with the Rev
Ronald Hoar.
Stereo
Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Venerable
George Austin,
Archdeacon of York.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Listeners report on a variety of issues with the help of Susan Marling and the Punters team. Editor Jenny Walmsley
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'If we didn't laugh, we'd cry.' The second of three talks in which Colin Morris looks at the religious significance of humour.
Producer Juli Wills. Stereo
When a squirrel has cached a nut for a rainy day will it be able to find it - or does it rely on luck? Fergus Keeling and Jessica Holm unearth some natural facts. producer John Harrison
Reflecting on the concerns of the day. Stereo
Stereo (Omnibus edition on Saturday at 6.25pm)
Ferdinand Dennis talks to five people born in the colonies but now living in Britain.
2: Clyde Williams , now Chief Executive of FullEmploy Training, was born poor in Guyana but in the 1980s ran his own computer firm with a 935m turnover. He talks about his success and philosophy.
Producer Marina Salandy-Brown
Paul Green was just seven weeks old when the Birmingham Six were first taken into custody in 1975. He tells how he became a campaigner for their freedom.
with John Howard.
Stereo
with James Naughtie.
with Jenni Murray.
The yuppie generation of the 80s is becoming a rich picking ground for authors. Denise Robertson and Caroline Bridgwood discuss the literary lure of the last decade.
Serial: Hester Lilly (4)
Peter Mayle , author of the best-selling journal, A Year in Provence, introduces the sequel, Toujours Provence, the Trollope Society is now four years old - Joanna Trollope discusses its aims and ambitious publishing project; and a browse around the bookshelves of novelist
Leslie Thomas.
Presented by Nigel Forde. Producer Vivien Devlin
Paul Allen is at the first night of Griff Rhys Jones 's RSC directorial debut Twelfth Night, and at Yvonne Brewster 's production of Antony and Cleopatra.
Producer Beaty Rubens
Stereo
Presented by Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes.
and Financial Report
What do Bach and Reginald Dixon have in common? And why does Nigel Kennedy have to put Mars bars into his mouth sideways before he picks up a violin? Tom Miles and Rob Millner present six programmes of classical music as you have never heard it before. With special guests Jonathan Cecil , Flaminia Cinque and Professor Jim Tavare.
Stereo
Pat and Tony receive news from the bank.
'When you think of the word bullying, you think of the school bully ... you don't think about it happening in respectable places of work ...' In the first of two programmes, men and women share the experiences and consequences of being bullied at work.
With Andrea Adams.
Producer Cathy Drysdale Stereo
The last programme of a three-part series assessing the effects of recent major disasters on the people involved. The Officials
Often the aftermath of a disaster is almost as tragic as the disaster itself. Should the bereaved see the body of the person they loved? How, if at all, can coroners, police and other officials ease the pain of all of those tragically caught up in a disaster? Producer Sue Davies
Presented by Kati Whitaker.
For disabled listeners.
Producer Marlene Pease 0PHONE: 07 1-[number removed]
(10.00am-5.00pm)
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Sugar?, BBC. London WI 1AA
Stereo
with Nigel Cassidy. Stereo
with Richard Kershaw.
Stereo
An Autumn Sowing by E F Benson. Part 4.
Stereo
Jennifer Phillips 's five-part comedy series set in the offices of a London car firm. 2: A Tasty Motor
Eddie, the 'controller', finds Angela, the new owner of the dodgy car business, appallingly ] honest. But there's another complication, apart from love in the air - what has Frenchie done to Angela's Peugeot?
Director Richard Wortley. Stereo