Listings
: Today
With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward
Stourton.
Unknown:
Angela
Tilby.
: Start the Week
Andrew Marr and his guests set the cultural agenda fortheweek. Producer Victoria Wakely Shortened repeat at 9.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Marr
Producer:
Victoria
Wakely
: Daily Service
Led by Canon Noel Vincent. God of Mercy, God of Grace(Heathiand). Psalm 80, vv7-15. A Tender Shoot
(Goldschmidt). You Are the Vine (Daniels/Rigby, arr
Wilson). With the Coupland Consort. Director of music Marcus Farnsworth. Organist Jeffrey Makinson.
Contributors
Unknown:
Canon Noel
Vincent.
Organist:
Marcus
Farnsworth.
Organist:
Jeffrey
Makinson.
: Book of the Week: The Perfect Summer
1/5. May. Juliet Nicolson 's biography of the summer of 1911, drawing on the day-to-day life of queens, politicians, debs, women trade unionists, poets, butlers and schoolchildren. Shy Queen Mary dreads her husband's coronation ana confides in a friend "there is one thing I never did and wish I had: climb over a fence". Meanwhile, there is unrest at the docks. Abridged by Libby Spurrier and read by Emilia Fox. Producer Matt Thompson Repeated at 12.30am RT DIRECT: The Perfect Summer by Juliet Nicolson is available for E18.00 (rrp E20.00) including p&p. To order, send a cheque payable to RT Direct Book Offers to: [address removed] Call [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute), quoting RT. or visit www.rtdirect.sparkledirect.com. UK delivery onlyContributors
Unknown:
Juliet
Nicolson
Abridged By:
Libby
Spurrier
Read By:
Emilia
Fox.
Producer:
Matt
Thompson
Unknown:
Juliet
Nicolson
: ' Test Match SpecialEngland v Pakistan
The final day's play in the First Test.Producer Peter Baxter *approximate time
Contributors
Producer:
Peter
Baxter
: Birthday Girl
1/5. April in Ljubljana. By Dominic power. The Woman Hour drama. For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm: Nerves of Steel
Once the cutlery capital of the world, Sheffield is now a world-class centre for surgical instruments and orthopaedic implants. Clare Jenkins reports. Producer Clare JenkinsContributors
Unknown:
Clare
Jenkins
Producer:
Clare
Jenkins
: Jack Rosenthal's Last Act
2/4. Playwright Jack Rosenthal 's memoirs, adapted or radio by his daughter Amy Rosenthal. Today an account of Jack's brief spell in the Navy and his early career at Granada TV, including the first broadcast of Coronation Street, for which he wrote over 100 episodes. Maureen Lipman Herself Producer Bruce Hyman ; Director Maureen Lipman with urn mwContributors
Unknown:
Jack
Rosenthal
Unknown:
Amy
Rosenthal.
Producer:
Bruce
Hyman
Director:
Maureen
Lipman
Jack Rosenthal:
Stephen
Mangan
Director/Petty:
Officer/tony
Warren/
Sydney/Michael Winner/ Geoff Lancashire:
Rupert
Degas
Adam Rosenthal:
Zachary
Fox
Mr Cecil/Harry Driver:
George
Layton
Jim Phoenix/George/Captain/ JackHaworth:
Toby
Lonqworth
Amy:
Rosenthal
Herself
Woman/Ursula/Director's PA/ Maxine:
Amy
Shindler
Midshipman/Jack Ripley:
Colin
Shindler
: You and Yours
Consumer affairs, with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.Contributors
Unknown:
Liz
Barclay
Unknown:
Winifred
Robinson.
: The Write Stuff .
6/6. James Walton presides over team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh , with guests Sue Limb and John O'Farrell. The subject for pastiche is Thomas Hardy and the reader is Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden RptdSatllpmContributors
Unknown:
James
Walton
Unknown:
Sebastian
Faulks
Unknown:
John
Walsh
Unknown:
John
O'Farrell.
Unknown:
Thomas
Hardy
Unknown:
Beth
Chalmers.
Producer:
Katie
Marsden
: The Archers
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm: Afternoon Play: Marcia Sproule
With the Luftwaffe bombing Belfast and evacuees fleeing in her direction, Marcia's key concern is to ensure she is assigned "a better of class of family". But in war, things rarelv turn out as planned. By Christopher Fitz-Simon . Producer/Director Eoin O'CallaghanContributors
Unknown:
Christopher
Fitz-Simon
Director:
Eoin
O'Callaghan
Marcia:
Stella
McCusker
Albert:
John
Hewitt
Rev Dalkeith:
Mlche
Docherty
Mr Turner:
Mark
Lambert
Major Brunskill:
Richard
Howard
Prudence:
Aine
McCartney
Hilde:
Helen
Koch-Cooper
Miss McNaughten:
Julia
Dearden
: Money Box Live
Listeners' personal finance questions answered by Vincent Duggleby and his guests. Producer Diane Richardson PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 1.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Vincent
Duggleby
Producer:
Diane
Richardson
: Five Short Stories by Clare Boylan
1/5 Singles. When Connie goes on a singles holiday she strikes up an unexpectedly meaningful relationship with her room-mate. Read by Lynda Bellingham. The first of five Radio 4 commissions repeated as a tribute to the writer Clare Boylan , who died earlier this year. Producer Heather BrennonContributors
Read By:
Lynda
Bellingham.
Unknown:
Clare
Boylan
Producer:
Heather
Brennon
: A Thousand and One
1/4. Scheherazade. A journey through The Arabian Nights, also known as The Thousand and One Nights. From Aladdin's lamp to genies, this medieval collection of stories-within-stories has become part of the English language. Novelist and Arabist Robert Irwin explores Scheherazade, the woman who escaped death by turning survival into an art form. Producer Jo GlanvilleContributors
Unknown:
Robert
Irwin
Producer:
Jo
Glanville
: The Food Programme
Organics. Sheila Dillon asks whether organic standards are still being maintained. Repeated from yesterday at 12.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Sheila
Dillon
: Beyond Belief
3/13. Ernie Rea and his guests explore the place of faith in today's world. Producer Janet McLartyContributors
Unknown:
Ernie
Rea
Producer:
Janet
McLarty
: Just a Minute
3/11. Nicholas Parsons hosts the devious panel game from the Mermaid Theatre in London. This week's panellists are Graham Norton , Marcus Brigstocke , Clement Freud and Pam Ayres. Producer Claire Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pmContributors
Unknown:
Nicholas
Parsons
Unknown:
Graham
Norton
Unknown:
Marcus
Brigstocke
Unknown:
Clement
Freud
Unknown:
Pam
Ayres.
Producer:
Claire
Jones
: The Archers
Adam makes an unwelcome discovery.For cast see page 25 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
: Front Row
With Mark Lawson , including the verdict on the filmStormbreaker, based on the bestselling book by Anthony Horowitz about teenage spy Alex Rider. Producer Martin smith
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Lawson
Book By:
Anthony
Horowitz
Unknown:
Alex
Rider.
: Birthday Girl
1/5. April in Ljubljana. By Dominic Power. In the first of this week's five short plays about men preparing to celebrate their partner's birthday, a woman plans to mark her birthday by enjoying a break in Ljubljana, alone. But her commitment-hunqry younger boyfriend has other ideas.Producer/Director Pam Fraser Solomon Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Dominic
Power.
Director:
Pam Fraser
Solomon
April:
Amanda
Root
Murray:
Jamie
Ballard
Driver:
Tomaz
Sllvnik
: Document
2/3. A Laudable Invasion? The story of a dodgy dossier and an unlawful invasion: the story of the Laudabiliter, a papal letter, which for 800 years became the legal precedent for English occupation of Ireland. But Mike Thomson has new evidence that claims that the Laudabiliter was"sexed-up " and possibly entirely faked. Producer Neil George
Contributors
Unknown:
Mike
Thomson
Producer:
Neil
George
: Crossing Continents
2/9. Vietnam. Forty years after he reported on the war there, Julian Pettifer returns to Vietnam to examine the transformation in US-Vietnamese relations. RptdtromThuContributors
Unknown:
Julian
Pettifer
: The Fall and Rise of the Bicycle
New series 1/3. Africa: the Power of Two Wheels. Mark Stephen discovers the importance of the bicycle as a global barometer of social, economic and environmental change. He visits Namibia, where a bicycle can give access to healthcare, education and work, which sheer distance often renders impossible. Producer Monise DurraniContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Stephen
Producer:
Monise
Durrani
: Start the Week
Shortened repeat from 9am: Book at Bedtime: For Whom the Bell Tolls
1/10. Ernest Hemingway's passionate novel based on his own experiences in Spain during the Civil War.When a young American volunteer joins a band of peasant guerrillas hiding in the mountains, he encounters both the taciturn men who will be his compatriots in arms, and a young woman, Maria. Abridged by Miranda Davies and read by Martin T Sherman. Producer Amber Barnfather RT DIRECT: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway is available for E7.99 including p&p. To order, send a cheque payable to RT Direct Book Offers to:[address removed]. Call [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute). quoting RT, or visit www.rtdirect.sparkledirect.com. UK delivery only
Contributors
Abridged By:
Miranda
Davies
Read By:
Martin T
Sherman
Producer:
Amber
Barnfather
Unknown:
Ernest
Hemingway
: A Family Business
1/3. Johnny Ball , father of Zoe Ball , looks at the reasons why families stick together in the entertainment business. Producer Libby CrossContributors
Unknown:
Johnny
Ball
Unknown:
Zoe
Ball
Producer:
Libby
Cross
: News
: Book of the Week: The Perfect Summer
1/5. By Juliet Nicolson. Repeated from 9.45amContributors
Unknown:
Juliet
Nicolson.
: Analysis
: News
: News
: Outlook
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