Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,951 playable programmes from the BBC

The latest travel news with Anne Gregg. Producer Dave Harvey
Repeated tomorrow at 10.45pm
For information on any of the items featured, call the Radio 4 helpline on [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Gregg.
Producer:
Dave Harvey

William Horsley reports on Scientology in Germany. Plus an eyewitness account of the trial of alleged war criminal
DuskoTadic. Presented by David Walter. Producer Sallie Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
William Horsley
Presented By:
David Walter.
Producer:
Sallie Davies

For the last programme in the present series, Simon Hoggart lets panellists Alan Coren , Frances Wheen , Jeremy Hardy and Sandi Toksvig loose on the week's news.
Producer Aled Evans
Repeated Monday at 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Frances Wheen
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Sandi Toksvig
Producer:
Aled Evans

Rt Hon Michael Howard QC MP;
Baroness Blackstone; Mary Kenny ; and Geoffrey Robertson QC tackle the issues raised in Petworth, West Sussex. With Jonathan Dimbleby in the chair. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Kenny
Unknown:
Geoffrey Robertson
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby

By Clare Bayley. Susie pursues a Scottish truck driver up the motorway. Laura falls in love with a Kurdish refugee seeking political asylum. How are the two connected?
Director David Hunter

Contributors

Unknown:
Clare Bayley.
Director:
David Hunter
Laura:
Elaine Pyke
Susie:
Elaine Claxton
Pamir:
Mozaffar Shafeie
Robbie:
Garry Robson
Karen:
Becky Hindley
Sylvie:
Colleen Prendergast
Home Office official:
Sean Baker
Adjudicator:
Mark Bonnar
Mr Ergen:
Chris Pavlo
Motorway ladies:
Joanna Monro

2: A Choice of Meanings. In the second of this series on the impact of reading on people's lives, Don Fowler , a child of the sixties himself, explores the history of reading as a subversive act, from Berkeley to the Boul' Mich, from Commonwealth London to the China of the Cultural Revolution.
Producer Beaty Rubens
Repeated tomorrow at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Fowler
Producer:
Beaty Rubens

In the fifth of six programmes which take a sideways look at the contents of an average wardrobe through anecdote, archive and music, we search the hangers and pull out a waistcoat.
Producers Felicity Goodall and Susan Roberts

Contributors

Producers:
Felicity Goodall
Producers:
Susan Roberts

Scotland's clan chieftains once led painted warriors against the English. Are most of the armies they lead today plaid-clad Americans? Robert Robinson finds out from the descendants of Robert the Bruce the truth behind all the tartan talk. Producer Bruce Whitney Low
Repeated Thursday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Producer:
Bruce Whitney Low

Is All the World a Stage?
What impact does the architecture of the theatre have on the staging of plays? In what way does the design of the building influence the relationship at the heart of the theatre, that between actor and audience?
Paul Allen explores these issues with reference to a variety of theatres; from the restoration of Shakespeare's Globe in London's
Bankside, to theatre which happens in a disused hotel. Producer Hilary Dunn
Repeated Friday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. A week when there was growing unrest on the London dockfront and a proposal for a Royal Commission on the Press was announced. The wedding of the daughter of Lord
Mountbatten took place at Romsey and hostility between Russia and America was deepening. Producer Lindsay Leonard

Contributors

Producer:
Lindsay Leonard

The first of two stories of heroism.
The Sinking of the City ofcairo, by Vincent Mcinerney.
When the City of Cairo was torpedoed in 1942, the survivors found themselves 500 miles from the nearest land. with Andrew Branch , David Timson. Geoffrey Whitehead , Roger May , Paul Jenkins , Badi Uzzaman. Ross Livingstone and Amerjit Deu Director Martin Jenkins Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Vincent McInerney.
Unknown:
Andrew Branch
Unknown:
David Timson.
Unknown:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Unknown:
Roger May
Unknown:
Paul Jenkins
Unknown:
Badi Uzzaman.
Unknown:
Ross Livingstone
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Diana Jarman:
Becky Hindley
Angus MacDonald:
David Bannerman
Jack Edmead:
Peter Gunn

Susan Jane Harrison 's play, originally broadcast as part of last year's Young Writers Festival.
With Nancy Crane , John Hartley , Ross Livingstone and Andrew Branch
Director Marion Nancarrow Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Jane Harrison
Unknown:
Nancy Crane
Unknown:
John Hartley
Unknown:
Ross Livingstone
Unknown:
Andrew Branch
Director:
Marion Nancarrow
Frank:
Michael Sheen
Jack:
John Bowe
Dean:
Stephen Critchlow

Rising star Don Patterson reads his work and performs improvised jazz with fellow "Lammas" member Tim Garland.
Introduced by Simon Armitage. Producer Rob Ketteridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Patterson
Unknown:
Tim Garland.
Introduced By:
Simon Armitage.
Producer:
Rob Ketteridge

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More