Listings
: Farming Today
With Mark Holdstock.Producer Maggie Ayre
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Holdstock.
Producer:
Maggie
Ayre
: Today
With Edward Stourton and James Naughtie.6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Clifford Longley.
Contributors
Unknown:
Edward
Stourton
Unknown:
James
Naughtie.
Unknown:
Clifford
Longley.
: Start the Week
Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Alice Feinstein Shortened repeat at 9.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Marr
Producer:
Alice
Feinstein
: Book of the Week: 31 Songs
Nick Hornby , music lover and author of High Fidelity and About a Boy, reads the first two essays from his new book about the songs that speak to him.1: The appeal of the song he has heard more times than any other. And just what it is that makes a song sing. Abridged by Richard Hamilton. Producer Di Speirs Repeated at 12.30am Pop comes to Radio 4: page 113
Contributors
Unknown:
Nick
Hornby
Abridged By:
Richard
Hamilton.
Producer:
Di
Speirs
: Daily Service
Presented by the Rev Peter Whittaker. Holy Spirit,Truth Divine (Song 13). 1 Corinthians 9, w24-27.
How Beautiful Are the Feet (Handel). Teach Me My God and King (Sandys). Director of music Christopher Stokes.
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Whittaker.
Music:
Christopher
Stokes.
: Woman's Hour
Presented by Jenni Murray.10.45 The Berlin Diaries Part 6.
The Woman's Hourdrama continues from last week. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Contributors
Presented By:
Jenni
Murray.
: Mapping the Town
4: Sheffield. Archaeologist Julian Richards explores how a small, isolated Yorkshire market town grew to become "steel city". En route he discovers why the town's world-famous cutlery trade has its origins in medieval tools and scythes. He also finds out how the combination of wood and fast-flowing water kick-started the metal-working industries, as well as why that symbol of American frontier life, the bowie knife, was made in Sheffield. Producer John ByrneContributors
Unknown:
Julian
Richards
Producer:
John
Byrne
: Agatha Christie's The Gypsy
H An eerie tale of love and loss in whichDickie Carpenter , a war-wounded sailor, is haunted by strange visitations from a ghostly woman. His friend
Robert sets out to solve the mystery of these visions, and finally of Dickie's death, only to find himself fighting for his own life in a terrifying battle between love and death. Adapted by Doug Lucie.
Director Dirk Maggs Producer Bruce Hyman
Contributors
Unknown:
Dickie
Carpenter
Adapted By:
Doug
Lucie.
Director:
Dirk
Maggs
Producer:
Bruce
Hyman
Dickie:
Michael
Fenton-Stevens
Robert:
Hilton
McRae
Alison:
Vivien
Heilbron
Rachel:
Eleanor
Tremayne
Mrs Rowse:
Jennie
Stoller
: You and Yours
With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.Contributors
Unknown:
Winifred
Robinson
Unknown:
John
Waite.
: Round Britain Quiz
Polly Devlin and Brian Feeny of Northern Ireland take on Peter Stead and Patrick Hannan of Wales in the lateral-thinking quiz. Nick Clarke is in the chair. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at 11pmContributors
Unknown:
Polly
Devlin
Unknown:
Brian
Feeny
Unknown:
Peter
Stead
Unknown:
Patrick
Hannan
Unknown:
Nick
Clarke
Producer:
Paul
Bajoria
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm: Afternoon Play: The Fleadh
By John P Rooney. A young man who grew up among the narrow-minded views of a small village arrives at university in Belfast where he's confronted by a mixed community, full of life and hope. Will he be able to move forward into a new life?Director Pam Brighton
Contributors
Unknown:
John P
Rooney.
Director:
Pam
Brighton
Bob:
Chris
Simpson
Tom:
Duncan
Keegan
John:
Tony
Devlin
Katie:
Deirdre
McAllskey
Ma:
Stella
McCusker
Da:
George
Shane
: Money Box Live
Vincent Duggleby and guests are on hand to answer personal finance questions. Lines are open from1.30pm. Phone [number removed]. Producer Louise Greenwood
Contributors
Unknown:
Vincent
Duggleby
Producer:
Louise
Greenwood
: Broadcast from Bath
Five stories performed on stage at the BathLiterature Festival. 1: Vacant Possession by Richard Francis , performed by John Telfer. A piece of property speculation goes badly wrong when an unexpected and unwelcome occupant appears on the landing.
Producers Sara Davies and Paul Dodgson
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Francis
Unknown:
John
Telfer.
Producers:
Sara
Davies
Producers:
Paul
Dodgson
: The Science of DIY !
The first of five programmes this week in which : physicist Len Fisher applies scientific principles to the use of everyday tools. 1: The WheelbarrowLen Fisher is joined by conservation builder Andy Cook and physicist Jeff Odell to demonstrate how using a wheelbarrow is all a question of leverage. Music by Tom Bancroft Producer Amanda Hargreaves Tool tips: page 39
Contributors
Unknown:
Len
Fisher
Unknown:
Len
Fisher
Unknown:
Andy
Cook
Unknown:
Jeff
Odell
Music By:
Tom
Bancroft
Producer:
Amanda
Hargreaves
: The Food Programme
Fair Trade. Sheila Dillon considers proposals to extend fair-trade practices to British food producers and examines how farmers in developing countries are choosing quality rather than charity as the route to sustainable production.Extended repeat of yesterday 12.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Sheila
Dillon
: Beyond Belief
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world. Producer Liz LeonardContributors
Unknown:
Ernie
Rea
Producer:
Liz
Leonard
: Just a Minute
Nicholas Parsons isjoined in London by Wendy Richard , Clement Freud , Liza Tarbuck and Paul Merton. ProducerClaire Jones Repeated Sunday 12.04pmBBC RADIO COLLECTION: A selection from this series is available on five volumes of audio cassette at good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Nicholas
Parsons
Unknown:
Wendy
Richard
Unknown:
Clement
Freud
Unknown:
Liza
Tarbuck
Unknown:
Paul
Merton.
: The Archers
There's a surprise at Home Farm. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm: Front Row
John Wilson discusses director Neil Jordan 's new film The Good Thief, in which Nick Nolte plays an ageing gambler who tries to rob a casino in the south of France. Producer Nicki PaxmanContributors
Unknown:
John
Wilson
Director:
Neil
Jordan
Unknown:
Nick
Nolte
Producer:
Nicki
Paxman
: The Berlin Diaries
By Marie Vassiltchikov , abridged in ten parts by Jane Buckler. Wartime Germany seen through the eyes of a spirited young woman who was involved in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.6: On 20 July Missie is delighted to receive news of Hitler's death.
Director Geni Hall-Kenny Repeat of 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Marie
Vassiltchikov
Unknown:
Jane
Buckler.
Unknown:
Adolf
Hitler.
Director:
Geni
Hall-Kenny
Missie:
Sian
Thomas
Narrator:
Vivien
Parry
: Inside the Crown Prosecution Service
With major trials such as that of Damilola Taylor collapsing, the Crown Prosecution Service is at the centre of public debate. Tracking several cases, including the trial of Stuart Campbell for murder, the first of two programmes reveals the work and role of the CPS, and examines imminent changes likely to take place within the criminal justice system.Presented by professor of criminology David Wilson. Producers Kate Bland and Susan Marling
Contributors
Unknown:
Damilola
Taylor
Unknown:
Stuart
Campbell
Unknown:
David
Wilson.
Producers:
Kate
Bland
Producers:
Susan
Marling
: British Manufacturing and My Partin Its Downfall
The workers may have been skiving, but the bosses were all out at lunch. John Fortune has arrived at the top of the pile and can't cope with the management-speak. Producer Miles WardeContributors
Unknown:
John
Fortune
Producer:
Miles
Warde
: Nature
Learning from Lakes. To mark the International Year of Freshwater, Mark Carwardine visits the Lake District. Lake Windermere has been studied intensely over the last 70 years and much can be learned from its murky depths about tourist pressures, climate change and pollution. Producer Joanne Stevens Repeated tomorrow at 11amContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Carwardine
Producer:
Joanne
Stevens
: Start the Week
Repeated from 9am: Book at Bedtime: Evelyn Waugh Short Stories
LA week of Evelyn Waugh's shorter fiction to mark the centenary of his birth.1: Portrait of Young Man with Career - an early story from Waugh's students days, and The Sympathetic Passenger, in which a hitchhiker makes some startling allegations against the BBC. Read by Crawford Logan. Producer David Jackson Young
Contributors
Read By:
Crawford
Logan.
Producer:
David Jackson
Young
: Home Truths
Shortened repeat of Saturday at 9am: News
: Book of the Week: 31 Songs
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