A debate which poses the question whether this country cares more about the welfare of farm animals than the welfare of people.
with James Whitbourn.
with Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Johnathan Fryer.
8.40 Yesterday In Parliament
with Cliff Morgan. Producer Alison Rusted
Presented by Eddie Mair. This week, a report on the British setting up both homes and hotels in northern France. Producer David Prest
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Improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself, based entirely on audience suggestions.
With Josie Lawrence , Paul Merton , Phelim McDermott , Caroline Quentin , Lee Simpson and Jim Sweeney. 1: The Curse of the Mastersons Producer Phil Clarke
A heady cocktail of personal tragedy and hilarity with On the Hour's sports reporter Alan Partridge and his guests.
with Michael White.
Presented by Gordon Clough.
Editor Anna Carragher
with Alison Mitchell.
First of eight editions of the completely different sports quiz. Referee Desmond Lynam, with team captains Rory Bremner and Rory McGrath and their guests, Steve Davis and Roger Black.
(First broadcast on Radio 5)
Margaret Beckett MP, Paul Foot , Sir Marcus Fox MP and Baroness Hamwee tackle issues raised in Wellingborough, Northants. Chairman Nick Clarke.
Lines Open from 12.30pm
by Murray Watts.
Josh Mabhena is serving a life sentence for opposing apartheid. The news of his release both thrills and terrifies his family.
As Boris Yeltsin struggles for political survival, Christopher Cook recalls the government of Alexander Kerensky in 1917 and compares the two men. Also, a case of mistaken identity which led to a diplomatic row between Britain and Russia in 1904, and the Kremlin through the eyes of western observers. Producer John Knight
Discover the science behind Dino-mania with Alun Lewis.
American David Holden suspects there is more biodiversity in his new garden in north London than in the fields of the home counties. And at the Royal Show, Roger Harrabin questions whether the English countryside is worth paying for. Producer Marie Helly
4: Journey to The lsle of Avalon. In the last of the series, Michael Wood travels the tangled paths that lead to the legends of Glastonbury.
Producer Belinda Cherrington
A satirical look back at the decade.
The place to hear men changing. Tom Robinson returns to host a series of lively discussions and features.
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In the early 1960s, the sound of the newly independent Jamaica was ska. Thirty years later in London, the bass player Gary Crosby has formed Jazz Jamaica, a band breathing new life into the island's musical heritage, drawing on three generations of musicians. Ben Watson meets them to investigate.
by Chris Hawes.
George, a dock worker in postwar Yorkshire, has his first story accepted by Dorothy, a BBC radio producer. Its broadcast has a startling effect on his life.
Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Anthony Sellors
led by Rev Keith Clements.
with Sarah Baxter and Henry Porter. Producer Anne Sloman
The first in a series of profiles of the country's leading PR men eavesdrops on the wacky world of Mark Borkowski, who counts Gary Glitter, Gerry Cottle and Jeremy Beadle among his clients.
Glenda Jackson talks to Jeremy Nicholas.
A six-part comedy series by Ben Miller.
With Ben Miller, John Thomson, Alistair McGowan, Jim Barclay and Felicity Montagu.
