Listings
: Letter from America
Presented by AliStairCooke. Repeated from yesterday: Papers
: Open Country
Countryside news and events, with Richard Uridge. Producer Alasdair Cross.Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Uridge.
Producer:
Alasdair
Cross.
: Today
With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon Eric James.
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward
Stourton.
Unknown:
Canon Eric
James.
: Home Truths
John Peel takes a look at the foibles of family life. Producer Harry Parker. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruthsE-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Monday llpm John Peel : page 13
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Peel
Producer:
Harry
Parker.
Unknown:
John
Peel
: Excess Baggage
The best travellers' tales, anecdotes and surprises, presented by Arthur Smith. Producer Kevin Dawson. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.ukContributors
Presented By:
Arthur
Smith.
Producer:
Kevin
Dawson.
: Back to Front
Second in a series juxtaposing sports events against the news they eclipsed. When Ian Botham strode to the wicket forthe Test against Australia in July 1981, all seemed lost. His unexpected triumph was propelled from the sports section to the news headlines. Simon Barnes talks to cricketer Graham Dilley , whose 56 at the other end to Botham was no less impressive, and sets that event in the context of the other news of the time, including the riots in Toxteth, Liverpool, the approaching wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, and the electoral surge of the newly formed Social Democratic Party. Producer Tom Alban. A profile of the cricketer, Ian Botham : lOOPer Cent Beefy, can be seen tomorrow at 9.00pm on BBC2The innings that made Botham a legend, plus book offer: page 23
Contributors
Unknown:
Ian
Botham
Talks:
Simon
Barnes
Unknown:
Graham
Dilley
Producer:
Tom
Alban.
Unknown:
Ian
Botham
: Talking Politics
The political discussion programme that sharpens the focus on current ideas and events, presented by Dennis Sewell. Producer Richard VadonContributors
Presented By:
Dennis
Sewell.
Producer:
Richard
Vadon
: From Our Own Correspondent
Colour, wit and observation as BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony GrantContributors
Introduced By:
Kate
Adie.
Producer:
Tony
Grant
: Inside Money
Small Investors. Actor Matthew Morgan wants to give his one-year-old daughter the best financial head start possible so she can eventually have her own money for university, travel or starting her own business. Given the unpredictable nature of his profession, Lesley Curwen examines the best ways tosaveforherfuture. Producer Jennifer Clarke.Contributors
Unknown:
Matthew
Morgan
Unknown:
Lesley
Curwen
Producer:
Jennifer
Clarke.
: The Now Show
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with the comedy show that looks at everything "now". Rptdfrom yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Steve
Punt
Unknown:
Hugh
Dennis
: News
: Straw Poll
Six debates on issues of perennial interest, chaired by Nick Clarke in front of an invited audience.3: "We'd all be better off without supermarkets." LINES CLOSE at 2.20pm. To vote YES PHONE: [number removed] To vote NO PHONE: [number removed]. Maximum call cost lOp Repeated from yesterday
Contributors
Unknown:
Nick
Clarke
: Straw Poll Talkback: [number removed]
Phone Nick Clarke with your views on the issues raised in last night's edition of Straw Poll. Producer Nick Utechin. E-MAIL: straw.poll@bbc.co.ukContributors
Unknown:
Nick
Clarke
Producer:
Nick
Utechin.
: The Saturday Play: The Holiday
Michelene Wandor 's dramatisation of poet Stevie Smith 's favourite among her own novels - a story of unresolved love, set at the end of the Second World War, when everyone is unsettled, and summer is about to end. Director Janet Whitaker.Contributors
Dramatised by:
Michelene
Wandor
WrIter:
Stevie
Smith
Director:
Janet
Whitaker.
Celia:
Lucy
Whybrow
Casmilus:
Andrew
Wincott
Tiny:
Roger
May
Tom:
Philip
Joseph
Aunt:
Janet
Henfrey
Uncle Heber/Clem:
Gordon
Reid
Lopez/Tuf:
Rachel
Preece
: In Search of Lost Roses
In the last of three programmes about the history of the rose, Miriam O'Reilly talks to the great rosarian Graham Stuart Thomas. Producer Sera Lefroy OwenContributors
Talks:
Miriam
O'Reilly
Unknown:
Graham Stuart
Thomas.
Producer:
Sera Lefroy
Owen
: Weekend Woman's Hour
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Executive producer Anne Tyley. E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.ukContributors
Presented By:
Martha
Kearney.
Producer:
Anne
Tyley.
: Saturday PM
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines, presented by Dan Damon.Contributors
Presented By:
Dan
Damon.
: Back Row
How do you follow up the most successful British film ever? That's the problem facing The Full Monty director Peter Cattaneo , whose new film Lucky Break opens this week. Presented by Andrew Collins. Producer Stephen HughesContributors
Director:
Peter
Cattaneo
Presented By:
Andrew
Collins.
Producer:
Stephen
Hughes
: Loose Ends
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests, this week from the Edinburgh Festival. Producer Chris WilsonContributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
Producer:
Chris
Wilson
: Saturday Review
The week a review of Tim Burton 's new film, Planet of the Apes, as the director of Edward Scissorhands applies his bizzare vision to the 1968 science-fiction classic. With Tom Morris and guests. Producer Erika WrightContributors
Unknown:
Tim
Burton
Unknown:
Edward
Scissorhands
Unknown:
Tom
Morris
Producer:
Erika
Wright
: Strangers in a Strange Land
Writers on Writing and Migration. A series exploring the experiences of novelists who have chosen to live and write in countries otherthan theirown. From her current home in the American South, AustralianJanette Turner Hospital reflects upon her peripatetic writing career and the impact this has on her sense of identity and belonging. Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Unknown:
Janette Turner
Hospital
: The Archive Hour: Three Days That Changed the World
On Monday 19 August 1991, with perestroika no longer headline news and most foreign correspondents on holiday, Moscow Radio suddenly announced that President Gorbachev had been taken ill. Over the following three days, 70 years of communism were overthrown and a superpower was finished. For Bridget Kendall - BBC Radio's Moscow correspondent at that time - it was the biggest story of her life. Here, with the voices of the Moscow office staff who broke the story, she shares her personal diary of those three days.Contributors
Presenter:
Bridget
Kendall
Producer:
Simon
Elmes
: Classic Serial: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy 's novel adapted in four parts by Alan Sharp. 3: Tess finally agrees to marry Angel, but is still torn overwhetherto tell him about the child she conceived after Alec d'Urberville took advantage of her. With Claire Rushbrook and Adam Godley. Repeated from SundayContributors
Unknown:
Thomas
Hardy
Unknown:
Alan
Sharp.
Unknown:
Claire
Rushbrook
Unknown:
Adam
Godley.
: The Law in Question
Marcel Berlins chairs the legal debate in which members ofthe public pit their wits against professionals.Health. Who should receive expensive medicines, and when is the doctor at fault? Repeated from Wednesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Marcel
Berlins
: Brain of Britain 2001
General knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain. Repeated from Monday: Poetry Please
Actors Carole Boyd and Michael Elwyn and poetsGerard Benson and Rommi Smith join Frank Delaney on stage at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford to present listeners' favourite poetry. Rptd from Sunday
Contributors
Unknown:
Carole
Boyd
Unknown:
Michael
Elwyn
Unknown:
Gerard
Benson
Unknown:
Rommi
Smith
Unknown:
Frank
Delaney
: News
: The Late Story: The Short Hello
Four short stories by Susie Maguire. 3: IncompleteA young woman visits her dying father in hospital and reflects on the changing nature of their relationship. Read by the author. Producer David Jackson Young (R)
Contributors
Stories By:
Susie
Maguire.
Producer:
David Jackson
Young
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