Listings
: Today
With John Humphreys and Sue MacGregor.6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Christina Rees.
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Humphreys
Unknown:
Sue
MacGregor.
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.
: Daily Service
With Diane Reid. The Heavenly Child in StatureGrows (Wiltshire); Luke 2, W41-51; 0 Mary, Where Is Your Baby? (Spiritual); Can a Mother Forget Her Little Child? (Baker). With the Bryant Ensemble. Director of music Mark Bryant.
Contributors
Unknown:
Diane
Reid.
Music:
Mark
Bryant.
: Book of the Week: Hunting Pirate Heaven
3: Of witches and tropical paradise. For details see Monday. Repeated at 12.30am: Woman's Hour
With Martha Kearney. Drama: Exes by Emma Donoghue. Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pmContributors
Unknown:
Martha
Kearney.
Unknown:
Emma
Donoghue.
: The Aboriginal Cricket Tour of England 1868
The first overseas cricketers to visit England were a team of Australian Aborigines. They were among the few remaining members of their clans, most having been wiped out by white settlers and imported diseases. Although the quality of their cricket surprised the crowds, they were never paid. They were marketed as racial freaks and only three ever played again. No Aborigine has played for his country since. Written and presented by Mark Whitaker. Producer Mark Whitaker (R)Contributors
Presented By:
Mark
Whitaker.
Producer:
Mark
Whitaker
: Tales from the Tower
A four-part comedy-drama written and performed by David Holt. From his eyrie on top of the Blackpool Tower where he is caretaker, Bob Braithwaite sees everything through high-power binoculars.2: The Last Waltz. During an afternoon's ballroom dancing at the Anaglypta hotel, the tea machine malfunctions are causing everythingto taste of lemon parazone. Old women afraid of poisoning distract the hotel proprietor as he dons a WAAF uniform for his Alice Faye spectacular later on. Producer Dawn Ellis
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Holt.
Unknown:
Bob
Braithwaite
Unknown:
Alice
Faye
Producer:
Dawn
Ellis
: 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. Their guests this week are the Liberal Democrat Spokesman on Foreign Affairs Menzies Campbell MP and former Conservative Education Secretary Gillian Shephard MP. Producer Steve Doherty
Contributors
Unknown:
Steve
Richards
Unknown:
Roy
Hattersley
Unknown:
Patrick
CormacK
Unknown:
Gillian
Shephard
Producer:
Steve
Doherty
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday 7pm: Afternoon Play: The Devil's Music
Three plays inspired by the Women's Jazz Archive, by Alan Plater.2: The Great Pork Pie Mystery
Megan is tracing the path of a melody she can't stop playing. Perhaps the answer lies in the Kohinoor tearoom, Swansea, during the twenties.
Contributors
Author:
Alan
Plater
Director:
Alison
Hindell
Guitar:
Paula
Gardiner
Piano:
Richard
Roberts
Megan 5:
Rakie
Ayola
Megan 3:
Margaret
John
Megan 2:
Karin
Diamond
Megan 1:
Helen
Griffin
Mickey:
Joe
Caffrey
Kelsey:
Rhodri
Hugh
: Gardeners' Question Time
Shortened repeat from Sunday 2pm: Edinburgh International Book Festival
3: The Blue Hen by Des Dillon. "The chicks soon passed that wee lovely stage and turned into these prehistoric monsters". Two young men on a housing estate in Glasgow decide to better themselves by breeding Chickens. For details see MondayContributors
Unknown:
Des
Dillon.
: Great Inspirations
Baroness Williams, Deputy Leader of the LiberalDemocrats in the House of Lords, talks to political journalist Anne Perkins about why the economic historian Karl Polanyi was her great inspiration. For details see Monday
Contributors
Unknown:
Anne
Perkins
Unknown:
Karl
Polanyi
: Thinking Allowed
Laurie Taylortravels round Britain to meet authors of renowned research, discovering what impact their work has made on society.Family and Kinship in the East End. Did predictions that post-war housing programmes would destroy Cockney communities come true?
Producer Elizabeth Senior. E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Laurie
Taylortravels
Producer:
Elizabeth
Senior.
: 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 herfinancial worries are over. But then she discovers the truly unusual nature of the legacy that awaits her. Part 5.
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
Aloysius:
Harry
Towb
: The Archers
Eddie is readyto activate. Rptd tomorrow 2pm: Front Row
Presented by Mark Lawson. Producer Lawrence PollardContributors
Presented By:
Mark
Lawson.
Producer:
Lawrence
Pollard
: Exes
3: The Conspiracy. Why is Paul's girlfriend Nuala lunching with his ex? They must be up to something. with Eileen McCloskey and Eleanor MethvenFordetails see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Eileen
McCloskey
Unknown:
Eleanor
Methven
Paul:
Darragh
Kelly
Adam:
Richard
Dormer
Nuala:
Eva
Blrthistle
: The Law in Question
Marcel Berlins chairs the first in a new series of the legal debate in which members of the public compare their idea of the law with the professionals' view. Health. This week, who should receive expensive medicines, and when is the doctor at fault? Producer Anna Parkinson. Repeated Saturday 11.15pmContributors
Unknown:
Marcel
Berlins
Producer:
Anna
Parkinson.
: Tails of the Tiger
The concluding programme reflecting on the political and social implications of Ireland's economic success. As Ireland comes to terms with its recent political past, Kevin Myers reflects on the legacy of Charles Haughey who has been the dominant force in Irish political life for almost three decades, while Malachi O'Doherty considers how the Catholic Church is adjusting-or not-to a more pluralist political climate.Producer Stephen Douds.
Contributors
Unknown:
Kevin
Myers
Unknown:
Charles
Haughey
Producer:
Stephen
Douds
: Living with Pain
The first in a new series in which Geoff Watts explores the different ways people reactto the almost universal experience of pain. 1: The Agony and the EcstasyAn investigation into the purpose of pain reveals it is an essential, if unwelcome, part of being human which fascinates artists and scientists alike. Producer Paula McGrath. EMAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Geoff
Watts
Producer:
Paula
McGrath.
: Midsummer Midweek
Shortened repeat from 9am: Book at Bedtime: Super-Cannes
JG Ballard's thriller. Part 3. For details see Monday: The In Crowd
A six-part sketch show from Manchester, starring Smug Roberts, Kate Ward, Robin Ince and Helen Moon.Macey: "Cellulite? Cellulite? Tripe. If you ask me, it's careerwomen coming from up north for a bit of rumpy pumpy on t' historic cobbles, then passing the dents off as toxic fat."
Contributors
Unknown:
Smug
Roberts
Unknown:
Kate
Ward
Unknown:
Robin
Ince
Unknown:
Helen
Moon
Producer:
Graham
Frost
: Steven Appleby's Normal Life
Cartoonist Steven Appleby takes an abnormal look at everyday life in this comedy series. Normal KidsSteven unearths an alien conspiracy to turn the world into a holiday camp for children. With Paul McCrink as Steven Appleby and featuring Rachel Atkins, Ewan Bailey , Nigel Betts and Rosalind Paul. Director Toby Swift
Contributors
Unknown:
Steven
Appleby
Unknown:
Paul
McCrink
Unknown:
Steven
Appleby
Unknown:
Rachel
Atkins
Unknown:
Ewan
Bailey
Unknown:
Nigel
Betts
Unknown:
Rosalind
Paul.
: Absolute Power
Continuing Mark Tavener 's comedy, starringStephen Fry and John Bird. The masters of spin take on a contract to discredit the chancellor and make the look good. With Siobhan Hayes , Tamsin Greig , Tony Gardner , Beth Chalmers , Sue Elliott -Nicholls, Terence Edmond and Kenny Blyth.
Producer Dawn Ellis. Executive producer Paul Schlesinger (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Tavener
Unknown:
Stephen
Fry
Unknown:
John
Bird.
Unknown:
Siobhan
Hayes
Unknown:
Tamsin
Greig
Unknown:
Tony
Gardner
Unknown:
Beth
Chalmers
Unknown:
Sue
Elliott
Unknown:
Terence
Edmond
Unknown:
Kenny
Blyth.
Producer:
Dawn
Ellis.
Producer:
Paul
Schlesinger
: News
: Book of the Week: Hunting Pirate
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