Presented by the Rev Ernest Rea.
Presented by Anna Hill.
With James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Indarjit Singh.
8/8. Foreign Law. English Common Law has evolved over some 350 years, with judges basing their decisions on those made by their predecessors. But while we have successfully exported our legal system, our own courts have been reluctant to take account of decisions made by foreign judges. Clive Anderson and guests debate whether our law is simply the best in the world or if we might improve it by looking beyond our borders. Does our insularity work against the interests of ordinary litigants, or is it just the best way of ensuring justice? Producer Brian King Repeated9.30pm
3/5. A View from India. The historian Maria Misra charts the rise and fall of nationalism in Indian text books ana hears some school pupils ponder the question What did the Raj do for US?" Producer Vibeke Venema
3/8. Glacier. Paul Evans makes a remarkable journey into a sub-glacial world where his Norwegian hosts have built a laboratory. He discovers to his great surprise that me triumphs even here in the deep dark reaches of a glacier belly, where it's cold, wet. dirty, and extreme in every Sense of the word. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm
2/2. The Second City in Chicago is arguably the most famous and influential comedy club in the world. people who made their start there went on to make films like The
Graduate, Catch-22, Animal House, Ghostbusters, Wayne's World, Groundhog Day and Best in Show as well as countless television shows, including Saturday Night Live. Here, John Bird examines the impact the Second City nas had on TV comedy and looks at the health of the organisation today - has the Bush administration helped it go back to its political roots? producer James Crawford
Consumer affairs, presented by Liz Barclay ana Peter White. Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours.
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News and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley.
New series 1/3. Cabaret. Paul Gambaccini turns the spotlight on the transfer from stage to screen of cabaret, the 1972 multiple Oscar-winning film. He meets its stars, Liza Minnelli and Michael York , who recall their time filming at the Bavarian Studios in Munich under the director Bob Fosse , and explores the social and political background of the era when Cabaret was produced. Producer Adrian Edwards Repeated on Saturday at 3.30pm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By 1956 the Hon Violet Gibson has been in an asylum ror more than 20 years, and she seems finally to have lost touch with reality. Half the time she doesn't know who the prime minister is, and she has this mad idea that she snot
Benito Mussolini. Based on a true story. By Robin Brooks.
Producer/Director Fiona McAlpine
7/13. Sue Cook and the experts examine listeners' historical puzzles and passions. Producer Nick Patrick ADDRESS- [address removed]email: making.historyi5bbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute)
2/5. Articles of Faith. A Russian couple are haunted by the ghosts of the children they never had. By
Gina Ochsner. Read by Zhivila Roche. For details see yesterday
77/90. A Greater Britain? As America, Germany and Japan were growing as global powers, Britain needed to find a new approach to running its Empire. By Christopher Lee. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson , with readings by Jack Davenport and Saeed Jaffrey. For further details see yesterday
New series 1/10. Barrister Clive Coleman cuts through the legal jargon to explain what's really happening with the law and how it affects our everyday lives. Producer Jim Frank
News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.
David and Ruth aren't happy campers.
For cast see page 32 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
With John Wilson , who reports from a major exhibition that brings together John Constable 's major six-foot landscape paintings for the first time. Producer Thomas Morris
2/5. Bertie presses Ottoline to leave her husband. Dramatised by Derek Bowskill.
For cast and details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am
2/11. With the NHS facing a cash crisis, the Government insists its multibillion-pound computer project is to press ahead despite opposition from doctors. Has Whitehall got the prescription wrong? Gerry Northam reports. Producer Ian Muir-Cochrane Repeated on Sunday at 5pm
News of interest to blind and partially sighted people, presented by Peter White. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
4/9. As the football World Cup approaches, fans are worrying about the fractures their star players may have or will receive during the tournament. Some broken bones heal well after a few weeks in plaster. Others need an operation, perhaps involving a metal plate or pins. Dr Mark Porter reports on the latest techniques for mending broken bones, including the metatarsals. Producer Deborah Cohen Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm
Repeated from 9am
News and analysis, presented by Claire Bolderson.
7/10. Spy. Jason makes an unplanned excursion to the local gypsy encampment. By David Mitchell. For details see yesterday
5/6. Continuing the provocative phone-in show, hosted DJ Gary Bellamy. Producer Lucy Armitage
Joe Queenan drives from Albuquerque to Las Vegas in pursuit of the history of the motel. Produced by Miles Warde
2/5. Patrick Marnham 's biography of novelist Mary Wesley. Read by Felicity Kendal. Repeated from 9.45am
