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with James Naughtie and John Humphrys. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Charles Handy.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Charles Handy.

by Christopher Fitz-Simon .
Fifth of six episodes set in Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953. Phonsie calls in a few favours from his friend Joe MacMonagle , TD.
Music by Stephanie Hughes. Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Fitz-Simon
Unknown:
Joe MacMonagle
Music By:
Stephanie Hughes.
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Phonsie Doherty:
T P McKenna
Muriel McConkey:
Margaret D'Arcy
Vera McConkey:
Stella McCusker
Vivienne Bod:
Aine McCartney
Guard Gallagher:
John Hewitt
Stumpy Bonnar:
Gerard McSorley
Aubrey Frawley:
Dominic Letts
Jonathan ffrench O'Dowd:
Wesley Murphy
Primoseffrench O'Dowd:
Marcella Riordan

Another chance to mix with the veteran cruisers on board the Azure Dolphin, in Sheila Goff 's maritime comedy.
Producer David Hunter

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Goff
Producer:
David Hunter
Douglas:
James Grout
Sam -:
James Greene
Vivien:
Sheila Reid
Jack _:
Ivor Roberts
Neil:
Jamie Garven
Ken:
William Ingram
Rhona:
Lawmary Champion
Eileen:
Stevie Parry

From a boy soldier fighting in Africa to a chimpanzee with a girl's brain, award-winning author Peter Dickinson 's characters are challenging and original. He talks to Michael Rosen about his novels.
Producer Jill Burridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Dickinson
Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Jill Burridge

Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela play live in the studio, and Mark Steyn reviews Go Fish, the acclaimed first feature-length film by independent American film director Rose Troche.
Producer Lore Windemuth (Revised repeat at 9.3Opm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Miriam Makeba
Unknown:
Hugh Masekela
Unknown:
Mark Steyn

Paul Bowles is the author of The
Sheltering Sky, the cult novel of life and death in the Sahara, filmed recently by Bernardo Bertolucci. Now 83, Bowles has been living in Tangiers since the 1940s. His sometimes unflattering views of the city - once described as "a sink-hole of iniquity" - kick off the new series of Grand Tour. Producer Martin Buckley

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Bowles
Unknown:
Bernardo Bertolucci.
Producer:
Martin Buckley

"Man's love is of man's life a thing apart. 'Tis woman's whole existence."
Journalist and writer Sarah Gristwood tests
Lord Byron's theory in a programme of diaries on the theme of love, marriage and sex, including contributions from Sylvia Plath , Kenneth Williams and Alan Clark. Readers Sean Barrett and Eve Karpf.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Gristwood
Unknown:
Sylvia Plath
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Readers:
Alan Clark.
Readers:
Sean Barrett

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