with Rev John Davies
with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rev
Bernard Thorogood
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
Listeners report on a variety of issues with the help of Susan Marling. Editor Jenny Walmstey
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BBC Radio 4. Bristol BS8 2LR
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Five ventures into the unknown by Peter Tinniswood.
2: Three Star Comfort -
Having agreed to the trip south with his nephew in the blood-red Beetle, an awful reality looms before Mort: they are going to have to spend the night in this alien territory....
Narrator Christian Rodska
Producer Pete Atkin
Find out how to say
'hello' in sperm whale and why some cacti expand and contract like bellows. Presenters
Fergus Keeling and Jessica Holm.
Producer John Ruthven
Reflecting the concerns of the day. Stereo
Stereo (Omnibus edition on Saturday at 6.25pm)
In the first of six programmes,
Sue MacGregor meets the historical novelist
Philippa Gregory to talk about her life and work. Producer Gillian Hush
Tony Johnson tells of the trials and joys of being a house husband.
Presenter John Howard
with James Naughtie
King Jolly and the Ice-cream. stereo (R)
Back to work? Not on your life! Women who have opted for full-time motherhood describe their lives.
Sue Margolis reports. Presenter Jenni Murray. Serial:
A Particular Place (6)
When people in a small community decide to fight industry in the interests of ecology the quality of life may be preserved, but other things are threatened. Written by Chris Thompson.
Director Tony Cliff. Stereo
Edward Blishen invites
Jonathon Porritt and Helena Kennedy to talk about four paperbacks they consider to be A Good Read.
Their books include
Russell Hoban 's Turtle
Diary and The Crack: A Belfast Year by Sally Belfrage.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo
Stereo
Including financial news and letters
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and Financial Report
Stereo
Six portraits of great radio figures presented by June Knox-Mawer.
1: It Depends What You Mean By ...
The erratic career of 'Professor' C E M Joad of Brains Trust fame for whom fare-dodging proved to be a fatal temptation.
Producer Julian Hale. Stereo
Ferdinand Dennis 's six-part journey through seven
West African states.
1: The Promise
That Failed
Liberia, founded as a nation for freed slaves, is the first stop.
Immediately confronted by the troubled Doe regime,
Ferdinand Dennis explores the legacy of the American settlers and the consequent divisions in Liberian society.
Producer Noah Richler. Stereo
A topical magazine covering the political issues and happenings from around the country that concern people with disabilities.
Presenter Kati Whitaker Producer Marlene Pease
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Does He Take Sugar?
Room 7074, Broadcasting House, London WI 1AA
Michael Berkeley finds himself in the midst of a gamelan orchestra, and Judy Meewezen reports from Barrow-in-Furness on an ambitious community project of plays, music, carnival and pageants.
Producer Belinda Sample
Presenter
Roger White Stereo
Presenter
Alexander MacLeod Stereo
The View from the Ground
7: When Franco Died -
1976, Spain.
A five-part series with Ian Carmichael as Dorothy L Sayers 's aristocratic sleuth.
4: Shellshock
Producer Simon Brett (R)