SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2012

SAT 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqp2)
The Red Planet
16. Strange Farm
With Mitch still missing, Captain Jet Morgan, Doc and Lemmy set off to find him, with hopes of finding the engineer rapidly diminishing...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Wife …. Madi Hedd
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1954.
SAT 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007q9yw)
Episode 10
Disenchanted with society, John decides to seek solitude. Nightmare vision of the future concluded by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
SAT 00:45 HG Wells (b01mmrhb)
The First Men in the Moon
Episode 5
Intrepid explorers Bedford and Cavor’s first mission to the moon comes to a surprising and unexpected conclusion.
First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged by Neville Teller.
Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Producer: David Roper
Made by Heavy Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2007.
SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jqtj)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Concerning Mrs Milbourne
Paul Temple probes the mysterious circumstances surrounding the apparent death of Mrs Milbourne’s husband Carl in a car crash in Switzerland. But it's a case he may soon regret taking on...
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 John Baddeley as Charlie, Wilfrid Carter as Inspector Lloyd, Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale, Isabel Dean as Margaret Milbourne, Isabel Rennie as Dolly Brazer, Anthony Hall as Green, Nigel Graham as Danny Clayton, James Thomason as the Doctor, Simon Lack as Vince Langham, Hamlyn Benson as Inspector Jenkins, Fraser Kerr as Mr Gadd and Barbara Barnett as Mrs Langham.
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 Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martin C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
SAT 01:30 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
5. The Moment of Truth
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, finally comes face-to-face with his mysterious nemesis.
Dinsdale Landen stars in the gripping conclusion of Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Sally Le Clerk …. Joanna Wake
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Forbes …. Douglas Blackwell
Parsons …. Terrence Hardiman
Hotel Porter …. Frank Coda
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
SAT 02:00 Hazelbeach (b0088nnw)
Series 1
Gardening
Ronnie has a devious idea to get Nick's ex-girlfriend back. What could possibly go wrong?
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy stars Jamie Forman as Ronnie Hazelbeach.
Ronnie ...... Jamie Foreman
Nick ...... Paul Bazely
Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles
James ...... John Dougall
Harry ...... Simon Treves
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
SAT 02:30 Whispers (b007k356)
Series 1
Episode 4
The great and the good are torn from their pedestals in glee in the panel show that proves there's no smoke without fire.
Gyles Brandreth is your host.
The regular team captains are writer and critic, Anthony Holden and actor and writer, Stella Duffy.
Writer Jenny Colgan and broadcaster Rosie Millard join them as they attempt to dish the dirt on the bad boys and girls in history.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
SAT 03:00 Jill Paton Walsh - A Piece of Justice (b010vyt7)
When Fran gets the chance to take over the biography of the great mathematician Gideon Summerfield, she rapidly discovers there's a mystery over a few days he went missing in August 1978.
Her friend Imogen is the first to realise she may be in danger...
Dramatised by Neville Teller from the novel by Jill Paton Walsh.
Imogen Quy ..... Barbara Flynn
Janet Somerfield ..... Rosemary Leach
Francis Bullion ..... Tracy Wiles
Josh ..... Robert Harper
Dr Mistral ..... James Greene
Lady Buckmote ..... Marlene Sidaway
Sir William Buckmote ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Professor Maverack ..... Colin Starkey
Meredith Bagadeuce ..... Peter Howell(
Pamela Zephyr ..... Di Botcher
David Swann ..... Iwan Thomas
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
SAT 04:00 Love Stories (b01mmrh0)
The Lion's Den
By Josephine Cox. A young man assumes he will never find his heart's desire. Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. Read by Robert Glenister.
SAT 04:15 Char March - People Come Here to Cry (b007jxh1)
Razor-sharp observations and wit light up this heartening and humorous monologue - an examination of the counselling industry. In her 40s, Deborah Smith comes to an emotional watershed in her life. During the morning vacuuming, a radio chat show mentions the local Crisis Centre, Deborah girds up her loins, her stock of handkerchiefs and her thermos flask and prepares to get counselled.
Stars Sue Johnston.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
SAT 05:00 No Commitments (b01mmrh8)
Series 10
A Bride Too Far
Victoria and Emily battle it out over the wedding, while Charlotte is feeling left out. Stars Celia Imrie. From February 2004.
SAT 05:30 Millport (b00761w5)
Series 2
Happy Returns
It's Irene's 33rd birthday - so the island inhabitants have a few surprises in store...
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something island barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Bob ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Dougie ...... Matt Costello
Music arranged by Olly Fox.
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
SAT 06:00 William Trevor - My House in Umbria (b00bqv3x)
A train journey in Italy sparks devastation, but a new purpose for one passenger - Mrs Delahunty.
Starring Prunella Scales as Mrs Delahunty, Peter Jeffrey as The General, Richard Pearce as Ocmar and Sean Barrett as Quinty.
Mrs Delahunty - she's never actually been married, but 'Mrs' suits her better than 'Miss' - has been a Madame in Africa and is now a succesful romantic novelist. When a young American girl, an elderly British general and a German traveller survive a terrorist bomb attack on an Italian train, Mrs Delahunty finds a new purpose in life caring for this unlikely group.
Written and dramatised by William Trevor.
Producer: Shaun MacLoughlin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
SAT 07:30 Morpurgo's Islands of Inspiration (b010t80d)
Children's writer Michael Morpurgo meets Scillonians, as he tours the Isles of Scilly to investigate local myths and legends.
SAT 08:00 An Hour With... (b00bdjh3)
Jon Pertwee
The star of 'Doctor Who', 'The Navy Lark' and 'Worzel Gummidge', actor Jon Pertwee entertains an audience with his one-man biographical show - sharing tales from his very early days through to his career highlights.
Jon recalls life at school and in the navy during the war. Staying afloat, he moves onto working on popular BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark - and reveals how one of his co-stars was instrumental in him taking over from Patrick Troughton as Doctor Who for BBC TV in the 1970s.
Later when playing Worzel Gummidge for Southern TV, Jon loved being able to change heads - and he also reveals how he stood up to Kenneth Williams on a 'Carry On' film!
SAT 09:00 Comedy Winners (b007s0q0)
Series 2
Episode 2
Mark Radcliffe hosts a prize-winning selection: I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol, The Nick Revell Show, The LL Files, The Now Show and The Boosh.
SAT 12:00 Dissolution Omnibus (b01mrlg0)
Episode 2
CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery. It's 1537 and Matthew Shardlake is investigating murder at the monastery. Stars Jason Watkins.
SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007k4v9)
Series 4
Shelter
The priestly sleuth links the murder of a homeless man in a Dublin squat with the history of art. Stars David Threlfall.
SAT 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsys)
Series 5
Sunday Afternoon at Home
Bored and miserable at home, the lad tries to decide what to do.
Classic episode starring Tony Hancock as The Lad Himself.
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 April 1958.
SAT 14:30 The Goon Show (b007jpkr)
The String Robberies
Ace investigator Neddie Seagoon must solve a crime, and the link to Moriarty's sock.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
George Chisholm
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: Pat Dixon
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1958.
SAT 15:00 An Hour With... (b00bdjh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 William Trevor - My House in Umbria (b00bqv3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b014r5qh)
Series 4
Alan Davies
Marcus Brigstocke invites reluctant vocalist, actor Alan Davies to sing in public for the first time.
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 September 2011.
SAT 18:00 The Scarifyers (b00vjktx)
The Curse of the Black Comet
Episode 4
With Dunning entombed alive and Lionheart en route to Nazi Germany, can the duo save the world? Stars Nicholas Courtney.
SAT 18:30 Legacy (b00tkd06)
Episode 2
Legacy - devised by David Ian Neville, Episode Two by David Bishop.
Following the death of their grandmother Rose, twins Jules and Harry have been left a legacy. But as they begin to discover it is no ordinary legacy. Rose worked for the secret services during the war and helped design The Legacy Project - a deadly secret weapon. Now years later it is still operational and Rose's life ambition was to get it taken out of service one way or another. As a committed pacifist she believed such weapons should be de-commissioned. Jules and Harry have been left the challenge to complete Rose's last wish to see The Legacy Project finally de-activated.
Using clues and codes left by Rose, Harry has managed to penetrate the secret bunker complex that contains the nerve centre of The Legacy Project. But unknown to him his presence has been noted and others are searching the complex trying to find and eliminate him.
Meanwhile Jules is desperate to find out what has happened to Harry. A series of voicemail messages reveal he is exploring the bunker complex. But in a final message she hears Harry shouting for help, trapped in a plunging lift.
Now Jules has to get into the secret bunker and try and rescue Harry.
Cast:
JULES. . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Hulse
HARRY. . ... . . . . . . . ... .............................. ...Samuel Jameson
STERLING.........................................................Kim Gerard
ROSE..........................................................Joanna Tope
ARMITAGE.................................................Nick Underwood
COYLE......................................................Robin Laing
Produced & Directed by David Ian Neville
A BBC Scotland Radio Drama and BBC Scotland New Media co-production.
There is also an online audio game linked to LEGACY.
SAT 19:00 Comedy Winners (b007s0q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Jason Byrne Show (b00mgxcn)
Series 1
Law
Exploring a fresh theme each week, the Irish comedian hosts stand-up and sketches. With guest Ivan Brackenbury. From July 2008.
SAT 22:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix (b00kpybx)
Series 1
Episode 4
Something you find in the Attic – and an unusual gathering with the neighbours...
Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney make it up as they go along!
Faced with a live studio audience and a couple of microphones - the masters of improve create sketches from shouted out suggestions.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.
SAT 23:00 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q35)
Ash
Against Belfast's 1983 political murders, detective Bibi Ash tracks a sadistic killer. Tom Kelly's thriller with Lalor Roddy.
SAT 23:30 Adam Baron - Shut Eye (b00sdrsz)
Episode 1
As ex-cop Billy Rucker looks for runaways around London's seamy King's Cross, a murderer strikes. Stars David Morrissey.


SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2012

SUN 00:00 The Scarifyers (b00vjktx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Legacy (b00tkd06)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 An Hour With... (b00bdjh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Dissolution Omnibus (b01mrlg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007k4v9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 William Trevor - My House in Umbria (b00bqv3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b014r5qh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede Omnibus (b00c90f0)
Episode 1
Staffordshire, 1799. One of Lisbeth Bede's sons has marriage on his mind, but there is trouble ahead. Stars Ann Scott-Jones.
SUN 07:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0jyw)
Series 1
Protons
Deep underground in a laboratory in Geneva, scientists attempt to discover more about the Big Bang. With Ben Silburn. From 2001.
SUN 07:30 Clare in the Community (b00sx2ql)
Series 6
The Crush
Clare decides to focus on her son, sparking a chance meeting at Toddler Tunes that could change the course of her life.
Meanwhile, Brian's admiration for Nali grows when she visits his school and tames Year 9. All this plus Clare and Libby both interview for the Team Leader post.
Clare Barker is the self-absorbed social worker who has the right jargon for every problem she comes across, though never a practical solution. But there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Clare ..... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Helen ..... Liza Tarbuck
Megan ..... Nina Conti
Libby ..... Jess Robinson
Clerk .... Alex Tregear
Howard ..... Paterson Joseph
Other parts played by the cast.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2010.
SUN 08:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mrq07)
From 15/06/1974
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray probe the world of booze and do battle the legend of Lord Nelson.
Characters, songs and sketches with Miriam Margolyes and Nigel Rees
Music by Neil Innes.
Script by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.
SUN 08:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007w2mz)
Series 10
The Prize Fool
Susan wins a record token, but with her brother about she needs to exchange it quickly. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From January 1967.
SUN 09:00 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qy473)
Episode 3
An avalanche poses a problem on the line, and even a fishing trip takes a dramatic turn. Stars Paul Copley and Victoria Carling.
SUN 09:30 Time Hops (b007k1rg)
Long Time No See
Time-hopping has brought the children nothing but trouble. Could a dodgy robot really make things better?
A five-part comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Natasha Pyne as Doris, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Bradley Lavelle as Harley, Ian Masters as Norton, Joshua Towb as Horatio, Neville Jason as Tailor, Oliver Senton as Bill and Dax O’Callaghan as Max.
Music by Richard Attree.
Producer: Nandita Ghose
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b01mrq09)
Anna Ford
A chance to hear an extended edition of the broadcaster's Desert Island Discs programme, first broadcast in March 2012 on Radio 4. Presented by Kirsty Young.
SUN 11:00 Christopher Brookmyre's Comedy Bookcase (b01md8nb)
Series 2
Barry Cryer
2/2
Recorded live at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, author Christopher Brookmyre chats life, loves and writing books with the legendary Barry Cryer.
SUN 11:30 That Reminds Me (b0076gj3)
Series 5
Keith Barron
Actor Keith Barron looks back over his radio and TV career, sharing memories and views on the era of variety.
Series showcasing the reminiscences of celebrated raconteurs before a live audience.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
SUN 12:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede Omnibus (b00c90f0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 Adventures in Science (b00b0jyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Hercule Poirot (b00hqjg0)
Elephants Can Remember
Agatha Christie's ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER, dramatised by Michael Bakewell
A provocative question posed by a formidable busybody send Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver on a series of journeys to unravel the mystery of a tragedy from the distant past - provoked in equal measure by love and hate.
Hercule Poirot ..... John Moffatt
Ariadne ..... Julia McKenzie
Chief Supt. Garroway .... Trevor Cuthbertson
Celia .... Rachel Bavidge
Desmond .... Ifan Meredith
Mrs Burton-Cox .... Paula Jacobs
Julia .... Jane Wenham
Nanny .... Barbara Atkinson
Mrs Buckle .... Elizabeth Proud
Mrs Rosentelle .... Jill Balcon
Zelie .... Alexandra Bastedo
Mr Goby .... Stephen Thorne
George .... Patrick Garland
Music Composed by Tom Smail
Director Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006
SUN 15:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mrq07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007w2mz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b01mrq0c)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates the best of this week's 4 O'Clock Show, in the week we begin the exceptionally moving story 'A Monster Calls' by Patrick Ness.
SUN 16:30 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qy473)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:00 Time Hops (b007k1rg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 17:30 Roger Deakin - The House (b00t0zm0)
Soundings from an ancient farmhouse as it flexes its joints, sighs with the passing of the seasons and echoes with the sounds of its residents.
These include spiders which hang out in the window frames, bees that bumble round the bedrooms, slugs which slither across the doorsteps, hedgehogs that hang out in the kitchen and swallows up the chimney.
Writer and naturalist Roger Deakin presents a unique sound portrait of life in the timber-framed house in Suffolk.
In the following episode, Roger heads to ‘The Garden”.
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
SUN 18:00 Fear on 4 (b00c8zsz)
The Edge
The Man in Black reveals how success turned sour has led Thomas towards the edge - both physically and mentally.
Starring Gareth Armstrong as Thomas, Melinda Walker as Meg, Alistair White as Jeffrey, Sian Jenkins as Davina and Edward de Souza as the Man in Black.
Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.
Written by John Piirto.
Producer: Gerry Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.
SUN 18:30 Edgar Allan Poe (b007jpt5)
The Fall of the House of Usher
Episode 1
What power does the family's ancestral home hold over Roderick and Madeline Usher?
A man's descent into madness seems bound to the house of his ancestors.
First published in 1839, Edgar Allan Poe's gothic horror story in two parts.
Read by Sean Barrett.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in September 2003.
SUN 19:00 Christopher Brookmyre's Comedy Bookcase (b01md8nb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:30 That Reminds Me (b0076gj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 20:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mrq07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007w2mz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b01mrq09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (b00sx2ql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Hair in the Gate (b01mrq0f)
Series 3
Episode 3
Sheena delves into lottery corruption for the TV arts show, but Tim is keen to win it. Stars Rebecca Front. From November 1996.
SUN 23:00 Bearded Ladies (b00bfpwn)
Series 2
Episode 3
Quick-fire sketch show starring Susie Donkin, Charlotte MacDougal, Oriane Messina and Faye Rusling. From August 2005.
SUN 23:30 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007rq8h)
Phase Space
Jeremy and Natalie battle to save humanity from the control of computers. Stars Greg Proops and John Hegley. From May 1996.


MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2012

MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b00c8zsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Edgar Allan Poe (b007jpt5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b01mrq09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Christopher Brookmyre's Comedy Bookcase (b01md8nb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 That Reminds Me (b0076gj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mrq07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Hercule Poirot (b00hqjg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qy473)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Time Hops (b007k1rg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jqvg)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
A Note for Danny
Danny Clayton is after reward money – but the suave sleuth discovers his story and Mrs Milbourne's stories don't tally...
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 John Baddeley as Charlie, Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale, Isabel Dean as Margaret Milbourne, Nigel Graham as Danny Clayton, Frederick Treves as the Officer, Rex Graham as Norman Wallace, Peter Marinker as the Taxi Driver, Madi Hedd and Mrs Rhodes, LeRoy Lingwood as the Steward, Garard Green as Gustav and Simon Lack as Vince Langham.
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 Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martin C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
MON 06:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms34p)
Callan's Return
Ex-killer David Callan, now a dead-end book-keeper, is hired for one last hit on businessman Schneider. Read by Ben Miles.
Originally published in 1969 under the title 'A Magnum for Schneider', James Mitchell's novel tells the story of his infamous TV character, David Callan (originally played by Edward Woodward) and features the other regulars, Hunter, Meres and Lonely.
Callan is washed up. The most efficient killer in Europe is now working in a dead-end job as a book-keeper for an ungrateful and miserable boss. But circumstances force British intelligence chief 'Charlie' Hunter to re-employ him for one last operation. His target - German businessman Rudolf Schneider who works in an office opposite Callan. Is the fact that the two men work in such close proximity a mere coincidence? Or is it all an elaborate plan by Hunter? Callan has his suspicions...
Hunter has given Schneider a red file and Callan is all too aware of the significance of this. Cheerful, friendly, affluent Schneider with his innocent passion for model soldiers must die. Once again Callan's means to an end is petty criminal Lonely, the most frightened little man in the underworld. It is Lonely who gets him the gun, a Noguchi Magnum 38 calibre. A magnum for Schneider.
The operation is fraught with complications, but Callan's own inhibitions are the most dangerous.
Abridged by Adrian Bean
Producer: Joanna Green
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions.
MON 07:00 HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy (b00qmb8t)
Episode 2
The Larkins worry when Pop's taken ill. Rural family saga with David Jason and Pam Ferris. From February 1996.
MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b01mhxnf)
Series 64
Episode 6
Join Nicholas Parsons and friends for the grandaddy of all panel games.
Jenny Eclair, Tony Hawks, Alun Cochrane and Kevin Eldon must talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation - a task much more difficult than it sounds.
Tony Hawks describes his preparations for Rio 2016, Jenny Eclair speaks on The Brontes, Alun Cochrane talks about Victorian Inventions and Kevin Eldon reveals how he keeps his body looking that good.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00cmb4j)
Kenneth Horne presents teenagers, traffic wardens and James Bond at the seaside. With Kenneth Williams. From December 1963.
MON 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlg5)
Series 2
Crossed Swords
After a major find out on his rag and bone round, excited Harold lets greed get the better of him.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
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 featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight series on TV.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Shop Assistant ...... Derek Nimmo
Auctioneer ...... Michael MacLean
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1967.
MON 09:00 Ayres on the Air (b01ms34r)
Series 4
Spring
Popular poet Pam Ayres presents a series of poetry and sketch shows about the seasons.
Starting with Spring, Pam ponders flowers and animals, spring elections plus she has some unusual tips for spring cleaning.
Her poems include: I Was Standing by the Cow; Heaps of Stuff; Barking: Fleeced and the Snoring Poem.
With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead
Producer: Claire Jones.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in September 2012.
MON 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b007r4md)
Series 1
Girls Talk
Patrick and Helen get dragged to a stag and hen night for a couple neither of them know. Stars Jim Sweeney. From August 2001.
MON 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.
MON 11:00 Love Stories (b01ms34t)
A Fortnight in Tuscany
By Katie Fforde. A control freak is forced to attend a Tuscan cookery course. Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. Read by Candida Benson.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01mn4ty)
Sebastian Faulks, Clare Balding, Paula Wilcox, Ava Vidal, Robin Ince, Lucy Rose, Nona Hendryx
Sprinting in from the Olympic Park, Clive's first guest is our newest national treasure, broadcaster, writer and inventor of the 'Mobot' Clare Balding. Clare's new book 'My Animals and Other Family' is the hilarious and tear-jerking story of her unusual upbringing. From the protective Candy to the pot-bellied Valkyrie and the frisky Hattie, each horse and dog had a special part to play in Clare's life in the Hampshire Downs.
Clive hears Birdsong with novelist and journalist Sebastian Faulks and talks to him about his literary career, writing bestsellers such as 'Charlotte Gray' and about how he was shaken, not stirred whilst writing the James Bond novel 'Devil May Care'. Sebastian's new book ' A Possible Life' journeys across continents and time, exploring the chaos created by love, grief and divided loyalties.
Robin Ince Mocks The Week and splits the bill with political comedian Ava Vidal. Her new show 'Ava Vidal Goes Dutch' raises questions of community and responsibility. With anecdotal tales about sharing, Ava asks if the world would be a better place if we were all self-sufficient and just took care of ourselves.
Man About The House Clive talks to actress Paula Wilcox who plays the role of wealthy spinster Miss Havisham in a new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's coming of age novel 'Great Expectations'. 'Great Expectations' is at New Victoria Theatre, Woking until Saturday 22nd September and touring the UK until Saturday 10th November.
With slick music from Nona Hendryx, who performs 'Oil On The Water' from her album 'Mutatis Mutandis'.
And the blooming lovely Lucy Rose is cycling in to perform 'Bikes' from her debut album 'Like I Used To'.
Producer: Sukey Firth.
MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00cmb4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlg5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jqvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms34p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jntf)
Episode 6
Staffordshire, 1799: When Hetty meets with the Captain in Donnithorne Woods, Adam takes action.
George Eliot's haunting story of love betrayed and love rewarded dramatised in 15 episodes by Robert Forrest.
An immediate bestseller in 1859, Eliot's second novel established her reputation and paved the way for masterpieces such as The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch.
Starring Thomas Arnold as Adam, Katherine Igoe as Hetty, Ann Scott-Jones as Lisbeth, Richard Greenwood as Arthur, John Kielty as Seth, Crawford Logan as Mr Irwine and Victoria Liddelle as Dinah.
Director: Patrick Rayner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtnl)
Gladstone Returns
Disraeli struggles for support in the face of Rourke's Drift. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
MON 14:30 Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But (b007jtzm)
Episode 1
From his beginnings in Leeds to London's Windmill Theatre - comedy stalwart Barry Cryer reads his "autobiography of sorts".
A regular panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, Barry Cryer is a stalwart of the British comedy scene. With numerous appearances on radio panel games and quiz shows to his credit, he has also been a prolific writer for shows such as The Two Ronnies and Two Old Farts in the Night with Willie Rushton. Here he tells his story in an autobiography (of sorts). Expect plenty of anecdotes about the great and the good!
Producer: Richard Edis
First broadcast on Radio 4 in 1998
MON 14:45 Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter (b01ms34w)
Episode 1
After a rail accident killed his daughter Charlie Thompson in 2005, her father Reg began writing to her. Read by Jeff Rawle.
MON 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ms34y)
Mel Giedroyc goes Nessie-hunting with a real-life monster hunter, and hears how to blow up a building. Plus there's the next episode of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.
MON 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4mq)
Vive Le Sport
When Devere invites Audrey to go skiing, he ends up being taken for a ride.
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
Geoffrey Whitehead ..... Dr Horton
Melanie Hudson ..... Receptionist
The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.
Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1997.
MON 17:30 HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy (b00qmb8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqrd)
The Red Planet
17. Escape!
With Mitch conditioned at a 'sheep station', Captain Jet Morgan and his crew must work out how to plan their escape.
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
John Cazabon ..... Various
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1954.
MON 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b00qg1s3)
Nation
Episode 1
On a storm-battered island, Mau believes he's the only survivor. South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Norfolk.
MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00cmb4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlg5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jqvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms34p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Love Stories (b01ms34t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01mn4ty)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b01mhxnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Little Britain (b008m9f5)
Series 2
Episode 1
Back where it started out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit, without the cameras. From February 2002.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01ms350)
Series 5
17/09/2012
An extended edition of The News Quiz, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Susan Calman and Cal Wilson.
MON 23:45 The Shuttleworths (b01ms352)
Series 4
Chrome Alone
John Shuttleworth invites his sole agent Ken round to hear his new stereo system. Stars Graham Fellows. From February 2003.


TUESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2012

TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b00qg1s3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jqvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms34p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Ayres on the Air (b01ms34r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b007r4md)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Love Stories (b01ms34t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01mn4ty)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4mq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy (b00qmb8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jqvw)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
A Change of Mind
After a curious train journey to Geneva for his investigation, the suave sleuth gets a surprise revelation...
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 Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale, Isabel Dean as Margaret Milbourne, Polly Murch as Julia Carrington, Noel Howlett as Walter Neider, Garard Green as Gustav, Hamlyn Benson as the Concierge, Gordon Faith as the Doctor, Nigel Graham as Danny Clayton and Simon Lack as Vince Langham.
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 Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martin C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
TUE 06:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms576)
Preparation
Hunter has tasked Callan to kill German businessman Rudolf Schneider. Now all he needs is a gun from Lonely.
Read by Ben Miles.
Originally published in 1969 under the title 'A Magnum for Schneider', James Mitchell's novel tells the story of his infamous TV character, David Callan (originally played by Edward Woodward) and features the other regulars, Hunter, Meres and Lonely.
Abridged by Adrian Bean
Producer: Joanna Green
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions.
TUE 07:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1yv)
Episode 6
Edgar Finchley meets a one-man band, is put in the picture and all is revealed.
Victor Canning's novel about the adventures of a man and his horse-drawn caravan touring the 1930s countryside of Kent.
Richard Griffiths stars as Mr Finchley.
With Peter Vaughan as Turk, Robert Gill as Robert Finchley, Dinah Sheridan as Mrs Finchley, Richard Ridings as Duffy, Ian Bartholomew as Jenks, Bill Wallis as Joe Turnbull, Geoffrey McGivern as James Grimes, Sebastian Brennan as Clarence Armitage and Jacqueline Tong as Mrs Armitage.
Concluding episode narrated by James Villiers.
Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1993.
TUE 07:30 The Secret World (b01mk55k)
Series 3
Episode 1
The Arch Bishop of Canterbury tries Tweeting for the first time, with disastrous results. Professor Brian Cox finds himself stalked by various women, including the Queen. Al Pacino is a balloon twister, and Princess Anne reveals her secret life as a trainspotter.
The comedy impressions series examining the bizarre and private lives of public people.
Starring:
Jon Culshaw
Margaret Cabourn Smith
Julian Dutton
Debra Stephenson
Lewis Macleod
Duncan Wisbey
Written by Bill Dare, Julian Dutton and Duncan Wisbey
Created and produced by Bill Dare.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
The Moriarty Murder Mystery
Inspector Neddie Seagoon turns sleuth and meets a creepy undertaker. Stars Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. From January 1958.
TUE 08:30 Listen to Les (b01ms5j6)
From 27/01/1985
Les Dawson is Wotan, Man of Steel and Auntie Ada recalls her wartime adventures with the troops.
With Daphne Oxenford, Eli Woods and Colin Edwynn.
Music by Brian Fitzgerald.
Scripted and produced by James Casey.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1985.
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01ms350)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 The Shuttleworths (b01ms352)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
TUE 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.
TUE 11:00 Love Stories (b01ms5x7)
Love in the Afternoon
By Maeve Binchy. 'My mother always told me life is a matter of luck.' Series of stories by bestselling romantic novelists. Read by Adjoa Andoh.
TUE 11:15 Dickens Confidential (b01ms5x9)
Series 2
Gangs of London
As a newspaper editor, how might Charles Dickens have covered an old enemy's return and financial plotting? Stars Dan Stevens.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Listen to Les (b01ms5j6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jqvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms576)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jntx)
Episode 7
Shocked Captain Arthur is forced to face the facts over Adam's feelings for Hetty. Stars Thomas Arnold and Richard Greenwood.
TUE 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtnr)
Death of Disraeli
Gladstone's Midlothian Campaign costs the Prime Minister dearly. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
TUE 14:30 Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But (b007jtzv)
Episode 2
Showbiz stalwart Barry Cryer recalls his early years in comedy and the even earlier years of his childhood growing up in Leeds.
TUE 14:45 Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter (b01ms65z)
Episode 2
Already grieving for her cousin Dan, Charlie's family struggle to cope after her death. Jeff Rawle reads Reg Thompson's letters.
TUE 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2nx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ms661)
Mel Giedroyc introduces the next episode of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. Plus, one lucky celebrity gets their birthday bumps!
TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00dk3vl)
Series 4
As Unequal as Others
When equal rights for women appears on the agenda, closely followed by the emergence of militant feminists, the ambassador is stuck by the echo of men closing ranks.
Series 4 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, Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Stephen Greif as US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992.
TUE 17:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqv2)
The Red Planet
18. Invasion Plans
With Lemmy and Doc at the mercy of the Martians, can Captain Jet Morgan come to their rescue?
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
John Cazabon ..... Various
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955.
TUE 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b00qm4cp)
Nation
Episode 2
While survivor Daphne has regrets, death god Locaha takes a hand. South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Norfolk.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Listen to Les (b01ms5j6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jqvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms576)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Love Stories (b01ms5x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Dickens Confidential (b01ms5x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 The Secret World (b01mk55k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b00hcr5l)
Series 2
Barry Cryer
Marcus Brigstocke invites comedian Barry Cryer to try new experiences, including changing a nappy. From February 2009.
TUE 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007m9zv)
Series 1
Games
Philosophy takes a back seat when ex-Olympic champions demand a free restaurant meal. Stars Stephen Moore. From December 2000.
TUE 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jpvx)
Series 2
The Quest for the Other Rabbit's Foot
Myths and mucking out in the Masterson’s adventures at the court of King Arthur.
The award-winning improvised historical family saga based entirely on audience suggestions.
Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin.
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994.


WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2012

WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqv2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b00qm4cp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jqvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms576)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01ms350)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:45 The Shuttleworths (b01ms352)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
WED 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2nx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Love Stories (b01ms5x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Dickens Confidential (b01ms5x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b00dk3vl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jqw7)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
A Surprise for Mrs Milbourne
After the Geneva revelations, the suave sleuth heads to St Moritz, where danger lurks in the snow.
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 Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale, Isabel Dean as Margaret Milbourne, Gordon Faith as Hans Schmidt, Peter Bartlett as the Waiter, Gordon Gardner as the Driver, Antony Viccars as the Doctor, Nigel Graham as Danny Clayton, Simon Lack as Vince Langham, Michael McLain as the Man on the Phone, Noel Howlett as Walter Neider, Malcolm Terris as Kroner and Bruce Beeby as Ferdy.
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 Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martin C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
WED 06:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01msf8g)
Doubt
Callan is keen to know why Hunter wants Schneider dead. So he conducts some background research of his own.
Read by Ben Miles.
Originally published in 1969 under the title 'A Magnum for Schneider', James Mitchell's novel tells the story of his infamous TV character, David Callan (originally played by Edward Woodward) and features the other regulars, Hunter, Meres and Lonely.
Abridged by Adrian Bean
Producer: Joanna Green
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions.
WED 07:00 Albert and Me (b007jsdl)
Series 1
Holiday
When Bryan and son arrive in Frimlington, their fellow holidaymakers aren't too welcoming.
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Helen Worth (Gail from ITV's Coronation Street) as Deirdre, Peter Vaughan as Mr Wiggins and Cheryl Hall as Mavis.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.
WED 07:30 When the Dog Dies (b0140l7g)
Series 2
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit sitcom Sorry, Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. Sorry ran for seven series on BBC 1 and was number one in the UK ratings.
In the second series of their Radio 4 sitcom, Ronnie plays Sandy Hopper, who is growing old happily along with his dog Henry. His grown up children - both married to people Sandy doesn't approve of at all, would like him to move out of the family home so they can get their hands on their money earlier. But Sandy's not having this. He's not moving until the dog dies. And not just that, how can he move if he's got a lodger? His daughter is convinced that his too attractive lodger Dolores (Liza Tarbuck) is after Sandy and his money.
Luckily, Sandy has three grandchildren and sometimes a friendly word, a kindly hand on the shoulder can really help a Granddad in the twenty-first century. Man and dog together face a complicated world. There's every chance they'll make it more so.
Episode Five - It Was A Dark And Stormy Night
Dolores rashly plunges into an oral history project which reveals the yawning chasms which divide the Hopper family. Even in the small matter of the history of a picnic they can't agree. Sandy says one thing, Lance another and Blake another - Is it possible that Henry the dog can settle the argument?
Cast:
Sandy ..... Ronnie Corbett
Dolores ..... Liza Tarbuck
Mrs Pompom ..... Sally Grace
Ellie ..... Tilly Vosburgh
Blake ..... Jonathan Aris
Lance ..... Philip Bird
Tyson ..... Daniel Bridle
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jny1)
Series 5
The Grappling Game
The Lad Himself and Miss Pugh go to the wrestling, with a shock result!
Starring 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 April 1958.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s3htw)
Series 3
Episode 6
Your chance to take part in an experiment in stereo sound - and meet unsung soccer hero, Angus Prune!
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Eric Idle, Clive James, Bernard King 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 Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1966.
WED 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fzwp9)
Series 2
Brief Encounter
A tale of jealousy, deceit and football unfolds when Robert attends a rival school. Stars Desmond Barrit. From November 1994.
WED 09:30 The Party Line (b00sythm)
Series 1
Episode 6
MP Duncan goes on a date - with the Opposition. Stars James Fleet. Topical sitcom by Punt and Dennis. From June 2005.
WED 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.
WED 11:00 Love Stories (b01msgg4)
A Voice From the Past
By Penny Vincenzi. A young girl is enchanted by vivid tales from the past. Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. Read by Joanna Lumley.
WED 11:15 Dickens Confidential (b01msgzw)
Series 2
The Man Who Robbed the Bank of England
Mourning his reporter, Charles Dickens discovers an unexpected ally also wants justice in a cunning plot. Stars Dan Stevens.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jny1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s3htw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jqw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01msf8g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnvd)
Episode 8
Preacher Mr Irwine visits Mrs Bede, who is unimpressed at the prospect of her son's marriage to Hetty. Stars Thomas Arnold.
WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtp4)
The First Boer War
Queen Victoria is distraught at Disraeli's death, while the Boer War ignites. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
WED 14:30 Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But (b007jv01)
Episode 3
Comedy stalwart Barry Cryer recalls his Leeds school years - and the stars he met when working at the city's Empire Theatre.
WED 14:45 Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter (b01mslgc)
Episode 3
Charlie's birthday and Mother's Day are poignant reminders of the absence of Reg Thompson's daughter. Read by Jeff Rawle.
WED 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2q1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01mslgf)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates International 'Talk Like a Pirate' Day with writer Andrew Motion. Plus, there's the next episode of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.
WED 17:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007wnzd)
The Small Leather-Covered Notebook
Gussie Fink-Nottle causes a spot of botheration for Bertie Wooster.
PG Wodehouse romp adapted by Chris Miller.
Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Rex Garner as Gussie Fink-Nottle, Bridget Armstrong as Madeline Bassett and Miriam Margolyes as Stiffy Byng.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1973.
WED 17:30 Albert and Me (b007jsdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqxb)
The Red Planet
19. The Fifth Column
As Lemmy and Doc master a Martian sphere - Captain Jet Morgan gets a mysterious offer of help...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
John Cazabon ..... Various
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955.
WED 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b00qs6bl)
Nation
Episode 3
More survivors bring problems for Mau, who has to become Chief. South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Norfolk.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jny1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s3htw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jqw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01msf8g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Love Stories (b01msgg4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Dickens Confidential (b01msgzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 When the Dog Dies (b0140l7g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01n623y)
From 10pm to midnight, six nights a week, the Comedy Club presents two hours of comedy. This week, Andi Osho is joined by Frisky and Mannish.
WED 22:30 Rigor Mortis (b007r5lr)
Series 2
Episode 5
St Luke's Hospital Pathology holds its first 'scratch night' for work in progress. Stars Peter Davison. From December 2004.
WED 23:00 The Cheese Shop Presents (b008m2bc)
Series 3
Episode 5
Reporter Henry Pain sees the sunny-side of a natural disaster. Sketch comedy with Dave Lamb and Ben Ward. From February 1999.
WED 23:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00mwm67)
Series 4
Episode 6
Revealing the new yoghurt for women, and introducing Britain's top police tortoise.
Sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
With Olivia Colman, Sarah Hadland and James Bachman.
Producer Gareth Edwards
Firs broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.


THURSDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2012

THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqxb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b00qs6bl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jqw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01msf8g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fzwp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 The Party Line (b00sythm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2q1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Love Stories (b01msgg4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Dickens Confidential (b01msgzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007wnzd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Albert and Me (b007jsdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jqwh)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
See You in London
A stabbing in the snow, a fatal fire, blackmail and hush money.
Can the suave sleuth unravel the deadly mystery?
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 John Baddeley as Charlie, Wilfrid Carter as Inspector Lloyd, Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale, Isabel Dean as Margaret Milbourne, Frederick Treves as Stone, Nigel Graham as Danny Clayton, Simon Lack as Vince Graham, Polly Murch as Julia Carrington, Alan Haines as the Sergeant, Bryan Colvin as Luigi, Malcom Terris as the Doctor and LeRoy Longwood as the Waiter.
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 Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martin C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
THU 06:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01mthst)
The Job
Schneider invites Callan round for dinner on Sunday. Callan has the gun. Sunday is the day he must use it...
Concluded by Ben Miles.
Originally published in 1969 under the title 'A Magnum for Schneider', James Mitchell's novel tells the story of his infamous TV character, David Callan (originally played by Edward Woodward) and features the other regulars, Hunter, Meres and Lonely.
Abridged by Adrian Bean
Producer: Joanna Green
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions.
THU 07:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0088zqz)
Series 2
Take the High Road
Robin is driving to Glasgow, but Wendy lets the train take the strain. Stars Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. From May 2003.
THU 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b01l1dl0)
Series 2
Episode 1
John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure, regular guest on The Now Show and popper-upper in things like Miranda and Family Guy, records a second series of his hit sketch show.
The first series was described as "sparklingly clever" by The Daily Telegraph and "one of the most consistently funny sketch shows for quite some time" by The Guardian. It featured Winnie the Pooh coming to terms with his abusive relationship with honey, how The Archers sounds to people who don't listen to the Archers and how Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde decided whose turn it was to do the washing up.
This episode doesn't feature any of those things, but it does feature an awkward celestial relationship, surprisingly easy contract negotiations, and a trailer for a film about the only mode of transport that hasn't had a film made about it yet.
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is written by and stars John Finnemore. It also features Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. It is produced by Ed Morrish.
THU 08:00 Yes Minister (b007k0fx)
Series 2
The Skeleton in the Cupboard
MP Jim Hacker gets the better of Sir Humphrey over a crisis in Derbyshire.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around the hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowldes
Dr Cartwright …. Ian Lavender
Alex Andrews …. Clive Merrison
Civil Servant …. Peter Acre
Civil Servant …. Ellen McIntosh
The Man on the Train …. William Eedle
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984.
THU 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jrbf)
Series 3
Turkey Dinner
Corporal Jones mistakenly shoots a bird, so the platoon hatch a plan to cook it for the old folk of Walmington-on-Sea.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon.
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
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Vicar …. Frank Williams
Mrs Pike ...... Pearl Hackney
Mr Blewitt ...... Harold Bennett.
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.
THU 09:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz6)
Series 2
The Idiots Have Landed!
A Second World War tale of derring-do, to dispose of Adolf Hitler at his Bavarian lodge.
Roy Hudd stars in Laurie Rowley’s comic parodies.
With:
Denise Coffey
Chris Emmett
David Gooderson
Fred Harris
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1988.
THU 09:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007v2f5)
Shopping
The comedian shares his thoughts on money and shopping.
Six-part series illustrating the Domedic minutiae of life.
Stand-up and sketches with Simon Greenall, Sally Grace and Dave Lamb.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.
THU 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.
THU 11:00 Rose Tremain (b007mf65)
Ice Dancing
A retired architect recounts his life with his wife and how he almost lost her. Set in Maryland, read by Harry Towb.
THU 11:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mtk66)
Series 2
Dickens and Dizzy
Charles Dickens meets Benjamin Disraeli sparking instant rivalry, but what is the young politician's secret? Stars Dan Stevens.
THU 12:00 Yes Minister (b007k0fx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jrbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jqwh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01mthst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnvw)
Episode 9
Adam is distraught over Hetty standing accused and locked up behind prison bars. Stars Thomas Arnold and Katherine Igoe.
THU 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtpb)
Ireland and the Phoenix Park Murders
Gladstone's ambitions for Home Rule in Ireland end in fiasco. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
THU 14:30 Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But (b007jv08)
Episode 4
Showbiz legend Barry Cryer charts his path to fame - and how recording his first record sparked a short-lived singing career.
THU 14:45 Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter (b01mtkqg)
Episode 4
Spring arrives, bringing with it a sense of new beginnings. Jeff Rawle reads Reg Thompson's letters to much-missed Charlie.
THU 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01mtkqj)
Mel Giedroyc introduces a visit to an owl sanctuary, hears about some Big Foot monster hunters and asks why we love horror. Plus there's the next episode of A Monster Calls.
THU 17:00 Capital Gains (b00snlx2)
Series 2
Development Capital
There must be a way to stop the Haiku Jack Consortium from covering the land in concrete. Accidental billionaire Julius Hutch turns to the law - and goes beyond it.
Starring Peter Jones as Julius Hutch.
With Celestine Randall as Pauline Hutch, Justine Midda as Kate, Jeffrey Wickham as Sexton Lewis, Stephen Thorne as Sir Gainford Blounty, Jillie Meers as Dahlia Sprout, David Holt as Ted Smoothie and Brian Perkins as Himself.
Scripted by Collin Johnson.
Producers: Andy Jordan and David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.
THU 17:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0088zqz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqz9)
The Red Planet
20. Return to the Moon
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew must battle to outrun the Martian Spheres in their bid to escape...
Conclusion of Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
John Cazabon ..... Various
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955.
THU 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b00qx4bz)
Nation
Episode 4
Mau learns how to build a nation. Daphne learns how to make beer. South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Norfolk.
THU 19:00 Yes Minister (b007k0fx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jrbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jqwh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01mthst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Rose Tremain (b007mf65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mtk66)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b01l1dl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b01mtkql)
Series 7
Episode 1
Made for 4 Extra. Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news stories from the last seven days.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01n6240)
From 10pm to midnight, six nights a week, the Comedy Club presents two hours of comedy. Plus, Andi Osho has another song from Frisky and Mannish.
THU 23:00 Rubbish (b00899qv)
Series 2
Surveillance
While testing out his latest initiative - a tannoy system that works in conjunction with the CCTV system - Martin becomes its next victim.
Will he be able to clear his name?
Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and manic-depressive, Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom.
Martin ...... Reece Dinsdale
Barney ...... Matthew Cottle
John ...... Neil Dudgeon
Banks ...... Ewan Bailey
Tannoy ...... Martin Trenaman
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b01mtkqn)
Series 4
Be Happy
The bumbling management consultants grapple with physical perfection for Phil's gym. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From October 2005.


FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2012

FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b00qx4bz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jqwh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01mthst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007v2f5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Rose Tremain (b007mf65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mtk66)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Capital Gains (b00snlx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0088zqz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt72)
Series 1
In Dominic's Memory
After attending the funeral of an elderly Irish priest – intelligence officers Colvil and Soames get a tip-off that his death has a controversial link...
Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery starring Christopher Benjamin as Henry Colvil and Amanda Redman as Alex Soames.
With Dudley Sutton as Arthur Guscott, Stephen Thorne as Joseph Kutner, Colette O'Neil as Mrs Wedlock, Peter Yapp as Monsignor and Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
FRI 06:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0110jbv)
Episode 1
Minor crook Arthur Abdel Simpson spots a likely mark at Athens airport. That's where the trouble starts. Read by David Westhead.
FRI 07:00 Millport (b00761z4)
Series 2
Dark Secrets
Irene enlists Bob's help when strange events send the tiny Scottish island into disarray.
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something island barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Doctor ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Dougie ...... Matt Costello
Bob/Minister ...... Robert Patterson
Music arranged by Olly Fox.
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
FRI 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b00dslfs)
Series 1
Eve Pollard
Marcus Brigstocke invites Eve Pollard to try new experiences.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b014246f)
Series 7
Smugglers in the Solent
The crew of HMS Troutbridge is sent to pursue some marine miscreants.
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, Ronnie Barker as Lieutenant Queeg, Tenniel Evans as Leading Seamen Goldstein and Heather Chasen as Heather.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1965.
FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqzc)
Series 3
One Hour to Burkiss Way
Don't panic! It's the War of the Worlds - with some emergency rewrites.
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1977.
FRI 09:00 Hazelbeach (b00899mt)
Series 1
Language Teacher
Nick gets a job with a dominatrix and Ronnie buys an extraordinary number of sinks.
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy stars Jamie Forman as Ronnie Hazelbeach.
Ronnie ...... Jamie Foreman
Nick ...... Paul Bazely
Mrs Barlow ...... Tracy Wiles
James ...... John Dougall
Senora ...... Liza Sadovy
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
FRI 09:30 Whispers (b007k3br)
Series 1
Episode 5
The ins and outs of the abdication crisis in the quiz show that loves scandals.
Biographer Anthony Holden and actress Stella Duffy are joined by writer Lynne Truss and journalist Rowan Pelling.
Hosted by the least discreet man in Britain, Gyles Brandreth.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
FRI 10:00 Choderlos de Laclos - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (b007jlpp)
Episode 1
August 1785: The jilted Marquise de Merteuil begins a game of seduction - and revenge...
Choderlos de Laclos's 1782 epistolary novel dramatised in two-parts by Christopher Hampton.
Stars Ciaran Hinds as Le Vicomte de Valmont, Lindsay Duncan as La Marquise de Merteuil, Emma Fielding as Mme de Tourvel, Adam Godley as Chevalier Danceny, Joanna David as Mme de Volanges, Alison Pettitt as Cecile Volanges, Elizabeth Spriggs as Mme de Rosemonde, Charles Simpson as Azolan and Sarah-Jane Holm as Emilie.
Narrator: John Moffatt
Music composed by Ilona Sekacz.
Director: Gordon House:
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1998.
FRI 11:00 Rose Tremain (b0081t48)
John-Jin
A woman's tale of Spanish dancing, a young boy with stunted growth, and a girder in a pier pavilion. Read by Siriol Jenkins.
FRI 11:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mtn2h)
Series 2
The Deal
Money talks as Charles Dickens battles to prove a timid doctor is not guilty of murdering his wealthy lover. Stars Dan Stevens.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b014246f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0110jbv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnwb)
Episode 10
Preacher Dinah visits her cousin Hetty, who languishes under sentence of death in jail. Stars Katherine Igoe and Vicki Liddelle.
FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtpj)
General Gordon Dies at Khartoum
Proposals to improve social conditions leads to urban slum clearances. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
FRI 14:30 Barry Cryer - You Won't Believe This But (b007jv0f)
Episode 5
Charting his path to fame, comedy legend Barry Cryer recalls his big writing break - thanks to a famous female impersonator.
FRI 14:45 Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter (b01mtn2k)
Episode 5
With a new house and a holiday, the family know they'll never leave Charlie behind. Jeff Rawle concludes Reg Thompson's letters.
FRI 15:00 Choderlos de Laclos - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (b007jlpp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01mtn2m)
Mel Giedroyc hears the creepy truth about cockroaches and gets a lesson on building the perfect campfire. Plus there's the final episode of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.
FRI 17:00 No Commitments (b01mtn2p)
Series 10
A Marriage of Inconvenience
Victoria is livid when her daughter's wedding plans are upstaged by her sister Charlotte. Stars Bill Nighy. From February 2004.
FRI 17:30 Millport (b00761z4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr1s)
The World in Peril
Episode 1
It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.
Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs
Music composed by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1955.
FRI 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b00r2hhf)
Nation
Episode 5
Mau is in the grips of god of death Locaha. Can Daphne save him? South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Norfolk.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b014246f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0110jbv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Rose Tremain (b0081t48)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mtn2h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b00dslfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007jzt2)
Series 2
Unemployment
Comic Mark Steel sets about putting all our social ills to rights.
Series two kicks off with his alternative solutions to the unemployment problem.
Written and performed by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.
With Kim Wall and Maria McErlane.
Producer Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01n6243)
From 10pm to midnight, six nights a week, the Comedy Club presents two hours of comedy. Plus, Arthur Smith speaks to Newsjack host Justin Edwards.
FRI 23:00 This Is Craig Brown (b00fd63s)
Hallucinations
Revealing all on narcotics and Top of the Pops. The satirist pokes fun with Rory Bremner and John Humphrys. From March 2004.
FRI 23:15 Creme de la Crime (b007znpf)
Series 1
A Bowl Full of Serial Killers
A melange of multi-murderers for Michael Feydeau -TV's much-loved Inspector Niblett - and crime expert David Pershore
Tales from the vaults of villainy written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
With:
Emma Kennedy
Chris Pavlo
Director: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
FRI 23:30 The Remains of Foley and McColl (b007k4p6)
Cutting Edge
Sean and Hamish board Boris' Disco Ship to convert offshore ravers into fresh, young listeners.
Surreal comedy starring award-winning double act Sean Foley and Hamish McColl, the Right Size.
With:
Rose English
Count Arthur Strong
Chris Lamer
Mark Stevens
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000.