With James Whitbourn and guest. Producer Kathryn Blennerhassett
With John Humphrys and Sue Cameron.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With David Winter.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
With Cliff Morgan. Producer Andy Kay
Travel news with Anne Gregg.
Producer Dave Harvey. FACTSHEET: send sae to [address removed]
Presented by Ned Sherrin. Producer Julian Mayers
Peter Riddell of The Times goes behind the scenes at Westminster. Editor Jane Robins
Presented by David Walter. On the eve of the Spanish elections, the programme asks if the country is ready to say goodbye to its 15-year-old Socialist government. And Maria Manuel Stocker examines the row between Portugal and Spain over the waters of the three great Iberian rivers. Producer Sallie Davies
With Alison Mitchell. Producer Sarah Pennells
Join chairman Nicholas Parsons and guests Peter Jones, Derek Nimmo, Tony Hawks and Graham Norton at the Playhouse Theatre, Alnwick, as they try to talk for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
(Rptd Mon 6.30pm)
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical debate in Alston, Cumbria, with guests the Rt Hon Roger Freeman MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Jimmy Knapp , General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers;
Peter Mandelson MP; and Baroness Perry of Southwark, President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Repeated from yesterday
Producers Nadine Grieve and Anne Peacock LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
by Val Gielgud and Holt Marvell. In Sue Rodwell's adaptation of the 1930s film, an actor is strangled during the live transmission of a play.
Topical history magazine with Roy Porter. Producer Malcolm Brammar. Editor ian Bell
Repeated tomorrow at 8.30pm
Presented by Georgina Ferry. Producer Richard Aedy
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Major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad. Reporter Mark Whitaker. Repeated from Tuesday
Four reminiscences of theatrical life written and read by Sheila Steafel. 2: Hamburg with Relish. Sheila experiences TV commercials. Producer Matthew Walters Rpt
Another dose of topical satire delivered by Sally Grace , Toby Longworth , Jon Glover and Ronnie Ancona. Repeated from yesterday
Joe Queenan and his guests gather round his New York table for another hearty discussion about topics dominating the news in the USA. Producer Fiona Hill
Repeated Thursday at 11.30pm
The Millennium - An Age of Hollow Statues?
Millions of pounds are on offer for ideas to mark the millennium so why have none of the proposals captured the nation's imagination?
Patrick Wright argues that we lack vision and confidence and asks how highly we value our culture. Producer Robyn Read
Repeated Friday at 9.30pm
By Compton Mackenzie. In the middle of the last war, a ship loaded with whisky ran aground on a Hebridean island.
Bernard Holley and Dolina Maclennan star as Fred and Old Peggy in Hector MacMillan 's dramatisation of Mackenzie's great comedy. with Alyxis Daly , Stella Forge , Raymond Ross , John Buick , Tony Kearney , Mairead Ross , Charles Kearney , Allan Sharpe and John Ramage. Director Hamish Wilson Rpt
Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Patrick Lambert
Presented by the Rt Rev Richard Harries , Bishop of Oxford.
John Howard tells six tales of blunders and cock-ups.
2: Estate Agents Goldrush. They paid thousands fprthem in the 80s and then sold up at 300 for Ll. Why did the building societies make huge losses with their estate agencies? Producer Nick Ware Rpt
A play by Mike Walker , inspired by events in the life of Billy Fury. With Anton Lesser as Billy Fury , Peter Whitman as Larry Parnes and Rory Bremner as Russell Harty. Stricken with rheumatic fever as a child and not expected to live beyond the age of 20, Billy Fury went on to become Britain's answer to Elvis Presley
. If you thought the story started with Halfway to Paradise, think again. with Peter Watts. Siriol Jenkins, Jeremy Clyde , Richard Tate , Ken Sharrock , Tom Bevan , James Taylor and Rachel Atkins. Songs performed by Gavin Stanley. Director Andy Jordan Rpt
By Mike McCormack. Read by Luke Griffin. Repeated from Tuesday
