With Clair Jaquiss.
With Charlotte Smith. Producer David Street
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25. 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Rabbi YY Rubenstein.
Melvyn Bragg looks at ideas and events which have influenced our time. His guests this week are
American author and commentator
Gore Vidal , and Alan Clark MP, who discuss how the notion of governmental responsibility has changed over the centuries.
Producer Olivia Seligman. Rptd at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg talks to Gore Vidal and Alan Clark about political morality and the future of the nation state, and examines the impact of the individual on the story of the 20th century. Show more
Five programmes assessing the work and lives of amateur scientists.
Presented by Anna Grayson. Part 4. Producer Neil George
Introduced by Jenni Murray. Drama:
Letters from a Lost Generation. Part 4. Drama rptd at 7.45pm. For details see Monday
The news behind the world headlines.
The last part in the comedy series by Christopher Fitz-Simon . The Movie. The Dublin Theatrical Costumiers is delighted when asked to provide the uniforms for an American film company. with Eugene O'Brien , Ron Berglas. Kevin Flood , Dan Gordon and Gwynne McElveen Music played by John Trotter
Director Roland Jaquarello. Rptd Sunday 8pm
With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest. Including Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants. Producer Richard Edis
Repeated Sunday llpm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Five stories of mystery and the supernatural by Elizabeth Gaskell , dramatised by Sally Hedges. 4: Lois the Witch. A Warwickshire girl, newly arrived in Salem, Massachusetts, finds herself drawn into a Puritan family's world of visions, malice and, apparently, demonic possession. with Heather Emmanuel , Susan Jeffrey. Richard Avery. Jonathan Wyatt ,
Andrew Harrison , Stephen Tomlin and Anna Keene. Director Nigel Bryant
With Peter White.
A revisit to the world of the famous cut-out wardrobe. Part 4 of 5. For details see Monday
4: The Legacy, by Susie Maguire , read by Irene MacDougall. "I don't believe in ghosts or any of that X
Files nonsense, but it still felt as if she was there."
For details see Monday
Marcel Berlins investigates how the law works and where it goes wrong. Producers Charles Sigler and Sallie Davies Repeated Sunday 8.30pm
Trevor Phillips looks at computers that talk.
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Clare English and Charlie Lee-Potter .
The last in a series of sketches and chat as Radio 4's antidote to Anne and Nick tackles beliefs and friendship. Starring Robert Duncan as Mike and Jan Ravens as Sue.
With Ronnie Ancona. Alistair McGowan. Roger Blake and Christopher Douglas Written by Christopher Douglas from a format by Bill Dare. Music by Mark Burton Producer Aled Evans
William loses control. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson chairs the arts show and listens to the latest record from America's biggest pop band REM. Producer Matthew Dodd
Based on Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain. Part 4 of 15. Rptd from 10.45am. For details see Monday
The Springtime of Peoples. 1848. Tom Nairn , Tim Blanning and Jonathan Sperber assess the year when all of Europe was in revolutionary turmoil. Producer Tim Dee
Steve Richards of the New Statesman is behind the scenes at Westminster.
Editor Jane Ashley
Paul Simons looks at the role of volcanos in the weather.
Producer Sue Broom
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With Robin Lustig.
By Louis de Bernieres. Part 4. For details see Monday Repeat
Topical comedy-drama, by Mike Haskins. One family experiences the shock-horror of a major news drama and its effect on their community.
Comedy set in an East End pub. Written by Tony Roche
Producer Jane Berthoud Repeat
By Don DeLillo. 9: The Mask For details see Monday
