With James Whitbourn and his guest. Producer Norman Winter
John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Harvey Thomas.
Sports news with Cliff Morgan. Producer Isobel Williams
Anne Gregg presents the latest holiday and travel news. Producer Dave Harvey
Repeated tomorrow at 10.45pm
For information on any of the items featured. call the Radio 4 helpline on [number removed]
An hour of mirth and mayhem with Ned Sherrin and the team. Producer Torquil MacLeod
The Warming of Britain
Isabel Hilton assesses the nation's willingness to cut down on greenhouse emissions. Producer Zareer Masani
Producer Tony Grant
Alison Mitchell with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Frances Macdonald
A satirical look back at the week's top stories as Simon Hoggart quizzes Alan Coren , Frances Wheen and comedian Fred MacAulay. Producer Aled Evans
Repeated Monday at 6.30pm
With Jonathan Dimbleby. Taking questions in Farnborough, Hampshire, are Dr Marjorie Mowlam MP; historian and broadcaster Dr David Starkey ;
Archy Kirkwood MP: and Tony Baldry MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Repeated from yesterday
Producers Nadine Grieve and Bruce Whitney Low. LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
By Joe Turner. A comedy tale of epic proportions set in South Wales's only underground theme park. with Patrick Brennan , Clare Isaac.
Russell Gomer , Manon Edwards , Francis Hellyer and Alun Benjamin. Director Foz Allan
Gerry Northam visits the oldest operating theatre in the country and hears how ether was transformed into a trusted anaesthetic. Producer John Byrne
Repeated tomorrow at 8.30pm
In National Astronomy Week, Peter Evans scans the autumn sky for the Hale-Bopp comet.
Producer John Watkins. Repeated Tuesday at
8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Repeated from Tuesday
Sue Dyson traces the history of dietary advice, from the bizarre to the dangerous. In the last programme of the series, she discovers ways to stay shapely and finds a recipe for vitality that leaves you glowing in the dark. Producer Malcolm Love Repeat
With Sally Grace and Toby Longworth. Repeated from yesterday
For the last time in the present series, John Peel ferrets out family secrets. Producer Fiona Couper. Repeated Thursday at 11.30pm. PHONE: (0171) [number removed]
Down These Mean Streets
Howard Hawks's The Big Sleep, based on Raymond Chandler 's early novel, matched Bogart's gumshoe with Bacall's glamour in a famously convoluted plot of blackmail, gambling and murder. Fifty years on, Kevin Jackson explores the restless quality of the thriller that split the seams of the well-constructed
Hollywood movie.
Producer Will Cantopher
Repeated Friday at 9.30pm
A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Two hundred and fifty British paratroopers are found guilty of mutiny. Producer Gavin Fuller
A five-part series by Steve Chambers set in Victoria Station, Bridgford, 100 years ago.
1: Signal Failure. General Booth and general intemperance visit the station.
Director Celia De Wolff Repeat
Brian Kay introduces Warlock's Capriol Suite.
Producer Peter Thresh
Presented by the Rev Stephen Oliver.
By Hattie Naylor. Adolescent Hilda finds herself torn between the advice of two angels.
Music Polly Hewett. Director Hilary Nornsh Repeat
An autumnal ramble through the bramble bushes of radio with Suzy Blake , Alan Francis , Mike Hayley and Dan Strauss.
Producer Jon Rowlands
In the first of seven programmes, Simon Armitage introduces an electrifying reading from Tony Harrison , recorded at the Bath Festival.
Producer Rob Kettendge
By Tom Reid.
Read by Mark Mulholand. Repeated from Thursday
