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Five gardeners born outside Britain show Anna Pavord the gardens they have made to remind them of home. 4: A quest to grow a papaya fires the enthusiasm of Farida Mukaddam in her small garden in Leicester. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Pavord
Unknown:
Farida Mukaddam
Producer:
Beaty Rubens

With Jenni Murray and guests, plus Helen Mirren's final audio diary from South Africa.
Drama: Speaking for Themselves - the Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill.
Part 4 of 10.
(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
(For details see Monday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Helen Mirren

Concluding the sitcom by Joe Turner. 6: Jack has flu, Nicola is in charge of the pub and the inspectors are due. If the father-daughter bond can survive this, it could probably survive anything.
Producer Liz Anstee

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Turner.
Producer:
Liz Anstee
Jack:
Michael Williams
Nicola:
Lisa Coleman
Mrs Drumond:
Cherry Morris
Andy:
Simon Greenall
Joe:
Toby Longworth
Punter:
Toby Longworth
Inspector:
Toby Longworth
Inspector:
Sally Grace

While no one is able to foresee accurately the machines of the next millennium, scientists and engineers agree that they will be built using nanotechnology. Trevor Phillips looks at the molecule-sized machines able to split a hair into 50,000 pieces, which are set to dominate the future of industry, medicine and computing.
E-MAIL: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Trevor Phillips
Producer:
Bruce Whitney Low

Vintage sitcom by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn , starring
Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker and Nigel Hawthorne as Sir Humphrey.
The Writing on the Wall. In which, by and large, it is probably true that at the end of the day, in general terms, there really is not very much in it, one way or the other.
With Peter Cellier , Tenniel Evans. Edward Petherbridge and Kerry Francis. Producer Pete Atkin Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony Jay
Unknown:
Jonathan Lynn
Unknown:
Paul Eddington
Unknown:
Jim Hacker
Unknown:
Nigel Hawthorne
Unknown:
Peter Cellier
Unknown:
Tenniel Evans.
Unknown:
Edward Petherbridge
Unknown:
Kerry Francis.
Producer:
Pete Atkin
Jim Hacker:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard:
Derek Fowlds
Frank:
Bill Nighy

Francine Stock chairs the arts programme, including the verdict on a new exhibition of paintings by Patrick Caulfield and a report from France as Asterix leaps from the comic book into a live-action film. Producer Robert Ketteridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Francine Stock
Unknown:
Patrick Caulfield
Producer:
Robert Ketteridge

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