Songs, rhymes and stories for young children
Stories, poems and songs
as 7pm
as 7.30pm
Veteran comedian and scriptwriter Eric Sykes presents a personal pick of radio comedies, featuring episodes of The Goons (1954); Variety Bandbox (1950); Round the Home (1968); Al Read (1966); The Ken Dodd Show (1963); and Take It from Here (1950)
Mike Walker's drama about 1959-66 rock and pop chart star Billy Fury (1940-83), with Peter Whitman, Robert Glenister, Andy Serkis and Rory Bremner
Rumpole of the Bailey
A chance to hear last week's Rumpoleof the Bailey stories by the late John Mortimer. Including at
2.30 Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt, at
and at
US radio show featuring satire, sketches and music, with guests the Wynton Marsalis Quintet
Punk singer/songwriter and actor Henry Rollins stars in an adaptation of a never-filmed sci-fi story about eight people selected to escape into space as a giant asteroid threatens the Earth
2000 sci-fi thriller - the second book in the Silent Vulcan trilogy (5/8)
Professor Aubrey Manning explores the world with erudite input by experts, starting with an examination of the origins of horse domestication from excavations in Kazakhstan (1/3)
adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's stories, starring Eartha Kitt, Freddie Jones and Jonathan Hyde (3/5)
Veteran comedian and scriptwriter Eric Sykes presents a personal pick of radio comedies, featuring episodes of The Goons (1954); Variety Bandbox (1950); Round the Home (1968); Al Read (1966); The Ken Dodd Show (1963); and Take It from Here (1950)
US radio show featuring satire, sketches, music and gags, recorded in New York City, with guests the Wynton Marsalis Quintet