versus Cavaliers and William of Orange to name but a few.

The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War.

Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.

Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.

With guest star Peter Barker.

With thanks to

Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.


THU 22:45 Creme de la Crime (b007yvm3)
Series 1

The Bells and St Clement

Michael Feydeau and David Pershore review the curious case of a fallen monk. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From October 2001.


THU 23:00 Newsjack (b00kvj12)
Broadcast Pilot

BBC Radio 7 Pilot. Magazine style sketch show that comically scrutinises the latest news, views and issues of the day, with Miles Jupp.


THU 23:30 Masala FM (b007jypp)
Episode 3

When one of Auntieji's disgruntled listeners decides to take matters in to his own hands, Khalid may be the only one who can save the station.

Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal

Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.

Music by Nitin Sawhney.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.



FRIDAY 05 JUNE 2009

FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jshx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1hv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]


FRI 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jp9x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Casino Royale (b00f84kr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktvvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:15 Baldi (b007k0bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tm4c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:15 Don't Hang Up (b00kv7w3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]


FRI 04:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qtn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]


FRI 04:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00kv7w5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 05/06/2009 (b00kvkk3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b007js3y)
Series 2

Episode 11

It's Kenneth Horne to the rescue in 'The Gaylords', a tune from Rambling Syd Rumpo, plus Julian and Sandy get all musical in Bona Beats.

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 May 1966.


FRI 08:30 The Alan Davies Show (b0089kpx)
Episode 4

The struggling actor and mate Murray try out a global food café, while Kate has a bad day.

Alan Davies stars in his own sitcom.

Written by Ben Silburn, Tony Roche and Alan Davies.

Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona

With Debra Stephenson, Alistair MacGowan and Dave Lamb.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.


FRI 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0089jcr)
Series 2

Episode 2

JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From July 1991.


FRI 09:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008hpzv)
The French Connection

Arch-rivals town hall clerk Potts and sanitary inspector Perkins hurl insults and then onions...

Six anarchic tales from those demob days “when we was going to build the new Jerusalem - you know, before the world turned lax and sour”.

Stars Norman Rossington as Big Jim, Roland Curram as Harold Perkins, Harold Goodwin as Old Ned, David John as Nimrod, Sylvester McCoy as Turps, David Beckett as Chick, Christopher Godwin as Potts, Hilary Mason as Miss Farquhar, Andre Maranne as French Onion Johnnie and Norman Mitchell as PC Speedworth.

Narrated by Bernard Cribbins.

Written by Ted Walker.

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1987.


FRI 10:00 Caesar! (b00cvbk1)
Series 2

The Glass Ball Game

The story of Emperor Hadrian and his relationship with Antinous, who died in mysterious circumstances. Stars Andrew Garfield.


FRI 11:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00kvkkp)
500,000 Rupees

Sitting in the hot seat, ready for his next quiz question, Thomas remembers being reunited with Salim. Stars Anand Tiwari.


FRI 11:15 Baldi (b007k0ft)
Series 3

The Dig

An archaeological dig becomes a battlefield involving monks, politicians and developers, while Paolo makes some fascinating discoveries.

David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.

Written by Martin Meenan.

With Martin Clunes as Aloysious, Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Owen Roe as Rynne, Margaret D'Arcy as Mrs Reid, Kevin Flood as Professor Evans, Sean McGinley as Swift, Barry McGovern as the Minister and Ingrid Craigie as Helen.

Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.

Script Editor: Gemma McMullan

Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.

Director: Mark Lambert

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b007js3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
From 20/05/1984

From a murderous martial art to an unexploded double bass.

Michael Bentine stars in the ultimate one man show written and performed by the host.

Producer: Jamie Rix

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984


FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jpbb)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair

Roger Shelley Makes a Suggestion

The debonair detective and his wife are in Paris, when the telephone rings with a long distance call...

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

With Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, Frederick Treves as Inspector Eden, Peter Wilde as Terry Palmer, June Tobin as Mary Desmond, John Scott as Bill McCall, Simon Lack as Philip Droste, Betty Baskcomb as the Telephone Operator, Rolf Lefebvre as Louis Franz, John Graham as Dr Foy and Richard Hurndall as Roger Shelly.

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

Producer: Martin C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.


FRI 13:30 Casino Royale (b00f8688)
Episode 5

Bond is reunited with Vesper, but it seems the true enemy is much closer to home. Alex Jennings reads the classic spy novel.


FRI 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tcj0)
Assassination in the Phoenix Park; The First Home Rule Bill

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.


FRI 14:15 Lady Curzon and a Pineapple (b00cm6ww)
Ian Peacock picks up his spoon and delves into the history of "The King of Fruits".

The "most wanted" additions to any early 20th-century dinner party were said to have been Lady Curzon and a Pineapple. The former for her wit and charms, the latter for its taste, of course, but also for its status as a symbol of wealth and exoticism. Pineapples are believed to have been discovered by Columbus in 1493, and by the 18th century they were so sought-after that many wealthy landowners were attempting to grow them here in Britain. Some were successfully grown as far north as Falkirk in Central Scotland.

Lucinda Lambton discusses pineapple representation in architecture here and abroad, while Ian meets a young pineapple grower and tastes a one cooked to an ancient recipe on a spit over an open fire.

Producer: Caroline Barbour

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


FRI 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080sjp)
Episode 10

A funeral sparks a big reunion of old faces at the house in Cornwall.

A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.

Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Concluded by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.


FRI 14:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00kvq7p)
Staring out of the Window

Staring out of the window, Alan muses about what 'being a writer' actually means.


FRI 15:00 Caesar! (b00cvbk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00kvq7r)
Presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Featuring The Adventures of the Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton and read by Stacey Sampson, and Montmorency by Eleanor Updale and read by Paul J Medford.


FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0089jcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


FRI 17:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008hpzv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jsl4)
The World in Peril

Episode 20

As the invasion fleet reaches Earth, can Jet Morgan and his crew save the day?

Continuing the 20-part serial - the third of Charles Chilton's classic sci-fi trilogy set in 1972.

CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Don Sharp
Various ….Alan Tylvern
Rogers/The Martian …. David Jacobs

Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1956.


FRI 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1k4)
The Hiring Fair

Strong moonlight forces spark a sequence of events which echo across generations. Frances Tomelty reads Polly Devlin's tale.

In 1867 a young girl living with her father on their isolated County Tyrone farm often senses the magical attraction of the full moon. On one particular night of bright, silvery moonlight she gives in to strong forces sparking a sequence of events which echo across generations.


FRI 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00859tj)
Episode 5

It's Henry Jekyll's turn to tell the story, as the bizarre truth is finally revealed. Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.


FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b007js3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jpbb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


FRI 20:30 Casino Royale (b00f8688)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


FRI 21:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00kvkkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 21:15 Baldi (b007k0ft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


FRI 22:00 The Alan Davies Show (b0089kpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00kvq7t)
Series 1

Wrath

Mark Watson investigates wrath as he continues his quest to free us from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy.

Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and jealous glances.

Producer: Katie Marsden

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.


FRI 23:00 Saturday Night Fry (b00kvq7w)
1. Pilot Show

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

With Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson.

Special guest: Barry Cryer.

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

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

Producer: Dan Patterson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.


FRI 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007jyjh)
Dave Podmore's Cricket Night

Episode 1

For cricket's most unremarkable medium-paced trundler, every problem is an opportunity.

So Pod turns his 140 hours of community service, teaching the basics of the game to kids, into a novel way of promoting his testimonial dinner.

Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.

Pod ...... Christopher Douglas
Andy Hamer ...... Andrew Nickolds

With Nick Newman, Chris Pavlo, Mark Perry and Nichola Sanderson.

Producer: Richard Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.




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

01/06/2009 05:00 MON (b00kt1q4)

02/06/2009 05:00 TUE (b00kt8sx)

03/06/2009 05:00 WED (b00ktgpy)

04/06/2009 05:00 THU (b00ktvvr)

05/06/2009 05:00 FRI (b00kvkk3)

30/05/2009 05:00 SAT (b00kss2n)

31/05/2009 05:00 SUN (b00kstkz)

A Short History of Ireland 04:00 SAT (b007t599)

A Short History of Ireland 14:00 MON (b007sygj)

A Short History of Ireland 04:00 TUE (b007sygj)

A Short History of Ireland 14:00 TUE (b007tdf7)

A Short History of Ireland 04:00 WED (b007tdf7)

A Short History of Ireland 14:00 WED (b007tkgd)

A Short History of Ireland 04:00 THU (b007tkgd)

A Short History of Ireland 14:00 THU (b007tm4c)

A Short History of Ireland 04:00 FRI (b007tm4c)

A Short History of Ireland 14:00 FRI (b007tcj0)

A Short Journey into Space Force, with Charles Chilton 18:30 SAT (b00kst7z)

A Short Journey into Space Force, with Charles Chilton 00:30 SUN (b00kst7z)

Acropolis Now 22:30 MON (b007tldm)

After Henry 09:00 WED (b007jq99)

After Henry 17:00 WED (b007jq99)

Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories 14:45 MON (b00kt887)

Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories 04:45 TUE (b00kt887)

Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories 14:45 TUE (b00ktfr9)

Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories 04:45 WED (b00ktfr9)

Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories 14:45 WED (b00ktln4)

Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories 04:45 THU (b00ktln4)

Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories 14:45 THU (b00kv7w5)

Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories 04:45 FRI (b00kv7w5)

Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories 14:45 FRI (b00kvq7p)

Alan Bennett - Untold Stories 04:45 SAT (b00kn8k3)

Alison and Maud 09:30 WED (b007k2vm)

Alison and Maud 17:30 WED (b007k2vm)

All the World's a Globe 22:30 THU (b007jwv5)

An Actor's Life for Me 08:30 THU (b007v206)

An Actor's Life for Me 22:00 THU (b007v206)

Andrew Rissik - Troy 02:30 SUN (b007k434)

Andrew Rissik - Troy 13:00 SUN (b007k434)

Andrew Rissik - Troy 01:00 MON (b007k434)

Baldi 11:15 MON (b007k06w)

Baldi 21:15 MON (b007k06w)

Baldi 02:15 TUE (b007k06w)

Baldi 11:15 TUE (b007k085)

Baldi 21:15 TUE (b007k085)

Baldi 02:15 WED (b007k085)

Baldi 11:15 WED (b007k0b9)

Baldi 21:15 WED (b007k0b9)

Baldi 02:15 THU (b007k0b9)

Baldi 11:15 THU (b007k0bt)

Baldi 21:15 THU (b007k0bt)

Baldi 02:15 FRI (b007k0bt)

Baldi 11:15 FRI (b007k0ft)

Baldi 21:15 FRI (b007k0ft)

Beachcomber... By the Way 09:00 FRI (b0089jcr)

Beachcomber... By the Way 17:00 FRI (b0089jcr)

Big Jim and the Figaro Club 09:30 FRI (b008hpzv)

Big Jim and the Figaro Club 17:30 FRI (b008hpzv)

Big Toe Books 08:00 SAT (b00kss2q)

Big Toe Books 08:00 SUN (b00kstl1)

Big Toe Books 16:00 MON (b00kt889)

Big Toe Books 16:00 TUE (b00ktfrc)

Big Toe Books 16:00 WED (b00ktln6)

Big Toe Books 16:00 THU (b00kv7w7)

Big Toe Books 16:00 FRI (b00kvq7r)

Bristow 10:30 SUN (b00cbcpg)

Bristow 21:30 SUN (b00cbcpg)

Caesar! 10:00 MON (b00ct508)

Caesar! 15:00 MON (b00ct508)

Caesar! 03:00 TUE (b00ct508)

Caesar! 10:00 TUE (b00ctjz4)

Caesar! 15:00 TUE (b00ctjz4)

Caesar! 03:00 WED (b00ctjz4)

Caesar! 10:00 WED (b00ctml6)

Caesar! 15:00 WED (b00ctml6)

Caesar! 03:00 THU (b00ctml6)

Caesar! 10:00 THU (b00ctvxg)

Caesar! 15:00 THU (b00ctvxg)

Caesar! 03:00 FRI (b00ctvxg)

Caesar! 10:00 FRI (b00cvbk1)

Caesar! 15:00 FRI (b00cvbk1)

Capital Gains 09:00 MON (b007qgnq)

Capital Gains 17:00 MON (b007qgnq)

Casino Royale 13:30 MON (b00f6gxp)

Casino Royale 20:30 MON (b00f6gxp)

Casino Royale 01:30 TUE (b00f6gxp)

Casino Royale 13:30 TUE (b00f6q3t)

Casino Royale 20:30 TUE (b00f6q3t)

Casino Royale 01:30 WED (b00f6q3t)

Casino Royale 13:30 WED (b00f71gh)

Casino Royale 20:30 WED (b00f71gh)

Casino Royale 01:30 THU (b00f71gh)

Casino Royale 13:30 THU (b00f84kr)

Casino Royale 20:30 THU (b00f84kr)

Casino Royale 01:30 FRI (b00f84kr)

Casino Royale 13:30 FRI (b00f8688)

Casino Royale 20:30 FRI (b00f8688)

Chain Reaction 22:30 SUN (b00kwdsm)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:00 SAT (b007js79)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:00 MON (b007js9j)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:00 TUE (b007js9j)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:00 TUE (b007jscg)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:00 WED (b007jscg)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:00 WED (b007jsfq)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:00 THU (b007jsfq)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:00 THU (b007jshx)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:00 FRI (b007jshx)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:00 FRI (b007jsl4)

Chewin' the Fat 23:00 MON (b00kt8h2)

Christine de Pizan - The Book of the City of Ladies 02:00 SAT (b007mdzb)

Christine de Pizan - The Book of the City of Ladies 09:00 SUN (b007mwc7)

Christine de Pizan - The Book of the City of Ladies 20:00 SUN (b007mwc7)

Comedy Catch-Up 14:30 SUN (b00ksx64)

Comedy Catch-Up 15:00 SUN (b00ksztv)

Comedy Catch-Up 15:30 SUN (b00ksztx)

Comedy Catch-Up 16:00 SUN (b00ksztz)

Comedy Catch-Up 16:30 SUN (b00kszv1)

Comedy Catch-Up 02:30 MON (b00ksx64)

Comedy Catch-Up 03:00 MON (b00ksztv)

Comedy Catch-Up 03:30 MON (b00ksztx)

Comedy Catch-Up 04:00 MON (b00ksztz)

Comedy Catch-Up 04:30 MON (b00kszv1)

Comedy Greats 10:00 SAT (b007k0ly)

Comedy Greats 20:00 SAT (b007k0ly)

Creme de la Crime 22:45 THU (b007yvm3)

Crime Catch-Up 14:30 SAT (b00kssq8)

Crime Catch-Up 15:00 SAT (b00kssqb)

Crime Catch-Up 15:30 SAT (b00kssqd)

Crime Catch-Up 16:00 SAT (b00kssqg)

Crime Catch-Up 16:30 SAT (b00kssqj)

Dave Podmore 23:30 FRI (b007jyjh)

Doctor Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag 09:30 SAT (b00874cp)

Doctor Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag 19:30 SAT (b00874cp)

Doctor at Large 09:00 THU (b00bb9m8)

Doctor at Large 17:00 THU (b00bb9m8)

Don't Hang Up 14:15 THU (b00kv7w3)

Don't Hang Up 04:15 FRI (b00kv7w3)

Farewell My Lovely 13:00 SAT (b007jwr4)

Farewell My Lovely 01:00 SUN (b007jwr4)

Five Stories by Rose Tremain 10:15 SUN (b00cqh5g)

Five Stories by Rose Tremain 21:15 SUN (b00cqh5g)

Four Sad Faces 23:00 SUN (b00g27lp)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 17:00 SAT (b00kssql)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 23:00 SAT (b00kssql)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 04:00 SUN (b00kssql)

Greg Proops - Back in the UK 23:00 WED (b007jlq7)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b007tdvy)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b007tdvy)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b007tdvy)

Huddwinks 09:30 TUE (b00fsmz4)

Huddwinks 17:30 TUE (b00fsmz4)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 08:00 THU (b007k11m)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 12:00 THU (b007k11m)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 19:00 THU (b007k11m)

James Follett - The Silent Vulcan 18:40 SAT (b007jsn3)

James Follett - The Silent Vulcan 00:40 SUN (b007jsn3)

Journey Into Language 14:15 MON (b00dk3vs)

Journey Into Language 04:15 TUE (b00dk3vs)

Journey Into Language 14:15 TUE (b00dk921)

Journey Into Language 04:15 WED (b00dk921)

Journey Into Language 14:15 WED (b00dkhnt)

Journey Into Language 04:15 THU (b00dkhnt)

Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader 01:30 SAT (b00dps76)

King Street Junior Revisited 09:30 THU (b00ktvvt)

King Street Junior Revisited 17:30 THU (b00ktvvt)

Lady Curzon and a Pineapple 14:15 FRI (b00cm6ww)

Listen to Les 12:30 SUN (b00d4nwv)

Listen to Les 19:30 SUN (b00d4nwv)

Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better 22:30 FRI (b00kvq7t)

Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn 04:30 SAT (b00807gp)

Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn 14:30 MON (b0080jj1)

Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn 04:30 TUE (b0080jj1)

Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn 14:30 TUE (b0080p26)

Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn 04:30 WED (b0080p26)

Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn 14:30 WED (b0080qbv)

Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn 04:30 THU (b0080qbv)

Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn 14:30 THU (b0080qtn)

Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn 04:30 FRI (b0080qtn)

Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn 14:30 FRI (b0080sjp)

Masala FM 23:30 THU (b007jypp)

My Music 12:30 THU (b00904tn)

My Music 19:30 THU (b00904tn)

Newsjack 23:00 THU (b00kvj12)

Old Harry's Game 22:30 WED (b007jvhf)

Paper Gardens 04:15 SAT (b007k2kb)

Paul Temple 13:00 MON (b007jp86)

Paul Temple 20:00 MON (b007jp86)

Paul Temple 01:00 TUE (b007jp86)

Paul Temple 13:00 TUE (b007jp92)

Paul Temple 20:00 TUE (b007jp92)

Paul Temple 01:00 WED (b007jp92)

Paul Temple 13:00 WED (b007jp9h)

Paul Temple 20:00 WED (b007jp9h)

Paul Temple 01:00 THU (b007jp9h)

Paul Temple 13:00 THU (b007jp9x)

Paul Temple 20:00 THU (b007jp9x)

Paul Temple 01:00 FRI (b007jp9x)

Paul Temple 13:00 FRI (b007jpbb)

Paul Temple 20:00 FRI (b007jpbb)

Peter Tinniswood 02:15 SAT (b007jw6z)

Potting On 12:00 SUN (b00ksx62)

Potting On 19:00 SUN (b00ksx62)

RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 18:45 MON (b0081sjk)

RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 00:45 TUE (b0081sjk)

RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 18:45 TUE (b0081tfy)

RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 00:45 WED (b0081tfy)

RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 18:45 WED (b0084yhk)

RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 00:45 THU (b0084yhk)

RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 18:45 THU (b00858dr)

RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 00:45 FRI (b00858dr)

RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 18:45 FRI (b00859tj)

Report On The Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut 18:30 SUN (b0085hqx)

Report On The Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut 00:30 MON (b0085hqx)

Round the Horne 08:00 FRI (b007js3y)

Round the Horne 12:00 FRI (b007js3y)

Round the Horne 19:00 FRI (b007js3y)

Saturday Night Fry 23:00 FRI (b00kvq7w)

Second Thoughts 09:00 TUE (b00kt92h)

Second Thoughts 17:00 TUE (b00kt92h)

Sherlock Holmes 01:00 SAT (m00094ml)

Sounding Off with McGough 23:45 WED (b007k4lr)

Spats 23:30 SUN (b00cmjv7)

Steptoe and Son 12:30 TUE (b007jn1s)

Steptoe and Son 19:30 TUE (b007jn1s)

That Reminds Me 11:00 SUN (b007jn9p)

That Reminds Me 17:00 SUN (b007jn9p)

The Adventures of John and Tony 23:30 TUE (b007k11n)

The Alan Davies Show 08:30 FRI (b0089kpx)

The Alan Davies Show 22:00 FRI (b0089kpx)

The Big Fun Show 22:30 TUE (b00kvb5d)

The Burkiss Way 12:30 WED (b007jtxx)

The Burkiss Way 19:30 WED (b007jtxx)

The End of the Road Show 23:00 TUE (b00ktfrf)

The Goon Show 08:00 MON (b0080hxc)

The Goon Show 12:00 MON (b0080hxc)

The Goon Show 19:00 MON (b0080hxc)

The Harpoon 22:00 MON (b007m747)

The House of Milton Jones 08:30 TUE (b00kt8sz)

The House of Milton Jones 22:00 TUE (b00kt8sz)

The Lunar Effect 18:30 MON (b007k1d8)

The Lunar Effect 00:30 TUE (b007k1d8)

The Lunar Effect 18:30 TUE (b007k1fd)

The Lunar Effect 00:30 WED (b007k1fd)

The Lunar Effect 18:30 WED (b007k1dn)

The Lunar Effect 00:30 THU (b007k1dn)

The Lunar Effect 18:30 THU (b007k1hv)

The Lunar Effect 00:30 FRI (b007k1hv)

The Lunar Effect 18:30 FRI (b007k1k4)

The Michael Bentine Show 12:30 FRI (b00kvkkw)

The Michael Bentine Show 19:30 FRI (b00kvkkw)

The Navy Lark 08:00 TUE (b0084rjh)

The Navy Lark 12:00 TUE (b0084rjh)

The Navy Lark 19:00 TUE (b0084rjh)

The News Quiz 22:00 SUN (b00kszv3)

The Nick Revell Show 23:30 MON (b00cq58b)

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

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

The Price of Fear 18:00 SAT (b007jmxv)

The Price of Fear 00:00 SUN (b007jmxv)

The Radio Detectives 11:30 SUN (b007jpd7)

The Radio Detectives 17:30 SUN (b007jpd7)

Unearthing Mysteries 09:00 SAT (b007vcn8)

Unearthing Mysteries 19:00 SAT (b007vcn8)

Unnatural Acts 09:30 MON (b00kt1q6)

Unnatural Acts 17:30 MON (b00kt1q6)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 11:00 MON (b00kt1q2)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 21:00 MON (b00kt1q2)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 02:00 TUE (b00kt1q2)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 11:00 TUE (b00ktc7t)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 21:00 TUE (b00ktc7t)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 02:00 WED (b00ktc7t)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 11:00 WED (b00ktgq0)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 21:00 WED (b00ktgq0)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 02:00 THU (b00ktgq0)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 11:00 THU (b00ktvvw)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 21:00 THU (b00ktvvw)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 02:00 FRI (b00ktvvw)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 11:00 FRI (b00kvkkp)

Vikas Swarup - Q&A 21:00 FRI (b00kvkkp)

Voices From the Grave 18:00 SUN (b007jwn6)

Voices From the Grave 00:00 MON (b007jwn6)

Wally K Daly 00:30 SAT (b007jv1s)

War and Peace 03:00 SAT (b007k48s)