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With John Humphrys , Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Richard Harries.
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
Richard Harries.

Challenging the accepted history of man's struggle to fly, historian Patrick French investigates the story of a Pembrokeshire carpenter, Bill Frost , who built, patented and flew his own machine some eight years before the Wright brothers became airborne. Producer Jill Waters Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Frost

Sudha Bhuchar and Shaheen Khan 's four-part series about five women in SW19. With Sakuntala Ramanee , Shaheen Khan. Sudha Buchar , Bharti Patel , Zita Sattar. Charubala Chokkshi. Cal McCrystal,
Burt Caesar , Shiv Grewal , Alice Arnold. Christopher Trenfield , Holly McGoldrick and Lannah McAdam Director Kristine Landon-Smith Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Sudha Bhuchar
Unknown:
Shaheen Khan
Unknown:
Sakuntala Ramanee
Unknown:
Shaheen Khan.
Unknown:
Sudha Buchar
Unknown:
Bharti Patel
Unknown:
Zita Sattar.
Unknown:
Charubala Chokkshi.
Unknown:
Burt Caesar
Unknown:
Shiv Grewal
Unknown:
Alice Arnold.
Unknown:
Christopher Trenfield
Unknown:
Holly McGoldrick
Unknown:
Lannah McAdam
Director:
Kristine Landon-Smith

A haunted cinema provides the venue for this week's Screen Test. Presenter
Brian Sibley tests the film knowledge of three more contestants at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle. Producer Fiona Bailey

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Sibley
Producer:
Fiona Bailey

By Caroline Harrington.
Sally, now in her fifties, remembers her childhood in 1958.
With Jane Lapotaire, Kelly Hunter, John Rowe, Charles Simpson, Lexie Rose, John Partridge, Marian Kemmer and Sarah Jane Holm.

In Singapore - Radio 4: 2.15pm
Jane Lapotaire stars as Sally, a middle-aged woman looking back at her childhood, in Caroline Harrington's play set in Singapore in the fifties. Political upheaval signals that the end of British rule is in sight and while Sally's soldier father is secure, her mother is becoming ever more eccentric.

Contributors

Writer:
Caroline Harrington
Music composed and played by:
Malcolm McKee
Director:
Vanessa Whitburn
Sally:
Jane Lapotaire
Helen:
Kelly Hunter
John:
John Rowe
Brian:
Charles Simpson
Young Sally:
Lexie Rose
Richie:
John Partridge
Cynthia/Peggy:
Marian Kemmer
Brenda/Ah Chan:
Sarah Jane Holm

Roger Wilkes is on a personal historical trail with a listener. Plus advice on how to go about your own investigations.
Producer John Tuckey. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: making.history@bbc.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/education

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Wilkes
Producer:
John Tuckey.

Humphrey Carpenter notes that financial disasters have proved an appealing subject for writers from Charles Dickens to Martin Amis.
Repeated from Sunday 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Martin Amis.

David Aaronovitch hosts the comedy panel game that delves into the murky world of spin doctors. From the rise of Viagra to the fall of the Tories, the panel takes on the week's headlines and the people who make them.

Media buzzwords, celebrity psychobabble and damage-limitation exercises all feature in True Lies, the new topical panel game on the world of PR and media manipulation (R4,6.30pm).

Contributors

Presenter:
David Aaronovitch
Producer:
Helen Morris

Jill foresees tragedy.
Written by Adrian Flynn. Director Jeremy Meadow Editor Vanessa Whitbum
ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send sae to
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Contributors

Written By:
Adrian Flynn.
Editor:
Vanessa Whitbum
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Hebden:
Judy Bennett
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Nigel Pargetter:
Graham Seed
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Julia Pargetter:
Mary Wimbush
Ellen Rogers:
Rosemary Leach
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Debbie Aldridge:
Tamsin Greig
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Christine Barford:
Lesley Saweard
JackWoolley:
Arnold Peters
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer
Kathy Perks:
Hedli Niklaus
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
William Grundy:
Philip Molloy
Caroline Pemberton:
Sara Coward
MrsAntrobus:
Margot Boyd
Bert Fry:
Eric Allan
Alistair Lloyd:
Michael Lumsden
Matt Crawford:
Kim Durham

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