Listings
: Prayer for the Day
With the Rev Mark Oakley, rector of St Paul 's Church, Covent Garden, London.Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Oakley
: Chalkface Goes Further
Repeated from Boxing Day See repeat at 7.45pm for details: Papers
: Open Country
Exploring rural life across the UK, with Helen Mark.Contributors
Unknown:
Helen
Mark.
: Farming Today This Week
Presented by Sarah Mukherjee. Producer Chris ImpeyContributors
Presented By:
Sarah
Mukherjee.
Producer:
Chris
Impey
: Today
With Sarah Montague and Carolyn Quinn.7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Lord Carey of Clifton.
Contributors
Unknown:
Sarah
Montague
Unknown:
Carolyn
Quinn.
Unknown:
Garry
Richardson.
: Home Truths
David Stafford takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.Repeated on Monday at 11 pm
Phone: [number removed]
Email: [email address removed]
Contributors
Presenter:
David
Stafford
Producer:
Rabekah
Nurmahomed
: Excess Baggage
Crime writer Ian Rankin joins Sandi Toksvig to explore the streets and underground passages of Edinburgh. Producer Kevin DawsonContributors
Unknown:
Ian
Rankin
Unknown:
Sandi
Toksvig
Producer:
Kevin
Dawson
- Excess Baggage: Ian Rankin 28 minutes
: UK Confidential
1974 was a year of political confusion and domestic strife. With exclusive access to papers released under the 30-year rule, Sue MacGregor presents a programme giving a new insight into many of the political decisions and controversies of the time. Producer David PrestContributors
Producer:
David
Prest
- UK Confidential: 1974 28 minutes
: Talking Politics
The political discussion programme that sharpens the focus on current ideas and events is presented by Dennis Sewell. Producer Paul VickersContributors
Presented By:
Dennis
Sewell.
Producer:
Paul
Vickers
: From Our Own Correspondent
Insight and colour, wit and analysis as the BBC foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories in their regions. With Kate Adie. Producer Tony GrantContributors
Unknown:
Kate
Adie.
Producer:
Tony
Grant
: Money Box
Impartial advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. Producer Jessica Dunbar Repeated tomorrow at 9pmContributors
Presented By:
Paul
Lewis.
Producer:
Jessica
Dunbar
: Jeremy Hardy's New Year Cavalcade
Jack Dee, Armando Iannucci and John Oliver join Jeremy Hardy in a glittering all-star new year spectacular. Repeated from yesterdayContributors
Guest:
Jack
Dee
Guest:
Armando
Iannucci
Guest:
John
Oliver
Presenter:
Jeremy
Hardy
: News
: Correspondents Look Ahead
BBC correspondents discuss the events and themes they expect to see in the year ahead. With Stephen Sackur and guests. Repeated from yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Stephen
Sackur
: Check Up
6/7. The list of New Year's resolutions may well include becoming healthier but people often avoid talking to their doctor about their medical problems. Today, Barbara Myers puts questions about the top five issues that people put off discussing in the surgery to GP Dr Keith Hopcroft. EMAIL: [email address removed]Contributors
Presenter:
Barbara
Myers
Guest:
Dr Keith
Hopcroft
Producer:
Sue
Broom
: The Saturday Play: The Bird in the Tree
The story of Damerosehay, the magnificent house owned for many years by the matriach of the Eliot family, Lucilla.Between the world wars she is coping with the emotional upheaval in the house caused by her much loved nephew David failing in love with the estranged wife of a close family relative. Dramatised by Jennifer Curry from the novel by Elizabeth Goudge.
Director Cherry Cookson
Contributors
Dramatised By:
Jennifer
Curry
Novel By:
Elizabeth
Goudge.
Director:
Cherry
Cookson
Lucilia:
Elizabeth
Spriggs
Nadine:
Caroline
Langrishe
David:
Scott
Handy
Ben:
Steven
Roberts
Hilary:
Hugh
Dickson
Ellen:
Susan
Jameson
Obadiah:
Timothy
Bateson
: From This Moment On - the First Trip
in 1943 scientist Albert Hoffmann took a dose of D-lysergic acid diethylamide, a substance that he'd first synthesised five years earlier. This was the first LSD "trip". The drug was to change everything from music to social mores when its use became widespread in the 1960s. Presented by Nigel Wrench, with contributions from those who were at the heart of the LSD explosion in Britain, including Dr Susan Blackmore and Hawkwind's Dave Brock. Also featuring a rare recording of Pink Floyd live at UFO.Contributors
Presenter:
Nigel
Wrench
Composer:
Martyn
Ware
Composer:
Vince
Clarke
Producer:
David
Cook
: Weekend Woman's Hour
The pick of 2004 on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: [Address Removed]Contributors
Presented By:
Martha
Kearney.
Editor:
Jill
Burridge
: Saturday PM
News and sports headlines, presented by Dan Damon. Editor Peter RipponContributors
Presented By:
Dan
Damon.
Editor:
Peter
Rippon
: The Film Programme
Martin Scorsese 's new film The Aviator about director and aeroplane designer Howard Hughes is the subject under discussion in a special edition of the programme presented by Francine Stock. Producer Sally SpurringContributors
Unknown:
Martin
Scorsese
Designer:
Howard
Hughes
Presented By:
Francine
Stock.
: Loose Ends
In a cabaret edition of the programme from New York, Ned Sherrin is joined for conversation and song by actress Stefanie Powers and singers Andrea Marcovicci and Helen Marcovicci and Ann Hampton Callaway. Producer Cathie MahoneyContributors
Presenter:
Ned
Sherrin
Guest:
Stefanie
Powers
Singers:
Andrea
Marcovicci
Singers:
Helen
Marcovicci
Singers:
Ann Hampton
Callaway.
Producer:
Cathie
Mahoney
: Missing Reel
Looking for somewhere affordable to live in London, Toby Jones finds himself holed up in a damp room in Kensal Rise, near Notting Hill. Plagued by the nagging thought that he should give up house-hunting, contrive his own disappearance and seek adventure elsewhere, he is invited to audition for the film Notting Hill. Performed by Toby Jones himself, this is a comic tale based on the true story of how he met Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts , ended up on the cutting-room floor and began to feel that he was being deleted from his own life. Producer Dawn EllisContributors
Unknown:
Toby
Jones
Unknown:
Toby
Jones
Unknown:
Hugh
Grant
Unknown:
Julia
Roberts
: Chalkface Goes Further
3/3. Two teachers who work in further education colleges recount moving tales of their daily lives - tales that reveal there is always cause for celebration. Repeated from Boxing Day: The Archive Hour: Thinking Earth - an ABC of the Night
Inspired by the simplicity of children's ABC books, 26 tiny stories about the night are organised in alphabetical order. This is one third of a radio event that links Radio 4, Radio 3 and World Service, capturing in three distinctive programmes, a snapshot of the world in sound. Music by Nina Perry : Producer David HunterSee also 4.05am and Drama on 3 tomorrow at 8.15pm on Radio 3
Contributors
Music By:
Nina
Perry
Producer:
David
Hunter
: Classic Serial: The Pickwick Papers
4/4. "In which the Pickwick Club is finally dissolved." Charles Dickens 's comic and profoundly daft tale of innocence abroad. Dramatised by Michael Eaton.Producer Nicholas Newton Director Jane Morgan Rptd from Boxing Day
Contributors
Unknown:
Charles
Dickens
Dramatised By:
Michael
Eaton.
Producer:
Nicholas
Newton
Director:
Jane
Morgan
Mr Pickwick:
Timothy
Spall
Mrs Bardell:
Sue
Johnstone
Jingle:
Jasper
Britton
Sam Weller:
Burn
Gorman
Tony:
Michael
Jayston
Mother-in-law:
Lynne
Farleigh
Stiggins:
Jack
Shepherd
Perker:
Philip
Voss
Winkle:
John
McAndrew
Snodgrass:
Robert
Portal
Tupman:
Toby
Jones
Arabella:
Lucy
Davenport
Emily:
Katie
Foster-Barnes
Mary:
Rhiannon
Oliver
Mr Winkle Sr:
Patrick
Godfrey
Squire Wardle:
Gawn
Grainger
The fat boy:
Aaron
Johnson
Ben:
Jonathan
Keeble
Bob:
Guy
Lankester
Job:
John
Tarns
Smangle:
Philip
Fox
Mrs Raddle:
Angela
Pleasence
Mrs Cluppins:
Lynne
Miller
Tommy:
Joseph
Gritt
: The Great Debates
3/3. In 1787 Edmund Burke MP instigated the impeachment of Warren Hastings , the first governor-general of India, for "high crimes and misdemeanours".In this modern-day rematch, presided over by Allan Little , historian Lawrence James takes the case for Hastings, while Dr Maria Misra champions Burke, as they argue over the moral legacy of the British empire. Repeated from Wednesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Edmund
Burke
Unknown:
Warren
Hastings
Unknown:
Allan
Little
Unknown:
Lawrence
James
Unknown:
Dr Maria
Misra
: Masterteam
7/13. Portsmouth take on Staffordshire in the general knowledge quiz. Hosted by Peter Snow. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
Peter
Snow.
: Poetry Please
3/9. Predominantly Scottish poems and poets, such as George Mackay Brown , Kathleen Jamie and Don Patterson , flavour this seasonal selection.Presented by Roger McGough. Repeated from Boxing Day
Contributors
Unknown:
George MacKay
Brown
Unknown:
Kathleen
Jamie
Unknown:
Don
Patterson
Presented By:
Roger
McGough.
: Five Fantastic Tales
5/5. The Half Pair. Read by Bill Nighy. In deepest space there is domestic strife. By Bertram Chandler , abridged by Duncan Minshull. Producer Duncan MinshullContributors
Read By:
Bill
Nighy.
Unknown:
Bertram
Chandler
Abridged By:
Duncan
Minshull.
Producer:
Duncan
Minshull
: News
: Write On
: News
: News
: Play of the Week
Thinking Earth - A Little Piece of Earth by Glyn MaxwellContributors
Unknown:
Glyn
Maxwell
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