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Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Antonia Swinson.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Antonia Swinson.

By Mahesh Dattani. On 26 January 2001, a massive earthquake devastated the western Indian state of Gujrat. Mahesh Dattani's play follows the story of an English journalist who was near Bhuj at the time and who goes back a year later to see if he can trace a boy he met when he was clearing the rubble.
Sound effects collected by Richard Coope Director Jeremy Mortimer

Contributors

Unknown:
Mahesh Dattani.
Unknown:
Richard Coope
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer
Toby:
Robert Glenister
Fatima:
Nina Wadla
Salim:
Adam Dean

Each week a columnist advances a controversial view on a topical subject, then listeners are given the opportunity to take issue bytelephone. With David Jessel.
Producer Nick Utechin. Phone in your comments, opinions and arguments: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jessel.
Producer:
Nick Utechin.

Gervase Phinn makes an appeal on behalf ora national lending library oftext/braille books which can be shared by visually impaired children and their families.
Producer Laurence Grissell.
DONATIONS: Clearvision Project. [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]. Repeated from Sunday 7.55am

Contributors

Unknown:
Gervase Phinn
Producer:
Laurence Grissell

Five quietly unsettling short stories by Eispeth Davie. Read by Crawford Logan.
4. A Collection of Bones. Jenkinson's friends are bemused by his obsession. What's the point of a wishbone collection if you don't make any wishes? Producer David Jackson Young

Contributors

Stories By:
Eispeth Davie.
Read By:
Crawford Logan.
Producer:
David Jackson Young

In his series about the history of glass in architecture, Maxwell Hutchinson looks at how glass was used in buildings of the Victorian era. He meets a man who has collected 15,000 historic windows and examines the career of Joseph Paxton, architect of the greatest glass house of them all - the Crystal Palace.

Contributors

Presenter:
Maxwell Hutchinson
Producer:
Elena Curti

Science series.Quentin Cooper and his expert guests discuss the latest developments in the world of science and technology. This week they look at the future of roads.
Producer Andrew Luck Baker. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Andrew Luck Baker.

Another night out at London's unofficial national theatre of comedy, the Comedy Store, hosted by Simon Bligh and featuring Simon Evans , Pierre Hollins and Andrew Maxwell. Producer Helen Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Bligh
Unknown:
Simon Evans
Unknown:
Pierre Hollins
Unknown:
Andrew Maxwell.
Producer:
Helen Williams

By Victor Hugo. Dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. 14: Eponine has found out where Cosette lives-will she tell Marius?
With Christopher Godwin , Ewan Bailey and Sean Baker
Music by Dominic Fitzgerald. Director Jeremy Mortimer. Rpt of 10.45am BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Les Misérables is available on audio cassette from all good retailers and from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Hugo.
Dramatised By:
Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
Unknown:
Christopher Godwin
Unknown:
Ewan Bailey
Unknown:
Sean Baker
Music By:
Dominic Fitzgerald.
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer.
Victor Hugo:
Joss Ackland
Jean:
Roger Allam
Cosette:
Lucy Whybrow
Marius:
Jonathan Forbes
Javert:
David Schofield
Combeferre:
Carl Prekopp
Toussaint:
Annette Badland
Thenardier:
Henry Goodman
Mme Thenardier:
Jane Whittenshaw
Eponine:
Patsy Palmer
Maboeuf:
Timothy Bateson
Azelma:
Helen Longworth
Gavroche:
Leagh Conwell

The wife of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic has been variously described as "Lady Macbeth", the "Red Witch of Belgrade" and a praying mantis. She was so devoted to her husband that she slashed away all obstacles in his path, but then went on to destroy him too. Meriel Beattie investigates how much influence Mira Markovic really had over her husband; whether she really was a "femmefatale" or ultimately the victim of a deeply sexist society.
Producer Emma Rippon . Editor Maria Balinska

Contributors

Unknown:
Slobodan Milosevic
Unknown:
Meriel Beattie
Unknown:
Mira Markovic
Producer:
Emma Rippon
Editor:
Maria Balinska

Up in the Air. With the airline business in turmoil, the "big two" plane makers are radically split about the future. Boeingthinks the industry wants faster planes; Airbus thinks they need to be bigger. Peter Day asks who's right.
Producer Neil Koenig. Repeated Sunday9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Day
Producer:
Neil Koenig.

On the Scrapheap. Twenty-four million fridges, freezers, videos, mobile phones and other pieces of household equipment are thrown out each year. New laws will ensure that a greater proportion of this waste is recycled and re-used in the future. But with industry disquiet about who should fund these changes, and green design being low on the list of priorities in the UK, will these laws really make any difference? Presented by Alex Kirby. Producer Karen Gregor.

Contributors

Presented By:
Alex Kirby.
Producer:
Karen Gregor.

Another episode in Niall Ashdown and Luke Sorba 's strictly non-autobiographical sitcom about the human condition, sex and food. Producer Martin Dempsey

Contributors

Unknown:
Niall Ashdown
Unknown:
Luke Sorba
Producer:
Martin Dempsey

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