with Julie McGuinness from Chilwell.
with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with David Stone.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Presented by Michael Buerk. With
Janet Daley , Rabbi Hugo Gryn , Edward Pearce and Professor Roger Scruton. Producer David Coomes
by Judith Kerr.
Max is having a hard time at his school but Anna loves hers.
(For details see Monday)
In commemoration of the centenary of crime writer Ngaio Marsh 's birth, her biographer Margaret Lewis talks to
Wendy Austin and Simon Williams reads the first of two parts of Chapter and Verse: The Little Copplestone Mystery
withTasneemSiddiqi.
This week, a half-baked flavour of the month of April 1955, cooked-up from Radio Times back issues and a slice of the BBC sound archives. With
Jon Glover , Sally Grace and Peter Goodwright. Producer Kathy Smith
with Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
Six specially commissioned plays to be broadcast on Radio 4 and around the world on World Service Radio.
4: The Prisoner of Papa Stour by Louise Page. Based on real events on a remote Scottish island in 1834, this is the story of Edwin Lindsey.
With Andrew Branch and David Collings. Violinist Andrew Bridgmont. Director Marion Nancarrow
with Daire Brehan and guests.
Lynne Walker considers the health of the British musical, as Alan Ayckbourn puts the finishing touch to his new musical and The Magic of the Musical tours the country.
Producer Ann Marie O'Callaghan Revised repeat at 9.30pm
by Berlie Doherty, read by Janet Dale.
with Nigel Wrench and Linda Lewis.
written by and starring Nick Ball.
1: The Lost Boys. Angus Dry has no job, no friends and lives at home with his mum. She has an international business career and a string of lovers, but he still feels sorry for her. With Louisa Rix as Mum, Robert Harley , Toby Longworth and Julie Gibbs. Producer Gareth Edwards
Kate keeps busy.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
Three programmes in which people revisit places where they have lived in the past. 1: In the early 1940s, Mavis Bacca was living in Franco's
Barcelona, studying the violin. She was also a British secret agent. Imprisoned by the pro-German
Spanish authorities, she now returns. Producer Nigel Acheson
Anthony Howard looks at the reputations of five politicians whose ideas are at the heart of current political thinking. 2: Aneurin Bevan : The Politician as Hero. With contributions from Jim Callaghan , Neil Kinnock and Barbara Castle.
Producer Mark Savage. Rptd Sunday 4.15pm
Ian Mcintyre steps back from the fray and offers some fresh observations on the arguments of the day.
Phone: [number removed] (Mon-Fri 10.00-5.00)
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
with Robin Lustig.
by R C Hutchinson. Part 4. For details see Monday
A six-part dramatisation of Patrick O'Brian 's Napoleonic seafaring adventure. 3: The discipline of the Sophie's crew is found to be wanting.
With Richard Pearce , David Jarvis and Danny Kananber. Dramatised by Roger Danes
Music by Roger Danes and Trevor Allan Davies Director Adrian Bean
