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with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Canon Eric James.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Canon Eric James.

Chairman Michael Buerk. Witnesses face cross-examination from a panel including Edward Pearce , Janet Daley and Rabbi Hugo Gryn.
Producer David Coomes. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk.
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo Gryn.
Producer:
David Coomes.

3: Down the High Street Bank managers, accountants and the idiosyncrasies of French newspapers feature in John P Harris 's talk about life in Languedoc.
Producer Merilyn Harris. Stereo 0 BBC book and Radio
Collection cassette, available from retailers

Contributors

Unknown:
John P Harris
Producer:
Merilyn Harris.

Jenni Murray meets the celebrated Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom.
Serial: The Vampire Tapestry
Book Two: The Land of Lost Content (1)
Read by Garrick Hagon.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Soprano:
Elisabeth Soderstrom.
Read By:
Garrick Hagon.

The light-hearted political quiz. Team captains,
Austin Mitchell MP and Michael White are joined this week by MPs Edwina Currie and Jerry Hayes. The chairman is Patrick Hannan.
Producer Louise Coats. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael White
Unknown:
Edwina Currie
Unknown:
Jerry Hayes.
Unknown:
Patrick Hannan.
Producer:
Louise Coats.

by David Zane Mairowitz. Recorded on location in Avignon, Provence and Islington, London, this is the story of an obsessive man. His marriage is on the rocks, his obsession is for Petrarch, the medieval scholar and poet who fantasised about a girl called Laura.
Petrarch sonnet read in Italian by Luciana Castellucci
Director Richard Wortley. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Zane Mairowitz.
Unknown:
Luciana Castellucci
Director:
Richard Wortley.
D:
Struan Rodger
dotllde:
Carolle Rousseau
Annie:
Annie Legault
Tutor:
Geoffrey Matthews
Cardinal:
Geoffrey Matthews
Judge:
Geoffrey Matthews
Tour Guide:
Geoffrey Matthews
Shrink:
Geoffrey Matthews

Paul Allen goes to
Norwich as the Theatre
Royal reopens, reviews a new production of The Tempest by the English Shakespeare Company, and visits a silversmith in Hereford.
Producer Sarah Johnson. Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9. 15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Producer:
Sarah Johnson.

Blame it on the Pilgrims
Anne Leaton 's tale describes the build-up to
American Thanksgiving - which is celebrated today. "Every cell in Margery's body is attuned to the event. She disappears into shopping malls like some comestible down the long dark throat of a crocodile."
Read by Liza Ross.
Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Leaton
Read By:
Liza Ross.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

by Ben Miller.
It's very important to remember that the French Foreign Legion is a ruthless and violent fighting unit, so if Brian, Derek and Sue find themselves fighting the Tuareg in a fort in Africa then they deserve our admiration. And anyway, they only joined by mistake.
With Ben Miller, John Thomson, Alistair McGowan, Jim Barclay.
Producer Gareth Edwards. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Miller.
Unknown:
Ben Miller
Unknown:
John Thomson
Unknown:
Alistair McGowan
Unknown:
Jim Barclay.
Producer:
Gareth Edwards.

A Place Apart
Northern Ireland remains one of the most violently divided parts of Europe, despite the politicians' efforts. So can there ever be a constitutional settlement in which both communities have their aspirations satisfied?
Brendan O'Leary assesses the options for progress in Britain's own ethnic conflict.
Producer David Hendy

Contributors

Unknown:
Brendan O'Leary
Producer:
David Hendy

A serial in eight parts by Francis Durbridge.
5: A Surprise for Pete Roberts
Paul and Steve take a trip to a seemingly deserted island in a lonely stretch of the Thames....
Director Martyn C Webster

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Durbridge.
Director:
Martyn C Webster
Paul Temple:
Peter Coke
Steve:
Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes:
Lester Mudditt
Det Inspector Vosper:
Hugh Manning
Clmrlie:
James Beattie
Adrian Frost:
Simon Lack
Terry Gibson:
Isabel Dean
Warren:
James Thomason
Pete Roberts:
Thomas Heathcote
Rupert Dreisler:
Brewster Mason

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