Listings
: Today
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Elaine Storkey.
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Naughtie.
Unknown:
Elaine
Storkey.
: When I'm 64
Fellow 64-year-olds talk to writer Hunter Davies about their lives, hopes and expectations. In this concluding programme, Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician John Hume recalls growing up in Northern Ireland during the war. Producer Miles Warde. Rptd at 9.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Hunter
Davies
Unknown:
John
Hume
Producer:
Miles
Warde.
: Brain Waves
The first of a new series in which Claudia Hammond examines the brain's chemical messengers.Acetylcholine. The brain chemical that helps us solve problems while we Sleep. ProducerMarya Burgess
Contributors
Unknown:
Claudia
Hammond
: Book of the Week: A House Unlocked
Written and read by Penelope Lively. Part 2. For details see yesterday. Repeated at 12.30amContributors
Read By:
Penelope
Lively.
: Daily Service
With the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch. Lord God, YourLove Has Called Us Here (Ryburn); John 13, w2-5, W12-17- Most Glorious Lord of Lyfe! (Lloyd
Webber); 0 Jesus I Have Promised (Wolvercote). Director of music John Powell.
Contributors
Unknown:
Nigel
McCulloch.
Music:
John
Powell.
: Woman's Hour
Britain is a leader in the developed world with its proportion of mixed-race relationships. Yasmin Aiibhai-Brown joins Jenni Murray to discuss the impact of the children of this generation on our national identity. Drama: The History of the Life and Memoirs of the Late Ingenious MrsAphra Behn by Alison Joseph. Part2. Drama repeated at 7.45pmContributors
Unknown:
Yasmin
Aiibhai-Brown
Unknown:
Jenni
Murray
Unknown:
Mrsaphra
Behn
Unknown:
Alison
Joseph.
: Elements of Surprise
Oxygen's Poisonous Life Force. Modern chemistry started with the discovery of the gas that is essential for life-oxygen. Adam Hart-Davis learns howthis remarkable element was first isolated by three chemists in three different countries at the same time, and that only a little less oxygen in the atmosphere would suffocate life, while only a little more would cause massive fires to sweep the globe. Reader Crawford Logan. producer Louise DalzielContributors
Unknown:
Adam
Hart-Davis
Reader:
Crawford
Logan.
Producer:
Louise
Dalziel
: What about the Workers?
The War. First in a new four-part series looking at Workers Playtime, the classic radio variety show which was broadcast live to factories all over Britain. Destined to run for six weeks in 1941 it eventually finished in 1964, and featured such entertainers as Eve Boswell, Tommy Handley , Harry Secombe , Peter Sellers , Diana Coupland , Peter Goodwright , Nicholas Parsons , Janet Brown and Sheila Tracy. Presented by Mervyn Stutter. Producer Jayne GibsonContributors
Unknown:
Tommy
Handley
Unknown:
Harry
Secombe
Unknown:
Peter
Sellers
Unknown:
Diana
Coupland
Unknown:
Peter
Goodwright
Unknown:
Nicholas
Parsons
Unknown:
Janet
Brown
Unknown:
Sheila
Tracy.
Presented By:
Mervyn
Stutter.
Producer:
Jayne
Gibson
: You and Yours
With Liz Barclay and Trixie Rawlinson.Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed]. LINES OPEN from 10am
Contributors
Unknown:
Liz
Barclay
Unknown:
Trixie
Rawlinson.
: Soul Music
The series examining pieces of music known for their emotional impact. The Lark Ascending. Vaughan Williams 's famous piece forviolin and orchestra is an evocation of a lark rising in an English summer sky at the turn of the century. ViolinistsTasmin Little and lona Brown discuss what it is like to perform this most English Of works. Producer Rosie Boulton
Contributors
Unknown:
Vaughan
Williams
Violinists:
Tasmin
Little
Violinists:
Lona
Brown
Producer:
Rosie
Boulton
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday 7pm: Afternoon Play: The Treasure of Sierra Midrumbie
In Simon Little's drama Willie Crawford strikes gold as he digs for a gas main. In the panic that follows, he is preyed upon by various vultures, including councillors, development agency executives, loan sharks and geologists. That's before the council disputes ownership of the mineral rights.Director Dave Batchelor
Contributors
Writer:
Simon
Little
Director:
Dave
Batchelor
Willie:
Rodney
Matthew
Ruby:
Ann-Louise
Ross
Shelley:
Meg
Fraser
Burke:
John
Ramage
Hare:
Andrew
Clark
Reporter:
John
Buick
: Home Planet
The programme that examines queries and concerns about the environment, presented by Richard Daniel. Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick PatrickWRITE TO: [address removed] E-MAIL: home.planet@bbc.co.uk. PHONE: [number removed]
Contributors
Presented By:
Richard
Daniel.
Producers:
Ivan
Howlett
Producers:
Nick
Patrick
: Comic Fringes
2: The Ex-magician from the Minhota Tavern by Murilo Rubiao , read by Steven McNicoll. When a man can't stop producing lions, snakes or free lunches out of thin air-what Can he do? For detailssee yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Murilo
Rubiao
Read By:
Steven
McNicoll.
: Starry Starry Night
2: Rockin' Humber Delta Blues. Memories of the night Big Bill Broonzy sang the blues in Hull, and afterwards ordered "double whisky and chips" at a greasy spoon. For details see yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Bill
Broonzy
: Nice Work
Radio's essential guide to work, presented by Philippa Lamb. Does performance-related pay motivate you to work harder? Producer Penny HaslamContributors
Presented By:
Philippa
Lamb.
: A Good Read
Journalist Jeremy Clarke and legendary record producer Sir George Martin discuss their recommended books with Louise Doughty. Producer Peter Everett. Repeated Sunday llpmContributors
Unknown:
Jeremy
Clarke
Producer:
Sir George
Martin
Unknown:
Louise
Doughty.
Producer:
Peter
Everett.
: The Right Time
A sketch show about modern life, starringEleanor Bron. With Paula Wilcox , Roger Blake and live music from Neil Innes , and Ronnie Gold and the Rex. Producer Helen Williams
Contributors
Unknown:
Eleanor
Bron.
Unknown:
Paula
Wilcox
Unknown:
Roger
Blake
Unknown:
Neil
Innes
Unknown:
Ronnie
Gold
Producer:
Helen
Williams
: The Archers
Peggy makes cutting remarks. Repeated tomorrow 2pm: Front Row
Presented by Mark Lawson. Producer Thomas MorrisContributors
Presented By:
Mark
Lawson.
Producer:
Thomas
Morris
: The History of the Life and Memoirs of theLate Ingenious Mrs Aphra Behn
By Alison Joseph. 2: Marriage to a PantaloonTo keep Aphra out of trouble, her mother marries her off to an ancient Dutch merchant.
For details see yesterday. Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Alison
Joseph.
: Roots of Homophobia
"Batty boy", an abusive term for a a homosexual, has become a familiar chant on British streets. The term originates in Jamaica where violent, homophobic lyrics are an integral part of dancehall music; a Jamaican song calling for gay men to be burnt topped Radio 1's ragga chart last month. Writer and director Rikki Beadle-Blair journeys to the island of his mother's birth to confront the homophobia used in music, and to find out where it comes from.Homosexuality remains a crime in Jamaica, but as Beadle-Blair discovers, even in this environment, gay people are beginning to exert themselves.
Producer David Prosser.
Repeated Sunday 5pm
Contributors
Director:
Rikki
Beadle-Blair
Producer:
David
Prosser
: In Touch
News, issues and information of interest to blind and partially sighted people, with Peter White.Producer Cheryl Gabriel. PHONE: [number removed] for more information
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
White.
Producer:
Cheryl
Gabriel.
: Case Notes
Most households have a first-aid box tucked away somewhere, but how many of us know anything about first aid? There are courses to attend, but do we always remember what we have been taught? Would we know what to do if someone had a heart attack, for example? Dr Graham Easton investigates. Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk Repeated tomorrow 4.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Dr Graham
Easton
Producer:
Geraldine
Fitzgerald.
: When I'm 64
Repeated from 9am: Book at Bedtime: Super-Cannes
David Suchet reads part seven of JG Ballard's hallucinatory thriller. For details see yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
David
Suchet
: Dave Gorman's Year at the Edinburgh Festival
Comedian and storyteller Dave Gorman has spent every August for the last 12 years at the Edinburgh Festival, first as a penniless student and later as a sell-out performer. As 12 Augusts make up a whole year, in this one-off programme Gorman looks back on his "year" at the Fringe, and at some of the comedians who have influenced his style since his first trip to Edinburgh.Contributors
Presenter:
Dave
Gorman
Producer:
Danny
Wallace
: Howling at the Moon
The remarkable tale of the late eccentric blind composer and poet Moondog, alias Louis Thomas Hardin, who was a regularfixture on Manhattan's streets in the sixties and seventies dressed as a Viking. Presented by Brian Morton. Producer Neil George (R)Contributors
Unknown:
Louis
Thomas
Presented By:
Brian
Morton.
Producer:
Neil
George
: News
: Book of the Week: A House Unlocked
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