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Chairman Nicholas Parsons challenges Peter Jones , Paul Merton , Wendy Richard and Lee Simpson to talk for one minute without hesitation. Producer Sarah Smith. Rptd Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Wendy Richard
Unknown:
Lee Simpson
Producer:
Sarah Smith.

A documentary drama based on the novel by Len Deighton about an RAF Bomber Command raid on Germany on Saturday 18 February 1943.
Broadcast in real time throughout today, the play includes reminiscences from the men and women who were involved on both sides.
Starring Samuel West as Sam Lambert, Emma Chambers as Ruth Lambert, Jack Shepherd as August Bach, and featuring Frank Windsor as Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris.
1430 hours: at Bomber Command headquarters, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris plans tonight's raid, and in Germany Luftwaffe General Josef Kammhuber plans the night defence of the Ruhr. At RAF Warley Fen WAAF Corporal Ruth Lambert fears for her pilot husband Sam, and in the Ruhr town of Altgarten the Burgomeister plans his birthday celebrations.
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Contributors

Writer:
Len Deighton
Dramatiser:
Joe Dunlop
Producer:
Jonathan Ruffle
Director:
Adrian Bean
Sam Lambert:
Samuel West
Ruth Lambert:
Emma Chambers
August Bach:
Jack Shepherd
Frank Windsor:
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris
Narrator:
Tom Baker
Unknown:
Joe Dunlop
Unknown:
David Jarvis
Unknown:
Kristin Milward
Unknown:
Richard Pearce
Unknown:
Caroline Strong
Unknown:
Eva Stuart
Unknown:
Joe Swash
Sgt Ted 'Batters' Battersby:
David Antrobus
Sgt 'Diggers' Digby:
Jonathan Keeble
Sgt Simon Kosher Cohen:
Joshua Towb
Sgt Huw Binty Jones:
Clive Hill
Sgt Flash Gordon:
Ian Peck
Sgt Jimmy Grimm:
Terry John
Anna Luisa:
Alice Arnold
Unteroffizier Willi Reinecke:
Brian Murphy
Burgomeister Walter Ryessman:
John Woodvine
Oberleutnant Baron Victor von Lowenhertz:
Dominic Rickards
Fit Lt Teny Sweet:
Michael Troughton
WAAF Corporal Madge Scott:
Siriol Jenkins
Unteroffizier Christian Himmel:
Scott Cherry
SS Sturmbannfuhrer Fischer:
Russell Floyd
Group Captain:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Flying Officer Longfellow:
Peter Yapp
Gerd Boll:
Gavin Muir
Doctor Hans Starkhov:
Derek Waring
Untersturmfuhrer Blessing:
Ian Masters
Hansl:
Pascoe Sabido
Johannes lifa:
Oliver Senton
Group Captain Ludlow:
Don McCorkindale
Frau Josef:
Deborah Berlin
Frau Gerda:
Becky Hindley

Is criminal and anti-social behaviour written in our genes? Experts havejust met in London to debate this thorny issue. Presented by Alun Lewis.
Producer Peter Croasdale. Rptd Tue 8.00pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Alun Lewis.
Producer:
Peter Croasdale.

Continuing the documentary drama based on Len Deighton 's novel.
Takeoff. 1740 hours: at RAF Warley Fen 16 heavily laden Lancaster bombers take off for their target in Germany's industrial heartland.

Contributors

Unknown:
Len Deighton

Acropolis Now
In ancient Athens it was painted bright red, yellow and blue. It's been a mosque, a church and an arsenal. It was blown up by the Venetians, is being eaten away by pollution and is now described as "the world's most amazingjigsaw puzzle". Paul Allen talks to the architects, archaeologists and stonemasons who are attempting to restore the Parthenon.
Producer Beaty Rubens. Rptd Friday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Paul Allen
Producer:
Beaty Rubens.

Continuing the documentary drama.
The Raid. 1950 hours: at the Luftwaffe
Nightfighter base at Kroonsvig,
Holland, Oberleutnant Baron Victor von Lowenhertz and his crews are steeled for tonight's battle with Bomber Command, and the crew of Lancaster O-Orange are crossing the North Sea towards their target.

Concluding the documentary drama. The Return Leg. 2330 hours: "Turn left off the target, gain speed by losing height. Don't go below 8,000 feet as you pass Noordwijk. The route is planned to avoid the flak concentrations at Amsterdam." (Group Captain Ludlow, Navigation Leader)

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