Radio 7 Listings for 26 March – 1 April 2011 Page 1 of 6 SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2011 Mrs Purdy …. SAT 16:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00mz47p) Hewitt …. Owen Brenman Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage SAT 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn0n) Miss Sunman …. Katy Odey The spinster sleuth reveals the murderer's identity, plus more Soul Music Fudge …. Jon Glover surprises. Agatha Christie thriller starring June Whitfield. Horror legend Vincent Price tells the chilling tale of a violinist BJ …. Christopher Benjamin SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00zn5cf) with very special hands Post Boy …. Simon Schatzberger [Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today] Starring John Graham, Coral Browne, Roger Snowdon and Francine …. Carol Starks SAT 18:00 - Professor Challenger Michael Burlington. Turner …. David Ryall (b00zs6nn) Written by William Ingram. Other parts played by the cast. The Disintegration Machine Producer: John Dyas Music: John Whitehall Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's indomitable academic must First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1973. Producer: Neil Cargill investigate dastardly Latvian scientist Theodore Nemor. Stars SAT 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1k4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. Bill Paterson. The Hiring Fair SAT 04:30 No Commitments (b007jp15) SAT 18:30 David Garnett - Lady into Fox (b00cmz8m) Strong moonlight forces spark a sequence of events which echo Series 7 2. Escape across generations. Frances Tomelty reads Polly Devlin's tale. Soap Bubbles Despite Richard Tebrick's increased security for their new In 1867 a young girl living with her father on their isolated Charlotte discovers that starring in a soap opera is a cut-throat home, his vixen wife escapes to begin a new family life in the County Tyrone farm often senses the magical attraction of the business. Starring Angela Thorne and Celia Imrie. woods... full moon. On one particular night of bright, silvery moonlight SAT 05:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00zn5cf) David Garnett's terrifying novel of transformation is concluded she gives in to strong forces sparking a sequence of events Series 6 by Ben Miles. which echo across generations. Episode 18 Abridged by Doreen Estall SAT 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll From Newark, New Jersey - the American funny man hosts his Directed at BBC Northern Ireland by Lawrence Jackson. and Mr Hyde (b00859tj) annual amateur battle of the bands music showpiece. From Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in July 2008. Episode 5 2010. SAT 19:00 King Street Junior (b007jmcw) It's Henry Jekyll's turn to tell the story, as the bizarre truth is SAT 06:00 26/03/2011 (b00zs6nj) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] finally revealed. Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on SAT 19:30 King Street Junior (b007jmdd) 1996. BBC Radio 7. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jrk0) SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00zs6nl) SAT 20:00 Comedy Controller (b007jq4z) Paul Temple and the Alex Affair Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] 5. Mr Wilfred Davis Book Thief by Markus Zusak, read by Christopher Eccleston. SAT 23:00 Val McDermid - The Distant Echo (b00v9qsr) Lathom is blackmailed, and the sleuth stakes out the drop-off - SAT 09:00 King Street Junior (b007jmcw) 25 years on, police review the unsolved murder of a young where a surprising figure appears... Series 4 woman in the snow. But is the killing over? Stars Jimmy 's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple It's Not Cricket Chisholm. and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for Mr Sims bowls an unexpected 'bouncer' at Tradition and opens BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. up a can of worms. With Karl Howman and James Grout. Paul Temple …. Peter Coke SAT 09:30 King Street Junior (b007jmdd) SUNDAY 27 MARCH 2011 Steve …. Marjorie Westbury Series 4 Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason That Old Time Religion SUN 00:00 Arthur Conan Doyle - Professor Challenger Inspector Crane …. Haydn Jones There's a chewing gum fiend on the loose and the Open Day (b00zs6nn) Wilfred Davis …. Basil Jones opens a can of cultural worms. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Mrs Trevelyan …. Barbara Mitchell) SAT 10:00 Comedy Controller (b007jq4z) SUN 00:30 David Garnett - Lady into Fox (b00cmz8m) Dr Kohima …. Rolf Lefebvre Justin Moorhouse [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Donald Black …. Victor Lucas Justin Moorhouse, Young Kenny from Peter Kay's Phoenix SUN 02:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Things We Do For Love Sergeant …. Anthony Viccars Nights, follows in a fine tradition of Northern comics. In (b007xrnq) Mrs Horne …. Betty Hardy addition to comedian, he's also an actor and writer, and [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] Bradley …. David Brierly according to his official website "vegetarian, dog owner, father SUN 03:30 Morse (b007lmbz) Producer: Martin C Webster of two and I like Batman quite a bit". The Wench Is Dead First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1968. He's written and starred in his own BBC Radio 4 sitcom - After he's rushed into hospital, Inspector Morse becomes SAT 01:30 Miss Marple (b007jpqv) Everyone Quite Likes Justin - and has performed in plays at intrigued by an old crime. The Murder at the Vicarage Manchester's Royal Exchange. SUN 05:00 King Street Junior (b007jmcw) Episode 5 Justin has been on , where his chosen [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday] Amateur sleuth Jane Marple battles to unearth the proof she subject was Les Dawson. He's popped up on BBC Radio 5 SUN 05:30 King Street Junior (b007jmdd) needs to reveal the murderer's identity - along with a few other Live's '7 Day Sunday' and 'Fighting Talk'. He's also been a [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday] surprises. regular presence on Manchester's Key 103. SUN 06:00 27/03/2011 (b00zs84q) The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Taking control of our comedy for 3 hours, Justin talks about his Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Whitfield as Miss Marple. upbringing, comedy influences and the day Judith Chalmers BBC Radio 7. Rev. Leonard Clement...... Francis didn't put him on Wish You Were Here. SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00zs84s) Matthews His choices are: Knowing Me Knowing You (22.12.92), Ken Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring The Griselda Clement...... Imelda Dodd's Palace of Laughter (3.9.87), On The Town With The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, read by Christopher Eccleston. Staunton League of Gentlemen (6.11.97), Ross Noble Goes Global - SUN 09:00 Adam Dalgliesh - A Taste for Death Omnibus Lettice Protheroe...... Rachel Atkins South Africa (18.4.02), Radio Shuttleworth (with Vanessa (b00tf01n) Colonel Melchett...... Richard Todd Feltz) (24.11.98) and Listen to Les (18.3.95). Episode 2 Dr Haydock...... Nigel SAT 13:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Things We Do For Love The Commander looks for more clues as he tries to unravel the Davenport (b007xrnq) mysterious death of Sir Paul Berowne. Stars Richard Inspector Slack...... John Baddeley When two best friends are reunited, the ensuing farce surprises Derrington. Gladys Cram...... Oona Beeson them both. Stars Joanna Van Gyseghem and Cameron Stewart. SUN 10:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words (b007w26k) Mrs Sadler...... Tina Gray Alan Ayckbourn's play, adapted for radio by Martyn Read When a young man takes his beloved Rose to climb a mountain, Constable...... Dominic Starring Joanna van Gyseghem as Barbara, Cameron Stewart as there are alarming consequences. Read by Mark Bonnar. Letts Hamish, Gavin Muir as Gilbert and Teresa Gallagher as Nikki. SUN 10:30 Albert and Me (b007k04p) Dramatised by Michael Bakewell This comic masterpiece is an hilarious and cruel view of love - Series 1 Director: Enyd Williams avoiding it, yearning for it and falling head over heels in it. Family Christmas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993. Barbara has chosen to live alone. Her immaculate flat is a male- Single dad Bryan finds himself double-booked for the SAT 02:00 Adam Dalgliesh - A Taste for Death (b00tdmc2) free and child-free zone. As lady of the house, she rents out the festivities... Episode 10 bottom flat to Gilbert, a postman with a passion for painting. Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as The murderer is finally confronted, but the killing isn't over yet Her role in life is to remain single and to look after her boss. Mum/Albert, John Comer as Dad, Patricia Hayes as Gran, Celia in this gripping climax. Stars Richard Derrington. When her old school friend, Nikki, moves into the upstairs flat Bannerman as Maureen and Kenneth Shanley as the Store SAT 02:15 Nick Warburton - Our Late Supper (b010b6bw) with her fiancé, Hamish, Barbara is there to keep an eye on her. Assistant. A shy middle-aged woman is forced out of her shell by an However, her orderly life quickly takes a very different Written by Jim Eldridge. unexpected friendship with a 12-year-old girl. direction. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Nick Warburton’s drama stars Marcia Warren as Marian, Holly Things We Do For Love has been deemed one of the best plays First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1977. Grainger as Charlie and Gerard McDermott as Bernard. of the 1990s. SUN 11:00 The Actor, The Lodgings, The Kipper And Ma Director: Claire Grove Producer: Gordon House. (b0084ht0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. Geoffrey Wheeler recollects the theatrical landladies who gave SAT 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpxd) SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00mz47f) bed and board to actors and variety turns. With Bruce Forsyth. The Small House at Allington Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage SUN 11:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp71) The Small House at Allington Part 4 When a detested church-goer is found dead, the spinster sleuth Series 3 Lily still loves her ex-fiance, but will Adolphus marry Lady investigates. Agatha Christie thriller starring June Whitfield. Alexandrina? Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Julia Ford. SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00mz47h) Award-winning actor Warren Mitchell talks about where his SAT 04:00 Bristow (b00ct8w3) Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage love of acting began, the terrors of performing on live television Series 1 The amateur sleuth probes Colonel Protheroe's killing in the - and how Alf Garnett came into his life thanks to BBC TV The Great Escape vicar's study. Agatha Christie detective story, starring June sitcom 'Till Death Us Do Part'. Bristow plots the summer holiday of a lifetime - in Mudsea. Whitfield. Warren Mitchell (Born: 1926 - Died: 2015) Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying SAT 15:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00mz47k) Series showcasing the reminisces of celebrated raconteurs clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage before a live audience. it. With more than one confession to murder, who can the amateur Producer: Claire Jones Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper sleuth believe? Agatha Christie thriller starring June Whitfield. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001. cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years SAT 16:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00mz47m) SUN 12:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b007jx51) from 1961. Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage Doddy's Daft Half Hour (20/08/1972) Bristow …. Michael Williams The investigations into Colonel Protheroe's death don't go at all The King of Knotty Ash examines black magic and lands a part Jones …. Rodney Bewes to plan. Agatha Christie thriller starring June Whitfield. in a horror movie. Or does he? Supported by .co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 26 March – 1 April 2011 Page 2 of 6 Starring Ken Dodd. Series 2 Producer: Jamie Rix With Hugh Paddick, Miriam Margolyes, Talfryn Thomas, John Episode 4 First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1984. Graham and Jo Manning Wilson. A baby's first words and a spooky hunt for ghosts. Crazy sketch MON 13:00 Paul Temple (b007w4dh) Devised and written by Ken Dodd with Malcolm Cameron, comedy with Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig. From February Paul Temple and the Alex Affair Stewart Campbell, Norman Beedle, Peter Tonkinson and John 2007. 6. Mr Lee Brent Pye. Mrs Trevelyan's confession doesn't ring true, so the sleuth seeks Doddy's Diddy Orchestra conducted by Geoff Alderson. assistance from an American counterpart. Producer: Bobby Jaye MONDAY 28 MARCH 2011 Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in August 1972. and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for SUN 12:30 Brothers in Law (b007js84) MON 00:00 Daphne Du Maurier - The Birds (b00tdzr7) BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Paul Temple …. Peter Coke Keeping It Warm MON 01:00 Morse (b007lmbz) Steve …. Marjorie Westbury Will barrister Roger manage to make up with girlfriend Sally? [Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Sunday] Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as MON 02:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00zs84v) Inspector Crane …. Haydn Jones Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Jean Anderson as Mrs [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] Wilfred Davis …. Basil Jones Thursby, Norman Bird as Brigstocke, John Gabriel as MON 03:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00zs96s) Mrs Trevelyan …. Barbara Mitchell Lowthwaite, Francis de Wolff as Mr Justice and Peter [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday] Taxi Driver …. Alan Dudley Tuddenham as the Lord Justice. MON 03:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00zs96v) Carl Lathom …. Simon Lack Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson. [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday] Ricky …. Frank Henderson Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in MON 03:45 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ssp5w) Leo Brent …. Dennis Hawthorne Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] Flora …. Rosalind Shanks Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard MON 04:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00s5nfj) Operator …. Ian Thompson Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] Jock …. Duncan McIntyre Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972. MON 04:15 Comedy Catch-Up (b00zs96x) Driver …. Nigel Clayton Producer: David Hatch. [Repeat of broadcast at 16:15 on Sunday] Producer: Martin C Webster First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1971. MON 04:30 The Now Show (b00zsbkb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1968. SUN 13:00 Morse (b007lmbz) [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday] MON 13:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt7wy) [Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 today] MON 05:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time Episode 1 SUN 14:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00zs84v) (b007jw92) It's 1948. Sleuth Easy Rawlings is drawn into a web of murder No Commitments - Soap Bubbles Children's Hour: Once Upon A Time and corruption. Walter Mosley's thriller, read by Paul Winfield. Charlotte discovers that starring in a soap opera is a cutthroat Episode 1 MON 13:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt7x0) business. Starring Angela Thorne and Celia Imrie. Sandy Chalmers celebrates the long running BBC institution: Episode 2 SUN 15:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00zs96s) Toytown - A Portrait of the Mayor and The Boys of Glen Easy Rawlings hunts Daphne Monet, but discovers he's not Whose Line Is It Anyway? Morroch. alone in the search. Walter Mosley's thriller read by Paul Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Lenny MON 06:00 28/03/2011 (b00zshr1) Winfield. Henry, Dawn French, John Sessions and Stephen Fry. From Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on MON 14:00 Foul Play (b00zshr3) January 1988. BBC7. Series 4 SUN 15:30 Comedy Catch-Up (b00zs96v) MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jrlz) Murder for Starters Creme de la Crime - Six Feet Down Under Series 2 Crime writers Robert Barnard and Lindsey Davis probe who Michael Feydeau and David Pershore probe death by cutlery Episode 5 wielded a deadly skewer. back in 1824. Stars and . From May Master Spy Kenneth Horne's on the case of a remote-control With the help of witnesses played by Maria McErlane and Lee 2002. guided nuclear banana - and Kenneth Williams throws a fresh Simpson. SUN 15:45 Comedy Catch-Up (b00ssp5w) tantrum over the show's script. Murder mystery panel game chaired by Simon Brett. 15 Minute Musical - Brothers in Arms With Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee. Producer: Liz Anstee A medieval rock musical - with Tony de Blair and Gordon de Recorded at the BBC's Studio in Lower Regent Street, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998. Brown heading to Downing Street. Stars Alex Lowe. From . Announcer: Douglas Smith MON 14:30 Foul Play (b00zshr5) October 2004. Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Series 4 SUN 16:00 Comedy Catch-Up (b00s5nfj) comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Dead as a Parrot A Series of Psychotic Episodes Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Crime writers Ian Rankin and Stella Duffy try to solve a murder From to a depressed hamster - the surreal world of Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the mystery involving footballers and models. Miriam Elia. With Dan Tetsall. From November 2008. scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and With the help of witnesses played by Maria McErlane and Lee SUN 16:15 Comedy Catch-Up (b00zs96x) 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Simpson. A Series of Psychotic Episodes catchphrases and double-entendres. Murder mystery panel game chaired by Simon Brett. Ever tried storming a bouncy castle? The surreal world of Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Producer: Liz Anstee Miriam Elia. With Dan Tetsall and Joanna Neary. From Hayes Four. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998. November 2008. Producer: John Simmonds MON 15:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00l16tj) SUN 16:30 The Now Show (b00zsbkb) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1966. The Devil Fresh from 4 - Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical MON 08:30 (b00m0m9y) Old Granny Greer outwits a miserly son when she strikes a deal look at the week's news. From 18th March. Series 5 to sit with his ailing Mother until she dies. SUN 17:00 The Actor, The Lodgings, The Kipper And Ma Episode 3 The first of five French stories adapted to an Irish setting and (b0084ht0) More celeb sound-alikes with 's Dalek sleepover read by James Ellis, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] and Brian Sewell gets married. With Jon Culshaw. From Recorded on location in a picturesque thatched cottage at the SUN 17:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp71) September 2001. Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Holywood. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] MON 09:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland Producer: Heather Brennon SUN 18:00 Daphne Du Maurier - The Birds (b00tdzr7) (b007wpz1) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. The natural world turns on mankind as a war veteran and his Growing Up MON 15:15 Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (b00g1hbq) family come under attack in Cornwall. Stars Neil Dudgeon. Comedian Dominic Holland points out the pitfalls of growing Episode 1 SUN 19:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b007jx51) up, becoming an adult and having children. Linda Lear's biography reveals the family history and early [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Stand-up and sketches with Simon Greenall, Sally Grace and years of Peter Rabbit's creator. Read by Lindsay Duncan. SUN 19:30 Brothers in Law (b007js84) Dave Lamb. MON 15:30 An Accidental MP (b007jrdp) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Producer: Maria Esposito Episode 1 SUN 20:00 Adam Dalgliesh - A Taste for Death Omnibus First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000. The former TV war reporter describes life as an Independent (b00tf01n) MON 09:30 Coming Alive (b00j62ln) MP for Tatton - having beaten his predecessor Neil Hamilton. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Series 3 MON 15:45 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver (b00nm5ww) SUN 21:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words (b007w26k) Endings and Beginnings Mrs Miniver Comes Home; On Hampstead Heath [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] As Terry comes to the end of his sentence, will he and Sandra Mrs Miniver first appeared in a series of articles on the Court SUN 21:30 Albert and Me (b007k04p) finally get together? Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan. page of 'The Times' newspaper in 1937, and was later [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today] MON 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpzz) immortalised in the wartime movie starring Greer Garson. SUN 22:00 Creme de la Crime (b00824r5) The Last Chronicle of Barset The series brings together ten of Jan Struther's original engaging Series 2 The Last Chronicle of Barset Part 1 stories about an English housewife. A Pyramid Scheme The Vicar of Hogglestock is accused of theft with unexpected Read by Penelope Wilton. Michael Feydeau and David Pershore probe the mysterious consequences. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Kenneth Producer: Sara Davies curse of a mummy. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From Cranham. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. May 2002. MON 11:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009qx1x) MON 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00zshr7) SUN 22:15 15 Minute Musical (b00svcbs) Gone But Not Forgotten Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring Vampire Series 1 The playwright recounts his career through some amazing Slugs on Callisto by Jackie French, Emlyn's Moon by Jenny Jeffrey! stories he never completed. With Maureen Lipman and Brian Nimmo, and Spoofer Rooney by Jonathan Kebbe. Gilbert and Sullivan spoof about the disgrace of convicted Blessed. MON 17:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland criminal liar Jeffrey Archer. Stars Dave Lamb. From November MON 11:15 Nick Warburton - Beast (b007wvyn) (b007wpz1) 2004. A mysterious creature is pulled from near a fishing [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN 22:30 All Classical Music Explained (b007jsr8) village. Is it harmless or a threat? Stars James Fleet and Eve MON 17:30 Coming Alive (b00j62ln) The Orchestra Best. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] In a unique performance, Rainer Hersch assembles the largest MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jrlz) MON 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jshy) collection of stylophones in one building. From October 1998. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Lot 132 SUN 23:00 A-Z of the British Countryside (b007k38g) MON 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b008vnrl) Horror legend Vincent Price tells the artistically horrifying tale Award-winning comics Howard Read and Josie Long are joined From 12/02/1984 of a painting. With Douglas Blackwell, Alexander John, by Chris Chantler on a 'road movie for radio.' From March From an old colonial to a herd of operatic cows – it can only be Elizabeth Morgan and Vincent Price 2007. Michael Bentine. MON 18:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007ww76) SUN 23:30 Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio (b007k1n3) The ultimate one man show written and performed by the host. The Big Chill Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 26 March – 1 April 2011 Page 3 of 6 The surreal quest of a young museum attendant named Oneira A-ha! Chat show host Alan Partridge welcomes more guests to TUE 13:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt8sj) to learn the secrets of the Universe with the help of Nicholai, a his sofa: Episode 4 400-year-old Dutch alchemist. BBC TV's Commissioning Director Tony Hayers Private detective Easy Rawlings is brutally arrested and Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as TV presenter Trudy Sky accused. Walter Mosley's thriller read by Paul Winfield. Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Joseph Kloska as Pete, Fashion Designer Yvonne Boyd TUE 14:00 The Anatomy of the Musical (b00t1qsr) Mark Straker as the Salesman and Bethan Walker as the Visitor. The maverick Lord Morgan The Take-Home Number Producer: Liz Webb. With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan. Examining successful musicals, Russell Davies looks at the Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007. Assistant researchers: necessity of hit numbers, and songs that live on when a show MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jrlz) Patrick Marber ends. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Rebecca Front TUE 14:30 The BBC and the Closet (b00tr6sy) MON 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b008vnrl) Doon Mackichan The battles within the BBC to make programmes about [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] David Schneider homosexuality in the 1950s and 60s. Chris Ledgard explores the MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b007w4dh) Producer: Armando lannucci archives. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992. TUE 15:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00l3pxv) MON 20:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt7wy) TUE 09:00 Flying the Flag (b00f6p4z) Scully's Goat [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Series 4 What befalls an unsuspecting goat when she escapes to pursue MON 20:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt7x0) End of Term her freedom? A French story adapted to an Irish setting. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 today] Ambassador Mackenzie packs his diplomatic bags, and faces a TUE 15:15 Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (b00g1rsr) MON 21:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009qx1x) bleak future back in Britain with no servants - and no Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] knighthood. Linda Lear's biography of the author reveals how Peter Rabbit MON 21:15 Nick Warburton - Beast (b007wvyn) Before he heads for the Cotswolds, he faces one final crisis in and Jeremy Fisher came to be born. Read by Lindsay Duncan. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] the People's Democracy. But what are the skills of diplomacy TUE 15:30 An Accidental MP (b007jrf1) MON 22:00 Dead Ringers (b00m0m9y) for, if not to salvage some personal profit from another's Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] disaster? With the cigarette advert ban and party funding high on his MON 22:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007vhr4) The final episode of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy agenda, the ex-reporter recalls life as Tatton's Independent MP. Series 1 sitcom. TUE 15:45 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver (b00nm9sb) Pantomime Cows Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter The New Car; Guy Fawkes Day Robert lands a festive stage role, but ends up drinking before a Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, The engaging stories of an English housewife, created for The show... Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Stephen Greif as Times in 1937 and immortalised on film. Read by Penelope John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom. US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg. Wilton. Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair Producer: Neil Cargill TUE 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00zt6vp) Sue ..... Caroline Quentin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992. Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring Vampire Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn TUE 09:30 Clare in the Community (b00zt4kc) Slugs on Callisto by Jackie French, Emlyn's Moon by Jenny With Stephen Yardley, Royce Mills, Susan Sheridan, Anne Series 3 Nimmo, and Spoofer Rooney by Jonathan Kebbe. Bryson and Joanna Mackie. Clare's Last Stand TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00f6p4z) Producer: Paul Spencer An easy day at a conference is spoiled when Clare's nemesis [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1989. Peggy turns up, issuing a challenge that the social worker can't TUE 17:30 Clare in the Community (b00zt4kc) MON 23:00 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? refuse. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] (b00s6n88) Clare Barker is a social worker with all the politically correct TUE 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmk9) Series 1 jargon but none of the practical solutions. Award-winning Fish Et In Arcadia Ego sitcom by Harry Venning and David Ramsden. Movie legend Vincent Price takes the bait, and tells a tale of Giles and David take Judith to savour rural Cornwall, but Starring Sally Phillips as Clare, Alex Lowe as Brian, Andrew horror from Down Under. Shark and chips, anyone? trouble soon takes root. Stars Richard E Grant. From February Wincott as Simon, Richard Lumsden as Ray, Gemma Craven as Starring Bill Kerr, Bruce Beeby, Amanda Murray and Lewis 1995. Helen, Ellen Thomas as Irene, Nina Conti as Megan, Joseph Fiander. MON 23:30 The Bigger Issues (b00l6jfq) Kloska as Kevin, Mark Straker as the PA Man and Mel Hudson Written by Rene Basilico. Homelessness as Peggy. Producer: John Dyas A group of inept actors set out to change the world through Producer: Katie Tyrrell First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1973. drama - linking up to Radio 4. With Dave Lamb. From October First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. TUE 18:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007x08b) 2000. TUE 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b009x1tl) Sleight of Mind The Last Chronicle of Barset An electricity company official interrogates the museum The Last Chronicle of Barset Part 2 attendant. But is he actually helping Oneira - or is he an alien? TUESDAY 29 MARCH 2011 When the Reverend Crawley is accused of theft, Mrs Proudie Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as takes action. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Rosemary Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Sam Dale as Resistor, TUE 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jshy) Leach. Gerard McDermott as Fulcanelli and Mark Straker as the Floor [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE 11:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rp4x) Manager. TUE 00:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007ww76) Alternative Comedy Producer: Liz Webb. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] The playwright recalls entertaining the idea of being a comic, Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007. TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007w4dh) and some unusual student shows. With Christian Rodska. TUE 19:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Monday] TUE 11:15 Nick Warburton - Doreen's Chair (b00t8xc1) (b007jrt7) TUE 01:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt7wy) An article on feng shui sparks a remarkable change in the life [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Monday] of a timid husband. Stars Peter Sallis and Gillian Barge. TUE 19:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket TUE 01:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt7x0) TUE 11:45 Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter (b00s9f4t) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 on Monday] With Richard Wagner (b007qzh5) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] TUE 02:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009qx1x) A teacher faces the task of staging the 'Ring Cycle' in a school TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b007w2hz) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] ranked bottom of the league tables. Read by Barbara Flynn. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] TUE 02:15 Nick Warburton - Beast (b007wvyn) TUE 12:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? TUE 20:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt8sg) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] (b007jrt7) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] TUE 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jpzz) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 20:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt8sj) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE 12:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket [Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 today] TUE 04:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b00s9f4t) TUE 21:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rp4x) (b007wpz1) Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Episode 3 TUE 21:15 Nick Warburton - Doreen's Chair (b00t8xc1) TUE 04:30 Coming Alive (b00j62ln) The dear ladies reminisce about the day they moved in. Stars Dr [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From February 1978. TUE 21:45 Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter TUE 05:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time (b00qgx3h) TUE 13:00 Paul Temple (b007w2hz) With Richard Wagner (b007qzh5) Children's Hour: Once Upon A Time Paul Temple and the Alex Affair [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] Episode 2 7. The Girl in Brown TUE 22:00 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007jvc2) Sandy Chalmers remembers the legendary BBC institution. The debonair detective returns to Canterbury in search of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Featuring Norman and Henry Bones and The House at Pooh 'Alex', when Leo Brent looks to be in danger. TUE 22:30 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (b00scw61) Corner. Episode 2 of 4. Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple Diplodocus v Concreton TUE 06:00 29/03/2011 (b00zt4k9) and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. sanity. BBC Radio 7. Paul Temple …. Peter Coke Written by and starring Viv Stanshall. TUE 08:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Steve …. Marjorie Westbury Contains an edit of an original John Peel session as first heard (b007jrt7) Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason on BBC Radio 1. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Inspector Crane …. Haydn Jones Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using Terry is not keen to meet any of Bob's snobbish friends. Wilfred Davis …. Basil Jones additional musicians. Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ricky …. Frank Henderson Producer: John Walters Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. Dr Kohima …. Roy Lefebvre First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996. With Sheila Fearn, Olive Milbourne, Julian Holloway and Leo Brent …. Dennis Hawthorne TUE 22:45 My Booze Hell, by Little Johnny Cartilage Gretta Gouriet. Taxi Driver …. Alan Dudley (b007jvc7) Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Walter …. David Brierly Sugar, Der Der Der Der Der Der, Ah Honey, Honey Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley. Thomas …. Leroy Lingwood Johnny fails to impress Melvyn Bragg while plugging his new Producer: John Browell Producer: Martin C Webster book. Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in a First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1968. The not-terribly-true autobiography of 1970s idol Little Johnny BBC Treasure Hunt. TUE 13:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt8sg) Cartilage. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975. Episode 3 Written by and starring Johnny Meres. TUE 08:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007jvc2) A voice from the past reminds Easy Rawlings of a life of crime With: Episode 6 he must escape. Walter Mosley's thriller read by Paul Winfield. Melvyn Bragg Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 26 March – 1 April 2011 Page 4 of 6 Ben Miller Miss Dimple and Other Female Roles …. Lorelei King Nimmo, and Spoofer Rooney by Jonathan Kebbe. Peter Serafinowicz Von Blitzen …. Graham Hoadly WED 17:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b008psw5) Geoff McGivern Tyrone Price …. Vincent Marzello [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Rosemary Martin Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. WED 17:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Deborah Berlin. Adapted by Mark Brisenden. Flywheel (b0085j9l) Producer: Gareth Edwards Music arranged and conducted by David Firman. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996. Producer: Dirk Maggs WED 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jnd6) TUE 23:00 At Home With The Snails (b007jn95) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991. The Waxwork Series 1 WED 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jq2h) Horror legend Vincent Price tells the mortifying tale of a man Episode 4 The Last Chronicle of Barset who spends the night among wax dummies. With 2000 snails in Alex's shed, there are fears that they will The Last Chronicle of Barset Part 3 Starring Peter Barkworth, Joan Cooper, Cyril Shaps and take over the village. Stars Gerard Foster and Geoffrey Palmer. The accused vicar's problems mount up, and Johnny Eames Christopher Bidmead. From July 2001. woos Lily Dale. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Kenneth AM Burrage’s story dramatised by Barry Campbell. TUE 23:30 Just Juliette (b00zt6yp) Cranham. Producer: John Dyas Series 2 WED 11:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rr73) First broadcast on BBC World Service in 1973. Episode 4 Wild Pigs of Thorngumbald WED 18:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k26v) The failed talk show host hits trouble at the shopping channel, The playwright recalls how his career as an architect ended A String of Time and Ron needs advice. Stars Jenny Eclair. From December early, but not before an animal encounter. With Christian As her quest to learn the secrets of the Universe continues, 2000. Rodska. museum attendant Oneira ends up in the Texan Desert with a WED 11:15 Interviews (b00zt9w7) dead American comic - and a 13th century Friar. A year in the life of three primary school children, as seen Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as WEDNESDAY 30 MARCH 2011 through the eyes of their parents and teacher. Stars Tracy Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Chas Early as Bill Hicks, Childs. Jon Glover as Roger Bacon and Christine Kavanagh as WED 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmk9) WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jny1) Clock/Alien. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: Liz Webb. WED 00:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007x08b) WED 12:30 Life With The Lyons (b00ztcr7) Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Roaming Scandals WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jny1) WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007w2hz) Holiday shambles - as Bebe heads for Loch Lomond and Ben is [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Tuesday] planning a surprise. WED 19:30 Life With The Lyons (b00ztcr7) WED 01:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt8sg) Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Tuesday] Daniels and their children, Barbara and Richard. WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b007w39f) WED 01:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zt8sj) With Molly Weir as Aggie, Doris Rogers as Florrie, Angela [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 on Tuesday] Ferguson Arthur Lawrence and John Pullen. WED 20:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00ztcr9) WED 02:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rp4x) Life With The Lyons was one the BBC's most popular radio [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] sitcoms between1950 and 1961. It was also adapted for BBC WED 20:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00ztcrc) WED 02:15 Nick Warburton - Doreen's Chair (b00t8xc1) TV. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] Written by Bebe Daniels and Bob Block WED 21:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rr73) WED 02:45 Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] With Richard Wagner (b007qzh5) Producer: Tom Ronald WED 21:15 Interviews (b00zt9w7) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Tuesday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1961. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b009x1tl) WED 13:00 Paul Temple (b007w39f) WED 22:00 Heated Rollers (b007s849) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Paul Temple and the Alex Affair [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 04:00 Flying the Flag (b00f6p4z) 8. Introducing Alex WED 22:30 Naked Radio (b00lngwm) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] The suave sleuth invites the key players to his home, but has he The Scottish comedy team laugh at events in the news. From WED 04:30 Clare in the Community (b00zt4kc) finally managed to identify the blackmailing murderer? Glasgow's Tron Theatre. With Gregor Fisher. From February [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple 1984. WED 05:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in the conclusion of another WED 23:00 Tales from the Tower (b00jf6s1) (b00qgz68) intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his The Last Waltz Children's Hour: Once Upon A Time glamorous wife. From Blackpool Tower, caretaker Bob spies on a troubled tea Episode 3 Paul Temple …. Peter Coke dance with a drag spectacular. Stars David Holt. From August Sandy Chalmers recalls the legendary BBC institution: Toytown Steve …. Marjorie Westbury 2001. - The Showing Up of Larry the Lamb and The Wind in the Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason WED 23:30 Poets' Tree (b00shngl) Willows. Inspector Crane …. Haydn Jones Episode 1 WED 06:00 30/03/2011 (b00zt7q0) Leo Brent …. Dennis Hawthorne The first of Poet Paul Hamilton's poetry magazine programmes. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Wilfred Davis …. Basil Jones Paul hears some classic poetry from Derek Harricot, and BBC Radio 7. Ricky …. Frank Henderson inspires an unusual person to try poetry for the very first time. WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jny1) Dr Kohima …. Roy Lefebvre Poetry spoof by Kevin Eldon and Stewart Lee. Series 5 Mrs Trevelyan …. Barbara Mitchell With Olivia Colman and Peter Serafinowicz. The Grappling Game Carl Lathom …. Simon Lack Producer: Ed Morrish The Lad Himself and Miss Pugh go to the wrestling, with a Producer: Martin C Webster First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008. shock result! First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1968. WED 23:45 The Correspondent (b007k37h) Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie WED 13:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00ztcr9) Series 2 Jacques and Kenneth Williams. Episode 5 Episode 1 Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Sleuth Easy Rawlings meets Daphne Monet in a dress the colour Tom starts his new job at Brooks Furniture - 'A world of Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. of her eyes. Walter Mosley's thriller read by Paul Winfield. furniture that makes a world of difference'. Producer: Tom Ronald WED 13:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00ztcrc) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958. Episode 6 WED 08:30 Heated Rollers (b007s849) Easy puts his glad rags on for a meeting with Mr Carter of Lion THURSDAY 31 MARCH 2011 Episode 6 Investments. Walter Mosley's thriller read by Paul Winfield. The real Sleeping Beauty, medical dramas - and a women's jail.. WED 14:00 The Nose School (b00tr3ps) THU 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jnd6) The first ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2 Fuelling a multi-million pound industry. Rosie Goldsmith [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] starring Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro. discovers the ancient and secretive art of perfume-making. THU 00:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k26v) With music supplied by the Lorraine Bowen Experience. From March 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Producer: Maria Esposito WED 14:30 Unearthing Mysteries (b007rdrx) THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007w39f) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1999. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Wednesday] WED 09:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b008psw5) The Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria THU 01:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00ztcr9) Series 2 Professor Aubrey Manning investigates the fate of one of the [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Wednesday] Flying Down to Greenock most impressive and enigmatic buildings in history. THU 01:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00ztcrc) Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter. WED 15:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00lbgr5) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 on Wednesday] By Michael Chaplin. My Uncle Julius THU 02:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009rr73) A centenarian Glaswegian, making his first ever flight, The Davenport family's boat fails to come in, in more ways than [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] remembers life during the blitz over Clydeside. one. A French story adapted to an Irish setting. THU 02:15 Interviews (b00zt9w7) James ...... Stanley Baxter WED 15:15 Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (b00g227n) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] Isabel ...... Patricia Kerrigan Episode 3 THU 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jq2h) Directed by Marilyn Imrie. Success and tragedy walk hand-in-hand for the creator of Peter [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] WED 09:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Rabbit. Linda Lear's biography is read by Lindsay Duncan. THU 04:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b008psw5) Flywheel (b0085j9l) WED 15:30 An Accidental MP (b007jrfb) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Series 2 Episode 3 THU 04:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Episode 6 Martin Bell recalls his life as MP for the complex constituency Flywheel (b0085j9l) Shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel heads to Hollywood and of Tatton - home to the Beckhams and neglected council [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] makes a movie. estates. THU 05:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the WED 15:45 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver (b00nmzm7) (b007jw9n) adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel and his Married Couples; At the Dentist's Children's Hour: Once Upon A Time assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors Created in The Times of 1937 and immortalised on film, the Episode 4 on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were engaging stories of an English housewife. Read by Penelope Sandy Chalmers recalls the famous BBC institution: Wandering rediscovered in 1988. Wilton. with Nomad, The House at Pooh Corner and Smokey - A CAST: WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00zv84s) Dragon's Tale. Groucho Marx as Waldorf T. Flywheel …. Michael Roberts Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring Vampire THU 06:00 31/03/2011 (b00zvcmj) Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli …. Frank Lazarus Slugs on Callisto by Jackie French, Emlyn's Moon by Jenny Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 26 March – 1 April 2011 Page 5 of 6 BBC Radio 7. THU 15:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00lg8gr) FRI 02:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009s8mt) THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00zvcml) The Miller's Tale [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] The Moving Target A priest goes to desperate lengths to entice his erring flock back FRI 02:15 Nick Warburton - Mustard Seed (b007k1hn) The bumbling bureaucrats take charge of Britain's first space to the fold. A French story adapted to an Irish setting. From [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] launch. July 2007. FRI 03:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jq2q) A weekly tribute to all those who work in government THU 15:15 Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (b00g27cn) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] departments. Episode 4 FRI 04:00 Our Brave Boys (b007v2sy) Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma There's a wedding and an important donation in Linda Lear's [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Ronald, John Graham and Ronald Baddiley. biography of the author and illustrator. Read by Lindsay FRI 04:30 Joyce Grenfell - Hats Off (b00qs7m8) Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. Duncan. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 THU 15:30 An Accidental MP (b007jrfr) FRI 05:00 Ronald Frame - Greyfriars (b00pd7d2) and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from Episode 4 With petty thieves at work in the high street and a gang of 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, The ex-reporter describes the difficulties of being a lone ruthless house-breakers at work in both the Old and New Town however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows parliamentary voice whilst independent MP for Tatton. areas of Edinburgh, new police recruits John Gray and his in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC THU 15:45 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver (b00nnmhy) faithful dog have their work cut out. Radio 4 Extra. Doing a Mole; Christmas Shopping John Gray served as an Edinburgh policeman for several years Producer: Edward Taylor Created in The Times of 1937 and immortalised on film, the in the 1850s and, like other officers on the beat back then, he First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in July 1970. engaging stories of an English housewife. Read by Penelope had to provide his own police dog: the faithful Skye terrier that THU 08:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008kty5) Wilton. came to be known as Greyfriars Bobby. Episode 2 THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00zvfbx) Ronald Frame’s Victorian thriller written for radio stars Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring Vampire Crawford Logan and Paul Young. Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, John Sessions and Enn Reitel. Slugs on Callisto by Jackie French, Emlyn's Moon by Jenny Bobby ...... Crawford Logan It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, Nimmo, and Spoofer Rooney by Jonathan Kebbe. Jock (John Gray) ...... Paul Young but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC THU 17:00 Our Brave Boys (b007v2sy) Aeneas Cairncross ...... Kenny Blythe radio. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Bridie ...... Gayanne Potter With Colin Sell at the piano. THU 17:30 Joyce Grenfell - Hats Off (b00qs7m8) Lachlan Cairncross ...... Simon Tait Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Sergeant Mitchell ...... Iain Agnew by Martin Booth. THU 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmcf) McCrae ...... Steven McNicol Producer: Dan Patterson Blind Man's Bluff Lady Cairncross ...... Vivienne Dixon First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988. Horror legend Vincent Price's chilling tale of an eerie passenger Produced at BBC Glasgow by David Ian Neville. THU 09:00 Our Brave Boys (b007v2sy) who joins him on a train heading west. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002. Series 1 Co-starring Freddie Jones and Geoffrey Collins. FRI 06:00 01/04/2011 (b00zw33w) Crabs and Penguins Written by William Ingram. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on The Ministry of Defence civil servants must tackle an empty Producer: John Dyas BBC Radio 7. housing crisis. Starring Martin Jarvis and Fiona Shaw. First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1975. FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00zw33y) THU 09:30 Joyce Grenfell - Hats Off (b00qs7m8) THU 18:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k284) Series 2 Farewell to Fun The Thing With Two Cappuccinos Pertwee Posted to Portsmouth The poems of Joyce Grenfell read by Maureen Lipman. When museum attendant Oneira forgets to pay for her coffee, The Chief Petty Officer makes waves with his request to join Introduced by Janie Hampton. Including Monday Morning Mail she's chased by a multiplying hoard of waitresses... Captain Povey's staff. and Hats. Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as THU 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jq2q) Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Bethan Walker as Tannoy, Starring as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as The Last Chronicle of Barset Sam Dale as Phil and Anna Wing as the Barista. the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, The Last Chronicle of Barset Part 4 Producer: Liz Webb. Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as AS The course of true love proves bumpy and there's drama for the Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007. Johnson, Heather Chasen as Heather, as Edgar Proudies. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Rosemary THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00zvcml) Pertwee and Tenniel Evans as Uncle Ebenezer Pertwee. Leach. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU 11:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009s8mt) THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zvcmn) The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series on BBC Radio Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] between 1959 and 1976. The playwright recalls a never-realised bleak opera and a film THU 20:00 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p7pb) meant to star Rex Harrison. With John Woodvine. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. THU 11:15 Nick Warburton - Mustard Seed (b007k1hn) THU 20:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zvcmq) A traveller passing through a remote village finds himself at the [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. centre of a desperate request. A deserted mother implores him THU 20:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zvcms) to cure her only son. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 today] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1960. A beautiful touching story by Nick Warburton based on a THU 21:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009s8mt) FRI 08:30 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00n5vsb) Buddhist fable. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Episode 8 Stars as the Traveller, Emma Fielding as Katherine THU 21:15 Nick Warburton - Mustard Seed (b007k1hn) Mummy's boy DJ, and a royal commentary. Zesty sketch show and Stephen Hogan as Robert. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] with Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Alison Steadman. From Director: Peter Kavanagh THU 22:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008kty5) July 1989. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 09:00 Instant Sunshine (b00lh3hd) THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00zvcml) THU 22:30 The End of the Road Show (b00kmysd) From 29/08/1988 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Episode 2 Humorous songs performed by the comedy musical THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zvcmn) The sketch comedy hits Edinburgh, with Nick Hancock, Tony group, Instant Sunshine: Series 6 Hawks and entertaining local students. From Featuring David Barlow, Peter Christie, Miles Kington and Episode 13 December 1991. Alan Maryon-Davis J Arthur Bile recalls the golden age of the silver-screen with the THU 23:00 Comic to Comic (b007yvks) Producer: David Rayvern Allen spotlight on cinema. Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988. Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Jenny Eclair FRI 09:30 Joyce Grenfell - Hats Off (b00qs7mb) David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. Jenny Eclair: From performing to writing, the award-winning Song of Gladness Written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. comedienne discusses her life and career with Bruce Morton. Maureen Lipman reads more of Joyce Grenfell's poems. Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue THU 23:30 Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller Introduced by Janie Hampton. Including The Bumble Bee and 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and (b00911f4) My Boy. quickly developed a cult following. Episode 3 FRI 10:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jq50) Music and songs by Liam Cohen and Bill Oddie. In an optimistic attempt at cultural review, Craig Children and The Last Chronicle of Barset Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge Martin Bain-Jones throw a Come As You Aren't party. The Last Chronicle of Barset Part 5 First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in July 1968. Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong star as the pompous More revelations for Barchester's residents and decisions need THU 13:00 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p7pb) critics. to be made. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Kenneth Episode 1 With: Cranham. The Senior House Officer is suspicious when a former patient Charlie Condou FRI 11:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009scn3) commits suicide. Annie McCartney's thriller stars Seanin Melissa Lloyd Contrasting Phone Calls and the Beatles Brennan. Tony Gardner Two late-night phone calls bring playwright Alan Plater very THU 13:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zvcmq) Written by Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong, David Mitchell different news, as he concludes his own story. With Christian Episode 7 and Robert Webb. Rodska. Easy is hot on the trail of Frank Green. Surely a drunk isn't his Producer: Jon Rolph FRI 11:15 Nick Warburton - Every Book in the World best lead? Walter Mosley's thriller read by Paul Winfield. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998. (b00td5s8) THU 13:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zvcms) The real-life Victorian bibliomaniac, Sir Thomas Philipps, Episode 8 aimed to own a copy of every book in the world. But his mania Easy finally comes face to face with Frank Green and it's no FRIDAY 01 APRIL 2011 came at a price. friendly occasion. Walter Mosley's thriller read by Paul A Victorian road movie, Nick Warburton's play is a study in Winfield. FRI 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmcf) obsession. THU 14:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jnlsm) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Stars Benjamin Whitrow as Sir Thomas Philipps, Lia Williams Series 1 FRI 00:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k284) as Elizabeth Philipps and Peter Gunn as Herbert. Episode 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Director: Mark Smalley James Walton's pop music history quiz with Tracey Macleod, FRI 01:00 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p7pb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Andrew Collins, Anthony Wilson and Richard Curtis. From [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Thursday] FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00zw33y) January 2005. FRI 01:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zvcmq) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU 14:30 Smile Smile Smile (b00ttllz) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Thursday] FRI 12:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket Aled Jones tells the moving story of Welsh composer Felix FRI 01:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zvcms) (b00scz3l) Powell's struggle to repeat the success of a worldwide hit song. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 on Thursday] Series 1 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 26 March – 1 April 2011 Page 6 of 6 Episode 4 Episode 3 The dear ladies attempt to stage Evadne's murder mystery. Stars MC Auctioneer and surgeon Dr Sweep. It's the surreal world of Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From September Miriam Elia, with Dan Tetsall and James Kenward. From 1979. November 2008. FRI 13:00 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p8x9) FRI 23:15 A Series of Psychotic Episodes (b00fn9hm) Episode 2 Episode 4 After Sophie's alleged suicide, the Senior House Officer What keys think, and a thumb-sized comedian. The surreal suspects foul play. Annie McCartney's thriller stars Seanin world of Miriam Elia, with Joanna Neary. From November Brennan. 2008. FRI 13:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zw62x) FRI 23:30 Francophile Namesakes (b007jv92) Episode 9 Comedian Dave Gorman explains how receiving an email set The revelations come thick and fast when Easy finally catches him off on his very own 'Googlewhack' adventure around the up with Daphne. Walter Mosley's thriller read by Paul Winfield. world. FRI 13:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zw62z) Episode 10 Easy Rawlings discovers Daphne Monet's secret - and looks to the future. Paul Winfield concludes Walter Mosley's thriller. FRI 14:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00zw631) Series 6 Episode 19 From New York, the American funny man welcomes bluegrass singer Sara Watkins and Broadway actress Debra Monk. From 2010. FRI 15:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00ljmsm) The Umbrella When a man's new umbrella is ruined, his wife cunningly replaces it within budget. A French story adapted to an Irish setting. FRI 15:15 Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (b00g2gm4) Episode 5 Linda Lear's biography of the author and illustrator examines old age, world war and Mrs Heelis's legacy. Read by Lindsay Duncan. FRI 15:30 An Accidental MP (b007jrg3) Episode 5 Recounting life as an MP, the ex-reporter argues that his independence proved a better option for Tatton's constituents. FRI 15:45 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver (b00nnp65) Back From Abroad; Three Stockings The engaging stories of an English housewife, created in The Times of 1937 and immortalised on film. Read by Penelope Wilton. FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00zw93w) Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring Vampire Slugs on Callisto by Jackie French, Emlyn's Moon by Jenny Nimmo, and Spoofer Rooney by Jonathan Kebbe. FRI 17:00 Instant Sunshine (b00lh3hd) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI 17:30 Joyce Grenfell - Hats Off (b00qs7mb) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmn9) Goody Two Shoes Horror legend Vincent Price's sobering tale of Anne and David and their unwelcome lodger. Married for five years, David and Anne Fordyce escape the London rat race by buying a deserted cottage in Devon. But their idyllic life is shattered by the intrusion of a previous tenant - from another century... David Fordyce ...... Michael Jayston Anne Fordyce ...... Sandra Clark Mrs Perkins ...... Daphne Heard Victoria ...... Frances Jeater Charles ...... Nigel Graham Written by William Ingram. Producer: John Dyas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1983. FRI 18:30 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k29f) Mind the Gap Battling to complete her epic surreal quest, Oneira literally ends up talking to herself - and finds her other self very rude. Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Joseph Kloska as Pete, Gerard McDermott as Elias and Saikat Ahamed as the Courier. Producer: Liz Webb. Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007. FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00zw33y) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (b00scz3l) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] FRI 20:00 Dr Louisa Maxwell: Rush (b008p8x9) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] FRI 20:30 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zw62x) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] FRI 20:45 Devil in a Blue Dress (b00zw62z) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:45 today] FRI 21:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009scn3) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 Nick Warburton - Every Book in the World (b00td5s8) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00n5vsb) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 22:30 Girls Will Be Girls (b0082hdc) From 16/12/1989 The Bobo girls take to the stage with more comedy and music. Starring Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam. From December 1989. FRI 23:00 A Series of Psychotic Episodes (b00fl0p3) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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