With Richard Uridge.
With Dr Pauline Webb.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Richard Harries.
Five programmes in which
Shirley Williams looks at life in Westminster from a female perspective.
2: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman? Women MPs past and present recall the rocky route to selection as parliamentary candidates. Producer Jenni Mills
Melvyn Bragg and guests engage in lively conversation.
Producer Olivia Seligman
Producer Paul Bajoria
Actress Kim Basinger talks to Jenni Murray.
Serial: Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman, read by Buffy Davis, abridged in 12 parts by Pat McLoughlin. Part 11.
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Vincent Duggleby takes listeners' calls on a topical financial issue. Producer Josh Delamare LINES: open from 10am
With Mark Whittaker.
Lionel Kelleway chairs the second regional heat of the wildlife quiz. From Liverpool.
Producer Grant Sonnex
Repeated Wednesday 6.30pm
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from Friday
By Sebastian Faulks , dramatised in three parts by Nick Stafford.
2: France, 1916. Abandoned by his lover Isabelle, Stephen Wraysford has thrown himself into the First
World War. with Tom Mannion , Iwan Thomas ,
Carolyn Jones , John Rowe. Gerard McDermott , David Brooks , Rachel Atkins , Sarah Rice and Jenny Lee. Director Claire Grove
Laurie Taylor with guests, topical discussion and lively features. Managing editor Nadine Grieve PHONE: (0171) [number removed]
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The programme visits a library a day to mark National Libraries week.
Today Lynne Walker goes to the National Library for the Blind in Stockport. Plus a performance from the Chilingirian Quartet and a visit to Nottingham NOW Festival. Producer Robyn Read
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Carol Ann Frazer , read by Annette Crosbie. When young Hugh comes to stay for the weekend, he brings a whole new meaning to fox-hunting. Producer Eoin O'Callaghan
Repeated Saturday 12.30am
With Clare English and Chris Lowe.
Simon Hoggart quizzes Alan Coren , Francis Wheen and their special guests Jeremy Hardy and Andy Hamilton on the week's news. Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm
Sean has his suspicions. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
Simon Parkes tries low-fat and no-fat foods.
By Graham White. The peace of a rural backwater is shattered when two seemingly ordinary teenagers embark on a reign of terror, leaving behind them a trail of devastation. With a Britpop soundtrack. with Rachel Atkins and Gerard McDermott Piano played by Colin Guthrie Director Cathryn Horn
Jeremy Nicholas examines the evolution of the signature tune.
Composers and programme-makers discuss the serious business of how to engage the senses with a simple piece of music.
Producer Sue Foster Repeat
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By Vladimir Nabokov , abridged in ten parts by Neville Teller , read by David Horovitch. Part 6.
Producer Duncan Minshull
By Shyam Selvadurai , read by Gary Pillai , abridged in ten parts. Arjie, a young Tamil boy growing up in seventies Sri Lanka, prefers dressing up with the girls to perfecting his off-spin. His parents attempt, unsuccessfully, to force the male world upon him. Part 1. Producer Kristine Landon-Smith
