Vic Brown wangles a new job - but the same old confused emotions persist when it comes to Ingrid...
Set in Yorkshire, Stan Barstow's iconic 1960s novel is a compelling, poignant and humorous account of 20 year-old Vic's infatuation for Ingrid - which develops into an emotional crisis, thanks in part to her spiteful friend, Dorothy.
Dramatised by Stan Barstow's partner Diana Griffiths.
Starring Lee Ingleby as Vic Brown, Rebecca Callard as Ingrid Rothwell, Kate Layden as Mrs Brown and Seamus O'Neill as Mr Van Huyton.
In Jimmy Richards' tale, a disgruntled receptionist gets her revenge during a robbery reconstruction. Read by Helen Longworth.
Bewildered by the changes in her life, an aunt finds solace in an unexpected place. Read by Penelope Wilton.
Marcus Brigstocke invites actress Kathy Burke to try some new experiences, like visiting Harrods in London.
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.
Plane capers in South America, and Eth is shocked at Ron's criminal record. Frank Muir and Denis Norden's classic comedy stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From March 1955.
Les Dawson shares the tale of a Leonard Shufflebottom – a man so thin he was once used as a dipstick. Plus another unforgettable piano sing-a-long.
With Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn.
Music by Brian Fitzgerald.
Scripted and produced by James Casey.
The story of the magical English nanny - poised, punctilious and practically perfect in every way.
Starring Juliet Stevenson as Mary Poppins, who's set to transform the lives of Jane and Michael Banks.
After the Banks family's last nanny walks out in disgust, Mary blows in to number 17 Cherry Tree Lane in London. She's given a week's trial by the children's father, George - but says she'll only stay until the wind changes.
Dramatised by Hazel Marshall, this was the first ever radio adaptation - based on several Mary Poppins stories written by PL Travers .
Juliet Stevenson .... Mary Poppins
Jonathan Bee .... Michael
Sophie Stuckey .... Jane
Deborah Berlin .... Mrs Banks
David Timson .... Mr Banks
Andrew Sachs .... Mr Turvy
Phyllida Law .... Katie Nana
Chris Moran .... Mr Smart
Laura Doddington .... Polly
Other parts played by the cast.
Producer: David Ian Neville.
Desert Island Discs Revisited with Kirsty Young explores the choices of the cookery writer and TV chef in the last of a series featuring chefs and cooks.
Theatre producer Sonia Friedman on picking winners, surviving losers and surprise hit shows - in conversation with Mark Lawson.
Leslie Forbes explores the links between artists and gardens.
In the first programme, the daughter of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, Angelica Garnett returns to the garden of her childhood in Sussex.
In a new series of the Archers spin off Ambridge Extra, there's shock when an old face returns home and intrigue when a new girl joins the school.
The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow experts reveal the importance of leverage when conveying a load.
Childhood memories draw obsessed Ben Wheeler back to a lake.
Ellen Dryden’s murder mystery.
Ben Wheeler .... James Aubrey
Isobel ... Karen Archer
Val .... Pauline Yates
Ruth .... Frances Jeater
Moonstone .... Teresa Gallagher
Chris .... Barry Woolgar
Jamie .... Nicholas Boulton
Rick .... David Thorpe
Rosie .... Isabelle Huet
Tom .... John Prendergast
Child's voice .... Hayley Thomas
Detective Sergeant .... Steve Hodson
Constable .... Angus Wright
Reporter .... Michael Onslow
Mother .... Rachel Atkins
Woman at Lake .... Lala Lloyd
Man at Lake .... James Taylor
Newsreader .... Lynda Gregory
Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew take the train to Southend-on-Sea to recall the holidays of their youth. From September 2005.
Harry Worth worked as a miner in Barnsley before his talent for comedy came to the fore during the Second World War.
On seeing his act as a less-than-convincing ventriloquist, Stan Laurel advised him to "ditch the dummy". Harry never looked back. His gently dithering characterisations charmed the nation on both radio and TV.
Mark Radcliffe looks back at the life and career of Harry Worth.
MI-13's Lionheart and Dunning discover the identity of the Stour Banshee and the Faraday Murderer. Stars Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy.
The ultimate killing machines.
Natalie Haynes introduces a four-part series of dark stories, as she examines why the vampire - an iconic figure in horror-fiction - continues to exert such a powerful hold on our imaginations...
Dan Stevens reads Bram Stoker’s tale: Count Dracula looks out for a curious Englishman.
The senior management team head off to a conference on the Isle of Wight, leaving Rod in charge of the museum...
Geoffrey Palmer and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in David Nobbs’ sitcom about a small museum of paintings and sculpture.
Rod Millet ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Walter Brindle ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Prunella Edgecumbe ...... Rachel Atkins
Julian Crumb-Loosely ...... Ben Willbond
Des Wainwright ...... Michael Smiley
Eva Tattle ...... Julia Deakin
Wilf Arbuthnot ...... Geoff McGivern
Stelios Constantinopolis ...... Chris Pavlo
Dave Edgecumbe ...... Anthony Glennon
Lofty Harmsworth ...... Simon Treves
Gus ...... John Dougall
Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news stories from the last seven days.
Broadcasting secrets are revealed in the nostalgic spoof of boys' adventure story papers.
Fun, frolics, and much, much, more. Subscribe now!
With Susie Brann, Alistair McGowan , Mary Elliot-Nelson, Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham.
MONDAY 10 OCTOBER 2011
MON 00:00 The Scarifyers (b00j18v0)
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18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 A Short History of Vampires (b00yhwyc)
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18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b015p5xq)
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10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b015p5xs)
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10:50 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Paper Gardens (b007k2cs)
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11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b015p5xv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:45 The Science of DIY (b008wfcc)
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11:45 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Take It From Here (b015p5xn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Ellen Dryden - The Lake (b007jqb7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 PL Travers - Mary Poppins (b00slpvx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
A Present for Steve
More mystery afloat, as the worried detective tackles Salty West and uncovers links to his wife, Steve.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. With Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes.
With Brewster Mason as Salty West, Belle Chrystall as Linda Teako, Simon Lack as Brian Dexter and Manning Wilson as Detective Inspector Ivor.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1954.
MON 06:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015p82f)
Episode 6
Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion wakes in hospital accused of attacking a police officer, and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident.
Still unable to regain his memory, Campion is on the run from the police, having knocked out the friendly local superintendent. Now he and his faithful servant Lugg are about to receive a most unwelcome visitor.
Roger Allam continues reading Margery Allingham's ten-part classic detective story from 1941.
Abridged and produced by Jane Greenwood.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Loftus Audio and first broadcast in 2011.
MON 06:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mtr89)
Facing the Music, Part 1
Inspector Rebus discovers a bigger story behind a valuable theft from an Edinburgh hi-fi shop. Read by James Macpherson.
MON 07:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00cv179)
Series 2
Just a Minute
After arguing all day, the former variety star sparks confusion when he arrives at the BBC. Stars Steve Delaney. From March 2007.
MON 07:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b015bxql)
Series 4
Carr, Bellos, Stavrakopoulou
The Museum of Curiosity is, as ever, hosted by the Professor of Ignorance from the University of Buckingham John Lloyd (now with added C.B.E). For this, the fourth series, he is joined by the intensely curious comedian Dave Gorman as his Curator. Dave is the latest in a line of illustrious Museum curators: Bill Bailey, Sean Lock and Jon Richardson.
The Museum of Curiosity has a unique method for collecting exhibits. Once a week it welcomes three luminaries from widely different specialist fields and asks them to bring with them their most treasured items to donate.
The Museum's collection already boasts The Big Bang When It Was The Size Of A Grapefruit; A Pineapple; A Yard Of Silence; Nothing; A British Railways Bridge Plate; A Telepathic Sheep; A Chimpanzee Rain Dance; An Impossible Rabbit; A Gay Bomb; A Choir Of Singing Sand Dunes; National Ignorance Day (of which we know nothing); and An Icelandic Volcano (long before they were fashionable).
In the first of the new series, John and Dave are joined by comedian Jimmy Carr; documentary maker, theologian (and atheist) Francesca Stavrakapoulou; and the mathematician, Guardian South America correspondent and football author Alex Bellos.
The museum's guests later in the rest of the series are:
Philosopher Alain de Botton
Linguist David Crystal
Filmmaker Gareth Edwards
Comedian Harry Enfield
Solar physicist Lucie Green
Classically-trained comedian Natalie Haynes
New Scientist Editor Roger Highfield
Comedian Alex Horne
Rational Comedian Robin Ince
Graham Linehan
Data Miner David McCandless
Marine biologist Helen Scales
Advertising guru Rory Sutherland
Admiral Alan William John West, Baron West of Spithead GCB DSC PC
Polar explorer Sara Wheeler.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00nnpz7)
Series 3
Episode 20
Kenneth Horne in the sinister tale of 'The Head of the BBC Who Came From Out of the Cold' - and Julian and Sandy reveal how to get massive lallies at Body Bona.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1967.
MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00j3f8d)
Series 9
Episode 2
Radio Prune presents A Kick in the Arts, and So You Think You've Got a Feed Line?
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.
Producers: David Hatch/Bob Oliver Rogers
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in November 1973.
MON 09:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b015p8sr)
Series 4
Sarah Millican
Marcus Brigstocke invites comic Sarah Millican to eat Chinese food with chopsticks and read The Joy of Sex.
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.
Producer: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.
MON 09:30 HR (b00hr5p5)
Series 1
A Commute
Senior manager Peter is late for work. But so is his Human Resources officer, Sam. They meet on the train, both fearful of a call from their new boss.
But, hold on, is that him in the next carriage?
Nigel Williams’ comedy drama series charting the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.
Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce
Sam ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Nigel ...... Paul Rider
Guard ...... Stephen Critchlow
Director: Peter Cavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.
MON 10:00 RL Stevenson - The Master of Ballantrae (b00cbmp9)
Episode 2
After the brother's bitter duel - the body of James Durie has mysteriously disappeared. The House of Durrisdeer is shattered for a second time.
Brothers James and Henry Durie engage in a bitter struggle over money, power and love in this dark and dramatic adventure story set in 18th-century Scotland and America.
Starring David Rintoul and Liam Brennan.
Conclusion of Robert Louis Stevenson's buccaneering tale dramatised by Chris Dolan.
James Durie …. David Rintoul
Henry Durie …. Liam Brennan
Ephraim McKellar …. John Shedden
Alison Graeme …. Vicki Liddelle
Hasty …. Patrick Moy
Captain Harris …. John Kazek
Carlyle/General Clinton …. Simon Tait
Lesley Hart (Katherine)
Lord Durrisdeer …. Tom Fleming
Secundra Dass …. Ali de Souza
Colonel Johnson …. James Bryce
Mr Mountain …. Alec Heggie
Alexander Durie …. Harris Young
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
MON 11:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007jwv8)
Cruise
Sailing round the Mediterranean, a young lady writes about the upper-class antics on board ship. Read by Abigail Docherty. From March 2003.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b015mscz)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
The 'Young One' Adrian Edmondson comes to the Loose Ends Studio and this time he's herding in his musical flock, The Bad Shepherds with members Troy Donockley and Andy Dinan. The folk band have released two successful albums and played many festivals across Europe and are now about to embark on a 21-date 'First Farewell Tour'.
Adrian was also a member of another band 'The Comic Strip' and joining him in the studio will be fellow stripper Peter Richardson. Originally partnered with Nigel Planer, Peter setup 'The Comic Strip' comedy club in London which led to The Comic Strip Presents.... a series of comedy films for Channel 4. Peter talks about writing, directing and appearing in his latest effort 'The Hunt For Tony Blair' and its all star cast.
David Baldacci is an international author with over 20 best selling novels with over 100million copies in print. (The most famous copy is probably the one photographed in former President, Bill Clinton's hands!) David tells us about his latest thriller 'The Sixth Man'.
Plié, heel turn, cha-cha-cha and relax. Nikki Bedi has been practicing and is now ready to welcome Louie Spence, famous for his Pineapple Dance studios and accompanying TV series. Nikki talks to Louie about which leg warmers to buy and his new autobiography 'Still Got It, Never Lost It!'.
Bringing some fun folk to the studio is Adrian Edmondson with his band The Bad Shepherds who play I Fought The Law. And some funny musical tales from the virtuoso pianist, rapper and all round entertainer Chilly Gonzales who plays 'Oregano/Dot Medley' from his latest album 'The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales'.
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00nnpz7)
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08:00 today]
MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00j3f8d)
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08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
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06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015p82f)
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06:30 today]
MON 13:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mtr89)
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06:45 today]
MON 14:00 Paid Servant (b00dyb0p)
Episode 1
London 1958: Teacher Braithwaite faces prejudice as a child welfare officer. 'To Sir With Love' sequel with Kwame Kwei Armah.
MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b009m42z)
Liberty or Death
The frustration of 17 years of Roman occupation finally boils over as Boudicca's bloody revolt takes off. Anna Massey narrates.
MON 14:30 Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History (b015pb1m)
Episode 1
Eleanor Bron reads Michael Holroyd's biography of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, the two greats of the Victorian stage.
When Ellen's first marriage breaks down, she lives up to her "fallen woman" reputation by running off with a friend of Oscar Wilde and only returns to the stage when debts begin to mount.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton.
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
MON 14:45 Sheila Hancock - The Two of Us (b00qxz91)
My Life with John Thaw
The actress reads the story of her and John Thaw's individual beginnings, framed by her diaries of their deep and passionate partnership.
MON 15:00 RL Stevenson - The Master of Ballantrae (b00cbmp9)
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10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b015pb3p)
Mel Giedroyc gets the lowdown on Britain's only posionous snake and asks who's better - zombies or vampires? Plus, we hear the first part of our story Vlad The Drac.
MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b007jpnw)
Series 6
Episode 4
Residents await news of Guard Gallagher's performance in New York while the Hawthornes fret about their declining congregation.
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 Vivienne Hawthorne, Gerard Murphy as Rev Samuel Hawthorne, Gerard McSorley as Stumpy Bonnar, Ali White as Josie Doherty and Charlie Bonnar as Packy McGoldrick.
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Directed at BBC Belfast by Peter Kavanagh.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
MON 17:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00cv179)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5k)
Before the Screaming Begins
Episode 1
An invasion by aliens interrupts an idyllic wedding anniversary celebration for Tom Harris and his wife.
Before the Screaming Begins is the first of Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream and With a Whimper to the Grave.
Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson
Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey
AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett
Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter
Catherine's Mother ...... Katherine Parr
Nurse ...... Maggie Ollerenshaw
Desk Sergeant ...... Peter Williams
Silkin ...... Peter Wickham
Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard
Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
MON 18:30 Blood Lines (b007k2d4)
The Dweller in High Places
A story by award-winning author Susanna Clarke begins this series showcasing new short story writers.
MON 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081sjk)
Episode 1
A mild-mannered doctor and his monstrous alter-ego. Tim Pigott-Smith reads Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a dual personality.
Abridged by Morag Lyall.
The mild-mannered Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug; one that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Mr Hyde. Transforming himself at will, he roams the streets of fog-bound London as his monstrous alter-ego. It seems he is master of his fate. It seems he is in complete control.
But soon he'll discover that his double life comes at a hideous price...
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish essayist, poet and author of fiction and travel books, was known especially for his novels of adventure. Stevenson became famous with the romantic adventure story Treasure Island, which appeared in 1883.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1996.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00nnpz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00j3f8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015p82f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 20:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mtr89)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
MON 21:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007jwv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b015mscz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b015bxql)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
MON 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b015p8sr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b015pb7j)
Featuring jokes that you won't have heard in this week's News Quiz, some clips from the archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material.
MON 23:45 The Tape Recorded Highlights of a Humble Bee (b00p87nr)
'Out and About' and 'Downtown'
A hapless, jazz-loving insect's audio diary of his mainly uneventful life. With Mark Williams and Tim Whitnall. From July 2003.
TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2011
TUE 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Blood Lines (b007k2d4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081sjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015p82f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mtr89)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b015p8sr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 HR (b00hr5p5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 RL Stevenson - The Master of Ballantrae (b00cbmp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007jwv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b015mscz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b007jpnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00cv179)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
News From Sir Graham
An unexpected twist wraps up the case for the suave detective and his wife Steve - or does it?
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. With Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes.
With Brewster Mason as Salty West and Manning Wilson as Detective Inspector Ivor.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1956.
TUE 06:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pbmp)
Episode 7
Still running from police, Campion escapes on a train, but is joined on board by a mysterious old man. Roger Allam reads Margery Allingham's mystery.
TUE 06:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mv1sl)
Facing the Music, Part 2
Probing a mystery Edinburgh shop theft, Inspector Rebus learns the hi-fi dealer has a steel door. Read by James Macpherson.
TUE 07:00 Alison and Maud (b007k31q)
Series 1
Speaking in Tongues
Will Mr Mullet and The Bishop of Norwich get too close for comfort over tea? Maud gets a computer and there's an incident on the road...
First of two series of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Starring Denise Coffey as Alison, Miriam Margolyes as Maud, Chris Emmett as Mr Mullett, Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard, Nickolas Grace as Leslie and Nicholas Le Prevost as the Bishop of Norwich
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
TUE 07:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00rblt5)
Series 3
The Fall of Phallon and the Rise of Bugatox
The hit Radio 4 series 'Fags, Mags & Bags' returns to the airwaves of Radio 4 with more shop based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave. Originally broadcast in February 2010, this series 3 repeat enjoys a run in the
6.30pm comedy slot.
Written by and starring Donald Mcleary and Sanjeev Kohli 'Fags, Mags & Bags' has proved a hit with the Radio 4 audience with the show also collecting a Sony nomination and a Writers' Guild award in 2008. This series features guest appearances from Sylvester McCoy (7th Doctor Who) and Ron Donachie (Titanic).
In this episode: Ramesh takes it upon himself to reunite a local couple who've split up, and he has to get busy after the latest kids toy craze sweeps Lenzie.
Cast:
Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kohli
Dave ..... Donald Mcleary
Sanjay ..... Omar Raza
Alok ..... Susheel Kumar
Father Henderson ..... Gerard Kelly
Ted ..... Gavin Mitchell
Gay Alan ..... Tom Urie
Phil ..... Stewart Cairns
Mrs Gibb ..... Marjory Hogarth
Keenan ..... Max Merrill
Producer: Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007xt2f)
Series 6
The Case of the Missing CD Plates
Mown down and flattened, frustrated Neddie Seagoon falls foul of diplomatic immunity.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.
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 October 1955.
TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00cm26d)
Series 4
Is Britain Going the Burkiss Way? Part 1
All about 'things' and spoofing 'Just A Minute'. Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett.
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1979.
TUE 09:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00cd4qp)
Series 1
Episode 6
Lucy is thrilled to be a godparent but the same can’t be said for Dan. With David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling. From July 2001.
TUE 09:30 Whispers (b007k356)
Series 1
Episode 4
The great and the good are torn from their pedestals in glee in this edition in the panel show that proves there's no smoke without fire.
Two teams, led by biographer Anthony Holden and actress Stella Duffy, are joined by writer Jenny Colgan and broadcaster Rosie Millard, attempting to dish the dirt on the bad boys and girls in history.
Gyles Brandreth is your host.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
TUE 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2ms)
Beginnings
Midway through the war, a disillusioned Captain Charles Ryder finds himself posted to a remote country retreat. It's Brideshead Castle, scene of the happiest years of his young, impressionable life and the beginnings of his friendship with Sebastian Flyte - whose presence will forever haunt him.
Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber star in Evelyn Waugh's most famous novel of life, love and a forgotten era.
Dramatised in four parts by Jeremy Front.
Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles
Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber
Julia ...... Anne-Marie Duff
Cordelia ...... Abby Ford
Brideshead ...... Toby Jones
Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith
Nanny Hawkins ...... Ann Beach
Jasper ...... Martin Hyder
Anthony Blanche ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild
Hooper ...... Andrew Wincott
Collins ...... Scott Brooksbank
Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Music by Neil Brand
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
TUE 11:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007jwxj)
Portrait of Young Man with Career and The Sympathetic Passenger
A showcase of the author's wit and irony - two tales of an unwanted guest and an outspoken hitch-hiker. Read by Crawford Logan.
TUE 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qx2y)
Roll Jordan Roll
Rehearsing for the Brecon Jazz Festival, Megan keeps playing a certain melody but where does it come from?
Her musical detective trail leads to the 1880s and the visit to Swansea of a choir of emancipated slaves...
Stars Rakie Ayola as Megan the Fifth, Margaret John as Megan the Third, Helen Griffin as Megan the First, Don Warrington as Frederick Loudin, Phylip Harries as Owan and Rhodri Hugh as the Rev Davies.
Written by Alan Plater.
Stories based on original material researched and collected by Jen Wilson of the Women's Jazz Archive, Swansea.
Composer and Musical Director: Paula Gardiner
Music: Aula Gardiner, Richard Roberts, Peter Churchill, Nia Lynn, Dyfrig Morris and Lee Williams.
Directed in Wales by Alison Hindell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007xt2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b00cm26d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pbmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 13:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mv1sl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
TUE 14:00 Paid Servant (b00dyc0l)
Episode 2
1950s welfare worker Braithwaite tries to find a London home for an abandoned boy named Roddy. Stars Kwame Kwei Armah.
TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b015pcqh)
Series 2
Episode 3
In the Archer's spin-off, Daniel has heard some disturbing rumours and Matt is asked for a favour.
TUE 14:30 Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History (b015pcqk)
Episode 2
Weakly John Brodribb's transformation into Victorian stage great Henry Irving. Eleanor Bron reads Michael Holroyd's biography.
TUE 14:45 Sheila Hancock - The Two of Us (b00qy400)
My Life with John Thaw
The actress recalls her determination to go on the stage, while her diaries recall her partner's troubles after 'Captain Hook'.
TUE 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b015pcqm)
Mel Giedroyc explores the history of Worcester sauce, the value of pocket money, and hears about the camerman who took a plane ride with a pair of moose.
TUE 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007jm7w)
Plenty More Fish
With their love-lives in a tangle, Audrey falls out with Marjory.
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.
Written for radio by Peter Spence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.
TUE 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k31q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5w)
Before the Screaming Begins
Episode 2
The startling new mental powers of Tom Harris sparks the interest of authorities...
Before the Screaming Begins is the first of Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream and With a Whimper to the Grave.
Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson
Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey
Prime Minister ...... Patrick Troughton
AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett
Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter
MP ...... Peter Williams
Silkin ...... Peter Wickham
Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard
Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
TUE 18:30 Blood Lines (b007k2fk)
Ghost in the Mechanic
Will Mickey-Joe have the courage to answer the ghost who calls to him from Cherrybrook Hill?
TUE 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081tfy)
Episode 2
Hyde is wanted for murder and disappears. But what is his connection with the respectable Dr Jekyll? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007xt2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00cm26d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pbmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 20:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mv1sl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
TUE 21:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007jwxj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qx2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00rblt5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (b00mbfmf)
Pilot Episode
Meet Miranda, a tall, life-embracing, self-effacing clown, who's at her happiest among the wind-up teeth of her Joke Shop. She's got lots to learn about retail and men - as well as coping with her embarrassing mother.
This is the 2007 pilot for Miranda's four-part 2008 series made for BBC Radio 2, which sparked her popular BBC TV series Miranda. This try-out features some actors who were replaced in the subsequent slightly re-worked radio series. Here Alison Steadman plays Miranda's mother Penny, and Morwenna Banks is Stevie. Also featuring Vincenzo Pellegrino, Katy Brand, Alice Hart, Jim Howick and Charlotte McDougall.
Produced by Lucy Armitage.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b0164912)
Tracy-Ann Oberman pops in for a chat with Arthur Smith.
TUE 23:00 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00y9xdg)
Series 1
Episode 6
Revelations about hats, tents and some disturbing tales from Beatrix Potter.
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 February 2007.
TUE 23:30 Hair in the Gate (b007k3g1)
Series 1
Episode 1
A heavy metal band takes action over a back stage expose. TV arts show based sitcom. With Harriet Thorpe. From September 1993.
WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2011
WED 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Blood Lines (b007k2fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081tfy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pbmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mv1sl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00cd4qp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Whispers (b007k356)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007jwxj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qx2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 To the Manor Born (b007jm7w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Alison and Maud (b007k31q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Paul Temple (b007s8rj)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
Another Suspect
The suave detective and wife Steve face peril afloat, in their battle to uncover the truth...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. With Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes.
With Simon Lack as Brian Dexter, Marjorie Mars as Julie De Silva and Manning Wilson as Detective Inspector Ivor.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1954.
WED 06:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pdvl)
Episode 8
Having finally uncovered the mystery of '15', Campion is now in a race against time to save the country. Roger Allam reads Margery Allingham's mystery.
WED 06:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvd3y)
Herbert in Motion, Part 1
A top gallery curator faces disgrace and prison when his part in a big art fraud looks set to be exposed. Read by James Bryce.
WED 07:00 Clare in the Community (b0089j0c)
Series 1
Babysitter
Clare Barker has entered a caring profession so that she can sort out other people's problems rather than deal with her own. Stars Sally Phillips.
WED 07:30 The Castle (b00h8ym4)
Series 2
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Filled With Helium
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, love is in the air as a new suitor for Anne puts De Warenne's visor firmly out of joint. Meanwhile, a primitive SatNav and some surgically-introduced helium cause chaos at the altar...
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
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0pd)
Series 1
The Sheik
The lad signs to Sid's new studio, but filming doesn't quite go to plan.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed 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 February 1955.
WED 08:30 Doctor at Large (b009s9n7)
Mozambique
A trip ashore for ship's medic Simon Sparrow leads to some local linguistic mishaps
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 Captain Spratt, Ray Cooney as First Mate Jock Hornbeam, Marjorie Westbury as Maria, Miriam Margolyes as Matilde, Ann Murray as Mrs Hawkins, Madi Hedd as Rosa and Peter Jones as Easter.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1969.
WED 09:00 The Brothers (b00pm21g)
Series 3
Oonagh's Dream
Nigel and Michael are forced to help run a street party, and Oonagh is stuck up a tree. Stars Adam Godley. From March 2007.
WED 09:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00jnlsm)
Series 1
Episode 6
James Walton's pop music history quiz with Tracey Macleod, Andrew Collins, Anthony Wilson and Richard Curtis. From January 2005.
WED 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2nx)
New Vistas
Friendship with the ebullient Sebastian Flyte continues to open up new vistas for Charles. But for Sebastian, the family is closing in.
Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber star in Evelyn Waugh's most famous novel of life, love and a forgotten era.
Dramatised by Jeremy Front.
Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles
Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber
Cordelia ...... Abby Ford
Brideshead ...... Toby Jones
Lady Marchmain ...... Eleanor Bron
Rex Mottram ...... William Hope
Lord Marchmain ...... Edward Petherbridge
Cara ...... Liza Sadovy
Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Mr Samgrass ...... Thomas Arnold
Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith
Nanny Hawkins ...... Ann Beach
Sergeant ...... Martin Hyder
Death's Head ...... Emma Woolliams
Sickly Child ...... Laura Doddington
Music by Neil Brand
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
WED 11:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008fxr8)
The Manager of the Kremlin
A refugee from the Russian Revolution finds himself running a successful night club in Montmartre. Read by Crawford Logan.
WED 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qvgd)
The Great Pork Pie Mystery
Musical detective Megan's mystery melody quest leads her to a 1920s Swansea tearoom. Stars Rakie Ayola and Margaret John.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0pd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Doctor at Large (b009s9n7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Paul Temple (b007s8rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pdvl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 13:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvd3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
WED 14:00 Paid Servant (b00dyp5n)
Episode 3
Welfare worker Braithwaite visits Jonathan Clark, whose child is in care. Stars Kwame Kwei Armah and John Rowe.
WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b009mbfk)
Life in Roman Britain
Roman rule equals civilisation or enslavement? And then along come the Picts, the Scots and the Saxons to cause trouble.
WED 14:30 Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History (b015sd2s)
Episode 3
After an American triumph, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry grow closer - until a death alters their romance. Read by Eleanor Bron.
WED 14:45 Sheila Hancock - The Two of Us (b00qylgw)
My Life with John Thaw
In their past, the pair come together as actors, with the promise of something more. But her diaries recall later devastation.
WED 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2nx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b015pqjr)
Mel Giedroyc finds out how to apologise properly, learns the history of the kilt and hears about the inspiration for Dracula's castle. Plus, the next episode of Vlad the Drac.
WED 17:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
Series 2
Episode 3
Cinema shenanigans for the much-loved duo and the heroic deeds of Private Morecambe.
Written by Eddie Braben
With Richard Mathews, Ann Hamilton and Michael Kilgarriff.
Special singing guest: Clodagh Rodgers
Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976.
WED 17:30 Clare in the Community (b0089j0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007js66)
Before the Screaming Begins
Episode 3
The sinister intentions of the alien invaders are finally revealed. Can the Earth fight back?
Conclusion of Before the Screaming Begins - the first of Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream and With a Whimper to the Grave.
Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson
Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey
Prime Minister ...... Patrick Troughton
AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett
Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter
Prime Minister's Wife ...... Katherine Parr
MP ...... Peter Williams
Brosteaux ...... Nigel Graham
Corporal Wilkes ...... Geoffrey Leesley,
Corporal Johnson ...... Eric Allen
Cabinet Minister ...... Maggie Ollerenshaw
Silkin ...... Peter Wickham
Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard
Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
WED 18:30 Blood Lines (b007k2gx)
ID
Waking up in a deserted alley, a man is terrified at the loss of his identity card. Sam Dale reads Phil Emery's tale.
WED 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0084yhk)
Episode 3
Mr Hyde appears to be dead and Dr Jekyll has disappeared. Will a paper trail unravel the mystery? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0pd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Doctor at Large (b009s9n7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b007s8rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pdvl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 20:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvd3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
WED 21:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008fxr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qvgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 The Castle (b00h8ym4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00d0sjl)
Series 2
Patience
The comedian examines the virtue of holding your horses. With poetry and songs by Tim Key and Tom Basden. From August 2008.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b0164918)
Tracy-Ann Oberman chats to Arthur Smith about comedy, drama and life.
WED 23:00 Revolting People (b007jrt6)
Series 1
More Storm Clouds
Baltimore 1770. The reception of Cora and Ezekiel’s ‘wedding of the year’ ends in drunken chaos.
Historical sitcom written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.
CAST:
Samuel Oliphant …. Jay Tarses
Sergeant McGurk …. Andy Hamilton
Cora Oliphant …. Felicity Montagu
Ezekiel Spriggs …. Hugh Dennis
Mr Snavely …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Captain Grimshaw …. James Fleet
Joshua Oliphant …. Tony Maudsley
Mary Oliphant …. Sophie Thompson
Mrs Arbuthnot …. Susie Blake
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
WED 23:30 Tickets Please (b00p1nm5)
Episode 3
Love among the train-staff on the
9.27 London to Exeter flourishes, but with the unwelcome addition of Diana's amorous mum. And why is her Dad squashing Carol's muffins?
Sitcom on rails by Mark Maier.
Robin..................Jeremy Swift
Nadine...................Alex Kelly
Peter..............Malcolm Tierney
Carol..............Tessa Nicholson
Carl................Nicholas Boulton
Diana...............Melissa Advani
Linda...................Kate Layden
Keith...............Stephen Hogan
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 2011
THU 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007js66)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Blood Lines (b007k2gx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0084yhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007s8rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pdvl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 The Brothers (b00pm21g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00jnlsm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2nx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008fxr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qvgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Clare in the Community (b0089j0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b007swg7)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
Return to London
With the case nearly cracked - the suave detective invites all the suspects to a cocktail party.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. With Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes.
With Dorothy Holmes-Gore as Mary Gardner, John Gabriel as Ernest de Silva, Arthur Ridley as Detective Inspector Vosper and Manning Wilson as Detective Inspector Ivor.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1954.
THU 06:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015psp0)
Episode 9
Another bang on the head restores Campion's memory, but he finds himself in deeper trouble than ever. Roger Allam reads Margery Allingham's mystery.
THU 06:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvqs6)
Herbert in Motion, Part 2
Scared of fraud exposure, an art gallery curator dresses up to disguise the condemned look in his eyes. Read by James Bryce.
THU 07:00 Country Matters (b00lvz52)
Episode 6
Will Cathy finally make the break and give up city life for good? Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From June 1994.
THU 07:30 So Wrong It's Right (b00scw1t)
Series 1
Episode 2
Charlie Brooker presents the new comedy panel show that seeks the best in wrong answers. He plunders his guests' pasts and creativity over a series of rounds in which panellists have to be wrong to be right.
Comedians Lee Mack, Josie Long and Tom Basden are the guest panel for this edition. Their worst experiences on public transport and the wrongest ideas for high concept restaurants are up for comedy discussion.
Plus Lee Mack takes Charlie to task over his chief modern pleasure - the social network Twitter.
Producer: Aled Evans
A Zeppotron production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b015pvwm)
I Want My Mummy
Confusion - and an ancient Egyptian queen - rule for the bungling bureuacrats.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.
With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley, John Graham and Hilary Pritchard.
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 1974.
THU 08:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0085j96)
Series 1
Episode 6
The First Attempt To Reach The Moon - and a slice of Edwardian life.
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 April 1989.
THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cr32p)
Series 4
Episode 4
Tommy and Sheila try sort out their son Murray's career and love-life – and Sheila seems to have a new hobby...
Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr battle on with their second stab at fame.
Mike Coleman's sitcom starring Roy Hudd and June Whitfield.
Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield
Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes
Murray …. Julian Eardley
Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted
Hilaire …. Paul Rogan.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
THU 09:30 The 99p Challenge (b00nnpzc)
Series 2
Episode 4
Crazy panel show capers as host Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, Mel Giedroyc, Peter Baynham and Richard Herring.
The game where someone stands to leave the studio 99p richer than when they came in.
Producer: David Tyler
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.
THU 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2q1)
Strains
With their friendship strained, Sebastian continues his drinking and Charles is lured by Paris and art.
Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber star in Evelyn Waugh's most famous novel of life, love and a forgotten era.
Dramatised by Jeremy Front.
Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles
Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber
JuilaAnne-Marie Duff
Lady Marchmain ...... Eleanor Bron
Rex Mottram ...... William Hope
Cordelia ...... Abby Ford
Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Mr Samgrass ...... Thomas Arnold
Brideshead ...... Toby Jones
Celia ...... Eve Best
Anthony Blanche Geoffrey Streatfeild
Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith
Kurt ...... Carl Prekopp
Nurse ...... Jemma Churchill
Wilcox ...... Andrew Wincott
Jesus ...... Richard Firth
Monk ...... Martin Hyder
Music by Neil Brand
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
THU 11:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008d1xh)
On Guard 1/2
To remind her of him while he is abroad, a young man buys his fiancee a snappy puppy called Hector. Read by Crawford Logan. From March 2003.
THU 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qss0)
Beacons
Musical detective Megan's mystery melody quest comes full circle when she gets a surprise. Stars Rakie Ayola.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b015pvwm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0085j96)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007swg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015psp0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 13:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvqs6)
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06:45 today]
THU 14:00 Paid Servant (b00dyydb)
Episode 4
Despite his best efforts, welfare officer Braithwaite struggles to find a home for young Roddy. Stars Kwame Kwei Armah.
THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b015pvwp)
Series 2
Episode 4
In the Archer's spin-off, Matt is unexepectedly benevolent and Daniel has a night out.
THU 14:30 Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History (b015pw1l)
Episode 4
Ellen Terry's Lady Macbeth is a controversial success, but her relationship with Henry Irving cools off. Read by Eleanor Bron.
THU 14:45 Sheila Hancock - The Two of Us (b00qyqdc)
My Life with John Thaw
The actress's diaries record the verdict on her partner's cancer. In the past, her story recalls the rocky years with alcohol.
THU 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2q1)
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10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b015pw1n)
Mel Giedroyc digests the truth about venus fly traps, hears about the art of shoe shining and gets an education in puppy training. Plus there's another episode of Vlad the Drac.
THU 17:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
Brian Allington
The common image of the breed of actors as selfish, chameleonic and unreliable is almost always quite unjustified.
After all, to be realistic, what sort of professional future could someone like that possibly expect to have?
The doyen of British show business, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.
Performed and written by Peter Jones.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1986.
THU 17:30 Country Matters (b00lvz52)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007jt6t)
The Silent Scream
Episode 1
Tom Harris disappears into space but returns with new and astonishing powers. Put to good use, they will benefit humanity - but in the wrong hands they could have horrifying and nightmarish implications.
Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'.
CAST:
Tom Harris …. James Laurenson
A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon
Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams
Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye
Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay
Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson
Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck
First Girl …. Alison Draper
Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
THU 18:30 Blood Lines (b007k2jb)
Conviction
A confrontation in an out-of-bounds part of town forces a man to reassess his way of life. Anthony Glennon reads Kate Scott's tale.
THU 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
Episode 4
Utterson's persistence with investigating the truth about his friend Dr Jekyll is finally rewarded. Read by Tim Piggott-Smith. From April 1996.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b015pvwm)
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THU 19:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0085j96)
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08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007swg7)
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06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015psp0)
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06:30 today]
THU 20:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvqs6)
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06:45 today]
THU 21:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008d1xh)
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11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qss0)
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11:15 today]
THU 22:00 So Wrong It's Right (b00scw1t)
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07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b015pw1q)
Series 5
Episode 5
Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news stories from the last seven days.
THU 23:00 Bleak Expectations (b00ddx9f)
Series 1
A Young Love Mercilessly Dismembered
Pip falls in love but great drama awaits. Mark Evans' Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson. From September 2007.
THU 23:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b00qjx5j)
Series 2
Episode 2
Mark Thomas: The Manifesto. Comedian-activist, Mark Thomas creates a People's Manifesto, taking suggestions from his studio audience and then getting them to vote for the best. The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, so pay attention.
This edition includes such policies as forcing Ofsted inpectors to teach; taxing commodities trading; and paying off the mortgages of the customers of failed banks.
Produced by Ed Morrish.
FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER 2011
FRI 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007jt6t)
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18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Blood Lines (b007k2jb)
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18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007swg7)
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06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015psp0)
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06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvqs6)
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06:45 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cr32p)
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09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 The 99p Challenge (b00nnpzc)
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09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2q1)
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10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008d1xh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qss0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Country Matters (b00lvz52)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (b00rlb29)
Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case
The Unlucky One
Should Howard Gilbert hang for the murder of a model? The victim's father thinks he's innocent. The suave sleuth investigates.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. With Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes.
With James Beattie as Charlie, Charles Leno as Wilfred Stirling and Duncan McIntyre as Detective Inspector Kingston.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1954.
FRI 06:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015qqx9)
Episode 10
With his memory restored, Campion races against time to foil the counterfeit plot set to ruin the economy. Roger Allam reads Margery Allingham's mystery.
FRI 06:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mw69h)
The Hanged Man
The sinister workings of a serial killer's mind are exposed when a fair arrives in Kirkcaldy. Read by Steven McNicoll.
FRI 07:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00tl09s)
Series 2
Episode 4
The Italian priest turns detective to identify the murderer of a fascist. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From July 2002.
FRI 07:30 What's So Funny? (b015qscg)
Series 2
Episode 2
Ed Byrne, Elvis McGonagall and Matt Harvey review Britain's best comedy, Lucy Porter's backstage and Adam Hills talks UK comedy.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b015qxph)
Series 7
The Potarneyland Training Exercise
Sub-Lieutenant Phillips's navigation skills are hired out to a foreign power, but diplomacy breaks down.
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 WREN Chasen, Ronnie Barker as Commander Bell, Tenniel Evans as LS Goldstein and Michael Bates as the Potarneyland Officer.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1965.
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlll)
Series 3
Tea for Two
A famous by-election visitor sparks party wars for the rag and bone duo.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With John Rye and Edward Kelsey.
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 BBC Radio 2 in April 1971.
FRI 09:00 Second Holmes (b015qy32)
The Case of the Reading Undertaker
The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the death of a man by crossbow.
Six light-hearted adventures involving the grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson written by Grant Eustace
Starring Peter Egan as Stamford Holmes, Jeremy Nicholas as Dr Watson, Stuart Organ as Simon Durham, Madi Hedd as Janet Durham, James Kerry as Inspector Fowler, Ronald Baddiley as the General and Hugh Dickson as Lamson.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.
FRI 09:30 Foul Play (b007jqkf)
Series 1
The Murder at Albington Towers
Crime writers Liza Cody and Susan Moody try to solve the death of a Dowager Duchess. Written and chaired by Simon Brett.
FRI 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2r7)
Stormy Waters
Charles is overwhelmed by meeting Julia again on board ship, but will his relationship with the Marchmain family still prove to be jinxed?
Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber star in the conclusion of Evelyn Waugh's novel of life, love and a forgotten era.
Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles
Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber
Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Lady Marchmain ...... Eleanor Bron
Rex Mottram ...... William Hope
Julia ...... Anne-Marie Duff
Cordelia ...... Abby Ford
Mr Samgrass ...... Thomas Arnold
Brideshead ...... Toby Jones
Wilcox ...... Andrew Wincott
Celia ...... Eve Best
Anthony Blanche ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild
Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith
Cara ...... Liza Sadovy
Nanny Hawkins ...... Ann Beach
Lord Marchmain ...... Edward Petherbridge
Doctor ...... Sean Baker
Father MacKay ...... Jonathan Keeble
Dramatised by Jeremy Front.
Music by Neil Brand
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
FRI 11:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007k30q)
On Guard 2/2
On Guard: A small dog called Hector comes to dominate his mistress's life while her fiance is abroad. Read by Crawford Logan. From March 2003.
FRI 11:15 Alan Plater - Only a Matter of Time (b007qrqk)
When time was standardised in the 19th century, not everyone was convinced by the idea. Alan Plater drama starring James Bolam.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b015qxph)
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08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlll)
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08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b00rlb29)
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06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015qqx9)
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06:30 today]
FRI 13:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mw69h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
FRI 14:00 Paid Servant (b00dz52y)
Episode 5
Welfare officer Braithwaite thinks he's found Roddy a family, but will the boss agree to his plan? Stars Kwame Kwei Armah.
FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b009nh07)
The Crumbling Legacy
The Romans have left, meaning the enemy is now the Barbarians. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles.
FRI 14:30 Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History (b015r2bd)
Episode 5
Suffering a stroke on stage, Henry Irving dies, but Ellen Terry battles on. Eleanor Bron concludes Michael Holroyd's biography.
FRI 14:45 Sheila Hancock - The Two of Us (b00qyrch)
My Life with John Thaw
In the past, John has given up alcohol for good - while later after his death, the actress confronts her grief.
FRI 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b015r2bg)
Mel Giedroyc serves up a ghoulish show full of haunted houses, horror stories and little creatures of the forest. Plus, there's the final part of this week's story Vlad the Drac.
FRI 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00nsnhg)
Series 1
Rick's Quarrel
A domestic dispute boosts Stella's battle to get her grown-up children to leave home. Stars Duncan Preston. From August 2003.
FRI 17:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00tl09s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007k3zb)
The Silent Scream
Episode 2
The aliens are standing by to invade, but is there an even bigger threat to humanity?
Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'.
CAST:
Tom Harris …. James Laurenson
A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon
Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams
Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye
Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay
Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson
Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck
First Girl …. Alison Draper
Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a ninety-minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
FRI 18:30 Blood Lines (b007k2kp)
Expecting
Alone in a house, a pregnant woman grows distressed by the sounds of a crying baby. Emma Noakes reads Catherine Mant's tale.
FRI 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00859tj)
Episode 5
It's Henry Jekyll's turn to tell the story, as the bizarre truth is finally revealed. Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b015qxph)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlll)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b00rlb29)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015qqx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 20:45 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mw69h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
FRI 21:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007k30q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Alan Plater - Only a Matter of Time (b007qrqk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 What's So Funny? (b015qscg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 The Nick Revell Show (b00ckmj4)
Series 2
Visitors
When Nick's teenage niece and his oldest wild rock n roller friend both come to stay, Nick finds himself a surrogate parent, but for whom?
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With:
Alistair McGowan
Doon MacKichan
Brian Bowles
Mickey Hutton
Susannah Doyle
Producer: Ioan Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1993.
FRI 23:00 The Lee Mack Show (b00bfq1c)
Midge Ure
Midge Ure joins the quick-fire comic for stand-up, sketches and music. With Angela McHale and Steve Brown. From March 2005.
FRI 23:30 And Now in Colour (b007w56x)
Series 1
Fairground
The sketch show team take their audience to the fair for Will's birthday – and England’s World Cup clichés...
Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1990