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Six visionary thinkers tell Sheena McDonald what life will be like in the year 2010. 3: The Brain
How near will we be to finding a cure for Alzheimer's Disease? And will we be able to change personality?
Neuroscientist Floyd Bloom from the Scripps Institute in California makes some informed predictions.
Producer Clare Csonka

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheena McDonald
Unknown:
Floyd Bloom
Producer:
Clare Csonka

Topical chat and features from a woman's point of view, introduced by Jenni Murray. Serial: Diana's Story, written and read by Deric Longden , abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin. Part 1.
Managing editor Nadine Grieve
* E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Read By:
Deric Longden
Unknown:
Pat McLoughlin.
Editor:
Nadine Grieve

The conclusion of John Harvey's two-part drama.
A charred body has been found in the remains of Jimmy Nolan's city-centre jazz club. DI Charlie Resnick's team are called to the scene of another deadly conflagration. Is there a link?

Contributors

[Actor]:
John Harvey
[Actor]:
Jimmy Nolan
[Actor]:
Charlie Resnick
[Actress]:
Kate Eaton
[Actor]:
John Rowe
[Actress]:
Rachel Atkins
[Actress]:
Alison Pettitt
[Actor]:
Gerard McDermott
[Actor]:
Alastair Danson
[Actor]:
Iwan Thomas
[Actress]:
Jenny Lee
Saxophonist:
Mark Lockheart
Director:
David Hunter
Charlie Resnick:
Philip Jackson
Graham Millington:
Sean Baker

Lynne Walker considers the music of America, as concerts in the "Inventing America" season start at the Barbican.
Plus a review of Mark Kurlansky 's Cod, which spans 1,000 years of fishing, cooking and exploration. Producer Robyn Read
Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Walker
Unknown:
Mark Kurlansky

By Kara Miller. Undine takes up an offer of marriage from an agency in Barbados. But she is not prepared for what is in store when she comes to England to wed Mr Nichols. wrth Heather Imani , Ashley Miller. Terry Molloy , Anthony Ofoegbu. Lorna Laidlaw , Burt Caesar. Mark Finn and Sunny Ormonde Director Kristine Landon-Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Kara Miller.
Unknown:
Mr Nichols.
Unknown:
Heather Imani
Unknown:
Ashley Miller.
Unknown:
Terry Molloy
Unknown:
Anthony Ofoegbu.
Unknown:
Lorna Laidlaw
Unknown:
Burt Caesar.
Unknown:
Mark Finn
Unknown:
Sunny Ormonde
Director:
Kristine Landon-Smith
Undine:
Kara Miller
Judith:
Marassa Jcole

Four programmes in which Peter Jay reassesses the history of the British Empire. 3: Over Palm and Pine Was the creation of the British
Empire a catalogue of exploitation and a shattering of national pride, or a civilising revolution carried out with the willing collaboration of the subject peoples? Producer Philip Sellars

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jay
Producer:
Philip Sellars

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