Listings
With the Most Rev Peter Smith , Archbishop of Cardiff.
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Smith
Sri Lanka v England
The First Test at Galle. Commentary on the fifth and final day's play by Jonathan Agnew , John Murray ,
Jonny Saunders and Roshan Abbeysinghe. Including Newsat6.30am. * Approximate time
__ Producer Peter Baxter * Approximate time
Contributors
Play By:
Jonathan
Agnew
Play By:
John
Murray
Play By:
Jonny
Saunders
Play By:
Roshan
Abbeysinghe.
Producer:
Peter
Baxter
With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday
Contributors
Unknown:
Alistair
Cooke.
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Richard Uridge explores rural life across the UK. Producer Benjamin Chesterton
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Uridge
Producer:
Benjamin
Chesterton
With Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Steve Peacock
Contributors
Unknown:
Miriam
O'Reilly.
Producer:
Steve
Peacock
Sri Lanka v England
The First Test at Galle. Commentary on the fifth and final day's play by Jonathan Agnew , John Murray ,
Jonny Saunders and Roshan Abbeysinghe. Including Newsat6.30am. * Approximate time
__ Producer Peter Baxter * Approximate time
Contributors
Play By:
Jonathan
Agnew
Play By:
John
Murray
Play By:
Jonny
Saunders
Play By:
Roshan
Abbeysinghe.
Producer:
Peter
Baxter
With John Humphrys and Margaret Doyle.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Humphrys
Unknown:
Margaret
Doyle.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie
Griffiths.
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Paula McGinley PHONE: [number removed] email: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Peel
Producer:
Paula
McGinley
The adventures, frustrations andjoys of travel are explored by presenter Sandi Toksvig. Producers Kevin Dawson and Torquil MacLeod PHONE: [number removed] email: excess.baggage@bbc.co,uk
Contributors
Presenter:
Sandi
Toksvig.
Producers:
Kevin
Dawson
Producers:
Torquil
MacLeod
New series 1: 1940. Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier tied the knot in a year filled with snatched happiness, short engagements and sudden partings. Couples who married in 1940 describe experiences such as spending their wedding night sitting against a beer barrel in a cellar while the bombs dropped around them. Producer Sara Conkey
Contributors
Unknown:
Vivien
Leigh
Unknown:
Laurence
Olivier
Producer:
Sara
Conkey
Jackie Ashley of The Guardian looks back at the political highlights of the week. Editor Marie Jessel
Contributors
Unknown:
Jackie
Ashley
Editor:
Marie
Jessel
Insight analysis, wit and colour from the BBC's team of correspondents worldwide. ProducerionyGrant
Paul Lewis presents impartial advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Chris A'Court Repeated on Sunday at 9pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Lewis
A tongue-i n-cheek look at the week news from
Simon Hoggart , Alan Coren and special guests. Repeated from Friday
Contributors
Unknown:
Simon
Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan
Coren
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Leeds puts questions on issues of the week to a panel that includes the Home Secretary
David Blunkett and the Bishop of Birmingham, the Right Rev Dr John Sentamu. Repeated from Friday
Contributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby
Unknown:
David
Blunkett
Unknown:
Dr John
Sentamu.
Jonathan Dimblebytakes listeners' calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions.
PHONE: [number removed] email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk Producer Peter Griffiths
Contributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimblebytakes
Producer:
Peter
Griffiths
By Michael Crompton, adapted in four parts by Molly Lefebure from the book, and starring Emily Bruni and Kevin Whately.
Spring 1942: Molly continues her work as the assistant to the Home Office pathologist, Hardcastle. The stresses of wartime life begin to affect them both and the discovery of a body on an American army base brings new dilemmas for both of them
Director John Dove (R)
Contributors
Author:
Michael
Crompton
Adapted by:
Molly
Lefebure
Director:
John
Dove
Molly:
Emily
Bruni
Hardcastle:
Kevin
Whately
Mrs B:
Mary
MacLeod
Pte Feron:
Joseph
May
Chief Insp Webb:
John
Hartley
Colonel Allan:
William
Roberts
Cpt Richardson:
Stuart
Milligan
McNab:
Jonathan
Hackett
The steel drum has been played on the streets of Britain for the last 50 years. How did it get here? Sterling Betancourt MBE tells a storythat leads from the streets of Port of Spain in Trinidad to Notting Hill - via Buckingham Palace. Producer Dan Shepherd
Contributors
Producer:
Dan
Shepherd
The best of the week on Woman's '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
News and sports headlines, presented by Carolyn Quinn. Editor Richard Clark
Contributors
Presented By:
Carolyn
Quinn.
Editor:
Richard
Clark
Touching the Void by Kevin Macdonald is the true story of Joe Simpson and his mountaineering partner, whose attempt to scale the Suila Grande in the Andes almost proved fatal. Jim White talks about this film and other new releases this week. Producer Mohini Patel
Contributors
Unknown:
Kevin
MacDonald
Unknown:
Joe
Simpson
Unknown:
Suila
Grande
Talks:
Jim
White
Producer:
Mohini
Patel
Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation. Producer Main Russell
Contributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the cultural highlights Of the week. Producer Fiona McLean
Contributors
Unknown:
Tom
Sutcliffe
Producer:
Fiona
McLean
Another chance to hear a letter by travel writer Dervla Murphy in which, at the age of 70, she reflects on a lifetime of travel.
Producer Caroline Barbour (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Dervla
Murphy
Producer:
Caroline
Barbour
A woman's place is in the home, so they say. But it's also on the barricades when it comes to demanding decent housing. Fiona Ross traces the history and evolution of Glasgow's council housing, from the remarkable women who fought in the 1915 Rent Strikes, and from those who continued to fight in the 1950s to improve conditions on the city's giant housing estates, to those who are still in the vanguard of change today. Producer Heather Fraser
Contributors
Unknown:
Fiona
Ross
Producer:
Heather
Fraser
By John Wyndham. The first instalment of Dan Rebellato 's two-part dramatisation of the gripping science-fiction classic about alien impregnation overturning the prim and proper world of a sleepy English village. Starring Bill Nighy and Sarah Parish.
Director Polly Thomas Music by Chris Madin Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Wyndham.
Unknown:
Dan
Rebellato
Unknown:
Bill
Nighy
Unknown:
Sarah
Parish.
Director:
Polly
Thomas
Music By:
Chris
Madin
Richard:
Bill
Nighy
Janet:
Sarah
Parish
Zellaby:
Clive
Merrison
Alan:
Nicholas R
Bailey
Ferelleyn:
Katherine
Tozer
Dr Willers:
Mark
Chatterton
Mrs Willers:
Barbara
Marten
Rev Leebody:
Malcolm
Raeburn
Miss Lamb:
Christine
Brennan
Miss Ogle:
Rebecca
Bridle
Michael Buerk chairs another debate in which Ian Hargreaves , Steven Rose , Melanie Philips and Claire Fox cross-examine witnesses with conflicting views. Repeated from Wednesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Buerk
Unknown:
Ian
Hargreaves
Unknown:
Steven
Rose
Unknown:
Melanie
Philips
Unknown:
Claire
Fox
Peter Snow hosts the latest contest in the quest for the champion amateur quiz team of the year. This week Liverpool play Reading. Repeated from Monday
Sufism is a mystical branch of the Muslim religion which, 800 years ago, produced one of its greatest poets: Rumi, the founder of the whirling dervishes. Judith Palmer reports from a meeting of the Rumi Society held in Paddington Library-the unlikely setting for an evening of transcendental music, dance and poetry, featuring Vida Kashizadeh. Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Unknown:
Judith
Palmer
Unknown:
Vida
Kashizadeh.
A series of short stories inspired by words from the more obscure corners of the Oxford English Dictionary. 2: Kenosis by Chris Dolan , read by Mary Riggans. "The two men used to have long conversations. They agreed to be a father was to be Christ-like. To live up to God's highest expectations and to represent His authority Within the home." Producer David Jackson Young (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Chris
Dolan
Read By:
Mary
Riggans.
Producer:
David Jackson
Young