Presented by the Rev Tony Burnham. Awake, Awake,
Fling Off the Night! (Deus Tuorum Militum). Mark 1, vv21-27.
Teach Me, 0 Lord (Attwood). Tell Out, My Soul (Woodlands).
With the St Nicholas Singers. Director of music Stuart Keen.
1/5. Robert Elms reads his own account of a "life in threads", entranced by clothes and style. Growing up on a London council estate in the 1960s, Robert finds that looking smart is in his blood.
(Repeated at 12.30am)
Contributors
Author/Reader:
Robert
Elms
Abridged by:
Lauris
Morgan-Griffiths
Producer:
Lis
Edwards
Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Middlemarch By George Eliot. 16/20. The Woman's Hour drama.
For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm
BBC Audio: The recently released Woman's Hour: a Celebration of Mothers, featuring excerpts from the programme, is available on audio cassette and CD from [web address removed] and from an good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]
The former Speaker of the House, Lord Weatherill, has a motto: "Tell me and I forget, remind me and I remember, but involve me and I understand". Employing his motto, can he enthuse a group of Croydon sixth-formers with his passion for Parliament? producer Sally Flatman
3/6. The Awful Reason of the Vicar's Visit. When Basil leaps at a distressed reverend, demanding to see him without his whiskers, Charlie and Rupert believe he has taken leave of his senses. Comedy crime story by G.K. Chesterton, dramatised by Simon Littlefield, and starring Alexei Sayle.
Producer Simon Nicholls
Contributors
Story By:
G.K.
Chesterton
Dramatised By:
Simon
Littlefield
Producer:
Simon
Nicholls
Basil:
David
Warner
Rupert:
Martin
Freeman
Charlie:
Geoffrey
McGivern
Rev Shorter:
Richard
Griffiths
Mowbray:
Nell
Edmond
Brett:
Matthew
Holness
The constable:
Martin
Hyder
James:
Alexei
Sayle
Including a special report by Shari Vahl on the scams at
British cable TV channel Auction World TV. And voting starts in the programme's attempt to find the most significant technological innovation o the last 200 years.
Presented by Winifred Robinson and John Waite. Vote via the website: bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours
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the general
A chance for listeners to put their views on the general election direct to a leading politician. Producer Martin Rosenbaum PHONE: [number removed]0444 Lines open from 12 noon
1/5. Two landladies vie for the affections of one of their walkers. The story finds echoes in interviews with May Fussey and Joan Hayes real landladies on the Pennine Way. Written by Lesley Glaister and read by Judith Barker. The first in a week-long series of stories specially commissioned to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Pennine Way. Producer Janet Graves
Alan Titchmarsh goes for a good walk: page 44
Contributors
Unknown:
Joan
Hayes
Written By:
Lesley
Glaister
Read By:
Judith
Barker
Producer:
Janet
Graves
1/5. Northmoor Road, Oxford. In a small study in a north Oxford house, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. In the first of a series in which he visits rooms where history was made,
Allan Beswick talks to Humphrey Carpenter (who died in January this year), biographer of Tolkien, in the room Where Middle Earth was born. Producer Sarah Conkey
Contributors
Talks:
Allan
Beswick
Unknown:
Humphrey
Carpenter
Producer:
Sarah
Conkey
Pin farmers Peter Gott and Jimmy Doherty (of BBC2's s
Jimmy's Farm) travel to Italy with Sheila Dillon to find out why Italian pork producers are able to make more money than them. Producer Margaret Collins
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Gott
Unknown:
Jimmy
Doherty
Unknown:
Sheila
Dillon
Producer:
Margaret
Collins
2/7 Exchanging quotations and anecdotes with Nigel Rees are theatre maverick Ken Campbell , surgeon and writer Dr Peter MacDonald , poet Ruth Padel and The
Times columnist Mary Ann Sieghart. The reader is William Franklyn. Producer Tilusha Ghelani Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
BBC AUDIO: Highlights from over 21 years of Quote.... Unquote, selected and introduced by Nigel Rees , are available on audio cassette from www.bbcshop.com and from all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Nigel
Rees
Unknown:
Ken
Campbell
Unknown:
Dr Peter
MacDonald
Unknown:
Ruth
Padel
Unknown:
Mary Ann
Sieghart.
Unknown:
William
Franklyn.
Producer:
Tilusha
Ghelani
Introduced By:
Nigel
Rees
16/20. Revelations. Rosy makes a startling revelation to Ladislaw, who also finds out the truth about the past. And the Lydgates face financial problems. By George Flint Dramatised bv Judith Adams.
Producer/Director Gaynor Macfarlane Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Director:
Gaynor
MacFarlane
Dorothea:
Caroline
Martin
Ladislaw:
Richard
Dillane
Vincy:
Roger
Allam
Sir James:
Roger
Allam
Mrs Vincy:
Rachel
Atkins
Celia:
Candida
Benson
Rosy:
Katherine
Igoe
Dr Lydgate:
Tom
Goodman-Hill
Fred:
Nick
Fletcher
Hawley:
Nick
Fletcher
Mary:
Laura
Doddinqton
Tantripp:
Laura
Doddinqton
Farebrother:
Martin
Hyder
Chichley:
Martin
Hyder
Mrs Farebrother:
Elizabeth
Garvie
Bulstrode:
Ron
Cook
Trumbull:
Hugh
Dickson
Mawmsey:
Hugh
Dickson
Brooke:
Karl
Johnson
Raffles:
Karl
Johnson
Caleb:
Nicholas
Murchie
Mrs Garth:
Sally
Dexter
Mrs Cadwallader:
Sally
Dexter
Chairman:
Matthew
Marsh
Cadwallader:
Matthew
Marsh
Fifty years ago British forces were engaged in a brutal and terrifying battle against an unknown enemy that operated in secret cells hidden within mainstream society. The place was Kenya and the enemy, the feared and savage Mau Mau. This is the story of Eric Holyoak, a white European settler who, with a group of captured Mau Mau fighters, developed new counter-insurgency techniques that were to change the entire course of the war.
What's God got to do with surfing? Everything, according to Nachum Shifren , known to LA longboarders as "the surfing rabbi". He argues that the disciplines of surfing are analogous to the requirements of orthodox Judaism. His story is echoed by followers of the mystic Sri Chinmoy , who believe that one path to enlightenment is to run huge distances in "self-transcendence" races. We join them at the start of a competition to see who can run the furthest in 24 hours. Producer Hugh Levinson
Contributors
Unknown:
Nachum
Shifren
Unknown:
Sri
Chinmoy
Producer:
Hugh
Levinson
New series 1/3. Kanzi. Kanzi is a bonobo (a close relative of the chimp) whom Sue Savage Rumbaugh has taught to understand English and to communicate by means of a keyboard. Presenter Grant Sonnex has an extraordinary meeting with both Sue and Kanzi. Producer Grant Sonnex
Contributors
Unknown:
Savage
Rumbaugh
Presenter:
Grant
Sonnex
Producer:
Grant
Sonnex
6/10. Sir Edward Feathers (known as Old Filth - Failed In London Try Hong Kong) has decided to reunite with his girl cousins. But will their shared secret ever be discussed? Martin Jarvis continues his reading of Jane Gardam 's new novel, abridged by Neville Teller. Producer Rosalind Ayres
Contributors
Unknown:
Martin
Jarvis
Unknown:
Jane
Gardam
Abridged By:
Neville
Teller.
Producer:
Rosalind
Ayres
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