5. A Step In The Dark
The Toff refuses to be fobbed off and receives some useful advice...
John Creasey's thriller starring Terence Alexander.
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Gillian Selby ...... Heather Stoney
Monty Morne ...... Terrence Hardiman
Superintendent Grice ...... Duncan Lamont
Mr Smith ...... Reg Lye
Bert Ebbutt ...... Douglas Blackwell
Other parts played by the cast.
2. Angel Delight
Burlesque performer, Ophelia Nuts, reports a robbery at her club and our usually grumpy detectives enter a world where desserts - and in particular cherries - take on a whole new meaning.
Starring Robert Daws as Trueman and Duncan Preston as Riley.
Brian B Thompson’s detective series about the ill-matched duo set in Leeds.
DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Angel .... Tracy Wiles
David Farr .... Peter Hamilton Dyer
Martin Beer .... Don Gilet
Ophelia Nuts .... Susie Riddell
Cafe Owner .... Harry Livingstone
1903: a murky autumn day. The Honourable Clarence Green enters the lobby of what turns out to be one of the queerest clubs in London.
In the Smoking Room he eagerly listens to the first creepy tale of an otolaryngologist.
Starring Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland and Spike Milligan.
Star-packed curious and macabre comedy series written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie
Dr Bates ...... Terence Stamp
Wyvern ...... Joss Ackland
Psychiatrist ...... Spike Milligan
Arturo ...... Andrew Sachs
Green ...... Royce Mills
Mrs Boyle ...... Sheila Steafel
Felch ...... Michael Ripper:
Policeman ...... Arthur Smith
Hornby ...... Adam Wide
Music by Max Harris.
Stephen traces his ability to spin a yarn back to an incident with his mum and the school fete.
Stephen K Amos's sitcom about his teenage years, growing up black, gay and funny in 1980s South London.
Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos.
Himself ... Stephen K Amos
Young Stephen ... Shaquille Ali-Yebuah
Stephanie Amos ... Fatou Sohna
Virginia Amos ... Ellen Thomas
Vincent Amos ... Don Gilet
Miss Collins ... Gemma Whelan
Jayson ... Frankie Wilson
PE Teacher/Red Coat ... Harry Jardine
The lad says women are holding men back, so he forms a group to re-establish male superiority.
Stars Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Tales of the Circus - and the Director of Radio Prune speaks out.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Graeme Garden, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.
The idyllic return of Winston and Nancy to Winterleaf Gunner proves to be short-lived...
Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William.
Director: Shaun MacLoughlin.
James Walton's pop music history quiz with Tracey Macleod, Andrew Collins, Anthony Wilson and Richard Curtis. From January 2005.
On the trail of the killer, George is reunited with an old colleague and thinks of an old enemy. Stars Simon Russell Beale.
Wartime in Broadcasting House. Down in the concert hall, a startling event occurs in one of the booths. Read by Penelope Wilton.
Nigel Williams explores the practicalities of very different people's daily journeys to work, on planes through to ferries.
Annie Lennox offers a tribute to Nelson Mandela and introduces Muriel Gray's programme 'When Pop and Politics Meet', about the impact of the 1988 'Free Nelson Mandela' concert.
Laura learns more about Hargrave's conduct and receives a request from De Courcy. But will she accept?
Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised by Gerda Stevenson.
Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless Libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Lady Pelham ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman Hill
Harriet ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Mrs Hargrave ...... Phyllida Law
Michael Morpurgo traces the making of Britain's Welfare State amid concerns for children.
Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, Dear Life.
Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page is turned.
Today in Gravel, a woman remembers a life-changing winter when she was very young and tries to assuage her sense of complicity.
The author heads to America to hone his skills, and picks up some bizarre but sound advice. Read by Nicholas Boulton.
Philip Pullman reads the third of his Grimm Tales, and Mel gets to the bottom of nanotechnology which, among other things, makes your mobile phone work.
Can Charlotte make it as a model? And why isn't Victoria happier about Emily's pregnancy? With Rosemary Leach. From April 2007.
As her quest to learn the secrets of the Universe continues, museum attendant Oneira ends up in the Texan Desert with a dead American comic - and a 13th century Friar.
Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Chas Early as Bill Hicks, Jon Glover as Roger Bacon and Christine Kavanagh as Clock/Alien.
Producer: Liz Webb.
Andrew journeys to Morocco with the sinister Duncan Mylne, where a shock awaits him...
Jonathan Aycliffe's chilling novel abridged in ten parts by Rosemary Goring.
The intrepid explorers encounter advanced, intelligent beings on the Moon - but it's a meeting of worlds that proves far from harmonious...
First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged by Neville Teller.
Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Simon Mayo hosts the three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.
Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy?
Holly Walsh is joined by Tom Deacon, Rufus Hound teams up with Henning Wehn and Ted Robbins is paired with Billy Pearce.
Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.
Sitcom by Ian Kershaw, set around a Manchester taxi company.
It's decision time - will Simon De Vere call time on Irwell Cars, and will Dave choose Milan over Lower Broughton Working Men's Club?
Mike ...... Paul Loughran
Lind ...... Lesley Sharp
Dave ...... Phil Rowson
Alan ...... Parvez Qadir
Simon De Vere ...... James Quinn
Stevie ...... Suranne Jones
Pat the Butcher ...... Andrew Grose.
Driving instructors, pornography and a surprise from Supermarket Sweep's TV host, Dale Winton.
From Greenwich University, London.
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
With Peter Baynham, Rebecca Front and John Thomson.
Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC Two in 1995.
THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER 2013
THU 00:00 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k26v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nm20n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 HG Wells (b01mlzcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007js1v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dtrfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Winston (b00pbv78)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00jnlsm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pszqr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices (b03k3flf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 The Commuters (b007wxhq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 When Pop and Politics Meet (b008xr6r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 No Commitments (b00776j7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k1w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007js4c)
6. The Mystery of Selby Farm
Finding an empty safe at the farmhouse - the Honourable Richard Rollison edges closer to solving the mystery.
Rural intrigue stalks amateur sleuth - the Honorable Richard Rollison
The conclusion of John Creasey's thriller stars Terence Alexander.
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Gillian Selby ...... Heather Stoney
Monty Morne ...... Terrence Hardiman
Superintendent Grice ...... Duncan Lamont
Eddie Forbes (alias Red Brandt) ...... Ed Bishop
Bert Ebbutt ...... Douglas Blackwell
William T Brandt ...... Alan White
Other parts played by the cast.
Dramatised by Roy Lomax
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in April 1977.
THU 06:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dtvfj)
Series 3
3. Family Business
Yorkshire's grumpiest detectives are on the trail of a missing gambler with £98,000 in cash in his pocket. If only they knew who he was...or where he lived...or anything really.
Time for some old fashioned sleuthing...
Starring Robert Daws as Trueman and Duncan Preston as Riley.
Brian B Thompson’s detective series about the ill-matched duo set in Leeds.
DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Bill .... Gerard McDermott
Charlie .... David Hargreaves
Dermot .... James Lailey
Sandra .... Christine Absalom
Waitress .... Tracy Wiles
Director: Toby Swift
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2012
THU 07:00 Bookcases (b00svc1m)
Series 1
Gone for a Burton
London 1855: Primus's latest publishing coup is the explorer Richard Burton, but drink and other substances seem to have destroyed Burton's sense of direction.
Martyn Wade's Victorian era comedy stars Michael Cochrane and Maggie Steed.
Primus …. Michael Cochrane
Cordelia …. Maggie Steed
Edith …. Elizabeth Spriggs
Gerald …. David Horovitch
Katie Joiner …. Frances Jeater
Richard Burton …. Norman Rodway
Waiter …. David Antrobus
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.
THU 07:30 The Secret World (b03k2bt9)
Series 4
Episode 2
Sean Connery, Griff Rhys Jones, Pam Ayres, Kirsty Young, Peter Sallis, all have one thing in common.
They enjoy nothing more than coming together every week or so for a bit of bare knuckle fighting.
Well, they do in the strange alternative universe that is The Secret World. The impressions show with a difference.
With
Jon Culshaw
Julian Dutton
Lewis MacLeod
Jess Robinson
Debra Stephenson
Duncan Wisbey
Written by Bill Dare, Julian Dutton and Duncan Wisbey.
Produce and created by: Bill Dare.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jntl)
Series 2
Getting the Bird
Lance Corporal Jones is short of meat at his butcher's shop, so Private Walker arranges a special off-ration supply.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Fraser …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
The Vicar ...... Frank Williams
Sergeant Wilson’s Daughter ...... Diana Bishop
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.
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 Hazelbeach (b00853kb)
Series 1
Horse-Racing
Ronnie organises a trip to the races and Nick makes a startling discovery about the true nature of friendship.
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy stars Jamie Forman as Ronnie Hazelbeach.
Ronnie ...... Jamie Foreman
Nick ...... Paul Bazely
Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles
James ...... John Dougall
Harry ...... Simon Treves
Andrea ...... Liza Sadovy
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.
THU 09:30 HR (b00tg1c3)
Series 2
Gassing
Sam is battling retirement blues with a part-time job working for the Saviours, manning telephone lines to help those in distress. And today's first client is of course Peter, in distress about their faulty boiler.
Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce
Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost
George ..... Sam Dale
Voice ..... Alison Pettitt
Director: Peter Kavanagh.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
THU 10:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0wy)
Smiley's People
Episode 3
George has a chance to take his nemesis down once and for all. Will he lose himself in the process? Stars Simon Russell Beale.
THU 11:00 The Arts Show - The Soweto Gospel Choir (b00833q0)
Janice Forsyth examines the success and humanitarian work of the Soweto Gospel Choir.
THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jntl)
[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 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007js4c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dtvfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011qjfr)
Turmoil
Laura has agreed to marry De Courcy, but will Hargrave let her? Could danger be lurking?
Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson.
Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless Libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?
Narrated by Maureen Beattie
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Lady Pelham ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman Hill
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mary ...... Emma Woolliams
Surgeon ...... Stuart McGugan
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
THU 14:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sm5xl)
They'd some Queer Ideas at the Clinic
Michael Morpurgo discovers how behaviourists and Freudians battled over techniques for bringing up children.
THU 14:30 Alice Munro - Dear Life (b01npb85)
Pride
Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, Dear Life.
Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page is turned.
Today in Pride, an old man remembers his past and a friendship that might have grown in other circumstances.
The reader is Garrick Hagan
The abridger is Sally Marmion
The producer is Di Speirs.
THU 14:45 Jasper Rees - I Found My Horn (b00zn04d)
Episode 4
The author recalls his school days where his playing skill developed, before a disastrous performance. Read by Nicholas Boulton.
THU 15:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0wy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03kkxgj)
Mel finds out why swallows sometimes fly high and sometimes low, and meets the Batman from Brazil - dentist by day and superhero by night. Plus, freezing eyelashes in the Arctic.
THU 17:00 Ballylenon (b00807h2)
Series 5
Episode 5
Wrangling over the Hoover cottage continues, as Stompy's protest backfires.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine McCartney as Mrs McFinney, Gerard McSorley as Stumpy Bonnar, Cathy White as Josie Doherty, Charlie Bonnar as Packy McGoldrick and BJ Hogg as Bohunkus Smith.
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
THU 17:30 Bookcases (b00svc1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k284)
The Thing With Two Cappuccinos
When museum attendant Oneira forgets to pay for her coffee, she's chased by a multiplying hoard of waitresses...
Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Bethan Walker as Tannoy, Sam Dale as Phil and Anna Wing as the Barista.
Producer: Liz Webb.
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
THU 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nm5jd)
The Sheik
Returning to Scotland, Andrew becomes increasingly dependent on Mylne's support.
Jonathan Aycliffe's chilling novel abridged in ten parts by Rosemary Goring.
Read by Robert Paterson
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1997.
THU 18:45 HG Wells (b01mm3cf)
The First Men in the Moon
Episode 4
Intrepid explorers Bedford and Cavor must run for their lives to escape the inhabitants of the moon - the Selenites.
First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged by Neville Teller.
Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Producer: David Roper
Made by Heavy Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2007.
THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jntl)
[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 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007js4c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dtvfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 The Arts Show - The Soweto Gospel Choir (b00833q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 22:00 The Secret World (b03k2bt9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Elvenquest (b00w7f23)
Series 2
Episode 3
The Quest for the Sword of Asnagar continues.
Vidar and his team are outside the Citadel of Gondola which is being laid siege to by the amassed hordes of the evil Lord Darkness. But when they get searched on their way into the Citadel - there's been a lot of trouble with 'suicide fairies' - Sam comes across a love potion in Vidar's belongings and his mind unsurprisingly turns from defending the citadel to making his move on Penthiselea.
But the path of true love is never a steady one and Sam's plans for marital bliss soon fall apart when he discovers time with an amorous Penthiselea isn't all it's cracked up to be, and Vidar drinks the love potion by mistake.
Fantasy-based sitcom set in Lower Earth written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.
Sam …. Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness …. Alistair McGowan
The High Priestess of Gondola …. Christine Kavanagh
Dean/Kreech …. Kevin Eldon
Vidar …. Darren Boyd
Amis – The Chosen One …. Dave Lamb
Penthiselea …. Sophie Winkleman
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
THU 23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b010y7bp)
Series 2
2. 'I think I'm addicted to plastic surgery'
"I think I'm addicted to plastic surgery"
"My retired Dad has more of a social life than me - how can I get him to swap stripping for slippers?"
Sarah Millican is a life counsellor and modern-day agony aunt tackling the nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice for real people.
Assisted by her very own team of experts of the heart - man of the people local cabbie Terry, and self qualified counsellor Marion,
Sarah tackles the nation's problems head on and has a solution for everything.
Sarah ...... Sarah Millican
Marion ...... Ruth Bratt
Terry ...... Simon Daye
Rachel ...... lsy Suttie
Ian ...... William Andrews
Jeff ...... Kevin Eldon
Clive ...... Malcolm Tierney.
Written by Sarah Millican.
Producer: Lianne Coop
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011
THU 23:30 Rubbish (b00770kq)
Series 1
Whistleblower
Martin Christmas is reporter Adam Monk's local government whistleblower, so he's horrified to learn of the existence of a rival mystery whistleblower
This one has told Adam that it was none other than Martin who ordered the notorious "Dalek of Death" compost bins!
Suddenly local government is a very threatening place.
Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and manic-depressive, Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom.
Martin ...... Reece Dinsdale
Adam ...... Paul Reynolds
Roger ...... Paul Copley
Scott ...... Kevin Eldon
Sarah ...... Nicola Walker
Alan ...... Mike Walling
Barney ...... James Lance
Speaker 1 ...... Mark Maier
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006.
FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013
FRI 00:00 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k284)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nm5jd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 HG Wells (b01mm3cf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (b007js4c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dtvfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Hazelbeach (b00853kb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 HR (b00tg1c3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0wy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Arts Show - The Soweto Gospel Choir (b00833q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Ballylenon (b00807h2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Bookcases (b00svc1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
Episode 1
Kindly Detective Inspector Purbright probes dark deeds in the world of small-time animal charities.
One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.
Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Robin Polley as Sgt. Malley, Tricia Wilcock as Mrs Hallam, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Dr Fergusson and Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime.
Producer: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
FRI 06:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dvydy)
Series 3
4. Green Machine
Trueman and Riley stumble onto the Crime Squad's patch when they investigate an environmental activist who's been run over.
But they're all on the same side. Aren't they?
Starring Robert Daws as Trueman and Duncan Preston as Riley.
Brian B Thompson’s detective series about the ill-matched duo set in Leeds.
DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Terry .... Don Gilet
Jenny .... Susie Riddell
Tyler .... Tom Meredith
Mr Eagle .... James Lailey
Woman .... Christine Absalom
Director: Marion Nancarrow
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2012
FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses (b007jrl9)
Series 1
Sleeping Partners
Rosie is arranging the activities for partners of delegates to a major finance company's conference.
Kate meanwhile sees it as her ticket back into a high-flying job...
Prunella Scales in Simon Brett's sitcom.
The trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event management company, based in Brighton.
Rosie ...... Prunella Scales
Kate ...... Arabella Weir
Jo ...... Rebecca Callard
Bob ...... Duncan Preston
Tess ...... Annette Badland
Sheila Wilkinson ...... Debbie Norman
Philip Wilkinson ...... Alan Cowan
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.
FRI 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b03kp2kh)
Series 4
Episode 2
One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC Radio 4 doing what he does best.
This week, a story dealing with the guilt he sometimes feels as a result of writing stories about his family in "Repeat After Me" and some more extracts from his hilarious diary.
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlg5)
Series 2
Crossed Swords
After a major find out on his rag and bone round, excited Harold lets greed get the better of him.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962.
The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight series on TV.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Shop Assistant ...... Derek Nimmo
Auctioneer ...... Michael MacLean
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1967.
FRI 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jmpx)
Series 1
The Right to Know
MP Jim Hacker tries to excavate himself from problems with badgers.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Annie ...... Diana Hoddinott
Lucy ...... Gerry Cowper
Protester ...... Carol Boyd
Sir Frederick ...... Peter Cellier
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983.
FRI 09:00 Girls Will Be Girls (b0082hdc)
From 16/12/1989
The Bobo girls take to the stage with more comedy and music. Starring Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam. From December 1989.
FRI 09:30 Electric Ink (b01jjtn5)
Series 2
Episode 1
Maddox has lost the job of news editor and now faces being sued.
Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. .
Maddox ..... John Sessions
Oliver ..... Alex Jennings
Freddy ..... Stephen Wight
Carol ..... Polly Frame
Masha ..... Debbie Chazen
Keith ..... Sam Dale
Producer ..... Sally Avens
A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major news stories at the same time as grappling with the demands of working in a multi-platform environment, watching circulation figures plummet and the recession causing half the workforce to be laid off.
At the heart of the comedy is the relationship between Maddox Bradley, a journalist who mourns the day of proper investigative journalism, and Freddy, the online editor who will regurgitate a press release quite happily and call it a story. But they have a grudging respect for the each other as Freddy helps Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, Facebook and podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to sniff out the real story. Both are at the mercy of Oliver, the pragmatic editor more concerned with keeping his job, and Carol, the news editor who believes that circulation will increase if they run pieces on Big Mac eating orang-utans and 'intelligent' skunks rather than Maddox's moral crusading diatribes. And only Masha, the Russian head of online communities, who wants to give away all their content because that is true democracy, knows Freddy's secret; that he's a posh boy from Eton rather than a hyper-cool kid from the street; well that's what Freddy thinks anyway.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
FRI 10:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0x4)
The Secret Pilgrim
Episode 1
Recollections of an eventful secret life when a British spy went missing. John le Carre thriller stars Simon Russell Beale.
FRI 11:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices (b03k3flh)
Episode 9
Wartime in Broadcasting House. Out on a stroll, two BBC staff make a discovery in Trafalgar Square. Read by Penelope Wilton.
FRI 11:15 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices (b007zjw5)
Episode 10
Wartime in Broadcasting House. The story draws to an end with a cautious romance and an unexpected bang. Read by Penelope Wilton.
FRI 11:30 Songlines (b03nxmcn)
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica, a hymn written in 1897 was adopted by the ANC as its anthem of liberation and which, in 1994 became the national anthem of South Africa.
FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlg5)
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FRI 12:30 Yes Minister (b007jmpx)
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FRI 13:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
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FRI 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dvydy)
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FRI 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011qm90)
Kidnapped
Kidnapped by the love-crazed Hargrave, Laura will inherit a fortune - if she agrees to marry him...
Conclusion of Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised by Gerda Stevenson.
In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can Laura Montreville choose wisely between passion and virtue?
Narrated by Maureen Beattie
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Mrs Falkland ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Dougalas ...... Phyllida Law
Annie ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Mary ...... Emma Woolliams
Robert ...... Stuart McGugan
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
FRI 14:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sm8nf)
Charlie Chaplin Went to France to Teach Ladies How to Dance
Michael Morpurgo discovers new forms of entertainment available to children in the first half of the 20th century.
FRI 14:30 Alice Munro - Dear Life (b01nt07t)
To Reach Japan
Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, Dear Life.
Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page is turned.
Today in To Reach Japan, a young poet sets out across a continent and finds more than she imagined.
The reader is Laurel Lefkow
The abridger is Sally Marmion
The producer is Di Speirs.
FRI 14:45 Jasper Rees - I Found My Horn (b00zn5ch)
Episode 5
The day of the big performance arrives, but is a year of endeavour enough to impress Jasper's peers? Read by Nicholas Boulton.
FRI 15:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0x4)
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FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03kl181)
Liar and Spy author Rebecca Stead chooses her Inheritance Books, and Mel hears about the traditional food which became popular in Iceland after the financial crash.
FRI 17:00 Capital Gains (b007qw7j)
Series 1
Stake Capital
Retired gent, Julius Hutch is beset with bills and final demands. Then a sum of £4,601,7
40.72 is mistakenly paid into his account by an off-shore bank.
So should he return it or not? And whose money is it anyway?
Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.
Written by Collin Johnson.
Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Creditor ...... Collin Johnson
Creditor ...... Peter Whitman.
Producer: Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.
FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jrl9)
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FRI 18:00 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k29f)
Mind the Gap
Battling to complete her epic surreal quest, Oneira literally ends up talking to herself - and finds her other self very rude.
Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Joseph Kloska as Pete, Gerard McDermott as Elias and Saikat Ahamed as the Courier.
Producer: Liz Webb.
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
FRI 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nmjxb)
Voices
"I reached the door and ran outside, but the voices would not leave me..."
Andrew witnesses a mysterious ceremony in a former church and meets with his friend's widow.
Jonathan Aycliffe's chilling novel abridged in ten parts by Rosemary Goring.
Read by Robert Paterson
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1997.
FRI 18:45 HG Wells (b01mmrhb)
The First Men in the Moon
Episode 5
Intrepid explorers Bedford and Cavor’s first mission to the moon comes to a surprising and unexpected conclusion.
First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged by Neville Teller.
Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Producer: David Roper
Made by Heavy Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2007.
FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlg5)
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FRI 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jmpx)
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FRI 20:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
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FRI 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dvydy)
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FRI 21:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices (b03k3flh)
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FRI 21:15 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices (b007zjw5)
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FRI 21:30 Songlines (b03nxmcn)
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FRI 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b03kp2kh)
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FRI 22:30 The Consultants (b008j2v3)
Series 3
Episode 2
Chesney throws a festive party for his colleagues. Cerebral sketch show with Neil Edmond and Justin Edwards. From December 2004.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03pjgh4)
The Comedy Club brings you two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith speaks to the winner of the 2013 BBC Radio New Comedy Award, Steve Bugeja.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jpf2)
Series 2
Too Far
Satan instructs Scumspawn to perform the most gross and humiliating act of all time.
Has the Prince of Darkness finally gone too far?
Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Philip Pope, Felicity Montagu and Nick Revell.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
FRI 23:30 The Mary Whitehouse Experience (b007jn3d)
Series 3
From 10/03/1990
The Al Fayed purchase of Harrods is mocked. Sketches, stand-up and general ranting from David Baddiel, Rob Newman, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From March 1990.