With Robert Rietti.
momy
With Anna Hill.
Producer Ashley Gething
James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Bishop Bill Westwood.
Jeremy Paxman and guests set the cultural agenda for the week.
Producer Tony Phillips. Repeated at 9.30pm
With Martha Kearney and guests.
Drama: Under One Roof by Jenny Landreth, based on stories by Michele Hanson. Part 1.
Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
Four portraits of a society in transition. 3: As Nelson Mandela nears the end of his presidency, reporter Thembi Mutch explores a personal story. Producer Joy Hatwood
By John Peacock. The first of four plays telling the story of George Edwardes and the girls of the Gaiety Theatre. with Geoffrey Whitehead , Alison Pettitt , Giles Fagen and Brian Parr. Music performed and arranged by Neil Brand. Director David Blount
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
Editor Chris Burns. PHONE: [number removed] to raise issues for investigation
With Nick Clarke.
A special invitation challenge match featuring winners of Brain of Britain over the last three years. Taking part are
Kevin Ashman , Daphne Fowler and Guy Herbert. With chairman Robert Robinson.
Producer Richard Edis
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
The true story of the brief and happy courtship and miserable 40-year marriage of Thomas Hardy and his first wife, Emma Gifford. With poet
David Constantine. Starring Oliver Ford Davies and Jane Gurnett. Producer Beaty Rubens
With Vincent Duggleby. Producer Sarah Pennells LINES OPEN from 1.30pm
Presented by Chris Bowlby. Red boxes - the ultimate tool of ministerial power - are being modernised. Producer Paul Vickers Repeat
Michael Bogdanov presents some of his favourite pieces of writing. With Michael Pennington.
Producer Mary Ward Lowery
Repeated from Saturday 11am
Jenni Murray and her guests take a global view of news and human stories. Producer Lindsay Leonard
With Clare English and Chris Lowe.
The antidote to the panel game comes this week from Cardiff's New theatre. Max Boyce joins regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor, with Humphrey Lyttelton in the chair and Colin Sell on piano.
(Rptd Sunday 12.30pm)
Julia hits the road.
Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with the arts programme. Producer Matthew Dodd
By Jenny Landreth , based on stories by Michele Hanson. As Christmas approaches, shopping, cooking and clubbing reach frantic proportions for Gillian and her family. Part 1. with Luisa Bradshaw-White , John Rowe ,
Angela Down , Irene Sutcliffe. Frances Jeater , Bruce Alexander , Tilly Gaunt , Ann Beach , Tilly Vosburgh , Geoffrey Whitehead , Harry Myers and Giles Fagan. Director Marilyn Imrie Repeated from 10.45am
Vera Frankl examines why the British adopt fewer children from overseas than other European countries. Producer Gudrun Dalibor
The Profit Motive. Julian Le Grand looks at the part played by assessments of human motivation in forming public policy for services such as education. Producer Jane Beresford. Rptd Sunday 9.30pm
Biologist and rock climber
John Altringham investigates an unexplored monolith in Namibia that freezes at night and bakes during the day. * Producer Grant Sonnex. Rptd tomorrow 11am
Repeated from 9am
With Justin Webb.
By Penelope Lively. Retirement proves to be less tranquil than expected for anthropologist Stella Brentwood.
Read by Stephanie Cole. Part 6 of 10. Abridged by Di Speirs. Producer Main Russell
Repeated from yesterday 7.55am
Dramatisation of Robert Harris's novel.
Berlin detective Xavier March fratemises with an American journalist. Together they try to unravel the secret at the heart of a postwar Nazi state. with Michael Byme , William Scott Masson , Thomas Copeland , Michael Culver and Jonathan Coleman. Dramatised and directed by John Dryden
