With Canon Noel Battye.
Presented by Mark Holdstock.
With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Roy Jenkins.
Neil Innes tells the story of Peter Handford , one of Britain's greatest sound recordists, whose career spans pre-war days, when sound on film was still in its infancy, through wartime experiences with the Army Film Unit, right up to the digital era. Producer Ivan Howlett
2/3. Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew venture forth on more excursions of discovery and rediscovery as they put their public transport Freedom Passes to good use. As they rabbit to each other, the listener eavesdrops on their journeys through the present, into the past and towards the future. This week, they're off to Southend-on-Sea and remember the holidays of their youth. Director Paul Kobrak
Consumer affairs and topical reports, presented by Winifred Robinson and John Waite.
Series editor Andrew Smith
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National and international news and analysis, presented by Nick Clarke. Editor Colin Hancock
New series 1/11. Roger Bolton selects listeners' comments from his mailbag and inbox and redirects them towards BBC radio programme and policy makers. Producer Margaret Budy Repeated on Sunday at 8pm ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100. London W1A 10T
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Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
Ruined by the Depression, inventor Alfred Butts set about trying to persuade America that his game, Scrabble, could elevate both the mind and the spirit - with mixed results. By Tim Sanders.
Producer Marilyn Imrie ; Director Eoin O'Callaghan
4/6. Clare Balding follows a pilgrim route on North Wales Llyn peninsula to what, in medieval times, would have been the very edge Of the world. Producer Benjamin Chesterton
5/5. Peter Grimes. George Crabbe 's devastating poem, The Borough, about a sadistic man, Peter Grimes , who murders his young apprentices and shows no remorse, is read by Alexander Morton. For details see Monday
8/8. Michael Rosen takes a close look at words, where they come from and how they are used. Producer Miles warde
Repeated on Sunday at 8.30pm
Jenni Murray and her guests engage in lively debate on how media trends affect our lives. Producer Cecile Wright
National and international news and analysis, with Carolyn Quinn.
2/6. Series 11 of the peerless impression show in which politicians, celebrities, sports stars and Radio 4 favourites are all subject to merciless topical lampooning. Starring Jon Culshaw , Jan Ravens , Kevin Connelly and Phil Cornwell. From Warwick Arts Centre.
Producer Katie Marsden Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm
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It's crunch time for Emma.
For cast see page 43
Written by Simon Frith ; Directors Vanessa Whitburn and Rosemary Watts ; Editor Vanessa Whitburn
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Kirsty Lang introduces the arts magazine programme with news, reviews and interviews. Including a report from Baltic, Gateshead, on the British Art Show 6, a major touring exhibition that aims to reflect new trends and developments through the work of more than 50 artists. Producer Tim Prosser
5/5. The Alternative Therapist, the Corporate High-Flyer and Her Cleaner. By April DeAngelis.
For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
3/16. Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Sudbury, Middlesex, puts questions on issues of the week to a panel of four leading figures. Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm
9/13. New York resident and former Sunday Times editor Harold Evans comments on topical events.
Producer Maria Balinska Repeated on Sunday at 8.50am
A moving play about a young woman's troubled relationship with her family, written by Tina Pepler , based on a poem sequence by Sally Festing.
Grace is locked into a long-term battle with her loving but angry family over her anorexia. When she meets Alastair she begins to learn how to confront her fear and start to love life.
Producer/Director Sara Davies
News and analysis with Robin Lustig. Editor Alistair Burnett
10/10. Benedict Cumberbatch concludes Honore de Balzac's powerful and compassionate expose of Parisian mores and morality. Eugene understands the real nature of Paris and the society that he's determined to conquer.
(For details see Monday)
10/11. It's Not What You Know. Matthew Parris considers nepotism with the offspring of three "arty" dynasties: Alexander Waugh , Susie Boyt (a scion of the Freud family) and Emma Richier. Producer Frances Byrnes
3/3. Robert FitzRoy : Inventor of the Weather Forecast Robert FitzRoy 's achievements were overshadowed by those of his famous passenger, Charles Darwin. But his storm-warning system saved thousands of lives at sea. Years ahead of his time, he laid the groundwork for today's weather reports and shipping forecasts. For details see Wednesday
5/5. Sewall has become acutely sensitive to injustice, campaigning to ban slavery, and then, in a rather more idiosyncratic cause, against the wearing of wigs. The conclusion of Richard Francis 's book, set in Puritan New England, read by Richard Mitchley. Repeated from 9.45am
