2004 comedy (4/4)
Comic tale by PG Wodehouse, starring Richard Briers and Michael Hordern, from 1973
Stories, poems and songs
as 7pm
as 7.30pm
Barry Cryer pays tribute to comedian and actor Ronnie Barker (1929-2005), with episodes from his lengthy career Floggit's (1956); The Navy Lark (1959); Not to Worry (1964); Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead (1971); Funny That Way (1990); and At the Beeb (1999)
Michael Bakewell's dramatisation of Agatha Christie's 1923 murder mystery, starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot, with Geoffrey Whitehead and Brian Miller.
Martin Jarvis, Fiona Shaw and Peter Capaldi star in a comedy drama about two Ministry of Defence workers who are tired of making excuses to the armed forces, from 2001 (1/4)
Songs and stories
US radio show featuring satire, sketches and music by Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys and Scottish-Irish band The Boys of the Lough
Radio adaptation of the 1960 TV episode adapted by Rod Serling from Richard Matheson's story, narrated by Stacy Keach and starring Charles Shaughnessyand Mike Starr
Nigel Anthony concludes James Follett's 2000 sci-fi thriller - the first book in the Silent Vulcan trilogy (8/8)
Joanna Trollope discusses her 1998 novel about modern family life, Other People's
Children, with James Naughtie and a studio audience
Spoof documentary series, concluding with speculation on what might have become of Frances Hodgson Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy. Starring Andrew Sachs (6/6)
Barry Cryer pays tribute to comedian and actor Ronnie Barker (1929-2005), with episodes from his lengthy career Floggit's (1956); The Navy Lark (1959); Not to Worry (1964); Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead (1971); Funny That Way (1990); and At the Beeb (1999)
US radio show titled A Prairie Home Companion in the States, with satire, sketches and music by Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys and Scottish-Irish band The Boys of the Lough
