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John Peel meets the father and son whose relationship is put to the test - living together on a moored barge.
Producer Chris Berthoud. PHONE: [number removed]. E-MAIL: [address removed] Repeated Monday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peel
Producer:
Chris Berthoud.

Fundamentally Yours. Paul Charles looks at how money is managed by the so-called experts - the fund managers who work so secretly behind the scenes.
Producer Paul O'Keeffe. Repeated Monday 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Charles
Producer:
Paul O'Keeffe.

Nick Clarke is joined from Hayes
Village Hall, Hayes, Kent, by Michael Howard MP , Tessa Jowell MP ,
Sheila Masters and Tony Robinson. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Michael Howard Mp
Unknown:
Tessa Jowell Mp
Unknown:
Sheila Masters
Unknown:
Tony Robinson.

In October 1971, in the Australian outback, Britain launched a rocket into space. Francis Spufford presents a chronicle of the journey into orbit, and veterans of the project reveal the remarkable improvisations that made a reality of a long-cherished dream. Producer Simon Coates

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Spufford
Producer:
Simon Coates

By Nicholas Freeling, dramatised in two parts by Philip Martin.

Arlette Van der Valk's new venture - a private advice bureau - is about to land her in a whole lot of trouble.

(FM only)

Contributors

Writer:
Nicholas Freeling
Dramatist:
Philip Martin
Director:
Tamsin Collison
Ariette Van der Valk:
Stella Gonet
Arthur Davidson:
Nicholas Farrell
Inspector Papi:
Struan Rodger
[Actress]:
Jane Whittenshaw
[Actress]:
Carolyn Backhouse
[Actor]:
Christian Rodska
[Actor]:
Matthew Morgan
[Actor]:
Frank Stirling
[Actress]:
Victoria Woodward

Brian Sibley presents the film programme, including the expert guide to films on television.
Editor Simon Elmes. WRITE TO: Talking
Pictures, BBC Radio 4, London. W1A 1AA E-MAIL: [address removed] Repeated Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Editor:
Simon Elmes.

Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss A Lie in the Dark, a murder mystery set in war-torn Sarajevo, and Full Moon , an exhibition at the Hayward
Gallery on the 30th anniversary of the first moon landing. Producer Nicki Paxman

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Full Moon
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

The pursuit and definition of happiness has occupied us since time immemorial. In the last of four highlights of the annual Happiness Lectures at the University of Birmingham, actor and director Richard Wilson reveals the thrill he gets from Japanese cinema. Producer Lynette Quinlan

Contributors

Director:
Richard Wilson
Producer:
Lynette Quinlan

The Mass Observation Movement of the thirties was an ambitious attempt to bring the methods of anthropology to bear on British society. The results, in Bolton, were remarkable for the resulting clashes of culture and class. Presented by Fred Inglis.
Producers Alastair Wilson and Dave Sheasby Repeat

Contributors

Presented By:
Fred Inglis.
Producers:
Alastair Wilson
Producers:
Dave Sheasby

Written and adapted in three parts by Earl Lovelace. 1: Jouvay. Calvary Hill, Port of Spain. Trinidad, in the early sixties, 125 years after the emancipation from slavery. Jouvay (Jour Ouvert) opens the two days of carnival by calling forth the New Day. With Rudolph Walker , Malcolm Frederick and Martina Laird.
Repeated from Sunday 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Earl Lovelace.
Unknown:
Rudolph Walker
Unknown:
Malcolm Frederick
Unknown:
Martina Laird.

Michael Buerk chairs an investigation of the moral questions behind the week's headlines. Witnesses face cross-examination from Janet Daley , Frances Fyfield , Ian Hargreaves and David Starkey.
Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Frances Fyfield
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
David Starkey.

Toccata and Fugue by Micheline Wandor , read by Patricia Hodge. An actress in midlife; her partner, a youngjournaiist - behind them, the historical figure of the Italian princess Isabella D'Este.
Producer Sara Davies Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Micheline Wandor
Read By:
Patricia Hodge.
Unknown:
Isabella D'Este.
Producer:
Sara Davies

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