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With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Tom Butler , Bishop of Leicester.
8.35 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Tom Butler

Five more diaries proving that the lives of ordinary people are often more interesting than those of celebrities. 1: Cynthia Spey 's diary spans 70 fascinating years. Read by Jane Booker. Producers Susan Breen and Martin Weitz

Contributors

Unknown:
Cynthia Spey
Read By:
Jane Booker.
Producers:
Susan Breen
Producers:
Martin Weitz

Barry Took presents a revised version of the popular radio parlour game Twenty Questions. Regular team member Geoffrey Durham is joined by Neil Innes and Jan Ravens.
Written by Michael Dines. Producer Andy Aliffe

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
Neil Innes
Unknown:
Jan Ravens.
Written By:
Michael Dines.
Producer:
Andy Aliffe

Angela Pelham was one of a group of British children evacuated to America during the Second World War. Her letters home were published in a book °h which this play is based. with Selina Cadell and Mary Wimbush Dramatised by Jennifer Curry Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Pelham
Unknown:
Selina Cadell
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Dramatised By:
Jennifer Curry
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Angela:
Mary Nighy
Mother:
Diana Quick

By Lindsay Kitchener , read by Jean Alexander. When Arthur dies, Vera does not feel ready to let him go. But her subsequent actions are something of a shock to her family.... Producer Rosemary Watts Repeated Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Lindsay Kitchener
Read By:
Jean Alexander.
Producer:
Rosemary Watts

Rituals, traditions and conventions are under threat as Laurie Taylor invites his guests to think the unthinkable about society and the ideas that shape it. Producer Tom Alban
E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Producer:
Tom Alban

Becoming a Parent. Last of a six-part comedy guide to surviving the millennium. Presented by Gordon Kennedy , with Philip Pope. With special guests Jeremy Hardy , Doon McKichan and Simon Bligh.
Written by John Langdon , Debbie Barham and Bruce Hyman. Producer Rosemary McGowan Series editor Bruce Hyman

Contributors

Presented By:
Gordon Kennedy
Unknown:
Philip Pope.
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Doon McKichan
Unknown:
Simon Bligh.
Written By:
John Langdon
Written By:
Debbie Barham
Written By:
Bruce Hyman.
Producer:
Rosemary McGowan
Editor:
Bruce Hyman

Francine Stock delivers the critical verdict on the latest Broadway hit to arrive in Britain will Rent, an updated version of Puccini's La Boheme, repeat its American success over here? Producer Lawrence Pollard

Contributors

Producer:
Lawrence Pollard

A new day and a new time but still live. Michael Buerk and his team of regulars cross-examine witnesses about their decided but different views on the moral and ethical implications behind one of the week's headlines.
Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Producer:
David Coomes

Peter Evans presents the last of six new stories from the world of science.
Tissue engineering has given us artificial liver, skin, bone and blood vessels. Re-growing nerves is more tricky, but British scientists are making headway.
Producer Sandy Raffan
E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Sandy Raffan

The Estate Agent. Another episode of John Morton 's award-winning comedy about a tenacious but unlucky broadcaster. While getting to grips with what it is really like to be an estate agent, Roy Mallard takes more than a professional interest in one of his interviewees. Starring Chris Langham and Sally Philips.
Producer Paul Schlesinger Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
John Morton
Unknown:
Roy Mallard
Unknown:
Chris Langham
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

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