Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,858 playable programmes from the BBC

Six visionary thinkers tell Sheena McDonald what life will be like in the year 2010. 2: Cities
Despite some gloomy predictions, urban planner Kevin Murray 's vision of the city is one of less traffic, less crime and more quality leisure. Producer Clare Csonka

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheena McDonald
Unknown:
Kevin Murray
Producer:
Clare Csonka

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Shadow Baby, by Margaret Forster , read in 12 parts by Gemma Jones. Part 11.
Managing editor Nadine Grieve E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Margaret Forster
Unknown:
Gemma Jones.
Editor:
Nadine Grieve

By John Harvey.

When Jimmy Nolan's Nottingham jazz club burns down, it looks like an insurance job. But for jazz-loving DI Charlie Resnick and his team, this is the start of a more sinister chain of events. Part 1 of 2.

Contributors

Writer:
John Harvey.
Saxophonist:
Mark Lockheart
Director:
David Hunter
Charlie Resnick:
Philip Jackson
Graham Millington:
Sean Baker
Lynn Kellogg:
Kate Eaton
[Actor]:
John Rowe
[Actress]:
Alison Pettitt
[Actor]:
Gerard McDermott
[Actress]:
Rachel Atkins
[Actor]:
John Hartley
[Actor]:
Alastair Danson
[Actress]:
Jenny Lee
[Actress]:
Carolyn Jones

Lynne Walker sees
Stephen Sondheim 's musical Sweeney Todd , staged by Opera North, and talks to West Yorkshire director Jude Kelly as she embarks on an opera production. Producer Julia Arrowsmith
Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Walker
Unknown:
Stephen Sondheim
Musical:
Sweeney Todd
Director:
Jude Kelly
Producer:
Julia Arrowsmith

Charlie Howe 's romance is set in contemporary London. Can Mary-
Jane, a penniless prostitute, find a punter at last, or will her boyfriend give in to her pimp?
with Jonathan Keeble , John Rowe and Alastair Danson. Music written and played by Mia Soteriou. Director Richard Wortley

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Howe
Unknown:
Jonathan Keeble
Unknown:
John Rowe
Unknown:
Alastair Danson.
Played By:
Mia Soteriou.
Director:
Richard Wortley
Po:
Julian Rhindtutt
Mary-Jane:
Alison Pettitt
Cack:
Kim Wall

Four programmes in which Peter Jay reassesses the history of the British Empire. 2: Doing Well, or Doing Good Over its 500-year history, the British Empire touched millions of lives worldwide - but how did it affect
Britain itself, and the British people? Producer Philip Sellars

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jay
Producer:
Philip Sellars

The first of a week of tales by Anton Chekhov , translated by Constance Garnett , read by Alistair McGowan.
Two children, two pets, one stranger. And a small domestic disaster.
Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Chekhov
Translated By:
Constance Garnett
Read By:
Alistair McGowan.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

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