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Olivia O'Leary talks to eight pairs of people who have had parallel experiences. 4: Sir Peter Hall and Sir Richard Eyre compare notes on running the National Theatre.
Producer Sara Conkey. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Olivia O'Leary
Unknown:
Sir Peter Hall
Unknown:
Richard Eyre
Producer:
Sara Conkey.

In a four-part series. Mike Gonzalez explores the colourful history of the humble coffee bean. 1: Cracking the Bean. At first mistrusted and reviled, how did coffee become the second most valuable commodity after oil? Producer Clare Hughes -

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Gonzalez
Producer:
Clare Hughes

With Jenni Murray and guests. Dear
Jayne Browne : Honest Men by Valerie Georgeson. Part 4 of 5. Dear Jayne Browne repeated at 7.45pm For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Jayne Browne
Unknown:
Valerie Georgeson.
Unknown:
Jayne Browne

A four-part comedy series by Martyn Wade. 3: The Man in White. London. 1858. Bored by Gerald, Cordelia is having fun with novelist Wilkie Collins. with David Horovitch , David Timson , Charles Simpson and David Antrobus Director Cherry Cookson Repeated Sunday 8pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Martyn Wade.
Unknown:
Wilkie Collins.
Unknown:
David Horovitch
Unknown:
David Timson
Unknown:
Charles Simpson
Unknown:
David Antrobus
Primus:
Michael Cochrane
Cordelia:
Maggie Steed
Edith:
Elizabeth Spriggs

Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest. Including Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
Devised by John P Wynn. Questions set by Ian Gillies. Producer Richard Edis
Repeated Sunday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
John P Wynn.
Unknown:
Ian Gillies.
Producer:
Richard Edis

Eraser. A play about memory by David Napthine. Terri keeps notes to help her damaged memory - but these soon begin to contradict each other. with Sharon Percy and Sonia Beinroth Director Jonquil Panting

Contributors

Unknown:
David Napthine.
Unknown:
Sharon Percy
Unknown:
Sonia Beinroth
Director:
Jonquil Panting
Tern:
Jo-Anne Horan
James:
John Lloyd Fillingham

(0171)[number removed]Philippa Lamb and a panel of experts answer calls on getting back into the workplace after years of looking after children, and on balancing career and family needs.
Producer Josh de la Mare
LINES OPEN FROM 1.30PM

Contributors

Unknown:
Philippa Lamb
Producer:
Josh de la Mare

Michael Rosen explores words.
Old McDonald. Edinburgh Festival comedians on the art of the ad-lib, and a cacophony of international animal sounds presided over by Johnny Morris. Producer Julian Wilkinson Repeated Sunday 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Unknown:
Johnny Morris.
Producer:
Julian Wilkinson

Clive Coleman 's five-part comedy series about a group of barristers.
4: A Case with a View. Starring
John Bird , James Fleet and Jonathan Kydd. With Jonathan Coy. Rachel Atkins. John Rowe. Chris Pavlo and Steven Emrys Producer Paul Schlesinger Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Coleman
Unknown:
John Bird
Unknown:
Jonathan Kydd.
Unknown:
Jonathan Coy.
Unknown:
Rachel Atkins.
Unknown:
John Rowe.
Unknown:
Chris Pavlo
Unknown:
Steven Emrys
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

American writer Norman Mailer is 75 this year. Mark Lawson charts his reputation in the wake of a new anthology of his fiction and reportage. Producer Alison Perks

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Mailer
Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Producer:
Alison Perks

A documentary series mapping Britain's emerging constitutional landscape and examining how we will be governed in the years ahead. 1: Number 10
Downing Street. With Michael White , political editor of The Guardian. Producer Dennis Sewell

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael White
Producer:
Dennis Sewell

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