Presented by Canon Noel Vincent.
Presented by Mark Holdstock.
With Edward Stourton and Carolyn Quinn.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rabbi Lionel Blue.
Andrew Marr and his guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Victoria Wakely Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
British black women outnumber their male counterparts in the professional world by ten to one. They are ambitious, confident and determined to succeed. Drawing on tne fortunes of the black gospel trio Nu Life, theologian
Robert Beckford explores this new branch of black feminism. Producer Ronni Davis
New series 1/6.
A dramatisation by Dan Tetsell of a 19th-century comic novel, written by Pierce Egan.
A tour of the sprawling post-Regency metropolis, in the company or narrator Pierce Egan, urbanite Corinthian Tom, his naive Somerset cousin Jerry Hawthorn and their drunken compatriot Bob Logic.
Presented by John Waite and Winifred Robinson.
News and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley.
9/13. Ned Sherrin hosts the ninth heat of the eclectic music quiz. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at 11pm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
A play about the turbulent events, in May 1926, within the fledgling British Broadcasting Company (at the time when John Reith was managing director) during nine days of the General Strike.
Julie Welch delves into her family history to unearth the connection between her eccentric great-uncle King and the most famous ode to the tandem - Daisy Bell.
Producer Vernee Samuel
1/5. The Victim's Tale. Cheryl Campbell reads the first tale in a week of stories by Frances Fyf ield that describe a crime from five separate points of view. Sixtysomething Rachel Adams is in bed on a dark and stormy night in her tall, thin house on the coast, when she becomes aware that someone is moving about downstairs. Producer Lisa Osborne
Raw Food. Sheila Dillon tries out a raw-food diet and appraises the benefits of uncooked eating. Repeated from yesterday at 12.30pm
5/13. Discussion programme with contributors from across the globe offering their perspectives on topical issues. Hosted by Gavin Esler. Producer Mark Rickards
National and international news and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.
7/9. Exchanging favourite quotations and anecdotes this week are historian Fran Beauman , Clive Coleman ,
Professor John Sutherland , and Alan Titchmarch. Hosted by Nigel Rees , with reader William Franklyn.
Producer Tilusha Ghelani Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
Alan takes a leap of faith.
For cast see page 33 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Alan Alda , who found fame as Hawkeye in MASH, and won an Oscar nomination for his role in Martin Scorsese 's The Aviator, joins Mark Lawson to reflect on his career, and a childhood spent backstage in his father's burlesque show. Producer Martin Smith
1/5. Madelaine Green , a single mother, loses her job and is forced to borrow money to get by. A year passes quickly and, with her credit cards at their limit and her mortgage seriously in arrears, Madelaine gets her first call from
Barry the Bailiff. So begins a relationship of convenience and interdependence. Written by Wendy Oberman.
Producer/Director Eoin O'Callaghan Repeated from 10.45am
The gentleman is an iconic figure whose values many would like to revive. And now you can pay to be taught gentlemanly habits as a way to get on in life.
Chris Bowlby looks at what the gentleman really stood for, and whether we can reinvent him for a less formal, less inhibited age. Producer Michael Blastland
13/13. Exploring some of the problems cased by the success of the Aboriginal-art business in Australia. Has producing pots and primitive paintings for tourists transformed impoverished communities or is it leading to entrapment and sweat-shop art? Repeated from Thursday
2/2. The forest canopies are considered to be the great lungs of the earth, where the atmosphere meets the biosphere but, up to now, gaining access to the treetops has been difficult and dangerous. Andrew Luck-Baker scales the tree trunks with the help of a canopy crane to examine how forests contribute to global climate change. Producer Adrian Washbourne
Andrew Marr and his guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Shortened repeat from 9am
National and international news and analysis, presented by Claire Bolderson.
1/10. Chief Investigator Arkady Renko is called to a murder in Moscow's Gorky Park. Three bodies lie peacefully under a crust of ice, their identities erased with chilling precision. "The Chief Investigator had never seen a head like this before; he thought he'd never forget the sight. He didn't know yet that it was the central moment of his life." Read by Tim Pigott-Smith . Written by Martin Cruz Smith , and abridged by Jane Marshall. Producer Jane Marshall
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Repeated from Saturday at 9am
A story by John Bennett about a young teenager who likes to dream about winning the lottery. Read by Joe Tremain. Producer Jill Waters
