Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,804 playable programmes from the BBC

With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rhidian Brook.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Rhidian Brook.

Rise and shine with Fi Glover and her guests, writer and film-maker Jon Ronson and poet Stewart Henderson. Today's programme is a rich kedgeree of inheritance tracks, secret lives and extraordinary stories.
Producer Paula McGinley

Contributors

Unknown:
Fi Glover
Unknown:
Jon Ronson
Unknown:
Stewart Henderson.
Producer:
Paula McGinley

Russian-born Lilia Kopylova, the winner of last year's Strictly Come Dancing competition on BBC1, was bemused when her victorious partner, Darren Gough, confessed that dancing wasn't something young Yorkshire lads did. She wants to find out why. With the help of her partner and husband Darren Bennett, Lionel Blair, a dance historian and some Yorkshire lads, she tries to find the origins of the British male's passion for propping up the bar rather than their partner in the paso doble.

Contributors

Unknown:
Lilia Kopylova
Unknown:
Darren Gough
Unknown:
Darren Bennett
Unknown:
Lionel Blair
Producer:
Tom Alban

A lively collection of dispatches from the BBC's foreign correspondents, who report on stories in their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
RT DIRECT: From Our Own Correspondent, edited by Tony Grant is available for E15.99 (RRP E16.99) including p&p. Call [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute)

Contributors

Presented By:
Kate Adie.
Producer:
Tony Grant
Edited By:
Tony Grant

4/6. Shining a satrical light on the week's news and events in the topical sketch show are Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , who are joined by Mitch Benn , Jon Holmes ,
Laura Shavin and a special guest. Repeated from yesterday
RT DIRECT: To order the CD The Now Show for just £10.99 (RRP £12.99) plus free p&p, call [number removed] (landline calls cost a maximum of Bp per min) or send a cheque payable to BBC Shop to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Mitch Benn
Unknown:
Jon Holmes
Unknown:
Laura Shavin

Jonathan Dimbleby hosts the discussion from
Nottingham, where the audience puts topical questions to a panel that includes the Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander and former chancellor Ken Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Douglas Alexander
Unknown:
Ken Clarke.

Listeners' calls and emails taken by Jonathan Dimbleby in response to Any Questions? Producer Lisa Jenkinson
PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 12.30pm; email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

by Joan G. Robinson, dramatised by Beaty Rubens.

In this classic story for family listening, Anna is a solitary foster child sent away to a small Norfolk village one summer. Here she makes friends with a mysterious and significant girl called Marnie and discovers a good deal about her past.

Contributors

Author:
Joan G. Robinson
Dramatist:
Beaty Rubens
Director/Producer:
David Hunter
Anna:
Georgina Hagen
Older Anna:
Sara Kestelman
Marnie:
Juliet Aaltonen
Scilla:
Skye Bennett
Susan:
Mary Miller
Sam:
David Redgrave
Gillie:
Richenda Carey
Nancy:
Miranda Keeling
Mrs Lyndsay:
Christine Kavanagh
Andrew Paul:
Richard Biggin
Jane:
Emma Noakes

4/4. Tristan and Isolde. Wagner's opera was claimed by many critics to have attained the highest summit of all music; others, on the other hand, condemned it as being incomprehensible. Huw Edwards tries to understand the passion so great it can only be consummated in death, and how music that is unresolved can be so beautiful.
Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Huw Edwards

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Editor Jill Burridge
RT DIRECT: Woman's Hour: a Celebration of Mothers, featuring excerpts from the programme, is available on audio cassette and CD for E8.99 including p&p, from www.bbcshop.com, or by calling [number removed], quoting [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Martha Kearney.
Editor:
Jill Burridge

2/9. Lucy Ash introduces radio highlights from the English-speaking world, focusing today on miltary broadcasts: programmes for Russian soldiers; the Voice of the Tigers in Sri Lanka; radio made by a guerilla group; a new radio play about Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan; and the mysterious number stations - are they really sending messages to spies? Producer Paul Vickers

Contributors

Introduces:
Lucy Ash
Producer:
Paul Vickers

Tracy Chevalier , Tom Morris and Sharon Foster join
Tom Sutcliffe to discuss the week's cultural highlights, including Don Juan in Soho, Patrick Marber 's contemporary version of the 1665 Moliere play. Producer Nicki Paxman

Contributors

Unknown:
Tracy Chevalier
Unknown:
Tom Morris
Unknown:
Sharon Foster
Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Don Juan
Unknown:
Patrick Marber
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

Twenty-five years ago film-maker John Edwards interviewed 50 of the surviving cameramen who had worked for the cinema newsreel companies in America and Europe. These interviews were lost until recently. The story of the newsreel, from the Lindbergh take-off to the Apollo splashdowns, can now be told in the voices of the men who filmed history in the making. Producer Peter Everett

Contributors

Unknown:
John Edwards
Producer:
Peter Everett

5/5. Following Ivan's dramatic appearance at his brother's trial, Katerina prepares to deal Dmitri a fatal blow. The final part of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel, dramatised for radio by Melissa Murray. and Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Melissa Murray.
Dmitri:
Paul Hilton
Alyosha:
Carl Prekopp
Ivan:
Nicholas Boulton
Katerina:
Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka:
Katy Cavanagh
Lise:
Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova:
Rachel Atkins
Grigory:
Desmond McNamara
Devil:
Sam Dale
Judge:
Ian Masters
Prosecutor:
Philip Fox
Fetyukovich:
Mark Straker
Bystanders:
Paul Richard Biggin
Bystanders:
Salkat Ahamed

10/11. Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which
Melanie Phillips , Michael Portillo , Clifford Longley and Claire Fox cross-examine expert witnesses on the moral issues behind the week's news. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips
Unknown:
Michael Portillo
Unknown:
Clifford Longley
Unknown:
Claire Fox

1/2. Poet Shamshad Khan talks to Imtiaz Dharker and Tariq Latiff about how they celebrate and also challenge their faith through their poetry, and what it means to be a poet and a Muslim living in the UK. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Talks:
Shamshad Khan
Unknown:
Imtiaz Dharker
Unknown:
Tariq Latiff

4/5. Kindness. Elderly Alice is feeling bruised by life - but an angry commuter provokes her fighting spirit. Written by Ron Butlin , read by Edith MacArthur. Producer Bruce Young

Contributors

Written By:
Ron Butlin
Read By:
Edith MacArthur.
Producer:
Bruce Young

Breakfast with Mugabe: fantasy in which the Zimbabwean president approaches a white psychiatrist for help against the aggressive spirit of a long-dead comrade. Fraser Grace's play, which earlier this year enjoyed a West End run, explores the conflict between despotism and liberalism in modern Zimbabwe

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More