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John Peel looks at family estrangement. Writer Michael Goldfarb discovers it is not as easy as he had hoped to reestablish a relationship with his brother. Producer Vebeke Venema. PHONE: [number removed]. E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peel
Unknown:
Michael Goldfarb
Producer:
Vebeke Venema.

All Tied Up. Paul Charles and listener Guthrie Blackhurst look at how to get the best financial advice. What is being done to clear up the confusion about the different types of financial adviser available to the general public? Producer Marcia Hughes. Rptd Monday 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Charles
Unknown:
Guthrie Blackhurst
Producer:
Marcia Hughes.

Nick Clarke is joined from Stoke-on-Trent Repertory Theatre by Alex Carlile , Edwina Currie , Oliver James and Ivan Massow. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Alex Carlile
Unknown:
Edwina Currie
Unknown:
Oliver James
Unknown:
Ivan Massow.

Three case histories of bad banking practices. 2: The Great Portuguese Banknote Swindle. Julian Putkowski relates the story of how, in the 1920s, a man with impeccable credentials persuaded Waterlow's to print an order of one million pounds' worth of notes for the Bank of Portugal. This led to a boom in Portugal, the rise of a dictator and the collapse of Waterlow's. Producer Matt Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Putkowski
Producer:
Matt Thompson

By Wilkie Collins , adapted for radio by John Arden. A meeting with a clairvoyant has extraordinary consequences for a sceptical Percy Linwood. But even prophecies do not always go according to plan. with Mark Payton , Tilly Gaunt , Michael Cochrane , Norman Rodway , Gareth Armstrong. Frances Jeater and Harry Myers Director Rosalynd Ward Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilkie Collins
Unknown:
John Arden.
Unknown:
Percy Linwood.
Unknown:
Mark Payton
Unknown:
Tilly Gaunt
Unknown:
Michael Cochrane
Unknown:
Norman Rodway
Unknown:
Gareth Armstrong.
Unknown:
Frances Jeater
Unknown:
Harry Myers
Director:
Rosalynd Ward
Wilkie Collins:
Ronald Pickup
Percy Linwood:
Jonathan Firth

Brian Sibley with the big picture on the world of film. Including, as always, the Talking Pictures expert guide to the pick of films on TV. Producer Julia Fleming E-MAIL: talking.pictures@bbc.co.uk Repeated Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Producer:
Julia Fleming

Emily Buchanan presents highlights from the best English-language radio programmes from around the world. Find out why road rage is just as bad in Nairobi as in Neasden, how the American West was built from pig iron and drawing pins, and what the Chinese think of their economic boom.
Producer Polly Hope

Contributors

Unknown:
Emily Buchanan
Producer:
Polly Hope

Michael Buerk chairs an investigation of the moral questions behind the week's news. Witnesses face cross-examination from Janet Daley , David Cook , Geoffrey Bindman and David Starkey.
Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
David Cook
Unknown:
Geoffrey Bindman
Unknown:
David Starkey.

Poetry and conversation with Christopher Cook. His guests this week are Wendy Cope and Kit Wright who share ideas about humour in poetry and read new unpublished poems, as well as old favourites. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook.
Unknown:
Wendy Cope
Unknown:
Kit Wright

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