Listings
: Letter from America
With AlistairCooke.Repeated from yesterday at 8.45pm
: News Briefing
6.05 Papers6.08 Sports Desk
: Today
With Edward Stourton and Sarah Montague.7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Roy Jenkins.
Contributors
Unknown:
Edward
Stourton
Unknown:
Sarah
Montague.
Unknown:
Roy
Jenkins.
: Home Truths
Guest presenter Benjamin Zephaniah takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.PHONE: [number removed] email: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Presenter:
Benjamin
Zephaniah
: Excess Baggage
The adventures, frustrations and joys of travel are explored by presenter Sandi Toksvig. Producers Kevin Dawson and Torquil MacLeodPHONE: [number removed] email: excess.baggage@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Presenter:
Sandi
Toksvig.
Producers:
Kevin
Dawson
Producers:
Torquil
MacLeod
: Risking Everything
2/3. Comedian Marcus Brigstocke turns a shrewd and sceptical eye on the history of the insurance industry. It's one disaster after another as Brigstocke looks at the natural and man-made catastrophes that insurance copes with, from the Great Fire of London and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to new dangers such as asteroids and e-smog. He visits Lloyd's, investigates realistic disaster scenarios, and asks what is the worst that could happen. And are we covered? Producer Julia AdamsonContributors
Unknown:
Marcus
Brigstocke
Producer:
Julia
Adamson
: Week in Westminster
Steve Richards from The Independent on Sunday discusses the week's political events. Producer Marie JesselContributors
Unknown:
Steve
Richards
Producer:
Marie
Jessel
: From Our Own Correspondent
Insight and colourfrom BBC correspondents around the world, With Kate Adie. Producer Tony GrantContributors
Unknown:
Kate
Adie.
Producer:
Tony
Grant
: Money Box
Paul Lewis presents impartial money advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Jessica Dunbar Repeated tomorrow at 9pmContributors
Unknown:
Paul
Lewis
Producer:
Jessica
Dunbar
: The News Quiz
A riotous look at the week's news from Simon Hoggart , with Alan Coren , Linda Smith , Jeremy Hardy and Andy Hamilton. Repeated from yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Simon
Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan
Coren
Unknown:
Linda
Smith
Unknown:
Jeremy
Hardy
Unknown:
Andy
Hamilton.
: News
: Any Questions?
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Peterborough puts questions to a panel that includes Clare Short MP, Conservative candidate for Mayor of London Steve Norris, and Glenn Frankel , London bureau chief of The Washington Post. Repeated from yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby
Unknown:
Clare
Short
Unknown:
Glenn
Frankel
: Any Answers?
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 GriffithsContributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimblebytakes
Producer:
Peter
Griffiths
: The Saturday Play: The Mouse That Roared
Mark McDonnell and Steven McNicoll 's dramatisation of Leonard Wibberley 's famous comic novel. Under the benign rule of Her Grace Gloriana XII , Grand Fenwick is a tiny European country almost untouched by the 20th century and happy to remain so. When its vital wine trade is threatened by an American, it'stime to declare waron the United States.Producer/Director Patrick Rayner
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
McDonnell
Unknown:
Steven
McNicoll
Unknown:
Leonard
Wibberley
Unknown:
Gloriana
Xii
Unknown:
Grand
Fenwick
Director:
Patrick
Rayner
Gloriana:
Julie
Austin
Tully:
Mark
McDonnell
Mountjoy:
Crawford
Logan
Secretary of state:
Lou
Hirsch
Kokintz:
Simon
Tart
Will:
Jamie
Newall
Benter:
Steven
McNicoll
: A House Somewhere: Ever the Optimist
3/3. When Chris Stewart wrote Driving Over Lemons about his life scratching a living on a poor farm on a Spanish hillside, his expectations were low, given that his previous ventures - including drumming for the rock group Genesis - left him destitute. Now his modesty seems misplaced: the book is a worldwide hit. Anthony Sattin asks whether he is still the optimist he once was.Contributors
Interviewer:
Anthony
Sattin
Interviewee:
Chris
Stewart
Producer:
Sarah Jane
Hall
: Weekend Woman's Hour
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.Series editor Jill Burridge Producer Liz Pearson EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Presented By:
Martha
Kearney.
Editor:
Jill
Burridge
Producer:
Liz
Pearson
: Saturday PM
News and sports headlines, presented by Carolyn Quinn. Editor Peter RipponContributors
Presented By:
Carolyn
Quinn.
Editor:
Peter
Rippon
: Back Row
This week's programme features reviews of two films starring Scarlett Johansson - who turns up in Tokyo with Bill Murray in Lost in Translation, and in 17th-century Delft, in Girl with a Pearl Earring.And Tom Cruise finds he can learn a thing or two from Japanese warriors in his new 150-minute epic, The Last Samurai. Producer Jerome Weatherald
Contributors
Unknown:
Scarlett
Johansson
Unknown:
Bill
Murray
Unknown:
Tom
Cruise
Producer:
Jerome
Weatherald
: Loose Ends
Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation. Producer Mairi RussellContributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
Producer:
Mairi
Russell
: Saturday Review
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the cultural highlights of the week. Producer Fiona McLeanContributors
Unknown:
Tom
Sutcliffe
Producer:
Fiona
McLean
: Bush Lessons
2/3. Volunteer teacher Ruth Charlton continues her year in a remote Bush School in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. She's making good progress with her six-year-old Northern Sotho-speaking pupils. But how do you introduce them to the subject of Aids; and why can't her Afrikaans boyfriend understand her dedication to her black pupils? Repeated from SundayContributors
Unknown:
Ruth
Charlton
: Archive Hour: The Shanghai Sailors
There were many Chinese seamen in the merchant navy fleet during the Second World War and their dead were among those killed when U-boats torpedoed the Atlantic convoys. But afterthe war hundreds of Shanghai sailors were repatriated, many forced to leave behind their British-born wives and children. Ivan Howlett tells the story of those Chinese seafarers from Liverpool and hears from the children they were forced to leave behind who have spent their lives trying to find out what really happened to their fathers. Producer Angela HindContributors
Unknown:
Ivan
Howlett
Producer:
Angela
Hind
: Classic Serial: The Pilgrim's Progress
1/3. John Bunyan 's 17th-century tale about the adventures of Christian, a pilgrim who embarks on a perilousjourneyto the Celestial City. Dramatised by Brian Siblev.Music by David Chilton Director Pam Fraser Solomon Rptd from Sun
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Bunyan
Dramatised By:
Brian
Siblev.
Music By:
David
Chilton
Director:
Pam Fraser
Solomon
Bunyan:
Anton
Rodgers
Christian:
Nell
Dudgeon
Evangelist:
Alec
McCowen
Beelzebub:
Don
Warrington
Interpreter:
Anna
Massey
Caged Man:
Peter
Bowles
Elizabeth:
Caroline Lee
Johnson
The jailer:
Ioan
Meredith
Thejudge:
Derek
Waring
Pliable:
Philip
Fox
Obstinate:
Chris
Moran
Help:
Jamie
Barbakoff
Goodwill:
Lydia
Leonard
The angel:
Cherie
Taylor-Battiste
Children:
Sophie
Levv
Children:
Navla
Levv
: The End Game
A debate that asks if instead of finding ways to meet the demand for road travel we should aim simply to cut it - by getting the driver out of the car. With dramatised scenarios to simulate different outcomes, a panel of experts and public foresee the waytoday's polices may turn out. Hosted by Paul Vickers. Repeated from WednesdayContributors
Unknown:
Paul
Vickers.
: Masterteam
Peter Snow hosts the last of the league fixtures, between West Midlands and Liverpool. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
Peter
Snow
: Poetry Please
Roger McGough introduces requests for the work of the late Charles Causley , one of the most popular poets Of recent times. Repeated from SundayContributors
Introduces:
Roger
McGough
Unknown:
Charles
Causley
: The Late Story: Good Evening Mrs Craven the Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes
2/4. A series of short stories by Mollie Panter -Downes describing the experiences of women who remained in Britain during the Second World War. Goodbye, My Love. Ruth has to face the trauma of parting from her husband as he leaves for active service. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel. Producer Julian Wilkinson
Contributors
Stories By:
Mollie
Panter
Read By:
Sylvestra
Le Touzel.
Producer:
Julian
Wilkinson
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