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with James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Elaine Storkey.
8.40 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
Elaine Storkey.

Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into the moral questions behind the week's news. Witnesses are cross-examined by Janet Daley ,
Rabbi Hugo Gryn , Edward Pearce and Dr David Starkey.
Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Dr David Starkey.
Producer:
David Coomes

For the first time in 165 years, next week's Royal Institute Christmas
Lecture for Children will be given by a Woman. Neuroscientist Dr Susan Greenfield talks to Jenni Murray. Serial: All the Nice Girls (10)
For details see Monday 19 December

Contributors

Talks:
Dr Susan Greenfield
Unknown:
Jenni Murray.

starring Geoffrey Palmer as Don Pedro and Philip Jackson as Rodrigo.
In this comedy by Carey Harrison set in 12th-century Spain, the King and Queen - after the birth of several daughters - are desperate to produce a son and heir. The muleteer, Rodrigo, claims he can provide the magic touch.
With Derek Waring , Michael Tudor Barnes , Gavin Muir and Peter Yapp
Music by Ian Harker. Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Palmer
Unknown:
Don Pedro
Unknown:
Philip Jackson
Comedy By:
Carey Harrison
Unknown:
Derek Waring
Unknown:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Unknown:
Gavin Muir
Unknown:
Peter Yapp
Music By:
Ian Harker.
Director:
Cherry Cookson
King Alfonso:
David Horovitch
Queen Uracca:
Barbara Flynn
Chronicler:
James Grout
Prince Fernando:
Ian Masters
Princess Maldonada:
Natasha Pyne

Babs, Jane, Mary, Rita, Sharon and Trish feed the staff of a big Sheffield supermarket. They've worked together for eight years now and are still good mates at the end of the day. Sarah Taylor joins them for a morning in the heat of the kitchen and an evening letting off steam on the tiles. Producer Joy Hatwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Taylor
Producer:
Joy Hatwood

Robert Robinson investigates the rise and rise of unrehearsed ad-lib radio, from the days when chat shows were scripted and discussions were banned in case they over-excited the listener, to the present day when you can ring a phone-in to be insulted by the presenter.
Compiled by David Self. Producer Richard Edis

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
David Self.
Producer:
Richard Edis

Presented by Michael Oliver.
5: Franz Liszt. "There are times when I feel so feeble, so broken, so terribly depressed." With Dr John O'Shea and Leslie Howard.

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Oliver.
Presented By:
Franz Liszt.
Unknown:
Dr John O'Shea
Unknown:
Leslie Howard.

A seven-part dramatisation of the classic vampire story from the master of modern horror. 2: After a terrifying experience in the woods at night, young Danny Glick develops a strange form of leukaemia.
With Ronald Fernee , David Fried. David Jarvis , Neville Jason and Frances Jeater.
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC
Radiophonic Workshop. Dramatised by Gregory Evans. Director Adrian Bean

Contributors

Unknown:
Danny Glick
Unknown:
Ronald Fernee
Unknown:
David Fried.
Unknown:
David Jarvis
Unknown:
Neville Jason
Unknown:
Frances Jeater.
Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Dramatised By:
Gregory Evans.
Director:
Adrian Bean
Ben Mears:
Stuart Milligan
Mark Petrie:
Danny Kanaber
Father Gracon:
Peter Yapp
Susan Norton:
Teresa Gallagher
Barlow:
Doug Bradley
Straker:
John Moffatt
Matt Burke:
Gavin Muir
Larry Crockett:
Matt Zimmerman
Weasel Craig:
Peter Whitman
Parkins Gillespie:
Don Fellows
Father Callahan:
Nigel Anthony
Jimmy Cody:
Kerry Shale
Ann Norton:
Shelley Thompson

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