Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 282,819 playable programmes from the BBC

Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Elaine Storkey.
8.40Yesterdayin Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Elaine Storkey.

Alex Ferguson 's second trilogy set in Jarrow in the hungry
30s. It starts with the sad story of how an American business offer to rescue Jarrow is spurned by Stanley Baldwin , and how Uncle Freddie rescues a baby called Scargill for a future in history.
Director Dave Sheasby Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Ferguson
Unknown:
Stanley Baldwin
Director:
Dave Sheasby
Lecky:
Simon Henderson
Alex:
Alex Ferguson
Uncle Freddie:
Art Davies
Auntie Bella:
Belinda Chapman
Mam:
Val McLane
Dad:
Rod Arthur
TVosperSalt:
John Graham Davies
MrBell:
Peter Bell

An inquest may be the only time a bereaved family learns the full facts of a controversial death.
But are coroners'courts equipped to cope with such investigations?
Reporter Caroline Beck.
(Broadcastyesterday 7.20pm FM)

Contributors

Reporter:
Caroline Beck.

Nigel Andrews 's pick of the films is
Martin Scorsese 's Cape Fear, starring Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange , which has already whipped up strong feelings in the US; and he welcomes the singer and storyteller Jim Eldon to the studio.
ProducerQuentin Cooper. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Andrews
Unknown:
Martin Scorsese
Unknown:
Nick Nolte
Unknown:
Jessica Lange
Unknown:
Jim Eldon
Unknown:
Producerquentin Cooper.

When the Door
Sighs.... by Michael Carson.
Patrick's father drank his last Mackeson down, placed it neatly on the bedside table, said,
"That was just the job," and fell back dead. His son
Patrick hopes to go the same way.
Read by Mark Lambert. Producer Peter Kavanagh

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Carson.
Read By:
Mark Lambert.
Producer:
Peter Kavanagh

The last of three talks in which Adeola Solanke tells the story of her recent travels in southern Africa. South Africa: YoungLions "I had my hair plaited by six women who'd all once been maids. A new South Africa? You try getting a job in central Joburg ..." Producer Joy Hatwood

Contributors

Producer:
Joy Hatwood

Rosemary Hartill explores the relationship between God and the poets, in a six-part series.
3: A Solitary VoyagerThe poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Reader Patrick Malahide.
Producer Amanda Hancox Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Reader:
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Reader:
Patrick Malahide.
Producer:
Amanda Hancox

The last of a ten-part series in which
Brian Redhead traces the history of the church from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day.
What Will the Church Be
Like in the21stCentury? Professor Hans Kung and others look to the future.
Producers Frances Gumley and Malcolm Love. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Professor Hans Kung
Producers:
Frances Gumley
Producers:
Malcolm Love.

Four programmes looking at traditional ways of life that may soon be coming to an end.
2: Knackers
Seven days a week, in all weathers, the knacker is on call, ready with truck, gun and sharpened knife. It is an essential job, dealing with the three million farm animals that die each year. Paul Heiney travels to the Peaks to discover why this ancient trade may soon disappear.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Heiney

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More