Producers John Harvey , Ruth Kiely and Tessa Polniaszek
With Rabbi DrReuven Silverman.
With James Naughtie and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Lionel Blue.
A series of six talks by the former American ambassador to London, Raymond Seitz , in which he offers affectionate and wry insights into our two nations and why we do things differently.
2: Union, USA. The excesses of the OJ Simpson trial confirmed many British prejudices about America. However, in a little town in South Carolina, another sensational trial ended this summer. Producer Sian Kevill
Melvyn Bragg is joined by guests including Jeremy Isaacs and television dramatist, Peter Flannery. Producer David Herman
Anna Massey tells the story of Britain from the Romans to the 20th century, with the words of Sir Winston Churchill read by Peter Jeffrey.
106: Fruitless Carnage and the End of Marlborough's Reign
Written by Christopher Lee. Producer Pete Atkin
Introduced by Jenni Murray. A woman in Nevada has just been awarded
$14.5m in compensation for damage after receiving silicon implants. Fiona Hill reports from America on how the case will affect others making similar claims. Serial: Michael Maloney reads the tenth episode of Lions and Liquorice by Kate Fenton , abridged in 12 parts by Monica Grey.
Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie
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With Vincent Duggleby. Producer Tim Bowler
LINES OPEN from 10.00am
The minutiae magazine programme that thinks it knows all the answers.
Presented by Stuart Maconie.
This week: Whose Whelk is it Anyway?
(A Testbed production)
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from Friday
By Steve Walker. Kill every living dolphin, we are told, and you destroy human individuality and solve mankind's problems at a stroke. with Briony Glassco, Eiji Kusühara , Avril Clarke , Helen Horton. Renu Setna , Kristin Milward ,
Andrew Branch , Michael Tudor Barnes and David Antrobus. Director Gordon House
With Laurie Taylor and guests.
Lynne Walker listens to the music of Charles Ives as a weekend of his music approaches and sees
Alan Bennett 's Talking Heads on the stage. Producer Jackie Christie. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm
By Eudora Welty. On Martin Luther King Day, a story from the Deep South which pierces the terrifying heart of a racist. Reader David Schofield Producer Michael Fox
With Jon Sopel and Ben Bradshaw.
Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm
An unlikely suspect.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
Presented by Derek Cooper.
By Maya Chowdhry. Samsara: river of birth and death. A powerful story set in the India of today and the 1940s. with Faroque Khan , Ravin J Ganatra , Rina Mahoney , Jamila Massey and Kulvinder
Drumming arranged and played by Harjinder Bhoperai. Director Nandita Ghose
"She sat us down and handed us a glass of brandy." Parents from three very different families recall the moment their lesbian daughters "came out".
Producers Nigel Acheson and Kim Normanton
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Robin Lustig.
Robert Powell begins a 15-part reading of Gabriel Garcia Marquez 's story. In the old colonial city on the shores of the Caribbean, Florentino Ariza has been waiting to re-declare his love for Fermina Daza.
Abridged by PoltyColes. Producer Janet Whrtaker
Written by Armistead Maupin . Sixth of ten parts, read by Shelley Thompson. Abridged by Ed Thomason. Producer Peter Atkin
