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SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2009

SAT 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jh1f5)
Series 2

Night Call

After a strange phone call on a stormy night, Miss Keen's quiet life is transformed. Adapted from TV with Mariette Hartley.


SAT 00:40 Seventh Dimension - Night Talker (b00n8vcm)
DJ Andy Stone hates Halloween. But studio gremlins lead the hard man to reveal some startling secrets. With Nicholas Boulton.


SAT 01:00 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p8x9)
Episode 2

After Sophie's alleged suicide, the Senior House Officer suspects foul play. Annie McCartney's thriller stars Seanin Brennan.


SAT 01:30 Above Suspicion (b00cfwdc)
Episode 5

Mission accomplished, amateur spies Frances and Richard are being watched by a man with a duelling scar. Read by Emma Currie.


SAT 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k9dbs)
Episode 5

Shug and Celie discover that Mister has secretly hidden Nettie's letters to Celie. Stars Nadine Marshall and Nina Sosanya.


SAT 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b00k08lj)
Series 2

Base Metal

In foggy London, the detectives meet a charming American, with dangerous consequences. Stars Anna Massey and Frances Barber.


SAT 03:00 A Suitable Boy (b007w5g1)
Episode 5

Mrs Rupa Mehra's attempts to find her daughter a husband force Lata to finally make her choice. Vikram Seth's tale starring Ayesha Dharker.


SAT 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00n9109)
1981 - The SDP and IRA Hunger Strikes

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


SAT 04:15 Stuntz (b007jzhf)
Series 1

Episode 4

Cash or creativity? Advertising gimmicks people use to get press coverage. Written and hosted by Steve Punt.


SAT 04:30 Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns (b00ftk07)
Episode 10

Laila and Tariq are reunited, but she still misses Mariam. Khaled Hosseini's story read by Seeta Indrani.


SAT 04:45 And June Whitfield (b007jvfk)
Episode 5

The final chapter of June's life story so far takes us from the News Huddlines to international fame with Absolutely Fabulous.


SAT 05:00 17/10/2009 (b00n92qy)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00nc9tv)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien, featuring The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain and read by Jason Isaacs.


SAT 09:00 Scotland's Black History (b00nc9tx)
The Virginia Slave's Lament

Billy Kay explores Scotland's contacts with Africa and people of African origin from Roman times through to the slave trade, from colonial plantations to religious missions. (Revised repeat).


SAT 09:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4hq)
Episode 6

Rockingham is dead. As the French pirate awaits execution, Dona risks everything for the man she loves. Stars Lorna Heilbron.


SAT 10:00 Comedy Controller (b007jpx5)
Helen Lederer

The 'Absolutely Fabulous' actress chooses Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen, Life with Lederer, Hearing with Hegley, Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation and Ross Noble Goes Global.


SAT 13:00 Bernard Pomerance - The Elephant Man (b007k2by)
A disfigured man is rescued from a Victorian freak show. But what is 'normality'? Powerful drama starring Gerard Murphy.


SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00nc9tz)
The Blackburn Files: A Case of Hard Times

When fraud strikes a pub quiz, the landlord calls in private eye Steven J Blackburn to crack the scam. With Fine Time Fontayne.


SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00ncbwp)
The Blackburn Files: A Case of Drowning Sorrows

Private eye Steven J Blackburn probes a ventriloquist dummy's theft at a home for retired theatricals. With Fine Time Fontayne.


SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00ncbwr)
The Blackburn Files: A Case of Happy Endings

Setting out to track down a missing person, private-eye Steven J Blackburn finds something more. Stars Fine Time Fontayne.


SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00ncbwt)
Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush

The GP is suspicious when a former patient commits suicide. Annie McCartney's thriller stars Seanin Brennan.


SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00ncbww)
Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush

After Sophie's alleged suicide, the GP suspects foul play. Annie McCartney's thriller stars Seanin Brennan.


SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00fn2kh)
The American funny man presents more comedy and music from St Paul, with the hard-driving string band, Pert' Near Sandstone.


SAT 17:55 Chain Gang (b00ncbwy)
Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone

Episode 4

The serial steered by listeners continues on its unpredictable journey. This week we deal with the fallout from the Sausage Incident, and introduce The Man.


SAT 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jwq5)
Series 2

Unaccompanied

Edna tries to make sense of a reality without Undone. Are the gaps closed?

Staring Alex Tregear and Ben Moor.

Series 2 of Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga about a magazine editor called Edna Turner who enters a parallel world where her version of London is replaced with the city of Undone.

Edna Turner ...... Alex Tregear
Tankerton Slopes ...... Ben Moor
Billy ...... Duncan Wisbey
Voodoo Electrician ...... Nitin Ganatra
Grant ...... Tim Key

Other parts played by the cast.

Producer: Colin Anderson

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


SAT 18:30 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00ncbx0)
Beef; Sole Solution

The sci-fi author's own futuristic meaty tale, plus Eric Frank Russell's story of scientific creation. Read by Peter Marinker.


SAT 18:45 Seventh Dimension: The Supper Club (b007jyj6)
A dark drama with no right and wrong - only the rules of a secretive clique. Recorded on location. With Helen Longworth.


SAT 19:00 Scotland's Black History (b00nc9tx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 19:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek (b007k4hq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 20:00 Comedy Controller (b007jpx5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00fn2kh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today]


SAT 23:55 Chain Gang (b00ncbwy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 today]



SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER 2009

SUN 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jwq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00ncbx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]


SUN 00:45 Seventh Dimension: The Supper Club (b007jyj6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Bernard Pomerance - The Elephant Man (b007k2by)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 The Beaux' Stratagem (b00nccqg)
Lichfield 1707 - two rakes arrive from London in search of a fortune. George Farquhar's restoration comedy with Dale Rapley.


SUN 04:30 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqb0)
The Menace of Totleigh Towers

Bertie Wooster is obliged to sort out an amorous mix-up between his friends.

PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six parts by Richard Usborne.

Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia, Ann Davies as Emerald Stoker, Douglas Blackwell as the Reverend Harold Pinker and Jonathan Cecil as Boko Fittleworth.

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.


SUN 05:00 18/10/2009 (b00nccqj)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00nccql)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien, featuring The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain and read by Jason Isaacs.


SUN 09:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple Omnibus (b00kdr77)
Episode 1

Made for 4 Extra. Born into poverty and segregation - the struggle of uneducated black girl Celie in America's Deep South. Stars Nadine Marshall.


SUN 10:15 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00ncf5p)
Traditions

A strange recognition across the generations for a schoolboy and an enigmatic maid. Read by Dermot Crowley.


SUN 10:30 King Cutler (b008yt5q)
King Cutler V

A message to the nation from Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler.

Visitors bear gifts of words to add to their collection of poems, songs and stories.

With Dylan Edwards , David Lloyd, Ted Harrison and Craig Murray-Orr.

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 1990.


SUN 11:00 How Tickled Am I? (b007jnxs)
Series 1

Jimmy Clitheroe

"Nearly a quarter of the population settle down to listen to a radio classic..."

Mark Radcliffe profiles the diminutive radio star who played a schoolboy. But was he ever allowed to grow up?

A six-part series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.

Producer: Bernadette McConnell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.


SUN 11:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp4b)
Series 3

Jack Douglas

Comic actor Jack Douglas - famed for playing 'Alf Ippititimus' - shares memories of his TV, stage and film career with an audience.

How Des O'Connor was Jack's springboard to success and a part in the 'Carry On' films. Plus the mystery of the sex appeal of co-star Sid James!

Producer: Claire Jones

Jack Douglas: Born: 26th April 1927. Died: 18th December 2008

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.


SUN 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jz45)
Nothing But the Vest

The bungling bureaucrats play cupid for Mildred - and spark mayhem with their requisitions.
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 May 1975.


SUN 12:30 Meet the Huggetts (b00ncgg1)
No Fear

Huggett family chaos reigns when young Bobby sets out to play the hero.

Stars Jack Warner as Joe, Kathleen Harrison as Ethel, George Howell as Bobby, Marion Collins as Jane, Charles Leno as Fred Stebbings and Kenneth Connor as Charlie.

Popular working-class family, the Huggetts first hit the cinema screen with a series of Gainsborough films between 1947 and 1949. Their subsequent BBC radio series ran from 1953 to 1962.

Scripted by Eddie Maguire.

Producer: Jacques Brown

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1957.


SUN 13:00 The Beaux' Stratagem (b00nccqg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00njcy2)
The Long Hot Satsuma

Juicy sketch show with Paul B Davies, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Julia Hills and Alison Steadman. From July 1989.


SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00njcy4)
The Masterson Inheritance: Beware the Ides of Masterson

Ancient Rome provides the setting for a story of intrigue, terror, tyrants and togas, based entirely on audience suggestions.


SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00njcy6)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

A bungling burglar, a struggling pianist and the Clegworthy family's Sunday. Sketch comedy with Ronnie Barker. From March 1971.


SUN 16:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00njf6m)
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves: The Menace of Totleigh Towers

Bertie's obliged to sort out an amorous mix-up between his friends. PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and Michael Hordern.


SUN 17:00 How Tickled Am I? (b007jnxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 17:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Planet B (b00j0hqr)
Series 1

5. The Smart Money

John and Medley are transported to a world of orgies and circuses, where the slaves seek a new leader.

Ten-part series about a mystery virtual world.

Written by Paul May.

John ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Lioba ...... Donnla Hughes
Medley ...... Lizzy Watts
Cerberus ...... Chris Pavlo
Trader 1 ...... Janice Acquah
Trader 2 ...... Robert Lonsdale
Wheeler ...... Paul Rider
Regulator ...... Stephen Critchlow
Lyall ...... Inam Mirza
Fracta ...... Jill Cardo

Other parts played by the cast.

Director: Jessica Dromgoole

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2009.


SUN 18:30 Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose (b00ncgg3)
Episode 1

The political awakening of psychiatrist Rosa Sobel. Ursula K Le Guin's award-winning powerful tale set in the near future. Read by Laurel Lefkow.


SUN 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jz45)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 19:30 Meet the Huggetts (b00ncgg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 20:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple Omnibus (b00kdr77)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 21:15 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00ncf5p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]


SUN 21:30 King Cutler (b008yt5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 22:00 The News Quiz (b00ncgg5)
Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over the latest news events. First heard on Radio 4 on 9th October 2009.


SUN 22:30 The Maltby Collection (b00crj7j)
Series 1

Episode 4

Museum director Walter Brindle has some important news, freeing up time for the pursuit of romance between almost every member of the lusty staff.

Geoffrey Palmer and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in David Nobbs’ sitcom about a small museum of paintings and sculpture.

Rod Millet ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Walter Brindle ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Prunella Edgecumbe ...... Rachel Atkins
Julian Crumb-Loosely ...... Ben Willbond
Des Wainwright ...... Michael Smiley
Eva Tattle ...... Julia Deakin
Wilf Arbuthnot ...... Geoff McGivern
Stelios Constantinopolis ...... Chris Pavlo
Andrea Marshall ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.


SUN 23:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcz)
More Brothers Faversham

Perceus and Lucius Faversham

The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's great twin industrialists, Perceus and Lucius. From October 2008.


SUN 23:30 Cliche (b007jpmd)
From spray-on celeb faces to Village Idiot of the Year. Sketches galore with Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. From March 1981.



MONDAY 19 OCTOBER 2009

MON 00:00 Planet B (b00j0hqr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose (b00ncgg3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 The Beaux' Stratagem (b00nccqg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00njcy2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00njcy4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00njcy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:30 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:30 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 19/10/2009 (b00nch7h)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.


MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jm5w)
Series 1

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker

The Home Guard platoon is horrified when their black marketeer, Private Joe Walker, gets his army call up.

Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on BBC TV, these specially adapted radio versions began recording with the original cast.

Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, John Laurie as Private Frazer, Graham Stark as Private Walker, Michael Knowles as the Captain, Judith Furze as the Chairwoman and Jack Watson as the Sergeant. With John Snagge as the announcer.

Adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's original BBC TV scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in April 1974.


MON 08:30 Dead Ringers (b00nch7k)
Series 8

Episode 3

More celeb sound-alikes as Alan Rickman plays the baddies and Michael Parkinson is peckish. With Jon Culshaw. From August 2002.


MON 09:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqdd)
Upstairs, Downstairs and Bumps in the Night

Bertie Wooster tries to play peacemaker when he arrives at Totleigh Towers.

PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six-parts by Richard Usborne.

Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Paul Eddington as Roderick Spode, John Le Mesurier as Sir Watkin Bassett, Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia, Amy MacDonald as Madeleine Bassett, Douglas Blackwell as the Reverend Harold Pinker, Jonathan Cecil as Boko Fittleworth and Denise Coffey as Stiffy Bing,

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.


MON 09:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv61)
Series 3

Episode 1

Ad man Ken Handley snags a leggy model to spy on the work of a rival agency.

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
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
April ...... Shelley Thompson
Hedley ...... Robert Longden
Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths

With Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, David Tate, Sally Grace, Enn Reitel and Anton Rogers.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.


MON 10:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures (b00ncspw)
Episode 1

Back home in England, the castaway heads northwards in search of more excitement. Daniel Defoe's adventure stars Tim McInnerny.


MON 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kf0yx)
Episode 6

Nettie, Celie's sister, is in Africa - and Celie discovers the truth about the man she knows as Pa. Stars Nadine Marshall.


MON 11:15 Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent (b00hhn1g)
Captain Fitzroy sails to tragedy, as Charles Darwin finds fame. Poetic journey of evolution and creation with Fenella Fielding.


MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jm5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00h4lnm)
From 05/04/1971

An odd romantic tryst and the life of a great Englishman.

A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.

With Terence Brady and Pauline Yates.

Pianist: Gordon Langford.

Written by John Graham, David Nobbs, David McKellar and Peter Vincent, Donald Monat and June Dixon, Miles Rudge and Ted Dicks, Pete Spence, Alan Scott and Chris Bryant, and Gerald Wiley.

Producer John Fawcett-Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1971.


MON 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwb9)
Taken at the Flood

Episode 1

In the London Blitz of 1944, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot hears an intriguing story about a man's disappearance. He little realises that two years later, he'll become involved with the event itself...

Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

First published in 1948, Agatha Christie's whodunit dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Major Porter ...... Derek Waring
Adela Marchmont ...... Virginia McKenna
Lynn Marchmont ...... Susannah Corbett
Frances Cloade ...... Caroline Wildi
Jeremy Cloade ...... Andrew Sachs
Rowley CloadeIfan ...... Ifan Meredith
Kathie Cloade ...... Elizabeth Proud
Rosaleen Cloade ...... Fritha Goodey
David Hunter ...... Tom George

Producer: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003.


MON 13:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6)
2. Confession of Guilt

A woman wants to be absolved from a case of murder, but will the cantankerous criminal psychologist Dr Morelle agree?

Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.

Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle

Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Inspector Hood …. Phillip Wray
Paula Webb …. Mary Law

With Maurice Sweden, Norman Wynn, Hugh Manning, Betty Lynton and Alan McLelland.

Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold.

Director: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1957.


MON 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ncwv4)
1982 - The Falklands War

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


MON 14:15 Great Inspirations (b00b5qw0)
Lord Hattersley

The former Labour deputy leader talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for socialist thinker RH Tawney's vision of equality.


MON 14:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00ncwv7)
A London Boatman's Story

London boatman William Thornhill's epic move across the world in 1806. A story of belonging and ownership read by Ron Cook.


MON 14:45 Agatha Christie (b0076m5j)
The 8.55 to Baghdad

Episode 1

"Her adventure had been taken at a moment of major personal change; mine was beginning at a moment that could change the world".

In 1928, crime writer Agatha Christie made a spur-of-the-moment decision to go on holiday, alone, to Iraq. Then in her late thirties she was already a popular and successful novelist, but her 14 year marriage to Archie Christie had recently ended and her comfortable life at Sunningdale had become oppressive.

In the first of five readings from his book, Andrew Eames describes how 75 years later on, on the eve of the second Gulf War, he set out to trace Agatha's journey and explore her reasons for making it.

Abridged by Laurence Wareing.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio in 2004.


MON 15:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures (b00ncspw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00ncwvb)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien, featuring: Akimbo and the Lions, The Secret of Iguando, At the Sign of the Sugared Plum and The Prince and the Pauper.


MON 17:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 17:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


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

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


MON 18:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007ww76)
The Big Chill

The surreal quest of a young museum attendant named Oneira to learn the secrets of the Universe with the help of Nicholai, a 400-year-old Dutch alchemist.

Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Joseph Kloska as Pete, Mark Straker as the Salesman and Bethan Walker as the Visitor.

Producer: Liz Webb.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.


MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jm5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00h4lnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


MON 20:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


MON 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kf0yx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:15 Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent (b00hhn1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


MON 22:00 Dead Ringers (b00nch7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 22:30 Revolting People (b00ftcck)
Series 2

A Bunch More Trying Times

Ezekiel gets a shock, and Mary is wooed by a newly arrived Captain. Little does she know he's recently been named "Cad of the Year" by the Bounder's Gazette.

Comedy set just before the American Revolution.

Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.

CAST:

Samuel Oliphant .... Jay Tarses
Sergeant McGurk .... Andy Hamilton
Captain Brimshaw .... James Fleet
Mary .... Jan Ravens
Ezekiel Spriggs .... Hugh Dennis
Cora Oliphant .... Penelope Nice
Joshua Oliphant .... Tony Maudsley
Dashmount .... Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.


MON 23:00 The Mark Steel Solution (b007jmtg)
Series 1

Anyone Born in England Should Be Deported

Radical proposals to improve our lives, with the comedian's emigration shake-up. From November 1992.


MON 23:30 The In Crowd (b008m2b9)
Series 2

Episode 4

The perils of dry cleaning a leather jacket – and those odd people who live next door.

Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store.

With Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward.

Producer: Graham Frost

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2002.


MON 23:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jqt5)
Series 2

Shuttleworth Diplomacy

John Shuttleworth decides he's not spending enough “quality time" with his family – so sets out to be a nicer, more approachable person.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.



TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2009

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


TUE 00:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007ww76)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kf0yx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent (b00hhn1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures (b00ncspw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ncwv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:15 Great Inspirations (b00b5qw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00ncwv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:45 Agatha Christie (b0076m5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 20/10/2009 (b00nd0t3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007jmfj)
The Slogan Contest

A recruitment drive sparks some creative writing, but the Chief does some creative scheming. Stars Jon Pertwee. From June 1971.


TUE 08:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nd0t5)
The Two Ivans

In a sleepy Russian town, a careless insult changes the lives of two neighbours. Stars Griff Rhys Jones. From March 2002.


TUE 09:00 Hats Off (b00nd0t7)
Series 2

Episode 3

Maureen Lipman reinterprets the monologues, letters and songs of comedienne and writer Joyce Grenfell. From January 1999.


TUE 09:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jykd)
Series 3

The Leak

Author Gerald becomes obsessed with his wife Diana's sense of smell.

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

With Edward Kelsey.

Written by Basil Boothroyd.

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1979.


TUE 10:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures (b00nd06k)
Episode 2

The castaway searches for more adventure in the far north wastes of Siberia. Stars Tim McInnerny and Jonathan Tafler.


TUE 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kf4p0)
Episode 7

Angry Mister discovers Celie is set to go live with Shug in Memphis. Stars Nadine Marshall and Nikki Amuka-Bird.


TUE 11:15 Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful (b007jw27)
Single mum hairdresser Denise is in for a shock from a new client.

Vanessa Rosenthal's gripping northern town drama with a touch of thriller.

Starring Jeff Hordley as Steve, Jo Joyner as Denise Judith Davis as Mrs Howden, Ann-Marie Frater as Leanne, Craig Potter as Ashley and Rebecca Zienko as Hannah.

Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.


TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007jmfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Counterpoint (b00f393k)
2005

Episode 8

Ned Sherrin hosts the music quiz with Harry Bancroft of Stafford, Peter Kiltie from Leicester and John Taylor of Lincoln.


TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwbk)
Taken at the Flood

Episode 2

The Cloade family are trying to get money from Gordon's young widow. It also looks like they would like her out of the way - permanently.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Major Porter ...... Derek Waring
Adela Marchmont ...... Virginia McKenna
Lynn Marchmont ...... Susannah Corbett
Frances Cloade ...... Caroline Wildi
Jeremy Cloade ...... Andrew Sachs
Rowley CloadeIfan ...... Ifan Meredith
Kathie Cloade ...... Elizabeth Proud
Rosaleen Cloade ...... Fritha Goodey
David Hunter ...... Tom George

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Producer: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003.


TUE 13:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83)
9. The Black Ruby

The cantankerous criminal psychologist probes the authenticity of a fabled gem. Is it cursed?

Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.

Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle.

Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Guy Hampton …. Norman Woodland
Sonia Hampton …. Virginia Winter
Helen Reynolds …. Louise Gainsborough
Bill Reynolds …. Richard Bebb
Aubrey Green …. Desmond Carrington
Airline Captain/Various …. John Baker

Director: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957.


TUE 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00nd06n)
1983 - The Falklands Factor Election, and Star Wars

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


TUE 14:15 Great Inspirations (b00b5vfp)
Lord Howe

The former foreign secretary talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for the political message of a GK Chesterton novel.


TUE 14:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00nd0t9)
For the Term of His Natural Life

Life in London for boatman Will Thornhill is sweet and rosy until fate intervenes. Read by Ron Cook.


TUE 14:45 Agatha Christie (b03hngqk)
The 8.55 to Baghdad

Episode 2

Retracing the crime writer's Middle Eastern journey of 1928, Andrew Eames recalls taking the Orient Express train to Istanbul.


TUE 15:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures (b00nd06k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00nd0tc)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien, featuring: Akimbo and the Lions, The Secret of Iguando, At the Sign of the Sugared Plum and The Prince and the Pauper.


TUE 17:00 Hats Off (b00nd0t7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 17:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jykd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


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

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


TUE 18:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007x08b)
Sleight of Mind

An electricity company official interrogates the museum attendant. But is he actually helping Oneira - or is he an alien?

Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Sam Dale as Resistor, Gerard McDermott as Fulcanelli and Mark Straker as the Floor Manager.

Producer: Liz Webb.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.


TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007jmfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Counterpoint (b00f393k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


TUE 20:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kf4p0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 21:15 Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful (b007jw27)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


TUE 22:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nd0t5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 22:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b00nd0tf)
Series 3

Episode 3

New NHS slot machines, and killer furniture on the loose. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour. From October 1987.


TUE 23:00 Trevor's World of Sport (b00nd0th)
Series 3

Episode 3

Andy Hamilton's comedy series about Trevor the sports agent and his brave attempts to swim safely through the shark tank of life.

3/6. Trevor tries to prove that people deserve a second chance.

Trevor ...... Neil Pearson
Sammy ...... Paul Reynolds
Ralph ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Theresa ...... Rosalind Ayres
Heidrun ...... Cosima Shaw
Barry ...... Abdul Salis
Meryl ...... Claire Skinner
Dean ...... Philip Pope.


TUE 23:30 The Change (b00nd0tk)
Series 1

The Great Pretender

Life for George and Carol was just fine and now that their daughter is married they'll have time for themselves again. Carol's looking forward to it being just the two of them.

George, however, thinks the time is right to finally be honest with his wife and introduce her to Georgina.

Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison star as troubled hormonal wife Carol whose husband George finally reveals that he's a transvestite.

Sitcom by Gavin Petrie and Jan Etherington.

Carol ...... Lynda Bellingham
George ...... Chris Ellison
Violet ...... Sylvia Syms
Maureen ...... Maureen Beattie
Dave ...... Mark Powley
Ken ...... James Vaughan
Jerry ...... Richard Standing

Producer: Maria Esposito

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.



WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2009

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


WED 00:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007x08b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kf4p0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful (b007jw27)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures (b00nd06k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00nd06n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:15 Great Inspirations (b00b5vfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00nd0t9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:45 Agatha Christie (b03hngqk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 21/10/2009 (b00nd1mh)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008f307)
Series 5

The Junk Man

Griselda's plan to clear out The Lad's house backfires spectacularly.

Starring 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 May 1958.


WED 08:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b007wznq)
Series 2

Episode 1

After yet another late night on the tiles, Lucy decides it is time for them to shape up and get fit.

But having managed to drag Daniel along with her to gym, how can she then persuade him to leave?

Starring David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling.

The return of David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.

Daniel ....... David Tennant
Lucy ....... Elizabeth Carling
Katie ....... Samantha Spiro
Andy ....... Tony Gardner

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.


WED 09:00 No Commitments (b007jmwg)
Series 2

Affair Exchange

Victoria is offered the chance of an affair, but will she succumb to Tim's charms? Stars Nicola Pagett. From August 1993.


WED 09:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007jskt)
Series 2

26 September 1799

Dorothy is perturbed by de Quinine's enthusiasm. Stinking Iris is in an interesting condition. There is a reconciliation. And Sir Walter Spott is expected...

An everyday story of towering genius in Sue Limb's six part soap opera, set in and around the Lake District at the turn of the 18th century.

Stars Geoffrey Whitehead as William Wordsmith, Denise Coffey as Dorothy Wordsmith, Simon Callow as Samuel Tailor Cholericke, Nickolas Grace as Thomas de Quinine, Miriam Margolyes as Stinking Iris, Chris Emmett as the Leechpedla and Bill Paterson as Sir Walter Spott.

Music by Stephen Oliver and performed by Cantabile.

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.


WED 10:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnk)
Episode 1

When a concert party is marooned in the Midlands, the lives of three dissatisfied people are entwined. Stars Philip Jackson.


WED 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfqdm)
Episode 8

Celie's stepfather dies and she inherits more than she ever dreamed. But her happiness is short-lived. Stars Nadine Marshall.


WED 11:15 Char March - People Come Here to Cry (b007jxh1)
Razor-sharp observations and wit light up this heartening and humorous monologue - an examination of the counselling industry. In her 40s, Deborah Smith comes to an emotional watershed in her life. During the morning vacuuming, a radio chat show mentions the local Crisis Centre, Deborah girds up her loins, her stock of handkerchiefs and her thermos flask and prepares to get counselled.

Stars Sue Johnston.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008f307)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 Trivia Test Match (b007znmw)
Episode 6

Brian Johnston bowls the questions to Tim Rice, Paul Merton, Willie Rushton and William Franklyn. From September 1992.


WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwbr)
Taken at the Flood

Episode 3

The mysterious visitor has been found dead in his hotel room. But who had the motive to murder him - and why?

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Major Porter ...... Derek Waring
Adela Marchmont ...... Virginia McKenna
Lynn Marchmont ...... Susannah Corbett
Frances Cloade ...... Caroline Wildi
Jeremy Cloade ...... Andrew Sachs
Rowley CloadeIfan ...... Ifan Meredith
Kathie Cloade ...... Elizabeth Proud
Rosaleen Cloade ...... Fritha Goodey
David Hunter ...... Tom George

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Producer: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003.


WED 13:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04)
5. The Blackmailer

Cantankerous criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle probes the dealings of a mysterious Spanish Count.

Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.

Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle

Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Inspector Hood …. Phillip Wray
Sir Clifford Forbes …. Douglas Young
Lady Forbes …. Madeleine Christie
Cynthia Forbes …. Ruth Trouncer
Hotel Waiter …. Haydn Jones
Hotel Manager …. Humphrey Morton
Lily the Maid …. Beryl Calder
Matron …. Molly Rankin
Harry Fox …. Ian Sadler

Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold.

Director: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957.


WED 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ndlm3)
1984 - The Miners' Strike and the Brighton Bomb

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


WED 14:15 Great Inspirations (b00b65vc)
Baroness Williams

The Liberal Democrat grandee talks to Anne Perkins about her admiration for the economic historian Karl Polanyi.


WED 14:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00ndlm5)
The Sign of the Pickle Herring

London convict William Thornhill arrives in the alien land of Australia's New South Wales in 1806. Read by Ron Cook.


WED 14:45 Agatha Christie (b0076m6c)
The 8.55 to Baghdad

Episode 3

Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey to Iraq, Andrew Eames recalls stopping off for a steam bath in Damascus.


WED 15:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00ndlm7)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien, featuring Akimbo and the Lions, The Secret of Iguando and At the Sign of the Sugared Plum.


WED 17:00 No Commitments (b007jmwg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 17:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007jskt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


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

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


WED 18:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k26v)
A String of Time

As her quest to learn the secrets of the Universe continues, museum attendant Oneira ends up in the Texan Desert with a dead American comic - and a 13th century Friar.

Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Chas Early as Bill Hicks, Jon Glover as Roger Bacon and Christine Kavanagh as Clock/Alien.

Producer: Liz Webb.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008f307)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 Trivia Test Match (b007znmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


WED 20:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


WED 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfqdm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 21:15 Char March - People Come Here to Cry (b007jxh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


WED 22:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b007wznq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 22:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00ndrql)
A Occurrence

Andy's dinner party sparks a rift with Julie. Alexei Sayle's quirky couples comedy, with Siobhan Redmond. From November 1999.


WED 23:00 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b007q9wf)
Series 2

Germany

The bumbling student backpacker replaces his sister on an exchange visit. Starring Marcus Brigstocke. From October 2003.


WED 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jpvx)
Series 2

The Quest for the Other Rabbit's Foot

Myths and mucking out in the Masterson’s adventures at the court of King Arthur.

The award-winning improvised historical family saga based entirely on audience suggestions.

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

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994.



THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2009

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


THU 00:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k26v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfqdm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:15 Char March - People Come Here to Cry (b007jxh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ndlm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:15 Great Inspirations (b00b65vc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]


THU 04:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00ndlm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]


THU 04:45 Agatha Christie (b0076m6c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 22/10/2009 (b00ndwt2)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jln0)
Series 4

The Greatest Mountain in the World

Neddie Seagoon attempts to climb a peak even higher than Everest.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1954.


THU 08:30 Chambers (b007jz7m)
Series 3

It's Only Words

John Fuller-Carp gets embroiled in a very costly bet with rival barrister Vernon Ames, while Ruth joins an exclusive dating agency.

Clive Coleman's sitcom set in perhaps the country's least spectacular set of chambers.

John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Lancashire
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd

With Jeremy Clyde, Simon Greenall, Ben Crowe. John Rowe and Emma Clarke.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


THU 09:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k23r)
Series 2

Direct Action

A man with a tape measure sparks a crisis for Rabbi Fine.

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

Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Su’s Mum ...... Sheila Steafel
Mr Biggins ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bernard Blatt ...... Simon Schatzberger

Music: Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.


THU 09:30 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0mg)
The Unquiet American

An exciting new engine could soon be running on the quiet rural railway - but there's a big catch. How can the staff make Oglethorpe look like a busy, modern station?

Peter Davison and Michael Williams star in Peter Morfoot's railway sitcom.

David ...... Peter Davison
Rocket ...... Michael Williams
June ...... Rosemary Martin
Points ...... Phillippa Wilson
Hattie ...... Madge Hindle
Sodd ...... Chris Emmett
York ...... Don Fellows

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1995.


THU 10:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnw)
Episode 2

After three strangers arrive, the marooned concert party start making plans without their manager. Stars Helen Longworth.


THU 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfsl0)
Episode 9

Celie has returned home - and she and Mister have become friends. Stars Nadine Marshall and Eamonn Walker.


THU 11:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
When Jimmy asks Clara to teach him to read, an unlikely friendship develops, forged through fear. Stars Jim Sturgess.


THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jln0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 We've Been Here Before (b007rsyw)
Series 1

Episode 2

Clive Anderson's panel show of the past with Jon Holmes, Simon Brett, Gyles Brandreth and Lewis Shaffer.


THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwbx)
Taken at the Flood

Episode 4

The inquest on the death of the stranger has taken place, but Hercule Poirot is greatly disturbed by the shape the case is taking...

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Lynn Marchmont ...... Susannah Corbett
Rowley CloadeIfan ...... Ifan Meredith
Rosaleen Cloade ...... Fritha Goodey
Superintendent Spence ...... Robert Lang
Kathie Cloade ...... Elizabeth Proud
Lionel Cloade ...... Ioan Meredith
Mrs Leadbetter ...... Mary Wimbush
Frances Cloade ...... Caroline Wildi
Jeremy Cloade ...... Andrew Sachs

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Producer: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.


THU 13:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk2)
10. The Wedding Dress

Frightened bride-to-be Audrey Templeton is being spooked by noises in the night. Can the psychiatrist-sleuth uncover what's going on?

Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.

Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle.

Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Audrey Templeton …. Sulwen Morgan
Evelyn Lambert …. Mary Law
Edna Lambert …. Olwyn Brookes
Mrs Vezey …. Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Commercial Traveller/Ames …. Trevor Martin

Director: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957.


THU 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ndwt4)
1985 - Gorbachev and the Anglo-Irish Agreement

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


THU 14:15 Great Inspirations (b00b6yxr)
Boris Johnson

The Mayor of London talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for the Greek historian Thucydides.


THU 14:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00ndwt6)
A Place Out of a Dream

On Will's first trip up the Hawksbury River in New South Wales, he sees a piece of land. Ron Cook reads Kate Grenville's tale.


THU 14:45 Agatha Christie (b0076m6z)
The 8.55 to Baghdad

Episode 4

Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey, Andrew Eames's coach party arrives in Baghdad on the eve of war, but the welcome from the locals is friendly.


THU 15:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00ndwt8)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien, featuring Akimbo and the Lions, A Necklace of Raindrops, The Secret of Iguando and At the Sign of the Sugared Plum.


THU 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k23r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


THU 17:30 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0mg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


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

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


THU 18:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k284)
The Thing With Two Cappuccinos

When museum attendant Oneira forgets to pay for her coffee, she's chased by a multiplying hoard of waitresses...

Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Bethan Walker as Tannoy, Sam Dale as Phil and Anna Wing as the Barista.

Producer: Liz Webb.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.


THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jln0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 We've Been Here Before (b007rsyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


THU 20:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


THU 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfsl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


THU 21:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


THU 22:00 Chambers (b007jz7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 22:30 Creme de la Crime (b0084ssn)
Series 2

The Spy Who Laughed Me

Michael Feydeau -TV's much loved Inspector Niblett - and crime expert, David Pershore probe a case of treason back in 1945 - a powerful mix of theft, illegality, murder, murder and a bit more murder...

Tales from the vaults of villainy written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.

Director: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.


THU 22:45 Hearing With Hegley (b00b0sgk)
Series 1

Episode 2

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

With contributions from Keith Moore, Susan Norton, Andrew Bailey and Nigel Piper.

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.


THU 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b007r5lr)
Series 2

Episode 5

St Luke's Hospital Pathology holds its first 'scratch night' for work in progress. Stars Peter Davison. From December 2004.


THU 23:30 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007jr6k)
To Begin At The End

Nick Revell’s six-part comedy serial travels between the Andes, St Petersburg and a town in west Yorkshire, where Tony Hardstaff returns after a 10-year absence.

He encounters his 183-year-old father Obadiah, his Bronte obsessed ex-girlfriend and the Morris Dancing Survivalist Militia.

In this opening episode, Tony is seduced by the charms of the beautiful Natassia Fillipovna Karamazov and has to escape from the ruthless Russian mafia in St Petersburg.

Tony ...... Nick Revell
Natasha Fillipovna ...... Morwenna Banks
The Narrator ...... Alistair McGowan
Mrs Yepanchin ...... Joanna Brooks
Ivan ...... Jonathan Kydd
Sergei ...... Peter Gunn
Kropotkin ...... Peter Serafinowcz
Vladimir ...... Chris Pavlo

Other parts played by the cast.

Music composed by Paul Mottram.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.



FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2009

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


FRI 00:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k284)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfsl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:15 Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut (b007k1f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00ndwt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:15 Great Inspirations (b00b6yxr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]


FRI 04:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00ndwt6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]


FRI 04:45 Agatha Christie (b0076m6z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 23/10/2009 (b00nf0tm)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.


FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jn85)
Series 3

Episode 18

Ole! Kenneth Horne heads to a Spanish bullring, while Julian and Sandy get switched on for Bona TV.

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 June 1967.


FRI 08:30 Married (b0080qdc)
Series 2

War of the Worlds

It is a fight to the death as Robin finally meets his doppelganger.

When two universes collide, there can be only one winner.

Hugh Bonneville stars in Tony Bagley's comedy.

Robin .... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley .... Josie Lawrence
Dirk .... Stephen Frost
Ned .... Sam Bradley
Maxine .... Ann Gosling
Manicurist .... Vicki Pepperdine
Piano Man .... Simon Roberts
Arthur Smith .... Himself

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.


FRI 09:00 Anything Legal (b0088z2b)
Episode 5

Charles and George hire a secretary to boost their new business offering anything legal...

Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.

A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly

Charles .... Donald Hewlett
George .... Michael Knowles
Belinda Bustrom .... Sherrie Hewson
Job Applicant .... Helena Breck

Theme music by Jim Parker

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.


FRI 09:30 Millport (b0076bk4)
Series 3

The Siege

Millport's under siege by the neighbouring islands, furious that this little insignificant town has its own independent public house.

Amidst the madness Irene and Moira find romance where they least expect it - and Alberto unveils an unusual secret defence system.

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

Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Dr Hume/Robert the Dog/Mr Shetland /Mr Sky ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob/Mr Dunoon/Mr Orkney ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie/Mr Arran ...... Kenneth Bryans

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.


FRI 10:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlp4)
Episode 3

As the concert party hits rock bottom, will their manager and 'angel' Miss Trant pull the plug on them? Stars Jemma Churchill.


FRI 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfx33)
Episode 10

Shug is back! - and surprise visitors arrive for Celie. Stars Nadine Marshall and Nikki Amuka-Bird.


FRI 11:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents (b0080sf7)
Living with his violent dad, 10-year-old Mark captures his thoughts on life and football in simple poems. Stars James Smith.


FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jn85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 Whispers (b007k3br)
Series 1

Episode 5

The ins and outs of the abdication crisis in the quiz show that loves scandals.

Biographer Anthony Holden and actress Stella Duffy are joined by writer Lynne Truss and journalist Rowan Pelling.

Hosted by the least discreet man in Britain, Gyles Brandreth.

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.


FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwc3)
Taken at the Flood

Episode 5

The Belgian sleuth is going to have to think very fast to unravel the enigma if he's to prevent another murder in the village...

Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Lynn Marchmont ...... Susannah Corbett
Rowley CloadeIfan ...... Ifan Meredith
Superintendent Spence ...... Robert Lang
David Hunter ...... Tom George
The Maid ...... Debbie Hunt

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell

Producer: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003


FRI 13:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7)
6. Voice in the Night

After receiving sinister death threats over the telephone, an elderly spinster calls in cantankerous criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle.

Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.

Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle

Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Miss Nicholson …. Hester Paton Brown
Billy Boy the Dog …. Percy Edwards
Mr Nicolson …. Alan McClelland
Superintendent Denham …. Fred Yule
Station Officer …. Alan Keith
Julian Smith/Taxi Driver …. John Baker

Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold.

Director: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957.


FRI 14:00 This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century (b00nf0tp)
1986 - Chernobyl and the Westland Affair

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


FRI 14:15 Great Inspirations (b00b7b0k)
Frank Field

The Labour MP talks to Anne Perkins about his admiration for the communist writer and philosopher John Strachey.


FRI 14:30 Kate Grenville - The Secret River (b00nf0tr)
Adam in Paradise

William stakes his claim on Thornhill's Point, but other people have the same idea. Read by Ron Cook.


FRI 14:45 Agatha Christie (b0076m7h)
The 8.55 to Baghdad

Episode 5

Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey, Andrew Eames visits the ancient city of Ur, where Agatha met her future husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan.


FRI 15:00 JB Priestley - The Good Companions (b007jlp4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00nf1bj)
Children's stories presented by Kirsten O'Brien, featuring Araminta Spook: The Sword in the Grotto by Angie Sage, read by Jenni Lea-Jones.


FRI 17:00 Anything Legal (b0088z2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


FRI 17:30 Millport (b0076bk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


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

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


FRI 18:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k29f)
Mind the Gap

Battling to complete her epic surreal quest, Oneira literally ends up talking to herself - and finds her other self very rude.

Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Joseph Kloska as Pete, Gerard McDermott as Elias and Saikat Ahamed as the Courier.

Producer: Liz Webb.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.


FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jn85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 Whispers (b007k3br)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jwc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]


FRI 20:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]


FRI 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfx33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 21:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents (b0080sf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


FRI 22:00 Married (b0080qdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 22:30 The Lee Mack Show (b00bt53m)
Suggs

Singer Suggs joins the quick-fire comic for stand-up, sketches and music. With Angela McHale and Steve Brown. From March 2005.


FRI 23:00 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007zmh6)
Edinburgh

Stewart Lee berates Richard Herring for his lack of street cred, Peter Baynham shares some unusual recipes and is Radio 1 really the youth-friendly station it pretends to be?

Recorded at the Pleasance Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. With Alistair McGowan and Rebecca Front.

Stewart Lee and Richard Herring's mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.

Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC TWO in 1995.

The rest of the series comes from university venues, including Plymouth, Lancaster and Belfast.

Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.


FRI 23:30 The 99p Challenge (b007js37)
Series 2

Episode 2

Crazy panel show capers as host Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, David Quantick, Peter Baynham and Richard Herring.

The game where someone stands to leave the studio 99p richer than when they came in.

Producer: David Tyler

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000.




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

17/10/2009 05:00 SAT (b00n92qy)

18/10/2009 05:00 SUN (b00nccqj)

19/10/2009 05:00 MON (b00nch7h)

20/10/2009 05:00 TUE (b00nd0t3)

21/10/2009 05:00 WED (b00nd1mh)

22/10/2009 05:00 THU (b00ndwt2)

23/10/2009 05:00 FRI (b00nf0tm)

A Case for Dr Morelle 13:30 MON (b007qrp6)

A Case for Dr Morelle 20:30 MON (b007qrp6)

A Case for Dr Morelle 01:30 TUE (b007qrp6)

A Case for Dr Morelle 13:30 TUE (b007qv83)

A Case for Dr Morelle 20:30 TUE (b007qv83)

A Case for Dr Morelle 01:30 WED (b007qv83)

A Case for Dr Morelle 13:30 WED (b007qw04)

A Case for Dr Morelle 20:30 WED (b007qw04)

A Case for Dr Morelle 01:30 THU (b007qw04)

A Case for Dr Morelle 13:30 THU (b007qsk2)

A Case for Dr Morelle 20:30 THU (b007qsk2)

A Case for Dr Morelle 01:30 FRI (b007qsk2)

A Case for Dr Morelle 13:30 FRI (b007qww7)

A Case for Dr Morelle 20:30 FRI (b007qww7)

A Suitable Boy 03:00 SAT (b007w5g1)

Above Suspicion 01:30 SAT (b00cfwdc)

Agatha Christie 14:45 MON (b0076m5j)

Agatha Christie 04:45 TUE (b0076m5j)

Agatha Christie 14:45 TUE (b03hngqk)

Agatha Christie 04:45 WED (b03hngqk)

Agatha Christie 14:45 WED (b0076m6c)

Agatha Christie 04:45 THU (b0076m6c)

Agatha Christie 14:45 THU (b0076m6z)

Agatha Christie 04:45 FRI (b0076m6z)

Agatha Christie 14:45 FRI (b0076m7h)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple Omnibus 09:00 SUN (b00kdr77)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple Omnibus 20:00 SUN (b00kdr77)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 02:00 SAT (b00k9dbs)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 11:00 MON (b00kf0yx)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 21:00 MON (b00kf0yx)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 02:00 TUE (b00kf0yx)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 11:00 TUE (b00kf4p0)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 21:00 TUE (b00kf4p0)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 02:00 WED (b00kf4p0)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 11:00 WED (b00kfqdm)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 21:00 WED (b00kfqdm)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 02:00 THU (b00kfqdm)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 11:00 THU (b00kfsl0)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 21:00 THU (b00kfsl0)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 02:00 FRI (b00kfsl0)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 11:00 FRI (b00kfx33)

Alice Walker - The Color Purple 21:00 FRI (b00kfx33)

And June Whitfield 04:45 SAT (b007jvfk)

Anything Legal 09:00 FRI (b0088z2b)

Anything Legal 17:00 FRI (b0088z2b)

Ben Moor - Undone 18:00 SAT (b007jwq5)

Ben Moor - Undone 00:00 SUN (b007jwq5)

Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents 11:15 FRI (b0080sf7)

Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents 21:15 FRI (b0080sf7)

Bernard Pomerance - The Elephant Man 13:00 SAT (b007k2by)

Bernard Pomerance - The Elephant Man 01:00 SUN (b007k2by)

Big Toe Books 08:00 SAT (b00nc9tv)

Big Toe Books 08:00 SUN (b00nccql)

Big Toe Books 16:00 MON (b00ncwvb)

Big Toe Books 16:00 TUE (b00nd0tc)

Big Toe Books 16:00 WED (b00ndlm7)

Big Toe Books 16:00 THU (b00ndwt8)

Big Toe Books 16:00 FRI (b00nf1bj)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brian Aldiss Presents 18:30 SAT (b00ncbx0)

Brian Aldiss Presents 00:30 SUN (b00ncbx0)

Chain Gang 17:55 SAT (b00ncbwy)

Chain Gang 23:55 SAT (b00ncbwy)

Chambers 08:30 THU (b007jz7m)

Chambers 22:00 THU (b007jz7m)

Change at Oglethorpe 09:30 THU (b007k0mg)

Change at Oglethorpe 17:30 THU (b007k0mg)

Char March - People Come Here to Cry 11:15 WED (b007jxh1)

Char March - People Come Here to Cry 21:15 WED (b007jxh1)

Char March - People Come Here to Cry 02:15 THU (b007jxh1)

Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent 11:15 MON (b00hhn1g)

Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent 21:15 MON (b00hhn1g)

Clare Seal - Voyages of Descent 02:15 TUE (b00hhn1g)

Cliche 23:30 SUN (b007jpmd)

Comedy Catch-Up 15:00 SUN (b00njcy2)

Comedy Catch-Up 15:30 SUN (b00njcy4)

Comedy Catch-Up 16:00 SUN (b00njcy6)

Comedy Catch-Up 16:30 SUN (b00njf6m)

Comedy Catch-Up 03:00 MON (b00njcy2)

Comedy Catch-Up 03:30 MON (b00njcy4)

Comedy Catch-Up 04:00 MON (b00njcy6)

Comedy Controller 10:00 SAT (b007jpx5)

Comedy Controller 20:00 SAT (b007jpx5)

Counterpoint 12:30 TUE (b00f393k)

Counterpoint 19:30 TUE (b00f393k)

Creme de la Crime 22:30 THU (b0084ssn)

Crime Catch-Up 14:30 SAT (b00nc9tz)

Crime Catch-Up 15:00 SAT (b00ncbwp)

Crime Catch-Up 15:30 SAT (b00ncbwr)

Crime Catch-Up 16:00 SAT (b00ncbwt)

Crime Catch-Up 16:30 SAT (b00ncbww)

Dad's Army 08:00 MON (b007jm5w)

Dad's Army 12:00 MON (b007jm5w)

Dad's Army 19:00 MON (b007jm5w)

Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures 10:00 MON (b00ncspw)

Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures 15:00 MON (b00ncspw)

Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures 03:00 TUE (b00ncspw)

Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures 10:00 TUE (b00nd06k)

Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures 15:00 TUE (b00nd06k)

Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures 03:00 WED (b00nd06k)

Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek 09:30 SAT (b007k4hq)

Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek 19:30 SAT (b007k4hq)

Daunt and Dervish 02:15 SAT (b00k08lj)

Dead Ringers 08:30 MON (b00nch7k)

Dead Ringers 22:00 MON (b00nch7k)

Double Income, No Kids Yet 08:30 WED (b007wznq)

Double Income, No Kids Yet 22:00 WED (b007wznq)

Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush 01:00 SAT (b008p8x9)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 17:00 SAT (b00fn2kh)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 23:00 SAT (b00fn2kh)

Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off 23:00 WED (b007q9wf)

Great Inspirations 14:15 MON (b00b5qw0)

Great Inspirations 04:15 TUE (b00b5qw0)

Great Inspirations 14:15 TUE (b00b5vfp)

Great Inspirations 04:15 WED (b00b5vfp)

Great Inspirations 14:15 WED (b00b65vc)

Great Inspirations 04:15 THU (b00b65vc)

Great Inspirations 14:15 THU (b00b6yxr)

Great Inspirations 04:15 FRI (b00b6yxr)

Great Inspirations 14:15 FRI (b00b7b0k)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b008f307)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b008f307)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b008f307)

Hats Off 09:00 TUE (b00nd0t7)

Hats Off 17:00 TUE (b00nd0t7)

Hearing With Hegley 22:45 THU (b00b0sgk)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 MON (b007jwb9)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 MON (b007jwb9)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 TUE (b007jwb9)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 TUE (b007jwbk)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 TUE (b007jwbk)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 WED (b007jwbk)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 WED (b007jwbr)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 WED (b007jwbr)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 THU (b007jwbr)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 THU (b007jwbx)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 THU (b007jwbx)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 FRI (b007jwbx)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 FRI (b007jwc3)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 FRI (b007jwc3)

How Tickled Am I? 11:00 SUN (b007jnxs)

How Tickled Am I? 17:00 SUN (b007jnxs)

JB Priestley - The Good Companions 10:00 WED (b007jlnk)

JB Priestley - The Good Companions 15:00 WED (b007jlnk)

JB Priestley - The Good Companions 03:00 THU (b007jlnk)

JB Priestley - The Good Companions 10:00 THU (b007jlnw)

JB Priestley - The Good Companions 15:00 THU (b007jlnw)

JB Priestley - The Good Companions 03:00 FRI (b007jlnw)

JB Priestley - The Good Companions 10:00 FRI (b007jlp4)

JB Priestley - The Good Companions 15:00 FRI (b007jlp4)

Kate Grenville - The Secret River 14:30 MON (b00ncwv7)

Kate Grenville - The Secret River 04:30 TUE (b00ncwv7)

Kate Grenville - The Secret River 14:30 TUE (b00nd0t9)

Kate Grenville - The Secret River 04:30 WED (b00nd0t9)

Kate Grenville - The Secret River 14:30 WED (b00ndlm5)

Kate Grenville - The Secret River 04:30 THU (b00ndlm5)

Kate Grenville - The Secret River 14:30 THU (b00ndwt6)

Kate Grenville - The Secret River 04:30 FRI (b00ndwt6)

Kate Grenville - The Secret River 14:30 FRI (b00nf0tr)

Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns 04:30 SAT (b00ftk07)

King Cutler 10:30 SUN (b008yt5q)

King Cutler 21:30 SUN (b008yt5q)

Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun 23:00 FRI (b007zmh6)

Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 09:30 MON (b007jv61)

Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 17:30 MON (b007jv61)

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead 12:30 MON (b00h4lnm)

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead 19:30 MON (b00h4lnm)

Married 08:30 FRI (b0080qdc)

Married 22:00 FRI (b0080qdc)

Meet the Huggetts 12:30 SUN (b00ncgg1)

Meet the Huggetts 19:30 SUN (b00ncgg1)

Millport 09:30 FRI (b0076bk4)

Millport 17:30 FRI (b0076bk4)

Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut 11:15 THU (b007k1f8)

Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut 21:15 THU (b007k1f8)

Nick Warburton - Turning the Hut 02:15 FRI (b007k1f8)

Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat 08:30 TUE (b00nd0t5)

Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat 22:00 TUE (b00nd0t5)

No Commitments 09:00 WED (b007jmwg)

No Commitments 17:00 WED (b007jmwg)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 04:30 SUN (b007jqb0)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 04:30 MON (b007jqb0)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 09:00 MON (b007jqdd)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 17:00 MON (b007jqdd)

Planet B 18:00 SUN (b00j0hqr)

Planet B 00:00 MON (b00j0hqr)

Revolting People 22:30 MON (b00ftcck)

Rigor Mortis 23:00 THU (b007r5lr)

Robert Easby - Oneira 18:30 MON (b007ww76)

Robert Easby - Oneira 00:30 TUE (b007ww76)

Robert Easby - Oneira 18:30 TUE (b007x08b)

Robert Easby - Oneira 00:30 WED (b007x08b)

Robert Easby - Oneira 18:30 WED (b007k26v)

Robert Easby - Oneira 00:30 THU (b007k26v)

Robert Easby - Oneira 18:30 THU (b007k284)

Robert Easby - Oneira 00:30 FRI (b007k284)

Robert Easby - Oneira 18:30 FRI (b007k29f)

Round the Horne 08:00 FRI (b007jn85)

Round the Horne 12:00 FRI (b007jn85)

Round the Horne 19:00 FRI (b007jn85)

Scotland's Black History 09:00 SAT (b00nc9tx)

Scotland's Black History 19:00 SAT (b00nc9tx)

Seventh Dimension - Night Talker 00:40 SAT (b00n8vcm)

Seventh Dimension: The Supper Club 18:45 SAT (b007jyj6)

Seventh Dimension: The Supper Club 00:45 SUN (b007jyj6)

Sorry About Last Night 22:30 WED (b00ndrql)

Stuntz 04:15 SAT (b007jzhf)

That Reminds Me 11:30 SUN (b007jp4b)

That Reminds Me 17:30 SUN (b007jp4b)

The 99p Challenge 23:30 FRI (b007js37)

The Attractive Young Rabbi 09:00 THU (b007k23r)

The Attractive Young Rabbi 17:00 THU (b007k23r)

The Beaux' Stratagem 02:30 SUN (b00nccqg)

The Beaux' Stratagem 13:00 SUN (b00nccqg)

The Beaux' Stratagem 01:00 MON (b00nccqg)

The Change 23:30 TUE (b00nd0tk)

The Goon Show 08:00 THU (b007jln0)

The Goon Show 12:00 THU (b007jln0)

The Goon Show 19:00 THU (b007jln0)

The House of the Spirit Levels 23:30 THU (b007jr6k)

The In Crowd 23:30 MON (b008m2b9)

The Lee Mack Show 22:30 FRI (b00bt53m)

The Maltby Collection 22:30 SUN (b00crj7j)

The Mark Steel Solution 23:00 MON (b007jmtg)

The Masterson Inheritance 23:30 WED (b007jpvx)

The Men from the Ministry 12:00 SUN (b007jz45)

The Men from the Ministry 19:00 SUN (b007jz45)

The Million Pound Radio Show 22:30 TUE (b00nd0tf)

The Navy Lark 08:00 TUE (b007jmfj)

The Navy Lark 12:00 TUE (b007jmfj)

The Navy Lark 19:00 TUE (b007jmfj)

The News Quiz 22:00 SUN (b00ncgg5)

The Penny Dreadfuls 23:00 SUN (b00gpbcz)

The Shuttleworths 23:45 MON (b007jqt5)

The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter 09:30 TUE (b007jykd)

The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter 17:30 TUE (b007jykd)

The Twilight Zone 00:00 SAT (b00jh1f5)

The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere 09:30 WED (b007jskt)

The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere 17:30 WED (b007jskt)

This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century 04:00 SAT (b00n9109)

This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century 14:00 MON (b00ncwv4)

This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century 04:00 TUE (b00ncwv4)

This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century 14:00 TUE (b00nd06n)

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This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century 14:00 WED (b00ndlm3)

This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century 04:00 THU (b00ndlm3)

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This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century 04:00 FRI (b00ndwt4)

This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century 14:00 FRI (b00nf0tp)

Trevor's World of Sport 23:00 TUE (b00nd0th)

Trivia Test Match 12:30 WED (b007znmw)

Trivia Test Match 19:30 WED (b007znmw)

Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose 18:30 SUN (b00ncgg3)

Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose 00:30 MON (b00ncgg3)

Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful 11:15 TUE (b007jw27)

Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful 21:15 TUE (b007jw27)

Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful 02:15 WED (b007jw27)

We've Been Here Before 12:30 THU (b007rsyw)

We've Been Here Before 19:30 THU (b007rsyw)

Whispers 12:30 FRI (b007k3br)

Whispers 19:30 FRI (b007k3br)

William Trevor - A Bit on the Side 10:15 SUN (b00ncf5p)

William Trevor - A Bit on the Side 21:15 SUN (b00ncf5p)