6. Confrontation in Paris
Can the Honourable Richard Rollison finally unravel the mystery - and reveal the murderer's identity?
Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison.
The gripping conclusion of John Creasey's thriller.
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Carruthers ...... David Graham
Major Guy Lessing ...... Alan Cuthbertson
Robert Lawn ...... Kevin Brennan
Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks
Inspector ...... Jean Dryant
Dramatised by Roy Lomax.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
1. Murder Mansion
It's 1934 and a New York warehouse is ablaze on the Lower East Side. A gang of gun-runners are holed-up until their supply of ammo explodes.
Tough-nut hero, Secret Agent X-9 receives a phone call from wealthy industrialist, Tarleton Powers asking for his help.
Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace Powers.
The heroic agent's 4-part adventure dramatised by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996.
X-9 ...... Stuart Milligan
Grace Powers ...... Connie Booth
The Top ...... William Hootkins
Evelyn Powers ...... Rachel Power
Deacon ...... Peter Marinker
Matthew ...... Michael John Paliotti
Captain Brady ...... John Guerrasio
Jude ...... Bruce McGregor
Cop 1 ...... Clive Rowe
All other parts played by the cast.
Originally agent X-9 had no name, but opted to call himself "Dexter" in the opening tale.
Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero Flash Gordon.
Producer: Chris Wallis.
The household is in need of a steward, The captain undertakes a search and Lady Anne is desperate for a drink.
Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War.
Sir John Firebasket ...... Joss Ackland
Lady Anne Firebasket ...... Denise Coffey
Tobias Thynne ...... Clive Merrison
Mercy, alias Melissa ...... Miriam Margoyles
Father Francis ...... Nickolas Grace
Slow Ned ...... Chris Emmett
Gazebo Fogg ...... Jack Klaff
Captain Arise Higgs ...... Alun Armstrong
Counter Tenor ...... Peter Hayward
Some vodka and an unwary bird could spell the end of the line for MJN Air and when Carolyn meets her ex-husband the atmosphere turns even icier.
John Finnemore's sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs are too difficult.
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam
Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ..... John Finnemore
Gordon Shappey ..... Timothy West
Tommo ..... Paul Shearer
A certain brown terror awaits Dick Emery, who is filling Harry Secombe's shoes, but not his trousers. From September 1957.
A bizarre slice of Shakespeare - and a poem for a man with a plan.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With Terence Brady, Pauline Yates and John Graham.
Guitarist: Dick Abell.
Written by Chris Allen, Peter Campbell, Ted Clayton and Patrick Ennis, John Graham, Roy Lomax, Donald Monat and June Dixon, Frank A Terry and Harold Arpthorp.
Rhod Gilbert chairs the Radio Wales comedy quiz. With special guests Roger Monkhouse and Kirsten O'Brien. From September 2006.
With war looming, Harriet and Guy realise that their time in Bucharest is drawing to a dangerous close. Stars Joanna Lumley.
What befalls an unsuspecting goat when she escapes to pursue her freedom? A French story adapted to an Irish setting.
Billy Hindle's given up his job as an assassin, but then his old boss Snark turns up.
Andrew Rissik's thriller is set in 1968 and written in the style of the Bond movies.
Starring James Aubrey as Billy Hindle, Gerald Harper as Sir Richard Snark and Lisa Rowe-Beddoe as Marianne.
As Mrs Ross hunts down the real killer, could a remote trading post hold vital clues? Stef Penney's mystery stars Meg Fraser.
The 1820s - a period of reform in working conditions, policing and punishment. Bite-sized history narrated by Anna Massey.
Polly and the twins have an interesting relationship. Helena is put out by Richard's visit.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Read by Sian Phillips.
Tracing the game through the revolutionary 18th century, the former prime minister John Major reads from his book about cricket's past.
Mel Giedroyc hears from a painter who gets creative with cattle, and gets tips from the businessman who created a jam-making empire in his parent's kitchen.
The diplomats consider their action as a hijack hits their wives' fact-finding shopping trip.
“In my view, Colonel, the best course of action would be a swift and speedy implementation of time-honoured diplomatic principles.”
“Precisely.
Series 3 of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Greif as US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg and Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Norman Bird as Dr Hutchings.
Can Lucie restore the Time Lord's memory in time to save the planet from destruction? Stars Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith.
Hopeless young peasant Mort is hired as an apprentice to Death, and taken to his home beyond time and space to begin his training.
The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.
Dramatised in four parts by Robin Brooks.
Narrated by Anton Lesser.
Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Lezek ...... Philip Fox
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Hames ...... Jon Glover
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
1942: It's unlucky for some of the code breakers at Bletchley when they're forced to move into spooky Hut 13.
James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers.
Professor Charles Gardner …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Gordon ...... Fergus Craig
3rd Lieutenant Joshua Featherstonhaugh-Marshall …. Alex MacQueen
Minka …. Olivia Coleman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Josie explores the history of collecting things and discovers the Enlightenment.
She tries to defy her student past, by becoming more scientific and takes controversial anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens to task for being a "demon with ready access to plasticine".
With Maeve Higgins, Henning Wehn and Daniel Harkin.
Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls his most memorable detentions. Stars Ian Richardson. From July 2005.
Andy Hamilton's comedy series about Trevor the sports agent and his brave attempts to swim safely through the shark tank of life.
Trevor wakes up next to a beautiful young woman. And Ralph wakes up with a new face.
Trevor ...... Neil Pearson
Sammy ...... Paul Reynolds
Ralph ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Theresa ...... Rosalind Ayres
Heidrun ...... Cosima Shaw
Barry ...... Abdul Salis
Meryl ...... Claire Skinner
Gerry ...... Kevin R McNally.
WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE 2012
WED 00:00 Doctor Who (b00sh12y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k0v6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 The Toff (b007jrmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01jxw4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:30 Jest a Minute (b012rys1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Olivia Manning - Fortunes of War (b0102n1d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00l3pxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b008kkj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b00c65k9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Sit Crom (b00m5qlg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrq3)
1. Trouble for Sale
The Honourable Richard Rollison (the Toff) is offered the chance to buy a small farm in Sussex.
But when a man mysteriously disappears, the amateur sleuth soon realises something is amiss...
John Creasey's thriller starring Terence Alexander.
Dramatised in six parts by Roy Lomax
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Gillian Selby ...... Heather Stoney
Vicar ...... Jeffrey Segal
Monty Morne ...... Terrence Hardiman
Bert ...... Frank Jarvis
Mr Brandt ...... Ed Bishop
Other parts played by the cast
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in March 1977.
WED 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzt)
2. Carnage at Sea
The 1930s heroic agent takes on the law to pursue his arch enemy in the heart of New York.
Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace Powers.
Adapted for radio by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996.
X-9 ...... Stuart Milligan
Grace Powers ...... Connie Booth
The Top ...... William Hootkins
Evelyn Powers ...... Rachel Power
Deacon ...... Peter Marinker
Steward ...... Michael John Paliotti
Bartholomew ...... John Guerrasio
Jude ...... Bruce McGregor
All other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Chris Wallis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994.
WED 07:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx6f)
Mrs Garland's Good Deeds
"The over 70's keep fit club has got completely out of hand, Mr Critchley. Can't you see how cruel it is expecting pensioners to vault over a horse?"
More crazy happenings for hapless vicar Timothy Carswell.
Stephen Sheridan's six-part series starring James Grout..
Reverend Timothy Carswell ...... James Grout
Mrs Garland ...... Rosemary Martin
Simon Garland ...... Daniel Strauss
Critchley ...... Fraser Kerr
Dr Warlock ...... Christopher Good
Miss Shaw ...... Auriol Smith
Mr Vaughan ...... Michael Turner
Mr Shaw ...... Ronald Herdman
Producer: Lissa Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991.
WED 07:30 So Wrong It's Right (b01jxrtw)
Series 3
Episode 6
Presented by Charlie Brooker, So Wrong It's Right is a competitive game of wrongness where coming up with terrible ideas is the right thing to do.
Over a series of rounds, Charlie asks his guests to trawl through their lives for comic calmites and to pitch inappropriate ideas.
In this episode - the last in the current series - the guests joining him to try and out-wrong each other are comedians Susan Calman and Rob Beckett and Pointless star Richard Osman.
The panel's worst experience as a teenager is just one of the challenges in this edition. Will anyone better Richard Osman's confession that he performed a rap version of the Easter story in front his entire school?
The host of So Wrong It's Right, Charlie Brooker, also presents BBC2's How TV Ruined Your Life, Channel 4's You Have Been Watching and 10 O'Clock Live, and writes for The Guardian. He won Columnist of the Year at the 2009 British Press Awards and Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards 2009.
Produced by Aled Evans
A Zeppotron Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007yntz)
Series 5
The Male Suffragettes
The lad says women are holding men back, so he forms a group to re-establish male superiority.
Stars Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1958.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00q9y63)
Series 2
Episode 3
Astronaut space capers, a whodunit? - and the Knitting Song.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs plus TV and cinema parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by John Esmonde & Bob Larbey, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Peter Vincent and David McKellar.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Songs by Bill Oddie with music by Dave Lee.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1965.
WED 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00cb1m8)
Series 1
Hungry
Robert's mum is doing so much work for the church he can't get enough to eat. And it seems his friends and family can’t seem to get enough of something else.
A six-part black comedy by Martin Davies
Stars Desmond Barrit as Father Benedict, Brenda Blethyn as Mrs Patterson, Paul Parris as Robert Patterson, Charlotte Coleman as Barbara Patterson, Martino Lazzeri as Guy Entwhistle, Mark Straker as Andy, Claire Skinner as Janet and Jill Meers as Lady At Counter and Gordon Reid as Father Hugh
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993.
WED 09:30 Counterpoint (b00fhrt6)
2005
Semi-final 2
Ned Sherrin hosts the music quiz with Peter Ashman of Buckinghamshire, Adrian Clark of London and John Taylor from Lincoln.
WED 10:00 Olivia Manning - Fortunes of War (b0102wdh)
Episode 4
Forced to leave Romania, Harriet waits anxiously in Athens for news of husband Guy. Stars Joanna Lumley and Honeysuckle Weeks.
WED 11:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00lbgr5)
My Uncle Julius
The Davenport family's boat fails to come in, in more ways than one. A French story adapted to an Irish setting.
WED 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1nx)
Mondays Are Hell
Forced to give up Marianne, assassin Billy Hindle is blackmailed into one last job. Stars James Aubrey and Joanna Lumley.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007yntz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00q9y63)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 13:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrq3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z64dx)
Episode 8
At the remote Canadian settlement, Mrs Ross makes a discovery that turns her world upside down. Stars Meg Fraser.
WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtbk)
Canning and the End of 18th Century Politics
The story of a divisive MP, revolution in Spain and independence in South America. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
WED 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qbv)
Episode 8
Sophie has an accident. Polly tries to forget the twins. Calypso receives some bad news.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Read by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
WED 14:45 John Major - More Than a Game (b00sx347)
Episode 3
Charting the rise of the institutions that still dominate, former prime minister John Major reads from his book about cricket's past.
WED 15:00 Olivia Manning - Fortunes of War (b0102wdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01g8frn)
Mel Giedroyc is all singing and dancing, as choirmaster Gareth Malone shares his favourite songs, and a blind man takes his first tentative steps in ballroom dance.
WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bbmfj)
What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning
Tribulations of an Uncle By Marriage
After the cottage inferno in Steeple Bumpleigh, Bertie Wooster plots a fake burglary.
A P.G. Wodehouse romp adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller.
CAST:
Jeeves …. Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster …. Richard Briers
Stilton Cheeswright …. Michael Kilgarriff
Boko Fittleworth …. Jonathan Cecil
Percy, Lord Worplesdon …. Peter Woodthorpe
Nobby Hopwood …. Rosalind Adams
Edwin the Boy Scout …. Denise Bryer
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
WED 17:30 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Doctor Who (b00slmv5)
The Beast of Orlok
The Beast of Orlok
Landing in 19th century Germany, the Time Lord discovers the legends of a vicious beast are all too true. Stars Paul McGann.
WED 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k134)
Mort
Episode 2
Death sends his apprentice Mort to collect three lives, but the lad takes a fancy to one of them - a princess.
The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.
Narrated by Anton Lesser.
Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Cutwell ...... Adam Godley
Abbot ...... John Rowe
Ammeline ...... Sheila Mitchell
Stallholder ...... Jon Glover
Maid ...... Liz Sutherland
Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007yntz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00q9y63)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrq3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00lbgr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1nx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 So Wrong It's Right (b01jxrtw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k1gw)
Series 1
The History of Everything
Discover the origins of the first-ever museum and learn the secrets of the Pyramids.
Meanwhile, Badgerland fights back
Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01kntwv)
Tom Wrigglesworth chats to this week's club guests, comedy duo Cardinal Burns.
WED 23:00 The Long Hot Satsuma (b007k3q5)
Episode 2
Desert Island Discs with several twists! Zesty sketch show with Alison Steadman, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From June 1989.
WED 23:30 Any Bloke (b007k079)
Series 2
A Death in the Family
Phil and Sarah host a fireworks party - with fatal results. Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin. From August 1995.
THURSDAY 28 JUNE 2012
THU 00:00 Doctor Who (b00slmv5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k134)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrq3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00cb1m8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Counterpoint (b00fhrt6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Olivia Manning - Fortunes of War (b0102wdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00lbgr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1nx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bbmfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrsr)
2. Dead On Arrival
Someone is very keen to acquire Selby Farm, where the owner's brother has disappeared.
Can amateur sleuth, the Toff - the Honourable Richard Rollison- find out what's really going on?
John Creasey's thriller starring Terence Alexander.
Dramatised by Roy Lomax
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Gillian Selby ...... Heather Stoney
Monty Morne ...... Terrence Hardiman
Bert ...... Frank Jarvis
Mr Brandt ...... Ed Bishop
Other parts played by the cast
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in March 1977.
THU 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq0q)
3. The Powers That Be
The all-American hero battles to save gold bullion and solve Evelyn's disappearance.
Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace Powers.
Adapted for radio by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996.
X-9 ...... Stuart Milligan
Grace Powers ...... Connie Booth
The Top ...... William Hootkins
Evelyn Powers ...... Rachel Power
Deacon ...... Peter Marinker
Matthew ...... Michael John Paliotti
Captain Brady ...... John Guerrasio
Harper-Carp ...... Kerry Shale
Waitress ...... Miranda Pleasance
All other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Chris Wallis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994.
THU 07:00 Chambers (b007jpd0)
Series 2
Conditional Fees
John Fuller-Carp wants victory in a 'no win, no fee' case of a broken thumb involving a can of figs
Clive Coleman’s sitcom set in perhaps the country's least spectacular law chambers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Lancashire
Philip James ...... Chris Pavlo
Shearing ...... Peter Gunn
Masterson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
THU 07:30 The Simon Day Show (b01jxtf2)
Series 2
Tony Becton
Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. Each week one of Simon's comic characters come to perform at The Mallard while the staff struggle with rivalries, self-doubt and the new owner's vision for the theatre's future.
This week reformed violent offender Tony Becton returns to The Mallard Theatre with stories of his rehabilitation and new life in a park.
Cast list:
Tony Becton ..... Simon Day
Emanuel Akinyemi ..... Felix Dexter
Pat Bennet ... Morwenna Banks
Ron Bone / Wozak ..... Simon Greenall
Written by Simon Day
Produced by Colin Anderson.
THU 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01k763p)
Series 1
Episode 5
Shock news from Eric: Ernie's set to retire! Plus the torrid tale of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
Special singing guest: Laura Lee..
Written by Eddie Braben
With Ann Hamilton and Arthur Tolcher.
Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1975.
THU 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
Series 3
My British Buddy
Walmington-on-Sea's warm welcome for some American troops backfires.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Hodges Warden …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Colonel Schultz …. Jack Watson
Mrs Fox …. Mollie Sugden
Shirley …. Wendy Richard
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.
THU 09:00 Any Other Business (b0132mxz)
Episode 3
The new mayor has to chair his very first council meeting - and he's scared witless.
Lucy Flannery's local government sitcom
Starring:
Nelson David
John Duttine
James Grout
Rosy Fordham
Nick Hardy
Howard Lew Lewis
Toby Longworth
Jan Ravens
Vivienne Rochester
June Whitfield.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
THU 09:30 The Guessing Game (b01k7bd4)
Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. Clive Anderson hosts the comedy panel show fancying itself as an intelligent quiz. With Rory Bremner, Tom Allen and Alex Horne.
THU 10:00 Olivia Manning - Fortunes of War (b0103qmg)
Episode 5
Harriet and Guy flee to Egypt, but the reality of war strains their fragile marriage. Stars Joanna Lumley and Honeysuckle Weeks.
THU 11:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00lg8gr)
The Miller's Tale
A priest goes to desperate lengths to entice his erring flock back to the fold. A French story adapted to an Irish setting. From July 2007.
THU 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1q2)
Plastic Assassin
On Temptation Island, assassin Billy Hindle plans to kill Jack's wife Tara. Stars Joanna Lumley and Charles Gray.
THU 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01k763p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrsr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z66h3)
Episode 9
Mrs Ross decides that the only way to prove her son's innocence is to risk her own life. Stars Meg Fraser and Iain Robertson.
THU 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtbr)
Death of Canning and Wellington in Downing Street
Change is in the air, as one Prime Minister departs and another arrives.
THU 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qtn)
Episode 9
Max gets a telephone call about Monica, while Helena gets a surprise visitor.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Read by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
THU 14:45 John Major - More Than a Game (b00sxklh)
Episode 4
Recalling one of the game's most enduring figures, WG Grace, the former prime minister John Major reads from his book about cricket's past.
THU 15:00 Olivia Manning - Fortunes of War (b0103qmg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01g99j1)
Mel Giedroyc hears the talents of the UK's only professional whistler, and learns the history of messages in bottles.
THU 17:00 Capital Gains (b007qgnq)
Series 1
Risk Capital
Amateur philosopher, Julius Hutch is looking forward to spending his retirement just "pottering".
But one morning, he wakes early to find that his life is changed forever...
Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.
First of two series written by Collin Johnson.
Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Mrs Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Kate ...... Justine Midda
Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham
News Reader ...... Collin Johnson
Producer: Andy Jordan.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.
THU 17:30 Chambers (b007jpd0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Doctor Who (b00snkcc)
The Beast of Orlok
The Beast of Orlok
Can the Time Lord and assistant Lucie stamp out the menace forever - or will they become its latest meal? Stars Paul McGann.
THU 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k1c1)
Mort
Episode 3
Death has fun in the real world, leaving his daughter Ysabell and Mort in charge of the life-collecting business.
The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.
Narrated by Anton Lesser.
Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Cutwell ...... Adam Godley
Keeble ...... Philip Fox
Landlord ...... Jon Glover
Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
THU 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01k763p)
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THU 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
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THU 20:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrsr)
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THU 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq0q)
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THU 21:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00lg8gr)
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THU 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1q2)
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THU 22:00 The Simon Day Show (b01jxtf2)
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THU 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00ngz6q)
Series 3
A Lovely Life Re-Kippered Again Once More
Pip Bin's happiness is shattered once again.
Fog-filled streets, murders, and apparitions abound, and through it all echoes the terrible, menacing coo of a possessed evil pigeon.
The return of Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy pastiche in the style of Charles Dickens.
Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent........................Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Dr Wackwallop ...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Other parts ...........Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01kntz7)
Tom Wrigglesworth chats to this week's club guests, comedy duo Cardinal Burns.
THU 23:00 Revolting People (b00ww9fh)
Series 4
Episode 6
The deserters lobby King George III over the war, and McGurk has plans. 1775 America sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From June 2006.
THU 23:30 All Bar Luke (b00tf1p5)
Series 1
Luke and the Kebabs
As social loser Luke Walsall drives his brother home, a kebab stop turns the night ugly. Stars Tim Key. From February 2006.
THU 23:45 Spats (b007szfv)
Series 1
Religion v Atheism (and Other Religions)
Comedian Luke Roberts tries to solve the big arguments using light entertainment. With Nadia Kamil. From July 2007.
FRIDAY 29 JUNE 2012
FRI 00:00 Doctor Who (b00snkcc)
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FRI 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k1c1)
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FRI 01:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrsr)
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06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq0q)
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FRI 02:00 Any Other Business (b0132mxz)
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FRI 02:30 The Guessing Game (b01k7bd4)
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FRI 03:00 Olivia Manning - Fortunes of War (b0103qmg)
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10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00lg8gr)
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11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1q2)
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11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Capital Gains (b007qgnq)
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17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Chambers (b007jpd0)
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FRI 06:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrwm)
3. Destination Danger
After the discovery of a body, the Toff is determined to uncover the secrets growing at Selby Farm.
Rural intrigue stalks amateur sleuth - the Honourable Richard Rollison
John Creasey's thriller starring Terence Alexander.
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Gillian Selby ...... Heather Stoney
Monty Morne ...... Terrence Hardiman
Red Brandt ...... Ed Bishop
Inspector Bishop ...... Derek Newark
Smith ...... Reg Lye
Police Sergeant ...... Paul Meier
Other parts played by the cast.
Dramatised by Roy Lomax
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in April 1977.
FRI 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq13)
4. You're the Top
1930s action hero X-9 finally confronts his nemesis at the top of a New York landmark.
Conclusion starring Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace Powers.
Adapted for radio by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996.
X-9 ...... Stuart Milligan
Grace Powers ...... Connie Booth
The Top ...... William Hootkins
Evelyn Powers ...... Rachel Power
Alden Powers ...... Peter Marinker
Luke ...... Michael John Paliotti
Captain Brady ...... John Guerrasio
Harper-Carp ...... Kerry Shale
Sister Agnes ...... Miranda Pleasance
All other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Chris Wallis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994.
FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses (b00dpspn)
Series 3
The Queen of Song
A showcase concert for a local diva turns into a headache for organiser Rosie Burns.
Rosie is asked to arrange a showcase concert for a new potential rival to Celine Dion.
The girl has plenty of money, but what about talent?
Another assignment for Rosie Burns and the event management company, where the clients are only part of the problem...
Written by Simon Brett.
Rosie ..... Prunella Scales
Jo ..... Rebecca Callard
Bob ..... Duncan Preston
Tess ..... Annette Badland
Robert ..... Simon Trinder
Cath Unger ..... Felicity Goodson
Terry ..... Colin Sell
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2002.
FRI 07:30 The Write Stuff (b01bbb6d)
Series 15
Gustave Flaubert
Author of the Week is Gustave Flaubert - French modernist novelist and firebrand, who created perhaps the best novel of all time in the form of "Madame Bovary".
Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh are joined by comedy writer and author of "May Contain Nuts", John O'Farrell, and literary critic and Guardian journalist, Alex Clark to answer questions about the great Frenchman's life and work.
For the finale of the show, the teams are asked to imagine a 2012 update of Flaubert's "Dictionary of Received Ideas".
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b01k7g25)
Series 6
Stormy Weather
A firm ultimatum for Leslie, as HMS Troutbridge is ordered to sea.
Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Michael Bates as Lieutenant Bates.
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 November 1963.
FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fp)
Series 2
Make Short Programmes the Burkiss Way
The Eurovision Raquel Welch Gag Contest begins in the correspondence course that promises you one free laugh.
With short comedic instruction from Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris
A short comedy script by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Short sharp production by Simon Brett.
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977.
FRI 09:00 After Henry (b007k280)
Series 2
Memory Games
'Mother, you are doing it again. You are defining us. And what's more, you are wrong. Henry was lovely and endearing, but he wasn't practical. He couldn't organise himself out of a paper bag.'.
Daughter Clare's trivia quiz helps Sarah with all her memories of late husband Henry.
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.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Miles ...... David Quilter
Quizmaster .... Graham Blockey
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986.
FRI 09:30 Trivia Test Match (b007v02t)
Umpire Brian Johnston bowls the questions to Willie Rushton, Tim Rice, William Franklyn and Paul Merton. From August 1992.
FRI 10:00 Olivia Manning - Fortunes of War (b01075q1)
Episode 6
The immediate threat of war has receded, but life is still not safe in Egypt for Harriet and Guy. Stars Joanna Lumley.
FRI 11:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00ljmsm)
The Umbrella
When a man's new umbrella is ruined, his wife cunningly replaces it within budget. A French story adapted to an Irish setting.
FRI 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1r8)
Orange Juice and Sugar
Assassin Billy Hindle is drugged by Jack and finds himself hallucinating. Stars Joanna Lumley and Charles Gray.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b01k7g25)
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FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fp)
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FRI 13:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrwm)
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FRI 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq13)
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FRI 14:00 Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (b00z6ch8)
Episode 10
Mrs Ross's journey to prove her son's innocence ends with a shoot-out in the wilderness. Stef Penney's mystery stars Meg Fraser.
FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtby)
Wellington, Ireland and Peelers
The Duke of Wellington leaves office and the new police force takes to the beat. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
FRI 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080sjp)
Episode 10
A funeral sparks a big reunion of old faces at the house in Cornwall.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Concluded by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
FRI 14:45 John Major - More Than a Game (b00sy253)
Episode 5
Moving on to the 20th century and the threat of war, the former prime minister reads from his book about cricket's rich past.
FRI 15:00 Olivia Manning - Fortunes of War (b01075q1)
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FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01g9848)
Mel Giedroyc finds out how to bake a lemon cake, hears from a songwriter who loves rollercoasters, and learns the history of archery. Plus Lady Gaga, and a trip to a famous forest.
FRI 17:00 Snap (b00thqvk)
Series 1
Episode 3
Doug's furious when he discovers Molly plans to take in a lodger.
Plus their best friends having a party, so it could be awkward if both Molly & Doug get an invite...
Paul Mendelson’s sitcom about life for a couple after they've split.
Molly …. Rebecca Lacey
Doug …. Paul Venables
Kaz …. Soumaya Keynes
Scarlet …. Rebecca Front
Annie …. Marlene Sidaway
Raymond …. Jonathan Tafler
Gwynneth Williams …. Jennifer Hill
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dpspn)
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FRI 18:00 Doctor Who (b00sqh1x)
The Scapegoat
Episode 1
The Time Lord is forced down into Gestapo-run Paris, where he meets 'The Most Assassinated Man in the World'. Stars Paul McGann.
FRI 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k1l2)
Mort
Episode 4
Death has disappeared, leaving his apprentice Mort, his daughter Ysabell and Albert the cook to carry on the life-collecting operation.
The conclusion of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy set on Discworld.
Narrated by Anton Lesser.
and Jon Glover as the Duke.
Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Cutwell ...... Adam Godley
Rincewind ...... Philip Fox
Duke ...... Jon Glover
Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b01k7g25)
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FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fp)
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FRI 20:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007jrwm)
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06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq13)
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06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00ljmsm)
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11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1r8)
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11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 The Write Stuff (b01bbb6d)
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07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b00bf9z0)
Series 4
Beautiful England
As Satan sets out to prove England is the worst nation, Scumspawn tackles a lager lout. Satanic sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From April 2001.
FRI 23:00 Radio Active (b00805vg)
Series 1
The Midday Show with Anna Dapter
The National Local Radio Station prepares to welcome some royal visitors. Stars Helen Atkinson-Wood. From September 1981.
FRI 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b00804lf)
Exmouth
Back to the days of the poll tax, buying porn and true fables.
Recorded at the Plymouth University, Exmouth. With Peter Baynham, Jo Unwin, Kevin Eldon and Don King.
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC TWO in 1995.
Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.