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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 the Rev Dr Colin Morris.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Dr Colin Morris.

Fergal Keane talks to individuals who have, through conviction or circumstance, taken a stand against something significant. He examines their motives and looks at the results of their decisions.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Fergal Keane
Producer:
Jane Beresford

Simon Calder begins a new four-part investigation of maps and their makers, uncovering maps' secrets, propaganda and influence.

In 1564 Gerardus Mercator engraved a truly modern map of the British Isles but denied being its original creator. Calder searches for the identity of the real cartographer and discovers a tale of treason and political espionage.
E-Mail: [email address removed]
Webwatch: page 39

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Calder
Producer:
Pam Rutherford

Today's films are filled with more sound and fury than ever before but how and why do films sound the way they do? Christopher Cook examines the creative marriage with sound in motion pictures, starting with the Oscar-winning godfather of sound design, Walter Murch.
The Conversation. Murch's talents and ears have shaped the soundscapes of American Graffiti,
The Godfather, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now, and redefined the role offilm sound. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Design:
Walter Murch.
Producer:
Mark Burman

By Lucy Catherine.

Alison is young and has her future ahead of her. Mrs Gawkrodger is too old to even plant her window box. So why is it that Alison wants to discover a past and Mrs Gawkrodger thinks only of the future? These two unlikely neighbours are drawn together by an old photograph with the caption "Mablethorpe 1952".

Contributors

Writer:
Lucy Catherine
Alison:
Lia Williams
Mrs Gawkrodger:
Anna Wing
Director:
Tracey Neale

Stephen Fry and John Bird return as masters of spin Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe in a new six-part series of Mark Tavener ' s comedy. 1: It seems that the country is bored with New Labour, so Charles takes the commission to revive interest in the party. Martin, however, has his own boredom problem and is missing the days when Prentiss McCabe was a struggling pair of twisted charlatans. With Siobhan Hayes , Tony Gardner , Beth Chalmers , Sue Elliott-Nicholls , Terence Edmond and Kenny Blyth. Executive Producer Paul Schlesinger Producer Dawn Ellis

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
John Bird
Unknown:
Charles Prentiss
Unknown:
Martin McCabe
Unknown:
Mark Tavener
Unknown:
Prentiss McCabe
Unknown:
Siobhan Hayes
Unknown:
Tony Gardner
Unknown:
Beth Chalmers
Unknown:
Sue Elliott-Nicholls
Unknown:
Terence Edmond
Unknown:
Kenny Blyth.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

Mark Lawson reports from Tate Modern on its first major new exhibition, Century City, which focuses on art from nine cities around the world at key points during the last 100 years. Producer Mohit Bakaya

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Producer:
Mohit Bakaya

This week Dr Graham Easton examines one of our most precious and vital organs -the heart. He looks at the best way to monitor the health of the heart and discovers the latest recommendations for keeping it beating strongly. Producer Alison Ayres
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E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk. Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Graham Easton
Producer:
Alison Ayres

Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses 's comedy series set in Baltimore just before the American Revolution. 4: Tons of Storm Clouds. Revolutionary orator
Nathaniel Hopkins arrives and wins Mary's fervent support. But it isn'tjust her support he is after.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Jay Tarses
Unknown:
Nathaniel Hopkins
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer
Samuel:
Jay Tarses
McGurk:
Andy Hamilton
Mary:
Sophie Thompson
Brimshaw:
'James Fleet
Ezekiel:
Hugh Dennis
Cora:
Felicity Montagu
Joshua:
Tony Maudsley
Mrs Arbuthnot:
Susie Blake
Nathaniel:
Michael Fenton Stevens

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