The letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill. War, traffic accidents and unexpected house purchases. Starring Alex Jennings.
Charlie Connelly visits the centre of Irish emigration and cycles the TT course (after a fashion). Tom Goodman-Hills reads.
At short notice Arthur steps in to play a prominent role in an evening Murder Mystery event for Lord and Lady Preston, his new best friends - if they did but know it! Who committed the heinous murder? Can Count Arthur solve the case? Did he do it? Was it the butler? There's only one way to find out!
We once again follow the one-time Variety Star as he uncompromisingly fulfils his daily list of engagements. Every day life with Count Arthur Strong is always an enlightening experience!
Steve Delaney, Alastair Kerr, David Mounfield and Mel Giedroyc star.
Cat burglar Fingers Fogerty pays Harry Worth an unwelcome visit.
Starring Harry Worth.
With Jacqueline Clarke, Roger John-Lee and Michael Robbins.
Written by Vince Powell.
The cheeky schoolboy causes chaos when his teacher sends him reptile hunting. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From December 1967.
Toad is offered an escape route by a washer-woman and her niece. Dramatised and narrated by Alan Bennett. With Richard Briers.
4 Extra Debut. Handel and Elvis - the castaway choices of versatile actress Imelda Staunton, in conversation with Sue Lawley. From May 2005.
Malcolm wants to sell the family paper mill, but his Aunt Emmie declares "Over my dead body!". Letters read by Joyce Gibbs. From February 2012.
Author Christopher Brookmyre is joined by comedy innovator Alex Horne to chat about Alex's life and books. Recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The extraordinary life and career of Frank Dickens - the cartoonist behind "Bristow", the world's longest running daily strip.
Narrated by Bernard Cribbins with Ralph Steadman and the Daily Mail's MAC.
A body is found and a body is lost - but whose body has appeared in a bath in Battersea?
Where is the body of famous financier Sir Reuben Levy who went to bed one night in his flat in Park Lane and simply disappeared? Debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey investigates.
Dorothy L Sayer's whodunit dramatised for radio by Michelene Wandor. Starring Gary Bond as Lord Peter Wimsey and John Cater as Bunter.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Whose Body? was first published in 1923.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by producer Vanessa Whitburn.
Made for 4 Extra. Mel's favourite bits from this week's programmes, including apples, doughnuts and a chili farm in Devon.
4 Extra Debut. Big-hearted comic Arthur Askey reads the hilarious, nostalgic, witty and occasionally sad story of his life. From June 1975.
The time travellers learn more about the base's crew and the planet's only species. But which is deadlier? Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton.
Malcolm Holmes is drawn back into the murky world of espionage from beyond the grave. Project Raphael sequel with Dan Hagley.
Reporter George Cragge grabs headlines, as the plot to overthrow the BBC Director General grows darker.
London is plagued by a series of bizarre murders of bank managers. Hot on the trail of the killer are an old-style Chief Police Inspector and BBC Radio's crime correspondent, George Cragge.
A blackly humorous murder mystery set in the world of City finance, the BBC and political parties. Dramatised in seven-parts by Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham from Mark Tavener's novel.
George Cragge ...... Michael Williams
Frank Jefferson ...... Barry Foster
Geoffrey Crichton-Potter ...... Stephen Moore
Henry ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Max ...... Peter Woodthorpe
Controller Radio 2 ...... Stephen Fry
Controller Radio 4 ...... John Bird
Dominic De'ath ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Hercules Fortescue ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Andrew James ...... Peter Serafinowcz
Laetitia ...... Victoria Carling
Caroline ...... Susie Brann
Other parts played by Jonathan Keeble, Don Macorkindale, Annabel Mullion and Alice Arnold.
Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news stories from the last seven days.
Cricketing legend Dave Podmore tries to gauge the English team's success in his own murky way...
Christopher Douglas stars as Pod.
Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Dave ...... Chris Douglas
Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds
With Henry Alan, Keiran Cadweller, William Hicks, David Rogers, Fiona Rowlett and Montanna Thompson.
MONDAY 22 OCTOBER 2012
MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b0113d7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel (b00wlrcp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01ngw34)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Trevor Hoyle - The Dying Art of Letter Writing (b01bmrq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Christopher Brookmyre's Comedy Bookcase (b01n62mw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Frank Dickens: Holy Mackerel - It's My Life! (b01bb9cm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Harry Worth (b00rl56h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Wimsey (b007jvhy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows (b00qt10k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmp26)
Dead Side of the Mic
Episode 1
Simon Brett's actor-cum-amateur sleuth gets embroiled in a suspicious death at London's Broadcasting House. Stars Bill Nighy.
MON 06:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nh722)
Episode 1
A policeman is dead and Inspector Barlach has a hunch about the murderer. Bernard Hepton reads Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella.
MON 06:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nh724)
Episode 16
With the contraband unloaded, Dick and mates have won Spider's trust to set the trap. But Hugo's escaped. Stars Douglas Kelly.
MON 07:00 Safety Catch (b00fc4vp)
Series 1
Show Me You Care
Simon McGrath likes to think of himself as a good citizen.
He donates blood, recycles his newspapers and has adopted two tigers.
He just also happens to be an arms dealer...
Starring Darren Boyd as Simon McGrath.
First of three series of Laurence Howarth’s black comedy of modern morality.
With:
Joanna Page
Lewis MacLeod
Sarah Smart
Brigit Forsyth
Ben Onwukwe
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2007.
MON 07:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b01n9yfs)
Series 5
Ker, Stephenson Connolly, Geim
Professor of Ignorance at the University of Buckingham, Professor John Lloyd CBE is joined by comedian Jimmy Carr for the fifth series.
Three guests are invited to donate one item each and explain why it deserves a place in the museum.
John and Jimmy welcome comedian Humphrey Ker, sex therapist, comedian and author Dr Pamela Stephenson-Connolly and Nobel Physics Laureate Professor Sir Andre Geim.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012
MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jwsp)
Kenneth Horne goes wine tasting, and a savage sea monster attacks the Isle of Wight. With Kenneth Williams. From January 1964.
MON 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlqh)
Series 3
Without Prejudice
Harold persuades Albert to leave their rag and bone yard to move out to suburbia.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Edward Kelsey, Garrard Green and Trevor Martin.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1971.
MON 09:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00pg5r6)
Series 5
Keep Fit
Arthur's keen on taking up a free trial gym membership, but will his doctor approve? Stars Steve Delaney. From January 2010.
MON 09:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01nh82g)
Series 2
Fear
The sofa hosts invite a stressed bomb disposal expert to "hug his fear".
Series 2 of Bill Dare's sitcom stars Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.
Mike ...... Robert Duncan
Sue ...... Jan Ravens
With Roger Blake, Bill Dare, Alistair McGowan and Sally Philips.
Music by Mark Burton.
Producer: Jo Clegg
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
MON 10:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125g87)
Hamer's Women
Social reformer John is tempted by Lady Lettice, as his wife fights for the suffragettes.
Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.
Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.
John Shawcross ...... Ian McKellen
Tom Hannaway ...... Geoffrey Wheeler
Anne Artingstall ...... June Barry
Lizzie Lightowler ...... Rosalie Crutchley
Lady Lettice ...... Helen Ryan
Arnold Ryerson ...... Andrew Jackson
Pen Ryerson ...... Vida Paterson
Harry Liskeard ...... Peter Guinness
Jimmy Newboult ...... John Baldwin
Ellen Stansfield ...... Rosalie Williams
Charles Shawcross aged 8 ...... David Boardman
Hawley Artingstall ...... Graham Tennant
Organ grinder ...... Colin Bean
Prison wardens ...... Joan Anstey/ Delia Corrie
Prison doctor ...... Roger Grainger
Director: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.
MON 11:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x3)
Stories by Anton Chekhov
An Incident
Two children, two pets, one stranger. Then a small domestic disaster. Alistair McGowan reads a tale from the Russian master.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01ng15g)
Honor Blackman, Charlie Brooker, Peter Serafinowicz, George The Poet, The Herbaliser and The Magnetic North
Clive has Pussy Galore in the studio! Original Bond Girl Honor Blackman has Clive Shaken not stirred and now stars in a new breed of zombie adventure. 'Cockneys Vs Zombies' follows a group of bank-robbing cousins trying to save their grandparents care home from developers. Whilst they're cleaning out the vault, zombies head towards the care home with an appetite for OAPs! It's available on DVD from Monday 22nd October.
The actor, comedian and twitter legend Peter Serafinowicz comes prepared to share 'A Billion Jokes' with Clive. His widely popular twitter feed is the inspiration of his new book and Vol 1 is published by Boxtree on 8th November.
Queen of bling Nikki Bedi raps with George The Poet. Hailing from North West London via Uganda, George juxtaposes his experiences of an African heritage, an inner city upbringing, and life as a Cambridge undergraduate to create social commentary through poetry. George also joins The Herbaliser to rap on their track 'A Sad State of Affairs'.
Journalist, screen burner and all-round ray of sunshine Charlie Brooker rants to Clive about his latest collection of hastily spluttered articles and scarcely literate scrawl. 'I Can Make You Hate' contains words and punctuation, but won't help you lose weight, feel smarter or feel happier about yourself.
With musical magnetism from Orcadian singer-songwriter Erland Cooper and his band The Magnetic North who perform their new single 'Rackwick' from the album 'Orkney: Symphony of The Magnetic North'.
And from hip-hop-infused funksters The Herbaliser who play 'A Sad State of Affairs' from their new album 'There Were Seven'.
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jwsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 13:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmp26)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nh722)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 13:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nh724)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
MON 14:00 Winifred Holtby - South Riding (b007jndp)
Episode 1
Headmistress Sarah Burton returns to 1930s Yorkshire for a challenging new post.
Winifred Holtby's (1898-1935) most famous novel "South Riding" was published posthumously in 1936. It's a rich and memorable evocation of the characters of Yorkshire's South Riding, their lives, loves and sorrows.
Starring Sarah Lancashire as Sarah Burton, Philip Glenister as Robert Carne and Carole Boyd as Mrs Beddows.
With Susan Cookson, Maggie Tagney, Donald McBride, Lucy Beaumont, Annmarie Hosell and Maya Foa.
Dramatised in 15-parts by Gill Adams.
Director: Melanie Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
MON 14:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01gvkwh)
Treason and Plots
Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in which they lived.
With old certainties shifting around them, in a time of political and religious unrest and economic expansion, Neil asks what the plays would have meant to the public when they were first performed. He uses carefully selected objects to explore the great issues of the day that preoccupied the public and helped shape the works, and he considers what they can reveal about the concerns and beliefs of Shakespearean England.
Programme 11. TREASON & PLOTS - A tabloid history of Shakespeare's England, told through a collection of contemporary accounts of plots to murder Elizabeth I and James I.
Producer: Paul Kobrak.
MON 14:30 Rukhsana Ahmad - Freedom's Daughter (b007jy5g)
Episode 1
The touching correspondence between the young Indira Gandhi and her father Nehru. Read by Nina Wadia and Paul Bhattacharjee.
MON 14:45 Alan Bennett - The Clothes They Stood Up In (b00ps5hr)
Episode 3
Mrs Ransome compares the burglary aftermath to dealing with a death. The author reads his own specially commissioned story.
MON 15:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125g87)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nh82j)
Mel Giedroyc hears nasty, gruesome things about the Romans from Terry Deary's brilliant Horrible Histories. And the nature series features the beautiful story of the sea swallow.
MON 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q)
The Honours List
With news of a New Year's Honour for a villager, Audrey is nice to Devere.
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
Brigadier ...... Jonathan Adams
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 descendent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.
Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his TV script.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.
MON 17:30 Safety Catch (b00fc4vp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b1p28)
Small Gods
Episode 1
Set in a complex state of beliefs, Great God Om appears before a novice monk - and is soon coming out of his shell...
There are gods everywhere on Discworld - you can't swing a simian librarian without hitting one - except, of course, only a few people can see them. Each small god lies in wait, desperately seeking to make someone believe in him. On Discworld, gods need people more than people need gods, for belief is the food of the gods.
Terry Pratchett's four-part comic fantasy starring Carl Prekopp, Patrick Barlow and Alex Jennings. With Anton Lesser as the Narrator.
Narrator ...... Anton Lesser
Om ...... Patrick Barlow
Brutha ...... Carl Prekopp
Vorbis ...... Alex Jennings
Nhumrod ...... Geoffrey Beevers
Sasho ...... Philip Fox
General Fri'it ...... Sean Barrett
Quisitor ...... Gerard McDermott
Other parts played by the cast.
Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Producer: Claire Grove
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2006.
MON 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00p7r1y)
Series 3
Untoward
Edna is planning a trip to the Primary to find out what happened to Tankerton. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex Tregear, Al Murray and Kevin Eldon.
MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jwsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 20:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmp26)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nh722)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 20:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nh724)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
MON 21:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01ng15g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b01n9yfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00pg5r6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01nh82l)
Series 5
22/10/2012
An extended edition of the News Quiz, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Susan Calman and Michael Deacon.
MON 23:45 Creme de la Crime (b007jr0x)
Series 1
20,000 Leaks Under the Sea
Michael Feydeau and David Pershore unravel a case of wartime spying skullduggery. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From September 2001.
TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2012
TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b1p28)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00p7r1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmp26)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nh722)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nh724)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00pg5r6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01nh82g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125g87)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01ng15g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Safety Catch (b00fc4vp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmr2t)
Dead Side of the Mic
Episode 2
The plot thickens for the actor-sleuth as he delves into a death at the BBC. Stars Bill Nighy and Suzanne Burden.
TUE 06:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nh8pr)
Episode 2
Barlach and Tschanz are on the trail of the mysterious 'G'. Bernard Hepton reads Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella.
TUE 06:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nh8zs)
Episode 17
It's just hours now before the contraband arrives. Will Hugo manage to tip-off Spider about our heroes? Stars Douglas Kelly.
TUE 07:00 Babblewick Hall (b01nh8zv)
Series 1
Episode 5
A future as a distinguished Parliamentarian beckons Fenton to London.
However, putting the finishing touches to his maiden speech, Fenton Babblewick is unaware of the tortuous journey which lies ahead - and his travelling companions who’ll be the source of much irritation.
Is this the moment Augustus has been waiting for? An escape to London, free at last from the horrors of Yorkshire.
Starring Nicholas Le Prevost as Fenton Babblewick and Forbes Masson as Augustus Snipe.
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
Mrs Maddison ...... Sara Coward
Maddison ...... John Baddeley
Highwayman ...... Stephen Critchlow
Music by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1996.
TUE 07:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b01nb1s7)
Series 4
Best Local Business
EPISODE TWO: BEST LOCAL BUSINESS
Father and son comedy set in the finest old-school record shop in Birmingham. Starring Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker and some terrific tunes.
Rudy's Rare Records is a tiny down at heel old reggae record shop in Birmingham - one of a dying breed; a place with real soul, stacked with piles of vinyl, where the slogan is "if we don't have it - them don't mek it". It's owned by the charismatic, irrepressible Rudy Sharpe (Larrington Walker), reluctantly helped out by his long-suffering neurotic son Adam (Lenny Henry) and Handsworth's first, black, surly girly goth, Tasha (Natasha Godfrey). Rudy has recently married his long-term love interest Doreen (Claire Benedict) which is leaving his best friend Clifton (Jeffery Kissoon) feeling left out.
But business is not booming and Adam enters a competition for the Best Local Business hoping the publicity and the prize money will give the record shop a much needed boost. It also means war between Rudy's Rare Records and Clifton's Blooms.
Adam ..... Lenny Henry
Rudy ..... Larrington Walker
Tasha ..... Natasha Godfrey
Doreen ..... Claire Benedict
Clifton ..... Jeffery Kissoon
Richie ..... Joe Jacobs
Darnell ..... Javone Prince
Secret Shopper ..... Sarah Thom
Ainsley Harriott ..... Himself
Twitch ..... Adam Nagaitis
Written by Paula Hines
Script Editor: Danny Robins
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
Music in this episode:
GET UP EDINA DESMOND DEKKER
RUN THIS TOWN JAY Z, RIHANNA & KANYE WEST
FUSSIN AND FIGHTING BOB MARLEY
BE PREPARED WINSTON SAMUEL
DON'T PLAY NO GAME
THAT I CAN'T WIN BEASTIE BOYS FEAT. SANTIGOLD
DO I WORRY DERRICK HARRIOT
NO FRIEND DELROY WILLIAMS.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00f6gsn)
World War One
England and France are at war. Eccles is at lunch.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1958.
TUE 08:30 Listen to Les (b01nh8zx)
From 10/03/1985
Les Dawson with tales of Britain's first space hero, and the Cosmo show discusses birds.
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 March 1985.
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01nh82l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 Creme de la Crime (b007jr0x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:45 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125lky)
Nothing But the Truth, Almost!
The Great War dominates politics as leaders ask people to unite. Hamer's son enlists.
Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.
Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.
John Hamer Shawcross …. Sir Ian McKellen
Anne Artingstall …. June Barry
Lizzie Lightowler …. Rosalie Crutchley
Arnold Tyerson …. Andrew Jackson
Pen Ryerson …. Vida Paterson
Alice Ryerson …. Valerie Georgeson
Tom Hannaway …. Geoffrey Wheeler
Lady Hannaway …. Romy Baskerville
Mrs Ambeley-Rosewater …. Cynthia Michaelis
Jimmy Newboult …. John Baldwin
Lady Lettice Melland …. Helen Ryan
The Election Official …. Peter Ellis
Director: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.
TUE 11:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x9)
Stories by Anton Chekhov
A Play
She insists on showing him her terrible work. He takes drastic action. Alistair McGowan reads a tale from the Russian master.
TUE 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k3myc)
Series 2
The Chief Justice of Beauty
Precious worries about her fiance, and Mma Makutsi takes on a case for the Chief Justice of Beauty. Stars Claire Benedict.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b00f6gsn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Listen to Les (b01nh8zx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmr2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nh8pr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 13:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nh8zs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
TUE 14:00 Winifred Holtby - South Riding (b007jnf6)
Episode 2
Back home in Yorkshire, new headmistress Sarah Burton has much to tackle at her rundown school. Stars Sarah Lancashire.
TUE 14:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01gvn29)
Sex and the City
Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in which they lived.
With old certainties shifting around them, in a time of political and religious unrest and economic expansion, Neil asks what the plays would have meant to the public when they were first performed. He uses carefully selected objects to explore the great issues of the day that preoccupied the public and helped shape the works, and he considers what they can reveal about the concerns and beliefs of Shakespearean England.
Programme 12. SEX & THE CITY - A delicate glass goblet reveals the twin seductions of Venice: its sought after luxuries and its equally sought after lecherous women.
Producer: Paul Kobrak.
TUE 14:30 Rukhsana Ahmad - Freedom's Daughter (b007jy6q)
Episode 2
In prison, Nehru relies on daughter Indira Gandhi's letters to learn about India's struggle for freedom. Read by Nina Wadia.
TUE 14:45 Alan Bennett - The Clothes They Stood Up In (b00pspj2)
Episode 4
The burgled Ransomes take a trip into the unknown - in Aylesbury. The author reads his own specially commissioned story.
TUE 15:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125lky)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nh9r3)
Mel finds out just how awful Roman kings were in Terry Deary's story Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans, and she hears the Inheritance Books of author Eoin Colfer.
TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00f6p4z)
Series 4
End of Term
Ambassador Mackenzie packs his diplomatic bags, and faces a bleak future back in Britain with no servants - and no knighthood.
Before he heads for the Cotswolds, he faces one final crisis in the People's Democracy. But what are the skills of diplomacy for, if not to salvage some personal profit from another's disaster?
The final episode 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 August 1992.
TUE 17:30 Babblewick Hall (b01nh8zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b50xj)
Small Gods
Episode 2
Novice priest Brutha has been selected by Deacon Vorbis to go on a secret mission to the infidel city of Ephebe.
The Great God Om, who is stuck in the body of a small tortoise, is going with him in a little wicker basket.
Terry Pratchett's comic Discworld fantasy starring Carl Prekopp, Patrick Barlow and Alex Jennings. With Anton Lesser as the Narrator.
Narrator ...... Anton Lesser
Om ...... Patrick Barlow
Brutha ...... Carl Prekopp
Vorbis ...... Alex Jennings
Aktor ...... Philip Fox
Xeno ...... Sean Barrett
Captainr ...... Gerard McDermott
Sergeant ...... John Cummins
Other parts played by the cast.
Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Producer: Claire Grove
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.
TUE 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00pbtv6)
Series 3
Ungainly
Edna faces her childhood possessions and probes London's Low Quality Expedition. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex Tregear and Emma Kennedy.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b00f6gsn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Listen to Les (b01nh8zx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmr2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nh8pr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 20:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nh8zs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
TUE 21:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k3myc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Rudy's Rare Records (b01nb1s7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b00j0h9n)
Series 2
Sandi Toksvig
Marcus Brigstocke gets Sandi Toksvig to try some new experiences, seeing the world from a whole new level. From March 2009.
TUE 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007rj19)
Series 2
Signs
Uncle Liquidities demands that Plato quits philosophy to enter the funerary urn business. With Stephen Moore. From March 2002.
TUE 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007qx6z)
Series 1
The Universe
The spoof TV sci-fi star explains life's big mysteries. Stars Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From October 1992.
WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER 2012
WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b50xj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00pbtv6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmr2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nh8pr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nh8zs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01nh82l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:45 Creme de la Crime (b007jr0x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:45 on Monday]
WED 03:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125lky)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k3myc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b00f6p4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Babblewick Hall (b01nh8zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmxj3)
Dead Side of the Mic
Episode 3
The actor-sleuth heads to New York for a funeral, and to pursue his investigation into a death at the BBC. Stars Bill Nighy.
WED 06:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nhg6d)
Episode 3
What is the truth behind the shadowy Gastmann's dinner parties? Bernard Hepton reads Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella.
WED 06:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nhg6g)
Episode 18
Can our hero prevent Hugo from tipping-off his boss about the set-up? And why is Jean sidling up to Spider? Stars Douglas Kelly.
WED 07:00 The Alan Davies Show (b007js69)
Episode 1
Struggling actor Alan and his friends Kate and Murray find themselves locked in - a lot!
Alan Davies stars in his own six-part sitcom.
Written by Alan Davies, Ben Silburn and Tony Roche.
Alan Francis and Ronnie Ancona play his long-suffering friends.
Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona
With Caroline Loncq and Kevin Eldon.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
WED 07:30 Gloomsbury (b01mx2sp)
Series 1
The Trials of Attempting an Elopement
A stellar cast of Miriam Margolyes, Alison Steadman, Nigel Planer, Morwenna Banks, Jonathan Coy and John Sessions breathes life into the colourfully chaotic characters of Gloomsbury, a riotous comedy about the Bloomsbury Group.
The six-part series from the pen of Sue Limb is an affectionate send up of the infamous literary group whose arty and adulterous adventures dominated the cultural scene in the early 20th century.
The series follows the fortunes of Vera Sackcloth-Vest (Margolyes) - writer, gardener and transvestite - and her urge to escape from the tranquillity of her rather cramped little castle in Kent which she shares with her doting but ambiguous husband Henry (Coy), who is 'something in the Foreign Office'. Vera's heart is forever surging with exotic passion for Ginny Fox (Steadman), a highly-strung novelist who adores her, or the beautiful but shallow Venus Traduces (Banks).
As the scene shifts from Kent to London, and Cornwall to Monaco, this close-knit coterie is divided by misunderstandings, jealousies and rows.
In episode one, Vera longs to elope to Mediterranean sunshine with one of her bosom chums. But her first choice, Ginny, is stubbornly impervious to adventure and Venus Traduces is fully booked for elopements until next April. Will Vera run off instead with the perky waitress at Lyons' Corner house? Meanwhile, what is Vera's husband Henry up to as telegrams fly between him and Archie Pinkerton-Poker at the Foreign Office?
Produced by Jamie Rix
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008v13d)
Series 5
The Sleepless Night
The lad tries to get a good night's sleep, but everybody else keeps him awake.
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 June 1958.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sjp2j)
Series 3
Episode 11
Tales of Merrie England and an insight into show-jumping.
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 Graeme Garden, Peter Hutchins, Eric Idle, Peter Vincent and David McKellar,
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Dave Lee, Bill Oddie and Leon Cohen.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in May 1966.
WED 09:00 At Home With the Hardys (b00lbnyq)
Surprise Surprise
Bored Kitty's surprise birthday party exceeds everyone's expectations. Stars Jeremy Hardy and Kit Hollerbach. From May 1990.
WED 09:30 Who Goes There? (b007wqd6)
Series 2
Episode 5
Martin Young chairs the quiz looking at lives of the noteworthy and notorious from the history books.
Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego with guests Claire Rayner and Roy Hattersley.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
WED 10:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125kcb)
Perish By the Sword
Labour briefly tastes of power, and fortunes are made and lost as Hamer Shawcross concludes his memoirs.
Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.
Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.
John Hamer Shawcross …. Sir Ian McKellen
Jimmy Newboult …. John Baldwin
Lady Lettice Melland …. Helen Ryan
Lady Hannaway …. Romy Baskerville
Arnold Tyerson …. Andrew Jackson
Pen Ryerson …. Vida Paterson
Lizzie Lightowler …. Rosalie Crutchley
Tom Hannaway …. Geoffrey Wheeler
Alice Ryerson …. Valerie Georgeson
Charles Shawcross …. Richard Durden
Pendleton …. Rory Scase
Director: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.
WED 11:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9zv)
Stories by Anton Chekhov
The Old House
The landlord shows one of his properties, but the memories are traumatic. Alistair McGowan reads the Russian master's tale.
WED 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k7xcy)
Series 2
The Confession
Precious Ramotswe must find two women wronged in the past by her client, Mr Molefelo. Stars Claire Benedict and Joseph Marcell.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008v13d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sjp2j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 13:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmxj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nhg6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 13:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nhg6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
WED 14:00 Winifred Holtby - South Riding (b007jnfr)
Episode 3
Headmistress Sarah Burton is determined to make a success of her first event in the community. Stars Sarah Lancashire.
WED 14:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01gvrxk)
From London to Marrakech
Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in which they lived.
With old certainties shifting around them, in a time of political and religious unrest and economic expansion, Neil asks what the plays would have meant to the public when they were first performed. He uses carefully selected objects to explore the great issues of the day that preoccupied the public and helped shape the works, and he considers what they can reveal about the concerns and beliefs of Shakespearean England.
Programme 13. FROM LONDON TO MARRAKECH - Sunken gold from West Africa sheds light on the complex relationship Elizabethan England had with the Moors of the Mediterranean.
This programme was originally broadcast in 2012.
Producer: Paul Kobrak.
WED 14:30 Rukhsana Ahmad - Freedom's Daughter (b007jy7z)
Episode 3
Indira Gandhi's father Nehru learns of her search abroad to cure her sick mother. Read by Nina Wadia. and Paul Bhattacharjee.
WED 14:45 Alan Bennett - The Clothes They Stood Up In (b00psrg3)
Episode 5
The Ransomes get their belongings back, but how did they disappear? The author reads his own specially commissioned story.
WED 15:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125kcb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nht58)
Thanks to Terry Deary's Horrible Histories, Mel finds out how nasty the Romans could be with a sponge on a stick. And she has the Inheritance Tracks of 'The Voice' Sir Tom Jones.
WED 17:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007k06z)
A Wrongful Arrest
When Bertie Wooster is accused of theft, luckily there's always Jeeves
PG Wodehouse romp adapted by Chris Miller.
Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Patrick Cargill as Sir Watkyn Bassett, Rex Garner as Gussie Fink-Nottle, Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia, James Villiers as Roderick Spode, Tony McEwan as PC Oates.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1973.
WED 17:30 The Alan Davies Show (b007js69)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b8rpc)
Small Gods
Episode 3
Ephebian philosophers argue violently among themselves but they're no match for Deacon Vorbis.
However one philosopher, Didactylos, is prepared to stand up to him.
Terry Pratchett's comic Discworld fantasy starring Carl Prekopp, Patrick Barlow and Alex Jennings. With Anton Lesser as the Narrator.
Narrator ...... Anton Lesser
Om ...... Patrick Barlow
Brutha ...... Carl Prekopp
Vorbis ...... Alex Jennings
Didactylos ...... Gerard McDermott
Urn ...... John Cummins
Nhumrod ...... Geoffrey Beevers
Sergeant Simony ...... Nick Sayce
Other parts played by the cast.
Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Producer: Claire Grove
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.
WED 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00pd7ck)
Series 3
Underground
Edna and Tankerton traverse the Tube to stop someone changing the realities. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex Tregear, Ben Moor and Al Murray.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008v13d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sjp2j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmxj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nhg6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 20:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nhg6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
WED 21:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k7xcy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Gloomsbury (b01mx2sp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once (b01nht5b)
Series 2
Siege
Michael accepts the toughest night shift in Manchester. Will Jason's evening be any easier?
The lives of the Stockport-based Conroy family in series 2 of Damian Lanigan and Jim Poyser's comedy drama.
Starring Jason Done as Michael, Andrew Knott as Jason, Beverley Callard as Maureen, John Henshaw as Eddie, Jo-Anne Knowles as Debbie, Jack Smethurst as Jim and Damian Lanigan as Carl.
Music: Big George
Producer: Neil Mossey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.
WED 23:00 Doon Your Way (b007k08m)
Episode 4
Doon Mackichan with more comic creations including DJ Chantal and Briony the Brownie. With Phil Cornwell. From September 1996.
WED 23:30 Nebulous (b00xcb0v)
Series 3
Rebel Without a Cortex
All the Professor and team have to do is get a single prisoner to Venus. What could go wrong? Stars Mark Gatiss. From June 2008.
THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER 2012
THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b8rpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00pd7ck)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmxj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nhg6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nhg6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 At Home With the Hardys (b00lbnyq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Who Goes There? (b007wqd6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur (b0125kcb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qb9zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k7xcy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007k06z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Alan Davies Show (b007js69)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wnmbt)
Dead Side of the Mic
Episode 4
Can the actor-sleuth solve the deadly mystery haunting the BBC, or will he end up in chains? Stars Bill Nighy and Nicky Henson.
THU 06:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nj0km)
Episode 4
The man known as Gastmann reveals his and Barlach's shared past. Bernard Hepton reads Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella.
THU 06:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nj0kp)
Episode 19
Spider's treachery knows no bounds as he turns on his own gang. Our heroes brace themselves for action. Stars Douglas Kelly.
THU 07:00 Chambers (b007jpgy)
Series 3
Rent Arrears
John Fuller-Carp, head of chambers, enjoys conning students. Ruth tries to avoid the question, and Vince acts Jewish. All in a day's work for the barristers of Forecourt Buildings.
Series 3 of Clive Coleman's sitcom set in perhaps the country's least spectacular set of chambers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Lancashire
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
With Rebecca Front and Ben Crowe.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
THU 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b01nbrjc)
Series 2
Episode 6
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, presents the last in this 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 week's show starts by going to the dogs and ends with what is surely the oldest hymn in the world.
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. The original music is by Susannah Pearse. It is produced by Ed Morrish.
THU 08:00 Yes Minister (b007k1mq)
Series 2
The Moral Dimension
Thirsty MP Jim Hacker's trip to an Arab state sparks diplomatic disarray.
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 …. Derek Fowlds
Anne Hacker …. Diana Hoddinot
Bill Pritchard …. Anthony Carrick
Prince Mohammed …. Walter Randall
First Arab …. Vic Tablian
Helpful Arab …. Ali Rifaii
Jenny Goodwin …. Moir Lesley
Ross …. Robin Summers
Diplomat …. Mark Straker
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b01nj0kt)
From 24/10/1950
Jimmy Edwards becomes Head of the BBC Research College. Classic Frank Muir and Denis Norden comedy. From October 1950.
THU 09:00 1834 (b011db7v)
The Time Machine
Jason decides the invention of the toasted sandwich maker will sort out his new 19th-century life.
21st-century teacher, Jason Slater, is coming to terms with waking up in 19th-century Macclesfield.
In Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight, Jason is now Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport with a faithful valet, Ned.
Jason Slater ...... Michael Begley
Ned ...... Joe Caffrey
Hoskins ...... Kenneth Alan Taylor
Lord Belport ...... Mark Chatterton
Stubbs ...... Glenn Cunningham
Millicent ...... Julia Rounthwaite
Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003.
THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b01nj0kw)
Patrick Moore, Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo and Clement Freud cogitate on bath time and the perfect murder. From February 1978.
THU 10:00 Jill Paton Walsh - The Wyndham Case (b007jsrd)
The locked library of St Agatha's College in Cambridge houses an invaluable collection of 17th-century volumes. It also contains one dead student. A tragic accident - or is there some more mysterious and deadly circumstance surrounding the death of model student Philip Skellow?
If anyone can find out, it’s college nurse and amateur sleuth, Imogen Quy, and her policeman friend, Mike.
Imogen Quy …. Carolyn Pickles
Mike Parsons …. Richard Derrington
Sir William …. Jeffery Dench
Lady Buckmoat …. Marlene Sidaway
Fran Bullion …. Tracey Wyles
Mountnessing …. Charles Collingwood
Mrs. Skellow …. Gillian Goodman
Lord Goldhooper …. Ian Brooker
Nick …. Tom George
Emily and Tracy …. Claire Corbett
Catherine and Felicity …. Jasmine Hyde
Jack …. Thomas Arnold
Phillip Skellow …. Alex Trinder
Roger …. Martyn Read
Written by Jill Paton Walsh and dramatised by Neville Teller.
Directed in Birmingham by Peter Lesley Wild
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
THU 11:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qbb8m)
Stories by Anton Chekhov
Ivan Matveyitch
An old academic and a young boy. It's a topsy-turvy friendship, but it endures. Alistair McGowan reads the Russian master's tale.
THU 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k89mk)
Series 2
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Precious learns about her competition, and Mma Makutsi embarks on an entrepreneurial enterprise. Stars Claire Benedict.
THU 12:00 Yes Minister (b007k1mq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b01nj0kt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wnmbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nj0km)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 13:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nj0kp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
THU 14:00 Winifred Holtby - South Riding (b007jngb)
Episode 4
Headmistress Sarah Burton develops a soft spot for a married school governor. Stars Sarah Lancashire and Philip Glenister.
THU 14:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01gvthw)
Disguise and Deception
Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in which they lived.
With old certainties shifting around them, in a time of political and religious unrest and economic expansion, Neil asks what the plays would have meant to the public when they were first performed. He uses carefully selected objects to explore the great issues of the day that preoccupied the public and helped shape the works, and he considers what they can reveal about the concerns and beliefs of Shakespearean England.
Programme 14. DISGUISE & DECEPTION - Deception and religion, cross-dressing and travelling salesmen are all unpacked via a pedlar's trunk.
This programme was originally broadcast in 2012.
Producer: Paul Kobrak.
THU 14:30 Rukhsana Ahmad - Freedom's Daughter (b007jy99)
Episode 4
Nehru feels cut off from Indira, as tragic events threaten to overtake his family. Read by Nina Wadia. and Paul Bhattacharjee.
THU 14:45 Alan Bennett - The Clothes They Stood Up In (b00pswyd)
Episode 6
A tape and a letter offer the Ransomes clues to their caring burglary. The author reads his own specially commissioned story.
THU 15:00 Jill Paton Walsh - The Wyndham Case (b007jsrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nj12b)
In Terry Deary's Horrible Histories, Mel hears how truly horrible Roman Emperors could be - very nasty! And she goes hunting with an eagle in Outer Mongolia.
THU 17:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009pr6l)
Points of Disagreement
Whiz-kid Jimmy Bright has run out of Whizz. So staid accountant Russell Farrow grabs the reins, and ends up in a prickly situation...
Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton star in Andrew Palmer’s sitcom
Jimmy Bright ...... Bernard Cribbins
Russell Farrow ...... Frank Thornton
Nan Forbes ...... Annette Crosbie
Sue Plant ...... Annee Blott
With Dennis Ramsden.
Written by Andrew Palmer.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1988.
THU 17:30 Chambers (b007jpgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00bdjq2)
Small Gods
Episode 4
Deacon Vorbis has returned triumphantly to Omnia. He proclaims himself the One True Prophet.
But Brutha knows what really happened in the desert and the Great God Om is still out there, stuck in the body of a tortoise.
Conclusion of Terry Pratchett's comic Discworld fantasy starring Carl Prekopp, Patrick Barlow and Alex Jennings. With Anton Lesser as the Narrator.
Narrator ...... Anton Lesser
Om ...... Patrick Barlow
Brutha ...... Carl Prekopp
Vorbis ...... Alex Jennings
Fergman ...... Gerard McDermott
Urn ...... John Cummins
Nhumrod ...... Geoffrey Beevers
Sergeant Simony ...... Nick Sayce
Death ...... Michael Kilgarriff
Other parts played by the cast.
Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Producer: Claire Grove
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.
THU 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00pgnql)
Series 3
United
Edna sees a hypnotherapist, as her friends take up the worlds-protecting slack. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex Tregear, Ben Moor and Duncan Wisbey.
THU 19:00 Yes Minister (b007k1mq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b01nj0kt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wnmbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nj0km)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 20:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nj0kp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 today]
THU 21:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qbb8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k89mk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b01nbrjc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b01nj1st)
Series 7
Episode 6
Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news stories from the last seven days.
THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b008ythm)
Series 2
Episode 3
Spoofing the royals - and chatty dinosaurs. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged topical humour. From September 1986.
THU 23:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcn)
The Brothers Faversham
Leonidas Faversham
The story of Victorian Britain's most reckless living explorer - Leonidas Faversham.
The comedy sketch trio present swashbuckling tales of four brothers born into the same privileged aristocratic family - Horatius, Theseus, Leonidas and Augustus.
Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.
Alexandra Faversham ... Ingrid Oliver
Narrator... Miles Jupp.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in January 2008.
FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER 2012
FRI 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00bdjq2)
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FRI 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00pgnql)
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FRI 01:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wnmbt)
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FRI 01:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nj0km)
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FRI 01:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nj0kp)
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FRI 02:00 1834 (b011db7v)
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FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b01nj0kw)
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FRI 03:00 Jill Paton Walsh - The Wyndham Case (b007jsrd)
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FRI 04:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qbb8m)
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FRI 04:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k89mk)
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FRI 05:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009pr6l)
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FRI 05:30 Chambers (b007jpgy)
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FRI 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (b00kkdkp)
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
A long-buried secret induces pity and sorrow in the Great Detective.
Holmes and Watson learn the truth about the death of a lion tamer many years before, which left his wife horribly mutilated and hidden behind a veil. A tale of abuse and revenge fuelled by the ultimate betrayal of a lover and the physical and emotional scars it has left behind.
Taken from 'The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes' published in 1927 some years after Holmes' death at the hands of Moriarty, this a story from the latter period of Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
Read by James Nickerson.
Producer: Joanne Reardon
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004.
FRI 06:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nj2x5)
Episode 5
The surprising truth about Schmied's murder is revealed. Bernard Hepton concludes Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella.
FRI 06:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nj2x7)
Episode 20
In a thrilling climax, our heroes find themselves off the coast of France as Spider's plan plays out. Stars Douglas Kelly.
FRI 07:00 Up the Garden Path (b00803k9)
Series 2
Arrivals and Departures
Izzy has escaped from the clutches of the adulterous Michael and spent the past year on a teachers' exchange scheme in San Francisco, where she shared a flat with the adoring but unappealing Dick.
As they fly home, Izzy feels her life is more than usually up in the air.
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.
An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshan
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Louise ...... Phyllida Nash
Aunt Vinny ...... Rosemary Martin
Charles ...... David Robb
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1988.
FRI 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b01ng26n)
Series 3
Put a Lid on It
The multi-award winning American essayist brings more of his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 with a series of audience readings. This week we encounter his sister, Tiffany, in a story called "Put A Lid On It" and hear some more extracts from his diaries.
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Boom Pictures Cymru production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b014tpqj)
Series 7
Let Loose with a Chopper
Ordered on to a Nato exercise, the crew of HMS Troutbridge find themselves up in the air.
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 Lieutenant Parfitt, Michael Bates as Lieutenant Dingle 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 August 1965.
FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrdl)
Series 3
Complain About the Burkiss Way
Desert Island Wobblies and a somewhat startling history of a history of things through the ages, through the ages...
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Scripted by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978.
FRI 09:00 Bristow (b00cbcpg)
Series 1
Fair Shares
Takeover tangles as Bristow learns that Chester Perry is making a takeover bid for the firm across the street.
He thinks that if he surreptitiously invests in rivals Miles and Rudge, he can make a mint...
Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows it.
Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years from 1961.
Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Prunella Peach ...... Carol Starks
Fred Stokes ...... David Battley
Post Boy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
FRI 09:30 Snap (b00tvql2)
Series 2
Episode 4
A problem aired is a problem shared, but will Ryan find a way to deal with being bullied on his own?
And Molly doesn't care who Doug goes out with now they’re divorced, but she'd still like to know all the details...
Paul Mendelson’s sitcom stars Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Samantha Spiro as Dawn and Jonathan Tafler as Raymond.
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
FRI 10:00 Roger Hume - The Campden Wonder (b00mrhdm)
The true account of the mysterious disappearance of William Harrison, a rent collector in the service of the Campden family in Chipping Campden in 1660.
Stars Peter Jeffrey as Sir Thomas Overbury, Richard Derrington as John Perry, Nigel Anthony as Dr Shirley, David Holt as Sly/Edward Harrison and Kim Durham as Richard/Nathan.
Written by Richard Derrington and Roger Hume.
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994
FRI 11:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qbb8r)
Stories by Anton Chekhov
Bad Weather
Or to put it another way, what has the husband been up to in Moscow? Alistair McGowan reads Constance Garnett's translation. From January 1998.
FRI 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k8t2y)
Series 2
The Admirer
Precious makes an unhappy discovery and Mma Makutsi finds a fan at the Kalahari typing school for men. Stars Claire Benedict.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b014tpqj)
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FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrdl)
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FRI 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (b00kkdkp)
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FRI 13:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nj2x5)
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FRI 13:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nj2x7)
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FRI 14:00 Winifred Holtby - South Riding (b007jngw)
Episode 5
Headmistress Sarah Burton sparks upset when she takes her girls on an educational walk in the snow. Stars Sarah Lancashire.
FRI 14:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01gvwxr)
The Flag That Failed
Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in which they lived.
With old certainties shifting around them, in a time of political and religious unrest and economic expansion, Neil asks what the plays would have meant to the public when they were first performed. He uses carefully selected objects to explore the great issues of the day that preoccupied the public and helped shape the works, and he considers what they can reveal about the concerns and beliefs of Shakespearean England.
Programme 15. THE FLAG THAT FAILED - The problems in uniting Scotland and England and in creating a Great Britain are encapsulated in a set of designs for a common flag.
This programme was originally broadcast in 2012.
Producer: Paul Kobrak.
FRI 14:30 Rukhsana Ahmad - Freedom's Daughter (b007jybp)
Episode 5
Nehru is released from jail, while Indira Gandhi's political views are developing. Read by Nina Wadia. and Paul Bhattacharjee.
FRI 14:45 Alan Bennett - The Clothes They Stood Up In (b00ptl4r)
Episode 7
Mrs Ransome meets a young man who solves the burglary mystery. The author concludes his own specially commissioned story.
FRI 15:00 Roger Hume - The Campden Wonder (b00mrhdm)
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FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nj866)
Were the Romans the first to watch people being murdered for fun? Mel finds out thanks to the final episode of Terry Deary's Horrible History of the Rotten Romans.
FRI 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007w3j9)
Episode 4
A ladykiller woos Mrs Drummond and Nicola is determined to find the right present for her dad Jack's birthday.
Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Simon Greenall as Andy and Finetime Fontayne as Arthur.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
FRI 17:30 Up the Garden Path (b00803k9)
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FRI 18:00 Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples (b007jplz)
As a beautiful woman picks its last withered apple, a dying ancient tree is determined to survive. Read by William Hootkins.
FRI 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00pkvk9)
Series 3
Unending
The Notting Hill Carnival sees the potential end of the worlds and new weirdness. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex Tregear.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b014tpqj)
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FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrdl)
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FRI 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (b00kkdkp)
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FRI 20:30 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman (b01nj2x5)
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FRI 20:45 Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure (b01nj2x7)
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FRI 21:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qbb8r)
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FRI 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k8t2y)
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FRI 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b01ng26n)
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FRI 22:30 Meanwhile with the Bearded Ladies (b007ybgr)
Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. Four female friends cope with life, work and men (or lack of them). Introduced by Ronnie Corbett. From September 2007.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01nwbpm)
From
10pm until midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two hours of comedy. Arthur Smith chats to Jason Cook.
FRI 23:00 The Party Party (b007wwh3)
Episode 5
The town of Microcosm is set for revenge, greed and attempted murder. Stars Hugh Laurie and Clive Mantle. From June 1987.
FRI 23:30 Genius (b00b9nzd)
Series 1
John Fortune
A fake brake pedal for nervous passengers to using laughing gas for riots?
Dave Gorman asks John Fortune to select the public's best loopy idea.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.