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Radio 7 Listings for 29 March – 4 April 2008 Page 1 of 6 SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2008 Dan Freedman and Nick Romero’s comedy about the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. swashbuckling exploits of Lord Zimbabwe, occultist and SAT 13:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jqfn) SAT 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009mbjn) adventurer. Not on Your Telly Fight for the Future Lord Zimbabwe ...... Nick Romero The bungling bureaucrats spark bedlam during a BBC Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the weapon away before all Dr Lilac ...... Dan Freedman 'Panorama' probe. is lost... Cletus ...... Owen Oakeshott Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. Conclusion of Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during Marylou Coyotecock ...... Sophie Aldred With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham. the Second World War. Vicar ...... Colin Guthrie Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. Stars as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Theremin ...... Peter Donaldson 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Other parts played by the cast. and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk, Peter Producer: Helen Williams 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, Marinker as Brigadier Erskine and Laura Molyneux as First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000. however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows Slipstream. SAT 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpr1) in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Framley Parsonage Radio 4 Extra. Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf. Framley Parsonage Part 2 Producer: Edward Taylor Producer: Marc Beeby The vicar faces ruin as he tries to break away from the powerful First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in August 1977. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008. Lady Lufton. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with . SAT 14:00 29/03/2008 (b009n27d) SAT 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Song of the Silencer (b007jrb2) SAT 06:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009mbjl) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on 'We have invented God' - will the creation of the Ultimate Series 1 BBC7. Machine wreak havoc on the universe? Read by Nigel Anthony. Episode 4 SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b009n27g) SAT 01:00 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b009mb9h) Despite their successful comeback tour, Tommy and Sheila Comedy and music in a special broadcast from the National Series 2 aren't in the money. Theatre of Iceland in Reykjavik, featuring the Fostbraedur The Red Sea Sharks, part 1 Winners of the 1962 , sweethearts Male Choir. The intrepid boy reporter, Captain Haddock and Snowy try to Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The SAT 18:00 Gimmicks Three and Light Verse (b007jrgx) avert a coup d'etat. Stars Richard Pearce and . only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another... Two witty tales by master sci-fi storyteller Isaac Asimov. Hell SAT 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k213) Mike Coleman's sitcom stars and Roy Hudd. dimensions, time travel and robots are on the menu. Three Act Tragedy Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd SAT 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jnt6) Episode 5 Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield Series 2 Just as Hercule Poirot looks set is to solve the murder mystery, With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson, Edward Soul Searching there's a fresh death. Halsted, Rachel Smith, Chris Pavlo, Paul Rogan and Steven Hospitals can be frightening enough, but even more so when a Agatha Christie thriller dramatized by Michael Bakewell Rhodes. patient is asked to take part in a bizarre experiment. Hercule Poirot...... Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace. The Man in Black sets the chilling scene... Mr Satterthwaite...... George Cole Music by Frido Ruth. Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers. Sir Charles Cartwright...... Michael Cochrane Producer: Steve Doherty Written by Martyn Wade Egg Lytton Gor...... Beth Chalmers First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998. The Man in Black …. Edward de Souza Angela Sutcliffe...... Jemma Churchill SAT 06:30 Second Thoughts (b00fnfns) Mr Timmins …. Bernard Cribbins Oliver Manders...... Carl Prekopp Series 2 Tom …. Shaun Prendergast Matron,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Health and Efficiency Oswald/2nd Surgeon …. Norman Bird Director Enyd Williams Faith heads to a health farm, leaving Bill to mind the happy Sister …. Joan Walker First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002. home. Night Nurse …. Jones SAT 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jwdc) Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith 1st Surgeon …. Steve Hodson Ladies of Letters Spring Clean Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the Producer: Martyn Wade Episode 5 demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1989. Vera uncovers a sinister scandal, and Irene is on her way home. and Joe. SAT 19:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k0s2) Stars and . Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 ] SAT 02:15 (b007k48r) Imrie as Hilary, Belinda Lang as Liza, Kelda Holmes as SAT 19:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1 Hannah, Norman Bird as Mr Burrows and as (b007k4fj) The Singular Inheritance of Miss Gloria Wilson Ray. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] The detective probes a series of audacious thefts with the return Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, SAT 20:00 Comedy Greats (b007k1kw) of 'The Ghost'. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs. husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT 03:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jrz3) A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b009n27g) Series 1 for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today] A Fete Worse than Death Producer: Sioned Wiliam Robin and Wendy continue their unhealthy obsession with a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989. model village in their garage. SAT 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009n23v) 30 MARCH 2008 When inspiration strikes for a son et lumière display, what Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. could possibly go wrong? SAT 08:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k0s2) SUN 00:00 Gimmicks Three and Light Verse (b007jrgx) Written by and starring Kay Stonham and . 1936 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Robin ...... Simon Greenall Sir John Reith's BBC discovers how to operate away from 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jnt6) Wendy ...... Kay Stonham studios. Six selected years in radio history with Daphne [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Maureen ...... Debra Stephenson Oxenford. SUN 02:00 Glory in the Day Time (b009n3vq) Derek ...... Phil Cornwell SAT 08:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek Fascinated by the world of artists and actors, Mrs Murdock is Receptionist ...... Jo Enright (b007k4fj) delighted to be invited to take tea with one of her heroes. Man ...... Ewan Bailey Episode 1 SUN 02:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jqfn) Woman 1 ...... Arianwen Flores Ducking society, Lady Dona St Columb finds passion [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Saturday] Woman 2 ...... Zoe Allen and adventure in . Classic love with Lorna SUN 03:00 Comedy Greats (b007k1kw) Producer: Mario Stylianides Heilbron. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002. SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007k1kw) SUN 06:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b009n27g) SAT 03:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b00fqbsz) 1970s [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday] Series 2 Episode 2 SUN 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009n3zq) Episode 4 Glamtastic Barry Cryer with Lines From My Grandfather's Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. A dizzy Indian ad agency, a lovesick lament to Lahore - and the Forehead, Hinge and Bracket, 'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, The SUN 08:00 Ladies of Letters (b00k1864) blundering Bhangra Muffins. Atkinson People, and Listen to Les. Ladies Of Letters Spring Clean (Omnibus) Starring: SAT 12:00 Miss Marple (b007jvht) Spring cleaning unearths a confusing contraption, while the Sanjeev Bhaskar The Body in the Library attack of a mutual suitor brings deep-seated rivalries to Kulvinder Ghir Dolly Bantry, mistress of Gossington Hall, is enjoying a the fore for the proud grandmothers. Nitin Sawhney pleasant doze when suddenly her dreams take a strange turn. Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge return as bickering Irene Meera Syal The housemaid Mary is telling her there's a body in the library. Spencer and Vera Small, and this time they're full of springtime Nina Wadia As she wakes up, it turns out to be true. But who is the strange recipes and tips for a long and healthy life. Winner of the Sony Awards. The sketch young blonde woman sprawled on the library floor? Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to Enter St Mary Mead's famous resident sleuth... With: 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC TWO from 1998 to Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Rachel Atkins 2001. Marple. Christopher Kelham Scripted by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Miss Jane Marple ..…. June Whitfield Ann Beach Bhaskar, and Nina Wadia. Colonel Melchett ..…. Richard Todd Producer: Liz Webb Script Editor: Sharat Sardana Dolly Bantry ..…. Pauline Jameson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013. Producer: Anil Gupta. Colonel Bantry ..…. Jack Watling SUN 09:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997. Sir Henry Clithering ..…. Graham Crowden (b009n49b) SAT 04:00 Big Town All Stars (b007jrmc) Conway Jefferson ..…. John Hartley It's the Reaction Series 2 Inspector Slack ..…. John Baddeley Poignant Second World War experiences of women in Britain. Meet the Wife Adelaide Jefferson ..…. Priyanga Elan A spinster's life resumes in peacetime. Read by Sylvestra Le When the band performs at Lorelei's school reunion - is honesty Mark Gaskell ..…. Harry Myers Touzel. the best policy? With Stephen Tompkinson. From July 2001. George Bartlett ..…. Ben Crowe SUN 09:30 Stilgoe's Around (b007k3kj) SAT 04:30 Ectoplasm (b007wwd6) Josie Turner ..…. Elizabeth Conboy Champneys Health Spa The Adventure of the Stupid Ignorant Americans Basil Blake ..…. Giles Fagan Champney's Health Hydro in put Richard Stilgoe Lord Zimbabwe faces his greatest challenge yet - a voyage to Dinah Lee ..…. Tilly Gaunt into a steam cabinet, and cooked him for two hours at Regulo 6. the moon to rescue an American who has been subject to a Florence Small ..…. Eleanor Hodson The result is a medium rare, low calorie, non-alcoholic look at cruel alien snatch. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. life 'down on the farm' This could only mean one thing...... Director: Enyd Williams With Emma Thompson and The Buskers Supported by .co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 29 March – 4 April 2008 Page 2 of 6 Producer: Mike Craig 2001. charms of Gaston the seductive Gascon. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1984. SUN 23:00 Stand-Up on 7 (b007wvn6) Irene ...... Prunella Scales SUN 10:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote (b007k0m0) Rock 'n' Droll Vera ...... Patricia Routledge Episode 2 The comical dynamic duo take to the stage to present a host of The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de Ie songs and patter. Recorded in London. From June 2004. their barbed correspondence. Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra. Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman. The intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Producer: Claudine Toutoungi Mirrors. The classic adventure published in 1605. Adapted by MONDAY 31 MARCH 2008 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006. John Arden. MON 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4dc) Starring Bob Grant as Don Quixote, Bernard Cribbins as MON 00:00 (b007jvtq) The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 Sancho Panza, Ronald Baddiley as Cervantes, David Sumner as [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] The Abergavenny Murder Father Perez and Peter Wheeler as Barber-Surgeon. MON 00:30 HP Lovecraft - The Tomb (b007jzmv) When a man dies in his Baker Street apartment, the detective Music composed by . [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] feels bound to investigate. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Director: Alfred Bradley MON 01:00 Ladies of Letters (b00k1864) Sachs. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON 11:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpr8) SUN 11:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqjk) MON 02:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes Framley Parsonage The Charge of the Boys' Brigade (b009n49b) Framley Parsonage Part 3 Miss Primrose is ordered to travel to South Africa and murder [Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 on Sunday] Vicar Mark Robarts can no longer keep his deepening debts a General Cheeseman. With Alison Steadman. From September MON 02:30 Stilgoe's Around (b007k3kj) secret. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Rosemary Leach. 1988. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc) SUN 12:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy MON 03:00 (b009n4nh) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] (b007jt57) [Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 on Sunday] MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00t1tkk) Episode 1 MON 03:30 The Right Time (b00fvpdt) Series 4 Russell Davies remembers the earliest on-air comedians, with a [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Sunday] Episode 5 clip-packed taste of pre-war humour. From July 1988. MON 04:00 Stand-Up on 7 (b007wvn6) The Spy With My Cold, and Cabaret at the Café Au Lait. SUN 12:30 Radio Roots (b007jvsy) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Sunday] More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and Bernard Braden MON 05:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy parodies. Bernard Braden: The star was something of a hit on television, (b007jt57) Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, , , but with a solid history of radio and backstage tension behind [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday] and . him. Episode 3 of 4. MON 05:30 Radio Roots (b007jvsy) Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Chapman, Graeme SUN 13:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz2) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday] Garden, Eric Idle. Peter & David Lund and Bill Oddie. Series 1 MON 06:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz2) Originating from the Cambridge University revue Voodoo Island [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday] 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and A missionary expedition leads to peril in the far flung MON 06:30 Educating Archie (b007jsv1) quickly developed a cult following. Caribbean. Stars Roy Hudd and Denise Coffey. From August [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. 1986. MON 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009ndtn) Producer: SUN 13:30 Educating Archie (b007jsv1) Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1966. From 01/03/1959 MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc) MON 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom Brough bets that he and school boy Archie Andrews can travel Series 7 (b007jxnk) round Britain in eight days. Six Charlies in Search of an Author Episode 1 Radio ventriloquism with , , Through pages and chapters, the fate of Neddie Seagoon is in A young evacuee arrives to stay with gruff but kindly Tom Bernard Bresslaw and Gladys Morgan. the hands of the writer. Oakley. Michelle Magorian's wartime tale read by David Running from 1950-1958, Educating Archie introduced a Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Brierley. number of soon-to-be household names to listeners, including Milligan and Larry Stephens. MON 13:15 Agatha Christie (b0076m5j) , Benny Hill, Harry Secombe, Dick Emery, Starring: The 8.55 to Baghdad Hattie Jacques, Bruce Forsyth and Max Bygraves - all taking a Peter Sellers Episode 1 turn in tutoring Archie. Harry Secombe "Her adventure had been taken at a moment of major personal Scripted by: Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe and Marty change; mine was beginning at a moment that could change the Feldman. First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were world". Producer: Jacques Brown recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest In 1928, crime writer Agatha Christie made a spur-of-the- First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959. shows weren’t kept in the archive. moment decision to go on holiday, alone, to Iraq. Then in her SUN 14:00 30/03/2008 (b009n4jm) With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. late thirties she was already a popular and successful novelist, Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. but her 14 year marriage to Archie Christie had recently ended BBC7. Announcer: Wallace Greenslade and her comfortable life at Sunningdale had become oppressive. SUN 17:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy Producer: Pat Dixon In the first of five readings from his book, Andrew Eames (b007jt57) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1956. describes how 75 years later on, on the eve of the second Gulf [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] MON 08:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland War, he set out to trace Agatha's journey and explore her SUN 17:30 Radio Roots (b007jvsy) (b007vjfl) reasons for making it. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Sport and Leisure Abridged by Laurence Wareing. SUN 18:00 Doctor Who (b007jvtq) The comedian shares his thoughts on how we spend our leisure Producer: David Jackson Young Storm Warning time. First broadcast on BBC Radio in 2004. Episode 2 Six-part series illustrating the Domedic minutiae of life. MON 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009nh07) The R101 is under attack, the storm is breaking, and the Stand-up and sketches with Simon Greenall, Sally Grace and The Crumbling Legacy passenger in cabin 43 needs to see . Dave Lamb. The Romans have left, meaning the enemy is now the SUN 18:30 HP Lovecraft - The Tomb (b007jzmv) Producer: Maria Esposito Barbarians. narrates the history of the British The obsessive Jervas Dudley reveals the sinister events leading First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000. Isles. up to his incarceration in an asylum. MON 09:00 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b00ssrj1) MON 13:45 The People of the British Museum (b009nh09) First published in 1917, HP Lovecraft’s chilling tale read by Series 2 Mummies, Myths and Magic Ryan McCluskey. The Red Sea Sharks, part 2 Through the eyes of its employees, Danny Danziger explores American writer, H P Lovecraft (1890-1937) is recognised as The intrepid boy reporter realises that an old adversary is the wealth of treasures held in the vast collections. one of the most significant figures in 20th century supernatural behind the dastardly slave trade. Stars Richard Pearce. MON 14:00 31/03/2008 (b009nh0c) fiction. Contemporary horror writers, including Stephen King, MON 09:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on often cite him as a major influence. His own outlook on life is Sad Cypress BBC7. mirrored in his writing. Episode 2 MON 17:00 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v) "I am so beastly tired of mankind and the world that nothing Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt, Mrs Welman, has died in her Series 1 can interest me unless it contains a couple of murders on each sleep. And a tube of morphine has gone missing.... Spy Story page or deals with the horrors unnameable and unaccountable Agatha Christie's whodunit starring and David Why does the bear suck his paw in winter? And what does the that leer down from the external universes." McAlister. answer have to do with the First Secretary's dinner suit? Lovecraft found living, the everyday stuff of life a painful Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding The British Ambassador and his team plan their campaign for a experience. At every turn he felt disillusioned by what life had Dr Lord ...... David McAlister diplomatic dinner. to offer. Through his writing he sought to put into words these Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom. sentiments. Nurse O'Brien ...... Joanna Myers Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Producer: Gemma Jenkins Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005. Mary Gerrard ...... Susannah Corbett Greif as the United States Ambassador, Susie Brann as Mrs SUN 19:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz2) Mrs Welman ...... Barbara Atkinson Newton and Peter Howell as George Sommers. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] Mrs Bishop ...... Margot Boyd Producer: SUN 19:30 Educating Archie (b007jsv1) Ted Bigland ...... Eamonn Fleming First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Judge ...... Alan Cullen MON 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7) SUN 20:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote (b007k0m0) Mr Gerrard ...... John Webb Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Fishing for Compliments SUN 21:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqjk) Director: .Enyd Williams Is there something fishy about Bernard, apart from his VAT [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992. returns? SUN 22:00 The Now Show (b009n4nh) MON 10:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3rs) Bed and Breakfast for Beginners. First of two series of Sue Catch up with Punt and Dennis and guests. Ladies of Letters Go Global Limb's sitcom about events at the Abbeyfield Guest House in SUN 22:30 The Right Time (b00fvpdt) Episode 1 Norwich. Series 1 Irene and Vera are back and this time they're going global. Starring Denise Coffey and as sisters Alison Episode 4 Determined to escape the aftermath of their respective and Maud. The sketch show about modern life, with people who've lived a Christmases from Hell, first Vera nabs a package to Ibiza, then Alison …. Denise Coffey bit of it. Stars Eleanor Bron and Clive Swift. From September Irene sets out to rescue her friend when she falls prey to the Maud …. Miriam Margolyes Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 29 March – 4 April 2008 Page 3 of 6 Father …. Joss Ackland [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Monday] wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's in 1962. Mr Mullett …. Chris Emmett TUE 04:00 Graham Norton's Big Apple (b009nh8d) The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring Bernard …. Geoffrey Whitehead [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold Marina …. Phyllida Nash TUE 04:30 The Curried Goat Show (b007k4xf) and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. Producer: Jonathan James-Moore [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday] Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002. TUE 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpr8) Simpson. MON 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Produced by Bobby Jaye (b007k4lg) TUE 06:00 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1972. The Seeds of Creation [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Monday] TUE 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom Ralph Exon - working for an international fertiliser corporation TUE 06:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v) (b009nlvv) - has created a new strain of plant: a mutation which he hopes [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] Episode 2 will bring relief to the famine-ridden countries of the world. TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009nlr5) A disturbing letter from the young evacuee's mother causes It's an innocent-looking plant. But in that plant, known as the Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. concern. Michelle Magorian's wartime tale read by David Exon strain, there also lurks the Destruction Factor... TUE 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj) Brierley. James Follett’s sci-fi thriller in six-parts starring TP McKenna. Series 6 TUE 13:15 Agatha Christie (b03hngqk) Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna Sid's Mystery Tours The 8.55 to Baghdad Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams Sid persuades the lad to become a director of his guided tours Episode 2 Howard Rogers ...... company, but there's a snag! Retracing the crime writer's Middle Eastern journey of 1928, Ralph Exon ...... Clifford Rose Starring Tony Hancock. Andrew Eames recalls taking the Orient Express train to Balfour ...... Peter Wickham With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Mavis Villers Istanbul. Garrard ...... Rod Beacham and Errol McKinnon. TUE 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009nlxv) Ted Downes ...... Bruce Beeby Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Camelot Kathy Downes ...... Joan Matheson Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Anna Massey takes us back to the Dark Ages to examine Milly ...... Karen Archer Producer: Tom Ronald whether there is any truth behind the legend of King Arthur. Anne ...... Christine Absalom First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November TUE 13:45 The People of the British Museum (b009nlxx) Harriet ...... Debby Cumming 1959. Storehouse of Knowledge Producer: David Spencer TUE 08:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007k0fl) Danny Danziger visits the cuneiform tablet collection to meet First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in Episode 5 Dr Irving Finkel, who can decipher the ancient inscriptions. March 1978. Cheesy chat show host Alan Partridge is 'Live from Las Vegas' TUE 14:00 01/04/2008 (b009nly4) MON 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK with glamorous American co-host, Kendall Ball. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Chesterton (b007jw4p) With guests: Hollywood star couple Sally Hoff & Conrad BBC7. The Unusual Soiree Knight, New York comic Bernie Rosen and professional TUE 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jn8z) When young poet Gabriel Syme meets Lucien Gregory, he is gambler Jack 'the Black Cat' Colson. Series 7 introduced to a mysterious Edwardian London secret society. With thanks to Alan's chief researcher . Is There a Father Christmas? Assistant researchers: Mr Sims is elected to co-ordinate the school's festivities, but he Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read Patrick Marber doesn't spot the 'banana skin'. in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. Rebecca Front Created by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy about a Doon Mackichan junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Director: Lawrence Jackson David Schneider Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. Producer: Armando lannucci Written by Paul Copley. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992. Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the TUE 09:00 - Rumpole (b007k4fd) Headmaster, Tom Watson as Mr Holiday, Margaret John as Mrs First broadcast in March 2005. The Confession of Guilt Stone, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Deirdre Costello as Mrs MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc) Recalling the case of an immigrant accused of wounding near a Patterson, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Marlene Sidaway as [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] cricket ground, Horace Rumpole investigates the truth of a true Miss Lewis, Kemal Ibrahim as Andy, Sarah Harvey-Smart as MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00t1tkk) confession. Tanita, Anna Williams as Paula, Ben Wint as Martin,Adam [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Dean as Rajid and Michaela Strachan as herself. MON 20:00 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b00ssrj1) Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Producer: John Fawcett Wilson [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992. MON 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s) With Michael Maloney as Nick Rumpole and Godfrey Kenton TUE 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k1kz) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] as Mr Justice Everglades and John Church as Magnus Piecan. Series 2 MON 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3rs) Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John The Comeback Kid [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- Rosie and her team are asked to relaunch the career of an MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4dc) by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal ageing children's TV presenter. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Court of and Wales. Can they prove that old fashioned entertainment can win out MON 22:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland Director: Ian Cotterell over computer games? (b007vjfl) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Prunella Scales stars in the second of four series of Simon [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 09:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k253) Brett's sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Rosie MON 22:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtn5) Sad Cypress Burns and her event-management company based in Brighton. Series 2 Episode 2 With Arabella Weir as Kate, Rebecca Callard as Jo, Duncan The Human Body Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died, but a tube of Preston as Bob, Annette Badland as Tess, David Wood as Probing human cloning and what to do with our waste? morphine has gone missing. Stars Emma Fielding and David Tommy Tummy, James Vaughan as Julian, Jim North as Series two of the cult comedy that answers the questions which McAlister. Bernard and Stefan Abingdon and Alice Connor as the leave other shows scratching their beards. TUE 10:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3sq) Children, Starring Stewart Lee and . Ladies of Letters Go Global Producer: Maria Esposito With Rebecca Front, and the voice of Tom Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001. Baker. Irene is forced into casual labour when she arrives in Ibiza to TUE 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor Producer: Sarah Smith find she’s inherited her absent friend's debts. (b007k4mr) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993. Meanwhile Vera’s escaped Gaston's clutches in a beetroot truck The Devil's Harvest MON 23:00 Graham Norton's Big Apple (b009nh8d) heading for Trieste, when she falls in with Roman, a As fires erupt - why is Ralph Exon's new plant strain mutation Out on the Town charismatic Transylvanian with a hatred of garlic. growing so rapidly? Graham goes Out on the Town with the help of gossip Irene ...... Prunella Scales James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna. columnist Liz Smith, Mama Gina and Anthony Bourdain. Vera ...... Patricia Routledge Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna MON 23:30 The Curried Goat Show (b007k4xf) The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams Episode 5 their barbed correspondence. Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley Try Joseph's Psychedelic Poncho. Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Ben Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman. Ralph Exon ...... Clifford Rose Silburn's sketch-bonanza. With Paula Wilcox. From February Producer: Claudine Toutoungi DI Balfour ...... Peter Wickham 1998. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006. Commander ...... Rod Beacham TUE 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4fh) Nurse ...... Joan Matheson The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 Voice in Climatorium ...... Jennifer Piercey TUESDAY 01 APRIL 2008 The Shameful Betrayal of Miss Emily Smith Producer: David Spencer The murder of a schoolmistress sees the sleuthing pair head for First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in TUE 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor Kent. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs. March 1978. (b007k4lg) TUE 11:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptr) TUE 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] The Small House at Allington (b007jw50) TUE 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton The Small House at Allington Part 1 The Anarchists' Council (b007jw4p) A squire's impoverished niece Lily Dale has a choice of two In an underground HQ, poet Gabriel Syme witnesses Lucien [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] suitors. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with . Gregory addressing the Central Anarchist Council. TUE 01:00 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b00ssrj1) TUE 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read TUE 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s) TUE 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k1zr) in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Series 4 TUE 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3rs) Any Old Iron? Director: Lawrence Jackson [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Albert gets concerned about an offer made to Harold. TUE 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4dc) Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Monday] Harold. With Richard Hurndall, John Samson and Stephanie TUE 03:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007vjfl) Turner. First broadcast in March 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday] Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association TUE 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj) TUE 03:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtn5) with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 29 March – 4 April 2008 Page 4 of 6 TUE 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k1zr) WED 09:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d) Anne ...... Christine Absalom [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Sad Cypress Blowers ...... Michael Shannon TUE 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4fd) Episode 3 Producer: David Spencer [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Who poisoned Mary Gerrard? First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in TUE 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k253) Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is called in to track down the March 1978. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] killer. WED 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK TUE 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3sq) Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot Chesterton (b007w5jd) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt The Tale of a Detective TUE 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4fh) Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding When Gabriel Syme turns the tables on Lucien Gregory, the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts Central Anarchist Council take action. TUE 22:00 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007k0fl) Mrs Bishop ...... Margot Boyd [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Dr Lord ...... David McAlister Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read TUE 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jm9l) Mr Seddon ...... John Evitts in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. Series 3 Ted Bigland ...... Eamonn Fleming This Thing Called Love Wardress ...... Gudrun Ure Director: Lawrence Jackson Satan worries about his image, and the Professor is concerned Policeman ...... Keith Drinkel over his widow's remarriage. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell. Director: .Enyd Williams Satan …. Andy Hamilton First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992. First broadcast in March 2005. The Professor …. James Grout WED 10:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3tn) WED 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b009npzf) Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville Ladies of Letters Go Global [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan Episode 3 WED 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook Other characters played by Philip Pope, Michael Fenton Howard is no help in rescuing Vera, so Irene, after breaking out (b007k19l) Stevens, Felicity Montagu and Nick Revell of her Ibizan jail, implores Brian to help. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer But when Brian catches up with Vera in Moscow, Vera's WED 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4gk) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999. enraging remarks about her new-found intimacy with Irene's [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 23:00 Chewin' the Fat (b007k3q4) son-in-law urge Irene to write an anonymous letter she may WED 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d) The Fat's back! Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan with more regret... [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] banter and sketches in Scotland's comedy favourite - from Irene ...... Prunella Scales WED 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3tn) 1998. Vera ...... Patricia Routledge [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 23:30 The Shuttleworths (b007lrj3) Howard ...... Christopher Kelham WED 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4gn) John Shuttleworth's Open Mind The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Ghosts their barbed correspondence. WED 22:00 (b007k2nw) Spooky happenings hamper John's investigation as he delves Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] into the world of ghosts. Producer: Claudine Toutoungi WED 22:30 Acropolis Now (b007jwm0) He can't afford a night at a haunted hotel, but he does get some First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006. Series 1 expert advice from his telephone guest, Yvette Fielding. WED 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4gn) Heroes 's John Shuttleworth continues his probe into unsolved The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 Frenzying is all the rage in Ancient Athens, but can phenomena.. The Tragedy of Hanbury Street Aristophanes cash in on the craze? Stars . From With Mary Shuttleworth. Holmes and Watson investigate why a happy young idealist January 2001. Written and performed by Graham Fellows. should kill herself. Stars Clive Merrison. WED 23:00 Wild Things (b007s8jv) Additional material by Dean Wilkinson. WED 11:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptz) Series 1 Producer: Dawn Ellis The Small House at Allington Happiest Day of Your Life First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. The Small House at Allington Part 2 Winnie and Ample are two florists with attitude. Starring Doon Lily is aghast at her fiance's visit to his old flame's aristocratic Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. From August 2002. family. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Julia Ford. WED 23:30 The Big Booth (b007k2fv) WEDNESDAY 02 APRIL 2008 WED 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b009npzf) Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Episode 5 WED 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor WED 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook Boothby Graffoe sorts it out - with monologues, sketches and (b007k4mr) (b007k19l) songs. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] My Stag Movie, part 1/2 With Simon Evans, Vivienne Soan and Big Al. WED 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK The veteran auditionee recalls how sometimes talent can be Special guest: renowned singer and world class guitarist Richard Chesterton (b007jw50) found in the unlikeliest places - and sometimes it can't be found Thompson. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] at all... Producer: Lucy Armitage WED 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4fd) British show business doyen, J Kingston Platt shares First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his WED 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k253) experience from the past 40 years. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] Performed and written by Peter Jones. THURSDAY 03 APRIL 2008 WED 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3sq) Producer: Pete Atkin [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1986 THU 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor WED 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4fh) WED 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b007k4ny) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Tuesday] (b007jxr8) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] WED 03:00 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007k0fl) Episode 3 THU 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday] Young wartime evacuee Willie Beech is taken shopping and Chesterton (b007w5jd) WED 03:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jm9l) there's news at the village church. Read by David Brierley. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Tuesday] WED 13:15 Agatha Christie (b0076m6c) THU 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4gk) WED 04:00 Chewin' the Fat (b007k3q4) The 8.55 to Baghdad [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Tuesday] Episode 3 THU 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d) WED 04:30 The Shuttleworths (b007lrj3) Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey to Iraq, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Tuesday] Andrew Eames recalls stopping off for a steam bath in THU 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3tn) WED 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptr) Damascus. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009nqdx) THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4gn) WED 06:00 Smelling of Roses (b007k1kz) Who Are the English? [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Wednesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Tuesday] Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, revealing how the THU 03:00 Dead Ringers (b007k2nw) WED 06:30 King Street Junior (b007jn8z) invading Angles, Saxons and Jutes became the English. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED 13:45 The People of the British Museum (b009nqfw) THU 03:30 Acropolis Now (b007jwm0) WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009npzc) Heavenly Houses [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Wednesday] Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Danny Danziger meets the long-serving curator of clocks and THU 04:00 Wild Things (b007s8jv) WED 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b009npzf) watches, David Thompson, and tours the beautiful collections. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Wednesday] Desert island doings for the Swiss Family Horne - and WED 14:00 02/04/2008 (b009nqgn) THU 04:30 The Big Booth (b007k2fv) 'Hornerama' probes the press. Stars Kenneth Horne. From Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Wednesday] November 1960. BBC7. THU 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jptz) WED 08:30 Dead Ringers (b007k2nw) WED 17:00 My Music (b009nqgq) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry on Frank Muir tells his sitar joke and gives us his 'In A Shady THU 06:00 The Michael Bentine Show (b009nqm9) top form in May 2002. Nook'. Denis Norden offers advice to the ladies. From January [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Wednesday] WED 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4gk) 1994. THU 06:30 My Music (b009nqgq) The Dear Departed WED 17:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b009nqm9) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] Rumpole recalls a fraud case based on some ghostly messages. Creations include Arthur Cavity, collector of holes, and Hector THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009pmsg) "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Plasm, Ghosthunter. From May 1984. Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law WED 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor THU 08:00 (b007jnk7) Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole (b007k4ny) Series 2 With Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Peter Pratt as The Wings of Azreal The Death List Justice Venables and Preston Lockwood as Mr Pontefract. Can a corporation's new plant strain mutation bring relief to A victim of phone tapping, Jim Hacker rebuts state surveillance Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John famine stricken countries? - until his own life comes under threat. Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna. Starring , and Derek Fowlds. by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around Court of England and Wales. Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams the hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service Director: Ian Cotterell Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Nurse ...... Joan Matheson and obsequious Bernard. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 29 March – 4 April 2008 Page 5 of 6 It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. THU 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom Series 1 Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington (b007jxsl) Episode 4 Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne Episode 4 The pathologists face doing a holistic, non-invasive autopsy. Bernard …. Derek Fowlds Wartime evacuee Willie Beech starts school, while local Stars Peter Davison and Tracy-Ann Oberman. From June 2003. Commander Forrest ...... Graeme Garden villagers see changes in his guardian Tom. Read by David THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009ppln) Anne Hacker ...... Diana Hoddinot Brierley. Series 3 Walter Fowler ...... Derek Newark THU 13:15 Agatha Christie (b0076m6z) Episode 2 Detective ...... Peter Acre The 8.55 to Baghdad Changes at the BBC, and 007 is a new man. Andy Hamilton and Detective ...... William Eadle Episode 4 Nick Revell's sharp humour. With Harry Enfield. From October Head Waiter ...... John Bott Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey, Andrew 1987. Brian Perkins ...... Himself Eames's coach party arrives in Baghdad on the eve of war, but THU 23:30 Tilt (b009pplq) Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin. the welcome from the locals is friendly. Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984. THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009pp7w) The topical sketch show that takes you behind the week's news. THU 08:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009pn8p) The Arrogant Saint And then mucks about with it a bit. The Total Hotel Experience Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain. Augustine is sent John and his best friend Tony find themselves taking part in a over from Rome to preach the word of God. seaside hotel's murder-mystery weekend. THU 13:45 The People of the British Museum (b009pp7y) FRIDAY 04 APRIL 2008 John just wants to play dominoes, but amongst the guests is a Art of the Sword woman from his past - with her potatoes. Danny Danziger meets assistant Paul Martin who talks about his FRI 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor Written by John Hegley dream job - looking after the Japanese weaponry collection. (b007jpbg) Starring John Hegley, , Terry Malloy, Sunny THU 14:00 03/04/2008 (b009pp9j) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Ormonde and Andy Hockley. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on FRI 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton Original music by Nigel Piper. BBC7. (b007w43w) Director: Anne Edyvean THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b009pp9l) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999. The Captain's Problem FRI 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsdk) THU 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsdk) Ship's doctor Simon Sparrow diagnoses trouble ahead with [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] The Gentle Art of Blackmail Captain Spratt! FRI 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p) Rumpole recalls a clear case of extortion at his Oxford College, The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] St Joseph's. adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's FRI 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3vh) "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Starring as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jwsz) Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole Captain Spratt, Ray Cooney as First Mate Jock Hornbeam, [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday] With Brian Sanders as the Judge, Geoffrey Bayldon as Bernard Edward Cast as Colonel Smith and Peter Jones as Easter. FRI 03:00 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009pn8p) Crompton and Emily Richard as Sue Galton. Producer: David Hatch [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday] Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1969. FRI 03:30 Rigor Mortis (b007k4q2) Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- THU 17:30 Semi Circles (b007jtyy) [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Thursday] by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Series 2 FRI 04:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009ppln) Court of England and Wales. A Lack of Moral Fibre [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Thursday] Director: Ian Cotterell Christmas is coming and Ben is getting fat, but will going on a FRI 04:30 Tilt (b009pplq) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. fibre diet with Helen raise his spirits? [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Thursday] THU 09:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p) The improving story of life and improving times in an FRI 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpx6) Sad Cypress improving neighbourhood. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Episode 4 Starring Paula Wilcox as Helen and David Wood as Ben FRI 06:00 Semi Circles (b007jtyy) As Hercule Poirot unravels the threads of the murder, it seems Written by Simon Brett [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Thursday] like Mary Gerrard wasn't the first victim... Helen ...... Paula Wilcox FRI 06:30 Doctor at Large (b009pp9l) Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Ben ...... David Wood [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] Poirot. Mrs Kelly ...... Pay Heywood FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009ppxd) Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt Alastair ...... Tony Millan Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding Neil ...... Nick Wilton FRI 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jr4t) Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts Britt ...... Rosalind Adams Series 3 Dr Lord ...... David McAlister Blythe ...... Bryan Coleman The Cricket Match Wardress ...... Gudrun Ure Producer: Pete Atkin Captain Mainwaring goes into bat when the Home Guard Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982 platoon are challenged to play a match against the wardens.. Nurse O'Brien ...... Joanna Myers THU 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. (b007jpbg) platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. Director: Enyd Williams Birdstrike Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992. After sparking a plane crash, the deadly Exon plant strain's scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. THU 10:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3vh) advancement continues. Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe Ladies of Letters Go Global James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna. Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier Episode 4 Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn Irene’s kept on the move by her island-hopping employees so Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams Private Frazer …. John Laurie can’t prevent Lesley sending Christopher, Irene's treasured only Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley son, out to Moscow to bring back Vera. Blowers ...... Michael Shannon Private Pike …. When Vera explains that she and Christopher are to go on a Prime Minister ...... Noel Johnson Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee dangerous mission for MI6, Irene takes the desperate steps of Shand ...... Gregory de Polnay Private Walker …. Larry Martyn appealing to Nellie Thoroughgood, Chris's adoptive mother, for Wayne ...... Roy Spencer Vicar …. Frank Williams help Dymond ...... Rod Beacham Verger …. Edward Sinclair Irene ...... Prunella Scales Producer: David Spencer Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge Vera ...... Patricia Routledge First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in Producer: John Dyas Nellie Thoroughgood ...... Susan Jameson March 1978. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976. The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via THU 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK FRI 08:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007js1l) their barbed correspondence. Chesterton (b007w43w) Series 1 Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman. The Feast of Fear A Cavalier Attitude Producer: Claudine Toutoungi Gabriel Syme meets his fellow anarchists at a breakfast meeting Model village-makers, Robin and Wendy are shown "Black First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006. in London's Leicester Square. Bess" as their randy friends Sue and Glen persuade them to THU 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jwsz) attend a battle re-enactment. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read Written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. The Determined Client in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. Robin ...... Simon Greenall The crime-solving duo is asked by a woman to clear her father Wendy ...... Kay Stonham of murder. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs. Director: Lawrence Jackson Maureen ...... Debra Stephenson THU 11:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpx6) Derek ...... Phil Cornwell The Small House at Allington Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Sue ...... Jan Ravens The Small House at Allington Part 3 Glenn ...... Michael Simkins As her fiance stays on at Courcy Castle, Lily Dale fears the First broadcast in March 2005. Darnley ...... Ewan Bailey worst. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Alex Jennings. THU 19:00 Yes Minister (b007jnk7) Carol ...... Jo Enright THU 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jnk7) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Pikeman ...... Sean McKenna [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqv4) Producer: Mario Stylianides THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqv4) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002. Series 3 THU 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsdk) FRI 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4l3) How to Succeed The Burkiss Way [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] The Rotten Apple "It's That Script Again!" with fast-talking old-time radio THU 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p) Rumpole recalls a suspicious case of bribery in the police force. comedy fun - and at the Council Planning Committee, will [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Satan eat a cucumber or offer a million pound bribe? THU 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3vh) Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jwsz) With Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Robert Harris as 1980. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Justice Vosper and Brian Carroll as Erskine-Brown. Written by Andrew Marshall and . THU 22:00 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009pn8p) Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Producer: John Lloyd [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977. THU 22:30 Rigor Mortis (b007k4q2) by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 29 March – 4 April 2008 Page 6 of 6 Court of England and Wales. Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Kelda First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1992. Director: Ian Cotterell Holmes as Hannah, Norman Bird as Mr Burrows and Deborah First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Rowbottom as the Police Officer. FRI 09:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y) Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, Sad Cypress husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. Episode 5 A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran As Elinor Carlisle stands accused of murder, Belgian sleuth for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. Hercule Poirot uncovers evidence of greed and deceit. Producer: Sioned Wiliam The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunnit starring John First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989. Moffatt as Hercule Poirot. FRI 17:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009prt3) Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt Series 1 Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding Episode 5 Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts Duo Tommy and Sheila's comeback faces jeopardy - from his Dr Lord ...... David McAlister dodgy past. Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts Sir Edwin Bulmer ...... David King Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The Sir Samuel Atterbury ...... Peter Penry-Jones only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another... Dr Garcia/Clerk ...... John Church Mike Coleman's sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd. Inspector Brill ...... Eric Allan Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd Judge ...... Alan Cullen Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield Mr Wargrave ...... Jonathan Adams With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson, Edward Mr Littledale ...... Gordon Reid Halsted, Chris Pavlo, Paul Rogan and Ned Sherrin. Amelia Sedley ...... Ann Windsor Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Music by Frido Ruth. Director: Enyd Williams Producer: Steve Doherty First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998. FRI 10:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3wb) FRI 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor Ladies of Letters Go Global (b007jpbx) Episode 5 Search and Destroy Vera and Christopher undertake a life-threatening undercover Despite the national emergency, landowners try to profit from operation for MI6. the deadly Exon strain. With no-one else to turn to, Irene combines forces with the ex- James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna. pat couple employing her to get Vera and Christopher air-lifted Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna out of the diamond mine in which they have been billeted. Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams Irene ...... Prunella Scales Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley Vera ...... Patricia Routledge Nurse ...... Joan Matheson Brian ...... Ewan Bailey Prime Minister ...... Noel Johnson The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via Blowers ...... Michael Shannon their barbed correspondence. TV Presenter ...... Henry Knowles Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman. TV PA ...... Mary Elliott Nelson Producer: Claudine Toutoungi Climatorium Technician ...... Rod Beacham First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006. Helicopter Pilot ...... Peter Wickham FRI 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4l6) Farmer ...... Roy Spencer The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 Corporal ...... Gregory de Polnay The Striking Success of Miss Franny Blossom Sachs ...... Denis Goacher A body in Hyde Park reunites the sleuth with a notorious Producer: David Spencer former client. Stars Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs. First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in FRI 11:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpxd) March 1978. The Small House at Allington FRI 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton The Small House at Allington Part 4 (b007w525) Lily still loves her ex-fiance, but will Adolphus marry Lady The Exposure Alexandrina? Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Julia Ford. Sunday unmasks one of the anarchists as a Scotland Yard FRI 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jr4t) detective, leaving Gabriel Syme in despair. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 12:30 Mind Your Own Business! (b009pr6l) Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read Points of Disagreement in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. Whiz-kid Jimmy Bright has run out of Whizz. So staid accountant Russell Farrow grabs the reins, and ends up in a Director: Lawrence Jackson prickly situation... Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton star in Andrew Palmer’s Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. sitcom Jimmy Bright ...... Bernard Cribbins First broadcast in March 2005. Russell Farrow ...... Frank Thornton FRI 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jr4t) Nan Forbes ...... Annette Crosbie [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Sue Plant ...... Annee Blott FRI 19:30 Mind Your Own Business! (b009pr6l) With Dennis Ramsden. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Written by Andrew Palmer. FRI 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4l3) Producer: Edward Taylor [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1988. FRI 20:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y) FRI 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] (b007jxpw) FRI 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3wb) Episode 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Young wartime evacuee Willie Beech is in for a big surprise on FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k4l6) his birthday and Tom notices changes. Read by David Brierley. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] FRI 13:15 Agatha Christie (b0076m7h) FRI 22:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007js1l) The 8.55 to Baghdad [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Episode 5 FRI 22:30 Dial M for Pizza (b007k0th) Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey, Andrew Series 1 Eames visits the ancient city of Ur, where Agatha met her Episode 1 future husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan. Fun-packed sketch show featuring 'Britain's Stupidest Postman'. FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009prhp) Stars Brenda Blethyn and . From November Edwin to Whitby 1987. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, revealing how FRI 23:00 Big Town All Stars (b007jrq4) King Edwin became one of the most powerful men of his day. Series 2 FRI 13:45 The People of the British Museum (b009prl1) Fifteen Minutes of Fame Treasure and Healing The band enters a TV talent show. Will it spark success - or Danny Danziger visits the coin and medal collections, with a return them to oblivion? Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From July Swedish coin the size of a tea-tray and millions of art prints. 2001. FRI 14:00 04/04/2008 (b009prl3) FRI 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp45) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Series 1 BBC7. Holy Water FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfnv) The life of a struggling writer with his dysfunctional friends and Series 2 a talking geranium. Maybe, Baby A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Broody Faith fancies starting a second family - but does Bill? Revell. Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Kate McKenzie and Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the Brian Bowles. demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah Special guest star: Brian Johnston and Vince the geranium. and Joe. Producer: Jon Magnusson Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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