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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.

7.20 Yesterday in Parliament

7.25, 8.25 Sports News

7.45 Thought for the Day
With Christina Rees.

8.45 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presenter:
John Humphrys
Presenter:
James Naughtie
Speaker (Thought for the Day):
Christina Rees

Presented by John Peel.

Mike and Maureen Leak did their courting on the Glen Cable tramway in Shipley Glen. They enjoyed it so much they bought the company. Ray Kershaw reports.

Phone: [number removed]
E-Mail: [email address removed]
(Repeated Monday 11pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Peel
Subject:
Mike Leak
Subject:
Maureen Leak
Reporter:
Ray Kershaw
Producer:
Fiona Hill

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at Market Drayton, Shropshire, by panellists including Menzies Campbell MP, Glenda Jackson MP and Angela Mason Of Stonewall.
(Repeated from yesterday)

Contributors

Chairman:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Panellist:
Menzies Campbell
Panellist:
Glenda Jackson
Panellist:
Angela Mason

In 1895 Simon Patino was a shop clerk in a remote town on the Bolivian Altiplano. Twenty years later he was the world's fifth richest man, richer even than the Astors and the Rothschilds. Mike Gonzalez tells Patino's extraordinary story and the parallel story of the miners whose labour made his immense fortune.

Bolivian miners have always been at the heart of the country's history since the days of the silver boom in the 16th century. Patino drew people from the local Indian communities to his mines, and many of these people still work them today in conditions little different to 100 years ago. Gonzalez visits Patino's extravagant mansions in Cochabamba and Oruru, as well as going deep into the heart of his last working mine, to discover the histories of the "Tin Man" and his miners.

Contributors

Presenter:
Mike Gonzalez
Producer:
Jane Greenwood

By Don Howarth.
Set in a remote part of the Pennines, this atmospheric play charts the developing relationship between a widow, her son and a recently hired worker, Tom. The son, who has learning difficulties, is described by his school as challenged. With Tom's encouragement, the son learns more than he ever did at school. However, this new-found confidence brings its own conflict to the trio.

Contributors

Writer:
Don Howarth
Director:
Pauline Harris
Anne:
Brigit Forsyth
Harry:
Matthew Booth
Tom:
Paul Copley

Andrew Collins presents the new film programme with a comparison between the American high-school movie and British classroom classics. Plus a Valentine's Day search for the best screen kiss.

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Collins
Producer:
Matthew Dodd

Mae West once said "Love conquers all things - except poverty and toothache," while Woody Allen said "Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing". With Cupid's arrows on target for Valentine's Day, a celebration of the art of love with a revue from Luscombe and McKee. Starring Steven Pacey, Dillie Keane, Christopher Luscombe, Cathy Sara and Malcolm McKee and featuring the words and music of Tom Lehrer, Cole Porter, Dillie Keane, Douglas Furber, Alan Bennett, Irving Berlin and Noel Coward.

Contributors

Performer:
Steven Pacey
Performer:
Cathy Sara
Performer:
Dillie Keane
Performer/Writer:
Christopher Luscombe
Performer/Writer:
Malcolm McKee
Director:
Sue Wilson

The Trainspotting team are back but this time with Leonardo DiCaprio, slumming it in Thailand. Tom Sutcliffe and guests cast their eyes over The Beach, as well as a major new gallery that is about to stamp Walsall on the art map.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

In the second of two programmes BBC correspondent Matt Frei, born in Germany and raised both there and in Britain, explores British attitudes towards the Germans, our fear of Teutonic efficiency and our belief that they have no sense of humour.
(Repeated tomorrow 12.15am)

Contributors

Presenter:
Matt Frei
Producer:
Tony Grant

The conclusion of Oscar Wilde's famous novel in Nick McCarty's two-part dramatisation.

The story of a gilded and spoilt hedonist who, Faust-like, makes a foolish wish - the granting of which destroys him. As the years pass, though he lives entirely for his own gratification, Dorian retains his extraordinarily youthful beauty. His picture in the attic, however, tells a very different story.

(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Author:
Oscar Wilde
Dramatised by:
Nick McCarty
Dorian Gray:
Jamie Glover
Lord Henry Wotten:
Ian McDiarmid
Basil Hallward:
Steven Pacey
Campbell:
Geoffrey Beevers
Duchess:
Alice Arnold
Duke:
Edward De Souza
Thornton:
Stephen Critchlow
Lady Narborough:
Tessa Worsley
Jim Vane:
Harry Myers
Woman in opium den:
Elizabeth Bell
Francis:
Tom George
[Actor]:
Brett Usher
[Actress]:
Tilly Gaunt
[Actor]:
Gavin Muir

Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Janet Daley, Ian Hargreaves, David Starkey and David Cook cross-examine guests who have conflicting views on the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.

(Repeated from Wednesday)

Contributors

Chairman:
Michael Buerk
Panellist:
Janet Daley
Panellist:
Ian Hargreaves
Panellist:
David Starkey
Panellist:
David Cook

Stephanie Hughes presents a series exploring the mysteries and mechanics of writing music.

Simon Bainbridge, award-winning composer of settings of Primo Levi's words, shares his love of improvised music with saxophonist and jazz composer Andy Sheppard.

(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes
Guest:
Simon Bainbridge
Guest:
Andy Sheppard

Frank Delaney introduces requests for favourite poetry about the five senses. Readers Samuel West, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alice Arnold and poet Susan Wicks.

(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Delaney
Reader:
Samuel West
Reader:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Reader:
Alice Arnold
Reader/Poet:
Susan Wicks

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