Listings
: Prayer for the Day
With Dr Pauline Webb.: Farming Today
With Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Munazza KhanContributors
Unknown:
Miriam
O'Reilly.
Producer:
Munazza
Khan
: Today
With James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn.6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With David Wilby and Robert Orchard.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Naughtie
Unknown:
Carolyn
Quinn.
Unknown:
David
Wilby
Unknown:
Robert
Orchard.
Unknown:
Angela
Tilby.
: Devout Sceptics
2/4. Bel Mooney talks to her guests about faith and doubt. This week her guest is the crime writer Ian Rankin. Producer Malcolm Love Repeated at 9.30pmContributors
Talks:
Bel
Mooney
Unknown:
Ian
Rankin.
: Altered Images
2/5. Continuing the series that examines items belonging to famous people, found after their deaths, that shed new light on them. Writer Michele Roberts asks Charlotte Bronte biographer Lucasta Miller why the publication in The Times at the start of the 20th century of the letters that Bronte wrote to her Belgian tutor, Monsieur Heger, completely shattered Bronte's image for many people. Producers Rachel White and Sera Lefroy OwenContributors
Unknown:
Michele
Roberts
Unknown:
Lucasta
Miller
Unknown:
Monsieur
Heger
Producers:
Rachel
White
Producers:
Sera Lefroy
Owen
: Daily Service
Presented by Gillian Oliver. Thou Whose AlmightyWord (Moscow). 1 John 1, w7-ll. The Lord Is My
Light (Walker). Come Then to the Light (Walker). Director of music Christopher Walker.
Contributors
Presented By:
Gillian
Oliver.
Music:
Christopher
Walker.
: Book of the Week: Rubicon
4/5. Gaul. By Tom Holland , read by Tim Pigott-Smith . For details see Monday Repeated at 12.30amContributors
Unknown:
Tom
Holland
Read By:
Tim
Pigott-Smith
: Woman's Hour
From Manchester, with Jenni Murray.10.45 Saplings 4/10. Woman's Hour drama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Jenni
Murray.
: From Our Own Correspondent
BBC correspondents around the world take a look behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie.Producer Tony Grant
Contributors
Presented By:
Kate
Adie.
Producer:
Tony
Grant
: Late Learners
A day after he resigned as leader of the Conservative Party, William Hague found himself on a new path learning the piano. So how has he fared, and how do his experiences compare with other late-starting musicians? This programme finds out and also investigates the challenges of playing the double bass at the age of 75, the bravery needed to start a school band in your retirement, and an innovative project bringing together late learners for weekly music-making.Producer Michael Surcombe
From major to minor .. : page 27
Contributors
Subject:
William
Hague
Producer:
Michael
Surcombe
: You and Yours
Presented by Liz Barclay and John Waite.Contributors
Presented By:
Liz
Barclay
Presented By:
John
Waite.
: Open Country .
Richard Uridge explores rural life across the UK. Extended repeat from Saturday at 6.10amContributors
Unknown:
Richard
Uridge
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm: Afternoon Play: Nightcap
Another chance to hear a play by Laura Watson. "Sleep pretty children, do not cry, and I will sing lullaby, goes the song, but nine-year-old Tom is shaken from his sleep by a ghostly presence - one that looks set to destroy his whole family. A haunting play from a new writer. play Trom a new wmer.Director Sarah Brown
Contributors
Play By:
Laura
Watson.
Director:
Sarah
Brown
Tom:
Daniel
Anthony
Jill:
Tracy
Wiles
Greg:
Roger
May
Matt:
Joshua
Phillips
Simon:
Francis
Gahan
Mr Walker:
Stephen
Critchlow
Voices:
Carolyn
Pickles
WPC:
Carolyn
Pickles
: More or Less
Newseries 1/6. Andrew Dilnot returns with the guide to all the ways we use numbers to describe and argue aboutthe world. Amongtoday's questions: why might a surfeit of overdue babies be all in the counting? Producer Michael BlastlandContributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Dilnot
Producer:
Michael
Blastland
: Radio 4 Appeal
Anne Atkins appeals on behalf of national drug education charity Hope UK.Donations: Hope UK, [address removed] CreditCards [number removed] Repeated from Sunday at 7.55am
Contributors
Unknown:
Anne
Atkins
: Tales from Firozsha Baag
4/5. Auspicious Occasion. Rustomji is consumed by fleshly torments whilst his wife Mehroo prepares for an important visit to the fire-temple. This story Concludes tomorrow. For details see Monday: Inside Putin's Russia
4/5. Kazan. Bridget Kendall revisits Kazan, capital of the Republic ofTatarstan, on the Volga River. Home to Russia's second largest ethnic group, the Muslims, Tatarstan has considerable autonomy within the Russian Federation. Bridget Kendall discovers how far the heady dreams of religious and nationalist leaders were realised since she was first in Kazan over ten years ago. For details see MondayContributors
Reporter:
Bridget
Kendall
: Bookclub
Repeated from Sunday at 4pm: The Material World
It's the listeners' chance to put their burning science questions to the programme this week. The email postbag(and the snail-mail variety) is brimmingwith quirky questions and eccentric enquiries together with practical problems and intellectual inquests. Quentin Cooper puts your questions to a panel of experts. Producer Martin RedfernContributors
Unknown:
Quentin
Cooper
Producer:
Martin
Redfern
: PM
With Eddie Mair.: Four at the Fringe
The Australian comic Adam Hills introduces three comedy acts from the Edinburgh Festival: Lucy Porter , Gary Le Strange and Tommy Tiernan. Producer Tilusha GhelaniContributors
Introduces:
Adam
Hills
Unknown:
Lucy
Porter
Unknown:
Gary
Le Strange
Unknown:
Tommy
Tiernan.
Producer:
Tilusha
Ghelani
: The Archers
A bombshell for Caroline. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm: Front Row
Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and reviews. Producer Rebecca NicholsonContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Lawson
Producer:
Rebecca
Nicholson
: Saplings
4/10. The Visit. Laurel, Tony and Kim Wiltshire meet the parents they haven't seen for months because of the war.For details and cast see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Kim
Wiltshire
: It's My Story: Will He Change His Socks?
Alex is a charming and gregarious 19-year-old who happens to have Down's syndrome. Felicity Finch follows his attempts to live as independently as possible. Taking his older brother as a role model Alex aims to leave home, set himself up in a student flat, meet girls, find work, party and go to college. He faces real opposition along the way and has to deal with problems far more challenging than his Mum's initial fear that he would forget to change his socks.Contributors
Presenter:
Felicity
Finch
Producer:
Jane
Ray
: In Business
New series Work of Fiction. Novelists and playwrights tend to shun the working world or despise it. Peter Day asks them what they make of business and what business thinks about how it is portrayed in books, on stage and on screen.Producer Sandra Kanthal Editor Stephen Chilcott Repeated on Sunday
Contributors
Editor:
Stephen
Chilcott
: Leading Edge
New series The topical science programme returns. As well as the week's top science stories,Geoff Watts investigates how the bombardier beetle,with its powerful water-jet defence mechanism to ward off predators, is being used by the aircraft industry to improve aircraft engine design.
Producer Adrian Washbourne EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Geoff
Watts
Producer:
Adrian
Washbourne
: Devout Sceptics
2/4. Bel Mooney talks to her guests aboutfaith and doubt. This week her guest is the crime writer Ian Rankin. Repeatedfrom9amContributors
Talks:
Bel
Mooney
Unknown:
Ian
Rankin.
: Book at Bedtime:
Far from the Madding Crowd9/15. By Thomas Hardy. Boldwood strikes a deal with Tony, and Gabriel learns an unpalatable truth. Fordetails see Monday
Contributors
Unknown:
Thomas
Hardy.
: A Sting in the Tale: Voices from Another Room
by Philip Martin.3/4. Another chilling holiday tale.
An artist starts to hear voices discussing a murder, involving him. Worse, the voices are in the future, and the murder is about to happen....
Contributors
Writer:
Philip
Martin
Music:
Tom
Smail
Producer/Director:
Peter
Kavanagh
Tom:
Neil
Dudgeon
Jane:
Jenny
Howe
Richard:
Chris
Moran
Natalie:
Katie
McGuinness
Lily:
Jaimi
Barbakoff
: Today in Parliament
A roundup of the day's business at Westminster, presented by Robert Orchard .Contributors
Presented By:
Robert
Orchard
: News
: Book
of the Week: Rubicon 4/5.Repeated from 9.45am
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