Radio 7 Listings for 15 – 21 May 2010 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 15 MAY 2010 Aunt Ada Doom ..... Fabia Drake Dramatised by Brian Miller. Meriam ..... Amanda Murray Maxim de Winter …. Christopher Cazenove SAT 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxhj) Mrs Beetle ..... Miriam Margolyes Mrs de Winter …. Janet Maw Series 1 Mrs Murther ..... Diana Bishop Mrs Danvers …. Rosalie Crutchley Unravelled Mr Mybug ..... Michael Spice Jack Favell …. Nicholas Grace Things go from strange to stranger for Edna, Tankerton and Waitress ..... Kathryn Hurlbutt Colonel Julyan …. Frederick Treves both the Carlos... Music: Terence Allbright Mrs Van Hopper …. Irene Sutcliffe Conclusion of series one of Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga. Director: Ian Cotterell Frith …. John Gabriel Edna ...... Sarah Solemani First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1981 Beatrice …. Margaret Courtenay Tankerton ...... Ben Moor SAT 03:55 - In a Nutshell (b00sj8xc) Ben …. Danny Schiller Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey An Instant Opinion Clarice …. Elizabeth Mansfield Grant ...... Tim Key "Nowadays, the key question in any political or philosophical Horridge …. Brian Miller Producer: Colin Anderson movement is, "Can we get it on a badge?" Tabb …. John Bull Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006. Leonard Rossiter (1926-1984) delivers a satirical musing on the Dr Baker …. Geoffrey Whitehead SAT 00:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00hql36) effect of slogans on badges and t-shirts. Director: Cherry Cookson Peter F Hamilton - If At First ... Written by Barry Pilton. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1989 Some of the very best classic and contemporary sci-fi and Producer: Louise Purslow SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00sdrj4) fantasy writers come together in this series of four fantastic First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1981. : One, Two, Buckle My Shoe journeys featuring flights of fancy, time travel, magical SAT 04:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvg6) The murder of the Belgian detective's dentist sparks a chain of transporters and alternate realities Episode 5 even more gruesome events. Stars John Moffatt and Tom How does multi-millionaire businessman, Marcus Orthew, When Jack's old chum Ralph comes to visit with his trophy George. always manage to stay one step ahead of the game - he refers to wife Kirstie, Jack feels the need to invent a fiancee. SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00sdrj6) the names of technological devices before they've been Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars as Jack, Hercule Poirot: One, Two, Buckle my Shoe invented; he seems to have an uncanny knack of being able to Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Hercule Poirot: One, Two, Buckle my Shoe. predict the downfall of high-profile public figures years before Simon Greenall as Andy, John Duttine as Ralph and Debra SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00sdrj8) the event? Detective Inspector, David Lanson, is interviews a Stephenson as Kirstie. Hercule Poirot: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe suspect arrested for stalking the multi-millionaire. During the Producer: Liz Anstee Mystery still surrounds the death of the Belgian detective's course of this interrogation, Orthew's incredible story is First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. dentist. Was it suicide or was it murder? Stars John Moffatt. revealed. SAT 04:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00sdrjb) Written by Peter F. Hamilton. (b007qg0y) Hercule Poirot: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Read by Sam Dale. Series 2 A corpse is found with a mutilated face - another of the Series abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins. Episode 5 dentist's patients. John Moffatt stars as the Belgian detective. First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2009. Eric is a far from fair cop and there’s some monkey business in SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00sdrjd) SAT 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxgg) Ernie's latest masterpiece ‘The Mighty Kong’. Hercule Poirot: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe One, Two Buckle My Shoe Written by Eddie Braben. With a killer at large, the detective finds inspiration in the Episode 5 With Nicola Pagett and Elaine Delmar. words of a psalm sung by the village choir. Stars John Moffat. With a killer still at large, the Belgian detective finds inspiration Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra. SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kmlrp) in the words of a psalm sung by the village church choir. Producer: John Browell [Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today] Conclusion of 's whodunit starring John Moffatt First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976. SAT 18:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope as Hercule Poirot. SAT 05:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kmlrp) Hodgson (b007x08g) Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Series 5 1. The Manuscript Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt Episode 31 Two friends are camping near the bleak ruins of a huge old Chief ...... Philip Jackson The American funny man is in Durham, North Carolina, with house in a remote spot in the west of Ireland, when they Frank Carter ...... Dominic Colchester southern string band Big Medicine and Linda and Robin discover a ragged manuscript. Alistair Blunt ...... Philip Franks Williams. It purports to be the journal of an old recluse who once lived in Jane Olivera ...... Amanda Waring SAT 06:00 15/05/2010 (b00sdq93) the house with his sister. The manuscript describes his Mr Barnes ...... Patrick Godfrey Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on terrifying experiences of being besieged by supernatural Howard Raikes ...... Robert Portal BBC Radio 7. creatures and another dimension... Original music composed by Tom Smail. SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00sdq95) Read by Jim Norton. Director: Enyd Williams Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004. Mystery of the Persian Poisoner, Harvey Angell, Grizzly Tales novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. SAT 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j1w35) for Gruesome Kids: The New Nanny, and Beyond the Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall. Series 1 Deepwoods. Producer: Lawrence Jackson 1. Vanished SAT 09:00 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. A man mysteriously disappears en route from to start a (b007k4fj) First broadcast in September 2007. new secret new job in Leeds. But when detectives Trueman and Episode 1 SAT 18:30 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00n3mhq) Riley start to probe, they uncover a deeper mystery... Ducking London society, Lady Dona St Columb finds passion Anomalies Brian B. Thompson's detective series about the ill-matched duo and adventure in . Classic love drama with Lorna By Gregory Benford. The mystery behind the moon jumping is set in Leeds. Heilbron. orbit. Britain's leading sci-fi exponent presents his favourite CAST: SAT 09:30 Freedom Pass (b00sdqhw) stories. Read by Peter Marinker. D.I. Trueman …. Robert Daws Episode 1 SAT 18:45 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00n5ny3) D.S. Riley …. Duncan Preston Eligible for free local buses, sexagenarians Alan Coren and The Cage Janie Tully …. Amy Robbins Christopher Matthew jump on board for an adventure. From By Bertram Chandler. Captives must prove rationality. Britain's Nick Tully …. John Dougal October 2003. leading sci-fi exponent selects his favourite stories. Read by The Barmaid …. Rachel Bavidge SAT 10:00 The Navy Lark: Left Hand Down A Bit, with Catherine Cusack. The duo began life on BBC Radio 4 in 2002, with Detective Leslie Phillips (b00sdrj2) SAT 19:00 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek Inspector Trueman called back to work after a nervous Cast member Leslie Phillips roams the high seas of comedy, (b007k4fj) breakdown in order to solve a high profile murder case, backed with a three hour celebration of the long-running BBC radio [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] up by Detective Superintendent Riley. This was followed by favourite. SAT 19:30 Freedom Pass (b00sdqhw) three new plays in 2005. The Navy Lark is almost as much of a national institution as the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Director: Toby Swift Navy itself. With a worldwide following, it remains one of BBC SAT 20:00 The Navy Lark: Left Hand Down A Bit, with Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007. radio's most fondly remembered comedies, and continues to Leslie Phillips (b00sdrj2) SAT 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00scynn) entertain new generations of listeners. Sub-Lieutenant Leslie [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Episode 35 Phillips welcomes you aboard the infamous HMS Troutbridge SAT 23:00 Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow Adam urges Eve to seek peace with God through repentance. for a voyage through six classic episodes in the life and times of (b00sdrsv) Stars Linus Roache, Federay Holmes and Denis Quilley. a legendary comic flagship. Episode 1 SAT 02:15 (b007jlzt) Find out how The Navy Lark got started; discover who might The suspicious Greenlander investigates the death of a His Last Bow have been in starring roles; learn how the cast of the radio series neighbour's son in snowy Copenhagen. Thriller read by Siobhan The Bruce Partington Plans were invited to take large bits of a real-life ship ! What other Redmond. With national security at stake, the sleuth's brother Mycroft popular "Larks" appeared on radio? How did the Troutbridge SAT 23:15 Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow heads to Baker Street. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael crew come to be running their own TV company? How exactly (b00sdrsx) Williams. did Sub-Lieutenant Phillips get through Dartmouth? All is Episode 2 SAT 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k22w) revealed. When the police close the case on young Isaiah's death, the Amos's Call Featured Episodes: suspicious Greenlander takes action. Read by Siobhan Flora aims to tidy up the Starkadders, and the apocalyptic Operation Fag End [January 1959] Redmond. ravings of preacher Amos. The Hank of Heather [April 1959] SAT 23:30 Adam Baron - Shut Eye (b00sdrsz) Flora believes that unless life is tidy, one cannot even begin to The Lighthouse Lark [January 1960] Episode 1 enjoy it - and life with her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm A Deliberate Bashing [April 1963] As ex-cop Billy Rucker looks for runaways around London's promises to be anything but. Mr. Phillips at Dartmouth [October 1967] seamy King's Cross, a murderer strikes. Stars David . Starring Patricia Gallimore and Elizabeth Proud. The Jubilee Navy Lark [July 1977] Stella Gibbons' tale of early-20th-century rural England Produced by Martin Dempsey dramatised by Elizabeth Proud. Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2006. SUNDAY 16 MAY 2010 Flora Poste ..... Patricia Gallimore SAT 13:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4b7) Stella Gibbons ..... Elizabeth Proud Rebecca SUN 00:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope John Westbrook ..... John Westbrook Arriving at Manderley, the young Mrs de Winter finds the Hodgson (b007x08g) Reuben Starkadder ..... Trevor Martin beautiful mansion and its occupants haunted by memories of [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps Rebecca - the first wife of her new husband Maxim... SUN 00:30 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00n3mhq) Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Probert Christopher Cazenove and Janet Maw star in Daphne Du [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis Maurier’s classic 1938 novel. SUN 00:45 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00n5ny3) Supported by .co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 15 – 21 May 2010 Page 2 of 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday] it out over the latest news events. From 7 May 2010. Milne's tale of the much-loved bear. SUN 01:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4b7) SUN 17:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b007jwfp) Winnie-the-Pooh has given delight to generations of children [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] and adults. The book was first published on 14th October 1926, SUN 02:30 Roger Danes - Scarlet on Black (b007jwvg) SUN 18:00 (b00sdxsf) though the bear 'of very little brain' had previously featured in a Fast-moving thriller set in 1990s Paris. Prison official Yvette Orbis poem and a tale in a newspaper. His success has long continued Lalande is kidnapped on her way to work by a notorious group Episode 1 through theatre, TV and film. of terrorists. But what is the link to events in Algeria thirty Lucie is kidnapped and the Doctor is living on a watery world The honey-loving hero is styled on the teddy bear of the years before? It appears 'someone in authority' has good reason under threat. Stars Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith and Andrew author's son and his co-stars, like Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger, are to hamper Commissaire Grosset's police investigations. Sachs. based on the rest of Christopher Robin Milne's own soft toys. Starring David Calder as Commissaire Grosset, Peter Jeffrey as SUN 18:30 The Price of Fear (b007jnd6) Adapted and produced by Colin Smith Michel Corbillard, Alex Jennings as Jean Lenoir, Patti The Waxwork First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984. Holloway as Yvette Lalande and Natasha Pyne as Danielle Horror legend Vincent Price tells the mortifying tale of a man MON 06:00 17/05/2010 (b00sf0l7) Lesueur. who spends the night among wax dummies. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Scripted by Roger Danes Starring Peter Barkworth, Joan Cooper, Cyril Shaps and BBC7. Directed by Glyn Dearman Christopher Bidmead. MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jprv) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. AM Burrage’s story dramatised by Barry Campbell. Series 3 SUN 04:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kmlrp) Producer: John Dyas The Godiva Affair [Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday] First broadcast on BBC World Service in 1973. The Home Guard platoon holds a Spitfire fundraiser, but SUN 05:00 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek SUN 19:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jpqw) Corporal Jones is pining for Mrs Fox. (b007k4fj) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday] SUN 19:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jt2l) scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. SUN 05:30 Freedom Pass (b00sdqhw) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday] SUN 20:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost - Omnibus Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier SUN 06:00 16/05/2010 (b00sds00) (b00sds04) Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Private Frazer …. John Laurie BBC Radio 7. SUN 21:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jyd8) Private Pike …. SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00sds02) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The SUN 21:30 Winston (b007qzh8) Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee Mystery of the Persian Poisoner, Harvey Angell, Grizzly Tales [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today] Mrs Fox …. Mollie Sugden for Gruesome Kids, and Beyond the Deepwoods. SUN 22:00 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00dy51z) Producer: John Dyas SUN 09:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost - Omnibus Cities and Laws First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976. (b00sds04) What are the flaws in the urban democratic system? MON 08:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Episode 7 Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of Overcoat (b00nd0t5) Eve persuades Adam to taste the Forbidden Fruit. Epic poem civilisation, Chris Addison explains exactly what we need to The Two Ivans starring Federay Holmes, Linus Roache and Denis Quilley. create a new one. In a sleepy Russian town, a careless insult changes the lives of SUN 10:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jyd8) With: two neighbours. Stars Griff Rhys Jones. From March 2002. Series 2 Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern) MON 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008d0hd) Great Uncle Crow Jo Enright Series 2 A young boy gets to know his eccentric relative with a fondness Dan Tetsell Episode 3 for moorhen eggs, cress and 'neck oil'. Read by David Neal. Producer: Simon Nicholls JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, SUN 10:30 Winston (b007qzh8) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. , John Sessions and John Wells. From July Winston Comes to Town SUN 22:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b00sdyxt) 1991. Has Anyone Seen Winston? Series 3 MON 09:30 Capital Gains (b007rq8b) The family has moved to London. Old rogue Winston spends Muhammad Ali Series 1 hours up a tree in the garden, but nd then he disappears... The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of the Capital Return Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as life and career of the world heavyweight boxer. From October Home at last, how will Julius Hutch come to terms with the Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, 2002. bank that made him rich? Can he set himself up to live happily Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William. SUN 23:00 Witty and Twisted (b00sdyxw) ever after? Director: Shaun MacLoughlin. A Series of Psychotic Episodes Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch. First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 1990. Surreal and sublime sketch comedy. Miriam Elia's winning Written by Collin Johnson. SUN 11:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b007jwfp) entry, which spawned her own Radio 7 series. From March Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones Jasper Carrott 2007. Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall The born stand-up comedian chats about his career SUN 23:15 Witty and Twisted (b00s5nfx) Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham and reveals which funny folk make him laugh. From January James Kettle's Skyscraping Ambitions Peter Fang ...... Peter Whitman 2006. Comedy about a man trying to make it big in the world of News Reader ...... Collin Johnson SUN 12:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jpqw) business - like TS Eliot did. Stars James Kettle. From April Kate ...... Justine Midda The Bishop Gives a Present 2007. Producer: Andy Jordan The Archdeacon's not too keen on celebrating the Dean's silver SUN 23:30 Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio (b007v261) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. wedding. Series 1 MON 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm Starring Robertson Hare as the Archdeacon, William Mervyn as Episode 4 (b007jpwk) the Bishop, Jonathan Cecil as Bishop's Chaplain - the Reverend As their first series concludes, Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig Elfine's Rights Mervyn Noote and John Barron as the Dean. With Joan witness the tragic destruction of Digi Radio. From December In which Flora's plots begin to thicken and she seems to be Sanderson as Mrs Pugh-Critchley. 2005. making headway over the tidying-up of the farm. But she’s The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy reckoned without Aunt Ada Doom... Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. Starring Patricia Gallimore and Elizabeth Proud. Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio. MONDAY 17 MAY 2010 Stella Gibbons' tale of early-20th-century rural England Written for radio by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps. dramatised by Elizabeth Proud. Producer: David Hatch. MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b00sdxsf) Flora Poste ..... Patricia Gallimore First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1972. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Stella Gibbons ..... Elizabeth Proud SUN 12:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jt2l) MON 00:30 The Price of Fear (b007jnd6) John Westbrook ..... John Westbrook Series 8 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Reuben Starkadder ..... Trevor Martin It's All in the Mind MON 01:00 Roger Danes - Scarlet on Black (b007jwvg) Judith Starkadder Margaret Robertson When the cheeky schoolboy's gang needs a meeting venue, it's [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Sunday] Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps time for more trickery. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From February MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsh) Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Probert 1965. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis SUN 13:00 Roger Danes - Scarlet on Black (b007jwvg) MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsk) Micah Starkadder ..... Alexander John [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday] Richard Hawk-Monitor ..... Stephen Garlick SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsh) MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsm) The Abbé Fausse-Maigre ..... Malcolm Hayes Whose Line Is It Anyway? [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday] Meriam ..... Amanda Murray Clive Anderson hosts more ad-lib fun with , John MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsp) Mrs Beetle ..... Miriam Margolyes Sessions, Kate Robbins and Griff Rhys-Jones. From January [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] Aunt Ada Doom ..... Fabia Drake 1998. MON 04:30 The News Quiz (b00sdxsr) Mr Mybug ..... Michael Spice SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsk) [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday] Claud Hart-Harris ..... Roger Hammond The In Crowd MON 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers Harkaway Starkadder ..... David Timson Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, (b00sdzb4) Urk Starkadder ..... Christopher Scott Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From July 2002. A Matter of Life and Death Monsieur Solide ..... Alan Dudley SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsm) D'Artagnan falls in love, and Cardinal Richelieu seeks to Rennett Starkadder ..... Christine Absalom Delve Special: Resurrection of St Jerome destroy the honour of the Queen. Stars Jamie Glover and Mrs Hawk-Monitor ..... Margot Boyd Reporter David Lander probes the rise and fall of Caribbean Timothy Spall. Elfine Starkadder ..... Jane Knowles despot Felipe Delnazo. Stars Stephen Fry. From September MON 05:30 Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Young Man ..... David McAlister 1987. (b00sf0l3) Music: Terence Allbright SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00sdxsp) Episode 1 Director: Ian Cotterell The Very World of Milton Jones Professor Aronnax searches for a giant sea-monster, but soon First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1981. The comic's about to be crushed by a printing press, as his finds himself the 'guest' of Captain Nemo. Read by Nigel MON 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj91n) journalistic life flashes before his eyes. Anthony. Dear Mother of God SUN 16:30 The News Quiz (b00sdxsr) MON 05:45 AA Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh (b00sf0l5) "And lo! there also appeared an enormous great basilica, 500 Series 71 Episode 1 car parks, infinite miracle hamburger stands and souvenir Episode 4 In which the bear goes visiting and gets into a tight place. shops." Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle begins reading the first of five parts of AA If the Son of Man returned, how would Christianity celebrate? Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 15 – 21 May 2010 Page 3 of 7 Ponderings from Leonard Rossiter. Evelyn Waugh's Paul Pennyfeather who, expelled from Oxford, TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yn6z) Barry Pilton's mercurial musings. . is forced to rethink his life. Stars and Jim [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday] Producer: Louise Purslow Broadbent. TUE 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j1whb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in September 1981. MON 15:00 Cutting a Dash (b007k0n9) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday] MON 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf1tk) The Endangered Apostrophe TUE 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf1tk) Episode 36 The series on punctuation that inspired 'Eats Shoots and [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] God decrees that Adam and Eve must leave the Garden of Leaves'. Is a misplaced apostrophe a catastrophe? With Lynne TUE 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0c) Paradise. Epic poem starring Godfrey Kenton and Linus Truss. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] Roache. MON 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sf1tp) TUE 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm MON 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0c) Like an Angelic Choir (b007jpwk) His Last Bow Michael Morpurgo explains how Britain's first foundling [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] The Dying Detective hospital met with great acclaim in 1741, but some children were TUE 03:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj91n) Fever-ridden and hallucinating with a tropical disease, only one still neglected. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 on Monday] man can help the stricken sleuth. Starring Clive Merrison. MON 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007r02z) TUE 04:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008d0hd) MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jprv) Episode 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Tragedy strikes again, with the farming community shocked at TUE 04:30 Capital Gains (b007rq8b) MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00sf1tm) the death of Joe Meredith by suicide. Read by Robin Ellis. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Series 1 MON 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1w1) TUE 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers The Musical Evening Episode 6 (b00sf7tf) War erupts in the rag and bone yard, when Albert takes action Reflecting on her past, Hope Clearwater stands by her belief A Perilous Journey over music-loving Harold's gramophone. about chimps, but her boss threatens the sack. Read by Fiona D'Artagnan 'loses' Athos, Porthos and Aramis in a desperate bid Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Shaw. to save the Queen's honour. Stars Jamie Glover. Harold. MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sf1tr) TUE 05:30 Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The (b00sf7th) with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson Return of the Indian, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Johnny and Episode 2 wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. the Dead. Captain Nemo takes Professor Aronnax on a tour of the The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring MON 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008d0hd) Nautilus - his incredible submarine. Read by Nigel Anthony. the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 05:45 AA Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh (b00sf7tk) and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. MON 17:30 Capital Gains (b007rq8b) Episode 2 Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] In which the bear and Piglet nearly catch a Woozle, and Eeyore Gale Pedrick. MON 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jlz5h) loses a tail. Read by Alan Bennett. Produced by Bobby Jaye Series 2 TUE 06:00 18/05/2010 (b00sf7tm) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September Nightmare at 20,000 Feet Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on 1966. A former mental patient is the only one able to see a gremlin BBC Radio 7. MON 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yn6z) ripping up his plane's wing. Adapted from TV with John TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b00d4fxq) Murder on the Orient Express Schneider. Eth wants a busier social life in 'The Glums', while Jim and Episode 1 MON 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n8v76) Bentley go to the ballet. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From April A train departs, but one person aboard the Orient Express is A Terribly Strange Bed, Part 1 1958. destined never to arrive. Wilkie Collins' unnerving story of a young man, flushed and TUE 08:30 The In Crowd (b00sf7tp) Speeding through the snowy European landscape, a bizarre and foolish with gambling success and champagne. Read by Robin Series 3 terrible murder brings the train to an abrupt halt. Bailey. Episode 2 The high-class carriages are packed with passengers and one of MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jprv) How to open a pocket museum, how not to purchase a smoke them - Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot - soon realises the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] alarm and how not to go about being a medium, an auctioneer challenge that awaits him... MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00sf1tm) or a tramp. Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] The ever helpful sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Poirot. MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yn6z) Store. From the book published in 1934 and dramatised in five parts [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] With Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. by Michael Bakewell MON 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j1whb) Producer: Graham Frost Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002. Princess Dragmiroff ...... Sian Phillips MON 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf1tk) TUE 09:00 After Henry (b007jq4g) Miss Debenham ...... Francesca Annis [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Series 3 Mr Ratchett ...... Joss Ackland MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0c) Intellectual Aspirations Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] '... but he did look at you twice. So clearly you have something Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms MON 22:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an that appeals to him other than your ability to discuss Masterman ...... Desmond Llewelyn Overcoat (b00nd0t5) Schopenhauer's Weltanschauung.' Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Clare's seeing graduate Julian, but his brainy parents make her Colonel Arbuthnot ...... Stephen Hodson MON 22:30 On Baby Street (b00sf1tt) feel inadequate. MacQueen ...... James Telfer Series 3 Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy Episode 2 struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who Foscarelli ...... Frank Coda Mother Nature pays another visit, and discovers spring has never quite manage to see eye to eye. Hardman ...... John Church arrived and love is in the air. Stars Jenny Eclair. From July Sarah ...... Prunella Scales Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe 1998. Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins MON 23:00 Think the Unthinkable (b007m4dz) Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou Series 2 Clare ...... Gerry Cowper The Taurus Express Guard ...... Vic Tablian Riddlington Plastic Julian ...... Jasper Jacob The Hotel Clerk ...... Kevork Malikyan The consultants marvel at the world wide web, and Ryan gets Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV Pianist: Michael Haslam embroiled in a protest. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV Director Enyd Williams. November 2002. network. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992. MON 23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll Producer: MON 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j1whb) (b00fvm5g) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1987. Series 1 Consider Yourself Dumped Upon TUE 09:30 Bristow (b00cq588) 2. Story Rock musicologist and part-time media studies tutor Brian Series 1 A journalist has fallen from a building while working on a Appleton reveals more big names in rock who have a lot to Stranger on a Train story, but was she pushed? thank him for. Bristow helps his colleague, Jones, to plan an escape from Trueman and Riley get a crash course in internet radio, 'citizen Brian performs the first progressive rock song ever written, and Chester Perry journalism' and fat dogs as they seek to find an answer. reveals he inadvertently encouraged the Who to smash up their Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying Brian B. Thompson's detective series about the ill-matched duo equipment and was instrumental in becoming the clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows is set in Leeds. lead singer in Genesis. it. CAST: A six-part comedy series written and performed by Graham Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper D.I. Trueman …. Robert Daws Fellows. cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years D.S. Riley …. Duncan Preston Producer: Dawn Ellis from 1961. David …. Anthony Glennon First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001. Bristow …. Michael Williams Harriet …. Jasmine Callan MON 23:45 Sounding Off with McGough (b007jvnp) Jones …. Rodney Bewes Aaron …. Paul Richard Biggin The Way Things Are Fudge, Mr Frost, Station Master and the Stranger on the Train The duo began life on BBC Radio 4 in 2002, with Detective Roger McGough's reflections on life, death and BBC Radio 4's …. Jon Glover Inspector Trueman called back to work after a nervous 'Today' programme. Miss Sunman …. Katie Odie breakdown in order to solve a high profile murder case, backed With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Post Boy and Godfrey …. Simon Schatsberger up by Detective Superintendent Riley. This was followed by Andy Roberts. Tea Lady …. Sarah Huntley three new plays in 2005. Recorded at the Bath Festival. Music: John Whitehall Director: Toby Swift Producer: Sara Davies Producer: Neil Cargill Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. MON 14:00 Back to Front (b007k166) TUE 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm Series 1 (b007k2m0) 1963 TUESDAY 18 MAY 2010 Flora's Rights Again The 1963 headline makers knocked off the newspaper front As the wedding draws near, Flora Poste wrestles with Aunt Ada pages by Henry Cooper. Ned Sherrin and Claire Rayner get TUE 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jlz5h) Doom. Will she get her rights at last? nostalgic. With Simon Barnes. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Starring Patricia Gallimore and Elizabeth Proud. MON 14:30 Decline and Fall (b00c000z) TUE 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n8v76) The conclusion of Stella Gibbons' tale of early-20th-century Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Monday] rural England. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 15 – 21 May 2010 Page 4 of 7 Flora Poste ..... Patricia Gallimore 1981 Written by Adam Bloom. Stella Gibbons ..... Elizabeth Proud The 1981 headline-makers bowled off the newspaper front Producer: Adam Bromley John Westbrook ..... John Westbrook pages by Ian Botham. Graham Dilley and Simon Callow get First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003. Reuben Starkadder ..... Trevor Martin nostalgic. Judith Starkadder Margaret Robertson TUE 14:30 Decline and Fall (b00c300g) Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps Episode 2 WEDNESDAY 19 MAY 2010 Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Probert Paul Pennyfeather is put in charge of his school's sports day - Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis and he falls in love. Stars Alistair McGowan and Richard WED 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jtbwt) Micah Starkadder ..... Alexander John Pearce. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Richard Hawk-Monitor ..... Stephen Garlick TUE 15:00 Cutting a Dash (b007k0pj) WED 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n8v99) The Abbé Fausse-Maigre ..... Malcolm Hayes Changing Gear, the Comma [Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Tuesday] Aunt Ada Doom ..... Fabia Drake 'A little boomerang', legalese and the Ancient Greeks come WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yp1g) Mrs Beetle ..... Miriam Margolyes under the scrutiny of Lynne Truss in this series on punctuation. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday] Mr Mybug ..... Michael Spice TUE 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sf8t9) WED 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j2510) Harkaway Starkadder ..... David Timson Mr Locke and Mr Rousseau [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday] Urk Starkadder ..... Christopher Scott Michael Morpurgo tells the story of two great 18th century WED 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf7tr) Rennett Starkadder ..... Christine Absalom philosophers, whose child-rearing ideas are influential to this [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Mrs Hawk-Monitor ..... Margot Boyd day. WED 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0w) Elfine Starkadder ..... Jane Knowles TUE 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007r42t) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] Charl;es Fairford ..... David McAlister Episode 7 WED 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm Earl P Neck ..... Nigel Anthony After news of Joe's tragic death, the Meredith family are in (b007k2m0) Dr Mudel ..... John Rye turmoil and in need of comfort. Read by Robin Ellis. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Letty ..... Pauline Letts TUE 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1xd) WED 03:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj95g) Susan ..... Diana Bishop Episode 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 on Tuesday] Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud. Hope takes Eugene to watch the chimps' behaviour, but she WED 04:00 After Henry (b007jq4g) Music: Terence Allbright ends up deeply shocked by his reaction. Read by Fiona Shaw. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] Director: Ian Cotterell TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sf8tc) WED 04:30 Bristow (b00cq588) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1981 Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] TUE 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj95g) Return of the Indian, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Johnny and WED 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers Double Cross Benchers the Dead. (b00sfbgj) "United we stand, Divided we throw a tantrum". TUE 17:00 After Henry (b007jq4g) The Mark of Satan Politics - and the shock of party loyalty - divulged by Leonard [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] D'Artagnan gets involved with both Milady and her maid. But Rossiter. TUE 17:30 Bristow (b00cq588) this is a dangerous game. Stars Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister Barry Pilton's mercurial musings. . [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] and Anton Lesser. Producer: Louise Purslow TUE 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jtbwt) WED 05:30 Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in September 1981. Series 2 (b00sfbgl) TUE 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf7tr) Number Twelve Looks Just Like You Episode 3 Episode 37 A futuristic America orders surgery so everyone looks the A curious incident aboard Captain Nemo's submarine Nautilus Adam is taken to the top of a hill, to be shown the future for his same, but one woman refuses. Adapted from TV with Bonnie ends in tragedy. Read by Nigel Anthony. descendants. Stars Linus Roache and Denis Quilley. Somerville. WED 05:45 AA Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh (b00sfbgn) TUE 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0w) TUE 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n8v99) Episode 3 His Last Bow A Terribly Strange Bed, Part 2 In which Piglet meets a Heffalump. Read by Alan Bennett. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax Wilkie Collins' unsettling account of one young man's brush WED 06:00 19/05/2010 (b00sfbgq) Watson heads to Switzerland for a missing aristocrat, but the with death at the hands of ruthless gamblers. Read by Robin Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on trail leads back to a funeral parlour. Stars Clive Merrison. Bailey. BBC Radio 7. TUE 12:00 Take It From Here (b00d4fxq) TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b00d4fxq) WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 2 TUE 12:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lkk0q) TUE 19:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lkk0q) The Holiday Camp Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Sid hires the lad to run his new venture, but then he discovers a Episode 4 TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yp1g) surprise next door. Vic Reeves hosts, as Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Arthur Smith, [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] Starring Tony Hancock. Tom Baker and Jo Caulfield tackle the questions. From July TUE 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j2510) With Bill Kerr, Sidney James. Andree Melly, Kenneth Williams 2007. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] and Denis Wilson. TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yp1g) TUE 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sf7tr) Announcer: Kenneth Williams Murder on the Orient Express [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Episode 2 TUE 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0w) Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. The Orient Express is trapped in a snowdrift and in one [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry compartment, a man lies murdered. Fortunately Hercule Poirot TUE 22:00 The In Crowd (b00sf7tp) Rabinowitz. is aboard the train. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Producer: Dennis Main Wilson Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule TUE 22:30 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007s8jw) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1955. Poirot. Catastrophe Theory WED 08:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f) Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt The battle to save humanity from the control of computers Episode 5 Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne comes to a climax. Stars Greg Proops and John Hegley. From Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with MacQueen ...... James Telfer May 1996. Stephen Fry, John Sessions, John Bird and Jimmy Mulville. Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00jty5v) It ran for 10 series on and found success in America, Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou Series 3 but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC Masterman ...... Desmond Llewelyn Dad radio. Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms A visit from his father sparks ideas of inheritance in With Colin Sell at the piano. Pianist: Michael Haslam misanthropic Ed’s mind. Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by Dramatised by Michael Bakewell The comical world of Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, Martin Booth. Director Enyd Williams. consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail. Producer: Dan Patterson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992. Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988. TUE 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j2510) Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. WED 09:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx69) Series 1 Featuring: Series 2 3. Bond Stephanie Cole Youth and Consequences Suspicion erupts at a James Bond convention as Trueman and Geoffrey Whitehead Bill's new young image leaves Faith feeling old on her birthday. Riley go in search of a stolen ring. Rita May Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Tracy's ring, as worn by Diana Rigg, in 'On Her Majesty's Simon Greenall Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the Secret Service' is the 'holy grail' for collectors, but exactly what Sally Hawkins demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah are they prepared to do to get it? Eve Dallas and Joe. Brian B. Thompson's detective series about the ill-matched duo James Rawlings Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia is set in Leeds. David Cann Imrie as Hilary, Belinda Lang as Liza, Kelda Holmes as CAST: David Warner Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe, Rebecca Front as Rachel and Ian D.I. Trueman …. Robert Daws Alice Lowe Targett as Gideon. D.S. Riley …. Duncan Preston Philip Jackson Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, Karen …. Rachel Bavidge Producer: Simon Nicholls husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. Bill …. Paul Rider First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006. A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran Gerard …. Mark Straker TUE 23:30 All the World's a Globe (b007jwp2) for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. Jane …. Christine Kavanagh The Creation Producer: Sioned Wiliam The Receptionist …. Anthony Glennon The National Theatre of Brent tells the chaotic story of life on First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989. The duo began life on BBC Radio 4 in 2002, with Detective Earth. Stars Patrick Barlow and Jim Broadbent. From May WED 09:30 No Commitments (b00sfby7) Inspector Trueman called back to work after a nervous 1990. Series 3 breakdown in order to solve a high profile murder case, backed TUE 23:45 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007m94n) Talking Shop up by Detective Superintendent Riley. This was followed by Series 1 Charlotte makes a momentous decision, and her sisters must three new plays in 2005. Restaurants suffer the aftermath. Stars Celia Imrie. From December 1994. Director: Toby Swift Adam Bloom investigates bad service in restaurants with stand- WED 10:00 Martyn Wade - Stepniak (b00sfby9) Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007. up and reconstructions. It's comedy with a mission. The bitter-sweet real-life love story of Olive Garnett (sister of TUE 14:00 Back to Front (b007k1fc) Helping Adam transform service culture are Sarah Kennedy, the famous Russian Translator, Constance) who meets and falls Series 1 Brendon Burns and Rob Rouse for a Russian expatriate whose charms hide a secret and rather Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 15 – 21 May 2010 Page 5 of 7 sinister past... Episode 3 THU 05:30 Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Written by Martyn Wade. Grimes has a startling announcement to make and Paul (b00sfzfn) Olive Garnett ...... Justine Waddell Pennyfeather gets a holiday job. Stars Alistair McGowan and Episode 4 Stepniak ...... David Horovitch Jim Broadbent. Captain Nemo shows Professor Aronnax the lost city of Connie Garnett ...... Jennie Stoller WED 15:00 Cutting a Dash (b007k0qm) Atlantis - and the Nautilus visits the Antarctic. Read by Nigel Fanny Stepniak ...... Elizabeth Bell And Another Thing - Colons and Semicolons Anthony. Olive Rossetti ...... Jasmine Hyde , Sir Compton Mackenzie and Fay THU 05:45 AA Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh (b00sfzfq) Edward Garnett ...... Charles Simpson Weldon debate the 'limb' of punctuation. With Lynne Truss. Episode 4 Director: Cherry Cookson WED 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sfcy9) In which Christopher Robin leads an 'expotition' to the North First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001. 'Dear Papa, Dear Mama' Pole. Read by Alan Bennett. WED 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9lp) Michael Morpurgo discovers how middle and upper-class THU 06:00 20/05/2010 (b00sfzfs) Einstein Watch Maker children enjoyed more informal upbringings by the late 18th Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on "As science and the microchip redesign the world in their century. BBC Radio 7. image, it seems the most obsolescent piece of merchandise is WED 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007r4mb) THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr) man." Episode 8 Series 7 Technological advances in society and the humble wristwatch In the aftermath of a further death on the farm, Zoe continues Drums Along the Mersey explained by Leonard Rossiter. flirting with her friend's father Robin. Read by Robin Ellis. A newspaper claims Neddie Seagoon is set to inherit a million Written by Barry Pilton. WED 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1yp) pounds. Stars Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. From October Producer: Louise Purslow Episode 8 1956. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 1981. Unexpectedly taken hostage, Hope and Ian get to know their THU 08:30 The Nick Revell Show (b00d7n9s) WED 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfbyc) civil war rebel captors. Read by Fiona Shaw. Series 2 Episode 38 WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sfhr9) All's Well That Ends Well... Well, Well, Well Archangel Michael tells Adam about the events that will lead to Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey featuring The Writer Nick is leading a charmed life, which naturally leaves The Flood and God's covenant with Noah. Stars Mark Straker. Return of the Indian, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Johnny and him feeling anxious. WED 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm18) the Dead. A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick His Last Bow WED 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx69) Revell. The Devil's Foot [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] With: Watson worries about the sleuth as he recuperates in Cornwall - WED 17:30 No Commitments (b00sfby7) Alistair McGowan then horror strikes. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Doon MacKichan WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z) WED 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jz1f0) Brian Bowles [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 2 Alison Sterling WED 12:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c075x) Pattern for Doomsday John Guerrasio Series 3 A computer selects eight people for a spaceship to escape a Producer: Ioan Magnusson Episode 3 colossal asteroid heading to Earth. Adapted from TV with First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993. Sheila and Tommy tackle their memoirs, but are their memories Henry Rollins. THU 09:00 Up the Garden Path (b008j0kf) up to it? WED 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n4gmv) Series 3 Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr Caterpillars Up the Stick and Sick as a Parrot continue their second stab at fame. A man is terrorised by hideous apparitions in a haunted Italian Izzy spends her birthday coping with the surprise news that Series 3 of Mike Coleman’s six-part sitcom, villa. EF Benson's tale is read by Patrick Malahide. she's pregnant... CAST: WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z) Imelda Staunton stars as Isabelle 'Izzy' Comyn. Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] With Mike Grady as Dick, Marty Cruickshank as Maria, Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield WED 19:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c075x) Nicholas Le Prevost as Michael, Rene Zagger as Razors, Neil Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] McCaul as Bill, Phyllida Nash as Louise and Sion Prober as Murray Franklin …. Julian Eardley WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yrng) Gwyn. Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something Dudley Rathbone …. Alex Lowe WED 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j272j) teacher Izzy has a predilection for inappropriate men. Producer: Steve Doherty [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] A six-part radio sequel first adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001. WED 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfbyc) novel. The last of three series which ran from 1987 to 1993. WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yrng) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Granada also adapted the series for ITV. Murder on the Orient Express WED 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm18) Producer: Jonathan James-Moore Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1993. Hercule Poirot has discovered the murder victim has a "past" - WED 22:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f) THU 09:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx8y) and is convinced that the murderer is still aboard the train. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Series 1 Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule WED 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00g27c8) Here in the Western World Poirot. Series 2 Why is the Ambassador's whiskey like an American submarine? Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt Episode 6 And is the noble art of moaning really under threat? Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne The comic's facing certain death at the mouth of shark, when Arms limitation negotiations at the Embassy call for some Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor his life flashes before his eyes. From November 1999. verbal gymnastics... Princess Dragmiroff ...... Sian Phillips WED 23:00 At Home With The Snails (b007k2h6) Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom. Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy Series 1 Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe Episode 1 Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins Fed-up Alex has done nothing since university, but then he Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov, Jonathan Kydd as Colonel Arbuthnot ...... Stephen Hodson discovers an unusual hobby. Stars . From June Mikhail Korovin, Michael Bilton as Yakov Korovin and Hardman ...... John Church 2001. Stephen Greif as the United States Ambassador. Pianist: Michael Haslam WED 23:30 Any Bloke (b0080sxn) Producer: Pete Atkin Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Series 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987. Director Enyd Williams. Past, Present and Future THU 10:00 Steve Walker - Habakkuk of Ice (b0087495) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992. Phil's cheerful optimism proves to be misplaced. Starring Jim The extraordinary story of a battleship - made entirely of ice - WED 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j272j) Sweeney and Caroline Quentin. From November 1993. designed for use in the Second World War. Series 1 It was left to dissolve in a lonely Canadian lake in Northern 4. Speed Alberta - and its eccentric English inventor, Professor Geofffey Detective Riley is feeling angry for being sent on a 'speed THURSDAY 20 MAY 2010 Pyke is one of the great unsung geniuses of the 20th Century. awareness' workshop. Steve Walker's drama stars Tim McInnerney as Geoffrey Pyke, But that puts him on the trail of ex-con from the old days in THU 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00jz1f0) Dermot Crowley as JD Bernal, Melanie Hudson as Pamela Hull - womanising rip-off merchant Frank Butters... [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Pleens, Chris Emmett as Winston Churchill and David Holt as Brian B Thompson's detective series about the ill-matched duo THU 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n4gmv) Lord Mountbatten. is set in Leeds. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Wednesday] Director: Andy Jordan CAST: THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007yrng) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. D.I. Trueman …. Robert Daws [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday] THU 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9r3) D.S. Riley …. Duncan Preston THU 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j272j) Hold the Back Page Frank Butters …. Sam Dale [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday] "The paper's policy was to identify with the man in the street - Melanie …. Christine Kavanagh THU 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfbyc) and unfortunately, our man in the street seemed to have escaped Eric Simonelli …. John Dougal [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] from some sort of asylum." Inez …. Miranda Keeling THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm18) A disastrous foray into journalism is recounted in Svetlana …. Jasmine Callan [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] embarrassment by Leonard Rossiter (1926-1984). The duo began life on BBC Radio 4 in 2002, with Detective THU 03:00 Martyn Wade - Stepniak (b00sfby9) Written by Barry Pilton. Inspector Trueman called back to work after a nervous [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Producer: Louise Purslow breakdown in order to solve a high profile murder case, backed THU 03:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9lp) First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 1981. up by Detective Superintendent Riley. This was followed by [Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 on Wednesday] THU 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfzfj) three new plays in 2005. THU 04:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx69) Episode 39 Director: Toby Swift [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Archangel Michael tells Adam about Abraham and how Moses Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007. THU 04:30 No Commitments (b00sfby7) will lead the Children of Israel out of Egypt. Stars Linus WED 14:00 Back to Front (b007k1p2) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Roache. Series 1 THU 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers THU 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jph3) 1990 (b00sfzfl) His Last Bow The 1990 headline-makers kicked off the newspaper front Treachery at La Rochelle His Last Bow pages by England in the World Cup. With Terry Butcher and Can D'Artagnan escape death, and the inseparable friends "There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never Jim White. outwit the enemy? Stars Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a WED 14:30 Decline and Fall (b00c5n6v) Timothy Spall. good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 15 – 21 May 2010 Page 6 of 7 wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sg1gq) BBC Radio 7. the sunshine when the storm has cleared." Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00nth15) Set in 1914, the great sleuth-cum-apiarist is asked to help Return of the Indian, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Johnny and Series 4 England in her darkest hour. the Dead. Episode 1 Starring Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes, Michael Williams THU 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b008j0kf) Kenneth Horne is a doctor who talks to animals, tune into as Dr Watson and Norman Rodway as Stamford. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] wonderful Radio Balls Pond Road and Julian and Sandy troll Violinist: Leonard Friedman THU 17:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx8y) west to The Lazy Bona Ranch. Dramatised by Bert Coules. Director: Enyd Williams [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. THU 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00k219g) Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr) Series 2 London. Announcer: Douglas Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Ring-a-Ding-Girl Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sg1gl) A film star returns to her hometown, after receiving a ring that comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Series 3 predicts the future. Adapted from TV with Sarah Wayne Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Episode 10 Callies. Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Delving into the dark side - to explore the unexplainable. THU 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n58dk) scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and The Mezzotint 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, parodies. A mysterious print reveals a tragic tale of rural revenge. MR catchphrases and double-entendres. Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, , Graeme Garden, David James' short story read by Robin Bailey. Marty Feldman had moved on so series 4 is written by Barry Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr) Took with Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Webster Written by John Esmonde & Bob Larbey, Peter Vincent & [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Music by the Max Harris Group. David McKellar, David Hatch, Eric Idle and Bill Oddie. THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sg1gl) Producer: John Simmonds Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1968. 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ys7n) FRI 08:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007jqkk) quickly developed a cult following. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] Series 2 Music and songs by Dave Lee, Bill Oddie and Leon Cohen. THU 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j5hpz) Katrina Leskanich Producer: Humphrey Barclay [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] The UK’s 1997 winner Katrina First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in May 1966. THU 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfzfj) Leskanich drops in and reveals she always buys new socks as THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ys7n) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] she doesn’t know how to darn. John decides to teach her this Murder on the Orient Express THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jph3) important skill, so that she need not be so wasteful. Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Meanwhile, wife Mary gets the ironing board out and Robert Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot discovers that someone THU 22:00 The Nick Revell Show (b00d7n9s) Wyatt tries to impress an impresario. aboard the train is lying to him. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule THU 22:30 Deep Trouble (b00sg1sj) Shuttleworth direct from his front room in . Poirot. Series 1 Written and performed by Graham Fellows. Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt Episode 1 Additional material by Martin Willis. Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne Britain 2012. Nuclear submarine HMS Goliath is on patrol, Producer: Dawn Ellis. Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou minus a high-tech crew. Stars Jim Field Smith. From October First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000. Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms 2005. FRI 09:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvgy) Miss Debenham ...... Francesca Annis THU 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k0r6) Episode 6 Foscarelli ...... Frank Coda Series 1 Landlord Jack has the flu, so Nicola takes over just as the pub Fraulein Schmidt ...... Linda Polan A Very Important Visitor inspectors are due. Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe Take a wander around the Museum of Everything- an infinite If the father-daughter bond can survive this, it could probably Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins gallery of strange exhibits and stranger characters. survive anything... Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy Learn about Mary Queen of Scots' execution and enjoy the Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Pianist: Michael Haslam Sheriff of Medieval Disco Experience Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins Simon Greenall as Andy, Sally Grace as the Inspector and Toby Director Enyd Williams. and Dan Tetsell. Longworth as Joe. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992. With Lucy Montgomery. Producer: Liz Anstee THU 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j5hpz) Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999. Series 2 Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor FRI 09:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show 1. The Road to Nowhere First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004. (b007qv81) An upsurge of burglary on one street sees detective duo, THU 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? Series 3 Trueman and Riley, probe an odd deception amongst students. (b00sg1sl) Episode 1 Set in Leeds, the return of Brian B Thompson's ill-matched Series 2 Legendary comic duo Eric and Ernie play wine-tasting coppers sees them trying to climb back up the career ladder. Les Connections Dangereuses connoisseurs, pay tribute to marriage guidance service and The duo began life on BBC Radio 4 in 2002, with Detective The graduate trio's money worries take a back seat when they enjoy an afternoon in the garden. Inspector Trueman called back to work after a nervous set up a romantic dinner. Stars Douglas Hodge. From June Written by Eddie Braben. breakdown in order to solve a high profile murder case, backed 1996. With Allan Cuthbertson and Ann Hamilton. up by Detective Superintendent Riley. This was followed by Singing guest: Anita Harris three new plays in 2005 them more series made for BBC Radio Music from Max Harris and his Orchestra. 7. FRIDAY 21 MAY 2010 Producer: Bobby Jaye DI Trueman …. Robert Daws First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1977 DS Riley …. Duncan Preston FRI 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00k219g) FRI 10:00 David Wade - Power of Attorney (b007w3c3) Holly …. Laura Molyneux [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Moral: If you have a rich aunt who is slightly dotty, think twice Carol Munsthorpe …. Hannah Storey FRI 00:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n58dk) before attempting to defraud her of her money – as hard-up Nic Jeune …. Malcolm Tierney [Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Thursday] Geoffrey and Annabelle soon discover. Harry …. Benjamin Askew FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ys7n) David Wade's comedy stars Geoffrey Palmer as Geoffrey Marty Reynolds …. Matt Addis [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday] Campion, Geraldine McEwan as Annabelle Campion, Joan Director: Toby Swift FRI 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j5hpz) Matheson as Aunt Beattie, Katherine Parr as Mrs Penny and Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2009. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday] John Moffatt as Corvo. THU 14:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4) FRI 02:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sfzfj) Producer: Glyn Dearman Michael Sellers [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. Peter Sellers' son Michael chats to Sally Magnusson about the FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jph3) FRI 10:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9yy) ups and downs of growing up with a famous funny father. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] New York, New York Producer: Mike Walker FRI 03:00 Steve Walker - Habakkuk of Ice (b0087495) "I got myself wedged on a train, and immediately it left the First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] station a knife-fight began, apparently to the death..." THU 14:30 Decline and Fall (b00c9fs5) FRI 03:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9r3) A snapshot from the 1980s of the unique American city Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 on Thursday] recalled by Leonard Rossiter. Paul Pennyfeather makes a proposal - and receives an unlikely FRI 04:00 Up the Garden Path (b008j0kf) Written by Barry Pilton. visitor. Stars Alistair McGowan, Jim Broadbent and Andrew [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Producer: Louise Purslow Sachs. FRI 04:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx8y) First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 1981. THU 15:00 Cutting a Dash (b007k0rs) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI 11:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sg33r) Listen to Me When I'm Writing FRI 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers Episode 40 Jane Austen, inverted commas, proof-readers and a man (b00sg2nl) Archangel Michael tells Adam about the reign of King David haunted by an exclamation mark - it's all grist to Lynne Truss's Nemesis and the birth of Christ. Stars Mark Straker and Linus Roache. mill. Will Milady get her comeuppance, and what will happen to our FRI 11:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k3ps) THU 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sg1gn) heroes? Stars Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and Imelda The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1 Babies, Dressed or Undressed, Jointed, Wax or Common Staunton. The Illustrious Client Michael Morpurgo traces the rise of the British toy shop in the FRI 05:30 Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea The sleuth takes on a lecherous crooked baron with a taste for 18th century, and the beginnings of pester power. (b00sg2nn) society beauties. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. THU 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007r525) Episode 5 FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00nth15) Episode 9 Captain Nemo's hatred of humanity sparks terrible [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Zoe's relationship with her flatmate's father Robin causes consequences. Read by Nigel Anthony. FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b007js4v) disruption in the local farming community. Read by Robin FRI 05:45 AA Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh (b00sg2nq) From 22/01/1984 Ellis. Episode 5 Michael Bentine stars as the great Tibetan mystic U Tug, THU 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k1zz) In which Eeyore has a birthday and gets two presents. Read by members of the British Bath Craftsman's Guild, the Episode 9 Alan Bennett. Toastmaster, the entire United Nations and occasionally Hope Clearwater is promised an escape from the civil war, but FRI 06:00 21/05/2010 (b00sg2ns) himself. events conspire against her. Read by Fiona Shaw. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on The ultimate one man show written and performed by the host. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 15 – 21 May 2010 Page 7 of 7 Listen in and you’ll believe that telephone boxes can fly. Dave Gorman asks TV host Richard Madeley to select the Producer: Jamie Rix public's best loopy idea. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1984. Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ytww) chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius Murder on the Orient Express inventions, schemes and policies of the public. Episode 5 Producer: Simon Nicholls Time is against Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot as he battles to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005. unmask the murderer aboard the Orient Express. FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007k1p9) John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot in the conclusion of Series 1 Agatha Christie's whodunit. Redemption Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt The Wrath of God is invoked, sparking a heart-to-heart with Monsieur Bouc ...... Andre Maranne Satan and a special request... Dr Constantine ...... Peter Polycarpou Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell. Masterman ...... Desmond Llewelyn Satan ...... Andy Hamilton Pierre Michel ...... Frank Windsor The Professor ...... James Grout Princess Dragmiroff ...... Sian Phillips Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville Mrs Hubbard ...... Sylvia Syms Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell Miss Debenham ...... Francesca Annis Other characters played by Philip Pope, David Swift, Penelope Count Andrenyi ...... David Thorpe Nice, Michael Fenton Stevens and Nigel Pegram. Countess Andrenyi ...... Siriol Jenkins Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer Colonel Arbuthnot ...... Stephen Hodson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995. Foscarelli ...... Frank Coda FRI 23:30 Mastering the Universe (b00sg6yn) Miss Ohlsson ...... Kate Binchy Series 1 MacQueen ...... James Telfer The Joy of Sulks Fraulein Schmidt ...... Linda Polan Professor Joy Klamp tours the miserable world of relationships. Music composed and played by Michael Haslam Stars Dawn French and Christopher Douglas. From November From the book published in 1934 and dramatised by Michael 2005. Bakewell FRI 23:45 Elastic Planet (b007js6h) Director Enyd Williams. The Train First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993. The Ministry of Furniture and methodist pirates. FRI 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j5lbm) Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben Series 2 Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections. 2. The Three Degrees With Miriam Margolyes, Dan Strauss, Michael Troughton and As detective pair Trueman and Riley probe an ex-student’s near- Neil Mullarkey. drowning in Leeds, they unearth an old secret. And Sir Patrick Moore, Sir and Richard Brian B Thompson's ill-matched detective duo starring Robert Baker. Daws and Duncan Preston. Producer: Jon Naismith DI Trueman …. Robert Daws First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995 DS Riley …. Duncan Preston Paul Balfe …. Jonathan Tafler Jane Balfe …. Caroline Guthrie Nick Cahill …. Paul Rider Director: Toby Swift Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2009. FRI 14:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00kmlrp) [Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday] FRI 15:00 Cutting a Dash (b007k0t0) Punctuating the Future Are email and the internet influencing how we punctuate? Lynne Truss concludes her investigation. FRI 15:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sg3tf) The Child Is Father of the Man With evangelicals to rationalists battling over Britain's children, Michael Morpurgo searches surviving 18th-century records. FRI 15:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007jvcj) Episode 10 How will the lives in the farming community touched by tragedy resolve themselves? Concluded by Robin Ellis. FRI 15:45 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach (b007k218) Episode 10 Pondering her past and future, Hope Clearwater takes action after she makes a discovery. Concluded by Fiona Shaw. FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00sg3th) Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Return of the Indian, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Johnny and the Dead. FRI 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvgy) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI 17:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b007qv81) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00k7lzl) Series 2 Time Enough at Last A bookworm's wish for more time to read is met by a nuclear holocaust - but is he alone? Adapted from TV with Tim Kazurinsky. FRI 18:40 Classic Tales of Horror (b00n46wy) My Own True Ghost Story An Englishman spends a chilling night in a spooky bungalow in India. Rudyard Kipling's haunting tale read by Richard Pasco. FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00nth15) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b007js4v) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007ytww) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] FRI 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b00j5lbm) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] FRI 21:00 John Milton's Paradise Lost (b00sg33r) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k3ps) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007jqkk) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 22:30 Genius (b008h570) Series 1 Richard Madeley From mini-elephants to food on tap. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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