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 Bill Westwood.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Sports news with Cliff Morgan. Producer Andy Kay
Travel news with Anne Gregg. Producer Dave Harvey
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Presented by Ned Sherrin. Producer Jon Rowlands
Boris Johnson of the Daily Telegraph looks at the scenes in Westminster.
Presented by David Walter. A profile of Latvia's Joachim Siegerist , one of the strangest poiiticians to emerge from the Baltic states. And, as recent events in the Aegean Sea have proved, Greece and Turkey are still bitter adversaries. This programme goes to Cyprus and asks what the future holds there. Producer Lucy Ash
Presented by Alison Mitchell. Producer Sarah Pennells
In the last of the series, chairman
Nicholas Parsons challenges Clement Freud , Peter Jones , Paul Merton and Derek Nimmo at the Edinburgh
Festival to talk for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Producer Ann Jobson. Rptd Mon 6.30pm
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical debate in Bristol, with panellists Peter Hain MP, Labour whip; Patricia Hewitt , Deputy Chair, Commission on Social Justice; and Times columnist Simon Jenkins.
Repeated from yesterday
Producers Nadine Grieve and Anne Peacock LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
Dave Sheasby's play is based on a real event. On a dark, cold November day in 1950, Pablo Picasso came to Sheffield for a World Peace Conference. With James Tomlinson, George A Cooper, Natasha Pyne, Derek Waring, Ian Masters, Becky Hindley and Jonathan Keeble (Rpt)
Topical history magazine. As the second Severn Crossing nears its opening, Roy Porter closes the series by telling the story of how the gap between England and Wales has been bridged in the past. Producer Malcolm Brammar. Editor Ian Bell Repeated tomorrow at 8.30pm
Peter Evans reports from oceanology conferences in London and Brighton on the latest findings from the deep. Producer Richard Aedy. Rptd Tue 8.00pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Reporter Jane Dodge. Repeated from Tuesday
Four reminiscences of theatrical life, written and read by Sheila Steafel.
3: California Here I Come. Sheila tries her luck in LA.
Producer Matthew Walters Rpt
A review of the week's news. Repeated from yesterday
From New York, Joe Queenan discusses topics dominating the news in the USA. Producer Fiona Hill. Rptd Thur 11.30pm
Paul Allen talks to Sebastian Barry who, with plays like Prayers of Sherkin and the award-festooned The Steward of Christendom, recounts the history of Ireland through the lives of members of his family, his agile language creating a new dramatic poetry.
Producer Julian May. Rptd Fri 9.30pm
By Christopher Reason. As a boy,
Alex's fantasy was that his father was the real-life Captain Hurricane from the comic Valiant. with Kevin Arnold , Anthony Hart and Stewart Boden. Director Kate Rowland Rpt
Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Patrick Lambert
Presented by the Dean of Norwich, the Very Rev Stephen Platten.
John Howard tells six tales of blunders and cock-ups.
The multi-million pound launch of Unilever's new soap powder Persil Power was scuppered last year when rivals Proctor and Gamble revealed that in certain conditions it could rot your clothes. John Howard finds out why Unilever made such an expensive mistake in the first place. (Repeat)
A meditation on the life of Roy Orbison , by Neil McKay. With Kerry Shale as Roy Orbison ,
David Schofield as Joe Ray Hammer and Marcus D'Amico as Wesley Orbison. With his songs of loss, loneliness and rejection, Roy Orbison gave consolation to millions. But how did the singer himself survive the appalling luck and tragedy which marred his life? And at what cost? with Elaine Claxton , Sally George , Gavin Muir , Peter Whitman and Cathy Sara. Director Andy Jordan Rpt
By Dawn Lowe-Watson . Read by Robert Glenister. Three schoolfriends imagine their perfect fantasy worlds. Repeated from Monday
