Presented by Martha Kearney. Drama: Exes by Emma Donoghue. Final part. Executive producer Anne Tyley. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Contributors
Presented By:
Martha
Kearney.
Unknown:
Emma
Donoghue.
Producer:
Anne
Tyley.
England v Australia Commentary from Headingley on the second day's play in the Fourth Test. Including News at 1.15 and Talking Point at 1.18. "Approximate times
German novelist Karl May's Wild West stories have enchanted generations of Europeans since 1879, yet in Britain and America he remains virtually unknown. A former pickpocket, he began writing in jail, using his imagination to capture the spirit of a time and place he hadn't seen. This didn't stop him from claiming his characters' adventures as his own, a deception that led to him being pilloried in the press when it emerged that he hadn 't been further west than the Rhine. Christopher Frayling unravels the magic of a brilliant fantasist whose work continues to entertain millions of readers today. Producer Mark Burman
Jim Sweeney's six-part comedy series.
Billy is bullied into having house guests - a bad idea, until someone suggests a game of cards.
Contributors
Writer:
Jim
Sweeney
Producer:
Steve
Doherty
Patrick:
Jim
Sweeney
Helen:
Cathryn
Harrison
Billy:
Steve
Steen
Moira:
Sadie
Shimmin
Joe:
Stephen
Frost
Maria:
Flaminia
Cinque
John Waite with the series investigating listeners' complaints and other issues of public concern. Producers Leanne Buckle. Sue Mitchell and Will Yates Repeated Sunday 9pm
Compelling radio from around the globe, presented by Emily Buchanan. This week she looks at what writers from Europe, South Africa and the Far East have to say about humour, and she meets Ellen and Michael whose cook book Food and Foreplay aims to reverse the divorce rate in America. Producer Julia Rooke. Repeated Sunday 8pm
Contributors
Presented By:
Emily
Buchanan.
Producer:
Julia
Rooke.
Pam Ferris performs a monologue by Louise Oliver. For her 50th birthday present, Eva Sparrow chooses 50 days of solitude, which she spends perched high in her tree house at the bottom of her garden.With her sons away travelling Europe, she sits in her wing-backed arm chair, looking back over her life. With songs by Clive Bell and Louise Oliver. Director Susan Roberts. Singer Amanda Hadingue (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Pam
Ferris
Unknown:
Louise
Oliver.
Unknown:
Eva
Sparrow
Songs By:
Clive
Bell
Songs By:
Louise
Oliver.
Singer:
Susan
Roberts.
Singer:
Amanda
Hadingue
The last of five programmes in which well-known politicians talk to Anne Perkins about an important literary or philosophical inspiration. Today Frank Field discusses John Strachey. For details see Monday
Michael Rosen looks at words and the way we speak. Don't Say It. "A shy, evasive, glassy eyed manner of speech" is how Franz Kafka described doctors' comments on his tuberculosis in 1924. Today, cancer and Aids are considered taboo illnesses. Why does the fear of pronouncing such words remain? Producer Bella Bannerman. Repeated Sunday 8.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Rosen
Unknown:
Franz
Kafka
Producer:
Bella
Bannerman.
Conversation about how current media trends affect our lives, with Jenni Murray and guests. Producer Dave Harvey. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/themessage
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the topical comedy show, recorded with full bagpiping at the Edinburgh festival. With Jon Holmes ,
Emma Kennedy , Paul Putnerand music from Mitch Benn. Producer Adam Bromley. Repeated Saturday 12.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Steve
Punt
Unknown:
Hugh
Dennis
Unknown:
Jon
Holmes
Unknown:
Emma
Kennedy
Unknown:
Paul
Putnerand
Unknown:
Mitch
Benn.
Producer:
Adam
Bromley.
Joe defends Pa Larkin.
Written byCaroline Harrington . Director Julie Beckett
Editor Vanessa Whitburn. ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an sae to [address removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Pa
Larkin.
Written By:
Caroline
Harrington
Director:
Julie
Beckett
Editor:
Vanessa
Whitburn.
Jill:
Patricia
Greene
Alistair:
Michael
Lumsden
David:
Timothy
Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity
Finch
Nigel:
Graham
Seed
Julia:
Mary
Wimbush
Tony:
Colin
Skipp
Pat:
Patricia
Galllmore
Helen:
Loulza
Patikas
Brian:
Charles
Collingwood
Jennifer:
Angela
Piper
Alice:
Hollle
Chapman
George:
Graham
Roberts
Kathy:
Hedli
Niklaus
Joe:
Edward
Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor
Harrison
William:
Philip
Molloy
Edward:
Barry
Farrimond
Neil:
Brian
Hewlett
Mike:
Terry
Molloy
Betty:
Pamela
Craig
Hayley:
Lucy
Davis
Bert:
Eric
Allan
Greg:
Marc
Finn
Fallon:
Joanna
van Kampen
Lilian:
Sunny
Ormonde
Jazzer:
Ryan
Kelly
The last of five dramas by Emma Donoghue about the difficulties of getting on with ex-partners.
The Estate Agent. Newlyweds Tony and Sandy are unexpectedly faced with Tony's ex when they decide to buy a house. Has he chosen the right woman?
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Emma
Donoghue
Cliona:
Pauline
McLynn
Tony:
Darragh
Kelly
Sandy:
Eva
Blrthlstle
Six debates on issues of perennial interest, chaired by Nick Clarke in front of a specially invited audience. 3: "We'd all be better off without supermarkets."
Producer Nick Utechin. Listeners can also vote on the motion. To vote YES PHONE: [number removed]. To vote NO PHONE: [number removed] LINES OPEN after the programme until 2.20pm Saturday Maximum call cost lOp. Repeated Saturday 1.15pm
Steve Walker's drama tells of how the eccentric
English inventor Professor Geoffrey Pyke designed a battleship made of ice for use in the Second World War, only to see it dissolve in a Canadian lake.
Director Andy Jordan
Contributors
Writer:
Steve
Walker
Director:
Andy
Jordan
Geoffrey Pyke:
Tim
McInnerney
JD Bernal:
Dermot
Crowley
Pamela Pleens:
Melanie
Hudson
Winston Churchill:
Chris
Emmett
Lord Mountbatten:
David
Holt
Jack Mackenzie:
Kerry
Shale
CD Howe:
Bradley
Lavelle
Narrator:
William
Hope
The General:
Sean
Baker
Mary Pyke:
Jennie
Stoller
Boy Pyke:
Joshua
Phillips
New writing and invigorating talk as Chris Bigsby asks three writers - established and new -to write and talk on a shared topic that affects all our lives. Fathers. "To begin with, the man must abstain from sexual activities for at least three days, but no longer than seven." With Michael Holroyd , Patricia Duncker , Simon Armitage and Tom Leonard. Producer Jane Greenwood
Contributors
Unknown:
Chris
Bigsby
Unknown:
Michael
Holroyd
Unknown:
Patricia
Duncker
Unknown:
Simon
Armitage
Unknown:
Tom
Leonard.
Producer:
Jane
Greenwood
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