Listings
: Bells on Sunday
From St Michael and All Angels, Great Cumberton, Worcestershire.: Profile
Repeated from yesterday at7pm: Something Understood
Spools of Time. Canadian broadcaster Chris Brookes reflects on how mundane objects enshrine memories of Past events. Producer Alan Hall Repeated at 11.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Chris
Brookes
Producer:
Alan
Hall
: Living World
4/4. The Vernal Lantern Fish. Lionel Kelleway goes in search of a once rarely sighted species that now appears more frequently around the British coast because of rising sea temperatures. Producer Sarah BluntContributors
Unknown:
Lionel
Kelleway
: Sunday
Religious and ethical headlines, with Roger Bolton. Producer Amanda HancoxContributors
Unknown:
Roger
Bolton.
Producer:
Amanda
Hancox
: Radio 4 Appeal
Jeremy Irons appeals on behalf of Child Welfare Scheme. Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.27pmDonations: [address removed]; Credit cards Freephone [number removed]; online via the Radio 4 website.
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeremy
Irons
Producer:
Sally
Flatman
: Sunday Worship
For Palm Sunday, from St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, with the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev Dr Houston McKelvey. Producer Bert ToshContributors
Unknown:
Dr Houston
McKelvey.
Producer:
Bert
Tosh
: A Point Of View
Repeated from Friday: Broadcasting House
Paddy O'Connell discusses the week's news. Editor Peter RipponContributors
Unknown:
Paddy
O'Connell
Editor:
Peter
Rippon
: The Archers
Omnibus edition.: Desert Island Discs
Kirsty Young invites castaway Ben Helfgott , chair of the '45 Aid Society of Holocaust Survivors, to choose eight records to take to the mythical desert island. Producer Leanne Buckle Repeated on Friday at 9amContributors
Unknown:
Ben
Helfgott
- Desert Island Discs: Ben Helfgott 41 minutes
: The Write Stuff
3/6. Literary quizmaster James Walton presides over team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh with guests Jane Thynne and Wendy Holden. The author of the week and subject for pastiche is Tom Stoppard , and the reader is Beth Chalmers. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
James
Walton
Unknown:
Sebastian
Faulks
Unknown:
John
Walsh
Unknown:
Jane
Thynne
Unknown:
Wendy
Holden.
Unknown:
Tom
Stoppard
Unknown:
Beth
Chalmers.
: The Food Programme
Takeaway Food. Given the public's growing demand for nutritious fast food, Sheila Dillon explores the new style of take-away that provides quick and easy food that's also healthy and locally sourced. Producer Margaret Collins Repeated tomorrow at 4pmContributors
Unknown:
Sheila
Dillon
Producer:
Margaret
Collins
- Food Programme: The Takeaway 24 minutes
: The World This Weekend
News and analysis, presented by Jo Coburn. Editor Colin HancockContributors
Presented By:
Jo
Coburn.
Editor:
Colin
Hancock
: Battle for Birth
1/2. The UK's maternal mortality rate is one of the worst in the developed world. Penny Marshall looks back at the key decisions that have been made over the last century that have produced the maternity services in the NHS today. Producer Paula McGrathContributors
Producer:
Paula
McGrath
: Gardeners' Question Time
Matthew Biggs , John Cushnie and Bob Flowerdew respond to queries from gardeners in Hertfordshire. And at the GOT garden, Bob Flowerdew sets up a pea trial to find out if the perceived wisdom of pre-soaking makes any difference to germination. Peter Gibbs is in the chair. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened RT DIRECT: Gardeners' Question Time: The Four Seasons is available for £12.99 (RRP £15.99) on two CDs, including p&p. To order, send a cheque Payable to BBC shop to: [address removed] visit www.bbcshop.com. or call [number removed]. quoting [number removed] --Alan Titchmarsh answers gardening questions: page 50Contributors
Unknown:
Matthew
Biggs
Unknown:
John
Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob
Flowerdew
Unknown:
Bob
Flowerdew
Unknown:
Peter
Gibbs
Producer:
Trevor
Taylor
Unknown:
Alan
Titchmarsh
: Cricket World Cup
Another Super Eights match. Commentators includeChristopher Martin-Jenkins , Tony Cozier and Kevin Howells , With further input from Colin Croft and Ranjit Fernando.
Producer Peter Baxter 'approximate times
Highlights of today's play are on BBC 1 tonight
Contributors
Unknown:
Christopher
Martin-Jenkins
Unknown:
Tony
Cozier
Unknown:
Kevin
Howells
Unknown:
Colin
Croft
Unknown:
Ranjit
Fernando.
Producer:
Peter
Baxter
: The Page Turners
A look at the professional life, the hopes, mistakes and failures, stresses and musical loves of that most invisible of musician's aides - the professional page-turner. ^Producer Simon HollisContributors
Producer:
Simon
Hollis
: Classic Serial: The Making of a Marchioness
1/2. Michelene Wandor's dramatisation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's delightful and occasionally dark romance about a 34-year-old who supports herself helping the well-to-do ladies of Mayfair with their shopping and other chores, and whose life changes when she gives a hand at a country house party. Narrated by Joanna David. Music by Richard Taylor ; Producer/Director Chris WallisImagine that Emily Bronte has sat down with Oscar Wilde to write a novel for Mills and Boon, and you'll have an idea of the flavour of this two-part Classic Serial dramatisation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's book. Only on radio could Charles Dance (above) be cast as an unattractive, painfully dull man - but he makes a convincing job of it as wealthy landowner, the Marquis of Walderhurst. Pursued by every unmarried woman in the land (or so it seems) he settles upon our heroine, Emily Fox-Seton, the plain 34-year-old paid companion to the nation's most comically hideous old bag, Lady Bayne. Lucy Briers (Richard's daughter) plays Emily with a sharp edge of wit that lifts her out of being an old-fashioned, mawkish do-gooder, while Miriam Margolyes is like Edith Evans's Lady Bracknell on high-dosage venom pills in her role as Bayne. It's over the top, ridiculously romantic and an utterly perfect listen for a melodramatic Sunday afternoon.
Contributors
Unknown:
Michelene
Wandor
Unknown:
Frances Hodgson
Burnett
Unknown:
Joanna
David.
Music By:
Richard
Taylor
Director:
Chris
Wallis
Lord Walderhurst:
Charles
Dance
Lady Maria:
Miriam
Marqolyes
Emily:
Lucy
Briers
MrsCupp:
Amelda
Brown
jane:
Charlie
Brooks
Mrs Brook:
Lorelei
King
Cora:
Antonia
Bernath
Lady Agatha:
Amara
Karan
Cook:
Jenny
Lee
Batch:
Nicholas
Collett
Alec:
Colin
Tierney
Hester:
Anjali
Jay
: Bookclub
Jonathan Coe is one of Britain's leading writers of comic fiction. He answers questions from an audience and from James Naughtie , the presentere, about the 1994 novel that made his name, What a Carve Up! Producer Dymphna Flynn Repeated on Thursday at 4pm May's Bookclub: My Sister's Keeper byJodi Picoult Jonathan Coe on NF Simpson: page 143Contributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Coe
Unknown:
James
Naughtie
Producer:
Dymphna
Flynn
Unknown:
Picoult Jonathan
Coe
: Poetry Please
New series 1/9. Trevor Peacock reads a selection of comic poems by Roald Dahl , Wendy Cope and Ogden Nash as requested by listeners. Plus classic archive recordings by John Betjeman and Stanley Holloway. Presented by Roger McGoUgh. Producer Mary Ward-Lowery Rptd on Saturday at 11.30pm Send your requests to Poetry Please, BBC Bristol, BS8 2LR EMAIL: poetry.please@bbc.co.uk Phone [number removed] (calls cost no more than 8p per minute from land lines)Contributors
Unknown:
Trevor
Peacock
Unknown:
Roald
Dahl
Unknown:
Wendy
Cope
Unknown:
Ogden
Nash
Unknown:
John
Betjeman
Unknown:
Stanley
Holloway.
Presented By:
Roger
McGough.
Producer:
Mary Ward-Lowery
Rptd
: 1707: the Birth of Britain
Allan Little presents a tale of espionage, corruption and financial ruin, as he relates how the tempestuous alliance between England and Scotland was the beginning of the creation of what is now known as Britain. John Sessions portrays the writer Daniel Defoe , acting as a guide through the story. Producer Dave BatchelorContributors
Unknown:
Allan
Little
Unknown:
Daniel
Defoe
Producer:
Dave
Batchelor
: Pick of the Week
Claudia Hammond makes her selection from the last seven days Of BBC radio. Producer Jacqueline Smith To contact the programme with your suggestions: PHONE: [number removed] (calls from landlines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: potw@bbc.co.uk or www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potwContributors
Unknown:
Claudia
Hammond
Producer:
Jacqueline
Smith
: The Archers
Eddie does his bit for international relations. For cast see page 53 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 52: Go 4 It
Authors Francesca Simon and Jeremy Strong join Barney Harwood for a prank-filled April Fools' Day edition. Producers Vibeke Venema and Justine WillettContributors
Unknown:
Francesca
Simon
Unknown:
Jeremy
Strong
Unknown:
Barney
Harwood
Producers:
Vibeke
Venema
Producers:
Justine
Willett
: Lent Talks
5/6. Douglas Hurd reflects on how Pontius Pilate was forced to choose between the sacrifice of an innocent man and a mass uprising. Repeated from WednesdayContributors
Unknown:
Douglas
Hurd
Unknown:
Pontius
Pilate
: Last Word
Obituary series. Rptd from Friday: Money
Box Repeated from yesterday at 12.04pm: Radio 4 Appeal
Repeated from 7.55am: Analysis
5/9. Le Malade Imaginaire? Quentin Peel examines whether France's low economic growth and diminished role in the EU represents a need for radical reform. Rptd from ThursdayContributors
Unknown:
Quentin
Peel
: The Westminster Hour
FM only until 10.45Carolyn Quinn looks ahead to the week's political events.
10.45 Plus Ca Change
2/3. Nick Fraser continues his series of personal talks on France, assessing what the French fear; what they want to throw out; and what they want to preserve.
Contributors
Presenter:
Carolyn
Quinn
Presenter (Plus Ca Change):
Nick
Fraser
Producer (Plus Ca Change):
John
Murphy
Editor of The Westminster Hour:
Terry
Dignan
: Kith and Kin
2/4. The Real Fanny Price. Jane Austen 's favourite of all her heroines was Fanny Price in Mansfield Park - a poor girl adopted by wealthy relatives to be half-servant, half-daughter. There was just such a girl in Jane's own life and Amanda Vickery tells her story. Producer Peter EverettContributors
Unknown:
Jane
Austen
Unknown:
Amanda
Vickery
Producer:
Peter
Everett
: News
: Philip Pullman and Miss Jones
Ex-Python Terry Jones presides over a conversation between author Philip Pullman and his former school teacher, Miss Enid Jones. Repeated from ThursdayContributors
Unknown:
Terry
Jones
Unknown:
Philip
Pullman
Unknown:
Miss Enid
Jones.
: News
: Feeding the World
how the world could avoid famine in the future (1/3): News
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