Producers Dylan Winter and Sue Broom
with Brian Wilson
with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue
This week five stories by Richmal Crompton , chosen and read by Martin Jarvis. 1: William and the Musician
Producer Pete Atkin
Eight discussions hosted by Denise Robertson. 4: Backs to the Future
While many people still feel incompatible with a floppy disk, the rest of the world heads to a user-friendly future.
Discussing the impact of information technology are Dr Ian Miles , David Fimberg , Kevin Robins and George Hay.
Producer Amanda Mares
In the last of four talks, Nigel Spivey wonders why the children of Vietnamese Boat People are flourishing while many parents would like to return.
Producer Sharon Banoff
Unmuddling Your Money
The Drover's Wife Reader Denis Lill. Written by Henry Lawson.
Producer Maurice Leitch (R)
Radio Goes to Town from the Salvation Army Citadel, near Blackpool
Tower, led by Iris Mclntyre. I'll Go in the Strength of the Lord; Jesus, Thou Art Everything to Me; What a Friend We Have in Jesus. Reading: Luke 9, w 28-36
Ten years ago the National Pawnbrokers' Association had 100 members. Now, as people come under pressure from spiralling mortgages and credit-card payments, the number has doubled. Producer Cathie Mahoney Stereo (R)
with Simon Rae.
Readers Elizabeth Bell and Martin Jarvis.
Guest Liz Lochhead.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo
Presenter John Waite Editor Ken Vass
Eight classic comedy profiles with Barry Cryer. 1: Bob Hope
Producer Tim Sturgeon. Stereo
with Nick Clarke Editor Roger Mosey
Emily and Mr Prendergast Producer David Ian Neville Stereo (R)
A lady companion, a lieutenant-colonel's wife, and a former journalist now in a wheelchair - Jenni Mills explores the world of the hidden homeless.
Presenter Wendy Austin. Serial: Colette's
Bella-Vista
The sixth of eight parts read by Jane Lapotaire. Abridged by Meg Clarke Editor Clare Selerie-Grey
Stereo
Letter from Cornwall
Bob Sinfield revisits the home of the pasty.... Producer Cathy Drysdale (R)
Second City First
Christopher Cook visited the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago and on New York's Broadway, to discover the key to their success.
Stereo
with Valerie Singleton and Hugh Sykes Editor Kevin Marsh
and Financial Report
In 1976
Alemnish Demetri , an Ethiopian student living in London, received a letter from a brother telling her that her mother and two brothers were missing, presumed dead, after a surprise Somali air raid on their home. But she refused to believe it ...
Presented and produced by Kathy Flower.
Earlier this year, the Gregynog Festival took place in a country house in Wales which, for over 40 years, was the home of Gwendoline and Margaret Davies.
John Jones traces the history of music-making at Gregynog through the people who have been associated with it.
(First broadcast on Radio Wales)
Forty-five years ago today, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. This is the harrowing testimony of children who lived through that day, compiled by Kerry Crabbe from Professor Arata Osada 's 1951 work with the Publishing Committee for the Children of Hiroshima.
Professor Osada's words read by Richard Pascoe. Music Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Director Janet Whitaker. Stereo
Hoist's Planets are set to dance at the Royal
Ballet; and Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Sir John !
Mills in Saturday's Radio 4 play, The Petition. With Paul Vaughan.
Producer Nicki Paxman. Stereo
with Roger White. Stereo
Presenter David Sells Editor Margaret Budy. Stereo
Amongst Women
The first of tenepisodes written and abridged by John McGahern. Reader Tony Doyle.
Moran, a proud, aloof
Leitrim farmer, was in his youth a fighter in the Irish War of Independence.
These were the glory days, since then he has become bitter and conservative. But he still holds charisma for his family. 1: The three daughters return home for Monaghan Day.
Producer Pam Brighton
The Marx Brothers'
Lost Radio Shows
The classic comedy team are recreated in the second of six adventures.
With the vocal talents of Lorelei King , Graham Hoadhy and Vincent Marzello. Music David Firman
Original scripts by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman
Adapted by Mark Brisenden
Producer Dirk Maggs. Stereo (R)
until 12.10
