Concluding the three part dramatisation of Finlay J MacDonald's trilogy about Hebridean life in the early part of the last century. Finlay spends the holidays at his grandparents' house.
Joachim Herz's 1978 production, for the Welsh National Opera, of Giacomo Puccini's Japanese-set tragic opera in two acts, recorded at the New Theatre, Cardiff, in 2002 and starring Nuccia Focile and Paul Charles Clarke. This revival is directed by Robin Tebbutt. Carlo Rizzi conducts.
Prize-winning novelist Tim Lott, biographer Rachel Holmes and academic Germaine Greer join presenter Mark Lawson to mull over the week's cultural highlights and low points. Shown last Friday on BBC2.
Space Coverage of the launch of Baltic, a new international centre for contemporary arts in Gateshead. A multi-million pound project has transformed the former grain warehouse into one of the biggest temporary art spaces in Europe. Presented by Tim Marlow and Verity Sharp.
The three-part series examining the evolution of capitalism concludes with a discussion around Francis Fukuyama's End of History thesis. Melvyn Bragg is joined by guests George Monbiot, Anthony Grayling and DeAnne Julius.
