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John Peel considers the eccentricities of domestic life. This week, Sue Elliott-Nicholls visits the reptile-keeper who, alarmingly, takes his Work home with him. Producer Vibeke Venema PHONE: [number removed]3411
E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peel

By Val McDermid. Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan is not amused when thieves steal a Monet from a stately home where she has arranged the security. She sets off on a chase that takes her across Europe, bringing her head-to-head with organised crime. with Joseph Jones , Geoff Hinsliff ,
Rob Pickavance , Martin Reeve and Kathryn Hunt Director Melanie Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
Val McDermid.
Unknown:
Kate Brannigan
Unknown:
Joseph Jones
Unknown:
Geoff Hinsliff
Unknown:
Rob Pickavance
Unknown:
Martin Reeve
Unknown:
Kathryn Hunt
Director:
Melanie Harris
Kate Brannigan:
Charlotte Coleman
Richard Barclay:
John Lloyd Fillingham
Alexis Lee:
Noreen Kershaw

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host the topical sketch and stand-up show which takes apart the world as we know it. With Sony Award-winning comic Simon Munnery, and Dan Freedman with Nick Romero, and David Quantick with Jane Bussmann. Producer Aled Evans
Repeated Tuesday 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Simon Munnery
Unknown:
Dan Freedman
Unknown:
Nick Romero
Unknown:
David Quantick
Unknown:
Jane Bussmann.
Producer:
Aled Evans

Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural events. This edition features a look at a major new television series chronicling the Cold War, and David Hare 's new play, The Blue Room, which sees the West End debut of Nicole Kidman. Producer Adrian Washbourne

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
David Hare
Unknown:
Nicole Kidman.
Producer:
Adrian Washbourne

In the summer of 1940, Britain was preparing for a Nazi invasion.
Allan Little meets members of the top- secret British resistance army who were trained to use guerrilla tactics and espionage to wreak havoc behind enemy lines.
Producers Julia Durbin and Pam Rutherford E-mail: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Little
Producers:
Julia Durbin

In the fifties and sixties, Harvard mathematician Tom Lehrer rocked the establishment with his satirical songs. Tom Morton discovers why, at the height of his popularity, he stopped writing and performing and returned to teaching. Producer Mike Walker
Repeated Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Lehrer
Songs:
Tom Morton
Producer:
Mike Walker

Books. Humphrey Carpenter presents the last of five programmes exploring political satire. It is probably in books that satirical coment has had the longest-term impact- Gulliver's Travels, Decline and Fall and 1984 are timeless commentaries on greed and power. Producer Neil Trevithick Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Producer:
Neil Trevithick

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