Producers Steve Peacock and Hugh O'Donnell
St Augustine Week
With Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Basil Hume.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Rabbi Lionel Blue.
The second of former ambassador to
London Raymond Seitz's talks in which he reflects on the differences between Britain and the US.
2: Give and Take. Election fundraising. Producer Sallie Davies
Postponed from Monday 19 May
With Melvyn Bragg.
Producer Olivia Seligman
The news of 50 years ago today. Editor Lindsay Leonard
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Reel Women. Actresses Lisa Harrow , Elizabeth McGovern and Meera Syal put women's contribution to film in the spotlight in a special quiz.
Short story: The Birds, by Daphne Du Maurier.
Producers Ariane Koek and Sarah Johnson E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Ian Peacock explores the concept of nothing in all its guises. He sets out to discover whether people can ever truly know nothing, and, if so, whether it will lead to salvation or destruction.
With Mark Whittaker.
first Round - North West of England Chairman Robert Robinson.
Producer Richard Edis. Rptd Wednesday 6.30pm
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from Friday
John Peacock 's trilogy of radio plays. 2: The Diamond Jousts. London and Monte Carlo 1925: the diamond is now in a necklace presented by Julius Hallam to his bride, Gwen.
Director David Hunter
With Laurie Taylor. Editor Nadine Grieve
PHONE: (0171) [number removed]
E-MAIL: Afternoon.Shift@bbc.co.uk
Lynne Walker talks to members of the Halle Orchestra as they rehearse the four-act version of Britten's opera Billy Budd. The full opera is broadcast tomorrow on BBC Radio 3 at 7.25pm. Plus a review of Sebastian Barry 's play Prayers of Sherkin. Producer Adrian Washboume
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Alun Lewis , read by Phillip Madoc. 1939: a teacher goes on a physically and spiritually liberatingjourney. Producer Caroline Sarll
With Charlie Lee-Potter and Jeremy Vine.
Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm
Shula makes up her mind. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
With Natalie Wheen.
Repeated from Friday
By Marguerite Duras , translated and adapted by Peter Tegel.
A rich old lady is reunited in Paris with her son. But the son is a gambler, and his mother's wealth lies in her bracelets.
Director Richard Wortley
How writer Eva Tucker escaped from Berlin to England with her mother in 1939, leaving her Jewish grandparents and left-wing father behind. What else did she leave? And what did she find?
Read by Lala Lloyd ,
Colleen Prendergast and Jane Whittenshaw. Producer Piers Plowright Repeat
Revised repeat from 4.05pm
With Robin Lustig.
By JL Carr , read in eight parts by Samuel West. Tom Birkin travels to a village to uncover a medieval wall painting. Charles Moon is there in search of a lost grave. Part 1. Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury Producer Tracey Neale Repeat
In the final programme of the series Sue MacGregor puts Denise Coffey , Christopher Cook , Philippa Gregory and Michael Schmidt to the test.
Producer Gillian Hush Repeat
Maeve Binchy's novel dramatised in six episodes by Jane Cassidy. With David Soul as Patrick O'Neill.
3: On the day Patrick's lady friend Rachel arrives, Kate Ryan wanders into the path of a digger. with Luke Griffin , Melissa Smith.
Denys Hawthorne. Helen Norton. Marie Jones. Ray McBride. Conleth Hill , Susie Kelly ,
Brenda Winter , Seamus Fox , Audrey Dempsey. Sean McKenna , Ken Farmer , and Paul Fitzpatrick Music by Jane Cassidy. performed by Rod McVey and Kate O'Brien
Director Pam Brighton Repeat
Michael Sheen continues an eight-part reading of James Hawes 's comic and sassy bestseller.
6: A Beautiful Scale Model of Life
Producer Alison Hindell
