with the Rt Rev
Peter Firth.
with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rev
Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
with Libby Purves. Producer Bridget Osborne
Jasmine by Muhammad al Murr. 'What madness had gripped him ... It was definitely love. It was fate to love that Jasmine.' Read by Sam Dastor. Translated by Peter Clark Producer Duncan Minshull
That Eastertide with Joy Was Bright (Grenoble, BBC HB 111); Luke 24, w 36-49; 0 Lord, We Long to See Your Face
(Surry). Director of Music Barry Rose. Stereo
Derek Parker presents the third of four programmes based on James Austen-Leigh 's memoirs of his famous aunt, the only account by somebody who actually knew her.
Producer John Knignt. Stereo
with Margaret Collins.
The first of a three-part adaptation of Graham Greene 's thriller. Set in 1938, it is the tale of an academic sent on a secret mission by his beleaguered Middle-European government.
With Kim Wall and Michael Deacon.
Dramatised by James Saunders Director Matthew Walters Stereo
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with James Naughtie.
with Jenni Murray. From the titillating tabloids to the broadminded broadsheets, how do the newspapers treat sex?
Sue Margolis investigates. Serial: Birth Marks Final part.
Murder, theft, romance. All in a rest home for elderly actors? In John Graham's comedy, rest is the last thing on anyone's mind.
(Stereo)
Introduced by Michael Rosen.
What impact will local management of schools have on their book-buying policy? How will school libraries be stocked in the future? Jill Burridge investigates.
Producer Sally Feldman
Sound pictures of what six cities have meant to six people. In the second programme, South African novelist Nadine Gordimer reflects on the vibrant and sometimes violent city of Johannesburg.
Producer Penny Lawrence
Brian Sibley reviews Franco Zeffirelli 's
Hamlet, starring
Mel Gibson ; the bull-fighting musical Matador charts the life of El Cordobes; and Judy Meewezen meets American drama therapist John Bergman. Producer Richard Bannerman
Stereo
Presented by Valerie Singleton and Hugh Sykes.
and Financial Report
Stereo
Lynda is all fired up about her latest 'campaign'.
Anton Chekhov - a life reflected in his own writings, the words of his family and friends and the characters who people his plays.
3: The Hero Either
Marries or Shoots Himself!
'Yesterday there was a wedding - a real Cossack affair. I saw lots of prospective brides. An enormous choice, but I was so drunk that I took bottles for girls and girls for bottles!'
With John Baddeley , John Bull, Michael Graham Cox , Tara Dominick , Charles Kay , Michael Kilgarriff ,
Jane Slavin , Simon Treves and Geoffrey Whitehead. Producer Rosemary Hart Stereo
Cheerful Personality Required....
Roughly half of UK employers put job applicants through personality, or psychometric, tests. But doubts are being raised about their reliability. In Business reports.
Presented by Peter Day. Producer Stephen Chilcott Stereo
Stereo
with Roger White. Stereo
with Alexander MacLeod.
Stereo
Tuppence for the Rainbow by Leslie Sands.
Final part: Curtain Call
Five programmes exploring the origins of popular cultural phenomena.
4: Shrink to Fit
In 1959 Willie Gertler J reluctantly accepted a job as the first British Levis 1 agent, dubious about the product's quality compared to the German raincoats he was supplying to
Harrods. Thirty-two years later Levis is the world's biggest clothing company and nearly everyone possesses a pair of jeans. Nigel Fountain asks whether the trousers once worn by Brando as a symbol of rebellion are now a sign of conformism. Producer Wendy Pilmer