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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Indarjit Singh.
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Indarjit Singh.

A comedy by Pete . LawsonLondon is in a heatwave. A local DJ has brought the city to meltdown, and a secretary's forthcoming marriage is hit by another kind of disaster.
Producer Ned Chaillet

Contributors

Producer:
Ned Chaillet
DJ:
Dave Brooks
Sarah:
Katy Carmichael
lain:
Stuart McQuarrie
Ed:
Paul Panting

An uplifting comedy by Charlotte Jones. 1924. Persephone is planning her coming-out ball, when she finds herself consigned to a rather puzzling finishing school - St Dymphna's
Hospital for the Criminally Insane. with Geoffrey Whitehead
Director Jonquil Panting Repeat

Contributors

Comedy By:
Charlotte Jones.
Unknown:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Persephone:
Sophie Thompson
Dora:
Charlotte Jones
Porph:
Marcia Warren
Dorph:
Elizabeth Bradley

Laurie Taylor and guests explore ideas that shape our society. In the first of a series of interviews with leading social scientists, Professor Eileen Barker discusses her eclectic research into faiths around the world.
Producer Tony Phillips
E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Unknown:
Eileen Barker
Producer:
Tony Phillips

Jim Eldridge 's comedy drama stars
Karl Howman as Mr Sims , and James Grout as Mr Beeston , the head teacher. 3: Accusations. The spread of damaging rumours creates a nightmare scenario for Mr Sims. with Vivienne Martin, Paul Copley. Deirdre Costello. Jacqueline Beatty. Mark Straker and Susan Tordoff
Producer John Fawcett Wilson Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Eldridge
Unknown:
Karl Howman
Unknown:
Mr Sims
Unknown:
James Grout
Unknown:
Mr Beeston
Unknown:
Mr Sims.
Unknown:
Paul Copley.
Unknown:
Deirdre Costello.
Unknown:
Jacqueline Beatty.
Unknown:
Mark Straker
Unknown:
Susan Tordoff
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mrs Stone:
Maragaret John
MrHolliday:
Tom Watson

Mark Lawson reviews the National
Theatre's new production of Candide - Voltaire's satire of a young man in pursuit of love and truth in a godless world, with music by Leonard Bernstein. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Music By:
Leonard Bernstein.
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

By EM Delafield , dramatised by Jane Rogers. Part 8.
With Imelda Staunton , Mary Wimbush , Susan Brown. Alwyne Taylor and Sonia Ritter
For details see Monday. Rptd from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Em Delafield
Dramatised By:
Jane Rogers.
Unknown:
Imelda Staunton
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
Susan Brown.
Unknown:
Alwyne Taylor
Unknown:
Sonia Ritter

Anthony Giddens , director of the London School of Economics, gives the second of five lectures in the Runaway World strand. His theme is globalisation and the lectures will be broadcast from around the world before invited audiences.
2: Risk. Why have our lives become so difficult to manage? Matt Friel is in the chair in Hong Kong. Producer Gwyneth Williams
WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/reith99 Repeated Saturday 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Giddens
Unknown:
Matt Friel
Producer:
Gwyneth Williams

Andy Hamilton 's award-winning comedy series set in hell.
4: The Reasonably Fantastic Journey Satan and the Professor find a huge empty space in hell - when they enter Scumspawn's brain. with Robert Duncan. Andy Hamilton , Philip Pope , Michael Fenton Stevens , Felicity Montagu and Nick Revell
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Robert Duncan.
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Philip Pope
Unknown:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Unknown:
Felicity Montagu
Unknown:
Nick Revell
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer
The Professor:
James Grout
Thomas:
Jimmy Mulville

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