Listings
: Today
With John Humphrys and Carolyn Quinn.6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With IndaQit Singh.
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Humphrys
Unknown:
Carolyn
Quinn.
: 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: Stargazing: Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper
1/5 By Peter Hill. In 1973, a 19-year-old art school student with a head full of Kerouac, Hendrix and Vietnam discovers a new vocation. Read by David Tennant and abridged by Laurence Wareing. Producer Gaynor Macfarlane Repeated at 12.30amContributors
Unknown:
Peter
Hill.
Read By:
David
Tennant
Abridged By:
Laurence
Wareing.
Producer:
Gaynor
MacFarlane
: Daily Service
Presented by the Rev Stephen Shipley. The Lord s My Shepherd (Brother James 's Air, arrGordon Jacob ). Romans l,wl-7. How Lovely Are the Messengers (Mendelssohn). 0 Jesus, I Have
Promised (Wolvercote). With the Manchester
Chamber Choir. Director of music Jeffrey Makmson.
Contributors
Unknown:
Stephen
Shipley.
Unknown:
Gordon
Jacob
Music:
Jeffrey
Makmson.
: Woman's Hour
Presented byJenni Murray.10.45 The Old Wives' Tale 6/15. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
: Picked for the Top
2/2 Jolyon Jenkins concludes his investigation of the Windsor Fellowship, a charitythat grooms youngsters from ethnic minorities for life in the upper reaches of British management. This week, he looks atthe personal enhancement programme" but he finds experts sceptical as to whether such Schemes can really work. Producer Jolyon JenkinsContributors
Unknown:
Jolyon
Jenkins
Producer:
Jolyon
Jenkins
: Our Brave Boys
5/6. Christopher Lee 's comedy drama set in the Ministry of Defence.England Expects. If no one can say exactly what the Future Rapid Effects System is going to comprise, how can anyone be sure of what it's going to cost?
And will there be enough left over for a hair trimmer?
Producer Rosalind Ayres Director Pete Atkin
Contributors
Unknown:
Christopher
Lee
Producer:
Rosalind
Ayres
Director:
Pete
Atkin
Zelda:
Fiona
Shaw
Col George:
Martin
Jarvis
Wg Cdr Bryan:
Christopher
Neame
Cdr Bill:
Christopher
Godwin
Chief Petty Officer Grieves:
Peter
Capaldi
: You and Yours
With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.Contributors
Unknown:
Winifred
Robinson
Unknown:
John
Waite.
: Round Britain Quiz
Teams from Scotland and Northern Ireland tackle Nick Clarke 's questions in the cryptic quiz. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on SaturdayContributors
Unknown:
Nick
Clarke
Producer:
Paul
Bajoria
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm: Afternoon Play: Eating Children
By Elizabeth Lewis. Rose is glamorous and fun. She strives to be a good mother for Anna but there is a shard of glass in her heart and a gin and tonic is never far away. .......Director Gilly Adams
Contributors
Unknown:
Elizabeth
Lewis.
Director:
Gilly
Adams
Rose:
Vivienne
Moore
Anna:
Catrin
Rhys
: Money Box Live
Vincent Duggleby and guests answer personal finance questions. Phone: [number removed] Unes open from 1.30pm Producer JenniferClarkeContributors
Unknown:
Vincent
Duggleby
: Poste Restante
1/5. A week of stories by leading travel writers on the theme of Poste Restante, the international system that allows travellers' letters to be held until collected at a designated post office.The Mombasa Mail Flag by Sara Wheeler , read by Rupert Graves. McDonnell, an expatriate farmer in Kenya, dreams of finally impressing his statesman father. Producer Gaynor Macfarlane
Contributors
Unknown:
Sara
Wheeler
Read By:
Rupert
Graves.
Producer:
Gaynor
MacFarlane
: Nature's Magic
1/5. Tales of extraordinary scientific phenomena that delighted our scientific forefathers and are now relevant to 21st-century medical science.1: Ajellyfish that gives off an eerie glow is the keyto a revolutionary new diagnostic tool in medicine. Producer Louise Dalziel
Contributors
Producer:
Louise
Dalziel
: The Food Programme
Avocados. Sheila Dillon samples avocado recipes and investigates whether or not this food is good for US. Extended repeat from yesterday at 12.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Sheila
Dillon
: Beyond Belief
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world, teasing out the hidden and often contradictory truths behind the experiences, values and traditions of our lives. Producer Rosemary DawsonContributors
Unknown:
Ernie
Rea
Producer:
Rosemary
Dawson
: Just a Minute
Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious panel game from the University of Dundee where the panellists this week are Fred Macaulay , Maria McErlane , Nick Revell and Gyles Brandreth.Producer Chris Neill Repeated on Sunday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Several series of Just a Minute are available on audio cassette, with sometitles also on CD, from good retail outlets orfrom www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed] Great audio offers: page 6
Contributors
Unknown:
Nicholas
Parsons
Unknown:
Fred
MacAulay
Unknown:
Maria
McErlane
Unknown:
Nick
Revell
Unknown:
Gyles
Brandreth.
Producer:
Chris
Neill
: The Archers
Matt shows his uncharitable side.Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
: Front Row
Mark Lawson with arts news and interviews, plus the verdict on Sylvia, a new film about the short life of the poet Sylvia Plath , with Gwyneth Paltrow in the title role. Producer Thomas MorrisContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Lawson
Unknown:
Sylvia
Plath
Producer:
Thomas
Morris
: The Old Wives' Tale
6/15. By Arnold Bennett , dramatised in 15 parts by Stephen Wyatt. Sisters Sophia and Constance grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries in the 1860s.The Elopement. Sophia escapes to London with her lover, travelling salesman Gerald Scales.
Producer/Director Claire Grove Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Arnold
Bennett
Unknown:
Stephen
Wyatt.
Unknown:
Gerald
Scales.
Director:
Claire
Grove
Sophia:
Katy
Cavanagh
Gerald:
Nicholas
Boulton
Narrator:
Philip
Jackson
Chirac:
Tom
Smit
Saleswoman:
Rachel
Atkins
Maria:
Rachel
Atkins
Mme Foucault:
Rachel
Atkins
Englishman:
Chris
Moran
Constance:
Gillian
Kearney
Samuel:
Ian
Dunn
Daniel:
Declan
Wilson
Mr Critchlow:
Stephen
Critchlow
Monsieur Niepce:
John
Rowe
: The Blood Libel
On the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day,Gareth Armstrong investigates an enduring anti-Semitic myth -that Jews ritually murder Christian children and use their blood to make the unleavened
Passovermatzo bread. He traces the waythis lie has resonated over the centuries and uncovers a new manifestion of the libel - in the newspapers and on the bookstalls of the Arab world. Producer Hugh Levinson
Contributors
Unknown:
Gareth
Armstrong
Producer:
Hugh
Levinson
: After Death, What?
Bright lights, tunnels, meetings with dead relatives and life reviews are all features of new death- experiences. This programme hears from those who have had these experiences and from scientists and theologians undertaking new research to understand these strange phenomena. Producer Amanda Hancox
Contributors
Producer:
Amanda
Hancox
: Nature
Respect Your Elvers. The number of young eels returning to our rivers from the Sargasso Sea has fallen dramatically over the past 20 years. Lionel Kelleway finds out whether it is because of man's intervention orjust part of a natural cycle. Producer Joanne Stevens Repeated tomorrow at 11amContributors
Unknown:
Lionel
Kelleway
Producer:
Joanne
Stevens
: Start the Week
Shortened repeat from 9am: Book at Bedtime: Absolute Friends
6/10. John le Carre continues to read from his latest novel, which follows the fortunes of two friends from the political unrest of the 1960s through to the end of the Cold War and on to the world of terrorism since 9/11. Abridged by Katrin Williams. The Berlin Wall comes down and Mundy's life as a double agent ends. Producer David BlountContributors
Unknown:
John
Le Carre
Abridged By:
Katrin
Williams.
Producer:
David
Blount
: Home Truths
Shortened repeat from Saturday at 9am: Today in Parliament
The start of the week's business in Westminster. With David Wilby.Contributors
Unknown:
David
Wilby.
: News
: Book of the Week: Stargazing:
Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper1/5. Repeated from 9.45am
: BBC Schools
3.00 Numbertime: Mental Maths Year 2 (ages 6-7) 3.15Alphabet Time (ages 4-6) 3.30 Stories and Rhymes (ages 5-7)
3.40 Hopscotch (ages 5-7) 3.55 Hop, Skip and Jump (ages 5-7)
4.10 Stop, Think, Wonder: Judaism (ages 7-9) 4.25 Scottish Secondary 4.45 Time for Drama (ages 7-9)
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