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Michael Buerk chairs an investigation into the moral questions behind the week's news. Witnesses face cross-examination from Cristina Odone ,
Rabbi Hugo Gryn and Dr David Starkey. Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Cristina Odone
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Unknown:
Dr David Starkey.
Producer:
David Coomes

Introduced by Jenni Murray. As the Keep Fit Association celebrates its
40th year, Karen Deco reports on how a health regime spawned an industry. Serial: Shirley Williams : Snakes and Ladders, a Political Diary 4:A Little LearningFor details see Monday

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Karen Deco
Unknown:
Shirley Williams

Patrick Hannan chairs the light-hearted political quiz with team captains Michael White and Austin
Mitchell MP, and guests Michael Dobbs and Alex Salmond MP.
Written by Michael Dines. Producer Ann Jobson

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Hannan
Unknown:
Michael White
Unknown:
Michael Dobbs
Unknown:
Alex Salmond
Written By:
Michael Dines.
Producer:
Ann Jobson

Peter Tinniswood's celebration of the great days of radio, with Billie Whitelaw.

Eighty-year-old Winifred Leslie, the grande dame of radio drama, lives alone and thinks she is forgotten. Her only companion in life is an old Bakelite wireless, which answers her back and is played by Christian Rodska. But then she is offered a part by a young producer....

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Tinniswood
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Winifred Leslie:
Billie Whitelaw
The Wireless:
Christian Rodska

Paul Allen reports on Martin Guerre , a new musical from the authors of Les
Miserables, and sees Derek Jacobi in Uncle Vanya at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
Producer Matthew Dodd. Rvsd rpt at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Martin Guerre
Unknown:
Derek Jacobi
Producer:
Matthew Dodd.

Final part of Paul Shearer and Richard Turner 's comedy drama series, starring Douglas Hodge , Amanda Root and Paul Bigley as Giles, Judith and David. Christmas in Hell. With Caroline
Langrishe, Jacqueline Beatty , Pip Torrens , Patience Tomlinson and David Timpson.
Music by Pete Baikie. Producer Paul Schlesinger

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Shearer
Unknown:
Richard Turner
Unknown:
Douglas Hodge
Unknown:
Amanda Root
Unknown:
Paul Bigley
Unknown:
Jacqueline Beatty
Unknown:
Pip Torrens
Unknown:
David Timpson.
Music By:
Pete Baikie.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

Three programmes in which people revisit places where they have lived in the past and that have profoundly influenced their lives.
2: Artist Ida Almaddin fled her native Lebanon at the outbreak of civil war in 1976. She returned in May this year, just days after the Israeli attacks, and was reunited with her family. Producer Anthony Denselow

Contributors

Artist:
Ida Almaddin
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

All Soundbites and Fury?
How far do newspapers, radio and television set the agenda in politics, or dictate what is acceptable in terms of sex and violence? Geoff Mulgan asks whether the media misuse their power.
Producer Ingrid Hassler.
Rptd Sun 4.15pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Mulgan
Producer:
Ingrid Hassler

Four programmes by Kevin Connolly on the annual summer exodus of millions of Europeans who travel south to enjoy sea, sunshine and a break from work.
1: The Road from Boulogne Producer Tony Grant

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Connolly
Producer:
Tony Grant

By Gill Adams. With Rosemary Leach as Gladys and Roy Barraclough as Tom. Gladys goes to Bingo. Tom stays at home. She chats on the phone and he shouts at the telly. Producer Kate Rowland

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Adams.
Unknown:
Rosemary Leach
Unknown:
Roy Barraclough
Producer:
Kate Rowland

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