Producers Alasdair Cross , Ruth Kiely and Tessa Potniaszek
With Professor Mary McAleese.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
A topical discussion.
Producer Anne Peacock. LINES OPEN 8.00am
A look back at the news on 23 July 1946. As the nation wrestles with food shortages, roast beaver is on the menu at Boodles Club in London and the first Spitfire is sold to a civilian. For details see yesterday
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Jenni Murray meets the novelist
Shena Mackay , whose latest book The Orchard on Fire has been described as "Ripe with malice on a grand and petty scale".
Serial: The Last Time I Saw Jane (2) For details see yesterday
Geoff Watts reports on medical care. Producer Sandy Raffan
Repeated Sunday at 10.15pm
With Lesley Riddoch.
Caroline Quentin hosts the panel game loosely based on cryptic crosswords with team captains Toby Longworth and Richard Morton and guests Linda Smith and Peter Serafinowicz.
Producer Gareth Edwards
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By Leonora Brito. Twenty-five years after playing the squealing maid,
Prissy, in Gone with the Wind,
Butterfly McQueen revisits Atlanta with an axe to grind. with Alice Arnold and Christian Rodska Director Alison Hindell
In the third of six conversations about the pleasures and pains of the dance world, Lynne Walker talks to Matthew Bourne , artistic director of Adventures in Motion Pictures, and creator of a Swan Lake with male swans. Producer Gillian Hush
With Daire Brehan. Dylan Thomas may be regarded as one of the greatest poets of this century, but J R Jones believes he did untold damage to the diversity of the Welsh language. Editor Sharon Banoff
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Tim Marlow talks to studio guest Ben Elton about his novel Popcorn, and considers books for the under-5s dealing with the tough subject of death. Producer Nicki Paxman. Revised repeat 9.30pm
By Marilyn Dryden. When recently divorced Laura decides to leave
London and head for the solitude of an isolated seaside cottage, she embarks on the journey of her life. Read by Janet Dale. Producer Brian Lighthill
With Chris Lowe and Charlie Lee-Potter .
By Anita Loos , dramatised by Jeremy Front. The final episode.
30 May 1925. Vienna. The Central of Europe. Lorelei and Henry continue the courtship they first began on the Oriental Express. with Toby Longworth and Patience Tomlinson Director Tracey Neale Repeat
Richard and Usha are at odds. Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
Roisin McAuley reports on major issues at home and abroad. Producer David Lewis
Repeated Saturday at 5.00pm
Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm
Last programme in the series. Twenty years after the Race Relations Act,
Trevor Phillips is joined by its original architect, Lord Lester, and Patricia J Williams to explore the role of law in the fight against racism. Producer Constance St Louis
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Peter White with news, views and information for visually impaired people. Producer Karen Turner
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Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By Eric Linklater.
7: Max Arbuthnot 's office is the venue for a fist-fight between his daughter and his mistress.
For details see yesterday
The week's events in the media.
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
By Joe O'Connor. Part 2. For details see yesterday
