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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Richard Harries.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Richard Harries.

Tim Whewell continues his four-part journey around the Caspian Sea.
3: Proudly Made in Iran. A look at how fast the Islamic republic is changing, and how it might play a new role in a region of vital strategic importance. Producer Andy Denwood Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Whewell
Producer:
Andy Denwood

The travel quiz chaired by Gideon Coe. With Kate Adie , Dea Birkett , Mark Hurst and Harry Richie. Producer Maria Esposito

Contributors

Unknown:
Gideon Coe.
Unknown:
Kate Adie
Unknown:
Dea Birkett
Unknown:
Mark Hurst
Unknown:
Harry Richie.
Producer:
Maria Esposito

A dark comedy by Michael Punter.

Theo Popplewell knows he must solve the riddle of his birth for the sake of his survival. But can the answers really lie in a crumbling house on the south coast of England?

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Punter
Director:
Jane Morgan
Theo:
John Guerrasio
May:
Avril Elgar
Greta:
Jane Lapotaire
Raymond:
Michael Troughton
Winnie:
Patti Love
Paula:
Kate Harper

The infamous thirties murder trial of a 38-year-old woman and her 18-year-old lover provided the inspiration for Terence Rattigan 's last play, Cause Celebre, written in 1976. Paul Vaughan reports on a major new production of the play and also gets the verdict on Armadillo, the new novel by William Boyd. Producer Robyn Read
Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Terence Rattigan
Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Novel By:
William Boyd.

In the second of three programmes investigating the Yorkshire psyche, some of the county's prime movers and shakers reveal their opinions on southerners, foreigners and exiles.
Producers Caroline Leddy and Richard Wilson Repeat

Contributors

Producers:
Caroline Leddy
Producers:
Richard Wilson

The making of Israel brought a land to one set of people at great cost to another. In three programmes,
Tim Llewellyn hears from those who have been affected by the 50 years of Jewish-Arab conflict over Palestine. 1: The Dispossessed. Hundreds of thousands of Jews fleeing the Nazis in Europe in the late thirties and forties sought refuge in British-run Palestine. This programme hears from some who made the journey. Producer Vanessa Harrison

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Llewellyn
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

By PD James , dramatised in six parts by Neville Teller.
2: "The Whistler" claims his fifth victim. with Suzanne Bertish , Robin Ellis , Emily Richard , Paul Shelley , Geoffrey Beevers , Sasha Paul , Kate Wilton. Vaughan Sivelle. Dermot Crowley. Bruce Alexander. Producer Matthew Walters
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Contributors

Unknown:
Pd James
Unknown:
Neville Teller.
Unknown:
Suzanne Bertish
Unknown:
Robin Ellis
Unknown:
Emily Richard
Unknown:
Paul Shelley
Unknown:
Geoffrey Beevers
Unknown:
Sasha Paul
Unknown:
Kate Wilton.
Unknown:
Vaughan Sivelle.
Unknown:
Dermot Crowley.
Unknown:
Bruce Alexander.
Reader:
Matthew Walters
Hilary Robarts:
Susannah Doyle
Miles Lessmgham:
Dominic Jfphcott

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