with Judith O'Neill.
with John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
with Libby Purves and Brian Hayes. Producer Lucy Cacanas
Acts of the Apostles. 8: Paul's arrest and trial in Jerusalem.
Do men really have the power? American writer Warren Farrell tells Wendy Austin how society has got it wrong.
Serial: The Matisse Stories. The concluding part of The Chinese Lobster.
with John Howard.
Five-part dramatisation of Gillian Slovo's acclaimed detective mystery.
3: Did Alicia really kill James Morgan ? Then why is Kate arrested for the crime?
Music composed by Anthea Gomaz and played by Anthea Gomez and Tim New Abridged by Jill Brooke Director Sue Wilson
with Nick Clarke.
In Alun Owen's dramatisation of the Joseph Conrad short story, an elderly gentleman is repulsed by a horrific encounter in his beloved Naples.
Martin Wainwright celebrates the achievements of those who have been overlooked by history, but who deserve to be more than just a footnote.
3: Ken “Snake/ups”Johnson. The charismatic swing band leader whose West Indian Dance Orchestra was hugely popular during the 30s and 40s had his career ended prematurely when a bomb destroyed the Soho night club in which the band were playing. Producer Alison Perks
Join Gerry Anderson for a mix of stories, issues and comments in his daily show PHONE: [number removed]
Brian Sibley reviews this week's film releases, including Robert Altman 's Short Cuts, and investigates the current craze for juggling.
Producer Abigail Appleton (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)
by Henry Livings.
"Kate and Derek's wedding anniversary celebrations have their own special liveliness - they're funereal . . .” Read by Jim Broadbent. Producer David Hunter
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Ned Sherrin conducts three more contestants in the music quiz.
An important day for Shula.
I "In Bombay, as a boy, I used to
- I spread the map of London on my pillow and stare till my eyes shut...." Firdaus Kanga 's childhood dreams of travel seemed set to stay that way. He spent most of his first 19 years in bed, brittle bones and the lack of a wheelchair preventing any escape to the wider world. In the first of the new series he tells Annette Kobak how he eventually made a journey round Britain, and earned the nickname "Heaven on Wheels".
With readings by Sam Dastor. Producer Kate McAII
Presented by Geoff Watts.
A four-part series in which Donald Woods travels across
South Africa to assess its chances of making democracy work after next month's historic general election.
1. Free and Fair Elections. As millions of black people prepare to cast the first vote of their lives, the legitimacy of the new South African government depends on how universal this first election will be. A Crux production
Six Myths of Our Time
Marina Warner gives the last of her talks. Home: Our Famous Island Race. From the Cabinet War Rooms to cardboard city, British identity is changing.
Readers Robert Stephens and Nigel Carrington Producer Elizabeth Burke
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Paul Charles.
with Max Pearson.
3: Into the Dark
Chris Andrew discovers just what a baby elephant was doing floating on a gondola in the Savoy Hotel, the roots of a good night out, and why a cone of perfumed fat was essential headgear for ancient Egyptians.
