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with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rabbi Jonathan
Sacks, the Chief Rabbi.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Rabbi Jonathan

Chairman Michael Buerk. Witnesses face cross-examination from
Rabbi Hugo Gryn , Janet Daley , Edward Pearce and Professor Roger Scruton. Producer David Coomes

Contributors

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

Jenni Mills talks to people who were famous for a short period of time. 5: From 1974 to
Barbara Edwards was British television's first weather woman. Neat, sensible, practical, she wore tank tops and talked knowledgeably of isobars, windspeed and barometric pressure. And then she vanished from the screen.
Producer Sarah Rowlands

Contributors

Talks:
Jenni Mills
Unknown:
Barbara Edwards
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

A comedy by Robert East. The manager of Macclesborough F C is desperate for a win, and so are the players, the fans and the directors.
Unfortunately their fate is in the hands of a ref who's got problems of his own.
Director Matthew Walters

Contributors

Comedy By:
Robert East.
Director:
Matthew Walters
Ken:
Doug Fisher
Douggie:
John Baddeley
les:
Steve Hodson
R ay:
Keith Drinkel
Maureen:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Pam:
Stephanie Turner
Julian:
Robert East

Matthew Parris investigates letters that have no known replies. 5: When St Paul told women at Corinth to cover their heads, he meant their entire heads, shutting them up. His first letter was part of a lively, sometimes bizarre correspondence. Producer Julia Gillett

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
St Paul
Producer:
Julia Gillett

Paul Allen reviews the musical City of Angels, newly arrived from the States, and previews Stephen Frears ' BBC2 film of Roddy Doyle 's The Snapper. producer John Goudie
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Stephen Frears
Unknown:
Roddy Doyle
Producer:
John Goudie

The Woman in the Pink Silk Dressing Gown by Marie Jones.
Here, in the back entry, Rose Mackie and Tilly Boden met regularly, away from the judgmental glares of the world. They had the freedom to philosophise and drink, fight and drink - until the arrival of the woman in the pink dressing gown. Read by Barbara Adair. Producer Pam Brighton

Contributors

Unknown:
Marie Jones.
Unknown:
Rose MacKie
Unknown:
Tilly Boden
Read By:
Barbara Adair.
Producer:
Pam Brighton

A six-part political thriller by Nigel Baldwin , starring Dennis Waterman.
4: In seeking the killers, Milkie is drawn deeper into trouble - with the Establishment.
Music: Laurie Scott Baker
Director Jane Dauncey

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Baldwin
Unknown:
Dennis Waterman.
Music:
Laurie Scott Baker
Director:
Jane Dauncey
The Teller:
Ray Smith
Beth:
Bethan Jones
Special Branch Men:
Michael Povey
Special Branch Men:
Chris Durnall
Special Branch Men:
Terry Dauncey
Pauline:
Eluned Jones
Angela:
Tara Dominick
Hum:
Richard Elfyn

As the best-loved voice on British wireless, who better than
Wallace Arnold to present some of his favourite passages from English literature - all narrated, from the Garrick Club, by Mr Harry Enfield and Ms Eleanor Bron.
Written by Craig Brown
Producer Anne-Marie Cole

Contributors

Unknown:
Wallace Arnold
Unknown:
Mr Harry Enfield
Unknown:
Ms Eleanor Bron.
Written By:
Craig Brown
Producer:
Anne-Marie Cole

Losing Our Marbles? The problems of youth have been a recent preoccupation. But David Walker asks: how long before we need to worry about the coming age of the old, when the baby-boom generation retires on private pensions, while its parents grow ever older? Producer Simon Coates

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker
Producer:
Simon Coates

Third of four cases for the ex-pitman turned investigator. A Case of Drowning Sorrows Stephen visits his Auntie Eileen in a retirement home, where the theft of a ventriloquist's dummy soon has him treading the boards of memory lane.
Director Dave Sheasby

Contributors

Unknown:
Sorrows Stephen
Director:
Dave Sheasby
Stephen J Blackburn:
Finetime Fontayne
Tracey Duggan:
Judy Flynn
Eileen Simpson:
Carole Copeland
Arthur Swinscoe:
Rod Arthur
Nigel Weston:
Norman Mills

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