Introduced by Jenni Murray. Serial: The Portrait of a Lady
Miriam Margolyes reads the second episode of Henry James 's novel
The Portrait of a Lady, abridged in 20 parts by Doreen Estall.
Contributors
Introduced By:
Jenni
Murray.
Unknown:
Miriam
Margolyes
Unknown:
Henry
James
Unknown:
Doreen
Estall.
Six programmes in which Russell Davies explores words and the way we speak.
The novelist AS Byatt is among those trying to account for the surprising persistence of received pronunciation, despite the preference for speech which resembles early-morning television. Actor Hugh Walters coaches some aspiring performers who want to preserve the art of speaking poetry for public entertainment, and comedian David Schneider explores the Palace of Words.
Contributors
Presenter:
Russell
Davies
Interviewee:
A.S.
Byatt
Actor:
Hugh
Walters
Reporter:
David
Schneider
Producer:
Louise
Greenberg
The fifth of eight programmes tries to get under the skin of the character who is bigger than any of his writers: James Bond. Authorship of the Bond novels has passed to three different writers since the death of his creator, Ian Fleming , and this week the 30th Bond novel is in the shops. Repeated from Sunday 11.45am
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa , one of the best-loved singers of our time, talks about her life and her music to June
Knox-Mawer. In the third of four programmes, she explains why her New York debut of 1974 was "as terrifying as a parachute jump". She also talks about a favourite role in Der Rosenkavalier, by Richard Strauss , and recalls the moment when she had to sing before an audience of 600 million viewers at the Royal Wedding in 1981. Producer Derek Drescher Repeat
Contributors
Unknown:
Dame Kiri Te
Kanawa
Unknown:
Richard
Strauss
Producer:
Derek
Drescher
Paul Vaughan reads the new Tim
Parks novel Europa and sees Mark Elder conduct the Berlioz opera The Damnation of Faust. Producer Chris Eldon Lee
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Vaughan
Unknown:
Mark
Elder
Producer:
Chris Eldon
Lee
"For me and Kev everything would have stayed all right if we had not mended his bike and we had not gone to that DIY place". Read by Sunny Ormonde . Producer Brian Lighthill
By Simon Brett. Starring Rosemary Leach as Anna, Nicola Pagett as Victoria, and Celia Imrie as Charlotte. 4: One Gets Better. Just when Victoria thinks her problems with Emily are over, Harriet starts to make her presence felt.
Producer Ann Jobson Rpt
Contributors
Unknown:
Simon
Brett.
Unknown:
Rosemary
Leach
Unknown:
Nicola
Pagett
Unknown:
Celia
Imrie
Producer:
Ann Jobson
Rpt
Roger:
Jonathan
Coy
Emily:
Lisa
Coleman
Last month a House of Commons
Committee criticised the Ministry of Defence's failure to provide full information on "Gulf War Syndrome". In the first of a new series of File on 4, Julian O'Halloran examines how much is now known about the causes of veterans' illnesses. Producer Gregor Stewart
Contributors
Unknown:
Julian
O'Halloran
Producer:
Gregor
Stewart
A four-part series in which GP
Dr Gillian Rice explores human sexual behaviour in a totally new light.
2: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Dr Rice discovers that we share with animals our desires for a perfect mate. Producer Julian Hector Repeat
Contributors
Unknown:
Dr Gillian
Rice
Producer:
Julian Hector
Repeat
Peter White with news and views for visually impaired people. Producer Eleanor Garland
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FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]
Fishhooks! It's the Major!
The second of a three-part series looks at the bewildering days of boxing competitions and Latin conjugations in a Surrey prep school in the decade after the war.
Producer Alastair Wilson Repeat
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