Presented by Anna Hill. Producer Steve Peacock
with James Whitbourn and guest. Producer Janet McLarty
with John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with David Winter.
Sports news with Cliff Morgan. Producer Matthew Allen
Presented by Sandy Gall. Producer Jill Thomas
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with Ned Sherrin.
Producer Jayne K Morgan
Vivian White examines the loyalty of Labour's new supporters and asks whether they will stick with Tony Blair through the next general election. Producer Dennis Sewell
Producer Tony Grant
Presented by Alison Mitchell. Producer Tim Bowler
The antidote to panel games comes from the Theatre Royal in Brighton, amidst the ancient splendour of Humphrey Lyttelton , Barry Cryer , Willie Rushton , Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden. Pianist Colin Sell.
Producer Jon Naismith. Rptd Monday 6.30pm
From Dorset with Robin Cook MP,
Shadow Foreign Secretary; Simon Hughes MP, Liberal Democrat spokesman on Community Relations and Urban Affairs; and Denise Kingsmill , lawyer.
Repeated from yesterday
Producers Ann Peacock and Nick Utechin LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
Hamlet as seen by Shakespeare, as seen by the players, as seen by comedy writer Alick Rowe. The players want to finish their act as quickly as possible, but first they are unwilling witnesses to Polonius's death and get caught up in the ensuing mayhem. As for Hamlet, he keeps talking to himself.
Mark Urban presents the history magazine which examines the background to today's news.
A Takeaway production. Rptd tomorrow 8.30pm
Peter Evans investigates the case for a universal scientific literacy, the subject of this year's Royal Society Faraday Lecture.
Producer Adrian Washboume. Rptd Tues 8.00pm
Reporter Mark Whitaker. Repeated from Tuesday
Nigel Cassidy investigates the curious histories of familiar products.
3: Formica. The colourful history of the laminate that changed the look of kitchens the world over.
Producer Neil Koenig Revised
with Sally Grace and Toby Longworth. Repeated from yesterday
Men, food and sex - Tom Robinson investigates.
Producer John Tuckey. Rptd Thursday 11.30pm ANSWERPHONE: (0171) [number removed]
The Isle Is Full of Noises
This month at the Queen Elizabeth Hall , 40 villagers from the Isle of Bali will perform one of their most sacred rituals as part of the London
International Festival of Theatre. Tom Morris
witnesses their dance drama at home in Singapadu, and ponders the future of Bali's dazzling culture in the age of international tourism.
Producer Julian May. Rptd Friday at 9.30pm
by Nick Stafford.
Inspired by a true story from 1920s Marseilles, Diane Bull plays
Sylvie Volvestre , a beautiful servant who has a secret lover. Together they hatch a murderous plan to make their fortune.
Director Claire Grove Rpt
Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Anthony Sellors
Led by Canon Dr John Sentamu.
A series about the English language. 2: A Bath of Language. Frank Delaney listens to the language of England's most popular 18th-century city. Producer Piers Plowright Rpt
Melvyn Bragg presents the series which gives famous villains a re-trial. 3: Beryl Bainbridge defends Long John Silver , claiming he is the ultimate lovable rogue. Reader Richard Pearce. Producer Sara Conkey
Pianist David Owen Norris talks to leading soloists and accompanies them in their favourite pieces of music. 1: Opera singer Ann Murray. Repeated from Tuesday
William Boyd 's Booker Prize-winning novel, dramatised in five parts.
2: A ridiculous array of British and German colonists in East Africa begin to mimic their European counterparts.
With Rachel Atkins , Nicholas Boulton ,
Danielle Allen , Diana Hoddinott , Colin Pinney , Vivienne Rochester, Philip Anthony ,
Gareth Armstrong , Lyndam Gregory , James Taylor and Dominic Letts. Dramatised by John Peacock Director Eoin O'Callaghan Rpt