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Jenni Murray and guests with the latest news, views and culture from a woman's point of view. Drama: The Furys by James Hanley. Part 6 of 15. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
James Hanley.
Editor:
Ruth Gardiner

Archaeologist Julian Richards uncovers the hidden histories of towns. Monmouth
This Welsh bordertown was where Roman met
Celt and is where England meets Wales. How did Monmouth thrive in such a potentially volatile location? The town's streets and buildings reveal a history of guerrilla warfare, Chartist rebellion and genteel tourism down the River Wye. Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Richards
Unknown:
River Wye.
Producer:
John Byrne

Monica Dickens 's witty and humorous novel is dramatised in five parts by Sam Boardman-Jacobs . 4: Looking on the Bright Side of Life
Monica escapes to a large Devonshire estate to carry on cooking, but at the annual ball she is pursued by an old flame, who provides the butler with the perfect opportunity for blackmail.
Producer Marion Nancarrow

Contributors

Unknown:
Monica Dickens
Unknown:
Sam Boardman-Jacobs
Producer:
Marion Nancarrow
Monica:
Jasmine Hyde
Actor:
Isobel Zoewaites
Dawkes:
Richard Huw
Mrs Lewis:
Helen Ayres
Polly:
Clare Corbett
Robin:
Thomas Arnold

A week of new stories performed on stage at the Bath Literary Festival.
1: Treatment Room by Chrissie Gittings , performed by Stephanie Cole. A beautytherapist reveals more than purely professional secrets in the weekly sessions she gives her patient. Producer Sara Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Chrissie Gittings
Unknown:
Stephanie Cole.
Producer:
Sara Davies

Britain, so it is claimed, invented the takeaway. In four programmes this week Simon Parkes investigates the part takeaway meals play in our . lives. Today: fish and chips. Producer Gillian Gray (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Parkes
Producer:
Gillian Gray

Could the success of farmers' markets be under threat from overzealous interpretations of hygiene regulations and can the traditional market trader survive the decline of the nation's high streets? Derek Cooper investigates. Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper

In an increasingly secular societywe still needto get to grips with life's big questions about identity and purpose, love and money, work and growing old. Muriel Gray and guests investigate those who think they have the answers. Producer Lindsay Leonard

Contributors

Unknown:
Muriel Gray
Producer:
Lindsay Leonard

Nicholas Parsons hosts the most devious of panel games. This week he is joined by Clement Freud, Paul Merton and Graham Norton at London's Broadcasting House.
(Repeated Sunday 12.04pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Nicholas Parsons
Panellist:
Clement Freud
Panellist:
Paul Merton
Panellist:
Graham Norton
Producer:
Claire Jones

James Hanley 's saga follows the fortunes and misfortunes of the Fury family in Liverpool. Dramatised in 15 parts by Kevin Fegan.
6: Fanny almost forgets about her debts when her husband Dennytakes her out forthe night.
Director Melanie Harris. Music performed by Matthew Compton and Julian Gregory. Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
James Hanley
Unknown:
Kevin Fegan.
Director:
Melanie Harris.
Unknown:
Matthew Compton
Unknown:
Julian Gregory.
Fanny:
Brenda Fricker
Maureen:
Annabelle Dowler
Denny:
Tony Rohr
Mrs Ragner:
Susan Twist
Corkran Terence:
Mann I

As patients we would like to be in partnership with the medical profession -the paternalism of the 20th century is disappearing. The medical school at Leicester University has risen to the challenge of providing a new approach to training doctors. DrTrisha Macnair follows the next generation of doctors being taught to succeed in this new world. Producer Julia Durbin. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Producer:
Julia Durbin.

After a series of grisly murders by teenagers, Japan is cracking down on youth crime. New laws will make it more likely that youngsters will face long prison sentences. Julian Pettifer investigates why Japan has become so scared of its youth, even though statistics suggest it is still one of the safest countries in the world. Repeated from Thursday 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Pettifer

Lionel Kelleway journeys through six European countries to meet the wildlife and the people working to conserve European diversity.
Estonia, Bears and the Fall of Communism : Under Soviet rule Estonia's wildlife thrived, but j can it survive the incredible rate of social change since the fall of communism? Kelleway visits the farms and forests in search of bears and an answer.
Producer Grant Sonnex. E-MAIL: nature@bbc.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co. uk/nature/animals/bbc/wild_europe

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway
Producer:
Grant Sonnex.

Stella Gonet reads ten tales from Rosina Lippi 's Pen/Hemingway award-winning collection of stories set in the Austrian Alps, across a century of change and turmoil. Abridged by Sally Marmion. 1: Anna's 's Story- 1909. Anna receives a mysterious love letter. Producer Di Speirs

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosina Lippi
Abridged By:
Sally Marmion.
Producer:
Di Speirs

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