Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,128 playable programmes from the BBC

Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into questions of morality raised by one of the week's news stories. Witnesses face cross-examination from Ruth Deech , Rabbi Hugo Gryn , Edward Pearce and Dr David Starkey.
Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Ruth Deech
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Dr David Starkey.
Producer:
David Coomes

Gerry Anderson pauses to reflect on the ironies of living in Northern Ireland. 2: Business as Usual
"Not so long ago a certain Lord Mayor of a certain city here suggested - in a debate on a novel proposal to equip a certain inland waterway with eight gondolas - that to minimise cost, two gondolas be purchased and that they would breed." Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Anderson
Producer:
Simon Elmes

In Don Taylor 's play, Shakespeare academic Brian Blake receives a message to say there is a large item waiting for him at a remote northern station. He little suspects that it could lead to his own literary immortality.
Director Sue Wilson

Contributors

Writer:
Don Taylor
Director:
Sue Wilson
Brian Blake:
Stephen Moore
Station Master:
Peter Vaughan
Penelope:
Michelle Newell
Arkroyd:
Steve Hodson
Mary:
Teresa Gallagher

Paul Allen on new plays at the Newcastle Playhouse and the Tricycle Theatre in London. Also, the paintings of Ivon Hitchens celebrated in London and Chichester, and a live performance from bassoonist Laurence Perkins.
Producer Julian May
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Ivon Hitchens
Bassoonist:
Laurence Perkins.

The Headmistress Written and read by Christopher Fitz-Simon .
Tyrant or tragedienne? A young boy realises that his feelings towards Miss Logan are strangely ambivalent.
Producer Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Read By:
Christopher Fitz-Simon
Producer:
Eoin O'Callaghan

An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - based entirely on audience suggestions.
Starring Josie Lawrence and Paul Merton , with Phelim McDermott ,
Caroline Quentin ,
Lee Simpson and Jim Sweeney. 1: The Curse of the Mastersons
Producer Phil Clarke
SEEJOSIE LAWRENCE 'S
KIND OF DAY page

Contributors

Unknown:
Josie Lawrence
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Phelim McDermott
Unknown:
Caroline Quentin
Unknown:
Lee Simpson
Unknown:
Jim Sweeney.
Producer:
Phil Clarke
Unknown:
Seejosie Lawrence

Netiquette
Globally linked computer networks have developed a life and society of their own. Whether you want to phreak, crack, hack or hobknob, it's all at your keyboard.
In the last of the series, Jez Nelson logs on and enters the digital world of crime, academia, coffee shops, clubs and pornography. Producer Sue Broom

Contributors

Unknown:
Jez Nelson

James Naughtie goes inside the United Nations to tell the story of the biggest revolution in its history. He travels with the soldiers and peacekeepers to the front line in Cambodia, former Yugoslavia and Cyprus and talks to the diplomats at the heart of the decision-making process in its headquarters in New York. 2: Revolution on the 37th
Floor
Producer Anne Sloman

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Producer:
Anne Sloman

A trio of plays based on American short stories.
2: A New- Wave Format by Bobbie Ann Mason. Edwin drives mentally-impaired adults to their day centre and likes to play the in-bus DJ role. But when his younger girlfriend persuades him to sharpen up the music, a crisis is provoked.
Dramatised by John Harvey Director Dave Sheasby

Contributors

Unknown:
Bobbie Ann Mason.
Dramatised By:
John Harvey
Director:
Dave Sheasby
Edwin Creech:
Peter Marinker
Sabrina Jones:
Risa Hall
Lou Murphy:
Risa Hall
Ray Watson:
Paterson Joseph
Laura Combs:
Barbara Barnes
Freddie Johnson:
Lorelei King

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