Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 282,090 playable programmes from the BBC

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
S.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
6.55, 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by EUGENE FRASER
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.30 8.30 News headlines 745' Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.57 Weather; travel

Contributors

Presenters:
John Timpson
Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Richard Harries
Read By:
Eugene Fraser
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Margaret Percy confronts producers and management with your broadcasting comments. Producer SUSAN SNAILUM Address: Feedback,
BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW
(Repeated: Sun 6.15 pm) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Percy
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Introduced from Birmingham by Maureen Staffer Small Islands - Big Game:
MARGARET HORSFIELD VleWS hippos, buffalo and elephants from two small Islands on Lake Karlba. Facing the World: iris LINN explains how the Red Cross Cosmetic Camouflage service can change people's lives. Producer ANN TENNANT BBC Birmingham The Stepsisters (7) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Horsfield
Producer:
Ann Tennant
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be a comedy by COLIN IIAYDN EVANS
Nat Lucksteln, the only Jewish clairvoyant In Cricklewood, plans to develop a centre for spiritual studies In disused diary Mr Bodeece however, intends to use a discothe dairy complex - and when young Sammy Lucksteln marries his daughter
Poco he will appoint his manager Sammy But Sarah, a Jewish mother In the finest tradition, has other plans for her son ... Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Comedy By:
Colin Iiaydn Evans
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Abel Lucksteln:
Cyril Snaps
Nat Lucksteln:
Gabriel Woolf
Sarah Lucksteln:
Sonia Fraser
Sammy Lucksteln:
Cornelius Garrett
Pocahontas Bodeece:
Patricia Brake
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The CIA taught
Michael Burke to be a spy, but he taught himself to manage everything else American - from circuses and baseball to CBS.
Recently retired to
Ireland, he talks to Derek Robinson about his wartime experiences in France and Italy, and his subsequent rainbow of careers.
Producer Richard ELLIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Burke
Unknown:
Derek Robinson
Producer:
Richard Ellis
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

includes reviews of The Draughtsman's Contract, a dramatic intrigue set in the late 17th century, directed by Peter Greenaway and starring Janet Suzman as a neglected aristocratic wife. The film is being shown as part of the 26th London Film Festival. Presenter Michael Billington

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Billington
Producer:
John Powell
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with David Jason David Tate and Bill Wallis
Written by JAMES HENDRIE JOHN REVELL , ANDREA SOLOMONS, IAN BROWN roy apps and others Producer JAN RAVENS
(Repeated: Sat 5.25 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Written By:
James Hendrie
Written By:
John Revell
Unknown:
Ian Brown
Producer:
Jan Ravens
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More