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Radio 7 Listings for 16 – 22 October 2010 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 16 OCTOBER 2010 leads singing Ave Maria. Matthew, Stephen Critchlow as Boy Dougdale, Sarah-Jane Mercy's disguise is revealed, Father Francis is perplexed in his Holm as Jassy, Tilly Gaunt as Victoria, William Hope as Cedric SAT 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp2r) hole, Tobias denigrates the vegetables, Arise Higgs and his and Tom Beard as Alfred. Earthsearch II platoon are billeted on Firebasket Hall and Gazebo has lethal Director: Marion Nancarrow Earthvoice orders. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. The crew of spaceship Challenger's search is over, but Earth is Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War. SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00n3mhb) not how they left it... Sir John Firebasket ...... Joss Ackland The Blackburn Files: A Case of Making Good The conclusion of James Follett's cult sci-fi drama. Lady Anne Firebasket ...... Denise Coffey Redundant pitman turned private investigator Stephen J Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold Tobias Thynne ...... Clive Merrison Blackburn is embroiled with Hungarian exiles. Stars Fine Time Sharna ...... Amanda Murray Mercy, alias Melissa ...... Miriam Margoyles Fontayne. Darv ...... Haydn Wood Father Francis ...... Nickolas Grace SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00n3mhd) Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt Gazebo Fogg ...... Jack Klaff The Blackburn Files: A Case of Parma Violets Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser Captain Arise Higgs ...... Alun Armstrong When a woman suspects her husband's having an affair, she Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid Posthumous ...... Nicky Henson calls in investigator Stephen J Blackburn. Stars Fine Time Bran ...... Michael Maloney Counter Tenor ...... Peter Hayward Fontayne. Elka ...... Jill Lidstone Cromwell ...... Bert Parnaby SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00n3mhg) Tidy ...... David Gooderson Colonel Thundery ...... Peter Howell The Blackburn Files: A Cruel Case of War Peeron ...... George Parsons Music by Colin Sell. Investigator Stephen J Blackburn hunts for a Canadian's long- Earthvoice ...... Michael Tudor Barnes Producer: Jonathan James-Moore lost brother, after a cruel separation. Stars Fine Time Fontayne. Director: Glyn Dearman First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00n3mhj) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1982. SAT 05:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k3kj) The Blackburn Files: A Case of Plagiarism SAT 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqz9) Champneys Health Spa Investigator Stephen J Blackburn is called in when a writer is The Red Planet Champney's Health Hydro in Hertfordshire put Richard Stilgoe convinced his TV script's been pinched. Stars Fine Time 20. Return to the Moon into a steam cabinet, and cooked him for two hours at Regulo 6. Fontayne. Captain Jet Morgan and his crew must battle to outrun the The result is a medium rare, low calorie, non-alcoholic look at SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00n3mhl) Martian Spheres in their bid to escape... life 'down on the farm' The Blackburn Files: A Case of Haddock and Plaice Conclusion of Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971. With Emma Thompson and The Cambridge Buskers An elderly couple's time-share cash con sparks investigator CAST: Producer: Mike Craig Stephen J Blackburn's first case abroad. Stars Fine-Time Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1984. Fontayne. Lemmy …. David Kossoff SAT 05:30 The Complete Caledonian Imbiber (b00pgnqg) SAT 17:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k3kj) Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter Bend Weel tae the Madeira [Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today] Mitch …. Bruce Beeby Billy Kay celebrates the Scots' drouth for ale, whisky and the SAT 17:30 The Complete Caledonian Imbiber (b00pgnqg) John Cazabon ..... Various great wines of Europe. [Repeat of broadcast at 05:30 today] Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs SAT 06:00 16/10/2010 (b00v9px3) SAT 18:00 The Scarifyers (b00v9qnp) Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on The Curse of the Black Comet Producer: Charles Chilton BBC Radio 7. Episode 2 First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955. SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00v9py4) MI-13's Lionheart and Dunning search for Sir Basil in the SAT 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jptk) Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The Scottish Highlands - but discover something else. Stars Brian Series 1 Divide by Elizabeth Kay, read by Adrian Bower. Blessed. A Case of Haddock and Plaice SAT 09:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k0s2) SAT 18:30 Voices From the Grave (b007jwn6) An elderly couple's time-share cash con sparks private 1936 The Parson investigator Stephen J Blackburn's first case abroad. Sir John Reith's BBC discovers how to operate away from the Back from missionary work abroad, Reverend Martin Stokes The last of five cases for the ex-pitman turned investigator and studios. Six selected years in radio history with Daphne stumbles into a nightmare of biblical proportions abroad. his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Oxenford. David Varela's horror stars Mark Bazeley as Rev. Martin town that's seen better days. SAT 09:30 King Street Junior (m000p987) Stokes, Lynne Verrall as Mrs Cameron, Geoffrey Beevers as Starring Fine Time Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Series 2 Bishop Millcock, Wayne Foskett as Randall, Stephen Hogan as Flynn as Tracey Duggan. Barn Dance Sid and Gerard McDermott as Joseph. With Gerry Kersey, Lorraine Peters, Norman Mills, Lucia Mr Beeston's battle with PTA head, Mrs Wicks sparks a new Voices From The Grave is a series of four chilling and intimate Laratonda and James Tomlinson. spectator sport at King Street Junior. dramas, inspired by existing ghost stories from around Britain. Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby Created and written by Jim Eldridge. The writers make these stories more than simply scary - they Directed for BBC North East by Dave Sheasby Ten series of this comedy about King Street Junior School ran are studies of humanity, love, rage and despair, of passion, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1989. between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from longing and pain. SAT 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of 2002 to 2005. David has written plays for BBC Radio 4 as well as for TV and Dr Syn (b008jdcz) Eric Brown …. Peter Davison film. Episode 10 Mr Beeston …. James Grout Producer: Luke Fresle Smuggling is on the agenda as Syn and Mipps defy the Revenue Mr Holliday …. Tom Watson Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007. Officer, but pay a terrible price. Russell Thorndike's adventure Mrs Stone …. Margaret John SAT 19:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k0s2) read by . Mrs Rudd …. Vivienne Martin [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT 02:00 - Small Island (b00cfwhy) Miss Lewis …. Marlene Sidaway SAT 19:30 King Street Junior (m000p987) Episode 10 Mrs Wix …. Marcia Warren [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] The war ends in Europe, but Queenie's husband is still fighting Mrs Keeffe …. Carol Hawkins SAT 20:00 Comedy Controller (b007jpjt) in the Far East. Stars Nadine Marshall and Stephen Mr Singh …. Renu Setna [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Tompkinson. Sundeep …. Robert Lynam SAT 23:00 Val McDermid - The Distant Echo (b00v9qsr) SAT 02:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jpjh) Mandy …. Julie Newell 25 years on, police review the unsolved murder of a young Series 2 Tommy …. Desmond Askew woman in the snow. But is the killing over? Stars Jimmy Dead Heads and Chutney Danny …. Leon Hamilton Chisholm. A respectable woman in her 70s is found dead, apparently from Producer: John Fawcett Wilson natural causes, but Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury is sure First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987. she was murdered so starts to delve into the woman's past... SAT 10:00 Comedy Controller (b007jpjt) SUNDAY 17 OCTOBER 2010 Sue Rodwell's three-part detective mystery stars Annette Boothby Graffoe Badland as DI Gwen Danbury, Stephanie Cole as Joan Danbury, Boothby Graffoe is a stand-up comedian with a talent and a SUN 00:00 The Scarifyers (b00v9qnp) John Duttine as Detective Sergeant Henry Jacobs, Lennox penchant for cerebral funny songs. In this special alone he [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Greaves as the Vicar, Sunny Ormonde as Isabel Mackenzie and composes an impromptu ditty about being Comedy Controller. SUN 00:30 Voices From the Grave (b007jwn6) Tom George as John Parnell He also has a long and treasured history with BBC Radio 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Director: Rosemary Watts Comedy - The Big Booth begat In No Particular order -as well SUN 01:00 Nancy Mitford - Love in a Cold Climate First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. as a notable collaboration with Omid Djalili for TV. Boothby's (b007jp62) SAT 03:00 Don Taylor - God's Revolution (b00v8rwc) worked with Malik, Steve Frost, Jason Isaacs, Pauline [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] England's New Chains McLynn, Glenn Tilbrook, Kevin Eldon, Dean Friedman and SUN 02:30 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jqx8) Will the execution of King Charles I bring the army its longed- Robyn Hitchcock. Burglar's Bargains for freedom? English Civil War drama with Christian Rodska. He's also a playwright with three productions to his name and Trouble abounds when two elderly members of a Prisoners' Aid SAT 04:00 Anything Legal (b0089hl7) has appeared in and Casualty. Society decide to use their unique knowledge to pull off 'the Episode 6 Named after a Lincolnshire market town, the comedian makes robbery of the century'! Charles and George's new business course sets tongues wagging. his selection of BBC radio comedy: The Goon Show - The Evils They rapidly find themselves involved with rival gangs, the Starring Donald Hewlett and . of Bushey Spon (17/03/1958); Round the Horne Ser.1 ep11 Mafia and nude shop assistants at a posh department A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly (16/05/1965); Steptoe and Son - Two's Company (28/03/1971); store... Charles ...... Donald Hewlett The Burkiss Way (26/12/1979); The Big Booth (29/01/2000); Starring Peter Jones, Charles Hawtrey, Donald Hewlett and George ...... Michael Knowles Hancock's Half Hour - The Conjuror (22/02/1956). Bernard Bresslaw. Fiona Fenning ...... Jennifer Croxton SAT 13:00 Nancy Mitford - Love in a Cold Climate The first of Wally K Daly's trilogy of criminal gang capers Course Chairman ...... Henry Stamper (b007jp62) produced in the style of old British comedy films. Advertising Lecturer ...... John Kane A glamorous invitation to a grand party at Hampton - home of Charles Forbes .... Peter Jones Finance Lecturer ...... Peter Cellier the fabulously wealthy Montdores and their beautiful daughter Governor Smith ... Donald Hewlett Mr Hunter ...... Roland MacLeod. Polly - brings Fanny into the world of the 1920s aristocracy - George Evans .... Lockwood West Theme music by Jim Parker and in and out of love when the temperature drops... Fingers ..... Charles Hawtrey Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Published in 1949, Nancy Mitford's novel dramatised by Claire Bullet Head ..... Bernard Bresslaw First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984. Luckham. Brian Thompson .... John Pullen SAT 04:30 The Sit Crom (b00ly7z6) Stars Amanda Root as Fanny, Barbara Jefford as Lady Perkins .... Adrian Egan The General Inspection Montdore, Teresa Gallagher as Polly, Jenny Howe as Veronica, Delia ..... Elizabeth Rider Cromwell arrives, weeps and investigates as well he might since Jon Strickland as Uncle Davey, Patience Tomlinson as Aunt Simpson .... John Rye Father Francis has donned a night shirt and taken to the roof Emily, Tessa Worsley as Aunt Sadie, Ioan Meredith as Uncle Lift man/Tommy .... Gordon Dulieu Supported by .co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 16 – 22 October 2010 Page 2 of 7 Adams .... Philip Voss The Big Booth MON 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vc8bl) Bella Thompson .... Diana Bishop Tasty monologues and sketches starring Boothby Graffoe. With [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Angelo Callont .... Gordon Reid Kevin Eldon and guitarist Antonio Forcione. From January MON 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jndg) Sanjo Patel .... Danny Schiller 2000. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Doreen/Dolly .... Josie Kidd SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00vc88p) MON 01:00 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jqx8) Eric .... Brian Haines Double Income, No Kids Yet [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday] First/Second twin ..... David Timson Daniel and Lucy's plans for a quiet weekend are hit by a stream MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00v9rqs) Barry .... Trevor Cooper of unplanned visitors. Stars David Tennant. From June 2001. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] Nick the Greek .... Roger Hammond SUN 16:30 The News Quiz (b00vc88r) MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00v9s1v) Billy .... John Bull Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday] Ex-Lance Corporal .... Fraser Kerr it out over the latest news events. From 8 October 2010. MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00v9s21) Listen out for Wally K Daly's A Right Royal Rip-Off and The SUN 17:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday] Bigger They Are. (b007rds0) MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00vc88p) Director: Martin Jenkins [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1979 SUN 17:30 How Tickled Am I? (b00f670x) MON 04:30 The News Quiz (b00vc88r) SUN 04:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k3kj) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday] SUN 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vc8bl) MON 05:00 Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer SUN 04:30 The Complete Caledonian Imbiber (b00pgnqg) 4. Rescue (b00s648r) [Repeat of broadcast at 05:30 on Saturday] Dandy spy hero Lucifer Box must rescue the 'perfect victim' to Episode 7 SUN 05:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k0s2) foil Olympus Mons' dastardly plan to raise the devil. Tom gives evidence in court so Injun Joe is a wanted man. The [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday] Mark Gatiss continues his own novel. boys dig for treasure - and so do the criminals. Ed Bishop reads. SUN 05:30 King Street Junior (m000p987) Abridged by David Jackson Young. MON 05:15 Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday] Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. (b00s6bpd) SUN 06:00 17/10/2010 (b00v9rjl) Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first Episode 8 Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on broadcast in 2010. The boys, in fear of Injun Joe, try to track down his treasure. BBC Radio 7. SUN 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jndg) But Tom is distracted by a picnic - and Becky. Ed Bishop reads. SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00v9rkk) Series 2 MON 05:30 Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (b00s3jtb) Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring The Journey Home Episode 9 The Divide by Elizabeth Kay, read by Adrian Bower. Felicity and George are driving home, when suddenly Pip meets his enigmatic patron, and wants to learn more about SUN 09:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island Omnibus something unaccountable happens that leads them down a Estella. Stars Amanda Redman and Douglas Hodge. (b0081qx0) nightmare road to inescapable horror. MON 06:00 18/10/2010 (b00vc9jp) Episode 2 The Man in Black sets the scene... Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Arriving from Jamaica, Hortense discovers post-war England is Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers. BBC7. cold and dreary. She gets to know her landlady Queenie. With Written by Bert Coules MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jrl4) Nadine Marshall. The Man in Black …. Edward de Souza Series 3 SUN 10:15 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007k1sb) Doctor …. Richard Pasco Is There Honey Still for Tea? Rawdon's Roof Felicity …. Helena Breck Private Godfrey's humble abode, Cherry Tree Cottage, is A man swears that no woman shall sleep under his roof again, George …. Crawford Logan threatened with demolition to make way for a new aerodrome... but what does his lover feel about it? Read by Andy Hockley. Voice …. Simon Cuff The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard SUN 10:30 All the Young Dudes (b007ncd1) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989. platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. Series 1 SUN 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jr4b) Adapted for radio from and David Croft's TV Homeward Bound [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. Moving back where he grew up, Patrick meets school mate SUN 19:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnys) Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe Billy. Jim Sweeney's comedy-drama with Steve Steen. From [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier July 2001. SUN 20:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island Omnibus Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn SUN 11:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy (b0081qx0) Private Frazer …. John Laurie (b007rds0) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley Episode 2 SUN 21:15 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007k1sb) Private Pike …. Ian Lavender Russell Davies looks at the 1930s with a clip-packed taste of the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Cissie Godfrey …. Joan Cooper development of the BBC's Variety department. From August SUN 21:30 All the Young Dudes (b007ncd1) Colonel/Sir Charles …. Fraser Kerr 1988. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today] Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? (b00f670x) SUN 22:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b007jnyr) Producer: John Dyas Series 3 Series 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976. Harry Worth Episode 1 MON 08:30 The Right Time (b00c90g4) Harry Worth worked as a miner in Barnsley before his talent Mel and Vicki battle to keep the show going despite constant Series 3 for comedy came to the fore during the Second World War. interruptions from the Dirty Sloanes and the Goatee Beard Episode 1 On seeing his act as a less-than-convincing ventriloquist, Stan Men's Group. Gym shenanigans, finding a fox - and can you feel sexy at 60? Laurel advised him to "ditch the dummy". Harry never looked Variety meets sitcom meets sketch show - written and The sketch comedy for people growing older disgracefully. back. His gently dithering characterisations charmed the nation performed by Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine. Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Clive Swift, on both radio and TV. With Martin Hyder and Jim North. Roger Blake and Pam Ayres. Mark Radcliffe looks back at the life and career of Harry Script editor: Graeme Garden Written by Pam Ayres, Mike Coleman, Jan Etherington, Worth. Producers: Claire Jones and Helen Williams Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Colin Bostock-Smith, Bob Series exploring the tradition of influential northern comedians First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000. Sinfield, Chris Thompson, Pete Reynolds, Tony Bagley, of the past, SUN 22:30 Hut 33 (b00lxzyd) Richard Turner and Phil Nice, Producer: Libby Cross Series 1 Script Editor: Geoff Parsons. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. Food Music by Ronnie & The Rex and Neil Innes. SUN 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jr4b) The Bletchley Park code-breakers think of some new ways to Producer: Claire Jones From 21/12/1959 improve wartime rations. Stars Robert Bathurst. From July First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. Kenneth Horne sets sail with Treasure Island as you've never 2007. MON 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008m24j) heard it before. With Kenneth Williams. From December 1959. SUN 23:00 Swots (b00pxjvd) Series 3 SUN 12:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnys) Series 1 Episode 1 The Conference Trick Episode 4 The further adventures of Mr Justice Cocklecarrot. Captain Not keen on securing plots of land on planet Venus, the British Headmaster Miles Jupp presides over his unruly celebrity Foulenough, Dr Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht, government opt to enlist the bumbling bureaucrats. pupils. With Susan Morrison and Michelle McManus. From Big White Carstairs and more... A weekly tribute to all those who work in government September 2009. Richard Ingrams John Wells, John Sessions , Joan Sims amd departments. SUN 23:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b00fqbsz) Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton. Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Series 2 With Brian Bowles , Simon Greenall , Henrietta Gooden and Ronald, Ronald Baddiley, John Graham and Garard Green. Episode 4 featuring . Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. A dizzy Indian ad agency, a lovesick lament to Lahore - and the Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 blundering Bhangra Muffins. surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from Starring: great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, Sanjeev Bhaskar between the wars. however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows Kulvinder Ghir Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams. in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Nitin Sawhney Announcer: the silken tones of Brian Perkins. Radio 4 Extra. Meera Syal Producer: Harry Thompson Producer: Edward Taylor Nina Wadia First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994. First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in July 1972. Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch MON 09:30 To the Manor Born (b007lzww) SUN 13:00 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jqx8) comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to A Wife's Prerogative [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today] 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC TWO from 1998 to Audrey makes the most of helping Devere - by pretending she's SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00v9rqs) 2001. his wife. The Sit Crom - The General Inspection Scripted by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton. Cromwell visits Firebasket Hall and witnesses an apparition. Bhaskar, Sanjeev Kohli and Nina Wadia. Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere Civil War comedy with Denise Coffey. From October 1990. Script Editor: Sharat Sardana Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00v9s1v) Producer: Anil Gupta. Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger Revolting People - Young Love First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997. Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka Captain Brimshaw's father orders him to marry his cousin in Frank Middlemass ..... Ned England. 1770 America sitcom. With Andy Hamilton and Jay Mademoiselle Dutoit ..... Rula Lenska Tarses. MONDAY 18 OCTOBER 2010 The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00v9s21) to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 16 – 22 October 2010 Page 3 of 7 leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, read by Rob Brydon, and Vinegar Street by Philip Ridley. TUE 00:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007p1fy) they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage. MON 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008m24j) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr1s) eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard MON 17:30 To the Manor Born (b007lzww) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg) First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever MON 18:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007p1fy) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday] appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997. 1969-71 Decision TUE 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence. President JF Kennedy survived the 1963 Dallas shootings. Now, (b00pl15k) Producer: Jane Berthoud as Project Apollo reaches the moon, he issues a new challenge - [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997. a manned mission to Mars. TUE 02:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081ry7) MON 10:00 Don Taylor - God's Revolution (b00vc9ps) Stephen Baxter's 1996 novel presents an alternative history of [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] The Sea Green Banner the US space programme. TUE 02:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vcr1b) In 1649, the soldiers' discontent with their leaders rises, and Dramatised in five-parts by Dirk Maggs [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] London women get marching. English Civil War drama with Starring Laurel Lefklow as Natalie York, William Dufris as TUE 03:00 Don Taylor - God's Revolution (b00vc9ps) Eric Allen. Mike Conlig, Michael Roberts as Gregory Dana, Vincent [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] MON 11:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081ry7) Marzello as Joe Muldoon, Frank Lazarus as Chuck Jones, TUE 04:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008m24j) Episode 11 Russell Bentley as Jim Dana and William Roberts as Ben Priest. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Queenie's soldier husband Bernard explains how Indian Music by Wilfredo Acosta. TUE 04:30 To the Manor Born (b007lzww) independence is spelling the end of the Empire. Stars Stephen Producer: Dirk Maggs [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Tompkinson. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. TUE 05:00 Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer MON 11:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vcr1b) MON 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr1s) (b00s6m4x) Series 3 The World in Peril Episode 9 Lollipop Episode 1 A search party is out for Tom and Becky who must survive in a Inspector Gwen Danbury probes a patrolman's killing on a It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an cave - where Tom makes a terrifying discovery. Ed Bishop crossing. Is it linked to a school drug ring? Stars Annette attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion. reads. Badland. Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures TUE 05:15 Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jrl4) of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the (b00s6pr7) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’. Episode 10 MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k1r0) CAST: Safe at last - Huck is made respectable and Tom plans an elite Series 4 Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds robber gang. Abridged by Brian Miller and read by Ed Bishop. And Afterwards At Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp TUE 05:30 Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (b00s5p82) It's a big day for Harold. He's set to tie the knot! But Albert's Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter Episode 10 not convinced. Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass Pip meets Herbert's betrothed - and learns that he is being Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H. Corbett as Various …. Alan Tilvern followed. Stars John Shrapnel and Douglas Hodge. Harold. With Pat Coombes, Patricia Hayes, Margot Boyd, Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs TUE 06:00 19/10/2010 (b00vcwbq) Edward Kelsey, Sheila Grant, Martin Friend and Katherine Music composed by Van Phillips Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Parr. Written and produced by Charles Chilton. BBC Radio 7. Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September TUE 08:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson 1955. (b007jzkv) wrote ten pilots for BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jrl4) Brian Allington Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] The common image of the breed of actors as selfish, lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k1r0) chameleonic and unreliable is almost always quite unjustified. and provided the inspiration for eight series for TV. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] After all, to be realistic, what sort of professional future could Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan MON 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg) someone like that possibly expect to have? Simpson. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] The doyen of British show business, J Kingston Platt shares Produced by Bobby Jaye MON 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1972. (b00pl15k) experience from the past 40 years. MON 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Performed and written by Peter Jones. Series 2 MON 21:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081ry7) Producer: Pete Atkin 1. A Case of Frinks and Moores [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1986. When an open-air sculpture exhibition is raided, pitman-turned- MON 21:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vcr1b) TUE 08:30 Married (b007w523) private eye Steven J Blackburn is thrown into the jungle of [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Series 1 international dealing. MON 22:00 The Right Time (b00c90g4) Episode 5 CAST: [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Just as he is starting to make the most of his new life, Robin is Stephen J. Blackburn …. Finetime Fontayne MON 22:30 Revolting People (b008ff6d) whisked back to his old universe where his doppelganger has Tracey Duggan …. Judy Flynn Series 3 been wreaking havoc... Rollo …. Christopher Wilkinson A Kiss Is Just a Kiss Hugh Bonneville stars in Tony Bagley's comedy. Kerenski …. John Graham Davies Samuel turns his shop into a bar called Sam's place...and an old Robin ...... Hugh Bonneville Dempsey …. Kieran Cunningham flame called Ingrid turns up. Lesley ...... Josie Lawrence Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby Sitcom set just before the American War of Independence. Dirk ...... Steve Frost Producer: Dave Sheasby Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses. Julia ...... Barbara Murray First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991. McGurk ...... Andy Hamilton Penny ...... Melanie Hudson MON 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn Samuel ...... Jay Tarses Drunk ...... Harry Myers (b00pl15k) Captain Brimshaw ...... James Fleet Producer Claire Jones Episode 1 Mary ...... Jan Ravens First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999. The King's Men are out to catch the smugglers and their elusive Joshua ...... Tony Maudsley TUE 09:00 Clare in the Community (b0089j0c) ringleader. Russell Thorndike's adventure read by Rufus Sewell. Ezekiel ...... Hugh Dennis Series 1 MON 14:00 Foul Play (b0080shw) Cora ...... Penelope Nice Babysitter Series 1 Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer Clare Barker has entered a caring profession so that she can sort The Corpse in the Car Park First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. out other people's problems rather than deal with her own. Stars Crime writers John Harvey and Margaret Yorke try to solve a MON 23:00 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007qx6z) Sally Phillips. woman's death in a car park. Written and chaired by Simon Series 1 TUE 09:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting Brett. The Universe (b007jvf7) MON 14:30 Tales of Everyday Folk (b00vcr3j) The spoof TV sci-fi star explains life's big mysteries. Stars Series 1 Series 1 Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From October The Carpet Sweeper Episode 1 1992. Buying a new carpet sweeper for her elderly neighbour Betty Pakistan/Afghanistan: Felicity Finch - Ruth in 'The Archers' - MON 23:30 The Change (b00nxcbs) sparks a major operation for Linda. visits the sub-continent where they make an action-packed soap. Series 1 The first of two comedy series written by and starring Linda MON 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3dq) Lipstick Smith. The Wars of the Gael and the Gall; Viking Towns and Cities Carol's attempts at keeping George's little hobby a secret are Linda takes on the mantle of the United Nations as she tries to The country's epic story continues with the terror of the Viking thwarted when they bump into Maureen... broker a fragile peace between her morbid elderly neighbour invasion and the big fight back. With Richard Dormer. Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison star as troubled hormonal Betty and her live-in builder Chris. In the strife-torn streets of MON 15:15 Centurions (b007jzpy) wife Carol whose husband George has revealed that he's a East London, can bingo and musical theatre ever be reconciled? Martha Graham - Appalachian Spring transvestite. Linda ...... Linda Smith The Graham dancers and Judith Mackrell discuss the 1944 Sitcom by Gavin Petrie and Jan Etherington. Chris ...... Chris Neill dance which captured the pioneering spirit of the previous Carol ...... Lynda Bellingham Betty ...... Margaret John century. George ...... Chris Ellison Worra ...... Femi Elufowoju Jr MON 15:30 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kf0yx) Violet ...... Sylvia Syms Other parts played by Jeremy Hardy and Martin Hyder. Episode 6 Maureen ...... Maureen Beattie Guest appearances from Rabbi Lionel Blue and Jenni Murray. Nettie, Celie's sister, is in Africa - and Celie discovers the truth Dave ...... Mark Powley Producer: Lucy Armitage about the man she knows as Pa. Stars Nadine Marshall. Ken ...... James Vaughan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001. MON 15:45 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (b007jqlr) Jerry ...... Richard Standing TUE 10:00 Don Taylor - God's Revolution (b00vcwhw) Episode 16 Sonia ...... Emma Kennedy For the Agreement of the Sword Mary's romantic attachment to both the murder victim and the Producer: Maria Esposito 1649, and Cromwell is determined to foil the soldiers' rebellion. accused, make her the centre of gossip and attention. Stars First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001. English Civil War drama with Bernard Hepton and Graham Emma Rydal. Blockey. MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00vcrrj) TUE 11:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081syl) Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring TUESDAY 19 OCTOBER 2010 Episode 12 Broomstick Services by Ann Jungman; Whump! by Susie Day, Bernard is demobbed, but an indiscretion leads him to fear for Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 16 – 22 October 2010 Page 4 of 7 his life and postpone his homecoming. Stars Stephen Various …. Alan Tilvern Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Tompkinson. Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. TUE 11:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vcwjv) Music composed by Van Phillips Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Series 3 Written and produced by Charles Chilton. Rabinowitz. Surfing First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955. Producer: Dennis Main Wilson Detective Gwen Danbury investigates a headless corpse, while TUE 19:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1957. mum Joan puts herself in danger with the internet. Stars (b007jzkv) WED 08:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00vd7sd) . [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 4 TUE 12:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook TUE 19:30 Counterpoint (b00dp6f4) The Flying Squad (b007jzkv) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] The priest is put to the test when floods threaten the parish of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw) Mondo Piccolo. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From May TUE 12:30 Counterpoint (b00dp6f4) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] 2004. 2005 TUE 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn WED 09:00 PG Wodehouse (b00b41fq) Episode 5 (b00pl95h) What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning Ned Sherrin hosts the music quiz with Graham Bennett of [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Florence Craye Surbiton, Jerry Knowles of Selsey and Andrew Taylor from TUE 21:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081syl) Trapped in the Hampshire hamlet of Steeple Bumpleigh, Bertie Cambridge. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Wooster meets an old flame. TUE 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw) TUE 21:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vcwjv) PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Briers. 2. A Case of Hearts and Flowers TUE 22:00 Married (b007w523) Adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller. When his brother-in-law's Filofax is held to ransom, private eye [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern Steven J Blackburn investigates. TUE 22:30 Nebulous (b00h8n3w) Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers One of four more cases for the private investigator and his Series 1 Florence Craye ..... Bronwen Williams government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South The Coincidence Machine Stilton Cheesewright ..... Michael Kilgarriff Yorkshire town that's seen better days. As coincidences rocket - the professor suspects the world is Salesman ..... Bruce Bennett CAST: heading to coinci-clasm. Stars Mark Gatiss. From February Producer: Simon Brett Stephen J. Blackburn …. Finetime Fontayne 2005. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1978. Tracey Duggan …. Judy Flynn TUE 23:00 The Curried Goat Show (b009l70w) WED 09:30 Millport (b0076b7f) Mam …. Rita May Episode 4 Series 3 Shirley …. Christine Cox It's Fabric Night! Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Ben Silburn's sketch Reinstatement Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby bonanza. With guest James Fleet. From January 1998. As the first ferry of the holiday season arrives - why is Irene Producer: Dave Sheasby TUE 23:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00vcx38) back on the island? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991. Series 2 The third series of the bittersweet comedy written by and TUE 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn France starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, (b00pl95h) Captured by French revolutionaries, Tamsyn faces an who hankers after a better life on the mainland. Episode 2 excruciating torture involving a shuttlecock, some badminton Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson Dr Pepper's inquest opens and the daredevil takes Jerry Jerk rackets and two fat naked Germans. Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown under his wing. 18th century adventure read by Rufus Sewell. It's 1793 and in the small Cornish village of Drumlin Bay, Alberto/Dr Hume/Ferryman ...... Lewis McLeod TUE 14:00 Power Names (b00vcwld) heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny is still running rings around Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley American satirist Joe Queenan asks what's in a name? Fame, the customs men, assisted by her drunken father Jago. Minister ...... Robert Patterson embarrassment or power? From October 2004. Written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans TUE 14:30 'Right', Said Ted and Myles (b00vcwmh) Starring Sheridan Smith as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Music arranged by Olly Fox. Ted Dicks and Myles Rudge tell Philip Glassborow about their Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Producer: Lucy Bacon comedy records like 'Hole in The Ground' and 'Right Said Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2002. Fred'. Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey and Mark Perry as Hobbs. WED 10:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes TUE 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3fq) Producer: Jan Ravens. (b007jphk) Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf; A Trembling Sod First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. Episode 1 The country's epic story continues with a long-standing ruler Cornish parson's daughter Elfride becomes the object of and the impact of events in the year 1014. With James Greene. affection for two very different men. Stars Janet Maw and Sean TUE 15:15 Centurions (b007jzr8) WEDNESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2010 Arnold. Matisse - The Red Studio WED 11:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081vcg) Patrick Heron, AS Byatt and Jack Flam discuss the creation and WED 00:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007q9p3) Episode 13 enduring significance of the famous 1911 painting. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Hortense is forced to face up to the prejudice of 1940s Britain TUE 15:30 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kf4p0) WED 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space when she attempts to get a job. Stars Nadine Marshall. Episode 7 (b007jr4d) WED 11:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vd7x5) Angry Mister discovers Celie is set to go live with Shug in [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Series 3 Memphis. Stars Nadine Marshall and Nikki Amuka-Bird. WED 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw) Grinding TUE 15:45 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (b007jqm6) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday] The detective probes the theft of a valuable church painting, Episode 17 WED 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn and an old Suffolk mill is threatened. Stars Annette Badland. As Jem stands accused of murder, desperate Mary goes to (b00pl95h) WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007rgpj) in search of a witness. Stars Emma Rydal and Simon [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Trinder. WED 02:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081syl) WED 12:30 For Better or for Worse (b00vd7yn) TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00vcwvp) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Series 3 Chris Pizzey presents an hour of children's stories, featuring WED 02:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vcwjv) Episode 6 Broomstick Services by Ann Jungman; Whump! by Susie Day, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] Bernard strides manfully to the cricket crease, but can he save read by Rob Brydon, and Vinegar Street by Philip Ridley. WED 03:00 Don Taylor - God's Revolution (b00vcwhw) the day? Stars Su Pollard and Gorden Kaye. From February TUE 17:00 Clare in the Community (b0089j0c) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] 1996. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED 04:00 Clare in the Community (b0089j0c) WED 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7) TUE 17:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] Series 2 (b007jvf7) WED 04:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting 3. A Case of a Golden Smile [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] (b007jvf7) When Betty Ackroyd sees her husband Archie on a TV quiz TUE 18:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007q9p3) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] show, it's for the first time since he walked out 30 years ago. 1972-80 Trajectories WED 05:00 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00s7n3t) Private eye Stephen J Blackburn investigates. Geologist Natalie York must decide whether she wants to Episode 1 One of four more cases for the private investigator and his compete for a place on the first manned mission to Mars. Huck joins Tom Sawyer's new gang - and a figure from his past government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Stephen Baxter's 1996 novel presents an alternative history of returns. Martin T Sherman reads the 19th century classic. Yorkshire town that's seen better days. the US space programme. WED 05:10 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00s7sv7) CAST: Dramatised in five parts by Dirk Maggs Episode 2 Stephen J. Blackburn …. Finetime Fontayne Starring Laurel Lefklow as Natalie York, William Dufris as Pap comes after Huck for the money, kidnapping him in the Tracey Duggan …. Judy Flynn Mike Conlig, Michael Roberts as Gregory Dana, Vincent process. Narrated by Martin T Sherman. Mam …. Rita May Marzello as Joe Muldoon, Frank Lazarus as Chuck Jones, WED 05:20 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00s8fh8) Mrs Ackroyd …. Ann Rye Russell Bentley as Jim Dana, William Roberts as Ben Priest, Episode 3 Ted of Mansfield …. Norman Mills Mel Taylor as Ralph Gershon and Rolf Saxon as Phil Stone. Can Huck ever escape from his violent drunkard of a father? Nigel Phillips …. John Basham Music by Wilfredo Acosta. Martin T Sherman reads the American children's classic. Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby Producer: Dirk Maggs WED 05:30 Charles Dickens' Great Expectations Producer: Dave Sheasby First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. (b00s648p) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991. TUE 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr4d) Episode 11 WED 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn The World in Peril Pip's burns are tended - while startling facts about Estella are (b00plsq6) Episode 2 revealed. Stars John Shrapnel and Douglas Hodge. Episode 3 Jet and Lemmy hear weird sounds as they examine asteroids WED 06:00 20/10/2010 (b00vd7py) Will Rash's desire for Imogene lead to violence? Romney newly orbiting Earth. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Marsh-based smuggling adventure read by Rufus Sewell. Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures BBC Radio 7. WED 14:00 Paint It Black (b007jxq4) of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007rgpj) "Henry Moore would have given his hind teeth to have created preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’. Series 4 something like this." CAST: The 13th of the Series Felicity Finch Accompanies a group of cave artists as they Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds The lad gets triskaidekaphobic over the recording an episode of brave the dark and claustrophobic atmosphere of tunnels and Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp his show numbered between 12 and 14. the magnificence of gigantic chambers deep beneath the earth's Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter Starring Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth surface in their quest to paint the underground world. Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass Williams and Hattie Jacques. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 16 – 22 October 2010 Page 5 of 7 WED 14:30 Footlight Fairies (b007k2n0) WED 23:30 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007n1wk) Andy ...... Tony Gardner The story of 19th-century reformer Millicent Fawcett, who Prodigal Son Returns - Veal Off Producer: Liz Anstee campaigned to remove children from the stage. With Susannah Having escaped the clutches of the B-movie Russian gangsters, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001. Clapp. Tony Hardstaff returns to West Yorkshire and the bosom of the THU 09:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00vdbsm) WED 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3gn) family he left a decade earlier. Series 5 The Rape of Dervogilla; At Baginbun Ireland Was Lost and But things in the town of Grimedale have changed, and his Episode 3 Won 183-year-old father Obadiah and mother Alice are less than Scandal rocks the Parish Council, but can they keep it off the The country's colourful and vivid story continues with events pleased to meet him. front pages? Political satire with John Baddeley. From July leading up to the Norman invasion. With Frances Tomelty. Nick Revell 's epic comedy saga continues. 1992. WED 15:15 Centurions (b007jxf8) Tony ...... Nick Revell THU 09:30 Street and Lane (b00vdbvk) Mies van der Rohe - Seagram Tower Obadiah ...... David Swift Series 1 Penny Spark and Deyan Sudjic reflect on the work of one of Alice ...... Maggie Steed Singing Detectives the most influential architects of the century. Jane ...... Alison Steadman Intrepid Yorkshire builders, Johnny Street and Arthur Lane WED 15:30 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfqdm) Dave/Carl ...... Peter Serafinowcz welcome Tina, a glamorous young woman on work experience - Episode 8 Joanna ...... Natalie Walter as they seek out the origins of a nasty smell in a school under Celie's stepfather dies and she inherits more than she ever Jeff ...... Peter Gunn the nose of caretaker and music-theatre aficionado Sidney dreamed. But her happiness is short-lived. Stars Nadine The Narrator ...... Alistair McGowan Sanderson. Marshall. Music composed by Paul Mottram. Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby. WED 15:45 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (b007jqml) Producer: Paul Schlesinger Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane Episode 18 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997. Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne Jem's defence has little chance of success without an alibi, and Tina ...... Hannah Storey Mary is lost in Liverpool. Stars Emma Rydal and Roy Hudd. Sanderson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00vd9n4) THURSDAY 21 OCTOBER 2010 Producer: David Hunter Chris Pizzey presents children's stories, featuring Broomstick First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005. Services by Ann Jungman; Whump! by Susie Day, read by Rob THU 00:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007qbdb) THU 10:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jpj0) Brydon, and Vinegar Street by Philip Ridley. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Episode 2 WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse (b00b41fq) THU 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr72) After failing to marry Stephen, Elfride meets and falls in love [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] with his mentor Henry. Stars Jeremy Irons and Janet Maw. WED 17:30 Millport (b0076b7f) THU 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7) THU 11:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081w1h) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday] Episode 14 WED 18:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007qbdb) THU 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn Queenie gives birth to a beautiful baby boy, but who is the 1980 Apollo N (b00plsq6) father? Stars Lyndsey Marshal and Stephen Tompkinson. Natalie York has qualified as an astronaut, but the nuclear [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday] THU 11:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vdc15) booster test is about to change her life for ever... THU 02:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081vcg) Series 3 Stephen Baxter's 1996 novel presents an alternative history of [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Family Ties the US space programme. THU 02:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vd7x5) When the detective takes her mother Joan on a murder mystery Dramatised in five parts by Dirk Maggs [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] weekend, the charades take a realistic turn. Stars Margaret Starring Laurel Lefklow as Natalie York, William Dufris as THU 03:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes Tyzack. Mike Conlig, Michael Roberts as Gregory Dana, Vincent (b007jphk) THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jq80) Marzello as Joe Muldoon, Frank Lazarus as Chuck Jones, [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Russell Bentley as Jim Dana, William Roberts as Ben Priest, THU 04:00 PG Wodehouse (b00b41fq) THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00vdc3h) Mel Taylor as Ralph Gershon and Rolf Saxon as Phil Stone. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Series 5 Music by Wilfredo Acosta. THU 04:30 Millport (b0076b7f) Episode 4 Producer: Dirk Maggs [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Greyhounds in conversation - and a trip to the South Pole. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. THU 05:00 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00s8lg0) More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and WED 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space Episode 4 parodies. (b007jr72) Huck thinks it's time to find out who else is living on the island. Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall The World in Peril Classic tale narrated by Martin T Sherman. and Bill Oddie. Episode 3 THU 05:10 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00s9f4h) Written by David Hatch and Bill Oddie. Captain Jet Morgan and his crew get on the trail of Earth's alien Episode 5 Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue visitors. Can Huck and Jim stay safe on the island? Huck goes into town 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures in disguise to find out what's going on. Read by Martin T quickly developed a cult following. of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the Sherman. Music and songs by Dave Lee, Leon Cohen and Bill Oddie. preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’. THU 05:20 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00sbf7j) Producer: Humphrey Barclay. CAST: Episode 6 First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1967. Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds The two adventurers make their home on the river, but can Jim THU 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt) Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp hold on to his dreams of freedom? Narrated by Martin T Series 2 Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter Sherman. 4. A Case of Whistle and Run Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass THU 05:30 Charles Dickens' Great Expectations A routine case for private eye Stephen J Blackburn starts to Various …. Alan Tilvern (b00s6bpb) look like his final investigation Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs Episode 12 One of four more cases for the private investigator and his Music composed by Van Phillips After debt-laden Pip becomes ill with a fever, he starts to face government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Written and produced by Charles Chilton. his future. Stars Amanda Redman and Douglas Hodge. Yorkshire town that's seen better days. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955. THU 06:00 21/10/2010 (b00vdbf5) CAST: WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007rgpj) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Stephen J. Blackburn …. Finetime Fontayne [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] BBC Radio 7. Tracey Duggan …. Judy Flynn WED 19:30 For Better or for Worse (b00vd7yn) THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jq80) Mam …. Rita May [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] The Million Pound Penny Angela …. Daryl Fishwick WED 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7) Two tales for the price of one - The Sockjelly Murder and the Rodney …. Christopher [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] story of Ned The Miser! Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby WED 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Producer: Dave Sheasby (b00plsq6) Milligan. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Starring: THU 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn WED 21:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081vcg) Peter Sellers (b00pmgxd) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Harry Secombe Episode 4 WED 21:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vd7x5) Spike Milligan The daredevil hears the Captain's theory, and Jerry Jerk gets an [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were invitation. Smuggling adventure read by Rufus Sewell. WED 22:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00vd7sd) recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest THU 14:00 Trivia Test Match (b00vdc9q) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] shows weren’t kept in the archive. From 24/09/1991 WED 22:30 The Big Booth (b007k1xy) With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. Brian Johnston umpires, as Tim Rice and Robin Bailey battle Series 1 Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Willie Rushton and Bob 'The Cat' Bevan. From September Episode 3 Announcer: Wallace Greenslade 1991. Boothby Graffoe returns with more sketches, songs and Producer: John Browell THU 14:30 Lost Voices (b007jxz6) cigarette warnings. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1958. David Rayvern Allen asks what happens when opera singers fall With Simon Evans, Vivienne Soan and Big Al. THU 08:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dyydg) silent. With Norma Burrowes, Rosa Mannion and Isobel Special guests: Ned Sherrin and singer John Otway. Series 1 Buchanan. Producer: Lucy Armitage Episode 4 THU 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3hm) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000. April Prescott is looking for love, Katie is waiting for her baby A Tale of Two Sieges; Henry II Comes to Ireland WED 23:00 The Skivers (b007yt85) to finally arrive and Daniel and Lucy are waiting for the day The country's epic story continues with the Norman invasion Series 2 they will all leave them in peace. and the arrival of fresh royalty. With Richard Dormer. Adam Ant David Tennant and Liz Carling star in David Spicer's sitcom. THU 15:15 Centurions (b007k1px) The secrets of Des Lynham and Sue Cook are revealed. Modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of a Orson Welles, Citizen Kane Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with 30-something couple with no kids. The greatest film of all time? 'The best train set a boy ever special guest Adam Ant – with his greatest hits heard as never Daniel ...... David Tennant had?' A movie about a sledge? In 1941 Welles bullied, cajoled before... Lucy ...... Liz Carling and badgered his fellow collaborators and turned the dream Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh. Katie ...... Meera Syal factory of Hollywood on its head to give the world 'Citizen With Peter Bradshaw and Mel Giedroyc April ...... Felicity Montague Kane'. A first-time film-maker's masterclass - a deep focus Producer: Jon Naismith Peter ...... Rob Harley dream of an American life. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995. Clive ...... Matthew Bell Biographer and writer David Thomson, director Peter Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 16 – 22 October 2010 Page 6 of 7 Bogdanovich and screenwriter John Logan celebrate this FRIDAY 22 OCTOBER 2010 Father Francis ...... Nickolas Grace universal portrait of failure, decline and self-destruction that Slow Ned ...... Chris Emmett has haunted film-makers and audiences ever since. FRI 00:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007qgns) Gazebo Fogg ...... Jack Klaff Produced by Mark Burnham. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Captain Arise Higgs ...... Alun Armstrong First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. FRI 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007k42r) Posthumous ...... Nicky Henson THU 15:30 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfsl0) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Counter Tenor ...... Peter Hayward Episode 9 FRI 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt) Lettice ...... Jane Whittenshaw Celie has returned home - and she and Mister have become [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday] Producer: Jonathan James-Moore friends. Stars Nadine Marshall and Eamonn Walker. FRI 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. THU 15:45 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (b00805l4) (b00pmgxd) FRI 10:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jpjg) Episode 19 [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday] Episode 3 Jem's mother is forced to give evidence against him at his trial, FRI 02:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081w1h) After seeing Stephen at the church, Elfride procrastinates over and there is no sign of a crucial witness. Stars Emma Rydal. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] telling Henry of her past. Stars Jeremy Irons and Janet Maw. THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00vdcbr) FRI 02:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vdc15) FRI 11:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081wmy) Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Episode 15 Dribblesome Teapots by Norman Hunter; Whump! by Susie FRI 03:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes (b007jpj0) Confronted by the consequences of her actions, Queenie makes Day, read by Rob Brydon, and Vinegar Street by Philip Ridley. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] the most difficult decision of her life. Stars Lyndsey Marshal. THU 17:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00vdbsm) FRI 04:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00vdbsm) FRI 11:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vdg7w) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Series 3 THU 17:30 Street and Lane (b00vdbvk) FRI 04:30 Street and Lane (b00vdbvk) The Tunnel [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Back from shopping in France, detective Gwen's mother Joan THU 18:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007qgns) FRI 05:00 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00sbrl2) learns of the suspicious death of a friend. Stars Annette 1981-85 Approaches Episode 7 Badland. Following the Apollo-N disaster, Natalie York's prospects for a Huck and Jim take pity on two men on the run, but are they FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00vdfdq) seat on the mission to Mars look bleak. really who they say they are? Classic tale read by Martin T [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Stephen Baxter's 1996 novel presents an alternative history of Sherman. FRI 12:30 Listen to Les (b00cz801) the US space programme. FRI 05:10 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00sbs1t) From 24/07/1983 Dramatised in five parts by Dirk Maggs Episode 8 Les Dawson's line-up including snobby Cissie Braithwaite Starring Laurel Lefklow as Natalie York, William Dufris as Huck and Jim start to suspect the fraudsters, but is it too late? instructing Ada Shufflebotham on the etiquette of fox hunting. Mike Conlig, Michael Roberts as Gregory Dana, Vincent Classic American children's tale narrated by Martin T Sherman. With Roy Barraclough, Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn. Marzello as Joe Muldoon, Mel Taylor as Ralph Gershon and FRI 05:20 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00sctqx) Music by Brian Fitzgerald. Rolf Saxon as Phil Stone. Episode 9 Scripted and produced by James Casey. Music by Wilfredo Acosta. In his bid to rescue Jim, Huck encounters a familiar face from First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1983. Producer: Dirk Maggs the past. Classic children's tale narrated by Martin T Sherman. FRI 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w4dj) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. FRI 05:30 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (b00scz3d) Series 3 THU 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space Episode 10 1. A Case of Winners and Losers (b007k42r) Tom and Huck conspire to free Jim, but things don't go as Private-eye Steven J Blackburn is still trailing his assistant The World in Peril planned when Tom gets injured in the process. Read by Martin behind him, but she's rapidly catching up. At the allotments, a Episode 4 T Sherman. mucky war of the flowers has broken out. After an attempt on their lives, Jet and crew fight against time FRI 05:40 Just William (b00sjpnm) Finetime Fontayne stars as Stephen J Blackburn. to blast off back to Mars All the News One of four more cases for the ex-pitman turned investigator Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures Mischievous schoolboy William Brown sets out to wreak havoc, and his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the but is hindered by Violet Elizabeth. Read by Martin Jarvis. South Yorkshire town that's seen better days. preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’. FRI 06:00 22/10/2010 (b00vddg0) Stephen J Blackburn ...... Finetime Fontayne CAST: Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Tracey Duggan ...... Judy Flynn Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds BBC Radio 7. Ted Turner ...... Chris Brailsford Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00vdfdq) Dr Hatten ...... Christopher Wilkinson Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter Series 1 Dad ...... John Branwell Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass The Admiral's Party Written by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby Various …. Alan Tilvern Pertwee's relative has a Portsmouth posting - so can the Chief Director: Dave Sheasby Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs ensure luxury accommodation? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993. Music composed by Van Phillips Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as FRI 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn Written and produced by Charles Chilton. the Chief Petty Officer, Dennis Price as Number One, Richard (b00pn48f) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955. Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Episode 5 THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jq80) Bates as Commander Shaw, as AS Johnson and The Scarecrow winds up business as Doctor Syn prepares to [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] as the Admiral. leave his parish. 18th century adventure read by Rufus Sewell. THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00vdc3h) The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC FRI 14:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k3kj) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Radio between 1959 and 1976. [Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday] THU 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt) Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. FRI 14:30 The Complete Caledonian Imbiber (b00pgnqg) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. [Repeat of broadcast at 05:30 on Saturday] THU 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1959. FRI 15:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3jg) (b00pmgxd) FRI 08:30 Chambers (b007jpd0) Conquests and a Failed Treaty; John, Lord of Ireland [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Series 2 The country's epic story. There are terrible battles under King THU 21:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081w1h) Conditional Fees Henry II, and then a new leader arrives. With Frances Tomelty. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] John Fuller-Carp wants victory in a 'no win, no fee' case of a FRI 15:15 Centurions (b007k0j2) THU 21:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vdc15) broken thumb involving a can of figs Piet Mondrian - Composition with Red, Black, Blue and Yellow [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Clive Coleman’s sitcom set in perhaps the country's least The Dutch Artist's pioneering abstract work of 1921 is THU 22:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dyydg) spectacular law chambers. discussed by Anna Moszynska and David Batchelor. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird FRI 15:30 Alice Walker - The Color Purple (b00kfx33) THU 22:30 The Hare Lane Diaries (b00m2dcc) Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet Episode 10 Episode 5 Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd Shug is back! - and surprise visitors arrive for Celie. Stars As Rex and landlady Jessica yearn for adventure, they must Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Nadine Marshall and Nikki Amuka-Bird. unexpectedly cooperate. Stars David Bamber. From September Philip James ...... Chris Pavlo FRI 15:45 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (b007jqng) 2001. Shearing ...... Peter Gunn Episode 20 THU 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b007k4h5) Masterson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead After the verdict at his murder trial, Jem's thoughts turn to his Series 1 Producer: Paul Schlesinger childhood sweetheart. Stars Emma Rydal and David Calder. Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998. FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00vdgtc) When a new coroner arrives, Ruth wants him to send her the FRI 09:00 Anything Legal (b008cxvk) Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The most interesting autopsy cases. Episode 7 Dribblesome Teapots by Norman Hunter; Whump! by Susie Laurence Howarth’s sitcom set in the fascinating, but The do-it-yourself skills of Charles and George arouse the Day, read by Rob Brydon, and Vinegar Street by Philip Ridley. misunderstood world of the pathology lab. suspicions of their wives Marjorie and Hilary. FRI 17:00 Anything Legal (b008cxvk) Dr Anthony Webster ...... Peter Davison Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Dr Ruth Anderson ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly FRI 17:30 The Sit Crom (b00m0zyl) Professor Donaldson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Charles ...... Donald Hewlett [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Gordon ...... Tom Price George ...... Michael Knowles FRI 18:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007q9ld) Chloe ...... Marianne Levy Marjorie ...... Dilys Laye 1985-86 Project Ares Simon ...... Gus Brown Hilary ...... Norma Ronald The first manned mission to Mars lifts off on a perilous journey Daniel Kasper ...... Laurence Howarth Theme music by Jim Parker of discovery - both scientific and personal. With Stephen Critchlow and Beth Chalmers Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Conclusion of Stephen Baxter's 1996 novel presenting an Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984. alternative history of the US space programme. Producer: Dawn Ellis FRI 09:30 The Sit Crom (b00m0zyl) Dramatised in five parts by Dirk Maggs First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003. Thick Fog in All Areas Starring Laurel Lefklow as Natalie York, Rolf Saxon as Phil THU 23:30 Half Sketch (b0081csd) Tobias Thynne finds an unusual way to avoid the Devil's Stone, William Dufris as Adam Bleeker, Michael Roberts as Series 3 vegetables and all is confusion upon the heath. Voice of NASA, Mel Taylor as Ralph Gershon and Vincent Episode 1 Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War. Marzello as Joe Muldoon. Tony Blair's pact with the Devil. Topical comedy from Sir John Firebasket ...... Joss Ackland Music by Wilfredo Acosta. Northern Ireland's comedy troupe. Stars Tim McGarry. From Lady Anne Firebasket ...... Denise Coffey Producer: Dirk Maggs January 2000. Tobias Thynne ...... Clive Merrison First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. Mercy, alias Melissa ...... Miriam Margoyles FRI 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrdj) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 16 – 22 October 2010 Page 7 of 7 The World in Peril Episode 5 Jet and Lemmy monitor strange calls on the ship-to-ship intercom. It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion. Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’. CAST: Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass Various …. Alan Tilvern Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs Music composed by Van Phillips Written and produced by Charles Chilton. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955. FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00vdfdq) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 Listen to Les (b00cz801) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] FRI 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w4dj) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] FRI 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Last of Doctor Syn (b00pn48f) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] FRI 21:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081wmy) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vdg7w) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 Chambers (b007jpd0) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 22:30 Hair in the Gate (b007k3mm) Series 1 Episode 2 Camilla revamps the TV arts show when budgets must be slashed. Stars Harriet Thorpe and Alistair McGowan. From September 1993. FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b00c6jfr) Series 5 Moral Leadership Mankind is now so sinful that they're all coming to Hell and the place is full to bursting. The only way to stop the flow is to persuade humanity to be good - but that's quite a tall order for the Prince of Darkness. Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell. Satan …. Andy Hamilton Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville God …. David Swift The Professor …. James Grout Other characters played by Philip Pope, Nick Revell and Michael Fenton Stevens Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005. FRI 23:30 The Little Big Woman Radio Show (b007k2dd) Somewhere over the Rainbow Actress wannabe Cynthia dreams of treading the boards instead of office temping. Stars Llewella Gideon. From February 2001. FRI 23:45 The In Crowd (b0089jj8) Series 1 Episode 4 Sketch show from 's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From August 2001.

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