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with John Humphrys and Peter Hobday.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Ven George Austin.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Peter Hobday.
Unknown:
Ven George Austin.

with Jenni Murray.
The actress, the doctor and the health visitor - what made them turn to the law? Cheryl Armitage meets women who advocate the Bar as a second career.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial: Family Money (8)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Cheryl Armitage

IGeorgy is a freak.
She was bom ugly and stuffed herself with food until she became fat. Little wonder that, in the era of Twiggy, she feels like the Ugly Duckling.
A new six-part adaptation of Margaret Forster 's 60s novel.
1: There Once Was an Ugly Duckling
Adapted by Joe Dunlop
Music played by David Chilton , Dave Swift and Mike Bradley. Producer Adrian Bean. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Forster
Adapted By:
Joe Dunlop
Played By:
David Chilton
Played By:
Dave Swift
Played By:
Mike Bradley.
Producer:
Adrian Bean.
Georgy:
Caroline Strong
James:
Kenneth Cranham
Jos:
Joe McGann
Ted:
John Hollis
Doris:
Eileen Bell
Meredith:
Melanie Hudson
Peg:
Theresa Streatfeild
Taxi Driver:
Peter Penry-Jones
Samantha:
Emily Riley
Tristram:
Jack Shute

A trilogy of plays by Humphrey Carpenter exploring moments in the lives of three great children's writers.
1924. A young professor of Anglo-Saxon is obsessed with language and has a passion for dragons. He is on the brink of an amazing creation....
Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Humphrey Carpenter
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Tolkien:
Jonathan Wyatt
Young Tolkien:
Edward Long
His Mother:
Charlotte West-Oram
Danby:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Vice-Chancellor:
Graham Padden
Smithers:
Andy Hockley
Jackson:
Chris MacDonnell
Roberts:
David Holt
Man on Tram:
Graham Colclough

Brian Sibley talks to Humphrey Carpenter about his three plays for Radio 4 - Secret Gardens, and reviews the new brat movie Johnny Suede.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Talks:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
Johnny Suede.
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Lu-Lu by Joy Williams.
Heather, Debbie and Don don't know what to do with the eponymous pet. Take her to Mexico? To
San Diego?
Lu-Lu is a snake ...
Read by Liza Ross.
Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Read By:
Liza Ross.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

Last in a series of four programmes in which
Jenni Mills reveals personal stories behind the headlines. Just over a year ago, Roger Cooper was released from Iran's notorious Erin prison, where he'd spent five years accused of being a British spy.
Producer Sarah Rowlands. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Mills
Unknown:
Roger Cooper
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands.

One hundred years ago composer
Michael Maybrick , writing as Stephen Adams , hit the royalty jackpot - he published The Holy City. To this day it is the most enduring of Victorian religious parlour songs. Roger Wilkes tells the story of Maybrick, the man and his music. Producer Diana Stenson

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Maybrick
Unknown:
Stephen Adams
Songs:
Roger Wilkes
Producer:
Diana Stenson

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