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With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Christina Rees.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament LW only

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Christina Rees.

Olivia O'Leary talks to two people who have had similar experiences. Two bishops - one Anglican, one Catholic - discuss issues that divide them and issues on which they are united. Producer Sara Conkey. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Olivia O'Leary
Producer:
Sara Conkey.

In the 100 years since the inauguration of its first line, the Paris Metro has occupied a place in the city's culture, history and mythology. In this new series of five programmes, Philip Sweeney travels the Metro to explore the city's love affair with the underground past and present. In this first programme he explores the construction of the system many Parisians warned would ruin the City Of Lights for ever. Producer Sara Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Sweeney
Producer:
Sara Davies

Mark Radcliffe presents a two-part tribute to Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy , one of cinema's best-loved comedy duos.
In this first programme he traces Laurel's comic genius back to his roots in the UK. He was born in Ulverston, Cumbria, where his father was a theatre manager. He became a comedy performer and eventually made it to America, where he understudied Charlie Chaplin and, after some setbacks, landed in Hollywood.
On joining the Hal Roach studios he met
Oliver Hardy. Roach himself soon realised that there was a comic spark between the two men and put them together as an "official" team. The rest, as they say, is history. Producer Libby Cross

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Radcliffe
Unknown:
Stan Laurel
Unknown:
Oliver Hardy
Unknown:
Charlie Chaplin
Unknown:
Hal Roach
Unknown:
Oliver Hardy.
Producer:
Libby Cross

In the first of six programmes, baker, railway signalman and enthusiastic Yorkshireman Derek Garrett talks about his relationship with his
' daughter Lesley, about fame, and about how a porter's daughterturned him into a junior school headmaster. Producer Bill Lloyd

Contributors

Talks:
Derek Garrett
Producer:
Bill Lloyd

By Robin Brooks. The poet Ovid roams the streets of ancient Rome in search of love and fulfilment.
On his way he offers us his ultimate guide to seduction - a guide which will lead to immortality and to political disaster. The play also offers an insight into his fascinating, vibrant character.
Director Clive Brill

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Brooks.
Director:
Clive Brill
Ovid:
Bill Nighy
Cypassis:
Anne-Marie Duff
Emperor:
David Horovitch
Father:
David Horovitch
Corinna:
Lucy Robinson

2: Impermanence by Valerie Miner, read by Teresa Gallagher. It is the sixties and Sophie's mother is giving her a long-awaited Tonette - "the gentle home permanent which makes a girl feel like a woman". However, the shared experience marks a rite of passage that Sophie was not expecting. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Read By:
Teresa Gallagher.

Why is the relationship between buildings and trees so fraught? Are they natural enemies? Architect Richard Burton designed his house around a 120 foot London plain. But is he brave orfoolhardy? Elspeth Thompson slips into the subsoil to get to the root of the problem. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Burton
Unknown:
Elspeth Thompson

LA new comedy magazine hosted by Steve "not the snooker player" Davis, with regularfeatures-
Little Fellahs ; a motoring section called Don't
Slam It, It's Not a Ford; mysteries of the universe with Tony Rubini ; big fat chef Brian Quimby ; and music from Victor Wood. Starring Gerard Foster ,
Dave Lamb , Gordon Southern, Tim Verrinder , Ben Ward and Richard Webb. Producer Maria Esposito

Contributors

Unknown:
Little Fellahs
Unknown:
Tony Rubini
Unknown:
Brian Quimby
Unknown:
Victor Wood.
Unknown:
Gerard Foster
Unknown:
Dave Lamb
Unknown:
Tim Verrinder
Unknown:
Ben Ward
Unknown:
Richard Webb.
Producer:
Maria Esposito

Leading contemporary historian Paul Kennedy assesses the political leadership of three key nations and their impact on the rest of the world. 3: This week the focus is on the USA. Kennedy tells the story of the peculiar paradox of the American presidency with the help of Henry Kissinger and David Gergen.
Producer Anna Parkinson. Repeated Sunday 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Kennedy
Unknown:
Henry Kissinger
Unknown:
David Gergen.
Producer:
Anna Parkinson.

Many illnesses are said to be attributable to stress, but does stress really exist? If so, what causes it? Some even say that stress is good for you. Dr Graham Easton looks at whether modern ills can be blamed on this condition and explores how we cope with feelings of anxiety. Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald
E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk. Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Graham Easton
Producer:
Geraldine Fitzgerald

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