live from the Royal Smithfield Show.
with Rev Dave Pole.
with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue.
Russell Davies listens to the people who run the horses and wonders if they are all perfectly sound. Producer Noah Richler
with Melvyn Bragg and guests for lively and stimulating conversation. Producer Marina Salandy-Brown Stereo
John Milton 's epic poem of the Fall of Man, abridged in 41 episodes.
19: Raphael relates to Adam and Eve the victorious battle over
Satan, and the creation of the world.
Abridged by Adrian Mitchell Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director John Theocharis. Stereo
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: The Vampire
Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas, abridged in 13 episodes.
6: Book Two: The Land of Lost Content (3)
Read by Garrick Hagon. Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury. Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie
A special edition on redundancy.
Vincent Duggleby and a panel of experts answer questions from an audience in Coventry.
Producer Robert McKenzie
with John Howard.
with Frank Delaney.
This week: Winter Words.
Some seasonable suggestions for filling the frosty silence.
Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo
with James Naughtie. Editor Roger Mosey
Stereo
The classic melodrama by Henry Arthur Jones.
John Duttine plays Wilfred Denver , brought to his ruin by drinking and gambling, and Frances Barber his devoted and faithful wife, Nelly.
Music by Trevor Allan
Adapted and directed by Adrian Bean. Stereo
Sue MacGregor meets Yve Newbold , company secretary of Hanson pic. Producer Gillian Hush. Stereo
Natalie Wheen reports on today's Cezanne auction at Christie's, and an exhibition of Ukrainian prints in Bristol. Her guest is the singer Ian Shaw.
Producer Belinda Sample. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)
West Wirral Story by Michael Carson.
A daughter drives her mother to a new life in an old people's home. But she knows that the parting may be too difficult for both of them....
Read by Maureen O'Brien. Producer Jocelyn Boxall
with Valerie Singleton and Frank Partridge.
The old bird has flown. Stereo
with Derek Cooper.
Deborah's Daughter
A new play by Pam Gems starring Prunella Scales. A romance played out on the battlefield of third-world politics and first-world interests.
Deborah Pedersen , a rich oil widow, visits a North African state to make a donation for development. Colonel Hassan is on the verge of initiating a coup against the old and repressive monarch. In the personal and political chaos that ensues, Deborah finds it hard to know if she is an honoured guest or a hostage.
Director Sue Dunderdale
Producer Claire Grove. Stereo 0 DRAMA: page 4
Stereo (Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Roger White. Stereo
with Robin Lustig. Stereo
McSorley's Wonderful Saloon
Eli Wallach reads stories from Joseph Mitchell 's collection of New Yorker articles, in eight parts.
1: The Old House at Home
The first of a two-part portrait of New York's oldest saloon.
Abridged by Patrick Carroll
Producer Ned Chaillet. Stereo
A classic from 1959.
Dishonoured Again. Starring Peter Sellers ,
Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan , with Ray Ellington and Max Geldray. Music by Wally Stott. Restoration by Ted Kendall Producer John Browell