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Hosea. Patrick Malahide reads the first of two selections from the Authorised Version. Introduced by Dr Kathryn Dell. Abridged by Sandra Willingham Producer Elizabeth Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Malahide
Introduced By:
Dr Kathryn Dell.
Abridged By:
Sandra Willingham
Producer:
Elizabeth Taylor

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
The Archers has come a long way from its original purpose of conveying farming information. Sheila McClennon reports on soap operas and public education. Serial: The Very Dead of Winter (3)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Sheila McClennon

Comedy by Sue Limb , starring .
4: Taking It on the Chin
Producer Jonathan James-Moore

Contributors

Comedy By:
Sue Limb
Producer:
Jonathan James-Moore
Izzy:
Imelda Staunton
Dick:
Mike Grady
Maria:
Marty Cruickshank
Michael:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Razors:
Rene Zagger
Bill:
Neil McCaul
Louise:
Phyllida Nash

Saturday by Pat Anderson is the second play in a four-part series of linked dramas by four Liverpool writers. It stars Cathy Tyson as Carol, a hairdresser.
Working at the barber's, Carol's body clock is ticking, like a time bomb waiting to go off. Her boyfriend's answering machine mocks her, and God deserts her. Carol's life is about to change.
Musicby Sense of Sound Director Kate Rowland

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat Anderson
Unknown:
Cathy Tyson
Director:
Kate Rowland
Carol:
Cathy Tyson
Graham:
Phil Hearne
Alan:
Michael Christopher
Dawn:
Sunetra Sarker
Eddie:
Alan Igbon
Good Good:
Tom Williamson
Tony:
Jacob Abraham
Angela:
Paula Sims

Is John Buchan more than a dated adventure story author? Mark Steyn investigates. And there's an assessment of Fats Waller on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Producer Robyn Read
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Unknown:
Mark Steyn
Unknown:
Fats Waller

Following the recent Papal Encyclical, Christopher Cook recalls long-forgotten directives from the Holy Father to his bishops, conjures up the memory of the only English Pope and remembers Julius II.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Julius Ii.

Another chance to hear the three programmes in which Miriam Marx Allen talks to Tony Staveacre about her father, Groucho, and introduces some letters from the correspondence that kept them together. Their relationship had to weather the ups and downs of Groucho's film, radio and television careers, two divorces, two remarriages - and Miriam's often tumultuous young adulthood. Producer Susan Roberts

Contributors

Talks:
Miriam Marx Allen
Unknown:
Tony Staveacre
Producer:
Susan Roberts

In August 1947, two teenage boys wobbled their way north on a pair of battered bicycles to explore Yorkshire and Lancashire. Now, 46 years later, in the first of four programmes, David Bean and Laurence Cantwell are reunited to retrace their boyhood travels. 1: Into the Unknown

Contributors

Unknown:
David Bean
Unknown:
Laurence Cantwell

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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