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With Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day With Indarjrt Singh.
8.32 L W only Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Indarjrt Singh.

Clive Anderson continues his unique investigation into this country's judiciary. This week the microphones followthree trainee judges and go behind the scenes for unprecedented access to the gruelling training sessions which new appointees must undergo. Producer Michael Waldman

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Anderson
Producer:
Michael Waldman

A six-part series by Simon Brett.
Victoria now considers herself a fully-fledged academic after three weeks on an A-level English course, and is boring everyone with quotes from great English poets. Emily is home from university for a weekend to get some down-to-earth advice from Anna about an affair she is having with one of her lecturers. Meanwhile,
Charlotte didn't quite find her inner self in Tuscany but she did find Shiva.

Contributors

Writer:
Simon Brett
Producer:
Maria Esposito
Anna:
Rosemary Leach
Victoria:
Angela Thorne
Charlotte:
Celia Imrie
Roger:
Bill Nighy

Chris Maslanka returns with another series of the game in which puzzle setters try to outfox listeners and each other with a cleverer conundrum. On this week's panel are crossword editor Val Gilbert , columnist William Hartston and mathematician Professor David Singmaster.
Producer Harry Parker. Send your puzzles and answers to. Puzzle Panel. Room 7058. BBC Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA. E-MAIL: puz2le.panel@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Maslanka
Editor:
Val Gilbert
Unknown:
William Hartston
Unknown:
Professor David Singmaster.
Producer:
Harry Parker.

By Patricia Hannah. A Gothic comedy set in a first class railway carriage. Lady Franklin comes to terms with her husband's death after his disappearance 14 years earlier during his voyage to find the Northwest Passage. Starring Celia Imrie as Lady
Frankin. Harmony Swedenbor, Mrs Lauder , Boadicea, Lucrezia Borgia , Mary Shelley , Weesy Coppin and Kathleen Scott are all played by Jan Ravens ; Sophia Cracroft by Lucy Paterson ; Disraeli, Boots and Frank by Paul Young ; Sir John Frank and the ancient mariner by Robin Thomson ; Florence Nightingale by Vivienne Dixon: Sir Charles Wood by John Shedden ; and Jane Welsh Carlyle by Monica Gibb. Director Louise Dalziel

Contributors

Unknown:
Patricia Hannah.
Unknown:
Celia Imrie
Unknown:
Mrs Lauder
Unknown:
Lucrezia Borgia
Unknown:
Mary Shelley
Unknown:
Weesy Coppin
Unknown:
Kathleen Scott
Played By:
Jan Ravens
Played By:
Sophia Cracroft
Unknown:
Lucy Paterson
Unknown:
Paul Young
Unknown:
Sir John Frank
Unknown:
Robin Thomson
Unknown:
Sir Charles Wood
Unknown:
John Shedden
Unknown:
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Unknown:
Monica Gibb.
Director:
Louise Dalziel

Laurie Taylor asks Norman Davies , author of many books on Polish history, and sociologist
George Kolankiewicz , why so little is known outside Polish circles about one of the largest minority groups in Britain.
Producer Marya Burgess. E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Unknown:
Norman Davies
Unknown:
George Kolankiewicz
Producer:
Marya Burgess.

A new six-part comedy series starring Maureen Lipman and Julia McKenzie. Written by John Langdon, Richard Warren and Bruce Hyman.
1: In which Marion and Joanna discover the real distinction between chalk and cheese
Director Dirk Maggs. Producer Bruce Hyman

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen Lipman
Unknown:
Julia McKenzie.
Written By:
John Langdon
Written By:
Richard Warrenand Bruce Hyman.
Director:
Dirk Maggs.
Producer:
Bruce Hyman
Marion:
Maureen Lipman
Joanna:
Julia McKenzie
Jim:
Gary Waldhom
Daniel:
Stephen Mangan
Rosina:
Yolanda Vazquez
Richard:
John Forgeham

"British politics and institutions are failing our multicultural society" is the proposition in the final debate in this series on diversity in modern Britain. From the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham, north London, Edward Stourton asks a panel of experts and guests how political and public bodies have adapted to a multicultural United Kingdom.
Producer Jim Frank. Editor Nicola Meyrick. Repeated Saturday 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Producer:
Jim Frank.
Editor:
Nicola Meyrick.

Geneticist Steve Jones reports on the insights that unraveling the human genome will bring.
2: Did Adam Meet Eve? What can genes tell us about our origins? The past is within us as studies of our chromosomes reveal the history of population movements from thousands of years ago. Did our ancestral parents meet and what can such studies tell us about disease?
Producer Paul Arnold. E-MAIL [removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Jones
Producer:
Paul Arnold.

Comedy series by Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst.
3: Fear. Brian has an encounterwith a Caymon crocodile and Mawa the Amazon guide loses the Amazon.
Producer Sally Avens

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Barnhill
Unknown:
Neil Warhurst.
Producer:
Sally Avens
Mark:
Nell Warhurst
Brian:
Paul Bamhlll
Mawa:
Jacey Salles
Luke:
Mark Benton
Vicar:
Ewan Bailey

The sketch show from Manchester starring Smug Roberts , Helen Moon , Kate Ward and Robin lnce."l used to love shopping in supermarkets, me. Specially that free cheese you get on the way in. But I always seem to get a piece that's got a bit of wood in it. Producer Graham Frost

Contributors

Unknown:
Smug Roberts
Unknown:
Helen Moon
Unknown:
Kate Ward
Producer:
Graham Frost

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