with Canon
Myrtle Langley. Stereo
with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rt Rev Jim Thompson.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
(Broadcasryesterday 7.20pm FM)
Four programmes in which Colin Semper meets people who, confronted by the same moral dilemma, arrived at very different decisions. 3: The sons of Ann Greetham and Elaine Counsell were both killed in road accidents involving drunken drivers. Could they find it in their hearts to forgive?
Producer Brian King
Isaiah
The first of 16 episodes from the Authorised Version, read by David Neal.
Introduced by Archimandrite Ephrem . Abridged by Yvonne Antrobus Producer Philip Martin
Jenni Murray meets leading abstract painter Jennifer Durrant.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial: Backlash (11)
BBC correspondents around the world give a personal view of their host countries.
with Debbie Thrower.
Chairman Chris Serle keeps his weather eye open as Leslie Thomas , Pam Ayres and guests
Stephen Fry and Frances Edmonds tackle the origins of words, phrases and expressions.
Producer Paul Z Jackson. Stereo (First broadcast on Radio 2)
with Nick Clarke.
(Broadcastyesterday 7.05pm;
Teaching in Room 5 is Mr RT ("Tinker") Bell, going in his idiosyncratic way through the Great
Poets; meanwhile, in the outside world, the Suez crisis looms.
Written by Colin Douglas.
Director Patrick Rayner Stereo
Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests with readers Rosalind Shanks and David Sterne , and guest Mick Imlah. Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo
Paul Allen is at the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow for the opening of its new three-theatre complex, at which three productions are premiered this week; and Tolstoy's heroine Anna Karenina is on a UK tour.
Producer Jo Bishop. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
On the Market by Brian Leyden.
"A tractor rolls through town and a cow bellows into the dreaming bedrooms, to announce the first mart of the New Year."
Read by Gerry McGrath. Producer Pam Brighton
with Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes.
Four cases for Stephen J Blackburn , ex-pitman turned private investigator.
2: A Case of Hearts and Flowers
When his brother-in-law's
Filofax is stolen and held to ransom, Blackburn gets an introduction to new-age crime. But it's assistant detective Tracey who once again goes straight to the heart of the matter.
Written by Ian McMillan ,
Martyn Wiley and the director Dave Sheasby. Stereo
A cow comes between
Ruth and David.
An Unnatural Practice?
Is coalition government as alien to Britain's political culture as many people assume, or could this country be on the threshold of a new politics of consensus at the top?
Peter Hennessy considers the shape of things to come.
Producer Zareer Masani
Four talks about life in Ireland today by the Irish novelist Joseph Hone. 3: Connaught- Tuam
The fiddler plays for the Anglo Irish in the big house, while the local heroes are a rock group. Producer Joy Hatwood
with Ted Harrison.
For listeners with disabilities.
Producer Marlene Pease
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Sugar?. BBC. London W 1 A 1 AA
Stereo (Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Mark Gregory. Stereo
with Robin Lustig. Stereo
The Blindfold Horse by Shusha Guppy. 9: Norooz
Stereo
Dick Francis 's novel, winner of a Gold Dagger award for crime writing, serialised in five parts. 3: Sid Halley returns to England determined to overcome the fear of threats made against him by a gang of racecourse dopers.
Dramatised by Alan England
Director Philip Martin. Stereo
