Listings
: Today
With Sarah MacGregor and James Naughtie.6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Christina Rees.
Contributors
Unknown:
Sarah
MacGregor
Unknown:
James
Naughtie.
Unknown:
Christina
Rees.
: Midsummer Midweek
An eclectic assembly of guests joins David Aaronovitch for lively conversation.Producer Charlie Taylor. Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Aaronovitch
Producer:
Charlie
Taylor.
: Book of the Week: Close to Shore
Michael Capuzzo 's true shark story. 3: The great white takes no chances when challenging prey. For details see Monday. Repeated at 12.30amContributors
Unknown:
Michael
Capuzzo
: Daily Service
With Andrew Graystone. Come Living God, When Least Expected (Spiritus Vitae); 1 Kings 19, w9-18; Be Still forthe Presence of the Lord (arr Stewart); Dear Lord and Father of Mankind(Repton). With the RSCM Manchester Summer School Choir. Director of music Gordon Stewart.
Contributors
Music:
Gordon
Stewart.
: Woman's Hour
Presented by Martha Kearney. Drama: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Part 8. Drama repeated at 7.45pmContributors
Presented By:
Martha
Kearney.
Unknown:
Laura Ingalls
Wilder.
: How to Make Love to Your Partner for the 900th Time and Still Enjoy It
If almost half of all marriages fail, what we fail to notice are those that succeed. Is it circumstance, luck or hard work that allows these relationships to survive where others do not? Edi Stark talks to couples and hears of different ways to get through the bad times, and of different approaches to the boredom Of familiarity.Contributors
Presenter:
Edi
Stark
Producer:
Fiona
Couper
: Smelling of Roses
Party Party. The concluding part of Simon Brett 's sitcom about the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event management company. Rosie and the team are asked to launch a new political party-the Grey Party-for people over 60. Sadly its leader doesn't quite get to launch his manifesto. Starring Prunella Scales , Arabella Weir , Rebecca Callard , Duncan Preston , Annette Badland , Ben Aris and Felicity Good Son. ProducerMariaEspositoContributors
Unknown:
Simon
Brett
Unknown:
Rosie
Burns
Unknown:
Prunella
Scales
Unknown:
Arabella
Weir
Unknown:
Rebecca
Callard
Unknown:
Duncan
Preston
Unknown:
Annette
Badland
Unknown:
Ben
Aris
: You and Yours
With Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.Contributors
Unknown:
Liz
Barclay
Unknown:
Winifred
Robinson.
: Parliamentary Questions
The parliamentary panel game that reveals the lighter side of life around the dispatch box.Steve Richards takes the speaker's chairto call order on opposing team captains Roy Hattersley and Sir Patrick Cormack MP. Theirguests this week are Times columnist Anthony Howard and former
Conservative chancellor of the exchequer Nigel Lawson. Producer Steve Doherty
Contributors
Unknown:
Steve
Richards
Unknown:
Roy
Hattersley
Unknown:
Patrick
CormacK
Unknown:
Anthony
Howard
Unknown:
Nigel
Lawson.
Producer:
Steve
Doherty
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday 7pm: Afternoon Play: Henry's Leg
Ann Pilling 's award-winning children's novel is dramatised in two parts by Eric Pringle. 1: Eleven-year-old Henry Hooper lives alone with his mother in Lancashire. As an only child he is a solitary figure who converses with the voice of his imagination - "H". Apart from these secret conversationsHenry's real love isjunk, which he stores in his bedroom. When he brings home an innocent-looking leg from a fashion dummy, he finds himself in the middle of a real-life thriller. Some unsavoury locals are also very interested in this leg and seem prepared to stop at nothing to get it back!
Director Pauline Harris. Continued tomorrow 2.15pm (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Ann
Pilling
Unknown:
Eric
Pringle.
Unknown:
Henry
Hooper
Director:
Pauline
Harris.
Henry:
Adam
Nagartis
H:
Robert
Pollard
Mrs Hooper:
Bright
Forsyth
Noreen:
Alison
Darling
Danny:
Malcolm
Hebden
Miss Bingham:
Melissa
Slnden
Mr Schofield:
Geoffrey
Banks
Graham:
Oliver
Hamilton
Nev:
Matthew
Stanton
The blob:
Peter
Collins
: Gardeners' Question Time
Nigel Colborn , Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions from Brushford Women'sInstitute in Somerset. With chairman Eric Robson. Shortened repeat from Sunday 2pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Nigel
Colborn
Unknown:
Bob
Flowerdew
Unknown:
Anne
Swithinbank
Unknown:
Eric
Robson.
: School Days
3: Romeo and Julie by Clare Seal , read by Lisa Coleman. The first performance of the school play should be a triumph, but itturns into the stuff of Julie's worst nightmare. For details see MondayContributors
Unknown:
Clare
Seal
Read By:
Lisa
Coleman.
: Brits in the Wild East
3: The English Chechen. Chris Hunter is director of a Quaker-backed charity which helps child victims of the conflict in Chechnya. A few years ago two British employees, Camilla Carrand her boyfriend Jon James , were abducted for over a year. Now the Russian authorities are refusingto let Chris back into the country, but he is determined to continue his work. For details see MondayContributors
Unknown:
Chris
Hunter
Unknown:
Camilla
Carrand
Unknown:
Jon
James
: Thinking Allowed
Exploring and exploding the ideas that shape our society, presented by Laurie Taylor.Producer Merilyn Harris. E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Presented By:
Laurie
Taylor.
Producer:
Merilyn
Harris.
: Case Notes
Repeated from yesterday 9pm: Faithful Departed
Christopher Fitz-Simon 's six-part drama. WhenFrances Butler hears of a windfall from a deceased aunt in County Cork she thinks her financial worries are over. But then she discovers the truly unusual nature of the legacy that awaits her. Part 2.
Director Eoin O'Callaghan (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Christopher
Fitz-Simon
Unknown:
Frances
Butler
Director:
Eoin
O'Callaghan
Frances:
Sylvestra
Le Touzel
PJ Neary:
Tp
McKenna
Timsy:
Dermot
Crowley
Ita:
Anna
Manahan
Bridgey:
Marcella
Riordan
Margot:
Marion
O'Dwyer
Finbar:
Mark
Lambert
Jeff:
Nell
Brand
Aloyisius:
Harry
Towb
: The Archers
Ed drives a hard bargain. Rptdtomorrow2pm: Front Row
Arts news, reviews and interviews, presented by Rosie Goldsmith. Producer Lawrence PollardContributors
Presented By:
Rosie
Goldsmith.
Producer:
Lawrence
Pollard
: Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder's evocation of pioneer life in the American West. 8: The weather is so bad that Laura fears Santa Claus will not make it across the creek in time for Christmas.For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Laura
Ingalls
: The Moral Maze
Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in whichGerald Butler , Claire Fox , Ted Harrison and David Starkey cross-examine "witnesses" who hold passionate but conflicting views on a moral dilemma from one of the week's stories.
Producer David Coomes. Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Buerk
Unknown:
Gerald
Butler
Unknown:
Claire
Fox
Unknown:
Ted
Harrison
Unknown:
David
Starkey
Producer:
David
Coomes.
: The Ones That Got Away
A colourful look at those politicians who chose to leave politics todo something "more interesting instead". Presented by Rachel Wright.Producer Rachel Wright. Repeated from Sunday 10.45pm
Contributors
Presented By:
Rachel
Wright.
Producer:
Rachel
Wright.
: Connect
The Future of the Past. With digital recording methods and computerised analysis, excavating historical sites has become quicker and more rigorous than ever before. But is quality being compromised? Quentin Cooper questions how digital archaeology will affect the way we view the past. Producer Alison AyresContributors
Unknown:
Quentin
Cooper
Producer:
Alison
Ayres
: Midsummer Midweek
Shortened repeat from 9am: Book at Bedtime: On the Road
Jack Kerouac 's Beat Generation classic.3: Sal Stops Off in Denver. For details see Monday
Contributors
Unknown:
Jack
Kerouac
: I Think I've Got a Problem
The concluding episode of Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero 's story about a man who cannot stop himself from breaking into song. Tom gets a job as a supermarket assistant and finally proposes to Sadie. But he must first receive her father's permission.Contributors
Director:
Chris
Neill
Producer:
Torquil
MacLeod
Producer:
Julian
Mayers
Producer:
Andrew
McGibbon
Songs:
Andrew
McGibbon
Songs:
Nick
Romero
Tom:
Suggs
Dr Boone:
Bob
Monkhouse
Sadie:
Mika
Simmons
Melody:
Emma
Clarke
Jake:
Andrew
McGibbon
Mr Saunders/Clammy:
Michael
Roberts
Monty:
Nick
Romero
: Absolute Power
Mark Tavener 's comedy series. This week the machiavellian doctors of spin enlist the help of Ken Livingstone and Mel C to try and pull off the impossible. But can they sell the study of philosophy as a sexy, happening, popular subject? Starring John Bird , Philip Fox , Stephen Fry , Siobhan Hayes , Tony Gardner and Tamsin Greig.Producer Dawn Ellis. Executive producer Paul Schlesinger (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Tavener
Unknown:
John
Bird
Unknown:
Philip
Fox
Unknown:
Stephen
Fry
Unknown:
Siobhan
Hayes
Unknown:
Tony
Gardner
Unknown:
Tamsin
Greig.
Producer:
Dawn
Ellis.
Producer:
Paul
Schlesinger
: News
: Book of the Week: Close to Shore
Repeated from 9.45am. For details see Monday 9.45amAbout 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.
There are more than 5 million programme listings in Genome. This is a historical record of the planned output and the BBC services of any given time. It should be viewed in this context and with the understanding that it reflects the attitudes and standards of its time - not those of today.
To read scans of the Radio Times magazines from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s, you can navigate by issue.
Welcome to BBC Genome
Genome is a digitised version of the Radio Times from 1923 to 2009 and is made available for internal research purposes only. You will need to obtain the relevant third party permissions for any use, including use in programmes, online etc.
This internal version of Genome, which includes all the magazine covers, images and articles as well as the programme listings from the Radio Times, is different to the version of BBC Genome that is available externally/to the public. It is only available inside the BBC network.
Your use of this version of Genome is covered by the BBC Acceptable Use of Information Systems Policy and these terms.