Listings
: Today
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With Rev Dr Johnston McMaster.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Humphrys
Unknown:
James
Naughtie.
Unknown:
Dr Johnston
McMaster.
: Melvyn Bragg - In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and his guests explore the history of ideas as they discuss the events and inspirations that have influenced our age. Shortened repeat at 9.30pmContributors
Presenter:
Melvyn
Bragg
Producer:
Charlie
Taylor
: Daily Service
Presented by the Rev Sarah Bullock. Thou Whose Almighty Word (Moscow). Genesis 2, w4-9. The Lord at First Did Adam Make (traditional). God Is Love: Let Heaven Adore Him (Abbot's Leigh). Director of music Gordon Stewart.Contributors
Unknown:
Sarah
Bullock.
Music:
Gordon
Stewart.
: Book of the Week: A Cook's Tour
By Anthony Bourdain. 4: Scotland. For details see Monday. Repeated at 12.30amContributors
Unknown:
Anthony
Bourdain.
: Woman's Hour
Presented by Jenni Murray.Drama: Les Misérables. By VictorHugo. Part 19. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Contributors
Presented By:
Jenni
Murray.
: From Our Own Correspondent
BBC correspondents take a revealing, colourful and often witty look behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony GrantContributors
Introduced By:
Kate
Adie.
Producer:
Tony
Grant
: With Great Pleasure
Dame Eileen Atkins introduces some of her favourite pieces of prose and poetry reflecting a long career in the theatre. They include VirginiaWoolf, WB Yeats, Anthony Powell , and a story about Charles Dickens 's favourite cat. They are read for her by Juliet Stevenson and Tim Pigott-Smith . Producer Viv Beeby. Repeated Sunday 12.15am
Contributors
Introduces:
Dame Eileen
Atkins
Unknown:
Anthony
Powell
Unknown:
Charles
Dickens
Unknown:
Juliet
Stevenson
Unknown:
Tim
Pigott-Smith
Producer:
Viv
Beeby.
: You and Yours
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.Contributors
Unknown:
Liz
Barclay
Unknown:
John
Waite.
: Open Country
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside.Contributors
Unknown:
Helen
Mark
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday 7pm: Afternoon Play: Ae Fond Kiss: the Love Letters of Robert Burns and Clarinda
Adapted for radio by Alison Joseph. A passionate and poignant yet doomed romance told in the intimate letters between well-to-do Edinburgh woman Agnes McLehose and poet Robert Burns.Music performed by Ian McGregor and Saskia Tomans Director Gaynor Macfarlane
Contributors
Unknown:
Alison
Joseph.
Unknown:
Agnes
McLehose
Unknown:
Robert
Burns.
Unknown:
Ian
McGregor
Unknown:
Saskia
Tomans
Director:
Gaynor
MacFarlane
Robert Burns:
Liam
Brennan
Clarinda:
Wendy
Seager
: Taking Issue
Each week a columnist advances a controversial view on a topical subject before listeners are given the opportunity to take issue by telephone. With David Jessel.Producer Nick Utechin. PHONE: [number removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Jessel.
Producer:
Nick
Utechin.
: Radio 4 Appeal
Fiona Shaw appeals on behalf of a charity that works to protect and promote freedom of expression in all its forms.Producer Laurence Grissell.
DONATIONS: Writers and Scholars Educational Trust. [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]. Repeated from Sunday 7.55am
Contributors
Unknown:
Fiona
Shaw
Producer:
Laurence
Grissell
: Five Tales from the American Outback
4: The Soft-hearted Sioux. ByZitkala-Sa. Will hisChristian faith prevent a young man from saving his starving parents? Read by Kalani Queypo. Producer Martin Jenkins
Contributors
Read By:
Kalani
Queypo.
Producer:
Martin
Jenkins
: Tall Ship to Antarctica
Another report from the audio log ofTodd Jarrell aboard the square-rigger Europa, sailing down the coast of Antarctica, now 65 degrees south. A close encounter with minke whales near ParadiseHarbour. The ship eases through Le Maire where spectacular spires of rock are topped with meringues of ice. At Vernadsky Base, Todd bravely faces danger - vodka distilled by Ukrainian scientists from the Antarctic ice, steeped with fiery red peppers to keep out the cold. Producer Julian May
: Open Book
Repeated from Sunday 4pm: The Material World
Quentin Cooper and his expert guests discuss the latest developments in the worlds of science and technology.Producer Andrew Luck Baker. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Quentin
Cooper
Producer:
Andrew Luck
Baker.
: Wireless Wise
David Hatch returns with the radio quizthattests the wits and the ears of radio stars from across the dial. This week Brian Perkins and Jon Culshaw challenge Sandi Toksvig and Peter White. In the thirties Radio Times officially banned staff from fighting on its premises: true orfalse? ProducerViv BlackContributors
Unknown:
David
Hatch
Unknown:
Brian
Perkins
Unknown:
Jon
Culshaw
Unknown:
Sandi
Toksvig
Unknown:
Peter
White.
: The Archers
Joe and Mike surf the net. Repeated tomorrow 2pm: Front Row
Mark Lawson meets the writer Michael Frayn whose plays include Noises Off and Copenhagen. Frayn is about to publish a new novel, Spies, about two boys living in wartime suburbia, whose games take a sinisterturn.Producer Martin Smith
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Lawson
Unknown:
Michael
Frayn
Producer:
Martin
Smith
: Les Misérables
By Victor Hugo. Dramatised by Lin Coghlan.19: The army is determined to put down the student uprising, and Marius and his friends pay dearly for their part in it.
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Victor
Hugo.
Dramatised By:
Lin
Coghlan.
: The Long Train to Lublin
As part of the Holocaust commemorations this week, Professor Mark Roseman uses rare personal and official documents to retrace the final journey of Ernst Krombach and his family, German Jews deported from Dusseldorf to Lublin in Poland in the spring of 1942. Their train left the station on time... and that punctual beginning of their journey to the concentration camp was indicative of a much longer bureaucratic journey for the Nazi regime as it organised the expulsion and execution of millions of its citizens. Along the route to Lublin, Roseman examines the chillingly precise machine that made a system out of slaughter.Contributors
Presenter:
Professor Mark
Roseman
Producer:
Philip
Sellars
: In Business
Ad Values. The advertising industry prizes itself on its creativity. But how creative is it when recession looms? Peter Day asks the ad men and women. Editor Stephen Chilcott. Repeated Sunday 9.30pmContributors
Editor:
Stephen
Chilcott.
: Costing the Earth
6: Update. Alex Kirby presents a progress report on previous investigations. Producer Karen Gregor.Contributors
Unknown:
Alex
Kirby
Producer:
Karen
Gregor.
: Melvyn Bragg - in Our Time
Shortened repeat of9am- In Our Time: Happiness 28 minutes
: Book at Bedtime: A Loaf of Bread, a Jug ofWine
Another in the series of narrative poems. 4: King Robert of Sicily. By HW Longfellow.A medieval morality tale re-worked by Longfellow into a rousing story of pride brought low. Read by Stephen Thorne. Producer Sara Davies
Contributors
Read By:
Stephen
Thorne.
Producer:
Sara
Davies
: Chillers No 1: Who Goes There?
By John W Campbell , adapted in four parts by Mike Walker. Six men are trapped by a vicious snow-storm in an Antarctic research station. As the weather closes in, they allow the strange creature they found in the snow to thaw out. What emerges is terrifying. Once it thaws, the alien comes to life, and it has the ability to mutate into the person it has just killed, making it impossible to detect. Will any of them survive? A story that will get right inside you.Directed by Rachel Horan
Contributors
Unknown:
John W
Campbell
Unknown:
Mike
Walker.
Directed By:
Rachel
Horan
MacReady:
Liam
Brennan
Prof Blair:
Loan
Meredith
Dr Norris:
Cyril
Nri
Cdr Gary:
Christopher
Godwin
Kinner:
Harry
Myers
Connant:
Colin
Adrian
: News
: Book of the Week: A Cook's Tour
Written and read by Anthony Bourdain. 4. ScotlandIt's not haggis, orgrouse, or salmon. It's something you find in a Glasgow chippie, and Carlos the chip-man is serving it Up. Repeated from 9.45am
Contributors
Read By:
Anthony
Bourdain.
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