Listings
: Today
With James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn.6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With David Wilby and Rachel Hooper.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Dom Antony Sutch.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Naughtie
Unknown:
Carolyn
Quinn.
Unknown:
Garry
Richardson.
Unknown:
David
Wilby
Unknown:
Rachel
Hooper.
Unknown:
Dom Antony
Sutch.
: Midweek
Diverse and lively conversation with Libby Purves and her guests. Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Libby
Purves
: Daily Service
Presented by Colonel Margaret Hay. 0 Gently Blinding Glorious Light (Song 67). 1 Corinthians 15, vv3-11. Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee (Bairstow). 0 the Deep, DeepLove of Jesus (Ebenezer). Director of music Nigel Swinford.
Contributors
Presented By:
Colonel Margaret
Hay.
Music:
Nigel
Swinford.
: Book of the Week: The Year of the Jouncer
3/5. "I would be tranquil, I really think I would be, if I weren't beginning to be convinced that I'm the victim of a conspiracy. Is it that people can't bear the sight of an elderly man sitting at a shady table at the sea's edge on a sunny morning in Barbados, writing?" By Simon Gray. For details see Monday Repeated 12.30amContributors
Unknown:
Simon
Gray.
: Woman's Hour
Presented by Jenni Murray.10.45 Tennessee's Women.
3/5. The Woman's Hour drama.
For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm
Contributors
Presented By:
Jenni
Murray.
: Random Edition
3/4. The Morning Post: Wednesday 8 December 1875Featuring riveting eyewitness accounts of the Deutschland shipwreck off the Essex coast. And why did a snowball fight between Bart's medical students and the police escalate into a near riot? Also, how the Prince of Wales fared on the tour of India that saw him shake free of the shackles of his mother's control. With Peter Snow. producer Andrew Green
Contributors
Producer:
Andrew
Green
: Ed Reardon's Week
6/6. The Operations. Does it seem that the media is run by idiots, lying charlatans and moronic 12-year-olds who should've been drowned at birth in a bucket of raw sewage? Welcome to Ed Reardon 's world. By Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.Producer Simon Nicholls
Contributors
Unknown:
Ed
Reardon
Unknown:
Christopher
Douglas
Unknown:
Andrew
Nickolds.
Producer:
Simon
Nicholls
Ed:
Chris
Douglas
Olive:
Stephanie
Cole
Jake:
George
Dalton
Felix:
John
Fortune
Cliff:
Martin
Hyder
Jaz:
Philip
Jackson
Supermarket assistant:
Alice
Lowe
Pearl:
Rita
May
Frank:
Geoffrey
McGivern
George:
Geoffrey
McGivern
Ping:
Barunka
O'Shaughnessy
Dr Shah:
Nina
Wadia
Stan:
Geoffrey
Whitehead
Clematis:
Angela
Wynter
: You and Yours
Presented by Liz Barclay and Sheila McClennon.Contributors
Presented By:
Liz
Barclay
Presented By:
Sheila
McClennon.
: Land Lines
4/6. This week's landscape puzzle includes medieval salt mounds, the Victorian iron rush and the connection between redshanks and bleach in the story of industrialTeeside. Presented by Brett Westwood. Producer Grant Sonnex
Contributors
Presented By:
Brett
Westwood.
Producer:
Grant
Sonnex
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm: Afternoon Play: To Serve Them All My Days
3/5. 1926: Davy has buried himself in school life to try to forget the death of his wife, Beth, and their eldest daughter Joan. What spare time he has is spent working on the book Beth urged him to write. By RF Delderfield.For main cast and further details see Monday
Contributors
Brigadier Cooper:
Gerard
McDermott
Alderman Blunt:
John
Cummins
McNaughton:
John
Cummins
Stratton:
Delroy
Brown
Bristow:
Harry
Francis
Featherstone:
Josh
Freeborn
: Gardeners' Question Time
Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions posed by gardeners in Wiltshire.Chaired by Eric Robson. Including at 3.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Shortened
Contributors
Unknown:
Bob
Flowerdew
Unknown:
Anne
Swithinbank
Unknown:
Eric
Robson.
: Heartbreak
3/5. The Return. A perfect evening in Rome is shattered when a woman's married lover finishes the liaison and unwittingly triggers a sequence of devasting repercussions. By Salley Vickers , read by Barbara Flynn. For details see MonContributors
Unknown:
Salley
Vickers
Read By:
Barbara
Flynn.
: The Wall
3/5. Wild Walls. Dry-stone walls make a wonderful habitat for small mammals and reptiles. All those dry and safe nooks and crannies are useful hiding places. Peter France travels from the Mendips to the Isle of Purbeck to discover Britain's wild walls. For details see Monday: Thinking Allowed
Human behaviour, institutions and conventions come under the microscope as Laurie Taylor leads the discussion on topical items and issues arising from the academicand research world. Producer Andrew LittlejohnContributors
Unknown:
Laurie
Taylor
Producer:
Andrew
Littlejohn
: Case Notes
3/12. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm: Clare in the Community
4/6. Brian Come Home. Brian walks out on Clare, and Megan eagerly offers her services as a relationship counsellor. Ray tries to contact his dead mother. Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.Contributors
Writer:
Harry
Venning
Writer:
David
Ramsden
Producer:
Katie
Tyrrell
Clare:
Sally
Phillips
Megan:
Nina
Conti
Helen:
Gemma
Craven
Brian:
Alex
Lowe
Ray:
Richard
Lumsden
Irene:
Ellen
Thomas
Simon:
Andrew
Wincott
Clairvoyant:
Gerard
McDermott
: The Archers
Emma asks Will for a favour.For cast see page 31 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
: Front Row
Mark Lawson presents the arts magazine. Producer Jerome WeatheraldContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Lawson
Producer:
Jerome
Weatherald
: Tennessee's Women
3/5. The Long Goodbye. After his mother's death a struggling young writer clears up her belongings. He recalls her unfulfilled life and the antics of his wayward sister. From the play by Tennessee Williams , adapted by Anna Linstrum. With Nick Sayce and Elizabeth McGovern.For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Play By:
Tennessee
Williams
Adapted By:
Anna
Linstrum.
Unknown:
Nick
Sayce
Unknown:
Elizabeth
McGovern.
Joe:
Nick
Sayce
Myra:
Sophie
Roberts
Mother:
Elizabeth
McGovern
Silva:
Delroy
Brown
Bill:
John
Cummins
Mover:
Gerard
McDermott
: The Moral Maze
New series 1/10. Michael Portillo joins the regulars on the panel for the live debates chaired by Michael Buerk. Steven Rose , Ian Hargreaves and Claire Fox cross-examine expert witnesses on the moral issues behind the week's news.Producer David Coomes Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Portillo
Unknown:
Michael
Buerk.
Unknown:
Steven
Rose
Unknown:
Ian
Hargreaves
Unknown:
Claire
Fox
: Mr Ambassador
1/2. John Bruton , former taoiseach of Ireland, describes what it's like to represent 25 countries as Europe's ambassador to the United States - a job he refers to as "more telephone than megaphone".Producer Philippa Goodrich Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Bruton
Producer:
Philippa
Goodrich
: Connect: S.W.A.L.K.
6/6. With 115,000 postboxes to collect from and 82 million items of mail to deliver, postmen walk hundreds of miles every working week to deliver the mail. Quentin Cooper explores how the latest science is beginning to take some of the legwork out of the postal system and to place it in the hands of the consumer.Contributors
Presenter:
Quentin
Cooper
Producer:
Angela
Hind
: Midweek
Shortened repeat from 9am: Book at Bedtime: A Passage to India
13/15. "A mystery, not a muddle". Friendships mourned, made and tested by misunderstanding in Forster's powerful portrait Of a divided India. For details see Monday: All Bar Luke
- New series 1/4. Luke in the Pub. Luke's brother suffers a dangerous allergic reaction on his- birthday, and Luke gets clamped by his own boss.
A glimpse into the disastrous social life of Luke Walsall, designated driver for his so-called "mates". Poignant comedy drama from Tim Key. Producer Seb Barwell
Contributors
Unknown:
Tim
Key.
Producer:
Seb
Barwell
: The Storyman with Andrew Clover
- New series 1/4. In partnership with famous people,Andrew Clover invents stories that reveal more about the person than perhaps they realise. Tonight he travels to the most haunted hotel in Wales to meet
GP Taylor, former Anglican priest and exorcist, and author of the fantasy novels Shadowmancer, Wormwood and Tersias. This is a wildly funny and irreverent tale, in which the 89-year-old Taylor murders a satanic Jonathan Ross. Director Gary Reich
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Clover
Unknown:
Jonathan
Ross.
Director:
Gary
Reich
: Today in Parliament
The day's business in Westminster, highlighting Prime Minister's Questions. With David Wilby.Contributors
Unknown:
David
Wilby.
: News
: Book of the Week: The Year of theJouncer
3/5. By Simon Gray. Repeated from 9.45amContributors
Unknown:
Simon
Gray.
: News
: Heritage
The Hejaz Railway (2/4): News
: Discovery
Sell, Sell, Sell: News
: Outlook
: Off the Shelf
Memoir (4/5) For details see SundayAbout this project
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