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Radio 7 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2010 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 01 MAY 2010 lax and sour”. SAT 19:00 Charles Dickens (b00s7fbg) Stars Norman Rossington as Big Jim, Roland Curram as Harold [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007jtfs) Perkins, Harold Goodwin as Old Ned, David John as Nimrod, SAT 19:30 Take It From the Chorus (b007k2rh) With a Whimper to the Grave Sylvester McCoy as Turps, David Beckett as Chick, Norman [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Episode 2 Bird as Fortescue and Norman Mitchell as PC Speedworth. SAT 20:00 Comedy Controller (b007jxb7) With Tom trapped amongst the aliens, desperate Sally finds a Narrated by Bernard Cribbins. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Government ally. Written by Ted Walker. SAT 23:00 Ian Rankin - Rebus (b00fklrw) Third in Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy starring James Shrapnel Producer: Martin Fisher The Falls and Donald Hewlett. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1987. Stricture To combat the threat of an alien invasion, the nations of the SAT 05:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kctml) The errant Edinburgh gumshoe must probe the mystery of the Earth have formed a World Council. The aliens have given Series 5 miniature coffins. Ian Rankin's thriller stars Ron Donachie. selected humans extraordinary 'sixth-sense' powers. Episode 29 But when these powers are abused the aliens prepare to leave The American funny man reveals climatic challenges for Prom- and abandon the Earth to its fate. But are they really going? going young ladies in Lake Wobegon. With music from Arlo SUNDAY 02 MAY 2010 And what is the fate awaiting the peoples of the Earth? Guthrie. Marge …. Angela Thorne SAT 06:00 01/05/2010 (b00s7fbb) SUN 00:00 Tanith Lee - Red as Blood (b007jq65) Doctor …. Arnold Diamond Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Ray/Pilot …. Clive Panto BBC Radio 7. SUN 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood David/Paul …. Crawford Logan SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00s7fbd) (b007jvy3) A. P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Charles …. Henry Stamper Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey, read by Adam Sims. SUN 01:00 George Bernard Shaw - Candida (b007jtk5) Tom Harris …. John Shrapnel SAT 09:00 Charles Dickens (b00s7fbg) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] Sally's mother …. Katherine Parr Sketches by Boz: Series 2 SUN 02:30 GB Shaw - The Devil's Disciple (b007jtmm) Alien Controller …. Manning Wilson The Boarding House A biting satire on puritanism, set in 1777 during the American Vera …. Margot Boyd Mrs Tibbs is the owner of a most respectable Boarding House, Revolution. Stars Tony Church and James Laurenson. Foreign Pilot/Barry …. Mark Rolston until the arrival of a mysterious new lodger. SUN 04:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kctml) Sally Harris …. Maureen O'Brien Gloriously comic stories of London Life by Charles Dickens - [Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday] Corporal/Vince …. Michael Jenner dramatised by Stephen Wyatt. SUN 05:00 Charles Dickens (b00s7fbg) Geoffrey Palmer …. Robert Dawes Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday] Baby Sam/Gloria …. Moir Leslie Mrs Tibbs ...... Imelda Staunton SUN 05:30 Take It From the Chorus (b007k2rh) George …. Patrick Troughton Mrs Bloss ...... Annette Badland [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday] Alien …. Peter Acre Mr Tibbs ...... Christopher Hancock SUN 06:00 02/05/2010 (b00s7gcq) Silkin …. Peter Wickham Agnes ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on '642' …. Timothy West Mr Evenson ...... Stephen Critchlow BBC Radio 7. Director: Martin Jenkins Mr Wisbottle ...... Peter Gunn SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00s7gcs) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1984. Mr O’Bleary ...... Jason O’Mara Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring SAT 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s6r7g) Director: Sally Avens Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey, read by Adam Sims. The Creature from the Pit First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1999. SUN 09:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost - Omnibus Episode 4 SAT 09:30 Take It From the Chorus (b007k2rh) (b00s7gcv) The Time Lord is trapped underground and has to communicate The Chorus on Screen Episode 5 with a captor that has no apparent mouth or ears. Time for your close-up! Caroline Quentin investigates life God sends his son to drive the rebellious angels out of Heaven. SAT 01:00 Dick Francis (b007mcnx) among the hoofers and the impact of film and TV. Stars John Rowe and Ian McDiarmid. Proof SAT 10:00 Comedy Controller (b007jxb7) SUN 10:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jxtx) 3. The Boss Jo Caulfield Series 1 The fraud plot thickens, as Tony Beach meets the boss of The comedienne selects It's That Jo Caulfield Again, Listen to The Maker of Coffins whisky hauliers Charter Carriers. Stars Nigel Havers. Les, Hancock's Half Hour, The News Quiz, The Bona History Every Sunday an awkward, fiddle-playing coffin-maker comes Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach. of Julian and Sandy, and Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun. to play for his mother. Read by David Neal. Dick Francis's thriller dramatised by Ernest Dudley SAT 13:00 George Bernard Shaw - Candida (b007jtk5) SUN 10:30 Winston (b007np4w) Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers "If I haven't got what you call British pluck, I haven't British Winston Comes to Town Gerard …. George Parsons cowardice either: I'm not afraid of a clergyman's ideas. I'll fight A Tweak of Thread Flora …. Jennifer Piercey your ideas.” Father's poorly so the family must leave Winterleaf Gunner and Sgt. Ridger …. Stephen Hattersley The life of a vicar's wife is turned upside down by a young poet. return to London, but Nancy is distraught. P.C. Horton …. James Goode Candida has a choice between her devoted but complacent What's going to happen to Winston - village poacher, Charter …. Chas Bryer husband and a young poet who passionately adores her. She philosopher and Romeo? Will he come with them? Will London Director: Matthew Walters needs all her resources of wit and candour to resolve a survive with Winston? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1987. potentially explosive situation Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as SAT 01:30 Wimsey (b00s6r7j) George Bernard Shaw's romantic comedy stars Hannah Gordon Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Five Red Herrings and Edward Petherbridge. Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William. 5. Alibis Candida ..... Hannah Gordon Director: Shaun MacLoughlin. Lord Peter Wimsey battles to verify the whereabouts of key The Rev James Morell .... Edward Petherbridge First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 1990. suspects in the murder of unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Eugene Marchbanks .... Christopher Guard SUN 11:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00s7gcx) Campbell. Mr Burgess .... Ray Smith Bill Kerr Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic The Rev Alexander (Lexy) Mill .... Neville Jason 'Hancock's Half Hour' stalwart Bill Kerr recalls the classic BBC amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. Miss Proserpine Garnett .... Irene Sutcliffe comedy show that made him famous, plus his other career Dramatised by Chris Miller. Director: Ronald Mason highlights and some favourite music. Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1977 Ed Doolan was one of Britain’s best-known BBC local radio Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00s7fbj) presenters, broadcasting to the West Midlands for over 40 Strachan ...... Gordon Clyde Dick Francis's Bolt - The Killing Game years. Ed died aged 76 in 2018. Mrs Smith-Le Mesurier ...... Sheila Mitchell The Killing Game: Prince Litsi faces terror at the top of the old First broadcast on BBC WM in 2001. Waters ...... Bill Wallace stand at Bradbury race course. Stars Sian Philips and Eric Allan. SUN 12:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jpjp) Mrs Faron ...... Frances Jeater SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00s7fbl) The Bishop Gains a Reputation Faron ...... Gordon Gardner Dick Francis's Bolt - Nemesis for Two Clerical confusion abounds over the Archdeacon's tell-all book. Producer: Simon Brett Jockey Kit Fielding lays a trap to stop Henri de Brescou's plan Starring Robertson Hare as the Archdeacon, William Mervyn as First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978. to slaughter more horses. Stars Sian Philips and Eric Allan. the Bishop, Jonathan Cecil as Bishop's Chaplain - the Reverend SAT 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s6r7l) SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00m0hmv) Mervyn Noote and John Barron as the Dean. With Michael Episode 25 Dick Francis's Proof Kilgarriff. Raphael answers Adam's questions about the Solar System. A party at racehorse trainer Jack Haythorne's stables ends in The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Stars Linus Roache and John Rowe. tragedy. But is it just an accident? Stars Nigel Havers. Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. SAT 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jp76) SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00m0hmx) Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio. The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1 Dick Francis's Proof Written and adapted by husband-and-wife team, Pauline Charles Augustus Milverton In the tragedy's aftermath, Tony Beach goes wine and whisky Devaney and Edwin Apps. To trap an evil blackmailer, the Baker Street sleuth dons a tasting in the cause of criminal investigation. Stars Nigel Producer: David Hatch. cunning disguise. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. Havers. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1972. SAT 03:00 Caesar! (b00cylb9) SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00m0hmz) SUN 12:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jtj4) Series 2 Dick Francis's Proof Series 11 Citizens in a Great City The fraud plot thickens, as Tony Beach meets the boss of Have Snake, Must Travel The story of Septimus Severus and how he came to the brink of whisky hauliers Charter Carriers. Stars Nigel Havers. Episode 3 The cheeky schoolboy causes chaos when his teacher sends him becoming Emperor. Stars Ronald Pickup and Ray Fearon. of 8. reptile hunting. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From December 1967. SAT 04:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007vmbx) SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kctml) SUN 13:00 GB Shaw - The Devil's Disciple (b007jtmm) Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today] Nicola is on the verge of romance, while pub customer Andy SAT 18:00 Tanith Lee - Red as Blood (b007jq65) SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00s7g6w) faces being found out. Stars Michael Williams. From January In a dark Snow White fantasy, the Queen sets out to rescue her Ed Reardon's Week - A Hint of Calvados 1999. stepdaughter from her sinister heritage. Read by Stella Gonet. After moaning to the corporation, the embittered writer gets a SAT 04:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008p8q2) SAT 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood BBC job offer. Stars Christopher Douglas. From January 2006. The Old Dunkirk Spirit (b007jvy3) SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00s7g6y) Harold Perkins has no materials to rebuild post-war Britain, 4. Ancient Magic The Leopard in Autumn which well suits the workmates. Vezin is wary over a mother and daughter's invitation to Plethora plots to get rid of a crowd of peasants, whilst bumping Six anarchic tales from those demob days “when we was going witches' Sabbath. Philip Madoc reads Algernon Henry up Monte Guano's coffers. Stars Sian Philips. From May 2002. to build the new Jerusalem - you know, before the world turned Blackwood's dark tale. SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00s7g9j) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2010 Page 2 of 7 The Nick Revell Show Episode 1 Music: Wilfredo Acosta Preparing for his old flame's wedding, the writer seethes over Sweden's strongest little girl introduces herself and her monkey Translator: Richmond Lattimore the way she dumped him. With Doon MacKichan. From June to the world and makes two new friends. Read by Sandi Director: Glyn Dearman 1993. Toksvig. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993. SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00s7g9l) MON 06:00 03/05/2010 (b00s7n3y) MON 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s7ql4) Radio Shuttleworth Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Episode 26 The Sheffield singer hosts a special edition of 'Countdown' with BBC7. Raphael welcomes Adam's offer to tell his own story. Epic Richard Whiteley. Stars Graham Fellows. From March 2000. MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jpkw) poem starring Linus Roache, John Rowe and Godfrey Kenton. SUN 16:30 The News Quiz (b00s7g9n) Series 3 MON 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jltb) Series 71 A Man of Action The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 Episode 2 When a landmine sparks martial law, a reporter catches Captain The Six Napoleons Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle Mainwaring in charge. The Baker Street sleuth probes an outbreak of attacks on busts it out over the latest news events. From 23rd April 2010. Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV of Bonaparte. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. SUN 17:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00s7gcx) scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jpkw) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN 18:00 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00s7g9g) Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s7r4n) Episode 6 Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn Series 1 The Doctor Who producer recalls the 'Terror of the Autons' - Private Frazer …. John Laurie The Holiday and a threat to his autonomy via increasing attention from Private Pike …. Ian Lavender Harold fancies a holiday by himself in France, but his father above. Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley Albert is not so keen. SUN 18:30 The Price of Fear (b007jshy) Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee CAST: Lot 132 Private Walker ...... Larry Martyn Albert .... Wilfrid Brambell Horror legend Vincent Price tells the artistically horrifying tale Town Clerk ...... Julian Orchard Harold .... Harry H. Corbett of a painting. With Douglas Blackwell, Alexander John, Mr Norris ...... Jonathan Cecil The Doctor .... Colin Gordon Elizabeth Morgan and Vincent Price Inspector Baker ...... Fraser Kerr Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association SUN 19:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jpjp) Producer: John Dyas with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976. wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. SUN 19:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jtj4) MON 08:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s7n40) The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Series 2 the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold SUN 20:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost - Omnibus Confessions and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. (b00s7gcv) Salvatore is hell bent on making his family take confession Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] leaving Ludovico in fear of being excommunicated. Gale Pedrick. SUN 21:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jxtx) Meanwhile Allessandro is upset that Salvatore is making him Produced by Bobby Jaye [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] put 'little golden pants' on the cherubs that adorn the First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1966. SUN 21:30 Winston (b007np4w) confessional... MON 13:00 Dick Francis (b007mdwv) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today] Second series of the comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy Proof SUN 22:00 Dry Slopes (b00ly7c2) devised by Neal Anthony. 4. The Discovery Series 1 Written by Roger Danes. Dodgy drink, a missing racehorse and a body at a restaurant. Dry Wit Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Wine merchant Tony Beach is in the thick of it... Friendless, jobless Angus writes a requiem to himself. He is Graham Crowden as Francesco, Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach. really a genius, you know Paul Bigley as Alessandro and Nick Romero as Salvatore. Dick Francis's thriller dramatised by Ernest Dudley. Nick Ball’s sitcom about the unemployed son of a high-flying Producer: Dawn Ellis Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers mother. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002. Sgt. Ridger …. Stephen Hattersley Angus Dry ...... Nick Ball MON 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b007jv6b) Mrs Palissey …. Sheila Grant Mum ...... Louisa Rix Series 2 Gerard …. George Parsons With Robert Harley, Toby Longworth and Julie Gibbs. Episode 1 Chief Sup. Wilson …. Manning Wilson Producer: Gareth Edwards The further adventures of Mr Justice Cocklecarrot, Captain Flora …. Jennifer Piercey First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995. Foulenough, Dr Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht Orkney …. Edward de Souza SUN 22:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007rq8f) and Big White Carstairs. Isabella …. Avril Clark Series 3 Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia Commentator …. Michael Kilgarriff Isaac Newton Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton. P.C. Horton …. James Goode The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of one of Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s Director: Matthew Walters the world's most influential scientists. From October 2002. surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1987. SUN 23:00 A Series of Psychotic Episodes (b00fl0p3) great deal of modern humour. MON 13:30 Wimsey (b00s7ql2) Episode 3 Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams. Five Red Herrings MC Auctioneer and surgeon Dr Sweep. It's the surreal world of Announcer: Brian Perkins 6. Evidence of a Commercial Traveller Miriam Elia, with Dan Tetsall and James Kenward. From Producer: Harry Thompson Who killed unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Campbell? Lord November 2008. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991. Peter Wimsey and Inspector McPherson are weighing up the SUN 23:15 Witty and Twisted (b007k46w) MON 09:30 Capital Gains (b007qw7j) alibis of suspects BBC Backchat Series 1 Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic Gareth Gwynn takes a light-hearted look at BBC Radio and TV Stake Capital amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. - in 7's answer to 'Points of View' and 'Feedback'. Retired gent, Julius Hutch is beset with bills and final demands. Dramatised by Chris Miller. SUN 23:30 Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio (b007szmm) Then a sum of £4,601,740.72 is mistakenly paid into his Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael Series 1 account by an off-shore bank. Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham Episode 2 So should he return it or not? And whose money is it anyway? Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green Audio delights in the Sound Gallery - sketches and monologues Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch. Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp from comedy duo Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig. From Written by Collin Johnson. Waters ...... Bill Wallace December 2005. Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones Strachan...... Gordon Clyde Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall Jock Graham ...... Christopher Scoular Creditor ...... Collin Johnson Clarence Gordon ...... Gordon Faith MONDAY 03 MAY 2010 Creditor ...... Peter Whitman. Producer Simon Brett Producer: Andy Jordan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978. MON 00:00 Barry Letts - Who & Me (b00s7g9g) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. MON 14:00 Wally K Daly (b007k44c) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON 10:00 David Wade - Alexander (b007jx2h) With a Whimper to the Grave MON 00:30 The Price of Fear (b007jshy) The King's Son Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Baby Alexander is born and there's friction between King Philip The World Council takes action - as the aliens' plans are MON 01:00 GB Shaw - The Devil's Disciple (b007jtmm) of Macedon and Queen Olympias. revealed. Stars Patrick Troughton, Angela Thorne and Timothy [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday] David Wade's six-part serial on the life of Alexander the Great West. MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00s7g6w) starring Barry Foster, Simon Ward and Geraldine James. Marge …. Angela Thorne [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] Spirit of Achilles ...... Barry Foster Doctor …. Arnold Diamond MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00s7g6y) Spirit of Patroclus ...... Simon Ward Ray/Pilot …. Clive Panto [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday] King Philip of Macedon ...... Brian Cox David/Paul …. Crawford Logan MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00s7g9j) Queen Olympias ...... Geraldine James A. P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday] Young Alexander ...... Sam Crane Charles …. Henry Stamper MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00s7g9l) Antipatros ...... David March Tom Harris …. John Shrapnel [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] Demosthenes ...... Malcolm Sinclair Sally's mother …. Katherine Parr MON 04:30 The News Quiz (b00s7g9n) Lysimachos ...... Keith Drinkel Alien Controller …. Manning Wilson [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday] Young Hephaistion ...... Gary King Vera …. Margot Boyd MON 05:00 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot (b00pbtvj) Aristander ...... Barry Gordon Foreign Pilot/Barry …. Mark Rolston Episode 3 Artabazus ...... Philip Anthony Sally Harris …. Maureen O'Brien The incredible shrinking woman's sister arrives with a very Kleitos ...... John Evitts Corporal/Vince …. Michael Jenner handy handbag. Based on Alf Proysen's books. Stars Alison Leonidas ...... John Webb Geoffrey Palmer …. Robert Dawes Steadman. Pusanias ...... James Telfer Baby Sam/Gloria …. Moir Leslie MON 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00s7n3t) Menapis ...... David Thorpe George …. Patrick Troughton Episode 1 Hellanike ...... Patti Holloway Alien …. Peter Acre Huck joins Tom Sawyer's new gang - and a figure from his past Barsine ...... Oona Beeson Silkin …. Peter Wickham returns. Martin T Sherman reads the 19th century classic. Clotho ...... Rachel Atkins '642' …. Timothy West MON 05:45 Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking Lachesis ...... Jill Graham First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984. (b00s7n3w) Atropos ...... Diana Payan MON 14:30 Doctor Who (b00s7ql0) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2010 Page 3 of 7 The Creature from the Pit TUE 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jltb) Lysimachos ...... Keith Drinkel Episode 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] Leonidas ...... John Webb The Time Lord discovers the origins of the creature and its TUE 03:00 David Wade - Alexander (b007jx2h) Ptolemy ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt purpose for being in the pit on planet Chloris. Read by Tom [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Philotas ...... Michael Onslow Baker. TUE 04:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b007jv6b) Pusanias ...... James Telfer MON 15:00 The Science of DIY (b008wfcc) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Menapis ...... David Thorpe The Wheelbarrow TUE 04:30 Capital Gains (b007qw7j) Aristander ...... Barry Gordon The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Demaratos ...... John Evitts experts reveal the importance of leverage when conveying a TUE 05:00 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot (b00pd7cw) Music: Wilfredo Acosta load. Episode 4 Director: Glyn Dearman MON 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00s7r4q) The incredible shrinking woman brings home a troublesome First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993. The Grave and the Cradle bionic baby. Based on Alf Proysen's popular books. Stars TUE 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s7w3x) Children's writer, Michael Morpurgo explores a thousand years Alison Steadman. Episode 27 of British childhood, beginning with the arrival of Christianity TUE 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00s7sv7) Adam explains how Eve was created to Raphael and discusses and the Norman Conquest. Episode 2 the nature of love. Stars Linus Roache and John Rowe. Readers: Timothy West, Adam Godley and Anna Maxwell Pap comes after Huck for the money, kidnapping him in the TUE 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jltq) Martin. process. Narrated by Martin T Sherman. The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 Producer: Beaty Rubens TUE 05:45 Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking The Three Students First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. (b00s7sv9) The Baker Street sleuth investigates the theft of important exam MON 15:30 Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch (b007k0gc) Episode 2 papers. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. Episode 1 Tommy and Aneka learn the art of 'turn-up stuffing' and watch TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b00cfb2n) The author reads his autobiographical account of an obsessive as a gang of bullies is taught a lesson. Read by Sandi Toksvig. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] relationship with Arsenal Football Club. TUE 06:00 04/05/2010 (b00s7svc) TUE 12:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lcltl) MON 15:45 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Series 1 (b007jn71) BBC Radio 7. Episode 2 Episode 6 TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b00cfb2n) Vic Reeves hosts, as Paul Whitehouse, Lucy Porter, Andy Tom plans a third marriage to Elizabeth, but how will they cope It's curtain up on a sly Punch and Judy man and too much Parsons and Rowland Rivron get grilled by the audience. From with his possessive daughter? whisky's a curse for Mr Glum. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From July 2007. Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of February 1959. TUE 13:00 Dick Francis (b007mx06) adjusting to a step-family. TUE 08:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s7t2v) Proof Read by Penelope Wilton. Series 3 5. The Diary Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin. Neighbours Mystery for Tony and Flora - is her son back from Australia? Producer: Di Speirs Robert Wilson discovers that not everybody needs good And can a diary unlock the mystery? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. neighbours. Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach. MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00s7r4s) John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom. Dick Francis's thriller dramatised by Ernest Dudley. Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring My Robert ..... John Gordon Sinclair Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers Brother's Famous Bottom, Artemis Fowl, and Pink Bow Tie Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn Commentator …. Michael Kilgarriff from 13 Unpredictable Tales. Sue ..... Gina McKee Flora …. Jennifer Piercey MON 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b007jv6b) Doctor …. Toby Longworth Orkney …. Edward de Souza [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Mrs Blake …. Hilda Braid Isabella …. Avril Clark MON 17:30 Capital Gains (b007qw7j) Neville …. Jon Glover Gerard …. George Parsons [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Producer: Diane Messias Chief Sup. Wilson …. Manning Wilson MON 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007k44c) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1993. Producer: Matthew Walters [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today] TUE 09:00 After Henry (b007k47s) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1987. MON 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s7ql0) Series 3 TUE 13:30 Wimsey (b00s7tql) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today] Guilty Secrets Five Red Herrings MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jpkw) 'She does have her sensitivities. And this.... for a woman ... any 7. Council of War [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] woman ... even my mother - I'd have thought it would strike at As the investigation into the mysterious death of Scottish artist MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s7r4n) the whole image she has of her entire marriage.' Sandy Campbell continues, Lord Peter Wimsey listens to all the [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Sarah tidies up husband Henry's study four years after his death. various theories and pronounces that they are all wrong. MON 20:00 Dick Francis (b007mdwv) Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. MON 20:30 Wimsey (b00s7ql2) never quite manage to see eye to eye. Dramatised by Chris Miller. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Sarah ...... Prunella Scales Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael MON 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s7ql4) Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jltb) Clare ...... Gerry Cowper Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Rod ...... Paul Sirr PC Ross ...... Gordon Kane MON 22:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s7n40) Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV PC Duncan ...... David Strong [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] , Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV Campbell/Dr Cameron ...... Trevor Martin MON 22:30 On Baby Street (b00ft5qw) network. The Procurator Fiscal ...... John Dunbar Series 2 Producer: Pete Atkin Producer: Simon Brett Episode 5 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1987. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978. A year has passed since the births, so exactly how has life TUE 09:30 Bristow (b00ckd51) TUE 14:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner changed? Stars Jenny Eclair and Linda Robson. From October Series 1 (b007jrkq) 1997. The Girl Next Door Strange Talents MON 23:00 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4p8) When a new face appears in the office opposite the Chester Why does Prince Mephtik order his troops to destroy Jarral's Series 2 Perry building - she causes quite a stir. village? Blue Herring Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying What strange talents does the boy possess to make the Poisoner The management consultants plug into media technology. Stars clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows want to hunt him down? Emma Kennedy and Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2002. it. Douglas Hill's sci-fi fantasy dramatised in four parts by Wally MON 23:30 World of Pub (b008qt08) Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper K Daly. Series 1 cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years Starring Eric Allen as Jarral the man, James Holland as Jarral Episode 4 from 1961. the boy, Elizabeth Bell as Archer, Ben Onwukwe as Carver, For the Queen's visit, dodgy Phil books her beloved Chas and Bristow …. Michael Williams Adjoa Ando as Dorrina, Susan Sheridan as Mandra, Hugh Dave. But can they make it? Stars John Thomson. From March Jones …. Rodney Bewes Dixon as Prince Mephtik with Nigel Carrington, Charles 1998. Mrs Purdy …. Dora Bryan Millom and Neil Roberts as the Soldiers. MON 23:45 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k4lr) Fudge/Station Master/Samson/Hawkins …. Jon Glover Special effects by Dick Mills. Heroes and Villains Miss Sunman/Mary …. Katy Odey Music by Peter Howells of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Roger McGough's poetic reflections on relatives and retsina. Post Boy/Dimkins …. Simon Schatzberger Producer: Peter Fozzard With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Miss Prunella Peach/Janet/Mrs Buxton …. Carol Starks First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991. Andy Roberts. Music: John Whitehall TUE 14:30 Doctor Who (b00s7vxb) Recorded at the Bath Festival. Producer: Neil Cargill The Creature from the Pit Producer: Sara Davies First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999. Episode 6 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000. TUE 10:00 David Wade - Alexander (b007jx2n) The Time Lord unravels the complex truth, but the saga is far I am also Alexander from over - an even greater danger lies ahead. Read by Tom Alexander is used as a pawn in the war between his parents, and Baker. TUESDAY 04 MAY 2010 is educated by Aristotle. TUE 15:00 The Science of DIY (b008wmws) David Wade's six-part serial on the life of Alexander the Great A Chip off the Old Block TUE 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007k44c) Spirit of Achilles ...... Barry Foster The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] Spirit of Patroclus ...... Simon Ward experts reveal how to sharpen and use your tools properly. TUE 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s7ql0) King Philip of Macedon ...... Brian Cox TUE 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00s7w3z) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] Alexander ...... Michael Maloney The Skill of the Goldsmith TUE 01:00 Dick Francis (b007mdwv) Young Alexander ...... Sam Crane Michael Morpurgo wonders if medieval people recognised a [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday] Hephaistion ...... Alex Jennings phase of 'childhood', using clues from Britain's first childcare TUE 01:30 Wimsey (b00s7ql2) Young Hephaistion ...... Gary King guru. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday] Queen Olympias ...... Geraldine James TUE 15:30 Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch (b007k0hk) TUE 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s7ql4) Aristotle ...... John Moffat Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Demosthenes ...... Malcolm Sinclair The Arsenal-loving author muses on the perfect match, Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2010 Page 4 of 7 watching a game with 'the enemy' and Death and the Football 13-year old David is sent to a school that will 'lick him into [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Fan. shape'. But it doesn't seem to exist. With Clive Merrison. WED 12:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00bt51z) TUE 15:45 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children WED 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00s8fh8) Series 3 (b007s5ty) Episode 3 Episode 1 Episode 7 Can Huck ever escape from his violent drunkard of a father? Singers Tommy and Sheila have a supermarket to open - and go Stepmother Josie struggles when Matthew's three teenaged Martin T Sherman reads the American children's classic. silver surfing. children move in with them. WED 05:45 Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking Sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won the 1962 Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of (b00s8fhb) Eurovision Song Contest, but now they're back in the big time. adjusting to a step-family. Episode 3 The problem is, they can’t stand each other… Read by Penelope Wilton. Sweden's strongest girl joins a school, mainly because Third series of Mike Coleman's six-part sitcom. Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin. Christmas is coming and she fancies a holiday! Read by Sandi CAST: Producer: Di Speirs Toksvig. Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. WED 06:00 05/05/2010 (b00s8fxn) Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00s7w41) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring My BBC Radio 7. Murray …. Julian Eardley Brother's Famous Bottom, Artemis Fowl, and Out of the Ashes. WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0pd) Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted TUE 17:00 After Henry (b007k47s) Series 1 Music by Frido Ruth. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] The Sheik Producer: Steve Doherty TUE 17:30 Bristow (b00ckd51) The lad signs to Sid's new studio, but filming doesn't quite go to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] plan. WED 13:00 Dick Francis (b007n1gf) TUE 18:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner Starring Tony Hancock. Proof (b007jrkq) With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James and Kenneth 6. Visitors [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today] Williams. Wine merchant Tony Beach has to deal with some unwanted TUE 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s7vxb) Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. visitors to his store. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today] Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach. TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b00cfb2n) Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Dick Francis's thriller dramatised by Ernest Dudley. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Rabinowitz. Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers TUE 19:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lcltl) Producer: Dennis Main Wilson Flora …. Jennifer Piercey [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1955. Gerard …. George Parsons TUE 20:00 Dick Francis (b007mx06) WED 08:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008m74n) Paul Young …. Stuart Organ [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] Episode 3 Charter Jun/P.C. …. Kim Wall TUE 20:30 Wimsey (b00s7tql) Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Sgt. Ridger …. Stephen Hattersley [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Stephen Fry, John Sessions, Jimmy Mulville and Nonny Mrs Palissey …. Sheila Grant TUE 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s7w3x) Williams. Producer: Matthew Walters [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1987. TUE 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jltq) but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC WED 13:30 Wimsey (b00s8fxv) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] radio. Five Red Herrings TUE 22:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s7t2v) With Colin Sell at the piano. Reconstruction [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by Lord Peter Wimsey and his cohorts battle to solve the TUE 22:30 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007jngg) Martin Booth. mysterious death of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell - as they Simplexity Producer: Dan Patterson piece together his final hours. Computer Omni-Tec talks to the chatty cat, whose human pals First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988. Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic need protection. Stars Greg Proops and John Hegley. From WED 09:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx4k) amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. April 1996. Series 2 Dramatised by Chris Miller. TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b007k4lq) Overtaken By Events Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael Series 2 Hannah's driving her mother round the bend, while son Joe is Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham The Operation discovering girls. Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green Will pain inspire the writer's novel - or will he just moan in his Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp hospital bed? Stars Christopher Douglas. From January 2006. Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the The Procurator Fiscal ...... John Dunbar TUE 23:30 I Think I've Got a Problem (b00cl6vl) demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah Ferguson ...... Iain Blair Series 2 and Joe. Saunders ...... Alaric Cotter Episode 3 Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia Miss Madden ...... Nicolette McKenzie Things are looking up for Tom - he's got a new job working at Imrie as Hilary, Kelda Holmes as Hannah, Mark Denham as Producer: Simon Brett the zoo, which he loves, and he's also met a rather nice girl Joe. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978. called Pi, who works with the birds, and what's more it seems Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, WED 14:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner that Pi also has a band in her head. husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. (b007jrng) Everything seems perfect, so surely the band in Tom's head A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran Tainted Blade couldn't possibly ruin things for him this time...could they? for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. Jarral carries the marks which Prince Mephtik scratched on his Starring Suggs and Bob Monkhouse. Producer: Sioned Wiliam chest with a tainted blade. Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989. He will die without help... man who can't stop himself from breaking into song. WED 09:30 No Commitments (b00s8fxq) Douglas Hill's sci-fi fantasy dramatised in four parts by Wally Suggs ..... Tom Caine Series 3 K Daly. Bob Monkhouse ..... Dr Boone Time Shift Starring Eric Allen as Jarral the man, James Holland as Jarral Phil Cornwell ..... Bouche Charlotte surprises her sisters with her new younger lover. the boy, Elizabeth Bell as Archer, Ben Onwukwe as Carver, Andrew McGibbon ..... Jake Simon Brett's sitcom stars Rosemary Leach. From November Susan Sheridan as Mandra and Hugh Dixon as Prince Mephtik. Nick Romero ..... Monty DeVere 1994. Other parts by James Thomason, Auriol Smith, Nigel Bill Nighy ..... Malc WED 10:00 David Wade - Alexander (b007jx30) Carrington, Charles Millom and Neil Roberts as the Soldiers. Julia Deakin ..... Phelia Preparation of the Sacrifice Special effects by Dick Mills. Toby Longworth ..... Clammy Young Alexander goes into battle to prove his manhood. Music by Peter Howells of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Pi ..... Debra Stephenson Meanwhile, King Philip's remarriage plans cause tension.... Producer: Peter Fozzard Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs David Wade's six-part serial on the life of Alexander the Great. First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991. Producers: Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis. Alexander ...... Michael Maloney WED 14:30 Doctor Who (b00s8fxx) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. Spirit of Achilles ...... Barry Foster The Creature from the Pit Spirit of Patroclus ...... Simon Ward Episode 7 King Philip of Macedon ...... Brian Cox The Time Lord aims to save the doomed planet. But the odds WEDNESDAY 05 MAY 2010 Hephaistion ...... Alex Jennings his plan will work are 74,384,338 to 11 against! Read by Tom Queen Olympias ...... Geraldine James Baker. WED 00:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner Ptolemy ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt WED 15:00 The Science of DIY (b008x0vn) (b007jrkq) Philotas ...... Michael Onslow If I Had a Hammer [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] Pusanias ...... James Telfer The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow WED 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s7vxb) Aristander ...... Barry Gordon experts locate the 'sweet spot' to hit your nail on the head. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] Demaratos ...... John Evitts WED 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00s8j07) WED 01:00 Dick Francis (b007mx06) Parmenion ...... John Rye New Shoes with Red Thongs [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday] Antipatros ...... David March What did medieval children get up to when left unattended? WED 01:30 Wimsey (b00s7tql) Demosthene ...... Malcolm Sinclair Michael Morpurgo unearths some vivid descriptions. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday] Attalos ...... John Baddeley WED 15:30 Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch (b007k0jq) WED 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s7w3x) Music: Wilfredo Acosta Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Director: Glyn Dearman The author reads his Arsenal-obsessed memoir, musing on girls' WED 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jltq) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1993. rooms, boys' passions - and Liam Brady. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s8fxs) WED 15:45 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children WED 03:00 David Wade - Alexander (b007jx2n) Episode 28 (b007s74h) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Satan returns to the Garden of Eden and enters the body of the Episode 8 WED 04:00 After Henry (b007k47s) sleeping serpent. Stars Ian McDiarmid and Federay Holmes. After more family conflict, Matthew's daughter Becky finds an [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] WED 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlv2) unexpected ally in her stepmother Josie. WED 04:30 Bristow (b00ckd51) The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] The Golden Pince-Nez adjusting to a step-family. WED 05:00 Anthony Horowitz's Groosham Grange The sleuth tackles a motiveless murder, with just a pair of specs Read by Penelope Wilton. (b00s8f6c) and the victim's dying words to go on. Stars Clive Merrison. Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin. Skrull Island WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0pd) Producer: Di Speirs Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2010 Page 5 of 7 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. Cameron. WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00s8j09) Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Producer: Humphrey Barclay Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring My Announcer: Wallace Greenslade First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in May 1966. Brother's Famous Bottom, Artemis Fowl and Out of the Ashes. Producer: Peter Eton THU 13:00 Dick Francis (b007n9gl) WED 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx4k) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1956. Proof [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU 08:30 The Nick Revell Show (b00cq58b) 7. Man of Mystery WED 17:30 No Commitments (b00s8fxq) Series 2 Kenneth Junior makes a request from hospital, and Tony learns [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Health and Fitness more about the mysterious Paul Young. WED 18:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner When his geraniums laugh at his puny physique, the writer Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach. (b007jrng) overdoes his new fitness regime. Dick Francis's thriller dramatised by Ernest Dudley [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today] A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers WED 18:30 Doctor Who (b00s8fxx) Revell. Gerard …. George Parsons [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today] With: Clerk/Delivery Man …. David Goodland WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0pd) Alistair McGowan Vernon …. Tim Reynolds [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Doon MacKichan Paul Young …. Stuart Organ WED 19:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00bt51z) Brian Bowles Quigley …. Brian Hewlett [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Charles McKeown Flora …. Jennifer Piercey WED 20:00 Dick Francis (b007n1gf) Producer: Ioan Magnusson Producer: Matthew Walters [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1993 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1987. WED 20:30 Wimsey (b00s8fxv) THU 09:00 Up the Garden Path (b008g7p2) THU 13:30 Wimsey (b00s8kxl) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Series 3 Have His Carcase WED 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s8fxs) Over-Drawn, Over-Sexed and Over-Optimistic 1. The Evidence of the Corpse [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] It's crunch time for Izzy, with Bill, Michael and Razors all vying When crime author Harriet Vane finds a body, debonair sleuth, WED 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlv2) for her attention. Lord Peter Wimsey investigates. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Imelda Staunton stars as Isabelle 'Izzy' Comyn. Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey. WED 22:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008m74n) With Mike Grady as Dick, Marty Cruickshank as Maria, Adapted for radio in six episodes by Alistair Beaton. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Nicholas Le Prevost as Michael, Rene Zagger as Razors, Sion Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael WED 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fwz6f) Probert as Gwyn and Neil McCaul as Bill. Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken Series 2 Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock Episode 4 teacher Izzy has a predilection for inappropriate men. Haviland Martin …. Warren Clarke Sacre bleu! The comic is knocked over at the Cannes Film A six-part radio sequel first adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 Mrs. Weldon …. Isabel Dean Festival and his life flashes before his eyes. From November novel. The last of three series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Julian Perkins …. Richard O'Callaghan 1999. Granada also adapted the series for ITV. Saunders …. John Webb WED 23:00 The End of the Road Show (b00ktfrf) Producer: Jonathan James-Moore Mr. Hearn …. Alexander John Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1993. Narrator …. John Westbrook The series reaching the parts other comedy shows can't. With THU 09:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx74) British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a Nick Hancock, Tony Hawks and Neil Mullarkey. From January Series 1 number of detective novels and short stories by English crime 1992. Notes from the Underground writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have His Carcase was first published WED 23:30 Any Bloke (b007jy78) In which mushrooms are picked, the right questions are not in 1932. Series 1 asked, and a sign of civilisation is revealed. Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Males on Wheels Confusion reigns as the British Embassy prepares a report on Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and How will Phil overcome his jealousy while partner Sarah is in the local political outlook. Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World Paris? Comedy with Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin. From Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom. War. October 1993. Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that Greif as Spiro, Michael Bilton as Yakov and Sue Broomfield as were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. THURSDAY 06 MAY 2010 Eugenia. Producer: Martin Fisher Producer: Pete Atkin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981. THU 00:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987. THU 14:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner (b007jrng) THU 10:00 David Wade - Alexander (b007jx34) (b007jrr6) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] The Road to Gordium Trapped THU 00:30 Doctor Who (b00s8fxx) Warrior Alexander becomes King of Macedon and sets out to Jarral and his friends head to Prince Mephtik's garden, where [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] conquer the world. an alarming battle awaits them THU 01:00 Dick Francis (b007n1gf) David Wade's six-part serial on the life of Alexander the Great Douglas Hill's sci-fi fantasy dramatised in four parts by Wally [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday] Alexander ...... Michael Maloney K Daly. THU 01:30 Wimsey (b00s8fxv) Spirit of Achilles ...... Barry Foster Starring Eric Allen as Jarral the man, James Holland as Jarral [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday] Spirit of Patroclus ...... Simon Ward the boy, Elizabeth Bell as Archer, Ben Onwukwe as Carver, THU 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s8fxs) Hephaistion ...... Alex Jennings Susan Sheridan as Mandra, David Bannerman as Yorrold, Hugh [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Queen Olympias ...... Geraldine James Dixon as Prince Mephtik. THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlv2) Darius ...... Charles Kay Special effects by Dick Mills. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] Harpalos ...... Dominic Letts Music by Peter Howells of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. THU 03:00 David Wade - Alexander (b007jx30) Perdikkas ...... Mark Straker Producer: Peter Fozzard [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Charidemos ...... Jonathan Adams First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991. THU 04:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx4k) Ptolemy ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt THU 14:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2c2) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Philotas ...... Michael Onslow Hell Screen by Ryunosuke Akutagawa 1/2 THU 04:30 No Commitments (b00s8fxq) Anteas ...... Barry Gordon When a mighty medieval Japanese Lord clashes with an [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Simmias ...... John Evitts arrogant painter, tragedy is sparked. THU 05:00 Anthony Horowitz's Groosham Grange Antipatros ...... David March Ryunosuke Akutagawa's chilling horror story read in two-parts (b00s8lfy) Demosthene ...... Malcolm Sinclair by Togo Igawa. Christmas Nabarzanes ...... John Baddeley Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories David and Jill uncover more of their creepy new school's Music: Wilfredo Acosta from around the world. secrets, but Jeffrey is beginning to feel at home. With Sheila Director: Glyn Dearman Tales from Japan, Delhi, Eastern Europe, the Welsh borders Hancock. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1993. and America show how fantasy is at its best when used to THU 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00s8lg0) THU 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s8kxn) explore the preoccupations of everyday life. Episode 4 Episode 29 Translator: Jay Rubin Huck thinks it's time to find out who else is living on the island. Eve persuades Adam to allow her to work alone and - in the Director: Gemma Jenkins Classic tale narrated by Martin T Sherman. guise of The Serpent - Satan makes contact. Stars Federay Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2007. THU 05:45 Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking Holmes. THU 15:00 The Science of DIY (b008x3pq) (b00s8lg2) THU 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlw0) Tightening Up Episode 4 The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow Tommy, Aneka and their extraordinary new friend find the The Missing Three Quarter experts offer choice tips on nuts, bolts and spanners while perfect place for a secret hideaway. Read by Sandi Toksvig. The sleuth investigates when a vital player disappears on the eve renovating an old bicycle. THU 06:00 06/05/2010 (b00s8lg4) of an Oxford v Cambridge rugby match. Stars Clive Merrison. THU 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00s8lg8) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnb4) Mischief and Misrule BBC Radio 7. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Were medieval children permitted to play? Michael Morpurgo THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnb4) THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s8lg6) learns about early football and festivals of misrule. Series 6 Series 3 THU 15:30 Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch (b007jwwy) Scradje Episode 8 Episode 4 With Britain's boots exploding, Neddie Seagoon tries to tackle a A Red Sea safari - and what babies discuss when mum's away. The author muses on 'the straight clean line of a cup run' and national 'scradje' shortage. More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and 'the messy overgrown paths of a life' in his football memoir. Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike parodies. THU 15:45 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children Milligan. Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David (b007jn8h) Starring: Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. Episode 9 Peter Sellers Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Elizabeth faces a dilemma now that Tom's daughter Dale has Harry Secombe Graeme Garden, Alan Hutchinson and Eric Idle. decided to move back into the family home. Spike Milligan Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and adjusting to a step-family. recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest quickly developed a cult following. Read by Penelope Wilton. shows weren’t kept in the archive. Music and songs by Dave Lee, Bill Oddie, Eric Idle and John Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2010 Page 6 of 7 Producer: Di Speirs FRI 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00s9f4p) Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. Series 2 Gerard …. George Parsons THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00s8lgb) Episode 12 Paul Young …. Stuart Organ Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories featuring My Snow White gets saucy - and cinema as never seen before. Chief Sup. Wilson …. Manning Wilson Brother's Famous Bottom, Artemis Fowl and Out of the Ashes. Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and Dramatised by Ernest Dudley THU 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b008g7p2) announcer, Douglas Smith. Producer: Matthew Walters [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1987. THU 17:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx74) for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - FRI 13:30 Wimsey (b00s9f4w) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Have His Carcase THU 18:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition 2. Lord Peter Sets a Trap (b007jrr6) and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Murder or suicide? Upper-class sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today] Sims. must trace a vital clue - a battered old razor. THU 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2c2) Written by Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer. Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today] With the Max Harris Group. amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jnb4) Producer: John Simmonds Dramatised by Alistair Beaton [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1970. Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s8lg6) FRI 08:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007wp4b) Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Series 2 Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock THU 20:00 Dick Francis (b007n9gl) Tony Hart Antoine …. Malcolm Ingram [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] TV artist Tony Hart pays a visit and his timing couldn't be Salcombe Hardy …. Patrick Newell THU 20:30 Wimsey (b00s8kxl) better as John is in the middle of painting the living room wall. Doris …. Carole Harrison [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Maybe Tony could help - but no fancy murals mind you, as Charis …. Deirdre Costello THU 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s8kxn) Mary wouldn't like it. Narrator …. John Westbrook [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Producer: Martin Fisher. THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlw0) Shuttleworth comes direct from his front room in Sheffield. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Written and performed by Graham Fellows. FRI 14:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner THU 22:00 The Nick Revell Show (b00cq58b) With Lorraine Bowen and Stephen Frost. (b007jrtt) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Additional material by Martin Willis. Last Chance THU 22:30 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (b00s8lgd) Producer: Dawn Ellis. Unless the tainted blade and Prince Mephtik are destroyed The Hatching First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000 within two days, Jarral will die... The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of FRI 09:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007w3j9) Conclusion of Douglas Hill's sci-fi fantasy dramatised in four sanity. Episode 4 parts by Wally K Daly. Written by and starring Viv Stanshall. A ladykiller woos Mrs Drummond and Nicola is determined to Starring Eric Allen as Jarral the man, James Holland as Jarral Contains an edit of an original John Peel session as first heard find the right present for her dad Jack's birthday. the boy, Elizabeth Bell as Archer, Ben Onwukwe as Carver, on BBC Radio 1. Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Hugh Dixon as Prince Mephtik, Susan Sheridan as Mandra, Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, David Bannerman as Yorrold, James Thomason as Cryltor additional musicians. Simon Greenall as Andy and Finetime Fontayne as Arthur. Tabatang, Bret Usher as Flammarock, Richard Pierce as Producer: John Walters Producer: Liz Anstee Whiney, Anne Windsor as Innkeeper, with Nigel Carrington First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. and Charles Millom as Soldiers. THU 22:45 Ivor Cutler - A Wet Handle (b00cqd9z) FRI 09:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show Special effects by Dick Mills. Episode 4 (b007ncw8) Music by Peter Howells of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The tale of a yellow fly and shoplifting with a twist. Series 3 Producer: Peter Fozzard Songs, stories and poems from humourist Ivor Cutler, with Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991. Craig Murray-Orr, Alison O'Kill, Dylan Edwards and Beverley The much-loved comedy duo celebrate Britain's "greatest living FRI 14:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2m4) Crew. writer" - Ernie. Hell Screen by Ryunosuke Akutagawa 2/2 Producer: Neil Cargill With Marion Montgomery. Arrogant painter, Yoshi-hidday, puts his daughter's life in First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 1997. Written by Eddie Braben. terrible danger. THU 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007jwv0) Music by Peter Knight and his Orchestra. Ryunosuke Akutagawa's chilling horror story concluded by Series 2 Producer: Bobby Jaye Togo Igawa. Food First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1977. Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories The Athens restaurant regulars set up a 'last supper' menu of FRI 10:00 David Wade - Alexander (b00cfwr8) from around the world. hemlock. Stars Stephen Moore. From April 2002. The Hunt of the God King Translator: Jay Rubin THU 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? Alexander pursues Darius, conquers Egypt and falls in love with Director: Gemma Jenkins (b00s8llf) Barsine. Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2007. Series 2 David Wade's six-part serial on the life of Alexander the Great FRI 15:00 The Science of DIY (b008x8b5) Coochie Coochie Alexander ...... Michael Maloney Getting in a Twist Judith wants a baby and searches for a perfect male, so David Hephaistion ...... Alex Jennings The art of construction deconstructed. Screws and screwdrivers and Giles head to the gym. Stars Amanda Root. From June Achilles ...... Barry Foster - Len Fisher and fellow experts demonstrate how these metal 1996. Patroclus ...... Simon Ward fasteners are in fact levers. Ptolemy ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt FRI 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00s9f4y) Philotas ...... Michael Onslow A Thousand Histories and Fables FRIDAY 07 MAY 2010 Perdikkas ...... Mark Straker Michael Morpurgo learns about the impact of printing, and how Simmias ...... John Evitts it raised fears among adults that it was corrupting children. FRI 00:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner Philip ...... Sean Barrett FRI 15:30 Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch (b007jwx3) (b007jrr6) Lysimachos ...... Keith Drinkel Episode 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] Eumenes ...... James Telfer Reading from his Arsenal-obsessed memoir, the author muses FRI 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2c2) Artzbazus ...... Philip Anthony on winning the League and searching for the right metaphor. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] Barsine ...... Teresa Gallagher FRI 15:45 Joanna Trollope - Other People's Children FRI 01:00 Dick Francis (b007n9gl) Sisygambis ...... Diana Payan (b007jn8y) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday] Thais ...... Rachel Atkins Episode 10 FRI 01:30 Wimsey (b00s8kxl) The Eunuch ...... Richard Pearce Relationships falter under the strains of living as a step-family [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday] Music: Wilfredo Acosta when decisions need to be made. FRI 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s8kxn) Director: Glyn Dearman Joanna Trollope's novel about the traumas and delights of [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1993. adjusting to a step-family. FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlw0) FRI 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s9f4r) Concluded by Penelope Wilton. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Episode 30 Abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin. FRI 03:00 David Wade - Alexander (b007jx34) The Serpent tempts Eve to taste the fruit of the Tree of Producer: Di Speirs [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Knowledge of Good and Evil. Stars Ian McDiarmid and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. FRI 04:00 Up the Garden Path (b008g7p2) Federay Holmes. FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00s9f50) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlwk) Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories. Featuring FRI 04:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx74) The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 Artemis Fowl and Out of the Ashes. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] The Abbey Grange FRI 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007w3j9) FRI 05:00 Anthony Horowitz's Groosham Grange Inspector Hopkins blames burglars for murdering Sir Eustace [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] (b00s9f4f) Brackenstall, but the sleuth is not so sure. Stars Clive Merrison. FRI 17:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show The Seventh Son FRI 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b00s9f4p) (b007ncw8) A schools inspector calls, David makes an escape bid and is [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] then presented with the ultimate choice. Starring Jack Klaff. FRI 12:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket FRI 18:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner FRI 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00s9f4h) (b00s9f4t) (b007jrtt) Episode 5 Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today] Can Huck and Jim stay safe on the island? Huck goes into town Episode 3 FRI 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2m4) in disguise to find out what's going on. Read by Martin T The dear ladies reminisce about the day they moved in. Stars Dr [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today] Sherman. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From February 1978. FRI 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b00s9f4p) FRI 05:45 Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking (b00s9f4k) FRI 13:00 Dick Francis (b007ncw9) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Episode 5 Proof FRI 19:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket Having celebrated her birthday, Sweden's strongest little girl 8. Connections (b00s9f4t) investigates the spirit world. Read by Sandi Toksvig. Tony Beach and his detective chum Gerard MacGregor attempt [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] FRI 06:00 07/05/2010 (b00s9f4m) to unearth the true identity of Paul Young. Stars Nigel Havers. FRI 20:00 Dick Francis (b007ncw9) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach in the gripping conclusion of [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] BBC Radio 7. Dick Francis's thriller. FRI 20:30 Wimsey (b00s9f4w) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2010 Page 7 of 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] FRI 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00s9f4r) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlwk) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007wp4b) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 22:30 Delve Special (b007jmzk) Series 4 Not-So-Supergrasses Supergrasses are criminals. Criminals are liars. Policeman believe supergrasses Why? Intrepid reporter David Lander probes the supergrass system and in particular the career of Billy ‘Stick’ Adams Written by Tony Sarchet. Starring Stephen Fry as David Lander. With Brenda Blethyn, Robert Bathurst, Janine Duvitski, Philip Pope, Julia Hills, Mark Arden and Clive Mantle. Producer: Paul Mayhew Archer First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1987. FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jtzz) Series 1 Appearances "Look at us - hooves, goat's legs, human torso, red eyes and a pair of shrunken cow's horns. We look like something that's escaped." No wonder Satan's starting to feel self-conscious about his appearance. Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell. Satan ...... Andy Hamilton The Professor ...... James Grout Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell Other characters played by Philip Pope, Felicity Montagu and Michael Fenton Stevens. Poducer Paul Mayhew-Archer First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995. FRI 23:30 Ectoplasm (b007wwd6) The Adventure of the Stupid Ignorant Americans Lord Zimbabwe faces his greatest challenge yet - a voyage to the moon to rescue an American who has been subject to a cruel alien snatch. This could only mean one thing...... Dan Freedman and Nick Romero’s comedy about the swashbuckling exploits of Lord Zimbabwe, occultist and adventurer. Lord Zimbabwe ...... Nick Romero Dr Lilac ...... Dan Freedman Cletus ...... Owen Oakeshott Marylou Coyotecock ...... Sophie Aldred Vicar ...... Colin Guthrie Theremin ...... Peter Donaldson Other parts played by the cast. Producer: Helen Williams First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.

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