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With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon Eric James. Mission controller: page 34
Highlights 4 autumn: page 35

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Canon Eric James.

John Peel takes another of his wry look at the foibles of family life.
Producer Paula McGinley. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths Repeated Monday llpm
Mission controller: page 34
Highlights 4 autumn: page 35

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peel
Producer:
Paula McGinley.

Arthur Smith presents the travel show featuring travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation. Producer Eleanor Garland
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage
E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk. PHONE: [number removed] Mission controller: page 34
Highlights 4 autumn: page 35

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Smith
Producer:
Eleanor Garland

Simon wants to wow his formidable mother-in-law by cooking a Caribbean feast. Can he do it? Presenter Anna McNamee , food historian
Rosamund Grant and Afro-Caribbean masterchef Brian Benjamin put on their pinnies and roll up their Sleeves to help him OUt. Producer Sarah Taylor

Contributors

Presenter:
Anna McNamee
Unknown:
Rosamund Grant
Unknown:
Brian Benjamin
Producer:
Sarah Taylor

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the last in the current series of topical sketches and stand up comedy, including their own irreverent preview of the summer Olympics. Featuring Matt Lucas as Marjorie Dawes.
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Matt Lucas
Unknown:
Marjorie Dawes.

Nick Clarke chairs the last in the series of debates on issues of perennial interest in front of an invited audience. "Farmers deserve no special treatment. "From the Memorial Hall, Charlbury, Oxfordshire.
To vote YES PHONE: [number removed] To vote NO PHONE: [number removed] LINES OPEN until 2.30pm Maximum call cost lOp
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke

The programme in the series in which Edward Enfield cycles along Lord Byron's 1809 route through Greece .learning about the history of the region on the way.
3: Through True Greece to Freedom. Enfield unravels the complex relationship between Byron and the Greek War of Independence. Producer Mary Price

Joseph Conrad's short story, dramatised by Robert Forrest.

Terrible events at sea come back to haunt a tugboat captain working out of Bangkok Harbour. When Captain Falk sets out to woo the niece of a German trader, he finds he cannot bring himself to speak to the object of his affections because he feels so ashamed of his past. But his behaviour becomes more than just eccentric when he kidnaps the trader's ship with the girl on board.

Contributors

Author:
Joseph Conrad
Dramatised by:
Robert Forrest
Director:
Bruce Young
Snadden:
Crawford Logan
Falk:
Allan Sharpe
Totterson:
Steven McNicoll
Schomberg:
Ralph Riach
Hermann:
John Buick
Mrs Hermann:
Rose McBaln
Seigers:
Robin Thomson
Johnson/Carpenter:
Michael MacKenzie

Homer's The Odysseygets updated to the Depression-era Deep South in the Coen Brothers latest film 0 Brother, Where Art Thou ?
Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their verdict on this as well as Conversations After a Burial, the new play by the writer of the smash hit Art, Yasmina Reza. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Art Thou
Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Yasmina Reza.
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

A four-part series exploring the lives of native North Americans today.

Gail Robinson met Charlie Crowfoot at Calgary's annual Stampede. He calmed an injured horse simply by pointing his finger at its nostrils. But Charlie, from the Blackfoot tribe, has a way with horses that few can match. He breaks them in, but hates the phrase - or the thought - of breaking the spirit of anything.
(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gail Robinson
Unknown:
Charlie Crowfoot

By Doris Lessing , dramatised by Tina Pepler. By appointing Moses - the native Mary whipped - as their houseboy, Dick unknowingly seals her fate. Final part. With Alison Pettitt ,
Tracy-Ann Oberman , Miles Anderson and Estelle Kohler. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Lessing
Dramatised By:
Tina Pepler.
Unknown:
Alison Pettitt
Unknown:
Tracy-Ann OBErman
Unknown:
Miles Anderson
Unknown:
Estelle Kohler.

In an eight-part series, Nick Ross invites a panel of public figures to hear evidence and offer solutions to an issue of current concern.
2: The Lottery. Have we created a new source of philanthropy or are we just squandering the money? Commissioners: Jonathan Porritt ,
Romola Christopherson and Lord James Gordon. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross
Unknown:
Jonathan Porritt
Unknown:
Romola Christopherson
Unknown:
Lord James Gordon.

Frank Delaney presents poetry on a musical theme, from JS Bach to Elvis Presley. Readers Alice Arnold , Alan Howard , Tim Piggot-Smith and Maggie Steed. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Delaney
Readers:
Elvis Presley.
Readers:
Alice Arnold
Readers:
Alan Howard
Readers:
Tim Piggot-Smith
Readers:
Maggie Steed.

Stormy Night....
Five stories beginningwith one of English literature's most celebrated -or notorious-opening lines. 3: Valhalla by Tom Morton , read by Sandy Neilson. A Shetland lifeboat worker is called out on a rescue mission. But even at sea his mind is preoccupied with the uncomfortable secret that lies beneath his oilskins. Producer David Jackson Young (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Morton
Read By:
Sandy Neilson.
Producer:
David Jackson Young

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