Listings
: Prayer for the Day
With Judy Merry. Producer Bernadette McConnellContributors
Unknown:
Judy
Merry.
Producer:
Bernadette
McConnell
: Letter from America
With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from FridayContributors
Unknown:
Alistair
Cooke.
: Papers
: Open Country
From the Shetlands to the Channel Islands, and from Ireland to East Anglia, Richard Undge explores rural life.ProducerGabi Fisher Extended repeated Thursday at 1.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Undge
: Farming Today This Week
Presented by Anna Hill. Producer Steve PeacockContributors
Presented By:
Anna
Hill.
Producer:
Steve
Peacock
: Today
With John Humphrys and Justin Webb.Contributors
Unknown:
John
Humphrys
Unknown:
Justin
Webb.
: Home Truths
John Peel takes a wry look atthe foibles of family life. Producer Paula McGinley Shortened at llpm PHONE: [number removed] email: home.truths@bbc.co.ukContributors
Unknown:
John
Peel
Producer:
Paula
McGinley
: Excess Baggage
Sandi Toksvig and guests take a look at some more unusual destinations, ways and reasons to travel. Producer Penelope GibbsPHONE: [number removed] email: excess.baggage@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Sandi
Toksvig
Producer:
Penelope
Gibbs
: Swallowing the Dictionary
The first full edition of The Oxford English Dictionary was published 75 years ago. In the first of two programmes, Richard Coles tells the story of its tOrtUOUS birth. ProducerNickUtechinContributors
Unknown:
Richard
Coles
: Week in Westminster
Peter Riddell looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Producer Marie JesselContributors
Unknown:
Peter
Riddell
Producer:
Marie
Jessel
: From Our Own Correspondent
The stories behind the world's headlines, with Kate Adie. Producer Tony GrantContributors
Unknown:
Kate
Adie.
Producer:
Tony
Grant
: Money Box
Paul Lewis with impartial money advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Penny Hasiam Repeated tomorrow 9pmContributors
Unknown:
Paul
Lewis
: The News Quiz
Atongue-in-cheek look at the week s news fromSimon Hoggart , Francis Wheen , Jeremy Hardy , Linda Smith and Eddie Mair. Repeated from Fnday
Contributors
Unknown:
Simon
Hoggart
Unknown:
Francis
Wheen
Unknown:
Jeremy
Hardy
Unknown:
Linda
Smith
Unknown:
Eddie
Mair.
: News
: Any Questions?
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire puts questions on issues of the week to a panel that includes Labour MP and QC Bob Marshall-Andrews and Nikki Page , who stood for selection as Conservative candidate for London mayor. Repeated from FridayContributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby
Unknown:
Bob
Marshall-Andrews
Unknown:
Nikki
Page
: Any Answers?
Jonathan Dimblebytakes listeners' calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions.PHONE: [number removed] emailL: any.answers@bbc.co.uk Producer Anne Peacock
Contributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimblebytakes
Producer:
Anne
Peacock
: The Saturday Play: Spring Forward; Fall Back
In Guy Meredith 's romantic comedy, set in Derbyshire, Maggie, part of a father/daughter firm of plumbers, unintentionally attends the wedding reception of her ex-husband, Dennis. She doesn't think much of his choice of bride, but pretty soon, Maggie herself gets married for the second time, which causes some new and unexpected family relationships to come to light.Contributors
Writer:
Guy
Meredith
Director:
Cherry
Cookson
Maggie:
Samantha
Spiro
Ted:
Stephen
Moore
Dennis:
Neil
Dudgeon
Mark:
Andrew
Harrison
Paul:
Jonathan
Forbes
: Girls with Skirls
Stewart Henderson takes an affectionate look back at the 40-year career of the celebrated Dagenham Girl Pipers and tells the story of their rise to become one of the most intriguing showbusiness phenomena. At their height, they played nightly at the London Palladium, entertained the wartime leaders of Europe and brought fame to a small town in Essex.Contributors
Presenter:
Stewart
Henderson
Producer:
Adam
Fowler
: Weekend Woman's Hour
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.Series editor Jill Burridge Producer Vibeke Venema EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Presented By:
Martha
Kearney.
Editor:
Jill
Burridge
: Saturday PM
News and sports headlines presented by Dan Damon. Editor Peter RipponContributors
Presented By:
Dan
Damon.
Editor:
Peter
Rippon
: Back Row
Jim White talks to Wolfgang Becker , director of Good Bye Lenin!, about the film's remarkable success and about the latest developments in German cinema. Producer Mohini PatelContributors
Talks:
Jim
White
Unknown:
Wolfgang
Becker
Producer:
Mohini
Patel
: Loose Ends
Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation. Producer Torquil MacleodContributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
Producer:
Torquil
MacLeod
: Saturday Review
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the cultural highlights of the week, including Ang Lee 's latest film, Hulk, based on the Marvel comic character, and a new production of David Mamet 's play Edmond at the National Theatre, starring Kenneth Branagh. Producer Fiona McLeanContributors
Unknown:
Tom
Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Ang
Lee
Unknown:
David
Mamet
Unknown:
Kenneth
Branagh.
Producer:
Fiona
McLean
: The African Space Programme: 1: Expedition to the Dark Side of the Sun
In the first of three personal reflections, actor and journalist John Matshikiza considers African space in its widest sense, and Zambia's eccentric 1960's space programme in particular. Repeated from SundayContributors
Presenter:
John
Matshikiza
: The Archive Hour: Questions across the Pond
The early 1950s in America was a time of growing prosperity and of great change as the country adapted to its new superpower role and dealt with the spectre of communism. In Britain, both food rationing and the Empire were gradually coming to an end. Jonathan Dimbleby compares this formative era on both sides of the Atlantic by listening to two radio debate programmes of the time: in the UK, Any Questions, and in the US America's Town Meeting of the Air. Producer Maria BalinskaContributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby
Producer:
Maria
Balinska
: Classic Serial: Night and Day
By Virginia Woolf , narrated by Kristin Scott Thomas and starring Dervla Kirwan. 2: Katharine Hilbery has become engaged to William Rodney. They have gone to her cousins in Norfolk for Christmas, but things are not going well. Meanwhile, Ralph Denham has also gone to Norfolk at the invitation of Mary Datchet , who is still carrying a torch for him while wrestling with her desire for an independent life.Producer/director Kate McAll Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Unknown:
Virginia
Woolf
Unknown:
Kristin Scott
Thomas
Unknown:
Dervla
Kirwan.
Unknown:
Katharine
Hilbery
Unknown:
William
Rodney.
Unknown:
Ralph
Denham
Unknown:
Mary
Datchet
Director:
Kate
McAll
Narrator Kristin:
Scott
Thomas
Katharine:
Dervla
Kirwan
Ralph:
Jamie
Glover
Mary:
Susannah
Corbett
William:
John
MacKay
Mrs:
Hilbery
Phyllldanash
Mrs Seal:
Jacqueline
Tong
Mrs Denham:
June
Barrie
Cassandra:
Rebecca
Smart
: The Moral Maze
Michael Buerk chairs another debate in whichMichael Gove , Claire Fox , Ian Hargreaves and Melanie Phillips cross-examine witnesses who hold conflicting views behind the week's news stories. Repeated from Wednesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Buerk
Unknown:
Michael
Gove
Unknown:
Claire
Fox
Unknown:
Ian
Hargreaves
Unknown:
Melanie
Phillips
: Brain of Britain 2003
The first round continues with contestants from the Home Counties. Robert Robinson is in the chair. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
Robert
Robinson
: Adventures in Poetry
2: Waiting for the Barbarians by CP Cavafy, translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard.Peggy Reynolds moves from ancient Roman history to 21st-century British and American politics in her exploration of a poem written by a Greek poet in Alexandria a century ago. Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Translated By:
Edmund
Keeley
Translated By:
Philip
Sherrard.
Unknown:
Peggy
Reynolds
: The Late Story: Mythologies
A rerun series of four short stories in which writers relatively newto radio explore some of the best known classical myths in a contemporary setting. 1: Coventry by Mark Czanik , read by Anton Lesser. On his regular walks home from school with his young child, a man becomes obsessed with a woman called Leda.Producer Hilary Dunn
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Czanik
Read By:
Anton
Lesser.
Producer:
Hilary
Dunn
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