with the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra

Winifred Holtby 's 1924 novel set in Yorkshire - omnibus (6-10/10)

Patience Tomlinson reads
Elizabeth Buchan 's short story about a woman who feels she's being drowned by her family

1989 musical comedy

as 8pm

Older children will be gripped by this exciting and extremely funny version of Terry Pratchett's bestselling novel. Considering that it's the length of your average feature film it shows the calibre of Chris Wallis's electric direction in that time flies by as fast as... well, a scared cat, some terrified rats and a couple of human children in a dark pit, with their minds being controlled to varying degrees by an evil spider-type creature. One of my favourite radio actors, John Rowe, turns in a sublime performance towards the end as Death (although I fear he has become radio drama's answer to Bengt Ekerot in The Seventh Seal). And, after this performance, Sean Prendergast will go down in memory as the wireless equivalent of Sean Connery. A great story and actors who sound like they're enjoying themselves make for an utterly non-kitsch, genuinely entertaining family listen.

the Story of Radio Comedy, as 5pm

1988 comedy 0/6)

songs, rhymes and stories for kids

the Story of Radio Comedy: Russell Davies traces the development of radio comedy through the Second World War years, continuing with Tommy Handley 's contribution to the war effort (5/12)

Russell Davies with archive material featuring inimitably comic/dramatic actress Beryl Reid before she became a household name (4/6)

Tom Goodman-Hill reads
Alex Garland 's mystery about a young man who is left in a coma following a late-night attack on the Tube (2/5)

with Anna Massey , Peter Guinness , James DArcy and Helen Goldwyn (2/4)

1988 comedy with Roy Hudd ,
Chris Emmett , David Gooderson and Fred Harris (1/6)

1969 comedy with Kenneth Williams , Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents: Terry Pratchett 's comedy-adventure take on the Pied Piper story, starring Harry Myers , Tom George and Annie Rowe

1988 spoof supernatural drama about a photographer who believes he has snapped the image of a ghost, by Ian Brown and James Hendrie , starring
Barbara Atkinson , Richard Tate , Jo Waiker and Bill Wallis (6/6)

a recent edition of the satire starring Steve Punt , Hugh Dennis , Mitch Benn and guest Frankie Boyle (7/8)

2002 songs and sketches focusing on the trials of modern life, with Graeme Garden and Neil Innes (3/5)

Jo Brand takes a satirical look at great men in history (2/2)

Headless - Civil War Radio (4/6)

Doctor Who discuss yesterday's episode (4/13)

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