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Richard Uridge uncovers more stories and characters from the British countryside. Producer Alasdair Cross. Repeated Thursday 1.30pm Roland White 's Radio Review: page 49

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Uridge
Producer:
Alasdair Cross.
Unknown:
Roland White

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths.

This week Michael Rosen has a turn at taking a closer look at listeners' lives on Radio 4's interactive family show.
Producer Paula McGinley. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: home.truths@boc.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths Repeated Monday 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Paula McGinley.

Arthur Smith presents the travel programme.
This week he is joined by Nick Haslam who will be exploring Budapest.
Producer Sara Jane Hall. E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk PHONE: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Smith
Unknown:
Nick Haslam
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall.

The last of the series of programmes mixing pop and politics to capture the atmosphere and chart the course of general election campaigns which changed the country.
Sandi Toksvig remembers 1987, when Living in a Boxwas in the charts and a cupboard in Knightsbridge sold fora a small fortune. Margaret Thatcher had been in Downing Street for eight years, and challenging her were Labour's
Neil Kinnock and the two Davids - Owen and Steel - of the Alliance. Producer Chris Bond (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandi Toksvig
Unknown:
Margaret Thatcher
Unknown:
Neil Kinnock
Producer:
Chris Bond

Simon Hoggart hosts the topical comedy panel game. With Alan Coren , Andy Hamilton , Jeremy Hardy and Hattie Hayridge. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Hattie Hayridge.

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at the Pavilion theatre, Brighton, East Sussex, by Misha Glenny , Matt Ridley , Nicholas Soames MP and Radio Times columnist Polly Toyn bee. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Misha Glenny
Unknown:
Matt Ridley
Unknown:
Nicholas Soames
Unknown:
Polly Toyn

Joe Farrell examines the stories of six great but now apparently forgotten people and asks why they have been so neglected.
3: Robert Cunninghame Graham was a Scottish aristocrat, with a claim to the throne of Scotland, who seemed destined to live the quiet life of a landowner. But he was also the first socialist in Parliament. He went on to found the Scottish National Party. An adventurer and cowboy in South America, and a brief inmate of Pentonville jail for causing a riot, he was a literary inspiration to Shaw, Wilde and Conrad. Producer Jane Greenwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Farrell
Unknown:
Robert Cunninghame Graham
Producer:
Jane Greenwood

Elizabeth Berridge 's novel, set in the Border country, is dramatised by Alison Joseph. An unexpected inheritance allows Emma Rowlands to return to her roots and renew her career as an artist. But when her mother comes to visit, a surprising discovery is made.
Director Jocelyn Boxall

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Berridge
Dramatised By:
Alison Joseph.
Unknown:
Emma Rowlands
Director:
Jocelyn Boxall
Emma:
Rachel Atkins
Adela:
Phyllida Law
Ivor:
Ifan Meredith
Robert:
Tim Treloar
Debby:
Barbara Dryhurst
Prudence:
Sheila Mitchell
Archie:
James Taylor
Mrs Hughes:
Elizabeth Bell
Charlotte:
Gemma Saunders
Phoebe/Young Adela:
Beth Chalmers
Young Hugo:
Christopher Kejham
Young Emma:
Harriet Jackson
Sgt Jenkins:
Tom George

Andrew Collins with the guide to film, including a report on documentaries that are shown in the cinema but not on television. Plus a profile of Bruce Willis who has had a love-hate relationship with the Critics. Producer Matthew Dodd

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Collins
Unknown:
Bruce Willis
Producer:
Matthew Dodd

Undertaker and poet Thomas Lynch presents a series of lyrical and humane essays about the emotions that underpin daily life.
2: Catch and Release. He contemplates the changing relationship between a father and his son. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Lynch

By James Hogg , dramatised in three parts by Don Taylor.

Mrs Logan and Bell Calvert discover the true circumstances of George's murder and learn for the first time the danger presented to Robert by his mysterious friend Gil-Martin. With Edward Petherbridge, Cal Macaninch and Paul Higgins.
(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Unknown:
James Hogg
Unknown:
Don Taylor.
Unknown:
Edward Petherbridge
Unknown:
Paul Higgins.

Respect for the Earth
The last of five eminent thinkers from around the world speaks about an aspect of sustainable development. Poverty and Globalisation. Can we feed the world without using intensive farming techniques or genetically modified crops?
Environmental campaigner Vandana Shiva argues that globalisation is robbing the poor and threatening the planet. Fom New Delhi.
Repeated from Wednesday. This year's Reith lecturers talk to the Prince of Wales on Wednesday at 8pm, and the discussion is repeated next Saturday 10.15pm.

Five short stories bywomen writers. 3: Daddy's
G/rtby Polly Samson , read by Andrew Lincoln.
Richard has had enough of playing gooseberry to Emily and her beloved father. Today he his going to take control. Producer Sara Benaim (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Polly Samson
Read By:
Andrew Lincoln.
Producer:
Sara Benaim

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