Staffordshire, 1799. Will the captain's military career, or someone else, prevent a marriage to Hetty? Stars Katherine Igoe.
Billions of kilometres away in space, two man-made objects still send signals back to Earth. Ben Silburn reports. From 2001.
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.
Producer: Claire Jones.
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray poke fun at Europeans and the ways that we like to celebrate.
Music by Neil Innes.
Script by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.
The schoolboy can go to the Merseyside derby - if he qualifies for the school band. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From February 1967.
The children help out when a paper chase goes wrong and Roberta learns the truth about her father. Stars Timothy Bateson.
The children are convinced that the man from the BBC will help them. But is he really what he seems?
Conclusion of the comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Dax O'Callaghan as Max, Ian Masters as Norton, Joshua Towb as Horatio, Neville Jason as Tailor and Margaret John as Mrs Miller.
Music by Richard Attree.
Kirsty Young presents gems from the Desert Island Discs archive. In the first in our series of actors, we revisit the choices of BAFTA and Academy Award winning actor Colin Firth.
Will a dentist's Pacific encounter with the lovely La La make him put down his drill forever? Read by Garard Green.
Recorded live at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, author Christopher Brookmyre chats in depth with Shappi Khorsandi about her life, loves and writing her first book.
'The Liver Birds' actress Nerys Hughes recalls her career, reflects on being Welsh and reveals how Liz Taylor upstaged her.
Series showcasing the reminiscences of celebrated raconteurs before a live audience.
Somerset, 1770: Sir Morton Makepeace is devising a play, but his unruly characters disrupt the plot and threaten the building of his Folly.
Martyn Read's rollicking comedy stars Freddie Jones as Sir Morton Makepeace.
With Elizabeth Spriggs as Clarissa, Lady Mountjoy, Clive Swift as Reverend Wormald, Michael Cochrane as Robert Sutherland, Joanna Myers as Caroline Makepeace and Karl James as Thomas.
Mel Giedroyc gets spooked by a Yeti Hunter, seeks out the Loch Ness monster and takes a walk in the shadow of Big Foot as she rounds up a monstrous week on the 4 O'Clock Show.
Walnut Tree Farm is a 450-year-old wooden farmhouse, buried under a blanket of ivy and wild honeysuckle, in Suffolk.
It's owner, the writer and conservationist Roger Deakin, introduced his home in The House. Now he presents his garden after which the farm is named.
In this evocative and personal portrait, Deakin offers an intimate record of the changing soundscape of the garden as the seasons unfold.
Our mildly eccentric guide tell us about his moat, shepherd's hut, outdoor Victorian bath, and animal friends.
The Man in Black wonders if two neglected boots in a cupboard harbour a malignant soul?
Starring Sean Barrett as Richard, Jane Whittenshaw as Myra and Edward de Souza as the Man in Black.
Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.
As his behaviour starts to change, Roderick Usher reveals his terrible secret...
A man's descent into madness seems bound to the house of his ancestors.
Edgar Allan Poe's classic gothic horror story, first published in 1839.
Concluded by Sean Barrett.
Back where it started out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit, without the cameras. From February 2002.
Brian creates a stir when he embarks on a biography of Britain's greatest playwright. Stars Rebecca Front. From December 1996.
Made for 4 Extra. Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news stories from the last seven days.
The battle to save humanity from the control of computers comes to a climax. Stars Greg Proops and John Hegley. From May 1996.
MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2012
MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jvnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Edgar Allan Poe (b007jsry)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b010y3f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Short Stories by John Mortimer (b007jz3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Christopher Brookmyre's Comedy Bookcase (b01ml0jr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 That Reminds Me (b01mx2zc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mx2z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Martyn Read - The Folly (b00mz47c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qyqd1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Time Hops (b007k1sp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt78)
Series 1
The Penitent
Probing the mysterious death of Father Dominic, intelligence officers Colvil and Soames uncover links to his past...
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, Neil McCaul as Roger Brown and Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
MON 06:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0112zz7)
Episode 2
Arthur Simpson is arrested and interrogated by Turkish security for unintentional arms smuggling. Read by David Westhead.
MON 07:00 HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy (b00qsc7s)
Episode 3
Poorly Pop Larkin feels worse when his nurse arrives. Rural family saga with David Jason and Pam Ferris. From February 1996.
MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b01mqmsb)
Series 64
Episode 7
Nicholas Parsons challenges another panel to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
Panellists Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Charles Collingwood and Miles Jupp join him at the Regal Cinema in Evesham, Worcestershire.
Paul Merton talks about Keeping A Chimp As a Pet; Pam Ayres ponders The Pros and Cons of Knitting; Miles Jupp reveals Three Things He's Given Up Lately and Charles Collingwood explains what Marilyn means to him.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jrdf)
From 08/12/1963
Kenneth Horne and friends take on Agatha Christie and Rodney and Charles join the force. With Hugh Paddick. From December 1963.
MON 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlws)
Series 3
Death in the Family
Distraught Harold Steptoe must break some sad news to his father, Albert.
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
Adapted for radio from their TV scripts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
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Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1971.
MON 09:00 Ayres on the Air (b01mxpyr)
Series 4
Summer
Pam Ayres continues her series of poetry and sketch shows about the seasons.
Summer includes matters of keeping cool, finding the perfect swimsuit, summer weddings and eating al fresco.
Her poems include: No Alarm on the Flight Deck, That Perfect Swimsuit, The Seagull and The Swifts Are Back.
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 (b007rkc3)
Series 1
People's Parties
Billy is not keen on entertaining round at his place, until someone suggests a game of cards. Starring Jim Sweeney. From August 2001.
MON 10:00 Choderlos de Laclos - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (b007jptt)
Episode 2
Can Vicomte Valmont and the Marquise de Marteuil win their 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, John Moffatt as the Narrator, 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.
MON 11:00 Rose Tremain (b0081vlk)
The Stack
John's birthday is coming up, so why isn't he excited about the big meal at Spiros' place? Short story read by Jim Norton.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01mtr6w)
Stephen K Amos, Mark Watson, Emma Freud, Funmi Olawumi, Jens Lekman
Ever dreamt you were the child of a superstar? Well funny man Stephen K Amos has. Stephen joins Clive to chat about his hilarious and poignant new memoir 'I Used to Say My Mother Was Shirley Bassey' which charts his journey from playing the class clown to playing the Hammersmith Apollo.
Cyberqueen and Guardian journalist Aleks Krotoski will be surfing in to whisk Clive off on a global tour of the digital world ahead of her new series for BBC Radio 4, 'The Digital Human'. In the first programme on Monday 1st October at
4.30 pm Aleks looks at how different cultures are using technology to express their identity and culture.
And it's not often you get to meet a man who sparked a social revolution but as 'father' of the contraceptive pill, American chemist Carl Djerassi did just that. And when he's not busy changing the world Carl is penning novels and dramas - or "science-in-theatre' as he prefers to call them. His latest play 'Insufficiency' considers the curious specialism of 'bubbleology' - that's the science of bubbles to me and you - which has its world premiere on Monday 24th September at London's Riverside Studios.
Emma ties the knot with comedian, and critically acclaimed writer Mark Watson. Keeping it snappy they chat about Mark's latest novel, 'The Knot' which sketches the story of a wedding photographer who is hiding a secret.
From wedding bells to the bittersweet notes of love - Sweden's Jens Lekman plays his new single 'I Know What Love Isn't' from his forthcoming album of the same name.
And Nigerian diva Funmi Olawumi performs 'Ijo Ayo' from her solo debut album 'Funmi Ti De' showcasing her style of traditional and contemporary Yoruba music. Funmi plays live at Ronnie Scotts in London on Sunday September 23rd.
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jrdf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlws)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt78)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0112zz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnxd)
Episode 11
In the darkness of her prison cell, preacher Dinah struggles for Hetty's soul.
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 Katherine Igoe as Hetty, Victoria Liddelle as Dinah and Crawford Logan as Mr Irwine.
Director: Patrick Rayner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtpt)
Salisbury Becomes Prime Minister
Churchill and Chamberlain appear, and the thorny question of Home Rule in Ireland. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain.
MON 14:30 Evan Hunter - Me and Hitch (b00thmqd)
Episode 1
Screenwriter Evan Hunter is set to meet film director Alfred Hitchcock in 1960s Hollywood - but what to wear? Read by Ed Bishop.
MON 14:45 Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (b00m0stc)
Episode 1
Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway grows up on a beguiling Caribbean island where tensions escalate between her family and former slaves.
Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.
Read by Adjoa Andoh and Adam Godley.
Abridged by Margaret Busby
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
MON 15:00 Choderlos de Laclos - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (b007jptt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01kkt4h)
Mel Giedroyc goes adventuring and time-travelling with this week's story from the Sarah Jane Adventures, 'The Thirteenth Stone', read by Elisabeth Sladen herself.
MON 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4vh)
Sons of the Fathers
Clearing out the cellar - Audrey finds more than she'd bargained for.
Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.
Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.
Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1997.
MON 17:30 HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy (b00qsc7s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr4d)
The World in Peril
Episode 2
Jet and Lemmy hear weird sounds as they examine asteroids newly orbiting Earth.
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 October 1955.
MON 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b00r67jz)
Nation
Episode 6
Mau, Daphne and Ataba have found a golden door deep in a cave. South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Norfolk.
MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jrdf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlws)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt78)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0112zz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Rose Tremain (b0081vlk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01mtr6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b01mqmsb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Little Britain (b008p522)
Series 2
Episode 2
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 (b01mxrc5)
Series 5
24/09/2012
An extended edition of the News Quiz, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Rebecca Front and Kevin Day.
MON 23:45 The Shuttleworths (b01mxrc7)
Series 4
A Moving Story
Just as John Shuttleworth's son Darren moves out, his sole agent Ken comes knocking.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2012
TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b00r67jz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt78)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0112zz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Ayres on the Air (b01mxpyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b007rkc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Choderlos de Laclos - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (b007jptt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Rose Tremain (b0081vlk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01mtr6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 HE Bates - A Little of What You Fancy (b00qsc7s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7k)
Series 1
The Wages of Sin
The late Father Dominic's mother was a Flynn, Mrs Wedlock was a Flynn, and the mysterious confessor was a Flynn.
But is this anything more than coincidence?
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, Neil McCaul as Roger Brown, Christian Rodska as Father Williamson and Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
TUE 06:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b011367p)
Episode 3
Arthur Simpson is now seconded to Turkish security. He also has to start work at the suspect's villa. Read by David Westhead.
TUE 07:00 Babblewick Hall (b01mxtj6)
Series 1
Episode 1
When idealistic Fenton Babblewick inherits his uncle's Yorkshire estate, it’s the perfect opportunity to realise his utopian dreams.
But for his manservant, August Snipe, the move to Babblewick Hall is a nightmare - the house is cold, full of farm animals and worst of all "it’s in the north" - a lifetime away from the comforts of London.
Starring Nicholas Le Prevost as Fenton Babblewick and Forbes Masson as Augustus Snipe.
The first series of Scott Cherry’s six-part sitcom set in the 18th-century.
Fenton Babblewick ...... Nick Le Prevost
Augustus Snipe ...... Forbes Masson
Barney ...... David Antrobus
Jack ...... Sam Kelly
Molly ...... Gillian Bevan
Bob Scotcher ...... Philip Jackson
Music by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.
TUE 07:30 The Secret World (b01mqpgm)
Series 3
Episode 2
From Al Pacino to Paul McCartney, Jon Culshaw and friends imagine the private lives of the famous.
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 (b00dp3qn)
The Curse of Frankenstein
The million-pound race is on to be the first to play the bagpipes at the South Pole.
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.
TUE 08:30 Listen to Les (b01mxtj8)
From 03/02/1985
Les Dawson pays tribute to a sheep-headed publican and Cosmo Smallpiece looks at holidays.
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 February 1985.
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01mxrc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 The Shuttleworths (b01mxrc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:45 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlgx)
Episode 1
Walter Hartright meets a strange woman dressed in white as he returns home across Hampstead Heath late one night. He's about to travel north to take up a post as drawing master to two young ladies. Little does he realise how this chance encounter and his new position are inextricably linked.
Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised in four episodes by Martyn Wade.
Walter Hartright............................................Toby Stephens
Marian Halcombe.........................................Juliet Aubrey
Laura Fairlie.....................................................Emily Bruni
Sir Percival Glyde.......................................... Jeremy Clyde
Anne Catherick...............................................Alice Hart
Mr Gilmore......................................................Sean Baker
Pesca...................................................................Ioan Meredith
Frederick Fairlie..............................................Edward Petherbridge
Mr Dempster...................................................Jonathan Keeble
Jacob...................................................................Oliver Cookson
Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
TUE 11:00 Rose Tremain (b007md6s)
Tropical Fish
The reflections of dying farmer John Sparrow and his son Bob, who ponders life during a trip to London. Read by Maggie Steed.
TUE 11:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mxtjb)
Series 2
Murder in the Red Barn
Reporter Dan investigates a disturbing discovery in the Thames, while Charles Dickens has a royal audience. Stars Dan Stevens.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b00dp3qn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Listen to Les (b01mxtj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b011367p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnxz)
Episode 12
Hetty confesses the full horror of her crime, but Dinah makes her own admission. Stars Katherine Igoe and Vicki Liddelle.
TUE 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtpz)
Victoria's Golden Jubilee
50 'marvellous years' or the reign of 'a pampered old woman of sullen visage'? Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
TUE 14:30 Evan Hunter - Me and Hitch (b00thr89)
Episode 2
'The Birds' screenwriter hatches an idea - but can it win Alfred Hitchcock the Academy Award he craves? Read by Ed Bishop.
TUE 14:45 Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (b00m0wn8)
Episode 2
The mother of Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway marries an Englishman in Spanish Town, Jamaica.
Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.
Read by Adjoa Andoh.
Abridged by Margaret Busby
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
TUE 15:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01kkwqg)
Mel Giedroyc goes adventuring and time-travelling, because our story is The Thirteenth Stone from the Sarah Jane Adventures, read by the late Elisabeth Sladen herself.
TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00dp3qj)
Series 4
Little Extras
The novelty of artistic freedom in the People's Democracy attracts a swarm of film location managers, hungry for new backdrops, authentic faces - and cheap labour.
The movie moguls hadn't bargained for one thing, however: a little diplomatic scene stealing.
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, Stephen Greif as US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg and Peter Whitman as Duncan Bridges.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
TUE 17:30 Babblewick Hall (b01mxtj6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr72)
The World in Peril
Episode 3
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew get on the trail of Earth's alien visitors.
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 October 1955.
TUE 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b00rd4w1)
Nation
Episode 7
The Nation awaits the arrival of Cox and the cannibal raiders. South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Norfolk.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b00dp3qn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Listen to Les (b01mxtj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b011367p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Rose Tremain (b007md6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mxtjb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 The Secret World (b01mqpgm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b00hdb84)
Series 2
Arthur Smith
Marcus Brigstocke tries to tempt Arthur to ventures new, but what's new for a man who sang nude in Balham? From February 2009.
TUE 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007n1x9)
Series 1
Gods
It's Socrates' birthday - so it's up to The Affable Ones to take him to the underworld. Stars Stephen Moore. From January 2001.
TUE 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jpyh)
Series 2
Last Word to the Mastersons
Living off the land, will there be tears for the Masterson family before milking time?
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 26 SEPTEMBER 2012
WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr72)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b00rd4w1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b011367p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01mxrc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:45 The Shuttleworths (b01mxrc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:45 on Monday]
WED 03:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Rose Tremain (b007md6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mxtjb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b00dp3qj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Babblewick Hall (b01mxtj6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7v)
Series 1
Requiescant in Pace
"Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead."
Two are indeed now dead, so who keeps the secret?
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, Christian Rodska as Father Williamson Beth Porter as Donna Hanley, Elaine Claxton as Theresa and Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
WED 06:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0116778)
Episode 4
Unwilling Turkish secret agent Simpson watches a group of 'tourists' while he works as their driver. Read by David Westhead.
WED 07:00 Albert and Me (b007jsgr)
Series 1
Mind That Baby
Single dad Bryan gets wrapped in red tape at the benefits office.
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Dilys Laye as the Welfare Lady/Mrs Featherstone-Haugh.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.
WED 07:30 Party (b01mqq72)
Series 3
The Curry
Return of the satirical comedy about a group of young idealists trying to make waves with their new political party.
The group reconvene after their Summer break and the ambition steps up a gear.
Written by Tom Basden.
Simon .... Tom Basden
Duncan .... Tim Key
Jared .... Jonny Sweet
Mel .... Anna Crilly
Phoebe .... Katy Wix
Producer .... Julia McKenzie.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008f307)
Series 5
The Junk Man
Griselda's plan to clear out The Lad's house backfires spectacularly.
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 May 1958.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s6n2b)
Series 3
Episode 7
Scary wannabes in 'Opportunity Flops' - and an Agatha Christie flavoured whodunit?
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, Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Alan Hutchinson, Bernard King, and Peter and David Lund.
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 (b00g27cg)
Series 2
How Was It for You?
Will Guy and Robert make it back into Father Benedict's team? Stars Desmond Barrit and Brenda Blethyn. From November 1994.
WED 09:30 Who Goes There? (b00kfwbs)
Series 2
Episode 1
Martin Young chairs the quiz looking at lives of those who made it into the history books - and those who only enjoyed 15 minutes of fame...
Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego with guests Polly Toynbee and Miles Kington.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
WED 10:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlhn)
Episode 2
Walter has left Limmeridge House as Laura prepares to marry Sir Percival. Laura's half-sister Marian knows of Laura's feelings for Walter, has great doubts about the marriage, yet is powerless to stop it...
Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Stars Toby Stephens as Walter Hartright, Juliet Aubrey as Marian Halcombe, Emily Bruni as Laura Fairlie, Jeremy Clyde as Sir Percival Glyde, Alice Hart as Anne Catherick, Sean Baker as Mr Gilmore, Ioan Meredith as Pesca, Edward Petherbridge as Frederick Fairlie, Jonathan Keeble as Messenger, Philip Voss as Count Fosco and Geraldine Fitzgerald as Madame Fosco.
Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
WED 11:00 Deborah Moggach - An Arrangement in Grey and Black (b007mwdd)
In 1871, Whistler paints a masterpiece picture of his mother. A century later, it reappears. Deborah Moggach's story, read by Susannah York. From March 1997.
WED 11:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mxxh3)
Series 2
Why Are We in Afghanistan?
Agnes interviews the Russian Cavalry maid, while Charles Dickens investigates the prospect of war overseas. Stars Dan Stevens.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008f307)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s6n2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0116778)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnyk)
Episode 13
As the day of the hanging arrives, Adam pays a visit. Stars Thomas Arnold, Katherine Igoe and Vicki Liddelle.
WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtqb)
Keir Hardie and the Birth of the Labour Party
The Fabian Society is born and county councils formed by the Local Government Act. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
WED 14:30 Evan Hunter - Me and Hitch (b00tht5y)
Episode 3
The first draft of Hitchcock's new film is written, but people still want to know - why did the birds do it? Read by Ed Bishop.
WED 14:45 Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (b00m0zyv)
Episode 3
Having lost her brother and separated from her mother, Creole heiress Antoinette is sent away to school.
Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.
Read by Adjoa Andoh.
Abridged by Margaret Busby
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
WED 15:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01kkyln)
Mel Giedroyc goes time-travelling with this week's story from the Sarah Jane Adventures - The Thirteenth Stone, read by the late Elisabeth Sladen herself.
WED 17:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007ww6f)
The Plot Thickens
Bertie Wooster is swept up into a world of fake heroics.
PG Wodehouse romp adapted by Chris Miller.
Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Rex Garner as Gussie Fink-Nottle, James Villiers as Roderick Spode and Miriam Margolyes as Stiffy Byng.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1973.
WED 17:30 Albert and Me (b007jsgr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007k42r)
The World in Peril
Episode 4
After an attempt on their lives, Jet and crew fight against time to blast off back to Mars
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 October 1955.
WED 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b00rkm9p)
Nation
Episode 8
It looks like decision time for Daphne - can she face leaving Mau? South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Norfolk.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008f307)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s6n2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0116778)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Deborah Moggach - An Arrangement in Grey and Black (b007mwdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mxxh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Party (b01mqq72)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Rigor Mortis (b007rq8g)
Series 2
Episode 6
A department store drama means the mortuary team must work on Christmas Day. Stars Geoffrey Whitehead. From December 2004.
WED 23:00 The Cheese Shop Presents (b008p85v)
Series 3
Episode 6
A cow that lays eggs? All this and musical legend Ted Ruby too. Sketch comedy with Dave Lamb and Ben Ward. From February 1999.
WED 23:30 Nebulous (b00wmpcv)
Series 3
Genius of the Aftermath 2099
Given a second chance, can the Professor prevent the Isle of Wight's demise? Stars Mark Gatiss and David Warner. From May 2008.
THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2012
THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007k42r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b00rkm9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0116778)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00g27cg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Who Goes There? (b00kfwbs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Deborah Moggach - An Arrangement in Grey and Black (b007mwdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mxxh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007ww6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Albert and Me (b007jsgr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt84)
Series 1
A Matter of Judgement
Intelligence officers Colvil and Soames delve further into the mystery that is Donna – and are concerned for Mrs Wedlock.
Henry's faith is dealt a mortal blow.
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, Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne. Neil McCaul as Roger Brown and Christian Rodska as Father Williamson.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
THU 06:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0116gvk)
Episode 5
Arthur Simpson, crook and spy, witnesses a vicious knife fight and waits for news of Fischer. Read by David Westhead.
THU 07:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007k02n)
Series 2
Entertaining Mr Stone
Robin surprisingly brings a friend home, but he isn't all he seems. Stars Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. From May 2003.
THU 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b01mqqb1)
Series 2
Episode 2
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.
Of those things, this episode includes another sketch about how the Archers sounds to people who don't listen to the Archers, as well a song about a dog and a sketch about a mathematician's agent.
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. Original music is by Susannah Pearse. It is produced by Ed Morrish.
THU 08:00 Yes Minister (b007k0nj)
Series 2
A Question of Loyalty
With a war on waste at the Civil Service - what does MP Jim Hacker think?
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 Fowlds
Betty Oldham, MP …. Judy Parfitt
Sir Mark Spencer …. Nigel Stock
Peter …. William Hope
Gillian …. Helena Breck
The Committee Chairman …. John Strickland
The PM …. Arnold Diamond
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984.
THU 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
Series 3
The Captain's Car
When a French general pays a visit to Walmington-on-Sea, there's a mighty motoring mix-up for the Home Guard platoon.
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
Lady Maltby …. Betty Marsden
Colonel Masters …. Garrard Green
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.
THU 09:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz8)
Series 2
Dead Dames Don't Dance with Danger
Top American cop Bert Chisel is called in to solve a murder mystery for Scotland Yard.
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 (b007vjfl)
Sport and Leisure
The comedian shares his thoughts on how we spend our leisure time.
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 September 2000.
THU 10:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlj1)
Episode 3
Laura has finally come face to face with the woman in white who so resembles her. She had hoped to discover more about Sir Percival's secret, but their meeting was interrupted. Marian begins to fear for her sister's safety and is determined to learn what Sir Percival and Count Fosco are secretly planning.
Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Stars Toby Stephens as Walter Hartright, Juliet Aubrey as Marian Halcombe, Emily Bruni as Laura Fairlie, Jeremy Clyde as Sir Percival Glyde, Alice Hart as Anne Catherick, Sean Baker as Mr Gilmore, Jonathan Keeble as Mr Dawson, Carolyn Pickles as Mrs Michelson, Philip Voss as Count Fosco, Edward Petherbridge as Frederick Fairlie, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Madame Fosco and Richenda Carey as Mrs Rubelle.
Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
THU 11:00 Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner (b007qzh5)
A teacher faces the task of staging the 'Ring Cycle' in a school ranked bottom of the league tables. Read by Barbara Flynn.
THU 11:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book (b007jw2l)
Sophia recalls the holidays spent with her grandmother on an island in the Gulf of Finland. Stars Phyllida Law and Sophie Thompson.
THU 12:00 Yes Minister (b007k0nj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt84)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0116gvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnz3)
Episode 14
As the journey to the hanging scaffold begins, a visitor arrives. Stars Katherine Igoe, Vicki Liddelle and Thomas Arnold.
THU 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtqj)
The Death of Gladstone
A time of social reform, free education and the outlawing of child employment. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
THU 14:30 Evan Hunter - Me and Hitch (b00thy69)
Episode 4
Evan Hunter starts on the screenplay for 'Marnie' - and over at 'The Birds' Hitchcock gets out his pen. Read by Ed Bishop.
THU 14:45 Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (b00m19dh)
Episode 4
Rochester, newly arrived from England, marries Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway and they escape to an estate in Dominica.
Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.
Read by Adjoa Andoh.
Abridged by Margaret Busby
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
THU 15:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ks8m6)
Mel Giedroyc goes time-travelling with Sarah Jane in this week's story, The Thirteenth Stone. Plus she finds out if people are born with a sense of direction.
THU 17:00 Capital Gains (b00sqlnp)
Series 2
Political Capital
At last Julius Hutch has the answer, but is it too late? If a desperate mission succeeds, Julius can make his first speech in Parliament...
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, Collin Johnson as Haiku, Hugh Dickson as the Colonel, Toni G Barry as Liz Dangerfield 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 (b007k02n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrdj)
The World in Peril
Episode 5
Jet and Lemmy monitor strange calls on the ship-to-ship intercom.
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 October 1955.
THU 18:30 Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose (b00ncgg3)
Episode 1
The political awakening of psychiatrist Rosa Sobel. Ursula K Le Guin's award-winning powerful tale set in the near future. Read by Laurel Lefkow.
THU 19:00 Yes Minister (b007k0nj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt84)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0116gvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner (b007qzh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book (b007jw2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b01mqqb1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b01mypwb)
Series 7
Episode 2
Made for 4 Extra. Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news stories from the last seven days.
THU 23:00 Rubbish (b008crj4)
Series 2
Couples
Martin discovers the world's full of couples and unhappily, they all want his advice!
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
Sarah …. Pippa Haywood
Scott …. Kevin Eldon
Saffron …. Nadia Kamil
Naomi …. Katherine Jakeways
David …. Martin Trenaman
The Compere …. Ewan Bailey
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b01mypwd)
Series 4
Superco
The dotty management consultants check out Britain's biggest supermarket chain. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From October 2005.
FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2012
FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose (b00ncgg3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt84)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0116gvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007vjfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jlj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner (b007qzh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book (b007jw2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Capital Gains (b00sqlnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007k02n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt8w)
Series 1
Betrayal and Judgement
Mrs Wedlock 's role in the mystery has put her in mortal danger. Can Henry's faith withstand the whole truth?
Conclusion of Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery starring Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman as intelligence officers Henry Colvil and Alex Soames.
With Dudley Sutton as Arthur Guscott, Stephen Thorne as Joseph Kutner, Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne, Peter Yapp as Monsignor, Beth Porter as Donna Hanley, Christian Rodska as Father Williamson and Denys Hawthorne as the Porter.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
FRI 06:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0112cyc)
Episode 6
Arthur Simpson is still on the roof. He has just reluctantly robbed the Treasury of the Topkapi Palace. Read by David Westhead.
FRI 07:00 Millport (b0076221)
Series 2
Avowal
Irene and Moira aren't speaking, Alberto and Ena have fallen out over the minestrone and Agnes has declared World War III on the Minister's trousers. Just how are villagers going to solve their dispute if no one is talking to each other...
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 ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Bob/Minister ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Matt Costello
Music arranged by Olly Fox.
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
FRI 07:30 What's So Funny? (b01myw4q)
Series 3
28/09/2012
Ed Byrne welcomes Stewart Francis, Lloyd Langford and guests to preview the Liverpool Comedy Festival which starts this week.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00lmqts)
Series 7
Mr Murray Is Victimised
Captain Povey decides 'divide and rule' is the best way to deal with the crew of HMS Troutbridge.
Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1965.
FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jr1v)
Series 3
Not to Be Unwrapped the Burkiss Way
Queen Victoria needs some help with a personal problem - and all is revealed 'Upstairs Downstairs'.
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 (b008crhw)
Series 1
Party
Ronnie organises a disastrous birthday party and Nick finally finds his father's will.
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
Andrea ...... Liza Sadovy
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
FRI 09:30 Whispers (b007k3jf)
Series 1
Episode 6
Swearing, cocaine, wine throwing and flagellation are just some of the items on Gyles Brandreth’s agenda.
Regular team captains, biographer Anthony Holden, and writer Stella Duffy, are joined by the BBC's former royal correspondent Jennie Bond and entertainer Geoffrey Durham.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2003.
FRI 10:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jljf)
Episode 4
Laura Fairlee and Walter Hartright have been reunited, but their happiness is marred by the fact that both their lives are in danger.
Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Stars Toby Stephens as Walter Hartright, Juliet Aubrey as Marian Halcombe, Emily Bruni as Laura Fairlie, Jeremy Clyde as Sir Percival Glyde, Alice Hart as Anne Catherick, Sean Baker as Mr Gilmore, Carolyn Pickles as Mrs Catherick, Philip Voss as Count Fosco, Edward Petherbridge as Frederick Fairlie, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Madame Fosco, Richenda Carey as Mrs Clements and Ioan Meredith as Pesca.
Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
FRI 11:00 Martin Sorrell - The Cuban Heel (b0109k1z)
A maverick bus driver's attitude starts to annoy the passengers on an over-heated tourist bus in Spain. Stars Andrew Sachs.
FRI 11:15 Nick Warburton - Interviews (b00tb9nw)
A year in the life of three primary school children - as seen through the eyes of their parents and teacher.
Nick Warburton’s drama stars Tracy Childs as Miss Salmon, Henry Goodman as Mr Zagorsky, Kate Fleetwood as Steph, Richard Katz as Frank and Laura Elphinstone as Mrs Harris.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00lmqts)
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FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jr1v)
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FRI 13:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt8w)
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FRI 13:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0112cyc)
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FRI 14:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnzn)
Episode 15
The time arrives for Dinah to decide where her heart really lies. Stars Katherine Igoe, Vicki Liddelle and Thomas Arnold.
FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jwgn)
Omdurman, Ladysmith and Mafeking
Victoria has reigned longer than any other monarch and celebrations are afoot. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
FRI 14:30 Evan Hunter - Me and Hitch (b00tjgkv)
Episode 5
'The Birds is Coming', but as Hitchcock plans his next film, Marnie, what is the screenwriter's future? Read by Ed Bishop.
FRI 14:45 Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (b00m2dbv)
A New Peril
Antoinette and Rochester's honeymoon develops into an intense love affair on a beautiful estate in Dominica.
Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.
Read by Adam Godley.
Abridged by Margaret Busby
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
FRI 15:00 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White (b007jljf)
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FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ks8mv)
It's Mel Giedroyc's last time-travelling adventure in the thrilling finale of the Sarah Jane Adventures tale The Thirteenth Stone, read by the late Elisabeth Sladen herself.
FRI 17:00 No Commitments (b01mzjhq)
Series 10
The Ring Cycle
Roger offers a helping hand to his potential son-in-law's career, but how keen is Emily? Stars Bill Nighy. From March 2004.
FRI 17:30 Millport (b0076221)
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FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrgw)
The World in Peril
Episode 6
Captain Jet and Lemmy are not the only ones to heed the mysterious voice.
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’.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs
Music composed by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955.
FRI 18:30 Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose (b00nhq5n)
Episode 2
Psychiatrist Rosa Sobel makes a shocking discovery about the organisation she works for. Laurel Lefkow concludes Ursula K Le Guin's tale.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00lmqts)
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FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jr1v)
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FRI 20:00 Colvil and Soames (b007jt8w)
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FRI 20:30 Eric Ambler - Topkapi (b0112cyc)
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FRI 21:00 Martin Sorrell - The Cuban Heel (b0109k1z)
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FRI 21:15 Nick Warburton - Interviews (b00tb9nw)
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FRI 22:00 What's So Funny? (b01myw4q)
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FRI 22:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007js4r)
Series 2
Transport
Another radical proposal from comedian Mark Steel as he calls for wacky improvements to Britain's crumbling transport system
Alternative solutions 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 (b01nccj8)
From
10pm until midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two hours of comedy. Ed Gamble chats to The Boy With Tape on his Face.
FRI 23:00 The Party Party (b007jx11)
Episode 1
It's 1993 and the party of the loony right and centre sweeps to power. Stars Robert Glenister and Rory Bremner. From May 1987.
FRI 23:30 The Remains of Foley and McColl (b007jrrn)
Snuff Radio
Sean and Hamish compete in a European Radio Drama competition.
Surreal comedy starring award-winning double act Sean Foley and Hamish McColl, the Right Size.
With:
Rose English
Count Arthur Strong
Chris Larner
Mark Stevens
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.