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Presented by John Humphrys and Phil Longman
7.00, 8.00 Today's News Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25* Sport with JOHN INVERDALE
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 In Perspective with JOHN NEWBURY, the BBC'S
Religious Affairs Correspondent Editor JOLYON MONSON

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Phil Longman
Read By:
Peter Donaldson
Unknown:
John Inverdale
Editor:
Jolyon Monson

unravelled by Ned Sherrin and the likes of Craig Charles Carol Thatcher , Emma Freud and Jonathan Ross.
Plus Victor Lewis Smith 's Look at Life
Additional material by ALISTAIR BEATON
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE and CATHIE MAHONEY
(Re-broadcast at 11.00pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Craig Charles
Unknown:
Carol Thatcher
Unknown:
Emma Freud
Unknown:
Jonathan Ross.
Unknown:
Victor Lewis Smith
Unknown:
Alistair Beaton
Producers:
Ian Gardhouse
Unknown:
Cathie Mahoney

The last of three conversations between Cliff Morgan and guests, who talk about the people who have greatly influenced them.
3: Lord Elwyn Jones
Life peer, knight, former
Lord High Chancellor, Privy
Councillor, Attorney General,
Labour MP, and for years one of Britain's leading barristers. He was present at some of the most notable moments in legal history, including the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in 1946 and the notorious Moors Murders case in the 1960s, where he confronted the worst face of humankind. Who are the people he most admires? Producer PETER GRIFFITHS
(Re-broadcast on Monday at 10.00am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Morgan
Producer:
Peter Griffiths

gives you a Probe Round the Back.
Nigel Pry leads the hunt for the Fifth Man, the Whitehall Mole, the Moscow Sleeper and the Gentlemen's Toilet, as "Radio Active" asks the question 'MI5 - friend, foe or motorway?' Playing spycatchers are Joanna Jaundice (Morwenna Banks), Mike Channel (Angus Deayton), Sir Leonard Why (Michael Fenton Stevens), Sir Maurice Watt (Geoffrey Perkins) and Nigel Pry (Philip Pope), The Fifth Man (?)
Transcribed by Geoffrey Perkins and Angus Deayton with additional material by Michael Fenton Stevens
Music by Steve Brown and Philip Pope
Producer Sir Anthony Guy Donald Kim Tyler
Stereo (Re-broadcast Monday 6.30pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Geoffrey Perkins
Writer:
Angus Deayton
Additional Material:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Music:
Steve Brown
Music:
Philip Pope
Producer:
David Tyler
Joanna Jaundice:
Morwenna Banks
Mike Channel:
Angus Deayton
Sir Leonard Why:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Sir Maurice Watt:
Geoffrey Perkins
Nigel Pry:
Philip Pope

A Dry White Season by ANDRE BRINK dramatised by BARRY CAMPBELL with The hero of Andre Brink 's novel is an Afrikaaner, and not a natural rebel, but when he tries to help a black friend whose son was held in detention after the Soweto riots, he finds himself in a different world....
Directed by JANE MORGAN. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Barry Campbell
Unknown:
Andre Brink
Directed By:
Jane Morgan.
Ben du Toit:
Nigel Hawthorne
Stanley Makhaya:
John Matshikiza
Melanie Brewer:
Esteue Kohler
Emily Ngubene:
Peggy Phango
Gordon Ngubene:
Olu Jacobs
CaptStolZ:
Steve Hodson
Col Viljoen:
Bruce Purchase
Levinson/Andre:
Jack Klaff
Advocate de Villiers:
Allan Ivan
Advocate Louw/Government Minister .:
Adrian Egan
Magistrate/father in law:
Arne Gordon
Susan du Toit:
Miranda Forbes
Suzette:
Lois Butlin
Linda:
Moira Downie
Cloete:
Edward Cast
Dr Hertzog/SABC Newsreader:
Brian Carroll
Dr Jansen/Dr Hassiem:
Alfred Hoffman
Fr Masuwane:
Louis Mahoney
Tsabalala/Johnson Seroke:
Wilue Jonah
Grace Nkosi:
Elizabeth Adare

The Fancy Man
A black comedy by MIKE STOTT 1923: a small village in the Pennines. Amy and Arthur Granville have only been married for a year and all is not well. Amy is behaving strangely and Arthur is confused. One night, in his confusion, Arthur tries to strangle Amy.
Directed by ROBERT COOPER BBC Manchester. Stereo
(Re-broadcaston Monday at 3.00 pm)

Contributors

Comedy By:
Mike Stott
Comedy By:
Arthur Granville
Directed By:
Robert Cooper
Amy:
Julia Ford
Arthur:
Pearce Quigley
Mr Helliwell:
Norman Mills
Jackie Diggle:
Colin Meredith
Edith:
Lesley Nicol
Dr Peach:
Malcolm Hebden
Mrs Mellowdew:
Ann Rye
Stanley:
Chris Hawes

An Everyday Story of Towering Genius by SUE LIMB
3: Dorothy is perturbed by William's impending wedding. Upon Gorsemere the Leechpedlar reveals that he was the 'Antique Mariner'.
Cholericke is inspired....
Music by STEPHEN OUVER Sung by cantabile
Producer JONATHAN JAMES MOORE Stereo (R)

Contributors

Music By:
Stephen Ouver
Producer:
Jonathan James Moore
Dorothy Wordsmith:
Denise Coffey
William Wordsmith:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Samuel Tailor Cholericke:
Simon Callow
Percy Jelley:
Hugh Thomas
Mary Godwit:
Alison Fiske
Stinking Iris:
Miriam Marrolyes
Leechpedlar:
Chris Emmett

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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