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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Indarj it Singh.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.

Jenni Murray talks to poet and award-winning author Jackie Kay about her new collection of short stories Why Don You Stop Talking, where ordinary livs are transformed by secrets ortrauma.
Drama: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Part 18. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Talks:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Jackie Kay
Unknown:
Victor Hugo.

There's no shortage of television fortoddlers: just switch on the set at 6am and take your pick. Since Teletubbiesfirst suggested that two-year-olds might like something different from their older siblings, the demand for pre-school programmes has grown and grown. Next month, two digital channels designed exclusively for pre-schoolers will be launched. But is it OKfor babies to watch television? Mother of two, Trisha MacNair , offers advice to parents of young children who are keen to keep a firm hand on the remote control. Producer Anna Buckley

Contributors

Unknown:
Trisha MacNair
Producer:
Anna Buckley

A six-part series by Simon Brett. 4: Wanderlust
Charlotte is bored and restless with not having a man around, so turns her attentions to the only man she can seem to woo with her wickedly feminine wiles.
Producer Maria Esposito

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Brett.
Producer:
Maria Esposito
Anna:
Rosemary Leach
Victoria:
Angela Thorne
Charlotte:
Celia Imrie
Roger:
Bill Nighy
Chico:
Colin Starkey

More puzzles from Chris Maslanka and the panel as they attempt to baffle each other with brai nteasers based on words, numbers and logic. On this week's panel are medical physicist and maze designer
Professor Angela Newing , author and puzzle setter Paul Lamford , and mathematician Victor Bryant. Producer Clare Csonka. Listeners with puzzles and answers can send them to Puzzle Panel. Room 7058, BBC Broadcasting House. London WlA 1AA, or by e-mail: puule.panel@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Maslanka
Designer:
Professor Angela Newing
Unknown:
Paul Lamford
Unknown:
Victor Bryant.
Producer:
Clare Csonka.

By Simon Smith.
Househusband Paul is very close to his son, Reuben, but his relationship with Reuben's mother has broken down. Unable to talk to his son about what's happening, when the time comes for Paul to leave the family home, he pretends he is going off into outer space.

Contributors

Writer:
Simon Smith
Director:
Mary Peate
Paul:
Matthew MacFadyen
Mandy:
Rachel Gleaves
Reuben:
Daniel Anthony

The third report from the audio log ofTodd Jarrell, sailor aboard the square-rigger Europa, on a voyage to Antarctica. Nearthe coast of the Antarctic
Peninsula Europais surrounded by fantastically shaped icebergs - then one hits her. A gaff snaps in a force 11 gale, yet next day the crew picnic in the sun among crab-eater seals and penguins. Producer Julian May

A six-part comedy series starring Maureen Lipman and Julia McKenzie. Written by Bruce Hyman , John Langdon and Richard Warren. 3:Jim learns that there is more to life than football. But not much.
Director Dirk Maggs.

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen Lipman
Unknown:
Julia McKenzie.
Written By:
Bruce Hyman
Written By:
John Langdon
Written By:
Richard Warren.
Director:
Dirk Maggs.
Marion:
Maureen Lipman
Joanna:
Julia McKenzie
Jim:
Gary Waldhorn
Bernard:
Oliver Ford Davies
Rosina:
Yolanda Vazquez
Daniel:
Stephen Mangan
Beryl:
Olivia Colman
Policeman:
Rupert Degas

By Victor Hugo. Dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Music by Dominic Fitzgerald.
18: Valjeanjoins Marius and his friends on the barricades as the fighting increases. For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Les Miserables is available on audio cassette from all good retailers and from www.bbcshoo com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Hugo.
Dramatised By:
Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
Music By:
Dominic Fitzgerald.
Music By:
Valjeanjoins Marius

Michael Buerk with Claire Fox , Stephen Rose , Samir Shah and Harvey Thomas , cross-examine witnesses on their evidence for believing as they do about one of the week's moral conundrums. Producer David Coomes. Repeated Saturday. 10 15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Stephen Rose
Unknown:
Samir Shah
Unknown:
Harvey Thomas
Producer:
David Coomes.

Anotherchance to hear recently discovered recordings of AJP Taylor's lectures on the changing role of the prime minister. Chosen and presented by Professor Peter Clarke. 2: Stanley Baldwin.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Clarke.
Unknown:
Stanley Baldwin.

Scientists may be cock-a-hoop about the rough draft of the human genome, but where do we go from here? In the last programme of the series, Steve Jones looks at the work of researchers as they unravel what genes do and how they interact, in an attempt to read the next chapter in the book of life. Producer Paul Arnold. E-MAIL scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Jones
Producer:
Paul Arnold.

The sketch show from Manchester starring
Smug Roberts , Helen Moon , Kate Ward and Robin Ince. "My dad would fill his mouth with conkers, then he'd drink vinegarto harden the shells. Next time he nutted somebody, he splintered their skull. He's a 39er now." ProducerGraham Frost

Contributors

Unknown:
Smug Roberts
Unknown:
Helen Moon
Unknown:
Kate Ward
Unknown:
Robin Ince.

A Cook's Tour
Written and read by Anthony Bourdain. 3: San Francisco. A youngchef, running a new eaterie, is in tears: his sous chef, who he thought of as his best friend, is talking behind his back. Bourdainthinks mutiny is On the cards. Repeated from 9.45am

Contributors

Read By:
Anthony Bourdain.

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