with Alan Earl.
with Alan Earl.
with James Naughtie and John Humphrys. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with George Austin.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Jenni Mills with the stories behind the news. 3: In the early hours of Christmas morning 1992, Muriel Harvey , a 67-year-old widow, was walking home from midnight mass in Ludlow when she was attacked and raped.
Producer Sarah Rowlands
An Anthology of Spiritual Verse. Poetry on the theme of prayer, read by Paul Scofield , David Holt , Alison Reid and James Telfer. Producer Katriona Wade
Betty Friedan tells Jenni Murray why she's glad to be grey.
Serial: Oleander, Jacaranda (3) (For detaiis see Tuesday)
with Tasneem Siddiqi.
Patrick Hannan chairs the political party of a quiz. Answering the questions today are
Charles Kennedy , Sir David Steele , Michael White and Austin Mitchell, MP. Producer Jo Clegg
with Nick Clarke.
Another chance to hear Annie Caulfield 's play, starring Lenny Henry and Clarke Peters , which tells the story of Layton and Johnstone, the popular singers and songwriters who topped variety bills in the 1920s and 30s. It features original recordings and new versions of some of their classic songs.
Pianist Terence Albright. Director Anne Edyvean
Phone Gerry Anderson on [number removed].
Paul Allen sees the new production of Coriolanus at Stratford and reads
Carlos Fuentes ' latest novel.
Producer Louise Swan (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
by Barbara Lacey. "Well, well! Look what the wind's blown to my door.... Don't be frightened; I won't eat you." Read by June Barrie. Producer Viv Beeby
with Linda Lewis and Hugh Sykes.
A black comedy by Martin Davies.
1: Goodbye Gregory. After the death of Gregory Patterson , stalwart of the Roman Catholic Parish of St Andrew 's, the bereaved family faces new challenges.
With Martino Lazzen , Gordon Reid , Mark Straker and Claire Skinner
Producers Lissa Evans and Richard Wilson
An unwelcome letter for Susan.
Hull, 1968-three trawlers are lost at sea in just nine days, 58 men dead, an entire community bereaved. The wives of the fishermen begin a campaign which moves from street corner petition to Parliament. Rupert Creed of Hull's Remould Theatre traces the events of 1968 and meets the women at the centre of the campaign. Producer Amanda Mares
Banking on Independence
Stuart Simon asks if an independent Bank of England would provide a cure for the boom-bust cycles which have bedevilled the ecomony since the war.
Producer Nicola Meyrick
2: Politics. In young Scottish writer John McKay 's hometown of Fenton Heugh , politics has a tough time making it on to the local high school's curriculum. Producer Noah Richler
Presented by Ted Harrison. Producer Marlene Pease
PHONE: 071.[number removed](Mon-Fri 10.00am.5.00pm)
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Robin Lustig.
Part 9 of Graham Greene 's novel.
Five-part adaptation of William Boyd 's Booker Prize-winning novel.
2: As millions prepare for slaughter on the Western Front, a ridiculous array of British and German colonists in East Africa begin to mimic their European counterparts.
With Philip Anthony , Gareth Armstrong. Lyndam Gregory. James Taylor and Dominic Letts Dramatised by John Peacock Director Eoin O'Callaghan
3: Horse Doctor's Day. Pam Cockerill meets leuan Pritchard , a vet who only does horses. Dave Sheasby