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With John Peel. How Adrian Mathews 's plans for living a romantic life in Paris were altered by his neighbours.
Producer Chris Berthoud PHONE: [number removed]
E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peel.
Unknown:
Adrian Mathews
Producer:
Chris Berthoud

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined from
Bodmin Community College, Bodmin, Cornwall, by panellists including Menzies Campbell MP,
Angela Browning MP and Simon Jenkins. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Angela Browning
Unknown:
Simon Jenkins.

In 1391, two crusaders were buried together in the same tomb, which depicts their helmets about to kiss. Historian Eamon Duffy follows the story of their "wedded brotherhood," and opens up a debate about the evidence for a marriage-like union between men in medieval society.
Producers Tessa Watt and Helen Weinstein

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamon Duffy
Producers:
Tessa Watt
Producers:
Helen Weinstein

By John Mortimer. An elderly man stands in the darkening garden of a vicarage by the sea and looks back on a life which seems to have passed as swiftly as Lord Byron's dormouse summer. With Joanna David. Joe Roberts. Oliver Ford Davies. Gemma Jones. John Rowe and David Allister. With the Willie Brown Uni Band and accordionist Kevin Street. Director Marilyn Imrie
John Mortimer 's Questionnaire: p23

Contributors

Writer:
John Mortimer
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
The elder Henry Troutbeck Pottinger:
Paul Scofield
The younger Troutbeck Henry Pottinger:
Alex Jennings
Mavis:
Imelda Staunton
[Actress]:
Joanna David
[Actor]:
Joe Roberts
[Actor]:
Oliver Ford
[Actor]:
John Rowe
[Actor]:
David Allister

Brian Sibley looks at the world of film and television. Judy Davis , Australian star of Woody Allen 's Celebrity, explains why My Brilliant Careerwas not a brilliant career move.
Producer Harry Parker
E-MAIL: [address removed] PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]
Repeated Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Judy Davis
Unknown:
Woody Allen
Producer:
Harry Parker

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis take a satirical look at the world. With
Jane Bussmann , David Quantick , Dan Freedman, Simon Munnery and Nick Romero. Producer Aled Evans. Repeated Tuesday llpm

Contributors

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

Your bones can tell your life history. Palaeoarchaeologist Charlotte Roberts looks at some Jordanian skeletons to explain how.
Producer: Julia Durbin.
E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Narrator:
Charlotte Roberts Producer: Julia Durbin

Actress Fiona Shaw considers the different approaches taken by women to Shakespeare's roles, including
Sarah Bernhardt , Ellen Terry , Sybil Thorndike , Edith Evans ,
Peggy Ashcroft , Flora Robson , Judi Dench , Janet Suzman , Vanessa Redgrave and Juliet Stevenson.
Producer Bob Dickinson Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Shaw
Unknown:
Sarah Bernhardt
Unknown:
Ellen Terry
Unknown:
Sybil Thorndike
Unknown:
Edith Evans
Unknown:
Peggy Ashcroft
Unknown:
Flora Robson
Unknown:
Judi Dench
Unknown:
Janet Suzman
Unknown:
Vanessa Redgrave
Unknown:
Juliet Stevenson.
Producer:
Bob Dickinson

Russell Davies looks at the stories behind the opening nights of well-known musicals. 2: Les Miserables
After 13 years, "Les Mis" is claimed to be the most popular musical in the world, but on opening night, the future of the first collaboration between the commercial theatre and the Royal
Shakespeare Company was looking much less certain.
Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies

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