Listings
: Today
With James Naughtie and Sue Macgregor.6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With the Rev Roy Jenkins.
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Naughtie
Unknown:
Sue
MacGregor.
Unknown:
Roy
Jenkins.
: The Choice
Michael Buerk with a new 11-part series of interviews with people who have faced a life-changing choice.1: Dr Stephen Bolsin was the consultant anaesthetist who blew the whistle on the Bristol Royal Infirmary heart scandal in which dozens of young children and babies died. He talks fully and frankly about the impact his decision has had on his family and career. Producer Liz Leonard. Repeated at 9.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Buerk
Producer:
Liz
Leonard.
: 5 Numbers
Five programmes in which Simon Singh explores the history and significance of five numbers. 3: 1:1.6. From patterns in plant growth to inspiration for paintings and architectural design, the proportion of 1:1.6 dominates science, maths and nature. What secrets does this deceptively simple ratio hold in our everyday lives? Producer Adrian Wasbourne. EMAIL: scirad@bbc.co.ukContributors
Unknown:
Simon
Singh
Producer:
Adrian
Wasbourne.
: Book of the Week: The Letters of Oscar Wilde
2: His first attempts at literature badly received at home and abroad, Wilde embarks on a lecture tour of America where he is hailed as the Professor of Aesthetics. Returning to England a wealthy man, Wilde turns to marriage and children and finds his opinions on house decoration highly sought-after. For details see yesterday. Repeated at 12.30am: Daily Service
L W onlyLed by Dr Pauline Webb from Emmanuel Church. 0 Worship The Lord in the Beauty of Holiness/Was
Lebet; Deuteronomy 28, wl-9; Teach Me, 0 Lord (T Attwood); Lord of All Good Our Gifts We Bring to Thee(Magda). Director of music Christopher Stokes.
Contributors
Unknown:
Dr Pauline
Webb
Music:
Christopher
Stokes.
: Woman's Hour
Novelist Josephine Cox tells Jenni Murray her own rags-to-riches story, which has similarities with her own books. Drama: The Chocolate hewers' Club by Moya O'Shea. Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pmContributors
Unknown:
Josephine
Cox
Unknown:
Jenni
Murray
Unknown:
Moya
O'Shea.
: Nature
Repeated from yesterday 9pm: Radio Roots
The last of four programmes in whichRussell Davies traces the early careers of some of Britain's most popular actors and presenters. This week, broadcaster Eamonn Andrews. The readers are Jon Glover and Sally Grace. Producer Richard Edis
Contributors
Unknown:
Russell
Davies
Unknown:
Eamonn
Andrews.
Unknown:
Jon
Glover
Unknown:
Sally
Grace.
Producer:
Richard
Edis
: You and Yours
With John Waite and Liz Barclay.Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed]. LINES OPEN from 10am
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Waite
Unknown:
Liz
Barclay.
: The World at One
With Janet Cohen in London and Robin Lustig at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool.Contributors
Unknown:
Robin
Lustig
: The Real History of Opera
Huw Edwards uncovers the real-life history behind the stories offourfavourite operas. 3: The Flying Dutchman. The young Wagner put most of his life story into this opera, including his poverty, escape from creditors, rejection by the musical establishment and public and his longing forthe right woman. He also added some of the radical ideology sweeping Europe at the time, making The Hying Dutchman one of the great revolutionary statements in the genre. Producer Martin SmithContributors
Producer:
Martin
Smith
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday 7pm: Afternoon Play: Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World
Louis de Bernieres's homage to Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood is set in Earlsfield in South London, where the author lived for many years. Early one Sunday morning posh Katy sings in the bath. Her cool contralto negotiates the louvres, is filtered by the leaves of hornbeam, and glides above the broken tiles and peeling sills of Earlsfield, at the centre of the world.With Fenella Fielding, Burt Kwouk, Katy Emck, Brian Gear, Val Lorraine, Bill Wallis, Simon Armstrong, Sally Cookson, David Brooks and John Hartley
Contributors
Writer:
Louis de
Bernieres
Director:
Kate
McAll
Narrator:
Robert
Powell
Music:
Will
Gregory
Director:
Kate
McAll
Ingrid:
Joan
Sims
Eric:
Michael
Elphick
Annie:
Maggie
Steed
Bert:
Patrick
Malahide
[Actor]:
Burt
Kwouk
[Actress]:
Katy
Emck
[Actor]:
Brian
Gear
[Actress]:
Val
Lorraine
[Actor]:
Bill
Wallis
[Actor]:
Simon
Armstrong
[Actress]:
Sally
Cookson
[Actor]:
David
Brooks
[Actor]:
John
Hartley
: Making History
Sue Cook investigates listeners' historical queries. Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick-LETTERS: [address removed] EMAIL: Making.History@bbc.co.ukContributors
Producers:
Ivan
Howlett
: Something out of Nothing
2: Learning to Speak Klingon by Catherine Merriman. Lestyn and Dale have created full and busy lives with few resources, but Mrs Mouse and her husband are not so lucky. Read by Dorien Thomas. For details see yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Catherine
Merriman.
Unknown:
Mrs
Mouse
Read By:
Dorien
Thomas.
: Water Story
2: Flow. The life of a raindrop, the course of the Rio Grande and the flow of water through the centuries are covered in a look at the science, art and poetry Of water. For details see yesterday: Shop Talk
Heather Payton and guests with conversation about the world Of business. Producer Simon CrowContributors
Unknown:
Heather
Payton
Producer:
Simon
Crow
: The Learning Curve
With Libby Purves.Producer Penelope Gibbs. TELEPHONE: [number removed]. EMAIL: the.learning.curve@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Sunday llpm
Contributors
Unknown:
Libby
Purves.
Producer:
Penelope
Gibbs.
: PM
: The Sunday Format
Concluding a four-part series of the comedy show satirising Sunday newspaper supplements. FrankDoors spends a day as a policeman. With Alexander Armstrong , Alice Arnold , Ewan Bailey , Tony Gardner , Simon Greenall , Emma Kennedy ,
Tracy-Ann Oberman , Chris Langham and Vicki Pepperdine. Devised by John Morton. Producer Helen Williams
Contributors
Unknown:
Alexander
Armstrong
Unknown:
Alice
Arnold
Unknown:
Ewan
Bailey
Unknown:
Tony
Gardner
Unknown:
Simon
Greenall
Unknown:
Emma
Kennedy
Unknown:
Tracy-Ann
OBErman
Unknown:
Chris
Langham
Unknown:
Vicki
Pepperdine.
Unknown:
John
Morton.
Producer:
Helen
Williams
: The Archers
William is adamant. Repeated tomorrow 2pm: Front Row
With Mark Lawson. Today's programme includes a report on how Hollywood producers attempt to reassemble star casts when a hit film demands a sequel. Producer Tom MorrisContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Lawson.
Producer:
Tom
Morris
: The Chocolate Lovers' Club
2: Following her mother, it's Rosie's turn to tell her tale of how her 21st birthday party nearlydidn't happen. For details see yesterday. Repeated from 10.45am: File on 4
Financial auditing is a multi-billion pound industry in the UK. Fran Abrams asks how effective the major accountancy companies are in protecting investors and shareholders from fraud and financial mismanagement. Producer David Lewis. Repeated Sunday 5pmContributors
Producer:
David
Lewis.
: In Touch
A special 40th-anniversary edition of the magazine for blind and partially sighted people in which listeners discuss the most significant advances in their lives over the past 40 years. With Peter White. Producers Mohini Patel and Jayne Egerton. PHONE: [number removed] for more informationContributors
Unknown:
Peter
White.
Producers:
Mohini
Patel
Producers:
Jayne
Egerton.
: Harsh Realities
The second programme in the series that looks at the difficult choices health-care professionals make. Niall Dickson and guests discuss how hospitals and the medical professions deal with adverse incidents - such as who is to blame when the death rate following certain operations is very high or nurses are found guilty of abusing elderly patients - and if it is always the doctors and nurses who should be held responsible when things go wrong.Producer Paula McGrath. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Niall
Dickson
Producer:
Paula
McGrath.
: The Choice
Repeated from 9am: Book at Bedtime: The Idea of Perfection
Part2. For details see yesterday: The Small World of Dominic Holland
In this last episode comedian Dominic Holland points out the pitfalls of growing up, becoming an adult and having children. With Simon Greenall ,Sally Grace and Dave Lamb. Producer Maria Esposito
Contributors
Unknown:
Dominic
Holland
Unknown:
Simon
Greenall
Unknown:
Sally
Grace
Unknown:
Dave
Lamb.
Producer:
Maria
Esposito
: All Night Long
Alan Dein concludes his two-part history of the birth of British beat music with those who followed in the wake of the Beatles. In 1961, Hamburg was the proving ground for British bands, where gangsters, drugs and debauchery amid the red lights of the Reeperbahn clashed with pop legends, burnouts and Shooting Stars. Producer Mark BurmanContributors
Unknown:
Alan
Dein
Producer:
Mark
Burman
: News
: Book of the Week: The Letters of Oscar
Wilde Repeated from 9.45amAbout this project
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