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With Sue MacGregorand Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day The Rt Rev Tom Butler.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
MacGregorand Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Tom Butler.

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 at9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Fergal Keane
Producer:
Jane Beresford.

Simon Calder looks at maps and their makers, uncovering maps' secrets, propaganda and influence. Colonial Secrets
In 1670 the British government ordered maps to be made of all colonies abroad. Calderfinds out why one was curiously reluctant to oblige. Producer Pam Rutherford. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Calder
Producer:
Pam Rutherford.

The award-winning writer of children's and adult's fiction, Anne Fine , found Hollywood success when her book Madame Doubtfirewas adapted for the screen. She joins Jenni Murray to discuss her latest novel All Bones and Lies, and Telling Liddy, the current Woman's Hourserial.
Drama: TellingLiddy. Part 7. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Fine
Unknown:
Madame Doubtfirewas
Unknown:
Jenni Murray

With 300 escaped wild boar reportedly on the loose in south-east England, Mark Carwardine investigates whether we should kill them for our own safety or celebrate them as a successful reintroduction that will help restore the countryside. Repeated from yesterday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Carwardine

To Adventure. Alexei Sayle concludes his look at the social influence of the train through film, literature and music. This week he leaps across the tracks to avoid Henry Fonda , plays psychological games with Strangers on a Train and grapples with the mystery of the vanishing lady. Producer Jayne Gibson

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexei Sayle
Unknown:
Henry Fonda
Producer:
Jayne Gibson

Christopher Cook continues his examination of sound in motion pictures.
In Space Everyone Can Hear You Scream!
This week he hears from creators of film sound and casts his ears across worlds far away and deep below. What should the future sound like? Blade Runnerand Tron offered two very different sonic universes. While the crew of Das Bootlived and died in a world of pings, groans and creaks. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Producer:
Mark Burman

1 RJ Gallagher 's dramatic retelling of an episode during the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China, in 1937, remembered as a particularly brutal example of man's inhumanity to man. As the Japanese pursue their brutal invasion, hundreds of Chinese lives are saved by the bravery of John Rabe , a hero ... and a Nazi.
Director Alison Hindell

Contributors

Unknown:
Rj Gallagher
Unknown:
John Rabe
Director:
Alison Hindell
John Rabe:
John Rowe
Major Oka Paul:
Courtenay Hyu
Minnie:
Rachel Atkins
FangChu:
Richard Rees
Erwin:
Simon Ludders
Dora:
Manon Edwards
Gestapo officer:
Giles Thomas

2: Maudie by Pippa Gladhill, read by Elizabeth Bell. Maudie is a fading relic, propped up in a Bristol boatyard. The ship she was carved from, once the pride of the Victorian age, is now a museum piece. But Maudie's memories are alive and Vivid. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Read By:
Elizabeth Bell.

Stephen Fry and John Bird star as masters of spin Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe in Mark Tavener 's comedy series. This week the masters of wheeze have to put a failed novelist at the top of the bestsellers list. With Beth Chalmers , Ewan Bailey , Emma Kennedy , Tony Gardner , Tamsin Greig and Siobhan Hayes. Producer Paul Schlesinger

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
John Bird
Unknown:
Charles Prentiss
Unknown:
Martin McCabe
Unknown:
Mark Tavener
Unknown:
Beth Chalmers
Unknown:
Ewan Bailey
Unknown:
Emma Kennedy
Unknown:
Tony Gardner
Unknown:
Tamsin Greig
Unknown:
Siobhan Hayes.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

Modern Medical Dilemmas. Niall Dickson looks at the difficult choices healthcare professionals make. Has healthcare rationing in the NHS led to longer waiting lists, postcode prescribing and inadequate access to doctors and medicine? Dickson meets the people who have set the priorities and examines whether there might be more equal ways of making sure we all get the medical treatment we need.
Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Niall Dickson
Producer:
Geraldine Fitzgerald.

The concluding episode of Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses 's comedy series set in Baltimore just before the American Revolution.
An Incredible Amount of Storm Clouds
Feared British commander, General Venables, arrives and demands some executions by sunset (so he can have the whole day to look forward to them). Not everyone can survive.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer (R)

Contributors

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

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