Simon continues his murder investigation, while the Dean sets his sights on promotion. Mark Tavener's comic thriller with Geoffrey Palmer and Samuel West.
After days holed up in his underground den, the fugitive emerges - but has he shaken off his pursuer?
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
15-part reading read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Wrangling over the Hoover cottage continues, as Stompy's protest backfires.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine McCartney as Mrs McFinney, Gerard McSorley as Stumpy Bonnar, Cathy White as Josie Doherty, Charlie Bonnar as Packy McGoldrick and BJ Hogg as Bohunkus Smith.
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Pam Ayres kicks off her own poetry and sketch show starting with the theme of deterioration.. of eyesight, figure, memory......the list goes on.
With poems about being Too Fat and buying a Wonderbra.
Plus sketches about being Topless at 60 and how to spice up your love life with a little celebrity fantasy in a sketch called Me and Michael Aspel.
With Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu.
Kenneth Horne's got a big top, Rambling Sid Rumpo sings a Pewter Woggler's Bangling Song and your actual cob is on Julian and Sandy's bona menu.
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.
The Radio Prune team hand out their gongs - and get saved by the bell.
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 Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.
Marcus Brigstocke invites Private Eye editor and broadcaster Ian Hislop to try new experiences, including buying his first ever pair of jeans.
Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is about embracing the new and getting out of our comfort zones.
The title comes from the fact that the show's producer and creator Bill Dare had never seen the film Star Wars.
MP Duncan's ability to stay awake for long periods is sorely tested by an all-night vigil. Stars James Fleet. From October 2008.
Autumn,1897: Victorian undercover agent Loveday Brooke investigates a group of nuns who appear to have forsaken their vows - and taken to burglary.
From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.
Catherine Louisa Pirkis' mystery stars Gayanne Potter as Loveday Brooke, Paul Young as Inspector Gunning, Neil McKinven as Sergeant Blaine, Noreen Leighton as Sister Monica and Lucy Paterson as Sister Anna.
Dramatised by Roger Danes.
More of Marriot Edgar's famous monologues. Bernie Clifton performs 'Three Ha'pence a foot' and 'The Battle of Hastings'.
Julius Caesar secretly seeks senate leaders Cicero and Cato's support to shake up the rule of Rome. Stars David Troughton.
The popular panel game from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, hosted by Nicholas Parsons. With Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Shappi Khorsandi and first timer Russell Kane. Subjects include My Tartan Underwear and Call Centres. Produced by Tilusha Ghelani.
Marius is walking in the Luxembourg Gardens and sees Cosette. Just one glance and his life is changed forever! But Valjean is nervous...
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan.
Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor Hugo, Lucy Whybrow as Cosette, Jonathan Forbes as Marius, Carl Prekopp as Combeferre and Annette Badland as Toussaint.
The Goon Show star recalls his Swansea childhood and why a raffle was one of his greatest disappointments.
Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.
Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
Newly-wed Grace returns to Little Hintock with Doctor Fitzpiers - but not to wedded bliss.
First published in 1887, Thomas Hardy's classic tale of thwarted love and ambition set amongst the woodsmen and women of Little Hintock.
Read by Juliet Stevenson.
After a drunken bet in 1997, comedian Tony Hawks describes his unusual hitch-hiking adventure in the Emerald Isle.
Mel hears about working in a chocolate factory, explores the Roald Dahl museum in Buckinghamshire and finds out what Charlie Bucket's cabbage soup diet would've been like.
13. Dream or Reality?
In the Martian city from Captain Jet Morgan's childhood dream, Lemmy is under telepathic attack...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
It's 1945, and the Allies are certain to win the war. Then an unidentified aircraft appears sparking a a dangerous mission...
Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey and Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine.
The government retainer is under threat when Prentiss McCabe is given a difficult task.
A swipe at the cults of celebrity and spin, Absolute Power centres around the PR agency, Prentiss McCabe, a company set up by a couple of ex-BBC, long-term staffers. The partners spin news stories to benefit their invariably loathsome clients.
Charles Prentiss …. Stephen Fry
Martin McCabe …. John Bird
Qualitee. Lee Nelson chats to Kathy Clugston about his Well Good Show.
The Bletchley Park codebreakers grapple with the complexities of religion.
Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Joshua …. Alex MacQueen.
Written by James Carey.
TUESDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2011
TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqgq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009l6sv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b00hdfdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b014gmfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b0147flp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 The Lady Detectives (b00cq1d6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4g7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Caesar! (b00ct508)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b00807h2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Ayres on the Air (b007k0pq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b00hg9n4)
Series 2
Episode 6
Can Simon gather the evidence to prove who the killer is and stop more murders? Mark Tavener's comedy-thriller with Geoffrey Palmer and Samuel West.
TUE 06:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7y)
Episode 12
The Major has trapped the fugitive, but can he discover the tragic motive behind his "sporting stalk"?
Geoffrey Household's classic thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
TUE 07:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4vh)
Sons of the Fathers
Clearing out the cellar - Audrey finds more than she'd bargained for.
Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.
Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.
Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1997.
TUE 07:30 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7)
Series 1
Fishing for Compliments
Is there something fishy about Bernard, apart from his VAT returns?
Bed and Breakfast for Beginners. First of two series of Sue Limb's sitcom about events at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Starring Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes as sisters Alison and Maud.
Alison …. Denise Coffey
Maud …. Miriam Margolyes
Father …. Joss Ackland
Mr Mullett …. Chris Emmett
Bernard …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Marina …. Phyllida Nash
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jslg)
Series 5
The White Box of Great Bardfield
Can Neddie Seagoon get rich quick by exporting Brtain's surfeit of snow?
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 1955.
TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jtxx)
Series 3
Bruce's Choice and Start New Series the Burkiss Way
Long ago in a radio galaxy far away - space film spoofing, the best of 'Bruce Forsyth' and a quiz "live from Norwich".
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978.
TUE 09:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dkxjl)
Series 1
Episode 1
It's Daniel's birthday and to soften the blow of his impending middle age, Lucy tries to arrange a birthday party for him. However, it seems all their friends are too busy being parents to attend.
David Tennant and Liz Carling star in David Spicer's sitcom.
Modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of a 30-something couple with no kids.
Daniel ...... David Tennant
Lucy ...... Liz Carling
Katie ...... Meera Syal
Charlotte ...... Polly Frame
Bob ...... Toby Longworth
Andy ...... Tony Gardner
Alison ...... Joanna Brookes
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.
TUE 09:30 The Personality Test (b00m5tks)
Series 1
Gyles Brandreth
Broadcaster, author and ex-MP Gyles Brandreth quizzes a panel about himself.
Sue Perkins, Alan Carr and Lucy Porter battle with queries based on Gyle's life, whims and interests
Series in which a fresh host every episode quizzes a comedy panel about themselves.
Script by Richard Turner
Devised & produced by Aled Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.
TUE 10:00 The Lady Detectives (b00cq611)
Mr Bovey's Unexpected Will
Miss Florence Cusack, one of Victorian London's most clever and determined private consulting detectives, investigates a case where a man's fate depends on his weight in gold.
From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.
LT Meade and Robert Eustace's mystery stars Elizabeth Conboy as Miss Cusack, Crawford Logan as Dr Lonsdale and Paul Young as Inspector Schilling.
Dramatised by Roger Danes.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
TUE 10:45 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4g9)
Roy Hudd
More of the famous monologues of Marriott Edgar. Roy Hudd performs 'Jonah and the Grampus' and 'Gunner Joe'.
TUE 11:00 Caesar! (b00ctjz4)
Series 1
The Arena
As Julius's appointed heir, young Octavian uses his legendary skills to outwit enemies and rule Rome. Stars Richard Johnson.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jslg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00qj1qq)
Series 3
Jack Black's Black Jacks
Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop.
Sanjay finds a girlfriend and embraces the arts, much to Ramesh and Dave's amusement.
Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kolhi
Dave ...... Donald McLeary
Sanjay ...... Omar Raza
Alok ...... Susheel Kumar
Kayla ...... Eleanor Bird
Father Henderson ...... Gerard Kelly
Ted ...... Gavin Mitchell
Keenan's Mum ...... Maureen Carr
Mrs Gibb ...... Marjory Hogarth
Mr Hepworth ...... Tom Urie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b00hg9n4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmrx)
Episode 12
Cosette is entangled in a plot hatched by the evil Thenardiers to catch Jean Valjean. Joss Ackland and David Schofield star in Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love.
TUE 14:15 Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad (b014b98y)
Holidays
Sir Harry recalls his travels, tummy troubles and an unfortunate series of events at sea.
Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.
Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
TUE 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx7z)
Suspicions
Grace turns to her former lover Giles, while her husband is devoted elsewhere. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
TUE 14:45 Tony Hawks - Round Ireland With a Fridge (b007jm99)
Episode 2
Rainy roads and a cattle auction. More highlights of comedian Tony Hawks' unusual hitch-hiking adventure in the Emerald Isle.
TUE 15:00 The Lady Detectives (b00cq611)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 15:45 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4g9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b014hqxx)
Illustrator Quentin Blake gives us a lesson in drawing, we find out how photographers make food look so yummy in adverts, plus we hear Roald Dahl's three wishes.
TUE 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqjl)
The Red Planet
14. Lost in Time
As the crew of Discovery explore Mars, Captain Jet Morgan and Doc must rescue Lemmy - but what about Mitch?
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1954.
TUE 18:30 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009lw5f)
The Eagle's Nest
Major Barton and his team head deep behind German lines to track down a terrifying new weapon...
Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Sam Pamphilon as Teazle and Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk.
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jslg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jtxx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b00hg9n4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Caesar! (b00ctjz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00qj1qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Flight of the Conchords (b007k0r4)
Pop Song
The Kiwi band want to pen a song for a teen idol without selling out.
Improvised comedy from the satirical pop pair, as they align with established comics to poke fun at all aspects of pop music.
Rob Brydon narrates the musical odyssey.
Starring New Zealand musical comedy duo, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.
With:
Rhys Darby
Neil Finn
Greg Proops
Emma Kennedy
Mark Goodier
Additional Material by Joel Morris.
Musicians: David Catlin-Birch and Mark Allis.
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2005.
TUE 23:00 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00bz9zn)
Series 1
Episode 1
Meet a reluctant beekeeper, two feuding librarians and a man determined to strike a deal with Santa.
Perrier award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series
With Ben Moor, Katherine Parkinson and Ben Willbond.
Written by Laura Solon. With additional material by the cast, Carl Cooper, Tony Roche and Andy Marlatt.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
TUE 23:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qcsv)
Series 1
Episode 3
Tamsyn and Jago's smuggling exploits are to be chronicled at close quarters by a group of fly-on-the-wall balladeers.
They get some exciting material as Jago's up before an unusually hard-line judge - and it seems there's no escape from the noose...
18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Mark Perry as Judge Pettiforth and Michael Fenton Stevens as Anthony the Balladeer.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.
WEDNESDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2011
WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009lw5f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b00hg9n4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dkxjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Personality Test (b00m5tks)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Lady Detectives (b00cq611)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4g9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Caesar! (b00ctjz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Agatha Christie (b00jzckt)
Magnolia Blossom
Theo is ready to leave her husband when a financial scandal intervenes. Mike Walker's revamped whodunit starring Emilia Fox.
WED 06:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8d)
Episode 13
The Major tries to persuade his prisoner to sign a confession - but will he admit his intentions?
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
WED 07:00 Tony's (b00ttphh)
Series 2
The Firm's Outing
Tony's plan for a firm's day-out at the seaside doesn't quite to plan.
Series 2 of the misadventures in the life of a corner-shop barber starring Victor Spinetti as Tony, Deryck Guyler as Stanley, Deborah Watling as Maisie.
With guests: Gorden Kaye, Norma Ronald and John Blythe.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Incidental music by Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1981.
WED 07:30 The Right Time (b007wp6k)
Series 1
Episode 1
The baby boomers see the funny side of everyday modern life. Stars Eleanor Bron, Clive Swift and Neil Innes. From August 2001.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jy6l)
The New Car
The lad thinks he should buy a car to keep up appearances, so Sid offers to help. But there's a big surprise when he takes it for a spin.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1954.
WED 08:30 Doctor at Large (b009364g)
The SS Lotus
Simon Sparrow soon realises that life as a ship's doctor is far from plain sailing.
The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Jock Hornby, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans and Peter Jones as Easter.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1969.
WED 09:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b0148r4n)
Progress Is Power
'Difficult Day? C'mon, smile it all away!'
Is smiling really the answer to Edward's troubles?
Starring Robert Lindsay.
Futuristic sitcom by Richard Turner and William Osborne with a nod to George Orwell.
Edward ...... Robert Lindsay
Sophie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Charles ...... Paul Shearer
With Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Richard Turner, David Goodland and Christopher Barr.
Producer: Nick Symons
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985.
WED 09:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00hy94k)
Series 1
Episode 1
James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, Tracey MacLeod, Stewart Lee and Martin Freeman. From December 2004.
WED 10:00 The Lady Detectives (b00cqf3n)
The Golden Slipper
The vivacious Miss Violet Strange shines in the best New York society. But, unknown to her friends, she's also a professional agency detective. Here, in a case from 1910, she investigates 'The Inseparables', four rich young women suspected of a series of thefts.
From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.
Anna Green's mystery stars Teresa Gallagher as Violet Strange, Crawford Logan as Driscoll, Lesley Hart as Alicia and Gayanne Potter as Theresa.
Dramatised by Roger Danes.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
WED 10:45 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4p0)
Les Dawson
Les Dawson's unique recitation of Marriott Edgar's 'The Channel Swimmer' and 'The Recumbent Posture'.
WED 11:00 Caesar! (b00ctml6)
Series 1
Peeling Figs for Julius
His name is now a byword for depravity, but growing up in Tiberius's court, how evil was Emperor Caligula? Stars David Tennant.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jy6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Castle (b00g4481)
Series 2
Houston We Have an Problemme
Hie ye to "The Castle", a rollicking sitcom set way back then, starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley", "Four Weddings & A Funeral") and Neil Dudgeon ("Life Of Riley")
In this episode Master Henry hits puberty, Lady Anne & Charlotte hit the bar, De Warrenne hits a Planning Official and Sam Tree goes off like a rocket...
Cast:
Sir John Woodstock ..... James Fleet
Sir William De Warenne ..... Neil Dudgeon
Lady Anne Woodstock ..... Montserrat Lombard
Cardinal Duncan..... Jonathan Kydd
Lady Charlotte ..... Ingrid Oliver
Master Henry Woodstock ..... Steven Kynman
Merlin ..... Lewis Macleod
Written by Kim Fuller with additional material by Paul Alexander
Music by Guy Jackson
Now prithee pay heed to the rest of our cast of high and low lives - as we explain exactly Who's Who in The Castle -
Sir John Woodstock (James Fleet) - the Lord of the Castle and basically in charge of keeping order in the ramshackle medieval village. Although he hates all that torturing and usually lets the peasants off with a bit of community service. He lives in his huge but slightly falling down castle (but then it was built by the French so what can one expect) with his daughter Anne (Montserrat Lombard) and very teenage son Henry (Steven Kynman). Anne's best friend Charlotte (Ingrid Oliver) nearly always joins Anne on her constant quest to find fit men in the village. In fact, they think they've found a decent one in the shape of Merlin, the new handyman and wayward wizard (Lewis Macleod). And Anne certainly isn't interested in Sir William De Warenne ("Knight errant, scourge of the Levant") (Neil Dudgeon) who lives across the way.
Unfortunately he can't take a hint and is besotted with Lady Anne and Sir John thinks it a good match. Ah! what is a Lady to do! Cardinal Duncan (Jonathan Kydd) (a man of the cloth - in particular crushed silk which he loves), has to endure De Warenne's incessant plans to woo Lady Anne and has little time to peruse sweethearts of his own. Which oddly enough, he doesn't seem to mind...
Producer/Director: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 13:00 Agatha Christie (b00jzckt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmsd)
Episode 13
Jean Valjean is in mortal danger, but can Marius summon Inspector Javert to save him? Stars Joss Ackland and Patsy Palmer.
WED 14:15 Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad (b0148rvv)
Majorca
Sir Harry Secombe recalls his idyllic holiday home in Majorca and his not-so-idyllic command of Spanish.
Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.
Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
WED 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx82)
Separation
The injured Doctor Fitzpiers writes to Grace, and hopes are raised and dashed. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
WED 14:45 Tony Hawks - Round Ireland With a Fridge (b007jm9s)
Episode 3
As his hitch-hiking adventure continues, Tony Hawks samples some Irish hospitality and receives an unusual offer.
WED 15:00 The Lady Detectives (b00cqf3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 15:45 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4p0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0148scx)
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton tell us about making Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, we learn how chewing gum is made and Roald Dahl himself on his love of chocolate!
WED 17:00 Tony's (b00ttphh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 17:30 The Right Time (b007wp6k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqlg)
The Red Planet
15. Hypnosis
Cold-handed Maclean attacks Lemmy, but the plucky radio operator fights back...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
WED 18:30 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m2ff)
The Tomorrow World
Major Barton and his team have located the Germans' secret weapon. But what exactly is it?
Simon Bovey's five-part sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey and Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jy6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Doctor at Large (b009364g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Agatha Christie (b00jzckt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Caesar! (b00ctml6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 22:00 The Castle (b00g4481)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 22:30 Nebulous (b00grysf)
Series 1
The Dust Has Landed
The Professor teams up with his ex-fiance, Dr Erica Flazenby, to give the earth a spring clean. Sci-fi comedy with Mark Gatiss.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b014vy77)
Lee Nelson tries to chat up Kathy Clugston and extols the virtues of women's beach volleyball.
WED 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007szvj)
Series 2
Plays
Heraclitus' chance to escape Athens could expose Xanthippe to scorn and ridicule. Stars Stephen Moore. From March 2002.
WED 23:30 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b00w7c95)
Series 1
Episode 2
Meet Daisy, the chattering public school girl's, parents and find out why the Mona Lisa has been dumped by the Laughing Cavalier.
Plus, a Police Officer who can't find the right words, a street survey that probes too far and Candi Karmel's sister makes an appearance.
A multi-paced, showcase for the exceptional talent of Lucy Montgomery.
With Philip Pope, Sally Grace, Waen Shepherd and Natalie Walter.
Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steven Burge and Dan Tetsell.
Music by Philip Pope
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
THURSDAY 08 SEPTEMBER 2011
THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqlg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m2ff)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Agatha Christie (b00jzckt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b0148r4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00hy94k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 The Lady Detectives (b00cqf3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4p0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Caesar! (b00ctml6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Tony's (b00ttphh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Right Time (b007wp6k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Agatha Christie (b00jz7jj)
Philomel Cottage
When Alex meets Terry she's swept off her feet. He persuades her to leave her job with a dot com company and set up a business with him - based in an out of the way cottage in the country...
A new spin on the Queen of the whodunit, Agatha Christie's classic story, dramatised for radio by Mike Walker.
Stars Lizzie McInnerny as Alex, Tom Hollander as Terry, Adam Godley as Richard and Struan Rodger as Merlin.
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
THU 06:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8w)
Episode 14
With only a crudely made weapon, can the fugitive escape his underground dugout and elude his captors?
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
THU 07:00 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.
THU 07:30 Country Matters (b00jzckm)
Episode 1
Dave and Cathy leave the city for Drayton Warlock's pastoral idyll. Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From April 1994.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0148wfp)
Under the Weather
The outlook's stormy for the bungling bureaucrats as they arrive at the Met Office.
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 May 1973.
THU 08:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0080jmp)
Series 1
Episode 1
Dr Strabismus sets a trap for a mouse, Colonel Wretch gets a visit from Hercules the Mighty, and Mr Justice Cocklecarrot encounters the notorious 12 red-bearded dwarfs for the first time.
Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton.
Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour.
Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.
Announcer: Brian Perkins
Producer: Harry Thompson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c7d1c)
Series 3
Episode 5
Will hard-up Tommy and Sheila's trip to Australia ever get off the ground?
Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr continue their second stab at fame.
Series 3 of Mike Coleman’s six-part sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.
CAST:
Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield
Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes
Murray Franklin …. Julian Eardley
Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted
Hostess …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.
THU 09:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k1d2)
Series 1
The Visitor
There’s great excitement - and some confusion - at the impending visit of an Israeli MP.
The first of three series of Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Starring David De Keyser as Rabbi Abraham Fine. Tracy-Ann Oberman as Rabbi Su Jacobs, Doreen Mantle as Sadie Fine, Henry Goodman as Melvin, Jonathan Kydd as Brian, Warren Mitchell as Yigal Horovitz, Eve Karpf as Paloma and Rachel Smith as Simone.
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
THU 10:00 The Lady Detectives (b00cql2n)
The Law and the Lady
From the author of 'The Woman in White' and 'The Moonstone', the sensational, Gothic tale of Valeria Woodville's quest to clear her husband of murdering his first wife.
From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.
Wilkie Collins' mystery stars Abigail Docherty as Valeria Woodville, Richard Conlon as Eustace and Ralph Riach as the Reverend Starkweather.
Dramatised by Roger Danes.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
THU 10:45 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4p2)
Betty Driver
Coronation Street's Betty Driver performs Marriott Edgar's The 'Ole in the Ark, Sam's Racehorse, and George and the Dragon.
THU 11:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg)
Series 2
The Best of Mothers
The murderous tale of Emperor Nero and his interfering mother Agrippina. Stars Jonathan Forbes and Frances Barber.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0148wfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 My Teenage Diary (b013qzvm)
Series 3
Michael Winner
My Teenage Diary returns with four more brave celebrities ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries and reading them out in public for the very first time.
Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by film director and restaurant critic Michael Winner, whose journals describe an impossibly glamorous trip to America in 1953 and a titillating canoe accident.
Producer: Harriet Jaine
A Talkback Thames production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 13:00 Agatha Christie (b00jz7jj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmsv)
Episode 14
Eponine has found out where Cosette is living, but will she tell Marius? Stars Joss Ackland, Lucy Whybrow and Patsy Palmer.
THU 14:15 Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad (b0148wfr)
Variety and Comedians
Sir Harry Secombe remembers his early career on stage in variety - and recalls his friendship with a young Tony Hancock.
Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.
Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
THU 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx86)
Sickness
With Giles lying desperately ill, Grace believes that only one person can save him. Read by Juliet Stevenson.
THU 14:45 Tony Hawks - Round Ireland With a Fridge (b007jmb7)
Episode 4
As his hitch-hiking adventure continues, Tony Hawks is persuaded to baptise his unusual travelling companion.
THU 15:00 The Lady Detectives (b00cql2n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 15:45 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0148wft)
The original Willy Wonka Gene Wilder tells us about the early days of his acting career, we find out how sugar and chocolate work and Quentin Blake takes us around his art studio.
THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Country Matters (b00jzckm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqp2)
The Red Planet
16. Strange Farm
With Mitch still missing, Captain Jet Morgan, Doc and Lemmy set off to find him, with hopes of finding the engineer rapidly diminishing...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Wife …. Madi Hedd
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1954.
THU 18:30 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m464)
This Island Earth
Things can't get much worse for Major Barton and his team in their wartime efforts. Or can they?
Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk and Laura Molyneux as Slipstream.
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0148wfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0080jmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Agatha Christie (b00jz7jj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 22:00 My Teenage Diary (b013qzvm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 22:30 Mel Calman - Heartache (b007jt8g)
The tale of Henry's heart attack, as his bickering organs discuss his fate. Stars Richard Griffiths and Jim Broadbent.
THU 23:00 The Skivers (b007jq44)
Series 1
Britt Ekland
New age DIY, the wonders of Sweden and Sinatra sings punk.
Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with special guest Britt Ekland who's not in the mood for romance.
Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With Peter Bradshaw and Mel Giedroyc
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1994.
THU 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jqhc)
Series 1
The Human Mind
The sci-fi star and inventor explains life's big mysteries. With Tom Baker, Richard Herring and Stewart Lee. From November 1992.
FRIDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2011
FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqp2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m464)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Agatha Christie (b00jz7jj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c7d1c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k1d2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Lady Detectives (b00cql2n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 Marriott's Monologues (b00sp4p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Country Matters (b00jzckm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Agatha Christie (b00jzwdq)
In a Glass Darkly
A jealous lover is haunted by a fellow pilot's death and a vision of murder. Mike Walker's revamped whodunnit with Neil Dudgeon.
FRI 06:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr9c)
Episode 15
The anonymous would-be assassin is on his way out of the country - but what does his future hold?
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Concluded by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
FRI 07:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009mbdc)
The Big Bang
Jimmy is suspicious when Farrow and Sue stay in their office till late every evening.
Is it devotion to duty? Or just a bit of overtime?
Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton star in Andrew Palmer’s sitcom
Jimmy Bright ...... Bernard Cribbins
Russell Farrow ...... Frank Thornton
Nan Forbes ...... Annette Crosbie
Sue Plant ...... Annee Blott
Bacon/Jacko ...... John Kane
Written by Andrew Palmer.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1988.
FRI 07:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t5xd8)
Series 1
Episode 3
Has the provoked priest gone too far by fighting three men in the pub? Stars Alun Armstrong and Joss Ackland. From March 2001.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00lmqts)
Series 7
Mr Murray Is Victimised
Captain Povey decides 'divide and rule' is the best way to deal with the crew of HMS Troutbridge.
Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral.
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 July 1965.
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t4qmv)
Series 2
My Old Man's a Tory
Angry Albert disrupts Harold's Labour party meeting.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Dudley Foster as Stonelake and Beth Boyd as Miss Frobisher.
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 July 1967.
FRI 09:00 After Henry (b007k1hq)
Series 1
Mr Right
Sarah meets her daughter Clare's boyfriend, while her mother Eleanor interferes.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and Nigel Williams as David.
Four radio series were made, but instead of then moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1985.
FRI 09:30 Trivia Test Match (b007xxkt)
Brian Johnston tries to stump Tim Rice, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Willie Rushton and Leslie Thomas. From September 1992.
FRI 10:00 Loose Ends (b0144pwk)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
Terry O'Neill has been photographing the famous for 50 years. Documenting the fashion and style of the 1960's until the present day has lead him, lens in hand, to the likes of The Rolling Stones, Twiggy and Frank Sinatra. These 'It Girls & Boys' form the basis for his latest exhibition just opened in London.
UNBELIEVABLE! The original Radio 1 DJ and winner of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, Tony Blackburn will be in talking to Clive. Tony's the latest presenter of 'Pick of the Pops' on Radio 2 which will be celebrating it's 50th anniversary soon. In recognition of this achievement Radio 2 have commissioned a documentary soon to air.
King George VI has been propelled into popular culture recently following the success of the film 'The Kings Speech'. What is less well known, until now, is that Geordie Greig's father, Louis Greig was the first doctor to play a key role in the development of the soon to be king. Geordie, the editor of the Evening Standard chat's to Clive about his new book 'The King Maker'.
Jo Bunting will be talking to Sharon Horgan, the lady who brought us the cynical and acerbic BBC sitcom 'Pulling' that gave the women the funny lines. Sharon is now to star in a new play in London and will be telling Jo all about 'Terrible Advice'.
Award winning folk music supremo Martin Simpson will be playing 'Little Liza Jane' from his latest album in the Loose Ends Studio. And there's more music from Po' Girl, the Canadian urban roots band bringing their own blend of folk with track 'Double Helix (Rainbow)'.
Producer: Sukey Firth.
FRI 10:45 Roy Hudd's Tales from the Lodge Room (b00ww7f3)
The Pure Gold of Music Hall
The comedian shares fellow Water Rats' tales of legendary comedian 'cheeky chappie' Max Miller. From Brighton's Komedia Theatre.
FRI 11:00 Caesar! (b00cvbk1)
Series 2
The Glass Ball Game
The story of Emperor Hadrian and his relationship with Antinous, who died in mysterious circumstances. Stars Andrew Garfield.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00lmqts)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Chain Reaction (b013r2hm)
Series 7
Mark Steel interviews Barry Davies
Chain Reaction is Radio 4's tag-team interview show. Each week, a figure from the world of entertainment chooses another to interview; the next week, the interviewee turns interviewer, and they in turn pass the baton on to someone else - creating a 'chain' throughout the series.
Mark Steel has presented a range of his own programmes on Radio 4, from The Mark Steel Solution, The Mark Steel Revolution, The Mark Steel Lectures to, most recently, the Sony Silver Award and Writers Guild Award-winning Mark Steel's In Town. He also occasionally appears in programmes that don't have his name in the title, such as The News Quiz.
Barry Davies is a commentator perhaps best-known for his football coverage, covering ten World Cups, seven European Championships, and two FA Cup finals. He's also commentated on the Olympics, the Commonwealth games and Wimbledon, as well as the World Stare-Out Championships in 1998.
In this interview, obsessive sports fan Mark asks Barry about being present at some of the most important sporting moments of the last forty years; about remaining impartial ("Where were the Germans? Frankly, who cares?"); and about the changing face of sports and sports broadcasting.
FRI 13:00 Agatha Christie (b00jzwdq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmtb)
Episode 15
Love is in the air in the Rue Plumet. But why is Jean Valjean so obsessed with secrecy? Stars Joss Ackland and Lucy Whybrow.
FRI 14:15 Sir Harry Secombe - Goon Abroad (b01494gh)
Sports and Swansea
Goon Show star Sir Harry Secombe recalls his school days in Wales, lessons in sportsmanship, and he makes a few confessions.
Conclusion of the autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe.
Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
FRI 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx8b)
Desperation
Reconciliation is on the cards, with the recognition of unspoken devotion. Concluded by Juliet Stevenson.
FRI 14:45 Tony Hawks - Round Ireland With a Fridge (b007jmbq)
Episode 5
In order to win his bet and conclude his hitch-hiking adventure, Tony Hawks sets out to visit the Emerald Isle's extremities.
FRI 15:00 Loose Ends (b0144pwk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 15:45 Roy Hudd's Tales from the Lodge Room (b00ww7f3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01494gk)
We visit a fudge factory, discover how Roald Dahl influenced pop music, comic Armando Iannucci tells us about reading Dahl's stories, and the author delivers his rules for writing.
FRI 17:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009mbdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t5xd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqrd)
The Red Planet
17. Escape!
With Mitch conditioned at a 'sheep station', Captain Jet Morgan and his crew must work out how to plan their escape.
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
John Cazabon ..... Various
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1954.
FRI 18:30 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009mbjn)
Fight for the Future
Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the weapon away before all is lost...
Conclusion of Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk, Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine and Laura Molyneux as Slipstream.
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00lmqts)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t4qmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Agatha Christie (b00jzwdq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Caesar! (b00cvbk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 22:00 Chain Reaction (b013r2hm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Knocker (b008hn0k)
Incentativity
Market researcher Ian Dunn carries out a delicate immigration survey. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December 2007.
FRI 22:45 Knocker (b008j006)
Profitch
Market researcher Ian Dunn suffers a shocking epiphany. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December 2007.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b008qsz5)
Series 1
Hero Worship
When Satan argues with the professor, he's introduced to one of his heroes, Leonardo da Vinci :
"The Renaissance. What a waste of time that was! I never got a penny for my helicopter."
Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell
Other characters played by Philip Pope and Michael Fenton Stevens.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.
FRI 23:30 The Cheese Shop Presents (b0080jxt)
Series 1
The Butter Factor
A tough talk show, time travel tips - and a daffodil shocker. Sketch comedy from Cardiff with Dave Lamb. From January 2007.