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Chef Gordon Ramsay shares his best recipes from his latest book, Gordon Ramsay 's Just Desserts. Presented byJenni Murray. Drama: All Change by Helen Lederer. 1: Let's Get Physical. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Ramsay
Unknown:
Gordon Ramsay
Unknown:
Helen Lederer.

On the surface, Drancy is an unremarkable
Parisian suburb, yet in its centre is a housing estate where, during the Second World War, more than 60,000 Jews were imprisoned before being deported to Auschwitz. Since then, people have lived on the estate and its past has been largely ignored. This year, the future of its residents was threatened when the French government declared it a national monument. Jo Glanville -whose cousin was imprisoned in Drancy in 1943 - presents a portrait of this unusual estate. Producer Rebecca Hodson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Glanville
Producer:
Rebecca Hodson

Lyndon Mallet's six-part comedy in which two flatmates' struggles fortolerance are expressed via their wildly differing diaries. 5: Byron falls victim to an unruly shower attachment, uniting Rex and his landlady as they collaborate in damage limitation. Director Kate Valentine

Contributors

Director:
Kate Valentine
Jessica:
Frances Barber
Rex:
David Bamber

A nationwide general-knowledge contest to find this year's Brain of Britain. Including Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants. Chairman Robert Robinson. First round: the West of England.
Producer Richard Edis. Repeated Saturday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Producer:
Richard Edis.

The first of five specially commissioned stories dedicated to the legendary English outlaw, to be read each weekday. 1: Robin Hood 's Story by Adam Thorpe. How Robin became an outlaw following a youthful fascination forthe Greenwood. Read by James Frain. Producer Gemma Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Hood
Story By:
Adam Thorpe.
Read By:
James Frain.
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

A five-part weekday series which uses sound recorded on location to follow a swallow's migration from the southern tip of South Africa to a village in Scotland. Written by Stephen Moss and narrated by Bill Paterson. 1: By mid-February the urge to migrate is overwhelming. Leaving behind the hippos and fish eagles of the Limpopo river, the swallow sets out on a hazardous journey that will take almost two months to complete and will require every ounce of her energy and resourcefulness.
Sound recordist Chris Watson. Producer Sarah Blunt

Contributors

Written By:
Stephen Moss
Unknown:
Bill Paterson.
Unknown:
Chris Watson.

Sheila Dillon hosts a debate entitled Beyond Fast Food: a Menu for the 21st Century at the Abergavenny Food Festival. Speakers include Mike Love , vice president of McDonald's UK, and the Michelin-starred masterchef Raymond Blanc. Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Love
Unknown:
Raymond Blanc.

A special edition of the panel show based on favourite quotes and anecdotes recorded at this year's Edinburgh Festival. Nigel Rees's guests are Mary Brennan, Liz Lochhead, Magnus Linklater and Magnus Magnusson. The reader is William Franklyn.
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(Rptd Sunday)

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Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Rees
Panellist:
Mary Brennan
Panellist:
Liz Lochhead
Panellist:
Magnus Linklater
Panellist:
Magnus Magnusson
Reader:
William Franklyn
Producer:
Carol Smith

Mark Lawson with arts interviews, news and the verdict on Enigma, Michael Apted 's film based on the Robert Harris novel about wartime code-breakers at Bletchley Park. The film stars Dougray Scott , Kate Winslet and Saffron Burrows. Producer Tom Morris

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Michael Apted
Unknown:
Robert Harris
Unknown:
Bletchley Park.
Unknown:
Dougray Scott
Unknown:
Kate Winslet
Producer:
Tom Morris

Five weekday dramas in which comedian Helen Lederer takes a lighter look at growing old disgracefully. With Stephen Moore ,
Tracy-Ann Oberman and Tom George. 1: Let's Get Physical. Producer Sally Avens. Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Lederer
Unknown:
Stephen Moore
Unknown:
Tracy-Ann OBErman
Unknown:
Tom George.
Producer:
Sally Avens.

Last in a series in which Nick Clarke looks behind the scenes at the England and Wales Cricket Board during a summer of drama and controversy on and off the pitch. 3: Umpires underfire, fighting corruption and Goliath beats David. Producer Brian King.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Producer:
Brian King.

The Adventure Valley. Sandra Sykes visits the villages of Bedlinog and Trelewis in South Wales. There, in a drive to create local employment, wall-climbing, caving and canoes are replacing coal as the main source of revenue, resulting in a total transformation of the landscape.
Producer Julian Hector. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandra Sykes
Producer:
Julian Hector.

Racoons. North America's racoon population is now 20 times what it was in the twenties. This has created many problems for the human inhabitants of the area, not least in Chicago, where 20,000 racoons had to be removed in one year alone. Huw Cordey investigates the reasons for the racoons' increase, alternative methods of controlling them and their future.
Repeated tomorrow 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
Huw Cordey
Producer:
Julian Hector.

Henry James 's novel - his favourite among his own works - is abridged in ten parts by Alison Joseph and read by Stuart Milligan. Dispatched to Europe by a rich widow, Strether sets off to save her son from the clutches of a "wicked woman". 1: Strether arrives in Britain and enjoys the city of Chester, where he makes a new friend. Producer Gaynor Macfarlane

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry James
Unknown:
Alison Joseph
Read By:
Stuart Milligan.
Producer:
Gaynor MacFarlane

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