Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 294,338 playable programmes from the BBC

Dr Miriam Stoppard speaks on behalf of a charity which gives information to women about gynaecological problems.

Donations: Women's Health, [address removed] Credit Cards: [number removed].
(Rptd Thursday 3.28pm)

Contributors

Speaker:
Dr Miriam Stoppard
Producer:
Anne Downing

Nicholas Parsons is joined at the Gateway theatre, Chester, by Martin Jarvis, Clement Freud, Stephen Frost and Graham Norton for radio's most devious panel game.

(Repeated from Monday)

Contributors

Chairman:
Nicholas Parsons
Panellist:
Martin Jarvis
Panellist:
Clement Freud
Panellist:
Stephen Frost
Panellist:
Graham Norton

Stephanie Hughes presents a series exploring the mysteries and mechanics of writing music.

Simon Bainbridge, award-winning composer of settings of Primo Levi's words, shares his love of improvised music with saxophonist and jazz composer Andy Sheppard.

(Repeated Saturday 11pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes
Guest:
Simon Bainbridge
Guest:
Andy Sheppard
Producer:
Alan Hall

Nigel Colborn, Pippa Greenwood and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by members of the Charlton and Blackheath Amateur Horticultural Society in south London. With chairman Eric Robson.
(Repeated Wednesday 3pm)

Contributors

Chairman:
Eric Robson
Panellist:
Nigel Colborn
Panellist:
Pippa Greenwood
Panellist:
Roy Lancaster
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

Monty Don in conversation with six of the country's leading gardeners.

Rosemary Verey, whose passion for knot gardens, structural silhouettes and vividly coloured stems transformed the perception of the garden in winter. Her writing has revealed the subtle beauties of the frozen months that can add softer colours and stronger patterns to the garden.

Contributors

Presenter:
Monty Don
Interviewee:
Rosemary Verey
Producer:
Felicity Goodall

The conclusion of Oscar Wilde's famous novel in Nick McCarty's two-part dramatisation.

As the years pass, though he lives entirely for his own gratification, Dorian retains his extraordinarily youthful beauty. His picture in the attic, however, tells a very different story.

(Repeated Saturday 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Oscar Wilde
Dramatised by:
Nick McCarty
Music composed and played by:
David Chilton
Director:
Gordon House
Dorian Gray:
Jamie Glover
Lord Henry Wotton:
Ian McDiarmid
Basil Hallward:
Steven Pacey
Campbell:
Geoffrey Beevers
Duchess:
Alice Arnold
Duke:
Edward de Souza
Thornton:
Stephen Critchlow
Lady Narborough:
Tessa Worsley
Jim Vane:
Harry Myers
Woman in opium den:
Elizabeth Bell
Francis:
Tom George
[Actor]:
Brett Usher
[Actress]:
Tilly Gaunt
[Actor]:
Gavin Muir

Frank Delaney introduces requests for favourite poetry about the five senses. Readers Samuel West, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alice Arnold and poet Susan Wicks.

(Rptd Saturday 11.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Delaney
Reader:
Samuel West
Reader:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Reader:
Alice Arnold
Reader/Poet:
Susan Wicks
Producer:
Sara Davies

The 21st century - new era where pills replace food, where money does not exist and we all wear outfits made out of silver foil? Stuart Maconie and guests endeavour to find out in this week's witty discussion about the future.

Contributors

Presenter:
Stuart Maconie
Producer:
Andrea Davidson

Andrew Rawnsley with next week's political headlines.

Including 10.45 There Should Be a Law against It
Max Cotton reports on an attempt by a back-bench MP to give men and women equal rights in private clubs.

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Rawnsley
Reporter:
Max Cotton
Editor:
John Evans

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Appears in

About this data

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

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More