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Fergal Keane presents eight interviews exploring what motivates people to leave their job - and often their way of life.
3: Kim Cotton , Britain's first commercial surrogate mother, who recently walked away from Cots, the agency she founded to help childless couples through surrogacy.
Producer Jane Beresford.
Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Presenter:
Fergal Keane
Interviewee:
Kim Cotton
Producer:
Jane Beresford.

Martha Kearney on the latest news, views and culture from a female perspective.
Drama: Ladies of More Letters by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Martha Kearney
Unknown:
Lou Wakefield
Unknown:
Carole Hayman.

Naturalist Jonathan Scott describes his unique relationship with Half-tail, a wild leopard whose life he followed for nearly ten years and whose story became familiarto television viewers in BBC2'S BigCat Diary. Repeated from yesterday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Scott

A history of British theatre and its technology. 4: Let There Be Light.
Russell Davies looks at the technological achievements in theatre lighting from the arrival of electricity. How did one man's research into war radar affect performance? And how did the Compton organ become a standard controller of lighting in Drury Lane? Producer Laura Parfitt

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Producer:
Laura Parfitt

Musicologist Sally Drage explores the largely forgotten legacy of church music. In 1700 the standard of music in English parish churches was awful. But the next century saw a revolution in the training of singers and musicians, and an astonishing variety of church music was composed. She visits a Staffordshire church and discovers a continuing tradition of performing this music in Yorkshire pubs. Producer Andrew Green

Contributors

Musicologist:
Sally Drage
Producer:
Andrew Green

Ronald Frame's popular four-part drama set in a luxury hotel in the Scottish Highlands.
3: Fee runs into trouble as a rival hotel steals her staff. Meanwhile, four old friends have a surprising reunion on the tennis court, and in the Palm Court an artist's widow tries to avoid the probing lens of a television documentary team.
Director Patrick Rayner (R)

Contributors

Director:
Patrick Rayner
Fee:
Eliza Langland
David:
Crawford Logan
Eleanor:
Edith MacArthur
Coral:
Vivienne Dixon
Colin:
Simon Tait
Ranald:
Paul Young
Mhairi:
Emma Currie
Alistair:
James Bryce
Fran:
Irene MacDougall

The guide to the world of learning, for listeners of al I ages who want the best from the system. Producers Dorothy Stiven and Anne Freeman Action Line: [number removed]44
E-MAIL: [address removed]. Repeated Sunday llpm

Contributors

Producers:
Dorothy Stiven
Producers:
Anne Freeman

Sketch shows taking a comical view of lifestyles, families and relationships, starring
Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens as Mike and Sue, with Roger Blake , Alistair McGowan and Ronnie Ancona. 5: This week the subjects of mind, body and heritage. A sexy doctorjoins Sue for a mild flirtation, and an actor who sounds a bit like
Martin Jarvis makes an appeal on behalf of actors who make appeals.
Written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie. Music Mark Burton Producer Helen Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Duncan
Unknown:
Jan Ravens
Unknown:
Roger Blake
Unknown:
Alistair McGowan
Unknown:
Ronnie Ancona.
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Written By:
Ian Brown
Written By:
James Hendrie.
Music:
Mark Burton
Producer:
Helen Williams

By Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. 2: Vera's antics on the dance floor have tested her friend's patience to the limit, but Irene is determined that their correspondence will continue.
For details see yesterday. Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Lou Wakefield
Unknown:
Carole Hayman.

As the Russian money-laundering scandal continues to grow, Richard Watson investigates the British connection. How much protection do our banking laws really afford?
Producer Sharon Keatley. Repeated Sunday 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Watson
Producer:
Sharon Keatley.

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host a comedy sketch show with regulars Dan Freedman , Nick Romero , Bert Tyler-Moore , George Jeffrie and special guests. Plus stand-up comedy from Al Murray as his acclaimed characterthe pub landlord. Repeated from Saturday6.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Dan Freedman
Unknown:
Nick Romero
Unknown:
Bert Tyler-Moore
Unknown:
George Jeffrie
Unknown:
Al Murray

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