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8.35 Yesterday in Parliament

The first of five autobiographical talks by the barrister and historian Charles Arnold-Baker , now in his 70s, who was born a Prussian aristocrat. (R)

Fergus Keeling and Jessica Holm discover vast numbers ot
Monarch butterflies taking refuge from the North American winter.
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Glenn Close tells Jenni Murray about her dangerous screen liaisons.

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Victoria Glendinning talks with Hilary Spurling about her work on Ivy Compton-Burnett and Paul Scott in this 'round-robin' series of biographers in conversation.
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Patsi Mackenzie , an 18-year-old pupil at the Nicolson Institute at Stomoway in Lewis, proclaims the benefits of growing up in a traditional,
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1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: The Witch in the Cherry Tree by MARGARET MAHY Stereo (R)
2.05 Looking at Nature Migration by MIKE HOWARTH. TIMMY M ALLETT and ROBIN ROBBINS explore the mystery of bird migration. Stereo (e)
2.20 GCSE: Real Maths Supports GCSE coursework and stimulates low-achieving pupils.
9: Free Time Presented by FRANK PARTRIDGE Stereo (e)
2.40 Quest
9: Who Is Jesus? (e)

Jenni Murray meets the writer Margaret Forster who in her latest novel asks Have the Men Had Enough?
Serial: Driving in the Dark (1) by DEBORAH MOGGACH abridged in 12 episodes by DOREEN ESTALL
Read by Roger Alborough.
When his wife throws him out, Desmond embarks on a quest.
Taking the coach he drives for a living, he decides to search for the son he's never seen - the result of a brief liaison in the mid-70s.
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by AYSHE RAIF . With and Maggie and Jack would never leave Bonzo out of any celebration. So on their fifth anniversary presents are exchanged around the goldfish bowl. But as the evening draws on Bonzo finds himself fishy in the middle.
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In Pat Barker 's new novel, The Man Who Wasn't There, 12-year-old Colin's favourite hero is his father - of whom he knows little, except that he was killed in the war. He becomes the star of a film running in Colin's imagination, interrupted occasionally by the realities of school and home. Pat Barker , whose award-winning first novel Union Street is to be shown as a film later this year, talks to Nigel Forde.
And Simon Raven reveals corruption in the fifth volume of his series The First Born of Egypt - Blood of My Bone. Producer SALLY MARMION
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by JAMES HENDRIE and IAN BROWN. As the frightening craze of acid house music sweeps the country, corrupting youth and threatening the very fabric of society, the Dial 'M'for Pizza team do lots of jokes about it. With Robert Bathurst ,
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A series of ten programmes that take life as the microphone finds it.
8: Southside Story
'I'm not proud of anything since I left home. The only thing I am proud of is that since I left
Southside, I've really made a go ofmylife....'
If you're under 18 and homeless Southside is a safe haven. You're given a bed, and breathing space to talk over your problems with staff who won't give you away, but will give you a shoulder to cry on ... Producer CATHIE MAHONEY. Stereo

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Playwright Jim Cartwright 's highly-praised but bleak view of society, Road, has been followed by Bed, which premieres this week at the National Theatre.
On a more extravagant scale, Fritz Lang 's film Metropolis becomes a big-budget musical; and Charlie Chaplin 's career is commemorated at the Museum of the Moving Image in London. Presenter Michael Berkeley Producer JOHN GOUDIE Stereo

The Enchanted Morning A 10-year-old girl's unforgettable experience. Stereo

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