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In 1787 a group of freed black slaves and British philanthropists devised a plan to found a "Province of Freedom" in Sierra Leone, where former slaves could be self-governing on their own land. Over the next few years hundreds travelled from England and Nova Scotia to make a new home in West Africa. But the dream of freedom soon turned sour and the settlement ended in disaster.

Contributors

Producer:
Kate McAll

Scotland's s most celebrated doctor returns to Radio 4 in Sue Rodwell's new six-part dramatisation of AJ Cronin 's stories.
1: The Resolution That Went Wrong. Finlay picks a fist fight with one of his less reasonable patients
Producer Jeremy Howe

Contributors

Unknown:
Aj Cronin
Producer:
Jeremy Howe
Dr Finlay:
John Gordon Sinclair
DrCameron:
Brian Pettlfer
Janet:
Katy Murphy
Charlie:
Alex Ferns
Mrs Bell:
Ellie Haddlngton
Archie:
David Ashton

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. The chairman is Robert Robinson. First round: north-west England.
Producer Richard Edis. Repeated Saturday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Producer:
Richard Edis.

Blood plasma pioneer Charles Drew tells his own story about a very private war and his lonely fight for freedom in Michael McMillan's forties drama about one man's outstanding contribution to the war effort.

Contributors

Writer:
Michael McMillan
Director:
Pam Fraser-Solomon
Dr Drew:
Clarke Peters
Dr Scudder:
William Hootkins
Colonel:
Nigel Davenport
Stephen:
Des McAleer
Wilson:
Ed Bishop
Conrad:
Sean Baker
Lenore:
Shezwae Powell
Mother:
Carolyn Pickles

A series of five stories from Welsh writers that explore the transforming power of the imagination. 1: The Day Trippers by Richard John Evans. Loitering without money or intent, passing the time in Pontypridd, a young couple invent their own version of a day out. Read by Oliver Ryan. producer Giiiy Adams

Contributors

Read By:
Oliver Ryan.
Producer:
Giiiy Adams

A five-part weekday series combining art, science and traditional stories about water. 1: The SourceA lotus flower floating on a lake, water from the stars, and a holy well in an old walled garden are among the sources of water examined. Producer Grant Sonnex
EMAIL: nature@bbc.co.uk. WEBSITEwww.bbc.co.uk/nature

Nigel Rees 's guests on the anecdotal panel show are Simon Fanshawe , Joanne Good , Joanne Harris and John Simpson. The reader is Patricia Hughes. Producer Carol Smith. EMAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk. Rptd Sunday BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Quote, Unquote is available on cassette at all good retailers and www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Simon Fanshawe
Unknown:
Joanne Good
Unknown:
Joanne Harris
Unknown:
John Simpson.
Unknown:
Patricia Hughes.
Producer:
Carol Smith.

A new five-part drama by Moya O'Shea.

At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a chocolate-related tale while eating it.
(Repeated from 10.45am)

Dr Mark Porter on chocolate: page 27

Contributors

Writer:
Moya O'Shea.
Director:
Tracey Neale
Sarah:
Eleanor Bron
Mrs Drexl:
Sylvia Syms [billed as Sylvia Sims]
Clementine:
Paula Wilcox
Charlotte:
Carolyn Pickles
Rose:
Helena Breck
Mrs Carew:
Marlene Sidaway
Gaston:
Ray Lonnen
Brendan:
Carl Prekopp
[Actor]:
Peter Darney

6: A New Balance. Sandra Sykes meets June
Waieyfrom Kippen in Stirlingshire, who started a Nature Club for her children which resulted in up to a hundred other children from the village also attending. From that the Kippen Environment
Centre has developed -the only one of its kind in a village so small - including its own unrivalled environmental resource centre, It has spawned
Scotland's first community composting scheme, a full programme of green activities for schools and churches, a community woodland group, a co-op and soon a monthly market and cafe. Producer Jan Castle. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandra Sykes
Unknown:
Waieyfrom Kippen
Producer:
Jan Castle.

The Deep Ocean Frontier. More people have walked on the moon than have been to the deepest parts of the ocean. Here, film-maker John Ruthven dives to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on the mini submersible Johnson Sealink and provides an eyewitness account of the features of the sea floor. He also describes one of the most amazing new habitats recently found on the planet, the "cold vents", where methane gas seeping from the seabed provides energy for a host of newly discovered animals that have never seen the light of day and have developed a new way to live. Producer Julian Hector. Repeated tomorrow 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ruthven
Unknown:
Johnson Sealink
Producer:
Julian Hector.

In Kate Grenville 's Orange Prize-winning novel, two strangers arrive in Karakarook, New South Wales, where passions are running high over a local bridge. Can something that seems hopelessly broken be mended? Abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury and read by Nicolette McKenzie. Part 1. Producer Sarah Johnson

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Grenville
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bradbury
Read By:
Nicolette McKenzie.
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

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