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| Bound Feet And Western Dress | ...MARTHA KEARNEY with interviews and discussion. Drama: `Bound Feet and Western Dress' by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang (1/10).... |
| Chapters And Verses - The Marie Stopes Story | ...This government wants to revolutionise the provision of childcare in Britain. But have they got the right policies and enough money? MARTHA KEARNEY and guests debate this issue. Drama: `Chapters and Verses - the Marie Stopes Story' told by Maggie Allen (1/10).... |
| Children Of The Enemy, Welcome To My Home | ...MARTHA KEARNEY tells the remarkable story of German children who were fostered by Dutch families soon after the end of World War II. More than 50 years on, some of these children revisit their former foster homes.... |
| Chocolate Lovers Club, The | ...MARTHA KEARNEY with features and interviews. Drama: `The Chocolate Lovers' Club' by Moya O'Shea (5/5).... |
| Dear Exile | ...MARTHA KEARNEY with news, views and interviews. Drama: `Dear Exile', dramatised by Hilary Fannin (1/5). / Hilary Fannin's dramatisation of a year of letters between Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery, who left college together in the late 90s in Eastern Seaboard, USA. One marries and goes to work in KENYA with the Peace Corps, while the other is single in lonely NEW YORK City. With Elizabeth McGovern, Briony Glassco and Stuart Milligan. Directed by Edward Hall.... |
| Dear Little Burney | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `Dear Little Burney' by Fanny Burney, adapted by Jennifer Howarth (1/15).... |
| Diary Of A Provincial Lady | ...Doris Lessing joins MARTHA KEARNEY to talk about her latest novel. Drama: `Diary of a Provincial Lady', by E M Delafield (1/15).... |
| Eclipse 1999 | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Reading: `Eclipse 1999' (3/5). / Astronomer Heather Couper introduces five readings of poetry, prose and diary extracts to mark the end of the millennium. 3: Readings focusing on solar eclipses, from sources such as John Milton, the Bible and Dorothy Sabin. Readers Brigit Forsyth, Denys Hawthorne, Mona Hammond and Derek Griffiths.... |
| Elizabeth And Essex | ...MARTHA KEARNEY with interviews and discussions from a woman's point of view. Drama: `Elizabeth and Essex'. Readings from the letters of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, deemed a favourite for the ageing Elizabeth I, though Elizabeth had a former favourite whom Essex could never quite replace. Selected and compiled by Lisa Osborne. With Eileen Atkins, Jonathan Cake and James Wilby (1/5).... |
| Flotsam And Jetsam | ...MARTHA KEARNEY talks to RSC actor Harriet Walter. Drama: `Postcards', by Nick Darke. Sue Cattran, who runs the cafe in Porthant Bay, Cornwall, prepares herself for the autumn, when her teenage son Paul leaves home. With Carl Grose, Diana Berriman and Mike Shepherd (1/15). / By Nick Darke. Sue Cattran, who runs the cafe in Porthant Bay, Cornwall, prepares herself for the autumn when her teenage son Paul leaves home. With Carl Grose, Diana Berriman and Mike Shepherd. Director Claire Grove (1/15).... |
| Frederica Quartet, The | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY. Drama: `The Frederica Quartet: Still Life' (15/15) / John Harvey's dramatisation of four novels by A S Byatt, chronicling the lives of the Potter family. A bird gets trapped in Stephanie's kitchen, with tragic results (15/15).... |
| Georgiana, Duchess Of Devonshire | ...MARTHA KEARNEY presents the latest news, culture and informed debate from a female perspective. Drama: `Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire' by Amanda Foreman (1/15).... |
| Gordon's Women | ...... |
| Greek And Latin Voices - Horace | ...Horace was once much taught in British schools, should he be again? MARTHA KEARNEY discusses Latin in the newsroom.... |
| History Of The Life And Memoirs Of The Late Ingenious Mrs Aphra Behn, The | ...MARTHA KEARNEY with features and interviews. Drama: `The History of the Life and Memoirs of the Late Ingenious Mrs Aphra Behn' by Alison Joseph (10/10). / Alison Joseph's ten-part dramatisation of the 17th-century playwright's extraordinary life. 10: `Give My Verses Immortality'. Increasingly depressed over the coronation of William of Orange, Aphra's health deteriorates. With Samantha Bond, Emma Fielding, Andrew Wincott and Jonathan Keeble. Directed by Gemma Jenkins. / MARTHA KEARNEY with features and interviews. Drama: `The History of the Life and Memoirs of the Late Ingenious Mrs Aphra Behn' by Alison Joseph (10/10).... |
| Hours, The | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `The Hours' by Michael Cunningham (4/10). / A meditation on love, loss and time by 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham, abridged in ten parts. 4: In 1949 Laura is baking a cake with her son, and in 1990s NEW YORK Clarissa has bought the flowers for her party. With Buffy Davis, Geraldine James and Elizabeth McGovern. Director: Gaynor Macfarlane ... |
| Idea Of A University, The | ...Sixty years ago university was very much a minority pursuit. Today the government's stated aim is to get half of all young people into higher education. MARTHA KEARNEY begins a new series telling the story of how student life and our universities have been transformed by six decades of expansion.... |
| La Grande Therese | ...By Hilary Spurling. Catherine and Armand move to PARIS to work for Papa Humbert, while the pregnant Therese and Frederic have to make do with an attic. With Nicola Walker, Helen Schlesinger and John Hartley. / With MARTHA KEARNEY. Drama: La grande Therese. (3/10).... |
| Ladies Of Letters.com | ...Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman's ten-part series about a long-distance friendship. 2: Vera has discovered plenty of new recipes on her trip to INDIA. Meanwhile, back in ENGLAND, Irene has installed herself in the bosom of Vera's family. / MARTHA KEARNEY is joined by guests for lively and topical interviews and conversation presented from a woman's point of view. Drama: `Ladies of Letters.com' by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman (2/10).... |
| Lady Susan | ...By Jane Austen, adapted in ten parts by Lavinia Murray. Lady Susan plans to marry her daughter of a wealthy bachelor. But Frederica is determined to ask for Mrs Vernon's help to resist the match. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed. Director Jocelyn Boxall (6/10). / With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `Lady Susan' by Jane Austen, adapted by Lavinia Murray. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed. Director Jocelyn Boxall (6/10).... |
| Laughter In Leningrad | ...Dolly returns to Britain for a holiday (4/5) / With MARTHA KEARNEY ... |
| Les Miserables | ...By Victor Hugo, dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Once again, Jean Valjean has to start a new life and confronts the possibility of leaving the safety of the convent (10/25) / MARTHA KEARNEY with lively and topical interviews and discussion. Drama: `Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo (10/25).... |
| Manuscripts Don't Burn | ...MARTHA KEARNEY with news, views and interviews. Drama: `Manuscripts Don't Burn', the diaries of Yelena Bulgakova edited by J A E Curtis and abridged by D J Britton (5/5). / The diaries of Yelena Bulgakova, abridged in five parts by D J Britton from the collection edited by J A E Curtis. 5: Bulgakov's health is deteriorating, and he races against time to complete his masterpiece, `The Master and Margerita'. With Suzanne Burden, Jonathan Tafler and Sue Jones Davies. Directed by Alison Hindell ... |
| Mary Barton | ...MARTHA KEARNEY with features and interviews.... |
| Memories Of Gascony | ...MARTHA KEARNEY with topical features and discussion. Drama: `Memories of Gascony' by Pierre Koffman (3/5). / Pierre Koffman's autobiographical cookbook, adapted and dramatised in five parts by Rod Dungate. 3: The long school summer holiday sees Pierre back on the farm for the slog and fun of the harvest, yet he still finds time to discover some fascinating local history in the dusty tomes of the Town Hall. With Alan Leith, Hugh Viney, Jean Trend and Keith Drinkel ... |
| Michael Field | ...MARTHA KEARNEY hosts the magazine programme. Drama: Michael Field, by Moya O'Shea. (1/10).... |
| My Career Goes Bung | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `My Career Goes Bung' by Miles Franklin, episode 1.... |
| Nicholas Nickleby | ...MARTHA KEARNEY hosts interviews and discussions from a female perspective. Drama: `Nicholas Nickleby' by Charles Dickens (1/30). / By Charles Dickens, dramatised by Mike Walker. Following the death of his father, Nicholas is found a position as assistant to Wackford Squeers at Dotheboy's Hall in YORKshire. With Oliver Milburn and Richard Johnson. Director Jeremy Mortimer (1/30).... |
| Now You See It, Now You Don't | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `Postcards', by Jonathan Holloway (1/5). / By Jonathan Holloway. Andy returns to Porthant Bay smitten both with glamorous South AFRICAn Jennie and with their new surf-board venture. With Tristan Sturrock, Alison Pettitt and Russell Boulter. Directed by David Hunter (1/5).... |
| Our Village | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `Our Village' by Mary Russell Mitford (1/5).... |
| Partial Eclipse | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `Postcards', by Charlotte Jones (1/5). / By Charlotte Jones. A return to the Porthant Bay Hotel, Cornwall, where Martin is brainstorming the biggest tourist event of the year. Mandy plans a little reunion of her own. With Alison Pettitt and Becky Hindley. Director Jonquil Panting (1/5).... |
| Passion Of Margery Kempe, The | ...Jenny Diski joins MARTHA KEARNEY to talk to her about her latest novel, `Only Human'. Drama: The Passion of Margery Kempe. 1: Conversion and Temptations.... |
| Private Papers | ...MARTHA KEARNEY with interviews and discussions from a woman's point of view. Drama: `Private Papers' by Margaret Forster, dramatised by Juliet Ace. Rosemary finds some papers, written by her mother, hidden at the back of a drawer. They contain her mother's version of their family history. Rosemary secretly adds her views (1/10). / By Margaret Forster, dramatised by Juliet Ace. Rosemary finds some papers, written by her mother, hidden at the back of a drawer. They contain her mother's version of their family history. Rosemary secretly adds her views. With Angela Pleasence, Nichola McAuliffe and Simon Armstrong. Director: Tanya Nash ... |
| Prospect, The | ...Plus MARTHA KEARNEY as herself.... |
| Silk | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `Silk' by Alessandro Baricco (6/10). / By Alessandro Baricco, dramatised in ten parts by Lavinia Murray. Translated by Guido Waldman. As Herve Joncour becomes more deeply enmeshed in the silken threads of desire for the young woman in Japan, his wife longs for a son and for a return of her own beloved husband. With Alex Jennings, Deborah Findlay and David Burke. Director Marilyn Imrie (6/10).... |
| Sister Carrie | ...During the Second World War Austrian Jew Edith Hahn evaded persecution by becoming a hausfrau - a Nazi sympathiser's wife. MARTHA KEARNEY hears the extraordinary story of her survival. Drama: `Sister Carrie' by Theodore Dreiser (1/15).... |
| Soho Stories - Dinner For Who? | ...MARTHA KEARNEY hosts topical debates and conversation from a female perspective. `Soho Stories: Dinner for Who?' by Tony Marchant. With Christopher Fulford, Debra Gillett and Freddy Anobil-Dodoo. Director: Richard Wilson ... |
| Soho Stories - The Blah Blah Kid | ...MARTHA KEARNEY presents interviews and discussions from a female perspective. `Soho Stories: the Blah Blah Kid' by Suzy Almond. With Alison Pettitt, Harry Myers and Tom George. Director: Jeremy Mortimer ... |
| Speaking For Themselves | ...Ten dramatised excerpts from the letters of Britain's great wartime leader and his wife Clementine, taken from the newly published collection edited by their daughter, Mary Soames. With Alex Jennings as Winston, Sylvestra Le Touzel as Clementine, and Helen Bourne as the narrator. 1: Winston woos and wins his young bride. / With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `Speaking for Themselves: the Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill'.... |
| Stories For Olga | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `Stories for Olga' by Anton Chekhov, dramatised by Olwen Wymark (1/10). / The comic stories of Anton Chekhov, dramatised by Olwen Wymark. July 1902. The playwright Chekhov is already famous for his short stories. When his wife, Olga Knipper, needs diversion during a convalescence, he decides to read some to her. With David Haig, Clare Holman and Andrew Wincott. Director Alison Hindell (1/10).... |
| Such Sweet Possession | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY. Drama: `Such Sweet Possession' by Mary Cooper (5/10) / Fifth episode of a ten-part period drama by Mary Cooper. Anne Lister of Shibden Hall, Halifax, tells her life story through her journals and letters.... |
| Surprise Summer, The | ...Sandi Toksvig talks to MARTHA KEARNEY about her debut novel `Whistling for the Elephants'. Drama: `The Surprise Summer' by Jonathan Holloway (3/5).... |
| Tina C's Election Night Bbq | ...Country singer and presidential hopeful Tina C, the comic creation of Christopher Green, assesses her chances of becoming president, does an in-depth interview with MARTHA KEARNEY, gets calls from Sarah Palin and Barack Obama and awaits the results.... |
| Uk Confidential | ...Presented by MARTHA KEARNEY ... |
| Under One Roof | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `Under One Roof'. The second of three five-part dramatisations from the Michele Hanson stories. With Janet Maw, Edna Dore and Luisa Bradshaw-White (2/5). / The second of three five-part dramatisations from the Michele Hanson stories, with Janet Maw, Edna Dore and Luisa Bradshaw-White (2/5).... |
| Us Election Results Special | ...A comprehensive guide to the night's results as they come in, presented from Washington DC by James Naughtie and Shaun Ley, with MARTHA KEARNEY and the BBC's North America Editor Justin Webb. Plus insight and reaction from key figures in the US and around the world, including analysis from veteran American political pollster Thomas Riehle.... |
| Vital Signs | ...Author Janet Gleeson explains to MARTHA KEARNEY the cataclysmic effects of the introduction of paper money in 18th-century Europe. Drama: `Vital Signs' by Sarah Woods (1/20). / By Sarah Woods. Monday. Carol Weaver, chief executive of the NIGHTINGALE NHS Trust, balances a difficult home life with complex issues of millennium planning. Diane in neonatal is complaining about the lack of resources. John has something to tell her. With Rachel Davies, Gillian Hanna and Derek Walmsley. Director Kate Rowland (1/20).... |
| Volunteers | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY and guests. Drama: `Volunteers' by Donna FRANCEschild and Simon Little (1/5).... |
| With Great Pleasure | ...MARTHA KEARNEY chooses pieces of writing which have a special meaning for her, either personally or in her work as a broadcaster. Readers are Niamh Cusack and David Morrissey.... |
| Woman's Hour (summary) | ...With MARTHA KEARNEY. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]:... |
| Woman's Hour At 60 | ...Jenni Murray and MARTHA KEARNEY host a celebration of 60 years on air, as Woman's Hour listeners describe the impact the programme has had on their lives. With Maureen Lipman, Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales, Jo Caulfield and Jackie Kay. Music from Hayley Westenra and Heather Small.... |
| World At One | ...National and international news with MARTHA KEARNEY.... |