Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,395 playable programmes from the BBC

Martin Jarvis appeals on behalf of the Cancer
Laryngectomee Trust, which helps people who have had a laryngectomy and their carers.
Donations: [address removed]Credit cards: [number removed] Procucer
Anne-Marie Cole Rptd at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.2Spm

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
Anne-Marie Cole

Magnificat. Mary's Song is celebrated at York Minster, led by the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope. With the Ebor Singers, the Choir of All Saints Roman Catholic
School, York, and the Magnificat Festival Orchestra. Producer Stephen Shipley

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr David Hope.
Producer:
Stephen Shipley

Swapping quotations with Nigel Rees are Brian Sewell ,
Andrew Mueller , Pam Rhodes and John Suchet. The reader is William Franklyn. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Brian Sewell
Unknown:
Andrew Mueller
Unknown:
Pam Rhodes
Unknown:
John Suchet.
Unknown:
William Franklyn.

A Today in Parliament special that discovers the true story of the events of 1979 when just a single vote decided the fate of Callaghan's Labour government.
Reporter Mark D'Arcy. Producers Peter Mulligan and Simon Jones

Contributors

Reporter:
Mark D'Arcy.
Producers:
Peter Mulligan
Producers:
Simon Jones

Bob Flowerdew , John Cushnie and Pippa Greenwood are guests of Newick Horticultural Society. In the Hampshire garden, Pippa offers the definitive guide to choosing a greenhouse. Including Gardening Weather Forecast. Eric Robson is in the chair.
ProducerTrevor Taylor Shortened
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A specially recorded edition of Gardeners' Question Time, featuring regularteam members, is available on audio cassette and CD from retail outlets orfrom www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Eric Robson

2/2 By Robert Louis Stevenson, dramatised by Chris Dolan.

Two brothers engage in a bitter struggle over money, power and love in this dark and dramatic adventure story, set in 18th-century Scotland and America. The House of Durrisdeer is shattered when the Master returns from the dead for a second time.

(Repeated on Saturday at 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dramatised by:
Chris Dolan
Director:
Bruce Young
Young James:
David Rintoul
Henry:
Liam Brennan
Lord Durrisdeer:
Tom Fleming
Ephraim:
John Shedden
Alison:
Vicki Liddelle
Secundra:
Ali de Souza
Burke/Hastie:
Patrick Moy
Col Johnson:
James Bryce
Cpt Harris:
John Kazek
Mr Mountain:
Alec Heggie
Carlyle/Clinton:
Simon Tait
Katherine:
Lesley Hart
Alexander:
Haris Young

Bestselling author Amelie Nothomb talks to Mariella Frostrup. Plus a reader's guide to the best gardening books. Producer Sally Spurring Repeated on Thursday at 4pm June Bookclub: TheScold's Bridle by Minette Walters

Contributors

Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup.
Unknown:
Minette Walters

New series 1/6. Roger McGough introduces requests for much loved poems such as TS Eliot's The Love SongofJ Alfred Prufrock and work by UA Fanthorpe (this week's Desert Island Discs guest) and Alfred Noyes. The readers are Alice Arnold and Peter Marinker. Producer Mark Smalley Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Introduces:
Roger McGough
Songofj:
Alfred Prufrock
Songofj:
Alfred Noyes.
Songofj:
Peter Marinker.
Producer:
Mark Smalley

1/2. There are 250 million people living in the Arab countries - and none of them live in a fully independent democracy. In these taboo-breaking documentaries Dr Maha Azzam asks why the Arab world has so little political freedom. She travels to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to meet the campaigners fighting for their rights, and challenges the government officials who have made promises of change but who have so farfailed to deliver. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Maha Azzam

2/3. Ordained in 1971, the Rev Dr Joyce Bennett was the first English woman priest in the Anglican
Communion. Whilst working as a missionary in Hong
Kong she sent home a weekly airmail to her parents for more than 30 years. Today she talks about the period when she became a deacon and reads excerpts from her letters. Producer Sally Flatman Repeated on Saturday at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Joyce Bennett
Producer:
Sally Flatman

2/5. New stories about fathers and adolescents.
An Afternoon Outing. A father tries to bond with his son on a rare weekend outing. Written by Panos Karnezis and read by Peter Polycarpou. Producer Emma Harding

Contributors

Written By:
Panos Karnezis
Read By:
Peter Polycarpou.
Producer:
Emma Harding

6/6. Rosie Goldsmith rolls outthe red carpet as she listens to the Oscars of the radio world. She offers a taste of the latest English programme beaming out of a remote eastern European country- Transdniester Radio Calling! Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosie Goldsmith

1/9 The world is still powered by oil and, even though discoveries peaked decades ago, nobody knows how much is left buried in the earth. Peter Day asks some basic questions about the supply and demand of the energy that makes the world work. Repeated from Thursday

Andrew Rawnsley previews the new week political events. Including at 10.45 Brave New Europe.
3/3 The Greatest Challenge. Misha Glenny reflects on the conflicts ended and the opportunities opening up when the ten new members of the European Union arrive this month.
Editor Terry Dignan Brave New Europe repeated on Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Misha Glenny
Editor:
Terry Dignan

1/3. A series that examines how different artists reach their own interpretation of a particular work. Cellists Steven Isserlis and Ralph Kirshbaum discuss Bach's Fifth Cello Suite. Producer Lucy Lunt

Contributors

Unknown:
Steven Isserlis
Unknown:
Ralph Kirshbaum
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Appears in

About this data

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

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More