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Nicola Harrison is irritable, but she does not know why. is it the dirty socks on the living room floor? The phone that no one bothers to answer? Or is it just her character? John Peel finds out. Producer Mike Sampey PHONE: [number removed]
E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk Repeated Monday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicola Harrison
Unknown:
John Peel
Producer:
Mike Sampey

Bank Withdrawals. Listener Pat Mallon describes her battle to save the local branch of her bank and asks why the banks are still turning their backs on the financially excluded. Presented by Paul Charles.
Producer Marcia Hughes
Repeated on Monday at 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat Mallon
Presented By:
Paul Charles.
Producer:
Marcia Hughes

Nick Clarke chairs six debates on issues of perennial interest, in front of an invited audience. Listeners can also vote on the motion.
2: "To help preserve the environment, use of the private car should be restricted." From the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, London. To vote YES dial [number removed] To vote NO dial [number removed] Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke

The roots of genetic engineering extend back to the Victorian era - and a cousin of Charles Darwin.
Professor Steve Jones tells the story of Francis Galton , who was first to imagine a world in which cleverer, stronger people could be bred. Producer Joanna Rahim

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Darwin.
Unknown:
Professor Steve Jones
Unknown:
Francis Galton
Producer:
Joanna Rahim

By Simon Brett , dramatised by Bert Coules.
Charles Paris takes his one-man show to the 1999 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, filling a vacant spot at a student venue which is a hotbed of behind-the-scenes drama, until a stage dagger turns murderously into a real one. with John Paul Hurley , Cara Kelly , Johnny Meres , Lucy Paterson , Doug Russell , Wendy Seager and Robert Trotter. Director Gaynor Macfarlane

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Brett
Dramatised By:
Bert Coules.
Dramatised By:
Charles Paris
Unknown:
John Paul Hurley
Unknown:
Cara Kelly
Unknown:
Johnny Meres
Unknown:
Lucy Paterson
Unknown:
Doug Russell
Unknown:
Wendy Seager
Unknown:
Robert Trotter.
Director:
Gaynor MacFarlane
Charles Paris:
Bill Nighy
Gerald Venables:
Jimmy Chisholm

Chat show with Simon Fanshawe and guests including Carl Davis and Wendy Craig , plus live jazz from Jason Rebello. Producers Lucy Willmore and Caroline Barbour

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Fanshawe
Unknown:
Carl Davis
Unknown:
Wendy Craig
Unknown:
Jason Rebello.
Unknown:
Caroline Barbour

Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss
Michael Frayn 's new novel Headlong-an exploration of philosophy and Breugel. And from the Edinburgh Festival, the Tokyo production of Turandot. Producer Nicki Paxman

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Michael Frayn
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

Sixty years ago, Britain gave refuge to children from Nazi Europe, saved by the Kindertransports - trains from
Berlin, Vienna, Prague and elsewhere.
The parents were left behind - most were killed in the concentration camps. In 1939, BBC Radio recorded a programme in which newly arrived children told their story. Six decades on, historian Dr David Cesarani interviews some of the children again. Producer Hugh Levinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr David Cesarani
Producer:
Hugh Levinson

Concluding David Wood 's dramatisation of Arthur Ransome 's children's classic. 2: The Lake District, 1929
The Swallows and the Amazons band together against the hostile Captain Flint but encounter an unexpected adventure when Uncle Jim 's cabin trunk goes missing. With Joe Sowerbutts ,
Phoebe Phillips and Flora Harris. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
David Wood
Unknown:
Arthur Ransome
Unknown:
Uncle Jim
Unknown:
Joe Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Phoebe Phillips
Unknown:
Flora Harris.

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