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Michael Buerk interviews people who have faced a life-changing decision.

Former war reporter Alex Renton was so affected by what he saw in Kosovo that, disillusioned with British journalism, he took a big salary cut to work with an aid agency.
(Rptd at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Interviewer:
Michael Buerk
Interviewee:
Alex Renton
Producer:
Lisa Davis

A new four-part series about the history of the lifeboat service.

In the 18th and 19th centuries rotten ships and drunken captains regularly fell foul of the sandbanks around Norfolk and a new band of heroes called lifeboatmen sprang from the coastal villages. Paul Heiney looks back over 200 years of self-sacrifice.

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Heiney
Producer:
Neil Walker

A two-part programme in which Guyanaese writer David Dabydeen explores the past and present of his home country. 1: Britain's involvement in Guyana began with the disastrous 16th-century expeditions of Sir Walter Raleigh. What remains of the British legacy in modern, independent Guyana? Producer David Olusoga

Contributors

Unknown:
David Dabydeen
Unknown:
Sir Walter Raleigh.
Producer:
David Olusoga

A series profiling Northern comedians of the past. 2:Gracie Fields.Gracie Fields was one of Lancashire's best-loved exports. Yet the press accused her of treachery when she and her Italian husband moved to America during the Second World War, despite the huge sums she raised abroad forthe British war effort. Mark Radcliffe presents a tribute to the woman once described as "the British nation's favourite big sister". Producer Libby Cross

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Radcliffe
Producer:
Libby Cross

Emily Buchanan returns with a new four-part series of the programme in which she explores the lives of foreign correspondents through the music that marked their most memorable assignments. 1: Simon Winchester plays calypso, brass bands and Bob Dylan and remembers the drama of Watergate, a prison cell in Argentina, and a journey across Russia in a Rolls Royce.

Contributors

Unknown:
Emily Buchanan
Unknown:
Simon Winchester
Unknown:
Bob Dylan
Producer:
Paul Kobrak

A dark, cautionary comedy by Jackie Pavlenko.

Eva's life is a chaotic whirl of missed appointments and mad dashes as she tries to keep up with the demands of her children, her work and her withering social life. Only when she starts to keep a diary does the real problem emerge.

Contributors

Writer:
Jackie Pavlenko
Director:
Toby Swift
Eva:
Kathryn Hunt
Debbie:
Alice Gardiner
Frances:
Christine Brennan
Ned:
Jim Millea
Carl:
James Swanton

The magazine about all things quantifiable. Andrew Dilnot explores the ubiquitous, powerful and sometimes deceitful language of numbers, both political and personal. Producer Michael Blastland

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Dilnot
Producer:
Michael Blastland

In the first of the new eight-part series Hanif Kureishi chooses Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, and Jonathan Dimbleby picks House of Sand and Fog. Presenter Louise Doughty's selection is the Oscar Wilde favourite The Picture of Dorian Gray.
(Repeated Sunday 11pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hanif Kureishi
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Presenter:
Louise Doughty
Unknown:
Dorian Gray.
Producer:
Miles Warde.

The touching correspondence between the young Indira Gandhi and her father Nehru as edited by Sonia Gandhi and abridged in parts by Rukhsana Ahmad.

Indira is growing up without her father. From prison Nehru advises her about her education and becomes increasingly reliant on her letters for information about India's struggle for freedom.
(For details see yesterday) (Repeated from 10.45am)

Contributors

Edited by:
Sonia Gandhi
Abridged by:
Rukhsana Ahmad
Indira:
Nina Wadia
Nehru:
Paul Bhattacharjee

Current affairs series covering major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad with reporter Jolyon Jenkins. Producer Jenny Chryss. Repeated Sunday 5pm

Contributors

Reporter:
Jolyon Jenkins.
Producer:
Jenny Chryss.

The patients' guide to medicine.

As well as seeking out the latest evidence for trouble-free breastfeeding, Dr Graham Easton investigates a condition which causes swollen breast-tissue in up to half of all teenage boys.
(Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr Graham Easton
Producer:
Paula McGrath.

The second series of Bill Dare 's comedy about a struggling cappella band. 1: Meet the Wife by Giles New. Kenny is married and divorced in a day, while Johnny decides to make himself more attractive through the power of lying.
With Raquel Cassidy , Tony Gardner and Rachel Preece Producer Gareth Edwards (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Dare
Unknown:
Giles New.
Unknown:
Raquel Cassidy
Unknown:
Tony Gardner
Unknown:
Rachel Preece
Producer:
Gareth Edwards
Kenny:
Stephen Tompkinson
Lorelei:
Nicola Walker
Johnny:
Adrian Scarborough
Nelson:
Brian Bovell

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