Listings
: Second String
Repeated from Sunday See repeat at 7.45pm for details: Papers
: Open Country
Exploring rural life across the UK.Producer Sarah Falkingham Extended
Contributors
Producer:
Sarah
Falkingham
: Farming Today This Week
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Moira HickeyContributors
Presented By:
Miriam
O'Reilly.
Producer:
Moira
Hickey
: Today
With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.Contributors
Unknown:
John
Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward
Stourton.
: and 8.25 Sports News
With Steve May.: Home Truths
Michael Rosen takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Kate MurphyShortened PHONE: [[address removed] email: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Rosen
Producer:
Kate
Murphy
: Excess Baggage
Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys Of travel. Producer Kevin DawsonContributors
Unknown:
Sandi
Toksvig
Producer:
Kevin
Dawson
: From Luton Streets to Jersey Shores
For most Americans, New Jersey was the "stinking state - the most densely populated and worst polluted state in the USA. But for one Luton teenager listening to the music of Bruce Springsteen , it became impossibly glamorous. Twenty years on, writer Sarfraz Manzoor makes the pilgrimage to New Jersey, using Springsteen's lyrics as his guide, to discover the landscape of his youthful imagination. There he finds that, after decades of being the butt of so many jokes, the "Garden State" is reinventing itself by capitalising on the mythology Springsteen has created. Producer Mohit BakayaContributors
Unknown:
Bruce
Springsteen
Unknown:
Sarfraz
Manzoor
Producer:
Mohit
Bakaya
: Week in Westminster
6/7. Peter Oborne of The Spectator discusses the events Of the political week. Editor Marie JesselContributors
Unknown:
Peter
Oborne
Editor:
Marie
Jessel
: From Our Own Correspondent
Insight and analysis as the BBC's foreign correspondents look at the stories in their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony GrantContributors
Presented By:
Kate
Adie.
Producer:
Tony
Grant
: Money Box
Impartial advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. Producer Paul O'Keeffe Repeated tomorrow at 9pmContributors
Presented By:
Paul
Lewis.
: The News Quiz
9/9. In the last of the current series, Simon Hoggart presides over the "finest topical comedy panel game known to radio". With Jeremy Hardy , Alan Coren and special guests. Repeated from yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Simon
Hoggart
Unknown:
Jeremy
Hardy
Unknown:
Alan
Coren
: News
: Any Questions?
From Deddington in Oxfordshire. Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, composer/record producer Brian Eno and Julia Hartley-Brewer , political editor of the Sunday Express, are among the panellists. Chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby. Repeated from yesterdayContributors
Producer:
Brian
Eno
Producer:
Julia
Hartley-Brewer
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby.
: Any Answers?
Listeners' calls and emails, taken by Jonathan Dimbleby , in response to Any Questions? Producer Peter GriffithsPHONE: [number removed]0444 email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby
Producer:
Peter
Griffiths
: The Saturday Play: That Man Attlee
Everyone thought the 1945 general election - 50 years ago this month - was a shoo-in for Churchill. On the day of the count, Labour were expecting to lose, but as the results swing their way, Herbert Morrison tries to unseat his boss Clement Attlee. In a bout of political infighting that makes Blair versus Brown look like a tea party, an unlikely victor emerges to lead Great Britain into a socialist future. By Robin Glendinning.Producer/Director Jeremy Howe
Contributors
Unknown:
Herbert
Morrison
Unknown:
Clement
Attlee.
Unknown:
Robin
Glendinning.
Director:
Jeremy
Howe
Clement Attlee:
Bill
Wallis
Ernest Bevin:
David
Calder
Herbert Morrison:
Matthew
Marsh
Harold Laski:
Philip
Franks
Vi Attlee:
Diana
Berriman
Flippy Attlee:
Katherine
Heath
Alison Attlee:
Amy
Clifton
Janet Shipton:
Alison
Reid
The Home Service:
David
Collins
Journalists:
Chris
Donnelly,
Journalists:
Paul
Mohan
: Putting on the Style
Self-confessed jazz snob Laurie Taylor returns to the Picton Hall in Liverpool where he first encountered skiffle in the mid-1950s in the shape of Lonnie Donegan. With the help of skiffle lovers, Laurie sets out to discover the true role of this music explosion in the development of DOnillar mtisir. Rpnpatpd from TupsdavContributors
Unknown:
Laurie
Taylor
Unknown:
Lonnie
Donegan.
: Weekend Woman's Hour
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Jane Little.Producer Vibeke Venema ; Editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
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 www.bbcshop.com and from all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]19
Contributors
Presented By:
Jane
Little.
Producer:
Vibeke
Venema
Editor:
Jill
Burridge
: Saturday PM
News and sports headlines, presented by ShaunLey. Editor Peter RipponContributors
Editor:
Peter
Rippon
: The Film Programme
Owen Wilson , star of the new comedy Wedding Crashers, talks to Francine Stock. Producer Sally SpurringContributors
Unknown:
Owen
Wilson
Unknown:
Francine
Stock.
: Loose Ends
Another eclectic mix of music, comedy and conversation with Ned Sherrin and his guests.Producers Simon Clancy and Cathie Mahoney
Contributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
Producers:
Simon
Clancy
Producers:
Cathie
Mahoney
: Saturday Review
This week's cultural highlights are reviewed by Tom Sutcliffe and his guests. Producer Fiona McLeanContributors
Reviewed By:
Tom
Sutcliffe
Producer:
Fiona
McLean
: Second String
1/3. Three writers and broadcasters offer a rare glimpse into a secret life beneath their respectable veneers - the life of a performing musician. This week, Russell Davies talks about the joys of his "hush-hush" 30-year-career as a slide trombone player. Repeated from SundayContributors
Talks:
Russell
Davies
: The Archive Hour: The Torres Strait Expedition
In 1898 an expedition to the Torres Strait, betweenAustralia and Papua New Guinea, took the newly invented wax cylinder phonograph. Led by AC Haddon, they recorded more than 50 cylinders, which have now been digitally restored. Presented by Dr Janet Topp Fargion , curator at the British Library Sound Archive, this programme tells the story, through the sounds of the cylinders and contemporary interviews, of the year-long Cambridge University expedition and the effect it has had on the islanders, which continues right up to the present. Producer Peter Nash
Contributors
Presented By:
Dr Janet Topp
Fargion
Producer:
Peter
Nash
: Classic Serial: Greenmantle
1/2. By John Buchan , dramatised by Patricia Hannah. In 1915 Richard Hannay is summoned to the War Office where he is told of an impending Holy War in the East.Greenmantle - once a mythical figure, now made flesh - is preparing to lead a great Islamic army against the infidel English. Hannay's mission is to identify Greenmantle and destroy him.
Other parts played by members of the cast
Producer/Director Bruce Young Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Buchan
Dramatised By:
Patricia
Hannah.
Unknown:
Richard
Hannay
Director:
Bruce
Young
Hannay:
David
Robb
Sandy:
James
Fleet
Sir Walter:
Clive
Merrison
John S BIenkiron:
Stuart
Milligan
Peter:
Jon
Glover
Ulric von Stumm:
Jack
Klaff
German agent:
David
Timson
German mother:
Rachel
Atkins
HerrGaudian:
Harry
Myers
Under secretary:
Matthew
Pidgeon
: The Moral Maze
6/9. Michael Buerk chairs a debate in whichMelanie Phillips , Steven Rose , Claire Fox and Ian Hargreaves cross-examine witnesses who hold conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's news stories. Repeated from Wednesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Buerk
Unknown:
Melanie
Phillips
Unknown:
Steven
Rose
Unknown:
Claire
Fox
Unknown:
Ian
Hargreaves
: Counterpoint
9/13. Ned Sherrin hosts the ninth and last heat of the quest for the musical mastermind of 2005. Today's winner takes the remaining place in the semi-finals. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
: Poetry Please
8/9. Anon - that most prolific and long-lived of poets who has contributed so much to the literary canon - is celebrated here by a sample selected by Roger McGough. Repeated from SundayContributors
Unknown:
Roger
McGough.
: Field Study
3/5. Tentsmuir Sands. A small boy has a disquieting encounter at the beach. Stella Gonet reads this story from a collection by Rachel Seiffert. Abridged by Richard Hamiliton. Producer Elizabeth AllardContributors
Unknown:
Stella
Gonet
Unknown:
Rachel
Seiffert.
Abridged By:
Richard
Hamiliton.
Producer:
Elizabeth
Allard
: News
: Write On
: News
: News; Play of the Week
The Madness of George IIIJim Broadbent stars in Alan Bennett 's play. It's 1788 and King George III is preparing for the opening of Parliament with his devoted wife, Queen Charlotte. Despite the picture of respectability, all is not well, not only has the King lost the colonies, he's losing his mind as well. Also starring Alun Armstrong , Cheryl Campbell , Adam Godley and Nicholas Farrell
Contributors
Unknown:
George
Iii
Unknown:
Jim
Broadbent
Unknown:
Alan
Bennett
Unknown:
King George
Iii
Unknown:
Alun
Armstrong
Unknown:
Cheryl
Campbell
Unknown:
Adam
Godley
Unknown:
Nicholas
Farrell
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