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John Humphrys in conversation with eight successful people who have weathered storms in their careers.
3: Mike Fitzgerald who resigned as vice chancellor of Thames Valley
University in the wake of a damning report on the way the institution was run. Producer Brian King. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Mike Fitzgerald
Producer:
Brian King.

The last in a three-part look at how the BBC's wartime wireless programmes kept Britain entertained and productive during the darkest days of the Second World War. The Yanks Are Coming. This programme looks at the American influence on British comedy, and at the challenges facing the BBC as the war drew to a close. Producer Libby Cross

Contributors

Producer:
Libby Cross

A six-part series in which Peter Hobday travels around the country visiting some of the smaller companies which struggle against the odds to bring opera to local communities. In this programme he visits Loughborough
Festival Opera in Gloucestershire, the brainchild of Martin Graham. This year, in a converted chicken shed, they are staging the first two parts of Wagner's Ring Cycle.
Producers Tony Cheevers and Alison Prain

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Martin Graham.
Producers:
Tony Cheevers
Producers:
Alison Prain

Four detective stories by Michael Gilbert , dramatised by Michael Butt. 2: The Myth of Return. Detective
Petrella meditates on murder in the marshes and the foggy nature of truth. with Jamie Glover . Mamta Kash , David Glover. Rachel Atkins , Jonathan Tafler , Frank Kovacs and Ian Masters. Director John Tayior

Contributors

Stories By:
Michael Gilbert
Dramatised By:
Michael Butt.
Unknown:
Jamie Glover
Unknown:
Mamta Kash
Unknown:
David Glover.
Unknown:
Rachel Atkins
Unknown:
Jonathan Tafler
Unknown:
Frank Kovacs
Unknown:
Ian Masters.
Director:
John Tayior
Petrella:
Philip Jackson
Burly:
Nicky Henson

2:The Rambler written and performed by Johnny Meres. It is Tuesday out on Bobbington Moor - and time for a surreal meander through the countryside in the company of the local radio station's roving rural expert. Producer David Jackson Young

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Meres.
Producer:
David Jackson Young

Sarah LeFanu and guests novelist Mavis Cheek and journalist Robert Elms discuss three favourite paperbacks. Producer Felicity Goodall. Rptd Sunday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Lefanu
Unknown:
Mavis Cheek
Unknown:
Robert Elms
Producer:
Felicity Goodall.

A six-part comedy by David Stafford. 3: Welcome to Slomzovakia, where flip-flops are hard currency. with Adam Long , Michael Roberts , Jaime Robertson. Sarah Vandenbergh and Bruno Matthews. Music David Stafford. Producer Dirk Maggs

Contributors

Comedy By:
David Stafford.
Unknown:
Adam Long
Unknown:
Michael Roberts
Unknown:
Jaime Robertson.
Unknown:
Sarah Vandenbergh
Unknown:
Bruno Matthews.
Music:
David Stafford.
Producer:
Dirk Maggs
Salome:
Morwenna Banks
Lottie:
Josie Lawrence
Klepke:
Andrew Sachs

White Zimbabwean farmer Rob Carey always expected to inherit his father's land. Now he has been told by the government that his farm is to be acquired for resettlement. Grant Ferrett examines the dilemmas and consequences arising from
Robert Mugabe 's policy of land redistribution, in the year that marks 30 years of independence from British rule.
Producer Nigel Acheson. Repeated Sunday 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Carey
Unknown:
Grant Ferrett
Unknown:
Robert Mugabe
Producer:
Nigel Acheson.

Tombstone Tangles and Landfill Plaques. Sue Armstrong reveals cutting-edge research into
Alzheimer's disease. The brain contains sticky plaques of debris and the tangled remains of nerve cells. The link between them may reveal hidden secrets of this dementia.
Producer Louise Dalziel

Contributors

Producer:
Louise Dalziel

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