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with James Naughtie and John Humphrys.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Charles Handy.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

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

A six-part adaptation by Justin Greene of stories by the Edwardian writer Saki. 1: Clovis's First Night. Clovis uncovers the secret of Septimus Brope and writes a play for the Baroness.
Music by John White. A Hat Trick production

Contributors

Unknown:
Justin Greene
Music By:
John White.
Clovis:
Mark Tandy
Mrs Riversedge:
Rebecca Front
Emily Dushford:
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Baroness:
Prunella Scales
Septimus Brope:
John Sessions
Aunt:
Angela Thorne
Reginald:
Samuel West

Six classic mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr
Watson. 3: The Lion's Mane. Holmes has retired to Sussex to tend his bees.
But old habits linger, especially when it's a case of violent death....
Violinist Leonard Friedman. Dramatised by Bert Coules. Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Clive Merrison
Unknown:
Michael Williams
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman.
Dramatised By:
Bert Coules.
Director:
Patrick Rayner

Christopher Cook talks to five individuals who emigrated to America in the early part of the century via Ellis Island, the immigration station in New York's harbour. 4: Jack Ubaldi. Jack, a young Italian boy, arrived at Ellis
Island with his mother in 1918. They were due to be met by Jack's father, but when they arrived, father was nowhere to be found.... Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Talks:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Jack Ubaldi.
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Brian Sibley talks to Barry Levinson about his film Disclosure, which touches on office sexual politics. Plus reviews of a film about American writer Dorothy Parker.
Producer Mohit Bakaya. Revised rpt 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Barry Levinson
Unknown:
Dorothy Parker.
Producer:
Mohit Bakaya.

by Turan Ali. "Tom and Vijay got out of the car, collected a trolley and walked as casually as possible through the revolving doors. Tom's heart was racing and Vijay felt almost sick with nerves and excitement. They had talked about it for months but this was the first time they would actually carry out a hit." Read by Nabil Shaban. Producer Pam Fraser Solomon

Contributors

Unknown:
Turan Ali.
Read By:
Nabil Shaban.
Producer:
Pam Fraser Solomon

Six travellers reflect on a journey in conversation with Annette Kobak.

Georgie Anne Geyer retraces the journey she made two years ago along the ancient Silk Road as it passes through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, exploring countries which officially did not exist. Along the way, she interviews the political leaders of these burgeoning new republics.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Annette Kobak
Interviewee:
Georgie Anne Geyer
Producer:
Kate McAll

Prof John Durant presents the first of two programmes examining developments made within living memory in specific areas of technology.
From Lamarckism to Mutating Robots Progress in the understanding of evolution is discussed by Prof John
Maynard Smith , whose career began in the 1940s, and Dr Dave Cliffe , champion of the new computerised artificial form of evolution.
Producer Sue Broom. Rptd Sunday 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Prof John Durant
Unknown:
Prof John
Unknown:
Maynard Smith
Unknown:
Dr Dave Cliffe

The conductor Jane Glover visits six of the world's great opera houses to meet some of the people who make them work, to reflect on their history and to discover how they are tackling the problems of the present. 3: The
Mariinsky Theatre. The St Petersburg home of the Kirov Opera and Ballet. Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Conductor:
Jane Glover
Producer:
Gillian Hush

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