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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 Cristina Odone.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Cristina Odone.

Netherlands. The violence and unrest in Indonesia is being felt keeniy in its expat communities.
Olenka Frenkiel visits the Netherlands which has the largest Moluccan community in the world.
Since the civil war in the old Spice Islands began most Dutch-Moluccans have lost family or friends there; a small group has started a terrorist campaign to put pressure on the Dutch government -the old colonial power-toendthewar.
Producer Rosie Goldsmith. Editor Maria Balinska Repeated Monday 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Olenka Frenkiel
Producer:
Rosie Goldsmith.
Editor:
Maria Balinska

The conclusion of a four-part series charting the lives and influence of less well-known wives of composers. Harmony Twichell. The daughter of a minister and the goddaughter of Mark Twain ,
Twichell cherished and supported Charles Ives until his death in 1954. James Sinclair ,
Jan Swafford and Sylvia Warren chart her life and reflect on the ways in which she influenced Ives's life and music. producer Rosie Boulton

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Twain
Unknown:
Charles Ives
Unknown:
James Sinclair
Unknown:
Jan Swafford
Unknown:
Sylvia Warren
Producer:
Rosie Boulton

Britain, so it is claimed, invented the takeaway. In the last of four programmes this week Simon Parkes goes to Balsamico in south London to watch the pizzas prepared to order and to find out from customers and staff how pizzas are challenging the established takeaway market. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Parkes

Happy Returns. This week Howard Stableford visits the Recycling Works Consortium in Plymouth. Inspired by a project featured on the programme last autumn, it has extended the scope of its already impressive and surprisingly profitable recycling businesses.
Producer Sandra Sykes

Contributors

Producer:
Sandra Sykes

Quentin Cooper talks to Dr John Jefferson and Dr Tim Spiller about quantum computers. Researchers are convinced that the future of fast computing lies in the world of quantum mechanics where a single atom can literally be in two places at once.
Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
Quentin Cooper on websites that advise on the pop business - Webwatch: page 43

Contributors

Talks:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Dr John Jefferson
Unknown:
Dr Tim Spiller
Producer:
John Watkins.
Unknown:
Quentin Cooper

In a new series, Paul Jackson, former BBC controller of entertainment, hosts a rare interview with perhaps our greatest living exponent of the comedy of embarrassment - Steve Coogan. Topics of conversation include Coogan's initial reservations about whether Alan Partridge could sustain his own half-hour chat show and how Pauline Calf was conceived.

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Jackson
Interviewee:
Steve Coogan
Producer:
Mario Stylianides

Martin Luther King.
Professor Christopher Andrew presents the counterfactual history programme. What if the charismatic black civil-rights leader had survived the assassination on 4 April 1968? At only 39, he had already won a Nobel Prize and established himself as a major international figure. America recently celebrated Martin Luther King Day, so it is timely to ask whether he could have swung the election of 1968 and ousted Richard Nixon. Would he have entered the government on the election of Jimmy Carter , his close supporter in the South? Producer Ian Bell

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Luther King.
Unknown:
Professor Christopher Andrew
Unknown:
Richard Nixon.
Unknown:
Jimmy Carter
Producer:
Ian Bell

Right of Fancy. Millions of airline passengers now belong to frequent-flyer programmes. Peter Day asks whether the airlines wish these programmes had never been invented. Producer Sandra Kanthal Editor Stephen Chilcott. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm

Contributors

Editor:
Stephen Chilcott.

Richard Hollingham presents the cutting-edge science programme. He reports from Antarctica, where scientists first discovered the ozone hole and warned of the effects of global warming. The ice sheets there provide us with important clues about climate change. With the coldest seas in the world and some of the most fascinating and hardy plants and animals anywhere on the planet, there is plenty for scientists to examine. Producer Alexandra Feachem. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Hollingham
Producer:
Alexandra Feachem.

A satirical look at the week's news and media events. Starring Simon Evans , Dave Lamb , Chris Pavlo and Laura Shavin. Producer Alex Walsh-Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Evans
Unknown:
Dave Lamb
Unknown:
Chris Pavlo
Unknown:
Laura Shavin.
Producer:
Alex Walsh-Taylor

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