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SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2009

SAT 00:00 The Laxian Key (b007k30w)
Episode 4

Evans the Welsh vigilante aims to senselessly bomb the planetary decontaminationists for melting Earth.

Stephen Hawking once warned us that our species could soon be wiped out by plagues, asteroids and our tendency to destroy ourselves. The solution, he suggested, was for us to colonise other planets. But Chris Larner and David Gilbert's sci-fi comedy sees the truth as a little more complicated.

The Laxian Key shows how, as soon as Man steps onto another planet, he promptly fouls it up just as he did earth. The heroes of this wonderfully wacky tale are two interplanetary decontaminationists.

CAST:

Arnold …. Chris Larner
Gregor …. Mark Bonner
Evan …. Trevor Cooper
Office …. Alex Lowe
Ferngraum …. Sam Dale
Jo …. Christine Kavanagh
Dolores …. Virge Gilchrist
Virtual Newsreader …. Bethan Walker
with Paul Biggin, Emma Noakes and Joseph Kloska

Music by Mark Stevens and Chris Larner

Producer: Peter Kavanagh

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2007.


SAT 00:30 Isaac Asimov's Jokester (b007jwnj)
Vast computer Multivac runs global affairs, but can it explain where man's sense of humour comes from? Read by Henry Goodman.


SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvn3)
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

6. Ann Dorland

With two suspects missing, Lord Peter Wimsey battles to pinpoint the poisoner.

Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Allan Cuthbertson as Robert Fentiman, Martin Jarvis as George Fentiman, Amanda Reiss as Ann Dorland and Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker.

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club was first published in 1928.

Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.

Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.

Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller.

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1975.


SAT 01:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmtf)
Closing In

Detective Xavier March uncovers the terrible secret of Adolf Hitler's totalitarian state.

Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei.

Conclusion of Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryde.

Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball
Globus ...... Michael Byrne
Krebs ...... William Scott Masson
Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis
Nebe ...... Stratford Johns
Border Guard ...... Dan Fineman
Commentator ...... Alan Dedicoat

Producer: John Dryden

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.


SAT 02:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mlxk3)
Episode 15

Betrayed by Neely, and with Lyon becoming more distant, Anne turns to the dolls. Stars Madeleine Potter and Barbara Barnes.


SAT 02:15 Alan Plater - Time Added On for Injuries (b007qw0x)
Passengers on a train uncover the story that linked their families 150 years ago. Stars James Bolam and Alan David.


SAT 03:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jpjg)
Episode 3

After seeing Stephen at the church, Elfride procrastinates over telling Henry of her past. Stars Jeremy Irons and Janet Maw.


SAT 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00mlxk5)
1956 - The Suez Crisis

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


SAT 04:15 Clive James - Even As We Speak (b009xyzb)
Destination Europe; Running Beside Ron Clarke

In the last of his essays, the writer shares thoughts on European unity and the joy of gyms. From July 2001.


SAT 04:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007k0t1)
Midsummer Evening

Doctor Fitzpiers and Grace Melbury's paths cross on Midsummer's Eve in Little Hintock. Read by Juliet Stevenson.


SAT 04:45 How to Beat Sir Humphrey (b007js1n)
Episode 2

How to fund a protest and acquire a good legal team - Derek Fowlds reads Anthony Jay's guide to beating bureaucracy.


SAT 05:00 12/09/2009 (b00mnclk)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00mp51g)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring The Fish in Room, Henry's Cat: The Restaurant and Funny Day.


SAT 09:00 Take It From the Chorus (b007k283)
Early Stages

Digs, dressing rooms and dancing at the right height - Caroline Quentin begins her investigation of life in the chorus line.


SAT 09:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4fj)
Episode 1

Ducking London society, Lady Dona St Columb finds passion and adventure in Cornwall. Classic love drama with Lorna Heilbron.


SAT 10:00 Open Mike: Mike Craig's Radio Memoirs (b00c0077)
Mike Craig was a prolific producer and writer of over 1200 comedy shows for both BBC Radio and TV – including Morecambe and Wise, Ken Dodd, Jimmy Tarbuck, Al Reid, Harry Worth and The Grumbleweeds

It was Mike who wrote the legendary high-kicking sketch on the 1976 Morecambe and Wise Christmas TV Show with newsreader Angela Rippon.

In this 3 hour showcase of his radio memoirs, Mike presents a selection of his own favourites:

* Castle's On The Air
13/12/1975
Record-breaking Roy Castle brings you espionage, The Three Musketeers and the perils of powering a car with cooking sherry explained by Stanley Unwin.

* Jimmy's Cricket Team
Series.1 (3/8)
Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket with a letter from his mammy and more! With Bill Pertwee, Peter Goodwright and Noreen Kershaw. Written by Eddie Braben. From 1990.

* Bernie Clifton's Comedy Shop
05/10/1982
From restaurants to great moments in history - a non-stop barrage of gags. With Caroline Turner, Tony Pearce and Pat Mooney.

* Ho-di-ho starring The Grumbleweeds
23/11/1986
The Grumbleweeds decide to go on holiday to Maplin's holiday camp. With Ruth Madoc and Paul Shane.

* Al Read Says Such Is Life
The Lancashire sausage-maker turned comedian illustrates pages of his autobiography with excerpts from his classic performances. From 1987

* Ken Dodd's Easter Special
04/04/1988
From the City Varieties Theatre, Leeds, Spring is in the air and Doddy's tackling romance and there's trouble at t'mill. With Johnny Moore, Paula Tilbrook,

Based mainly in Manchester, Mike retired from the BBC in 1993. He died aged 75 on 28th October 2010.

Recorded at BBC Manchester and compiled for transmission by Mik Wilkojc.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in June 2008


SAT 13:00 Black Bartlemy's Treasure (b007jwdn)
Jeffrey Farnol's swashbuckling tale of piracy, love and death on a desert island. Starring Steven Pacey and Julia Swift.


SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00mp51j)
Lord Peter Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: The General's Last Evening

The posh sleuth probes the mysterious Mr Oliver - and a pair of tricky wills. Dorothy L Sayers mystery with Ian Carmichael.


SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00mp51l)
Lord Peter Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: Mr Oliver

Probing the general's last movements, the posh sleuth seeks out his grandson. Dorothy L Sayers mystery with Ian Carmichael.


SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00mp51n)
Lord Peter Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: Exhumation

The posh sleuth awaits the doctor's verdict and there's a revelation at a party. Dorothy L Sayers mystery with Ian Carmichael.


SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00mp51q)
Lord Peter Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: At Lady Dormer's

Knowing the general was poisoned, the posh sleuth probes Miss Dorland's hobby. Dorothy L Sayers mystery with Ian Carmichael.


SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00mp51s)
Lord Peter Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: Ann Dorland

With two suspects missing, the posh sleuth battles to pinpoint the poisoner. Dorothy L Sayers mystery with Ian Carmichael.


SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00f5wrl)
More comedy and music from St Paul's Fitzgerald Theater. With Nashville band Old Crow Medicine Show.


SAT 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00dyb0m)
Series 1

Mind the Gaps

The bizarre adventures of Edna Turner in London's parallel city of Undone.

Series one of Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.

Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Billy/Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Marlboro /Bouncer ...... Dan Antopolski
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor

Producer: Colin Anderson

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2006.


SAT 18:30 Edgar Allan Poe (b007jsry)
The Fall of the House of Usher

Episode 2

As his behaviour starts to change, Roderick Usher reveals his terrible secret...

A man's descent into madness seems bound to the house of his ancestors.

Edgar Allan Poe's classic gothic horror story, first published in 1839.

Concluded by Sean Barrett.

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in September 2003.


SAT 19:00 Take It From the Chorus (b007k283)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 19:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4fj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 20:00 Open Mike: Mike Craig's Radio Memoirs (b00c0077)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00f5wrl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today]



SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2009

SUN 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00dyb0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 Edgar Allan Poe (b007jsry)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Black Bartlemy's Treasure (b007jwdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Miss Marple (b007jvht)
The Body in the Library

Dolly Bantry, mistress of Gossington Hall, is enjoying a pleasant doze when suddenly her dreams take a strange turn.

The housemaid Mary is telling her there's a body in the library. As she wakes up, it turns out to be true. But who is the strange young blonde woman sprawled on the library floor?

Enter St Mary Mead's famous resident sleuth...

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.

Miss Jane Marple ..…. June Whitfield
Colonel Melchett ..…. Richard Todd
Dolly Bantry ..…. Pauline Jameson
Colonel Bantry ..…. Jack Watling
Sir Henry Clithering ..…. Graham Crowden
Conway Jefferson ..…. John Hartley
Inspector Slack ..…. John Baddeley
Adelaide Jefferson ..…. Priyanga Elan
Mark Gaskell ..…. Harry Myers
George Bartlett ..…. Ben Crowe
Josie Turner ..…. Elizabeth Conboy
Basil Blake ..…. Giles Fagan
Dinah Lee ..…. Tilly Gaunt
Florence Small ..…. Eleanor Hodson

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.


SUN 04:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00f5wrl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 13/09/2009 (b00mp5r3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00mp6n9)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring The Fish in Room and Horrid Henry's Sick Day.


SUN 09:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (Omnibus) (b00mp6nc)
Episode 3

1956: Neely's Hollywood career has collapsed. Back in New York she and Anne go to see Neely's old rival Helen Lawson in a new show.

Conclusion of Jacqueline Susann's 1960s best seller. Three beautiful young women are best friends carving out careers in the entertainment industry.

Stars Madeleine Potter, Barbara Barnes, Kerry Shale, Sally Dexter and Coleen Prendergast.

Omnibus of episodes 11 to 15 of fifteen - dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus.

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


SUN 10:15 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007k30q)
On Guard 2/2

On Guard: A small dog called Hector comes to dominate his mistress's life while her fiance is abroad. Read by Crawford Logan. From March 2003.


SUN 10:30 Bristow (b007w5jb)
Series 3

Repaying Mr Piper

Why is Bristow surrounded by incompetents? He has a theory - and determines to bumble toward the proof.

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
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Perkins ...... Leslie Phillips
Gert ...... Liz Fraser
Daisy ...... Joan Sims
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Postboy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Stokes ...... David Battley
Miss Pleasant ...... Jackie Neglia

Music: John Whitehall

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.


SUN 11:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b007wvfg)
Episode 10

Russell Davies recalls how the radio improvisation of the 1950s gives way to the establishment-baiting of the 1960s.


SUN 11:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0084hvl)
Series 2

Ayr Gaiety Theatre

Geoffrey Wheeler probes the west coast venue's unique staying power and its connection to Scotland's best-loved bard Robert Burns.


SUN 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnvj)
Rolling in It

Money muddles for the bumbling bureaucrats, when surplus petty cash must be spent.

A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.

Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in July 1971.


SUN 12:30 Albert and Me (b007jzwr)
Series 1

Where There's a Will

With a trip to hospital looming, single dad Bryan must make contingency plans.

Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With John Arnatt as the Bank Manager.

Written by Jim Eldridge.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1977.


SUN 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jvht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today]


SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00mpnk9)
The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere

William and Dorothy settle in their sublime cottage. Sue Limb's Lakeland poets parody with Denise Coffey. From February 1985.


SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00mpnkc)
Double Income, No Kids Yet

Lucy sets up David's party, but their mates seem too busy with kids. Stars David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling. From June 2001.


SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00mpnkf)
Dad Made Me Laugh: Jenny Secombe

Harry Secombe's daughter chats to Sally Magnusson about growing up with her versatile, funny father. From January 2007.


SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00mwg39)
The Hudson and Pepperdine Show

Becoming a 'breatharian' has disastrous consequences. Sketches and songs with Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine. From April 2000.


SUN 16:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00mpnkk)
The Navy Lark: The Redundancy Drive

Captain Povey is keen to clear the decks of Troutbridge, but Number One fights back. Stars Stephen Murray. From October 1968.


SUN 17:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b007wvfg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 17:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0084hvl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jmkj)
Series 1

Fat Andy

A mother worries her God-fearing son over a past crime. Stars Thora Hird, Sean Barrett and the Man in Black, Edward De Souza.


SUN 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00mpnkm)
Episode 4

Gren and Poyly survive the volcano, but the Morel is becoming increasingly frustrated.

Millions of years in the future, a colossal banyan tree covers much of the Earth. In its boughs, the last remnants of humanity are fighting for survival, terrorized by carnivorous plants and grotesque insect life.

The Earth has stopped rotating and the Sun's output has increased. Plants are engaged in a constant tropical forest-style frenzy of growth driving other life forms to extinction...

Brian Aldiss's 1962 sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas.

Abridged in five parts by Lu Kemp.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.


SUN 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 19:30 Albert and Me (b007jzwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 20:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (Omnibus) (b00mp6nc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 21:15 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007k30q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]


SUN 21:30 Bristow (b007w5jb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 22:00 I Guess That's Why They Call It The News (b00mpnkp)
Episode 3

Fresh from 4, Fred MacAulay's new topical panel show inspired by the latest headlines. With Justin Edwards and Paul Sinha.


SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00mpnkr)
Series 3

John Hegley and Jack Dee

The comic poet and comedian get chatting in the tag talk show, where one week's guest is the following week's interviewer.


SUN 23:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcn)
The Brothers Faversham

Leonidas Faversham

The story of Victorian Britain's most reckless living explorer - Leonidas Faversham.

The comedy sketch trio present swashbuckling tales of four brothers born into the same privileged aristocratic family - Horatius, Theseus, Leonidas and Augustus.

Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.

Alexandra Faversham ... Ingrid Oliver
Narrator... Miles Jupp.

Producer: Julia McKenzie

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


SUN 23:30 Play and Record (b00g2fzw)
Series 2

Episode 1

BBC Radio 7's showcase for upcoming comedy writer/performers. With Pippa Evans, Doc Brown and Zoe Gardner. From December 2008.



MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2009

MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jmkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse (b00mpnkm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jvht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday]


MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00mpnk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00mpnkc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00mpnkf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00mwg39)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00mpnkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 14/09/2009 (b00mpqkj)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jscw)
Series 1

Operation Kilt

Captain Mainwaring's squad is challenged to try and capture the headquarters of the Highland platoon.

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 Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Captain Ogilvy …. Jack Watson
Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1974.


MON 08:30 Dead Ringers (b00mpqkl)
Series 6

Episode 5

More celeb sound-alikes as Thora Hird instructs James Bond and Zippy imitates Cherie Blair. With Jan Ravens. From January 2002.


MON 09:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bfq14)
What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning

Sundry Happenings in a Garden

Bertie Wooster must mend bridges after the debacle of the fake burglary.

PG Wodehouse romp adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller.

Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Jonathan Cecil as Boko Fittleworth, Peter Woodthorpe as Percy, Lord Worplesden, Bronwen Williams as Florence Craye and Denise Bryer as Edwin the Boy Scout.

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.


MON 09:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvv7)
Series 2

Episode 2

Three Deborahs, one stingy bank and an impending divorce perplex ad man Ken Handley.

Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising

Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis
Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin
Freddie ...... Lockwood West
Deborah ...... Rosalind Ayres
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
Stella ...... Imelda Staunton
Stella's Heavy ...... Jim Carter
Angus ...... Michael Jenner
Researcher ...... Stacey Tendeter
Subjects ...... David Peart/Michael Jenner
Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths

With Joss Ackland, James Griffiths, Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel and David Tate.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1984.


MON 10:00 Silas Marner (b007jt8t)
Trials and Tribulations

The classic tale of a man wrongly accused of theft. Stars Michael Williams - in his last radio performance - and Jenny Agutter.


MON 11:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl4w)
Series 1

Par for the Course

Carter Brandon gets a week off work, so he decides to go on day-trips in his car, with his Uncle Mort, 'where the fancy takes them'.

Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
The Landlord …. John Samson
Ambulance Man …. Steve Hodson
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.


MON 11:15 The Reunion (b00jh3z6)
The Navy Lark

Sue MacGregor reunites some of the comic crew of 'HMS Troutbridge', including Leslie Phillips, June Whitfield and Tenniel Evans.


MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jscw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00mpqkn)
Series 2

Episode 6

James Walton tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop music.

Team captains Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by Clare Grogan and Danny Kelly to be put through their musical paces

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Written and researched by James Walton

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.


MON 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt)
A Caribbean Mystery

Episode 1

Amateur sleuth Jane Marple's peaceful island break is disrupted by a death - and a photo.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.

From the thriller first published in 1964 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Major Palgrave …. Windsor Davies
Dr Graham .... John Rowe
Canon Prescott …. David King
Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee
Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones
Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright
Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr
Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit
Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe
Victoria .... Amanda Gordon
Jim Ellis …. Anthony Ofoegbu
Raymond West …. Iwan Thomas

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1997.


MON 13:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq4b3)
Episode 1

The newly promoted Bombay policeman is sent to probe the suicide of a British memsahib. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.


MON 13:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b5ppw)
A Dark Blue Perfume

A retired businessman returns from abroad to search for his ex-wife, who left him years ago for another man. Read by John Rowe.


MON 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00mq4b5)
1957 - Harold Macmillan Becomes PM and a Dog Goes into Space

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


MON 14:15 Adventures in Science (b00b02hq)
Series 1

Volcanoes

Ben Silburn journeys to the magma-creating centre of the Earth, recalling how a volcanic eruption in Martinique killed 30,000 people.


MON 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007k0wp)
Restlessness

Newly-wed Grace returns to Little Hintock with Doctor Fitzpiers - but not to wedded bliss.

First published in 1887, Thomas Hardy's classic tale of thwarted love and ambition set amongst the woodsmen and women of Little Hintock.

Read by Juliet Stevenson.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.


MON 14:45 How to Beat Sir Humphrey (b007js20)
Episode 3

How to win the paper war and how to ask those questions that require an answer. Read by Derek Fowlds.


MON 15:00 Silas Marner (b007jt8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00mq4b7)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring Bright Lights, The Witch Trade and Mac B.


MON 17:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bfq14)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 17:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 18:00 Doctor Who (b007zn07)
Blood of the Daleks

Episode 1

Old foes and new allies appear as the maverick renegade Time Lord arrives on a benighted, desperate world. Eighth Doctor adventure stars Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith.


MON 18:50 Beyond the Vortex (b007zn08)
Series 1

Return of the Mac

As The Doctor returns with a feisty new companion, Radio 7 goes behind the scenes for the recording of 'Blood of the Daleks'.


MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jscw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00mpqkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


MON 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


MON 20:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq4b3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


MON 20:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b5ppw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 today]


MON 21:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:15 The Reunion (b00jh3z6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


MON 22:00 Dead Ringers (b00mpqkl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 22:30 Revolting People (b00f80zs)
Series 1

An Incredible Amount of Storm Clouds

Feared British Commander, General Venables arrives and demands some executions by sunset (so he can have the whole day to look forward to them).

Not everyone can survive...

Historical sitcom set in Boston in 1770, written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.

Samuel Oliphant …. Jay Tarses
Sergeant McGurk …. Andy Hamilton
General Venables …. Timothy West
Captain Brimshaw …. James Fleet
Mary Oliphant …. Sophie Thompson
Ezekiel Spriggs …. Hugh Dennis
Cora Oliphant …. Felicity Montagu
Joshua Oliphant …. Tony Maudsley
Doctor Rutledge …. Philip Pope
Mrs Arbuthnot …. Susie Blake

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


MON 23:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0075tgf)
Series 1

Episode 4

Have the girls from hit American TV show ‘Friends’ really come to visit?

Variety meets sitcom meets sketch show - written and performed by Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.

With Martin Hyder and Jim North.

Script editor: Graeme Garden

Music by Richard Webb.

Producers: Claire Jones and Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.


MON 23:30 The In Crowd (b008d1f1)
Series 1

Episode 5

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


MON 23:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jm2l)
Series 1

John Goes to London

Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth's efforts to find Big City fame don't go to plan. Stars Graham Fellows. From April 1994.



TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2009

TUE 00:00 Doctor Who (b007zn07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:50 Beyond the Vortex (b007zn08)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:50 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq4b3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b5ppw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 The Reunion (b00jh3z6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Silas Marner (b007jt8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00mq4b5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:15 Adventures in Science (b00b02hq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007k0wp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:45 How to Beat Sir Humphrey (b007js20)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 15/09/2009 (b00mq4pc)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b0176m1q)
The Forbodians Hijack Troutbridge

When the crew of HMS Troutbridge are taken on an unexpected voyage - who can save them?

Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.

The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Natasha ...... Heather Chasen
The Admiral ...... Tenniel Evans
Igor ...... Michael Bates
AS Tiddy ...... Lawrie Wyman

Written by Lawrie Wyman

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1970.


TUE 08:30 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00mq4pf)
Episode 4

Erratic castings - and a high court judge-cum-plumber. Zesty sketch show with Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From June 1989.


TUE 09:00 To the Manor Born (b007n1wj)
An Englishman's Home

When Devere installs new security cameras, Audrey declares war.

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
PC Dottle ...... Kevin Eldon

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 descendent.

First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997. Written for radio by Peter Spence.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.


TUE 09:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtjp)
Series 2

The Guests

Author Gerald is appalled at news of unwelcome dinner companions.

The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife.

With Michael Goldie and Penelope Reynolds

Written by Basil Boothroyd.

Producer: Bobby Jaye

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

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.


TUE 10:00 Silas Marner (b007jt92)
Secrets and Treasures

Silas Marner by George Eliot
dramatised by Richard Cameron

After a life of exile and a miserly existence, Silas's life changes forever when Eppie, a little girl
crosses his threshold on a cold New Year's evening. Their life together, from her childhood to
womanhood is his salvation. But all is threatened when her biological father makes
a claim on her.

Silas Marner ...... George Costigan
Eppie ....... Rebecca Callard
Dolly ..... Deborah McAndrew
Aaron ..... Stephen Hoyle
Godfrey/Jem ..... Conrad Nelson
Nancy ...... Maeve Larkin
Macey .... Seamus O'Neill
Dr. Kimble......... Leigh Symonds
Priscillia ...... Fiona Clarke
Directed by Pauline Harris.


TUE 11:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5d)
Series 1

Fallen Comrades

Carter and his uncle Mort sup a poignant pint at the Old Comrades Club.

Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
Marcus …. John Samson
The Doorman …. Steve Hodson
The Barman …. Alan Dudley
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.


TUE 11:15 Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt (b00h3mdq)
A missing recording of Macbeth creates a tie between three people in war-torn West Africa. Powerful drama starring Amanda Root.


TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b0176m1q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Counterpoint (b00df97y)
2005

Episode 3

Ned Sherrin hosts the music quiz with Peter Ashman and Steven Gore from Buckinghamshire and Judicaelle Hammond of London.


TUE 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb)
A Caribbean Mystery

Episode 2

After Major Palgrave's sudden death, the amateur sleuth wonders whether it was murder?

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.

Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper
Dr Graham .... John Rowe
Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell
Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee
Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones
Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright
Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit
Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe
Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr
Victoria .... Amanda Gordon
Jackson …. Andrew Wincott
Daventry …. David Brooks

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.


TUE 13:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq7j3)
Episode 2

The Bombay detective arrives in Mahableshwar to investigate Iris Dawkins' suicide. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.


TUE 13:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00mqcx9)
The Wink

Elderly Jean exacts revenge on the man who raped her when she was only a teenager.

Ruth Rendell's short story read by Kathy Staff.

Producer: Julia Butt

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.


TUE 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00mqcxc)
1958 - CND, Cyprus and the End of National Service

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


TUE 14:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0g3h)
Series 1

Fire in the Sky - Comets

Ben Silburn investigates the ocean-making power of the galaxy's 'dirty snowballs' from the mysterious Oort Cloud, beyond Pluto.


TUE 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx7z)
Suspicions

Grace turns to her former lover Giles, while her husband is devoted elsewhere. Read by Juliet Stevenson.


TUE 14:45 Rose Tremain (b007mf65)
Ice Dancing

A retired architect recounts his life with his wife and how he almost lost her. Set in Maryland, read by Harry Towb.


TUE 15:00 Silas Marner (b007jt92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00mqghz)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring Bright Lights, The Witch Trade and Mac B.


TUE 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007n1wj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 17:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 18:00 Doctor Who (b007znn0)
Blood of the Daleks

Episode 2

Will the Time Lord's new time-travelling pal Lucie Miller realise the true intentions of their 'saviours'? Eighth Doctor adventure stars Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith.


TUE 18:50 Beyond the Vortex (b007k0mk)
Series 1

Talk Like a Dalek

As 7 goes behind the scenes of the Doctor Who series, Nick Briggs reveals how to sound like a Dalek without gargling coal.


TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b0176m1q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Counterpoint (b00df97y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


TUE 20:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq7j3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


TUE 20:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00mqcx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 today]


TUE 21:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 21:15 Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt (b00h3mdq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


TUE 22:00 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00mq4pf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 22:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007jzt4)
Series 2

Episode 6

Modern art - and the swinging 60s. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged topical humour. From September 1986.


TUE 23:00 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mqgrp)
Series 2

Episode 4

When his nightmare tennis client makes headlines, the sports agent tries to get tough. Stars Neil Pearson. From December 2005.


TUE 23:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mqgrr)
Series 3

Episode 2

When burglars visit the CyberPass bistro, Merv decides to stay up and take action. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May 2004.



WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2009

WED 00:00 Doctor Who (b007znn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:50 Beyond the Vortex (b007k0mk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:50 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mq7j3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00mqcx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt (b00h3mdq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Silas Marner (b007jt92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00mqcxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0g3h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx7z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:45 Rose Tremain (b007mf65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 16/09/2009 (b00mr1rh)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jntz)
Series 5

Hancock's Car

Parked outside for ten years - the lad's forced to move his motor car, but hits snags galore.

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 April 1958.


WED 08:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dpnvz)
Series 1

Episode 2

When best-selling author, April Prescott, gets writers block, Lucy and Daniel get lumbered with a rather unwelcome little house guest.

David Tennant and Liz Carling star in David Spicer's sitcom.

Modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of a 30-something couple with no kids.

Daniel ...... David Tennant
Lucy ...... Liz Carling
Katie ...... Meera Syal
April ...... Felicity Montague
Peter ...... Rob Harley
Andy ...... Tony Gardner

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.


WED 09:00 No Commitments (b007jmsc)
Series 1

A Complete Break

Victoria and Charlotte arrange sister Anna's holiday, but she has her own plans...

Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.

Anna …. Rosemary Leach
Victoria …. Nicola Pagett
Charlotte …. Celia Imrie
Delia …. Maxine Audley
Roger …. Stephen Moore
Eddie …. James Greene
Patrick …. Nicholas Murchie
Mrs Motson …. Alison Reid

Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


WED 09:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007js6w)
Series 1

Episode 2

An Everyday Story of Towering Genius.

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

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

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

Music by Stephen Oliver and sung by Cantabile

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985.


WED 10:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (b0084rlw)
Opening Night

Gentleman detective, Inspector Alleyn probes a top actor's mysterious death. Jeremy Clyde stars in Dame Ngaio Marsh's thriller.


WED 11:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5v)
Series 1

Dog Days

At the allotment, Carter's Uncle Mort sounds off on sunshine, southerners and a smart mutt.

Carter Brandon gets a week off work, so he decides to go on day-trips in his car, with his Uncle Mort, 'where the fancy takes them.

Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.


WED 11:15 Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own (b00b4038)
To escape their children who won't leave home, Kenneth and Clare move to a smaller house - with no space for visitors.

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

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

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

Production note:

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

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

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jntz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b00dghc4)
Series 5

Wave Goodbyes to CBEs the Burkiss Way

The cult sketch show team's last-ever episode.

Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett.

With special guest David Jason.

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 November 1980.


WED 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv)
A Caribbean Mystery

Episode 3

Tensions start to grow on the beautiful tropical island.

The authorities have been called in and a murder investigation is underway.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.

Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones
Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright
Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr
Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit
Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe
Victoria …. Amanda Gordon
Jim Ellis …. Anthony Ofoegbu
Inspector Weston …. David Bannerman
Daventry …. David Brooks
Cook …. Chris Pavlo

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.


WED 13:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mr1rk)
Episode 3

The young detective heads to the Indian jungle in Poona in search of Iris's friend and correspondent, Pansy Watson. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.


WED 13:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00mr1rm)
Computer Seance

Sophia is a medium with a laptop. One day she bumps into Jimmy, who just happens to be her dead brother. Read by Lesley Joseph.


WED 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00mr1rp)
1959 - Cuba, Cyprus, and the Russians Reach the Moon

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


WED 14:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0hvs)
Series 1

Blood

Ben Silburn climbs aboard an oxygen-delivering red blood cell on its journey from the heart and around the body.


WED 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx82)
Separation

The injured Doctor Fitzpiers writes to Grace, and hopes are raised and dashed. Read by Juliet Stevenson.


WED 14:45 Rose Tremain (b00mr1rr)
Loves Me, Loves Me Not

60 years ago Frank's romantic hopes were dashed on a New York quayside. Will he now confront the past? Read by Dermot Crowley.


WED 15:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (b0084rlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00mr1rt)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring Bright Lights, The Witch Trade and Mac B.


WED 17:00 No Commitments (b007jmsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 17:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007js6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 18:00 Doctor Who (b007k0vv)
Horror of Glam Rock

The Tomorrow Twins are poised to conquer the pop world of 1974. But will they survive when the TARDIS lands? Stars Paul McGann.


WED 18:50 Beyond the Vortex (b00801qx)
Series 1

On the Casting Couch

Director Barnaby Edwards takes Radio 7 behind the scenes of Doctor Who's journey to the decade that taste forgot - the 1970s.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jntz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00dghc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


WED 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


WED 20:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mr1rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


WED 20:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00mr1rm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 today]


WED 21:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 21:15 Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own (b00b4038)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


WED 22:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dpnvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 22:30 Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (b00mr30m)
What a Wife

The tall, life-embracing shopkeeper is overlooked when Gary needs a pretend other half. With Tom Ellis. From September 2008.


WED 23:00 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b00fnfnn)
Series 1

Bolivia

The naive gap year student's South American audio diary of his bird-watching mishaps. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From July 2002.


WED 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsrx)
Series 1

Scurvy

The Mastersons set sail across the Atlantic, but there are dangerous sheep lurking in them there waters.

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

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

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1993.



THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2009

THU 00:00 Doctor Who (b007k0vv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]


THU 00:50 Beyond the Vortex (b00801qx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:50 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mr1rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday]


THU 01:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00mr1rm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:15 Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own (b00b4038)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (b0084rlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00mr1rp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0hvs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]


THU 04:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx82)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]


THU 04:45 Rose Tremain (b00mr1rr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 17/09/2009 (b00mrc80)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


THU 08:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00d3k8c)
Max Hudd

Roy Hudd's son chats to Sally Magnusson about his life with the star of 'News Huddlines', 'Coronation Street' and more.

Producer: Mike Walker

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2006.


THU 08:30 Chambers (b007jp9b)
Series 2

A Case With a View

When barrister John Fuller-Carp's ambitions take a downward turn, he takes some extreme action. Stars John Bird. From June 1998.


THU 09:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k0wh)
Series 1

The New Synagogue

A single phone call turns the comfortable world of Rabbi Fine is turned upside down.

The first of three series of Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.

Starring David De Keyser as Rabbi Abraham Fine. Tracy-Ann Oberman as Rabbi Su Jacobs, Doreen Mantle as Sadie Fine, Henry Goodman as Melvin, Jonathan Kydd as Brian and Sarah Rice as Ruth.

Music: Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.


THU 09:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jssx)
Series 1

Crises

Radio's sofa-bound daytime presenter duo tackles crises and reveal the popularity of sex

Bill Dare's sitcom starring Robert Duncan as Mike and Julia Hills as Sue.

With Mark Kilmurry, Roger Blake, Sally Phillips and Dan Strauss.

Music by Mark Burton.

Producer: Pete Sinclair

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.


THU 10:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (b0084j7z)
A Man Lay Dead

When a murder takes place at a country-house party, it poses another baffling case for the glamorous Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn.

Dame Ngaio Marsh’s gentleman detective novel dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Starring Jeremy Clyde as CDI Alleyn.

Nigel Bathgate ...... Nick Waring
Angela North ...... Molly Gaisford
Sir Hubert Hansley ...... Donald Sinden
Arthur Wilde ...... John Moffatt
Marjorie Wilde ...... Dorothy Tutin
Rosamund Grant ...... Susannah Corbett
Doctor ...... John Hartley
Charles Rankin ...... Derek Waring
Sgt Bunce ...... Stephen Thorne

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.


THU 11:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl69)
Series 1

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

Carter's Uncle Mort proposes staying at home, where he recalls days of steam and northern food.

Carter Brandon gets a week off work, so he decides to go on day-trips in his car, with his Uncle Mort, 'where the fancy takes them.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
Mrs Brandon …. Joan Matheson
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.

.


THU 11:15 Dan Rebellato - Erskine May (b007jw23)
With the Palace of Westminster blown up, can an assistant librarian rebuild it for Queen Victoria to open? Stars Alex Jennings.


THU 12:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00d3k8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 The Personality Test (b00mrc84)
Series 2

Adam Hart-Davis

Broadcaster, writer and science enthusiast, Adam Hart-Davis quizzes a panel about himself.

With Sue Perkins, Lucy Porter, Will Smith and Robin Ince.

Series with changing hosts who quiz the panel.

Script by Richard Turner and Simon LIttlefield

Devised and produced by Aled Evans.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.


THU 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc)
A Caribbean Mystery

Episode 4

With the island's murder tally now standing at two, the spinster sleuth needs an ally.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.

Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper
Dr Graham .... John Rowe
Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee
Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell
Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones
Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright
Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit
Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.


THU 13:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrc86)
Episode 4

Can the detective's discovery about Iris Dawkins' tragic childhood solve her suicide? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.


THU 13:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b5v5s)
The Wrong Category

Ignoring his mother's fears, Barry goes out after dark to visit the sites of six recent murders. Read by Nick Moran.


THU 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00mrf4h)
1960 - The Wind of Change

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


THU 14:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0jyw)
Series 1

Protons

Deep underground in a laboratory in Geneva, scientists attempt to discover more about the Big Bang. With Ben Silburn. From 2001.


THU 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx86)
Sickness

With Giles lying desperately ill, Grace believes that only one person can save him. Read by Juliet Stevenson.


THU 14:45 Rose Tremain (b00mrf4k)
Moth

A strange transformation brings attention and tragedy to a trailer park mother. Read by Debora Weston.


THU 15:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (b0084j7z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00mrf4m)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring Bright Lights, Henry's Cat: Superspy, The Witch Trade and Mac B.


THU 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k0wh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


THU 17:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jssx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


THU 18:00 Doctor Who (b00803kb)
Immortal Beloved

The TARDIS arrives in an age of ancient myth and legend, a realm of Zeus, Hera, Ganymede...and helicopters? Stars Paul McGann.


THU 18:50 Beyond the Vortex (b00803kc)
Series 1

Myths and Legends

Radio 7 goes behind the scenes of the Doctor Who series, with 'Immortal Beloved' director Jason Haigh-Ellery.


THU 19:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00d3k8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 The Personality Test (b00mrc84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


THU 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


THU 20:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrc86)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


THU 20:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b5v5s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 today]


THU 21:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


THU 21:15 Dan Rebellato - Erskine May (b007jw23)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


THU 22:00 Chambers (b007jp9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 22:30 Quando, Quando, Quando (b0081rfw)
Love and Marriage

The salon is offering special two-for-one cuts. Brides and grooms are queuing up for days in the hope of getting an appointment. A childhood sweetheart of Rene's appears unexpectedly, hoping to rekindle their love.

Brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando chop, snip and crimp their lucky clients into shape at London's finest hair salon.

Six-part comedy written and performed by Rainer Hersch and Mark Maie. With Stephen Greif and Catherine Tate.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.


THU 22:45 The Little Big Woman Radio Show (b007k2dd)
Somewhere over the Rainbow

Actress wannabe Cynthia dreams of treading the boards instead of office temping. Stars Llewella Gideon. From February 2001.


THU 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b007m331)
Series 1

Episode 6

The pathologists are invited to assist the celebrated Dutch anatomist, Professor Raymond van den Hoogenband, in the first ever 'live' radio autopsy.

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
Prof Van den Hoogenband ...... Chris Pavlo

Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.


THU 23:30 Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (b00g3xwm)
Episode 4

1941. Troublesome telephone lines and odd athletics events.

Spike Milligan shares more frank memories of his wartime service.

Published in 1971, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall is the first volume of the Spike Milligan's idiosyncratic military memoir.

Reversioned into eight parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra.



FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2009

FRI 00:00 Doctor Who (b00803kb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:50 Beyond the Vortex (b00803kc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:50 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrc86)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday]


FRI 01:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b5v5s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:15 Dan Rebellato - Erskine May (b007jw23)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (b0084j7z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00mrf4h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0jyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]


FRI 04:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx86)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]


FRI 04:45 Rose Tremain (b00mrf4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 18/09/2009 (b00mrhjm)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00mrhjp)
Series 3

Episode 13

Kenneth Horne blows his own trumpet in 'Young Horne with a Man', plus Julian and Sandy's bona psychic gift of a second vada

With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.

Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith

Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.

Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1967.


FRI 08:30 Married (b00cpcw6)
Series 2

Churlish

Confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot wakes up to find himself married in a parallel universe in which the Lib Dems are in power, the Richard Whiteley Experience has just opened in London and alcohol is a class-A drug.

Now Robin's life is about to change again. He's about to be divorced from the woman he was never married to in the first place...

Hugh Bonneville stars in series two of Tony Bagley's comedy.

Robin .... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley .... Josie Lawrence
Dame Jenny Hyde …. Stephanie Cole
Dirk .... Steve Frost
Murdo …. Lewis MacLeod

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.


FRI 09:00 Tony's (b007k30t)
Series 1

All That Glitters

The barber decides his corner shop needs a makeover. Stars Victor Spinetti, John Laurie and Deborah Watling. From November 1979.


FRI 09:30 Millport (b0076287)
Series 2

Growth

Bunty's nowhere to be found when an EU official arrives to inspect her vegetables.

Meanwhile the rest of Millport is bitten by the fitness bug, but the lack of any sports facilities poses a few logistical problems...

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/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Inspector ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Bob/Minister ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Matt Costello

Music arranged by Olly Fox.

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


FRI 10:00 Roger Hume - The Campden Wonder (b00mrhdm)
The true account of the mysterious disappearance of William Harrison, a rent collector in the service of the Campden family in Chipping Campden in 1660.

Stars Peter Jeffrey as Sir Thomas Overbury, Richard Derrington as John Perry, Nigel Anthony as Dr Shirley, David Holt as Sly/Edward Harrison and Kim Durham as Richard/Nathan.

Written by Richard Derrington and Roger Hume.

Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994


FRI 11:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl6n)
Series 1

Beside the Seaside

Carter and his Uncle Mort enjoy some sea air and some miserable memories.

Carter Brandon gets a week off work, so he decides to go on day-trips in his car, with his Uncle Mort, 'where the fancy takes them'.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of four series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
Mrs Keanleyside …. Hilda Fennemore
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988.


FRI 11:15 A Visitation (b008wmny)
A man is forced to re-examine his cruelty towards a girl from his past. Stars John Wood, Julian Glover and Prunella Scales.


FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00mrhjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 Mind Your Own Business! (b009xyw7)
The Premature Berth

Head of finance Russell Farrow insists on the strictest economy. So tycoon Jimmy Bright must keep quiet about the firm’s £2,000,000 yacht.

But you can't keep anything quiet with Mum around...

Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton star in Andrew Palmer’s sitcom

Jimmy Bright ...... Bernard Cribbins
Russell Farrow ...... Frank Thornton
Nan Forbes ...... Annette Crosbie
Sue Plant ...... Annee Blott
Griselda Bright ...... Patricia Hayes

Written by Andrew Palmer.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1988.


FRI 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx)
A Caribbean Mystery

Episode 5

After two murders and an attempted suicide, amateur sleuth Miss Marple is battling to find a link.

The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple.

Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper
Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe
Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit
Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell
Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones
Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright
Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Jackson …. Andrew Wincott
Canon Prescott …. David King
Dr Graham .... John Rowe

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.


FRI 13:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrhdk)
Episode 5

News from Poona makes Dawkins think his wife was mad, but the detective isn't so sure. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.


FRI 13:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b65bw)
Burning End

Fed up caring for her mother-in-law, Linda is worried when a glass vase seems to have caused a fire. Read by Sue Johnston.


FRI 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00mrtdd)
1961 - The Bay of Pigs and the Building of the Berlin Wall

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


FRI 14:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0qnv)
Series 1

Voyager Space Probes

Billions of kilometres away in space, two man-made objects still send signals back to Earth. Ben Silburn reports. From 2001.


FRI 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx8b)
Desperation

Reconciliation is on the cards, with the recognition of unspoken devotion. Concluded by Juliet Stevenson.


FRI 14:45 Rose Tremain (b00mrtdg)
How It Stacks Up

The poignant portrait of McCreedy's forty-sixth birthday celebration. Read by Dermot Crowley.


FRI 15:00 Roger Hume - The Campden Wonder (b00mrhdm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00mrtdj)
Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring The Witch Trade - written by Michael Molloy and read by Nigel Planer.


FRI 17:00 Tony's (b007k30t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


FRI 17:30 Millport (b0076287)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


FRI 18:00 Doctor Who (b007k1cf)
Phobos

In extreme sports, fear is part of the rush. The time travellers learn the true meaning of 'phobia'. Stars Paul McGann.


FRI 18:50 Beyond the Vortex (b00804fy)
Series 1

Who is Lucie Miller?

Radio 7 goes behind the scenes to find out more about Doctor Who's feisty new companion.


FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00mrhjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 Mind Your Own Business! (b009xyw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


FRI 20:30 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mrhdk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


FRI 20:45 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b65bw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 today]


FRI 21:00 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl6n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 21:15 A Visitation (b008wmny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


FRI 22:00 Married (b00cpcw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b00mrtdl)
Series 1

Religion

Exploring a fresh theme each week, the Irish comedian hosts stand-up and sketches. With Ivan Brackenbury. From July 2008.


FRI 23:00 And Now in Colour (b007yrwf)
Series 2

Colourthon

The sketch show team attempt their own radio charity fundraiser.

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 January 1991.


FRI 23:30 Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World (b007jx1h)
Episode 1

The surreal duo try solving the globe's topical problems. Stars Andrew Livingstone and Fine Time Fontayne. From July 1992.




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

12/09/2009 05:00 SAT (b00mnclk)

13/09/2009 05:00 SUN (b00mp5r3)

14/09/2009 05:00 MON (b00mpqkj)

15/09/2009 05:00 TUE (b00mq4pc)

16/09/2009 05:00 WED (b00mr1rh)

17/09/2009 05:00 THU (b00mrc80)

18/09/2009 05:00 FRI (b00mrhjm)

A Visitation 11:15 FRI (b008wmny)

A Visitation 21:15 FRI (b008wmny)

Adventures in Science 14:15 MON (b00b02hq)

Adventures in Science 04:15 TUE (b00b02hq)

Adventures in Science 14:15 TUE (b00b0g3h)

Adventures in Science 04:15 WED (b00b0g3h)

Adventures in Science 14:15 WED (b00b0hvs)

Adventures in Science 04:15 THU (b00b0hvs)

Adventures in Science 14:15 THU (b00b0jyw)

Adventures in Science 04:15 FRI (b00b0jyw)

Adventures in Science 14:15 FRI (b00b0qnv)

Alan Plater - Time Added On for Injuries 02:15 SAT (b007qw0x)

Albert and Me 12:30 SUN (b007jzwr)

Albert and Me 19:30 SUN (b007jzwr)

All the Way from Memphis 12:30 MON (b00mpqkn)

All the Way from Memphis 19:30 MON (b00mpqkn)

And Now in Colour 23:00 FRI (b007yrwf)

Ben Moor - Undone 18:00 SAT (b00dyb0m)

Ben Moor - Undone 00:00 SUN (b00dyb0m)

Beyond the Vortex 18:50 MON (b007zn08)

Beyond the Vortex 00:50 TUE (b007zn08)

Beyond the Vortex 18:50 TUE (b007k0mk)

Beyond the Vortex 00:50 WED (b007k0mk)

Beyond the Vortex 18:50 WED (b00801qx)

Beyond the Vortex 00:50 THU (b00801qx)

Beyond the Vortex 18:50 THU (b00803kc)

Beyond the Vortex 00:50 FRI (b00803kc)

Beyond the Vortex 18:50 FRI (b00804fy)

Big Toe Books 08:00 SAT (b00mp51g)

Big Toe Books 08:00 SUN (b00mp6n9)

Big Toe Books 16:00 MON (b00mq4b7)

Big Toe Books 16:00 TUE (b00mqghz)

Big Toe Books 16:00 WED (b00mr1rt)

Big Toe Books 16:00 THU (b00mrf4m)

Big Toe Books 16:00 FRI (b00mrtdj)

Black Bartlemy's Treasure 13:00 SAT (b007jwdn)

Black Bartlemy's Treasure 01:00 SUN (b007jwdn)

Brian Aldiss - Hothouse 18:30 SUN (b00mpnkm)

Brian Aldiss - Hothouse 00:30 MON (b00mpnkm)

Bristow 10:30 SUN (b007w5jb)

Bristow 21:30 SUN (b007w5jb)

Chain Reaction 22:30 SUN (b00mpnkr)

Chambers 08:30 THU (b007jp9b)

Chambers 22:00 THU (b007jp9b)

Clive James - Even As We Speak 04:15 SAT (b009xyzb)

Comedy Catch-Up 14:30 SUN (b00mpnk9)

Comedy Catch-Up 15:00 SUN (b00mpnkc)

Comedy Catch-Up 15:30 SUN (b00mpnkf)

Comedy Catch-Up 16:00 SUN (b00mwg39)

Comedy Catch-Up 16:30 SUN (b00mpnkk)

Comedy Catch-Up 02:30 MON (b00mpnk9)

Comedy Catch-Up 03:00 MON (b00mpnkc)

Comedy Catch-Up 03:30 MON (b00mpnkf)

Comedy Catch-Up 04:00 MON (b00mwg39)

Comedy Catch-Up 04:30 MON (b00mpnkk)

Counterpoint 12:30 TUE (b00df97y)

Counterpoint 19:30 TUE (b00df97y)

Crime Catch-Up 14:30 SAT (b00mp51j)

Crime Catch-Up 15:00 SAT (b00mp51l)

Crime Catch-Up 15:30 SAT (b00mp51n)

Crime Catch-Up 16:00 SAT (b00mp51q)

Crime Catch-Up 16:30 SAT (b00mp51s)

Dad Made Me Laugh 08:00 THU (b00d3k8c)

Dad Made Me Laugh 12:00 THU (b00d3k8c)

Dad Made Me Laugh 19:00 THU (b00d3k8c)

Dad's Army 08:00 MON (b007jscw)

Dad's Army 12:00 MON (b007jscw)

Dad's Army 19:00 MON (b007jscw)

Dan Rebellato - Erskine May 11:15 THU (b007jw23)

Dan Rebellato - Erskine May 21:15 THU (b007jw23)

Dan Rebellato - Erskine May 02:15 FRI (b007jw23)

Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek 09:30 SAT (b007k4fj)

Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek 19:30 SAT (b007k4fj)

Dead Ringers 08:30 MON (b00mpqkl)

Dead Ringers 22:00 MON (b00mpqkl)

Doctor Who 18:00 MON (b007zn07)

Doctor Who 00:00 TUE (b007zn07)

Doctor Who 18:00 TUE (b007znn0)

Doctor Who 00:00 WED (b007znn0)

Doctor Who 18:00 WED (b007k0vv)

Doctor Who 00:00 THU (b007k0vv)

Doctor Who 18:00 THU (b00803kb)

Doctor Who 00:00 FRI (b00803kb)

Doctor Who 18:00 FRI (b007k1cf)

Double Income, No Kids Yet 08:30 WED (b00dpnvz)

Double Income, No Kids Yet 22:00 WED (b00dpnvz)

Edgar Allan Poe 18:30 SAT (b007jsry)

Edgar Allan Poe 00:30 SUN (b007jsry)

Evelyn Waugh Short Stories 10:15 SUN (b007k30q)

Evelyn Waugh Short Stories 21:15 SUN (b007k30q)

Fear on 4 18:00 SUN (b007jmkj)

Fear on 4 00:00 MON (b007jmkj)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 17:00 SAT (b00f5wrl)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 23:00 SAT (b00f5wrl)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 04:00 SUN (b00f5wrl)

Getting Nowhere Fast 23:30 TUE (b00mqgrr)

Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off 23:00 WED (b00fnfnn)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 13:30 MON (b00mq4b3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 20:30 MON (b00mq4b3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 01:30 TUE (b00mq4b3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 13:30 TUE (b00mq7j3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 20:30 TUE (b00mq7j3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 01:30 WED (b00mq7j3)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 13:30 WED (b00mr1rk)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 20:30 WED (b00mr1rk)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 01:30 THU (b00mr1rk)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 13:30 THU (b00mrc86)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 20:30 THU (b00mrc86)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 01:30 FRI (b00mrc86)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 13:30 FRI (b00mrhdk)

HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 20:30 FRI (b00mrhdk)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b007jntz)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b007jntz)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b007jntz)

How to Beat Sir Humphrey 04:45 SAT (b007js1n)

How to Beat Sir Humphrey 14:45 MON (b007js20)

How to Beat Sir Humphrey 04:45 TUE (b007js20)

I Guess That's Why They Call It The News 22:00 SUN (b00mpnkp)

Isaac Asimov's Jokester 00:30 SAT (b007jwnj)

Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (Omnibus) 09:00 SUN (b00mp6nc)

Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (Omnibus) 20:00 SUN (b00mp6nc)

Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls 02:00 SAT (b00mlxk3)

Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 09:30 MON (b007jvv7)

Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 17:30 MON (b007jvv7)

Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue 09:30 THU (b007jssx)

Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue 17:30 THU (b007jssx)

Married 08:30 FRI (b00cpcw6)

Married 22:00 FRI (b00cpcw6)

Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own 11:15 WED (b00b4038)

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

Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own 02:15 THU (b00b4038)

Millport 09:30 FRI (b0076287)

Millport 17:30 FRI (b0076287)

Mind Your Own Business! 12:30 FRI (b009xyw7)

Mind Your Own Business! 19:30 FRI (b009xyw7)

Miranda Hart's Joke Shop 22:30 WED (b00mr30m)

Miss Marple 02:30 SUN (b007jvht)

Miss Marple 13:00 SUN (b007jvht)

Miss Marple 01:00 MON (b007jvht)

Miss Marple 13:00 MON (b007jpkt)

Miss Marple 20:00 MON (b007jpkt)

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Miss Marple 01:00 THU (b007jplv)

Miss Marple 13:00 THU (b007jpmc)

Miss Marple 20:00 THU (b007jpmc)

Miss Marple 01:00 FRI (b007jpmc)

Miss Marple 13:00 FRI (b007jpmx)

Miss Marple 20:00 FRI (b007jpmx)

Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt 11:15 TUE (b00h3mdq)

Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt 21:15 TUE (b00h3mdq)

Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt 02:15 WED (b00h3mdq)

Nigel and Earl Sort Out the World 23:30 FRI (b007jx1h)

No Commitments 09:00 WED (b007jmsc)

No Commitments 17:00 WED (b007jmsc)

Open Mike: Mike Craig's Radio Memoirs 10:00 SAT (b00c0077)

Open Mike: Mike Craig's Radio Memoirs 20:00 SAT (b00c0077)

PG Wodehouse 09:00 MON (b00bfq14)

PG Wodehouse 17:00 MON (b00bfq14)

Play and Record 23:30 SUN (b00g2fzw)

Quando, Quando, Quando 22:30 THU (b0081rfw)

Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy 11:00 SUN (b007wvfg)

Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy 17:00 SUN (b007wvfg)

Revolting People 22:30 MON (b00f80zs)

Rigor Mortis 23:00 THU (b007m331)

Robert Harris - Fatherland 01:30 SAT (b007jmtf)

Roger Hume - The Campden Wonder 10:00 FRI (b00mrhdm)

Roger Hume - The Campden Wonder 15:00 FRI (b00mrhdm)

Rose Tremain 14:45 TUE (b007mf65)

Rose Tremain 04:45 WED (b007mf65)

Rose Tremain 14:45 WED (b00mr1rr)

Rose Tremain 04:45 THU (b00mr1rr)

Rose Tremain 14:45 THU (b00mrf4k)

Rose Tremain 04:45 FRI (b00mrf4k)

Rose Tremain 14:45 FRI (b00mrtdg)

Round the Horne 08:00 FRI (b00mrhjp)

Round the Horne 12:00 FRI (b00mrhjp)

Round the Horne 19:00 FRI (b00mrhjp)

Ruth Rendell Stories 13:45 MON (b00b5ppw)

Ruth Rendell Stories 20:45 MON (b00b5ppw)

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Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall 23:30 THU (b00g3xwm)

Take It From the Chorus 09:00 SAT (b007k283)

Take It From the Chorus 19:00 SAT (b007k283)

The Attractive Young Rabbi 09:00 THU (b007k0wh)

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The Burkiss Way 12:30 WED (b00dghc4)

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The Hudson and Pepperdine Show 23:00 MON (b0075tgf)

The In Crowd 23:30 MON (b008d1f1)

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The Jason Byrne Show 22:30 FRI (b00mrtdl)

The Laxian Key 00:00 SAT (b007k30w)

The Little Big Woman Radio Show 22:45 THU (b007k2dd)

The Long Hot Satsuma 08:30 TUE (b00mq4pf)

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The Masterson Inheritance 23:30 WED (b007jsrx)

The Men from the Ministry 12:00 SUN (b007jnvj)

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The Million Pound Radio Show 22:30 TUE (b007jzt4)

The Navy Lark 08:00 TUE (b0176m1q)

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The Palace of Laughter 11:30 SUN (b0084hvl)

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The Penny Dreadfuls 23:00 SUN (b00gpbcn)

The Personality Test 12:30 THU (b00mrc84)

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The Reunion 11:15 MON (b00jh3z6)

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The Shuttleworths 23:45 MON (b007jm2l)

The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter 09:30 TUE (b007jtjp)

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The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere 09:30 WED (b007js6w)

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This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century 04:00 SAT (b00mlxk5)

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To the Manor Born 09:00 TUE (b007n1wj)

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Tony's 09:00 FRI (b007k30t)

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Trevor's World of Sport 23:00 TUE (b00mqgrp)

Uncle Mort's North Country 11:00 MON (b007jl4w)

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