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Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into the moral questions behind the week's news. Witnesses face cross-examination from David Cook. Janet Daley , Michael
Mansfield QC and David Starkey. Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
David Cook.
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
David Starkey.
Producer:
David Coomes

To celebrate today's publication of The New Woman's Hour Book of Short Stories, Fiona Shaw reads
Clare Boylan 's God and Slaves. And Jenni Murray asks a panel of authors how well women writers write about men. Producer Emma Selby

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Shaw
Unknown:
Clare Boylan
Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Emma Selby

Chris Stuart chairs another round of the panel game in which inventions, discoveries and design are subjected to quizzical investigation. He is joined at the Science Museum by Lewis Wolpert , Adam Hart-Davis and guests Sue Nelson and Johnny Ball.
Written and compiled by Crispin Belcher. Producer Aled Evans

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Stuart
Unknown:
Lewis Wolpert
Unknown:
Adam Hart-Davis
Unknown:
Sue Nelson
Unknown:
Johnny Ball.
Unknown:
Crispin Belcher.
Producer:
Aled Evans

By Judy Upton. When three lonely women start writing to the same long-term prisoner, they send their hopes and fantasies along with their signatures. Life is complicated for a man entrusted with so many dreams. with Leda Hodgson , Alison Pettitt.
Gerard McDermott. Carolyn Jones. Alastair Danson , Sarah Rice. Rachel Atkins , Iwan Thomas , John Rowe and Anthony Ofoegbu Director Jonquil Panting

Contributors

Unknown:
Judy Upton.
Unknown:
Leda Hodgson
Unknown:
Alison Pettitt.
Unknown:
Gerard McDermott.
Unknown:
Carolyn Jones.
Unknown:
Alastair Danson
Unknown:
Sarah Rice.
Unknown:
Rachel Atkins
Unknown:
Iwan Thomas
Unknown:
John Rowe
Unknown:
Anthony Ofoegbu
Scott:
Paul Higgins
Donna:
Dl Botcher

Paul Allen sees the stage premiere of Babe the Sheep Pig at the Birmingham Hippodrome and a new production of Twelfth Night directed by Adrian Noble at Stratford. Producer Robyn Read
Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Directed By:
Adrian Noble

Black comedy written by and starring Mark Gatiss , Reece Shearsmith ,
Steve Pemberton and Jeremy Dyson. 4: Bonfire Nights. A bridegroom disappears from a rowdy stag night, and the local kids have got a new guy for the town bonfire. Producer Sarah Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Gatiss
Unknown:
Reece Shearsmith
Unknown:
Steve Pemberton
Unknown:
Jeremy Dyson.
Producer:
Sarah Smith

Five programmes using documentary evidence to throw new light on past events. 4: My Home, My Land
Fifty years ago today, the United
Nations voted to partition Palestine and give a home to the Jews. The story of the events leading up to that crucial vote is told by the people whose lives it changed. Presented by Roisin McAuley.
Producer Ronit Knoble

Contributors

Presented By:
Roisin McAuley.
Producer:
Ronit Knoble

Who Cares Wins
Can caring and tolerance really be the keys to regaining the public's trust? Peter Kellner examines the changing politics of William Hague's Tory Party. Producer Jonathan Brunert. Rptd Sunday4.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Kellner
Producer:
Jonathan Brunert.

Ray Bradbury introduces dramatised versions of six of his short stories.
2: Jack in the Box. Dramatised by Brian Sibley. School is just up the stairs, and each birthday you get a new room. If your life was changed by changing the world in which you live, would that be a freedom, or a new nightmare?
Director Adrian Bean

Contributors

Introduces:
Ray Bradbury
Dramatised By:
Brian Sibley.
Director:
Adrian Bean
Boy:
Richard Pearce
Father:
Ed Bishop
Mother:
Carolyn Jones
Whisperers:
Sarah Rice
Whisperers:
Caroline Strong
Old lady:
Jenny Lee
Policeman:
Christopher Wright

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