The grandaddy of all panel games with Nicholas Parsons in the chair. This time Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock and Ian MacMillan are panellists and the the programme is a guest of the British Library as part of its Evolving English Exhibition.

Nicholas Parsons chairs the grandaddy of all panel games with Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Julian Clary and Kevin Eldon as the panellists. The aim of the game is to speak on a subject without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Much, much harder than it sounds... On today's show Julian Clary talks about Building Bridges, Paul Merton reveals all about...

Nicholas Parsons chairs the panel game that rewards those who can talk the hind leg off a donkey. The panellists on today's show are Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Gyles Brandreth and Barnsley poet Ian McMillan. The aim of the game is to speak on a given subject for sixty seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. A task much harder than it...

A BBC Radio 4 series of character pieces showcasing the best of Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic characters in a collection of four one-off comic plays. Originally broadcast 31 August 2010 - 21 September 2010. In 'Witness Statement', there's been a robbery and character comedian Nick Mohammed ('Reggie Perrin', 'Sorry I've Got No Head') dons a police h...

The first episode of North by Northamptonshire, a BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series with a stunning cast including Sheila Hancock, Mackenzie Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon about a small town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night. Originally broadcast at 11:30 on 16 June 2010. In the first episod...

The second episode of North by Northamptonshire, a BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series with a stunning cast including Sheila Hancock, Mackenzie Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon about a small town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night. Originally broadcast at 11:30 on 23 June 2010. Rehearsals for the...

The third episode of North by Northamptonshire, a BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series with a stunning cast including Sheila Hancock, Mackenzie Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon about a small town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night. Originally broadcast at 11:30 on 30 June 2010. Recently divorced J...

The fourth and final episode of 'North by Northamptonshire', a BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series with a stunning cast including Sheila Hancock, Mackenzie Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon about a small town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night. Originally broadcast at 11:30 on 7 July 2010. It's To...

Annie Caulfield's comedy drama returns with a third episode in the On the Field series, originally broadcast as the Afternoon Play on 28 September 2010. Mahmoud the barber has exchanged Basra for Istanbul where his old friend Sergeant-now Captain-Billy has ended up as Military Attach‚. After witnessing a traumatic attack on duty in Kabul, squ...

Paul Temple is in the middle of a lecture tour in America when he receives an urgent summons from the Home Secretary, requesting his immediate return to England. A serial killer calling himself 'The Marquis' has been murdering celebrities, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Back in London, Paul discovers that someone else has been desperately trying to...

Melvyn Bragg examines some of the many different varieties of English spoken around the world today, taking in Spanglish from the USA, Indian English, Caribbean English, Australian English, South African English, and finally a kind of "international English" used between non-native English speakers.

The complete first series of the BBC Radio 7 sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game. Originally broadcast from 2 - 13 March 2009. John (Gunnar Cauthery) is grieving for his girlfriend, Lioba, and convinced she is still alive in the virtual game 'Planet B'. He moves through bizarre and exciting worlds in search of Lioba, and his...

The complete second series of the BBC Radio 7 sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game. Originally broadcast from 29 November - 27 December 2009. This virtual reality saga sees Lioba (Tessa Nicholson) struggling to escape the grip of the corporation behind Planet B.

The complete third series of Planet B, the BBC Radio 4 Extra sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game. Originally broadcast from 30 January 2011 - 27 February 2011. This virtual reality saga sees the return of a familiar face whilst the rogues face their biggest threat yet. Medley and Kip battle to save Planet B and Kip ends up se...

The first episode of series three of Planet B, the BBC Radio 4 Extra sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game. Originally broadcast 30 January 2011. As the rogues face their biggest threat yet, a familiar face returns. Dawn King's Haunted stars Lloyd Thomas.

The second episode of series three of Planet B, the BBC Radio 4 Extra sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game. Originally broadcast 6 February 2011. In The Pirate Islands by Penelope Skinner, Medley and Kip must battle island inhabitants to save Planet B. Stars Claire Harry.

The third episode of series three of Planet B, the BBC Radio 4 Extra sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game. Originally broadcast 13 February 2011. Held in the world's toughest jail, can Kip escape prison brutality? Nick Perry's Doing Time stars Lloyd Thomas.

The fourth episode of series three of Planet B, the BBC Radio 4 Extra sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game. Originally broadcast 20 February 2011. In the last hours of Planet B, what could be better than a farewell party? Matthew Wilkie's Disaster! stars Lloyd Thomas.

The last episode of series three of Planet B, the BBC Radio 4 Extra sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game. Originally broadcast 27 February 2011. In Matthew Broughton's The End of the Rogue, Kip and Medley are in a race against time to save Planet B. Stars Lloyd Thomas.

The second episode of series one of Matthew Broughton's 'Planet B', the BBC Radio 7 sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game. Originally broadcast 3 March 2009. Convinced his girlfriend is alive in a virtual universe, a nostalgic leap sends John to a brutal school in New Boy.

The third episode of series one of Matthew Broughton's 'Planet B', the BBC Radio 7 sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game. Originally broadcast 4 March 2009. Searching for his girlfriend Lioba, John arrives at a bizarre music festival in Freakshow-but is this world a trap?