Listings
: Extreme Britain
1/5. Mike Dilger explores the extremes of the British countryside, beginning at Holme Fen near Peterborough, the lowest point in Britain. Producer Brett WestwoodContributors
Unknown:
Mike
Dilger
Producer:
Brett
Westwood
: Open Country
Rural reports from around the country.Producer Sandra Sykes Repeated on Thursday at 1.30pm
Contributors
Producer:
Sandra
Sykes
: Fanning Today This Week
Reports on agricultural issues, presented by Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Sarah SwadlingContributors
Presented By:
Miriam
O'Reilly.
Producer:
Sarah
Swadling
: Today
Presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Vishvapani.
Contributors
Presented By:
John
Humphrys
Presented By:
Sarah
Montague.
Unknown:
Garry
Richardson.
: Saturday Live
Fi Glover presents a hearty breakfast fry-up of inheritance tracks, podcasts and extraordinary stories, while poet Elvis McGonagall ensures it all scans. Producer Torquil MacLeodContributors
Unknown:
Fi
Glover
Unknown:
Elvis
McGonagall
Producer:
Torquil
MacLeod
: Excess Baggage
Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys Of travel. Producer Harry ParkerContributors
Unknown:
Sandi
Toksvig
Producer:
Harry
Parker
: Poets Don't Drive ...
Ian McMillan tests his belief that driving and verse-writing are incompatible pursuits. Roger McGough , Kenneth Steven , Lemn Sissay and Brian Patten prefer the passenger seat, and Simon Armitage and Wendy Cope promote the poetic possibilities of taking the wheel. Producer Sara Jane HallContributors
Unknown:
Ian
McMillan
Unknown:
Roger
McGough
Unknown:
Kenneth
Steven
Unknown:
Lemn
Sissay
Unknown:
Brian
Patten
Unknown:
Simon
Armitage
Unknown:
Wendy
Cope
Producer:
Sara Jane
Hall
: Week in Westminster
Jackie Ashley of The Guardian takes a look at the week s political events. Editor Marie JesselContributors
Unknown:
Jackie
Ashley
Editor:
Marie
Jessel
: From Our Own Correspondent
A lively collection of dispatches from the BBC s foreign correspondents, who report on stories in their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony GrantRT DIRECT: From Our Own Correspondent, edited by Tony Grant. is available for E15.99 (RRP E16.99) including p&p. Call [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute)
Contributors
Presented By:
Kate
Adie.
Producer:
Tony
Grant
Edited By:
Tony
Grant.
: Money Box
Impartial money advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance, with Paul Lewis.Producer Samantha Washington Repeated tomorrow at 9pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Lewis.
Producer:
Samantha
Washington
: The Now Show
1/6 Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are back with their hard-hitting satirical look at the week's news. With Mitch Benn , Jon Holmes , Laura Shavin and a special guest. Repeated from yesterdayRT DIRECT- To order the CD The Now S/KWfor just £10.99 (RRP £12.99) plus free p&p, call [number removed] (landline calls cost a maximum of 8p per min) or send a cheque payable to BBC Shop to [address removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Steve
Punt
Unknown:
Hugh
Dennis
Unknown:
Mitch
Benn
Unknown:
Jon
Holmes
Unknown:
Laura
Shavin
: Any Questions?
Jonathan Dimbleby is in the chair as an audience in Haverhill, Suffolk, poses topical questions from the week's news to the panel, which includes the shadow Leader of the Commons, Theresa May , and the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, Christopher Meyer. Repeated from yesterdayContributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby
Unknown:
Theresa
May
Unknown:
Christopher
Meyer.
: Any Answers?
Listeners' calls and emails taken by Jonathan Dimbleby in response to Any Questions. Producer Lisa JenkinsonPHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 12.30pm; email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Dimbleby
Producer:
Lisa
Jenkinson
: The Saturday Play: Sad Girl
When the Nazis came to Lisel's home and took her father and her twin brother, they also took a painting known as Sad Girl. Now Lisel is dead, and her daughter Rachel, who cared for her mother during her long final illness, sets out to find the painting. But what did it look like? What was it really called and who took it? By Sue Teddern.Producer Jonquil Panting
Contributors
Unknown:
Sue
Teddern.
Rachel:
Samantha
Spiro
Michael Wernitz:
Henry
Goodman
Geoff:
Henry
Goodman
Lisel:
Miriam
Karlin
Uncle Harry:
Lee
Montague
Asif:
Ameet
Chana
Refugee:
Ameet
Chana
Lesley:
Christine
Kavanagh
Ben:
Sam
Dale
Liam:
Sam
Dale
Sheila:
Carolyn
Pickles
Wernitz gallery assistant:
Carolyn
Pickles
Dan:
Mark
Straker
: The Real History of Opera
1/4. Huw Edwards unveils the history behind some of opera's most famous plots, beginning with Puccini's Tbsca - a story of love, politics, religion, sadism and murder, based on real events in Napoleonic-era Rome. Producer Catherine McGheeContributors
Unknown:
Huw
Edwards
Producer:
Catherine
McGhee
: Weekend Woman's Hour
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Editor Jill BurridgeRT DIRECT: Woman's Hour: Celebration of Mothers, featuring excerpts from the programme, is available on audio cassette and CD for ES.99 including p&p, from www.bbcshop.com, or by calling [number removed], quoting [number removed]
Contributors
Presented By:
Martha
Kearney.
Editor:
Jill
Burridge
: Saturday PM
A round-up of the day's news and sporting headlines. Presented by Carolyn Quinn. Producer Peter RipponContributors
Presented By:
Carolyn
Quinn.
Producer:
Peter
Rippon
: The Bottom Line
8/9. The biggest names in business talk frankly about the workplace issues in the news, from the boardroom to the shop floor, and from building success to handling failure. Introduced by Evan Davis. producer Neil Koenig ; Editor Stephen ChilcottContributors
Introduced By:
Evan
Davis.
Producer:
Neil
Koenig
Editor:
Stephen
Chilcott
: Loose Ends
Another eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and his guests. Producer Cathie MahoneyContributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
Producer:
Cathie
Mahoney
: From Fact to Fiction
5/8. Poet Lemn Sissay responds to a story in the week's news. Producer Eoin O'Callaghan Repeated tomorrow at 5 40pmContributors
Unknown:
Lemn
Sissay
Producer:
Eoin
O'Callaghan
: Saturday Review
Tom Sutcliffe and guests David Baddiel , Margaret Forster and Fiona Shaw discuss the week's top cultural events, including Andrew Lloyd Webber 's new production of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium. Producer Nicki PaxmanContributors
Unknown:
Tom
Sutcliffe
Unknown:
David
Baddiel
Unknown:
Margaret
Forster
Unknown:
Fiona
Shaw
Unknown:
Andrew Lloyd
Webber
Producer:
Nicki
Paxman
: The Archive Hour: Man of the People:Paul Graney's Story
Although Paul Graney was, in his own words, "an ordinary bloke" from the North West, he left as his legacy an extraordinary collection of audio recordings that reflected the changing lives of ordinary people in the first half of the 20th century. He spent months living rough during the Depression, helped to organise the Manchester contingent of the Jarrow March, fought against Mosley's Blackshirts, and saw Hitler rousing his supporters in Berlin. Later, he became a collector of folk music from across the world, saving hundreds of traditional songs from fading out of memory. Jeffrey Richards tells Graney's story. Producer Libby crossContributors
Unknown:
Paul
Graney
Unknown:
Jeffrey
Richards
: Classic Serial: The Brothers Karamazov
2/5. While Alyosha attends the bedside of the dying Elder, relations between Dmitri and his father become ever more dangerous. By Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dramatised for radio by Melissa Murray.Repeated from Sunday
Contributors
Unknown:
Fyodor
Dostoyevsky.
Unknown:
Melissa
Murray.
Fyodor Karamazov:
Roy
Marsden
Dmitri:
Paul
Hilton
Ivan:
Nicholas
Boulton
Alyosha:
Carl
Prekopp
Smerdyakov:
Joseph
Kioska
Lise:
Emma
Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova:
Rachel
Atkins
Katerina:
Juliet
Aubrey
Grushenka:
Katy
Cavanagh
Grigory:
Desmond
McNamara
Father Paisy:
Philip
Fox
The Elder:
Sam
Dale
Marya:
Bethan
Walker
Monk:
Paul Richard
Biggin
Monk:
Saikat
Ahamed
: The Moral Maze
7/11. Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in whichClifford Longley , Steven Rose , Michael Portillo and Ian Hargreaves cross-examine expert witnesses on the moral issues behind the week's news. Repeated from Wednesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Buerk
Unknown:
Clifford
Longley
Unknown:
Steven
Rose
Unknown:
Michael
Portillo
Unknown:
Ian
Hargreaves
: Brain of Britain
11/17. Four contestants from the West of England compete in the continuing first round of the nationwide general knowledge contest. The chairman is Robert Robertson. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
Robert
Robertson.
: Poetry Please
7/7. Roger McGough presents poems for remembrance, with works by Pablo Neruda , Evangeline Patterson and front-line poets Siegfried Sassoon , Wilfred Owen and Alun Lewis. Repeated from SundayContributors
Unknown:
Roger
McGough
Unknown:
Pablo
Neruda
Unknown:
Evangeline
Patterson
Unknown:
Siegfried
Sassoon
Unknown:
Wilfred
Owen
Unknown:
Alun
Lewis.
: Scottish Shorts
1/5. Advent. Working away from home over the festive season, a publishing executive rediscovers her sense of adventure. By Linda Cracknell. Read byTamara Kennedy. Producer Bruce YoungContributors
Unknown:
Linda
Cracknell.
Producer:
Bruce
Young
: News
: BBC World Drama
Dracula (1/2) David Suchet stars as Dracula in this production of Bram Stoker's chilling novel: News
: News
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