With Judy Merry.
Presented by Giles Latcham.
With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague.
6.25 7 25, 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought forthe Day With the Rt Rev Tom Butler.
5/6. Jonathan Freedland explores a moment in history that illuminates a contemporary debate. Producer Julia Adamson Repeated at 9.30pm
Newseries 1/5. AironaGString. Tom Robinson traces the origins of our own aural landscape in the music of another age. He begins with a look at the second movement ofJS Bach's Orchestral Suite in D, widely known from its use in a cigar advertisement. Producer Alan Hall
3/8. Aubrey Manning does his best to hear like barn owl and hunt using his ears, and he earns how eavesdropping amonggarden birds is at the heart of theirfamily lives. Producer Grant Sonnex
Once upon a time the theatrical landlady, often referred to affectionately as "Ma", provided a home from home for actors and variety turns who could not afford, or did not wish, to stay in hotels while on tour. But not all otthe landladies had an enviable reputation. Amongthose recalling the theatrical landlady are Bruce Forsyth ,
Jimmy Cricket and Ted Ray. With Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer Libby Cross
Presented by John Waite and Peter White. Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours.
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Presented by Nick Clarke from the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth.
2/3. Out with the Old, in with.... the Old. Napoleon's personal taste was inspiring marches and the "ice cream arias" of Italy. But he recognised the importance of the opera houses and he appreciated the propaganda value of the arts. With historians Alan Forrest and David Gates, music scholars Jean Mongredien and Elizabeth Bartlet, and Cherubini expert Michael Fend.
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By John Keats. Isabella loves Lorenzo but her brothers want him dead. Young love turns to gothic nightmare in this classic tale of passion, murder and a pot of bas, .
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and Original music by David Chilton Director Claudine Toutoungi
Richard Daniel fields listeners' questions about the environment and the developing world.
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2/5. Bull. "The frisky young bull picked its way gingerly towards he recessed entrance. Its hornsjust avoided bringing down the hanging basket offlowers. It walked on, into the china shop." Read by Nick Farr. For details see yesterday
2/5. The Debussy Suite, The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne
WhereDebussyputthefinishingtouchestohis masterpiece, LaMer. Allan Beswick talks to academic Richard Langham Smith. For details see yesterday
New Housing. The Government has plans for hundreds of thousands of new homes over the next decade, but how will they be built? Heather Payton and guests diSCUSS new innovations in housing. Producer Caroline Bayley
2/10. The guide to the wide world of learning with Libby PurveS. Producer Sukey Firth Repeated on Sunday at 11pm
Presented by Eddie Mair.
For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and the verdict on the film Man on Fire, starring Denzel Washington as a troubled bodyguard sent to Mexico City to protect a child from kidnappers. Producer Timothy Prosser
17/20. Rawdon prepares to fight a duel with Lord Steyne. By William Makepeace Thackeray.
For details and cast see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am
New series 1/10. The current affairs series returns with an investigation by Allan Urry into the explosion in counterfeit and substandard pharmaceutical drugs. Are the drug companies doing enough to combat it? And why is there so little international regulation of the global market in vital medicines? Producer JennyChryss RptdSun5pm
Peter White with news of interest to blind and partially Sighted people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
3/6. Anna Ford finds out what progress has been made in Britain to understand the mechanisms behind complementary and alternative medicine. Producer Rami Tzabar Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm
Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
7/10. By Graham Greene. Rollo has news for the police, who in turn have news for Rollo. For details see yesterday
New series 1/4. Karl Minns 's comedy about a man who has a company of actors in his head performing his nightly dreams returns for a third series.
Sweet Dreams Are Made of Cheese. Owingto Meryl 's failed affairwith REM DJ Ken, Chester finds himself with a tune stuck in his head - it's the Birdie Song, and it's driving him, and the REM, completely round the bend.
Music by Neutronics Producer Dawn Ellis
Fifty years after the first four-minute mile, Charlie Brooks finds out what became of the athletes who ran in that momentous race.
3/5. By Stephen Greenblatt. Repeated from 9.45am
3.00 Something to Think About (ages 5-7) 3.15 Let's Move
(ages 5-6) 3.35 Time to Move(ages 6-8) 3.55 Stories and Rhymes (ages 5-7) 4.05 The Song Tree (ages 5-7) 4.25 Numbertime (ages 5-6) 4.40 Talking Points (ages 10-12)
