Listings
: Today
With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Elaine Storkey.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Contributors
Unknown:
Sarah
Montague
Unknown:
James
Naughtie.
Unknown:
Elaine
Storkey.
: Unreliable Evidence
8: In the final programme of this acclaimed senes, Clive Anderson considers the politicisation of the judiciary. His eminent guests include Professor John Griffith , Lord Scott of Foscote and Justice Alan Moses. Producer Bruce Hyman Repeated at 9.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Clive
Anderson
Unknown:
Professor John
Griffith
Unknown:
Alan
Moses.
Producer:
Bruce
Hyman
: Gappers
Another chance to hearthe series following five young people making positive use of their year off between school and university. 1: HomelessCatriona Mahoney encounters drink and drugs, and theirtragic consequences, as a volunteer at the Dinas Fechan Homeless Hostel in Swansea. Producers Rachael Pink and Sara Parker
Contributors
Unknown:
Catriona
Mahoney
Producers:
Rachael
Pink
Producers:
Sara
Parker
: Book of the Week: The Dig Tree
By Sarah Murgatroyd. 2: Explorers Burke and Wills leave the last remaining settled districts behind them and enter Australia's little-known heart. They arrive at Cooper Creek, where they relax underthe shade of the coolibah tree that will soon play a decisive role in theirfate. Fordetails see yesterday Repeated at 12.30amContributors
Unknown:
Sarah
Murgatroyd.
: Daily Service
Presented by Andrew Graystone. A Touching Place (Dream Angus). Acts 4, w32-7. Come, Lord Jesus, with Healing Hands (Diane Davis Andrews ). We AreOne in the Spirit (arr Swinford). Director of music Nigel Swinford.
Contributors
Presented By:
Andrew
Graystone.
Unknown:
Diane Davis
Andrews
Music:
Nigel
Swinford.
: Woman's Hour
Presented by Jenni Murray.1045 Drama Football Stories for Girls. Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Contributors
Presented By:
Jenni
Murray.
: Nature
Orchid Resurrection. The Lady's Slipper orchid is one of the rarest and most beautiful plants in Britain, but it was almost wiped out by Victorian plant collectors.Mark Carwardine finds out how, thanks to hard work by conservationists and the iatestgenetic wizardry, the Lady's Slipper is returning to its former haunts. Repeated from yesterday 9pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Carwardine
: Six Characters in Search of an Answer
The first of a new series looking at the genesis and popular appeal of six key comic characters from radio and television, each encapsulating the British response to the mood and developments of a decade. 1: The character of Mr Muddlecombe JP, played by Robb Wilton in the 1940s. Producer Angela SherwinContributors
Producer:
Angela
Sherwin
: You and Yours
With John Waite and Peter White.Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours PHONE: [number removed] LINES OPEN from 10am
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Waite
Unknown:
Peter
White.
: Opening Nights
A new series looking at the stories behind the opening nights of well-known musicals.1: Fiddler on the Roof. Russell Davies traces the transformation of SholomAleichem's stories,
Tevye the Milkman, into the blockbusting musical that opened on Broadway in 1964 and ran for eight years. Recalling the crucial decisions along the way are lyricist Sheldon Harnick and composer
Jerry Bock , together with those who took part in the show and the critics who saw it from the other side of the footlights. Producer Richard Bannerman
Contributors
Unknown:
Russell
Davies
Unknown:
Sheldon
Harnick
Unknown:
Jerry
Bock
Producer:
Richard
Bannerman
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday 7pm: Afternoon Play: Selling Immortality
By Stephen Wakelam. It's only a small painting by a little-known Renaissance master but it seems to have an uncanny power- and not just because of its beauty. Anyone who sells it dies soon after. But it also has the power to change lives for the better, as a young man finds out on a voyage to Italy.Director John Burgess
Contributors
Writer:
Stephen
Wakelam
Director:
John
Burgess
Wygal:
Alec
McCowen
Neil:
Adam
Kotz
Vessey:
James
Hazeldine
James:
Adam
James
Paulo:
Stephen
Rashbrook
: Making History
Sue Cook and the team investigate more of your historical queries.Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick Write to: [address removed] E-MAIL: making.history@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Producers:
Ivan
Howlett
Producers:
Nick Patrick
Write
: Mythologies
2: Orpheus and Eurydice. By Kate Grunstein. After an accidental collision with a mysterious stranger on a horse, Eurydice finds herself in a mental hospital from where her boyfriend attempts to remove her. Read by Justine Waddell. For details see yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Kate
Grunstein.
Read By:
Justine
Waddell.
: The Musical Storybook
2: The Children ofLir. Fifteen- and 16-year-old students from Methodist College in Belfast perform their own radio adaptation of the classic Irish legend in which Fionualla and her brothers are enchanted into swans. With original music written by the Students. For details see yesterday: Shop Talk
Heather Payton and guests with conversation about the world of business, money and workplace issues. Producers Rozina Breen and Rosamund JonesContributors
Unknown:
Heather
Payton
Producers:
Rozina
Breen
Producers:
Rosamund
Jones
: The Learning Curve
The intelligent guide to the wide world of learning, withLibbyPurves.Producer Sukey Firth Repeated Sunday llpm
PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: thelearningcurve@bbc.co.uk
: Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
A six-part comedy series written by and starring Linda Smith , with Jeremy Hardy , Martin Hyder , Margaret John , Chris Neill and Femi OlufowujuJunior. 2:Linda's life of Riley is interrupted by an idle poltergeist after a psychic fair. Producer Jon Rolph
Contributors
Unknown:
Linda
Smith
Unknown:
Jeremy
Hardy
Unknown:
Martin
Hyder
Unknown:
Margaret
John
Unknown:
Chris
Neill
Unknown:
Femi
Olufowuju
Producer:
Jon
Rolph
: The Archers
Tom thinks his sausages are a winner.Repeated tomorrow 2pm
: Front Row
Mark Lawson meets Janice Galloway , whose new novel is based on the life of pianist and composer Clara Schumann. Producer Kirsty PopeContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Lawson
Unknown:
Janice
Galloway
Unknown:
Clara
Schumann.
Producer:
Kirsty
Pope
: Football Stories for Girls
By Katie Hims. 2: When / Got Lost. Rachel's brother was tipped forfootball fame, but one day he just disappeared. With Pauline Collins as Rachel. For details see yesterday Repeat from 10.45amContributors
Unknown:
Katie
Hims.
Unknown:
Pauline
Collins
: File on 4
Mark Whitaker reports on the major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad. Editor David Ross Repeated Sunday 5pmContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Whitaker
Editor:
David
Ross
: In Touch
Peter White with news for visually impaired people.Producer Ian Macrae PHONE: [number removed] E-MAILintouch@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
White
Producer:
Ian
MacRae
: Case Notes
Healing. You might "rub it better" when achild scrapes a knee: but what can you do to speed up the skin's healing process? Honey has been used as a medicine forthousands of years and scientists are now exploiting its properties to treat wounds and burns. And, if the injury is a broken bone, what can be done to help the bone knit together? Dr Graham Easton uncovers the latest research in healing. Producer Paula McGrathE-MAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Dr Graham
Easton
Producer:
Paula
McGrath
: Unreliable Evidence
Repeated from 9.00am: Book at Bedtime: That They May Face theRising Sun
7: A letter arrives from Johnny in England. His brother Jamesie, facing a dilemma, asks Ruttledge to help. For details see yesterday: Two Doors Down
By Annie McCartney. A four-part comedy series about the bohemian residents of Marlborough Road, Belfast, who are saved from their own chaos by Sally, their cleaning lady. 1: Drilling for HamstersIt's a typical day for Sally as she juggles the task of finding runaway hamsters with the threat of a flasher lurking in the back lane and the housework.
Director Tanya Nash
Contributors
Unknown:
Annie
McCartney.
Director:
Tanya
Nash
Sally:
Frances
Tomelty
Clare:
Marcella
Riordan
Fintan:
Gerard
Murphy
Evie:
Katy
Gleadhill
Anna:
Bethan
Lloyd
Simon:
Patrick
Gleadhlll
Trevor:
Gerard
McSorley
: News
: Book of the Week: The Dig Tree
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