After the mysterious disappearance of their parents, Mike, Pete and Janey Jago have visitors...
A spy thriller by Wally K Daly.
Mike ...... Judy Bennett
Janey ...... Abigail Docherty
Peter ...... Simon Radford
Uncle ...... Frank Windsor
Auntie ...... Jo Manning Wilson
With Tariq Alibai, John Talbot and Elizabeth Mansfield.
Audio from the author's own collection.
When Inuit Edie Kiglatuk takes two tourists out on a routine hunting trip to Craig Island, she has no idea that it will end in murder.
This is bad enough, but when her beloved stepson Joe also becomes embroiled, she's determined to penetrate the mystery surrounding the deaths.
Read by Denise Gough.
White Heat is Essex born MJ McGrath's first novel. Abridged by Polly Coles.
Arms dealer Simon dreads his school reunion, but could he be the coolest kid in class?
Starring Darren Boyd as Simon McGrath.
Laurence Howarth’s black comedy of modern morality. Simon is essentially a nice man who also happens to be an arms dealer.
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 Sara Pascoe, Ig Nobel founder Marc Abrahams and Astronaut Dr Buzz Aldrin.
The gang celebrate crime writer Agatha Twist's birthday and bring you passion among the tennis courts. With Betty Marsden. From January 1964.
Terrified Albert lies to son Harold after accidentally breaking his treasured porcelain collection.
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
Inspector ...... Dudley Foster
With Garrard Green, Edward Kelsey and Trevor Martin.
Adapted for radio from their TV scripts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur Strong is an expert in everything from the world of entertainment to the origins of the species, all false starts and nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance.
Owing to the huge success of shows like Miss Saigon, Cats and Annie Get Your Coat, Arthur decides 'his time is now' and devises his own autobiographical musical tribute to himself, Count Arthur Strong: The Musical. Hoping to raise the money to take it into the West End, Arthur performs highlights of the show to an invited audience of potential investors. Will he raise the money he needs to make his dream come true?
With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield and Alastair Kerr.
All set for divorce and a new home, ad man Ken Handley gets a surprise at the agency.
Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising
Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis
Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin
Freddie ...... Lockwood West
Deborah ...... Rosalind Ayres
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
Angus ...... Michael Jenner
Receptionist ...... Stacey Tendeter
Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths
With Joss Ackland, Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, Imelda Staunton and David Tate.
When Magnolia Hawks climbs aboard the Cotton Blossom Floating Palace Theatre, a whole new world opens up and so her remarkable life begins...
Edna Ferber's epic controversial novel dramatised by Moya O'Shea.
Mr. Mowson...........Iain Batchelor
Music by Neil Brand and banjo played by Mike Hammond.
A mean-spirited comment about her deaf family shakes Beth's world. Read by Sasha Pick from the deaf author's debut collection.
Sir Michael Parkinson, Brian Sewell, Mitch Albom, Susan Calman, Resonators and Punch Brothers
Clive chats to broadcaster, journalist and doyen of British talkshow hosts, Sir Michael Parkinson, who returns to our TV screens doing what he does best. He's grilled everyone; from Fred Astaire to Madonna and in 'Parkinson: Masterclass', Sir Michael conducts interviews with an array of superstar guests from the artistic spectrum. The series begins on Tuesday 13th November at
on Sky Arts.
Clive gets some perspective with art critic Brian Sewell, who talks about the second instalment of his scandalous and haunting memoir 'Outsider II - Always Almost: Never Quite'. The final chapter charts his path to becoming, as The Spectator noted, 'Surely the funniest art critic of our time'.
Jo Bunting gets the giggles with former lawyer and now award-winning comedian Susan Calman. She now shoots from the hip in her personal and political show 'This Lady's Not for Turning Either' which chronicles how she met and wed the love of her life in a civil ceremony. Susan's at London's Soho Theatre from Tuesday 13th to Saturday 24th November.
Clive's just in time to talk to international bestselling author, journalist and broadcaster Mitch Albom. His book 'Tuesday's with Morrie' recounts the life-changing time he spent with his 78-year-old sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz and is one of the top selling memoirs of all time. Mitch's new novel 'The Time Keeper' sees the inventor of the world's first clock punished for trying to measure time.
We're skanking with nine-piece dub reggae band Resonators who play 'Try Again' from their new album 'The Constant' .
And some Musical Youth from progressive bluegrass band Punch Brothers, who perform 'Movement and Location' from their acclaimed album 'Who's Feeling Young Now?'
Born into poverty and segregation - the struggle of uneducated black girl Celie in America's Deep South. Stars Nadine Marshall.
Laurence robes up to commune with Lord Byron, unwitting author of Romantic dress and famously painted as an Albanian nobleman.
The eventful career and turbulent life of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. Written by Rosemary Hill and read by Haydn Gwynne.
The complications facing parents when a marriage breaks down and a new relationship begins.
Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of adjusting to a step-family.
Read by Penelope Wilton.
Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin.
There's something creepy afoot as Mel Giedroyc hears about the writers-in-residence at London's Highgate cemetery. Plus the first part of Terry Pratchett's Johnny and the Dead.
Comeback duo singer Tommy mounts his own campaign to be awarded an MBE.
30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are back in the big time.
June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star in Mike Coleman's sitcom.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Mike Coleman and Edward Halstead.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Two emasculated husbands - one a lover of gardening, the other of chess, and both with nagging wives - plan to restore peace to their lives and enjoy their retirement at leisure...
Horror legend Vincent Price introduces another dark tale starring Mervyns Johns, Michael Gwyn, Clive Swift, Avril Angers, Diana Bishop and Robin Browne.
Jack Ritchie’s short story dramatised by William Ingram.
The pressure's getting too much for clever clogs Victoria. She can't sleep at night. She has nightmares. But it's okay because they're just bad dreams.
Until one day the dreams become terrifyingly real...
Series of chilling plays for winter nights.
Dad ... Eddie Marsan
Victoria ... Katie Angelou
Laura ... Georgia Groome
Mum ... Sally Orrock
Jane ... Francine Chamberlain
Written by Lizzie Nunnery.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week in stand-up and sketches with Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin, Mitch Benn and special guests Andi Osho, and Tina C. Produced by Victoria Lloyd.
The babies are born and the fun begins. Mother Nature introduces the latest arrivals. Stars Jenny Eclair. From September 1997.
TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2012
TUE 00:00 The Price of Fear (b01nt0ry)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Weird Tales (b01nt0s0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Wally K Daly (b007lzzd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00pxvds)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvtb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Edna Ferber - Show Boat (b01nt0gv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Louise Stern - Chattering (b01nt0gx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01nsyxj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00b0qrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Safety Catch (b00fn9d1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Wally K Daly (b00yrrgd)
Orphans in Waiting
Saturday Midnight To Dawn
Suspicious of Uncle Brian and Auntie Vi, Janey thinks she knows what's really been happening. Can the children escape more danger?
A spy thriller by Wally K Daly.
Mike ...... Judy Bennett
Janey ...... Abigail Docherty
Peter ...... Simon Radford
Uncle ...... Frank Windsor
Auntie ...... Jo Manning Wilson
With Tariq Alibai, Tony Wredden, Bhasker, Elizabeth Mansfield and Fraser Kerr.
Audio from the author's own collection.
Producer: Dan Garrett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1990.
TUE 06:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt4pv)
The Wolf and the Stone
Edie begins to realise that there are unusual numbers of foreigners taking an interest in the geology of Craig Island, north of the Arctic Circle.
She's also increasingly sure of a link between her stepson's apparent suicide and the murder of the two southern tourists. Then, she comes across a mysterious stone which might be the key to everything.
Read by Denise Gough.
White Heat is Essex born MJ McGrath's first novel. Abridged by Polly Coles.
Producer: Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions.
TUE 07:00 Semi Circles (b007jtsz)
Series 2
A Family Time
Ben and Helen squabble over them spending Christmas with her mother.
The improving story of life and improving times in an improving neighbourhood.
Starring Paula Wilcox as Helen and David Wood as Ben
Written by Simon Brett
Helen ...... Paula Wilcox
Ben ...... David Wood
Mrs Kelly ...... Pay Heywood
Alastair ...... Tony Millan
Mr Cullingford ...... Michael Bilton
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1982
TUE 07:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b01nq1c8)
Series 4
Miss Reenie Comes to Stay
Adam's surprise birthday present for his Dad backfires.
Adam has a surprise for his Dad's birthday - his sister Reenie! It backfires when Miss Reenie turns out to be the house guest from hell and plans to stay for 6 months.
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 - that is until Rudy's sister Miss Reenie comes to stay.
Adam ..........Lenny Henry
Rudy.......... Larrington Walker
Tasha...........Natasha Godfrey
Doreen..........Claire Benedict
Clifton...........Jeffery Kissoon
Miss Reenie.......Angela Wynter
RSPCA Man ........ ..Joe Sims
Written by Paula Hines
Script Editor: Danny Robins
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
SWEET JAMAICA * LORD KITCHENER
DANGER IN YOUR EYES * ASWAD
LORD A MASSIE MASSIE * DANNY D AND THE SHADOWS
NOT ME * ROBERT MITCHUM
GIRL I'VE GOT A DATE * ALTON ELLIS
I'M IN LOVE AGAIN * FATS DOMINO
TOP FORM/OLD MACDONALD * YELLOWMAN
SISTER LOVE * GREGORY ISAACS
BLACK WOMAN * SISTER CAROL
DANGEROUS * KARDINAL OFFISHALL & AKON.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
The Sahara Desert Statue
What is Eccles doing with a cement sack and an imaginary piano?
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: John Browell
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1958.
TUE 08:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
Brian Allington
The common image of the breed of actors as selfish, chameleonic and unreliable is almost always quite unjustified.
After all, to be realistic, what sort of professional future could someone like that possibly expect to have?
The doyen of British show business, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.
Performed and written by Peter Jones.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1986.
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b01nq4pp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y)
Series 1
Dial M for Martian
Comedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1961. A BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the unimaginably futuristic world of 2006.
Will Hugo give in to government manipulation to save his beloved show from cancellation?
Nigel Lavery ...... Peter Bowles
Sylvia Hann ...... Cheryl Campbell
Godfrey Winnard ...... John Fortune
Sir Angus McNairn ...... Gary Waldhorn
Hugo Kellerman ...... Joseph Kloska
Douglas Bennings ...... Jon Glover
Colin Franks ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Miss Pickford ...... Miranda Keeling.
TUE 10:00 Edna Ferber - Show Boat (b01nt4px)
Episode 2
Parthy has shocking news about Gaylord, as Kim receives a telegram in her Cotton Blossom dressing room. Stars Samantha Spiro.
TUE 11:00 Louise Stern - Chattering (b01nt4pz)
Window Washer
Sculptures about voice and silence give Christian, a deaf window cleaner, pause for thought. Read by Harry Lloyd.
TUE 11:15 Drama (b00jzf6b)
Ed Harris - The Moment You Feel It
The Moment You Feel It
By Ed Harris
Alf's memories come in flashes and great blank holes, along with a running commentary from the voices of his past. So how does finding a strange coat in his kitchen, remind Alf why he doesn't want a bath today? A tender, sad comedy about re-remembering your past.
Alf ..... Richard Briers
Young Alf ..... Rory Kinnear
Pru ..... Tracy Wiles
Steven ..... Hugh Ross
Marina ..... Caroline Guthrie
with Janice Acquah
Producer/Director: Jonquil Panting.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Wally K Daly (b00yrrgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt4pv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k89mh)
Episode 2
Celie is at the mercy of her cruel husband 'Mister'. His son Harpo weds feisty Sofia. Stars Nadine Marshall and Eamonn Walker.
TUE 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion (b00jm2x9)
The Tartan Titan and the Highland Fashion Cult
Romanticism and nationalism in 19th-century Scotland, where King George IV's endorsement meant tartan and the kilt became cult.
TUE 14:30 God's Architect (b00xhfs6)
Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
Pugin falls in love, but tragic events are set to shape both the course of his career and personal life. Read by Haydn Gwynne.
TUE 14:45 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children (b007jn4k)
Episode 2
After her marriage breaks down, Nadine is fuelled with bitterness towards her ex-husband.
Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of adjusting to a step-family.
Read by Penelope Wilton.
Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
TUE 15:00 Edna Ferber - Show Boat (b01nt4px)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nt4qf)
Mel Giedroyc asks why people call their pets silly names and hears from the apple harvest in Herefordshire. Plus, there's more from Terry Pratchett's story Johnny and the Dead.
TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b008s4fp)
Series 1
Night Moves
Bill and Faith's romantic plans are thwarted by Bert the dog
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith and James Bolam as Bill.
Series one of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham
Jill ...... Moir Leslie
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
TUE 17:30 Semi Circles (b007jtsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 The Price of Fear (b01nt4qh)
Cat's Cradle
A small party of tourists visit an old castle in Bavaria – unaware of a horrifying series of events awaiting them in a dank and dismal torture chamber...
Fright master Vincent Price introduces a tale of horror starring Kenneth J Warren, Frederick Schrecker, John Samson and Bonnie Hurren.
Bram Stoker’s story ‘The Score’ dramatised by Richard Davis.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1973.
TUE 18:30 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlpk)
1. A Journey and a Funeral
Retired solicitor Arthur Kipps recalls his visit to the remote market town of Crythin Gifford - and the isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow...
John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's chilling ghost story.
Dramatised in four parts by Jon Strickland.
Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister
Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine
Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook
Samuel ...... Rod Arthur
Tomes ...... Christopher Kent
Bentley ...... Stuart Richman
Isobelle ...... Jane Marlow
Oliver ...... Jason Done
Music composed by Derek Pearce.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Wally K Daly (b00yrrgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt4pv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Louise Stern - Chattering (b01nt4pz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Drama (b00jzf6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Rudy's Rare Records (b01nq1c8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Such Rotten Luck (b01nt4qk)
Series 1
In an Unreal City
Woodhouse is confused by contradictory accounts.
The ups and downs of a second class writer
Comedy drama series written by Ronald Hayman.
Woodhouse ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Gila ...... Zoe Wanamaker
Seamus ...... Stephen Rea
Jutta ...... Susie Bran
Hildegarde ...... Miriam Karlin
Graubart ...... Bill Wallis
Mark Grimshaw ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Pachmann ...... John Moffatt
Gila’s Dad ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Gila’s Mum ...... Joan Matheson
Frau Graubart ...... Eva Stuart
Sasha ...... Susan Sheridan
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Director: Piers Plowright
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in September 1989.
TUE 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007tldm)
Series 2
Sons
As food runs out at the fish restaurant, a man claims he's the Oracle's long-lost son. Stars Stephen Moore. From March 2002.
TUE 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jqf9)
Series 1
Good and Evil
The sci-fi star and inventor explains life's big mysteries. Stars Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From October 1992.
WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2012
WED 00:00 The Price of Fear (b01nt4qh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlpk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Wally K Daly (b00yrrgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt4pv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01nq4pp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Edna Ferber - Show Boat (b01nt4px)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Louise Stern - Chattering (b01nt4pz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Drama (b00jzf6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Second Thoughts (b008s4fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Semi Circles (b007jtsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Wally K Daly (b007lxnf)
Orphans in Waiting
Sunday AM
More danger awaits the Jago children as they head to a mysterious war-torn land...
A spy thriller by Wally K Daly.
Mike ...... Judy Bennett
Janey ...... Abigail Docherty
Peter ...... Simon Radford
With Tariq Alibai, Tony Wredden, Bhasker and Amerjit Deu.
Audio from the author's own collection.
Producer: Dan Garrett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1990.
WED 06:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntj7h)
Astrobleme
Inuit hunter and guide Edie Kiglatuk is now convinced that her stepson Joe did not commit suicide, but was murdered.
Realising that the plane with the green livery carrying two Russians into Autisaq for a duck shooting expedition, is the same aircraft which Joe saw on the day of the second murder, Edie follows the trail to Greenland.
Read by Denise Gough.
White Heat is Essex born MJ McGrath's first novel. Abridged by Polly Coles.
Producer: Clive Brill.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions.
WED 07:00 The Alan Davies Show (b0089kpx)
Episode 4
The struggling actor and mate Murray try out a global food café, while Kate has a bad day.
Alan Davies stars in his own sitcom.
Written by Ben Silburn, Tony Roche and Alan Davies.
Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona
With Debra Stephenson, Alistair MacGowan and Dave Lamb.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
WED 07:30 Gloomsbury (b01nbt9b)
Series 1
Trying to Avoid Unpleasantness
The gardener Vera Sackcloth Vest and her husband Henry are obliged to offer hospitality to the writer of very naughty books Mr D H Lollipop and his new flame, Venus Traduces - who formerly harboured a Sapphic passion for Vera.
The guests are accommodated in the dovecote as Henry will not have Lollipop in the house, in case the cook Mrs Gosling is exposed to impertinences. Vera is hoping that Lollipop will be able to improve her prose style, but instead he seems to take pleasure in trashing her garden and redesigning her study. Lollipop is intent on awakening Venus's blood consciousness but, alas, any educational impulse involving Venus is doomed to failure.
As Venus's passion for Lollipop begins to flag, she finds consolation with the gardener Gosling on the potting bench. Despite Henry's precautions, Mrs Gosling is exposed to Lollipop's impertinences, and the outcome is unexpected and inconvenient.
Cast:
Vera Sackcloth-Vest ..... Miriam Margolyes
Gosling, her gardener ..... Nigel Planer
Henry Mickleton ..... Jonathan Coy
Venus Traduces ..... Morwenna Banks
Mrs Gosling, Housekeeper ..... Alison Steadman
D H Lollipop ..... John Sessions
Produced by Jamie Rix
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
Series 6
The Last Bus Home
It's a long walk home in the rain when Sid, Bill and The Lad Himself get stranded.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell and Hugo Morton.
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 October 1959.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00srqfn)
Series 4
Episode 1
The explosive Flying Wombat - and insulted Italians. Series 4 kick off with more sketches and songs.
Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.
Starring John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, David Hatch and Jo Kendall.
Scripted by John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Clive James, David Hatch, Eric Idle and Graeme Garden.
With music from Dave Lee and his band.
Produced by Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1966.
WED 09:00 At Home With the Hardys (b007jmtv)
As Time Goes By
At Caroline's party the guests try not to mention the C word - Casablanca. Stars Jeremy Hardy and Kit Hollerbach. From June 1990.
WED 09:30 The Party Line (b012f9s5)
Series 2
Episode 2
MP Duncan Stonebridge's party agent Roger has a penchant for married women. So instead of concentrating on political struggles, he ends up trying to save the philanderer from the wrath of an enraged Russian Oligarch with powerful connections...
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis's topical sitcom from 2006 about a hapless backbench MP.
Stars James Fleet as Duncan Stonebridge.
With Simon Greenall, Geoffrey McGivern, Geraldine McNulty, Matilda Ziegler and Sarah Coleman.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006.
WED 10:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k05d)
1. Attraction
From the moment their eyes meet across a packed gaming room, Daniel Deronda is as drawn to Gwendolen Harleth as she is to him.
George Eliot's 1876 classic novel of love and idealism, dramatised in three parts by Robert Forrest.
Starring Anna Chancellor and Michael Perceval-Maxwell.
Gwendolen Harleth ...... Anna Chancellor
Deronda ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Grandcourt ...... James Bryce
Mrs Davilow ...... Joanna Tope
Klesmer ...... Finlay Welsh
Mirah ...... Lucy Patterson
Baroness Langen ...... Sarah Collier
Sir Hugo ...... Sandy Neilson
Catherine ...... Katherine Igoe
Lydia ...... Noreen Leighton
Lush ...... Simon Tait
Rex ...... Gregor Powrie
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
WED 11:00 Louise Stern - Chattering (b01ntkt0)
The Deaf School
Solitary deaf schoolboy Ray is captivated by Joey's beautifully signed stories. Read by Debora Weston.
WED 11:15 Patrick O'Brian - HMS Surprise (b0101l89)
Episode 1
Naval battles, political intrigue and romantic rivalry loom large in Patrick O'Brian's novel, set in 1804-5 in England, India and on the high seas.
Captain Jack Aubrey engages the Spanish at sea and the French on land - but falls victim to enemies at home.
Starring David Robb as Aubrey, Richard Dillane as Stephen Maturin, Jon Glover as Preserved Killick, David Timson as Barret Bonden, Struan Rodger as Sir Joseph Blaine, Liz Sutherland as Sophie Williams, David Holt as Lieutenant Pullings, Dan Starkey as Lieutenant Simmons, Lesley Nicol as Mrs Williams and Sarah Danes as Cecilia Williams.
Dramatised in three parts by Roger Danes.
Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00srqfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Wally K Daly (b007lxnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntj7h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k8t2w)
Episode 3
Celie becomes enraptured with Mister's lover - the glamorous singer Shug Avery. Stars Nadine Marshall and Nina Sosanya.
WED 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion (b00jm2xr)
Men in Black - The Funereal Victorians (and Oscar of course)
Why did Victorian men dress ready for a funeral? Black embodied power and serious purpose yet democratised fashion for ever.
WED 14:30 God's Architect (b00xj15x)
Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
With a controversial new home design, Pugin's prospects take off, as his religious convictions take hold. Read by Haydn Gwynne.
WED 14:45 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children (b007jn4y)
Episode 3
After marrying Matthew, Josie wants to be the perfect step-mum to his three children...
Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of adjusting to a step-family.
Read by Penelope Wilton.
Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
WED 15:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k05d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ntkt2)
Today's 4 O'Clock Show is magic as Mel meets a master conjuror and takes a tour of a haunted Irish castle. Plus there's the next episode of Terry Pratchett's Johnny and the Dead.
WED 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00nwsh4)
Series 1
Pregnancy
A pregnancy scare sparks Bartholomew family chaos. Who is expecting and where will the baby sleep? Stars Duncan Preston. From August 2003.
WED 17:30 Radio Reunited (b01nxtn2)
To mark 90 years of the BBC, all our radio stations are now coming together to share a special composition by Damon Albarn.
WED 17:35 The Alan Davies Show (b0089kpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 18:00 The Price of Fear (b01ntkt4)
Meeting in Athens
A young film director mysteriously disappears while holidaying in Greece.
But when his girlfriend enlists Vincent Price to help her find him, they only succeed in uncovering the latest commodity on the black market - death...
Vincent Price introduces another chilling tale starring Kate Coleridge, Steve Plytas, Robin Browne, Michael Deacon and Charles Birkin.
Maurice Travers story ‘So Cold, So Pale, So Fair’ dramatised by Charles Birkin.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1973.
WED 18:30 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlps)
2. A Causeway and a Pony Trap
Solicitor Arthur Kipps feels rattled spending the night in the eerie isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow...
John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's chilling ghost story.
Dramatised by Jon Strickland.
.
Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister
Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine
Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook
Bentley ...... Stuart Richman
Keckwick ...... James Quinn
Music composed by Derek Pearce.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00srqfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Wally K Daly (b007lxnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntj7h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Louise Stern - Chattering (b01ntkt0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Patrick O'Brian - HMS Surprise (b0101l89)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Gloomsbury (b01nbt9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Just Plain Gardening (b007jn74)
Four Budding Gardeners
Miss Bowermount welcomes four new girls to the school for lady gardeners. Stars Patrick Barlow and Celia Imrie. From April 2002.
WED 22:40 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01p51q2)
From
10pm - midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Andi Osho talks to Brendon Burns.
WED 22:45 The Consultants (b007k2vv)
Series 1
Episode 1
A lifestyle presentation conference - and sketch show, with Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings. From February 2003.
WED 23:00 The Hare Lane Diaries (b00lw4tk)
Episode 3
Jessica's dinner party puts Rex's social skills to the test with both man and beast. Stars Frances Barber. From September 2001.
WED 23:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b007731j)
Series 1
Episode 2
Meet the China Lion, the singing friend, and introducing the Daniel Bedingfield-loving East European couple.
Perrier award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series
With Ben Moor, Katherine Parkinson and Ben Willbond.
Written by Laura Solon. With additional material by the cast, Carl Cooper, Tony Roche and Andy Marlatt.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2012
THU 00:30 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlps)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Wally K Daly (b007lxnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntj7h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 At Home With the Hardys (b007jmtv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 The Party Line (b012f9s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k05d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Louise Stern - Chattering (b01ntkt0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Patrick O'Brian - HMS Surprise (b0101l89)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00nwsh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Alan Davies Show (b0089kpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Wally K Daly (b007m6qr)
Orphans in Waiting
Sunday PM
Under fire, Mike, Janey and Peter end up in the midst of war, pursued by a deadly enemy.
Conclusion of Wally K Daly's spy thriller.
Mike ...... Judy Bennett
Janey ...... Abigail Docherty
Peter ...... Simon Radford
Uncle Brian ...... Frank Windsor
Auntie Vi ...... Jo Manning Wilson
Grandfather ...... Edward Kelsey .
With Tariq Alibai, Amerjit Deu and David Bannerman.
Audio from the author's own collection.
Producer: Dan Garrett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in October 1990.
THU 06:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntnsb)
Salt
Edie finds herself taken prisoner. In her attempt to discover the truth about her stepson Joe's death, she's uncovering a web of intrigue and financial interests extending far beyond her native land - even reaching back generations into the past.
Read by Denise Gough.
White Heat is Essex born MJ McGrath's first novel. Abridged by Polly Coles.
Producer: Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions.
THU 07:00 Chambers (b007jz7m)
Series 3
It's Only Words
John Fuller-Carp gets embroiled in a very costly bet with rival barrister Vernon Ames, while Ruth joins an exclusive dating agency.
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 Jeremy Clyde, Simon Greenall, Ben Crowe. John Rowe and Emma Clarke.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
THU 07:30 Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This? (b01nq7dj)
What We Wear
Andrew Lawrence continues his comic explanation of our development via stand up, sketch and song.
This time, Andrew discusses what we wear.
Sara Pascoe and Marek Larwood assist.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.
THU 08:00 Parsley Sidings (b01ntnsd)
Series 1
The Postal Express
Parsley Sidings' Station Master Horace Hepplewhite hopes a new automated mail system will save the sleepy halt in a trial with his deadly rival.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Kenneth Connor as Percy, Liz Fraser as Gloria and John Graham as Phineas Perkins.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.
Re-created Announcements by Keith Skues.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1971.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b0110209)
From 12/11/1953
Frank Muir and Denis Norden's classic comedy, with the debut of the Glums family with Pa, Ron and Eth. Stars Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield. From November 1953.
THU 09:00 1834 (b011vffj)
London
Trapped in 19th-century Macclesfield, bored 21st-century Jason heads to London, but is waylaid by a mint-popping highwayman...
In Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight, Jason is now Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport with faithful valet, Ned.
Jason Slater ...... Michael Begley
Ned ...... Joe Caffrey
Hoskins ...... Kenneth Alan Taylor
Lord Belport ...... Mark Chatterton
Millicent ...... Julia Rounthwaite
Henry ...... James Nickerson
Highwayman ...... Toby Hadoke
Duke of Cranmere ...... John Craig
Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.
THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b007jqjb)
Nightmares and snails. Nicholas Parsons with Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo and Peter Jones. From December 1985.
THU 10:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k06p)
2. Marriage
Gwendolen is now trapped in a cruel and loveless marriage with the philandering Grandcourt.
George Eliot's classic novel of love and idealism dramatised by Robert Forrest.
Starring Anna Chancellor and Michael Perceval-Maxwell.
Gwendolen Harleth ...... Anna Chancellor
Deronda ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Grandcourt ...... James Bryce
Mrs Davilow ...... Joanna Tope
Klesmer ...... Finlay Welsh
Mirah ...... Lucy Patterson
Mrs Arrowpoint ...... Sarah Collier
Sir Hugo ...... Sandy Neilson
Mordecai ...... Mark McDonnell
Mrs Meyrick ...... Gerda Stevenson
Ezra Cohen ...... Steven McNicoll
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
THU 11:00 Made in Bristol (b01ntnsj)
Rip Off
By Rachel Bentham. An accidental career criminal comes across an old ticket machine in a charity shop, and has an idea which will change his life forever. Read by Chris Bianchi.
THU 11:15 Patrick O'Brian - HMS Surprise (b0101tp7)
Episode 2
Scurvy, death and a surprise proposal, as Captain Jack Aubrey conveys a British ambassador to the East Indies. Stars David Robb. From October 2008.
THU 12:00 Parsley Sidings (b01ntnsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b0110209)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Wally K Daly (b007m6qr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntnsb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k8x8z)
Episode 4
Sofia is beaten by the police and thrown in jail after hitting the Major. Stars Nadine Marshall and Petra Letang.
THU 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion (b00jm2y6)
Men in Uniform - Nation and Empire Resplendent
Not always for camouflage, 19th-century uniforms were vibrant and flattering. Fashion's military love affair continues today.
THU 14:30 God's Architect (b00xj6zn)
Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
Pugin's career hits its pinnacle, but sudden changes transform him into a doting father to six children. Read by Haydn Gwynne.
THU 14:45 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children (b007jn5f)
Episode 4
Nadine is getting desperate as she struggles with life a single mother...
Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of adjusting to a step-family.
Read by Penelope Wilton.
Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
THU 15:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k06p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ntp70)
Mel's here with a sizzler of a show including a trip to a burger bar, a search for buried treasure and a tour of an Orkney graveyard looking for autumn fungi.
THU 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jn81)
Series 7
Back in the Jug
The start of another school year and a 'surprise' announcement leads to ructions. With James Grout and Karl Howman. From April 1992.
THU 17:30 Chambers (b007jz7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn6j)
The Man Who Hated Scenes
On a train journey across the USA, Vincent Price orders breakfast in the deserted restaurant car.
But then he encounters a meek millionaire with an alarming tale to share...
Vincent Price introduces another tale of horror starring Peter Cushing as Harry, Diana Olsson as Marilyn and Steve Preston as Chuck.
Robert Arthur’s story dramatised by William Ingram.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1973.
THU 18:30 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jz83)
3. The Nursery and a Child
As thick fog descends, the ghostly encounters continue for solicitor Arthur Kipps when he returns to the eerie isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow...
John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's chilling ghost story.
Dramatised by Jon Strickland.
Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister
Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine
Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook
Bentley ...... Stuart Richman
Mrs Daily ...... Diane Whitley
Samuel Daily ...... Rod Arthur
Music composed by Derek Pearce.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993.
THU 19:00 Parsley Sidings (b01ntnsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b0110209)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Wally K Daly (b007m6qr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntnsb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Made in Bristol (b01ntnsj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Patrick O'Brian - HMS Surprise (b0101tp7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This? (b01nq7dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Elvenquest (b00kjjyy)
Series 1
Episode 3
The Quest continues. Sam has his death foretold by the Oracle of Fenrog. Lord Darkness books himself in for a retox and Kreech unwittingly releases the dreaded Night Demon, whose intentions for the future of the universe, as his name suggests, aren’t good.
More comic adventures set in lower Earth where fantasy writer Sam has been coerced into joining a band of intrepid heroes as they battle the dread forces of evil in search of the legendary sword of Asnagar!
Fantasy sitcom written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.
Amis, The Chosen One ...... Dave Lamb
Elf Lord, Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Dean The Dwarf ...... Kevin Eldon
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Amazon Princess, Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman
Producers: Anil Gupta & Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009.
THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007jzt4)
Series 2
Episode 6
Modern art - and the swinging 60s. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged topical humour. From September 1986.
THU 23:30 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k44n)
Episode 2
Roger McGough's poetic reflections on the inhabitants of the world.
With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.
Recorded in Bath.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.
THU 23:45 The Tape Recorded Highlights of a Humble Bee (b00nw3c9)
'Keep Fit' and 'The Night Owl'
A hapless, jazz-loving insect's audio diary of his mainly uneventful life. With Mark Williams and Tim Whitnall. From June 2003.
FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2012
FRI 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn6j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jz83)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Wally K Daly (b007m6qr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntnsb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 1834 (b011vffj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b007jqjb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k06p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 90 by 90 The Full Set (b01ntns8)
Episode 1
Celebrating 90 years of BBC radio, a selection of short features marking some memorable radio moments.
FRI 04:15 Patrick O'Brian - HMS Surprise (b0101tp7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 King Street Junior (b007jn81)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Chambers (b007jz7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (b007t1kg)
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
The Coat
A dangerous web of lies and murder awaits Paul Temple when his wife Steve disappears...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Simon Lack as Superintendent Raine, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, James Beattie as Charlie, June Tobin as Linda Kelburn, Jon Rollason as Tony Wyman and Mary Wimbush as the Telephone Operator.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First heard on the BBC Light Programme in 1961.
FRI 06:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntrgb)
Exhumation
On the trail of a clue which Inuit hunter and guide Edie has found in stepson Joe's bedroom, she returns with Derek and Willa to his burial place on Craig Island - and they disinter his body.
What they find there leads them to a resolution of the mystery of his death which they could never have imagined possible.
Concluded by Denise Gough.
White Heat is Essex born MJ McGrath's first novel. Abridged by Polly Coles.
Producer: Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions.
FRI 07:00 Up the Garden Path (b0081t4t)
Series 2
The View from the Bridge
When confused Izzy meets her fiancé Charles's friend Bill, they hit it off straight away...
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
Charles ...... David Robb
Bill ...... Neil McCaul,
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Gwyn ...... Dafydd Hywel
Sharon ...... Melissa Wilson
Lorraine ...... Catherine Clarke
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
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.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
FRI 07:30 The Golden Age (b01nt07r)
Interesting Talks
Set in the BBC's Broadcasting House in London during the 1930s, this series follows head of programmes, John Tharb and his assistant, Mabel Hopcraft as they struggle to deal with the foibles and fragile egos of radio's biggest stars.
These include the perpetually drunk band-leader, Ronaldo and the most boring man in radio, Mallard Tofts. Tharb's task is not made any easier by having to constantly defer to the whims and wishes of his irascible boss, Lord Reith.
Robert Bathurst stars in the first radio sitcom to be written by Channel 4's Father Ted writer, Arthur Mathews.
In this episode, a series of mysterious deaths brings the police to the BBC.
What could be causing people to die in front of their wireless sets? Meanwhile, Mabel tries to introduce some modern entertainment to the BBC from "up north".
John Tharb ...... Robert Bathurst
Mabel Hopcraft ...... Vicky McClure
Lord Reith ...... Ford Kiernan
Inspector Cawls ...... Peter Egan
Captain Mallard Tofts ...... Malcolm Tierney
Chip Gibney ...... Kevin Bishop
Ronaldo / Dickie Squires ...... Ewan Bailey
Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b015frjy)
Series 7
The Hovercraft Training Course
The senior officers of HMS Troutbridge inflict havoc all over the South Downs.
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 Commander Ward, Michael Bates as the policeman 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 September 1965.
FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrnh)
Series 3
The Last Burkiss Way
General Custer tackles his last stand with a battle of one-liners.
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 February 1978.
FRI 09:00 Bristow (b00cnhyq)
Series 1
Sun, Sea and Sabotage
The buying clerk's traditional summer plans are threatened by the arrival of a new boy at Chester Perry's.
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
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Post Boy ...... Simon Schatsberger
Check-in ...... GirlKatie Odie
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.
FRI 09:30 The Brothers (b007k4nx)
Series 1
Episode 1
A couple of years ago brothers Nigel and Michael gave up respectable careers to set up a website-design company. That was their first mistake...
Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard.
First of three comedy series by Caroline and David Stafford.
Nigel ...... Adam Godley
Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard
Oona ...... Pauline McLynn
Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
FRI 10:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k07z)
3. Tensions
In the sun-drenched port of Genoa, Gwendolen and Daniel's fates become eternally and tragically entwined.
The conclusion of George Eliot's classic novel of love and idealism.
Starring Anna Chancellor and Michael Perceval-Maxwell.
Dramatised by Robert Forrest.
Gwendolen Harleth ...... Anna Chancellor
Deronda ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Grandcourt ...... James Bryce
Mrs Davilow ...... Joanna Tope
Klesmer ...... Finlay Welsh
Mirah ...... Lucy Patterson
Lydia ...... Noreen Leighton
Lush ...... Simon Tait
Leonara ...... Vivienne Dixon
Mordecai ...... Mark McDonnell
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
FRI 11:00 Made in Bristol (b01ntrgd)
The Boys in Black
By Sheila Hannon. On a drizzly A-road and full of despair, Sheila's extraordinary encounter seems to make time stand still. Read by the writer.
FRI 11:15 Patrick O'Brian - HMS Surprise (b0102nrl)
Episode 3
Tragedy halts the ship's voyage. In Calcutta, Stephen makes a proposal of marriage but faces a duel. Stars David Robb. From October 2008.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b015frjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrnh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007t1kg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntrgb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k9dbs)
Episode 5
Shug and Celie discover that Mister has secretly hidden Nettie's letters to Celie. Stars Nadine Marshall and Nina Sosanya.
FRI 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion (b00jm2yn)
Sporting Gents - The Prince of Wales Plays Golf
The interior designer examines how sportswear has been men's fashion's single biggest influence since the French Revolution.
FRI 14:30 God's Architect (b00xjv0n)
Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain: The architect finds a new love, but his professional life declines and personal misery beckons. Read by Haydn Gwynne.
FRI 14:45 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children (b007jn5v)
Episode 5
Tom plans a third marriage to Elizabeth, but how will they cope with his possessive daughter?
Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of adjusting to a step-family.
Read by Penelope Wilton.
Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
FRI 15:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k07z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nts3m)
Mel Giedroyc gets the story on one of the world's most famous teddy bears, why the sound of a gate is music to a listener's ears and takes in the view from the top of a zip wire.
FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008m24j)
Series 3
Episode 1
The further adventures of Mr Justice Cocklecarrot. Captain Foulenough, Dr Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht, Big White Carstairs and more...
Richard Ingrams John Wells, John Sessions , Joan Sims amd Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton.
With Brian Bowles , Simon Greenall , Henrietta Gooden and featuring June Whitfield.
Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created between the wars.
Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.
Announcer: the silken tones of Brian Perkins.
Producer: Harry Thompson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.
FRI 17:30 Up the Garden Path (b0081t4t)
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FRI 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jshy)
Lot 132
Horror legend Vincent Price tells the artistically horrifying tale of a painting. With Douglas Blackwell, Alexander John, Elizabeth Morgan and Vincent Price
FRI 18:30 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jls5)
4. Letters and Death Certificates
Can solicitor Arthur Kipps finally unravel the eerie mystery of the isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow?
John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's chilling ghost story.
Dramatised by Jon Strickland.
Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister
Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine
Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook
Stella ...... Jane Cox
Samuel Daily ...... Rod Arthur
Music composed by Derek Pearce.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b015frjy)
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FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrnh)
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FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007t1kg)
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FRI 20:30 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntrgb)
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FRI 21:00 Made in Bristol (b01ntrgd)
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FRI 21:15 Patrick O'Brian - HMS Surprise (b0102nrl)
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FRI 22:00 The Golden Age (b01nt07r)
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FRI 22:30 Meanwhile with the Bearded Ladies (b00804yl)
Episode 4
Alex's wedding 'to do' list has 154 items. Four women friends cope with life, work and men. With Ronnie Corbett. From October 2007.
FRI 23:00 Big Town All Stars (b007jrq4)
Series 2
Fifteen Minutes of Fame
The band enters a TV talent show. Will it spark success - or return them to oblivion? Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From July 2001.
FRI 23:30 Dial M for Pizza (b007k0th)
Series 1
Episode 1
Fun-packed sketch show featuring 'Britain's Stupidest Postman'. Stars Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. From November 1987.