More electronic correspondence from the tempestuous twosome. Starring Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
The serial steered by listeners continues on its unpredictable journey. How did they respond to Robert Shearman's request for boldness? The answer is, quite boldy.
A penny is the source of much discord between Emma Bury and Milly Young. Read by Emma Fielding.
The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 for a series of audience readings. This week the perils of an American learning French in Paris in "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and an essay dealing with a friend's concern for cleanliness; "It's Catching".
Harmony Parker's uncle gives her a 50 pence piece with the power to grant wishes, but whatever will she wish for? Stars Lauren Mote.
Kirsty Young presents highlights from the Desert Island Discs archive. Revisit the castaway choices of stand-up comedian Jo Brand. From March 2007.
The author talks about creating fiction based on the lives of famous writers - in conversation with Mark Lawson.
A flood causes catastrophe for river-loving William and his young daughter Frankie. Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story.
Two women with the same name convalesce in a maternity ward. Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story.
Things go bump in the night on award-winning Gary Bellamy's phone-in. Stars Rhys Thomas and Mark Gatiss. From February 2007.
What do you get when you fall in love? And bizarre events at Crewe Junction.
Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio.
All is not well in Monte Guano. Countess Rosalie has confessed she no longer loves Prince Ludovico - sending him into a terrible rage.
Second series of the comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy devised by Neal Anthony.
Written by Roger Danes.
Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Graham Crowden as Francesco, Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, Nick Romero as Salvatore and Chris Kelham as Guido.
Comedy panel game with Humphrey Lyttelton, Willie Rushton, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From May 1984.
As the deadly radioactive cloud approaches Australia, a desperate submarine mission is launched. Stars Richard Dillane.
The 15th century Masterson family struggles to survive in an overcrowded castle.
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.
90-something good-time girl Dora Dale shares wild tales of her star-strewn past.
Betraying confidences and breaking unwritten rules galore, the friend of the stars reveals some surprising and salacious secrets.
Written by and starring Martin Kelner and Jake Yapp.
When one of Auntieji's disgruntled listeners decides to take matters in to his own hands, Khalid may be the only one who can save the station.
Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.
Music by Nitin Sawhney.
MONDAY 27 JUNE 2011
MON 00:00 Nevil Shute - On the Beach (b0124y0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0124xm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b0124xm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:50 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0121zz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
03:30 on Saturday]
MON 02:45 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:45 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Down the Line (b01211xy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Hello Cheeky (b007jnx4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00sbf7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011082h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Dick King-Smith - The Queen's Nose (b0124xm1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Wimsey (b007jw80)
Five Red Herrings
4. Bunter Investigates
As Lord Peter Wimsey continues his hunt for the murderer of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell, his manservant Bunter takes the initiative.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Parker …. Stephen Thorne
Inspector MacPherson …. Don McKillopp
Miss Selby …. Nell Brennan
Miss Cochran …. Audrey Muir
Bob Anderson …. Henry Knowles
Ferguson …. Iain Blair
Strachan …. Gordon Clyde
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978.
MON 06:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p4y6p)
Episode 1
Being hypnotised by his brother-in-law at a dinner party awakens strange abilities in Tom Wallace. Read by Trevor White.
MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b007szbq)
Series 3
Episode 3
The BBC's plan to record a programme at the church causes some upset. It's 1955 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars TP McKenna. From June 1996.
MON 07:30 Down the Line (b0125dj2)
Series 3
Liberal Agenda of Media
Spoof phone-in show starring Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy. With Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse.
With special guests Julia Davis and Lee Mack.
A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00lrv62)
Series 3
Episode 5
Kenneth Horne heads a gangster romp 'How The Bullet Proof Vest Was Won' - and can Julian and Sandy find him a Bona Soulmate?
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1967.
MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b0125g83)
Series 7
Episode 13
A look at love, sex and marriage - plus a tense climax in the hunt for the Professor Prune's Time Trousers.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.
Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in April 1969.
MON 09:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b00b9xqh)
Series 1
Episode 4
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
Cholericke is indisposed, while William attempts to recollect an emotion.
The Lumps arrive. Dorothy prepares tea and Mary Lump goes mad ...
Dorothy Wordsmith ...... Denise Coffey
William Wordsmith ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Samuel Tailor Cholericke ...... Simon Callow
Stinking Iris ...... Miriam Margolyes
The Leechpedlar ...... Chris Emmett
Charles Lump ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Mary Lump ...... Julia Hills
Music by Stephen Oliver and sung by Cantabile
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985
MON 09:30 The Party Line (b00sythm)
Series 1
Episode 6
MP Duncan goes on a date - with the Opposition. Stars James Fleet. Topical sitcom by Punt and Dennis. From June 2005.
MON 10:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0125g85)
Series 2
Nuit of the Living Dead and The End of the Affair
The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 for a series of audience readings. This week: what not to do with a mouse, in front of strangers in "Nuit of the Living Dead" and the ups and downs of along term relationship get the Sedaris treatment in "The End of the Affair"
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 10:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00dgjg0)
Series 2
Baroness Mary Warnock
Wendy Robbins presents a series revisiting the childhood neighbourhoods of influential Britons.
Baroness Mary Warnock has been a moral referee for 30 years. Her judgement has often been relied upon to steer a path through a tangle of controversies from human embryo research to euthanasia. She takes Wendy back to her idyllic childhood in Winchester, where she was brought up by her beloved nanny and an eccentric mother.
MON 11:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125g87)
Hamer's Women
Social reformer John is tempted by Lady Lettice, as his wife fights for the suffragettes.
Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.
Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.
John Shawcross ...... Ian McKellen
Tom Hannaway ...... Geoffrey Wheeler
Anne Artingstall ...... June Barry
Lizzie Lightowler ...... Rosalie Crutchley
Lady Lettice ...... Helen Ryan
Arnold Ryerson ...... Andrew Jackson
Pen Ryerson ...... Vida Paterson
Harry Liskeard ...... Peter Guinness
Jimmy Newboult ...... John Baldwin
Ellen Stansfield ...... Rosalie Williams
Charles Shawcross aged 8 ...... David Boardman
Hawley Artingstall ...... Graham Tennant
Organ grinder ...... Colin Bean
Prison wardens ...... Joan Anstey/ Delia Corrie
Prison doctor ...... Roger Grainger
Director: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00lrv62)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Just a Minute (b011zm36)
Series 60
Episode 6
Stephen Fry, Sue Perkins, Paul Merton and Fi Glover are the panellists on this, the final show of the series. Chairman Nicholas Parsons hands out subjects on which the panellists attempt to speak for sixty seconds without being buzzed by fellow players of the game.
This week Stephen Fry speaks on The Right Way to Greet Someone and Fi Glover speaks on The Wrong Way to Greet Someone, Paul Merton declaims on the American Dream and Sue Perkins reveals she is less than loyal to the idea of Loyalty Cards.
This week both Sue Perkins and Stephen Fry achieve the coveted aim of speaking for a whole minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. A task much more testing than it sounds.
The programme was devised by Ian Messiter.
The producer was Claire Jones.
MON 13:00 Wimsey (b007jw80)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p4y6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvvx)
Episode 1
Orphan Becky Sharp and her friend Amelia Sedley leave school. Stephen Fry narrates the Victorian comic tale. With Emma Fielding.
MON 14:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007rsyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:15 on Sunday]
MON 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0125j6y)
SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep
Episode 1
What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep?
How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?
In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is.
She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is.
This is Christine's story.
This Debut thriller has been attracting a lot of attention and is part of Radio 4 Extra's Book at Beachtime Special Season.
Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood
MON 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm75)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Resident Patient
A doctor calls on the sleuth, after the mystery death of his landlord - and the arrival of some Russians. Stars Clive Merrison.
MON 15:45 Rachel Cusk - The Last Supper (b0125j76)
Episode 1
The author and her family embark on a three-month holiday in Italy, discovering its rich artistic heritage. Read by Holly Aird.
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0125j80)
Mel Giedroyc starts a new week with stories from Astrid Lindgren's The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking and a project to build a giant treehouse in the African country of Gabon.
MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b007szbq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 17:30 Down the Line (b0125dj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
MON 18:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmfp)
Episode 1
The mystery deepens when all the residents of the rural village of Midwich suddenly fall into a state of unconsciousness...
The classic 1957 sci-fi novel by John Wyndam (1903-1969) adapted in three-parts by William Ingram.
Colonel Bernard Westcott ...... Charles Kay
Richard Gayford ...... William Gaunt
Gordon Zellaby ...... Manning Wilson
Angela Zellaby ...... Pauline Yates
Janet Gayford ...... Rosalind Adams
Ferrelyn Zellaby ...... Jenny Quayle
Alan Hughes ...... Gordon Dulieu
Doctor Willers ...... Hugh Dickson
Vicar Leebody ...... William Ingram
Colonel Latcher ...... Garard Green
Captain Beamish ...... Martin Bansley
Group Captain Harding ...... Peter Tuddenham
Chief Constable ...... Ronald Baddiley
Pilot ...... Alex Jennings
PC ...... David Peart
Base Controller ...... Edward Cast
Music specially composed by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in December 1982.
MON 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dcs9m)
The Monstrous Mystery of the Moulsecoomb Crab
Hugo Rune and Rizla uncover an alien plot on the Sussex Downs. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00lrv62)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b0125g83)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Wimsey (b007jw80)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p4y6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125g87)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b011zm36)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
MON 22:30 Mark Tavener - Absolute Power (b007r395)
Series 1
Episode 5
Prentiss and McCabe are set their hardest challenge so far - to substantially increase listening figures for BBC Radio 3.
Will this prove a wheeze too far for the Wheeze-master Generals?
Mark Tavener's comedy about the machiavellian doctors of PR spin with contacts at the highest level of government.
Starring Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss and John Bird as Martin McCabe.
With:
Rebecca Front
Roger Sloman
Philip Fox
Beth Chalmers
Mark Tonderai
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
MON 23:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0125g85)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
MON 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00rlyr8)
Series 1
The De-Magowaning of Ramesh
Corner shop owner Ramesh has toothache and Sanjay embraces retail. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. From October 2007.
TUESDAY 28 JUNE 2011
TUE 00:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dcs9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b007jw80)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p4y6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b00b9xqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b00sythm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0125g85)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00dgjg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125g87)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b007szbq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Down the Line (b0125dj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
Five Red Herrings
5. Alibis
Lord Peter Wimsey battles to verify the whereabouts of key suspects in the murder of unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Campbell.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Strachan ...... Gordon Clyde
Mrs Smith-Le Mesurier ...... Sheila Mitchell
Waters ...... Bill Wallace
Mrs Faron ...... Frances Jeater
Faron ...... Gordon Gardner
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.
TUE 06:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p5x2f)
Episode 2
On an evening out, Tom faces a vision of a woman. Is he hallucinating, dreaming or seeing ghosts? Read by Trevor White.
TUE 07:00 Capital Gains (b007r5d3)
Series 1
Venture Capital
Absconding with £4,601,7
40.72 of someone else's money proves more challenging than it sounds for Julius Hutch.
Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.
Written by Collin Johnson.
Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham
Peter Fang ...... Peter Whitman
News Reader ...... Collin Johnson
Kate ...... Justine Midda
Producer: Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.
TUE 07:30 The Sunday Format (b0125jn2)
Series 3
Episode 4
Famous folk's fave shades - and the erratic flex. Radio's posh paper reveals all. With Alexander Armstrong. From October 2001.
TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b0125jp9)
From 28/01/1954
Frank Muir and Denis Norden's classic comedy. Pa Glum probes Ron and Eth's wedding gift. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From January 1954.
TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jq7qb)
Series 3
Get Cut Off the Burkiss Way
Pulling the chain on quiz shows - and the legendary tales of Scheherazade prove disappointing.
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.
TUE 09:00 1835 (b0125lgl)
All at Sea
Aristocrat Belport and his servant Ned are called up to serve in the navy aboard the HMS Fortunate. Fortunate by name, a magnet for French cannons by nature...
Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.
Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Black Pete ...... Roy Barraclough
Collins ...... Simon Greenall
Tony Nelson ...... Jonathan Keeble
Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
TUE 09:30 Street and Lane (b00v3n2v)
Series 1
Patio Marital
"Up your Street, Down your Lane".
Johnny Street and Arthur Lane are a pair of Yorkshire builders in a white van who battle out their partnership and their future as they tackle a plethora of household repairs.
Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby.
In this opening episode, the duo tool up for a patio job at the home of warring couple.
Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane
Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne
Christine ...... Becky Hindley
Tom ...... Richard Katz
Great Northern Man ...... Gerard McDermott
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
TUE 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b0125lk3)
Series 1
Episode 25
Spend more time with some of your favourite Archers characters in Ambridge Extra.
TUE 10:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Sunday]
TUE 10:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp11)
Series 1
Les Dawson
"Hardship? He knew all about it..."
Mark Radcliffe profiles the career of the Mancunian wordsmith who started out playing piano in a Parisian brothel - and went on to become one of this country's most popular comedians.
Featuring Roy Barraclough.
A six-part series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.
Producer: Bernadette McConnell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
TUE 11:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125lky)
Nothing But the Truth, Almost!
The Great War dominates politics as leaders ask people to unite. Hamer's son enlists.
Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.
Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.
John Hamer Shawcross …. Sir Ian McKellen
Anne Artingstall …. June Barry
Lizzie Lightowler …. Rosalie Crutchley
Arnold Tyerson …. Andrew Jackson
Pen Ryerson …. Vida Paterson
Alice Ryerson …. Valerie Georgeson
Tom Hannaway …. Geoffrey Wheeler
Lady Hannaway …. Romy Baskerville
Mrs Ambeley-Rosewater …. Cynthia Michaelis
Jimmy Newboult …. John Baldwin
Lady Lettice Melland …. Helen Ryan
The Election Official …. Peter Ellis
Director: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.
TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b0125jp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 When the Dog Dies (b00s7f9r)
Series 1
Spying Is Believing
Grandad Sandy has started snooping on his daughter-in-law Victoria, hiding in a car boot and climbing a tree. With Ronnie Corbett and Liza Tarbuck. From May 2010.
TUE 13:00 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p5x2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvw5)
Episode 2
Ambitious Becky awaits a marriage proposal, while Amelia meets old friend Dobbin. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding.
TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b0125lk3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0125m78)
SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep
Episode 2
What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep?
How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?
In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is. She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is.
This is Christine's story.
Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood
TUE 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm7p)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Greek Interpreter
Watson is introduced to the sleuth's brother Mycroft - and all three tackle the case of a Greek captive. Stars Clive Merrison.
TUE 15:45 Rachel Cusk - The Last Supper (b0125mbj)
Episode 2
On a three month break in Italy, the author visits Tuscany and Umbria on the trail of Piero della Francesca. Read by Holly Aird.
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0125mcw)
Mel Giedroyc learns about egg throwing and fishing in rural Sweden, home to Pippi Longstocking. And Simon Singh tries to solve a curious puzzle linked to the making of maps.
TUE 17:00 Capital Gains (b007r5d3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 The Sunday Format (b0125jn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmg5)
Episode 2
There are moral and security issues when all the women of child-bearing age in the village of Midwich simultaneously become pregnant by an alien force.
The classic 1957 sci-fi novel by John Wyndam dramatised by William Ingram.
Bernard Westcott …. Charles Kay
Gordon Zellaby …. Manning Wilson
Angela Zellaby …. Pauline Yates
Richard Gayford …. William Gaunt
Janet Gayford/Secretary …. Rosalind Adams
Ferrelyn Zellaby …. Jenny Quayle
Alan Hughes …. Gordon Dulieu
Vicar Leebody …. William Ingram
Doctor Willers …. Hugh Dickson
Music specially composed by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Director: Gordon House.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982.
TUE 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00djm57)
The Lark of the Lansdowne Lioness
Hugo Rune and Rizla collect the tea-flavoured tears of a magical statue. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner.
TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b0125jp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jq7qb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p5x2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125lky)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 22:00 When the Dog Dies (b00s7f9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b007jzvf)
Series 1
Episode 1
The funny man throws open his radio drop-in centre for sketches, chat and big, big fibs. With Phill Jupitus. From May 2005.
TUE 23:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcs)
More Brothers Faversham
Titus Faversham
The story of Victorian Britain's greatest sporting hero.
The comedy trio's swashbuckling family romp.
Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.
With Miles Jupp and Ingrid Oliver.
Script edited by Richard Turner.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
TUE 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007xwg7)
The Homeless Who Ate London
A people-eating blob starts rampaging through the capital. Starring John Woodvine and Sylvester McCoy. From December 1991.
WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE 2011
WED 00:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmg5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00djm57)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p5x2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 1835 (b0125lgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Street and Lane (b00v3n2v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b0125lk3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Sunday]
WED 03:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp11)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125lky)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Capital Gains (b007r5d3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Sunday Format (b0125jn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
Five Red Herrings
6. Evidence of a Commercial Traveller
Who killed unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Campbell? Lord Peter Wimsey and Inspector McPherson are weighing up the alibis of suspects
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green
Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp
Waters ...... Bill Wallace
Strachan. ...... Gordon Clyde
Jock Graham ...... .Christopher Scoular
Clarence Gordon ...... .Gordon Faith
Producer Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.
WED 06:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p6125)
Episode 3
Who is the strange woman that Tom Wallace sees in his living room? Why can he sense other people's emotions? Read by Trevor White.
WED 07:00 Tony's (b007jsz2)
Series 1
Putting on the Style
Misadventures of a corner-shop barber, with a battle against rival Boris the Russian. Stars Victor Spinetti. From October 1979.
WED 07:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jxbp)
Series 3
Episode 1
The comic's Moon trip ends up on Mars, where his space suit fails and his life flashes before his eyes. From April 2001.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009l7jt)
Series 6
The Waxwork
The lad is set to be immortalised in wax, but the trouble is, it's not quite how he'd envisaged...
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr and Warren Mitchell.
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 November 1959.
WED 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jznv)
Series 1
The Devil You Know
Cabinet reshuffle rumours unsettle MP Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Annie ...... Diana Hoddinott
Sir Arnold ...... John Nettleton
George ...... Arthur Cox
Waiter ...... Stuart Organ
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in December 1983.
WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv5j)
Series 2
Episode 6
Ad man Ken Handley faces his own emergency when he's coerced into a Samaritans campaign. Stars Martin Jarvis. From March 1984.
WED 09:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b0125jzj)
30-11-1991
Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton welcomes Willie Rushton, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer. From November 1991.
WED 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0124xm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Sunday]
WED 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b0124xm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:50 on Sunday]
WED 11:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125kcb)
Perish By the Sword
Labour briefly tastes of power, and fortunes are made and lost as Hamer Shawcross concludes his memoirs.
Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.
Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.
John Hamer Shawcross …. Sir Ian McKellen
Jimmy Newboult …. John Baldwin
Lady Lettice Melland …. Helen Ryan
Lady Hannaway …. Romy Baskerville
Arnold Tyerson …. Andrew Jackson
Pen Ryerson …. Vida Paterson
Lizzie Lightowler …. Rosalie Crutchley
Tom Hannaway …. Geoffrey Wheeler
Alice Ryerson …. Valerie Georgeson
Charles Shawcross …. Richard Durden
Pendleton …. Rory Scase
Director: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009l7jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Party (b011znh7)
Series 2
Is the Party Over?
The aspiring politicians of the new political party move on to tackle drugs and housing and come up with a convenient catch-all solution.
But is there any point if Jared's all set to move to the Isle of Wight?
Second series of Tom Basden's satirical comedy.
Simon ..... Tom Basden
Duncan ..... Tim Key
Jared ..... Jonny Sweet
Mel ..... Ann Crilly
Phoebe ..... Katy Wix
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
WED 13:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p6125)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwb)
Episode 3
A lascivious lawyer and a dashing captain - Becky Sharp continues to attract admirers. Stephen Fry narrates. With Emma Fielding.
WED 14:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:45 on Sunday]
WED 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0125mth)
SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep
Episode 3
What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep?
How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?
In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is. She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is...
This is Christine's story.
Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood
WED 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm8v)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Naval Treaty
Watson's old school chum faces ruin if a secret government document can't be found. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
WED 15:45 Rachel Cusk - The Last Supper (b0125mvh)
Episode 3
On their Italian holiday, the author and her family visit Assisi to learn about the life of St Francis. Read by Holly Aird.
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0125mx9)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates strawberries and cream season with a lesson in how to make the perfect summer pavlova. And gardener Monty Don shares some of his favourite music.
WED 17:00 Tony's (b007jsz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 17:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jxbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 18:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmh3)
Episode 3
The mysterious powers of the alien children start to become destructive...
Conclusion of the classic 1957 sci-fi novel by John Wyndam.
Bernard Westcott …. Charles Kay
Gordon Zellaby …. Manning Wilson
Angela Zellaby …. Pauline Yates
Richard Gayford …. William Gaunt
Chief Constable …. Ronald Baddiley
Coroner …. Nigel Graham
Doctor Torrance …. Peter Tuddenham
Mrs Williams …. Katherine Parr
Girl …. Rosalind Adams
Boy …. Jill Lidstone
Man …. Simon Hewitt
Dramatised by William Ingram.
Music specially composed by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Director: Gordon House.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982.
WED 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dnz0t)
The Curious Case of the Woodingdean Chameleon
Rizla must hit the mean streets to try and stop an assassination. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009l7jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jznv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p6125)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125kcb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 22:00 Party (b011znh7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Secret World (b0125n5t)
Series 2
Episode 1
From Al Pacino to Keith Harris and Orville, Jon Culshaw and friends probe the private lives of the famous. From July 2010.
WED 23:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007jnpk)
Soldiers Three: India Nil
A chilling tale of what happened when a greedy soldier gets all that he wishes for. Stars Stephen Fry. From January 1987.
WED 23:30 Delve Special (b00t1qsy)
Series 1
The Shifton Scandal
In 1982 Shifton, a town 20 miles north east of Birmingham, was demolished to make way for London's third airport.
David Lander examines the part played in the scandal by Mickey Ozada's Jolly Good Fun Holiday Company and looks at the fate of the Women's Anti-Airport Protest Camp.
Studio production by Stephen Fry, Jack Klaff and Andrew Sachs.
With Brenda Bleythn, Moray Watson, Tony Robinson and Jan Ravens.
Dramatic reconstruction by Mark Arden, Stephen Frost, Felicity Montague and Phil Nice.
Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet.
Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer.
Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.
THURSDAY 30 JUNE 2011
THU 00:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (b007jmh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dnz0t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p6125)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b0125jzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0124xm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Sunday]
THU 03:50 Front Row Interviews (b0124xm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:50 on Sunday]
THU 04:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125kcb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Tony's (b007jsz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jxbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
Five Red Herrings
7. Council of War
As the investigation into the mysterious death of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell continues, Lord Peter Wimsey listens to all the various theories and pronounces that they are all wrong.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green
Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp
PC Ross ...... Gordon Kane
PC Duncan ...... David Strong
Campbell/Dr Cameron ...... Trevor Martin
The Procurator Fiscal ...... John Dunbar
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.
THU 06:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p684p)
Episode 4
Tom Wallace feels sure the woman he sees once lived in the house, but what does she want? Read by Trevor White.
THU 07:00 The Brothers (b00p6b1t)
Series 2
Episode 5
Oonagh makes a discovery and Nigel is at last pushed to the brink. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From October 2005.
THU 07:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y)
Series 1
Dial M for Martian
Comedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1961. A BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the unimaginably futuristic world of 2006.
Will Hugo give in to government manipulation to save his beloved show from cancellation?
Nigel Lavery ...... Peter Bowles
Sylvia Hann ...... Cheryl Campbell
Godfrey Winnard ...... John Fortune
Sir Angus McNairn ...... Gary Waldhorn
Hugo Kellerman ...... Joseph Kloska
Douglas Bennings ...... Jon Glover
Colin Franks ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Miss Pickford ...... Miranda Keeling.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0124y9s)
How Now Brown Cow
The bumbling bureaucrats spark a right royal mix-up when they act on the hoof.
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 1972.
THU 08:30 Hello Cheeky (b0124yrn)
From 21/04/1973
The Sexiest Man Called Nicholas Parsons competition and the man who thinks he's a plum...
Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1973.
THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009y19f)
Series 2
Trouble With the Credit Card
It's duo Tommy and Sheila's second stab at fame - and she's been spending.
30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are back in the big time.
Series 2 of Mike Coleman's six-part sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley and Edward Halstead.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.
THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b007jmlz)
From King's Lynn, Nicholas Parsons welcomes Linda Smith, Paul Merton, Julian Clary and Kit Hesketh-Harvey. From February 2001.
THU 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b0124zv4)
Series 1
Episode 26
Jamie's playing a risky game, and events come to a head for Alice and Chris. Last in series.
THU 10:15 Loose Ends (b0122mnd)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
Lucinda Lambton has researched, written and presented over 80 films for BBC and ITV including "On The Throne -The History of the Lavatory". Now she explores porcine palaces, bovine barracks and terrapin temples in her new book 'Palaces for Pigs - Animal Architecture and other Beastly Buildings'.
Rhys Thomas is perhaps best known as the award winning spoof radio presenter Gary Bellamy in BBC Radio 4's 'Down The Line' and BBC Two's 'Bellamy's People'. Rhys tells Clive about a different role as a world-weary paramedic in Channel 4's new comedy drama series 'Sirens'.
Philip Mould OBE is an international art dealer who regularly appears on BBC One's "Antique's Roadshow". He can now be seen again on Sunday nights alongside Fiona Bruce in "Fake or Fortune" in which they explore the mysteries that lie beneath the paint of valuable pieces of art.
Nikki Bedi's music knowledge is put to the test with Guy Chambers. Best known for his collaboration with Robbie Williams, Guy shares his musical expertise in his new series "Secrets of the Pop Song" on BBC Two .
Live music this week from former dance DJ turned singer/songwriter Fink. He may have written for John Legend, Amy Winehouse and Professor Green, but this month sees the release of his own album "Perfect Darkness" and alongside his bandmates, they perform that title track.
King Creosote and classically trained producer Jon Hopkins spent seven years creating their latest album 'Diamond Mine'. King Creosote describes it as a 'soundtrack to a romanticised version of a life lived in a Scottish coastal village'. From it, they play their single "Bubble".
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
THU 11:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlgx)
Episode 1
Walter Hartright meets a strange woman dressed in white as he returns home across Hampstead Heath late one night. He's about to travel north to take up a post as drawing master to two young ladies. Little does he realise how this chance encounter and his new position are inextricably linked.
Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised in four episodes by Martyn Wade.
Walter Hartright............................................Toby Stephens
Marian Halcombe.........................................Juliet Aubrey
Laura Fairlie.....................................................Emily Bruni
Sir Percival Glyde.......................................... Jeremy Clyde
Anne Catherick...............................................Alice Hart
Mr Gilmore......................................................Sean Baker
Pesca...................................................................Ioan Meredith
Frederick Fairlie..............................................Edward Petherbridge
Mr Dempster...................................................Jonathan Keeble
Jacob...................................................................Oliver Cookson
Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0124y9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
Series 1
Episode 4
Angus Deayton hosts the comedy panel show with no format.
Russell Kane, Josie Long, Alun Cochrane and Milton Jones battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own games each has brought along.
How will they fare at Russell Kane's "Mood News" round? What superhero would Milton Jones like to be? And what is josie Long's "Nine Previous Convictions" all about? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this show.
Angus Deayton valiantly tries to make sure everyone comes out of it with their reputations intact.
Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell
Devised by Benjamin Partridge
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.
THU 13:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p684p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwg)
Episode 4
Becky Sharp aims to charm a wealthy spinster and her handsome nephew. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding.
THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b0124zv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0125070)
SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep
Episode 4
What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep?
How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?
In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is. She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is.
This is Christine's story.
Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood
THU 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm9d)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2
The Final Problem
With the culmination of his life's work, the detective prepares to meet his greatest adversary. Starring Clive Merrison.
THU 15:45 Rachel Cusk - The Last Supper (b012507d)
Episode 4
The author and her family go to Florence to see Raphael's masterpieces and then head south to Naples. Read by Holly Aird.
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012507l)
Mel Giedroyc finds out how to be chosen as a Queen Bee, Arabella Weir tries out the Pony Club and a listener shares a remarkable story about living underneath Freddie Mercury.
THU 17:00 The Brothers (b00p6b1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p7wl)
Episode 1
British Intelligence, MI7 are working with agents from beyond the grave to gather secrets from the mysterious Nablovski Colony. Agent Raphael volunteers to be transferred, but no-one can contact him.
Enter local ghost-hunter Malcolm Holmes, and his friend Polly, would-be ace reporter.
First of a three-part sci-fi thriller by Jenny Stephens.
Starring Deborah McAndrew and Aneirin Hughes as Agents Finch and Evans, with Dan Hagley as Malcolm Holmes and Emily Chennery as Polly Williams. John Flitcroft is the revenant Raphael, with Sunny Ormonde as Holmes's mum.
Director: Peter Leslie Wild
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
THU 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dr0ny)
The Scintillating Story of the Sackville Scavenger
Nude Rune and Rizla encounter doomed musicians like Kurt Cobain. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0124y9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b0124yrn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p684p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 22:00 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k4r1)
Series 2
By Royal Appointment
Discover the joys of musical theatre, learn all about the wonder of the sea, plus marvel at the monarchy with the museum's new royal theme park.
Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.
THU 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00m6bhh)
Series 4
Episode 1
How to talk to an emperor and inventing Saturday night TV shows. Stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb. From August 2009.
THU 23:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b007k0hh)
Episode 1
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero probe the French Revolution, Frankenstein and the Death of the Dinosaurs. From April 2000.
FRIDAY 01 JULY 2011
FRI 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p7wl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dr0ny)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p684p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009y19f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b007jmlz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b0124zv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:15 Loose Ends (b0122mnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Brothers (b00p6b1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv)
Five Red Herrings
Reconstruction
Lord Peter Wimsey and his cohorts battle to solve the mysterious death of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell - as they piece together his final hours.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green
Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp
The Procurator Fiscal ...... John Dunbar
Ferguson ...... Iain Blair
Saunders ...... Alaric Cotter
Miss Madden ...... Nicolette McKenzie
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.
FRI 06:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p689c)
Episode 5
After his series of terrifying premonitions, Tom battles to discover what Helen wants. Concluded by Trevor White.
FRI 07:00 Anything Legal (b0081qyq)
Episode 1
After commuting to work together for 15 years, Charles and George both lose their jobs, but decide to keep it a secret...
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles …. Donald Hewlett
George …. Michael Knowles
Hilary …. Norma Ronald
GJ …. Tony Anholt
Futristics Manager …. David Ryall
Billy …. Michael Bilton
Harry the Publican …. Colin Starkey
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
FRI 07:30 Snap (b00tzw0w)
Series 2
Episode 5
Doug is making progress dating his daughter's PE teacher, so why isn't he over the moon? Stars Rebecca Lacey. From August 2004.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00805k9)
Series 3
The Falmouth Ghost Ship
The crew of HMS Troutbridge investigate strange lights spotted at sea off the coast of Cornwall.
Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Tenniel Evans as Sir Willoughby Todhunter-Brown, Heather Chasen as Lady Todhunter-Brown, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Michael Bates as Commander Bracewell and Ronnie Barker as the Liner Captain.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1961.
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s7r4n)
Series 1
The Holiday
Harold fancies a holiday by himself in France, but his father Albert is not so keen.
CAST:
Albert .... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold .... Harry H. Corbett
The Doctor .... Colin Gordon
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1966.
FRI 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ftg1r)
Series 2
And Pigs Can Fry
The footie team's new strip causes controversy. Will they be ready for the new season? Stars Brenda Blethyn.
FRI 09:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lyst3)
Series 1
Episode 8
Vic Reeves hosts, as Alan Carr, Shappi Khorsandi, Ben Miller and Rowland Rivron answer audience questions. From August 2007.
FRI 10:00 What's So Funny? (b0124sg0)
Series 1
Episode 13
Rufus Hound and guests with news, reviews and previews of what's happening in comedy this week.
FRI 10:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b0124shf)
Series 1, Episodes 25-26
Harry and Rhys are getting ready to race, and Alice has some explaining to do.
FRI 11:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlhn)
Episode 2
Walter has left Limmeridge House as Laura prepares to marry Sir Percival. Laura's half-sister Marian knows of Laura's feelings for Walter, has great doubts about the marriage, yet is powerless to stop it...
Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Stars Toby Stephens as Walter Hartright, Juliet Aubrey as Marian Halcombe, Emily Bruni as Laura Fairlie, Jeremy Clyde as Sir Percival Glyde, Alice Hart as Anne Catherick, Sean Baker as Mr Gilmore, Ioan Meredith as Pesca, Edward Petherbridge as Frederick Fairlie, Jonathan Keeble as Messenger, Philip Voss as Count Fosco and Geraldine Fitzgerald as Madame Fosco.
Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00805k9)
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FRI 12:30 The Now Show (b012078r)
Series 34
Episode 3
With Steve Punt off playing the part of Eric Idle in a new Monty Python biopic, Hugh Dennis is joined by Jon Culshaw to present the Now Show's guides to next week's public sector strikes and the BBC's week of out-door broadcasting. Meanwhile Jon Holmes discovers that Aung San Soo Kyi has been listening to the Hairy Cornflake and guest stand-up Tom Wrigglesworth writes a letter to Sue Barker.
Starring Hugh Dennis and Jon Culshaw, with Mitch Benn, Jon Holmes, Jess Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth.
Written by the cast and Steve Punt, with additional material from Gareth Gwynn, Steve Hall, Will Ing, Ben Partridge and Andy Wolton. Oh, and that Benghazi joke from when Rory Bremner last did the show.
Produced by Colin Anderson.
FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv)
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FRI 13:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p689c)
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FRI 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwn)
Episode 5
Becky travels to London with the ailing spinster Miss Crawley. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding and Margaret Tyzack.
FRI 14:15 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007tzqb)
The Professor's Daughter
Four-year-old Britta and her fearful imagination cause social embarrassment for Miss Jenner. Read by Emma Fielding.
FRI 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b0124v3t)
SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep
Episode 5
What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep?
How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?
In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is. She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is.
This is Christine's story.
Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood
FRI 15:00 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.
FRI 15:45 Rachel Cusk - The Last Supper (b0124vpy)
Episode 5
The author and her family explore Rome's artistic heritage, as their three month trip draws to an end. Concluded by Holly Aird.
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0124xkh)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates Canada Day baking pancakes with Pippi Longstocking and hearing about how maple syrup is harvested from maple sugar trees. Plus Andi Osho's Sneaky Peeks.
FRI 17:00 Anything Legal (b0081qyq)
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FRI 17:30 Snap (b00tzw0w)
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FRI 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael (b008p9wx)
Episode 2
As MI7 recruits Malcolm Holmes to contact Agent Raphael, some uncomfortable truths are uncovered. Stars Deborah McAndrew.
FRI 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00dy0wj)
The Fantastic Adventure of the Foredown Man
A monk in Rizla's dream thinks he's two minutes away from death. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott Stein.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00805k9)
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FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s7r4n)
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FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv)
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FRI 20:30 Richard Matheson - A Stir of Echoes (b00p689c)
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FRI 21:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlhn)
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FRI 22:00 Now Show Extra (b0124xkk)
A new programme for Radio 4 Extra, featuring jokes that you won't have heard in this week's Now Show, some clips from the archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material.
FRI 22:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00slshn)
Series 2
Normal Reality
Cartoonist Steven Appleby is only mildly surprised to be identified as the Earth's supreme being by alien civilisations throughout the universe.
But where does reality end and fantasy begin?
Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably describes as "insights into normal, everyday life".
With:
Rosalind Paul
Ewan Bailey
Nigel Betts
Rachel Atkins
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003
FRI 23:00 What's So Funny? (b0124sg0)
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FRI 23:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00nj7cz)
A Enemy
Dad's double-life shocks Andy and Julie. Alexei Sayle's quirky couples comedy, with Siobhan Redmond. From November 1999.