With James Whitbourn and guest. Producer Kathryn Blennerhassett
With Peter Hobday and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Oliver McTernan.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
With Chris Rea. Producer Andy Kay
Travel news with Anne Gregg. Producer Dave Harvey
With Ned Sherrin.
Producer Jon Rowlands
With Frank Millar of the Irish Times. Producer Jane Robins
Producer Tony Grant
Presented by Alison Mitchell. Producer Tim Bowler
From Nottingham. Nicholas Parsons challenges Clement Freud , Derek Nimmo , Paul Merton and Maria McErlane to talk for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
Producer Ann Jobson. Rptd Monday 6.30pm
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion in Margate with guests Janet Daley of the Daily Telegraph; Baroness Jay of Paddington; the Rt Rev Dr Michael Nazir-Ali , Bishop of Rochester; and the Rt Hon Sir George Young MP, Secretary of State for Transport. Repeated from yesterday
Producers Nadine Grieve and Anne Peacock
LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
A radio musical by John Lovat and Tim Riley. In Jimmy Dollar's club, up the valley, Brian's 50th birthday celebrations take a turn for the worse. with Rhodri Hugh. Aimee Thomas , Giles Taylor and Basienka Blake. Music performed by Henry Johnson. Simon Kingman. Tim Riley and Jonathan Thomas. Director Foz Allan
Stephen Perry , home after working in the USA, compares life here with life there. Producer Gillian Hush
In this week's topical history magazine Roy Porter investigates the origins of social drinking and recreational drug-taking. And one of the world's best-known tunes celebrates its birthday. Producer Malcolm Brammar. Editor Ian Bell Repeated tomorrow at 8.30pm
JOURNEYS INTO SPACE
How do we fare in the weightless vacuum of space? in the third of six programmes, Jez Nelson explores the physical and psychological barriers that must be overcome for successful interplanetary travel.
Producer Adrian Washboume
Repeated tomorrow at 10.45pm
The last of a series on public policies. Personal Pensions
Repeated from Tuesday
JOURNEYS INTO SPACE
From her back garden in Buckinghamshire, Heather Couper presents a six-part series of live link-ups with astronomers around the world. 3: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Producer Ruth Prince
A satirical review of the week's news. Repeated from yesterday
Joe Queenan is back with his merry band of wits and wags. This missive from Manhattan has some of the liveliest characters in town trading opinions on the topics dominating talk across America.
Producer Fiona Hill. Rptd Thursday 11.30pm
Coleridge's Ancient Mariner waylaid the Wedding Guest and "fixed him with his glittering eye" before recounting his extraordinary tale. This celebration of the poem features the thoughts of those who have also been captivated by that "glittering eye", including David Bedford, Michael Bogdanov, General Sir John Hackett, Pauline Stainer and Richard Holmes. With readings from the poem by Ralph Richardson and Richard Burton.
A Heavy Entertainment production
(Repeated Friday at 9.30pm)
By Roger Stennett.
On board the Soviet space station Mir, cosmonaut Sergei Rasskazov is preparing to return home after 376 days in space. Based on the real-life story of cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.
with Stuart Milligan , Lorelei King , Peter Whrtman. Vincent Marzello, Lyndam Gregory and Susannah Corbett. Director Adrian Bean Rpt
Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Patrick Lambert
Led by Father Oliver McTernan.
Simon Armitage introduces one of Britain's brightest young poetic talents, Glyn Maxwell , in performance at last year's Edinburgh Festival.
Producers Rob Ketteridge and Susan Roberts
The first of four programmes in which Piers Bishop sorts through letters from the 1920s and 30s to the "official organ of the BBC" -the Radio Times. In the 1920s, listeners' concerns included whether it was etiquette to stand when the National Anthem was played. Read by Kenneth Cranham , Nigel Anthony , June Barrie and Victoria Carting. Producer Andrew Johnston Rpt
In the third of four programmes, the ever-popular pianist George Shearing , now in his 70s, looks back with June Knox-Mawerto his early years in America. Producer Derek Drescher Rpt
JOURNEYS INTO SPACE
Douglas Adams 's epic adventure in time and space. Starring Peter Jones as The Book. 3: Rt the Ninth with Stephen Moore. David Tate , Bill Wallis. Leueen Willoughby and Richard Goolden. Radiophonic sound and music by Paddy Kingsland Producer Geoffrey Perkins
By John Latham. Read by Ian Masters. Repeated from Monday
