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With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths.

Alanah Martin meets the bikers who threw a huge birthday party for a child who lost his father when he was killed in a crash, and who helped to support the woman who lost her partner. Presented by John Peel.
Producer Vibeka Venema. PHONE: [number removed]
E-MAIL: [address removed]. Repeated Monday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alanah Martin
Presented By:
John Peel.
Producer:
Vibeka Venema.

David Aaronovitch invites celebrity guests to re-spin the week's news in the satirical panel game that delves into the shadowy world of spin doctors and media manipulation. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
David Aaronovitch

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London, by panellists including John Maples MP, Arthur Scargill , and Chris Smith , Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
John Maples
Unknown:
Arthur Scargill
Unknown:
Chris Smith

In the first of a new four-part series challenging our set ideas about families of the past, Sarah Dunant explores the life of a 17th-century gentlewoman through her memoirs.
The Curious Life of Lady Grace Mildmay. She entertained King James I and married one of Queen Elizabeth's key diplomats. Professor Linda Pollack and Anthony Wells Cole visit
Mildmay's magnificent house to find out the truth about her curious family life. Producer Lyn Webster Wilde

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Dunant
Unknown:
Linda Pollack
Unknown:
Anthony Wells Cole
Producer:
Lyn Webster Wilde

By Val McDermid. Fast-talking Manchester-based private investigator Kate Brannigan is getting to the bottom of a blackmail and counterfeit scam - which also involves murder.

Contributors

Writer:
Val McDermid.
Director:
Melanie Harris
Kate Brannigan:
Jane Hazelgrove
Richard Barclay/Lad:
Matthew Dunster
Shelley/Sandra Bates:
Kathryn Hunt
Trevor/Dave:
James Quinn
Jackson/Reg/Simon/Gizmo:
Martin Reeve
Gail/Doreen:
Laura Richmond
Janice/Cleaner:
Caroline Sugden

Brian Sibley with the big picture on the world of film. Includingthe Talking Pictures guide to the pick of the movies on television.
Producer Nicola Barranger. WRITE TO: Talking Pictures,
BBC Radio 4, London W1A 1AA. E-MAILtalking.pictures@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Producer:
Nicola Barranger.

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host the comedy show, with stand-up, sketches and songs featuring Dan Freedman , Nick Romero , newcomer Jo Caulfield and special guests. Producer Aled Evans. Repeated Tuesday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Dan Freedman
Unknown:
Nick Romero
Unknown:
Jo Caulfield
Producer:
Aled Evans.

A comedy series set in London's finest hair salon, where brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando chop, snip and crimptheir lucky clients into shape. 2:The Nits.The salon is inundated with children wanting their haircut before the start of the school term. One of them is accompanied by nits and the result is itchy mayhem. With Rainer Hersch , Mark Maier , Stephen Greif and Catherine Tate. Producer Claire Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Quando
Unknown:
Rainer Hersch
Unknown:
Mark Maier
Unknown:
Stephen Greif
Unknown:
Catherine Tate.
Producer:
Claire Jones

Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights, including Onegin, the new screen version of the great Russian romantic tragedy featuring the Fiennes family - director Martha and actors Ralph and Sophie - and Francesca Annis. Plus Helen Mirren in Collected Stories, Donald Margulies 's new play about tensions between writers. Producer NickiPaxman

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Francesca Annis.
Unknown:
Helen Mirren
Unknown:
Donald Margulies

In a new series of four programmes
Robert Robinson presents the obituaries of men and women who refused to conform.
1: Sir George Sitwell.Readers Jonathan Adams , Jonathan Aris and Lucy Robinson.
Producer Jill Burridge. Repeated tomorrow 12.15am

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Readers:
Jonathan Adams
Readers:
Jonathan Aris
Readers:
Lucy Robinson.
Producer:
Jill Burridge.

At the height of the Cold War, ordinary people throughout the Soviet bloc secretly tuned into radio stations funded by western governments. Radio Moscow did its best to spread the Communist gospel in English. Tim Sebastian explores the broadcasting battle that some called freedom and others called propaganda. Did the power of radio help to bring down the Berlin Wall? Producer Matthew Dodd

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Sebastian
Producer:
Matthew Dodd

By Iris Murdoch, dramatised in three parts by Michael Bakewell.

A new bell is due to arrive at the Abbey, but Dora is haunted by the story of the old bell and of the death that it foretold.
(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Author:
Iris Murdoch
Dramatist:
Michael Bakewell
Michael Meade:
Crispin Redman
Dora Greenfield:
Cathryn Bradshaw
Paul Greenfield:
Nicholas Farrell
Peter Topglass:
Struan Rodger
Toby Gashe:
Jamie Bamber
James Tayper Pace:
Philip Voss
Catherine Fawley:
Emma Gregory
Nick Fawley:
Nicholas Boulton
Mrs Mark:
Jane Booker
The Irish Nun:
Kate Binchy
Noel Spens:
Charlie Simpson

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
David Cook
Unknown:
David Starkey
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves.

ByTamar Hodes , read by Tim Pigott-Smith .
Lawrence Walker , professor of English and author of The Metaphysical Poets, had a seahorse tattooed on his left buttock. His wife Mary took three days to get over it, and then wondered what other secrets he might have. Producer Liz Taylor (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bytamar Hodes
Read By:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Read By:
Lawrence Walker
Producer:
Liz Taylor

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