Listings
From St Peter 's Church in Tiverton, Devon.
Contributors
Unknown:
St
Peter
The Dignity of Suffering. Mark Tully asks what Pope John Paul ll's courage and determination during his last weeks meant to a world that often rejects, or hides away, the weak, the vulnerable and the suffering. producer EieyMcAinsh Rptdtuopm
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Tully
Unknown:
Pope
John
Producer:
EieymcAinsh
Rptdtuopm
3/8. Farming magazine, with CazGraham. Producer Steve Peacock
Contributors
Producer:
Steve
Peacock
Religious and ethical news, with Jane Little.
Producer Amanda Hancox
Contributors
Unknown:
Jane
Little.
Producer:
Amanda
Hancox
Denis Lawson appeals on behalf of Raleigh International. Donations: [address removed]; Credit cards: Freephone [number removed]44
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.27pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Denis
Lawson
Producer:
Sally
Flatman
Songs of Ascents. The Rev Richard Coles and the Rev Canon
John Foskett explore messages of hope and strength that can be found in the psalms. With members of the 2005 Eton Choral Course. Director of music Ralph Allwood. Producer Simon Vivian
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Coles
Unknown:
John
Foskett
Music:
Ralph
Allwood.
Producer:
Simon
Vivian
The week's news stories, with Fi Glover. Editor Peter Rippon __9.55 August 1945 5/12. For details see yesterday at 8.55arn
Contributors
Unknown:
Fi
Glover.
Editor:
Peter
Rippon
England v Australia
Commentary on the fourth day's play in the Second Test at
Edgbaston. Including at 12.35pm News; Call the Commentators and at 3.10 News; At the Bookstall.
Producer Peter Baxter *approximate time
Contributors
Producer:
Peter
Baxter
3/8. Sue MacGregor reunites the campaigners involved in the debate over the 1968 Abortion Act. Producer David Prest Repeated on Friday at 9am
Contributors
Producer:
David
Prest
4/9. Clement Freud , Paul Merton , Gyles Brandreth and Jenny Eclair try not to repeat, hesitate or deviate from the subject given to them by Nicholas Parsons. Repeated from Mon
Contributors
Unknown:
Clement
Freud
Unknown:
Paul
Merton
Unknown:
Gyles
Brandreth
Unknown:
Jenny
Eclair
Unknown:
Nicholas
Parsons.
Dylan Winter travels to western Canada to explore the foods of the First Nations (indigenous) people and to find out what lumberjacks survive on during their long tour of duty. With Sheila Dillon. Producer Rebecca Wells Rptd tomorrow 4pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Sheila
Dillon.
Producer:
Rebecca Wells
Rptd
News and analysis. Editor Colin Hancock
Contributors
Editor:
Colin
Hancock
1/2. Former Tory prime minister William Hague explores the effects of 25 years of Yes Minister on Westminster and Whitehall. Producer Anthony Worrall
Contributors
Unknown:
William
Hague
Producer:
Anthony
Worrall
Matthew Biggs , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions from members of the Leigh-on-Sea Horticultural Society, Essex. With Gill Pyrah in the chair. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm RT DIRECT: Own Gardeners' Question Time on audio cassette for just £999 (RRP £10.99) or CD for £11.99 (RRP £12.99) including p&p. To order call [number removed] quoting RADT9013 or visit [web address removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Matthew
Biggs
Unknown:
Bob
Flowerdew
Unknown:
Pippa
Greenwood
Unknown:
Gill
Pyrah
Producer:
Trevor
Taylor
5/5. Today Philip Stott visits the West Midlands and the Thames Gateway to celebrate the biodiversity of our former industrial waterways. Producer Nick Patrick
Contributors
Unknown:
Philip
Stott
Producer:
Nick
Patrick
1/2. Gentle, intelligent Oblomov completely fails to deal with life. Never doing today what he can put off till tomorrow, he is a tragicomic hero for a couch-potato generation Written by Ivan Goncharov , dramatised by Stephen wyatt. Singer Olivia Robinson ; Pianist Helen Crayford Producer/Director Claire Grove Repeated on Saturday at 9pm
Contributors
Written By:
Ivan
Goncharov
Dramatised By:
Stephen
Wyatt.
Singer:
Olivia
Robinson
Pianist:
Helen
Crayford
Oblomov:
Toby
Jones
Zahar:
Trevor
Peacock
Olga:
Claire
Skinner
Doctor:
Clive
Swift
Tarantyev:
Gerard
McDermott
Stoltz:
Nicholas
Boulton
Olga's aunt:
Richenda
Carey
Michael Dibdin, a crime writer who enjoys a literary reputation, discusses his novel Blood Rain, the ninth in his Aurelio Zen series. Italian detective Inspector Zen gets the posting he has always dreaded - he's sent to Sicily, home of the Mafia, in a nondescript liaison job. Dibdin discusses the book with a group of readers. Presenter James Naughtie. Repeated on Thursday at 4pm.
September Bookclub: Le Grand Meaulnes by Henri Alain-Fournier
Contributors
Guest:
Michael
Dibdin
Presenter:
James
Naughtie
Producer:
Dymphna
Flynn
4/4. The Mersey Sound. Liverpool 8, now commonly known as Toxteth, was the birthplace of this book of poems in 1967. Joan Bakewell takes Roger McGough and Brian Patten , two of the poets responsible for this anthology, back to Brian's attic flat where the book was born, and they revisit the Everyman Theatre, where the two were contemporaries of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. producer Liz Leonard Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Joan
Bakewell
Unknown:
Roger
McGough
Unknown:
Brian
Patten
Unknown:
John
Lennon
Unknown:
Paul
McCartney.
Producer:
Liz
Leonard
10/11. Liz Carney investigates whether increasing hospital-patient choice could increase financial instability and even lead to hospital closures. Repeated from Tuesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Liz
Carney
New series 1/3. Egyptologist John Romer reminisces about his early years as an archaeological artist in the Middle East in the 1960s. Arriving in Egypt, he and his wife Beth were astonished by the sheer scale of the ancient monuments and by the beauty of the artefacts strewn on the desert floor. But having fallen in love with ancient Egypt, could they find a way of staying there?
Producer Libby Cross Repeated on Saturday at 5.45am and at 7.45pm
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Romer
Kate Adie selects excerpts from BBC radio over the past seven days. Producer Torquil MacLeod
PHONE: [number removed]0400 Fax: [number removed]email: potwobbccouk
Contributors
Unknown:
Kate
Adie
Producer:
Torquil
MacLeod
Tom is forced to downsize. For cast see page 38 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 37
Nine-year-old Mehreen Akhtar is the first ever blind child to reach the British Regional Youth Climbing Series national finals. She tells Barney Harwood all about her challenge. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi
Contributors
Unknown:
Mehreen
Akhtar
Unknown:
Barney
Harwood
Producers:
Rebecca
Armstrong
Producers:
Abi
Awojobi
4/5. Princess Seraphina and the Cyberlords. Leslie Phillips reads this story about a ravaged actor from a cult sci-fi series attending his final convention. Written by Laura Wilson. Producer Karen Rose
Contributors
Unknown:
Leslie
Phillips
Written By:
Laura
Wilson.
Producer:
Karen
Rose
1/7. Lucy Ash looks at how radio stations use listeners' stories to make their programmes. Repeated from Friday
Contributors
Unknown:
Lucy
Ash
1/8. Listeners send in their own acronyms that reflect contemporary Britain. With Michael Rosen. Repeated from Fri
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Rosen.
3/6. After serving time for fraud, a bogus businessman is now running a funeral parlour with an unusual sideline in private ambulance work. Repeated from Friday
5/9. BA UK. Frances Cairncross assesses the pros and cons for the United Kingdom of being a leader in the global higher-education market. Repeated from Thursday
Contributors
Unknown:
Frances
Cairncross
Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 The House of Ladies
New series 1/3. The Trailblazers. Political journalist Julia Langdon celebrates the contribution of women members of the House of Lords.
Editor Terry Dignan The House of Ladies repeated Wednesday at 8.45pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Rawnsley
Unknown:
Julia
Langdon
Editor:
Terry
Dignan
3/10. Comedian Steve Punt and writer and political columnist John O'Farrell talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. Repeated from Tuesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Steve
Punt
Unknown:
John
O'Farrell
Unknown:
Sue
MacGregor
2/5. Roy Hattersley entertains an audience at the Buxton Festival with some of his favourite prose and poetry, read by Barrie Rutter and David Fleeshman. Repeated from Thu
Contributors
Unknown:
Roy
Hattersley
Read By:
Barrie
Rutter
Read By:
David
Fleeshman.
Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance
0/5) Gripping collection of short stories by Matthew Kneale that takes a journey around today's uncertain world
Contributors
Stories By:
Matthew
Kneale