A meditation for the beginning of a new day. with Margaret Martyn.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Rosemary Hartill.
A series of six talks by the former American ambassador to London,
Raymond Seitz.
1: In Holiday Mood. A nation says a lot about itself by what it chooses to celebrate. Americans enjoy
Independence Day. Columbus Day and Martin Luther King Day. So what does it say about Britain that we choose to mark "bank" holidays? Producer Sian Kevill
Producer Anne Peacock
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The story of Britain from the Romans to the 20th century.
102: 1702: A New Queen and Why Britain Must Go to War For details see yesterday
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Lions and Liquorice (6) For details see yesterday
Presented by Geoff Watts.
Producer Toby Murcott. Rptd Sun 10.15pm
Sue MacGregor plunders the diversity of British heritage to quiz panellists Christopher Cook. Graham Fawcett ,
Philippa Gregory and Michael Schmidt at the Geffrye Museum in London. Producer Gillian Hush
With Sheena MacDonald.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By John Bond. Valentine's Day sees teenagers Ellie and Alyson preparing a surprise meal for their parents. But will a meal heal the rift between their mother and father?
Director Michelle Matherson Frederick
Opera singer Bryn Terfel talks to pianist lain Burnside, and they perform a selection of songs from Welsh folk to Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Prôducer Ann Marie O'Callaghan Rpt
With Daire Brehan. Ian Macmillan goes in search of Yorkshire songsmith Bert Lee , the unlikely author of the East End anthem "Knees up Mother Brown". Editor Sharon Banoff
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Paul Vaughan reviews a new biography of Elizabeth Schwarzkopfto celebrate the soprano's 80th birthday, and talks to the author J G Ballard.
Producer Mohit Bakaya. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm
By Sian James. "We lives on St
Beuno's, a tough part of Cardiff. We works hard in the factory all week - and it's all for spending on Saturday night." Read by Erica Eirian. Producer Caroline Sarll
With Chris Lowe and Nigel Wrench.
In the last of three programmes, Eleanor Bron unravels the twilight years and complex personalities of Sir Arthur Streebe Greebling , Norwegian Sven, Alan Latchley , pop star
Eric Daley and others who prove that Peter Cook was at work in the laughter factory until the day he died. Producer Neil Trevithick
Church matters.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
A four-part series on the origins and the results of recent public policies. 2: The Poll Tax. It was to be the "flagship" of the Thatcher government. When it was abandoned - less that three years after it was introduced - it had led to riots in London and a major revolt within the Tory party. Tony Travers tells the inside story of the most celebrated disaster in postwar politics.
Producer Jane Beresford. Rptd Sat 5.00pm
Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm
Four programmes of travel, letters and autobiography.
2: Letters Home by Sylvia Plath.
Another chance to hear Sylvia Plath 's letters to her mother as she sets up home in England in the 1960s. Read by Buffy Davies. Producer Lisa Osbome Rpt
Presented by Peter White. Producer Karen Turner
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Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By J L Carr. Part 7.
For details see yesterday
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
Shelley Thompson reads the second part of Armistead Maupin's story. For details see yesterday
