With Father James Hanvey , Society of Friends.
Presented by Anna Hill.
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Oliver McTernan.
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Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Alice Feinstein Shortened repeat at 9.30pm The most powerful people on radio: page 20
2/4. Never the Twain. As country after country gained independence from Britain after 1947, thousands of Britons returned home. But not all. Among those left behind in India were over 300,000 people of mixed European and Indian descent. Aidan Hartley travels to Calcutta to meet these Anglo-Indians who were once prosperous but now live on the pavements: and to McCluskieganj founded in the 1930s as an Anglo-Indian Utopia, finding that even here a unique way of life has all but vanished. producer joiyonJenkms
3/4. Revenge Is Sweet. When Don Camillo gloats over his football team's victory, Peppone is inclined to teach him a lesson By Giovanni Guareschi , dramatised by Peter Kerry.
Producer/Director Chris Wallis
With Liz Barclay and Peter White.
With Nick Clarke.
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6/13. Eclectic music quiz with Ned Sherrin in the chair
Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at 11pm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
In 1799, a child - the heir to the Bridgeman Estate - disappears at a country fair. Is he lost or has he been snatched to settle an old score? Someone knows but isn't telling.
A tn ip tfnrv nf nreed and revenge, by Gillian Richmond.
Producer/Director Sue Wilson
Listeners' personal finance questions, answered by Vincent Duggleby and guests. producer Chris ACourt
PHONE: [number removed]Lines open from 1.30pm
1/5. "A poor workingman of God". The life and opinions of English clergyman and essayist Sydney Smith - whose outlook on life is as entertaining now as it was two hundred years ago - adapted for radio by Caroline Harrington.
With Timothy West as Smith, and Colleen Prendergast as his daughter, Saba. Here he reflects on how, against his own inclination, he became a curate. Producer Christine Hall
1/5 Buridan's Ass. philosopher Peter Cave and his companion Nick Romero enter a strange fairground where all the attractions take on the guise of philosophical paradoxes. Today they meet a hungry ass and his owner,
14th-century French philosopher Jean Buridan. A look at the history of and solutions to famous philosophical paradoxes and whether they have any use in the real world. Written by Peter Cave. Featuring Nick Romero , Anna Farnworth and Ewan Bailey. Producer Julian Mayers
Umami. Sheila Dillon is joined by molecular gastronome Heston Blumenthal to investigate umami, the mysterious fifth flavour first identified by Japanese scientists about a hundred years ago. Repeated from Sunday at 12.30pm
11/13. The discussion programme that debates issues that unite and divide people across the globe. Introduced by Anne Mackenzie. Producer Anne Brown
News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair. The most powerful p eople on radio: page 20
England v Australia
Coverage of the first ever Twenty20 match between
England and Australia, from the Rose Bowl, Southampton. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew , Henry Blofeld and Jim Maxwell , with roving reporter Clare Connor.
Producer Peter Baxter *approximate time
3/6. Tony Hawks and Sandi Toksvig join regulars Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor for more inspired nonsense under the reluctant chairmanship of Humphrey Lyttelton. With Denis King at the piano. From the Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl. Producer Jon Naismith
Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
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Brookfield undergoes an examination. For cast see page 45 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and the verdict on the new film that reveals how Bruce Wayne became the Caped Crusader - Batman Begins. Producer Rebecca Nicholson
1/10. Redcurrant Fool. Frances Barber stars as Miss Mapp, who rules the small English village of Tilling. She sits at her window noting the comings and goings of her neighbours in order to manipulate village life to her own advantage. By EF Benson and dramatised by Ned Sherrin. Producer/Director Celia de Wolff Repeated from 10.45am
From 1935 to 1945, thousands of German children with blond hair and blue eyes were born into a Nazirun programme called Lebensborn (fountain of life). Historian Nigel Jones explores the legacy of Hitler's plan to create an Aryan "master race". Producer Kate Bissell
2/8. The Three Rs. While 20 per cent of British adults are deemed to have literacy problems, illiteracy is almost unknown in Finland, and the Irish have recently greatly boosted spending on adult literacy. Paul Henley asks whether we can learn from the Finnish and the Irish. Rptd from Thu
5/8. The Future of Spring. A visit to the beautiful French wetland of La Brenne to see some of the plants and animals that might survive here as the British spring climate warms up. Presenter Brett Westwood asks whether we are doing enough to help the potential icons of spring in the warmer future. Producer Grant Sonnex Repeated tomorrow at 11am
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Claire Bolderson.
1/10. By Zoe Heller. When Sheba first arrives at St George's, her colleague Barbara senses a bond with her. But Sheba crosses a line when she becomes involved in a friendship with 15-year-old student Steven. Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths . Read by Barbara Flynn. Producer Mary Ward Lowery
Shortened repeat from Saturday at 9am
With Sean Curran.
1/5. By Ulla-Carin Lindquist. Repeated from 9.45am
The Woman in White (7/8)
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