with the Rev Canon Michael Sadgrove.
Presented by Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with George Austin.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
John Waite investigates listeners' complaints.
In the final programme of the series Ray Gosling discovers the secrets of the Italian language with Marco, Valentina and Georgio Ausenda from Milan, Ciro Tornaboni from Sicily and Professor Nigel Vincent of Manchester University. Producer Jenny Lo
The decline of the grizzly bear in the United States has been dramatic - from
50,000 in 1975 to under 1,000 today. In the state of Colorado the last one was killed in 1979; now an introduction programme is to be attempted. With Jessica Holm and Fergus Keeling. Producer John Holmes
Reflecting on the concerns of the day. Stereo
Stereo (Omnibus edition on Saturday at 6.25pm)
The final programme in which playwrights are in conversation with Rosemary Hartill about how their ideas and beliefs influence their work. Trevor Griffiths
Producer David Coomes. Stereo
Claire Randall tells the story of her romantic pilgrimage through post-
Ceausescu Romania to the Moldavian monasteries.
Presented by John Howard.
'His foe was folly, and his weapon wit.'
Nigel Rees with another round of things quotable and people quoted.
Among those doing the identifying this week are Glenda Jackson, Alan Plater, Dan Jacobson and Peter Jones.
Quotations read by Ronald Fletcher.
(Stereo)
Presented by James Naughtie.
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Sisterhood is too sentimental. Madonna is a role model for the 90s. If women had ruled the world we'd still be living in grass huts.
Camille Paglia tells Jenni Murray how to be a feminist without being a firebrand. The last of three stories: Fables of the Irish
Intelligentsia
How Slattery Tricked His
Mother into Touching Him
/ Won the Carnegie and Burst into Tears
What is it that makes the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals for children's books so special? Nigel Forde sits in on the judging and awarding of these coveted prizes. He also enjoys A Picnic in Eden with young Irish novelist Frank Ronan and rediscovers the rich life of author Rose Macaulay in a new biography of Jane Emery.
Producer Sally Marmion
Paul Allen is in Dublin for
Hedda Gablermth Fiona
Shaw at the Abbey
Theatre; and in London to look at the Barclays New Stages Festival.
Producer Nicki Paxman
Presented by Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes.
and Financial Report
Stereo
Bert as chauffeur may not have been such a great idea after all.
A portrait in music and words of King Henry VIII (born 28 June 1491) with The City Waites.
Henry VIII was perhaps the most flamboyant and controversial of English monarchs, a man of many talents and notorious appetites who cast his larger-than-life shadow over an entire era. The
City Waites take us back to Henry's England, singing and playing as they go the music of the era - some of it by the King himself.
Producer Daniel Snowman
Stereo
Balkan Backwaters
Can the turbulent region, which once sparked a world war, overcome its history of neglect, poverty and strife? Chris Cviic considers how south-eastern Europe is filling the vacuum left by the collapse of communism. Producer Zareer Masani
Presented by Kati Whitaker.
For disabled listeners.
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Stereo
with Roger White. Stereo
with Richard Kershaw.
Stereo
Age of Iron byj MCoetzee. Part 9.
Ex-pitman turned private investigator Stephen J Blackburn gets an introduction to 'new-age crime' when his brother-in-law's filofax is stolen and held to ransom.
But it's assistant-detective Tracey who once again goes straight to the heart of the matter in A Case of Hearts and Flowers.
Written by Ian McMillan , Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby.
Producer Dave Sheasby. Stereo
