, poems and songs

as 7pm

Creek as 7.30pm

Gerard Murphy, Charles Kay, Anna Massey and Jeremy Clyde star in an adaptation of Bernard Pomerance 1979 play about the tragic life of Joseph Mernck (1862-90) - the seriously disfigured man found appearing in a Victorian freak show - and pioneering London surgeon Frederick Treves, who helped Merrick.

Ian McMillan's three crime dramas aired in last week s
Blackburn Files series, including at 2.30 A Case of Hard Times, at 3.00 A Case of Drowning Sorrows, and at 3.30 A Case of Happy Endings, followed at 4.00 by Annie McCartney's two-part thriller Rush

, as 11.55pm

(1/6)

, with Brian Aldiss relating his own short story Beef (200 followed by Eric Frank Russell's 1956 tale of scientific creation. Sole Solution read by Peter Marinker

Thavasovy, starring Helen Longworth

Scotland's historical contacts with Africa (3/6)

Creek Michelene Wandor's adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1942 adventure set in 17th-century Cornwall, starring Lorna Heilbron (6/6)

actress Helen Lederer introduces five of her radio favourites, featuring episodes of Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen (2001); Life with Lederer (1991);
Hearing with Hegley (1996); Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation (1994) and Ross Noble Goes Global (2002)

2008 edit ion of the American radio show, with satire, sketches and music, featuring Dobro daredevil Jerry Douglas and champion fiddler Luke Bulla

Interactive drama written by Doctor Who scriptwriter Robert Shearman from storylines emailed in by BBC Radio 7 listeners, who can join the Chain Gang via [web address removed] (4/13)

Adaptation of George Farquhar's 1707 Restoration comedy, starring Dale Rapley

PG Wodehouse comedy with Richard Briers and Michael Hordern (1/6)