Programme Index

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Jonathan Dimbleby is joined in Bath by Germaine Greer , Tessa Jowell MP, Francis Maude MP and Adrian Nobel. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Germaine Greer
Unknown:
Tessa Jowell
Unknown:
Francis Maude
Unknown:
Adrian Nobel.

Nero, the Perverse Populist. The last of a three-part series on the Roman Empire. Historian Peter Jones explores the life of Nero, an emperor who killed his mother, cheated in the Olympics and admired Caligula's ability to waste money. Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jones
Producer:
John Byrne

By Agatha Christie, dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

When a young blonde is found dead at Gossington Hall, it takes St Mary Mead's most famous resident to solve the vicious murder.

The Body in the Library is available now on a double audio cassette that also features The Mirror Crackd from Side to Side.

Contributors

Author:
Agatha Christie
Dramatised by:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Enyd Williams
Miss Marple:
June Whitfield
Colonel Melchett:
Richard Todd
[Actress]:
Pauline Jameson
[Actor]:
Jack Watling
[Actor]:
Graham Crowden
[Actor]:
John Hartley
[Actor]:
John Baddeley
[Actress]:
Priyanga Elan
[Actor]:
Harry Myers
[Actor]:
Ben Crowe
[Actress]:
Elizabeth Conboy
[Actor]:
Giles Fagan
[Actress]:
Tilly Gaunt
[Actress]:
Eleanor Hodson

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host more stand-up comedy, sketches and songs. With the regular team of Jane Bussmann , Simon Munnery , David Quantick and guest Mitch Benn.
Producer Aled Evans. Repeated Tuesday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Jane Bussmann
Unknown:
Simon Munnery
Unknown:
David Quantick
Unknown:
Mitch Benn.
Producer:
Aled Evans.

An American in Paris. New York humorist David Sedaris has moved to
Paris. The transition has not gone as smoothly as it might have done. In a six-part series he details his thoughts, stories and diary excerpts. Producer Steve Doherty

Contributors

Unknown:
David Sedaris
Producer:
Steve Doherty

In the first of two programmes, Simon Callow traces the life of Orson Welles.
Born in 1915. Welles was intellectually brilliant, flamboyant and physically imposing. Callow narrates his biography up to the most famous programme in radio history - Welles's production for Halloween of War of the Worlds, which momentarily brought the United States to a halt.

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Callow
Producer:
Jules Wilkinson

Coleridge's great poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is one of the most-quoted and least-understood in the English language. Fraser Harrison discovers that its seemingly magical world has real foundation in psychology, oceanography and theology. Repeated from Sunday
See tomorrow's Classic Serial, 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Fraser Harrison

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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