Listings
: Letter from America
With AliStairCooke. Repeated from Friday: News Briefing
6.05 Papers6.08 Sports Desk
: Open Country
Helen Mark unravels the ancient structure through which the people of the New Forest rule themselves. Producer Benjamin Chesterton ExtendedContributors
Unknown:
Helen
Mark
Producer:
Benjamin
Chesterton
: Farming Today This Week
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Hugh O'DonnellContributors
Presented By:
Miriam
O'Reilly.
Producer:
Hugh
O'Donnell
: Today from 8.00
With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.25 Sports News
8.45 Yesterday In Parliament
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward
Stourton.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie
Griffiths.
: World Cup Cricket
India v PakistanCommentary from Centurion Park by Henry Blofeld , Simon Mann and Johnny Saunders , with expert comments from Vic Marks and Jeff Thomson.
Producer Peter Baxter Approximate time
Contributors
Unknown:
Henry
Blofeld
Unknown:
Simon
Mann
Unknown:
Johnny
Saunders
Unknown:
Vic
Marks
Unknown:
Jeff
Thomson.
Producer:
Peter
Baxter
: Home Truths
John Peel takes a look at the foibles of family life. Producer Rebecca Armstrong Shortened PHONE: [number removed] Email: home.truths@bbc.co.ukContributors
Unknown:
John
Peel
Producer:
Rebecca
Armstrong
: Excess Baggage
Sandi Toksvig presents a selection of the best international travellers' tales. PHONE: [number removed] Email: excess.baggage@bbc.co.ukContributors
Unknown:
Sandi
Toksvig
: Spelling, or I before E except after C
Tough bough, cough and dough: Dr Johnson devised these spellings in 1755, butwith the increase in text messaging and email shorthand, Martin Wainwright asks whether it is time to relax our attitude to spelling. Contributors include self-confessed bad speller, the author Beryl Bainbridge. Producers Erika Wright and Anna BuckleyContributors
Unknown:
Martin
Wainwright
Unknown:
Beryl
Bainbridge.
Producers:
Erika
Wright
Producers:
Anna
Buckley
: The Week In Westminster
Robin Oakley takes a look behind the scenes at Westminster. producer Marie JesselContributors
Unknown:
Robin
Oakley
Producer:
Marie
Jessel
: From Our Own Correspondent
The stories and colour behind the world headlines, with Kate Adie. Producer Tony GrantContributors
Unknown:
Kate
Adie.
Producer:
Tony
Grant
: Money Box
Paul Lewis with impartial money advice. Producer Chris A'Court Repeated tomorrow 9pmContributors
Unknown:
Paul
Lewis
: The News Quiz
A tongue-in-cheek review of the week news, with Simon Hoggart , Alan Coren , Jeremy Hardy , Francis Wheen and Fred MacAulay. Repeated from FridayContributors
Unknown:
Simon
Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan
Coren
Unknown:
Jeremy
Hardy
Unknown:
Francis
Wheen
Unknown:
Fred
MacAulay.
: News
: Any Questions?
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate from the Royal National College forthe Blind, Hereford, with a panel including the Home Secretary David Blunkett , the shadow Home Secretary Oliver Letwin , AN Wilson , columnist for the London Evening Standard and the film and theatre director Jude Kelly. Repeated from FridayContributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby
Unknown:
David
Blunkett
Unknown:
Oliver
Letwin
Unknown:
An
Wilson
Director:
Jude
Kelly.
: Any Answers?
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions. PHONE: [number removed] or email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk Producer Anne PeacockContributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby
Producer:
Anne
Peacock
: The Saturday Play: At Freddie's
Margaret Tyzack stars as Freddie Wentworth, the eccentric head of the Temple Stage School, training children for everything from Shakespeare to panto. Penelope Fitzgerald's comic novel, set in the 1960s, is a love story for anyone who has ever acted a little or pretended to be what they are not. Dramatised by Michael Butt.Contributors
Author:
Penelope
Fitzgerald
Dramatised by:
Michael
Butt
Director:
Claire
Grove
Freddie:
Margaret
Tyzack
Miss Blewett:
Dinah
Stabb
Hannah:
Laura
Doddington
Pierce:
Lloyd
Hutchinson
Oliver:
Philip
Jackson
Boney:
Nick
Boulton
Mattie:
Rory
Copus
Jonathan:
Alex
Green
Joybelle:
Candice
Davies
: Pulpit, Politics and Prosperity: 3
Valentine Cunningham concludes his journey in search of the legacy of Nonconformist Britain.A look at the influence of Nonconformism on civic improvement, including the work of penal reformers - Elizabeth Fry and John Howard and the philanthropy of John Passmore Edwards.
Contributors
Presenter:
Valentine
Cunningham
Producer:
Robyn
Read
: Weekend Woman's Hour
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.Email: [web address removed]
Contributors
Presenter:
Martha
Kearney
Series Editor/Producer:
Jill
Burridge
Producer:
Anne
Peacock
: Back Row
Joe Cornish talks to director Todd Haynes about his film Far from Heaven, a pastiche of the Douglas Sirk weepies of the 1950s. Plus there's a quick word from Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal, stars of Analyse That.Contributors
Talks:
Joe
Cornish
Director:
Todd
Haynes
Unknown:
Douglas
Sirk
Unknown:
Billy
Crystal
Producer:
Stephen
Hughes
: Loose Ends
Join Ned Sherrin for a mix of celebrities, comedy, music and conversation. ProducerTorquil MacleodContributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
: Saturday Review
Michael Richards created one of television's zaniest comic characters, Cosmo Kramer, the eccentric, wire-haired neighbour in Seinfeld. But how well suited is he for the role of the psychotic mass murderer, Jonathan Brewster, in a new production of the classic black farce Arsenic and Old Lace? Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their verdict on that as well as the new Spike Jonze film, Adaptation.Contributors
Presenter:
Tom
Sutcliffe
Producer:
Mohini
Patel
: Chalkface Lovesongs
3: Remarkable IndividualsPete Greaves and Jane Morris recount their rewarding teaching experiences. Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Unknown:
Pete
Greaves
Unknown:
Jane
Morris
: The Archive Hour: Stalin the Terrible
Like his predecessor Ivan the Terrible, Stalin held on to power with a reign of terror. As with many tyrants, he also projected an image of the "great teacher" so that when he died on 5 March 1953 the nation went into genuine shock and mourning. Searching the BBC and the former Communist archives, Jim Riordan uncovers the witnesses who experienced Stalin's rule first-hand and examines how Stalin kept his powerful hold on the USSR for 25 years.Contributors
Presenter:
Jim
Riordan
Producer:
Alison
Vernon-Smith
: Classic Serial: Tradition
The first of a two-part drama about the destiny of two sisters, separated by class and colour in a small Southern community in 1890s America. Set against a background of racial tension, this epic novel by Charles W Chesnutt is adapted in two parts by Cheryl Martin. The drama concludes tomorrow at 3pm (). Director Pam Fraser Solomon Repeated from Sunday 3pmContributors
Novel By:
Charles W
Chesnutt
Unknown:
Cheryl
Martin.
Director:
Pam
Fraser Solomon
Janet:
Phyllcla
Rashad
Olivia:
Carrie
Preston
Dr Miller:
Wendell
Pierce
Maj Carteret:
Pj
Benjamin
Gail:
Uzan
Mitchell
Mr Delamere:
John
Cullum
Aunt Polly:
Lois
Smith
Mr Ellis:
Michael
Emerson
Dr Price:
Beau
Gravrtte
Josh:
Seth
Gillam
Tom:
Seth
Gillam
McBane:
Mark
Redfield
Effie:
Michelle
Robinson
Martha:
Michelle
Robinson
Sandy:
Willis
Burke Ii
: The Moral Maze
Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind one of the week's news stories. Michael Gove , Claire Fox , Steven Rose and Melanie Phillips cross-examine witnesses who hold passionate but conflicting views. Repeated from WednesdayContributors
Unknown:
Michael
Buerk
Unknown:
Michael
Gove
Unknown:
Claire
Fox
Unknown:
Steven
Rose
Unknown:
Melanie
Phillips
: Round Britain Quiz
Scotland takes on the North of England. Nick Clarke is in the Chair. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
Nick
Clarke
: Word on the Street
PoetJackie Kay presents the first in a series on poetry and place from Dove Cottage in Grasmere, with Robert Woof , director of the Wordsworth Trust, poet-in-residence Paul Farley and readings of Wordsworth. Repeated from SundayContributors
Unknown:
Poetjackie
Kay
Unknown:
Robert
Woof
Unknown:
Paul
Farley
: The Late Story: Graham Greene's
Short StoriesA Shocking Accident. Deborah Findlay reads this quirky meditation on the crosses that some children have to bear as a result of their parents' behaviour. Producer Jill Waters
Contributors
Unknown:
Deborah
Findlay
Producer:
Jill
Waters
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