SATURDAY 10 MARCH 2012

SAT 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007jpbx)
Search and Destroy
Despite the national emergency, landowners try to profit from the deadly Exon strain.
James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna.
Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna
Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley
Nurse ...... Joan Matheson
Prime Minister ...... Noel Johnson
Blowers ...... Michael Shannon
TV Presenter ...... Henry Knowles
TV PA ...... Mary Elliott Nelson
Climatorium Technician ...... Rod Beacham
Helicopter Pilot ...... Peter Wickham
Farmer ...... Roy Spencer
Corporal ...... Gregory de Polnay
Sachs ...... Denis Goacher
Producer: David Spencer
First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
SAT 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrnw)
Episode 14
As his hunt for Josella continues, Bill Masen also tries to help the orphaned Susan. Cult novel read by Roger May.
SAT 01:00 Cadfael (b007k28z)
Dead Man's Ransom
5. A Helping Hand
With a strong case against Elis, will Brother Cadfael solve the sheriff's murder?
Conclusion of Ellis Peters’ medieval thriller dramatised by Bert Coules.
Cadfael …. Philip Madoc
Hugh Beringar …. Jonathan Tafler
Sister Magdalen …. Susannah York
Elis …. Jason Hughes
Melicent …. Kate Odey
Prince Owain …. Sion Probert
Eliud …. Mark Lewis Jones
Ithel/Herbard …. Shaun Prendergast
Cristina …. Siobahn Flynn
Villager …. David Holt
Narrator …. Michael Kitchen
Music by Peter Salem.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1991.
SAT 01:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp3p)
Series 2
The Mistake of the Machine
A suspect is locked away, but has a prison governor got the right man? Can Father Brown discover the answer as he makes his way across America?
Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.
Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
O'Connor ...... TP McKenna
McGurk ...... Billy Boyle
Usher ...... Don Fellows
Prisoner ...... Brian Haines
Todd ...... Ed Bishop
Butler ...... Manning Wilson
Convict ...... Stuart Organ
Dramatised by John Scotney
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.
SAT 02:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k04h)
The Brew That Is True
June's passion for station manager, David has so far been unrequited. But an interesting recipe in Old Cronwick's Book of Potions from Field and Forest should change all that...
Meanwhile, Rocket is expecting to meet an old flame when the Royal Train is diverted through the station.
Peter Davison and Michael Williams star in Peter Morfoot's railway sitcom.
David ...... Peter Davison
Rocket ...... Michael Williams
June ...... Rosemary Martin
Points ...... Phillippa Wilson
Hattie ...... Madge Hindle
Sodd ...... Chris Emmett
Other parts played by Paul Jenkins.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1995.
SAT 02:30 Spending My Inheritance (b00fz0wd)
Saga Louts
Sitcom by Clive Coleman, starring Kris Marshall as cash-strapped forty-something Harry, who has to watch from the sidelines as his newly retired parents start spending their hard-earned cash on themselves.
Harry's parents offer to take him and his family on holiday.
Harry ...... Kris Marshall
Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy
Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham
Liz ...... Judy Parfitt
Jess ...... Antonia Thomas
Ron ...... Stephen Critchlow
Linda ...... Janice Acquah
Aristos ...... Chris Pavlo
Directed by Sam Hoyle.
SAT 03:00 Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge (b007jpfd)
The Skimmity Ride
Forever haunted by his reckless past, the ex-Mayor of Casterbridge, Michael Henchard, is becoming desperate...
Stars David Calder as Michael Henchard, Andrea Wray as Elizabeth-Jane, Sandra Berkin as Lucetta, Jason Flemyng as Donald Farfrae and John Nettles as Newson.
The dramatic denouement of Thomas Hardy 's magnificent story of a man whose impetuous, vital character is the seed of his own downfall.
Music arranged and played by Dave Townsend and the Mellstock Band.
Dramatised in 4-parts by Sally Hedges
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Nigel Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio in 1994.
SAT 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cwv65)
Test
A day out with his son gives Rohan new understandings of love. Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, read by Paul Bazely.
SAT 04:15 Have Your Cake (b011f57z)
Scripture Cake
A recipe triggers an unlikely friendship for Maggie. Amanda Whittington's tasty drama stars Lesley Sharp and Sheila Hancock.
SAT 05:00 Brothers in Law (b007k1xl)
Series 2
Polite Notice
Parking his car lands bungling barrister Roger in a jam.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, David Jason as Bannister, Gerald Cross as the Judge.
Others parts by Sean Arnold and Douglas Blackwell.
Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson.
Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1971.
SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k0v3)
Series 2
Romance Is Dead
Rosie's event management company arranges activities for the partners of conference. delegates for a major finance company.
Meanwhile Kate thinks this is her ticket back to a high-flying job....
Prunella Scales stars in the second of four series of Simon Brett's sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event-management company based in Brighton.
With Arabella Weir as Kate, Rebecca Callard as Jo, Duncan Preston as Bob, Annette Badland as Tess, Debbie Norman as Sheila Wilkinson and Alan Cowan as Philip Wilkinson.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.
SAT 06:00 GB Shaw - Arms and the Man (b007jsq4)
George Bernard Shaw's story of love, war, honesty, deception and honour, set in 1885 Bulgaria. Starring Andrew Sachs and Gary Bond.
SAT 07:30 The Original (b00bz4ch)
Alkarim Jivani asks why we value originality, from Roman villas to so-called original features beloved of estate agents. He visits Warsaw to discuss the beautiful fake that is the town centre, flattened by the Germans in the Second World War and painstakingly reconstructed in the 1950s. But should the reconstruction have taken the form of the 18th-century original, the 19th or even the 1939 version? Along the way, Jivani considers homage, tributes, remakes, restorations and renovations.
SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01d2l32)
Series 7
Episode 21
From the Town Hall, New York City, the American funny man welcomes singers Justin Townes Earle and Jearlyn Steele. From 2011.
SAT 09:00 2's Comedy (b00808ql)
Radio 2 - 40 Years of Laughter, with Ken Bruce
Ken Bruce toasts Radio 2's 40th birthday with the News Huddlines, Hinge and Bracket, The Grumbleweeds, An Actor's Life for Me and the winner of the 2's Comedy webvote of 2007.
SAT 12:00 I Love You, Goodbye - Omnibus (b01d2l34)
By Cynthia Rogerson. A couple whose marriage is failing, a Polish pizza maker, an angry teenager and a marriage guidance counsellor all discover the beauty and heartache of love.
SAT 13:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective (b0088zsz)
The Dublin Mystery
A dying businessman appears to have settled his will, but revenge wreaks family havoc. Stars Bernard Hepton and Suzanne Burden.
SAT 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007lrqy)
Series 4
The New Secretary
The lad's plan to hire help is thwarted by the very scary Grizelda Pugh.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.
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 November 1956.
SAT 14:30 The Goon Show (b008wf71)
Series 7
The Nadger Plague
Neddie Seagoon turns to witchcraft in a bid to thwart Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
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 1956.
SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01d2l32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 GB Shaw - Arms and the Man (b007jsq4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b01cwsjm)
Series 2
Episode 23
Ed Byrne is joined by Danny Robins and Paul Sinha to take in the best of British comedy from radio and screen.
SAT 18:00 Mike Walker - Omega (b007jl75)
Building what is destined to be the world's tallest tower, civil engineer John Stone comes to question his very existence.
Mike Walker’s fascinating vision of the near future.
John Stone..........................David Calder
Kate........................................Penelope Wilton
Louise....................................Helen Longworth
Brandt...................................Philip Voss
Dr Mary Brown..................Sarah Jane-Holm
Harry.....................................Karl Prekopp
Music composed and played by David Chiltern
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in February 2002.
SAT 19:00 2's Comedy (b00808ql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard (b007jvz0)
Sexie
Episode 1
Pondering sharks and the link between transvestites and superheroes, the outspoken comedian in action in Brighton. From 2003.
SAT 23:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires (b00t30c4)
Episode 1
PD James's gentleman commander hunts a serial killer on the loose in desolate Norfolk. Stars Robin Ellis and Susannah Doyle.
SAT 23:30 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01d2l36)
Episode 4
After agreeing to pay the ransom demanded by the heavily-armed train hijackers, New York's city authorities race to meet the deadline for the cash handover.
Read by William Hope.
John Godey's thriller abridged in 5-parts by Neville Teller.
A best-seller in 1973, 'The Taking of Pelham 123' was made into the 1974 film starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, a 1998 TV-movie remake of the same title, and a 2009 film starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. The novel's impact - and that of the subsequent 1974 film - apparently resulted in New York's City Transit Authority banning any scheduling of a train departing Pelham station at 1:23 for many years.
Using the pen name John Godey, Brooklyn-born author Morton Freedgood's crime novels include 'A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany', 'Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today' and 'The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome'.
Producer: Heather Larmour
Made for BBC Radio Extra by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in 2012.