Radio 7 Listings for 09/05/2009 - 15/05/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 9 MAY 2009
SAT       
SAT       00:00 Journey into Space b007jqz9 (Listen)
SAT       The Red Planet, Episode 20
SAT       Captain Jet Morgan and his crew attempt to outrun the
SAT       Martian Spheres in their bid to escape. Stars Andrew
SAT       Faulds. From 1954.
SAT       
SAT       00:30 Man in His Time b007zcy0 (Listen)
SAT       Episode 2
SAT       An award-winning story about space travel and the impact
SAT       it can have on lives back home by sci-fi master Brian
SAT       Aldiss.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Falco: Venus in Copper b00k9dbx (Listen)
SAT       Episode 5
SAT       The bruised Roman woos his girlfriend, who also turns
SAT       detective. But then his world crashes down around him.
SAT       Stars Anton Lesser.
SAT       
SAT       01:30 The Daughter of Time b007k41t (Listen)
SAT       Episode 5
SAT       Grant consults Sir Thomas More in his quest for the real
SAT       Richard III. By Josephine Tey. Read by Paul Young.
SAT       
SAT       02:00 The Color Purple b00k9dbs (Listen)
SAT       Episode 5
SAT       Shug and Celie discover that Mister has secretly hidden
SAT       Nettie's letters to Celie. Alice Walker's drama with
SAT       Nadine Marshall.
SAT       
SAT       02:15 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jshc (Listen)
SAT       Murder West One, The Art of the Matter
SAT       A strange theft from a London gallery and a clever scam
SAT       leads to murder. Stars Imelda Staunton.
SAT       
SAT       03:00 With a Little Help from My Friends b00br7x6 (Listen)
SAT       The story of Brian Epstein during his hectic, turbulent
SAT       years of managing The Beatles. Stars Jonathan Keeble and
SAT       Kerry Shale.
SAT       
SAT       04:00 A Short History of Ireland b007r524 (Listen)
SAT       Rebellion in County Down/Vinegar Hill
SAT       The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With
SAT       Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
SAT       
SAT       04:15 Back to the Drawing Board b0090f2l (Listen)
SAT       Episode 5
SAT       What happens when you give an inventor time, space and
SAT       financial support? Matthew Harvey investigates the
SAT       pitfalls.
SAT       
SAT       04:30 Three Men on the Bummel b007xxv3 (Listen)
SAT       Episode 5
SAT       As their lively German jaunt concludes, the men reflect on
SAT       the people. Jerome K Jerome's comic classic, read by Hugh
SAT       Laurie.
SAT       
SAT       04:45 I Didn't Get Where I am Today... b00cl496 (Listen)
SAT       Episode 5
SAT       From Perrin, Pratt to 'Going Gently'. Writer David Nobbs
SAT       concludes reading from his autobiography.
SAT       
SAT       05:00 CBeebies on BBC Radio 7 b00kctmq (Listen)
SAT       Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and
SAT       stories on BBC Radio 7.
SAT       
SAT       08:00 Big Toe Books b00kctms (Listen)
SAT       Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC
SAT       Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Unearthing Mysteries b007s164 (Listen)
SAT       Series 5, Episode 1
SAT       Professor Aubrey Manning takes on a mammoth task as he
SAT       investigates the fossilised remains of Norfolk's Lynford
SAT       Quarry.
SAT       
SAT       09:30 Doctor Finlay: The Adventures of a Black Bag
SAT       b0081w49 (Listen)
SAT       Series 1, The Resolution that Went Wrong
SAT       Dr Finlay encounters the local hard-nut and vows to get
SAT       even. With John Gordon Sinclair.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Comedy Controller b00cpqcs (Listen)
SAT       John Shuttleworth
SAT       The Sheffield singer polishes up some comedic gems.
SAT       Featuring: Alison and Maud, Saturday Night Fry, We
SAT       Interrupt this Programme and Clare in the Community.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 An Englishman Abroad b007jyxz (Listen)
SAT       Alan Bennett's classic play about Guy Burgess, an English
SAT       spy exiled in Moscow. With Michael Gambon and Penelope
SAT       Wilton.
SAT       
SAT       13:45 The Last of the Sun b00kh4vg (Listen)
SAT       Dame Thora Hird's final radio role as old people's home
SAT       resident Dolly. Written especially for her and introduced
SAT       by the author, Alan Bennett.
SAT       
SAT       14:30 Crime Catch Up b00kctmv (Listen)
SAT       Falco: Venus in Copper
SAT       Probing a professional bride with a habit of outliving her
SAT       husbands, the Roman detective faces temptation. Stars
SAT       Anton Lesser.
SAT       
SAT       15:00 Crime Catch Up b00kctmx (Listen)
SAT       Falco: Venus in Copper
SAT       With Severina's three husbands dead, the Roman detective
SAT       gets an unexpected offer during his investigation. Stars
SAT       Anton Lesser.
SAT       
SAT       15:30 Crime Catch Up b00kctmz (Listen)
SAT       Falco: Venus in Copper
SAT       After a spell in prison, the Roman detective discovers
SAT       it's the party season and his reputation is at stake.
SAT       Stars Anton Lesser.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Crime Catch Up b00kctn1 (Listen)
SAT       Falco: Venus in Copper
SAT       After two murders in one night, the Roman detective is
SAT       offered a job by the prime suspect. Stars Anton Lesser.
SAT       
SAT       16:30 Crime Catch Up b00kctn3 (Listen)
SAT       Falco: Venus in Copper
SAT       The bruised Roman woos his girlfriend, who also turns
SAT       detective. But then his world crashes down around him.
SAT       Stars Anton Lesser.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b00kctml (Listen)
SAT       Series 5, Episode 29
SAT       The American funny man presents more comedy and music from
SAT       Waterbury, Connecticut, with special guest Arlo Guthrie.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 The Twilight Zone b00kctmj (Listen)
SAT       Series 2, Five Characters in Search of an Exit
SAT       A clown, a hobo, a ballet dancer, a bagpipe player and an
SAT       army major are trapped and keen to escape. With Jason
SAT       Alexander.
SAT       
SAT       18:40 Wicca b007jsfh (Listen)
SAT       Episode 8
SAT       Last part of the sci-fi by James Follett, the second book
SAT       in The Silent Vulcan trilogy.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Unearthing Mysteries b007s164 (Listen)
SAT       Series 5, Episode 1
SAT       Professor Aubrey Manning takes on a mammoth task as he
SAT       investigates the fossilised remains of Norfolk's Lynford
SAT       Quarry.
SAT       
SAT       19:30 Doctor Finlay: The Adventures of a Black Bag
SAT       b0081w49 (Listen)
SAT       Series 1, The Resolution that Went Wrong
SAT       Dr Finlay encounters the local hard-nut and vows to get
SAT       even. With John Gordon Sinclair.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Comedy Controller b00cpqcs (Listen)
SAT       John Shuttleworth
SAT       The Sheffield singer polishes up some comedic gems.
SAT       Featuring: Alison and Maud, Saturday Night Fry, We
SAT       Interrupt this Programme and Clare in the Community.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b00kctml (Listen)
SAT       Series 5, Episode 29
SAT       The American funny man presents more comedy and music from
SAT       Waterbury, Connecticut, with special guest Arlo Guthrie.
SAT       
SAT       
SUN       SUNDAY 10 MAY 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 The Twilight Zone b00kctmj (Listen)
SUN       Series 2, Five Characters in Search of an Exit
SUN       A clown, a hobo, a ballet dancer, a bagpipe player and an
SUN       army major are trapped and keen to escape. With Jason
SUN       Alexander.
SUN       
SUN       00:40 Wicca b007jsfh (Listen)
SUN       Episode 8
SUN       Last part of the sci-fi by James Follett, the second book
SUN       in The Silent Vulcan trilogy.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 An Englishman Abroad b007jyxz (Listen)
SUN       Alan Bennett's classic play about Guy Burgess, an English
SUN       spy exiled in Moscow. With Michael Gambon and Penelope
SUN       Wilton.
SUN       
SUN       01:45 The Last of the Sun b00kh4vg (Listen)
SUN       Dame Thora Hird's final radio role as old people's home
SUN       resident Dolly. Written especially for her and introduced
SUN       by the author, Alan Bennett.
SUN       
SUN       02:30 Forty Years On b00kd5q7 (Listen)
SUN       Alan Bennett stars in his own darkly comic requiem for a
SUN       lost England. With Eleanor Bron, Adam Godley and Robert
SUN       Bathurst.
SUN       
SUN       04:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b00kctml (Listen)
SUN       Series 5, Episode 29
SUN       The American funny man presents more comedy and music from
SUN       Waterbury, Connecticut, with special guest Arlo Guthrie.
SUN       
SUN       05:00 CBeebies on BBC Radio 7 b00kdr73 (Listen)
SUN       Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and
SUN       stories on BBC Radio 7.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 Big Toe Books b00kdr75 (Listen)
SUN       A daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7.
SUN       Contact: Big Toe Books BBC Broadcasting House, London, W1A
SUN       1AA. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 The Color Purple Omnibus b00kdr77 (Listen)
SUN       Episode 1
SUN       Dramatisation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning
SUN       novel set in the Deep South.
SUN       
SUN       10:15 The Parcel of Dreams b007vcn7 (Listen)
SUN       In a short detective story set in California, the
SUN       characters want to be independent of the script. Read by
SUN       Colin Stinton.
SUN       
SUN       10:30 Boogie Up The River b007jv8w (Listen)
SUN       A Curry at Kelmscot
SUN       Jennifer joins Mark and his mutt's Thames source quest,
SUN       but there's something unexpected on their menu. Stars
SUN       Timothy Spall.
SUN       
SUN       11:00 That Reminds Me b007jz0c (Listen)
SUN       Series 1, Bill Pertwee
SUN       The comic actor recalls the early days of his career,
SUN       including memories of Round the Horne and Dad's Army. From
SUN       April 1999.
SUN       
SUN       11:30 The Radio Detectives b007q96v (Listen)
SUN       Series 2, A Case for Dr Morelle
SUN       Professor Jeffrey Richards investigates how the London
SUN       Harley Street psychiatrist-turned detective solved his
SUN       cases.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 Much Binding in the Marsh b008qq3w (Listen)
SUN       Elocution lessons are on offer with Brains Amalgamated's
SUN       new machine. Stars Kenneth Horne and Richard Murdoch. From
SUN       May 1950.
SUN       
SUN       12:30 Listen to Les b00cv8t7 (Listen)
SUN       Les Dawson on the British sense of humour, animal noises
SUN       galore and a piano sing-along. With Daphne Oxenford. From
SUN       January 1981.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 Forty Years On b00kd5q7 (Listen)
SUN       Alan Bennett stars in his own darkly comic requiem for a
SUN       lost England. With Eleanor Bron, Adam Godley and Robert
SUN       Bathurst.
SUN       
SUN       14:30 Comedy Catch Up b00kdr79 (Listen)
SUN       The Nick Revell Show
SUN       The writer's struggling for cash and his geraniums whinge
SUN       about Christmas decorations. From February 1992.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Comedy Catch Up b00kdr7c (Listen)
SUN       Steptoe and Son: The Colour Problem
SUN       Albert and Harold argue over buying a TV or a car. Adapted
SUN       from TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From
SUN       March 1972.
SUN       
SUN       15:30 Comedy Catch Up b00kdr7f (Listen)
SUN       Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends: A Green Unpleasant Land
SUN       The couple's German friend Heinrich reveals his thoughts
SUN       about the war. Written by and starring Kay Stonham and
SUN       Simon Greenall.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Comedy Catch Up b00kdr7h (Listen)
SUN       An Actor's Life for Me: A Stiff Audition
SUN       Robert has a disastrous audition, but still ends up
SUN       getting the part - of a corpse. Stars John Gordon-Sinclair
SUN       and Caroline Quentin.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Comedy Catch Up b00kdr7k (Listen)
SUN       Alison and Maud: Fishing for Compliments
SUN       Is there something fishy about Bernard, besides his VAT
SUN       returns? Guest house sitcom with Denise Coffey and Miriam
SUN       Margolyes.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 That Reminds Me b007jz0c (Listen)
SUN       Series 1, Bill Pertwee
SUN       The comic actor recalls the early days of his career,
SUN       including memories of Round the Horne and Dad's Army. From
SUN       April 1999.
SUN       
SUN       17:30 The Radio Detectives b007q96v (Listen)
SUN       Series 2, A Case for Dr Morelle
SUN       Professor Jeffrey Richards investigates how the London
SUN       Harley Street psychiatrist-turned detective solved his
SUN       cases.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Voices from the Grave b007jwn9 (Listen)
SUN       50 Berkeley Square
SUN       The setting is Victorian England and a house, rumoured to
SUN       be the most haunted in London, is about to give up its
SUN       dark secret.
SUN       
SUN       18:30 Slaughterhouse 5 b007jwmb (Listen)
SUN       Episode 2
SUN       Billy Pilgrim is both a Prisoner of War and an inadvertent
SUN       time traveller. Robert Jezek reads Vonnegut's absurdist
SUN       classic.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 Much Binding in the Marsh b008qq3w (Listen)
SUN       Elocution lessons are on offer with Brains Amalgamated's
SUN       new machine. Stars Kenneth Horne and Richard Murdoch. From
SUN       May 1950.
SUN       
SUN       19:30 Listen to Les b00cv8t7 (Listen)
SUN       Les Dawson on the British sense of humour, animal noises
SUN       galore and a piano sing-along. With Daphne Oxenford. From
SUN       January 1981.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 The Color Purple Omnibus b00kdr77 (Listen)
SUN       Episode 1
SUN       Dramatisation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning
SUN       novel set in the Deep South.
SUN       
SUN       21:15 The Parcel of Dreams b007vcn7 (Listen)
SUN       In a short detective story set in California, the
SUN       characters want to be independent of the script. Read by
SUN       Colin Stinton.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 Boogie Up The River b007jv8w (Listen)
SUN       A Curry at Kelmscot
SUN       Jennifer joins Mark and his mutt's Thames source quest,
SUN       but there's something unexpected on their menu. Stars
SUN       Timothy Spall.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 The News Quiz b00kj962 (Listen)
SUN       Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams
SUN       battle it out over the latest news events. First heard 1st
SUN       May 2009.
SUN       
SUN       22:30 Safety Catch b00fkyrd (Listen)
SUN       Series 1, Loose Lips Sink Ships
SUN       Will Simon blow the whistle on his murky world of
SUN       international arms dealing? Starring Darren Boyd and
SUN       Joanna Page.
SUN       
SUN       23:00 No Tomatoes b0081snn (Listen)
SUN       Doctor Doom
SUN       The best cure you'll find for a moody fridge - No Tomatoes
SUN       have been peeled and censored by the man.
SUN       
SUN       23:15 Knocker b008hn0k (Listen)
SUN       Incentativity
SUN       Audience sitcom about a market researcher. Written by Neil
SUN       Edmond and starring Paula Wilcox.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 A-Z of the British Countryside b007k38g (Listen)
SUN       Award winning comics Howard Read and Josie Long are joined
SUN       by Chris Chantler on a silly journey around the UK.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 11 MAY 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Voices from the Grave b007jwn9 (Listen)
MON       50 Berkeley Square
MON       The setting is Victorian England and a house, rumoured to
MON       be the most haunted in London, is about to give up its
MON       dark secret.
MON       
MON       00:30 Slaughterhouse 5 b007jwmb (Listen)
MON       Episode 2
MON       Billy Pilgrim is both a Prisoner of War and an inadvertent
MON       time traveller. Robert Jezek reads Vonnegut's absurdist
MON       classic.
MON       
MON       01:00 Forty Years On b00kd5q7 (Listen)
MON       Alan Bennett stars in his own darkly comic requiem for a
MON       lost England. With Eleanor Bron, Adam Godley and Robert
MON       Bathurst.
MON       
MON       02:30 Comedy Catch Up b00kdr79 (Listen)
MON       The Nick Revell Show
MON       The writer's struggling for cash and his geraniums whinge
MON       about Christmas decorations. From February 1992.
MON       
MON       03:00 Comedy Catch Up b00kdr7c (Listen)
MON       Steptoe and Son: The Colour Problem
MON       Albert and Harold argue over buying a TV or a car. Adapted
MON       from TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From
MON       March 1972.
MON       
MON       03:30 Comedy Catch Up b00kdr7f (Listen)
MON       Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends: A Green Unpleasant Land
MON       The couple's German friend Heinrich reveals his thoughts
MON       about the war. Written by and starring Kay Stonham and
MON       Simon Greenall.
MON       
MON       04:00 Comedy Catch Up b00kdr7h (Listen)
MON       An Actor's Life for Me: A Stiff Audition
MON       Robert has a disastrous audition, but still ends up
MON       getting the part - of a corpse. Stars John Gordon-Sinclair
MON       and Caroline Quentin.
MON       
MON       04:30 Comedy Catch Up b00kdr7k (Listen)
MON       Alison and Maud: Fishing for Compliments
MON       Is there something fishy about Bernard, besides his VAT
MON       returns? Guest house sitcom with Denise Coffey and Miriam
MON       Margolyes.
MON       
MON       05:00 CBeebies on BBC Radio 7 b00kdr95 (Listen)
MON       Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and
MON       stories on BBC7.
MON       
MON       08:00 The Goon Show b007jr24 (Listen)
MON       The Tale of Men's Shirts
MON       It's 1942 and Neddie must stop the Germans explosive
MON       sabotaging of the British army. Stars Spike Milligan. From
MON       December 1959.
MON       
MON       08:30 The Harpoon b007k4lf (Listen)
MON       Series 1, Episode 2
MON       The nostalgic spoof of boys' adventure story papers looks
MON       ahead to Autumn. With Alistair McGowan. From September
MON       1991.
MON       
MON       09:00 Ballylenon b007jpnw (Listen)
MON       Series 6, Episode 4
MON       The residents await news from New York and the Hawthornes
MON       are fretting. 1956 sleepy Irish town whimsy with TP
MON       McKenna.
MON       
MON       09:30 Unnatural Acts b00kf0yv (Listen)
MON       Series 2, All the World's a Stage
MON       It's audition time in the Hardy household, as Paul's new
MON       motorbike gets in on the action. With Kit Hollerbach and
MON       Jeremy Hardy.
MON       
MON       10:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007k1tz (Listen)
MON       Flora's Rights
MON       A 'parasite' moves in with her relatives - the Starkadders
MON       of Howling. Stella Gibbons dramatisation with Patricia
MON       Gallimore.
MON       
MON       11:00 The Color Purple b00kf0yx (Listen)
MON       Episode 6
MON       Celie discovers the truth about the man she knows as Pa.
MON       Alice Walker's Deep South drama with Nadine Marshall.
MON       
MON       11:15 Julie Enfield Investigates b007zghc (Listen)
MON       Murder West One, Five Star Killing
MON       At a glitzy London hotel, a woman's body is found in the
MON       service area amongst empty champagne bottles. Stars Imelda
MON       Staunton.
MON       
MON       12:00 The Goon Show b007jr24 (Listen)
MON       The Tale of Men's Shirts
MON       It's 1942 and Neddie must stop the Germans explosive
MON       sabotaging of the British army. Stars Spike Milligan. From
MON       December 1959.
MON       
MON       12:30 Who Goes There? b00kfwbs (Listen)
MON       Series 2, Episode 1
MON       Martin Young chairs the famous people quiz. With Francis
MON       Wheen, Fred Housego, Polly Toynbee and Miles Kington. From
MON       June 1998.
MON       
MON       13:00 Falco: Venus in Copper b00kf0yz (Listen)
MON       Episode 6
MON       In his search for the culprit, the Roman detective
MON       realises the lengths that a lover will go to for revenge.
MON       Stars Anton Lesser.
MON       
MON       13:30 The Daughter of Time b007k441 (Listen)
MON       Episode 6
MON       Inspector Grant is confined to a hospital bed. He is
MON       pursuing the truth about Richard III and finds help in an
MON       unlikely form.
MON       
MON       14:00 A Short History of Ireland b007r3l5 (Listen)
MON       The Races of Castlebar/The Union Proposed
MON       The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With
MON       Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
MON       
MON       14:15 Blind Man's Beauty b008qs4b (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Peter White explains how blind people experience the
MON       concept of beauty. Going for a walk can offer him an
MON       'aural relief map'.
MON       
MON       14:30 Telling Tales b007jnhv (Listen)
MON       A Strip of Blue
MON       Wry stories and observations of the writer's early life,
MON       home and childhood in Leeds. Written and read by Alan
MON       Bennett.
MON       
MON       14:45 The Wind in the Willows b007jxgr (Listen)
MON       The River Bank
MON       The Mole meets the Water Rat and has a close encounter
MON       with the river. Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's
MON       classic tale.
MON       
MON       15:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007k1tz (Listen)
MON       Flora's Rights
MON       A 'parasite' moves in with her relatives - the Starkadders
MON       of Howling. Stella Gibbons dramatisation with Patricia
MON       Gallimore.
MON       
MON       16:00 Big Toe Books b00kf0z1 (Listen)
MON       A daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7.
MON       Contact: Big Toe Books BBC Broadcasting House, London, W1A
MON       1AA. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
MON       
MON       17:00 Ballylenon b007jpnw (Listen)
MON       Series 6, Episode 4
MON       The residents await news from New York and the Hawthornes
MON       are fretting. 1956 sleepy Irish town whimsy with TP
MON       McKenna.
MON       
MON       17:30 Unnatural Acts b00kf0yv (Listen)
MON       Series 2, All the World's a Stage
MON       It's audition time in the Hardy household, as Paul's new
MON       motorbike gets in on the action. With Kit Hollerbach and
MON       Jeremy Hardy.
MON       
MON       18:00 Journey into Space b007jr1s (Listen)
MON       Journey into Space: World in Peril, Episode 1
MON       Jet's crew return to Earth, but their problems are only
MON       just beginning. Charles Chilton's classic with Andrew
MON       Faulds. From 1955.
MON       
MON       18:30 The Handmaid's Tale b00kf0z3 (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of future female
MON       subjugation. Offred is made an offer - should she accept?
MON       Read by Buffy Davis.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Goon Show b007jr24 (Listen)
MON       The Tale of Men's Shirts
MON       It's 1942 and Neddie must stop the Germans explosive
MON       sabotaging of the British army. Stars Spike Milligan. From
MON       December 1959.
MON       
MON       19:30 Who Goes There? b00kfwbs (Listen)
MON       Series 2, Episode 1
MON       Martin Young chairs the famous people quiz. With Francis
MON       Wheen, Fred Housego, Polly Toynbee and Miles Kington. From
MON       June 1998.
MON       
MON       20:00 Falco: Venus in Copper b00kf0yz (Listen)
MON       Episode 6
MON       In his search for the culprit, the Roman detective
MON       realises the lengths that a lover will go to for revenge.
MON       Stars Anton Lesser.
MON       
MON       20:30 The Daughter of Time b007k441 (Listen)
MON       Episode 6
MON       Inspector Grant is confined to a hospital bed. He is
MON       pursuing the truth about Richard III and finds help in an
MON       unlikely form.
MON       
MON       21:00 The Color Purple b00kf0yx (Listen)
MON       Episode 6
MON       Celie discovers the truth about the man she knows as Pa.
MON       Alice Walker's Deep South drama with Nadine Marshall.
MON       
MON       21:15 Julie Enfield Investigates b007zghc (Listen)
MON       Murder West One, Five Star Killing
MON       At a glitzy London hotel, a woman's body is found in the
MON       service area amongst empty champagne bottles. Stars Imelda
MON       Staunton.
MON       
MON       22:00 The Harpoon b007k4lf (Listen)
MON       Series 1, Episode 2
MON       The nostalgic spoof of boys' adventure story papers looks
MON       ahead to Autumn. With Alistair McGowan. From September
MON       1991.
MON       
MON       22:30 Acropolis Now b007rj19 (Listen)
MON       Series 2, Signs
MON       Uncle Liquidities demands that Plato quits philosophy to
MON       enter the funerary urn business. With Stephen Moore and
MON       Robert Hardy.
MON       
MON       23:00 Chewin' the Fat b00kf0z5 (Listen)
MON       Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan present Radio Scotland's
MON       'topical' banter and sketch show. From March 1998.
MON       
MON       23:30 Nick Revell Show b007jp6w (Listen)
MON       Series 1, Episode 6
MON       The writer ponders whether to move in with his girlfriend
MON       - and which of his geraniums is the sexiest? From February
MON       1992.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 12 MAY 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Journey into Space b007jr1s (Listen)
TUE       Journey into Space: World in Peril, Episode 1
TUE       Jet's crew return to Earth, but their problems are only
TUE       just beginning. Charles Chilton's classic with Andrew
TUE       Faulds. From 1955.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 The Handmaid's Tale b00kf0z3 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 1
TUE       Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of future female
TUE       subjugation. Offred is made an offer - should she accept?
TUE       Read by Buffy Davis.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Falco: Venus in Copper b00kf0yz (Listen)
TUE       Episode 6
TUE       In his search for the culprit, the Roman detective
TUE       realises the lengths that a lover will go to for revenge.
TUE       Stars Anton Lesser.
TUE       
TUE       01:30 The Daughter of Time b007k441 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 6
TUE       Inspector Grant is confined to a hospital bed. He is
TUE       pursuing the truth about Richard III and finds help in an
TUE       unlikely form.
TUE       
TUE       02:00 The Color Purple b00kf0yx (Listen)
TUE       Episode 6
TUE       Celie discovers the truth about the man she knows as Pa.
TUE       Alice Walker's Deep South drama with Nadine Marshall.
TUE       
TUE       02:15 Julie Enfield Investigates b007zghc (Listen)
TUE       Murder West One, Five Star Killing
TUE       At a glitzy London hotel, a woman's body is found in the
TUE       service area amongst empty champagne bottles. Stars Imelda
TUE       Staunton.
TUE       
TUE       03:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007k1tz (Listen)
TUE       Flora's Rights
TUE       A 'parasite' moves in with her relatives - the Starkadders
TUE       of Howling. Stella Gibbons dramatisation with Patricia
TUE       Gallimore.
TUE       
TUE       04:00 A Short History of Ireland b007r3l5 (Listen)
TUE       The Races of Castlebar/The Union Proposed
TUE       The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With
TUE       Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
TUE       
TUE       04:15 Blind Man's Beauty b008qs4b (Listen)
TUE       Episode 1
TUE       Peter White explains how blind people experience the
TUE       concept of beauty. Going for a walk can offer him an
TUE       'aural relief map'.
TUE       
TUE       04:30 Telling Tales b007jnhv (Listen)
TUE       A Strip of Blue
TUE       Wry stories and observations of the writer's early life,
TUE       home and childhood in Leeds. Written and read by Alan
TUE       Bennett.
TUE       
TUE       04:45 The Wind in the Willows b007jxgr (Listen)
TUE       The River Bank
TUE       The Mole meets the Water Rat and has a close encounter
TUE       with the river. Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's
TUE       classic tale.
TUE       
TUE       05:00 CBeebies on BBC Radio 7 b00kf138 (Listen)
TUE       Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and
TUE       stories on BBC Radio 7. Contact: CBeebies Radio London,
TUE       W12 7RJ. Phone: 08700 100 700.
TUE       
TUE       08:00 The Navy Lark b0081k4q (Listen)
TUE       The Efficiency Expert
TUE       Another collision convinces Povey that the Admiralty needs
TUE       to sort out Troutbridge! Stars Leslie Phillips. From
TUE       February 1961.
TUE       
TUE       08:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00c3b7g (Listen)
TUE       The Pride and the Peacemaker
TUE       Plethora goes to Rome to make her confession, and Ludovico
TUE       buys a cannon. Comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy with
TUE       Sian Phillips.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 Second Thoughts b00kf4ny (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Laugh and Marriage
TUE       Bill wants Richard and Liza to cool their ardour, and
TUE       Faith is stoking the fires. Stars James Bolam and Lynda
TUE       Bellingham.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 Huddwinks b00941jx (Listen)
TUE       Series 1, Henry the Vee
TUE       His Majesty fights the French at Agincourt, but will the
TUE       Bard or Barbara Cartland win the day? Stars Roy Hudd. From
TUE       July 1986.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007k22w (Listen)
TUE       Amos' Call
TUE       Flora aims to 'tidy up' the Starkadders, but Amos'
TUE       apocalyptic ravings are next. Stella Gibbons' drama with
TUE       Patricia Gallimore.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 The Color Purple b00kf4p0 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 7
TUE       Celie leaves Mister to live with Shug in Memphis. Alice
TUE       Walker's Deep South drama with Nadine Marshall and Nikki
TUE       Amuka-Bird.
TUE       
TUE       11:15 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jsjl (Listen)
TUE       Murder West One, Soho Espresso
TUE       A dead man is found above a coffee bar, but robbery
TUE       appears not to be the motive. Starring Imelda Staunton.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 The Navy Lark b0081k4q (Listen)
TUE       The Efficiency Expert
TUE       Another collision convinces Povey that the Admiralty needs
TUE       to sort out Troutbridge! Stars Leslie Phillips. From
TUE       February 1961.
TUE       
TUE       12:30 Steptoe and Son b007k1r0 (Listen)
TUE       And Afterwards At
TUE       Harold's wedding day doesn't quite go to plan. Adapted
TUE       from TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From
TUE       March 1972.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 Jagged Prayer b00c36bm (Listen)
TUE       Where's Father Jack?
TUE       A murder unites Detective Inspector Cromwell and Mother
TUE       Helen to solve the mystery. Stars Cheryl Campbell and
TUE       Timothy Spall.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 The Daughter of Time b007k458 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 7
TUE       Brent provides Grant with some useful information about
TUE       Tyrrell, the murderer of the Princes in the Tower. By
TUE       Josephine Tey.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 A Short History of Ireland b007rflj (Listen)
TUE       Jobbing with the Most Corrupt People Under Heaven/The
TUE       Passing of the Act of Union
TUE       The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With
TUE       Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Blind Man's Beauty b008qsv7 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Peter White sets off to navigate some buildings in his
TUE       exploration of how blind people experience beauty.
TUE       
TUE       14:30 Telling Tales b007jnjd (Listen)
TUE       Our War
TUE       Alan Bennett recalls his 1940s childhood. Being a city
TUE       which produces suits and rhubarb means that Leeds is not a
TUE       number one bombing target.
TUE       
TUE       14:45 The Wind in the Willows b007jxgv (Listen)
TUE       The Open Road
TUE       Rat and Mole take off in Mr Toad's latest fad - but will
TUE       it soon be upstaged? Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's
TUE       classic.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007k22w (Listen)
TUE       Amos' Call
TUE       Flora aims to 'tidy up' the Starkadders, but Amos'
TUE       apocalyptic ravings are next. Stella Gibbons' drama with
TUE       Patricia Gallimore.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Big Toe Books b00kf5sq (Listen)
TUE       A daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7.
TUE       Contact: Big Toe Books BBC Broadcasting House, London, W1A
TUE       1AA. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 Second Thoughts b00kf4ny (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Laugh and Marriage
TUE       Bill wants Richard and Liza to cool their ardour, and
TUE       Faith is stoking the fires. Stars James Bolam and Lynda
TUE       Bellingham.
TUE       
TUE       17:30 Huddwinks b00941jx (Listen)
TUE       Series 1, Henry the Vee
TUE       His Majesty fights the French at Agincourt, but will the
TUE       Bard or Barbara Cartland win the day? Stars Roy Hudd. From
TUE       July 1986.
TUE       
TUE       18:00 Journey into Space b007jr4d (Listen)
TUE       Journey into Space: World in Peril, Episode 2
TUE       As Jet and Lemmy jet off to examine the asteroids around
TUE       Earth, they hear a strange sound. Stars Andrew Faulds.
TUE       From 1955.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 The Handmaid's Tale b00kfdtm (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Offred begins life as a child-bearer. Seeing a friend give
TUE       birth reminds Offred of her feminist mother. Read by Buffy
TUE       Davis.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Navy Lark b0081k4q (Listen)
TUE       The Efficiency Expert
TUE       Another collision convinces Povey that the Admiralty needs
TUE       to sort out Troutbridge! Stars Leslie Phillips. From
TUE       February 1961.
TUE       
TUE       19:30 Steptoe and Son b007k1r0 (Listen)
TUE       And Afterwards At
TUE       Harold's wedding day doesn't quite go to plan. Adapted
TUE       from TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From
TUE       March 1972.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 Jagged Prayer b00c36bm (Listen)
TUE       Where's Father Jack?
TUE       A murder unites Detective Inspector Cromwell and Mother
TUE       Helen to solve the mystery. Stars Cheryl Campbell and
TUE       Timothy Spall.
TUE       
TUE       20:30 The Daughter of Time b007k458 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 7
TUE       Brent provides Grant with some useful information about
TUE       Tyrrell, the murderer of the Princes in the Tower. By
TUE       Josephine Tey.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 The Color Purple b00kf4p0 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 7
TUE       Celie leaves Mister to live with Shug in Memphis. Alice
TUE       Walker's Deep South drama with Nadine Marshall and Nikki
TUE       Amuka-Bird.
TUE       
TUE       21:15 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jsjl (Listen)
TUE       Murder West One, Soho Espresso
TUE       A dead man is found above a coffee bar, but robbery
TUE       appears not to be the motive. Starring Imelda Staunton.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The Leopard in Autumn b00c3b7g (Listen)
TUE       The Pride and the Peacemaker
TUE       Plethora goes to Rome to make her confession, and Ludovico
TUE       buys a cannon. Comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy with
TUE       Sian Phillips.
TUE       
TUE       22:30 Ectoplasm b007w5l4 (Listen)
TUE       The Case of the Missing Lost Soul
TUE       A Countess begs Lord Zimbabwe's help to skip eternity as a
TUE       Barry Manilow fan. With Dan Freedman and Nick Romero. From
TUE       July 2000.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Ed Reardon's Week b00kfdtp (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Episode 6
TUE       The writer uses his unique skills to update obituaries and
TUE       produce a savage profile of an old friend. With
TUE       Christopher Douglas.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 At Home With The Snails b007k3hb (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Episode 2
TUE       George and Beverly feign their deaths so that the children
TUE       realise how much they miss them - but will the plan work?
TUE       Starring Geoffrey Palmer.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 13 MAY 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Journey into Space b007jr4d (Listen)
WED       Journey into Space: World in Peril, Episode 2
WED       As Jet and Lemmy jet off to examine the asteroids around
WED       Earth, they hear a strange sound. Stars Andrew Faulds.
WED       From 1955.
WED       
WED       00:30 The Handmaid's Tale b00kfdtm (Listen)
WED       Episode 2
WED       Offred begins life as a child-bearer. Seeing a friend give
WED       birth reminds Offred of her feminist mother. Read by Buffy
WED       Davis.
WED       
WED       01:00 Jagged Prayer b00c36bm (Listen)
WED       Where's Father Jack?
WED       A murder unites Detective Inspector Cromwell and Mother
WED       Helen to solve the mystery. Stars Cheryl Campbell and
WED       Timothy Spall.
WED       
WED       01:30 The Daughter of Time b007k458 (Listen)
WED       Episode 7
WED       Brent provides Grant with some useful information about
WED       Tyrrell, the murderer of the Princes in the Tower. By
WED       Josephine Tey.
WED       
WED       02:00 The Color Purple b00kf4p0 (Listen)
WED       Episode 7
WED       Celie leaves Mister to live with Shug in Memphis. Alice
WED       Walker's Deep South drama with Nadine Marshall and Nikki
WED       Amuka-Bird.
WED       
WED       02:15 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jsjl (Listen)
WED       Murder West One, Soho Espresso
WED       A dead man is found above a coffee bar, but robbery
WED       appears not to be the motive. Starring Imelda Staunton.
WED       
WED       03:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007k22w (Listen)
WED       Amos' Call
WED       Flora aims to 'tidy up' the Starkadders, but Amos'
WED       apocalyptic ravings are next. Stella Gibbons' drama with
WED       Patricia Gallimore.
WED       
WED       04:00 A Short History of Ireland b007rflj (Listen)
WED       Jobbing with the Most Corrupt People Under Heaven/The
WED       Passing of the Act of Union
WED       The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With
WED       Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED       
WED       04:15 Blind Man's Beauty b008qsv7 (Listen)
WED       Episode 2
WED       Peter White sets off to navigate some buildings in his
WED       exploration of how blind people experience beauty.
WED       
WED       04:30 Telling Tales b007jnjd (Listen)
WED       Our War
WED       Alan Bennett recalls his 1940s childhood. Being a city
WED       which produces suits and rhubarb means that Leeds is not a
WED       number one bombing target.
WED       
WED       04:45 The Wind in the Willows b007jxgv (Listen)
WED       The Open Road
WED       Rat and Mole take off in Mr Toad's latest fad - but will
WED       it soon be upstaged? Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's
WED       classic.
WED       
WED       05:00 CBeebies on BBC Radio 7 b00kfqdk (Listen)
WED       Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and
WED       stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED       
WED       08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007rgpj (Listen)
WED       The 13th of the Series
WED       The lad gets triskaidekaphobic over the recording of the
WED       show between numbers 12 and 14. Stars Tony Hancock. From
WED       January 1957.
WED       
WED       08:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends b008h4qy (Listen)
WED       Series 2, About Some Boys
WED       Robin is soaking. Derek's excited. Maureen is furious.
WED       Whatever next? Written by and starring Kay Stonham and
WED       Simon Greenall.
WED       
WED       09:00 After Henry b007k4gw (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Lines of Communication
WED       A war of attrition begins with a postcard from Mother and
WED       ends with the return of a special language. Starring
WED       Prunella Scales.
WED       
WED       09:30 Alison and Maud b007k244 (Listen)
WED       Series 1, Lame Ducks
WED       Landlady Alison tries to avoid a courtship display without
WED       a hastily invented husband. Stars Denise Coffey and Miriam
WED       Margolyes.
WED       
WED       10:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007jpwk (Listen)
WED       Elfine's Rights
WED       Flora aims to transform Elfine into the Belle of the Ball.
WED       Stella Gibbons' drama with Patricia Gallimore and John
WED       Westbrook.
WED       
WED       11:00 The Color Purple b00kfqdm (Listen)
WED       Episode 8
WED       Celie's stepfather dies, but any happiness from her
WED       inheritance is short-lived. Alice Walker's drama with
WED       Nadine Marshall.
WED       
WED       11:15 A Confidential Agent b007js32 (Listen)
WED       Poison in the Air
WED       Yearning to be a detective, Miss Parker takes on a case
WED       behind her boss' back. Starring Rosemary Martin and
WED       Barbara Atkinson.
WED       
WED       12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007rgpj (Listen)
WED       The 13th of the Series
WED       The lad gets triskaidekaphobic over the recording of the
WED       show between numbers 12 and 14. Stars Tony Hancock. From
WED       January 1957.
WED       
WED       12:30 The Burkiss Way b007jttb (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Ignore these Programme Titles the Burkiss Way
WED       The team pull open the 'Door Handle of the Day'. Stars Jo
WED       Kendall, Chris Emmett, Fred Harris and Nigel Rees. From
WED       January 1978.
WED       
WED       13:00 Jagged Prayer b00c3d42 (Listen)
WED       Icon, or A Pocketful of Nuns
WED       The theft of a treasure from her convent reunites Mother
WED       Helen with DI Cromwell. Stars Cheryl Campbell and Timothy
WED       Spall.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Daughter of Time b007k46b (Listen)
WED       Episode 8
WED       Grant and Carradine look into the events surrounding the
WED       succession of Richard III. By Josephine Tey. Read by Paul
WED       Young.
WED       
WED       14:00 A Short History of Ireland b007rgx8 (Listen)
WED       Robert Emmet/Now is Your Time for Liberty
WED       The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With
WED       Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED       
WED       14:15 Blind Man's Beauty b008rtky (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Peter White sets off to navigate the London tube, shopping
WED       and road crossing, as he explores how blind people
WED       experience beauty.
WED       
WED       14:30 Telling Tales b007jnjx (Listen)
WED       An Ideal Home
WED       Alan Bennett recalls his 1940s childhood, where the sum
WED       total of family secrets amounted to not having a proper
WED       breakfast.
WED       
WED       14:45 The Wind in the Willows b007jxh0 (Listen)
WED       The Wild Wood
WED       Rat advises Mole against visiting Badger, but he heads to
WED       the Wild Wood anyway. Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's
WED       classic.
WED       
WED       15:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007jpwk (Listen)
WED       Elfine's Rights
WED       Flora aims to transform Elfine into the Belle of the Ball.
WED       Stella Gibbons' drama with Patricia Gallimore and John
WED       Westbrook.
WED       
WED       16:00 Big Toe Books b00kfqdq (Listen)
WED       Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on
WED       BBC7.
WED       
WED       17:00 After Henry b007k4gw (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Lines of Communication
WED       A war of attrition begins with a postcard from Mother and
WED       ends with the return of a special language. Starring
WED       Prunella Scales.
WED       
WED       17:30 Alison and Maud b007k244 (Listen)
WED       Series 1, Lame Ducks
WED       Landlady Alison tries to avoid a courtship display without
WED       a hastily invented husband. Stars Denise Coffey and Miriam
WED       Margolyes.
WED       
WED       18:00 Journey into Space b007jr72 (Listen)
WED       Journey into Space: World in Peril, Episode 3
WED       Captain Jet Morgan and his crew get on the trail of
WED       Earth's alien visitors. Stars Andrew Faulds and David
WED       Jacobs. From 1955.
WED       
WED       18:30 The Handmaid's Tale b00kfqn5 (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       The Commander gives Offred a bizarre request, but she
WED       realises that she has kindred spirits. Read by Buffy Davis.
WED       
WED       19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007rgpj (Listen)
WED       The 13th of the Series
WED       The lad gets triskaidekaphobic over the recording of the
WED       show between numbers 12 and 14. Stars Tony Hancock. From
WED       January 1957.
WED       
WED       19:30 The Burkiss Way b007jttb (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Ignore these Programme Titles the Burkiss Way
WED       The team pull open the 'Door Handle of the Day'. Stars Jo
WED       Kendall, Chris Emmett, Fred Harris and Nigel Rees. From
WED       January 1978.
WED       
WED       20:00 Jagged Prayer b00c3d42 (Listen)
WED       Icon, or A Pocketful of Nuns
WED       The theft of a treasure from her convent reunites Mother
WED       Helen with DI Cromwell. Stars Cheryl Campbell and Timothy
WED       Spall.
WED       
WED       20:30 The Daughter of Time b007k46b (Listen)
WED       Episode 8
WED       Grant and Carradine look into the events surrounding the
WED       succession of Richard III. By Josephine Tey. Read by Paul
WED       Young.
WED       
WED       21:00 The Color Purple b00kfqdm (Listen)
WED       Episode 8
WED       Celie's stepfather dies, but any happiness from her
WED       inheritance is short-lived. Alice Walker's drama with
WED       Nadine Marshall.
WED       
WED       21:15 A Confidential Agent b007js32 (Listen)
WED       Poison in the Air
WED       Yearning to be a detective, Miss Parker takes on a case
WED       behind her boss' back. Starring Rosemary Martin and
WED       Barbara Atkinson.
WED       
WED       22:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends b008h4qy (Listen)
WED       Series 2, About Some Boys
WED       Robin is soaking. Derek's excited. Maureen is furious.
WED       Whatever next? Written by and starring Kay Stonham and
WED       Simon Greenall.
WED       
WED       22:30 Old Harry's Game b00b9nzb (Listen)
WED       Series 4, Episode 1
WED       Satan thinks humans can't handle knowledge, but the
WED       Professor thinks they can. Starring Andy Hamilton. From
WED       March 2001.
WED       
WED       23:00 Stand-Up on 7 b0081rcp (Listen)
WED       Steven K Amos
WED       The popular comedian performing at London's Monday Club
WED       venue in 2007.
WED       
WED       23:45 Sounding Off with McGough b007jlwb (Listen)
WED       Episode 1
WED       Roger McGough's poetic reflections on life, love,
WED       happiness, heroes, villains and embarrassing relations.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 14 MAY 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Journey into Space b007jr72 (Listen)
THU       Journey into Space: World in Peril, Episode 3
THU       Captain Jet Morgan and his crew get on the trail of
THU       Earth's alien visitors. Stars Andrew Faulds and David
THU       Jacobs. From 1955.
THU       
THU       00:30 The Handmaid's Tale b00kfqn5 (Listen)
THU       Episode 3
THU       The Commander gives Offred a bizarre request, but she
THU       realises that she has kindred spirits. Read by Buffy Davis.
THU       
THU       01:00 Jagged Prayer b00c3d42 (Listen)
THU       Icon, or A Pocketful of Nuns
THU       The theft of a treasure from her convent reunites Mother
THU       Helen with DI Cromwell. Stars Cheryl Campbell and Timothy
THU       Spall.
THU       
THU       01:30 The Daughter of Time b007k46b (Listen)
THU       Episode 8
THU       Grant and Carradine look into the events surrounding the
THU       succession of Richard III. By Josephine Tey. Read by Paul
THU       Young.
THU       
THU       02:00 The Color Purple b00kfqdm (Listen)
THU       Episode 8
THU       Celie's stepfather dies, but any happiness from her
THU       inheritance is short-lived. Alice Walker's drama with
THU       Nadine Marshall.
THU       
THU       02:15 A Confidential Agent b007js32 (Listen)
THU       Poison in the Air
THU       Yearning to be a detective, Miss Parker takes on a case
THU       behind her boss' back. Starring Rosemary Martin and
THU       Barbara Atkinson.
THU       
THU       03:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007jpwk (Listen)
THU       Elfine's Rights
THU       Flora aims to transform Elfine into the Belle of the Ball.
THU       Stella Gibbons' drama with Patricia Gallimore and John
THU       Westbrook.
THU       
THU       04:00 A Short History of Ireland b007rgx8 (Listen)
THU       Robert Emmet/Now is Your Time for Liberty
THU       The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With
THU       Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU       
THU       04:15 Blind Man's Beauty b008rtky (Listen)
THU       Episode 3
THU       Peter White sets off to navigate the London tube, shopping
THU       and road crossing, as he explores how blind people
THU       experience beauty.
THU       
THU       04:30 Telling Tales b007jnjx (Listen)
THU       An Ideal Home
THU       Alan Bennett recalls his 1940s childhood, where the sum
THU       total of family secrets amounted to not having a proper
THU       breakfast.
THU       
THU       04:45 The Wind in the Willows b007jxh0 (Listen)
THU       The Wild Wood
THU       Rat advises Mole against visiting Badger, but he heads to
THU       the Wild Wood anyway. Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's
THU       classic.
THU       
THU       05:00 CBeebies on BBC Radio 7 b00kfskw (Listen)
THU       Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and
THU       stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU       
THU       08:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook b007k0bg (Listen)
THU       Episode 5
THU       The veteran of many parts recalls one of the worst screen
THU       performances never seen. Starring Peter Jones.
THU       
THU       08:30 An Actor's Life for Me b007rh7q (Listen)
THU       Series 1, I Can Do That
THU       Robert gets the role of chauffeur in a film. Shame that he
THU       can't drive. Stars John Gordon-Sinclair and Caroline
THU       Quentin.
THU       
THU       09:00 Doctor At Large b00b0jz0 (Listen)
THU       To Bed or Not to Bed
THU       Simon Sparrow takes Wendy off for a naughty weekend, but
THU       events don't quite go to plan. Stars Richard Briers. From
THU       August 1969.
THU       
THU       09:30 King Street Junior Revisited b00kfsky (Listen)
THU       Series 3, This is Your Life
THU       The excited staff and children prepare to celebrate the
THU       return of Mrs Devon. Stars Carolyn Pickles and Marlene
THU       Sidaway.
THU       
THU       10:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007k2m0 (Listen)
THU       Flora's Rights Again
THU       As Elfine's wedding day nears, only Aunt Ada Doom is
THU       hindering Flora's campaign. Stella Gibbons' drama with
THU       Patricia Gallimore.
THU       
THU       11:00 The Color Purple b00kfsl0 (Listen)
THU       Episode 9
THU       With Celie returning home, she and Mister have become
THU       friends. Alice Walker's Deep South drama with Nadine
THU       Marshall.
THU       
THU       11:15 A Confidential Agent b007js3h (Listen)
THU       A Husband Scorned
THU       Liz Parker finds herself attracted to a teacher who's
THU       mislaid his wife. Starring Rosemary Martin and Barbara
THU       Atkinson.
THU       
THU       12:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook b007k0bg (Listen)
THU       Episode 5
THU       The veteran of many parts recalls one of the worst screen
THU       performances never seen. Starring Peter Jones.
THU       
THU       12:30 My Music b00kfsl2 (Listen)
THU       Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and
THU       Denis Norden on Franz Liszt and Ella Fitzgerald. From May
THU       1990.
THU       
THU       13:00 Jagged Prayer b00c3k9d (Listen)
THU       Sister, Brother
THU       Cromwell gives the nuns a crime prevention talk, but grows
THU       suspicious of Sister Paula. Stars Cheryl Campbell and
THU       Timothy Spall.
THU       
THU       13:30 The Daughter of Time b007k47g (Listen)
THU       Episode 9
THU       The Police Inspector and his Research Worker find out more
THU       about the real Richard III. By Josephine Tey. Read by Paul
THU       Young.
THU       
THU       14:00 A Short History of Ireland b007rkc0 (Listen)
THU       Let No Man Write My Epitaph/Caravats and Shanavests
THU       The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With
THU       Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU       
THU       14:15 Blind Man's Beauty b008s3b1 (Listen)
THU       Episode 4
THU       Peter White tackles sporting events and the game of love
THU       in his exploration of what beauty means to blind people.
THU       
THU       14:30 Telling Tales b007jnkd (Listen)
THU       A Shy Butcher
THU       Alan Bennett recalls his 1940s childhood. Who is this
THU       child that spent his evenings cleaning his parents' false
THU       teeth?
THU       
THU       14:45 The Wind in the Willows b007jxh7 (Listen)
THU       Mr Badger
THU       Rat and Mole seek refuge from the snowy, scary Wild Wood.
THU       Will Badger help? Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's
THU       classic.
THU       
THU       15:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007k2m0 (Listen)
THU       Flora's Rights Again
THU       As Elfine's wedding day nears, only Aunt Ada Doom is
THU       hindering Flora's campaign. Stella Gibbons' drama with
THU       Patricia Gallimore.
THU       
THU       16:00 Big Toe Books b00kfsl4 (Listen)
THU       Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on
THU       BBC7.
THU       
THU       17:00 Doctor At Large b00b0jz0 (Listen)
THU       To Bed or Not to Bed
THU       Simon Sparrow takes Wendy off for a naughty weekend, but
THU       events don't quite go to plan. Stars Richard Briers. From
THU       August 1969.
THU       
THU       17:30 King Street Junior Revisited b00kfsky (Listen)
THU       Series 3, This is Your Life
THU       The excited staff and children prepare to celebrate the
THU       return of Mrs Devon. Stars Carolyn Pickles and Marlene
THU       Sidaway.
THU       
THU       18:00 Journey into Space b007k42r (Listen)
THU       Journey into Space: World in Peril, Episode 4
THU       After an attempt on their lives, Jet and his crew battle
THU       against time to blast off back to Mars. Stars Andrew
THU       Faulds. From 1955.
THU       
THU       18:30 The Handmaid's Tale b00kfsl6 (Listen)
THU       Episode 4
THU       Serena Joy has a radical solution to help Offred, who
THU       finds an old friend in very disturbing surroundings. Read
THU       by Buffy Davis.
THU       
THU       19:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook b007k0bg (Listen)
THU       Episode 5
THU       The veteran of many parts recalls one of the worst screen
THU       performances never seen. Starring Peter Jones.
THU       
THU       19:30 My Music b00kfsl2 (Listen)
THU       Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and
THU       Denis Norden on Franz Liszt and Ella Fitzgerald. From May
THU       1990.
THU       
THU       20:00 Jagged Prayer b00c3k9d (Listen)
THU       Sister, Brother
THU       Cromwell gives the nuns a crime prevention talk, but grows
THU       suspicious of Sister Paula. Stars Cheryl Campbell and
THU       Timothy Spall.
THU       
THU       20:30 The Daughter of Time b007k47g (Listen)
THU       Episode 9
THU       The Police Inspector and his Research Worker find out more
THU       about the real Richard III. By Josephine Tey. Read by Paul
THU       Young.
THU       
THU       21:00 The Color Purple b00kfsl0 (Listen)
THU       Episode 9
THU       With Celie returning home, she and Mister have become
THU       friends. Alice Walker's Deep South drama with Nadine
THU       Marshall.
THU       
THU       21:15 A Confidential Agent b007js3h (Listen)
THU       A Husband Scorned
THU       Liz Parker finds herself attracted to a teacher who's
THU       mislaid his wife. Starring Rosemary Martin and Barbara
THU       Atkinson.
THU       
THU       22:00 An Actor's Life for Me b007rh7q (Listen)
THU       Series 1, I Can Do That
THU       Robert gets the role of chauffeur in a film. Shame that he
THU       can't drive. Stars John Gordon-Sinclair and Caroline
THU       Quentin.
THU       
THU       22:30 All the World's a Globe b007k4cp (Listen)
THU       Episode 3
THU       From Troy to Rome. Earth's definitive history as told by
THU       the National Theatre of Brent. Stars Patrick Barlow and
THU       Jim Broadbent.
THU       
THU       22:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea
THU       b007k24f (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Trapped
THU       The elderly Scotsmen's first visit to London ends in
THU       chaos. Stars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Alison Steadman
THU       and Jeremy Hardy.
THU       
THU       23:00 Think the Unthinkable b00cqh5b (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Episode 5
THU       Ryan has an unexpected stay at a Bangkok hotel. Marcus
THU       Brigstocke and David Mitchell star as the manic management
THU       consultants.
THU       
THU       23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll b00fw5m7 (Listen)
THU       A Lot of Knowledge
THU       The Brummie musicologist and forgotten Thompson Twin
THU       reveals why rock 'n' roll can be a cruel mistress. Stars
THU       Graham Fellows.
THU       
THU       23:45 Elastic Planet b007k3h0 (Listen)
THU       Episode 6
THU       A documentary-maker films endangered hairstyles. The
THU       cosmic comedy of connections. With Alexander Armstrong.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 15 MAY 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Journey into Space b007k42r (Listen)
FRI       Journey into Space: World in Peril, Episode 4
FRI       After an attempt on their lives, Jet and his crew battle
FRI       against time to blast off back to Mars. Stars Andrew
FRI       Faulds. From 1955.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 The Handmaid's Tale b00kfsl6 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 4
FRI       Serena Joy has a radical solution to help Offred, who
FRI       finds an old friend in very disturbing surroundings. Read
FRI       by Buffy Davis.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Jagged Prayer b00c3k9d (Listen)
FRI       Sister, Brother
FRI       Cromwell gives the nuns a crime prevention talk, but grows
FRI       suspicious of Sister Paula. Stars Cheryl Campbell and
FRI       Timothy Spall.
FRI       
FRI       01:30 The Daughter of Time b007k47g (Listen)
FRI       Episode 9
FRI       The Police Inspector and his Research Worker find out more
FRI       about the real Richard III. By Josephine Tey. Read by Paul
FRI       Young.
FRI       
FRI       02:00 The Color Purple b00kfsl0 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 9
FRI       With Celie returning home, she and Mister have become
FRI       friends. Alice Walker's Deep South drama with Nadine
FRI       Marshall.
FRI       
FRI       02:15 A Confidential Agent b007js3h (Listen)
FRI       A Husband Scorned
FRI       Liz Parker finds herself attracted to a teacher who's
FRI       mislaid his wife. Starring Rosemary Martin and Barbara
FRI       Atkinson.
FRI       
FRI       03:00 Cold Comfort Farm b007k2m0 (Listen)
FRI       Flora's Rights Again
FRI       As Elfine's wedding day nears, only Aunt Ada Doom is
FRI       hindering Flora's campaign. Stella Gibbons' drama with
FRI       Patricia Gallimore.
FRI       
FRI       04:00 A Short History of Ireland b007rkc0 (Listen)
FRI       Let No Man Write My Epitaph/Caravats and Shanavests
FRI       The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With
FRI       Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI       
FRI       04:15 Blind Man's Beauty b008s3b1 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 4
FRI       Peter White tackles sporting events and the game of love
FRI       in his exploration of what beauty means to blind people.
FRI       
FRI       04:30 Telling Tales b007jnkd (Listen)
FRI       A Shy Butcher
FRI       Alan Bennett recalls his 1940s childhood. Who is this
FRI       child that spent his evenings cleaning his parents' false
FRI       teeth?
FRI       
FRI       04:45 The Wind in the Willows b007jxh7 (Listen)
FRI       Mr Badger
FRI       Rat and Mole seek refuge from the snowy, scary Wild Wood.
FRI       Will Badger help? Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's
FRI       classic.
FRI       
FRI       05:00 CBeebies on BBC Radio 7 b00kfwg4 (Listen)
FRI       Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and
FRI       stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI       
FRI       08:00 Round The Horne b007jrw6 (Listen)
FRI       Series 2, Episode 8
FRI       Kenneth Horne trails a giant mouse and Julian and Sandy
FRI       are feeling telepathic. With Kenneth Williams. From May
FRI       1966.
FRI       
FRI       08:30 The Alan Davies Show b007js69 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 1
FRI       Alan and friends find themselves locked in - a lot! The
FRI       comedy actor's 1998 sitcom, with Ronnie Ancona and Alan
FRI       Francis.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Beachcomber...By the Way b0084hyx (Listen)
FRI       Series 1, Episode 5
FRI       JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams,
FRI       Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From
FRI       April 1989.
FRI       
FRI       09:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of
FRI       William b007k33j (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       John Barrowman's expert masterclass reaches a surprising
FRI       conclusion on the Bard's true identity. Stars Patrick
FRI       Barlow.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Bartleby the Scrivener b007jx95 (Listen)
FRI       Adaptation of Herman Melville's sinister tale about a law
FRI       firm copyist who 'prefers' not to do parts of his job.
FRI       Stars Ian Holm.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 The Color Purple b00kfx33 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 10
FRI       Shug is back! And Celie is re-united with her sister and
FRI       children at last. Alice Walker's Deep South drama with
FRI       Nadine Marshall.
FRI       
FRI       11:15 A Confidential Agent b007js3v (Listen)
FRI       Sharks Have Pearly Teeth
FRI       A loan to solve all financial worries. Liz Parker
FRI       discovers the bitter truth in a case of espionage. Stars
FRI       Rosemary Martin.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 Round The Horne b007jrw6 (Listen)
FRI       Series 2, Episode 8
FRI       Kenneth Horne trails a giant mouse and Julian and Sandy
FRI       are feeling telepathic. With Kenneth Williams. From May
FRI       1966.
FRI       
FRI       12:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00kfx35 (Listen)
FRI       From a monastic order to international space relations -
FRI       the ultimate one man show, written by the host. From April
FRI       1984.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 Jagged Prayer b00c3rlj (Listen)
FRI       Virtual Saints
FRI       The nuns aren't safe from declining numbers and Cromwell
FRI       must solve an old murder. Stars Cheryl Campbell and
FRI       Timothy Spall.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 The Daughter of Time b007k48p (Listen)
FRI       Episode 10
FRI       Grant and Carradine turn their attention to Richard III's
FRI       successor, Henry Tudor. By Josephine Tey. Read by Paul
FRI       Young.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 A Short History of Ireland b007rq88 (Listen)
FRI       Ribbonmen, Orangemen and Rockites/Emancipation Refused
FRI       The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With
FRI       Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Blind Man's Beauty b008s4c3 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       Peter White tackles Mother Nature's rain and birdsong in
FRI       his exploration of how blind people experience the concept
FRI       of beauty.
FRI       
FRI       14:30 Telling Tales b007jnkv (Listen)
FRI       Days Out
FRI       Alan Bennett recalls his 1940s childhood and the
FRI       difficulties endured over leaving Leeds on a Sunday.
FRI       
FRI       14:45 The Wind in the Willows b007jxhd (Listen)
FRI       Dulce Domum
FRI       Rat and Mole stumble across Mole's old abode. But it's a
FRI       bittersweet homecoming. Alan Bennett reads Kenneth
FRI       Grahame's classic.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Bartleby the Scrivener b007jx95 (Listen)
FRI       Adaptation of Herman Melville's sinister tale about a law
FRI       firm copyist who 'prefers' not to do parts of his job.
FRI       Stars Ian Holm.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Big Toe Books b00kfx37 (Listen)
FRI       Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on
FRI       BBC7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 Beachcomber...By the Way b0084hyx (Listen)
FRI       Series 1, Episode 5
FRI       JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams,
FRI       Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From
FRI       April 1989.
FRI       
FRI       17:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of
FRI       William b007k33j (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       John Barrowman's expert masterclass reaches a surprising
FRI       conclusion on the Bard's true identity. Stars Patrick
FRI       Barlow.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Journey into Space b007jrdj (Listen)
FRI       Journey into Space: World in Peril, Episode 5
FRI       Captain Jet and Lemmy monitor strange calls on the
FRI       ship-to-ship intercom. Stars Andrew Faulds and David
FRI       Jacobs. From 1955.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The Handmaid's Tale b00kfx39 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       Offred embarks on Serena Joy's plan and sees the brutality
FRI       of the new regime in a cliff-hanging conclusion. Read by
FRI       Buffy Davis.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 Round The Horne b007jrw6 (Listen)
FRI       Series 2, Episode 8
FRI       Kenneth Horne trails a giant mouse and Julian and Sandy
FRI       are feeling telepathic. With Kenneth Williams. From May
FRI       1966.
FRI       
FRI       19:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00kfx35 (Listen)
FRI       From a monastic order to international space relations -
FRI       the ultimate one man show, written by the host. From April
FRI       1984.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Jagged Prayer b00c3rlj (Listen)
FRI       Virtual Saints
FRI       The nuns aren't safe from declining numbers and Cromwell
FRI       must solve an old murder. Stars Cheryl Campbell and
FRI       Timothy Spall.
FRI       
FRI       20:30 The Daughter of Time b007k48p (Listen)
FRI       Episode 10
FRI       Grant and Carradine turn their attention to Richard III's
FRI       successor, Henry Tudor. By Josephine Tey. Read by Paul
FRI       Young.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 The Color Purple b00kfx33 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 10
FRI       Shug is back! And Celie is re-united with her sister and
FRI       children at last. Alice Walker's Deep South drama with
FRI       Nadine Marshall.
FRI       
FRI       21:15 A Confidential Agent b007js3v (Listen)
FRI       Sharks Have Pearly Teeth
FRI       A loan to solve all financial worries. Liz Parker
FRI       discovers the bitter truth in a case of espionage. Stars
FRI       Rosemary Martin.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The Alan Davies Show b007js69 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 1
FRI       Alan and friends find themselves locked in - a lot! The
FRI       comedy actor's 1998 sitcom, with Ronnie Ancona and Alan
FRI       Francis.
FRI       
FRI       22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better
FRI       b00kfx3c (Listen)
FRI       Series 1, Pride
FRI       The Welsh comedian continues his quest to free us from the
FRI       seven deadly sins. With Tim Key and Tim Minchin.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00d8pgg (Listen)
FRI       Series 2, Episode 4
FRI       The former variety star addresses the Oxford Union's
FRI       'Creationism versus Evolution' debate. With Steve Delaney
FRI       and Sue Perkins.
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Dave Podmore b007s7x4 (Listen)
FRI       Dave Podmore's World of Cricket, Episode 2
FRI       The star cricketer faces a case of libel, based on an
FRI       alleged encounter in a portable loo. Stars Chris Douglas.
FRI       From June 2002.
FRI       
FRI       
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