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Radio 7 Listings for 10 – 16 May 2008 Page 1 of 6 SATURDAY 10 MAY 2008 Producer: Peter Wild London First Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999

Radio 7 Listings for 10 – 16 May 2008 Page 1 of 6 SATURDAY 10 MAY 2008 Producer: Peter Wild London First Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999

Radio 7 Listings for 10 – 16 May 2008 Page 1 of 6 SATURDAY 10 MAY 2008 Producer: Peter Wild First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. W1A 1AA SAT 00:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos SAT 03:00 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: (b007jmh3) Experience (b007lr4s) bigtoe@.co.uk. Episode 3 Episode 4 SAT 08:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4) The mysterious powers of the alien children start to become Unhappily married Patrick and Maureen are getting on so badly Michael Sellers destructive... that they’re forced to present their final show form separate ' son Michael chats to Sally Magnusson about the Conclusion of the classic 1957 sci-fi novel by John Wyndam. studios. ups and downs of growing up with a famous funny father. Bernard Westcott …. Charles Kay But even that doesn't stop them quarrelling... Producer: Mike Walker Gordon Zellaby …. Manning Wilson Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2005. Angela Zellaby …. Pauline Yates Barlow as Patrick Maybe. SAT 08:30 Israel Horovitz - Phone Tag (b007jwb2) Richard Gayford …. William Gaunt Special guest: Rachel Weisz A transatlantic love affair is played out on the telephone as calls Chief Constable …. Ronald Baddiley Doctor ...... Peter Jones are missed, messages left and confusion reigns. Stars Elizabeth Coroner …. Nigel Graham Cleonni ...... Carla Mendonca . Doctor Torrance …. Peter Tuddenham Peter Davies ...... John Ramm SAT 09:00 Somebody Laughed: Eddie Braben Brings You Mrs Williams …. Katherine Parr Written by . Sunshine (b007lm74) Girl …. Rosalind Adams Script associate: Nev Fountain The man who brought sunshine to Eric and Ernie brings some Boy …. Jill Lidstone Producer: Claire Jones golden rays into your ears - selecting a selection of the shows Man …. Simon Hewitt First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. what he wrote. Dramatised by William Ingram. SAT 03:30 Dial M for Pizza (b007k21r) Eddie Braben penned some of Morecambe and Wise’s most Music specially composed by Roger Limb of the BBC Series 1 famous lines. But that wasn't the only string to his bow – other Radiophonic Workshop. Episode 6 beneficiaries of his strong comic writing include Ken Dodd and Director: Gordon House. The sketch show team tackle an odd disease - and a legal Jimmy Cricket. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982. . Stars Brenda Blethyn and . From Eddie himself also steps into the spotlight to helm his own SAT 00:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007jwnt) December 1987. vehicle the Worst Show on the Wireless – with Alison Episode 1 SAT 04:00 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll Steadman. Gregor Samsa wakes one day to find himself hideously (b00fvwk6) In between his selections, Eddie reminisces about radio and transformed into a monstrous insect. His family react with Kajaboohoo what it has meant to him. horror at his bizarre transformation but this slowly turns to The Brummie musicologist reveals what he didn’t do during the Featuring: revulsion - and then monstrous indifference - as he is left to ‘80s music scene. * The Morecambe and Wise Show (December 1977) quietly waste away in his bedroom. Set in a fictitious in a college of further education in the * The Show With Ten Legs (February 1977) First published in 1912, reads Franz 'Newcastle-under-Lyme area'. * The Ken Dodd Show - Star Parade (July 1963) Kafka's classic novel in four parts. Series of comic lectures, written and performed by Graham * Jimmy's Cricket Team (June 1991) Franz Kafka (1883-1924) ranks among the 20th century's most Fellows * The Worst Show in the Wireless (February 1975) acclaimed writers. He is often cited as the author whose works Producer: Dawn Ellis * The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show (December 1977) best evoke the concerns and preoccupations of modern life. The First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001. When Eddie Braben passed away aged 82 in 2013, Bruce world in his stories is portrayed as one in which the fantastic is SAT 04:15 Hearing With Hegley (b00b7c59) Forsyth was one of those keen to pay tribute. Eddie began his entirely normal, the irrational is rational, and the unreasonable Series 1 writing career penning jokes on the back of paper bags on a seems reasonable. As Ernst Pawel wrote in his biography of the Episode 4 fruit and veg stall. writer, "Kafka articulates the anguish of being human." The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents Producer: Martin Dempsey Kafka, although Czech and living in Prague, which was then a selection of his work. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2007. part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, spoke fluent German and With: SAT 12:00 JCW Brook - The Doppelganger (b007jv9r) Czech and actually wrote in German and thought it his mother Keith Moore Adam and Jane are off on a make-or-break second honeymoon; tongue. The tensions between those who spoke German and Susan Norton but at Oxford station Adam sees his possibly dead mother. those who spoke Czech were a direct reflection of the rise of Andrew Bailey Then at the hotel he meets Beth, a 25-year-old girl with the nationalism and the quest for national identity. Nigel Piper mind of a child of seven, who looks like Jane.... "a Metamorphosis was translated by Richard Stokes. Abridged and Producer: Phil Clarke doppelganger is your other self - your dark brother of myth, produced by Gemma Jenkins. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996. who wishes to take your place in this world..." First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2006. SAT 04:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp6w) JCW Brook’s spine-chilling drama stars Nigel Anthony as SAT 01:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsp) Series 1 Adam Oxton, Elizabeth Lindsay as Beth Harris, Penelope Lee Bartram-Haugh, 1865 Moving as Sarah Steadman, Emily Richard as Jane Oxton, Geoffrey Young heiress Maud Knollyes appears to have no choice about Struggling writer Nick ponders moving in with his girlfriend, Collins as Ralph Steadman, Mary Wimbush as the Woman and her future... and which geranium is sexiest? Jack May as the Man. Starring George Cole and Teresa Gallagher. A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Music by Paddy Kingsland of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Sheridan le Fanu's Victorian gothic horror novel. Revell. Director: Ian Cotterell Dramatised by Alan Drury. With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. Maud .... Teresa Gallagher Mackichan and Alison Sterling. SAT 13:30 Albert and Me (b007jsbh) Silas .... George Cole Producer: Jon Magnusson Series 1 Lady Monica Knollys .... Joan Sims First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992. Spanner in the Works Madame de la Rougierre .... Dorothy Tutin SAT 05:00 Far from the Madding Crowd (b007jldx) Single dad Bryan's son Albert is starting nursery - what could Mary Quince ... Kathleen Byron Autumn possibly go wrong? Mrs Rusk ... Tessa Worsley Sergeant Troy's cruel treatment of Fanny comes back to haunt Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Milly ... Jane Whittenshaw him. Thomas Hardy dramatisation with Janet Maw and Tim Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With John Junkin as Dudley ... Jonathan Keeble McInnerny. Harry. Dr Bryerley .... John Hartley SAT 06:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00b7bd3) Written by Jim Eldridge. Zamiel .... George A Cooper Series 2 Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Beauty ... Becky Hindley The Anniversary Blues First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977. Wyatt ... Pauline Letts Tommy has big celebration plans for Sheila, but then Lewis gets SAT 14:00 10/05/2008 (b00b8rp5) Charke's servant ... David Collings involved. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Dr Slaithwaite .....John Evitts 30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won BBC7. Tom Brice.... Roger May the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00b8rp7) The Coachman .... Stephen Critchlow back in the big time. An American Independence celebration from the Tanglewood Mr Grimston .... Geoffrey Whitehead June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star in Mike Coleman's sitcom. Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, with special guest Meryl Pianist: Michael Haslam Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd Streep. Director: Enyd Williams Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield SAT 18:00 Heroes: The Official Radio Show (b00c4fr3) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1995. With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Edward Halstead, Paul Series 2 SAT 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b719j) Rogan and Tracy-Ann Oberman. Episode 3 Episode 10 Music by Frido Ruth. Jon Holmes and Xanthe Fuller analyse the action from the TV Anna has succumbed to desire, but can she ever know Producer: Steve Doherty series. happiness? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999. SAT 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b00b8rpc) Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most SAT 06:30 PG Wodehouse (b00b7b0p) Small Gods accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning Episode 3 and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most Steeple Bumpleigh Ephebian philosophers argue violently among themselves but conventional of its characters. Forced into a meeting he's been trying to avoid at the cottage, they're no match for Deacon Vorbis. Concluding episode starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Bertie Wooster gets a warning. However one philosopher, Didactylos, is prepared to stand up to Jodhi May as Sophie, Teresa Gallagher as Anna, Deborah PG Wodehouse's romp starring and Richard him. Weston as Adelaide, Julian Ovenden as Owen and Sian Thomas Briers. Terry Pratchett's comic Discworld fantasy starring Carl as the Narrator. Adapted by Chris Miller. Prekopp, Patrick Barlow and . With Anton Lesser Dramatised by Penny Leicester. Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern as the Narrator. Producer: Di Speirs Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers Narrator ...... Anton Lesser First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. Stilton Cheesewright ..... Michael Kilgarriff Om ...... Patrick Barlow SAT 02:15 Chris Thompson - Skeggy (b007jtlr) Boko Fittleworth ..... Jonathan Cecil Brutha ...... Carl Prekopp Three couples have their own reasons for returning to the scene Edwin the Boy Scout ..... Denise Bryer Vorbis ...... Alex Jennings of their happiest holidays in the resort of Skegness. Producer: Simon Brett Didactylos ...... Gerard McDermott Part of Radio 4 Extra's Great British Seaside Staycation. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. Urn ...... John Cummins Chris Thompson's seaside drama stars Sean Connolly as Dave, SAT 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b8qs3) Nhumrod ...... Geoffrey Beevers Susan Brooke as Marie, Laura Chambers as Lauren, Joyce Contact us at: Sergeant Simony ...... Nick Sayce Gibbs as Sheila, Norman Bird as Charlie, Veda Warwick as Mrs Big Toe Books Other parts played by the cast. Adams, Alison Carney as Jane and Tom Knight as Martin. BBC Broadcasting House Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 10 – 16 May 2008 Page 2 of 6 Producer: Claire Grove Series 2 MON 02:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007jwq0) Director: Gordon House The Idiots Have Landed! [Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 on Sunday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006. A Second World War tale of derring-do, to dispose of Adolf MON 02:30 Stilgoe's Around (b00b8tw7) SAT 19:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4) Hitler at his Bavarian lodge. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Roy Hudd stars in Laurie Rowley’s comic parodies. MON 03:00 The News Quiz (b00b8wjr) SAT 19:30 Israel Horovitz - Phone Tag (b007jwb2) With: [Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Denise Coffey MON 03:30 And the Nominees Are... (b00b8wjt) SAT 20:00 Macbeth (b0080hlt) Chris Emmett [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Sunday] BBC 7 pays tribute to Paul Scofield with this classic 1960s David Gooderson MON 03:45 A Series of Psychotic Episodes (b00b8wjw) production of The Scottish Play. Also starring Peggy Ashcroft. Fred Harris [Repeat of broadcast at 22:45 on Sunday] SAT 22:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007q9f4) Producer: Jonathan James-Moore MON 04:00 Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf (b007scym) Anton in Eastbourne First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1988. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Sunday] Mr Anton arrives for a sojourn. He expects to meet a young SUN 13:30 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q) MON 04:30 Chain Gang (b007rf13) lady with a little dog. He knows her stories well. But he doesn't Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Sunday] yet seem to know his own. Episode 3 MON 05:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy Peter Tinniswood's last play was created as a tribute for Meet Varda Marvello the Mind Reader - and the tale of a little (b007vcw1) Chekhov admirer, Paul Scofield. bee. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday] Anton ...... Paul Scofield Starring , Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and MON 05:30 Radio Roots (b00b8w6l) Miss Mansfield ...... Emma Fielding announcer, Douglas Smith. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday] Mr Kember ...... Stephen Thorne After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans MON 06:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz6) Director: Enyd Williams for the next series of were axed. Instead - [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - MON 06:30 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q) SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00b8rp7) Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today] and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan MON 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b9fsp) Sims. Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Myles Rudge MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jtj9) SUNDAY 11 MAY 2008 With the Max Harris Group. Series 7 Producer: John Simmonds The Sleeping Prince SUN 00:00 Heroes: The Official Radio Show (b00b8rp9) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1969. When Neddie Seagoon is made president of Yakabakoo, he Series 2 SUN 14:00 11/05/2008 (b00b8w6s) tries to quell a revolution. Episode 5 Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Jon Holmes and Xanthe Fuller analyse the action from the TV BBC7. Milligan and Larry Stephens. series. SUN 17:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy Starring: SUN 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b00b8rpc) (b007vcw1) Peter Sellers [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Harry Secombe SUN 01:00 JCW Brook - The Doppelganger (b007jv9r) SUN 17:30 Radio Roots (b00b8w6l) Spike Milligan [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were SUN 02:30 Albert and Me (b007jsbh) SUN 18:00 Alex Garland - The Coma (b007jtw7) recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Saturday] Episode 4 shows weren’t kept in the archive. SUN 03:00 Somebody Laughed: Eddie Braben Brings You Panic kicks in as Carl's dream-world dissolves into a void. Will With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. Sunshine (b007lm74) he ever wake up? Tom Goodman-Hill reads Alex Garland's Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday] novel. Announcer: Wallace Greenslade SUN 06:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00b8rp7) SUN 18:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera Producer: Pat Dixon [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday] (b008p5cw) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1957. SUN 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b8t5d) Episode 4 MON 08:30 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Raoul and the Persian enter the Phantom's lair to search for Holmes (b00b9ftc) SUN 08:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b8t5g) Christine. Stars Peter Guinness, Helen Goldwyn and James Sherlock Holmes and the Glorious Doppelganger Omnibus, part 2 D'Arcy. Baker Street’s Great Detective Sherlock Holmes investigates Anna is suspicious of diplomat George Darrow, whilst Sophie SUN 19:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz6) when Queen Victoria suffers a severe personality change. has a shock for Owen. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] The ghastly truth is revealed at Buckingham Palace garden Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most SUN 19:30 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q) party. accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Roy Hudd spoofs the famous sleuth in Tony Hare’s comedy and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most SUN 20:00 Dionysos (b00b8twb) series. conventional of its characters. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] With Chris Emmett as Dr Watson, June Whitfield as Mrs Starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, SUN 21:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins (b007jqm4) Hudson and Geoffrey Whitehead as Moriarty. Teresa Gallagher as Anna, Deborah Weston as Adelaide, Julian [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] Musical accompaniment: Ian Smith. Ovenden as Owen and Sian Thomas as the Narrator. SUN 22:00 The News Quiz (b00b8wjr) Producer: Chris Neill Omnibus of the last five of ten parts. Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz 'fresh from 4'. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1999. Dramatised by Penny Leicester. Panellists include Jeremy Hardy, and Fred MON 09:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtst) Producer: Di Speirs Macaulay. Revelations First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. SUN 22:30 And the Nominees Are... (b00b8wjt) Heiress Maud Knollyes increasingly believes her life is in SUN 09:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007jwq0) BBC 7 has been nominated for four Sony Radio Academy danger... An archaeologist is amazed by her nurse's likeness to an Awards 2008. Alex Riley finds out more. Starring George Cole and Teresa Gallagher. Egyptian painting discovered in a tomb. Read by Janet Maw. SUN 22:45 A Series of Psychotic Episodes (b00b8wjw) Conclusion of Sheridan le Fanu's Victorian gothic horror novel. SUN 09:30 Stilgoe's Around (b00b8tw7) Episode 1 Maud .... Teresa Gallagher From 12/08/1989 From Postman Pat to a depressed hamster, it's the surreal world Silas ... George Cole 'The theatre is a pack of lies' - music and sketches with Richard of Miriam Elia. With Dan Tetsall. From November 2008. Madame de la Rougierre .... Dorothy Tutin Stilgoe, Charles Collingwood and Belinda Lang. SUN 23:00 Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf (b007scym) Lady Monica Knollys ... Joan Sims SUN 10:00 Dionysos (b00b8twb) Episode 1 Mary Quince .... Kathleen Byron A sect leader threatens to destabilise a young King. Andrew Whovian Toby Hadoke's comic TARDIS odyssey through the Milly ... Jane Whittenshaw Rissik's uncompromising play stars Paul Scofield and Diana ups and downs of a TV legend. With Colin Baker. From July Dudley .... Jonathan Keeble Rigg. 2007. Zamiel .... George A Cooper SUN 11:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins (b007jqm4) SUN 23:30 Chain Gang (b007rf13) Beauty .... Becky Hindley December - Sauce for the Goose Series 2 - Picture This Sarah Mangles ...Linda Regan Under the shadow of the Long Mynd, Megan is out to save Omnibus Wyatt .... Pauline Letts Gudrun from a plucking. For three months BBC Radio 7 listeners created a story, week Tom Brice ..... Roger May Sue Limb’s pastoral sitcom follows six months in the life of the by week. Here's the whole tale, read by Rena Dipti Annobil. The Coachman ..... Stephen Critchlow Jones family, who live on a small farm in rural Wales. Mrs Sewell ..... Joan Littlewood Mr Jones ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Dr Bryerly .....John Hartley Ma Jones ...... Lisabeth Miles MONDAY 12 MAY 2008 Dramatised by Alan Drury. Megan Jones ...... Pianist: Michael Haslam Owen Jones ...... Matthew Morgan MON 00:00 : The Commentaries (b00b8x23) Director: Enyd Williams Bootle ...... Michael Fenton Stevens Series 4 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995. Mr Jenkins ...... Nickolas Grace The Doctor's Daughter MON 10:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnq6) Recorded on location. The Doctor Who cast and crew discuss the sixth episode of the Episode 1 Music composed by John Whitehall. fourth TV series. Summer, 1799 in the Staffordshire village of Hayslope, and one Producer: Jonathan James Moore. MON 00:45 Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House of Lisbeth Bede's sons has marriage on his mind. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000. (b007jtnj) George Eliot's haunting story of love betrayed and love SUN 12:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy Episode 4 rewarded dramatised in 15 episodes by Robert Forrest. (b007vcw1) Voices in the dark and a strange message... An immediate bestseller in 1859, Eliot's second novel Episode 7 Dr Montague continues his 'anthropological research' at the established her reputation and paved the way for masterpieces Russell Davies recalls the early 1950s, with audience-led shows malevolent Hill House. such as The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch. waning and the impending arrival of 'The Goon Show'. Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror read by Emma Starring Thomas Arnold as Adam, Ann Scott-Jones as Lisbeth, SUN 12:30 Radio Roots (b00b8w6l) Fielding. John Kielty as Seth and Victoria Liddelle as Dinah. Abridged in eight parts by Alison Joseph. Director: Patrick Rayner. Maurice Denham: Russell Davies presents a retrospective of the Producer: Gemma Jenkins First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. English character actor's early broadcasting career. Episode 6 of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. MON 10:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0nf) 6. MON 01:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b8t5g) Death in the Parish SUN 13:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz6) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] When a cholera epidemic strikes London in 1854, the brilliant Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 10 – 16 May 2008 Page 3 of 6 but mercurial Dr John Snow investigates. Starring . [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Roger/Ivaloff …. Charles Simpson MON 11:00 Far from the Madding Crowd (b007jlfl) MON 20:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtst) Peter Quentin/Intruder …. Jonathan Keeble Gathering In [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Orace …. John Hollis Still courted by her would-be suitors, will Bathsheba ever find MON 21:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnq6) Vogel …. Geoffrey Whitehead love? Thomas Hardy drama with Janet Maw and Tim [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Murdoch …. John Guerrasio McInnerny. MON 21:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0nf) Prof Yule …. David Timson MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jtj9) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Arnheim/Helmsman …. Joshua Towb [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 22:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Dramatised by Neville Teller. MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tln6g) Holmes (b00b9ftc) Director: Matthew Walters Series 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995. Episode 11 MON 22:30 Dave Podmore (b007qx6y) TUE 10:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnqp) The team poke fun at TV sitcoms with the launch of 'For Better Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix Episode 2 and for Worse And Son'. Episode 3 Remarkable young Methodist preacher Dinah Morris arrives to More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and Dave Podmore refuses to stand idly by as English cricket stares comfort Lisbeth Bede. Stars Ann Scott-Jones. parodies. down both barrels of a bottomless doldrum. TUE 10:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0pn) Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall On a chaotic overseas tour, his private life takes a turn for the The Last Infirmity and Bill Oddie. worse. Two ambitious young doctors tackle a yellow fever epidemic in Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden Christopher Douglas stars as Pod. 19th-century Cuba. Starring Colin Stinton and William Hope. and Bill Oddie. Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew TUE 11:00 Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge Originating from the Cambridge University revue Nickolds. (b007jpd3) 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and Dave ...... Chris Douglas The Horse Fair quickly developed a cult following. Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds A drunken night sparks a disastrous chain of events for the Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. With Nicola Sanderson and Chris Pavlo. respectable, Michael Henchard, that's set to haunt him for years Producer: Humphrey Barclay Producer: Richard Wilson to come... First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1966. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001. Stars David Calder as Michael Henchard, Jason Flemyng as MON 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress MON 23:00 At Home With The Snails (b007k2h6) Donald Farfrae, Janet Dale as Susan, Andrea Wray as Elizabeth- (b007sxvm) Series 1 Jane and Mary Wimbush as the Furmity-seller. Episode 1 Episode 1 19th century Dorset is brought vividly to life in Thomas Hardy Respected judge Guy Stockdale leaves his wife for his mistress, Fed-up Alex has done nothing since university, but then he 's magnificent story of a man whose impetuous, vital character causing ructions for the whole family. Read by Barbara Flynn. discovers an unusual hobby. Stars Geoffrey Palmer. From June is the seed of his own downfall. MON 13:15 Murderers and Other Friends (b007jmnq) 2001. Music arranged and played by Dave Townsend and the Episode 1 MON 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsrx) Mellstock Band. John Mortimer begins his recollections of an eventful life at the Series 1 Dramatised in 4-parts by Sally Hedges Bar, including the Case of the Murderous Butler. Episode 1 of Scurvy Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Nigel Bryant 5. The Mastersons set sail across the Atlantic, but there are First broadcast on BBC Radio in 1994. MON 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00b9gcc) dangerous sheep lurking in them there waters. TUE 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l) Magna Carta An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Was King John really as ruthless as he was portrayed? Anna based entirely on audience suggestions. TUE 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnfd) Massey narrates the history of Britain, with Paul Eddington. Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin, Jim Series 5 MON 13:45 Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters Sweeney and Phelim McDermott. Men of Letters (b00b9ghy) Producer: Phil Clarke Albert butts in on Harold's church magazine article. Episode 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1993. Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as As a candid young doctor, the Sherlock Holmes author writes to Harold. With Anthony Sharp as the Vicar. his mother Mary. Extracts read by Forbes Masson and John Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association Dougal. TUESDAY 13 MAY 2008 with , writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson MON 14:00 12/05/2008 (b00b9gj0) wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's in 1962. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on TUE 00:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jq83) The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring BBC7. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold MON 17:00 Flying the Flag (b007jxh2) TUE 00:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k3r4) and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan A Taste of Democracy TUE 01:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtst) Simpson. It’s British week in the People's Republic – showcasing a double- [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Produced by Bobby Jaye decker bus and a demonstration of clog dancing. TUE 02:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnq6) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1974. Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter TUE 02:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0nf) (b007szmf) Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Monday] Episode 2 Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov, Alan Dudley as TUE 03:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Guy Stockdale's sons learn of his decision to leave their mother Frank Burton, MP and Richard Tate as Gerald Calder-Brown, Holmes (b00b9ftc) after 40 years together. Read by Barbara Flynn. MP. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday] TUE 13:15 Murderers and Other Friends (b007k0hj) Producer: Pete Atkin TUE 03:30 Dave Podmore (b007qx6y) Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988. [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Monday] John Mortimer continues his recollections of an eventful life at MON 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k377) TUE 04:00 At Home With The Snails (b007k2h6) the Bar. Death and desire in Earl's Court. Episode 2 of 5. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00b9m1q) Beds in the East Are Soft TUE 04:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsrx) The Barons' War It's not a guest but Daddy who's not keen on a mattress. Is a [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday] Henry III is now king and the Barons wage war. Anna Massey sneaky swap the answer? TUE 05:00 Far from the Madding Crowd (b007jlfl) narrates the history of Britain, with Paul Eddington. Second of two series of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE 13:45 Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the TUE 06:00 Alison and Maud (b007k377) (b00b9m1s) Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Monday] Episode 2 Starring Denise Coffey as Alison, Miriam Margolyes as Maud, TUE 06:30 Flying the Flag (b007jxh2) The author writes to his mother about marriage, fatherhood and Joss Ackland as Father, Chris Emmett as Mr Mullett and [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] Sherlock Holmes. Extracts read by Forbes Masson and John Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard. TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b9k80) Dougal. Producer: Jonathan James-Moore. Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. TUE 14:00 13/05/2008 (b00b9m1v) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004. TUE 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on MON 18:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jq83) The First Night Party BBC7. Episode 1 The lad throws a launch party - with cocktails and dinner - for TUE 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jndm) The Great Wizard sends student sorcerer Arcos on a mission, his very first half hour, but things don't quite go to plan. Series 8 little realising how perilous and menacing it will prove to be... Starring Tony Hancock. Mr Chips A fantasy-adventure by Peter Thomson and Jamie Thomson in With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Gerald Campion A school inspection's due, but the visitor in the playground is six parts. and Kenneth Williams. not from OFSTED. Arcos ..... Francis Thomson Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Created by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy about a Kaddah ..... Trevor Peacock Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Vanna ..... Elizabeth Whiting Producer: Dennis Main Wilson Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. Shazir ..... Crawford Logan First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November Written by Paul Copley. Bereneth ..... Edward Kelsey 1954. Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the Va ..... Melanie Hudson TUE 08:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b9k9l) Headmaster, Deirdre Costello as Mrs Patterson, Paul Copley as Alviza ..... Emma Fielding Series 2 Mr Long, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Margaret John as Zander ..... Robert Portal Episode 3 Mrs Stone, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Trevor Peacock as Kishah ..... John Church The host presents a selection of classic comic songs with special Mr Chips, Joseph Spinks as Rupert, Luke Nugent as Craig and Rashiq ..... Theresa Streatfeild guest comedian Howard Read. From October 2006. Lucy as Sunitra. Producer: Peter Hutchings TUE 09:00 - (b00b9k9p) Producer: John Fawcett Wilson First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1991. The Saint Overboard First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. MON 18:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k3r4) Lantern-jawed, haloed hero Simon Templar - otherwise known TUE 17:30 Ayres on the Air (b007k1f9) Episode 2 as The Saint - sets out to solve the disappearance of missing Series 1 Gregor is adapting to his new insect form, but his shocked sunken bullion. Children family find it harder to accept. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch. First published in 1936, one of a long series of novels featuring A school play and parents discussing s-e-x. Poetry and sketches MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jtj9) Leslie Charteris's creation Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". from Pam Ayres. With Geoffrey Whitehead. From June 2004. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Simon Templar …. Paul Rhys TUE 18:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007v25z) MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tln6g) Loretta Page …. Patsy Kensit Episode 2 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 10 – 16 May 2008 Page 4 of 6 Novice sorcerer Arcos is appalled by Kaddah's behaviour. WED 04:00 Chewin' the Fat (b00b2txb) (b00b9xqc) Alviza is attacked mentally. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Tuesday] Episode 3 A fantasy-adventure by Peter Thomson and Jamie Thomson. WED 04:30 Genius (b00b9nzd) The author writes to his mother Mary about making a decision Arcos ..... Francis Thomson [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Tuesday] to 'kill Holmes'. Extracts read by Forbes Masson. Kaddah ..... Trevor Peacock WED 05:00 Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge WED 14:00 14/05/2008 (b00b9xqf) Vanna ..... Elizabeth Whiting (b007jpd3) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Shazir ..... Crawford Logan [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] BBC7. Bereneth ..... Edward Kelsey WED 06:00 Ayres on the Air (b007k1f9) WED 17:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b00b9xqh) Va ..... Melanie Hudson [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Tuesday] Series 1 Alviza ..... Emma Fielding WED 06:30 King Street Junior (b007jndm) Episode 4 Zander ..... Robert Portal [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] An Everyday Story of Towering Genius. The General ..... Clarence Smith WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b9xgq) Sue Limb’s four-part soap opera set in and around the Lake Producer: Peter Hutchings Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. District at the turn of the 18th century First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1991. WED 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b9xgs) Cholericke is indisposed, while William attempts to recollect an TUE 18:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k3xn) Kenneth Horne meets juicy Nell Gwyn, and Hornerama reports emotion. Episode 3 on Homes and Gardens. Sketch comedy with Kenneth The Lumps arrive. Dorothy prepares tea and Mary Lump goes Now a monstrous insect, Gregor strives to stay close to his Williams. From November 1961. mad ... family - but his father turns on him. Read by Benedict WED 08:30 (b00b9xgv) Dorothy Wordsmith ...... Denise Coffey Cumberbatch. Hollywood's telling you what not to wear - much to Trinny's and William Wordsmith ...... Geoffrey Whitehead PROMOTION NOTE Susannah's consternation. Satirical fun from January 2003. Samuel Tailor Cholericke ...... Simon Callow "When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled Episode 3 of 4. Stinking Iris ...... Miriam Margolyes dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a WED 09:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9xgx) The Leechpedlar ...... Chris Emmett monstrous insect." The Saint Closes the Case Charles Lump ...... Nicholas Le Prevost This shocking opening introduces one of the twentieth century's Simon Templar is confronted by arch-villain, Doctor Rayt Mary Lump ...... Julia Hills most famous stories. Marius, in a deadly struggle to save the world from an evil Music by Stephen Oliver and sung by Cantabile Gregor's family react with horror at his bizarre transformation weapon. Producer: Jonathan James-Moore but their horror slowly turns to revulsion and then monstrous First published in 1930 under the title 'The Last Hero' - one of a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985 indifference as he is left to quietly waste away in his bedroom. long series of novels featuring Leslie Charteris's creation Simon WED 17:30 After Henry (b007k1hq) Metamorphosis was first published in 1912. Templar, alias "The Saint". Series 1 Benedict Cumberbatch reads this surreal classic in four parts. Simon Templar …. Paul Rhys Mr Right Stage and screen actor, Benedict Cumberbatch was Bafta Patricia Holm …. Kim Thomson Sarah meets her daughter Clare's boyfriend, while her mother nominated for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the BBC TV Roger Conway …. Charles Simpson Eleanor interferes. drama, "Hawking". Most recently he appeared in the TV Orace …. John Hollis Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - dramatisation of William Golding's seafaring trilogy, "To The Norman Kent …. Joshua Towb struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who Ends of The Earth". He also won critical acclaim playing Doctor Rayt Marius …. Sandor Eles never quite manage to see eye to eye. Hedda's husband, George, in last year's West End production of Inspector Claude Eustace Teal …. John Baddeley Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, "Hedda Gabler". Professor Vargan …. John Turner Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and Franz Kafka (1883-1924) ranks among the twentieth-century's Captain Harding …. Ross Livingstone Nigel Williams as David. most acclaimed writers. He is often cited as the author whose Cynthia …. Linda Regan Four radio series were made, but instead of then moving to works best evoke the concerns and preoccupations of modern Janos …. Paul Jenkins BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the life. The world in his stories is portrayed as one in which the Gabor/Rudolph …. Jonathan Keeble ITV network. fantastic is entirely normal, the irrational is rational, and the Bela …. Stephen Critchlow Producer: Pete Atkin unreasonable seems reasonable. As Ernst Pawel wrote in his Golter/Hale/Lazlo …. Geoffrey Whitehead First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1985. biography of the writer, "Kafka articulates the anguish of being Malone/Tibor/Foreshaw …. David Timson WED 18:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jq8x) human." Dramatised for radio by Roger Danes. Episode 3 Translated by Richard Stokes Director: Matthew Walters Shaznir calls on the power of the Deadlands, while Arcos meets (Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins). First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995. a strange Brotherhood. TUE 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l) WED 10:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnr6) A fantasy-adventure by Peter Thomson and Jamie Thomson. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Episode 3 Arcos ..... Francis Thomson TUE 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnfd) The young squire Arthur Donnithorne pays a visit to Hall Farm, Kaddah ..... Trevor Peacock [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] and the seeds of love are sown. Stars Richard Greenwood. Vanna ..... Elizabeth Whiting TUE 20:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9k9p) WED 10:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0qq) Shazir ..... Crawford Logan [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] The Epping Jaundice Bereneth ..... Edward Kelsey TUE 21:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnqp) A strange epidemic sweeps through the inhabitants of a quiet Va ..... Melanie Hudson [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Essex suburb. Starring Bernard Hepton and Roger Allam. Alviza ..... Emma Fielding TUE 21:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0pn) WED 11:00 Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge Zander ..... Robert Portal [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] (b007jpdj) The General ..... Clarence Smith TUE 22:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b9k9l) Rivals Rashiq ..... Theresa Streatfeild [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Apart for 19 years, the ashamed Michael Henchard is finally Producer: Peter Hutchings TUE 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b00b9nzb) reunited with his wife, Susan - but his pain isn't over yet... First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1991. Series 4 Stars David Calder as Michael Henchard, Janet Dale as Susan, WED 18:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k43b) Knowledge and Ignorance Andrea Wray as Elizabeth-Jane, Jason Flemyng as Donald Episode 4 Satan thinks humans can't handle knowledge, but the professor Farfrae, Sandra Berkin as Lucetta and Gerry Hinks as Solomon Now a monstrous insect, Gregor strives to stay close to his thinks they can. Satanic sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From Longways. family - but his father turns on him. Read by Benedict March 2001. 19th century Dorset is brought vividly to life in Thomas Hardy Cumberbatch. TUE 23:00 Chewin' the Fat (b00b2txb) 's magnificent story of a man whose impetuous, vital character PROMOTION NOTE Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan are back with more banter is the seed of his own downfall. "When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled and sketches in Scotland's comedy favourite. From January Music arranged and played by Dave Townsend and the dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a 1998. Mellstock Band. monstrous insect." TUE 23:30 Genius (b00b9nzd) Dramatised in 4-parts by Sally Hedges This shocking opening introduces one of the twentieth century's Series 1 Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Nigel Bryant most famous stories. John Fortune First broadcast on BBC Radio in 1994. Gregor's family react with horror at his bizarre transformation A fake brake pedal for nervous passengers to using laughing gas WED 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b9xgs) but their horror slowly turns to revulsion and then monstrous for riots? [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] indifference as he is left to quietly waste away in his bedroom. Dave Gorman asks John Fortune to select the public's best WED 12:30 Whispers (b007k3br) Metamorphosis was first published in 1912. loopy idea. Series 1 Benedict Cumberbatch reads this surreal classic in four parts. Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest Episode 5 Stage and screen actor, Benedict Cumberbatch was Bafta chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius The ins and outs of the abdication crisis in the quiz show that nominated for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the BBC TV inventions, schemes and policies of the public. loves scandals. drama, "Hawking". Most recently he appeared in the TV Producer: Simon Nicholls Hosted by the least discreet man in Britain, Gyles Brandreth. dramatisation of William Golding's seafaring trilogy, "To The First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005. Biographer Anthony Holden and actress Stella Duffy are joined Ends of The Earth". He also won critical acclaim playing by writer Lynne Truss and journalist Rowan Pelling. Hedda's husband, George, in last year's West End production of Producer: Elizabeth Freestone "Hedda Gabler". WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2008 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003. Franz Kafka (1883-1924) ranks among the twentieth-century's WED 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress most acclaimed writers. He is often cited as the author whose WED 00:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007v25z) (b007t2v4) works best evoke the concerns and preoccupations of modern [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Episode 3 life. The world in his stories is portrayed as one in which the WED 00:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k3xn) As the shock reverberates for the Stockdales, Guy's son Alan fantastic is entirely normal, the irrational is rational, and the [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] decides to meet his father's lover Merrion. Read by Barbara unreasonable seems reasonable. As Ernst Pawel wrote in his WED 01:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9k9p) Flynn. biography of the writer, "Kafka articulates the anguish of being [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] WED 13:15 Murderers and Other Friends (b007k0jp) human." WED 02:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnqp) Episode 3 Translated by Richard Stokes [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] John Mortimer with tales of Robert Graves, 'Rumpole' and a (Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins). WED 02:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0pn) sobering encounter in Morocco. Episode 3 of 5. WED 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b9xgs) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Tuesday] WED 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00b9xq9) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 03:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b9k9l) Henry III WED 19:30 Whispers (b007k3br) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday] Henry became King and ruled for more than 50 years. Anna [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] WED 03:30 Old Harry's Game (b00b9nzb) Massey narrates the history of Britain, with Paul Eddington. WED 20:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9xgx) [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Tuesday] WED 13:45 Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 10 – 16 May 2008 Page 5 of 6 WED 21:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnr6) Orace …. John Hollis Bereneth ..... Edward Kelsey [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Knightley/Foreman …. Andrew Branch Va ..... Melanie Hudson WED 21:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0qq) Marteau/Constable/Pietri/Sergeant …. Roger May Alviza ..... Emma Fielding [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Coroner/Bravache …. David Collings Zander ..... Robert Portal WED 22:00 Dead Ringers (b00b9xgv) Bream/Senappe …. David Timson The General ..... Clarence Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Dramatised for radio by Neville Teller. Rashiq ..... Theresa Streatfeild WED 22:30 Acropolis Now (b007tldm) Director: Matthew Walters Producer: Peter Hutchings Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995. First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1991. Sons THU 10:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnrq) THU 18:30 Soldier (b007jpmh) As food runs out at the fish restaurant, a man claims he's the Episode 4 Episode 1 Oracle's long-lost son. Stars Stephen Moore. From March 2002. Young squire Arthur invites the flirtatious Hetty for an evening In Harlan Ellison's innovative precursor to The Terminator, a WED 23:00 Wild Things (b007xwxv) stroll in Donnithorne Woods. Stars Richard Greenwood. strange warrior appears on a 1964 railway platform. But who is Series 2 THU 10:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0rx) he? Episode 1 of 2. Insomnia The Stranded Eagle THU 19:00 The and Ernie Wise Show Ample can't sleep. Winnie is writing a novel - will Robert help? After Salomon August Andrée's doomed Arctic crossing by (b01s254c) Stars Doon Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. From hydrogen balloon, investigators piece together events. Stars Ken [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] December 2003. Stott. THU 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jttb) WED 23:30 The Big Booth (b007jrvv) THU 11:00 Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Series 2: The Big Booth Too (b007jpdx) THU 20:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b007jtvy) Episode 5 The Conjuror and the Choir [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Boothby's script dictatorship is overthrown by the Workers' Battling regrets from his drunken actions two decades before, THU 21:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnrq) Collective. Michael Henchard reaches breaking point. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] More guitar-flavoured songs and surreal laughs from Boothby Stars David Calder as Michael Henchard, Sandra Berkin as THU 21:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0rx) Graffoe. Lucetta, Andrea Wray as Elizabeth-Jane and Jason Flemyng as [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] With Stephen Frost , Kevin Eldon, Vivienne Soan, Big Al and Donald Farfrae. THU 22:00 The Harpoon (b007m747) Antonio Forcione. 19th century Dorset is brought vividly to life in Thomas Hardy [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Written by Boothby Graffoe and Dave Thompson. 's magnificent story of a man whose impetuous, vital character THU 22:30 Rigor Mortis (b007qw7n) Producer: Lucy Armitage is the seed of his own downfall. Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001. Music arranged and played by Dave Townsend and the Episode 4 Mellstock Band. Dr Webster meets his doppelganger - entomologist Dr Betsy, Dramatised in 4-parts by Sally Hedges whilst Gordon hears voices. THURSDAY 15 MAY 2008 Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Nigel Bryant CAST: First broadcast on BBC Radio in 1994. Anthony Webster …. Peter Davison THU 00:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jq8x) THU 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show Ruth Anderson …. Matilda Ziegler [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] (b01s254c) Professor Donaldson …. Geoffrey Whitehead THU 00:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k43b) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] with Tom Price, Marianne Levy, Gus Brown and Alex Lowe [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jttb) Written by Lawrence Howarth. THU 01:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9xgx) Series 3 Producer: Dawn Ellis [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Ignore These Programme Titles the Burkiss Way First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004. THU 02:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnr6) The team pulls open the "Door Handle of the Day" - and who THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b00bb9rr) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] will win the "Difficult Time of the Month Competition"? Series 4 THU 02:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0qq) Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Wednesday] . European onion threat and a whale of a time with Moby Dick. THU 03:00 Dead Ringers (b00b9xgv) Cult sketch comedy series, which originally ran from 1976 to Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour. From April [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday] 1980. 1989. THU 03:30 Acropolis Now (b007tldm) Scripted by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall. THU 23:30 Bearded Ladies (b00bb9rt) [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Wednesday] Producer: John Lloyd Series 2 THU 04:00 Wild Things (b007xwxv) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978. Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Wednesday] THU 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress Quick-fire sketch show starring Susie Donkin, Charlotte THU 04:30 The Big Booth (b007jrvv) (b007t59b) MacDougal, Oriane Messina and Faye Rusling. From August [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Wednesday] Episode 4 2005. THU 05:00 Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge Guy Stockdale's dumped wife Laura starts making demands, (b007jpdj) while his lover Merrion's mother is worried. Read by Barbara [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Flynn. FRIDAY 16 MAY 2008 THU 06:00 After Henry (b007k1hq) THU 13:15 Murderers and Other Friends (b007jmq2) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Wednesday] Episode 4 FRI 00:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jq8l) THU 06:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b00b9xqh) John Mortimer continues his memoir - Opposing Thatcherism, [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] 'Huw Are My Sunshine' and Harold Pinter on 'Scandal'. Episode FRI 00:30 Soldier (b007jpmh) THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00b9xwq) 4 of 5. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00bb9m2) FRI 01:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b007jtvy) THU 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show Simon De Monfort [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] (b01s254c) The beginnings of a Parliament started in the 13th Century. FRI 02:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jnrq) Series 2 Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, with Paul [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Episode 3 Eddington. FRI 02:15 The Medical Detectives (b007k0rx) Cinema shenanigans for the much-loved duo and the heroic THU 13:45 Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday] deeds of Private Morecambe. (b00bb9m4) FRI 03:00 The Harpoon (b007m747) Written by Eddie Braben Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday] With Richard Mathews, Ann Hamilton and Michael Kilgarriff. The Sherlock Holmes author writes to his mother Mary about FRI 03:30 Rigor Mortis (b007qw7n) Special singing guest: Clodagh Rodgers turning to politics. Extracts read by Forbes Masson and John [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Thursday] Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra Dougal. FRI 04:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b00bb9rr) Producer: John Browell THU 14:00 15/05/2008 (b00bb9m6) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on FRI 04:30 Bearded Ladies (b00bb9rt) THU 08:30 The Harpoon (b007m747) BBC7. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Thursday] Series 2 THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b00bb9m8) FRI 05:00 Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge Episode 1 Fellowship (b007jpdx) Yes, Madam! The Empire's favourite weekly is back on the An x-ray mix-up leads Simon Sparrow's confused friends to [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] shelves! fear his end is in sight. FRI 06:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jzcw) Nostalgia galore in the first of four lovingly hand-tooled issues The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Thursday] of this acclaimed comedy series awaits your collection - this adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's FRI 06:30 Doctor at Large (b00bb9m8) one a bumper summer edition. 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] With Susie Brann, Alistair McGowan , Mary Elliot-Nelson, Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00bbh79) and Peter Baynham. Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Norma Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Producer: Sarah Smith Ronald as Wendy Swithenbank, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans, FRI 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jrl4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992. as Mrs Travers and Kathleen Helme as Sister Series 3 THU 09:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b007jtvy) Producer: David Hatch Is There Honey Still for Tea? The Saint Plays With Fire First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1969. Private Godfrey's humble abode, Cherry Tree Cottage, is Simon Templar uncovers a fascist conspiracy to seize power in THU 17:30 Boogie Up the River (b007jzcw) threatened with demolition to make way for a new aerodrome... France. I'll See You at the Source The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard First published in 1938 under the title 'Prelude for War' - one of As their Thames quest climaxes, Jennifer attempts to drink Sam platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. a long series of novels featuring Leslie Charteris's creation under the table. Stars Timothy Spall. From January 1993. Adapted for radio from and David Croft's TV Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". THU 18:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jq8l) scripts by and . Simon Templar …. Paul Rhys Episode 4 …. Patricia Holm …. Kim Thomson One word is the key to the Grimoire. But is Arcos able to …. John Le Mesurier Valerie …. Fiona Fullerton harness its magical power? Corporal Jones …. Inspector Claude Eustace Teal/Usher …. John Baddeley A fantasy-adventure by Peter Thomson and Jamie Thomson. Private Frazer …. John Laurie Peter Quentin …. Jonathan Keeble Arcos ..... Francis Thomson Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley Fairweather …. John Hartley Kaddah ..... Trevor Peacock …. Luker …. Geoffrey Whitehead Vanna ..... Elizabeth Whiting Cissie Godfrey …. Joan Cooper General Sangore …. John Turner Shazir ..... Crawford Logan Colonel/Sir Charles …. Fraser Kerr Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 10 – 16 May 2008 Page 6 of 6 Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999. Producer: John Dyas FRI 18:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jq9v) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976. Episode 5 FRI 08:30 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections Young novice sorcerer Arcos learns an unpalatable truth about (b007jlz2) his father from Kaddah. Series 2 A fantasy-adventure by Peter Thomson and Jamie Thomson. Episode 1 Arcos ..... Francis Thomson ...Pull-Out Sections: and Henry Naylor with more Kaddah ..... Trevor Peacock stand-up sketches about the news of June 2001, with guest Lucy Vanna ..... Elizabeth Whiting Porter. Episode 1 of 10. Shazir ..... Crawford Logan FRI 09:00 P Division (b007jnq9) Bereneth ..... Edward Kelsey Code Four One, Series 1 Va ..... Melanie Hudson The Bonepit Alviza ..... Emma Fielding Peter Turnbull's Glasgow cops make a haunting discovery at a Rashiq ..... Theresa Streatfeild building site. Recorded partly on location. Stars Jake D'Arcy. Producer: Peter Hutchings FRI 10:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jns8) First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1991. Episode 5 FRI 18:30 Soldier (b007w2n3) As Hetty receives a gift from the captain, Adam waits in the Episode 2 wings hoping she will marry him. Stars Thomas Arnold. Finally the horrific truth of soldier Qarlo's past becomes FRI 10:15 Renny Krupinski - No Problem (b007jw1g) known. But is it already too late to save humanity? Episode 2 of An idyllic holiday runs into problems as Beth and Simon get 2. stuck in an airport. Stars Renny Krupinski and Belinda Sinclair. FRI 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jrl4) FRI 11:00 Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] (b007jpfd) FRI 19:30 Just a Minute (b00bbhj7) The Skimmity Ride [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Forever haunted by his reckless past, the ex-Mayor of FRI 20:00 P Division (b007jnq9) Casterbridge, Michael Henchard, is becoming desperate... [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Stars David Calder as Michael Henchard, Andrea Wray as FRI 21:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede (b007jns8) Elizabeth-Jane, Sandra Berkin as Lucetta, Jason Flemyng as [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Donald Farfrae and John Nettles as Newson. FRI 21:15 Renny Krupinski - No Problem (b007jw1g) The dramatic denouement of Thomas Hardy 's magnificent [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] story of a man whose impetuous, vital character is the seed of FRI 22:00 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections his own downfall. (b007jlz2) Music arranged and played by Dave Townsend and the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Mellstock Band. FRI 22:30 Dial M for Pizza (b00bbnvt) Dramatised in 4-parts by Sally Hedges Series 2 Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Nigel Bryant Episode 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio in 1994. The piping hot comedy show served with relish from Brenda FRI 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jrl4) Blethyn and Robert Bathurst, and a guest side salad of Jonathan [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Ross. FRI 12:30 Just a Minute (b00bbhj7) FRI 23:00 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll Paul Merton, Clement Freud, and Peter Jones try (b00fw3yp) to talk about more subjects for 60 seconds. From February My Turn to Be Poorly 1998. The Brummie musicologist reveals the impact of so many rock FRI 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress legends dying at the age of 27. (b007sygk) Set in a fictitious in a college of further education in the Episode 5 'Newcastle-under-Lyme area'. Cajoled by his wife Carrie, Simon Stockdale finally meets his Series of comic lectures, written and performed by Graham father's lover, Merrion. Read by Barbara Flynn. Fellows FRI 13:15 Murderers and Other Friends (b007jmqf) Producer: Dawn Ellis Episode 5 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001. John Mortimer concludes his memoir with tales of the Gay FRI 23:15 Hearing With Hegley (b00bbnvw) News trial, meeting Kalim Siddiqui and musings on God. Series 1 Episode 5 of 5. Episode 5 FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b00bbmfb) The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents A Day in the Life of 13th Century a selection of his work. Land becomes a commodity to be bought and sold. Anna With contributions from Keith Moore, Susan Norton, Andrew Massey narrates the history of the British Isles, with Paul Bailey and Nigel Piper. Eddington. Producer: Phil Clarke FRI 13:45 Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996. (b00bbmfd) FRI 23:30 The Lee Mack Show (b00bbnvy) Episode 5 Tony Hadley The Sherlock Holmes author writes to his mother debating his Tony Hadley joins the quick-fire comic for stand-up, sketches knighthood offer. Extracts read by Forbes Masson and John and music. With Angela McHale and Trevor Crook. From Dougal. March 2005. FRI 14:00 16/05/2008 (b00bbmfg) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7. FRI 17:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bbmfj) What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning Tribulations of an Uncle By Marriage After the cottage inferno in Steeple Bumpleigh, Bertie Wooster plots a fake burglary. A P.G. Wodehouse romp adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller. CAST: Jeeves …. Michael Hordern Bertie Wooster …. Richard Briers Stilton Cheeswright …. Michael Kilgarriff Boko Fittleworth …. Jonathan Cecil Percy, Lord Worplesdon …. Peter Woodthorpe Nobby Hopwood …. Rosalind Adams Edwin the Boy Scout …. Denise Bryer Producer: Simon Brett First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. FRI 17:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00bbn44) Series 2 Practice Makes Perfect It's not all plain sailing as duo Tommy and Sheila prepare for a cruise. 30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are back in the big time. June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star in Mike Coleman's sitcom. Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley and Edward Halstead Music by Frido Ruth. Producer: Steve Doherty Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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