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Crime and Punishment
The major parties talk tough on crime, but many people doubt whether they can deliver. Peter Hitchens probes the limits of the law-and-order consensus. Producer Dennis Sewell

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hitchens
Producer:
Dennis Sewell

A satirical look back at the week's top stories. Simon Hoggart and regulars Alan Coren and Frances Wheen are joined by journalist Susan Jeffreys and comedian Armando lanucci.
Producer Aled Evans. Repeated Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Frances Wheen
Unknown:
Susan Jeffreys
Unknown:
Armando Lanucci.
Producer:
Aled Evans.

Jonathan Dimbleby is in Newport, Shropshire, with Paul Boateng MP; Prue Leith; Rodney Bickestaffe , general secretary of Unison; and Eric Forth MP, Minister for Education and Employment.
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Paul Boateng
Unknown:
Rodney Bickestaffe

By Christopher Fitz -Simon.
With Simon Russell Beale as Oscar
Wilde and Nigel Davenport as the Marquis of Queensberry.
1: Between the Bark and the Tree
The Marquis is hounding Wilde for corrupting his son. The celebrated author can either ignore his taunts or risk the scandal of a lawsuit.
(For cast see Part 2: The Love That
Dare Not Speak Its Name at 10.15pm.) Director Peter Kavanagh

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Fitz
Unknown:
Russell Beale
Unknown:
Nigel Davenport
Director:
Peter Kavanagh

Are mental problems related to man's evolution? Peter Evans looks at a new area of psychiatry which is challenging our approach to mental disorders.
Producer Sue Broom. Repeated Tuesday at
8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans

The first of six programmes taking a sideways look at the contents of an average wardrobe, through anecdote, archive recordings and music.
Producers Felicity Goodall and Susan Roberts

Contributors

Producers:
Felicity Goodall
Producers:
Susan Roberts

Raving in Revolt
Tim Malyon explores the British rave scene and its future. Does it have sinister social and political implications, or is it a passing trend that will finally be killed off by the Criminal Justice Bill and commercialisation?
Producer Anthony Denselow Repeated Friday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Malyon
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

A five-part series by Steve Chambers set in Victoria Station, Bridgford, 100 years ago. 2: Tunnel Vision with Geraldine Fitzgerald , Tom Knight ,
Nicholas Collett , Annabel Mullion and Joshua Towb. Director David Hunter Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Chambers
Unknown:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Tom Knight
Unknown:
Nicholas Collett
Unknown:
Annabel Mullion
Unknown:
Joshua Towb.
Director:
David Hunter
Tidmarsh:
Philip Jackson
Joe Braddock:
Sean Baker
Josie:
Julia Ford
Ada:
Pauline Letts
Professor Gaidar:
David Collings
Fred Roberts:
John Hartley
Phoebe:
Becky Hindley
Moran:
Gavin Muir
McCarthy:
Ian Masters
Syd:
Tom Bevan
Robson:
Lloyd Notice

By Christopher Fitz-Simon .
With Simon Russell Beale as Oscar
Wilde and Nigel Davenport as the Marquis of Queensberry.
2: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name. Wilde starts out confidently in front of a packed courtroom - but has he underestimated Queensberry? with Elaine Pyke. Janet Maw , Keith Drinkel and Joanna Monro. Director Eoin O'Callaghan. See also tomorrow 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Fitz-Simon
Unknown:
Simon Russell Beale
Unknown:
Nigel Davenport
Unknown:
Elaine Pyke.
Unknown:
Janet Maw
Unknown:
Keith Drinkel
Unknown:
Joanna Monro.
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan.
Lord Alfred Douglas:
Alex Lowe
Edward Carson:
Nathaniel Parker
Robert Ross:
Richard Pearce
Sir Edward Clarke:
Peter Sallis
Frank Harris:
Gerard Murphy
George Bernard Shaw:
Jim Norton
Charles Gill:
Kim Wall
Seymour Hicks:
Robert Harper
Charles Parker:
Chris Pavlo
French receptionist:
Colleen Prendergast
Brookfield:
Christopher Scott
Lady Wilde:
Shirley Dixon
Sir Frank Lockwood:
Ioan Meredith
Justice Charles:
Jonathan Adams
Justice Wills and Andre Gide:
Sean Baker
The Rev Stewart Headlam:
Mark Bonnar

Musicians Kathryn Tickell and Rick Taylor and poets Brendan Cleary and Katrina Porteous in performance at the BBC Poetry Festival in Newcastle. Producer Sara Davies

Contributors

Musicians:
Kathryn Tickell
Musicians:
Rick Taylor
Unknown:
Brendan Cleary
Unknown:
Katrina Porteous
Producer:
Sara Davies

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