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John Peel hears about childbirth from a father's perspective. Pain and suffering is no problem when that father has supported Middlesbrough for the last 30 years. Producer Vibeke Venema PHONE: [number removed]
E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peel

Opinions and views on the news from Alan Coren , Andy Hamilton , Peter Bradshaw and Linda Smith.
Simon Hoggart is in the chair. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Peter Bradshaw
Unknown:
Linda Smith.
Unknown:
Simon Hoggart

Dylan Winter looks at the legacy of Thomas J Watson , the eccentric tycoon who turned a company making meat slicers and grocery store scales into the global empire of IBM, the most famous name in computers.
Producers Robyn Wallis and Michael Weigall

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas J Watson
Producers:
Robyn Wallis
Producers:
Michael Weigall

By K.M. Peyton, dramatised by Diana Griffiths.

Christina is sent to live with her fierce uncle and his two sons in their once grand home - a household divided by emotional undercurrents and cruelty.

Contributors

Author:
K.M. Peyton
Dramatised by:
Diana Griffiths
Director:
Sally Avens
Christina:
Ellie Beavan
Will:
Richard Pearce
Mark:
Ben Crowe
[Actor]:
Daniel Brocklebank
[Actor]:
Struan Rodger
[Actress]:
Maggie McCarthy
[Actress]:
Patience Tomlinson
[Actor]:
Ian Masters
[Actress]:
Tilly Gaunt
[Actor]:
Harry Myers

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host more stand-up comedy, sketches and songs. With the regular team of Dan Freedman , Nick Romero ,
David Quantick , Jane Bussmann and guests. Producer Aled Evans. Repeated Tuesday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Dan Freedman
Unknown:
Nick Romero
Unknown:
David Quantick
Unknown:
Jane Bussmann
Producer:
Aled Evans.

Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss Salman Rushdie 's new novel The
Ground beneath Her Feet, highwaymen on the big screen in Plunkett and Macleane, and Robert Lepage 's new show Ex-Machina: Geometry of Miracles, on stage in Glasgow. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Salman Rushdie
Unknown:
Robert Lepage
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Kate Chopin 's tale of one woman's pursuit of moral and sexual freedom in turn-of-the-century New Orleans is dramatised by Jyll Bradley. Her summer affair may be over, but Edna's life will never be the same.
With Lorelei King , Briony Glassco and Matilda Ziegler. Part 2. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Chopin
Dramatised By:
Jyll Bradley.
Unknown:
Lorelei King
Unknown:
Matilda Ziegler.

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

Contributors

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

Robin Denselow talks to musicians who have fallen in love with music from another culture. 4: Belinda Sykes
finds the true voice of a medieval troubadour in modern
Morocco.
Producer Tessa Watt
Repeated Monday 11.30pm Repeat

Contributors

Talks:
Robin Denselow
Unknown:
Belinda Sykes
Producer:
Tessa Watt

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