with Father Eamon Martin.
with James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
Details as yesterday plus:
with Mary Grey.
Producer Poppy Hughes
LINES OPEN from 8.00am
Part 37 of John Milton 's epic poem. For details see Wednesday
Introduced by Mavis Nicholson.
Serial: Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh , shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize and read in 13 episodes by Trevor Nichols. Abridged by Doreen Estall
From Guy Fawkes Night to forest fires, Professor Anthony Clare explores the fascination of the naked flame for both young and old.
Producer Feisal All. Repeated tomorrow 7.45pm
with John Howard.
Once again the instant composer is out and about, looking with a wry eye at the familiar pastimes and professions of this wayward island.
1: Defence. This week. Richard focuses on those who protect us from invasion in a cabaret of sketches and songs recorded in the hangar of the Royal
Navy's largest ship, the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. With Belinda Lang.
Charles Collingwood and Kerry Shale. Plus special guests Pam Ayres and the Pleasant Pluckers.
A Heavy Entertainment production
with James Cox.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
CITY ON AIR
Performance poet Martin Glynn uses poetry and prose accompanied by improvised jazz to explore a young man's search for his lost identity. A young man has never met his
Jamaican father or his family. But one night a pair of mysterious strangers transport him on a journey back to an unknown past and help him to discover who he really is.
Musicians Keith Jafrate (sax) and Paul Hession (drums). Director Nandita Ghose
Richard Baker talks to the Italian-born pianist Aldo Ciccolini and his only
English-born pupil, Mark Bebbington. Producer Ray Abbott. Rptd Saturday 11.00pm
with Gerry Anderson.
Robert Dawson Scott reads Walter Mosley 's novel Black Betty , starring his private investigator Easy Rawlins. Producer John Boundy. Revised repeat 9.30pm
by Kathleen Jones.
"Lately it's begun to bother me that my life has become so exclusively female. Men no longer whistle at me from building sites. Girl friends invite me to dinner parties where we eat vegetarian high fibre food and discuss our ex-husbands."
Read by Valerie Windsor . Producer Gillian Hush
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
John le Carre 's story in eight parts. Starring James Fox as Magnus Pym ,
James Grout as Jack Brotherhood and Brenda Bruce as Miss Dubber.
6: Jack Brotherhood continues with his investigations, picking his way through the past life of the missing Magnus Pym.
With Jilly Meers. Gertan Klauber. Peter Majer , Royce Mills , John Nettleton. Alexei Jawdohimov Music by Max Harris. Adapted by Rene Basilico Producer John Fawcett Wilson Rpt
Will they tiptoe through the tulips? Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
Reporter Mark Whitaker. Producer Kim Barnngton
Repeatd Saturday at 5.00pm
Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm
Juliet Alexander presents the magazine series which highlights issues relating to the lives of black and Asian people in Britain and other countries.
Producer Mohit Bakaya
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS: [number removed]
Presented by Peter White. Producer Dave Harvey
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: phone [number removed] between 9.30pm and 10.30pm FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
with Isabel Hilton.
The story of Ram of Ayodhya. starring Saeed Jaffrey and Shashi Kapoor.
2: The Quest Begins. Vishwamitra is driven by the demon Rakshasas to lose his temper. For cast see Friday
Media news with Roy Greenslade. Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
