With Canon Noel Battye.
With Anna Hill.
With James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Michael Buerk with the fifth in an 11-part series of interviews with people who have faced a life-changing decision. Producer Liz Leonard. Repeated at 9.30pm
A series presented by Mark Whitakertelling the stories of four computer pioneers. 2: Saluting the Moose. Best known for mechanical calculators, Remington Rand's postwar move into computers was fiercely opposed by senior executives as few people then thought businesses would ever need computers. Yet by 1949 they had more orders for the first model, the Rand-409, than they could cope with. Meanwhile, two brilliant engineers, but hopeless businessmen, were building their own machine over a clothes shop in Philadelphia.
Bought up by Rand when they ran out of money, their Univac burst into public consciousness by correctly predicting a landslide victory for
Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election. Producer Mike Hally. EMAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Conductor Jane Glover and soprano Orla Boylan join Jenni Murray to discuss their roles in English National Opera's new production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Drama: Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. Part 17. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
A four-part series. 2: London's Medieval MedicineIn 1197 the hospital of St Mary Spital was founded in Spitalfields on the fringes of the City of London and became the most significant place for the care of the capital's sick poor. Eight hundred years later a team of archaeologists have excavated over
10,000 skeletons from the hospital's cemetery.
Aubrey Manning asks what the bones are telling us about life, disease and death in mediaeval London. Producer Pamela Rutherford
Barbara Windsor presents the first of a two-part series telling the colourful story of troop entertainment from the First World War to the present day. Strict censorship foils some of the more daring entertainers, while others fall foul of the same dangers as the troops themselves, including being torpedoed in the Mediterranean. Joyce Grenfell, Avril Angers and Ted Ray are among those heard recalling their days on the front line of entertainment. Producer Libby cross
Consumer advice series.
Including 12.30 Call You and Yours
PHONE: [number removed]. LINES OPEN from 10am
With James Cox.
A new three-part series in which Peter Stead examines the social and musical history of the British brass band. 1: The entrepreneurial skills and vision of two 19th-century pioneers were keyfeatures in the development of arguably the greatest popular music cultural movement in Britain. Adolphe Sax's manufacturing and marketing acumen provided a ready source of affordable instruments and John Henry lles 's sheer enthusiasm and drive for all things brass ensured a vibrant future through Competitions. Producer Paul Evans
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Jane Cassidy. A retired judge decides he has little time left for happiness, so when he falls in love with a retired teacher he leaves his wife of 50 years, much to the disapproval of his children.
Director Pam Brighton
Sue Cook investigates listeners' historical queries. Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick LETTERS: [address removed]. EMAIL: Making.History@bbc.co.uk
(For details see yesterday)
2: Simon Hoggart and his younger brother
Paul Hoggart talk k to Mary Kenny about rising above the tussles of their youth to share a career in journalism. For details see yesterday
Heather Payton and guests with conversation about the world of business, money and technology. Producer Simon Crow
A weekly guide to education with Libby Purves. Producer Sukey Firth. TELEPHONE: [number removed]. EMAIL: the.learning.curve@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Sunday llpm
With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.
A five-part comedy series by James Cary.
4: Unthinkable Solutions are hired to transform
Utiliton's call centre, where customer complaints have reached record levels. Daisy and Sophie bring in Owen, an IT expert of low hygiene and low morals.
Producer Adam Bromley
Eddie picks a bad date. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock chairs the arts show, and meets
Andrew Morton , author of Diana: Her True Story, who is now writing about Madonna. Producer Lawrence Pollard
17: Mary goes to Liverpool in search of an alibi for Jem. For details see yesterday. Repeated from 10.45am
Current affairs series with reporter
Julian O'Halloran. Producer Andy Denwood. Repeated Sunday 5pm
News, issues and information of interest to blind and partially sighted people, with Peter White.
Producer Simon Clancy. PHONE: [number removed] for more information
Last in a series in which Dr Michael O'Donnell explores the role animals play in a variety of medical experiments. 4: The Nature of Medicine. Chimps that find their own medicines in the wild and a dog that detected skin cancer are just two examples of ways in which animal behaviour could be valuable in diagnosis, perhaps giving us new insights into the nature of medicine itself.
Producer Jeremy Grange (R)
Repeated from 9am
With Claire Bolderson.
2: An unsavoury reception committee drives Steve Threefall into the arms of the enigmatic Nora Vallance. Why is she so afraid of Izzard's townspeople? For details see yesterday
A six-part comedy series written and performed by Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. 4: Mutants. Bad-tempered Bob Fossil is creating new mutant animals to keep investors interested in his zoo. A whale the size of a peanut might sound like a good idea, but zookeeper Howard Moon 's not happy with the way things are going. With Rich Fulcher and Dave Brown. Producer Danny Wallace
Repeated from 9.45am
