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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. Producer Jane Beresford. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Fergal Keane
Producer:
Jane Beresford.

Simon Caldercontinues his series looking at maps and their makers, uncovering maps' secrets, propaganda and influence.
The Peters Projection. In 1973 Arno Peters created a map which he claimed gave a fairer view of the world, showing the true area of all countries. Are his claims correct or is his map another piece of political propaganda? Producer Pam Rutherford. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Caldercontinues
Unknown:
Arno Peters
Producer:
Pam Rutherford.

To Romance. Alexei Sayle looks at the social influence of the train through film, literature and music. This week he makes a Brief Encounteron his way to Grand Central Station, with a little help from Porgy and Bess and Billy Strayhorn. Producer Jayne Gibson

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexei Sayle
Unknown:
Billy Strayhorn.
Producer:
Jayne Gibson

Christopher Cook continues his examination of sound in motion pictures with a journey into the extremes of combat. Sound and Fury
He examines Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line, which plunged audiences into two entirely different sonic worlds of violence and death. And veteran sound editor Frank Warner reveals the secrets of Raging Bull 's sound and fury. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Editor:
Frank Warner
Producer:
Mark Burman

D Hilary Fannin 's story of four Irish women - two mothers and two daughters- spanning two generations. Anne and Sim meet in Dublin at the end of the sixties when they are seven years old, brought up in a stifling pious suburbia. They never let go oftheirfriendship, forged across the years, in spite of radically different family values and two mothers whose lives and attitudes are poles apart.
Producer Marilyn Imrie. Director Edward Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
Hilary Fannin
Producer:
Marilyn Imrie.
Director:
Edward Hall
Anne:
Mairead McKinley
Sim:
Anne-Marie Duff
Anne's mother:
Marcella Riordan
Evelina:
Helen Ryan

Stephen Fry and John Bird star as masters of spin Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe in Mark Tavener 's comedy series. This week the machiavellian doctors of spin enlist the help of Ken Livingstone and Mel C to try and pull off the impossible - can they sell the study of philosophy as a sexy, happening subject? With Philip Fox ,
Tony Gardner , Tamsin Greigand Siobhan Hayes. Producer Paul Schlesinger

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
John Bird
Unknown:
Charles Prentiss
Unknown:
Martin McCabe
Unknown:
Mark Tavener
Unknown:
Ken Livingstone
Unknown:
Philip Fox
Unknown:
Tony Gardner
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

rln the first of five programmes looking at difficult choices healthcare professionals make,
Niall Dickson asks how ethical are clinical trials? How informed is informed consent, and if we really understood what we were being asked to do, would we take part? Health professionals, medical ethicists and patients debate the issues. Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Niall Dickson
Producer:
Geraldine Fitzgerald.

Andy Hamilton and JayTarses's comedy series set in Baltimore just before the American Revolution. 5:A Helluva Lot of Storm Clouds.Cora discovers she is pregnant, which is embarrassing as she and Ezekiel have not yet consummated their marriage. Meanwhile Mary and Captain
Brimshaw can hardly control their passion.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer
Samuel:
Jay Tarses
McGurk:
Andy Hamilton
Mary:
Sophie Thompson
Brimshaw:
James Fleet
Cora:
Felicity Montagu
Joshua:
Tony Maudsley
Mrs Arbuthnot:
Susie Blake
Dr Rutledge:
Philip Pope
Ezekiel:
Hugh Dennis

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