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Radio 7 Listings for 30 August – 5 September 2008 Page 1 of 6 SATURDAY 30 AUGUST 2008 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002. CBeebies Radio SAT 06:30 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves London, W12 7RJ SAT 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p) (b007sxvp) Phone: 08700 100 700. Episode 1 The Purity of the Turf SAT 17:00 The Vinyl Cafe (b007jymj) Aspiring poet Saul Judd gets drawn into a web of dark and After the syndicate disaster, Bertie Wooster ponders what he Series 3 mysterious forces - as a leprous prince ignores sinister warnings should bet on next. Sam the Athlete and a Bath playgroup's blind terror baffles the adults... PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard A comedy drama featuring Dave, owner of the Vinyl Cafe - the Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial in six Briers. world's smallest record shop. Stuart tells the story of Sam's episodes. Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern quest for athletic greatness. Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers SAT 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd Revrend Heppenstall ..... Maurice Denham (b007jmw8) Freddie Jones .... The Scribe Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil Operation Luna Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife Steggles ...... Edwin Apps 8. The Time Travellers Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria Harold ...... Denise Bryer Captain Jet Morgan and his crew find themselves on a curiously John Telfer .... Prince Bladud Charles ...... John Samson familiar planet as visitors arrive. Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant Adapted by Chris Miller. Futuristic tale set in 1965 written and produced by Charles Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel Producer: David Hatch Chilton. June Barrie .... The Chairwoman First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973. Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds Geoff Serle .... The Northern Man SAT 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00d7h6n) Lemmy Barnett …. Alfie Bass Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian Contact us at: Doc …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. Big Toe Books Mitch …. David Williams Music realised by Robin Lever. BBC Broadcasting House All Other Parts …. David Jacobs Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) London Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips. Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan W1A 1AA The original 1953 recordings of this futuristic series were First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: erased. SAT 00:30 Kurt Vonnegut - Thanasphere (b007jqzb) [email protected]. This series was re-recorded and first broadcast on the BBC Major Allen Rice is the first American astronaut in space. His SAT 08:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00d7h6q) Light Programme in May 1958. military mission is to report back weather conditions over Maureen Beattie SAT 18:30 The Brightonomicon (b00d7h6v) enemy terrain. Lift off goes well and the spaceship settles into Johnny Beattie's daughter chats to Sally Magnusson about her The Hound of the Hangletons its orbit, with regular radio reports coming back to base. life with the Glaswegian comedian. Hugo Rune and Rizla attempt to solve the missing spaniel But then, somehow the major hears a child crying. What Producer: Mike Walker mystery. Fantastical comic serial with David Warner and Elliott happens next takes this pioneering mission in a direction no-one First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2006. Stein. could have predicted... SAT 08:30 Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days SAT 19:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00d7h6q) American writer, Kurt Vonnuegut's delicious piece of sci-fi (b007jtyc) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] philosophy from the 1950's is read by Kerry Shale. Distractions in the Jungle SAT 19:30 Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days Producer: Joanne Lafferty In which Phileas Fogg rides an elephant, Sergeant Fix loses (b007jtyc) Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004. sight of him and Passepartout saves the day... [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvnj) Starring Leslie Phillips as Phileas Fogg, Yves Aubert as SAT 20:00 Some of Our Archives Were Missing (b0089b35) Strong Poison Passepartout, Jim Broadbent as Sergeant Fix, Diana Quick as [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Miss Murchison Princess Aouda and Garard Green as Brigadier Cromarty. SAT 23:00 The Vinyl Cafe (b007jymj) Christmas interrupts Lord Peter Wimsey's investigation, but Jules Verne's classic story dramatised in four parts by Terry [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today] some suspicious powder isn't what it seems. Stars Ian James. Carmichael. Music: Wilfredo Acosta. SAT 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009hp59) Director Janet Whitaker SUNDAY 31 AUGUST 2008 Episode 4 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. Inspector Alan Grant returns to London determined to clear up SAT 09:00 Some of Our Archives Were Missing (b0089b35) SUN 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space the mystery of Bill Kenrick's death. Concluded by Paul Young. Stuart Maconie presents classic programmes thought lost (b007jmw8) SAT 02:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007js23) forever, but now returned to the BBC's vaults thanks to attentive [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Episode 5 radio fans: SUN 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00d7h6v) Smike is on the receiving end of Squeers' spite, while Fanny is a It Sticks Out Half a Mile (19/07/1981) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] woman scorned. Oliver Milburn stars in Dickens' classic tale. Comedy Parade: Hush, Hush, Here Comes the Bolshie Man SUN 01:00 Arnold Ridley - The Ghost Train (b007jyx0) SAT 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k26n) (14/03/1971) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Thirty Minute Theatre: The Green Machine (23/04/1975) SUN 02:30 Anything Legal (b0084hrs) The Speckled Band Story Time: Eye Witness Accounts - The Great Fire of London [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Saturday] After her twin sister dies screaming in terror, a woman seeks (20/01/1970) SUN 03:00 Some of Our Archives Were Missing (b0089b35) the detective's help. Star Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. Things Could Be Worse (15/09/1976) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday] SAT 03:00 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections The Worst Show on the Wireless (12/02/1975). SUN 06:00 The Vinyl Cafe (b007jymj) (b00d5w3d) The BBC's Treasure Hunt initiative of the early noughties [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday] Series 4 focussed its efforts on missing radio and television SUN 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00d7jps) Episode 1 programmes, dating from prior to 1980. It was an invitation to Contact us at: America, London Fashion Week and feeling broody. The comic collectors, fans and even former BBC staff who might have Big Toe Books duo's take on topical events. With Jenny Éclair. possessed domestic recordings of missing comedies and BBC Broadcasting House SAT 03:30 And Now in Colour (b00804kc) dramas. Among other gems, a missing episode of The Likely London Series 2 Lads was returned. An eclectic collection of radio curios made W1A 1AA Astronaut Training its way home - some of them shared in this programme. Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: The sketch show team take the audience to Nevada for Stuart Maconie is a writer and broadcaster - a fixture of BBC [email protected]. astronaut selection by NASA. Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music, and a compadre of fellow radio SUN 08:00 Nicholas Nickleby Omnibus (b007js2l) Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de legend Mark Radcliffe. Episode 1 Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck. SAT 12:00 Arnold Ridley - The Ghost Train (b007jyx0) An impetuous young man finds himself at odds with his uncle, Producer: Lissa Evans The last steam train from London to Cornwall carries a and is made to leave home. Dickens dramatisation by Mike First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1991. disparate group of travellers: a pair of newlyweds, a couple Walker, with Oliver Milburn and Anna Massey. SAT 04:00 The Atkinson People (b007k271) whose marriage is on the rocks and a lady with a parrot called SUN 09:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jyd8) Barry Good Joey. Series 2 A wry, startling, in-depth probe into the life of a spoof pop star. The last thing any of them needs is to be stranded on a Fal Great Uncle Crow Stars Rowan Atkinson. From November 1979. Vale's deserted railway station - which is the object of local A young boy gets to know his eccentric relative with a fondness SAT 04:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007w45v) superstition. for moorhen eggs, cress and 'neck oil'. Read by David Neal. Comedian's Moon Written in 1925 by Arnold Ridley - best known for playing SUN 09:30 A History of War and Peace in 4 Menus Stephen Tompkinson plays a young man who gets bitten by the Private Godfrey in Dad's Army. (b007wvbz) comedy bug - with terrifying results. From November 1991. Starring Adam Godfrey as Teddie Deakin, Christopher Wright The Treaty of Troyes SAT 05:00 Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (b007jpb6) as Richard Winthrop and Tracy-Ann Oberman as Elsie A re-creation of a medieval banquet at Hampton Court Palace. Episode 4 Winthrop Lisa Jardine and guests discover its significance for Henry V. With Rachel Verinder still suspected of stealing the diamond, Adapted by Shaun McKenna. Producer Marion Nancarrow. SUN 10:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat her future remains uncertain. Stars John Sharp and John Telfer. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998. (b007k2b8) SAT 06:00 Smelling of Roses (b00d4qky) SAT 13:30 Anything Legal (b0084hrs) J, Harris and George holiday on the Thames. Stars Kenneth Series 3 Episode 3 Horne, Leslie Phillips and Hubert Gregg. 1962 musical Private Views Charles and George kick off their secret new business offering adaptation. Events organiser Rosie plans a private view for an odious art anything legal – but at what cost? SUN 11:30 Up the Garden Path (b007zj4x) dealer. Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles. Series 1 Rosie Burns faces more challenges in running her family's event ‘A Tale of Two City Gents’ by Wally K Daly. Over and Out management company, where the clients are only part of the Charles …. Donald Hewlett Maria makes up with hubby Gwyn, and Izzy has a surprise for problem... George …. Michael Knowles Michael and Louise. The third of four series of Simon Brett's sitcom. Publican …. Douglas Blackwell Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something Rosie ..... Prunella Scales Theme music by Jim Parker. teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men. Jo ..... Rebecca Callard Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy. Bob ..... Duncan Preston First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984. Adapted by Sue Limb from her 1984 novel into 3 radio series Tess ..... Annette Badland SAT 14:00 30/08/2008 (b00d7h6s) which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series Lindley Gore ..... Jeremy Clyde Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on for ITV. Charlie McGunn ..... Kenny Blyth BBC7. Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton Producer: Maria Esposito Contact us at: Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 30 August – 5 September 2008 Page 2 of 6 Dick ...... Mike Grady Alan Carr MON 10:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby Louise ...... Phyllida Nash Richard Morton (b007k442) Gwyn ...... Sion Probert Gina Yashere Episode 6 Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank Producer: Helen Williams Nicholas heads to London, where his mother and sister uneasily Class 4C: First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002. await. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Oliver Milburn. Kerryann White MON 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k27y) Kelda Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Producer: Jonathan James-Moore MONDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2008 The Engineer's Thumb First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987. A young man with severe injuries and a chilling tale arrives at SUN 12:00 The Palace of Laughter (b007vcw2) MON 00:00 Francis Turnly - Lullaby (b00d7jh3) Watson's surgery. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON 11:00 Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (b007jpbp) Grand Blackpool MON 00:30 Ghost Galaxies (b007jy1r) Episode 5 Known after its architect Frank Matcham as "Matcham's [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Franklin Blake makes an appalling discovery about the theft of Masterpiece", the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, is a sumptuously MON 01:00 Nicholas Nickleby Omnibus (b007js2l) the precious diamond. Stars John Sharp and John Telfer. decorated tribute to the greatness of Victorian theatre design. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b00d7jxr) Bernard Cribbins , Bill Pertwee and Mike Harding are among MON 02:15 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jyd8) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] those recalling their appearances there. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 on Sunday] MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00d7n9j) Series in which Geoffrey Wheeler visits variety theatres around MON 02:30 A History of War and Peace in 4 Menus Series 6 the United Kingdom. (b007wvbz) Episode 4 Producer: Libby Cross [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] Schools debate, Merseyside mariachi and trouble at t'mill. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002. MON 03:00 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, SUN 12:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jpy4) (b007wvmw) David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 on Sunday] Written by Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Simon Brett. Ted Ray MON 03:30 Bleak Expectations (b00d7jpx) Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue Mark Radcliffe traces the career of the fiddler who became one [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Sunday] 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and of the most successful comedians of the 1950s and 60s – Ted MON 04:00 Knocker (b008j006) quickly developed a cult following. Ray. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Sunday] Music and songs by Liam Cohen, Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. Series exploring the tradition of influential northern comedians. MON 04:15 No Tomatoes (b0082dsm) Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge Producer Libby Cross [Repeat of broadcast at 23:15 on Sunday] First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in May 1968. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. MON 04:30 4 at the Store (b00d7jpz) MON 13:00 Tom's Midnight Garden (b00d7n9l) SUN 13:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jt2l) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Sunday] The Tree House Series 8 MON 05:00 The Palace of Laughter (b007vcw2) Cheryl Campbell reads Philippa Pearce's classic tale. Is Hatty a It's All in the Mind [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday] ghost? Is the garden a ghost? Is Tom a ghost? When the cheeky schoolboy's gang needs a meeting venue, it's MON 05:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jpy4) MON 13:15 Chris Stewart - Driving over Lemons time for more trickery. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From February [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday] (b007jnx8) 1965. MON 06:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jt2l) Episode 1 SUN 13:30 Hello Cheeky (b007jnx4) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday] Quitting rock band Genesis before the big time, the drummer From 14/04/1973 MON 06:30 Hello Cheeky (b007jnx4) headed to Spain as an aspiring peasant farmer. Read by Mick What do you get when you fall in love? And bizarre events at [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] Ford. Crewe Junction. MON 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00d7jxp) MON 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jsv7) Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and Contact us at: A Bottled Ear, Grog and Rule Britannia starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor. Big Toe Books Jenkins' Ear sends Britain to war, Admiral Vernon waters down With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio. BBC Broadcasting House the rum and Britannia tries to rule the waves. With Anna Producer: David Hatch London Massey. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1973. W1A 1AA MON 13:45 Passions (b00d7n9n) SUN 14:00 31/08/2008 (b00d7jpv) Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: John Sloboda Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on [email protected]. The professor of science explains to Sue Nelson how musical BBC7. MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b00d7jxr) training influenced his career in psychology. Contact us at: The Plasticine Man MON 14:00 01/09/2008 (b00d7n9q) CBeebies Radio Neddie Seagoon poses as a 6,000-year-old man to resurrect his Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on London, W12 7RJ rock 'n' roll career. Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1957. BBC7. Phone: 08700 100 700. MON 08:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007jq8z) Contact us at: SUN 17:00 The Palace of Laughter (b007vcw2) Series 2 CBeebies Radio [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Barbara Dickson London, W12 7RJ SUN 17:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jpy4) Sheffield's aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth takes Phone: 08700 100 700. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] to the airwaves once more from his very own his front room. MON 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q) SUN 18:00 Francis Turnly - Lullaby (b00d7jh3) Aided by his producer (and sole agent) Ken Worthington, and The Honours List Kate and Patrick face terror from the sinister past of their his hard-to-please wife Mary, the inimitable John Shuttleworth With news of a New Year's Honour for a villager, Audrey is newly renovated house. Francis Turnly's thriller with Tara presents a mixture of celebrity guests, domestic chores and nice to Devere. Flynn. music. Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton. SUN 18:30 Ghost Galaxies (b007jy1r) . Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere Episode 1 Bill Bailey drops in for "Impress an Impresario" while Hattie Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher A sci-fi adventure by cult writer Piers Anthony. What happens Hayridge telephones to "Make Mary Merry" Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger to a galaxy when it dies? Special guest Barbara Dickson pops in for a chat, but her timing Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka SUN 19:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jt2l) couldn't have been worse as John is expecting a rush of callers Frank Middlemass ..... Ned [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] responding to his advert for the sale of son Darren's cabin bed. Brigadier ...... Jonathan Adams SUN 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b007jnx4) Written and performed by Graham Fellows. The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] Additional material by Martin Willis. to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death SUN 20:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat Producer: Dawn Ellis. leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, (b007k2b8) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000 they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON 09:00 Wimsey (b007jvnm) From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving SUN 21:30 Up the Garden Path (b007zj4x) Strong Poison eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] Pongo DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descendent. SUN 22:00 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive Lord Peter Wimsey's trail goes cold, until a stolen will brings First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever (b007wvmw) fresh enlightenment. Stars Ian Carmichael and Peter Jones. appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997. Series 1 MON 09:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7lzt) Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his TV script. Episode 2 Episode 1 Producer: Jane Berthoud The funny man throws open his radio drop-in centre for 18th Century swashbuckling scholar, Doctor Syn finds love - First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997. sketches, chat and big, big fibs. With Mark Steel. From May and encounters a dastardly squire. Read by Rufus Sewell. MON 17:30 Bristow (b007sxvq) 2005. Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Series 2 SUN 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00d7jpx) Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the The Girl in the Yellow Overcoat Series 1 Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence It's the Chester-Perry office party and Jones thinks all his A Youth Utterly Crocked the rest of his life. Christmases have come at once. Young Pip must thwart his evil guardian's plans. Mark Evans's Russell Thorndike's Kent-based adventure featuring pirates, Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the buying clerk from Frank Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson. From August 2007. smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Dickens' famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated SUN 23:00 Knocker (b008j006) Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 internationally, it ran for 41 years in London's Evening Profitch and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Standard. Market researcher Ian Dunn suffers a shocking epiphany. Stars Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall. Bristow ...... Michael Williams Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December 2007. Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than Jones ...... Rodney Bewes SUN 23:15 No Tomatoes (b0082dsm) his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan Retro Rocket novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman A harp goes back in time with Paul Copley and Helen Moon. atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey Sketch show mixing up language and sounds. From October have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter MoorcroftRobert Bathurst 2007. Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent Fudge ...... Jon Glover SUN 23:30 4 at the Store (b00d7jpz) village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other Post Boy ...... Simon Schatzberger Series 2 year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero. Witherspoon ...... Peter Kelly Episode 2 Producer: Lawrence Jackson Fenella ...... Anna Mountford Simon Bligh hosts more stand-up from London's Comedy Store. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland Yellow Overcoat Girl ...... Zeena Eate With: First broadcast in 2006. Music composed and performed by John Whitehall. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 30 August – 5 September 2008 Page 3 of 6 Producer: Neil Cargill [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Monday] TUE 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jsvh) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999. TUE 04:00 The Nick Revell Show (b00d7n9s) Patronage and the Fall of Robert Walpole MON 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js82) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Walpole resigns, patronage comes under the microscope and the Episode 2 TUE 04:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jr0v) King fears his nephew across the sea. Narrated by Anna After aspiring poet Saul Judd and his family win a competition, [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday] Massey. strange events happen. TUE 05:00 Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (b007jpbp) TUE 13:45 Passions (b008p9r8) Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Paul Russell and under - Bath. TUE 06:00 Bristow (b007sxvq) The scientist explains to Sue Nelson how his love for surfing Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Monday] influenced his decision to become an oceanographer. Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd TUE 06:30 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q) TUE 14:00 02/09/2008 (b00d7q3j) Freddie Jones .... The Scribe [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00d7nfz) BBC7. Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria Contact us at: Contact us at: John Telfer .... Prince Bladud Big Toe Books CBeebies Radio Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant BBC Broadcasting House London, W12 7RJ Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel London Phone: 08700 100 700. June Barrie .... The Chairwoman W1A 1AA TUE 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jnql) Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: Series 10 Liz Goulding .... Rita [email protected]. Accusations Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007jt3f) The spread of damaging rumours creates a nightmare classroom Music realised by Robin Lever. An Exercise in Filming scenario for Mr Sims. Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) Troutbridge's chance of film stardom is jeopardised by Phillips' Created and written by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan navigational skills. Stars Leslie Phillips. about a junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. TUE 08:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f) Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. MON 18:30 Blood Lines (b007k2d4) Episode 5 Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the The Dweller in High Places Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Headmaster, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Margaret John as A story by award-winning author Susanna Clarke begins this Stephen Fry, John Sessions, John Bird and Jimmy Mulville. Mrs Stone, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Deirdre Costello as Mrs series showcasing new short story writers. It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, Patterson, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Tom Watson as Mr MON 18:45 Blood Lines (b007k2fk) but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC Holliday, Jacqueline Beatty as Miss Reed, Mark Straker as Mr Ghost in the Mechanic radio. Stewart and Susan Tordoff as Mrs Stewart. Will Mickey-Joe have the courage to answer the ghost who calls With Colin Sell at the piano. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson to him from Cherrybrook Hill? Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998. MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b00d7jxr) Martin Booth. TUE 17:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq64) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: Dan Patterson War Damage MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00d7n9j) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988. Wilson, Pike and Hodges go to London to try and claim [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] TUE 09:00 Wimsey (b007k440) compensation for their pier in Frambourne-on-Sea. MON 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvnm) Strong Poison A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Turkish Delight Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee. MON 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7lzt) Can Lord Peter Wimsey finally clear Harriet Vane's name and Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] persuade her to take his? Stars Ian Carmichael and Peter Jones. Frank Pike ...... Ian Lavender MON 21:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby TUE 09:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7p95) Bert Hodges ...... Bill Pertwee (b007k442) Episode 2 Miss Perkins ...... Vivienne Martin [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] The wicked Squire's kidnap plot sparks the swashbuckler's Sir Wensley Smithers ...... Reginald Marsh MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k27y) daring rescue attempt - and nephew Nicholas appears. Read by Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Rufus Sewell. characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. MON 22:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007jq8z) Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Producer: Martin Fisher [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984. MON 22:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b007xrxm) Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence TUE 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8d) Series 1 the rest of his life. Episode 3 King of the Road Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure Haensel Sethria warns Elise Judd, and Saul Judd is summoned A faculty fracas with an old rival helps re-ignite the author's features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires to meet Selwyn Fist. career. Stars Christopher Douglas. From February 2005. and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - MON 23:00 The Nick Revell Show (b00d7n9s) (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor and under - Bath. Series 2 Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd All's Well That Ends Well... Well, Well, Well Doreen Estall. Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd Writer Nick is leading a charmed life, which naturally leaves Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than Freddie Jones .... The Scribe him feeling anxious. his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria Revell. atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels Gordon Reid .... Priscus With: have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Michael Stroud .... Stranger Alistair McGowan Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent Jonathan Tafler .... Landlord Doon MacKichan village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist Brian Bowles year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero. John Abineri .... Roman Officer Alison Sterling Producer: Lawrence Jackson Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian John Guerrasio Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. Producer: Ioan Magnusson First broadcast in 2006. Music realised by Robin Lever. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993. TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k45p) Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) MON 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jr0v) Episode 7 Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan Series 3 Kate Nickleby begins work at Mantalini's dressmakers. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. The Masterson Bunch Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings, Nicola TUE 18:30 Blood Lines (b007k2gx) Suffragettes split the Masterson family, sparking drama at the Ratcliffe and Oliver Milburn. ID races. TUE 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k297) Waking up in a deserted alley, a man is terrified at the loss of The award-winning improvised historical family saga based The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes his identity card. Sam Dale reads Phil Emery's tale. entirely on audience suggestions. The Noble Bachelor TUE 18:45 Blood Lines (b007k2jb) Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee When a missing bride's clothes appear in a lake, the sleuth is Conviction Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin. bound to investigate. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael A confrontation in an out-of-bounds part of town forces a man Producer: Phil Clarke Williams. to reassess his way of life. Anthony Glennon reads Kate Scott's First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995. TUE 11:00 Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (b007vgg2) tale. Episode 6 TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007jt3f) Franklin Blake takes extreme action to try and induce himself [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUESDAY 02 SEPTEMBER 2008 into stealing the precious gem once more. Stars John Sharp. TUE 19:30 Counterpoint (b00d7q3d) TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007jt3f) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] TUE 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js82) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b007k440) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE 12:30 Counterpoint (b00d7q3d) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 00:30 Blood Lines (b007k2d4) 2005 TUE 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7p95) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] 2005 - Heat 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE 00:45 Blood Lines (b007k2fk) Ned Sherrin chairs the music quiz with Nicholas Brann of TUE 21:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k45p) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Monday] London, Brian Clements from Chelmsford and Jill Halifax of [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvnm) London. TUE 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k297) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE 13:00 Tom's Midnight Garden (b00d7q3g) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] TUE 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7lzt) The Secret of the Clock TUE 22:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Cheryl Campbell reads Philippa Pearce's tale of Tom and Time. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 02:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k442) Has Hatty recovered from her fall? What is the news from TUE 22:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007jzt2) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] home? Series 2 TUE 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k27y) TUE 13:15 Chris Stewart - Driving over Lemons (b007jnxv) Unemployment [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Monday] Episode 2 Comic Mark Steel sets about putting all our social ills to rights. TUE 03:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007jq8z) The aspiring peasant farmers find that pomegranate and lemon Series two kicks off with his alternative solutions to the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday] groves have their drawbacks. Mick Ford reads Chris Stewart's unemployment problem. TUE 03:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b007xrxm) book. Written and performed by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 30 August – 5 September 2008 Page 4 of 6 With Kim Wall and Maria McErlane. Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter ran from 1976 to Producer Phil Clarke Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and 1981. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994. Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World Producer: Bobby Jaye TUE 23:00 The Boosh (b007jmg2) War. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1976. Jazz Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio WED 17:30 After Henry (b007jq6v) Vince can't make the porpoise derby because his band's on New from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that Series 3 Faces of Pop and Howard can't relax because he's constantly were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. A Box of Chocolates being visited by the spirit of jazz. Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael "Any treaty drawn up with my mother would have to include Written by and starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt. Lady Wimsey …. Sarah Badel strict boundary agreements. I'm afraid she has the same attitude The Boosh is a surreal adventure based on the Perrier Award- Bunter …. Peter Jones to frontiers as Genghis Khan. And now I come to think of it, the winning comedy show, featuring Howard and Vince's battles Miss Twitterton …. Rosemary Leach similarities don't end there." with zoo manager Bob Fossil. Mrs Ruddle …. Pearl Hackney When Sarah meets an old flame 30 years on, her mother Howard Moon ...... Julian Barrattt Mr Puffett …. Michael Ripper manages to interrupt them once again. Vince Noir ...... Noel Fielding The Rev Goodacre …. Gerald Sim Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - Bob Fossil ...... Rich Fulcher MacBride …. Roger Lloyd Pack struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who With Simon Evans. Frank Crutchley …. Kenneth Cranham never quite manage to see eye to eye. After BBC radio gave them their big break with this series, they Narrator …. John Westbrook Sarah ...... Prunella Scales transferred to BBC TV where The Mighty Boosh ran for three Producer: Martin Fisher. Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson series. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983. Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow Producer: Danny Wallace. WED 09:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7qkq) Clare ...... Gerry Cowper First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001. Episode 3 Peter ...... Tom Wilkinson TUE 23:30 Flying Solo (b007jx60) The swashbuckling daredevil pursues his enemy over to Doctor ...... Julie Berry Albert Hall America - and falls in with pirates. Read by Rufus Sewell. Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV A bored unemployment officer resigns his job after a panic Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV attack. But does a better life await him? Stars Paul Brightwell. Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the network. TUE 23:45 Elastic Planet (b007js6h) Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence Producer: Pete Atkin The Train the rest of his life. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1987. The Ministry of Furniture and methodist pirates. Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure WED 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8q) Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires Episode 4 Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections. and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels Saul learns the truth about Stonehenge and the fear-instilling With Miriam Margolyes, Dan Strauss, Michael Troughton and (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Gibson Room, and two cavers push too deep. Neil Mullarkey. Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - And Sir Patrick Moore, Sir Robert Stephens and Richard Doreen Estall. and under - Bath. Baker. Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd Producer: Jon Naismith his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995 novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of Freddie Jones .... The Scribe atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist WEDNESDAY 03 SEPTEMBER 2008 Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other Jonathan Tafler .... Alan WED 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8d) year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero. Steve Woodward .... Martin [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Producer: Lawrence Jackson Katy Carmichael .... Tracky WED 00:30 Blood Lines (b007k2gx) Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland Jonathan Adams .... Optician [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] First broadcast in 2006. Cornelius Garrett .... Newsreader WED 00:45 Blood Lines (b007k2jb) WED 10:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k46c) Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Tuesday] Episode 8 Music realised by Robin Lever. WED 01:00 Wimsey (b007k440) Miserable at the dressmakers, Kate encounters Sir Mulberry Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] Hawk. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings. Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan WED 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7p95) WED 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2cy) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes WED 18:30 Blood Lines (b007k2kp) WED 02:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby The Beryl Coronet Expecting (b007k45p) Who has stolen jewels from one of the treasures of the Empire? Alone in a house, a pregnant woman grows distressed by the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] The detective investigates snowy Streatham. With Clive sounds of a crying baby. Emma Noakes reads Catherine Mant's WED 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k297) Merrison. tale. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Tuesday] WED 11:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords (b007w40v) WED 18:45 Blood Lines (b007k2n1) WED 03:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f) Arthur in Bournemouth, or Many Arrived Around (7 Letters) Cthul-You [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday] Crossword compiler Stephen gets embroiled with lovely widow A lonely occultist signs up to a special internet chat room to WED 03:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007jzt2) Penny. Romantic tale starring Wendy Craig and Geoffrey attract some demons. Adam Sims reads Damien G Walter's tale. [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Tuesday] Palmer. WED 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00d7qdn) WED 04:00 The Boosh (b007jmg2) WED 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00d7qdn) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 19:30 The Embassy Lark (b00d8jj1) WED 04:30 Flying Solo (b007jx60) WED 12:30 The Embassy Lark (b00d8jj1) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Tuesday] An asylum seeker sparks some political tit-for-tat posturing. WED 20:00 Wimsey (b007jwgl) WED 04:45 Elastic Planet (b007js6h) Starring Derek Francis and Frank Thornton. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Tuesday] WED 13:00 Tom's Midnight Garden (b00d8jj3) WED 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7qkq) WED 05:00 Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (b007vgg2) Time No Longer [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Hatty reveals the secret of the clock and Tom conducts a daring WED 21:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k46c) WED 06:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq64) experiment with Time. Cheryl Campbell reads. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Tuesday] WED 13:15 Chris Stewart - Driving over Lemons WED 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2cy) WED 06:30 King Street Junior (b007jnql) (b007jnyf) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] Episode 3 WED 22:00 Heated Rollers (b007r4ys) WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00d7qdl) The aspiring peasant farmers tackle sheep shearing and bridge [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Contact us at: building south of Granada. Read by Mick Ford. WED 22:30 The Consultants (b007k320) Big Toe Books WED 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jsvs) Series 1 BBC Broadcasting House War, Pragmatism and the Final Charge of an English Monarch Episode 2 London The war of the Austrian succession, the pragmatic army and a The team ponder how to revamp tea to make it more dangerous W1A 1AA king goes into battle. Narrated by Anna Massey. and exciting. With Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: WED 13:45 Passions (b008pc0c) Rawlings. From February 2003. [email protected]. Kim Binstead WED 22:45 Peter Bradshaw - For One Horrible Moment WED 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00d7qdn) The scientist explains to Sue Nelson how a love of comedy led (b008756f) Kenneth Horne leads a Regency romp through Beau Brummel's to her creating a programme for computer-generated puns. Episode 3 Brighton. With Bill Pertwee. From January 1964. WED 14:00 03/09/2008 (b00d8jj5) Our hero receives a sexual initiation at the wheel of a Ford WED 08:30 Heated Rollers (b007r4ys) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Anglia. Episode 4 BBC7. Peter Bradshaw continues his hilariously disturbing personal Upstairs Downstairs downgraded, and a toy doll with wrinkles. Contact us at: account of one boy's transition into adulthood in 1970s The first ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2 CBeebies Radio Cambridgeshire at the hands of an eccentric father. starring Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro. London, W12 7RJ Read by the author. With music supplied by the Lorraine Bowen Experience. Phone: 08700 100 700. Producer: Jon Naismith Producer: Maria Esposito WED 17:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1999. (b007jtc1) WED 23:00 The Alan Davies Show (b0085k82) WED 09:00 Wimsey (b007jwgl) Series 1 Episode 2 Busman's Honeymoon The Pick Up Struggling actor Alan minds his girlfriend's talented stunt-dog. 1. The Mysteries of Married Life When Gerald reveals he's happy to pick up hitchhikers in his The trouble is, it eats everything in sight... Honeymooners Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife soon find their car, Diana is not impressed... Alan Davies stars in his own six-part sitcom. marital bliss disturbed - by something nasty in the cellar. The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic crime writer written Written by Ben Silburn, Tony Roche and Alan Davies. Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the British by Basil Boothroyd. Alan ...... Alan Davies gentleman detective created by Dorothy L Sayers. Starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Murray ...... Alan Francis First published in 1937 and adapted in six episodes by Alistair Mitchell as his wife and more successful writer, Diana. Kate ...... Ronni Ancona Beaton. With Jo Manning Wilson. With Debra Stephenson and Dave Lamb. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 30 August – 5 September 2008 Page 5 of 6 Producer: Jane Berthoud Constable Sellon …. Christopher Beeny Producer: Pete Atkin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998. Dramatised by Alistair Beaton. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986. WED 23:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b0085flc) Producer: Martin Fisher THU 17:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k31j) Incy Wincy Quincy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983. Series 2 A case for spider pathologist Incy Wincy Quincy and The THU 09:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8km5) Babies Archers abroad Episode 4 The two rabbis are submerged in baby talk, while Melvin Comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman Dubbed Captain Clegg, the swashbuckling hero wins renown as struggles with his conscience. and Nick Romero. the most feared of pirates. Read by Rufus Sewell. Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between With Richard Coles. Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield. Music by the Gents. Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser Producer: Julian Mayers Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman Pilot for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 1998 the rest of his life. Melvin ...... Henry Goodman Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle THURSDAY 04 SEPTEMBER 2008 and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels Fay ...... Diane Keen (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Simone ...... Rachel Smith THU 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8q) Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Judith ...... Rebecca Gethings [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Doreen Estall. Music: Max Harris. THU 00:30 Blood Lines (b007k2kp) Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than Producer: John Fawcett Wilson [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000. THU 00:45 Blood Lines (b007k2n1) novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of THU 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js93) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Wednesday] atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels Episode 5 THU 01:00 Wimsey (b007jwgl) have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Saul and Elise make a grim discovery in the nursing home. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - THU 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d7qkq) village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other and under - Bath. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero. Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd THU 02:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k46c) Producer: Lawrence Jackson Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland Freddie Jones .... The Scribe THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2cy) First broadcast in 2006. Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Wednesday] THU 10:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k47h) Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist THU 03:00 Heated Rollers (b007r4ys) Episode 9 Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday] Nicholas and Smike arrive in London. Dramatisation of Katy Carmichael .... Tracky THU 03:30 The Consultants (b007k320) Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings and Oliver Milburn. Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Wednesday] THU 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2fc) Bill Bellamy .... Leaflet Man THU 03:45 Peter Bradshaw - For One Horrible Moment The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. (b008756f) The Copper Beeches Music realised by Robin Lever. [Repeat of broadcast at 22:45 on Wednesday] A young governess consults the detective in a most sinister case. Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) THU 04:00 The Alan Davies Show (b0085k82) Starring Clive Merrison, Michael Williams and Imogen Stubbs. Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Wednesday] THU 11:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords (b007w4dz) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. THU 04:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b0085flc) Leonardo in Lyme Regis THU 18:30 Blood Lines (b007xrff) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Wednesday] A da Vinci turns up in Dorset - or does it? Crossword compiler The Quick and the Dead THU 05:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords (b007w40v) Stephen sets out to solve the puzzle. Starring Geoffrey Palmer. Discovering how to keep death at bay, a Victorian scientist [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU 12:00 Take It From Here (b007jszy) starts resurrecting. Christine Kavanagh reads Nick Moulton's THU 06:00 After Henry (b007jq6v) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] tale. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Wednesday] THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsl5) THU 18:45 Blood Lines (b007ylqw) THU 06:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter Series 5 Elegy Underground (b007jtc1) Write Extremely Long Programme Titles the Burkiss Way Angels have returned, but to a world where only one person [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] It's time to meet the Muppets with President Nixon. remembers who they are. Bethan Walker reads Fiona THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00d8km3) Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett. McFarlane's tale. Contact us at: Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to THU 19:00 Take It From Here (b007jszy) Big Toe Books 1980. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] BBC Broadcasting House Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. THU 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsl5) London Producer: David Hatch [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] W1A 1AA First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980. THU 20:00 Wimsey (b007jwgz) Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: THU 13:00 Tom's Midnight Garden (b00d8pg8) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [email protected]. Skating to Ely THU 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8km5) THU 08:00 Take It From Here (b007jszy) Hatty and Tom take to the ice, but there's a revelation waiting [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] King Charles II's sampling Nell Gwynn's oranges, while Pa for our young time traveller. Read by Cheryl Campbell. THU 21:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k47h) Glum's got a black eye. With Jimmy Edwards. THU 13:15 Chris Stewart - Driving over Lemons [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU 08:30 Married (b0081fb3) (b007jnyz) THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2fc) Series 3 Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Episode 1 There's a new arrival for the budding peasant farmers in the THU 22:00 Married (b0081fb3) Things are even stranger now that Robin's two universes have remote mountains of Andalucia. Read by Mick Ford. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] collided - and he's surprised to find himself turning into a nice THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jsw3) THU 22:30 On the Town with the League of Gentlemen person... Bonnie Prince Charlie, Culloden and God Save the King (b007k33t) Hugh Bonneville stars in the third series of the comedy drama As war continues in Europe, there's a threat to the Crown from God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen about a confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot dealing with life in nearer home as the Young Pretender marches south. Anna It's Christmas! - but which town residents are celebrating? a parallel universe where he has kids and an ex-wife who hates Massey narrates the history of Britain. The first incarnation of the award-winning black comedy, about him. THU 13:45 Passions (b008pbw5) the "local people" of Spent - before it hit TV. With Josie Lawrence as Lesley, Stephen Frost as Dirk, Ann Hugh Montgomery Starring Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. Gosling as Maxine, Kate Robbins as Doctor/Newsreader/Glop, The scientist explains to Sue Nelson how a love of Written by the cast and Jeremy Dyson. Christopher Kelham as Alan and Arthur Smith as Arthur Smith. mountaineering led him to research new treatments for lung The League of Gentlemen won a Perrier Edinburgh Fesvital Written by Tony Bagley. problems. award in 1997 and this radio series debuted in the same year. Producer: Claire Jones THU 14:00 04/09/2008 (b00d8pgb) They also won a Sony Radio Award. The cult series switched to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on TV for three series on BBC 2 from 1999, plus stage shows and THU 09:00 Wimsey (b007jwgz) BBC7. a feature film. Busman's Honeymoon Contact us at: Producer: Sarah Smith 2. Credit Where Credit's Due CBeebies Radio First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997. With William Noakes dead, Superintendent Kirk has his London, W12 7RJ THU 23:00 The Skivers (b00d8pgd) suspicions, but upper crust sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey is not so Phone: 08700 100 700. Series 1 sure... THU 17:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007js81) Lewis Collins Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the British Series 3 Secrets of Michael Fish are revealed, and East 17 move house. gentleman detective created by Dorothy L Sayers. Episode 4 Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Freshly wed ad man Ken receives a wedding invite and faces special guest Lewis Collins - will he share any tips from TV's Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and upset at a photo shoot. The Professionals? Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh. War. the competitive world of advertising. With: Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis Mel Giedroyc from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin Peter Bradshaw were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. Freddie ...... Lockwood West Producer: Jon Naismith Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994. Lady Wimsey …. Sarah Badel April ...... Shelley Thompson THU 23:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00d8pgg) Bunter …. Peter Jones Larry Childs ...... William Hootkins Series 2 Mrs Ruddle …. Pearl Hackney Loretta-Jane Duff ...... Toni Coyne Oxford Union Mr Puffett …. Michael Ripper Dawn ...... Sally Watts The former variety star addresses the Oxford Union's MacBride …. Roger Lloyd Pack Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths 'Creationism versus Evolution' debate. With Steve Delaney and Frank Crutchley …. Kenneth Cranham Sally ...... Jane Leonard Sue Perkins. Narrator …. John Westbrook With Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, David Tate, Sally Superintendent Kirk …. Peter Vaughan Grace, Enn Reitel and Anton Rogers. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 30 August – 5 September 2008 Page 6 of 6 FRIDAY 05 SEPTEMBER 2008 Episode 10 Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. Fanny Squeers slurs Nicholas's name to his uncle, mother and Music realised by Robin Lever. FRI 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js93) sister. Stars Oliver Milburn, Anna Massey and Nicola Ratcliffe. Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2gq) Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan FRI 00:30 Blood Lines (b007xrff) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Silver Blaze FRI 18:30 Blood Lines (b007zcd6) FRI 00:45 Blood Lines (b007ylqw) The sleuth heads to Devon, when a racehorse favourite A Lasting Impression [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Thursday] disappears and his trainer is found murdered. Stars Clive The new writing series continues. Following a terrible row with FRI 01:00 Wimsey (b007jwgz) Merrison. her boyfriend, a woman receives a chilling supernatural [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI 11:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords (b007w2ls) message. FRI 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8km5) Shakespeare in Southampton FRI 18:45 Blood Lines (b007k2sj) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Stephen delves into the mystery of a manuscript that may or Father's Day FRI 02:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k47h) may not be by the Bard. Starring Geoffrey Palmer and Wendy An estranged father and daughter's reunion is threatened by [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Craig. sinister state forces. Jasmine Callan reads Ian Dudley's tale. FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2fc) FRI 12:00 Listen to Les (b00d8yxw) FRI 19:00 Listen to Les (b00d8yxw) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 03:00 Married (b0081fb3) FRI 12:30 Just a Minute (b00d8yxy) FRI 19:30 Just a Minute (b00d8yxy) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday] Nicholas Parsons with Clement Freud, Paul Merton, Tony [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] FRI 03:30 On the Town with the League of Gentlemen Hawks and Charles Collingwood at the Wimbledon Theatre. FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b007k47f) (b007k33t) FRI 13:00 Tom's Midnight Garden (b00d8yy0) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Thursday] The Last Change FRI 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8yxp) FRI 04:00 The Skivers (b00d8pgd) All is finally revealed about Hatty and the Garden. The reader is [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Thursday] Cheryl Campbell. FRI 21:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k48q) FRI 04:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00d8pgg) FRI 13:15 Chris Stewart - Driving over Lemons (b007jnzj) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Thursday] Episode 5 FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007k2gq) FRI 05:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords (b007w4dz) The baby arrives, but the heavy Spanish rains sparks chaos for [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] the aspiring peasant farmers. Concluded by Mick Ford. FRI 22:00 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections FRI 06:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k31j) FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jswb) (b0080j7w) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Thursday] Hogarth, The Price of Gin and Pitt The Elder [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 06:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007js81) The row over William Pitt, the art of William Hogarth, the FRI 22:30 And Now in Colour (b0080qg5) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] misery of Gin Lane. Anna Massey narrates the history of Series 2 FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00d8yxt) Britain. Eurospecial Contact us at: FRI 13:45 Passions (b008p4w0) The sketch show team cross the English Channel for a French Big Toe Books Janna Levin link-up. BBC Broadcasting House Sue Nelson travels to New York to talk to the astrophysicist Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de London professor about her love of art. Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck. W1A 1AA FRI 14:00 05/09/2008 (b00d8yy2) Producer: Lissa Evans Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1991. [email protected]. BBC7. FRI 23:00 Pleased to Meet You (b0124y89) FRI 08:00 Listen to Les (b00d8yxw) Contact us at: Pilot Les Dawson's topic is marriage and mothers-in-law, plus CBeebies Radio 90-something good-time girl Dora Dale shares wild tales of her Wotan, Man of Steel camps it up. London, W12 7RJ star-strewn past. With Daphne Oxenford, Eli Woods and Colin Edwynn. Phone: 08700 100 700. Betraying confidences and breaking unwritten rules galore, the Music by Brian Fitzgerald. FRI 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves friend of the stars reveals some surprising and salacious secrets. Scripted and produced by James Casey. (b007tdnm) Written by and starring Martin Kelner and Jake Yapp. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1985. The Metropolitan Touch Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in November 2005. FRI 08:30 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections Bingo's in love again, so Bertie and his valet are summoned to FRI 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007wprc) (b0080j7w) help. The Conversion Series 4 PG Wodehouse romp dramatised by Chris Miller from the A hypnotised sales rep recalls a troubled life with her Dad. Stars Episode 2 book. John Woodvine and Sylvester McCoy. The comic duo's sword of satire targets George W Bush and the PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Wombling Mike Batt. With Julia Morris. Briers. FRI 09:00 Wimsey (b007k47f) Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern Busman's Honeymoon Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers 3. A Policeman's Lot Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil As the questioning over the murder of William Noakes Steggles ...... Edwin Apps continues, some revelatory evidence emerges from the upper Kid ...... Denise Bryer crust sleuth's cleaner. Adapted by Chris Miller. Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the British Producer: David Hatch gentleman detective created by Dorothy L Sayers. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973. Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b00d8yxr) Lady Wimsey …. Sarah Badel Series 3 Bunter …. Peter Jones Promises, Promises Mrs Ruddle …. Pearl Hackney Tasked with organising an auction of promises for a posh Narrator …. John Westbrook school, Rosie finds that it’s not the parents who are upper-crust Superintendent Kirk …. Peter Vaughan so much as the pupils... Constable Sellon …. Christopher Beeny More challenges for Rosie Burns running her family's event Miss Twitterton …. Rosemary Leach management company, where the clients are only part of the Reverend Goodacre …. Gerald Sim problem... Sergeant Foster …. Alexander John The third of four series of Simon Brett's sitcom. Dramatised by Alistair Beaton. Rosie ..... Prunella Scales Producer: Martin Fisher Jo ..... Rebecca Callard First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983. Bob ..... Duncan Preston FRI 09:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8yxp) Tess ..... Annette Badland Episode 5 Greg ..... Leo Dolan The swashbuckling daredevil returns to Kent - but makes a new Trevor ..... Jim North enemy. Read by Rufus Sewell. Producer: Maria Esposito Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002. Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the FRI 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js9x) Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence Episode 6 the rest of his life. On the day of the festival, Saul and the Guardians prepare to Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure fight. features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires Conclusion of Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels thriller serial set in - and under - Bath. (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd Doreen Estall. Freddie Jones .... The Scribe Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels Katy Carmichael .... Tracky have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Sam Dastor .... Karim El Hatel Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent June Barrie .... Chairwoman village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero. Melanie Hudson .... Patricia Gwent Producer: Lawrence Jackson Geoffrey Collins .... Control Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland Phillip Manikum .... Punch First broadcast in 2006. Paul Cresswell .... John FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (b007k48q) John Adams .... Guardian Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/