Listings
: Farming Today
With Anna Hill.Producer Gordon Swindlehurst
Contributors
Unknown:
Anna
Hill.
Producer:
Gordon
Swindlehurst
: Today
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev James Jones.
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Naughtie.
Unknown:
James
Jones.
: Start the Week
Jeremy Paxman and guests debate and deliberate new agenda-setting ideas and the latest issues, with lively and topical conversation. Producer Ariane KoekShortened repeat at 9.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeremy
Paxman
: Book of the Week: The Josephine Baker Story: 1: Out of Louis
Josette Simon reads five extracts from a new biography of the extraordinary star who emerged from poverty in turn-of-the-century America to take the world by storm with her spellbinding dances.As a gawky teenager from the backstreets of America's ragtime capital, Josephine teaches herself to dance and makes it to Broadway. The book is written and abridged by Ean Wood.
Contributors
Reader:
Josette
Simon
Author/Abridged by:
Ean
Wood.
Producer:
Sara
Davies
: Daily Service
Presented by Judy Merry. Just As I Am (Saffron Walden); Isaiah 1, wl-4, wll-20; Wash Me Throughly (Handel); Day by Day (How). With the Bury Girls'Grammar School Choir. Director of music Dorothy Stoddard.Contributors
Presented By:
Judy
Merry.
: Woman's Hour
Jenni Murray and guests with the latest news, views and culture from a woman's point of view. Drama: Telling Liddy by Anne Fine. Part of 10. Editor Ruth GardinerE-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Jenni
Murray
Unknown:
Anne
Fine.
Editor:
Ruth
Gardiner
: Mapping the Town
Archaeologist Julian Richards uncovers the hidden histories of towns.Cardiff. He discovers how Cardiff began as a Roman stronghold in hostile territory, why it remained a sleepy fishing village throughout the Middle Ages, and how one family transformed the town into the largest port in the world. Producer John Byrne
Contributors
Unknown:
Julian
Richards
Producer:
John
Byrne
: Tales from Thackeray
The conclusion of a series of short stories by Thackeray, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt. A Little Dinner at TimminsDirector Sally Avens
Contributors
Dramatised By:
Stephen
Wyatt.
Director:
Sally
Avens
Fitzboodle:
Gerard
Murphy
FitzroyTimmins:
Peter
Gunn
RosaTimmins:
Sara
Crowe
Mrs Gashleigh/Lady Bungay:
Tessa
Worsley
! Mr John Rowdy/Cavalcadour:
Allan
Corduner
Mrs John Rowdy/Mrs Blowser:
Helen
Ayres
: You and Yours
With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.Contributors
Unknown:
Winifred
Robinson
Unknown:
John
Waite.
: Counterpoint
1 Ned Sherrin chairs the quiz that covers all types of music, from classical to jazz and showtunes to pop. Producer Dawn EllisContributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
Producer:
Dawn
Ellis
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday 7pm: Afternoon Play: Victorian Marriage Beds
A Madman's Defence by Nicholas Mcinerny , with commentary by Asa Bergenheim and Margaretha Fahlgren. Concluding three drama documentaries about sexuality, as part of Radio 4's Victoria Season. An examination into the circumstances surrounding the marriage of the great Swedish playwright August Strindberg and his second wife Frida Uhl. It explores the issue of women's rights and attitudes towards sexuality in Europe more than 100 years ago.Producers Rosie Boulton and Peter Leslie Wild
Contributors
Unknown:
Nicholas
McInerny
Commentary By:
Asa
Bergenheim
Commentary By:
Margaretha
Fahlgren.
Unknown:
August
Strindberg
Unknown:
Frida
Uhl.
Producers:
Rosie
Boulton
Producers:
Peter Leslie
Wild
Strindberg:
Anton
Lesser
Siri:
Teresa
Gallagher
Frida:
Annabelle
Dowler
: Money Box Live: [number removed]
Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answer calls on a personal finance issue. Producer Jennifer Clarke LINES OPEN from 1.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Paul
Lewis
Producer:
Jennifer
Clarke
: Long, Long Ago
r Five stories from around the world telling tales of long-ago gods and demons and the people who once believed in them. 1: The Coming of Amalivaca An enchanting Amerindian legend from Guyana which tells of the romance between the wind and the rainbow. Read by Ben Onwukwe.Abridged and produced by Jill Waters and Chris Wallis
Contributors
Read By:
Ben
Onwukwe.
Produced By:
Jill
Waters
Produced By:
Chris
Wallis
: Pier People
Five programmes about piers throughout the British Isles. 1: John Betjeman said thatClevedon Pier was the most beautiful in Britain.
Then it was tested for safety and it collapsed. Locals struggled for 20 years to put in back together and today every plank tells a story - 7,500 of them. Producer Peter Everett
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Betjeman
Producer:
Peter
Everett
: The Food Programme
Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm: Turning World
Kevin Bocquet and guests with news and human stories from across the world. Producer Phil PegumContributors
Unknown:
Kevin
Bocquet
Producer:
Phil
Pegum
: Just a Minute
Nicholas Parsons hosts the most devious of panel games. This week he is joined by Julian Clary , Kit Hesketh-Harvey , Paul Merton and Linda Smith in King's Lynn. Producer Claire Jones. Repeated Sunday 12.04pmContributors
Unknown:
Nicholas
Parsons
Unknown:
Julian
Clary
Unknown:
Kit
Hesketh-Harvey
Unknown:
Paul
Merton
Unknown:
Linda
Smith
Producer:
Claire
Jones.
: The Archers
A meeting of minds at Home Farm. Rptd tomorrow 2pm: Front Row
Mark Lawson gives the verdict on a ten-hour theatrical marathon - Sir Peter Hall's production of Tantalus by John Barton, which has just opened at the Lowryin Salford.Contributors
Presenter:
Mark
Lawson
Producer:
Robyn
Read
: Telling Liddy
A ten-part dramatisation by Anne Fine of her novel -a satire of sibling secrets and intrigue in which Bridie, social worker par excellence, discovers that even in her own close family of loving sisters, relationships are duplicitous. Parti.Producer Pam Wardell. Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Anne
Fine
Producer:
Pam
Wardell.
Bridie:
Gerda
Stevenson
Dennis:
Simon
Tait
Stella:
Monica
Gibb
Liddy:
Gayanne
Potter
Heather:
Wendy
Seagar
Neil:
Jimmy
Chisholm
: Cementing the Ties
Two years ago, a group of teachers from Oldham visited their pupils' families in Bangladesh. Now they go back to help set up development links but discover that, when it comes to alleviating poverty, Britain can learn from Bangladesh.Contributors
Producer:
Liz
Carney
Editor:
David
Ross
: Violent Britain
Girl gangs, mugged pensioners, drunken youths - it seems there is no escape these days from headlines about horrific crimes in "yob Britain". Concluding two programmes, Wendy Robbins examines whether we are losing the fight against violence and against its causes. Producer simonCrow(R)Contributors
Unknown:
Wendy
Robbins
: Nature: Winter Bird Flocks
Flocks of birds are a familiar sight, from waders on estuaries to city starlings. Mark Carwardine explores the reasons why birds of a feather flock together and discovers the benefits of belonging to a group. See Sue Gaisford's choice on page 118. Producer Brett Westwood. Repeated tomorrow 11amWEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/nature. E-MAIL: nature@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Carwardine
Producer:
Brett
Westwood.
: Start the Week
Shortened repeat from 9am: Book at Bedtime: The Peppered Moth
Margaret Drabble 's novel, based on the life of her own mother, is about a gifted, frustrated woman growing up in south Yorkshire. Read by Tessa Peake -Jones and abridged in ten parts by Malcolm and Elizabeth Bradbury. Part6. Producer Sarah JohnsonContributors
Unknown:
Margaret
Drabble
Read By:
Tessa
Peake
Unknown:
Elizabeth
Bradbury.
Producer:
Sarah
Johnson
: Home Truths
Shortened repeat from Saturday 9am: News
: The Late Book: The Darkroom atLongwood - a Voyage to St Helena
By Jean-Paul Kauffmann , read by Simon Russell Beale and abridged in five parts by Jill Waters.Following his surrender afterthe Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte , was exiled to St Helena.
Kauffmann spent a week on the remote Atlantic island absorbing the presence of the general who spent his last days as a prisoner in a house named Longwood. Part 1. Producer Chris Wallis (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Jean-Paul
Kauffmann
Read By:
Simon
Russell
Unknown:
Jill
Waters.
Unknown:
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Producer:
Chris
Wallis
About this project
This site contains the BBC listings information which the BBC printed in Radio Times between 1923 and 2009. You can search the site for BBC programmes, people, dates and Radio Times editions.
We hope it helps you find information about that long forgotten BBC programme, research a particular person or browse your own involvement with the BBC.
Through the listings, you will also be able to use the Genome search function to find thousands of radio and TV programmes that are already available to view or listen to on the BBC website.
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