With Bishop Peter Firth.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With Sue MacGregor and Edward Stourton.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
John Humphrys in conversation with six successful people who have weathered storms in their careers. Monty Python brought animator Terry Gilliam fame and fortune, but his career as a film director has been a mix of hits and misses. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen cost a fortune and flopped at the box office, and a new £32m project to film the story of Don Quixote has ground to a halt. What went wrong?
(Repeated at 9.30pm)
On the Ropes 9.00am/9.30pm R4
Terry Gilliam talks failure to John Humphry's today. Well, not just failure, given his success as the Monty Python animator and director of several successful films, but On the Ropes is hardly meant to be a celebratory programme full of joy and happiness. So Gilliam talks frankly about two films, one that failed at the box office - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - and one that has yet to get as far as a cinema, a £32 million epic about Don Quixote which fell prey to everything from money problems to floods during the filming. Work has now stopped on the film, leaving Gilliam a decidedly unhappy, albeit a lot wiser, man. (Peter Barnard)
This week in the series about the history of glass in architecture, Maxwell Hutchinson looks at how glass was used in buildings of the Victorian era. He meets a man who has collected 15,000 historic windows and examines the career of Joseph Paxton , architect of the greatest glass house of them ait-the Crystal Palace. Producer EienaCurti
Presented by Jenni Murray. Drama: Adam Bedeby George EliOt. Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Understanding Your Family Roots.
George Redmonds traces the 700-year-old mother of all Dysons, and from the 13th century, Oddi de
Gasegill, the forbear of Bill Oddie. DNA analysis continues to reveal long-hidden secrets of genealogical research and even finds the descendants of passengers of the Mayflower. Producer Sandra Sykes. E-MAIL: nature@bbc.co.uk WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
A guide to a time when listening to comedy records at parties was hip. With Greg Proops.
She started in Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, made the jump to stand-up comedy and with her the comedy album came of age.
With Winifred Robinson and Peter White. including 12.30 Call You and Yours.
PHONE: [number removed]. LINES OPEN from 10am
With Nick Clarke.
A look beyond the stereotype of the Gypsy musician to changing attitudes to Gypsies and their music in Britan. Nick Bakervisits the Django Reinhardt festival in France where Gypsy and jazz spirits mingle. Producer Simon Broughton
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Don Taylor 's drama tells the story of DH Lawrence's relationship with a woman during 1908-12. David, a young schoolteacher, is asked to speak to Helen, who has suffered a personal tragedy. A tale emerges which changes the relationship between them and becomes part of the development of a great English writer.
Director Don Taylor (R)
The programme that examines listeners' historical queries, exploring avenues of research and uncovering mysteries, presented by Sue Cook. Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick
WRITE TO: [address removed]E-MAIL: making.history@bbc.co.uk
2: TheNewHouse. Long-suffering Cicely and her irritable brother Herbert move into their first home without mother. All is well until Cicely makes a Shattering announcement. Fordetails see yesterday
2: The X-Ray Machine. When the first x-rays were taken, they seemed miraculous, but their introduction was not without its problems. It was opposed by doctors who had hitherto depended on their eyes and ears for diagnosis, and patients were scared of the new machines. But as the decades went on, the x-ray department became the indispensable heart Of every hospital. Fordetails see yesterday
Conversation about the world of business, money and technology, with Heather Payton and guests. Producer Simon Crow
The intelligent guide to the wide world of learning, presented by Libby Purves.
ProducerAnne Freeman. E-MAIL: the.learning.curve@bbc.co.uk PHONE: [number removed]. Repeated Sunday llpm
With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.
A four-part comedy series devised by Bill Dare about a struggling a cappella band.
1: Meet the Wife by Giles New. This week Kenny gets married and divorced in a day, and Johnny decides to make himself more attractive by lying. with Raquel Cassidy , Tony Gardner and Rachel Preece Producer Gareth Edwards
Greg has a bit of a grouse. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Presented by Mark Lawson. Producer Sally Spurring
George Eliot 's haunting story of love betrayed and rewarded. 2: Dinah Morris , a young and remarkable Methodist preacher, arrives to comfort Lisbeth Bede. Arthur Richard Greenwood Further cast details across the week. For details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am
Major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad, presented by Liz Carney.
Producer Andy Denwood. Editor David Ross. Repeated Sunday 5pm
News, issues and information of interest to blind and partially sighted people, with Peter White.
Producer Cheryl Gabriel. PHONE: [number removed] for more information
Intelligence comes in many forms - children can be smart about nature, words, music or pictures. They can be good with people, on a sports field, with their bodies or at mathematics. But how many of these talents are taken into account when IQs are measured? Connie St Louis examines how children develop their particular forms of intelligence and looks at what can be done to help them along. Producer Julia Durbin. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Repeated from 9am
With Janet Cohen.
Liza Ross reads from Anne Tyler 's latest novel.
2: Rebecca realises her life took a wrong fork without her knowing. For details see yesterday
Gerard Foster's sitcom about George, Professor of Symbolics at Oxford, who is desperately trying to write a book. Alex moves into the shed at the bottom of the garden and takes his 200 snails with him. He starts to live like a snail and lets them crawl all over him. When a French girl arrives on the scene Alex falls for her and tries to prove he is normal by eating his pets.
Repeated from 9.45am. For details see yesterday 9.45am
