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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day Rev DrJohnston McMaster.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.

Peru is a nation consumed by distrust and disgust. Nick Caistor investigates the legacy of the man at the heart of a massive corruption scandal - ex-President Fujimori's former spy chief,
Vladimiro Montesinos , and his meticulous videotaped record of hundreds of dirty deals with the Peruvian political elite. Producer Linda Pressly. Editor Maria Balinska Repeated Monday8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Caistor
Unknown:
Vladimiro Montesinos
Producer:
Linda Pressly.
Editor:
Maria Balinska

A behind-the-scenes look at Ken Loach , one of Britain's most prolific film directors (Kes, Riff Raff, Raining Stones, My Name Is Joe), as he makes his first film in Los Angeles. How does such a gritty film-maker fare in the land of dreams and fantasies? Producer Pauline Harris
Andrew Duncan interviews Ken Loach : page 8

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Loach
Producer:
Pauline Harris
Producer:
Andrew Duncan
Unknown:
Ken Loach

A new drama by Carolyn James, based on the letters of Freud and Jung and the diaries of Sabina Spielrein.

A young Russian girl is taken to Zurich to be treated for hysteria and she is placed in the care of the gifted psychoanalyst Carl Jung. But the relationship soon develops a disturbing intensity that threatens the credibility of analysis.

Contributors

Writer:
Carolyn James
Director:
Pam Fraser Solomon
Jung:
Robert Glenister
Freud:
Henry Goodman
Sabina:
Alison Pettitt
Older Jung:
Stephen Thorne

Marcel Berlins analyses the skills of two great advocates whose skill with words has given them mastery over the courts. In the twenties, Sir Edward Marshall Hall packed the public galleries and made all-male juries weep. (R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Marcel Berlins
Producer:
Anna Parkinson

Building a Way Out. Mary Smith, the mother of a heroin addict, is tackling the drugs scene in Knowle West, Bristol, by employing ex-users in community construction business. By contrast, "Jennifer", a former addict, has found the obstacles to such work too difficult. Howard Stableford takes her to meet Mary in Bristol and discusses the huge battlefield facing those who dare to challenge the UK's drugs culture.
Producer Sandra Sykes

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Smith
Producer:
Sandra Sykes

To mark National Science Week, Quentin Cooper goes to King's School, Canterbury to meet a group of A-level science students who have been researching new ways of producing an antimicrobial agent called showdomycin.
Dr Louise Naylor and Professor Robert Freedman , biochemists at the University of Kent, discuss students' projects and give an academic assessment of their work. How useful an experience has this research been forthe students and has it made them more or less likely to pursue a career in science?
Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk Quentin Cooper on websites of some of the great artists - Webwatch: page 51

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Dr Louise Naylor
Unknown:
Professor Robert Freedman
Producer:
John Watkins.
Unknown:
Quentin Cooper

In a frank and honest chat with presenter Paul Jackson, Ruby Wax tempers her usual irreverence with a wonderful insight into what it was like interviewing Imelda Marcos and reveals the facts behind "the banana incident" with OJ Simpson.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Paul Jackson
Interviewee:
Ruby Wax
Producer:
Mario Stylianides

John Wilson chairs the arts programme, and profiles American saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Now in his seventies, Coleman once encountered open hostility towards his revolutionary approach tojazz. Producer Lawrence Pollard

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wilson
Unknown:
Ornette Coleman.
Producer:
Lawrence Pollard

A moving collection of letters from fifties South Africa, dramatised by Rosemary Kay.
4: Lily realises that Mabel will never give her the affection she craves, while Mable begins to doubt the wisdom of supporting her protegee.
Alice Trish Cooke
Cast details across the week. For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Dramatised by:
Rosemary Kay.
Author:
Alice Trish Cooke

The Diggers. In 1649 a group of activists called the Diggers set up a community on common land near Weybridge in Surrey. Inspired by Gerrard Winstanley , they lived by a new code which outlawed land ownership while increasing the rights of women and providing education for all. What if the Diggers had made the political breakthrough and their policies had been taken up across the country ? Professor Christopher Andrew discovers how the world might have developed without slavery, lawyers and accountants ? Producer Ian Bell

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerrard Winstanley
Unknown:
Professor Christopher Andrew
Producer:
Ian Bell

Shooting Stars. What use do we make of celebrity lives? Are they ethical parables for ourtimes, or simply the toxic froth of a dangerously dumbeddown culture? Ian Hargreaves examines the powerful and ubiquitous force of celebrity and asks what good it is.
Producer Michael Blastland. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Producer:
Michael Blastland.

Photonics is the next bigthing in Silicon valley. It seems sending a traditional electronic current down a wire is out, and sending light down an optical fibre is in when it comes to the world of telecommunications. Geoff Watts talks to
David Miller , Professor of Electronic Engineering at
Stanford University about this super-fast, super-efficient method of sending messages.
Producer Alexandra Feachem. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Talks:
Geoff Watts
Unknown:
David Miller
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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