Programme Index

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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.59 National Anthem
7.48 Thought for the Day With Akhandadhi Das.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Akhandadhi Das.

For more than 20 years, up to ten million listeners let their imaginations drift into the idyllic surroundings o
Eastbourne's Grand Hotel, when memories of Edwardian splendour were evoked in broadcasts led by the violinist Tom Jenkins. A household name in his day, Jenkins evaporated from public awareness with his premature death in 1957. Simon Townley goes in search of this lost icon of British light music.
Producer Paul Evans Repeated on Sunday at 12.15am

Contributors

Violinist:
Tom Jenkins.
Unknown:
Simon Townley
Producer:
Paul Evans

Mrs Mariner is getting bored. The old man comes home after a hard day pestering people with his lurid seafaring yarns, and all he wants is his tea and the paper. Meanwhile, in another place and time, Laura Sparrow is fed up with her husband's obsession with Coleridge's poem and his philandering with female students. As characters from these narratives start to invade each others' lives, the question is, who is writing the script?

Contributors

Writer:
Paul B Davies
Director:
Sara Davies
Ancient Mariner:
Kenneth Cranham
Mrs Mariner:
Phyllida Nash
Ivan:
David Calder
Laura:
Amanda Root
Cathy:
Rebecca Smart

4/5. Gladness. Driving along the M62 - the new Pennine
Way - a middle-aged man has a near-death or one could perhaps say near-life. experience. Regular M62 commuter
Stephen Kelly adds his experiences to the story. Written by Mark illis and read by Peter Lindford . For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Kelly
Written By:
Mark Illis
Read By:
Peter Lindford

4/5. 7 Gower Street. London. In the 1850s John Millais painted the famous pre-Raphaelite portrait of Ophelia.
Lucinda Hawksley explains the effect this painting had on the art world and the public. With Allan Beswick. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
John Millais
Unknown:
Allan Beswick.

Although lightning may seem rare in the UK, 100 lightning strikes hit the Earth every second, producing as much energy per year as 75,000 megaton bombs
Quentin Cooper talks to Dr Ian Cotton of the National Grid's High
Voltage Research Centre at UMIST. Together they test protection devices on equipment ranging from airplanes to electricity pylons. Producer Michelle Martin

Contributors

Talks:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Dr Ian Cotton
Producer:
Michelle Martin

5/6. The Winona Defence. Ed has fallen in love, but his cat proves to be an insurmountable obstacle to a life happy-ever-after. Comedy drama by Christopher Douglas anri Andrew Nickolds.
Producer Simon Nicholls

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Douglas
Unknown:
Andrew Nickolds.
Producer:
Simon Nicholls
Ed:
Chris Douglas
Olive:
Stephanie Cole
Felix:
John Fortune
Cliff:
Ronnie Golden
ping:
Sally Hawkins
Pnliceman:
Martyn Hyder
Jaz:
Philip Jackson
Pearl:
Rita May
Frank:
Geoffrey McGivern
The girl:
Alice Lowe
Stan:
Geoffrey Whitehead

Arts magazine programme, presented by Mark Lawson, including a report on Deborah Warner's new staging of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" with a cast that includes Ralph Fiennes, Simon Russell Beale and a hundred extras.

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Producer:
Robyn Read

19/20. A Test of Faith. Following Raffles's death, Bulstrode has been publicly denounced for his past behaviour and Lydgate's star has fallen with his patrons. Only Dorothea still believes he is innocent of wrongdoing. She visits the Lydgate house and witnesses something there that brings her to a life-changing realisation. By George Eliot. For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
George Eliot.

1/2. Last spring Vladimir Putin won a landslide victory for a second term as Russian president. Less than a year later his firm grip on power looks decidedly shaky. He promised to bring security to Chechnya but the conflict is spreading. Revolutions on Russia's borders in a string of former Soviet Republics are making Moscow feel ever more isolated. In this programme Lucy Ash investigates the erosion of the Russian President's power base. She meets grassroots political movements, and looks at the Kremlin's attempts to impose its will on the powerful regions. She asks the question that many Russians are asking: could an Orange Revolution unseat Putin? Producer Nick Sturdee

Contributors

Unknown:
Vladimir Putin
Unknown:
Lucy Ash
Producer:
Nick Sturdee

8/9. Europe is supposedly the cradle of Western Christianity, yet the EU's Constitution omits any reference to God. Turkey models its secular state on France, yet in its quest for EU membership finds the coolest reception in Paris. Quentin Peel asks if secularism is now Europe's defining characteristic and whether it is a growing cause of division with the United States and the developing world.
(Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Quentin Peel
Producer:
Simon Coates

3/6. Aliens on the Forest Trail. Time is running out for our ancient woodlands. Alex Kirby asks what can be done to repair the damage done by commercial forestry in the middle of the 20th century. Producer Steve Peacock

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Kirby
Producer:
Steve Peacock

5/6. By Royal Appointment. Discover the joys of musical theatre, learn all about the wonder of the sea, and visit the Museum's new royal theme park. Comedy written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke , Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell. With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker : Producer Alex Walsh-Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Danny Robins
Unknown:
Dan Tetsell.
Unknown:
Lucy Montgomery.
Music By:
Dominic Haslam
Music By:
Ben Walker
Producer:
Alex Walsh-Taylor

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