With the Rev Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts.
With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Sean Curran and Becky Milligan.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rt Rev Tom Butler.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament
New series 1/10. Michael Buerk returns with the series in which he talks to people who have faced a life-Changing Choice. Producer Liz Leonard Rptd at 9.30pm
3/5. Dvorak's Largo. This week Tom Robinson focuses on a melody from the slow movement of a symphony by a Czech composer living in America that has become indelibly linked with an image of old England. Among those wondering whether "it's as good today as it's always been" are piano teacher Pauline Hall , advertising executive Frank Lowe , design guru Stephen Bayley and Oxford don Peter Franklin , producer Alan Hall
5/8. Aubrey Manning reveals that sound is more important for communication under water than it is on land or in the air. Producer Sarah Blunt
2/2. Barbara Windsor continues her exploration of the history of nudity and innuendo in the theatre with a look at the role of the Lord Chamberlain, who in 1931 agreed to permit the appearance of on-stage nude figures - as long as they didn't move. Producer Libby cross
With Winifred Robinson and Peter White. Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed] Lines open from 10am
Presented by Nick Clarke.
The so-called suicide song, Gloomy Sunday, was a worldwide hit recorded by Paul Robeson , Billie Holiday and many others in the 1930s and 40s. But there were reports that its melancholy lyrics and haunting melody were influencing dozens of listeners to take their own lives, and a scandal ensued. The record was considered so dangerous that the BBC banned certain versions. Tom Robinson asks whether a song could possibly be SO powerful. Producers Matthew Dodd and John Goudie
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
A small catering company serves up a feast at a countryside wedding. Old friends Marj and Olive find they have grown apart since the death of Marj's husband and the increasing dependence of Olive's. A gentle comedic play about modern attitudes to marriage, love and the problematic meaning of "for ever".
New series Sue Cook returns to examine more listeners' historical queries - uncovering mysteries and reinterpreting the past.
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Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick
2/5. Lilibet. Gyles Brandreth reveals surprising facts about the Queen's early life. Did she, even as a toddler, have the makings Of a monarch? For details see yesterday
1/4. Another chance to hear part of this series in which Dylan Winter lifts the lid on hidden underground places. Today he visits Guernsey to investigate an underground hospital built by the Nazis.
An estimated 600,000 people die each year in the UK, and we are fast running out of grave space. The situation has become so serious that the Government is considering the idea of re-using graves.
Heather Payton and guests investigate the business of death. Producer Sarah Parfitt
4/10. The guide to the wide world of learning, with LibbyPurves. Producer Sukey Firth Repeated on Sunday at llpm
Presented by Carolyn Quinn.
Fallon tires of telling tales.
For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson meets film director Mike Leigh , whose
Vera Drake won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice Film Festival. Producer Robyn Read
2/5. Peaches has her hands full with the start of the lambing season and an unusual thief who plunders the tennis-court pen for a lamb. By Richard Monks. For details and cast see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am
3/10. The National Health Service is spending more than L6 billion on a computer system linking all hospitals and GP surgeries in England. Gerry Northam reveals serious unease about the project among doctors and other health service professionals. Producer Ian Muir-Cochrane Repeated on Sunday at 5pm
Peter White with news of interest to blind and partially Sighted people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
5/6. Anna Ford asks whether the many healers and therapists practising complementary and alternative medicine in the UK should be regulated, and if so, how. Producer Rami Tzabar Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm
Repeated from 9am
7/10. By Alison Lurie. Vinnie and Fred are both Suffering with pangs Of guilt. For details see yesterday
3/4. Butterworth decides it's time Chester rediscovered his spiritual side, but could it be that his decision isn't as pure as he makes out to the REM cast? By Karl Minns.
Music by Neutronics Producer Dawn Ellis
Presented by Sean Curran.
2/5. By Sheila Hancock. 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)
