With the Rev Dr Mary Cotes.
With Alistair Cooke.
Repeated from Friday
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Richard Uridge expires rural life across the UK.
With Miriam O'Reitiy. ProducerSarahSwadhng
With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With Shagufta Yaqub.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.
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The wanderlust, adventures, frustrations and joys of travel are explored by presenter Sandi Toksvig. PHONE: [number removed] email: [email address removed]
For 40 years the music of the Beatles has provided the soundtrack to many people's lives. Each new generation has fallen under their spell. In the first of three programmes looking at their legacy, Phill Jupitus investigates the Beatles' impact on the music industry, delves into the quagmire that lies behind their Apple business venture and examines the enduring power of the Beatles brand name.
on Sunday looks back at the political highlights of the week. Producer John Turnbull
Kate Adie presents the stories and colour from BBC correspondents around the world.
PM Paul Lewis presents impartial advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance. Repeated on Sunday at 9pm
More satire from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
With Mitch Benn, Marcus Brigstocke, Laura Shavin and Jon Holmes.
Repeated from Friday
1.15 Any Questions?
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion at Hull University, where the audience put questions to a panel that includes shadow secretary of state for the office of the deputy Prime Minister, David Davis MP.
(Repeated from Friday)
2.00 Any Answers?
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions.
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By Julian Symons, dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus.
John Wilkins is young, smart and good-looking. In postwar Clapham he seems to have everything he needs for a happy and successful life until he is charged with murder. From the 1957 winner of the Golden Dagger award.
The struggles and rewards in adopting and fostering over 70 unwanted special needs children, told by the small close-knit community of Afro-American trailer folk who adopted them in Possum Trot, Texas.
News and sports headlines. presented by Carolyn Quinn . Editor Peter Rippon
In a very rare interview with one of the most iconic and unforgettable actors in the history of film, actor and director Clint Eastwood talks to Jim White about a life spent on both sides of the camera. His latest film, Mystic River, opens in the UK this weekend, and word is it's one of his best.
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Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation, producer Kevin Dawson
Tim Marlow and his guests review cultural highlights of the week. including Tales from the Vienna Woods at the National Theatre, London, and Jonathan Bates's new biography of the poet John Clare.
h this second programme of the series in which three writers explore how their atheism has been shaped by their religious upbringing. Liverpool-born writer Linda Grant considers her Jewish heritage. Repeated from Sunday
More than 80 years after Howard Carter stunned the world with his discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb, archaeologist John Romer tells the story of the extraordinary finds in the Valley of the Kings and describes the influence that "King Tut" and ancient Egypt have had on Western culture.
By Iris Murdoch, dramatised in two parts by Nick Fisher.
Jake's attempts to gain money from the dognapping of Mister Mars, the canine superstar, fail and his love life becomes even more complicated. Jake loses the girl, gets the dog and ponders the wonders of the world. Music by Howard Davidson
Director Mana Aitken Repeated from Sunday
Are Britain's judges out of touch with the nation? In the penultimate edition of the programme, Nick Ross and three independent commissioners discuss the arguments surrounding how to appoint the judiciary. Tonight's impartial commissioners are Dean of the London Business School, Laura Tyson; Head of the Countryside Agency Richard Wakeford, and former High Dean of Manchester Grammar School (soon to be head of St Paul's School), Martin Stephen. Together they hear the evidence of five experts, each with a different point of view, and reach a decision that could shake up the entire judiciary. Repeated from Wednesday
The final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz, with Robert Robinson in the chair. Repeated from Monday
There is a medical theme to the poems as Roger McGough introduces requests for works by Rudyard Kipling, Dannie Abse, Keats and Simon Armitage. The readers are Peter Marinker and Alice Arnold. Repeated from Sunday
The last in the collection of short stories by Frank O'Connor.5: The Majesty of Law. "I suppose you're not thinking of paying that little fine, Dan?" "The way it is with me, Sergeant," replied Dan unemotionally,"! am not." Read byTP McKenna. ProducerJaneMarsha!)
