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With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.

7.20 Yesterday in Parliament

7.25, 8.25 Sports News

7.45 Thought for the Day
Huw Spanner.

8.45 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presenter:
John Humphrys
Presenter:
Sue MacGregor
Speaker (Thought for the Day):
Huw Spanner

John Peel takes another wry look at the foibles of family life with the help of Radio 4 listeners.

Phone: [number removed]
E-Mail: [email address removed]
Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
John Peel
Producer:
Jacqueline Smith

Alison Mitchell with the latest news from the world of personal finance and impartial advice for those trying to make the most of their money.

Know How: Alison Mitchell's first monthly column: page 42

Contributors

Presenter:
Alison Mitchell
Producer:
Paul O'Keeffe

Simon Hoggart hosts the topical comedy panel game, with Alan Coren, Andy Hamilton, Linda Smith and Michael White.

(Repeated from Friday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Hoggart
Panellist:
Alan Coren
Panellist:
Andy Hamilton
Panellist:
Linda Smith
Panellist:
Michael White

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined from St Swithin's Church Hall, Yateley, in Hampshire, by panellists including Sir Edward Heath MP and Inderjit Singh.

(Repeated from yesterday)

Contributors

Chairman:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Panellist:
Sir Edward Heath
Panellist:
Inderjit Singh

Henry James's classic novella describes the confrontation between Daisy Miller - a newly independent American girl, enchanting in her spontaneity and alarming in her unpredictability - and the social codes of 19th-century European society.

Contributors

Author:
Henry James
Music:
John Tarns
Producer:
Nicholas Newton
Adapted by/Director:
Bill Bryden
Daisy Miller:
Elizabeth McGovern
Mrs Costello:
Maureen Lipman
Mrs Miller:
Constance Cummings
Mrs Walker:
Sian Phillips
Winterbourne:
James Callis
Eugenio:
Sebastian Graham Jones
Giovanelli:
Marcello Magni
Randolph Miller:
Zohren Weiss

The American radio variety show hosted by Garrison Keillor comes to the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh for the first of two evenings of music, comedy and storytelling. Special guests are the Battlefield Band and crime writer Ian Rankin.
Starring Tim Russell and Sue Scott.
Keillor is probably best known in Britain as the hugely successful author of books including Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys and, most recently, Me: By Jimmy "Big Boy" Valente, As Told to Garrison Keillor. It was after he began work on an article for The New Yorker that he developed an idea for a radio show with musical guests, comedy sketches and commercials for imaginary products. Twenty-five years and over 800 live performances later, A Prairie Home Companion has become a national institution in the States.
With Andy Stein, Pat Donohue, Greg Hippen and Arnie Kinsella of the Guy's All-Star Band.

Contributors

Presenter:
Garrison Keillor
Guests:
Battlefield Band
Guest:
Ian Rankin
[Actor]:
Tim Russell
[Actor]:
Sue Scott
Musician:
Andy Stein
Musician:
Pat Donohue
Musician:
Greg Hippen
Musician:
Arnie Kinsella
Sound Effects:
Tom Keith
Piano:
Richard Dworsky
Producer:
Christine Tschida
Producer:
Patrick Rayner

Graeme Garden presents an hour of utter nonsense - from French medieval poetry to Eddie Izzard - in an attempt to understand what is so funny about not making sense. He explores the influence of nonsense poetry, from Dada to the Beatles and Monty Python. With contributions from Jonathan James-Moore, nonsense expert Hugh Haughton and pop music historian Simon Warner. Featuring archive recordings of Robert Benchley, Spike Milligan, Ivor Cutler and Stanley Unwin.

Roland White's radio review: page 51
Programme of the Week: page 119

Contributors

Presenter:
Graeme Garden
Interviewee:
Jonathan James-Moore
Interviewee:
Hugh Haughton
Interviewee:
Simon Warner
Producer:
Thomas Morris

By Virginia Woolf, dramatised in two parts by Eileen Atkins. The story of the Ramsay family holidaying in Scotland before the First World War is dominated by Woolf's portrait of the beautiful Mrs Ramsay.

The expedition to a nearby lighthouse is a symbolic and emotional journey.

(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Author:
Virginia Woolf
Dramatised by:
Eileen Atkins
Mrs Ramsay:
Vanessa Redgrave
Mr Ramsay:
John Wood
Lily:
Juliet Stevenson
William:
Edward Petherbridge
Charles:
Robert Glenister
Minta/Mildred/Rose/Mrs Bast:
Jane Whittenshaw
Cam/Prue/Nancy:
Alison Pettitt
Mrs Mcnab:
Elizabeth Bell
Mr Carmichael/McAllister:
Gavin Muir
Paul/Jasper/George:
Tom George

Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Janet Daley, David Starkey, Ian Hargreaves and David Cook cross-examine guests.

(Repeated from Wednesday)

Contributors

Chairman:
Michael Buerk
Panellist:
Janet Daley
Panellist:
David Starkey
Panellist:
Ian Hargreaves
Panellist:
David Cook

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