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The first in afour-part comedy series by John Morton , featuring radio's first quality weekend newspaper. Starring Alexander Armstrong , Ben Miller ,
Rebecca Front, Simon Greenall , Siriol Jenkins and Chris Langham. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
John Morton
Unknown:
Alexander Armstrong
Unknown:
Ben Miller
Unknown:
Simon Greenall
Unknown:
Chris Langham.

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at
Westminster Cathedral Hall, London, by panellists including David Elstein , controller of Channel 5, and Nick Soames MP.
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
David Elstein
Unknown:
Nick Soames

The Atrocities of the Pirates. What lies behind the swashbuckling image of piracy? In the first of a three-part series, former MP Robert Redmond re-opens the journals of his great grand father Aaron Smith , who was captured by pirates in Cuba in 1822, accused of collusion and shipped home in irons to appear in a show trial at the Old Bailey. Producer Robyn Read

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Redmond
Unknown:
Aaron Smith
Producer:
Robyn Read

A comedy by John Antrobus. Starring Richard Briers as Wing Commander Teddy Wilmott and Brian Murphy as Dennis, two men who look after a pub on the moors in Cornwall in 1970. They are visited by a stranger and share memories of Flare Path Molly.
Director John Tydeman

Contributors

Comedy By:
John Antrobus.
Unknown:
Richard Briers
Unknown:
Teddy Wilmott
Unknown:
Brian Murphy
Director:
John Tydeman
Donnely:
James Ellis
Rare Path Molly:
Frances Jeater

Last year it was Madam Butterfly.
Now the same team brings Tbsca to the Royal Albert Hall. Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss this, as well as Paul Schrader 's lastest film Affliction. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall.
Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Paul Schrader
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

1: Staring into Space. In the first of three programmes, astrophysicist
Jocelyn Bell Burnell , one of only four female professors of physics in the country, talks about why she became an astronomer, about the excitements of stargazing, and about her groundbreaking discovery of a new type of star known as a pulsar. Producer Karen Holden Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Producer:
Karen Holden

Henry Fielding's comic masterpiece, dramatised by Dominic Power , is a riotous journey through the morals and manners of high and low society. 2: Joseph and his friend
Parson Adams are at the mercy of the Tow-Wouses until they can find some money. Meanwhile, Fanny sets out in search of Joseph. With
Norman Rodway , Matthew Dunster , Gabrielle Drake , Brigit Forsyth and Trevor Peacock. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Dominic Power
Unknown:
Parson Adams
Unknown:
Norman Rodway
Unknown:
Matthew Dunster
Unknown:
Gabrielle Drake
Unknown:
Brigit Forsyth
Unknown:
Trevor Peacock.

Michael Buerk and regulars
Janet Daley , David Starkey , Ian Hargreaves and David Cook investigate the moral questions behind the week's news. Repeated from Wednesday
LATE NIGHT ON 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
David Starkey
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
David Cook

Richard Coles explores the diverse sounds of Victorian English music. Fairies in the Garden. This week he talks to harpist Elizabeth Jane Baldry who has recreated the fairy music that became the pop music of the day, enjoyed in the parlours of the newly-rich middle classes and in the royal court of Queen Victoria herself.
Producer Mike Sampey. Rptd Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Coles
Harpist:
Elizabeth Jane Baldry
Producer:
Mike Sampey.

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