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with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rt Rev Jim Thompson.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Jim Thompson.

Read in 12 episodes by Hannah Gordon.
The rich mystical insights of a 14th-century woman, Julian of Norwich.
Spontaneous, intimate, simple yet profound, she vividly describes a series of visions she experienced and her reflections arising from them.
Introduced by Dr Anne Primavesi.
Abridged by Andrew Simpson
Producer Claire Campbell Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Hannah Gordon.
Introduced By:
Dr Anne Primavesi.
Abridged By:
Andrew Simpson
Producer:
Claire Campbell Smith

by Rukhsana Ahmad. When Rajinder and her daughter move into a women's refuge, a clash of culture and personalities brings the conflict to a crisis point.
Director Kate Rowland
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Rukhsana Ahmad.
Director:
Kate Rowland
Rajinder:
Jamila Massey
Sonia:
Linda Rooke
Eileen:
Joanna Bacon
Kamla:
Shireen Shah
Savita:
Shobu Kapoor
PradeeplChent:
Shiv Grewal

Paul Allen reviews the latest Snarling Beasties' staging, Out of the Ordinary, and previews
Radio 3's play The Hole in the Top of the World, starring Walther Matthau. Producer Sarah Johnson.
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Walther Matthau.
Producer:
Sarah Johnson.

The Things of This Life by Trish Fitzpatrick.
"Lizzie Gannon and I grew up in the small village of Crevagh. As we were the same age, and the only girls in the village, everyone presumed we were friends."
Read by Lynn Cahill. Producer Pam Brighton

Contributors

Unknown:
Trish Fitzpatrick.
Unknown:
Lizzie Gannon
Read By:
Lynn Cahill.
Producer:
Pam Brighton

By Sara Paretsky, dramatised in six episodes.
V I flies to Canada to continue the investigation on the giant freighter the Lucella Weisser. But she's in for a shock when they sail through the Great Lakes Lock.
Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Sara Paretsky
Dramatised by:
Michelene Wandor
Director:
Janet Whitaker
V I Warshawski:
Kathleen Turner
Lotty:
Eleanor Bron
Martin Bledsoe:
James Aubrey
Captain Bemis:
William Dufris
Mike Sheridan:
Keith Drinkel
Pierre Bouchard:
Matthew Morgan
Janet:
Jill Graham
Elsie:
Melanie Hudson
Man at airport:
David Holt

A New Home for Scottie
When a young rear-gunner was shot down in 1942, his friend Lil inherited his toy Scottie dog with flashing eyes. Fifty years on, Lil, Scottie and a group of Bermondsey pensioners went to Hamburg to talk to German pensioners.
When Lil offered Scottie to her German host as a gesture of reconciliation, she didn't know what response she'd get.
Reporter Teresa Watkins. Producer John Watkins

Contributors

Reporter:
Teresa Watkins.
Producer:
John Watkins

Bully for the Boys in Blue
The government is about to create a new structure for the police.
David Walker asks if the new order will cut crime, and considers its possible political consequences. Producer David Hendy

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker
Producer:
David Hendy

A four-part dramatisation of Jack Higgins 's thriller set during the Falklands War. 1: Little Games
Ferguson of MI6 recruits the beautiful
Gabrielle Legrand to spy on her Argentinian lover.
Dramatised and directed by Scott Cherry. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Higgins
Unknown:
Gabrielle Legrand
Directed By:
Scott Cherry.
Brigadier Charles Ferguson:
Peter Jeffrey
Major Tony Villiers:
Michael N Harbour
Gabrielk Legrand:
Moir Leslie
Harry Fox:
Peter Acre
Victor Vronsh:
David Bamber
Col Raul Montera:
William Hope
Julio Garcia:
Allan Corduner
Nikolai Belov:
David March
Sgt Major Jackson:
Eric Allan
Chief Supt Carver:
John Church
Anna Marchuk:
Melanie Hudson
Queen Elizabeth II:
Melinda Walker

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