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Tom Sutcliffe isjoined by guests, including writers Margaret Drabble and Boris Johnson , to discuss the latest ideas and issues.
Producer Ariane Koek. Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Margaret Drabble
Unknown:
Boris Johnson
Producer:
Ariane Koek.

A new six-part series in which Peter Snow looks at stories uncovered in a single copy of a newspaper from the past. 1: The Public Advertiser for 15 April 1755. A trip to Lichfield, birthplace of Samuel Johnson , to discover what made the man who made the first modern English dictionary, and an article about imported "Turkey carpets" prompts the tale of how Thomas Whitty set about proving that Turkish carpets could be made more cheaply - in AxminSter. Producer Andrew Green

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Johnson
Unknown:
Thomas Whitty
Producer:
Andrew Green

Sue Rodwell's new six-part dramatisation of AJ Cronin 's stories set in a Scottish medical practice. 2: Who Laughs Last. Finlay meets his match in Miss Meg Mirlees , the stingiest, meanest most cunning widow in Scotland.
Producer Jeremy Howe

Contributors

Unknown:
Aj Cronin
Unknown:
Miss Meg Mirlees
Producer:
Jeremy Howe
Dr Finlay:
John Gordon Sinclair
Dr Cameron:
Brian Pettifer
Janet:
Katy Murphy
Meg Mirlees:
Claire Nielson
NurseAngus:
Sharon Small

Five recordings of authors reading theirwork before audiences at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature. 1: Clackety Clack down the Track: Telling Train
Stories by Tracy Chevalier. A new piece of work that describes how the author discovered the essence of a good story when forced to make up stories for hertrain-obsessed Son. Producer Jane Greenwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Clackety Clack
Stories By:
Tracy Chevalier.
Producer:
Jane Greenwood

A five-part weekday series investigating real-life counterparts to scenes in Kenneth Grahame 's novel The Wind in the Willows. 1: Who's That Handsome Man?
About 80 years ago, Colonel
Francis Ricardo was spotted speeding in an open-topped car with a woman who was not his wife. With Jo Morris. Reader Hilary Neville. Producer Matt Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Grahame
Unknown:
Francis Ricardo
Reader:
Jo Morris.
Reader:
Hilary Neville.
Producer:
Matt Thompson

The human brain is 60 per cent fat and needs essential fats to operate. What does this tell us about the origins of the human race, and what effect has our changing diet had on our mental health? Sheila Dillon investigates.
Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon

Nigel Rees 's guests on the anecdotal panel show are Benedict Nightingale, Loyd Grossman , Max Hastings and Julia Langdon. The reader is Meryl O'Keeffe.
Producer Carol Smith. E MAIL 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:
Loyd Grossman
Unknown:
Max Hastings
Unknown:
Julia Langdon.
Producer:
Carol Smith.

Elizabeth Gaskell 's frank portrayal of Manchester life in the 1840s created shock waves when it was published and established her reputation. The novel is dramatised in 20 parts by Lavinia Murray.
1: Mary Barton , the daughter of cotton weaver John Barton , is wooed by her childhood sweetheart.
Director Claire Grove. Producers Claire Grove and Tracey Neale. Repeated from 10.45am
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Mary Barton is available on audio cassette at all good retailers and www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Gaskell
Unknown:
Lavinia Murray.
Unknown:
Mary Barton
Unknown:
John Barton
Director:
Claire Grove.
Producers:
Claire Grove
Producers:
Tracey Neale.
Unknown:
Mary Barton
John:
David Calder
Mary:
Emma Rydal
Mrs Barton:
Lynne Verrall
George:
Paul Copley
Mrs Wilson:
Natasha Pyne
Jem:
Ian Dunn
Mrs Needham:
Kate Rutter
Doctor:
Sean Baker
Margaret:
Teresa Gallagher
Job Leigh:
Roy Hudd
Alice:
Marlene Sidaway
Amy:
Janice Acquah
Henry:
Justin Butcher

7: A New Balance. Sandra Sykes meets June Waley from Kippen in Stirlingshire, who started a nature club for her children that developed into the Kippen Environment Centre, the only one of its kind in a village so small, complete with 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. Repeated from Fnday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandra Sykes

Beyond the Blue Horizon. Blue whales are the biggest creatures that ever lived, yet we know very little about them. One of the remaining populations is off the coast of California, but no one knows where they go to breed or has ever witnessed a birth. John Ruthven investigates the blue whale and the vast waters through which it roams.
Producer Julian Hector. Repeated tomorrow 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ruthven
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 6. Producer Sarah Johnson

Contributors

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

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