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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 Roy Jenkins.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Roy Jenkins.

John Peel takes anotherwry look at some of 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

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peel
Producer:
Paula McGinley

Arthur Smith presents the travel programme 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]

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Smith
Producer:
Eleanor Garland

Simon Parkes indulges in the pursuit of some of the best things life has to offer.
2: Yquem is the best and most expensive white wine in the world. Parkes travels to Bordeaux to discover its secrets and to investigate the drama behind its hostile takeover by the French luxury group LVMH.
Producer Rebecca Moore

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Parkes
Producer:
Rebecca Moore

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital in Oswestry, Shropshire, by panellists including John Bercow MP; Simon Hughes , Liberal
Democrat Home Affairs spokesman; and Francis Wells , senior consultant at Papworth Hospital. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Robert Jones
Unknown:
John Bercow
Unknown:
Simon Hughes
Unknown:
Francis Wells

Corin Redgrave presents an eight-part series drawing on the BBC's remarkable oral history of the 20th century. The experiences, drawn from Europe's largest oral history archive, were collected throughout the BBC Regions during the last year of the century.
7: Crime and Law. Experiences of the judicial system and law enforcement in society and the social implications of legal precedents on punishment and sentencing. Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick

Contributors

Unknown:
Corin Redgrave
Producers:
Ivan Howlett
Producers:
Nick Patrick

A romantic comedy with clues by Jim Eldridge.
Lonely Bournemouth widower Stephen Cross compiles crosswords for his local paper. His life is changed for ever when the lovely widow Penny Harrison challenges him to help her prove that King Arthur really did come to Bournemouth. He shares with her his delight in constructing some fiendish clues for his latest crossword.
Producer Catherine Bailey.
Director Marilyn Imrie.
To respond to the crossword puzzle challenge visit WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

Contributors

Written By:
Jim Eldridge.
Producer:
Catherine Bailey.
Director:
Marilyn Imrie.
Penny:
Wendy Craig
Stephen:
Geoffrey Palmer
Terry:
Bruce Alexander
John:
John Rowe
Mrs Jessop:
Tessa Worsley
The Rev Henry Jessop:
Roger Gartland
Sandra:
Luisa Bradshaw White
Eric:
David Holt
Librarian:
David Holt

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests give their verdict on a new production of Harold Pinter 's The
Caretaker, directed by Patrick Marber and starring Michael Gambon and Rupert Graves. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Harold Pinter
Directed By:
Patrick Marber
Unknown:
Michael Gambon
Unknown:
Rupert Graves.
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Jeffrey Richards takes a two-part look at railway stations, exploring their role in culture - as architecture, as places of welcome and farewell, as the setting for films and as the starting point forwriters, artists and designers.
1: Gorgeous Palaces and Solemn Temples Producer Sean Walsh (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffrey Richards
Producer:
Sean Walsh

The conclusion of Mike Walker 's three-part dramatisation of JG Farrell's classic. As the Japanese invasion of Singapore grows closer, the attention of the heirto the island's huge rubber industry is on the two beautiful women in his life. With Robert Glenister , Jonathan Cake , Samantha Spiro , Su-Lin LOOi and John Rowe. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Walker
Unknown:
Robert Glenister
Unknown:
Jonathan Cake
Unknown:
Samantha Spiro
Unknown:
John Rowe.

Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which
Janet Daley , David Starkey , Ian Hargreaves and David Cook cross-examine witnesses who have conflicting views on the moral issues behind one of the week's news Stories. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
David Starkey
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
David Cook

A series exploring the background, effect and lasting appeal of some of our best-loved and most familiar poems. 4: The Sunne Risingby John Donne. Peggy Reynolds enlists writers, poets, schoolboys. Shakespeare, the Ancient
Greeks and the caretaker of a very contemporary garden in an exploration of the impact of Donne's sexually charged masterpiece. Rptd from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds

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