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Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Thomas Butler.
8.35 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Thomas Butler.

Michael Buerk looks at how people make life-altering decisions and takes them through the whole process, from the dilemma to living with the consequences. Producer Chnstine Morgan. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Producer:
Chnstine Morgan.

In 1907, Egyptologist Edward Ayrton discovered a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The identity of the mummy it contained has been the source of debate ever since. Could it belong to Akhenaten, one of the greatest
Pharaohs of ancient Egypt? Professor Aubrey Manning travels to Egypt to unearth the mystery inside Tomb 55. Producer Dave Sharp

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Ayrton
Unknown:
Aubrey Manning
Producer:
Dave Sharp

Six musicians explore treasures at leading British musical museums or collections. 2: Virtuoso violinist
Tasmin Little visits the birthplace of one of her favourite composers -
Edward Elgar. Melanie Weatherley and Catherine Sloan provide a tour of the Elgar Birthplace Museum at Lower Broadheath near Worcester. Producer Andrew Green

Contributors

Violinist:
Tasmin Little
Unknown:
Edward Elgar.
Unknown:
Melanie Weatherley
Unknown:
Catherine Sloan
Producer:
Andrew Green

By Maggie Allen. Close to Home. Abi comes back to Brighton to find her father struggling with domesticity and an old school friend in distress. with Tracy Wiles and Ioan Meredith Director Marion Nancarrow

Contributors

Unknown:
Maggie Allen.
Unknown:
Tracy Wiles
Unknown:
Ioan Meredith
Director:
Marion Nancarrow
Abi:
Emma Fielding
Sam:
Frank Windsor
Bob Gallagher:
Jimmy Yuil

A parent's guide to secondary school. Daire Brehan reports on selecting the right school, transition and teething problems, and surviving parents' evenings.
Producers Dorothy Stiven and Anne Freeman Action Line: [number removed]44
E-MAIL: [address removed] Repeated Sunday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Daire Brehan
Producers:
Dorothy Stiven
Producers:
Anne Freeman

Sarah LeFanu and her guests playwright Howard Brenton and film critic Alexander Walker recommend favourite paperbacks. Producer Sara Davies
Repeated Sunday 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Lefanu
Unknown:
Howard Brenton
Unknown:
Alexander Walker
Producer:
Sara Davies

The series of original writing and outrageous parody. Alan Bennett is sent to report from the Gulf War, Pride and Predjudice is rewritten in the style of This Life, and the book of Genesis becomes an American soap. With Mark Steel, David Stafford , Miles Kington , Sophie Hannah and chairman Ian McMillan. Producer Marc Jobst
Repeated Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Unknown:
David Stafford
Unknown:
Miles Kington
Unknown:
Sophie Hannah
Unknown:
Ian McMillan.

Peter White with news for visually impaired people. Tonight's programme comes from the Vision 99 conference in New York.
Producer Cheryl Gabriel
PHONE: [number removed] for more information
FACTSHEET: send a large sae to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Cheryl Gabriel

In 1993, reporter Nigel Wrench was diagnosed as HIV positive. Two years later he was told he had full-blown
Aids. With a cupboard full of the latest drugs and the support of his family and friends, his life would appear to be relatively normal now. In this programme he presents a frank and personal account of living life with the best known virus of our time.
Producer David Cook Repeat

Contributors

Reporter:
Nigel Wrench
Producer:
David Cook

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