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With Sue MacGregorand 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

Contributors

Unknown:
MacGregorand James Naughtie.

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.
Producers Cathy Packe and Bruce Hyman. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Anderson
Producers:
Cathy Packe
Producers:
Bruce Hyman.

Bryan Forbes explores the history of cinemas in Britain.
4: The Multiplex. During the late seventies and early eighties, British cinemas witnessed a dramatic fall in audiences, blamed on shabby interiors, the popularity of television and a lack of good blockbuster films. In 1985 an American idea-the multiplex-was broughtto Milton Keynes. Forbes examines its design and popularity. Producers Sara Jane Hall and Julia Reming

Contributors

Unknown:
Bryan Forbes
Unknown:
Milton Keynes.
Producers:
Sara Jane Hall
Producers:
Julia Reming

Martha Kearney hosts topical debates and conversation from a woman's point of view.
Reading: The Glory of Love. Five readings forthe week of Valentine's Day, including
John Betjeman , Seamus Heaney and Carol Ann Duffy. 2: Love Realised. Reading repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Martha Kearney
Unknown:
John Betjeman
Unknown:
Seamus Heaney
Unknown:
Carol Ann Duffy.

The last of four programmes in which Tim Pigott -Smith follows a year in the life of the University of Wales School of Ocean Sciences in Bangor. On a beach in Chile a team from the school investigates a case of poisoned mussels and a pollution problem. Back in Wales second-year student Niall has a new love in his life - Rosie the motorbike. And we discoverwhy there are no snakes in Ireland. Producers Gwenan Thomas and Jeremy Grange

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Pigott
Producers:
Gwenan Thomas
Producers:
Jeremy Grange

Felix Dexter profiles the first black comic to break through the rigid segregation of sixties' America to become a successful mainstream act.
Dick Gregory was the first stand-up comedian to sell a million albums. He tells his own story, with archive illustration from comedy clubs and television Shows. Producer Lucy Armitage

Contributors

Unknown:
Felix Dexter
Unknown:
Dick Gregory
Producer:
Lucy Armitage

1,000 Years of Spoken English
Melvyn Bragg continues his exploration of the history of the spoken language of Britain.

Changing incessantly, shifting styles and phraseology, the English language has often been compared to an onrushing river. Yet for at least 350 years people have been trying to fix its grammar and pronunciation. Bragg follows the trail of the language fixers and their opponents.
(Repeated from Friday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg

A comedy series by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses set in Baltimore just before the American Revolution.
5: A Helluva Lot of Storm Clouds. Cora discovers that she is pregnant, which is embarrassing as she and Ezekiel have not yet consummated their marriage. Meanwhile Mary and Captain
Brimshaw can hardly control their passion.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Jay Tarses
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer
Samuel:
Jay Tarses
Ezekiel:
Hugh Dennis
McGurk:
Andy Hamilton
Cora:
Felicity Montagu
Mary:
Sophie Thompson
Joshua:
Tony Maudsley
Brimshaw:
James Fleet
Mrs Arbuthnot:
Susie Blake
Dr Rutledge:
Philip Pope

Geoff Watts presents a series on what can happen when the body's own defence mechanism -the immune system - goes wrong. 2: Why does the body's immune system allow cancer to develop, and how can it be made to attack instead? Producer Sue Broom. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts

The last of five offbeat and quirky character-based pieces written and performed by Claire Caiman , Maria McErlane , Sarah Parkinson ,
Meera Syal and Arabella Weir. Producer Liz Anstee

Contributors

Unknown:
Claire Caiman
Unknown:
Maria McErlane
Unknown:
Sarah Parkinson
Unknown:
Meera Syal
Unknown:
Arabella Weir.
Producer:
Liz Anstee

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