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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 Anne Atkins.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Anne Atkins.

Concluding his series, Max Pearson hears how individuals and communities are affected by our changing environmental thinking. The Ouse
Washes in Cambridgeshire are one of the most important sites for birds in Europe. But what happens when a major energy companywants to build huge wind turbines in this area? Can we reconcile the need to exploit renewable energy with the conflicting needs of our countryside? producer Nick Patrick

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Pearson
Producer:
Nick Patrick

by Laurie King, dramatised in four parts by Shaun Prendergast.
Miss Donleavy is ill and somebody is trying to kill both Holmes and Mary. The question is, which of Holmes's enemies would hate him enough to not only try and kill him, but his friends as well?

Contributors

Author:
Laurie King
Dramatised by:
Shaun Prendergast
Director:
Melanie Harris
Mary:
Monica Dolan
Holmes:
James Fox
Mr Thomas/Mycroft/Lestrade:
Gavin Muir
Watson/Constable Fowler:
Shaun Prendergast

Martin Young hosts the biographical quiz, with team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego. This weekthey are joined by special guests Claire Rayner and David Aaronovitch. Producer Adam Bromley

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Young
Unknown:
Francis Wheen
Unknown:
Fred Housego.
Unknown:
Claire Rayner
Unknown:
David Aaronovitch.
Producer:
Adam Bromley

A kindly vicar appoints a lonely widower as safety officer to his church, but the favour backfires as the appointee is accident prone! Health and safety degenerates into a programme of chaos under his supervision. The vicar, benign and much too reticent, refuses to tick off the tireless geriatric. But the real trouble is that the parish community can't help liking him and promoting him. John, not the most inspiring of preachers, is soon eclipsed by his disciple, and finally makes a resolve: one of them will have to go.

Contributors

Writer:
Nick Warburton
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Purvis:
Peter Sallis
John:
James Fleet
Rachel:
Jasmine Hyde

By Susie Maguire. 3: The Tale of the Cat Burglar and the Hair of the Dog, read by Carol Ann
Crawford. "Being burgled was the most positive thingthat's happened to me since thedivorce ; I couldn't be more delighted with the outcome." For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Susie Maguire.
Read By:
Carol Ann

Laurie Taylortalks to Sir Michael Dummett , one of the world's most prominent campaigners for refugees, and asks him whether state policies are actually good for race relations.
Producer James Marshall. E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylortalks
Unknown:
Sir Michael Dummett
Producer:
James Marshall.

A comedy series written by Lynne Ferguson.
3: Ardour. The minister reveals to Irene a secret yearingfor Moira. Afterthe initial shock she realises that this unlikely romance could prove advantageous. Producers Lucy Bacon and Kathy Smith (R)

Contributors

Written By:
Lynne Ferguson.
Producers:
Lucy Bacon
Producers:
Kathy Smith

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 controversies.
Producer David Coomes. Repeated Saturday 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
David Starkey
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
David Cook
Producer:
David Coomes.

A A new four-part series connecting people with science and technology.
1: The Sweet Smell of Success. Quentin Cooper investigates the fragrance industry and uncovers a world of designer science in which artificial concoctions are dreamed up in laboratories, but are prohibited as pollutants in the corporated echelons ofthe USA and Japan. Producer Angela Hind

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Angela Hind

- Sean Lock returns with a new five-part series of his comic crawl on the urban underbelly. In the 15th-floor flat of a south London tower block, Sean is forced to engage with a world that is invariably at odds with him. Starring Sean Lock ,
Dan Freedman , Alex Lowe , Dan Mersh and Tracy-Ann Oberman. Written by Sean Lock and Martin Trenaman. Producer Chris Neill

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Lock
Unknown:
Sean Lock
Unknown:
Dan Freedman
Unknown:
Alex Lowe
Unknown:
Dan Mersh
Unknown:
Ann OBErman.
Written By:
Sean Lock
Written By:
Martin Trenaman.
Producer:
Chris Neill

Few tunes in the 20th century have entered the national consciousness like the signature tunes of favourite television programmes. But how does one compose those few seconds of music which have to announce the programme, say something about its content and keep the nation's fingers away from the off switch? Chris Serle talks to signature tune composers about this most specialised musical art. Producers Bob Carter and Mike Sampey

Contributors

Talks:
Chris Serle
Producers:
Bob Carter
Producers:
Mike Sampey

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