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With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

6.45 Yesterday in Parliament

7.45 Thought for the Day
With Gabrielle Cox.

8.32 Yesterday in Parliament (LW only)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue MacGregor
Presenter:
James Naughtie
Speaker (Thought for the Day):
Gabrielle Cox

Clive Anderson, former barrister and grand inquisitor of the stars, returns to cut through the legal jargon and gets to the heart of an issue which affects anyone who uses or will have cause to use the legal system.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Producer:
Cathy Packe
Producer:
Bruce Hyman

Bryan Forbes explores the history of the British small screen.

The Torbay Picture House is the oldest surviving example of the first purpose-built cinemas - farm workers would ride on horseback from the countryside to gasp at the wonders of the silver screen. But what will happen now that a seven-screen multiplex has opened up just 500 yards away?

Contributors

Presenter:
Bryan Forbes
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall

Tim Pigott-Smith follows a year in the life of the University of Wales School of Ocean Sciences in Bangor.
A group of second-year students takes to the high seas to experience life on board the department's research vessel Prince Madog.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Producer:
Jeremy Grange
Producer:
Gwenan Thomas

Programmes mixing pop and politics to capture the atmosphere and chart the course of general election campaigns which changed the country.
Miles Kington tunes in to 1979, when prime minister Jim Callaghan was battling not just the unions and the Winter of Discontent but also the new Tory leader Margaret Thatcher, who couldn't seem to put a foot wrong. Blondie were in the charts with "Sunday Girl", as was Art Garfunkel with "Bright Eyes".

Contributors

Presenter:
Miles Kington
Producer:
Chris Bond

Melvyn Bragg continues his exploration of the history of the spoken language of Britain.

For generations the way you talk has affected how people regard you. These days the top-drawer cut-glass vowels fashionable 50 years ago have become out of date. Are the flattened sounds and glottal stops of urban Britain the new classy way to speak?
(Repeated from Friday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg

By Carmen Walton. A warm-hearted story exploring the cultural mix of a British-Iranian marriage, its difficulties and delights. Through letters, poems and diary extracts it tells of a surprise birthday party for Kourash Alavi, an Iranian man living in Dorset with his British family.

Contributors

Writer:
Carmen Walton
Director:
Pauline Harris
Kourash:
Paul Bhattacharjee
Nina:
Michelle Holmes
Narrator/Father:
Vic Tablain
Parisa:
Kate Stonestreet
Adviser:
Dr Razi Mostanbet
Louise:
Noreen Kershaw
Mother:
Ishia Bennison
Russell:
Martin Reeves
Mother:
Parvaneh Nemapa

A comedy series by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses set in Baltimore just before the American Revolution.

Samuel's crooked brother turns up and inveigles Joshua into a prize fight against the terrifying Cockney Monster. Can Samuel and Sergeant McGurk stop Joshua from being killed?

Roland White's Review: page 44

Contributors

Writer:
Andy Hamilton
Writer:
Jay Tarses
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer
Samuel:
Jay Tarses
McGurk:
Andy Hamilton
Mary:
Sophie Thompson
Brimshaw:
James Fleet
Dan:
William Hootkins
Ezekiel:
Hugh Dennis
Cora:
Felicity Montague
Joshua:
Tony Maudsley
Mrs Arbuthnot:
Susie Blake
[Actor]:
Michael Fenton Stevens

Raj Persaud introduces the last of the series of programmes from the Bethlem Royal hospital in Kent, which explore the realities and myths of life on psychiatric wards. A look at the work of the Crisis Recovery Unit, a specialist centre which helps those who carry out disturbing acts of self-harm.

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(Repeated Sunday 9pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Raj Persaud
Producer:
Rami Tzabar

Another of the offbeat and quirky character-based pieces written and performed by Claire Calman, Maria McErlane Sarah Parkinson, Meera Syal and Arabella Weir.

Contributors

Writer/Performer:
Claire Calman
Writer/Performer:
Maria McErlane
Writer/Performer:
Sarah Parkinson
Writer/Performer:
Meera Syal
Writer/Performer:
Arabella Weir
Producer:
Liz Anstee

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