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With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought fbrthe Day With the Rt Rev Tom Butler
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Tom Butler

Last in the series with Michael Buerk. This week he talks to Heather Mills , Sir Paul McCartney 's fiancee, about her choice not to resign herself to life in a wheelchair following a road accident in which she lost her leg. Producer Liz Leonard. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk.
Unknown:
Heather Mills
Unknown:
Sir Paul McCartney
Producer:
Liz Leonard.

The last part in the series about the history of the lifeboat service. 4: Norfolk's lifeboat service has changed considerably over 200 years, but those who volunteerto risk their own lives to save the lives of strangers are following a tradition laid down generations ago. Paul Heiney asks: why do they do it? Producer Neil Walker.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Heiney
Producer:
Neil Walker.

The final programme following a modern-day treasure hunt searching for the original crown jewels of England, reputedly lost in the Wash by King John in October 1216. William Smethurst and Jacqueline McGlade search for the old causeway that the king's army followed and use modern survey techniques to look for evidence of the treasure beneath the potato fields of Lincolnshire. Producer Jan Castle

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smethurst
Unknown:
Jacqueline McGlade

The last in the series in which Emily Buchanan talks to foreign correspondents about the music that has accompanied their most memorable assignments. 4: Sandy Gill recalls his time spent in Idi Amin 's execution cell, discusses his interest in Afghanistan and gives his impressions of some of the key events he has witnessed in almost 40 years of reporting for Reuters and ITN, from Vietnam to the Gulf War. Producer Paul Kobrak

Contributors

Talks:
Emily Buchanan
Unknown:
Sandy Gill
Unknown:
Idi Amin
Producer:
Paul Kobrak

Written by Natalia Power. The famous farces of Georges Feydeau, full of serial marital infidelities, were grounded in his parents' bitter marriage, and then later his own. And the worse domestic life got, the funnier the plots became.

Contributors

Writer:
Natalia Power.
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Georges:
Nigel Anthony
Georges (18)/nurse:
Jonathan Forbes
Dr Bour:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Leocadie/Angelique/Manon:
Carolyn Pickles
Ernest/Gruyere:
Chris Godwin
Georges (10)/Marie-Anne:
Rosie Fellner
Ribardier:
Ewan Bailey

With Jane Horrocks. 2: Which Came F7rst?Chickens helped to win the Second World War and we rewarded them by putting them in battery farms and printing little lions on theireggs. Salmonella had us worried for a while, but now we can choose "corn-fed", "free-range" or "organic". What next? How about chickens genetically modified to taste the way they used to? For details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Horrocks.

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Dilnot
Producer:
Michael Blastland

Novelist Louise Doughty asks Tanni Grey-Thompson, the quadruple gold medallist from the Sydney paralympics, and former culture secretary Chris Smith MP, to argue the case for their favourite paperbacks.

(Repeated Sunday 11pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Louise Doughty
Interviewee:
Tanni Grey-Thompson
Interviewee:
Chris Smith
Producer:
Miles Warde

Another celebrated raconteur reminisces before a live audience. 5: Warren Mitchell talks about where his love of acting began, the terrors of performing on live television and how Alf Garnett came into his life.
Producer Claire Jones

Contributors

Talks:
Warren Mitchell
Unknown:
Alf Garnett
Producer:
Claire Jones

The story behind Handel's composition of the oratorio Messiah. Dramatised by John Fletcher. 2: Hallelujah
Fordetails see yesterday. Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Dramatised By:
John Fletcher.
Handel:
Derek Jacobi
Britton:
John Hartley
Mrs Pendarves:
Sarah Badel
Servant John:
Andy Robb
Jenny:
Susan Tully
Harpsichordist:
Christian Cumyn

The state of your bowels can tell you a lot about your general health - but most people shy away from talking about it. Dr Graham Easton asks the experts what's normal, and how much evidence there is that a high-fibre diet really does protect you against cancer. Producer Paula McGrath. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk.
Repeated Wednesday4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Graham Easton
Producer:
Paula McGrath.

The last of the second series of Bill Dare 's comedy about a struggling a cappella band.
4: The Ballad of Kenny and Christineby Sam Bain. The new love of Kenny's life is clever, beautiful and she loves singing. In fact she loves singing so much she wants to join the band. Which would be brilliant news if Nelson, Johnny and Lorelei didn't really, really hate her.
With Dave Lamb. Giles New , Bill Dare. Producer Gareth Edwards (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Dare
Unknown:
Sam Bain.
Unknown:
Dave Lamb.
Unknown:
Giles New
Unknown:
Bill Dare.
Producer:
Gareth Edwards
Kenny:
Stephen Tompkinson
Lorelei:
Nicola Walker
Christine:
Debra Stephenson
Johnny:
Adrian Scarborough
Nelson:
Brian Bovell

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