With the Rev Ernest Rea.
With Charlotte Smith.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon Eric James.
3: A Bundle from Britain: the Dramatic
Story of the Overseas Evacuees
Charles Wheeler recalls the Second World War evacuation of children and how the scheme collapsed when a U-boat attacked the SS Benares, a catastrophe recalled by survivors.
Producer David Prest. Repeated at 9.30pm
Robert Lacy presents portraits of life in Britain in the year 1000 with the help of archaeologists and historians. 4: Literature and Language Producer Susan Roberts
* Roland White : Review, page 127
With Sheila McClennon and guests. Drama: Rre in the Heart - work by John Keats , adapted by Robin Brooks. Part 6 of 15. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: [address removed] Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Rosemary Hill investigates the past of four towns through their streets and buildings of today. 3: Stoke Producer Nicola Banning
By Agatha Christie. Dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.
Starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Suspicion begins to fall on the members of the household.
With Liz Barclay and Trixie Rawlinson.
With Nick Clarke.
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest. First round - the south of England. Producer Richard Edis
Repeated Saturday llpm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By E Nesbit. Dramatised by Malcolm McKee. In a quest to achieve their hearts' desire, Anthea, Cyril, Robert and Jane travel through history to discover the whereabouts of an ancient and magical amulet. with James Richard , Fiona Christie , Justyn
Tower, Lexi Rose , Kim Wall , Sunny Ormonde, Terry Molloy , Ian Brooker , Robert Lister , Malcolm McKee and Annabel Dowler. Music
Malcolm McKee. Musicians Helen Bool , Audrey Douglas , Malcolm McKee and Paul Arden-Taylor Director Rosemary Watts
The 20th Century
The first of 90 new programmes,
Radio 4's unique history of Britain begins the story of the present century. Narrated by Anna Massey , with additional readings by Robert Powell. 1: 1901 - a New King, a New Century Producer Pete Atkin
# Tale of the century, page 6;
Roland White Review, page 127
Repeated from Saturday 11am
Jane Franchi and guests look behind the headlines at the issues which are shaping the world. Producer Amber Dawson
With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.
Nicholas Parsons is joined in the Grand Opera House, York, by Clement Freud , Tony Hawks, Peter Jones and Paul Merton.
Devised by Ian Messiter. Producer Chris Neill Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
Eddie wants some firkins.
Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Arts magazine with Francine Stock. Producer Adrian Wasbbourne
John Keats 's poems and letters, adapted and reconstructed by Robin Brooks , provide a fascinating insight into the great poet. Part 6 of 15. with Kelly Hunter , Julie Cox , Ken Cranham , John Webb , Stephen Mangan , Sarah Jane Holm and Andrew Alston. Director Clive Brill Repeated from 10.45am
A six-part series in which Philip Short travels across China reporting on the Long March of the thirties as history and as metaphor. 1: Marching for Revolution.
He begins in the cradle of the revolution - Jianxi province - and explores the challenges facing an average province in middle China. Producer Mary Price
Green Light. Natural Capitalism is about asking business to change the world. Peter Day asks if it could work. Producer Stephen Chilcott Repeated Sunday 9.30pm
Mark Carwardine discovers how the use of underwater acoustics to explore, navigate and exploit the seas is interfering with communication between whales and dolphins.
Producer Elizabeth Kelly. Rptd tomorrow 11am
Repeated from 9am
With Claire Bolderson.
Alex Jennings continues Goethe's love story. Translated by RJ Hollingdale, abridged in ten parts by Jenny Thompson. Part 6. Producer Di Speirs
Presented by John Peel.
Revised repeat from Saturday 9am
Presented by Arthur Smith.
2: Roger McGough and the Italian Job Producer Sara Jane Hall Repeat
The Royal Ballet's principal dancer,
Deborah Bull , reads five extracts from her diary covering a year at the crisis-torn Royal Opera House. Abridged by Doreen Estall. Additional reporting by Jo Morris. Part 1.
Producer Ariane Koek Repeat
