Radio 7 Listings for 2 – 8 May 2009 Page 1 of 6 SATURDAY 02 MAY 2009 Marie Duff. SUN 04:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00k7lzd) SAT 09:00 Unearthing Mysteries (b00c324j) [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday] SAT 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqlg) Series 4 SUN 04:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00k7lzg) The Red Planet Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Saturday] 15. Hypnosis Aubrey Manning visits America's Meadowcroft Rock Shelter SUN 05:00 03/05/2009 (b00k7m7j) Cold-handed Maclean attacks Lemmy, but the plucky radio near Pittsburgh to find out who went camping there 14,000 Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on operator fights back... years ago. BBC Radio 7. Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971. SAT 09:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00d05bj) SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00k7m7l) CAST: The Spring Running Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories - featuring Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds Mowgli leads the attack, but realises he must soon make a The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, read by Anne- Lemmy …. David Kossoff decision. Stars Nisha K Nayar, Eartha Kitt and Freddie Jones. Marie Duff. Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter SAT 10:00 Comedy Controller (b00kcrd7) SUN 09:00 Faust Omnibus (b00k7m7n) Mitch …. Bruce Beeby Somebody Laughed - Eddie Braben Special The evil supremo meets Dr Faustus. Martin Jenkins' fable Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs The man who brought sunshine to Eric and Ernie selects shows adaptation of a man selling his soul to the Devil. Stars Mark Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips. what he wrote, including Morecambe and Wise, The Show With Gatiss. Producer: Charles Chilton Ten Legs, The Ken Dodd Show and Jimmy's Cricket Team. SUN 10:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words (b007w26k) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November SAT 13:00 Ellen Dryden - The Westward Journey When a young man takes his beloved Rose to climb a mountain, 1954. (b007jzmq) there are alarming consequences. Read by Mark Bonnar. SAT 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand "We are now beyond the Missouri River. We have left the SUN 10:30 Boogie Up the River (b007jv7w) (b007k4vj) States behind. Ahead of us lie the great uncivilised plains." See You Outside Boots in Oxford Episode 9 On the wagon trains of the perilous migration across America to Mark and his manic mutt look for the enigmatic Jennifer in the Wrestling with his guilt, Dick empties the laboratory of all Oregon and California, the strength of women was tested city of dreaming spires. Stars Timothy Spall. From December evidence and sets off on a journey. Read by Julian Wadham. against the ambition and pride of their men. 1992. SAT 01:00 Cadfael (b007jlbz) Ellen Dryden's period drama stars Carolyn Jones as Martha, SUN 11:00 That Reminds Me (b007jmxz) Monk's Hood Tracy-Ann Oberman as Lucy, Marcia Warren as Hannah, , Series 1 5. Judgement Bradley Lavelle as Thomas, Nathan Osgood as George, David Peter Jones With a fresh arrest made for murder, Brother Cadfael is keen to Bannerman as Robert McKail, Mia Soteriou as Elizabeth Swain, Much-loved actor Peter Jones reminisces about his showbiz see justice delivered. Alison Pettitt as Rebecca, David Brooks as Francis, Mac career as he entertains an audience. Conclusion of Ellis Peters's medieval thriller starring Philip McDonald as Jonah, Liz Ross as Woman and Alan Marriott as Featuring tales of his early years and how he got his breaks on Madoc as Brother Cadfael. Charles Putnam. radio and TV. Sir Michael Hordern is the narrator. Music by Mia Soteriou. Producer: Claire Jones From the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, dramatised by Bert Director: Ned Chaillet First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999. Coules. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. SUN 11:30 The Radio Detectives (b007jp7b) Narrator ...... Sir Michael Hordern SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00k7lz6) Series 1 Brother Cadfael ...... Phillip Madoc Brother Cadfael - Monk's Hood: Troubled Times Sexton Blake, the Other Baker Street Detective Sergeant William Warden ...... Ian Hogg Brother Cadfael is asked to supply Monk's Hood oil - which can Sexton Blake was born and made resident of Baker Street in the Brother Mark ...... Ian Targett kill or cure. Stars Philip Madoc and narrated by Michael very month Sherlock Holmes was "killed off" - and he proved Prior Robert ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Hordern. to be an instant hit. Martin Bellecott ...... Timothy Carlton SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00k7lz8) Aficionado and expert, Professor Jeffrey Richards probes the Edwin Gurney ...... Richard Pearce Brother Cadfael - Monk's Hood: The Inheritance careers of "the poor man's Sherlock Holmes" and his faithful Edwy Bellecott ...... Stephen Garlick When an abbey benefactor suddenly dies, Brother Cadfael is assistant Tinker - that spanned 100 years. Brother Petrus ...... Fraser Kerr called on for his expert opinion. Stars Philip Madoc. Affectionate five-part series about popular radio detectives. The Judge ...... Norman Jones SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00k7lzb) Producer: Jon Rolph Hugh Beringar ...... Alan Barker Brother Cadfael - Monk's Hood: Hunted First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. Maerreg ...... Kenneth Price Brother Cadfael harbours a young lad suspected of murdering SUN 12:00 Much Binding in the Marsh (b008p56b) Brother Simon ...... Michael Turner his stepfather. Stars Philip Madoc and Sir Michael Hordern. A proposed 'Bindebourne' Festival needs some famous guests. Brother Barnabas ...... Terrence Edmond SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00k7lzd) Stars Kenneth Horne and Richard Murdoch. From February Father Heribert ...... Timothy Bateson Brother Cadfael - Monk's Hood: Mallilie 1949. Producer: Lissa Evans Far from helping a suspect, Brother Cadfael leads the SUN 12:30 Listen to Les (b00cr1ll) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991. authorities to him. Stars Philip Madoc and Sir Michael Hordern. Les Dawson with tales of 1920s gangsters and romantics at the SAT 01:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00k7lzg) dole office. With Daphne Oxenford. From January 1981. (b007jtdt) Brother Cadfael - Monk's Hood: Judgement SUN 13:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Things We Do For Love Episode 6 With Edwin arrested for murder, Brother Cadfael seeks justice (b007xrnq) As Mortimer Hive enters the lion's den - can Inspector in the local court. Stars Philip Madoc and Sir Michael Hordern. When two best friends are reunited, the ensuing farce surprises Purbright finally unravel the wicked web? SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00k7lzj) them both. Stars Joanna Van Gyseghem and Cameron Stewart. One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Series 5 Alan Ayckbourn's play, adapted for radio by Martyn Read Christopher Denys in 6 parts. Episode 28 Starring Joanna van Gyseghem as Barbara, Cameron Stewart as Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Geoffrey Banks as The American funny man presents more comedy and music Hamish, Gavin Muir as Gilbert and Teresa Gallagher as Nikki. Mortimer Hive, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as from the Town Hall in New York City, with special guest Elvis This comic masterpiece is an hilarious and cruel view of love - Booker and Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime. Costello. avoiding it, yearning for it and falling head over heels in it. Producer: Tony Cliff SAT 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00k7lzl) Barbara has chosen to live alone. Her immaculate flat is a male- First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Series 2 free and child-free zone. As lady of the house, she rents out the SAT 02:00 Faust (b00k3my9) Time Enough at Last bottom flat to Gilbert, a postman with a passion for painting. Episode 5 A bookworm's wish for more time to read is met by a nuclear Her role in life is to remain single and to look after her boss. Faust becomes bored by years of wish fulfilment. Fable holocaust - but is he alone? Adapted from TV with Tim When her old school friend, Nikki, moves into the upstairs flat adaptation of a man selling his soul to the Devil. Stars Mark Kazurinsky. with her fiancé, Hamish, Barbara is there to keep an eye on her. Gatiss. SAT 18:40 Wicca (b007jsc5) However, her orderly life quickly takes a very different SAT 02:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k3myc) Episode 7 direction. Series 2 Will Mike Malone's rescue attempt place 'witches' Ellen and Things We Do For Love has been deemed one of the best plays The Chief Justice of Beauty Vikki in even more danger? of the 1990s. Precious worries about her fiance, and Mma Makutsi takes on a The second book in James Follett's 'The Silent Vulcan Trilogy' Producer: Gordon House. case for the Chief Justice of Beauty. Stars Claire Benedict. Abridged in 8-parts by Miranda Davis. Read by Nigel Anthony. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. SAT 03:00 Masters' India - Bhowani Junction (b00k3my7) Producer: Richard Bannerman SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7t86) Rodney Savage Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004. No Tomatoes: Train Times Rodney and Victoria try to resolve their relationship against SAT 19:00 Unearthing Mysteries (b00c324j) Smell your third portion of No Tomatoes, with couscous from Indian unrest. John Masters dramatisation with Gary Bond. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Paul Copley, Helen Moon and Ian Potter. SAT 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007qvgh) SAT 19:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00d05bj) SUN 14:45 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7t88) Peep o' Day Boys and Defenders; I Will Blow Your Souls to the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Knocker: Obselejectivitysence Low Hills of Hell SAT 20:00 Comedy Controller (b00kcrd7) Audience comedy about a long suffering market researcher, The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] written by Neil Edmond and starring Paula Wilcox. Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00k7lzj) SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7t8b) SAT 04:15 A Late Dinner (b00k3myh) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today] The Goon Show: The Gold Plate Robbery Episode 5 Ned Seagoon goes overseas to pursue some stolen booty, but The last stop on the writer's gastronomic travelogue of Spain is can Bloodnok be far behind? Stars Spike Milligan. From a bustling market in Barcelona. Read by Jonathan Firth. SUNDAY 03 MAY 2009 February 1959. SAT 04:30 William Boyd - Fascination (b007jwlf) SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7t8d) The Pigeon SUN 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00k7lzl) It Sticks Out Half a Mile: Hidden Treasure Love, sickness, betrayal and family fissures. And what is going [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Pike and Hodges call in a clairvoyant to help them locate the on in Paris? Read by Tom Goodman-Hill. SUN 00:40 Wicca (b007jsc5) pier's rumoured booty. Stars Ian Lavender and Betty Marsden. SAT 04:45 Walter Lord - A Night to Remember (b007jr83) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Saturday] SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7tvd) Episode 10 SUN 01:00 Ellen Dryden - The Westward Journey My Music As the news of the Titanic's sinking reaches New York, a list of (b007jzmq) Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and survivors is hastily drawn up. Read by Martin Jarvis. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] Denis Norden on buskers and Julie Andrews. From April 1990. SAT 05:00 02/05/2009 (b00k7lz2) SUN 02:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00k7lz6) SUN 16:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7tvg) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday] Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better: BBC Radio 7. SUN 03:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00k7lz8) Greed/Gluttony SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00k7lz4) [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday] The comedian sets out on his quest to free us from the seven Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories - featuring SUN 03:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00k7lzb) deadly sins. With Tim Key and Tim Minchin. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, read by Anne- [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday] SUN 17:00 That Reminds Me (b007jmxz) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 2 – 8 May 2009 Page 2 of 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] McCartney as Vivienne Hawthorne, John Hewitt as Guard Fire-proof grease, happy accidents and the doggy doorbell. SUN 17:30 The Radio Detectives (b007jp7b) Gallagher and Gerard McSorley as Stumpy Bonnar. Matthew Harvey explores the fascinating world of inventions. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes. MON 14:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xs1y) SUN 18:00 Martin Kiszko - Scramble (b007jwq4) Directed at BBC Belfast by Peter Kavanagh. Episode 1 Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. The threesome set out on a Victorian era cycling adventure in Racing against time, Mel battles to use music to thwart a crucial MON 09:30 Unnatural Acts (b00k7xd4) Germany. Sequel to Three Men in a Boat, read by Hugh Laurie. government project. Stars Clare Corbett and Christian Rodska. Series 2 MON 14:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am SUN 18:30 Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 (b007jwlm) Mean Streets Today... (b00ckd1g) Episode 1 With Kit's new shop and the Neighbourhood Watch enrolling Episode 1 An innocent abroad, Billy Pilgrim stumbles into enemy hands. Caroline, the boys take action. Stars Jeremy Hardy. From From Orpington to Cambridge via Marlborough (twice). Psychedelic, darkly humorous anti-war novel read by Robert March 1998. Reginald Perrin's creator David Nobbs reads from his Jezek. MON 10:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm85) autobiography. SUN 19:00 Much Binding in the Marsh (b008p56b) Episode 1 MON 15:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm85) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Shipwrecked literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN 19:30 Listen to Les (b00cr1ll) by Wolf Larsen, demonic skipper of the seal-hunting schooner MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00k7xd8) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Ghost. Kirsten O'Brien presents. Featuring The Enchanted Wood, SUN 20:00 Faust Omnibus (b00k7m7n) Jack London's 1904 psychological adventure novel telling of written by Enid Blyton and read by Sally Lindsay, and Artemis [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] heroism, survival and love on the high seas. Fowl: The Arctic Incident written and read by Eoin Colfer. SUN 21:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words (b007w26k) Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury, MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b007jpkl) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Dramatised in four parts by Ed Thomason [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN 21:30 Boogie Up the River (b007jv7w) Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff MON 17:30 Unnatural Acts (b00k7xd4) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today] Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN 22:00 The Now Show (b00k7tvj) Mugridge ...... Ian Dury MON 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space Fresh from 4 - Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical Johnson ...... Jeffrey Gear (b007jqp2) look at the week's news. With Jon Holmes. From 24th April Leach ...... Scott Farrell The Red Planet 2009. Charley ...... David Bannerman 16. Strange Farm SUN 22:30 Safety Catch (b00fgq18) Owen ...... Terence Edmond With Mitch still missing, Captain Jet Morgan, Doc and Lemmy Series 1 Kelly ...... Norman Jonesy set off to find him, with hopes of finding the engineer rapidly A Wanting Man Louis ...... Nigel Anthony diminishing... Arms dealer Simon struggles to understand why other people Svenson ...... Brett Usher Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971. hold his job against him. Stars Darren Boyd. From October Smoke ...... Anthony Jackson CAST: 2007. Harrison ...... Richard Pearce Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds SUN 23:00 No Tomatoes (b0081b7p) Latimer ...... Peter Penry-Jones Lemmy …. David Kossoff World Weary Horner ...... Clarence Smith Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter World Weary: It's snow jokes from Paul Copley and Helen Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott Mitch …. Bruce Beeby Moon in the sketch show mixing up language and sounds. From Ferry Passenger ...... William Roberts Wife …. Madi Hedd October 2007. Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs SUN 23:15 Knocker (b008g2dm) Singer: Sarah Connolly Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips. Confidentialitydence Director: Adrian Bean Producer: Charles Chilton Experimental kitchen wipes sorely test market researcher Ian First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December Dunn. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December MON 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k7xcw) 1954. 2007. Episode 1 MON 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand SUN 23:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00bf7wv) Born into poverty and segregation - the struggle of uneducated (b007jw0t) Series 2 black girl Celie in America's Deep South. Stars Nadine Episode 10 Episode 4 Marshall. At Sir Oliver Carminowe's house, Roger visits the captive The host presents a selection of classic comic songs. With MON 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k7xcy) Isolda and comes up with a daring plan. Read by Julian special guest Neil Hannon from The Divine Comedy. From Series 2 Wadham. November 2006. The Confession MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b00k7xd2) Precious Ramotswe must find two women wronged in the past [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] by her client, Mr Molefelo. Stars Claire Benedict and Joseph MON 19:30 Foul Play (b00k7xd6) MONDAY 04 MAY 2009 Marcell. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b00k7xd2) MON 20:00 Falco (b00k7xct) MON 00:00 Martin Kiszko - Scramble (b007jwq4) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON 12:30 Foul Play (b00k7xd6) MON 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time MON 00:30 Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 (b007jwlm) Series 3 (b007k3y7) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Death in Intensive Care [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] MON 01:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Things We Do For Love Crime writers Frances Fyfield and Peter N Walker try to solve a MON 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k7xcw) (b007xrnq) medical mystery. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday] Simon Brett hosts the murder quiz. MON 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k7xcy) MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7t86) Maria McErlane and Lee Simpson play the suspects. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] Producer Liz Anstree MON 22:00 The Harpoon (b007k4cc) MON 02:45 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7t88) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Sunday] MON 13:00 Falco (b00k7xct) MON 22:30 Acropolis Now (b007r431) MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7t8b) Venus in Copper Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday] Episode 1 Sheep MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7t8d) Marcus Didius Falco comes face to face with temptation when Socrates and friends enter the Intellectual Olympics, but [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday] he's hired to follow a professional bride with a habit of Heraclitus is side-tracked. Stars Stephen Moore. From January MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7tvd) outliving her husbands. 2001. [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective in a MON 23:00 Chewin' the Fat (b00k829x) MON 04:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00k7tvg) gripping serialisation of Lindsey Davis's best seller. Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan present Radio Scotland's [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday] Marcus Didius Falco …. Anton Lesser 'topical' banter and sketch show. From February 1998. MON 05:00 04/05/2009 (b00k7xd0) Helena Justina …. Ann Madeley MON 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007k2dc) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Hyacinthus …. Stephen Critchlow Series 1 BBC7. Pollia …. Julia Hills Cash MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b00k7xd2) Cake Seller/Lusius …. Laurence Saunders Writer Nick struggles for cash, while his geraniums moan about Series 9 Cossus …. Jonathan Tafler Christmas decorations. The £50 Cure Tyche …. Bella Merlin A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Kenneth Connor takes Harry Secombe's place, as Ned picks up Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Revell. a lavish NHS prescription for his broken legs. From February Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon 1959. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006. Mackichan and Alison Sterling. MON 08:30 The Harpoon (b007k4cc) MON 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time Producer: Jon Magnusson Series 1 (b007k3y7) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992. Episode 1 Episode 1 From patent cures to whaling for the under 5s. Confined to a hospital bed, Scotland Yard's Inspector Alan The nostalgic spiffing spoof of adventure story papers for boys. Grant is challenged to solve the mystery surrounding the alleged TUESDAY 05 MAY 2009 Hip hip! crimes of King Richard III. With Susie Brann, Alistair McGowan, Mary Elliot-Nelson, Josephine Tey's classic story read in 14 parts by Paul Young. TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqp2) Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham. Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Producer: Sarah Smith described by The New York Times as 'One of the best TUE 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991. mysteries of all time'. (b007jw0t) MON 09:00 Ballylenon (b007jpkl) Producer: Bruce Young [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Series 6 Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2005. TUE 01:00 Falco (b00k7xct) Episode 3 MON 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007qtm1) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday] Speculation over the Hoover cottage – and who will accompany The French Are in the Bay; Nothing But Terror Will Keep TUE 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time Guard Gallagher to New York? Them in Order (b007k3y7) Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956. The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday] Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. TUE 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k7xcw) Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as MON 14:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b008zhmd) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine Episode 1 TUE 02:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k7xcy) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 2 – 8 May 2009 Page 3 of 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] Series 2 Producer: Charles Chilton TUE 03:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm85) The Kalahari Typing School for Men First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Precious learns about her competition, and Mma Makutsi 1954. TUE 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007qtm1) embarks on an entrepreneurial enterprise. Stars Claire Benedict. TUE 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00kj37j) (b007jw0w) TUE 04:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b008zhmd) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Episode 11 [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k1hd) On his next 'trip', Dick learns Joanna has demoted Roger, and TUE 04:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xs1y) Series 4 the former steward is sheltering Isolda. Read by Julian [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] The Colour Problem Wadham. TUE 04:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... Albert and Harold Steptoe argue over whether to buy a new TV TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00kj37j) (b00ckd1g) or a car. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as TUE 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k1hd) TUE 05:00 05/05/2009 (b00k89mc) Harold. With Jo Manning Wilson and William Bedle. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association TUE 20:00 Falco (b00k89mm) BBC Radio 7. Contact: CBeebies Radio London, W12 7RJ. with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] Phone: 08700 100 700. wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. TUE 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00kj37j) The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring (b007k3z5) The Jubilee Navy Lark the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Chaos looms on the Royal Yacht Britannia when an unexpected and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. TUE 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k89mh) crew arrives. Stars Jon Pertwee and Leslie Phillips. From July Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] 1977. Simpson. TUE 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k89mk) TUE 08:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00c0r22) Produced by Bobby Jaye [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Series 1 First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1972. TUE 22:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00c0r22) The Coining of the Capricorn TUE 13:00 Falco (b00k89mm) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Prince Ludovico plans to introduce a new currency to his 16th Venus in Copper TUE 22:30 Ectoplasm (b007vgvc) century Italian domain. Episode 2 The Curse of Tutancommon Neal Anthony's comedy drama about the chaotic lives of the Falco is searching for the truth about the deaths of Severina's Lord Zimbabwe travels back to Ancient Egypt to uncover the ruling family of Renaissance Italy's most inconsequential city- three husbands, when an unexpected offer forces him to mystery of the tackiest of the Pharoahs whose untimely death state. question his instincts. has unleashed an evil curse. Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Maybe he should consult his new feathered friend? Dan Freedman and Nick Romero’s four-part comedy about the Graham Crowden as Francesco, Paul Bigley as Alessandro, Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective in a exploits of Lord Zimbabwe, occultist and adventurer. Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, Nick Romero as Salvatori, gripping serialisation of Lindsey Davis's best seller. Lord Zimbabwe ...... Nick Romero Christopher Kelham as Guido and Kim Wall as Brother Marcus Didius Falco …. Anton Lesser Dr Lilac ...... Dan Freedman Michael. Helena Justina …. Ann Madeley Theremin ...... Peter Donaldson Producer: Helen Williams Pollia …. Julia Hills Professor Cockcroft ...... Sophie Aldred First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001. Doctor …. Jez Thomas Other parts played by the cast. TUE 09:00 Second Thoughts (b00k89mf) Thalia …. Chipo Chung Producer: Helen Williams Series 3 Severina Zotica …. Tracy Wiles First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000. Foreign Exchange Cossus …. Jonathan Tafler TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00k89mr) With his sister Hannah away at university, why is Faith's son The Parrot …. Colin Rote Series 3 Joe so keen to have an Italian student to stay with them? Hortensius Novus …. Ian Brooker Murder Most Rewritten Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith beginning Dramatised by Mary Cutler. After sending abusive emails, the hack vents his spleen married life, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. corporate script writing. and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006. The comical world of Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Emma TUE 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail. Gregory as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe and Danielle Allan as (b007k3z5) Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon. Gina. Episode 2 Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. Series three of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, Inspector Grant's actress friend Marta Hallard has suggested he Featuring: husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. attempts to fathom out an unsolved historical case - and he's John Fortune A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran fascinated by an unusual present that she's brought to the Stephanie Cole for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. hospital... Geoffrey Whitehead Producer: Paul Schlesinger Josephine Tey's classic mystery read by Paul Young. Rita May First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991. Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was Simon Greenall TUE 09:30 Huddwinks (b0092n42) described by The New York Times as 'One of the best Sally Hawkins Series 1 mysteries of all time'. Laura Solon Over the Top Producer: Bruce Young Philip Jackson The Smollett family attempt to make a man of their son Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland. David Cann Compton, a self-employed train spotter. TUE 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007r02y) Morwenna Banks Roy Hudd stars in Laurie Rowley’s comic parodies. Croppies Lie Down; Rouse Hibernians from Your Slumbers Matthew Holness With: The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Adam Shipway Denise Coffey Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. Sally Grace Chris Emmett TUE 14:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b008zt90) Producer: Simon Nicholls David Gooderson Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007. Fred Harris Apart from creativity, great inventions call for patents and TUE 23:30 At Home With The Snails (b007jvlw) Producer: Jonathan James-Moore money. Presented by Matthew Harvey, with James Dyson. Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1986. TUE 14:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xw8c) Episode 1 TUE 10:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm8h) Episode 2 George and Beverley decide to feign their deaths to see how Episode 2 As they arrive in Germany for their cycling tour, Harris enjoys their children will cope with the grief. The seal-hunting schooner Ghost journeys on to the herds with wrestling with a hose pipe. Read by Hugh Laurie. He wants to write a book about it all and she hopes they’ll ruthless captain, Wolf Larsen at the helm. TUE 14:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... realise how much they miss them, so that they can become one Jack London's 1904 tale of brutality and survival on the high (b00ckz8d) big happy reunited family. seas, Episode 2 But will their plan actually work? Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury, From the Sheffield Evening Star to BBC TV's 'That Was The Second series of Gerard Foster's comedy drama Dramatised by Ed Thomason Week That Was'. Writer David Nobbs reads from his George ..... Geoffrey Palmer Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff autobiography. Beverley ..... Angela Thorne Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale TUE 15:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm8h) Alex ..... Gerard Foster Mugridge ...... Ian Dury [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Rose ..... Miranda Hart Johnson ...... Jeffrey Gear TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00k89mp) Hosana ..... Debra Stephenson Leach ...... Scott Farrell Kirsten O'Brien presents. Featuring The Enchanted Wood, Producer: Jane Berthoud Owen ...... Terence Edmond written by Enid Blyton and read by Sally Lindsay, and Artemis First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002. Kelly ...... Norman Jones Fowl: The Arctic Incident written and read by Eoin Colfer. Louis ...... Nigel Anthony TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00k89mf) Smoke ...... Anthony Jackson [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WEDNESDAY 06 MAY 2009 Harrison ...... Richard Pearce TUE 17:30 Huddwinks (b0092n42) Latimer ...... Peter Penry-Jones [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space Horner ...... Clarence Smith TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqrd) (b007jqrd) Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott The Red Planet [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Maud Brewster ...... Shelley Thompson 17. Escape! WED 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand Louis ...... Nigel Anthony With Mitch conditioned at a 'sheep station', Captain Jet Morgan (b007jw0w) Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop. and his crew must work out how to plan their escape. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Singer: Sarah Connolly. Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971. WED 01:00 Falco (b00k89mm) Director: Adrian Bean. CAST: [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991. Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds WED 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time TUE 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k89mh) Lemmy …. David Kossoff (b007k3z5) Episode 2 Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday] Celie is at the mercy of her cruel husband 'Mister'. His son Mitch …. Bruce Beeby WED 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k89mh) Harpo weds feisty Sofia. Stars Nadine Marshall and Eamonn John Cazabon ..... Various [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Walker. Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs WED 02:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k89mk) TUE 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k89mk) Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 2 – 8 May 2009 Page 4 of 6 WED 03:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm8h) WED 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k8t2y) After being sedated for five days, Dick discovers his doctor's [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Series 2 verdict on the drug. Read by Julian Wadham. WED 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007r02y) The Admirer WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] Precious makes an unhappy discovery and Mma Makutsi finds [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 04:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b008zt90) a fan at the Kalahari typing school for men. Stars Claire WED 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jr74) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] Benedict. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] WED 04:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xw8c) WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg) WED 20:00 Falco (b00k8t30) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] WED 04:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am WED 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jr74) WED 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time Today... (b00ckz8d) Series 3 (b007k402) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] Around the World the Burkiss Way [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] WED 05:00 06/05/2009 (b00k8gz9) Books are plundered, but what the Dickens is going on? WED 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k8t2w) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] BBC Radio 7. Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to WED 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k8t2y) WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg) 1980. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Series 4 Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. WED 22:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b008ggtc) The Espresso Bar Producer: John Lloyd [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Making no money out of being in showbiz, the lad sees his First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978. WED 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jmdn) future in selling coffee. WED 13:00 Falco (b00k8t30) Series 3 Starring Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Venus in Copper The Final Reckoning Williams and Hattie Jacques. Episode 3 When God discovers that rules are being broken in Hell, he Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. After a short spell in prison, Falco finds half of Rome is having sends some archangels to investigate. Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. a party but it seems he isn't invited. Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry One particular gathering comes to an abrupt halt and as a result, Satan …. Andy Hamilton Rabinowitz. the detective's reputation could be at stake. The Professor …. James Grout Producer: Dennis Main Wilson Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective in a Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December gripping serialisation of Lindsey Davis's best seller. Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan 1956. Marcus Didius Falco …. Anton Lesser Other characters played by Felicity Montagu, Philip Pope, Nick WED 08:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b008ggtc) Helena Justina … Ann Madeley Revel and Michael Fenton Stevens. Series 2 Titus Caesar … Jonathan Keeble Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer A Green Unpleasant Land Hyacinthus …. Stephen Critchlow First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999 The couple's German friend Heinrich reveals his thoughts about Viridovix …. Nick Fletcher WED 23:00 Stand-Up on 7 (b008jwjs) the war. Written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Hortensius Felix …. Graham Padden Michael Bentine - The Original Goon Greenall. From June 2003. Severina Zotica …. Tracy Wiles Michael Bentine's 1994 autobiographical stage tour concludes. WED 09:00 After Henry (b007k47s) Pollia …. Julia Hills Including memories of The Goons and It's a Square World. Series 3 Dramatised by Mary Cutler. WED 23:45 World of Pub (b008qt08) Guilty Secrets Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Series 1 'She does have her sensitivities. And this.... for a woman ... any First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006. Episode 4 woman ... even my mother - I'd have thought it would strike at WED 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time For the Queen's visit, dodgy Phil books her beloved Chas and the whole image she has of her entire marriage.' (b007k402) Dave. But can they make it? Stars John Thomson. From March Sarah tidies up husband Henry's study four years after his death. Episode 3 1998. Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - Challenged to tackle an unsolved historical mystery, Inspector struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who Grant has become fascinated by a portrait of King Richard III. never quite manage to see eye to eye. Borrowing a school history book from a nurse, he begins his THURSDAY 07 MAY 2009 Sarah ...... Prunella Scales investigation... Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson Josephine Tey's classic mystery read by Paul Young. THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqv2) Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Clare ...... Gerry Cowper described by The New York Times as 'One of the best THU 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand Rod ...... Paul Sirr mysteries of all time'. (b007jw0z) Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV Producer: Bruce Young [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] , Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland. THU 01:00 Falco (b00k8t30) network. WED 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007r42s) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday] Producer: Pete Atkin The Boys of Wexford; The Battle of New Ross THU 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1987. The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard (b007k402) WED 09:30 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7) Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday] Series 1 WED 14:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b00904ns) THU 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k8t2w) Fishing for Compliments Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Is there something fishy about Bernard, apart from his VAT What are the risks of debt, and when do you give up? Matthew THU 02:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k8t2y) returns? Harvey looks at the characteristics of an inventor. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] Bed and Breakfast for Beginners. First of two series of Sue WED 14:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xs36) THU 03:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmc9) Limb's sitcom about events at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Norwich. As the cyclists continue their European adventure, George is THU 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007r42s) Starring Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes as sisters Alison taught a lesson in Prague. Read by Hugh Laurie. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] and Maud. WED 14:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am THU 04:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b00904ns) Alison …. Denise Coffey Today... (b00cl7lz) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] Maud …. Miriam Margolyes Episode 3 THU 04:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xs36) Father …. Joss Ackland Recalling Peter Cook, David Frost and the part he played in the [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] Mr Mullett …. Chris Emmett Sixties' satire boom, David Nobbs reads from his THU 04:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Bernard …. Geoffrey Whitehead autobiography. Today... (b00cl7lz) Marina …. Phyllida Nash WED 15:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmc9) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] Producer: Jonathan James-Moore [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU 05:00 07/05/2009 (b00k8x8v) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002. WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00k8v4q) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on WED 10:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmc9) Kirsten O'Brien presents. Featuring The Enchanted Wood BBC Radio 7. Episode 3 written by Enid Blyton and read by Sally Lindsay, and Artemis THU 08:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook With Maud Brewster aboard, the real danger on the schooner's Fowl - The Arctic Incident, written and read by Eoin Colfer. (b007k02m) voyage is yet to begin... WED 17:00 After Henry (b007k47s) Dick Turpin Jack London's 1904 tale of brutality and survival on the high [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] The veteran of many parts recounts the story of a scheme to seas. WED 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7) make a fortune from flops which puts "the Producers" to Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] shame. Dramatised by Ed Thomason WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space The doyen of British show business, J Kingston Platt shares Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff (b007jqv2) reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale The Red Planet experience from the past 40 years. Mugridge ...... Ian Dury 18. Invasion Plans Performed and written by Peter Jones. Kelly ...... Norman Jones With Lemmy and Doc at the mercy of the Martians, can Producer: Pete Atkin Smoke ...... Anthony Jackson Captain Jet Morgan come to their rescue? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1986. Latimer ...... Peter Penry-Jones Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971. THU 08:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007r42w) Horner ...... Clarence Smith CAST: Series 1 Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds A Stiff Audition Maud Brewster ...... Shelley Thompson Lemmy …. David Kossoff Young actor Robert Wilson is desperately seeking work. Telefson ...... Charles Millham Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter At last an audition comes up. He doesn't need to rigidly stick to Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott Mitch …. Bruce Beeby the script - just be rigid. Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop. John Cazabon ..... Various Sitcom by Paul Mayhew-Archer. Singer: Sarah Connolly. Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs Robert Wilson ..... John Sinclair Director: Adrian Bean. Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips. Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991. Producer: Charles Chilton Sue ..... Caroline Quentin WED 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k8t2w) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955. With: Episode 3 WED 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand Ron Pember Celie becomes enraptured with Mister's lover - the glamorous (b007jw0z) Jo Kendall singer Shug Avery. Stars Nadine Marshall and Nina Sosanya. Episode 12 Joanna Mackie Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 2 – 8 May 2009 Page 5 of 6 Jonathan Kydd Pollia …. Julia Hills (b007k1wk) Michael Graham Cox The Parrot …. Colin Rote Series 2 Melinda Walker Appius Priscillus …. Kim Wall The Monster in the Loch Producer: Paul Spencer Dramatised by Mary Cutler. The elderly Scotsmen have a monstrous encounter in the great First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1989. Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. outdoors. Stars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Alison THU 09:00 Doctor at Large (b009xxrs) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006. Steadman. From March 2004. In General Practice THU 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time THU 23:00 Think the Unthinkable (b007m4dz) Simon Sparrow lands a job in Aberdeen, where he's forced to (b007k40z) Series 2 tackle a pepped-up port loving lady. Episode 4 Riddlington Plastic The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - Using more books brought to his hospital bed, Inspector Grant The consultants marvel at the world wide web, and Ryan gets adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's is determined to prove King Richard III could not have embroiled in a protest. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955. committed the murders... November 2002. Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Josephine Tey's classic mystery read by Paul Young. THU 23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll Captain Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Joan Sanderson Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was (b00fw3yp) as Mrs Russell, Stanley Baxter as Dr Hockett and Joan Sims as described by The New York Times as 'One of the best My Turn to Be Poorly Dora. mysteries of all time'. The Brummie musicologist reveals the impact of so many rock Producer: David Hatch Producer: Bruce Young legends dying at the age of 27. Stars Graham Fellows. From First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1969. Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland. October 2001. THU 09:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00k8x8x) THU 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007r4m9) THU 23:45 Elastic Planet (b007k399) Series 3 The Rebellion Spreads North; Rebellion in County Antrim The Objects Flaming June The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Revealing the links between the art of siren writing, the A weekend away in the country - and under canvas. Memories Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. discovery of pants, the Church of England motorcycle display will be made of this. THU 14:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b0090bb6) team and the flamenco guitar. School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge. Ten series Episode 4 Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben of this King Street Junior ran between 1985 and 1998. King Many inventors have poor business skills, but one man is out to Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections. Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. build bridges and change perceptions. Matthew Harvey reports. With Rebecca Front, Dan Strauss, Kerry Shale, Geoff Stars Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Michael Cochrane as Mr THU 14:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xwv4) McGivern, Ben Moor, Raymond Baxter and Caron Keating. Maxwell, Teresa Gallagher as Miss Featherstone, Jacqueline Episode 4 Producer: Jon Naismith Beatty as Miss Reid, Janice Acquah as Mrs Khan, Paul Copley On their German tour, the cyclists go climbing - and meet a dog First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995 as Mr Long, Stephen Critchlow as the Security Guard, Matthew with misplaced affections. Read by Hugh Laurie. Protheroe as Wayne, Leah Verity-White as Amy, Pax Baldwin THU 14:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am as Iqbal, Corinne Douglas as Karim and Jafer Husseyin as Today... (b00cl6vg) FRIDAY 08 MAY 2009 Terry. Episode 4 Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Recalling the birth of his famous comedy creation, Reginald FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqxb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004. Iolanthe Perrin - writer David Nobbs reads from his [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] THU 10:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmcl) autobiography. FRI 00:30 Man in His Time (b007ym13) Episode 4 THU 15:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmcl) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Humphrey and Maud dash for freedom from cruel captain, [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI 01:00 Falco (b00k8x93) Wolf Larsen, but Japan is 600 miles away... THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00k9b31) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday] Conclusion od Jack London's 1904 tale of brutality and survival Kirsten O'Brien presents. Featuring The Enchanted Wood FRI 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time on the high seas. written by Enid Blyton and read by Sally Lindsay, and Artemis (b007k40z) Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Shelley Thompson.. Fowl - The Arctic Incident, written and read by Eoin Colfer. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday] Dramatised by Ed Thomason THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b009xxrs) FRI 02:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k8x8z) Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale THU 17:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00k8x8x) FRI 02:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jsh0) Maud Brewster ...... Shelley Thompson [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop. THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space FRI 03:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmcl) Director: Adrian Bean. (b007jqxb) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991. The Red Planet FRI 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007r4m9) THU 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k8x8z) 19. The Fifth Column [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] Episode 4 As Lemmy and Doc master a Martian sphere - Captain Jet FRI 04:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b0090bb6) Sofia is beaten by the police and thrown in jail after hitting the Morgan gets a mysterious offer of help... [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] Major. Stars Nadine Marshall and Petra Letang. Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971. FRI 04:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xwv4) THU 11:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jsh0) CAST: [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] Murder West One Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds FRI 04:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... 1. A Cure for Death Lemmy …. David Kossoff (b00cl6vg) The discovery of a dumped body sparks another mystery for Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] feisty Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield Mitch …. Bruce Beeby FRI 05:00 08/05/2009 (b00k9dbq) She undertakes an investigation of Harley Street doctors and John Cazabon ..... Various Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on cutting-edge medicine of a very non-Hippocratic variety... Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs BBC Radio 7. Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips. FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b007k1pt) Enfield Producer: Charles Chilton Series 2 Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955. Episode 7 Imelda Staunton ,,,,,, DS Julie Enfield THU 18:30 Man in His Time (b007ym13) 'Dr McKinlay's Scrapbook'. a special musical comedy Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews Episode 1 extravaganza in a spoof eulogy for a TV screen doctor. DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone The hazards of space travel and its impact back home. The sci- Starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Dr Jameson ...... David Collings fi master's award-winning story, read by Jamie Glover. Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee. Andy Roberts ...... Harry Myers THU 19:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, Jenny ...... Tilly Gaunt (b007k02m) London. Announcer: Douglas Smith Ken ...... Ben Crowe [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Mary Stone ...... Elizabeth Conboy THU 19:30 My Music (b00k8x91) comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Gordon Wiseacre ...... Geoffrey Whitehead [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Dr Soames ...... Giles Fagan THU 20:00 Falco (b00k8x93) Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Director: Richard Wortley [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. THU 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, THU 12:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k40z) catchphrases and double-entendres. (b007k02m) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k8x8z) Hayes Four. THU 12:30 My Music (b00k8x91) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Producer: John Simmonds Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and THU 21:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jsh0) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1966. Denis Norden on Mendelssohn and 'The Onedin Line'. From [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 08:30 Heated Rollers (b007s849) April 1990. THU 22:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b007r42w) Episode 6 THU 13:00 Falco (b00k8x93) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] The real Sleeping Beauty, medical dramas - and a women's jail.. Venus in Copper THU 22:30 All the World's a Globe (b007k44p) The first ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2 Episode 4 2. Civilisation starring Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro. After two murders in one night, Falco is offered a job by the From Egypt to origami. With music supplied by the Lorraine Bowen Experience. prime suspect. The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second Producer: Maria Esposito Meanwhile his social life looks up as he hosts a turbot supper World War. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1999. with more than one unexpected guest. But Falco has his sights Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - FRI 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0082ckc) set on catching a bigger fish. Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker. Series 1 Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective in a Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Episode 4 gripping serialisation of Lindsey Davis's best seller. Broadbent and Martin Duncan. Lord Shortcake takes up amateur dramatics, Captain Marcus Didius Falco …. Anton Lesser With thanks to Foulenough takes us back to his unsavoury childhood, Cricket Helena Justina …. Ann Madeley Patrick Barlow is taken too seriously, and Prodnose is escorted to the graveyard Falco's Mother …. Frances Jeater Jim Broadbent in the hope he’ll take the hint... Petronius …. Ben Crowe Martin Duncan Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia Titus Caesar …. Jonathan Keeble Producer: Lissa Evans Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton. Hyacinthus …. Stephen Critchlow First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990. Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s Severina Zotica …. Tracy Wiles THU 22:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 2 – 8 May 2009 Page 6 of 6 great deal of modern humour. (b00cl496) Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams. Episode 5 Announcer: Brian Perkins From Perrin and Pratt to 'Going Gently', writer David Nobbs Producer: Harry Thompson concludes reading from his autobiography. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989 FRI 15:00 Frances McNeil - With a Little Help From My FRI 09:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Friends (b00br7x6) Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2xh) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Episode 4 FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00k9dc0) The Royal Dingle Company wreak havoc in Stratford-Upon- Kirsten O'Brien presents. Featuring The Enchanted Wood Avon. Stars Patrick Barlow and Louise Lombard. From written by Enid Blyton and read by Sally Lindsay, and Artemis September 1995. Fowl - The Arctic Incident, written and read by Eoin Colfer. FRI 10:00 Frances McNeil - With a Little Help From My FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0082ckc) Friends (b00br7x6) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] The story of Brian Epstein during his hectic, turbulent years of FRI 17:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and managing The Beatles. Stars Jonathan Keeble and Kerry Shale. Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2xh) FRI 11:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k9dbs) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Episode 5 FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqz9) Shug and Celie discover that Mister has secretly hidden Nettie's The Red Planet letters to Celie. Stars Nadine Marshall and Nina Sosanya. 20. Return to the Moon FRI 11:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jshc) Captain Jet Morgan and his crew must battle to outrun the Murder West One Martian Spheres in their bid to escape... 2. The Art of the Matter Conclusion of Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971. Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield faces a strange theft and CAST: cunning scam in one of central London's art galleries, which Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds ultimately leads to murder... Lemmy …. David Kossoff Starring Imelda Staunton. Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. Mitch …. Bruce Beeby DSI Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton John Cazabon ..... Various Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips. Johnny "The Tongs" Brickman ...... Ben Crowe Producer: Charles Chilton Jack "The Whistle" Stephens ...... Sean Barrett First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955. Andrew Olson...... Geoffrey Whitehead FRI 18:30 Man in His Time (b007zcy0) Kath Dyer ...... Elizabeth Conboy Episode 2 Auctioneer ...... Harry Myers As the lone survivor of a Mars mission returns to Earth, the Jack "The Whistle" Stephens ...... Sean Barrett consequences emerge. Jamie Glover concludes the sci-fi Terry Richards ...... Giles Fagan master's story. Woman Resident ...... Frances Jeater FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b007k1pt) Director: Richard Wortley [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00k9dbv) FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b007k1pt) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 20:00 Falco (b00k9dbx) FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00k9dbv) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] From 22/04/1984 FRI 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time From duelling kings to a Commons washroom attendant. (b007k41t) Michael Bentine stars in the ultimate one man show written and [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] performed by the host. FRI 21:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00k9dbs) Producer: Jamie Rix [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1984. FRI 21:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jshc) FRI 13:00 Falco (b00k9dbx) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Venus in Copper FRI 22:00 Heated Rollers (b007s849) Episode 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] A battered and bruised Falco discovers the best way to win back FRI 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially the affections of his girlfriend. Better (b00k9dc3) Helena proves that she too can play detective, but the intriguing Series 1 murder case is put on hold when Falco discovers his world Lust crashing down around him. Mark Watson investigates lust as he continues his quest to free Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective in a us from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy. gripping serialisation of Lindsey Davis's best seller. Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and Marcus Didius Falco …. Anton Lesser distractions. Helena Justina …. Ann Madeley Producer: Katie Marsden Petronius …. Ben Crowe First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007. Hyacinthus …. Stephen Critchlow FRI 23:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00d4nrv) Appius Priscillus …. Kim Wall Series 2 Severina Zotica …. Tracy Wiles After-Dinner Speech The Maid …. Emily Chennery The former variety star attempts to get work as an after-dinner The Cake Seller …. Laurence Saunders speaker. Stars Steve Delaney with guest Barry Cryer. Cossus …. Jonathan Tafler FRI 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007rkg1) The Parrot …. Colin Rote Dave Podmore's World of Cricket Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Episode 1 Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Eat the Dream. Pod makes a bid to run the opening ceremony First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006. of the 2003 Cricket World Cup - on the cheap, of course. FRI 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time Sitcom about the exploits of talentless, amateurish, smug, inept (b007k41t) and self-deluding English cricketer Dave Podmore. Episode 5 Starring Chris Douglas and Andrew Nickolds with Chris Pavlo Still confined to his hospital bed, Inspector Grant is keen to and Nicola Sanderson. prove his instincts about King Richard III's murderous crimes Written by Chris Douglas, Andrew Nickolds and Nick are correct. Newman. Desperate for a contemporary account, Grant has asked for a Producer: Richard Wilson copy of Sir Thomas More's history of the King's life... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002. Josephine Tey's classic story read in 14 parts by Paul Young. Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was described by The New York Times as 'One of the best mysteries of all time'. Producer: Bruce Young Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2005. FRI 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007r524) Rebellion in County Down; Vinegar Hill The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. FRI 14:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b0090f2l) Episode 5 What happens when you give an inventor time, space and financial support? Matthew Harvey investigates the pitfalls. FRI 14:30 Three Men on the Bummel (b007xxv3) Episode 5 As the cyclists conclude their lively German jaunt, they reflect on the people they've met on the way. Read by Hugh Laurie. FRI 14:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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