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Peter Hobday presents another edition of the expressive panel game, with guests Susan Jeffreys , Graham Norton , Jim Tavare and Richard Vranch.
Producer Mark Tonderai

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Susan Jeffreys
Unknown:
Graham Norton
Unknown:
Jim Tavare
Unknown:
Richard Vranch.
Producer:
Mark Tonderai

Middlemarch. As George Eliot was writing her tome, another world opened up to her with the invention of the microscope. Steve Jones revisits one of his favourite novels to discover how science and literature meet in the figure of George Eliot 's young doctor, Lydgate. And he talks to Dr Jonathan Miller , who reveals how
Lydgate's ambitious researches into disease are central to this classic tale. Producer Erika Wright

Contributors

Unknown:
George Eliot
Unknown:
Steve Jones
Unknown:
George Eliot
Unknown:
Dr Jonathan Miller
Producer:
Erika Wright

The last of six programmes in which Rodney Milnes talks to opera singers about their favourite roles. Dame
Joan Sutherland discusses taking on all four soprano roles in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffman.
Producer Tracy Ross

Contributors

Talks:
Rodney Milnes
Unknown:
Joan Sutherland
Producer:
Tracy Ross

Paul Vaughan talks to cellist Julian LLoyd Webber about his work with Walton and Britten, and reviews new books from lain Banks and Christopher Hope.
Producer Helen Garrison
Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Julian Lloyd Webber
Unknown:
Christopher Hope.
Producer:
Helen Garrison

By Lucy Flannery.
1: The Reynoldses and their lodgers return for a new six-part series of the award-winning sitcom.
Producer Liz Anstee Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Flannery.
Producer:
Liz Anstee
Maria:
Barbara Flynn
Richard:
Patrick Barlow
Amy:
Linda Polan
Ruby:
Vivienne Rochester
Paul:
Dave Lamb
Barrister/Health visitor:
Sally Grace
Usher/Judge:
Brian Bowles

Jim Robinson served 18 years for shooting a newspaper boy. Sam Hill served eight years for murdering a man with a baseball bat. Jonathan Jones was jailed for killing his fiancee's parents. All protested their innocence and have now been released. Jenny Cuffe hears how three very different men are rebuilding their lives after having been sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes they did not commit. Producer Kim Normanton

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Robinson
Unknown:
Sam Hill
Unknown:
Jonathan Jones
Unknown:
Jenny Cuffe
Producer:
Kim Normanton

Ian Peacock examines the numerous myths and superstitions surrounding breath and explores how instincts, beliefs and fears about breathing affect our lives. Listeners may not be aware of the first breath taken at the beginning of this programme, but will be conscious of their 500th as it draws to a close.
Producer Sally Flatman

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Peacock
Producer:
Sally Flatman

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