Stories, poems and songs
as 7pm
as 7.30pm
Steptoe and Son writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson with a pick of their favourite episodes of the 1966-76 comedy series starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. featuring The Offer (1966); Pilgrim's s Progress (1967); Crossed Swords (1967); The
Desperate Hours (1974); Oh What a Beautiful Mourning
(1976); and Séance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard
Neil McKav biographical drama about US soul/pop singer Sam Cooke (1931-64), with Lennie James , Danny John-Jules and Rachel Atkins (1976)
Father Brown Stories
A chance to hear last week's Father Brown stories by GK Chesterton , including at 2.30 The Perishing of the Pendragons (1914), at 3.00 The Arrow of Heaven (1926), at 3.30 The Mistake of the Machine (1914) at 4.00 The Curse of the Golden Cross
(1926) and at 4.30 The Actor and the Alibi (1927)
US radio show featuring satire, sketches, music and gags, recorded in Appleton, Wisconsin, with local musicians
Number 12 Looks Just like You Radio adaptation of the 1964 TV episode written by John Tomerlin from Charles Beaumont 's futuristic story about one woman's refusal to have legally enforced surgery to make under-19-year-olds look the same, starring Bonnie Somerville
Nigel Anthony reads James Follett 's
2000 sci-fi thriller - the second book in the Silent Vulcan trilogy (4/8)
A 2005 programme in which Tony Wilson traces the origins of Bill Haley and His Comets' 1954 rock 'n' roll milestone (We're Gonna) Rock around the Clock, which topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic in 1955. With input by CP Lee ,
Vini Reilly , Cliff Richard , Neil Sedaka and Michael Grade
Michelene Wandor 's adaptation of Rudyard Kipling 's stories, starring Eartha Kitt , Freddie Jones and Jonathan Hyde (2/5)
Steptoe and Son writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson with a pick of their favourite episodes of the series, as 10am
as 5pm
the Commentaries
Featuring interviews with the cast and crew of the Doctor Who Easter special Planet of the Dead
