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with Peter Hobday and John Humphrys.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths

Presented by Eddie Mair. This week,
Chris Hawksworth travels to the mysterious Faroe Islands. Producer Sara Jane Hall
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Contributors

Presented By:
Eddie Mair.
Unknown:
Chris Hawksworth
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall

Joining Jonathan Dimbleby to tackle issues raised in Wymondham, Norfolk, are Baroness Blackstone, Master of Birkbeck
College, London; Graham Mather , President of the European Policy Forum; and Bill Morris , General Secretary of the TGWU.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Graham Mather
Unknown:
Bill Morris

[number removed]Your opportunity to call Jonathan Dimbleby with your views on the issues raised in this week's edition of Any Questions? Producers Nick Utechin and Emma Selby
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producers:
Nick Utechin
Producers:
Emma Selby

Are Friends Electric
Lesley Davies's play, based on a real-life case, traces the last few weeks in the life of Ben Thurling, a 15-year-old boy bravely fighting to survive against the hereditary genetic disease, cystic fibrosis.
Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Director:
Cherry Cookson
Ben:
Richard Pearce
Ann:
Jennie Linden
David:
John Rowe
Gene:
Peter Whitman
Barry:
Mark Straker
Rick:
David Learner
Janice:
Joanna Myers
Chas:
Owen Booth
Alex:
Siriol Jenkins
Consultant:
Peter Penryjones
Family Doctor:
Jonathan Adams
Claire:
Melanie Hudson
Pokceman:
John Webb
Cal:
Emlyn Booth
Dr Chater:
John Church
Nurse:
Theresa Streatfeild

Following the government's controversial proposals for the care of the mentally ill, Christopher Cook charts the history of a 19th-century private asylum; as the scourge of Aids shows little sign of abating, he looks back to other sexually transmitted diseases 100 years ago; and, a smoker himself, he traces the progress of tobacco from "food of the spirits" to acknowledged health hazard.
Producer John Knight

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Producer:
John Knight

An Earwig Flew into my Mouth Once
Roddy Doyle , author of The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van, talks to
Waldemar Januszczak about creating a new fictional Dublin and returning to his 1960s childhood in his new book
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Producer Tim Dee

Contributors

Unknown:
Roddy Doyle
Unknown:
Waldemar Januszczak
Producer:
Tim Dee

Alex Ferguson's play retells a piece of north-east folk history.
When Robert Lyon Master of Painting, went as an adult education tutor to the pit town of Ashington in the 1930s, he couldn't have known he would be starting a school of working-class painting which would persist almost to the present day.
Director Dave Sheasby

Contributors

Writer:
Alex Ferguson
Director:
Dave Sheasby
Robert Lyon:
Corin Redgrave
Tollie Charlton:
Derek Walmsley
Tom Watts:
John Branwell
Julia Johnson:
Christine Cox
Miss Grindky/Mrs Bailey:
Carole Copeland
Harry Watson:
Art Davies
George Brown:
David Begg
Davie Robson:
Joe Caffrey
Constable/Porter:
James Thackwray
Boy:
David Swinburne

Democracy Could
Prove a False Hope for Emerging Nations Sarah Baxter ,
Henry Porter and guests question whether it's as easy to establish democratic structures in the world's trouble spots as the West seems to believe. Producer Sue Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Baxter
Unknown:
Henry Porter
Producer:
Sue Davies

First of a four-part comedy series written and performed by Robin Driscoll and Tony Haase.
Goodbye, Cruel Lancing
After a run of bad luck, best friends Les and Robert decide to leave their home town of Lancing in search of adventure. En route to
Delhi, via Kent, they find themselves stranded and penniless in Britain's oldest and strangest village - Crippleoak.
Producer Louise Coats

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Driscoll
Unknown:
Tony Haase.
Producer:
Louise Coats
Les:
Robin Driscoll
Robert:
Tony Haase
Dotty Turner:
Sally Grace
Mrjudd:
Jon Glover
Josh:
Simon Godley

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