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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 Jim Thompson.
8.40 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Jim Thompson.

The last of three classic mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , starring and. Shoscombe Old Place
Holmes and Watson make a gruesome discovery in an old crypt. with Desmond Llewelyn. George Parsons.
Jonathan Adams , Susannah Corbett. Jonathan Keeble , and Becky Hindley. Violin Leonard Friedman. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Director Enyd Williams Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Desmond Llewelyn.
Unknown:
George Parsons.
Unknown:
Jonathan Adams
Unknown:
Susannah Corbett.
Unknown:
Jonathan Keeble
Violin:
Becky Hindley.
Violin:
Leonard Friedman.
Dramatised By:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Enyd Williams
Sherlock Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr Watson:
Michael Williams
John Mason:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Sir Robert Norberton:
Donald Pickering

Tim Marlow reviews the film version of Martin Sherman 's harrowing play Bent, starring Clive Owen ,
Lothaire Bluteau and Ian McKellen. Plus a look at the cult film Good Will Hunting. Producer Stephen Hughes Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Marlow
Unknown:
Martin Sherman
Unknown:
Clive Owen
Unknown:
Lothaire Bluteau
Unknown:
Ian McKellen.
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

Three drama-documentaries examining major cases of US espionage generated by the Cold War .
2: The Trial of Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg (1951). Did anti-Communist hysteria send the Rosenbergs to the electric chair? Were they guilty of spying for the Russians? with William Frankfather. Arthur Hanket. Tom Virtue . Alan Wilder , Francis Guynan , Richard Hoyt Miller and Ella Joyce
Trial transcripts edited by Peter Goodchild Producer Susan Albert Loewenberg
Directors Martin Jenkins and John Theocharis

Contributors

Unknown:
Cold War
Unknown:
William Frankfather.
Unknown:
Arthur Hanket.
Unknown:
Tom Virtue
Unknown:
Alan Wilder
Unknown:
Francis Guynan
Unknown:
Richard Hoyt Miller
Unknown:
Ella Joyce
Edited By:
Peter Goodchild
Producer:
Susan Albert Loewenberg
Directors:
Martin Jenkins
Directors:
John Theocharis
Julius Rosenberg:
John Rubenstein
Ethel Rosenberg:
Erika Schicker
Ruth Greenglass:
Amy Pietz

Humphrey Carpenter presents three arts debates. 2: Beyond Hampstead Professor Lisa Jardine argues that contemporary British literature is narrow and parochial in its concerns, compared to the dynamic work created beyond our shores. She faces an assembly of literary lions at the Royal Society of Literature. Producer Paul Quinn

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Producer:
Paul Quinn

Melvyn Bragg presents six programmes in which he talks to scientists and historians of today about the giants who have made scientific history. 2: Sigmund Freud - Psychoanalysis: Science or Art?
Scientists Oliver Sacks and Susan Greenfield believe that Freud's ideas about the working of the mind are becoming fashionable once more.
Adam Phillips regards psychoanalysis as more of an art than a science.
Producers Ruth Gardiner and Karen Holden
* See Polly Toynbee : page 8

Contributors

Unknown:
Melvyn Bragg
Unknown:
Oliver Sacks
Unknown:
Susan Greenfield
Unknown:
Adam Phillips
Producers:
Ruth Gardiner
Producers:
Karen Holden
Unknown:
Polly Toynbee

Four programmes featuring a blend of character sketches and odd songs, with Ben Miller , Alexander Armstrong , Samuel West and Tony Gardner. Producer Gareth Edwards

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Miller
Unknown:
Alexander Armstrong
Unknown:
Samuel West
Unknown:
Tony Gardner.
Producer:
Gareth Edwards

EastEnders meets The Simpsons in a four-part cartoon series for the ears. 1: Barry and Garry run a quiet pub in the East End where the regulars are late-night DJs and Trappist monks. with Kim Wall and Debra Stephenson
Written by Tony Roche. Producer Jane Berthoud

Contributors

Unknown:
Kim Wall
Unknown:
Debra Stephenson
Written By:
Tony Roche.
Producer:
Jane Berthoud
Dodgy Phil:
John Thompson
Garry:
Peter Serafinowicz
Barry:
Phil Cornwell

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