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Jenni Murray and guests with the latest news, views and culture from a woman's point of view. Drama: Telling Liddy by Anne Fine. Part 6 of 10. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Anne Fine.
Editor:
Ruth Gardiner

Archaeologist Julian Richards uncovers the hidden histories of towns.
Silchester. How did a thrivingtown in Roman Britain fall into ruins, and why did it remain abandoned to the present day? Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Richards
Producer:
John Byrne

n Monica Dickens 's witty and humorous novel is dramatised in a new five-part series by Sam Boardman-Jacobs .
1: Time on My Hands. It is 1938 and Monica Dickens , bored by the countless rounds of debutante parties, decides to prove that she can earn her living as a cook. But will she get far with only a spiffing mushroom souffle?
: Producer Marion Nancarrow

Contributors

Unknown:
Monica Dickens
Unknown:
Sam Boardman-Jacobs
Unknown:
Monica Dickens
Producer:
Marion Nancarrow
Monica:
Jasmine Hyde
Isobel:
Zoe Wattes
Ma:
Frances Jeater
Mrs Robertson:
Clare Corbett
Mrs'Addock:
Helen Ayres
Miss Faulkner:
Eleanor Tremain
Major:
Ian Masters
John:
Thomas Arnold

Robert Silverberg 's novel about a man with a gift for mind-reading is adapted by Robin Brooks. David Selig can look into the most secret recesses of people's minds, but is this a gift or a curse? Living with this freakish talent poses problems, not least of which is how he can cope with its slow disappearance.
I Director Clive Brill

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Silverberg
Adapted By:
Robin Brooks.
Adapted By:
David Selig
Director:
Clive Brill
David:
Jonathan Fafler
Judith:
Saira Todd
Kate:
Dora Montgomery
Keith/Mike:
Andrew Alston
Dr H ittner:
David Horovltch
Tom:
Nigel Cooke
Ms Mueller:
Barbara Dryhurst
Young DavidTom:
Raphael Eaves
Jimmy:
Travis Woodward

A week of specially commissioned stories, giving voice to figures from the historic or mythical past. 1: 1, Boadicea by Fay Weldon , read by Vanessa Redgrave. On the eve of battle, Boadicea keeps vigil in herencampment, planning hervengeance on the Romans and contemplating the omens for the following day's encounter. Producer Sara Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Fay Weldon
Read By:
Vanessa Redgrave.
Producer:
Sara Davies

Andrew Jefford begins a five-part seasonal portrait of Breaky Bottom, one of England's leading vineyards. 1: The '99 Harvest
Peter Hall and his volunteers pick the last harvest of the millennium and examine what the coming year might bring. Producer Paul Kobrak

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Jefford
Unknown:
Peter Hall
Producer:
Paul Kobrak

Nicholas Parsons hosts the most devious of panel games. This week he is joined by Jenny Eclair , Tony Hawks, Graham Norton and Tim Rice at the Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton. Producer Claire Jones. Repeated Sunday 12.04pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Jenny Eclair
Unknown:
Graham Norton
Unknown:
Tim Rice
Producer:
Claire Jones.

Francine Stock gives the verdict on the long-awaited film, Hannibal. Anthony Hopkins is back as serial killer Hannibal Lector in the follow-up to, The Silence of the Lambs, Producer Erin Riley

Contributors

Unknown:
Hannibal Lector
Producer:
Erin Riley

A ten-part dramatisation by Anne Fine of her novel - a satire of sibling secrets and intrigue in which Bridie, social worker par excellence, discovers that even in her own close family of loving sisters, relationships are duplicitous.
(Repeated from 10.45am)

Contributors

Author/Dramatised by:
Anne Fine
Producer:
Pam Wardell
Bridie:
Gerda Stevenson
Stella:
Monica Gibb
Heather:
Wendy Seagar
Dennis:
Simon Tait
Liddy:
Gayanne Potter
Neil:
Jimmy Chisholm

Mark Tully follows the physical and spiritual journeys of Hindu pilgrims to the spectacular Maha Kumbh Mela , the largest religious festival in the world, which attracts tens of millions of people to the confluence of the three holiest Indian rivers once every 12 years, Producer Kulwant Sidhu

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Unknown:
Maha Kumbh Mela
Producer:
Kulwant Sidhu

With 300 escaped wild boar reportedly on the loose in south-east England, MarkCarwardine investigates whetherwe should kill them for our own safety or celebrate them as a successful reintroduction that will help restore the countryside. See Sue Gaisford's choice on page 120. Producer Grant Sonnex. Repeated tomorrow 11am
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/nature. E-MAIL: nature@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Producer:
Grant Sonnex.

r Nobel Prize winner Andre Gide died 50 years ago.
The Pastoral symphonyis regarded as his most accomplished work. It tells the story of a Swiss pastor who is taken to an isolated farmhouse to give the last rites to an old woman. He discovers a blind idiot girl cowering in a corner of the hovel and decides to take her back to his own family.
The seeds are thus sown for a domestic tragedy. Read in five parts by Robert Glenister. Part 1. Abridged and produced by Chris Wallis

Contributors

Unknown:
Andre Gide
Unknown:
Robert Glenister.
Produced By:
Chris Wallis

Roger Osborne 's gripping account of a scientific scandal in the early years of the 20th century, when a young star geologist was accused of fraud. Read by Jamie Glover and abridged in five parts by Doreen Estall. Part 1. Producer Sarah Johnson

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Osborne
Read By:
Jamie Glover
Unknown:
Doreen Estall.
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

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