Radio 7 Listings for 19 – 25 June 2010 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 19 JUNE 2010 Mrs Gaskell/Emily Bronte …. Frances Jeater SAT 18:00 The Scarifyers (b007wv16) Equity …. David Antrobus The Nazad Conspiracy SAT 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor Director: Cherry Cookson Episode 2 (b007jpbx) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998. As the Inspector fights for his life, the Professor discovers a Search and Destroy SAT 05:00 An Hour With Johnners (b008jw8h) sinister beast. Starring Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy. Despite the national emergency, landowners try to profit from Much-loved cricket commentator Brian Johnston performs his SAT 18:30 Martin Kiszko - Scramble (b007jwp8) the deadly Exon strain. hilarious one-man show in front of a sell-out audience at Episode 2 James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna. London's Richmond Theatre. In a Britain where music is banned, Mel discovers some Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna Recorded on the 21st November 1993, he sparks gales of uncomfortable truths about herself and her past. Stars Clare Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams laughter with anecdotes about his early life at Oxford, in the Corbett. Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley Guards and his BBC career, including behind-the-scenes tales SAT 19:00 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek Nurse ...... Joan Matheson of 'In Town Tonight', 'Down Your Way' and 'Test Match (b007k4hq) Prime Minister ...... Noel Johnson Special'. Talking about fellow broadcasters like John Snagge, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Blowers ...... Michael Shannon John Arlott and Fred Trueman, Brian reveals many of their SAT 19:30 Freedom Pass (b00ssn7l) TV Presenter ...... Henry Knowles gaffes and mistakes, plus his very own 'Leg Over' incident, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TV PA ...... Mary Elliott Nelson when he and Jonathan Agnew had a fit of the giggles. SAT 20:00 Stop Messin' About: A Tribute to Kenneth Climatorium Technician ...... Rod Beacham Sadly this was to be Brian's final recording. Ten days later he Williams (b007jv7z) Helicopter Pilot ...... Peter Wickham suffered a major heart attack and died aged 81 on 5th January [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Farmer ...... Roy Spencer 1994. The Prime Minister, John Major, said: 'Summers will SAT 23:00 Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow Corporal ...... Gregory de Polnay never be the same.' (b00ssnqv) Sachs ...... Denis Goacher Brian Johnston had always wanted to go on the stage but after Episode 11 Producer: David Spencer Eton and Oxford he was persuaded to join the family coffee The mechanic seems to have disappeared, so the Greenlander First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in business in the City. During the war, he served in the Grenadier takes refuge in her father's house. Read by Siobhan Redmond. March 1978. Guards, then joined the BBC Outside Broadcasts Department in SAT 23:15 Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow SAT 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton 1946. For the next 48 years he commentated on everything (b00ssnqx) (b007w525) from the funeral of King George VI to the annual Boat Race. Episode 12 The Exposure He became the first BBC Cricket Correspondent and also The Greenlander is now a steward aboard the expedition ship Sunday unmasks one of the anarchists as a Scotland Yard presented 733 editions of 'Down Your Way' for the BBC Home and the Captain asks to see her. Read by Siobhan Redmond. detective, leaving Gabriel Syme in despair. Service and Radio 4. SAT 23:30 Dashiell Hammett - Nightmare Town (b00ssnqz) Brian's eldest son Barry Johnston introduces this programme Threat Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read and also produced the original concert recording. As Steve Threefall deliberates the piling up of crime and in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. SAT 06:00 19/06/2010 (b00ssn7g) intrigue gripping the desert boomtown of Izzard, events take Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on another sinister turn... Director: Lawrence Jackson BBC Radio 7. From the pen of one of America's best known crime writers, SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00ssn7j) Dashiell Hammett, comes the sharp-edged Steve Threefall. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring My Read by Stuart Milligan. Mum's from Planet Pluto by Gwyneth Rees, read by Steven Abridged in four parts by Neville Teller. First broadcast in March 2005. Webb. Producer: Liz Allard SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b00srwx5) SAT 09:00 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. Gaudy Night (b007k4hq) SAT 23:45 Dashiell Hammett - Nightmare Town (b00svcgx) Episode 1 Episode 6 Danger Posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey probes a poison-pen campaign Rockingham is dead. As the French pirate awaits execution, Facing more danger and intrigue, can Steve Threefall finally at Oxford University. Dorothy Sayers' mystery stars Ian Dona risks everything for the man she loves. Stars Lorna unravels the town's dark mystery? Carmichael. Heilbron. From the pen of one of America's best known crime writers, SAT 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm4n) SAT 09:30 Freedom Pass (b00ssn7l) Dashiell Hammett, comes the sharp-edged Steve Threefall. Evil Under the Sun Episode 6 Concluded by Stuart Milligan. Episode 5 Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew take the train to Southend- Abridged in four parts by Neville Teller. Determined to pinpoint the American starlet's killer, the on-Sea to recall the holidays of their youth. From September Producer: Liz Allard Belgian sleuth invites everyone on his list of suspects to a 2005. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. picnic. SAT 10:00 Stop Messin' About: A Tribute to Kenneth The finale of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt Williams (b007jv7z) as Hercule Poirot. Fellow Carry On star Liz Fraser hosts a radio celebration, SUNDAY 20 JUNE 2010 Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt featuring Round the Horne, Just Williams, Big and Little, Diary Colonel Weston …. George Baker of a Madman, Kenneth Williams Playhouse and Just a Minute. SUN 00:00 The Scarifyers (b007wv16) Christin Redfern …. Susannah Corbett SAT 13:00 Stewart Conn - Thistlewood (b00hw8hs) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Patrick Redfern …. Iain Glen "We will have to take to arms.... we must occupy the Tower and SUN 00:30 Martin Kiszko - Scramble (b007jwp8) Rosamund Darnley …. Sabina Franklyn barricade the bridges. Blow open the prison doors and see these [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Linda Marshall …. Lindsey Fawcett lofty Bastilles reduced to ashes. We must take what is ours ... " SUN 01:00 Stewart Conn - Thistlewood (b00hw8hs) Captain Kenneth Marshall …. Robin Ellis Executed at Newgate in 1820 for murder and high treason, [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] Inspector Colgate …. Gerrard McDermott Arthur Thistlegate was one of those historical rarities: an SUN 02:30 Philip Marlowe: The Big Sleep (b007k360) Horace Blatt …. John Hartley English Revolutionary. Raymond Chandler's world-weary private eye tackles a wealthy Gladys …. Nicol Forbes Written by Stewart Conn. family's case of blackmail - and murder. Stars Ed Bishop. Carrie Gardener …. Wendy Craig John Bull ... John Hollis SUN 04:00 An Hour With Johnners (b008jw8h) Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Arthur Thistlewood ... Ian Hogg [Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Saturday] Producer: Enyd Williams George Edwards ... Russell Dixon SUN 05:00 Daphne Du Maurier: Frenchman's Creek First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998. Orator Hunt ... Peter Wheeler (b007k4hq) SAT 02:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room Samuel Bamford/Richard Tidd ... James Tomlinson [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday] (b00srvkl) Mrs Bamford ... Daphne Oxenford SUN 05:30 Freedom Pass (b00ssn7l) Episode 5 Susan .... Judith Barker [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday] Pregnant Jane books an appointment at an abortion clinic, but Viscount Sidmouth ... Geoffrey Banks SUN 06:00 20/06/2010 (b00ssnv2) Mavis offers her an illegal alternative. Stars Lynne Seymour. Secretary Taylor .... John Franklyn-Robbins Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on SAT 02:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qss0) Dr Watson .... Brian Miller BBC Radio 7. Beacons Music composed and arranged by Adrian Secchi SUN 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00ssnv4) Musical detective Megan's mystery melody quest comes full Director: Robert Cooper Children's stories presented by Chris Pizzey, featuring My circle when she gets a surprise. Stars Rakie Ayola. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976. Mum's from Planet Pluto by Gwyneth Rees, read by Steven SAT 03:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srvkn) SAT 14:30 Crime Catch-Up (b00m9gr9) Webb. Episode 4 Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors: A Question of Identity SUN 09:00 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room Nastasya and Aglaya meet to talk over their feelings for Prince With his trip to France, the upper class sleuth moves closer to (Omnibus) (b00ssp44) Myshkin - as he begins to fear for his life. Stars Paul Rhys. identifying the murderer. Stars Ian Carmichael and Peter Jones. Episode 1 SAT 04:00 The Embassy Lark (b00srvkq) SAT 15:00 Crime Catch-Up (b00mcycr) In her squalid L-shaped bedsit, Jane has to overcome both her Spy Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors: A Damnable Business own prejudices and those of 1950s society against her. An asylum seeker sparks some political tit-for-tat posturing. The upper class sleuth identifies the mystery body, but he's yet Lynne Reid Banks' ground-breaking story of middle-class Jane, Stars Derek Francis and Frank Thornton. From April 1966. to name the killer. Stars Ian Carmichael and John Westbrook.