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Three true stories of pioneering investigations in the field of pathology, dramatised by Michael Butt from The Ghost Disease and Other Stories by Michael Howell and Peter Ford.
2: The Epping Jaundice. A quiet Essex suburb develops its own unique epidemic, but what really baffles Dr Ash is that the victims are all middle-class.
With Roger Allam , Carol Boyd , Mary Wimbush and John Rapley. Director John Taylor Repeat

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Michael Butt
Stories By:
Michael Howell
Stories By:
Peter Ford.
Unknown:
Roger Allam
Unknown:
Carol Boyd
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
John Rapley.
Director:
John Taylor
Dr Isadore Ash:
Bernard Hepton
Dr Caroline Hallet:
Julia Watson

Paul Gambaccini reviews Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro in the new Barry Levinson film Wag the Dog, in which a US president is accused of accosting a girl in the Oval Office. Plus a look at Tom Wolfe's unpublished book Ambush at Fort Bragg, which is being read on BBC Radio 4.
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Gambaccini
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

Over a period of decades, American code-breakers have been able to break a remarkable series of communications between Russia and its agents in America and Britain, and these can now be freely accessed on the internet.
Professor Christopher Andrew hears from those whose lives have been touched by the extraordinary project. Reporter Helen Weinstein. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Christopher Andrew
Reporter:
Helen Weinstein.
Producer:
Mark Burman

Are the lines of the face chiselled by experience, or are they there at birth just waiting to be revealed? Peter White talks to a variety of guests and visits a morgue, a model shoot and a hospital. With Della Grace, Maggi Hambling, Glenda Jackson and David Schneider.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter White
Interviewee:
Della Grace
Interviewee:
Maggi Hambling
Interviewee:
Glenda Jackson
Interviewee:
David Schneider
Producer:
Noah Richler

Six programmes in which Melvyn Bragg talks to scientists and historians of today about the giants who have made scientific history.
4: Albert Einstein - the First Celebrity Scientist. With Professor Sir Roger Penrose , Paul Davies , John Gribbin , Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Professor Robert Schulman.
Producers Ruth Gardiner and Jeanette Thomas

Contributors

Talks:
Melvyn Bragg
Unknown:
Albert Einstein
Unknown:
Sir Roger Penrose
Unknown:
Paul Davies
Unknown:
John Gribbin
Unknown:
Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Unknown:
Professor Robert Schulman.
Producers:
Ruth Gardiner
Producers:
Jeanette Thomas

EastEnders meets The Simpsons in a four-part audio cartoon series.
3: Barry and Garry ask Dodgy Phil to build the biggest pub in the world.
Written by Tony Roche. Producer Jane Berthoud

Contributors

Written By:
Tony Roche.
Producer:
Jane Berthoud
Dodgy Phil:
John Thomson
Garry:
Peter Serafinowicz
Barry:
Phil Cornwell

Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens star in Bill Dare's six-part sketch show.
4: Mike and Sue invite a stressed bomb disposal expert to "hug his fear". With Roger Blake, Bill Dare, Alistair McGowan and Sally Philips. Music by Mark Burton Producer Jo Clegg Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Duncan
Unknown:
Jan Ravens
Unknown:
Bill Dare
Unknown:
Roger Blake
Unknown:
Bill Dare
Unknown:
Alistair McGowan
Music By:
Mark Burton
Producer:
Jo Clegg

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