Producer Steve Peacock
With James Whitbourn and guest. Producer Kathryn Blennerhassett
With Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Elaine Storkey.
With Barry Davies. Producer Andy Kay
Holiday news with Anne Gregg. Producer Dave Harvey
Presented by Ned Sherrin. Producer Torquil Macleod
Peter Riddell of The Times and other correspondents review 1995 and the coming session in Parliament. Editor Jane Robins
Producer Tony Grant
Presented by Alison Mitchell. Producer Sarah Pennells
Nicholas Parsons challenges Clement Freud , Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Peter Jones and Paul Merton at the Radio Theatre to try to talk for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Producer Ann Jobson. Rptd Mon 6.30pm
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion in Ceres, Fife, with Roseanna Cunningham MP; the Rt Hon Michael Forsyth MP, Secretary of State for Scotland; and Mo Mowlam MP, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary. Repeated from yesterday
Producers Nadine Grieve and Anne Peacock LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
CINEMA 100
Bruce Bedford's adaptation of the Ealing comedy screenplay by William Rose.
The topical history magazine starts a new series with a special edition charting man's discovery of the solar system, from prehistoric hysterics to the cold, hard facts of Voyager II.
Ever since stone age man cowered in fear of a solar eclipse, the planets have been a source of terror, inspiration and wonder.
Rptd tomorrow at 8.30pm
In the first of six programmes which get to grips with our picture of the universe and the quest to push the space frontier further, Jez Nelson traces new developments in the conquest of space.
Repeated tomorrow at 10.45pm
A four-part series on the origins and the results of recent public policies.
Repeated from Tuesday
From her garden in Buckinghamshire, Heather Couper presents a six-part series of live link-ups with astronomers.
A satirical review of the week's news. Repeated from yesterday
If mountain climbing is Britain's fastest growing sport, mountain rescuers must be in demand. What do these hard men
(and women) really think about walkers? Robert Robinson heads for the hills.
Producer Bruce Whitney Low. Rptd Thu 11.30pm
The Laughing Children
So sings the chorus in Sir Michael Tippett 's first opera The Midsummer Marriage. As a new production takes shape at the Royal Opera House with Graham Vick producing and Bernard Haitink conducting, Lynne Walker investigates this lyrical work.
Producer John Boundy. Rptd Fri 9.30pm
By Rhuksana Ahmed. India, 1992. Against the backdrop of the Barbri Mosque riots, the search for a lost friend leads Rozina to a storyteller. with Leana Dhingra , Sam Dastor , Suda Bhuchar , Jamila Massey. Bhasker, Rashid Karapiet ,
Dominic Shaun and Anthony Zaki. Percussion Pandit Dinesh. Director Kate Rowland Rpt
Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Patrick Lambert
Led by Canon Eddie Neale.
This special edition on the theme of space was recorded at the London Planetarium. Simon Armitage reads from his own work and introduces poets Sophie Hannah and Steve Sneyd, with additional poems read by Adjoa Andoh.
Dominik Diamond 's four-part beginner's guide to philosophy. 3: Wittgenstein With experts Dr Barry Smith , Dr Marie McGinn and Ray Monk , and enthusiasts Ken Follet and Brian Appleyard. Producer Eleanor Garland Rpt
George Shearing is the only British-born pianist to rival American jazz greats, but he's never seen a piano. In the first of four programmes, he tells June Knox-Mawer how he came to terms with his blindness.
Producer Derek Drescher Rpt
Douglas Adams's epic adventure in space. Starring Peter Jones as The Book in the first of six episodes. Rpt
By Margaret McAllister.
Read by Daphne Oxenford. Repeated from Monday
