2/10. Miriam Margolyes visits Helen Keller 's alma mater: the Perkins
School for the Blind.
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3/8. In
Slovakia, Kirsty Wark finds world-class ice-hockey players, a vibrant music scene - and some tensions.
Storyville reveals how a postman and a gardener took on the might of McDonald's. In 1997, David Morris and Helen Steel were convicted of libelling the fast-food giants following a campaign against the corporation's policies. But in February this year they scored a landmark legal victory: the European Court ruled they should have received legal aid from the government; they were granted a total of £5,000 and a retrial.
6/6. Satire with Marcus Brigstocke.
His scripts for Queer as Folk, Casanova and Doctor Who have sparked plenty of lively conversations around the office water-cooler. Mark Lawson , Christopher Eccleston and Andi Peters contribute to a profile of the versatile screenwriter. See Monday's choice.
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