Producers Alasdair Cross. Ruth Kiely and Tessa Polniaszek
With Jane Williams.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
With Charles Handy.
The curious histories of products which help shape our lives.
Perrier. For over a century, Perrier reigned supreme amongst bottled mineral waters - until a local government scientist in America discovered a bottle contaminated with traces of benzene. Nigel Cassidy tells the story of the rise, fall and rebirth of Perrier. Producer Neil Koenig Rpt
A topical discussion.
Producer Anne Peacock. LINES OPEN 8.00am
The history of Britain.
178: The Coming of Disraeli and the Death of Peel
For details see yesterday
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Short story: Flesh by Elizabeth Taylor , read by Rosemary Leach. For details see yesterday
Professor Anthony Clare presents the weekly magazine programme on matters of psychology and psychiatry. Producer Ronni Davis. Rptd Sun 10.15pm
With Lesley Riddoch.
Joining Nigel Rees in the panel game are Alistair Beaton , Jonathan Cecil , Sarah Dunant and Roy Hudd. The reader is William Franklyn. Producer Chris Neill
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By Karen Brown. Young office worker Julie Quinn , played by Julia Ford , is fed up with the men who run the colliery. She bears the brunt of complaints from managers and miners alike, her nail varnish needs doing and what is all this fuss about footpowder anyway? Director Melanie Harris
Brian Kay looks at the life and works of Tchaikovsky with biographers David Brown and Anthony Holden. Producer Ray Abbott
Repeated Saturday at 11.00pm
Daire Brehan discusses war crimes and asks what would be achieved by a trial in the former Yugoslavia. Editor Sharon Banoff
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Paul Vaughan reads a selection of newly published poetry from Seamus Heaney and considers some popular science books.
Producer Nicki Paxman. Rvsd rpt at 9.30pm
By Ita Daly. Read by Anna Healy. In a small, quiet, tolerant Irish village, a sad and haunting love affair has been buried. Producer Pam Brighton. Rptd next Sunday
With Chris Lowe and Charlie Lee-Potter .
Elizabeth Proud's six-part dramatisation of Barbara Pym 's novel. 3: A visit from an old friend causes much excitement in the Bede household. with Elizabeth Proud, Christopher Scott , Geoffrey Matthews and Karla Goodman
Singers Harvey Brough , Phyllida Hancock , Mary Lincoln. Director of music Malcolm McKee. Producer Sioned William Rpt
Shula offers to light the sky. Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
High Noon in Nolan. In the final part of this World Tonight special, Simon Dring rides into Sweetwater, Texas, for a taste of life in the snake pit of American politics. Law and order and rising concern over juvenile crime are the issues - and the local sheriff is fighting for his job in the middle of Nolan County's annual rattlesnake round-up,
(Rptd Saturday at 5.00pm)
Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm
A huge amount of information is held on each of us, and every day more is gathered and flashed electronically around the world. In the first of a six-part series, Alun Lewis examines the problems of privacy and confidentiality in the electronic age.
Producer Toby Murcott. E-MAIL: the.network@ bbc.co.uk. WEBSITE: http://www.bbcnc.org. uk/radio/radio4/network/
With Tony Barringer. Producer Karen Turner
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Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
Read by Simon Cadell.
2: Letters to His Family. The author's reputation as being a fierce father is belied by letters to his children which are always witty and loving. For details see yesterday
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
By Tim Parks. Part 5. For details see yesterday
