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Anita Roddick propelled the Body Shop from a home-made cosmetics store in Brighton to a global brand. She explains to Jenni Murray why she is now attacking globalisation in her latest book. Drama: Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. Part 4. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Mary Barton
Unknown:
Elizabeth Gaskell.

in a personal celebration of the centenary of the publication of Rudyard Kipling 's novel Kim, Mark Tullyvisits some of the places where the book is set, including the Himalyan town of Shimla, and talks to Kipling scholars from India, America,
Britain and New Zealand. Extracts from the book are read by Roshan Seth. Producer David Corser

Contributors

Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Unknown:
Mark Tullyvisits
Read By:
Roshan Seth.
Producer:
David Corser

By Kelvin Segger. A priest who is not all he seems, servants with more nous than their masters, and a girl who longs to marry for love rather than money all come together in a comedy which makes more than a nod to the Venice of Shakespeare. When the merchant Sengallo leaves ajewel in a house of ill repute, he sets in motion a chain of events leading to blackmail, subterfuge and a clever piece of trickery.
Director Peter Leslie Wild. Postponed from 6 September

Contributors

Unknown:
Kelvin Segger.
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild.
Bardolino:
Robin Klngsland
Lorenzo:
Terry Molloy
Sengallo:
David Timson
Rosaline:
Sara Pooyzer
Peronella:
Pauline Munro

Health phone-in with Barbara Myers. Multiple sclerosis is the most common neurological disorder among young adults and affects around 85,000 people in the UK. If you want to ask an expert about the latest treatments and ideas about the cause of the condition call today's programme.
Producer Andrew Luck-Baker
Phone: [number removed]. E-MAIL: Checkup@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Myers
Producer:
Andrew Luck-Baker

Thi s week's appeal is on behalf of a charity which seeks to enable survivors of torture and organised violence to engage in a healing process to assert their own human dignity and worth.
Producer Laurence Grissell. DONATIONS: Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]. Repeated from Sunday at 7.55

Contributors

Producer:
Laurence Grissell.

Science series. An elegantly simple structure that resembles a twisted ladder-this is how the molecule that is the origin of life, DNA, has been described. One of its discoverers, Professor James Watson , talks to Quentin Cooper about how revealing the double-helix structure of this fascinating molecule in 1953 revolutionised our understanding of life and transformed his career as a 25-year-old biologist. Producer Fiona Roberts. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Talks:
Professor James Watson
Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Fiona Roberts.

A six-part comedy-drama by Barry Grossman about the Jewish community of Hillfield. 3: Brief Encounter Su is dumbfounded when Abraham is invited to a royal garden party.
Producer John Fawcett Wilson (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Grossman
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Su:
Tracy-Ann OBErman
Abraham:
David de Keyser
Sadie:
Doreen Mantle
Melvin:
Henry Goodman
Brian:
Jonathan Kydd
Khaled:
Nadlm Sawalha
Rashid:
Nabil Elouahabl

Elizabeth Gaskell 's frank portrait 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.
4: Jem longs for any sign of affection from Mary, and Carson's Mill catches fire.
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Gaskell
Unknown:
Lavinia Murray.

The military always wants knowledge of local people in areas of conflict and they have often looked to anthropologists to provide it. From the First World War through to Vietnam, anthropologists have acted as spies and advisers to the brass hats. Just as often, their work has been adopted and used without their knowledge or permission. Nigel Barley of the British Museum reveals the secret role of anthropologists in warfare and explores their consequent moral dilemmas.

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Barley
Producer:
Hugh Levinson

The first in a new ten-part series of the political programme.

American presidential candidate Barry Goldwater said "Extremism in defence of liberty is no vice." But how far should we in Britain go to protect ourselves after the terrorist attacks on the US? With greater police powers and the introduction of identity cards on the agenda, David Walker asks whether there is always a trade-off between security and freedom, and where the balance should be struck.

(Repeated Sunday 9.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Walker
Producer:
Ingrid Hassler

First in a new series of the topical science magazine. Geoff Watts tours the new centre for wine research in Vancouver, Canada, and reports on research into the genetics of wine production.

Leading Edge 9.00pm R4
Next time you are buying wine, try asking the work experience youth behind the counter if he can provide you with the genetic structure of the rather amusing chablis you have selected. And do let me know how you get on. Leading Edge makes a welcome return tonight with a programme about how genetic research is helping Canadian scientists study the genes in yeast, enabling wine makers to "maximise the aromatic complexity of wine" and minimise the levels of spoilage compounds. It is even thought that the techniques could isolate the compounds that cause hangovers and such after-effects altogether. But don't throw away the aspirin yet. (Peter Barnard)

Contributors

Reporter:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Alexandra Feachem

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 9. Fordetails see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Grenville
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bradbury
Read By:
Nicolette McKenzie.

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