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Radio 7 Listings for 12 – 18 April 2008 Page 1 of 6 SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2008 The Ballad of Kenny and Christine BBC7. Kenny's new girlfriend wants to join his a cappella band - but SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b007jx13) SAT 00:00 Paradise Lost in Space (b007jnx2) she can't sing. Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From July 2001. It's a blockbuster line-up from the Hollywood Bowl with 4. Martinis SAT 04:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp4p) American film stars Meryl Streep, Virginia Madsen and John C The dangers of tennis are now apparent to the Oblivions - but Series 1 Reilly. Martinis? What could possibly go wrong with Martinis? Decoration SAT 18:00 Richard Matheson - Duel (b007jwll) Colin Swash's sci-fi comedy about two space-age humans Struggling writer Nick paints his flat to impress Caroline, but Episode 1 stranded on a friendly alien planet. his geraniums hate it. The driver of a huge truck plays deadly games with an innocent Norman ...... Tony Robinson A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick motorist. Max ...... David Haig Revell. Classic tense thriller by American sci-fi novelist, screenwriter Stella ...... Louise Lombard With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon and principal writer of 'The Twilight Zone', Richard Matheson Macari ...... Michael Troughton Mackichan and Alison Sterling. (1926-2013). Terayz ...... Carla Mendonca Producer: Jon Magnusson Adapted by Steven Spielberg for the big screen in 1971, Duel is Ken ...... Tom Hollander First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992. also a cult film. Tony ...... Geoff McGivern SAT 05:00 The Barchester Chronicles (b007jq50) Read by Nathan Osgood. Clive ...... Guy Witcher The Last Chronicle of Barset Producer: Vivien Rosenthal Jonathan ...... RossAlistair McGowan The Last Chronicle of Barset Part 5 Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2006. Producer: Richard Wilson More revelations for Barchester's residents and decisions need SAT 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jp0h) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995. to be made. Anthony Trollope dramatisation with Kenneth Series 2 SAT 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton Cranham. The Judge's House (b007wqf0) SAT 06:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009sdcy) To study for his final exams young Malcolm moves to a lonely The Earth in Anarchy Series 1 place, not knowing that in this rat-infested house of horror a The allies head for the coastal town using horses, then motor Episode 6 malignant spirit waits. cars to outrun their masked pursuers. Comeback singing duo Tommy and Sheila hit stormy waters Malcolm's exams may not be the only final thing. Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read performing on a cruise ship. The Man in Black sets the chilling scene... in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers. Director: Lawrence Jackson Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The Written by Bram Stoker and dramatized by John Keir. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another... The Man in Black …. Edward de Souza First broadcast in 2005. Mike Coleman's sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd. Malcolm …. David Timson SAT 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsh4) Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd Mrs Dempster …. Tessa Worsley The Case of Identity Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield Carnford …. Norman Bird Rumpole deals with some dubious alibis in court and in With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson and Chris Director: Gerry Jones chambers. Pavlo. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989. "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace. SAT 19:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k18t) Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Music by Frido Ruth. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Horace Rumpole. Producer: Steve Doherty SAT 19:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek With Robert Harris as Mr Justice Vosper, Michael Spice as First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998. (b007k4gp) Guthrie Featherstone, Brian Carroll as Erskine-Brown and SAT 06:30 Second Thoughts (b00fnfnz) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Amanda Murray as Phillida Trant. Series 2 SAT 20:00 Stop Messin' About: A Tribute to Kenneth Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John The Rhythm of Strife Williams (b007jv7z) Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- Bill and Faith bicker over her children, then his ex-wife Liza [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal turns up... SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b007jx13) Court of England and Wales. Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today] Director: Peter King Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah SAT 01:30 Andrew Sachs - The Revenge (b007jr11) and Joe. SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2008 Que? Andrew Sachs's pioneering thriller featuring sound effects Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Kelda and 11 actors, but no written dialogue. Holmes as Hannah, Belinda Lang as Liza, Brian Bowles as SUN 00:00 Richard Matheson - Duel (b007jwll) This experimental play for radio an attempt to tell a story in Dennis and Danny Schiller as Mr Roper. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] terms of sounds alone. There is no dialogue, and no coherent Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, SUN 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jp0h) speech, yet the play is a thriller with a straightforward storyline husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] full of action and dramatic tension. A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran SUN 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b009v35c) Recorded on location using the naturalistic recording techniques for four series, with a spin-off ‘Faith in the Future’. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] of binaural stereo. Producer: Sioned Wiliam SUN 02:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jqkj) Written and interpreted by Andrew Sachs, The Revenge, was First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1989. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Saturday] the world's first radio drama without words... SAT 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009v2xp) SUN 03:00 Stop Messin' About: A Tribute to Kenneth With Andrew Sachs, Sean Barrett, Fraser Kerr, Graham Ashley, Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Williams (b007jv7z) Paul Rosebury, Michael Deacon, Blain Fairman, John Rye, SAT 08:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k18t) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday] Melody Sachs, Frances Jeater and Leonard Fenton. 1947 SUN 06:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b007jx13) Producer: Glyn Dearman Dick Barton hits the airwaves, and BBC Children's Hour turns [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. 25. Six selected years in radio history with Daphne Oxenford. SUN 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009v3jq) SAT 02:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009scn3) SAT 08:30 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Contrasting Phone Calls and the Beatles (b007k4gp) SUN 08:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009v3js) Two late-night phone calls bring playwright Alan Plater very Episode 3 Omnibus different news, as he concludes his own story. With Christian Disguised as a cabin boy, Lady Dona St Columb sets sail with Architecture, musicals, FBI agents, and bears on the toilet. Rodska. her dashing French pirate. Classic love drama with Lorna Playwright Alan Plater talks about the career moves he never SAT 02:15 Petrella (b007jmdg) Heilbron. made. Series 2 SAT 09:00 Stop Messin' About: A Tribute to Kenneth SUN 09:15 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007qpxb) Heroes and Villains Williams (b007jv7z) The Shades of Spring Confronted with robbery and murder, the detective learns even Fellow Carry On star Liz Fraser hosts a radio celebration, Addy Syson returns to the home of his youth; the land waits for respected police officers can be suspects. Stars Philip Jackson. featuring Round the Horne, Just Williams, Big and Little, Diary him unaltered, but what of the girl he used to love? SAT 03:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007js43) of a Madman, Kenneth Williams Playhouse and Just a Minute. Peter Meakin reads DH Lawrence’s short story first published Series 1 SAT 12:00 Hercule Poirot (b009v35c) in 1914. Police, Camera, Amphibian Cards on the Table Producer: Rosemary Watts Robin's dream comes true as not one but two real criminal 1936: The enigmatic Mr Shaitana hosts an unusual dinner party. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995. offences are committed on his doorstep and the police come to His guests include four sleuths - including Hercule Poirot - and SUN 09:30 Stilgoe's Around (b007k3xj) visit. four suspected murderers. City of London The only problem is he wasn't there when it happened but After dinner, the guests play bridge, with the sleuths in one Richard Stilgoe goes into Britain's financial heartland to dispel Wendy was... room and the suspects in another, where Shaitana watches on. the myths of money making. Written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. By the end of the game, Shaitana has been fatally stabbed with a With Belinda Lang, Tim Piggott Smith, Charles Collingwood Robin ...... Simon Greenall weapon from his collection. and Kathryn Tickell. Wendy ...... Kay Stonham Agatha Christie's thriller stars John Moffat as Poirot, Stephanie Written by Richard Stilgoe. Maureen ...... Debra Stephenson Cole as Ariadne Oliver, Donald Sinden as Colonel Race, Ioan Producer: Neil Cargill Derek ...... Phil Cornwell Meredith as Superintendent Battle, Christopher Godwin as Mr First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1989. Sue ...... Jan Ravens Shaitana, David Timson as Dr Roberts, Mary Wimbush as Mrs SUN 10:00 Alan Ayckbourn - The Norman Conquests Glenn ...... Michael Simkins Lorrimer, Helen Longworth as Anne Meredith, Nigel Anthony (b007mwg7) Darnley ...... Ewan Bailey as Major Despard, Sarah Paul as Rhoda Dawes, Marlene Living Together Carol ...... Jo Enright Sidaway as Mrs Luxmore and Ewan Bailey as The Butler. A weekend of tangled relationships moves to the living room of Pikeman ...... Sean McKenna From Agatha Christie's 1936 novel dramatised by Michael a country house. Stars Robin Herford and Diane Bull. Producer: Mario Stylianides Bakewell. SUN 11:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqp1) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002. Director: Enyd Williams. The Prunestone SAT 03:30 Dial M for Pizza (b007jm7c) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. Two crime writers decide to aid the perfect murder. Stars Peggy Series 1 SAT 13:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jqkj) Mount, Dorothy Tutin and John Savident. From September Episode 2 Take Your Pick 1988. Sketch show shenanigans from going to the Proms to public The freezing civil servants head to Wales to tackle a coal SUN 12:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy loos. Stars Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. From shortage. Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. From (b007s166) November 1987. August 1977. Episode 3 SAT 04:00 Big Town All Stars (b007jrwp) SAT 14:00 12/04/2008 (b009v377) Russell Davies' survey of wireless mirth reaches the onset of the Series 2 Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Second World War. Featuring Stanley Holloway and Arthur Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 12 – 18 April 2008 Page 2 of 6 Askey. From 1988. MON 05:30 Radio Roots (b007jxdj) Lucy Honeychurch ...... Cathy Sara SUN 12:30 Radio Roots (b007jxdj) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday] Charlotte Bartlett ...... Sheila Hancock Richard Dimbleby MON 06:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxfm) Mr Emerson ...... John Moffatt Russell Davies traces the radio times of the man who 'invented [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday] George Emerson ...... Gary Cady the BBC Reporter'. MON 06:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b009v4n9) Mr Beebe ...... Stephen Moore SUN 13:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxfm) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] Miss Lavish ...... Barbara Jefford Reasonably Together Again MON 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009v6d2) Miss Alan ...... Anna Cropper The humorous singing quartet of David Barlow, Peter Christie, Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Mr Eager ...... David Collings Miles Kington and Alan Maryon-Davis entertain. From April MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k4l1) Maid ...... Jilly Bond 1985. Series 5 Man ...... Ian Masters SUN 13:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b009v4n9) Lurgi Strikes Britain Beggar ...... Michael Tudor Barnes Brace yourselves for a visit from the Chuckle Detector Van Doctor Seagoon is dispatched to tackle a curious contagious Other parts played by the cast. driven by Doddy and pals. epidemic disease. Pianist: Terence Allbright SUN 14:00 13/04/2008 (b009v4np) Director: Glyn Dearman. Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995. BBC7. Milligan and Eric Sykes. MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b007k4l1) SUN 17:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] (b007s166) Starring: MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00t9zpz) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Series 4 SUN 17:30 Radio Roots (b007jxdj) Peter Sellers Episode 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Harry Secombe Making movie news: 'The Lone Hydrangea' and 'The Sound of SUN 18:00 Doctor Who (b007jxdx) Spike Milligan Monks' and 'The Curse of the Flying Wombat' continues... Storm Warning More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and Episode 4 First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were parodies. The Doctor and Charley help the R101 crew escape from the recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall aliens, only to run into more problems closer to home. shows weren’t kept in the archive. and Bill Oddie. SUN 18:30 Doctor Who: The Commentaries (b009x0zb) Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Ian Lang, Graeme Chapman, Series 4 With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Eric Idle, and Bill The Fires of Pompeii Oddie. The Doctor Who cast and crew discuss the second episode of Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue the fourth TV series. 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and SUN 19:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxfm) Announcer: Wallace Greenslade quickly developed a cult following. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today] Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. SUN 19:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b009v4n9) Producer: Peter Eton Producer: Humphrey Barclay [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today] First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1966. SUN 20:00 Alan Ayckbourn - The Norman Conquests First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1954. MON 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007jv9y) (b007mwg7) MON 08:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] (b007wpz1) A farming community must cope with the death of wife and SUN 21:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqp1) Growing Up mother Caro Meredith. Robin Ellis reads Joanna Trollope's [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] Comedian Dominic Holland points out the pitfalls of growing story. SUN 22:00 The Now Show (b009v5dl) up, becoming an adult and having children. MON 13:15 Walter Lord - A Night to Remember (b007jr5s) Catch up with Punt and Dennis and guests. Stand-up and sketches with Simon Greenall, Sally Grace and Episode 6 SUN 22:30 The Right Time (b009v5dn) Dave Lamb. With all of the Titanic's lifeboats gone, painful decisions remain Series 2 Producer: Maria Esposito for those left on the sinking ship. Read by Martin Jarvis. Episode 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000. MON 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009x1jt) From the perils of seduction to topless sunbathing. 40 is the new MON 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jshh) The Saintly Dunstan to the Canny Canute 21. The Expert Witness Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles. Today, the Sketch show about life, written and performed by people who Rumpole recalls the case of a GP accused of killing his wife. introduction of the Order of Service by King Edgar. have lived a bit. "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". MON 13:45 Clive James - Even As We Speak (b009x1jx) Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Paula Wilcox, Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law George Russell Clive Swift and Roger Blake. Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole Clive James muses on the influence of one of his university Written by Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, John Pidgeon, Jan With Derek Farr as Mr Justice Skelton and Ellis Dale as Owen lecturers, and the contents of his cellar. Etherington, Julie Balloo and Ramone Towers. Munroe, MON 14:00 14/04/2008 (b009x1kn) Music by Ronnie & The Rex. Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Producer: Helen Williams Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- BBC7. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002. by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal MON 17:00 Flying the Flag (b009x1kq) SUN 23:00 Stand-Up on 7 (b007zd25) Court of England and Wales. Series 2 Rob Newman Director: Peter King The Space Race Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. What goes up in the era of glasnost must come down, but The comedian continues to entertain an audience at London's MON 09:30 Horses (b007jrl3) exactly where is still a matter for negotiation... Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn. From May 2005. Episode 1 Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom. SUN 23:45 2000 Years of Radio (b007scys) An arsonist is wreaking havoc in a village south of Dublin, and Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Series 1 Father Devoy takes a stranger in out of the rain. Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Dark Age FM MON 10:00 15 Minute Drama (b009x1bf) Greif as the United States Ambassador, Christopher Benjamin It's AD 500, history's most miserable time, when Britain was Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street as Colonel Surikov and David Goodland as Olav. invaded twice a week and the country was run by a bloke called Episode 1 Producer: Pete Atkin Arthur. Prior to the First World War, Muriel Hammond is trying to find First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988. But there was always Steve in the Afternoon to help Britons her place in the world. MON 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k2d1) through these difficult times She loves astronomy but is restricted by society's expectations Series 1 Six-part series that taps into the radio archive of a bygone age. of a woman. She befriends the exotic Clare at boarding school, Family Hold Back Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Claire Downes , but she is still struggling to have the adventurous life she would How does Maud manage to come up trumps in the middle of Stuart Lane, Al Holloway, Danny Robbins and Dan Tetsell. like. She has been born and bred for marriage, but the object of the night? Producers: Paul Dodgson & Sean Grundy her affection holds a candle for her exotic friend. As war Sue Limb's sitcom about events at the Abbeyfield Guest House First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000. descends on them, can Muriel find the fulfilment she seeks? in Norwich. Winifred Holtby's story about a woman's journey from her Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes star as sisters Alison and teens to womanhood - a journey into independence and self- Maud. MONDAY 14 APRIL 2008 fulfilment. Alison …. Denise Coffey Dramatised by Diana Griffiths. Maud …. Miriam Margolyes MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b007jxdx) Clare Goose as Muriel Mr Mullett …. Chris Emmett [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Joanne Froggatt as Connie Mr Ducket …. Geoffrey Whitehead MON 00:30 Doctor Who: The Commentaries (b009x0zb) James D'Arcy as Godfrey Mrs Ducket …. Judy Flynn [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Brigit Forsyth as Mrs Hammond Producer: Jonathan James-Moore. MON 01:00 Alan Plater - Abandoned Projects (b009v3js) Victoria Brazier as Clare Duquesne First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] Deborah McAndrew as Delia Vaughan MON 18:00 Paradise Lost in Space (b007jp0g) MON 02:15 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007qpxb) Julie Westwood as Mrs Neale 5. Things Hot Up [Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 on Sunday] Director: Pauline Harris When Norman introduces the Oblivions to the pleasures of the MON 02:30 Stilgoe's Around (b007k3xj) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. flesh, one thing leads to another... [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON 10:15 Petrella (b007jpny) Colin Swash's sci-fi comedy about two space-age humans MON 03:00 The Now Show (b009v5dl) Series 2 stranded on a friendly alien planet. [Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 on Sunday] The Missionary Position Norman ...... Tony Robinson MON 03:30 The Right Time (b009v5dn) A drugs tip-off leads the inspector to a boxing gym, where his Max ...... David Haig [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Sunday] police colleague encounters a former tutor. Stars Philip Jackson. Stella ...... Louise Lombard MON 04:00 Stand-Up on 7 (b007zd25) MON 11:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007jpr7) Macari ...... Michael Troughton [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Sunday] Miss Honeychurch, Giotto and Too Much Beethoven Terayz ...... Carla Mendonca MON 04:45 2000 Years of Radio (b007scys) 1905: Cousins Lucy and Charlotte arrive from England at the Clive ...... Guy Witcher [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Sunday] Pensione Bertolini in Florence to discover they've not been Buzz ...... Peter Serafinowcz MON 05:00 Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy given their promised rooms. Producer: Richard Wilson (b007s166) EM Forster's 1908 Edwardian-era novel dramatised in four First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday] parts by David Wade. MON 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 12 – 18 April 2008 Page 3 of 6 Chesterton (b007jzyb) With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. Crew members of the Titanic organise themselves into a rescue 11. The Pursuit of the President party to find floating survivors. Read by Martin Jarvis. After the sunset confrontation between motor cars, the Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. TUE 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009x4hr) detectives return to London to accost Sunday. Cnut and Edmund Ironside Published in 1908, GK Chesterton's most famous novel is read Announcer: Wallace Greenslade The Danish King returns to England with his son and Ethelred in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. flees to Normandy. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain. Director: Lawrence Jackson Producer: Peter Eton TUE 13:45 Clive James - Even As We Speak (b009x4jd) Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. A Voice Is Born First broadcast in 2005. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1954. Clive muses on taking singing lessons. It's all about support and MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b007k4l1) TUE 08:30 The Sunday Format (b009x20g) the booby trap in The Flower Song. From July 2001. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 1 TUE 14:00 15/04/2008 (b009x4jl) MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00t9zpz) Episode 2 Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Your radio version of the quality newspapers, plus lifestyle pull- BBC7. MON 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jshh) out sections. With Simon Greenall. From February 1999. TUE 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jnbg) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjb) Series 7 MON 20:30 Horses (b007jrl3) The Course of True Love Horses for Courses [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Rumpole muses on the case of a teacher accused of seduction. A school break-in sparks trouble and it's interview day for the MON 21:00 15 Minute Drama (b009x1bf) "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Deputy Head's job. With Brenda Blethyn. From April 1992. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law TUE 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k22c) MON 21:15 Petrella (b007jpny) Horace Rumpole. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] With Denys Hawthorne as Judge George Frobisher and Michael Bill of Fare MON 22:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland Spice as Guthrie Featherstone. Rosie and her team are asked to organise a food fair by the (b007wpz1) Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John formidable Lord Pickton. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- But they don't realise the event is a setup to promote Hinchcliff MON 22:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtql) by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Manor - rather than the stallholders... Series 2 Court of England and Wales. Prunella Scales stars in the second of four series of Simon The Scheme of Things Director: Peter King Brett's sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Rosie Where does Britain fit in the Theatre of Being? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Burns and her event-management company based in Brighton. Cult New Age comedy that answers the questions which leave TUE 09:30 Horses (b007jrnt) With Arabella Weir as Kate, Rebecca Callard as Jo, Duncan other shows scratching their beards. Episode 2 Preston as Bob, Annette Badland as Tess, Jon Glover as Nigel Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. Father Devoy goes to the surgery to seek Dr Brooks' opinion on Mazoni, Bill Wallis as Lord Pickton, Natalie Walter as Vicks With: Mathew's story when a new visitor stumbles in with terrible and Will Ing as Rupert, Rebecca Front news. Producer: Maria Esposito Armando Iannucci TUE 10:00 15 Minute Drama (b009x2q4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001. And the voice of Tom Baker. Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street TUE 18:00 Paradise Lost in Space (b007jp39) Producer: Sarah Smith Episode 2 6. Sacrifice First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1993. Diana Griffiths' dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a Oblivio is in the grip of an Ice Age. MON 23:00 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007jnfx) woman's journey into self-fulfilment. When the UME spaceship lands on the surface, Norman and Fractal Infinity 2/10. Muriel has finished boarding school and is returning home Max make a sacrifice... Fears abound for computer programmer Jeremy's safety - and to Marshington, where her mother aims to pair her off with Conclusion of Colin Swash’s sci-fi comedy about two space-age his invention. Stars Greg Proops and John Hegley. From April Godfrey Neale. But then Muriel's friend Clare visits and turns humans stranded on a friendly alien planet. 1996. the Hammond household upside-down. Norman ...... Tony Robinson MON 23:30 The Curried Goat Show (b007mdgf) Muriel ...... Clare Goose Max ...... David Haig Episode 7 Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt Stella ...... Louise Lombard It's Pig Night - and shopping news. Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy Macari ...... Michael Troughton Ben Silburn's sketch-bonanza. With Polly James. From Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth Suzy ...... Carla Mendonca February 1998. Mr Hammond ...... David Fleeshman Louise ...... Ronni Ancona Clare Duquesne ...... Victoria Brazier Ume ...... Lorelei King Delia Vaughan ...... Deborah McAndrew Vince ...... Daniel Main TUESDAY 15 APRIL 2008 Directed by Pauline Harris. Producer: Richard Wilson TUE 10:15 Petrella (b007yp3x) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. TUE 00:00 Paradise Lost in Space (b007jp0g) Series 2 TUE 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Death Watch (b007jvck) TUE 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton All set to protect a Nuremburg Trials judge from an avenging 12. The Six Philosophers (b007jzyb) killer - what about the inspector's insomnia? Stars Philip The men pursue Sunday - as he flees them aboard a hot air [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Jackson. balloon. TUE 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jshh) TUE 11:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007jpty) Published in 1908, GK Chesterton's most famous novel is read [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Good Men and Violets in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. TUE 01:30 Horses (b007jrl3) Lucy Honeychurch has witnessed a murder in Florence, but Director: Lawrence Jackson [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] George's actions disturb her more... Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. TUE 02:00 15 Minute Drama (b009x1bf) Set in Italy and England, EM Forster’s 1908 tale of a young First broadcast in 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] woman from repressed Edwardian England. TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007k4sy) TUE 02:15 Petrella (b007jpny) Lucy Honeychurch ...... Cathy Sara [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Monday] Charlotte Bartlett ...... Sheila Hancock TUE 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jn1s) TUE 03:00 The Small World of Dominic Holland Mr Emerson ...... John Moffatt [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] (b007wpz1) George Emerson ...... Gary Cady TUE 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjb) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday] Mr Beebe ...... Stephen Moore [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 03:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtql) Miss Lavish ...... Barbara Jefford TUE 20:30 Horses (b007jrnt) [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Monday] Mr Eager ...... David Collings [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE 04:00 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007jnfx) Phaeton ...... Andrew Branch TUE 21:00 15 Minute Drama (b009x2q4) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Pianist: Terence Allbright [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 04:30 The Curried Goat Show (b007mdgf) Dramatised by David Wade. TUE 21:15 Petrella (b007yp3x) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday] Director: Glyn Dearman. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] TUE 05:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007jpr7) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995. TUE 22:00 The Sunday Format (b009x20g) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007k4sy) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 06:00 Alison and Maud (b007k2d1) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jmbj) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Monday] TUE 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jn1s) Series 3 TUE 06:30 Flying the Flag (b009x1kq) Series 5 A Four Letter Word [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] Come Dancing A new arrival in Hell persuades Satan to re-shoot 'Casablanca' - TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009x1v2) Albert sets out to help son Harold to conquer his fear of with a mutant alien. Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. ballroom dancing. Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell. TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k4sy) Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Satan …. Andy Hamilton Series 5 Harold. With Clifford Norgate as the Milkman. The Professor …. James Grout The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved) Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville Grytpype-Thynne needs a crew to discover the true fate of the with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan mysterious brigantine. wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. Other characters played by Felicity Montagu, Philip Pope, Nick The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring Revel and Michael Fenton Stevens. Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer Milligan and Eric Sykes. and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999. Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan TUE 23:00 Chewin' the Fat (b009x4sb) Starring: Simpson. Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan are back with more sketches Produced by Bobby Jaye in Scotland's comedy favourite. Peter Sellers First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1974. TUE 23:30 The Shuttleworths (b007n13d) Harry Secombe TUE 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007qwj5) John Shuttleworth's Open Mind Spike Milligan Episode 2 Fairies How did American Caro Bliss come to settle in a close farming John Shuttleworth delves into the world of the little people as he First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were community in England? Read by Robin Ellis. finds out about fairies. recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest TUE 13:15 Walter Lord - A Night to Remember (b007jr68) But finding an expert on the subject is proving difficult, until he shows weren’t kept in the archive. Episode 7 realises that fairies are normally found at the bottom of the Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 12 – 18 April 2008 Page 4 of 6 garden left out. Smith... So John enlists gardening expert Kim Wilde. He might even get Muriel ...... Clare Goose Colin Swash's dystopian comedy stars Stephen Moore as a few singing tips at the same time? Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt George Sheffield's premier singer-songwriter continues his probe into Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy George ...... Stephen Moore unsolved phenomena. Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth Doris ...... Patsy Byrne Written and performed by Graham Fellows. Clare Duquesne ...... Victoria Brazier O'Connell ...... Geoffrey McGivern Additional material by Dean Wilkinson. Delia Vaughan ...... Deborah McAndrew Andrea Sunbeam ...... Lorelei King Producer: Dawn Ellis Mrs Neale ...... Julie Westwood Other parts by Melanie Hudson, Christopher Douglas and Lewis First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. Directed by Pauline Harris. MacLeod. WED 10:15 More Plain Tales from the Raj (b009x5gl) Producer: Richard Wilson. Milligan Chota Sahib - the Indian Childhood of Spike Milligan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1998. WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL 2008 Marking 10 years since he died, the comedian recalls the WED 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK excitement of his early life in India. Presented by Evan Chesterton (b007ww7m) WED 00:00 Paradise Lost in Space (b007jp39) Charlton. 13. The Accuser [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED 11:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007qx2z) As Sunday presides over a feast, Lucien Gregory appears. WED 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK A Proposal and a Bathing Party Gabriel Syme finds himself back in Saffron Park. Chesterton (b007jvck) Lucy Honeychurch returns to England much changed after her Published in 1908, GK Chesterton's most famous novel is [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] disturbing trip to Italy. concluded by Geoffrey Palmer. WED 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjb) Set in Italy and England, EM Forster’s 1908 tale of a young Director: Lawrence Jackson [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] woman from repressed Edwardian England. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. WED 01:30 Horses (b007jrnt) Lucy Honeychurch ...... Cathy Sara First broadcast in March 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] Charlotte Bartlett ...... Sheila Hancock WED 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jlsh) WED 02:00 15 Minute Drama (b009x2q4) Mr Emerson ...... John Moffatt [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] George Emerson ...... Gary Cady WED 19:30 Whispers (b007k2kg) WED 02:15 Petrella (b007yp3x) Mr Beebe ...... Stephen Moore [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Tuesday] Mrs Honeychurch ...... Julia McKenzie WED 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjp) WED 03:00 The Sunday Format (b009x20g) Freddy Honeychurch ...... Roger May [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday] Cecil Vyse ...... Nathaniel Parker WED 20:30 Horses (b007m00c) WED 03:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jmbj) Mrs Phipps ...... Tessa Worsley [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Tuesday] Sir Harry Otway ...... Derek Waring WED 21:00 15 Minute Drama (b009x596) WED 04:00 Chewin' the Fat (b009x4sb) Minnie Beebe ...... Sara-Jane Derrick [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Tuesday] Floyd ...... Jonathan Keeble WED 21:15 More Plain Tales from the Raj (b009x5gl) WED 04:30 The Shuttleworths (b007n13d) Mrs Vyse ...... Pauline Letts [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Tuesday] Pianist: Terence Allbright WED 22:00 Dead Ringers (b009x4zg) WED 05:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007jpty) Dramatised by David Wade. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Director: Glyn Dearman. WED 22:30 Acropolis Now (b007r431) WED 06:00 Smelling of Roses (b007k22c) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995. Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Tuesday] WED 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jlsh) Sheep WED 06:30 King Street Junior (b007jnbg) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Socrates and friends enter the Intellectual Olympics, but [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED 12:30 Whispers (b007k2kg) Heraclitus is side-tracked. Stars Stephen Moore. From January WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009x4yf) Series 1 2001. Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Episode 1 WED 23:00 Wild Things (b007tcpg) WED 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jlsh) What is the rather inflammatory connection between Salman Series 1 Series 5 Rushdie and The Beatles? Date with Fate The Last Tram (from Clapham) This is the series celebrating our fascination with gossip, The fiery florists tackle a psychic, a dog - and fame beckons. London's trams are no more, but boss Neddie Seagoon must rumour and controversy. Stars Doon Mackichan and Imelda Staunton. From September pursue the one that got away. Gyles Brandreth hosts the panel game with scandal on its mind 2002. and slander at its heart. WED 23:30 The Big Booth (b007k2ww) Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike The regular team captains are writer and critic, Anthony Holden Series 2: The Big Booth Too Milligan and Eric Sykes. and actor and writer, Stella Duffy. Episode 1 Joining them to test their wits, and wit against the most Boothby Graffoe returns with a series of guitar-flavoured songs Starring: notorious figures in history are broadcaster, Rosie Millard and and surreal laughs. best-selling author, Jenny Colgan. From the Pieasance Cabaret Bar at the Edinburgh Festival. Peter Sellers Producer: Elizabeth Freestone With Stephen Frost, Kevin Eldon, Big Al, Vivienne Soan and Harry Secombe First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003. Antonio Forcione. Spike Milligan WED 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007qx32) Written by Boothby Graffoe and Dave Thompson. Episode 3 Producer: Julia McKenzie First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Grieving for her mother Caro, daughter Judy Meredith prepares First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001. recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest to visit her father. Read by Robin Ellis. shows weren’t kept in the archive. WED 13:15 Walter Lord - A Night to Remember (b007jr77) Episode 8 THURSDAY 17 APRIL 2008 With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. With survivors left struggling in the water, fights break out in the Titanic's part-filled lifeboats. Read by Martin Jarvis. THU 00:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jpdb) Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. WED 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009x79g) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Goodwine the Cunning and Edward the Confessor THU 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Uncertain times face England after Edward's death, with Chesterton (b007ww7m) warnings of a great evil about to sweep the land. Anna Massey [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Producer: Peter Eton narrates. THU 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjp) WED 13:45 Clive James - Even As We Speak (b009x79j) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1954. Noble Talking Heads THU 01:30 Horses (b007m00c) WED 08:30 Dead Ringers (b009x4zg) Clive James muses on the first day of televising the House of [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Darth Vader, Anne Robinson and the Archers are all Lords in 1985. Is parliament the right place for comedy? THU 02:00 15 Minute Drama (b009x596) impersonated on the impressionist show to end all others. WED 14:00 16/04/2008 (b009x79l) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] WED 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjp) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on THU 02:15 More Plain Tales from the Raj (b009x5gl) The Perils of the Sea BBC7. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Wednesday] Rumpole recalls the case of murder. How did Barney Bateman WED 17:00 My Music (b009x7fg) THU 03:00 Dead Ringers (b009x4zg) die? Musical teasers and anecdotes, with Steve Race, Denis Norden, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday] "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Frank Muir, John Amis and Ian Wallace. THU 03:30 Acropolis Now (b007r431) Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law WED 17:30 After Henry (b007jmkg) [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Wednesday] Horace Rumpoleand Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole. Series 1 THU 04:00 Wild Things (b007tcpg) With Norman Shelley as the Judge and Michael Spice as Moving [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Wednesday] Guthrie Featherstone. Her daughter wants to move out. Her mother wants to move in, THU 04:30 The Big Booth (b007k2ww) Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John but should Sarah just sell up? [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Wednesday] Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - THU 05:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007qx2z) by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Court of England and Wales. never quite manage to see eye to eye. THU 06:00 After Henry (b007jmkg) Director: Ian Cotterell Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Wednesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and THU 06:30 My Music (b009x7fg) WED 09:30 Horses (b007m00c) Marion Bailey as Janie. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] Episode 3 Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009xwn1) As the storm rages, the men struggle back to the surgery and the - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Doctor learns who the arsonist is. network. THU 08:00 The Goon Show (b007mwv5) WED 10:00 15 Minute Drama (b009x596) Producer: Pete Atkin Series 5 Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985. The Spanish Suitcase Episode 3 WED 18:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jpdb) Neddie Seagoon's brave act lands him in prison, and a jewel Diana Griffiths's dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a Episode 1 thief is on the loose. woman's journey into self-fulfilment. In 22nd-century Britain, the collapse of the pensions system 3/10. Godfrey Neale wants to go riding with the beautiful Clare means compulsory euthanasia for all 70-year-olds. Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Duquesne, but Muriel's sister Connie is determined not to be But a clerical error sparks major implications for George Milligan and Eric Sykes. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 12 – 18 April 2008 Page 5 of 6 Starring: Producer: John Lloyd Chloe ...... Marianne Levy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1977. Simon ...... Gus Brown Peter Sellers THU 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007qw7h) Prof Van den Hoogenband ...... Chris Pavlo Harry Secombe Episode 4 Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente. Spike Milligan Lyndsay struggles with her husband's depression over the death Producer: Dawn Ellis of Caro Meredith. Read by Robin Ellis. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003. First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were THU 13:15 Walter Lord - A Night to Remember (b007jr7q) THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009xxv3) recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest Episode 9 Series 3 shows weren’t kept in the archive. As dawn breaks, the Carpathia sets out on a rescue mission for Episode 5 the passengers and crew of the Titanic. Read by Martin Jarvis. Eavesdropping on animals and Planet Dull. Andy Hamilton and With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009xxnh) Nick Revell's sharp humour. With Harry Enfield. From October The Battle of Stamford Bridge 1987. Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Harold faces two challengers for his crown, William of THU 23:30 Tilt (b009xxv5) Normandy and his own half-brother. Anna Massey narrates. Episode 4 Announcer: Wallace Greenslade THU 13:45 Clive James - Even As We Speak (b009xxq9) The topical sketch show that takes you behind the week's news. Thorpie, Hoogie and the Golden Lolly And then mucks about with it a bit. Producer: Peter Eton The essayist cogitates on the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the mania surrounding the swimmer they called the 'Thorpedo'. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1954. THU 14:00 17/04/2008 (b009xxrq) FRIDAY 18 APRIL 2008 THU 08:30 The Harpoon (b007k4cc) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on Series 1 BBC7. FRI 00:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jpdq) Episode 1 THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b009xxrs) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] From patent cures to whaling for the under 5s. In General Practice FRI 00:30 Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu The nostalgic spiffing spoof of adventure story papers for boys. Simon Sparrow lands a job in Aberdeen, where he's forced to (b007jvp4) Hip hip! tackle a pepped-up port loving lady. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] With Susie Brann, Alistair McGowan, Mary Elliot-Nelson, The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - FRI 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsk0) Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham. adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Producer: Sarah Smith 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955. FRI 01:30 Horses (b007jrv6) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991. Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] THU 09:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsk0) Captain Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Joan Sanderson FRI 02:00 15 Minute Drama (b009xwy4) The Age of Retirement as Mrs Russell, Stanley Baxter as Dr Hockett and Joan Sims as [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Rumpole reconsiders his future - as does a hardened thief. Dora. FRI 02:15 Petrella (b007jppx) "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Producer: David Hatch [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday] Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1969. FRI 03:00 The Harpoon (b007k4cc) Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole THU 17:30 Boogie Up the River (b007jv6z) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday] With Robert Harris as Mr Justice Vosper and Brian Carroll as Sonning, I'll Definitely Meet You in Sonning FRI 03:30 Rigor Mortis (b007m331) Erskine-Brown. Mark and his manic mutt are rowing up the Thames, but will [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Thursday] Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Jennifer ever come on board? Stars Timothy Spall. From FRI 04:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009xxv3) Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- December 1992. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Thursday] by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal THU 18:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jpdq) FRI 04:30 Tilt (b009xxv5) Court of England and Wales. Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Thursday] Director: Ian Cotterell Lucky old George Smith - it's not everyone who has their own FRI 05:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007qvgf) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. compulsory euthanasia broadcast on national TV at the age of [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] THU 09:30 Horses (b007jrv6) 69. FRI 06:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv6z) Episode 4 Colin Swash's dystopian comedy set in 22nd-century Britain, [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Thursday] Father Devoy struggles with his faith and Garda Sweeney with starring Stephen Moore as George Smith. FRI 06:30 Doctor at Large (b009xxrs) his impatience, but what is going through Helen's mind? George ...... Stephen Moore [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] THU 10:00 15 Minute Drama (b009xwy4) Doris ...... Patsy Byrne FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b009xxvh) Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street O'Connell ...... Geoffrey McGivern Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Episode 4 Andrea Sunbeam ...... Lorelei King FRI 08:00 The Goon Show (b007swcz) Diana Griffiths's dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a Other parts by Melanie Hudson, Christopher Douglas, Lewis Series 5 woman's journey into self-fulfilment. MacLeod and Peter Serafinowicz. The Sinking of Westminster Pier 4/10. Mrs Hammond is desperate to find husbands for Muriel Producer: Richard Wilson. Oyster-loving Neddie Seagoon takes to the River Thames, and her sister Connie. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998. which is soon draining away. Muriel ...... Clare Goose THU 18:30 Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt (b007jvp4) Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy 1. The Visitor Milligan and Eric Sykes. Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth In 17th Century Leyden, young Flemish painter Godfrey Delia Vaughan ...... Deborah McAndrew Schalken's love for his master's daughter, Rose, receives a Starring: Martin Elliot/Dr McKissack ...... Graeme Hawley setback when a mysterious visitor comes calling one night by Directed by Pauline Harris. the name of Vanderhausen... Peter Sellers THU 10:15 Petrella (b007jppx) An unabridged reading of Sheridan Le Fanu's supernatural tale Harry Secombe Series 2 in two episodes. Spike Milligan Original Sins Read by Ian McDiarmid. The sleuth must tackle a watery murder mystery when a victim Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) is regarded by many First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were is found chained to a post in the Thames. Stars Philip Jackson. critics as the greatest master of the English ghost story. A recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest THU 11:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007qvgf) product of the decaying Anglo-Irish culture of the early and shows weren’t kept in the archive. The Triumph of Phaeton mid-19th Century, he sums up in his work better than any of his Engaged to Cecil Vyse but haunted by her dreams of George contemporaries the fears and dreads that may haunt the With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. Emerson, Lucy Honeychurch feels muddled.. sensitive individual. Conclusion of EM Forster’s 1908 tale of a young woman from Producer: Lawrence Jackson Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. repressed Edwardian England. Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Lucy Honeychurch ...... Cathy Sara First broadcast in June 2005. Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Charlotte Bartlett ...... Sheila Hancock THU 19:00 The Goon Show (b007mwv5) Mr Emerson ...... John Moffatt [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: Peter Eton George Emerson ...... Gary Cady THU 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqzc) Mr Beebe ...... Stephen Moore [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1955. Mrs Honeychurch ...... Julia McKenzie THU 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsk0) FRI 08:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Freddy Honeychurch ...... Roger May [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Experience (b007jvk3) Cecil Vyse ...... Nathaniel Parker THU 20:30 Horses (b007jrv6) Episode 1 Minnie Beebe ...... Sara-Jane Derrick [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Unhappily married Patrick and Maureen are meant to be Floyd ...... Jonathan Keeble THU 21:00 15 Minute Drama (b009xwy4) presenting a classical music show together, but they just can’t Miss Alan ...... Anna Cropper [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] stop bickering... Phaeton ...... Andrew Branch THU 21:15 Petrella (b007jppx) Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick Pianist: Terence Allbright [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Barlow as Patrick Maybe. Director: Glyn Dearman. THU 22:00 The Harpoon (b007k4cc) Doctor ...... Peter Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Professor ...... Stella Gonet THU 12:00 The Goon Show (b007mwv5) THU 22:30 Rigor Mortis (b007m331) Bill ...... Simon Roberts [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 1 Special guest Jack Davenport. THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqzc) Episode 6 Written by Patrick Barlow. Series 3 The pathologists are invited to assist the celebrated Dutch Producer: Claire Jones One Hour to Burkiss Way anatomist, Professor Raymond van den Hoogenband, in the first First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. Don't panic! It's the War of the Worlds - with some emergency ever 'live' radio autopsy. FRI 09:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes rewrites. Laurence Howarth’s sitcom set in the fascinating, but (b007jsql) Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett misunderstood world of the pathology lab. 1. The Journey to Arabia . Dr Anthony Webster ...... Peter Davison A newspaper article and an almost-forgotten client send young Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to Dr Ruth Anderson ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman English lawyer George Grant on a mystery trip. 1980. Professor Donaldson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Starring Tim Munro. Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. Gordon ...... Tom Price Arabian adventure based on Hammond Innes' 1960 novel. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 7 Listings for 12 – 18 April 2008 Page 6 of 6 Adapted in six parts by Rene Basilico. FRI 13:45 Clive James - Even As We Speak (b009xyzb) With the help of a maggot, Brian gave Rod the idea for his hit George Grant ...... Tim Munro Destination Europe; Running Beside Ron Clarke Maggie May... Henry Grant ...... Robert James In the last of his essays, the writer shares thoughts on European Six-part comedy series of lectures, written and performed by Alexander Erkhard ...... John Malcolm unity and the joy of gyms. From July 2001. Graham Fellows. Ruffini ...... Robert Rietty FRI 14:00 18/04/2008 (b009xyzl) Producer: Dawn Ellis Betty ...... Jill Lidstone Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001. Tessa ...... Nadia Hammam BBC7. FRI 23:15 Hearing With Hegley (b009y1s3) Taxi Driver ...... Nadim Sawalha FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfp1) Series 1 Hotel receptionist ...... Neville Rofaila Series 2 Episode 1 Akhmed ...... Ali Refaie Love and Hisses The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents Producer: John Fawcett Wilson. Faith is worrying about money, when Bill gets an unexpected a selection of his work. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 1984. offer... With contributions from Keith Moore, Susan Norton, Andrew FRI 09:30 Horses (b007jry1) Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Bailey and Nigel Piper. Episode 5 Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the Producer: Phil Clarke Dr Brooks, Father Devoy and Garda Sweeney race through the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996. storm only to make a horrifying discovery. and Joe. FRI 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp51) FRI 10:00 15 Minute Drama (b009xysg) Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Kelda Series 1 Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street Holmes as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe, Belinda Lang as Liza, Episode 3 Episode 5 Jo Kendall as Marjorie and Christopher Good as Richard. Struggling writer Nick's mate Craig proves a headache, while Diana Griffiths's dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, Vince the geranium encounters a bee. woman's journey into self-fulfilment. husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick 5/10. Muriel and her mother visit Scarborough during the War A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran Revell. but the Germans are shelling the town. A visit from Godfrey for four series, with a spin-off ‘Faith in the Future’. With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon Neale changes the course of Muriel's life. Producer: Sioned Wiliam Mackichan and Alison Sterling. Muriel ...... Clare Goose First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1989. Producer: Jon Magnusson Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt FRI 17:30 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009y19f) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992. Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy Series 2 Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth Trouble With the Credit Card Delia Vaughan ...... Deborah McAndrew It's duo Tommy and Sheila's second stab at fame - and she's Directed by Pauline Harris. been spending. FRI 10:15 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf) 30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won Recorded on location, this comedy drama centres on the the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are relationship that develops between two woman brought together back in the big time. by a troublesome dog. Series 2 of Mike Coleman's six-part sitcom stars June Whitfield All Veronica's experiences as a dog-trainer are needed to curb and Roy Hudd. the vicious beast bequeathed to Maureen by her late husband. Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd Especially written by Martyn Wade for distinguished actresses Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield Joan Sims and Elizabeth Spriggs. With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley and Edward Halstead. Maureen ...... Joan Sims Music by Frido Ruth. Veronica ...... Elizabeth Spriggs Producer: Steve Doherty Cab Driver ...... David Thorpe First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999. Nettie ...... Richenda Carey FRI 18:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jpf4) Director: Cheery Cookson Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000. Fresh from incarceration, 69-year-old George Smith finally FRI 11:00 Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector comes face to face with the evil leader of the OAPs, Mrs (b00fvg6c) Cookson. Episode 1 Colin Swash's dystopian comedy set in 22nd-century Britain, A VIP visitor to a village is soon the target of love and gossip. starring Stephen Moore as George Smith. A two-part adaptation by Rene Basilico of Gogol's classic George ...... Stephen Moore comedy - a picture of municipal 'sleaze' and corruption in 19th Doris ...... Patsy Byrne century Russia. O'Connell ...... Geoffrey McGivern Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt as Khlestakov, Trevor Peacock as Osip, Mrs Cookson ...... Edna Dore Bill Wallis as The Mayor and David Gant as The Judge. Andrea Sunbeam ...... Lorelei King Music by Max Harris. Dawkins ...... Melanie Hudson Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Ronnie ...... Christopher Douglas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. Other parts by Lewis MacLeod and Peter Serafinowicz. FRI 11:30 Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector Producer: Richard Wilson. (b00fvg6f) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998. Episode 2 FRI 18:30 Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu The "Inspector" becomes plied with cash and love. (b007sw35) A two-part adaptation by Rene Basilico of Gogol's classic 2. The Deal comedy - a picture of municipal 'sleaze' and corruption in 19th The ghoulish Vanderhausen seals his deal with Rose's uncle who century Russia. is unaware that his pupil Godfrey Schalken is in love with her... Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt as Khlestakov, Trevor Peacock as Osip, Ian McDiarmid concludes the unabridged reading of Sheridan Bill Wallis as The Mayor and David Gant as The Judge. Le Fanu's supernatural tale. Music by Max Harris. Producer: Lawrence Jackson Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. First broadcast in June 2005. FRI 12:00 The Goon Show (b007swcz) FRI 19:00 The Goon Show (b007swcz) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 12:30 Mind Your Own Business! (b009xyw7) FRI 19:30 Mind Your Own Business! (b009xyw7) The Premature Berth [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Head of finance Russell Farrow insists on the strictest economy. FRI 20:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes So tycoon Jimmy Bright must keep quiet about the firm’s (b007jsql) £2,000,000 yacht. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] But you can't keep anything quiet with Mum around... FRI 20:30 Horses (b007jry1) Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton star in Andrew Palmer’s [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] sitcom FRI 21:00 15 Minute Drama (b009xysg) Jimmy Bright ...... Bernard Cribbins [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Russell Farrow ...... Frank Thornton FRI 21:15 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf) Nan Forbes ...... Annette Crosbie [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Sue Plant ...... Annee Blott FRI 22:00 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Griselda Bright ...... Patricia Hayes Experience (b007jvk3) Written by Andrew Palmer. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Producer: Edward Taylor FRI 22:30 Dial M for Pizza (b009y1q0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1988. Series 1 FRI 13:00 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007qtm2) Episode 3 Episode 5 Sketch show capers from sauna novices to Batman in his As they struggle with the death of Caro Meredith, further dotage. Stars Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. From tragedy strikes in the farming community. Read by Robin Ellis. December 1987. FRI 13:15 Walter Lord - A Night to Remember (b007jr83) FRI 23:00 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll Episode 10 (b00fvg6h) As the news of the Titanic's sinking reaches New York, a list of Eight Miles Low survivors is hastily drawn up. Read by Martin Jarvis. Rock musicologist and part-time media studies tutor, Brian FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b009xyyl) Appleton attempts to assert his rightful place in the music The Battle of Hastings history books. It's 1066, and William, Duke of Normandy, is about to fight Brian charts the beginnings of his influence on the rock world one of the most famous battles in history. Anna Massey when, as a young boy, he met apprentice gravedigger Rod narrates. Stewart in London’s Highgate cemetery. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/