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Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into the moral questions behind one of the week's news stories.
Witnesses face cross-examination from Janet Daley , Michael Mansfield QC and Professor Roger Scruton. Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Michael Mansfield
Unknown:
Professor Roger Scruton.
Producer:
David Coomes

Peter Hobday derives entertainment from the dictionary with guests Simon Brett , Richard Stilgoe and Lorelei King in another edition of the expressive panel game.
Producer Jo Clegg

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
Richard Stilgoe
Unknown:
Lorelei King
Producer:
Jo Clegg

By Jez Simons and Jyoti Patel.
A singleminded Asian woman has a dream: she wants to be an MP - for the Tory party. But the road to success is a rocky one, as her dreams clash with reality and the demands of family life. with Nina Wadia. Sakuntala Ramance , Kulvinder Ghir and Fiona Kerr. Music by Harjinder Boparai. Director Nandita Ghose

Contributors

Unknown:
Jez Simons
Unknown:
Jyoti Patel.
Unknown:
Nina Wadia.
Unknown:
Sakuntala Ramance
Unknown:
Kulvinder Ghir
Unknown:
Fiona Kerr.
Music By:
Harjinder Boparai.
Director:
Nandita Ghose
Susheila:
Sudha Bhuchar
Ashwin:
Aftab Sachak
Michael:
Willlam Boyd
Mrs Stevenson:
Vanessa Rosenthal
Kishor:
Nizwar Karanj

Paul Allen reviews the Royal
Shakespeare Company's production of Lord Byron's play Cain, which retells the biblical story of Cain and Abel, at the Barbican's Pit Theatre.
Plus a review of Picturing Blackness in British Art, an exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London.
Producer Robyn Read. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Producer:
Robyn Read.

Andy Hamilton 's six-part comedy series. 3: The Professor meets one of his heroes, Leonardo da Vinci : "The Renaissance. What a waste of time that was! I never got a penny for my helicopter." with Philip Pope and Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Leonardo Da Vinci
Unknown:
Philip Pope
Unknown:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer
Satan:
Andy Hamilton
The Professor:
James Grout
Thomas:
Jimmy Mulville
Gary the Demon -:
Steven O'Donnell

Through business failures, bank foreclosures and even Lloyds disasters, people who had extremely affluent lifestyles at the beginning of the 90s are now having to build new lives much further down the financial ladder.
Sara Parker meets the nouveau ruined. Producer Ronni Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Sara Parker
Producer:
Ronni Davis

Welcome Developments?
Conventional wisdom tells us that rich and poor countries need to pursue different policies to attain economic development. But is this still true? Michael Prest asks whether successful developing countries, the persistence of poverty in the industrialised world and the growth of global markets have undermined the concept of "poor countries'.
Producer Ingrid Hassler. Rptd Sun 4.15pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Prest
Producer:
Ingrid Hassler.

More of the curious histories of products which have helped shape our lives.
1: Prozac. Nigel Cassidy tells the story of Prozac, the highly profitable designer antidepressant now being popped by 15 million people around the world. Producer Neil Koenig

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Cassidy
Producer:
Neil Koenig

Ray Bradbury introduces six of his short stories, dramatised by Brian Sibley. 1: Night Call Collect. Telephone engineer Barton (played by Kerry Shale ) is accidentally marooned on Mars. Director Hamish Wilson

Contributors

Introduces:
Ray Bradbury
Dramatised By:
Brian Sibley.
Played By:
Kerry Shale
Director:
Hamish Wilson

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