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with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rev James Jones. Editor Philip Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
James Jones.
Editor:
Philip Harding

What are the real choices on polling day? In a programme which promises no politicians, Robin Lustig asks the people of Britain which issues matter to them and why. Independent experts assess the parties' policies to see what is on offer.
The issue today is education.
Producer Gwyneth Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Lustig

with Nick Clarke in London and James Naughtie in Cardiff.
The latest election news from around the United Kingdom, including an interview with the President of Plaid Cymru, Dafydd Wigley.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Dafydd Wigley.

Understanding Women Naomi Wall poisoned three members of her family and disappeared. A researcher, working on a book about crimes committed by women, becomes obsessed by the case.
Written by Melissa Murray.
Director Cherry Cookson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Naomi Wall
Written By:
Melissa Murray.
Director:
Cherry Cookson.
Daphne:
Anna Massey
Bollingham:
Gary Waldhorn
Ricky:
Siriol Jenkins
Harry:
Robert Glenister
Naomi:
Elizabeth Kelly
Ann:
Anne Jameson
Val:
Theresa Streatfeild
Ben:
John Webb
Claries:
Peter Penry-Jones
Janet:
Eva Stuart
Malcolm:
Robert Portal

"We knew about the grammar school. You had to do homework. You couldn't go home at lunchtime. You had to play football, and they were all sissies who wore funny hats and talked posh."
Alf Walker remembers his wartime school days in Lincolnshire.
Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
Alf Walker
Producer:
Gillian Hush

with Barry Cunliffe.
Owing to the changing needs in children's education, a school in the Dorset town of Sherborne will close this summer, 352 years after its foundation. Sean Street visits Foster's School and discovers how its history highlights the national reforms in education since those days in 1640 when it provided for "ten poor boys and ten poor girls".
And Sonia Beesley talks to John Kennedy Melling about the Guilds and Liveries of London in a week when they welcome a new member to their ranks.
Producer John Knight

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cunliffe.
Unknown:
Sean Street
Talks:
Sonia Beesley
Unknown:
John Kennedy Melling
Producer:
John Knight

The Spur of the Moment "When it works, it's a real cracker; but when it doesn't it's cringingly embarrassing."
Paul Vaughan investigates the importance of spontaneity in art and talks to those who are prepared to abandon script, sketch or score and let improvisation dictate the key to a final product. Producer Adrian Washbourne
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Adrian Washbourne

Tessof the d'Urbervilles
A new three-part dramatisation of Thomas Hardy 's tragic love story.
1: The day of the May Dance, and two chance encounters are destined to change a young Wessex village girl's life for ever.
Dramatised by Sally Hedges Music John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris
Director Nigel Bryant. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Dramatised By:
Sally Hedges
Music:
John Kirkpatrick
Director:
Nigel Bryant.
Angel dare:
Francis Thomson
Tess Durbey field:
Carolyn Backhouse
Lizzie:
Susan Mann
Debbie:
Jenny Lynch
Tess's Mother:
Susan Mansell
Tess's Father:
Gerry Hinks
Parson Tringham:
Jonathan Wyatt
Alec d'Urberville:
Michael Lumsden
Car Darch:
Tamsin Greig
Mrs d'Urberville:
Tina Gray
Jenny:
Rachel Atkins
Joseph:
Martin Reeve
Preacher:
Graham Colclough
Jonathan:
David Holt
Mr Crick:
Geoff Serle
Retty Prindk:
Cathy Sandford
Marian:
Anna Keene

Do we get the law we deserve? Andrew Marr asks three people with different cultural views:
Lord Templeman;
American Professor of Jurisprudence,
Ronald Dworkin ; and Professor of Japanese Law, Hiroshi Oda.
Producer Anna Parkinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Marr
Unknown:
Ronald Dworkin
Unknown:
Hiroshi Oda.
Producer:
Anna Parkinson

Comedy from Maggie Fox , Sue Ryding and a host of relatives. This week: concerto for clarinet and iron and a three-minute version of Lady Chatterley's Lover.
With Denise Coffey and Malcolm Raeburn.
Producer Lissa Evans. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Maggie Fox
Unknown:
Sue Ryding
Unknown:
Denise Coffey
Unknown:
Malcolm Raebum.
Producer:
Lissa Evans.

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