Programme Index

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Michael Buerk looks at how people make life-altering decisions and takes them through the whole process, from the initial dilemma to living with the consequences.
Producer Rosemary Dawson. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Producer:
Rosemary Dawson.

Today's programme is a special on childcare - its affordability, quality and the ways in which the state can help improve provision.
Drama: Chapters and Verses: Treasures of the British Library - the Marie Stopes Story told by Maggie Allen. Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Marie Stopes Storytold
Unknown:
Maggie Allen.

Simon Calder treks through the Peruvian Andes en route to the remote valley which sheltered the last Inca emperor from the Spanish invaders.
2: Macchu Pichu and Beyond. The railway line has been destroyed by a land slide and there is no road through this rugged terrain. Producer Mickwebb

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Calder
Unknown:
MacChu Pichu

Pete McCarthy reveals the origins of the famous tales of Albert and the Lion in this tribute to the character actor, variety performer and master of the monologue Stanley Holloway. With Larry Adler and Roy Hudd. Producer David Preset

Contributors

Unknown:
Pete McCarthy
Unknown:
Stanley Holloway.
Unknown:
Larry Adler
Unknown:
Roy Hudd.

By Nicholas Mcinerny. In 1824 the skeleton of the smallest girl in the world is exhibited beside that of the tallest man. How did she come to be in the Museum of Anatomy? with Simon Ludders and David Middleton.

Contributors

Writer:
Nicholas McInerny
Director:
Alison Hindell
Caroline Crachami:
Siriol Jenkins
Charles Byrne:
Denys Hawthorne
Louis:
Richard Elfyn
Francesca:
Bethan Morgan
Young Caroline:
Vanessa Mullally

In four programmes this week Simon Hoggart charts the progress of the persuasive public speaker as the dominating forces of sound-bite culture and media globalisation overwhelm the art of eloquent speech. 1: Rules of Rhetoric.
Examining the roots of rhetoric in ancient Greece and Rome. ProducerSue Foster. Editor Simon Elmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Editor:
Simon Elmes

In this series four leading writers take the chair. Louise Doughty and her guests scientist Sir
Robert May and prize-winning novelist Pauline Melville discuss three of theirfavourite paperbacks. ProducerViv Beeby. Repeated Sunday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Louise Doughty
Unknown:
Robert May
Unknown:
Pauline Melville
Unknown:
Producerviv Beeby.

A comedy series that uses the format of a live radio discussion programme to take an original look at media absurdity.
5:Travel. Ainsley Elliot and his guests debate the global impact of increased international mobility
Written by the cast, with Nick Canner and Paul 8 Davies Producer Paul B Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Ainsley Elliot
Unknown:
Nick Canner
Producer:
Paul B Davies
Ainsley:
Griff Rhys Jones
Jude:
Melanie Hudson
Bland:
Graeme Garden
Wanda:
Sandra Dickinson
Gary:
Geoffey McG!vern

International Drugs Companies and the Poor

Of the many hundreds of successful medicines to have been concocted by big drugs companies over the last 30 years, only 13 have been specifically targeted to cure the ill in the world's poorest countries. For the first time the true economic and social costs of human illness are being calculated. In the first of three programmes Isabel Hilton confronts the deadly disease kalaazar in Bihar, India, and asks who is to blame for its widespread and devastating impact.

Contributors

Reporter:
Isabel Hilton
Producer:
Sue Davies

Gary 0' Donoghue recently travelled to Ghana to look at the legacy left by river blindness. Producers Cheryl Gabriel and Gary O'Donoghue PHONE: [number removed] for more information
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Contributors

Producers:
Cheryl Gabriel
Producers:
Gary O'Donoghue

In 1928 Joseph Moncure March wrote his sensational jazz poem using the language of the tabloids and the lyrics and rhythms of hot jazz to capture in close-up the hedonism of the twenties.

Contributors

Writer:
Joseph Moncure March
Adaptation by:
Malcolm McKee
Composer:
Malcolm McKee
Director:
Sue Wilson
Narrator:
Ed Bishop
Queenie/Madeline:
Teresa Gallagher
Burrs/Jackie:
James Jordan
Mr Black/Phil/Neighbour:
William Roberts
Oscar/Eddie/MC:
John Guerrasio
Kate/Mae/Dolores:
Lorelei King

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More