with the Rev
Graham Corneck. Stereo
Presented by John Humphrys and Peter Hobday.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Dr David Cook
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Presented by Libby Purves
Producer Bridget Osbome
This week the team visits west London, with members of the Acton Chrysanthemum , Dahlia and Floral Art Society.
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Na Luin by Gaelic author
Alasdair Campbell.
'Na luin' is the Gaelic word for heat haze.
Today's story is of an encounter between a boy and his father on a hot summer's day. Read by David Bannerman.
Producer Marilyn Imrie
The Most Rev
Keith Rayner , Archbishop of Melbourne, leads a reflection with music and prayers from Canberra,
Australia, the host city for the Seventh Assembly of the World Council of Churches, which ended earlier today.
Reporter Helen Boaden.
A radio portrait, in conversation, recollection and anecdote.
Editor Brian Walker
with John Howard
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The political quiz chaired by Patrick Hannan.
With MPs Julian Critchley and Austin Mitchell and their guests.
Producer Diane Messias Stereo
Presented by James Naughtie
Could a Spanish queen and a Jewish convert make it into sainthood? Jill Burridge finds out why the Vatican is widening its net.
Serial: The Skeleton in the Cupboard (final part).
Music: Danzi's Quartet No 3 for Bassoon and String Trio
The second of a four-part drama set in a progressive school on the south coast. Written by Angus Graham-Campbell . The Black Black Sea
The injured Euan is more looked after by Emma than his girlfriend Jen. But there is something nasty going on in the dormitory ...
Director Richard Wortley. Stereo
Dilly Barlow investigates the mystery of the Scottish gospel ships, and the contents of the 'bottom drawer'.
Producer Tessa Watt
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When an Asian girl marries, her family may spend thousands of pounds on jewellery made of 22 carat gold. Allison Townsend learns about the tradition of the golden gifts and meets the family of Meehta Patel , who has mixed feelings about her precious dowry.
Producer Ian Bell. Stereo
Brian Sibley talks to John Ie Carre about the film of his book The Russia
House, starring
Sean Connery ; the cabaret Hot Peaches is in the studio; and artist Richard Wilson gives his visitors a sinking experience. Producer Kate Wilkinson
Presented by Valerie Singleton and Hugh Sykes
Stereo
The last of the present series in which John Waite and his team investigate listeners' complaints. Editor Graham Ellis
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Bel Mooney talks to six people about the way in which one particular death affected their lives.
2: Actor Barry Rutter discusses his baby son, Harry.
Producer Beaty Rubens. Stereo
The English language flowered as never before in the works of Shakespeare and in the Authorised Version of the Bible. In the seventh of eight programmes,
Malcolm Billings and Jonathan Riley-Smith continue their quest for the English into the 17th century. Religious tensions and conflict between the monarch and Parliament are the underlying themes.
The climax comes on 30 January 1649, with the execution of King
Charles I. Is he a tyrant or a martyr?
Music by Steven Faux , performed by the Dufay Collective.
Producer Christopher Stone Stereo
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BOOK: The English' by Malcolm Billings , available from bookshops, £ 10.95
Presented by Roger White Stereo
Presented by Alexander MacLeod
Stereo
Carol by Patricia Highsmith. Part 10.
Six murder cases from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard wore trilbies.
2: Cabin 126
Can you be convicted of murder if there is no body?
Written by John Scotney.
With Ian Lindsay ,
Mark Straker , Timothy Bateson , James Greene , Timothy Carlton , Petra Markham and Tara Dominick.
Producer Tim Suter. Stereo
