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Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into the moral questions behind the week's news. Witnesses face cross-examination from 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

Jenni Murray meets the Lebanese writer Hanan al Shaykh. Serial: Sophie Thompson reads the first part of The Normal Man by Susie Boyt , abridged in eight parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Hanan Al Shaykh.
Unknown:
Sophie Thompson
Unknown:
Susie Boyt
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bradbury.

The third of six servings of highlights from the food-and-drink quiz in which Chris Kelly introduces Oz Clarke ,
Antony Worrall-Thompson , Jennifer Paterson and Ursula Ferrigno. Producer Richard Wilson Rpt

Contributors

Introduces:
Chris Kelly
Unknown:
Oz Clarke
Unknown:
Antony Worrall-Thompson
Unknown:
Jennifer Paterson
Unknown:
Ursula Ferrigno.
Producer:
Richard Wilson Rpt

by Greg Cullen. Ten years ago the miners returned to work after a year-long strike. But at Tower Colliery in South Wales they refused to be defeated.
Director Alison Hindell

Contributors

Unknown:
Greg Cullen.
Director:
Alison Hindell
Big Bryn:
Islwyn Morris
Sally:
Sue Roderick
Bryn:
Bob Pugh
Robbie:
Laurence Allan
Jen:
Jennifer Hill
Lewis:
Brian Hibbard
Pru:
Tessa Gearing
Sian:
Siriol Jenkins
Lyn:
Eirlys Bellin
Neil:
Jonathan Chapple
Dave:
Phil Rowlands

Paul Allen reviews Patricia Highsmith 's last novel, Howard Barker 's current play and the very latest from the Bard - Titus Andronicus in its Arden third edition. And, if you can believe it, Karaoke Macbeth !
Producer Chris Eldon Lee. Revised rpt 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Patricia Highsmith
Unknown:
Howard Barker
Unknown:
Karaoke MacBeth
Producer:
Chris Eldon Lee.

Rve stories from the BBC's annual collection, published this week.
4: Bertram's Funeral by Allan Massie. Feed the cat, have a quick gin. Then it's off to pay some last respects. Read by David Burke.
Producer Duncan Minshull Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Massie.
Read By:
David Burke.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull Rpt

A black-hole comedy by Colin Swash. 2: Norman and Max are welcomed by the incurably friendly Oblivions and are soon offering them priceless gifts.
Producer Richard Wilson

Contributors

Comedy By:
Colin Swash.
Producer:
Richard Wilson
Norman:
Tony Robinson
Max:
David Haig
Stella:
Louise Lombard
Macari:
Michael Troughton
Ken:
Tom Hollander
Terayz:
Carla Mendonca
Tony:
Geoff McGivern
Inspector Albermarle:
Andy Rachleigh

6: The Light and the Darkness War. "if you're fighting a war, what does your army need before anything? Good intelligence." Gerry Gable has spent the best part of his life exposing the activities of the far right in the pages of Searchlight, the international anti-fascist monthly magazine he edits. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Gable
Producer:
Mark Burman

The Human Factor
An understanding of people's behaviour is central to public debate on issues ranging from welfare to education and even economic policy. But how much is understood about why people behave as they do, and can new research further that understanding? Denys Blakeway examines the debate over human nature and its implications for public policy.
Producer Anthony Dworkin. Rptd Sun 4.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Denys Blakeway
Producer:
Anthony Dworkin.

Each week through Lent a leading novelist considers the Gospel accounts of the trial and death of Jesus. 2Jill Paton Walsh , the Booker Prize nominee and children's author who describes herself as a "life-long lapsed Catholic. Producer Phil Pegum

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Paton Walsh
Producer:
Phil Pegum

by Willa Cather.
A moving story of self-sacrifice set in Boston in the late 1890s. Dramatised by Sara Baker.
A Public Media Foundation/New Voices production

Contributors

Author:
Willa Cather
Dramatised by:
Sara Baker
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Producer:
Valerie Henderson
Clark Hamilton:
Ron Le Van
Mrs Springer:
Charlotte Peed
Georgiana:
Sheila Ferrini
Howard:
Ed Peed

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