Listings
: Today
With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Russell Stannard.
8.32 Yesterday In Parliament
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward
Stourton.
Unknown:
Russell
Stannard.
: Midweek
Libby Purves and guests engage in lively and diverse conversation. Producer Alison HughesShortened repeat at 9.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Libby
Purves
Producer:
Alison
Hughes
: Book
of the Week: In Sicily By Norman Lewis , read by John Rowe. 3: Spying on the Mafia For details see MondayContributors
Unknown:
Norman
Lewis
Read By:
John
Rowe.
: Daily Service
With the Rev Norman Winter. For All the Saints (Sine Nomine); Hebrews 12, wl-3, W12-14; Quiet My Mind (Orrison); 0 Jesus I Have Promised(Wolvercote). Director of music Gordon Stewart.
Contributors
Unknown:
Norman
Winter.
Music:
Gordon
Stewart.
: Woman's Hour
Jenni Murray with topical and lively interviews and discussions from a woman's point of view. Drama: The Weight of Waterby Anita Shreve. Part 8. Drama repeated at 7.45pmContributors
Unknown:
Jenni
Murray
Unknown:
Waterby Anita
Shreve.
: Violent Britain
Girl gangs, mugged pensioners, drunken youths - it seems there is no escape these days from headlines about horrific crimes and from images of "yob Britain". At the same time, popular culture - in films, music and computergames - revels in ever more graphic portrayals of violence, yet grows increasingly indifferent to its consequences. In the first of two programmes, Wendy Robbins asks what's really getting worse: violent crime or our fear of it? Are we losing the fight against violence, and against the causes of violence? Producer Simon CrowContributors
Unknown:
Wendy
Robbins
Producer:
Simon
Crow
: Stockport, So Good They Named It Once
By Damian Lanigan and Jim Poyser. A comedy series following the lives of a family living in Stockport. 5: Reunion. A visitor brings new branches to the Conroy family tree.Music Big George Producer
Neil Mossey
Contributors
Unknown:
Damian
Lanigan
Unknown:
Jim
Poyser.
Producer:
Neil
Mossey
Jason:
Andrew
Knott
Maureen:
Beverley
Callard
Eddie:
John
Henshaw
Barry:
Chris
Pavlo
Michael:
Jason
Done
Stu:
Damian
Lanigan
Damian:
Jim
Poyser
: You and Yours
With Mark Whittaker and Liz Barclay.Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Whittaker
Unknown:
Liz
Barclay.
: Who Goes There?
Martin Young hosts the biographical quiz, with team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego. They are joined by special guests Gyles Brandreth and Sheridan Morley. Producer Adam BromleyContributors
Unknown:
Martin
Young
Unknown:
Francis
Wheen
Unknown:
Fred
Housego.
Unknown:
Gyles
Brandreth
Unknown:
Sheridan
Morley.
Producer:
Adam
Bromley
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday 7pm: Afternoon Play: Only a Matter of Time
The first in a pair of linked comedies by Alan Plater. When time-telling was standardised in the 19th century, not everyone was convinced of the benefits created by this stride in human progress.Director Alison Hindell
Time Added on for Injuries is tomorrow at 2.15pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Alan
Plater.
Director:
Alison
Hindell
Fanshawe:
James
Bolam
Meredith:
Alan
David
: Gardeners' Question Time
Pippa Greenwood , Roy Lancaster and Bob Flowerdew answer questions posed by staff and friends of the national botanic garden of Wales.With Chairman Eric RobSOn. Repeated from Sunday 2pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Pippa
Greenwood
Unknown:
Roy
Lancaster
Unknown:
Bob
Flowerdew
Unknown:
Eric
Robson.
: Five New Shorts
3: The Tree by Helen Simpson , read by Gavin Muir Moving the old tree causes all sorts of non-gardening problems. For details see MondayContributors
Unknown:
Helen
Simpson
Read By:
Gavin
Muir
: Batman and Rosie
3: The Storm. Rosie has her bark slowed down by a bat detector before a dramatic storm confines the team to the caravan, where Henry dispels some myths. Reader Vanessa Redgrave. For details see MondayContributors
Reader:
Vanessa
Redgrave.
: Thinking Allowed
Laurie Taylor talks to Lee Monaghan about his latest research into bodybuilding, drugs and risk. The programme investigates the gym culture evolving in the UK which actively colludes in the taking of steroids. Taylor asks what lies at the root of the pressure to risk one's health for the perfect physique.Producer Tony Phillips. E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Talks:
Laurie
Taylor
Unknown:
Lee
Monaghan
Producer:
Tony
Phillips.
: Life before Birth
The developing baby decides when it is going to be born, but sometimes it gets the timing wrong. In the last of the series, Connie St Louis discovers what occurs in this final stage of life inside the womb. Repeated from yesterday 9pm: Sean Lock - 15 Stories High
A five-part comedy by Sean Lock and Martin Trenaman. 4: Could the detritus of Sean Lock's domestic life have artistic worth? Starring Sean Lock, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Chris Pavlo, Peter Serafinowicz and Martin Trenaman.Producer ChrisNeill(R)
Contributors
Comedy By:
Sean
Lock
Comedy By:
Martin
Trenaman
Unknown:
Sean
Lock
Unknown:
Sean
Lock
Unknown:
Tracy-Ann
Oberman
Unknown:
Chris
Pavlo
Unknown:
Peter
Serafinowicz
Unknown:
Martin
Trenaman.
: The Archers
Kathy relents - but only a little. Repeated tomorrow 2pm: Front Row
Mark Lawson with arts news, reviews and interviews. Producer EkeneAkalawuContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Lawson
: The Weight of Water
By Anita Shreve. 8: In the present day, a storm threatens. In 1873, a man is put on trial for murder. Fordetails see Monday. Repeated from 10.45amContributors
Unknown:
Anita
Shreve.
: Moral Maze
Live from Futureworld in Bristol, in front of an invited audience. Michael Buerk with Janet Daley, David Starkey , Ian Hargreaves and David Cook cross-examine witnesses who have conflicting views on the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. Producer David Coomes. Repeated Saturday 10.15pmContributors
Unknown:
Michael
Buerk
Unknown:
David
Starkey
Unknown:
Ian
Hargreaves
Unknown:
David
Cook
Producer:
David
Coomes.
: Frontiers
The Shape of Things to Come. Scientists at the European Laboratory for Nuclear Physics have been given one month in which to produce firm evidence that they have discovered one of the great prizes in their field -the Higgs particle. If they fail, their current experiment will be dismantled, while American scientists start something bigger and better. Peter Evans reports. Producer Roland PeaseE-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Evans
Producer:
Roland
Pease
: Midweek
Shortened repeat from 9am: Book at Bedtime: When I Lived in ModernTimes
By Linda Grant , read by Sara Kestelman and abridged in ten parts by Richard Hamilton. Part 3. For details see MondayContributors
Unknown:
Linda
Grant
Read By:
Sara
Kestelman
Unknown:
Richard
Hamilton.
: 2000 Years of Radio
A series that taps into the radio archive of a bygone age, written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke , Claire Downes , Stuart Lane , Al Holloway , Danny Robbins and Dan Tetsell. 3: Crusade Roadshow. Join DJ Steve in the Afternoon on his AD 1200 Christian CrusadeRoadshow as he gathers up an army of children and the plague-ridden to find salvation and a suntan in the Holy Land.
Producers Paul Dodgson and Sean Grundy
Contributors
Unknown:
Marcus
Brigstocke
Unknown:
Claire
Downes
Unknown:
Stuart
Lane
Unknown:
Al
Holloway
Unknown:
Danny
Robbins
Unknown:
Dan
Tetsell.
Producers:
Paul
Dodgson
Producers:
Sean
Grundy
: One Lump or Two?
Lady Margaret Oswick entertains visitors in the nursery at Winsley Towers, for a soiree of sophisticated songs and cultural banter, aided by her musical nephew Penkivil. Written and performed by Ralph Oswick and Christopher Dickins , with members of the Natural TheatreCompany. 3: Youth Today. Featuring songs about the birds and the bees, and nanny's nursery crimes. Producer Tony Staveacre
Contributors
Unknown:
Lady Margaret
Oswick
Unknown:
Ralph
Oswick
Unknown:
Christopher
Dickins
Producer:
Tony
Staveacre
: News
: The Late Book: In the Heart
of the SeaBy Nathaniel Philbrick. 3: The Essex is attacked and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. For details see Monday (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Nathaniel
Philbrick.
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