with the Rev Noel Battye. Stereo
Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as yesterday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Venerable
George Austin
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Your chance to talk to Nick Ross and his guests on an issue of the moment.
Producer Nick Utechin
● LINES OPEN from 8.00am
Isaiah. Part 4.
(For details see yesterday;
Presented by Jenni Murray.
Winston Churchill,
Aneurin Bevan.
Enoch Powell , Tony Benn - the House of Commons has long been a natural home for debate and oratory. So how do women members perform in this traditionally masculine arena? Sonia Beesley weighs up the ayes and the nos.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial:
Northanger Abbey (2) (For details see yesterday;
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery.
Producer Julian Brown
Presented by John Howard.
Nigel Rees hosts the quotations game.
With Brian Glover ,
Maureen Freely, Peter Wood and Frederic Raphael. Quotations read by Ronald Fletcher.
Producer Jon Naismitn. Stereo
Presented by James Naughtie.
The Jesus Man
Jenny and Martin don't object to their central-heating repair man trying to convert them. But they draw the line at him trying to convince Jenny that Martin is an adulterer.
A moral comedy by David Stafford.
Director Peter Kavanagh Stereo
with Donald Swann , still well known for his partnership with Michael Flanders , but whose musical life - before and since - has encompassed everything from Greek folk music to a pacifist requiem.
Producer Michael Emery. Stereo
Robert Dawson-Scott traces the happy relationship of author
Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas in a new book; and Simon Callow and designer Jasper Conran get together for My Fair Lady in Manchester.
Producer Jackie Christie Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
The Tyrolese Exercises Leon Sinden reads one of Barry Pain 's Eliza stories - the classics of Edwardian humour that first appeared in 1900. Producer David Jackson Young
Presented by Valerie Singleton and Frank Partridge.
A six-part adaptation of Barbara Pym 's novel. 4: Lenten Fare
Wilmet does some investigating and the truth is revealed about the pillbox, but who is Piers's mysterious "colleague"? Intrigue upon intrigue in the cold midwinter.
Adapted by Elizabeth Proud Producer Sioned Wiliam
Stereo
Susan spots exactly what she's looking for in the Echo.
with Barry Cunliffe.
In 1917 Josef Stalin , then Commissar of Nationalities, argued that if the Ukraine attempted to break away from the Union it would lead to "fratricidal bloodshed of the peoples". Recently,
Mikhail Gorbachev expressed similar fears.
Harold Shukman tells John Miller about the tragic past of the newly independent state. And Christopher Cook recalls Horatio Bottomley - MP, newspaper tycoon and wheeler-dealer.
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. With Peter White.
Producer Thena Heshel
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Stereo (Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
Presented by Roger White. Stereo
Presented by Alexander MacLeod.
Stereo
The Last Days of William Shakespeare by Vlady Kociancich. Part 2.
