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With John Humphrys and Sue Macgregor.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.45 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths.

Greg Proops looks at four American movie and TV stars who started in stand-up comedy.
1: Steve Martin was a 32-year-old, banjo-playing, balloon-animal-twisting, prematurely grey comic performing before hysterical, rock concert-like crowds of 20,000. Then he got into movies and left it all behind.
Producer Dave Batchelor

Contributors

Unknown:
Greg Proops
Unknown:
Steve Martin
Producer:
Dave Batchelor

The show that uses a potent mixture of sketches, songs and observational humour to take the pulse of the nation's zetigeist. Starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with Mitch Benn , Marcus Brigstocke , Emma Kennedy and Jon Holmes.
Producer Adam Bromley. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Mitch Benn
Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Emma Kennedy
Unknown:
Jon Holmes.
Producer:
Adam Bromley.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a political discussion from Oxfordshire. On the panel will be Lord Jenkins, Margaret Beckett MP, Lord Tebbit, and author Ronan Bennett.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Margaret Beckett
Unknown:
Ronan Bennett
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

Another chance to hear this classic dramatisation of the epic novel by JRR Tolkien, adapted for radio
13 episodes by Brian Sibley and Michael Bakewell.
4: The Ring Goes South."There lies our hope, if hope it be. To walk in peril to Mordor. We must send the ring to the fire." McAndrew
With Sean Arnold. John Church , Graham Faulkner , Alexander John Christopher Scott , Michael Spice and Haydn Wood. Music composed and conducted by Stephen Oliver. Director Penny Leicester

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Michael Bakewell.
Unknown:
Sean Arnold.
Unknown:
John Church
Unknown:
Graham Faulkner
Unknown:
Alexander John
Unknown:
Christopher Scott
Unknown:
Haydn Wood.
Conducted By:
Stephen Oliver.
Frodo:
Ian Holm
Gandalf:
Michael Hordern
Aragorn:
Robert Stephens
Bilbo:
John Le Mesurier
Sam:
Bill Nighy
Merry:
Richard O'Callaghan
Pippin:
John McAndrew
Gimli:
Douglas Livingstone
Legolas:
David Collings
Boromir Michael:
Graham Cox
Elrond:
Hugh Dickson
Narrator:
Gerard Murphy

John Nightingale retrieves the last of three stories submerged in three extraordinary shipwrecks.

On 23 March 1917 the SS Maine was steering a zig-zag course past Dartmouth, bound for Philadelphia to bring back crucial war supplies.

Britain was on her knees, facing defeat at the hands of the German submarine fleet. And Captain Ralph Wenninger in UC-17 had the Maine in his sights.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Nightingale
Producer:
Tim Malyon

In a special edition of the weekly guide to the film world, Andrew Collins talks to director Robert Altman about his new film GosfordPark and his classics Mash and Nashville. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Talks:
Andrew Collins
Director:
Robert Altman
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

Tom Sutclif fe and guests visit Paris: Capital of the Arts 1900-68 at the Royal Academy in London, and give their verdict on the rest of the week's cultural highlights including Cameron Crowe 's new film
Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. Producer MohiniPatel

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutclif
Unknown:
Cameron Crowe
Unknown:
Tom Cruise
Unknown:
Cameron Diaz.

4: Ex-BBC Ireland Correspondent David Capper recalls some of the events in Northern Ireland during his time. Like many, he expected the troubles to be short-lived. But he is still asking when real peace will come. Producer Liz Barclay. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
David Capper
Producer:
Liz Barclay.

Roger Bolton revisits the controversy created in 1963 by Bishop of Woolwich John Robinson , whose book Honest to Goddismissed the traditional image of God as a benign old man in heaven. The Church of England was split, questions were asked in Parliament and the bishop became a household name. Producer Elena Curti

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Unknown:
John Robinson
Producer:
Elena Curti

Sir Walter Scott 's thrilling tale of adventure, heroism and love, set during the Jacobite rising of 1715, adapted in three parts by Judith Adams. 1: Moving Northwards. Francis Osbaldistone , the son of a rich London merchant, is banished to his family seat in the north of England. He meets the enigmatic Scot, Robert Campbell , the beautiful and high-spirited
Diana Vernon and also his malignant cousin Rashleigh.
Director Gaynor Macfarlane. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Walter Scott
Unknown:
Judith Adams.
Unknown:
Francis Osbaldistone
Unknown:
Robert Campbell
Unknown:
Diana Vernon
Director:
Gaynor MacFarlane.
Rashleigh:
Sean Chapman
Francis:
Tom George
Andrew/Taxman:
Alec Heggie
Diana:
Vicki Liddelle
Rob Roy:
Liam Brennan
Morris/Thornie:
Simon Tait
Sir Hildebrande/Barber/Servant:
Gareth Thomas
Mr Osbald istone/Squire Ingewood/Curate:
Paul Young
Owen/Landlord:
Michael Perceval-Maxwell

Michael Buerk with Claire Fox , Stephen Rose , Samir Shah and Harvey Thomas , cross-examine witnesses on their view on one of the week's moral conundrums. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Stephen Rose
Unknown:
Samir Shah
Unknown:
Harvey Thomas

Hannah Gordon and Julian Glover join Frank Delaney with a miscellany of listeners' requests. Plus
Jo Shapcott reading Mrs Noah : Taken afterthe Flood and TS Eliot reading his Preludes. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Hannah Gordon
Unknown:
Julian Glover
Unknown:
Frank Delaney
Unknown:
Jo Shapcott
Unknown:
Mrs Noah
Unknown:
Ts Eliot

Another in the series of stories giving voice to figures from the historical or mythical past. 2: Maudie by Pippa Gladhill , read by Elizabeth Bell. Maudie is a fading relic, propped up in a Bristol boatyard. The ship she was carved from, once the pride of the Victorian age, is now a museum piece. But Maudie's memories are al ive and vivid. Producer Sara Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Pippa Gladhill
Read By:
Elizabeth Bell.
Producer:
Sara Davies

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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