With the Rev Elizabeth Rundle.
With Helen Mark.
Producer David Street
With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45,8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day With Penny Faust.
Professor Anthony Clare talks to bestselling novelist Beryl Bainbridge. Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
With Jenni Murray. Drama: Ladies of More Letters by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Final part. For details see Monday. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
In October 1971, deep in the Australian outback, Britain launched her one and only rocket into space. Francis Spufford presents a vivid chronicle ofthejourney into orbit, and veterans of the project reveal the remarkable improvisations that made a reality of a long-cherished dream. Producer Simon Coates (R)
A new three-part comedy by Simon Armitage, Britain's millennium poet, set in the fictional village of Jerusalem.
John Edward Castle is bedroom-bound, but that does not stop him from communicating to the village via his home-made transmitting device, otherwise known as Radio Castle. When the chance to stand as entertainment secretary at the social club arises, he feels confident of success.
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With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
Editor Chris Burns. PHONE: [number removed]44 E-MAIL: [address removed]
With Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh
Nick Clarke hosts round ten of the cryptic quiz.
This week sees the rematch between the north of England and Scotland.
Producer Paul Bajoria. Repeated Sunday 8pm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Rukhsana Ahmad. Ageneticist who is developing a new drug is haunted by a ghost from her past.
Director Claire Grove
Quentin Cooper provides light-hearted and helpful information about computers, whether you are deciding to buy a computer or whether you are already a diehard net-head.
Producer Gareth Mitchell. PHONE: [number removed]0444
5: The Swan and the Crane. This programme explores the role of these two birds in the lives of Our ancestors. For details see Monday(R)
40: 194 7 - a Harsh Winter and Independence for India. Fordetails see Monday
1,000 Years of Spoken English
Melvyn Bragg presents a continuing history celebrating 1,000 years of the spoken language of Britain, from the first to the second millennium.
Bragg travels to Winchester, headquarters of Old English, to trace the path from a tenth-century language lesson to the English taught and spoken today.
With Dr Kathyrn Lowe, Dr April McMahon and Ian Hislop.
(Repeated Tuesday 1.30pm)
Alex Brodie and his guests engage in lively conversation about how current media trends affect Our lives. Producer Lindsay Leonard
With Clare English and Chris Lowe.
Editor Kevin Marsh
Simon Hoggart presents the satirical quiz, with the razor-sharp wits of Alan Coren ,
Roy Hattersley , Francis Wheen and Jeremy Hardy. Producer Lucy Armitage. Repeated tomorrow 12.30pm
Police and thieves.
Written by Adrian Flynn. Director Keri Davies
Editor Vanessa Whitburn. ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send sae to [address removed]
By Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Vera and her granddaughter escape from the trailer park. Irene discovers that she is about to become a grandmother again. Final part.
For details see Monday- Repeated from 10.45am
The topical debate comes this week from William Hulme 's Grammar School, Manchester and the panellists include David Blunkett , Secretary of State for Education and Employment; and Angela Mason , director of Stonewall.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson. Repeated tomorrow 1.15pm
By Alistair Cooke.
Producer Tony Grant. Repeated Sunday 8.45am
Seamus Heaney with a final reading from his new translation of the great Anglo-Saxon poem.
10: The Funeral of Beowulf. For details see Monday
Charles Lambert presents entertaining sports discussion, including a preview of England's cricket tour Of South Africa. Producer Ian Bent
By Roddy Doyle. Final part. For details see Monday
