With Pastor Undsay A) !en.
With Miriam O'ReiDy.
With Sue MacGregorand Edward Stourton.
6.25.7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Roy Jenk !ns.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament LtVon/y
Libby Purves and guests engage in lively and diverse conversation.
(Shortened repeat at 9.30pm)
Jenni Murray hosts interviews and d!scuss!on from a woman's point of view. Drama: Not Ether an E)(per)fnenta/ Do«. Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
A two-part documentary visiting a Lancashire soap-powder factory-an unhkeiy setting for an experiment aimed at helping workers achieve a balance between their home and family life. Yet at McBride's in Middieton they are doingjust that. Two years ago the company appointed child-care co-ordinator Sue Hoitto help improve statistics on productivity, absenteeism and staff turnover by encouraging workers to deal with some of the chi!d-care and family problems that keep them away from work. The scheme has proved so successfu) that there are p!ans to extend it. producer Susan Miters
A three-part satire by Janey Preger about the fickle world of instant stardom.
2: Susan beats off all the competition in the national final and is crowned Britain's Mrs Average 2001. Against all expectations she becomes an overnight cult sensation, courted by daytime television hosts and trendy DJs. But how long can such a good thing fast?
Christine Brennan
Other parts played by members of the company
Director Wils Wilson
With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
Nigel Cassidy presents the quiz that looks at the funny side of business life today. With Sir Peter Davis, Peter Day, Howard Hodgson and Alastair Ross Goobey.
(Repeated from yesterday 7 pm)
David Eldridge's brutally honest tale of two brothers and the different paths their lives take.
Bob Fiowerdew , Bunny Guinness and Anne Swithinbank answer questions posed by gardeners from Surrey. With chairman Eric Robson. Shortened repeat from Sunday 2pm
3: A White Afternoon by Sonia Edwards, read by Siriol Jenkins.
On her mother's wedding day, Mari helps her to dress.
(For details see Monday)
in this conducting programme a group of Chinese women tett Kate Saunders why they must not took at mutes when they are pregnant and how they protectthemsetves and their babies from evil Spirits. For detai!s see Monday
Laurie Tayior talks to two of the most influential minds in the study of religion-Eiteen Barker from the London School of Economics and Steve Bruce from Aberdeen University. They discuss the extent to which traditional religions wit! survive in an increasingly secularised culture. Producer Tony Phtthps
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Dr Raj Persaud looks at how alternative therapies can help people suffering from a mental illness. Plus a took at the hippocampus - the part of the brain that consolidates memory.
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With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.
What do Billy Connolly, Peter Cook, Alan Coren, Ardal O'Hanlon, Dylan Thomas and Victoria Wood have in common? They all feature in the first of three programmes in which classic comedy meets the best in satirical writing. Presented by Simon Fanshawe, with Anne Bryson and Peter Gunn. Producer Karen Rose (R)
Pat receives a resignation. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson chairs the arts programme and investigates why, from age-otd fairy stones to the latest novel by Stephen King , the woods are the location for terrifying tales. Producer Ekene Akatawu
A moving collection of tetters from fifties South Africa, dramatised by Rosemary Kay.
3: Li!y becomes disit!usioned when herfettow students mock her and challenge their eiders.
Cast detarts across the week. Fo<detaj)s see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Michaei Buerk chairs a !ive debate in which
David Cook , Janet Daiey , ian Hargreaves and David Starkey cross-examine witnesses on their controversia! and conflicting views of the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
Producer Oav)d Coomes
Repeated Saturday 10 15pm
A light-hearted took at the potitical week, with Simon Hoggart.
Repeated from Sunday 10.45pm
Adam Hart-Davis brings his unique blend of storytelling to some of the most tantalising scientific stories.
Making Something of Nothing
A biography of the number zero and the dawning of the idea that there is always something in nothing. Producer Louise Dalziel
Libby Purves and guests engage in tive!y and diverse conversation.
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
John Sessions relates the story of Dante's epic journey through Hell. Part 3. For details see Monday
Mike Harding presents a four-part documentary looking at the Irish singing sensation on their UK tour. This week, home town Ciumdangen and its influence. Producer Steve Doherty
By Lucasta Miller, read by Samantha Bond. Part 3.
Repeated from 9.45am. For details see Monday 9.45am
