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SATURDAY 01 AUGUST 2009

SAT 00:00 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.


SAT 00:30 Survival (b007jv32)
Episode 2

Trapped with little food, the space travellers learn a shocking secret. John Wyndham's sci-fi horror, read by Nicholas Boulton.


SAT 01:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtf4)
Black Tuesday

Gordon Kaye stars as the culinary mystery-solver investigating dirty tricks at restaurant directory, "Le Guide".

Pamplemousse is a retired policeman living in Paris, now making a living as an inspector for the prestigious restaurant rating directory 'Le Guide'. His long-suffering wife is Doucette (Shirley Dixon) and his ever-constant bloodhound companion is Pommes Frites (Trevor Martin).

Pamplemousse travels around France sampling fine cuisine and wines at gourmet restaurants, while managing to stumble into a series of mysteries. The character was first created in a series of novels featuring comedy, crime and cuisine by Michael Bond. Adapted for radio by Alick Rowe.

Michael Bond decided to become a writer while serving in the army during the Second World War. In 1947, he returned to the BBC, where he'd worked previously. His first creation, Paddington Bear, was born after a Christmas Eve shopping trip when he spotted a small, solitary bear in a large London store. Monsieur Pamplemousse was his first adult novel in 1983. Its success spawned a whole series of books.

Director: John Tydeman

A Mentorn Radio production first heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.


SAT 01:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcsp)
The Affair of the Birmingham Bank

Can daring Edwardian sleuth, Thorpe Hazell manage to foil a gold bullion train robbery?

Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.

Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.

English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.

Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.


SAT 01:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fwcsr)
Series 1

A Real Nice Guy

Jimmie is a psycho-sniper stalking Los Angeles for another target. William F Nolan's classic thriller, read by Peter Marinker.


SAT 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b3zz3)
Episode 5

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

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

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

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


SAT 02:15 If Music Be the Food of Love, Mine's a Jam Butty (b007jqsg)
Beth has always looked after her drunken father, but when he dies - she finally discovers her own voice. Stars Sunetra Sarker.


SAT 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpr1)
Framley Parsonage

Framley Parsonage Part 2

The vicar faces ruin as he tries to break away from the powerful Lady Lufton. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with David Haig.


SAT 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00lw4bv)
1924 - The First Labour PM and the Zinoviev Letter

Across the decades, Christopher Lee's vivid account of Britain's fast-paced history. Narrated by Anna Massey with Robert Powell.


SAT 04:15 The Lost Continent (b007jp5b)
Episode 5

From Elvis Presley's Tupelo birth place to North Carolina - Bill Bryson rediscovers America. Read by Kerry Shale.


SAT 04:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lrnj)
Southward Again

With the Jupiter stranded, thoughts of rescue fade as the chums realise who is roaring towards them. Read by Michael Palin. From August 1981.


SAT 04:45 Timothy West - I'm Here I Think, Where Are You? (b007jw4n)
Episode 5

In letters to his wife Prunella Scales, the actor reflects on the Bristol Old Vic and touring 'King Lear' in Ireland.


SAT 05:00 01/08/2009 (b00lwx76)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00lwx78)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring Black Beauty - written by Anna Sewell and read by John Hasler.


SAT 09:00 Maugham's Eye View (b00lwx7b)
The Round Dozen

With 11 wives behind him, the celebrated bigamist, Mortimer Ells is looking to complete the dozen.

Dirk Bogarde is the narrator for another of Somerset Maugham's short stories.

Mortimer Ellis ...... Michael Williams
Miss Porchester ...... Joanna David
Mr St Clair ...... Denys Hawthorne
Mrs St Clair ...... Zulema Dene

Other parts played by:

Jane Whittenshaw
Paul Jenkins
Stephen Critchlow
Caroline Strong

Dramatised by Neville Teller.

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.


SAT 09:30 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag (b00lwx7d)
Series 2

Better Safe Than Sorry

Hysteria hits Levenford after the GP visits a well-known hypochondriac. AJ Cronin dramatisation with John Gordon Sinclair.


SAT 10:00 Comedy Greats (b007k35z)
1990s

Episode 1

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

Yo! Well wicked Baz presents six fave shows plucked from the 1990s schedules of BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5:-

* A Look Back At The Nineties
(2/5) 1996:
Recorded in 1993 - Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Chris Barrie "look back" at the decade that was yet to happen.

* Hair in the Gate
Series 1 (3/6)
Camilla revamps the TV arts show to keep her cutting edge lover. Stars Harriet Thorpe and Alistair McGowan. From 1993.

* The Now Show
Series 3 (4/13)
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis poke fun at events of 1999 via sketches, songs and stand-up. With Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Mitch Benn and Marcus Brigstocke.

* Goodness Gracious Me
Series 3 (6/6)
'The Archers' and 'The Waltons' with a twist and The Minx Twins tackle feminism. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir. From 1998.

* On The Town With The League of Gentlemen
(4/6) Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
The eccentric locals of the town of Spent get an unusual new guy for the bonfire. Pre-TV sitcom with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith. From 1997.

* On The Hour
Series 2 (5/6)
Ireland hits the headlines, as the programme celebrates its 33rd birthday. Chris Morris fronts the news satire. With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan and Patrick Marber. From 1992.

Produced and scripted by Peter Reed

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2003.


SAT 13:00 Philip Marlowe: The High Window (b007jws5)
On the trail of a valuable coin, Raymond Chandler's world-weary private eye enters a deadly underworld. Stars Ed Bishop.


SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00lwx7g)
Christopher Lee - Colvil and Soames: The Wages of Sin

The intelligence officers probe deeper into Dominic's death, turning on the charm. Stars Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman.


SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00lwx7j)
Christopher Lee - Colvil and Soames: Requiescant in Pace

The intelligence officers discover a surprising secret about the dead priest. Stars Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman.


SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00lwx7l)
Christopher Lee - Colvil and Soames: A Matter of Judgement

The intelligence officers discover a fresh link - and are alarmed for Mrs Wedlock. Stars Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman.


SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00lwx7n)
Christopher Lee - Colvil and Soames: Betrayal and Judgement

Intelligence officer Alex makes a discovery, but is she in time for her partner? Stars Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman.


SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00lwxbw)
Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates: Black Tuesday

Michael Bond's French detective investigates dirty tricks at his employers, Le Guide. With Gordon Kaye. From December 1995.


SAT 17:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b007jwfp)
Jasper Carrott

The Birmingham born stand-up comedian chats about his career and reveals which funny folk make him laugh. From January 2006.


SAT 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007s74m)
The Changing Man

After his trip to Mitchell Bluff, Taft's realised Bowers' story about the attack on his base doesn't add up - and Bowers isn't giving anything away. Worse, a member of Taft's team has been found dead...

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

Director: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.


SAT 18:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k43b)
Episode 4

Now a monstrous insect, Gregor strives to stay close to his family - but his father turns on him. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.

PROMOTION NOTE

"When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect."

This shocking opening introduces one of the twentieth century's most famous stories.

Gregor's family react with horror at his bizarre transformation but their horror slowly turns to revulsion and then monstrous indifference as he is left to quietly waste away in his bedroom.

Metamorphosis was first published in 1912.

Benedict Cumberbatch reads this surreal classic in four parts.

Stage and screen actor, Benedict Cumberbatch was Bafta nominated for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the BBC TV drama, "Hawking". Most recently he appeared in the TV dramatisation of William Golding's seafaring trilogy, "To The Ends of The Earth". He also won critical acclaim playing Hedda's husband, George, in last year's West End production of "Hedda Gabler".

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) ranks among the twentieth-century's most acclaimed writers. He is often cited as the author whose works best evoke the concerns and preoccupations of modern life. The world in his stories is portrayed as one in which the fantastic is entirely normal, the irrational is rational, and the unreasonable seems reasonable. As Ernst Pawel wrote in his biography of the writer, "Kafka articulates the anguish of being human."

Translated by Richard Stokes

(Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins).


SAT 19:00 Maugham's Eye View (b00lwx7b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 19:30 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag (b00lwx7d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 20:00 Comedy Greats (b007k35z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 23:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b007jwfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today]



SUNDAY 02 AUGUST 2009

SUN 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007s74m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k43b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Philip Marlowe: The High Window (b007jws5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Justice or Murder?: The Death of Charles I (b00lwxlc)
The monarchy and parliament feature in the Putney Debates, preceding the King's execution. Jack Emery's play with Derek Jacobi.


SUN 04:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b007jwfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 02/08/2009 (b00lwxlf)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00lwxlh)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring John Hasler reading Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.


SUN 09:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b523y)
Omnibus, part 1

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

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

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

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts.

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


SUN 10:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jy4d)
Series 2

The Cowslip Field

The tale of a tender moment among the spring flowers for Pacey and her young charge. Read by David Neal.


SUN 10:30 Bristow (b007rgl8)
Series 2

The Power of the Press

The Chester-Perry buying clerk crusades to improve conditions for cleaning ladies.

Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the buying clerk from Frank Dickens' famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 41 years in London's Evening Standard.

Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Gert ...... Liz Fraser
Daisy ...... Joan Sims
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Stationmaster ...... Jon Glover
Stoke ...... David Battley
Hickford ...... Roger Lloyd Pack
Lift Boy ...... Ian Kelland

Music composed and performed by John Whitehall.

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.


SUN 11:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b007svwr)
Episode 4

Russell Davies reviews the BBC's variety artistes of the Second World War. Featuring Elsie and Doris Waters and Tommy Handley.


SUN 11:30 The Palace of Laughter (b007wld9)
Series 1

Belfast Grand Opera House

Geoffrey Wheeler is in Belfast meeting staff and performers at the Grand Opera House, which emerged from the Troubles as a symbol of the city's regeneration.

Mike Harding and Jimmy Cricket are among those recalling their experiences at this classic theatre built by Frank Matcham in 1895.

Series visiting variety theatres around the United Kingdom.

Producer: Libby Cross

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.


SUN 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b01pp3rs)
The Big Rocket

The civil servants bungle in Britain's space race with a mix-up over Mildred. Stars Wilfrid Hyde-White. From November 1962.


SUN 12:30 Albert and Me (b007jv04)
Series 1

Pilot Episode

Single dad Bryan Archer struggles to work as well as bringing up his baby son, Albert.

Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Frank Thornton as Vernon Wordsworth.

Written by Jim Eldridge.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1977.


SUN 13:00 Justice or Murder?: The Death of Charles I (b00lwxlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today]


SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00lwyc2)
Dead Ringers

More celeb sound-alikes as Simon Bates phones a plumber and David Bowie calls the council. With Jan Ravens. From August 2001.


SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00lwyc4)
The Million Pound Radio Show

Sharp-edged banter and sketches with a topical flavour. Starring Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell. From August 1985.


SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00lwyc6)
Chambers

Hell-bent on becoming QC at any cost, John Fuller-Carp employs anyone who can help him. Stars John Bird. From April 1996.


SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00lwyc8)
The Sit Crom: The Secret Knocke

Civil War comedy by Sue Limb, featuring spies and sinful vegetables. With Joss Ackland and Miriam Margolyes. From May 1990.


SUN 16:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00lxzj1)
The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: Cold Call

Gordon is persuaded to extend his house. But is this a case of Conservatory Conspiracy? With Pam Ferris. From June 2006.


SUN 17:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b007svwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 17:30 The Palace of Laughter (b007wld9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]


SUN 18:00 James Follett - Rules of Asylum (b007k18v)
Episode 2

Considered a threat to the state because of an unpublished manuscript, political prisoner Jan Valeri has escaped from the Sanatorium. The police have just picked him up...

Starring James Beattie.

James Follett's exploration of dissention and danger in a repressive state in the Eastern Bloc.

Jan Valery …. James Beattie
Suskin …. Vernon Joyner
Secretary/ Librarian …. Betty Huntley-Wright
Guard/Alex/Student …. Neville Jason
Governor …. Manning Wilson
Suskin's Chief …. Brian Haines
Anna …. Caroline John
Zoe/1st Girl …. Rosalyn Slater
Woman in Sanatorium/2nd Girl …. Diana Bishop
Danski …. Cyril Shaps
Nero …. Francis de Wolff
Interrogator …. John Challis
Restaurant Manager …. Godfrey Kenton

The original audio was lost from the BBC archive, so our thanks to James Follett for the donation from his personal collection.

Producer: Margaret Hall

First broadcast as a 90 minute drama on BBC Radio 4 in November 1973.


SUN 18:30 The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley (b007jw60)
Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley's fantastical tale explores man's fascination with eternal life and elixirs. Read by Shaun Dooley.

A young man works for a powerful alchemist. Feeling jilted in love and consumed with jealousy towards a rival, he secretly drinks one of his Master's potions hoping to cure himself of these emotions. Instead, he’s soon facing a living hell…

Romantic novelist, biographer and editor, Mary Shelley is best known as the author of Frankenstein (1818), published when she was just 21. The radical scientific ideas explored in her first novel attracted wide criticism during her lifetime. Writing nearly 100 years before HG Wells, Shelley is now recognised as one of sci-fi’s founding figures.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2005.


SUN 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b01pp3rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 19:30 Albert and Me (b007jv04)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 20:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b523y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 21:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jy4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]


SUN 21:30 Bristow (b007rgl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 22:00 The Now Show (b00lxxwg)
Fresh from 4 - Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical look at the week's news. From 24th July 2009.


SUN 22:30 Hut 33 (b00lxzyd)
Series 1

Food

The Bletchley Park code-breakers think of some new ways to improve wartime rations. Stars Robert Bathurst. From July 2007.


SUN 23:00 We Are Klang: Amazing Lives (b007k3b7)
Poet

The late controversial poet Adam Croxton - by those who knew him. Spoof with Greg Davies and Steve Hall. From March 2007.


SUN 23:30 Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows (b00fl0jv)
Football

Incisive reporter Gus Murdoch focuses on the joys of lower league soccer.

Written by and starring Stephen Carlin.

With Neil Edmond, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Stephen Carlin, Helen Longworth and Chris Pavlo.

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2008.


SUN 23:45 A Series of Psychotic Episodes (b00fl0p3)
Episode 3

MC Auctioneer and surgeon Dr Sweep. It's the surreal world of Miriam Elia, with Dan Tetsall and James Kenward. From November 2008.



MONDAY 03 AUGUST 2009

MON 00:00 James Follett - Rules of Asylum (b007k18v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley (b007jw60)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Justice or Murder?: The Death of Charles I (b00lwxlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday]


MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00lwyc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00lwyc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00lwyc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00lwyc8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b007yyzf)
Series 1

Cold Call

By David Holt. Gordon is persuaded to extend his house. But is this a case of Conservatory Conspiracy? With Pam Ferris. From June 2006.


MON 05:00 03/08/2009 (b00ly0k5)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jl9m)
Series 1

Command Decision

Captain Mainwaring gets an offer of weapons for the platoon, but there's a catch...

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

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

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Fraser …. John Laurie
Private Walker …. James Beck
Colonel Square …. Geoffrey Lumsden
Driver …. David Sinclair
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.


MON 08:30 Dead Ringers (b007k15r)
Series 5

Episode 2

More celeb sound-alikes with a thirsty Simon Bates and 'The Archers' meet 'Big Brother'. With Jon Culshaw. From August 2001.


MON 09:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b007z8s1)
Series 1

First Impressions

By Rona Munro. Charlie discovers things that he never knew about his lifelong friend Sylvia. With Colette O'Neil. From June 2006.


MON 09:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007k0nh)
Series 1

Episode 2

Activist turned ad writer Ken Handley finds himself assigned to the Conservative Party. Stars Martin Jarvis. From January 1982.


MON 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpr8)
Framley Parsonage

Framley Parsonage Part 3

Vicar Mark Robarts can no longer keep his deepening debts a secret. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Rosemary Leach.


MON 11:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b5pr3)
Episode 6

Anna is suspicious of diplomat George Darrow, whilst Sophie has a shock for Owen.

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

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

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


MON 11:15 Caroline Gawn - Fresh from the Coast (b007jqxk)
1940s London: Two women uncover a devastating secret that changes their friendship for ever.

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

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

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

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


MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jl9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 Who Goes There? (b00fy2r0)
Series 3

Episode 6

Martin Young chairs the quiz which looks at the noteworthy and the notorious from history.

Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego with guests Carol Sarler and Rachel Holmes

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


MON 13:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfc)
Grey Wednesday

Whose thumbprint is on the chocolate and where is Madame Grant?

Starring Gordon Kaye as Pamplemousse - a retired policeman living in Paris, now making a living as an inspector for the prestigious restaurant rating directory 'Le Guide'. His long-suffering wife is Doucette (Shirley Dixon) and his ever-constant bloodhound companion is Pommes Frites (Trevor Martin).

Pamplemousse travels around France sampling fine cuisine and wines at gourmet restaurants, while managing to stumble into a series of mysteries. The character was first created in a series of novels featuring comedy, crime and cuisine by Michael Bond. Adapted for radio by Alick Rowe.

A Mentorn Radio production first heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.


MON 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
1. A Shot in the Night

Sick of the espionage business, professional hitman Art Gordo had quit the British Secret Service.

But then he's offered big money to carry out one last killing...

Dinsdale Landen stars in a five-part thriller adapted by Jim Eldridge from his own novel.

Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landen
Clarke …. Manning Wilson
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Ben/Roberts …. Jon Croft
Joe/Ferguson …. Peter Craze
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen

Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.


MON 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ly10m)
1925/6 - Churchill's First Budget and the General Strike

Across the decades, Christopher Lee's vivid account of Britain's fast-paced history. Narrated by Anna Massey with Robert Powell.


MON 14:15 The Lost Continent (b007jp68)
From North Carolina to the Appalachians - Bill Bryson continues his rediscovery of the America he left behind. Read Kerry Shale

From North Carolina to the Appalachians - Bill Bryson continues his rediscovery of the America he left behind. Read Kerry Shale. Episode 6 of 10.


MON 14:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m72r)
A New Peril

As the evil McBain plots to steal the gold, the air ace flies off in pursuit. Michael Palin reads Captain WE Johns' adventure. From August 1981.


MON 14:45 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008wfdp)
Episode 1

Robin Marantz Henig's biography about the Moravian monk who pioneered genetic research. Read by Liza Ross and Michael Williams.


MON 15:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00ly10w)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Lottie Project by Jacqueline Wilson, Smile by Geraldine McCaughrean and The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman.


MON 17:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b007z8s1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 17:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007k0nh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009l6sv)
Into the Wolf's Lair

It's 1945, and the Allies are certain to win the war. Then an unidentified aircraft appears sparking a a dangerous mission...

Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.

Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey and Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine.

Producer: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.


MON 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1wb)
Episode 1

Cayce Pollard is a young American advertising consultant with an unusual allergy - she's hyper-sensitive to brands and branding.

It's a pretty lucrative affliction, because Cayce is a 'coolhunter', employed by multinational companies to test new brands and logos. She knows, instinctively, what will work - and what won't.

But visiting London for what should have been a straightforward job, Cayce becomes involved in something altogether more mysterious and complicated...

Stylish fast-moving thriller by award-winning cult American writer William Gibson.

Read by Lorelei King.

Abridged by Ron Roberts.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007.


MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jl9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 Who Goes There? (b00fy2r0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


MON 20:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


MON 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


MON 21:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b5pr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:15 Caroline Gawn - Fresh from the Coast (b007jqxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


MON 22:00 Dead Ringers (b007k15r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 22:30 On the Town with the League of Gentlemen (b007k33t)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

It's Christmas! - but which town residents are celebrating?

The first incarnation of the award-winning black comedy, about the "local people" of Spent - before it hit TV.

Starring Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.

Written by the cast and Jeremy Dyson.

The League of Gentlemen won a Perrier Edinburgh Fesvital award in 1997 and this radio series debuted in the same year. They also won a Sony Radio Award. The cult series switched to TV for three series on BBC 2 from 1999, plus stage shows and a feature film.

Producer: Sarah Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.


MON 23:00 I Think I've Got a Problem (b00cm91h)
Series 2

Episode 4

After falling over and knocking himself out, Tom - and the band in his head - awakes to find himself in a strange world where castrati singers are all the rage...

Starring Suggs and Bob Monkhouse.

Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a man who can't stop himself from breaking into song.

Tom Caine …. Suggs
Dr Boone …. Bob Monkhouse
Bouche …. Phil Cornwell
Jake …. Andrew McGibbon
Monty DeVere …. Nick Romero
Malc …. Bill Nighy
Phelia …. Julia Deakin
Clammy …. Toby Longworth
Pi …. Debra Stephenson

Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs

Producers: Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.


MON 23:30 The In Crowd (b00fbcc2)
Series 1

Episode 1

Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From August 2001.


MON 23:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k1wl)
Series 1

Mini-Break in Giggleswick

Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth and his family are in North Yorkshire. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1993.



TUESDAY 04 AUGUST 2009

TUE 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009l6sv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1wb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b5pr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Caroline Gawn - Fresh from the Coast (b007jqxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ly10m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:15 The Lost Continent (b007jp68)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m72r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:45 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008wfdp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 04/08/2009 (b00ly5d4)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00ly5fr)
The Mysterious Pudding Mine

When Goldstein spots something bobbing about in the sea, panic ensues on Troutbridge. With Ronnie Barker. From September 1965.


TUE 08:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00ly5jq)
Series 1

World's Greatest Chess Master

The surreal comedian tackles an expert role each week, with no ability whatsoever. With Tom Goodman-Hill. From October 2005.


TUE 09:00 To the Manor Born (b007k45h)
The Grapevine

Audrey tries to fool Devere that she has been on holiday to Spain.

Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.

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

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

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

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

Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1997.


TUE 09:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007vlws)
Series 1

The Wedding Ring

Crime writer Gerald is distracted when Diana loses something precious.

The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author written by Basil Boothroyd.

Starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife and more successful writer, Diana.

With James Thomason, Trader Faulkner and Robin Browne.

The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter ran from 1976 to 1981.

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976.


TUE 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptr)
The Small House at Allington

The Small House at Allington Part 1

A squire's impoverished niece Lily Dale has a choice of two suitors. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Alex Jennings.


TUE 11:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b5v8b)
Episode 7

Turmoil and tension at Givre as diplomat George Darrow tries to explain himself, whilst Sophie prompts a revelation.

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

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

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


TUE 11:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Hurricane Dub (b007jvwl)
Samuel and Maxine are awake during 1987's English hurricane. Play in verse and rhyme starring Norman Beaton. From October 1988.


TUE 11:45 Time for Verse (b007jvwm)
The 'dub poet' recorded live in London and in conversation with Carol Ann Duffy. Includes 'Dis Poetry' and 'In A Liverpool'.


TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00ly5fr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k4gh)
Series 6

And So to Bed

Harold hopes a brand new bed will impress his girlfriends.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold.

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

Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Marissa Wrigley ...... Norma Ronald
Salesman ...... Michael Burlington

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.

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1976.


TUE 13:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfx)
The Final Print-Out

The trail leads Pamplemousse and his trusty hound to Père Lachaise Cemetery before a final watery showdown.

Starring Gordon Kaye as the retired policeman living in Paris, now making a living as an inspector for the prestigious restaurant rating directory 'Le Guide'. His long-suffering wife is Doucette (Shirley Dixon) and his ever-constant bloodhound companion is Pommes Frites (Trevor Martin).

Pamplemousse travels around France sampling fine cuisine and wines at gourmet restaurants, while managing to stumble into a series of mysteries. The character was first created in a series of novels featuring comedy, crime and cuisine by Michael Bond. Adapted for radio by Alick Rowe.

A Mentorn Radio production first heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.


TUE 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
2. The Double Target

Retired hitman, Art Gordo, heads to his friend Louise's flat to plan his next moves.

Dinsdale Landen stars in Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.

Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landen
Clarke …. Manning Wilson
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Roberts/Man on the Phone …. Jon Croft
Joe/Ferguson …. Peter Craze
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee

Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.


TUE 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ly6n5)
1927/8 - Enter Hitler, and the Rise of Motoring

Across the decades, Christopher Lee's vivid account of Britain's fast-paced history. Narrated by Anna Massey, with Robert Powell.


TUE 14:15 The Lost Continent (b007jp6p)
Episode 7

From Virginia to Philadelphia via Washington DC - Bill Bryson rediscovers the America he left behind. Read Kerry Shale.


TUE 14:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m9sh)
Ginger Acts Alone!

Trapped in a flaming jailhouse by the angry mob, the air ace is left with two equally harrowing choices. Read by Michael Palin. From August 1981.


TUE 14:45 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008wmwt)
Episode 2

Despite struggles with other duties, the monk begins his experiments. Robin Marantz Henig's biography, read by Michael Williams.


TUE 15:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00ly6v7)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Lottie Project by Jacqueline Wilson, Smile by Geraldine McCaughrean and The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman.


TUE 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007k45h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 17:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007vlws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009lw5f)
The Eagle's Nest

Major Barton and his team head deep behind German lines to track down a terrifying new weapon...

Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.

Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Sam Pamphilon as Teazle and Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk.

Other parts played by Simon Treves, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.

Producer: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.


TUE 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1xp)
Episode 2

Advertising guru Cayce Pollard’s been employed to search for the maker of a mysteriously addictive online film called "the footage".

Now the Coolhunter’s search takes her to Tokyo - where the mystery deepens...

William Gibson's fast-moving 21st Century detective thriller,

Read by Lorelei King.

Abridged by Ron Roberts.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2007.


TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00ly5fr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k4gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b5v8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 21:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Hurricane Dub (b007jvwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


TUE 21:45 Time for Verse (b007jvwm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]


TUE 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00ly5jq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 22:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b008s3js)
Series 1

Episode 4

Reagan rings Gorbachev - and the Daleks at home. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged topical humour. From August 1985.


TUE 23:00 Dry Slopes (b00ly7c2)
Series 1

Dry Wit

Friendless, jobless Angus writes a requiem to himself. He is really a genius, you know

Nick Ball’s sitcom about the unemployed son of a high-flying mother.

Angus Dry ...... Nick Ball
Mum ...... Louisa Rix

With Robert Harley, Toby Longworth and Julie Gibbs.

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995.


TUE 23:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b008gdc5)
Series 2

Episode 2

Feeling old and penniless, 1960s flower child Merv decides to return to his garden roots. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From April 2003.



WEDNESDAY 05 AUGUST 2009

WED 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009lw5f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1xp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b5v8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Hurricane Dub (b007jvwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:45 Time for Verse (b007jvwm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ly6n5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:15 The Lost Continent (b007jp6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m9sh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:45 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008wmwt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 05/08/2009 (b00ly7m2)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00802l8)
Series 5

The Publicity Photograph

The lad's new image leads to a major makeover away from the camera.

Stars Tony Hancock.

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

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1958.


WED 08:30 Old Dog and Partridge (b007v07y)
Episode 2

Jack and Nicola are struggling to re-establish their father-daughter bond, as she settles back into the pub.

But when she breaks his favourite bowl, Nicola worries that she might have broken something else.

Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Simon Greenall as Andy and Toby Longworth as Brian.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.


WED 09:00 After Henry (b007tcmk)
Series 4

Positive Thinking

"I've never seen Clare so sure of herself. Or so sure of anything."

With Julian back on the scene, Clare is ecstatic. But her mother Sarah has concerns.

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
Julian …. Jasper Jacob

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1989.


WED 09:30 The Sit Crom (b00ly7z6)
The General Inspection

Cromwell arrives, weeps and investigates as well he might since Father Francis has donned a night shirt and taken to the roof leads singing Ave Maria.

Mercy's disguise is revealed, Father Francis is perplexed in his hole, Tobias denigrates the vegetables, Arise Higgs and his platoon are billeted on Firebasket Hall and Gazebo has lethal orders.

Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War.

Sir John Firebasket ...... Joss Ackland
Lady Anne Firebasket ...... Denise Coffey
Tobias Thynne ...... Clive Merrison
Mercy, alias Melissa ...... Miriam Margoyles
Father Francis ...... Nickolas Grace
Gazebo Fogg ...... Jack Klaff
Captain Arise Higgs ...... Alun Armstrong
Posthumous ...... Nicky Henson
Counter Tenor ...... Peter Hayward
Cromwell ...... Bert Parnaby
Colonel Thundery ...... Peter Howell

Music by Colin Sell.

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.


WED 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptz)
The Small House at Allington

The Small House at Allington Part 2

Lily is aghast at her fiance's visit to his old flame's aristocratic family. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Julia Ford.


WED 11:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b65j3)
Episode 8

The swirling waters threaten to engulf Anna as she tries to understand the truth about Darrow and Sophy...

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

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

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


WED 11:15 Altaban the Magnificent (b007qb93)
In post-war Berlin, magic is in the air but death is being conjured up. Sebastian Baczkiewicz's drama stars Clive Swift.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00802l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007js9k)
Series 4

Avoid Like the Plague the Burkiss Way

The Grim Reaper arrives, keen to spread the Red Death.

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: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1979.


WED 13:00 Dick Francis (b007m9f7)
Proof

1. Tragedy

The champagne is flowing at a party thrown by racehorse trainer Jack Haythorne, when tragedy strikes.

But is it just an accident..?

Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach.

Dick Francis's thriller dramatised in eight parts by Ernest Dudley.

Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers
Jack …. Alan Dudley
Gerard …. George Parsons
Flora …. Jennifer Piercey
Col. Fulham …. Tim Reynolds
Mrs Fulham …. Pauline Letts
Jimmy …. Andrew Branch
Sgt. Ridger …. Stephen Hattersley
Chief Sup. Wilson …. Manning Wilson
and Stuart Organ

Director: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1987.


WED 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
3. A Life for a Life

Retired hitman, Art Gordo, faces more pressure to kill the shadowy Charles Allweather.

Dinsdale Landen stars in Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.

Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Sally Le Clerk …. Joanna Wake
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen

Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.


WED 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ly8l6)
1929 - Red Buses and the Wall Street Crash

Across the decades, Christopher Lee's vivid account of Britain's fast-paced history. Narrated by Anna Massey, with Robert Powell.


WED 14:15 The Lost Continent (b007jp73)
Episode 8

From Philadelphia to a bus bound for New York - Bill Bryson rediscovers the America he left behind. Read by Kerry Shale.


WED 14:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007mc8q)
At the Eleventh Hour

Tied to a tree, will the air ace and his chums meet an untimely end? Michael Palin concludes Captain WE Johns' adventure. From August 1981.


WED 14:45 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008x0vt)
Episode 3

The pioneer geneticist presents his findings to a baffled audience. Robin Marantz Henig's biography read by Michael Williams.


WED 15:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00ly8zk)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories featuring The Lottie Project by Jacqueline Wilson, Smile by Geraldine McCaughrean and The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman.


WED 17:00 After Henry (b007tcmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 17:30 The Sit Crom (b00ly7z6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m2ff)
The Tomorrow World

Major Barton and his team have located the Germans' secret weapon. But what exactly is it?

Simon Bovey's five-part sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.

Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey and Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk.

Producer: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.


WED 18:30 William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (b007k1yz)
Episode 3

Cayce Pollard has realised she’s entangled in something quite ruthless after being cornered by muggers in Tokyo.

But who’s behind her assailants?

William Gibson's cool and compelling thriller read by Lorelei King.

Abridged by Ron Roberts.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2007.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00802l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007js9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


WED 20:00 Dick Francis (b007m9f7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


WED 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


WED 21:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b65j3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 21:15 Altaban the Magnificent (b007qb93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


WED 22:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007v07y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 22:30 The Young Postmen (b00ftk3n)
It's a Dog's Life

The eager trio whizz up to Jupiter and perform a musical. Stars Ben Miller and Alistair McGowan. From December 1992.


WED 23:00 Kenny Everett's Radio Days (b00ft11l)
Series 2

Episode 3

Cuddly Ken's on the wireless again! The legendary DJ's best bits from his commercial radio peak. Features Captain Kremmen.



THURSDAY 06 AUGUST 2009

THU 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m2ff)
[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 Dick Francis (b007m9f7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b65j3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:15 Altaban the Magnificent (b007qb93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ly8l6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:15 The Lost Continent (b007jp73)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]


THU 04:30 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007mc8q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]


THU 04:45 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008x0vt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 06/08/2009 (b00lyld6)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


THU 08:00 Yes Minister (b007jnk7)
Series 2

The Death List

A victim of phone tapping, Jim Hacker rebuts state surveillance - until his own life comes under threat.

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around the hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.

It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.

Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard …. Derek Fowlds
Commander Forrest ...... Graeme Garden
Anne Hacker ...... Diana Hoddinot
Walter Fowler ...... Derek Newark
Detective ...... Peter Acre
Detective ...... William Eadle
Head Waiter ...... John Bott
Brian Perkins ...... Himself

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.


THU 08:30 Chambers (b007jnjc)
Series 1

The Right to Silence

Hostilities between pompous Fuller-Carp and Ruth have intensified, and a walking holiday in the Lake District with an influential judge would seem to provide the perfect break.

However, a Crimewatch obsessed hotelier, an ambiguous fax and an impending murder trial conspire to turn the weekend into a nightmare which even the allure of the hotel's Nick Ross Carvery cannot redeem.

Clive Coleman’s sitcom about the questionable practices of a group of barristers.

John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Lesley Sharp
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Austin Weave ...... Jonathan Kydd
Other parts ...... Peter Serafinowcz

Producer Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1996.


THU 09:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007w4dg)
Fear

The comedian shares his thoughts on how to cope with fear and pain.

Six-part series illustrating the Domedic minutiae of life

Stand-up and sketches with Simon Greenall, Sally Grace and Dave Lamb.

Producer: Maria Esposito

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.


THU 09:30 Semi Circles (b007jtyy)
Series 2

A Lack of Moral Fibre

Christmas is coming and Ben is getting fat, but will going on a fibre diet with Helen raise his spirits?

The improving story of life and improving times in an improving neighbourhood.

Starring Paula Wilcox as Helen and David Wood as Ben

Written by Simon Brett

Helen ...... Paula Wilcox
Ben ...... David Wood
Mrs Kelly ...... Pay Heywood
Alastair ...... Tony Millan
Neil ...... Nick Wilton
Britt ...... Rosalind Adams
Blythe ...... Bryan Coleman

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982


THU 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpx6)
The Small House at Allington

The Small House at Allington Part 3

As her fiance stays on at Courcy Castle, Lily Dale fears the worst. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Alex Jennings.


THU 11:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b6xp1)
Episode 9

After George's betrayal, Anna makes a decision. But can she muster the resolve to hold to it?

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

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

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


THU 11:15 Tanika Gupta - The Whispering Tree (b007jy9f)
A year after her mother's death, 14 year old Sharmila prefers to escape into a world of Hindu myths and legends - rather than confront her guilt and pain...

Tanika Gupta's family drama stars Parminder K Nagra as Sharmila, Souad Faress as Madhu, Lyndam Gregory as Ranjeet, Amanda Gordon as Danny and Akbar Kurtha as Sunil.

Producer: Pam Fraser Solomon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.


THU 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jnk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 The Personality Test (b00kmnfn)
Series 1

John Sergeant

Former BBC and ITN chief political correspondent John Sergeant quizzes a panel about himself.

Sue Perkins, Alan Carr and Lucy Porter battle with queries based on John’s life, whims and interests

Series in which a fresh host every episode quizzes a comedy panel about themselves.

Script by Richard Turner

Devised & produced by Aled Evans.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.


THU 13:00 Dick Francis (b007mb1q)
Proof

2. Aftermath

In the tragedy's aftermath, Tony Beach goes wine and whisky tasting in the cause of criminal investigation.

Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach.

Dick Francis's thriller dramatised by Ernest Dudley

Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers
Gerard …. George Parsons
Mrs Palissey …. Sheila Grant
Sgt. Ridger …. Stephen Hattersley
Flora …. Jennifer Piercey
Zarac …. Richard Durden
Paul Young …. Stuart Organ
Tavel …. Brian Hewlett
Chief Sup. Wilson …. Manning Wilson

Director: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1987.


THU 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
4. The Professionals

Retired hitman, Art Gordo, makes a decision about his target, Charles Allweather.

But what about Louise?

Dinsdale Landen stars in Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.

Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Francis/Forbes …. Douglas Blackwell
Parson …. Terrence Hardiman
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen

Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.


THU 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00lym48)
1930 - European Union and India

Across the decades, Christopher Lee's vivid account of Britain's fast-paced history. Narrated by Anna Massey, with Robert Powell.


THU 14:15 The Lost Continent (b007jp7k)
Episode 9

Frightened in New York and overwhelmed in New England, Bill Bryson heads for home. Read by Kerry Shale.


THU 14:30 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007k2kc)
Goose Fair

An unexpected fire at Selby's factory proves to be a turning point in the relationship between Will and Lois. Read by Peter Meakin.


THU 14:45 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008x3q5)
Episode 4

Other scientists, including Darwin, receive the monk's findings. Robin Marantz Henig's biography read by Michael Williams.


THU 15:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpx6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00lym8g)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories.


THU 17:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007w4dg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


THU 17:30 Semi Circles (b007jtyy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


THU 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m464)
This Island Earth

Things can't get much worse for Major Barton and his team in their wartime efforts. Or can they?

Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.

Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk and Laura Molyneux as Slipstream.

Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.

Producer: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.


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 Yes Minister (b007jnk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 The Personality Test (b00kmnfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


THU 20:00 Dick Francis (b007mb1q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


THU 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


THU 21:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b6xp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


THU 21:15 Tanika Gupta - The Whispering Tree (b007jy9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


THU 22:00 Chambers (b007jnjc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 22:30 The Goldfish Bowl (b007k155)
Series 1

Episode 7

Will their owners reconcile? Liam and Anton get a fish's eye view. With Shaun Prendergast and Hamish McColl. From October 1998.


THU 22:45 2000 Years of Radio (b007jnj7)
Series 1

Steaming - Radio Victoriana

Steam powered fun from the Great Exhibition of 1851, plus the latest inventions. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2000.


THU 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b007k483)
Series 1

Episode 2

Professor Donaldson introduces a new medical empathy scheme, because 'a corpse is a person too'.

Laurence Howarth’s sitcom set in the fascinating, but misunderstood world of the pathology lab.

Dr Anthony Webster ...... Peter Davison
Dr Ruth Anderson ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Professor Donaldson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Gordon ...... Tom Price
Chloe ...... Marianne Levy
Simon ...... Gus Brown
Mrs Renfield ...... Rachel Atkins

Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003.


THU 23:30 Dial M for Pizza (b007k21r)
Series 1

Episode 6

The sketch show team tackle an odd disease - and a legal Aladdin. Stars Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. From December 1987.



FRIDAY 07 AUGUST 2009

FRI 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m464)
[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 Dick Francis (b007mb1q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b6xp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:15 Tanika Gupta - The Whispering Tree (b007jy9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpx6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00lym48)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:15 The Lost Continent (b007jp7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]


FRI 04:30 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007k2kc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]


FRI 04:45 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008x3q5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 07/08/2009 (b00lys4n)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00lysh3)
Series 3

Episode 7

Kenneth Horne sets sail in seafaring romp 'The Admirable Loom Bucket and Rambling Syd Rumpo sings his Song Of The Hobo. Are Charles and Fiona home at last? and Bona Caterers Julian and Sandy are planning a 'do'.

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 March 1967.


FRI 08:30 Married (b00c0c35)
Series 1

Episode 1

Confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot wakes up one morning and discovers to his horror that he’s married with two children.

Is it a nightmare, a practical joke or something much more sinister?

Hugh Bonneville stars in the first of three comedy series by Tony Bagley.

Robin ...... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley ...... Josie Lawrence
Julia ...... Barbara Murray
Dirk ...... Steve Frost
Penny ...... Melanie Hudson
Ned ...... Sam Bradley
Maxine ...... Ann Gosling
Policeman ...... Anthony Ofoegbu

Producer Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


FRI 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008wff3)
Series 3

Episode 5

A new matron at a boys’ school and the case of the false beard.

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

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

Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created between the wars.

Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.

Announcer: Brian Perkins.

Producer: Harry Thompson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.


FRI 09:30 Millport (b0075tn0)
Series 1

Culture

Irene fears the worst when a famous restaurant critic books a table at the Ritz Cafe. The reputation of Millport will be printed for the whole world to see!

But is he really coming to sample Alberto's food or does he have a secret agenda?

Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something island barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.

Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Ferryman/Bob ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty/Betty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Doogie ...... Matt Costello
Lucian Hyber-Connor ...... Robert Paterson

Producers: Lucy Bacon and Kathy Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.


FRI 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpxd)
The Small House at Allington

The Small House at Allington Part 4

Lily still loves her ex-fiance, but will Adolphus marry Lady Alexandrina? Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Julia Ford.


FRI 11:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b719j)
Episode 10

Anna has succumbed to desire, but can she ever know happiness?

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

Concluding episode starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, Teresa Gallagher as Anna, Deborah Weston as Adelaide, Julian Ovenden as Owen and Sian Thomas as the Narrator.

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


FRI 11:15 Jallebies and Tea (b007jy83)
Recently arrived in London from India, Asha is lonely left in her flat all day long, until some extraordinary visitors appear. Stars Nina Wadia.


FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00lysh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lyst3)
Series 1

Episode 8

Vic Reeves hosts, as Alan Carr, Shappi Khorsandi, Ben Miller and Rowland Rivron answer audience questions. From August 2007.


FRI 13:00 Dick Francis (b007mcnx)
Proof

3. The Boss

The fraud plot thickens, as Tony Beach meets the boss of whisky hauliers Charter Carriers. Stars Nigel Havers.

Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach.

Dick Francis's thriller dramatised by Ernest Dudley

Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers
Gerard …. George Parsons
Flora …. Jennifer Piercey
Sgt. Ridger …. Stephen Hattersley
P.C. Horton …. James Goode
Charter …. Chas Bryer

Director: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1987.


FRI 13:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
5. The Moment of Truth

Retired hitman, Art Gordo, finally comes face-to-face with his mysterious nemesis.

Dinsdale Landen stars in the gripping conclusion of Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.

Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Sally Le Clerk …. Joanna Wake
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Forbes …. Douglas Blackwell
Parsons …. Terrence Hardiman
Hotel Porter …. Frank Coda
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen

Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.


FRI 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00lysxs)
1931 - National Government and Naval Mutiny

Across the decades, Christopher Lee's vivid account of Britain's fast-paced history. Narrated by Anna Massey with Robert Powell.


FRI 14:15 The Lost Continent (b007jp81)
Episode 10

Musing on life back home in Iowa - Bill Bryson concludes his rediscovery of the America he left behind. Read by Kerry Shale.


FRI 14:30 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007k1sb)
Rawdon's Roof

A man swears that no woman shall sleep under his roof again, but what does his lover feel about it? Read by Andy Hockley.


FRI 14:45 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas (b008x8b6)
Episode 5

The monk's religious duties take precedence, but his legacy remains. Robin Marantz Henig's biography read by Michael Williams.


FRI 15:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00lysz6)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories.


FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008wff3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


FRI 17:30 Millport (b0075tn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


FRI 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009mbjn)
Fight for the Future

Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the weapon away before all is lost...

Conclusion of Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.

Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk, Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine and Laura Molyneux as Slipstream.

Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.

Producer: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.


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 (b00lysh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lyst3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Dick Francis (b007mcnx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


FRI 20:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


FRI 21:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b719j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 21:15 Jallebies and Tea (b007jy83)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


FRI 22:00 Married (b00c0c35)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 22:30 The Hare Lane Diaries (b00lyt9t)
Episode 4

Jessica's barbecue for the neighbours sees Rex struggling to keep control. Stars Frances Barber. From September 2001.


FRI 23:00 And Now in Colour (b007w56x)
Series 1

Fairground

The sketch show team take their audience to the fair for Will's birthday – and England’s World Cup clichés...

Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck.

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1990


FRI 23:30 Naked Radio (b00lytfk)
The Scottish comedy team pokes fun at topical events. From Glasgow's Tron Theatre. With Elaine C Smith. From May 1986.




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

01/08/2009 05:00 SAT (b00lwx76)

02/08/2009 05:00 SUN (b00lwxlf)

03/08/2009 05:00 MON (b00ly0k5)

04/08/2009 05:00 TUE (b00ly5d4)

05/08/2009 05:00 WED (b00ly7m2)

06/08/2009 05:00 THU (b00lyld6)

07/08/2009 05:00 FRI (b00lys4n)

2000 Years of Radio 22:45 THU (b007jnj7)

A Series of Psychotic Episodes 23:45 SUN (b00fl0p3)

After Henry 09:00 WED (b007tcmk)

After Henry 17:00 WED (b007tcmk)

Albert and Me 12:30 SUN (b007jv04)

Albert and Me 19:30 SUN (b007jv04)

Altaban the Magnificent 11:15 WED (b007qb93)

Altaban the Magnificent 21:15 WED (b007qb93)

Altaban the Magnificent 02:15 THU (b007qb93)

And Now in Colour 23:00 FRI (b007w56x)

Another Case of Milton Jones 08:30 TUE (b00ly5jq)

Another Case of Milton Jones 22:00 TUE (b00ly5jq)

Beachcomber... By the Way 09:00 FRI (b008wff3)

Beachcomber... By the Way 17:00 FRI (b008wff3)

Benjamin Zephaniah - Hurricane Dub 11:15 TUE (b007jvwl)

Benjamin Zephaniah - Hurricane Dub 21:15 TUE (b007jvwl)

Benjamin Zephaniah - Hurricane Dub 02:15 WED (b007jvwl)

Big Toe Books 08:00 SAT (b00lwx78)

Big Toe Books 08:00 SUN (b00lwxlh)

Big Toe Books 16:00 MON (b00ly10w)

Big Toe Books 16:00 TUE (b00ly6v7)

Big Toe Books 16:00 WED (b00ly8zk)

Big Toe Books 16:00 THU (b00lym8g)

Big Toe Books 16:00 FRI (b00lysz6)

Bristow 10:30 SUN (b007rgl8)

Bristow 21:30 SUN (b007rgl8)

Caroline Gawn - Fresh from the Coast 11:15 MON (b007jqxk)

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

Caroline Gawn - Fresh from the Coast 02:15 TUE (b007jqxk)

Chambers 08:30 THU (b007jnjc)

Chambers 22:00 THU (b007jnjc)

Comedy Catch-Up 14:30 SUN (b00lwyc2)

Comedy Catch-Up 15:00 SUN (b00lwyc4)

Comedy Catch-Up 15:30 SUN (b00lwyc6)

Comedy Catch-Up 16:00 SUN (b00lwyc8)

Comedy Catch-Up 16:30 SUN (b00lxzj1)

Comedy Catch-Up 02:30 MON (b00lwyc2)

Comedy Catch-Up 03:00 MON (b00lwyc4)

Comedy Catch-Up 03:30 MON (b00lwyc6)

Comedy Catch-Up 04:00 MON (b00lwyc8)

Comedy Greats 10:00 SAT (b007k35z)

Comedy Greats 20:00 SAT (b007k35z)

Crime Catch-Up 14:30 SAT (b00lwx7g)

Crime Catch-Up 15:00 SAT (b00lwx7j)

Crime Catch-Up 15:30 SAT (b00lwx7l)

Crime Catch-Up 16:00 SAT (b00lwx7n)

Crime Catch-Up 16:30 SAT (b00lwxbw)

Dad's Army 08:00 MON (b007jl9m)

Dad's Army 12:00 MON (b007jl9m)

Dad's Army 19:00 MON (b007jl9m)

Dead Ringers 08:30 MON (b007k15r)

Dead Ringers 22:00 MON (b007k15r)

Dial M for Pizza 23:30 THU (b007k21r)

Dick Francis 13:00 WED (b007m9f7)

Dick Francis 20:00 WED (b007m9f7)

Dick Francis 01:00 THU (b007m9f7)

Dick Francis 13:00 THU (b007mb1q)

Dick Francis 20:00 THU (b007mb1q)

Dick Francis 01:00 FRI (b007mb1q)

Dick Francis 13:00 FRI (b007mcnx)

Dick Francis 20:00 FRI (b007mcnx)

Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag 09:30 SAT (b00lwx7d)

Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag 19:30 SAT (b00lwx7d)

Does The Team Think? 12:30 FRI (b00lyst3)

Does The Team Think? 19:30 FRI (b00lyst3)

Dry Slopes 23:00 TUE (b00ly7c2)

Ed Doolan Interviews... 17:00 SAT (b007jwfp)

Ed Doolan Interviews... 23:00 SAT (b007jwfp)

Ed Doolan Interviews... 04:00 SUN (b007jwfp)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 02:00 SAT (b00b3zz3)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 09:00 SUN (b00b523y)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 20:00 SUN (b00b523y)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 11:00 MON (b00b5pr3)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 21:00 MON (b00b5pr3)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 02:00 TUE (b00b5pr3)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 11:00 TUE (b00b5v8b)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 21:00 TUE (b00b5v8b)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 02:00 WED (b00b5v8b)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 11:00 WED (b00b65j3)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 21:00 WED (b00b65j3)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 02:00 THU (b00b65j3)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 11:00 THU (b00b6xp1)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 21:00 THU (b00b6xp1)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 02:00 FRI (b00b6xp1)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 11:00 FRI (b00b719j)

Edith Wharton - The Reef 21:00 FRI (b00b719j)

Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis 18:30 SAT (b007k43b)

Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis 00:30 SUN (b007k43b)

Getting Nowhere Fast 23:30 TUE (b008gdc5)

Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas 14:45 MON (b008wfdp)

Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas 04:45 TUE (b008wfdp)

Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas 14:45 TUE (b008wmwt)

Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas 04:45 WED (b008wmwt)

Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas 14:45 WED (b008x0vt)

Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas 04:45 THU (b008x0vt)

Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas 14:45 THU (b008x3q5)

Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas 04:45 FRI (b008x3q5)

Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas 14:45 FRI (b008x8b6)

Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows 23:30 SUN (b00fl0jv)

HE Bates - Three Country Stories 10:15 SUN (b007jy4d)

HE Bates - Three Country Stories 21:15 SUN (b007jy4d)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b00802l8)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b00802l8)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b00802l8)

Hut 33 22:30 SUN (b00lxzyd)

I Think I've Got a Problem 23:00 MON (b00cm91h)

If Music Be the Food of Love, Mine's a Jam Butty 02:15 SAT (b007jqsg)

Jallebies and Tea 11:15 FRI (b007jy83)

Jallebies and Tea 21:15 FRI (b007jy83)

James Follett - Rules of Asylum 18:00 SUN (b007k18v)

James Follett - Rules of Asylum 00:00 MON (b007k18v)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 13:30 MON (b007jtkk)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 20:30 MON (b007jtkk)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 01:30 TUE (b007jtkk)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 13:30 TUE (b007jtkq)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 20:30 TUE (b007jtkq)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 01:30 WED (b007jtkq)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 13:30 WED (b007jtkw)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 20:30 WED (b007jtkw)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 01:30 THU (b007jtkw)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 13:30 THU (b007tcfh)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 20:30 THU (b007tcfh)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 01:30 FRI (b007tcfh)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 13:30 FRI (b007jtl9)

Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death 20:30 FRI (b007jtl9)

Justice or Murder?: The Death of Charles I 02:30 SUN (b00lwxlc)

Justice or Murder?: The Death of Charles I 13:00 SUN (b00lwxlc)

Justice or Murder?: The Death of Charles I 01:00 MON (b00lwxlc)

Kenny Everett's Radio Days 23:00 WED (b00ft11l)

Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 09:30 MON (b007k0nh)

Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 17:30 MON (b007k0nh)

Married 08:30 FRI (b00c0c35)

Married 22:00 FRI (b00c0c35)

Maugham's Eye View 09:00 SAT (b00lwx7b)

Maugham's Eye View 19:00 SAT (b00lwx7b)

Millport 09:30 FRI (b0075tn0)

Millport 17:30 FRI (b0075tn0)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 01:00 SAT (b007jtf4)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 13:00 MON (b007jtfc)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 20:00 MON (b007jtfc)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 01:00 TUE (b007jtfc)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 13:00 TUE (b007jtfx)

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