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In the last of a six-part series,
Jimmy Tarbuck plunders the comedy archives and, with Rhona Cameron , listens to the way different generations of comics and comedies have treated particular subjects. Producer Bruce Hyman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Tarbuck
Unknown:
Rhona Cameron
Producer:
Bruce Hyman

Lionel Kelleway chairs the wildlife quiz that looks for the best naturalist in Britain. In this fourth heat, he travels to Hertfordshire to test the knowledge of three more hopeful contestants. Producer Simon Roberts

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway
Producer:
Simon Roberts

Love among the Ruins. By Robin Brooks. As Edward Burne-Jones looks back over a long and successful career, he is tormented by the memory of Maria Zambaco , the wild and fascinating woman who became his model and his first and only obsessive love. with Nicholas Murchie , Alison Reid , Damian Lewis. Alwyne Taylor and Barbara Dryhurst Director Clive Brill

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Brooks.
Unknown:
Edward Burne-Jones
Unknown:
Maria Zambaco
Unknown:
Nicholas Murchie
Unknown:
Alison Reid
Unknown:
Damian Lewis.
Unknown:
Alwyne Taylor
Director:
Clive Brill
Ned:
Ken Cranham
Georgie:
Maggie Steed
Ruskin:
Bob Peck
Maria:
Yolanda Vazquez

Nigel Colborn , Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions posed by members and friends of the Ravenshead Garden Society,
Nottingham. With chairman Eric Robson. Repeated from Sunday 2pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Colborn
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank
Unknown:
Eric Robson.

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

The panel game in which Ian McMillan rules the roost while Helen Lederer , Roger McGough , Miles Kington and David Stafford do their best to lay some fresh and tasty literary gems. Producer Viv Beeby

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McMillan
Unknown:
Helen Lederer
Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
David Stafford
Producer:
Viv Beeby

Mark Lawson chairs the arts programme. In this edition, he investigates the problems of actors making the leap from television celebrity to Hollywood stardom, as X Files star David Duchovny returns to British cinemas this week in his new film Playing God.
Producer Alison Perks

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
David Duchovny
Producer:
Alison Perks

A forum which tests plans to improve the country's education system. Edward Stourton asks panel members and invited guests whether teachers are the villains or victims of education. Producer Sue Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Producer:
Sue Davies

Craig Children and Martin Bain-Jones , alias comedy writers and actors Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong , are the culture journalists with a mission to explain and, if possible, complicate. Not suitable for children. With Charlie Condou
and Melissa Lloyd. Producer Jon Rolph

Contributors

Unknown:
Craig Children
Unknown:
Martin Bain-Jones
Unknown:
Ben Miller
Unknown:
Alexander Armstrong
Unknown:
Charlie Condou
Unknown:
Melissa Lloyd.
Producer:
Jon Rolph

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