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with John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Canon Paul Bates.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
Canon Paul Bates.

Last in the series revealing the afterlife of famous characters from children's fiction.
A naive, golden haired little angel or an unprincipled scoundrel?
Written by Adrian Mourby

Contributors

Writer:
Adrian Mourby
Producer:
Brian King
Thomas Havisham:
Sir Michael Hordern
Ceddie:
Christian Rodska
Inspector Meake:
Andrew Sachs
Dearest/Jane Rogeram:
Eva Haddon
Silas Hobbs:
Kerry Shale
Mary O'Mary/Matron:
June Barrie
Wilkins:
Cyril Shaps

The Mastersons Go Down. Final episode of the improvised saga. With Josie Lawrence , Phelim McDermott , Paul Merton , Caroline Quentin , Lee Simpson and Jim Sweeney. Producer Phil Clarke

Contributors

Unknown:
Josie Lawrence
Unknown:
Phelim McDermott
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Caroline Quentin
Unknown:
Lee Simpson
Unknown:
Jim Sweeney.
Producer:
Phil Clarke

The team casts a satirical eye over the major news stories from the year 2005. Starring Kate Robbins and Brian Perkins , with writers Mark Burton , John O'Farrell and Pete Sinclair.
Producer Caroline Leddy

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Robbins
Unknown:
Brian Perkins
Unknown:
Mark Burton
Unknown:
John O'Farrell
Unknown:
Pete Sinclair.
Producer:
Caroline Leddy

An epic tale of smuggling and mystery by John Fletcher , with John Nettles as Capt Tom Reynolds and Adjoa Andoh as Ibanda.
With Gerry Hinks , Judy Bridgland , Andy Hockley , Simon Carter and Jonathan Milton. Music by Martin Allcock with Simon Nicol. Director Nigel Bryant

Contributors

Unknown:
John Fletcher
Unknown:
John Nettles
Unknown:
Capt Tom Reynolds
Unknown:
Adjoa Andoh
Unknown:
Gerry Hinks
Unknown:
Judy Bridgland
Unknown:
Andy Hockley
Unknown:
Simon Carter
Unknown:
Jonathan Milton.
Music By:
Martin Allcock
Unknown:
Simon Nicol.
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Sergeant:
Stephen Tomlin
Lukins:
Jonathan Wyatt
Bown:
David Holt
Viggars:
David Stevens
Jack:
Richard Pearce
Anna:
Janet Dale
LordShelbome:
Roger Hume
Macendrick:
John Telfer

The Queen rides to the top of Blackpool Tower this week as part of its centenary celebrations. Amazingly, all the original architectural drawings of this national landmark and grade one listed building are missing. In the first of an investigative history series, John Slater sets off to track down the lost plans.
APierBlackhill production

Contributors

Unknown:
John Slater

"In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful ..." In a society where all activities should start with these words, what are the implications for artists? How do poets and painters, musicians and film-makers, novelists or dancing mystics find self-expression in a world being redefined by militant Islam? Paul Allen reports from Cairo, Istanbul and Britain on Islam and culture.
Producer Razia Iqbal

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Producer:
Razia Iqbal

Roger Stennett 's play is based on the real-life story of cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.
On board the Soviet space station MIR, 200 miles above the Earth, cosmonaut Sergei Rasskazov is preparing to return home after 376 days in space. But while he's been away the old Soviet Union has collapsed, and with it his beliefs and dreams.
Director Adrian Bean

Contributors

Writer :
Roger Stennett
Director:
Adrian Bean
Rasskazov:
David Hargreaves
Sokolov:
Shaun Prendergast
Voskayan/USA ground controller:
David Jarvis
Freeman:
Stuart Milligan
Sutherland:
Lorelei King
Nelson /Russian ground controller:
Peter Whitman
Dunbar:
Vincent Marzello
Ryumin:
Lyndam Gregory
Russian TV interviewer:
Susannah Corbett

To mark the centenary of Aldous Huxley 's birth this month, there's another chance to hear this four-part serialisation of his futuristic masterpiece. Written in 1931, it foresaw a world 600 years hence where procreation would be by test tube. 1: Everyone Belongs to Everyone Else
With Timothy Carlton , Susan Sheridan , Andrew Witt , Mark Straker , Joanna Myers and Richard Pearce.
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine. Music by WilfredoAcosta. Director Marilyn Imrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Aldous Huxley
Unknown:
Timothy Carlton
Unknown:
Susan Sheridan
Unknown:
Andrew Witt
Unknown:
Mark Straker
Unknown:
Joanna Myers
Unknown:
Richard Pearce.
Dramatised By:
Stephen Mulrine.
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Bernard Marx:
Jonathan Tafler
Mustapha Mond:
Jack Klaff
Lemna Crowe:
Moir Leslie
Helmholtz Watson:
Sean Pertwee
Director of Hatcheries:
Hugh Dickson
Henry Foster:
Nigel Carrington
Fanny:
Jane Whittenshaw
Nurse:
Petra Markham

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