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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rhidian Brook.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Rhidian Brook.

We all use memory every day: not just to recall facts, figures and events, but to survive in everyday life. Ian Peacock concludes three programmes looking at how the memories we rely on are formed, changed and lost.
Victim to Memory. From the vivid memory experienced in deja vu, to the effect of a traumatic event, what can we learn from, and how can we control the involuntary recollection? Producer Adrian Washbourne. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Peacock
Producer:
Adrian Washbourne.

Simon Brett 's comedy series about three sisters and sibling rivalry.
3: Soft Soap. Everyone is coming to terms with Charlotte's new role as a soap star. Everyone that is except Victoria who is desperately tryingto keep down, ratherthan up, with the Jones's.
Producer Maria Esposito

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Brett
Producer:
Maria Esposito
Anna:
Rosemary Leach
Charlotte:
Celia Imrie
Victoria:
Angela Thorne
Roger:
Bill Nighy
Fran:
Alison Skillbeck
Presenter:
Lisa Coleman
TV announcer:
Simon Brett

I Four adventures of Michael Gilbert 's pensive south London detective, set in the postwar decade of rationed morality. Dramatised by Michael Butt.
1: Good Fences Make Good Neighbours
Detective Petrella pits his Oxbridge wits against the ingenious killer of an apparently innocuous woman.
Director John Taylor (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Gilbert
Dramatised By:
Michael Butt.
Director:
John Taylor
Petrella:
Phllip Jackson
Burly:
Nicky Henson
Sara:
Mamta Kash
Worseley:
Christian Rodska
Albie:
Ian Masters
Standish:
Howard Ward
Colonel Wing:
Timothy Block
Jenny:
Kelly Bright

3: Conquistadorby Sara Maitland , read by Douglas Hodge. Francisco da Orellana is a young Spanish soldier, a veteran of the Pizarro brothers' brutal conquest of the Incas in Peru. Now he drifts down the Amazon river, half-crazed with hunger and lust for gold, in search of El Dorado. He wages a fierce struggle for survival against thejungle which surrounds him, both implaable enemy and passionate lover, and must confront his Own innermost feelings. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Conquistadorby Sara Maitland
Read By:
Douglas Hodge.
Unknown:
El Dorado.

Laurie Taylor talks to Professor Richard Freeman of the London School of Economics about the renaissance of British trade unionism. After decades of mistrust and dwindling support, membership is finally increasing as trade unions use co-operation, conciliation and the internet to rebrand themselves as a relevant antidote to modern working practices.
Producer Tony Phillips. E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Talks:
Laurie Taylor
Unknown:
Professor Richard Freeman
Producer:
Tony Phillips.

Jackie Mason , generally considered to be one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time, recently gave a unique performance in the Linbury
Theatre at London's Royal Opera House, In this concluding programme he turns his attention to diets, dangerous food, Starbucks and the lies we all tell. Producer Bruce Hyman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackie Mason
Producer:
Bruce Hyman

Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in which David Cook , Janet Daley , Ian Hargreaves and David Starkey cross-examine witnesses on their controversial and conflicting views of the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. Producer David Coomes. Repeated Saturday 10.15pm

Contributors

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

Jolyon Jenkins concludes a series which investigates the changing face of epidemiology by looking at the relationship between communities, epidemiologists, public authorities and governments as they look for evidence of increased risk. Findings are likely to be contradictory, and for every study showing an effect, there will be one showing none. Each side seizes on the one that supports its case and in the middle are the public. Rescheduled from last week. Producer Paul Arnold. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Jolyon Jenkins
Producer:
Paul Arnold.

The conclusion of Annie Caulfield 's six-part series about a safari. By the shores of Lake Victoria strange revelations, unlikely couplings and likely uncouplings abound. But nothing is as impressive as dull Graham's inflatable swimming trunks.
Director Toby Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Annie Caulfield
Unknown:
Lake Victoria
Director:
Toby Smith
Helen:
Melanie Hudson
Jim:
Stuart Graham
Menelek:
Vincent Ebrahim
Susan:
Richenda Carey
Brad:
Andrew Wincott
Perry:
Clare Corbett
Graham:
Thomas Arnold
Karen:
Helen Ayres

Roger McGough looks at life, love, happiness, heroes, villains and embarrassing relations. In this concluding programme he reads a selection of work from his latest book, The Way Things Are. With musician Andy Roberts. Producer Sara Davies (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Musician:
Andy Roberts.
Producer:
Sara Davies

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