Programme Index

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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

6.45 Yesterday in Parliament

7.45 Thought for the Day
With Charles Handy.

8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presenter:
John Humphrys
Presenter:
James Naughtie
Speaker (Thought for the Day):
Charles Handy

Claudia Hammond presents a five-part series examining whether men and women see, smell, hear, feel and taste things differently.

Why are more men colour-blind and why are women unable to park properly? An examination of how we perceive space.

Contributors

Presenter:
Claudia Hammond
Producer:
Joanna Rahim

Bestselling author Isabel Allende joins Jenni Murray to talk about her latest novel Daughters of Fortune, which traces a young woman's life in Chile and California during the gold rush.

Drama: Elizabeth and Essex selected and compiled by Lisa Osborne. Part 4.

(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Guest:
Isabel Allende
[Material] selected and compiled by (Elizabeth and Essex):
Lisa Osborne

by Sarah Woods.

A three-part drama-documentary series exploring how our perceptions of the past, present and future change our lives.

A geologist travels back through time accompanied by a bell-ringer, a bivalve and a ghost.

Contributors

Writer:
Sarah Woods
Music:
Anders Sodergreen
Producer:
Sara Conkey
Director:
Sarah Woods
The Bivalve:
Victoria Worsley
Jack:
Simeon Defoe
Sadie:
Poppy Ellen

The programme that proves the law is not just a load of dusty old books. Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment.

(Repeated Sunday at 8.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Marcel Berlins
Producer:
Jonathan Brunert
Producer:
Gudrun Dalibor

Weakened bones, cardiac dysrhythmia and decreased blood volume are all conditions associated with space travel. As the International Space Station takes shape and manned exploration of deep space becomes a reality, Quentin Cooper discovers what science can do to counter the effects of prolonged weightlessness.

E-Mail: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
John Watkins

"This house believes in fairies at the bottom of the garden." The comic debating show returns to tackle the key issues of the day. Dr Phil Hammond presides over a battle of comic heavyweights between Tony Hawks, Simon Fanshawe and Steve Punt.

Contributors

Chairman:
Dr Phil Hammond
Panellist:
Tony Hawks
Panellist:
Simon Fanshawe
Panellist:
Steve Punt
Producer:
Bill Dare
Producer:
Adam Bromley

Electric implants may one day help paraplegics to walk again. Alun Lewis looks at the challenges facing scientists as they try to restore function to muscles paralysed by injury or disease.

E-Mail: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Alun Lewis
Producer:
Paul Arnold

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