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Simon Hoggart chairs a look at the headlines with regulars Alan Coren and Andy Hamilton , and guests Tony Banks MP and comedian Fred Macaulay. Producer Aled Evans. Rptd Mon 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Fred MacAulay.
Producer:
Aled Evans.
Producer:
Rptd Mon

From Watford, Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical debate with panellists Baroness Hamwee, Liberal Democrat local government spokesperson in the Lords; Andrew Marr , chief political commentator of the Independent, the Rt Hon John Redwood MP; and Joan Ruddock MP, Labour's environmental Protection spokesperson. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Andrew Marr
Unknown:
Joan Ruddock

Love, passion and partition. Mike Harris 's play sets the love affair of Edwina Mountbatten and Pandit Nehru against the chaos of India in 1947. with Kulvinder Ghir. Rashid Karapiet , Shiv Grewal , Patience Tomlinson and David Timson. Director David Hunter

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Harris
Unknown:
Edwina Mountbatten
Unknown:
Pandit Nehru
Unknown:
Kulvinder Ghir.
Unknown:
Rashid Karapiet
Unknown:
Shiv Grewal
Unknown:
David Timson.
Director:
David Hunter
Edwina Mountbatten:
Celia Imrie
Nehru:
Sam Dastor
Dickie Mountbatten:
Julian Wadham
Gandhi:
Renu Setna
Pat Mulligan:
Gerard O'Hagan
Manu:
Nisha K Nayar
Nihal:
Nitin Chandra Ganatra
Suhrawardy:
Bhasker Patel

In the first of eight programmes, Robert Robinson takes up his conversational cudgel again. This week, he climbs to the top of the social ladder to meet five hereditary peers of the realm. With 900 years of privilege between them, they are fighting hard to hold back the republican tide.
Producer Bruce Whitney Low. Rptd Thur 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Producer:
Bruce Whitney Low.

Seamus Heaney on Air
From the Stockholm on the radio dial in Seamus Heaney 's childhood home in County Derry to the Stockholm of the Nobel Prize presentation. In a radio exclusive, the Nobel Prize-winning writer talks to Kate Kellaway about his life. Producer Beaty Rubens. Rptd Fri 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Seamus Heaney
Unknown:
Seamus Heaney
Unknown:
Kate Kellaway
Producer:
Beaty Rubens.

By Dodie Smith. It's 1938 and Charles and Dora Randolph are celebrating their golden wedding. with Trevyn McDowell. Joshua Towb ,
Michael Tudor Barnes. Mark Burrows , Sara Jane Derrick , Bernadette Windsor , Becky Hindley and Dora Bryan. Pianist Terence Allbright. Adapted and directed by Glyn Dearman Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Dodie Smith.
Unknown:
Dora Randolph
Unknown:
Trevyn McDowell.
Unknown:
Joshua Towb
Unknown:
Michael Tudor Barnes.
Unknown:
Mark Burrows
Unknown:
Sara Jane Derrick
Unknown:
Bernadette Windsor
Unknown:
Becky Hindley
Pianist:
Dora Bryan.
Pianist:
Terence Allbright.
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman Rpt
Charles:
Michael Denison
Dora:
Dulcie Gray
Fenny:
Charlotte Attenborough
Nicholas:
Nicholas Gecks
Cynthia:
Penny Downie
Belle ':
Mary Wimbush
Hilda:
Joanna David
Margery:
Annette Badland
Edna:
Frances Jeater

Robert Elms presents the magazine for the adventurous traveller, from the Royal Geographical Society. Jonathan Coleman has a look at the stranger items found in travellers' back-packs. A Goldhawk Radio production PHONE: (0171) [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Coleman

Philip Madoc stars as the medieval sleuth in the last of Ellis Peters ' series of the chronicles of Brother Cadfael.
A Helping Hand with Sion Probert , Mark Lewis Jones , Shaun Prendergast , Siobahn Rynn and David Holt Music by Peter Salem. Dramatised by Bert Coules. Producer Neil Cargill Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Madoc
Unknown:
Ellis Peters
Unknown:
Sion Probert
Unknown:
Mark Lewis Jones
Unknown:
Shaun Prendergast
Unknown:
Siobahn Rynn
Unknown:
David Holt
Music By:
Peter Salem.
Dramatised By:
Bert Coules.
Producer:
Neil Cargill Rpt
Narrator:
Michael Kitchen
Hugh Beringar:
Jonathan Tafler
Sister Magdalen:
Susannah York
Elis:
Jason Hughes
Melicent:
Katy Odey

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More