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Barry Took is in the chair, with guests Alan Coren , Andy Hamilton , Andrew Rawnsley and Joan Bakewell , for a satirical look back at the week's news. Producer Aled Evans. Rptd Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Joan Bakewell
Producer:
Aled Evans.

Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a topical discussion in Nottingham with the Rt
Hon Tony Benn MP, the Rt Hon Sir David Steel MP and Jude Kelly , artistic director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Tony Benn
Unknown:
Sir David Steel
Artistic:
Jude Kelly

By Richard Edmunds. The scene is a village in Papua New Guinea. In one canoe sits the logging company, in the other a group called Rainforest
Rescue. The canoes have been racing abreast, until now.... with Nina Wadia , Sandra James-Young , Geoffrey Whitehead and Tessa Worsley Director Andy Jordan

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Edmunds.
Unknown:
Nina Wadia
Unknown:
Sandra James-Young
Unknown:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Unknown:
Tessa Worsley
Director:
Andy Jordan
Sarah:
Adjoah Andoh
Seth:
Raad Rawi
Nakafu:
Earl Cameron
Boiyor:
Mary Wimbush
Alphonse:
Jonathan Keeble
Waso:
Junix Inocian
Yawi:
Kulvinder Ghir
Kilo:
Don Gilet
Noah:
Madhav Sharma
Emanuel:
Aaron Pemberton
Ani:
Jessie Andoh

Roy Porter sets sail again with a six-part series of the topical history magazine, including a Trafalgar Day look at the story behind British naval power; news of the latest threat to historical sites; and a couple of minutes on the . Producer Malcolm Brammar
Repeated tomorrow at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Porter
Producer:
Malcolm Brammar

The quirks and perks of parents, children and siblings. John Peel presents the third of eight despatches from the front-line of family life.
Producer Elizabeth Burke. Rptd Thurs 11.30pm ANSWERING MACHINE: (0171) [number removed]

Contributors

Producer:
Elizabeth Burke.

Three programmes which blend new poetry with real people and contemporary music with ancient myth. 2: Mananan's Isle. Poet Rose Flint and composer Nick Sargent travel to the Isle of Man to report, in poetry and music, on the spirit of the place. For them alone, Mananan lifts his shroud to reveal his playful sharks, his Pagan Lady and his tricks with time. But can he stem the tide of offshore interests? Singer Emma Christian
A Partners in Sound production. Rptd Fri 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Rose Flint
Unknown:
Nick Sargent
Singer:
Emma Christian

A sardonic thriller by Bill James , with Philip Madoc as lies and Malcolm Storry as Harpur. Harpur and lies are losing the battle against crime on their patch - so lies starts to play by his own deadly rules.
Director Jane Dauncey Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill James
Unknown:
Philip Madoc
Unknown:
Malcolm Storry
Unknown:
Harpur. Harpur
Director:
Jane Dauncey Rpt
Vine:
Peter Kenny
Becky:
Julie Higginson
Lane:
Peter Halliday
Beyonton:
David Garfield
Reid:
Sean Gleeson
Denise:
Siriol Jenkins
Stanfield:
Rhodri Hugh
Couzel QC:
Terry Dauncey
Amy Harbinger:
Melanie Walters
Foster:
Ben Thomas

Sue MacGregor quizzes panellists Christopher Cook , Philippa Gregory , Colin Ford and Julian Mitchell. The programme comes from the National Gallery and Museum in Cardiff. Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Philippa Gregory
Unknown:
Colin Ford
Unknown:
Julian Mitchell.

Jenni Mills meets six people who achieved instant fame and lost it.
5: Michael Dukakis. US Presidential candidate in 1988. "Where was Ross Perot
when I needed him?" Producer Sarah Rowlands

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Mills
Unknown:
Michael Dukakis. Us
Unknown:
Ross Perot
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

Gary Brown 's six-part comedy stars
Jim Sweeney as Phil, Caroline Quentin
' as Sarah and Shirley Stelfox as Fay.
4: Mates on Wheels with Nadine Ballantyne , Mark Straker and Rachel Atkins. Producer Ann Jobson Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Gary Brown
Unknown:
Jim Sweeney
Unknown:
Caroline Quentin
Unknown:
Shirley Stelfox
Unknown:
Nadine Ballantyne
Unknown:
Mark Straker
Unknown:
Rachel Atkins.
Producer:
Ann Jobson
Uam:
Steve Steen
Gerald:
Lloyd Peters
Gavin:
Paul Clarkson

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