Radio 7 Listings for 1 – 7 August 2009 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 01 AUGUST 2009 From August 1981. Michael Bond's French detective investigates dirty tricks at his SAT 04:45 Timothy West - I'm Here I Think, Where Are employers, Le Guide. With Gordon Kaye. From December SAT 00:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God (b007jwlh) You? (b007jw4n) 1995. Can You Hear That Episode 5 SAT 17:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b007jwfp) Can You Hear That: The colonel plans to fire the sonic weapon In letters to his wife Prunella Scales, the actor reflects on the Jasper Carrott and risk a global catastrophe. Stars Clare Corbett and Matthew Bristol Old Vic and touring 'King Lear' in Ireland. The Birmingham born stand-up comedian chats about his career Dyktynski. From February 2006. SAT 05:00 01/08/2009 (b00lwx76) and reveals which funny folk make him laugh. From January SAT 00:30 Survival (b007jv32) Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on 2006. Episode 2 BBC Radio 7. SAT 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007s74m) Trapped with little food, the space travellers learn a shocking SAT 08:00 Big Toe Books (b00lwx78) The Changing Man secret. John Wyndham's sci-fi horror, read by Nicholas Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring After his trip to Mitchell Bluff, Taft's realised Bowers' story Boulton. Black Beauty - written by Anna Sewell and read by John Hasler. about the attack on his base doesn't add up - and Bowers isn't SAT 01:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtf4) SAT 09:00 Maugham's Eye View (b00lwx7b) giving anything away. Worse, a member of Taft's team has been Black Tuesday The Round Dozen found dead... Gordon Kaye stars as the culinary mystery-solver investigating With 11 wives behind him, the celebrated bigamist, Mortimer Simon Bovey's 5-part sci-fi thriller set in 2015 stars Tim dirty tricks at restaurant directory, "Le Guide". Ells is looking to complete the dozen. McMullan as Bowers, Tom Mannion as Commander Taft, Pamplemousse is a retired policeman living in Paris, now Dirk Bogarde is the narrator for another of Somerset Stuart McLoughlin as Max Bellingfield, Ndidi Del Fatti as making a living as an inspector for the prestigious restaurant Maugham's short stories. Anaya and Helen Longworth as Deborah. rating directory 'Le Guide'. His long-suffering wife is Doucette Mortimer Ellis ...... Michael Williams Director: Marc Beeby (Shirley Dixon) and his ever-constant bloodhound companion is Miss Porchester ...... Joanna David Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005. Pommes Frites (Trevor Martin). Mr St Clair ...... Denys Hawthorne SAT 18:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k43b) Pamplemousse travels around France sampling fine cuisine and Mrs St Clair ...... Zulema Dene Episode 4 wines at gourmet restaurants, while managing to stumble into a Other parts played by: Now a monstrous insect, Gregor strives to stay close to his series of mysteries. The character was first created in a series of Jane Whittenshaw family - but his father turns on him. Read by Benedict novels featuring comedy, crime and cuisine by Michael Bond. Paul Jenkins Cumberbatch. Adapted for radio by Alick Rowe. Stephen Critchlow PROMOTION NOTE Michael Bond decided to become a writer while serving in the Caroline Strong "When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled army during the Second World War. In 1947, he returned to the Dramatised by Neville Teller. dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a BBC, where he'd worked previously. His first creation, Director: Janet Whitaker monstrous insect." Paddington Bear, was born after a Christmas Eve shopping trip First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996. This shocking opening introduces one of the twentieth century's when he spotted a small, solitary bear in a large London store. SAT 09:30 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a most famous stories. Monsieur Pamplemousse was his first adult novel in 1983. Its Black Bag (b00lwx7d) Gregor's family react with horror at his bizarre transformation success spawned a whole series of books. Series 2 but their horror slowly turns to revulsion and then monstrous Director: John Tydeman Better Safe Than Sorry indifference as he is left to quietly waste away in his bedroom. A Mentorn Radio production first heard on BBC Radio 4 in Hysteria hits Levenford after the GP visits a well-known Metamorphosis was first published in 1912. 1995. hypochondriac. AJ Cronin dramatisation with John Gordon Benedict Cumberbatch reads this surreal classic in four parts. SAT 01:30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway (b00fwcsp) Sinclair. Stage and screen actor, Benedict Cumberbatch was Bafta The Affair of the Birmingham Bank SAT 10:00 Comedy Greats (b007k35z) nominated for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the BBC TV Can daring Edwardian sleuth, Thorpe Hazell manage to foil a 1990s drama, "Hawking". Most recently he appeared in the TV gold bullion train robbery? Episode 1 dramatisation of William Golding's seafaring trilogy, "To The Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest Ends of The Earth". He also won critical acclaim playing tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC. Hedda's husband, George, in last year's West End production of expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing Yo! Well wicked Baz presents six fave shows plucked from the "Hedda Gabler". the Edwardian railways. 1990s schedules of BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5:- Franz Kafka (1883-1924) ranks among the twentieth-century's Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: * A Look Back At The Nineties most acclaimed writers. He is often cited as the author whose a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway (2/5) 1996: works best evoke the concerns and preoccupations of modern knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, Recorded in 1993 - Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Chris life. The world in his stories is portrayed as one in which the kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives Barrie "look back" at the decade that was yet to happen. fantastic is entirely normal, the irrational is rational, and the on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law * Hair in the Gate unreasonable seems reasonable. As Ernst Pawel wrote in his when it suits him. Series 1 (3/6) biography of the writer, "Kafka articulates the anguish of being English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer Camilla revamps the TV arts show to keep her cutting edge human." (1868 - 1933) - Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots lover. Stars Harriet Thorpe and Alistair McGowan. From 1993. Translated by Richard Stokes were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He * The Now Show (Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins). was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Series 3 (4/13) SAT 19:00 Maugham's Eye View (b00lwx7b) Yard so they could vet his police procedures. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis poke fun at events of 1999 via [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Adapted and produced by Fiona Kelcher. sketches, songs and stand-up. With Bert Tyler-Moore, George SAT 19:30 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008. Jeffrie, Mitch Benn and Marcus Brigstocke. Black Bag (b00lwx7d) SAT 01:45 Pulp Fiction (b00fwcsr) * Goodness Gracious Me [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Series 1 Series 3 (6/6) SAT 20:00 Comedy Greats (b007k35z) A Real Nice Guy 'The Archers' and 'The Waltons' with a twist and The Minx [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Jimmie is a psycho-sniper stalking Los Angeles for another Twins tackle feminism. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, SAT 23:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b007jwfp) target. William F Nolan's classic thriller, read by Peter Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir. From 1998. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today] Marinker. * On The Town With The League of Gentlemen SAT 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b3zz3) (4/6) Gunpowder, Treason and Plot Episode 5 The eccentric locals of the town of Spent get an unusual new SUNDAY 02 AUGUST 2009 Darrow sets out to persuade Sophie to leave Givre, but guy for the bonfire. Pre-TV sitcom with Steve Pemberton, discovers affairs are much more complicated than he’d realised. Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith. From 1997. SUN 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007s74m) Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most * On The Hour [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged Series 2 (5/6) SUN 00:30 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k43b) and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most Ireland hits the headlines, as the programme celebrates its 33rd [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] conventional of its characters. birthday. Chris Morris fronts the news satire. With Steve SUN 01:00 Philip Marlowe: The High Window (b007jws5) Starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan and [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] Teresa Gallagher as Anna, Julian Ovenden as Owen and Sian Patrick Marber. From 1992. SUN 02:30 Justice or Murder?: The Death of Charles I Thomas as the Narrator. Produced and scripted by Peter Reed (b00lwxlc) Dramatised by Penny Leicester. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2003. The monarchy and parliament feature in the Putney Debates, Producer: Di Speirs SAT 13:00 Philip Marlowe: The High Window (b007jws5) preceding the King's execution.