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A look back at the week's top stories. Simon Hoggart and regulars
Alan Coren and Jeremy Hardy are joined by Jo Brand and journalist Joanna Coles. Producer Aled Evans
Repeated Monday at 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Jo Brand
Unknown:
Joanna Coles.
Producer:
Aled Evans

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined in Warminster, Wiltshire, by Paddy Ashdown MP, Liberal Democrat leader; Bridget Rosewell , economic adviser to the treasury; and Peter Mandelson MP, the Labour Party's campaign director.
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Paddy Ashdown
Leader:
Bridget Rosewell
Leader:
Peter Mandelson

By Istvan Eorsi. Zoltan's magnum opus Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Hungarywill be published - but only if he makes certain changes. With
Juliet Stevenson as Maria, John Hurt as Borsi, Bernard Hepton as Comrade Foldes , Ronald Pickup as Zoltan, and Hugh Dickson as Comrade Verebes. Translated from the Hungarian by Ria Julian and Anthony Vivis
Director Patrick Rayner Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Istvan Eorsi.
Unknown:
Juliet Stevenson
Unknown:
John Hurt
Unknown:
Bernard Hepton
Unknown:
Comrade Foldes
Unknown:
Ronald Pickup
Unknown:
Hugh Dickson
Unknown:
Comrade Verebes.
Unknown:
Ria Julian
Unknown:
Anthony Vivis
Director:
Patrick Rayner

A partial eclipse of the sun will be visible today from Britain. What effect may it have on people and animals? Presented by Peter Evans.
Producer Sue Broom. Repeated Tuesday at
8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Evans.

The second of six programmes, which take a sideways look at the contents of an average wardrobe through anecdote, archive and music, rummages around and pulls out a boiler suit.
Producers Felicity Goodall and Susan Roberts

Contributors

Producers:
Felicity Goodall
Producers:
Susan Roberts

Being a vicar's daughter makes you the butt of a host of nudge-nudge jokes. It might also make you want to rebel. Robert Robinson meets a group of daughters of the clergy and finds out if any of the cliches are true. Producer Bruce Whitney Low
Repeated Thursday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Producer:
Bruce Whitney Low

Anthony Dowell
As the director of the Royal Ballet
Company begins his tenth anniversary season at the helm of one of Britain's foremost artistic establishments,
Debra Craine looks back at some of the company's achievements and finds out what faces the dancers as the Royal Opera House prepares for closure. Will two years without a permanent base be a disaster or a golden opportunity to experiment? Producer Helen Garrison
Repeated Friday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Dowell
Unknown:
Debra Craine
Producer:
Helen Garrison

A five-part series by Steve Chambers set in Victoria Station, Bridgford, 100 years ago.
3:First-Class Distinction. Wednesday, 18 January, 1895 ... a day notable for alarms and excursions.
Director Celia De Wolff Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Chambers
Director:
Celia de Wolff
Joe Braddock:
Sean Baker
Tidmarsh:
Philip Jackson
Josie:
Julia Ford
Phoebe:
Becky Hindley
Syd:
Tom Bevan
Jackson:
Joshua Towb
Wheeler:
Tom Knight
Robson:
Lloyd Notice
Woodcock:
Gavin Muir
Sarah:
Elizabeth Anson
Crippled John:
Ronald Herdman
Russian Acrobat:
David B Miller
Reverend Sentence:
George Parsons
Meat Porter:
Ian Peck
Purvis:
Oliver Senton
Parkin:
Michaeltudor Barnes
Nellie:
Jane Slavin
Hall:
Peter Whitman

David Goodland's play is set against the background of the Old Queen gay club in Bristol. Darcy White is a drag queen whose act is in need of a little inspiration. When his ex-partner Dennis turns up after 20 years, it's not only the act that gets pulled apart.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Writer:
David Goodland
Director:
Sue Wilson
Darcy:
Ronald Pickup
Dennis:
John Duttine
Doreen:
Constance Chapman
The MC:
David Monico
Ragnor:
Richard Pearce

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