Listings
: Letter from America - a Celebration
To mark more than five decades of the world's longest-running speech radio programme, achance to hear one of AlistairCooke s vintage broadcasts. Repeated from yesterday Repeated Sunday8.45am: News Briefing
6.05 Papers6.08 Sports Desk
: Open Country
Richard Uridge explores rural life across the UK. Producer Hugh O'DonnellContributors
Unknown:
Richard
Uridge
Producer:
Hugh
O'Donnell
: Today
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Rob Marshall .
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah
Montague.
Unknown:
Rob
Marshall
: Home Truths
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.(Repeated on Monday at 11pm)
Phone: [number removed] email: [email address removed]
Contributors
Presenter:
John
Peel
Producer:
Paula
McGinley
: Excess Baggage
Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys oftravel. Producers Kevin Dawson and Torquil MacLeodContributors
Unknown:
Sandi
Toksvig
Producers:
Kevin
Dawson
Producers:
Torquil
MacLeod
: Walking with Headphones
Twenty-five years after we learnt to love that strange new word, Walkman, Steve Punt meets those who simply wouldn't leave home without their music, and revisits the case of the "headphone leakage martyr", briefly the scourge of the tabloids, who was hit with the full force of the law for refusing to turn his personal stereo down. Producer Laurence GrissellContributors
Unknown:
Steve
Punt
Producer:
Laurence
Grissell
: Talking Politics
Sheena McDonald presents another political discussion, sharpening the focus on current ideas and events. Producer Jo GlanvilleContributors
Unknown:
Sheena
McDonald
Producer:
Jo
Glanville
: From Our Own Correspondent
Insight and colour from BBC correspondents around the world, with KateAdie. Producer TonyGrant: Money Box
Paul Lewis presents impartial advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Chris A'Court Repeated tomorrow at 9pmContributors
Unknown:
Paul
Lewis
: The News Quiz
1/8. The finest weekly topical radio comedy panel game, chaired by Simon Hoggart , with Andy Hamilton , Jeremy Hardy , Linda Smith and a special guest. Repeated from yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Simon
Hoggart
Unknown:
Andy
Hamilton
Unknown:
Jeremy
Hardy
Unknown:
Linda
Smith
: News
: Any Questions?
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion at the Minster School, Southwell. Panellists include the Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon ; shadow ForeignSecretary, Michael Ancram ; and the historian Professor Peter Hennessey. Repeated from yesterday
Contributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby
Unknown:
Geoff
Hoon
Unknown:
Michael
Ancram
Unknown:
Peter
Hennessey.
: 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 Anne Peacock
Contributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimblebytakes
Producer:
Anne
Peacock
: The Saturday Play: A Question of Proof
By Nicholas Blake. Dramatised for radio by Michael Bakewell."It's about time that squirt Wemyss was suppressed. Pedantic Percy's little pet is getting above himself." Nobody liked the headmaster's nephew, but surely no one would actually murder him?
And boys of Hurstpierpoint College
Director Jane Morgan
(Nicholas Blake was a pseudonym of Cecil Day-Lewis, the subject of a radio documentary, C. Day-Lewis - Honest Dreams, tomorrow at 4.30pm)
Contributors
Author:
Nicholas
Blake.
Dramatised by:
Michael
Bakewell
Director:
Jane
Morgan
Narrator:
Gerard
Murphy
Nigel:
Philip
Franks
Michael:
Peter
Acre
Percy:
David
Collings
Hero:
Emma
Gregory
Supt Armstrong:
Struan
Rodger
Gadsby:
Steve
Hodson
Wrench:
Colin
Tierney
Sims:
Philip
Fox
Tiverton:
Geoffrey
Beevers
Griffin:
Jonathan Guy
Lewis
Rosa:
Rosanna
Mason
Smithers:
Daniel
Draper
Stevens:
Edmund
Singer-Kingsmith
Ponsonby:
Patrick
Uddicoat
: The District Nurse
1/2. A look at the work of a team of nurses in inner-cityBirmingham as they care forfrail, sick and dying patients in their homes. A 65-year-old terminally ill cancer patient has asked to be discharged from his hospice because he wants to die at home. The nurses' task is to make the last few weeks of his life as comfortable as possible, but this means administering powerful pain-killing drugs - a problem since the Harold Shipman case. Producer Brian King
Contributors
Unknown:
Harold
Shipman
: Weekend Woman's Hour
The best of the week on Woman's 's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.Series editor Jill Burridge Producer Natasha Maw EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Presented By:
Martha
Kearney.
Editor:
Jill
Burridge
: Saturday PM
News and sports headlines, presented by Carolyn Quinn. Editor Peter RipponContributors
Presented By:
Carolyn
Quinn.
Editor:
Peter
Rippon
: Back Row
Taking Lives is the latest in a long line of films perpetuating cinema's fascination with the serial killer, including The Silence of the Lambs, Monster and Henry: Portrait ofa a Serial Killer. Jim White wonders whether it isn't time for film-makers to move on. Plus, silent-era blue movies from 1905 unearthed in a French attic. Producer Jerome WeatheraldContributors
Unknown:
Jim
White
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 discuss the cultural highlights of the week. Producer Fiona McLeanContributors
Unknown:
Tom
Sutcliffe
Producer:
Fiona
McLean
: Letters from a Northern Landscape
1/3. "Landscape takes the place in my life that religion occupies in others." Jim Crumley visits the first of three landscapes that are part of his belief system.The Balgay. Dundee's other hill and the place where
Crumley grew up. "From its modest summit there was a 40-miles-wide swathe of river and firth and open sea, all the way to the Bell Rock lighthouse." Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Unknown:
Jim
Crumley
: The Archive Hour: And Grandmain the Backseat
Matthew Parris dips into the archives in search of the golden days of family motoring and finds a long-gone world - despised by today's hi-spec four-wheel drive worshippers - of winding but empty roads, leather upholstery and saluting AA men; a time when ownership of an Austin Seven meant you were really someone. Producers Nick Patrick and Ivan HowlettAlan Titchmarsh remembers the old jalopy: page 34
Contributors
Unknown:
Matthew
Parris
Producers:
Nick
Patrick
Producers:
Ivan
Howlett
Unknown:
Alan
Titchmarsh
: Classic Serial: The Pallisers
12/12. By Anthony Trollope , dramatised by Martyn Wade. At last there's a reconciliation within the Palliser family. Lady Glencora's independence of mind lives on through her children as they are forced to decide, as their mother did all those years ago, between love and duty.Music by Elizabeth Parker Director Cherry Cookson Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Unknown:
Anthony
Trollope
Dramatised By:
Martyn
Wade.
Music By:
Elizabeth
Parker
Music By:
Cherry
Cookson
Trollope:
David
Troughton I
Palliser:
Ben
Miles I
MmeGoesler:
Stella
Gonet I
Silverbridge:
Nicholas
Boutton
Mary:
Rachael
Stirling
Mabel:
Lydia
Leonard
Lady Cantrip:
Frances
Jeater
Frank:
Chris
Moran
Popplecourt:
Crispin
Bonham-Carter
MajorTifto:
Philip
Fox
: The Reith Lectures
2/5. Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwrightWole Soyinka argues that we are living in a new
"climate of fear" and examines the challenge this presents to democracy.
Power and Freedom. What motivates those who seek to supplant ourfreedom with fear? From the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Presented by Sue Lawley . Repeated from Wednesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Wole
Soyinka
Presented By:
Sue
Lawley
: Counterpoint
1/13. Ned Sherrin chairs the entertaining quiz about music in all its forms. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
: The Great Ovid Mystery
Ovid's poetry collection Amores was one of the scandalous literary successes of ancient Rome. But whywas the poet suddenly banished - and how did his banishment affect his writing? Introduced by Don Taylor and Jonathan Dryden Taylor. Readers Roger Allam and Mark Evans.Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Introduced By:
Don
Taylor
Introduced By:
Jonathan Dryden
Taylor.
Readers:
Roger
Allam
Readers:
Mark
Evans.
: Little Black Dress
2/5. Stories that take a wry look at that timeless fashion classic, the little black dress.The Difference by Sian Preece , read by Aled Pugh.
Mark's band are given a shot at fame, and his younger sister is on hand to create their look. Producer Lu Kemp
Contributors
Unknown:
Sian
Preece
Read By:
Aled
Pugh.
Producer:
Lu
Kemp
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