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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 the Rev Angela Tilby.

8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presenter:
John Humphrys
Presenter:
James Naughtie
Speaker (Thought for the Day):
Rev. Angela Tilby

Jenni Murray discusses women's issues and celebrates the work of feminist Jill Tweedie with Polly Toynbee, Natasha Walter and Liz Forgan in the National Portrait Gallery. The programme considers what has been achieved in terms of equality, what has yet to be achieved and how relevant feminism is now to a new generation of women.

Drama: Daughters of Britannia. Part 10
(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Guest:
Polly Toynbee
Guest:
Natasha Walter
Guest:
Liz Forgan

Explorer John Harrison canoes the length of the Duero River through Spain and Portugal with his paddling partner Peter Strub.

The duo navigate their way through the dusty heart of Castile, and Harrison reports on the tastes of the local wines and speculates on the legacy left by 19th-century soldiers from Wellington's army.

Contributors

Presenter/Explorer:
John Harrison
Canoeist:
Peter Strub
Producer:
Mary Price

A comedy series by Tony Bagley.
R
obin uses a scam from his old universe to make himself rich in his new universe. In the process he attracts the attention of the security services and learns the horrible truth about Operation War of the Worlds.

Contributors

Writer:
Tony Bagley
Producer:
Claire Jones
Robin:
Hugh Bonneville
Lesley:
Josie Lawrence
Dirk:
Stephen Frost
Murdo:
Lewis MacLeod
Elaine:
Janet Ellis
Vernon:
Simon Creenall
Ned:
Sam Bradley

John Humphrys puts the food industry's leading figures on the spot. He investigates just how fresh food actually is by the time it reaches the supermarket shelf and what treatment it undergoes to give it that "just picked" look. Guests include Peter Seggar, whose company imports organic foods.
(Repeated Sunday 8pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Humphrys
Guest:
Peter Seggar
Producer:
Steve Peacock

A play by Stephen Mollet, inspired by the letters of the Hungarian writer Tibor Dery.

A young wife tries to help keep the truth of her husband's imprisonment from his elderly mother, but can their trust and love survive?
(R)

Contributors

Writer:
Stephen Mollet
Inspired by the letters of:
Tibor Dery
Director:
Penny Leicester
Tibor:
John Rowe
Zoltan:
Mark Straker
Bobe:
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Guard/Policeman:
Harry Myers
Mama:
Pauline Jameson

From St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Suffolk, based around the Seven Last Words of Christ.

With John Tavener's Funeral Ikos. Led by John Bowker. With Joe Duttine and the choir of St Edmundsbury Cathedral directed by James Thomas.

Contributors

Celebrant:
John Bowker
[Actor]:
Joe Duttine
Singers:
Choir of St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Musical Director:
James Thomas

Simon Hoggart hosts the topical comedy panel game. His guests this week are Alan Coren, Francis Wheen and Roy Hattersley.
(Repeated tomorrow 12.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Hoggart
Panellist:
Alan Coren
Panellist:
Francis Wheen
Panellist:
Roy Hattersley
Producer:
Lucy Armitage

Good Friday? Not in Ambridge.

Archers Addicts Fan Club: send sae to [address removed]

Contributors

Writer:
Mary Cutler
Director:
Sean O'Connor
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Shula:
Judy Bennett
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Nigel:
Graham Seed
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Tony:
Colin Skipp
Pat:
Patricia Gallimore
Helen:
Bonnie Engstrom
Tommy:
Tom Graham
Debbie:
Tamsin Greig
Sid:
Alan Devereux
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
William:
Philip Molloy
Edward:
Barry Farrimond
Neil:
Brian Hewlett
Susan:
Charlotte Martin
Caroline:
Sara Coward
Mrs Antrobus:
Margot Boyd
Simon:
Garrick Hagon
Jolene:
Buffy Davis

To mark the 250th anniversary of the death of J.S. Bach, conductor John Eliot Gardiner has embarked on an epic project - performing and recording all of Bach's cantatas in a year-long pilgrimage. Mark Lawson investigates the journey so far.

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Subject:
John Eliot Gardiner
Producer:
Tanya Hudson

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