Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,548 playable programmes from the BBC

From St Paul 's Methodist Centre, Aberystwyth, led by the Rev Peter Barber. Preacher: the Rev Donald Knighton , chairman of the South Wales District of the Methodist Church. Crown
Him with Many Thorns; Hail, Thou once Despised Jesus; Earth, Rejoice, Our Lord Is King!; We Have a Gospel to Proclaim; Psalm 150; Ephesians 4: w 1-8; Luke 24: w 44-53.
Organist Gordon Appleton.

Contributors

Unknown:
St Paul
Unknown:
Peter Barber.
Unknown:
Donald Knighton
Organist:
Gordon Appleton.

This week the team visits York, where members of the Yorkshire
Philosophical Society put their questions to Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward.
Chairman Clay Jones Producer Diana Stenson
9 WRITE on postcards only to
Gardeners' Question Time, BBC, PO Box 27. Manchester M60 1SJ

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Daphne Ledward.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

The Fen Story
The Danish invasion of England in 892 was only the ill-planned enterprise of an army that had been defeated on the Continent.
But a sentence in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle brings the chronicler,
Brother John , into direct conflict with the King's Ealdorman. Written by Adam Thorpe.
Other parts played by Andrew Wincott.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle translated by G N Garmonsway.
Music composed and played by Martin Best.
Musician: Lucie Skeaping.
Director Jeremy Mortimer. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brother John
Written By:
Adam Thorpe.
Played By:
Andrew Wincott.
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer.
Brother John:
Mark Straker
Brother Ignatius:
Denys Hawthorne
Ealdorman Sigwulf:
Lan Hogg
Edwin:
Richard Pearce
Woman:
Tara Dominick

Jeffrey Bernard, Daniel Farson, Norman Balon and Ruby Venezuela help George Melly in his search for the Soho of the 1950s.
Producer Kerry McGeever

Contributors

Presenter:
George Melly
Contributor:
Jeffrey Bernard
Contributor:
Daniel Farson
Contributor:
Norman Balon
Producer:
Kerry McGeever

The world of Lewis Carroll and Rev Charles Dodgson. One, the whimsical creator of Alice, the other a shy, retiring Oxford don.
One and the same man, portrayed by Alan Bennett and David Collings.
5: Do None But Actors Ever Wear a Mask?
Compiled by Michael Bakewell Music: Steven Faux
Director Rosemary Hart. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Lewis Carroll
Unknown:
Charles Dodgson.
Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Unknown:
David Collings.
Unknown:
Michael Bakewell
Music:
Steven Faux
Director:
Rosemary Hart.
Ellen Terry:
Anna Massey
Isa Bowman:
Victoria Carling
Collingwood:
David Goudge
Henry Liddon:
Nigel Carrington
Miss Crabb:
Margaret Courtenay
Miss Verjuice:
Elizabeth Kelly

Mike Wooldridge , BBC Religious Affairs
Correspondent, meets adherents of the major religious traditions. 2: The Muslims
Over a million Muslims represent what is now
Britain's second-strongest faith, confronting what they see as the materialism and spiritual bankruptcy of Western society. Yet Muslims themselves are divided on what is essential to Islam.
Producer Norman Winter. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Wooldridge
Producer:
Norman Winter.

A small market town at the foot of the Black
Mountains on the England-Wales border has become the home for one of Britain's most exciting literary festivals.
Nigel Forde reports from Hay-on-Wye on the legacy of local writers Kilvert and David Jones , and with international stars Amos Oz and Simon Schama discusses the role of history in writing.
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
David Jones
Unknown:
Amos Oz
Unknown:
Simon Schama

On the eve of the Rio
Conference, Colin Tudge , with reports from Kenya, Thailand and the USA, looks at political, religious and environemtnal sensitivities and asks whether population growth is the problem behind the Earth's destruction.
Producer John Ruthven

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Tudge
Producer:
John Ruthven

Words and Music for Sunday Evening
The Rev
Dr Kenneth Stevenson , secretary of the Liturgical Committee in the Guildford Diocese, traces the history of the Compline office and explains its significance. The office is sung in Latin by the Chapel Choir of Bramdean School in Exeter.
Producer Noel Vincent. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Kenneth Stevenson
Producer:
Noel Vincent.

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

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More