with Dr Karen Smith.
with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rt Rev Tom Butler
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Professor Colin Blakemore , the eminent brain researcher, talks to Dr Anthony Clare about the way in which his scientific knowledge has shaped his view of himself and his fellow humans.
In the second of eight programmes former Labour cabinet minister Tony Benn recalls life in government. Producer Keith Jones
Ian Hogg reads the first of seven extracts fromjudges.
The Coming of the Judges. Abridged by Andrew Simpson
Producer David Benedictus
Geographer Gillian Rose tells Jenni Murray why women look at the world differently.
Serial: Fatlands (13)
with John Howard.
John le Carre 's story adapted in eight parts. Starring James Fox as Magnus Pym , James Grout as Jack Brotherhood and Brenda Bruce as Miss Dubber.
5: A surprise revelation has Jack Brotherhood backtracking to
Magnus Pym 's National Service days. And "Mr Canterbury" recalls an unexpected reunion with an old friend....
Music: Max Harris
Adapted by Rene Basilico
Producer John Fawcett Wilson
with James Naughtie.
by Jacqueline Holborough. The second of three plays on freedom and captivity.
An open prison in high summer -where fresh air and gardening are a poor substitute for real freedom.
Director Marilyn Imne
Six talks in which Phil Smith offers a perspective on life and current affairs from the fish queue in the open-air market. 1: Flying the Flag Producer Gillian Hush
Reporter Tim Llewellyn.
Matthew Parris investigates intriguing letters that have no known reply.
5: In 1912, D H Lawrence fell in love with a married lady. A letter he wrote to her husband confessing all was cited in the ensuing divorce case. Producer Juiia Gillett
Arnold Schwarzenegger as a PG-rated action hero, and a new family film based on Dennis the Menace, both reviewed by Mark Steyn. Also the first pop star from Iceland - Bjork. producer Anthony Denselow (Revised repeat 9.15pm)
by Antonio Munoz Molina.
A spooky story is about to be told. It has a beginning and a middle. But an end? Well, sort of.... Read by Trevor Nichols. Translated by Anthony Edkins Producer Duncan Minshull
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
A course in motherhood for Caroline.
John Gummer and Chris Smith hammer out Britain's environmental future.
Presented by Roger Harrabin.
Geoff Watts reports on oral cancer.
Christopher Cook examines Irish politics of 70 years ago.
6: Gods thai Always Fail. In this last lecture Edward Said , Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, examines the nature of belief and the problems of those who recant, and portrays the secular intellectual. Producer Anne Winder
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
Presented by Nigel Cassidy
Presented by Alexander McLeod
Part 3.
Presented by Paul Heiney.
2: The Coppice Man. Bill Hogarth prepares wood trimmings from the Black Beck forest to sell to charcoal burners, chair bodgers and hurdle makers. At one time 30 men coppiced the woods, now he works alone.
