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Nick Baker shadows staff on magazines and newspapers whose readers live in Britain but have strong ties abroad. 4: Toplum Postasi. The weekly newspaper for the Turkish-speaking community.
Producer Viv Black

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Baker
Unknown:
Toplum Postasi.
Producer:
Viv Black

Sea Cows. Mark Carwardine comes face to face with the Florida manatees as bones of their ancient ancestors are being dug up in Jamaica, linking these extraordinary creatures to the great whales.
Repeated from yesterday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Carwardine

Clive Coleman's four-part comedy series set in perhaps the country's least spectacular set of chambers.
John Fuller-Carp, head of chambers, enjoys conning students. Ruth tries to avoid the question and Vince acts Jewish. All in a day's work for the barristers of Forecourt Buildings. Starring John Bird, James Fleet, Sarah Lancashire, Jonathan Kydd, Rebecca Front and Ben Crowe.

Contributors

Writer:
Clive Coleman
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger
John Fuller-Carp:
John Bird
[Actor]:
James Fleet
[Actor]:
Sarah Lancashire
[Actor]:
Jonathan Kydd
[Actor]:
Rebecca Front
[Actor]:
Ben Crowe

Claire Tomalin talks about her mother, the composer Muriel Herbert , who was one of the first women to study composition at the Royal College of Music and who was a friend of Joyce Yeats. Five more musical families are featured over the coming weeks.
Songs specially recorded by baritone Richard Lloyd-Morgan . Producer Bill Lloyd

Contributors

Talks:
Claire Tomalin
Unknown:
Muriel Herbert
Unknown:
Joyce Yeats.
Baritone:
Richard Lloyd-Morgan
Producer:
Bill Lloyd

By Rebecca Bartlett. In the 19th century, the Curragh Wrens were the wild women who served the British army. This is the story of one of them.
Director Pam Brighton

Contributors

Unknown:
Rebecca Bartlett.
Director:
Pam Brighton
Cassie:
Dawn Bradfield
Dr Andrew O'Bei me:
Liam Brennan
Maggie Maguire:
Aoiffe Kavanagh
Agnes Nevin:
Siobhan Miley
Hannah Dixon:
Noelle Brown
Captain Loftus:
Patrick Duncan
Samuel Morgan:
John Hewitt
The Sergeant:
Trevor Moore
Mrs Roche:
Julia Deardon
The Magistrate:
Anthony Finegan
The Shopkeeper:
Alan McKee
Porter:
James Duran

A sitcom that puts a satirical spin on the world of money, politics and media manipulation. 4: When an environmental disaster hits a Mammon Corporation industrial plant, the multinational uses its media muscle to turn disaster into a triumph. Starring Jonathan Aris , Julian Dutton , Wayne Forester , Sally Grace , Dan Strauss and Sally Wallis. Written by Nick Hildred , Hugh Rycroft and David Spicer. Producer Aled Evans Repeated tomorrow 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Aris
Unknown:
Julian Dutton
Unknown:
Wayne Forester
Unknown:
Sally Grace
Unknown:
Dan Strauss
Unknown:
Sally Wallis.
Written By:
Nick Hildred
Written By:
Hugh Rycroft
Written By:
David Spicer.
Producer:
Aled Evans

Mark Lawson reassesses the reputation of American abstract painter Jackson Pollock in the light of a major retrospective of his work. Producer Rebecca Stratford

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Jackson Pollock
Producer:
Rebecca Stratford

Two years of investigation by a Government Commission reveals widespread failings by police and the legal profession in alleged miscarriages of justice. But will anyone be held to account? Gerry Northam reports Producer Gregor Stewart Repeated Sunday 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Northam
Producer:
Gregor Stewart

James Erlichman examines the life of the virus and man's struggle to contain it. 2: The virus hunters are the front-line troops of science. When a new mystery disease emerges, they are the people who go and contain the outbreak. In 1976, a new disease in Zaire claimed 300 victims - over 90 per cent of the people who contracted it died. The disease was called Ebola, the most virulent virus of them all.
This week's programme talks to the virus hunters about fighting Ebola and the problems in containing and in tracking down new diseases. Producer Hugh O'Donnell

Contributors

Unknown:
James Erlichman
Producer:
Hugh O'Donnell

Education. Ainsley Elliott (Griff Rhys Jones) and guests including AGB
Golley (Graeme Garden ) discuss the important issues of our time. Producer Paul B Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Ainsley Elliott
Unknown:
Griff Rhys
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Producer:
Paul B Davies

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