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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Satish Kumar.
8.32 LW only Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Satish Kumar.

DrugAbuse. Jonathan Freedland is joined by Juliet Stevenson to look at drug abuse past and Present through the short life of Victorian supermodel Lizzie Siddal. ProducerVirginiaCrompton Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Freedland
Unknown:
Juliet Stevenson
Unknown:
Lizzie Siddal.

Geeta Gury-Murthy explores notions of faith ana how they relate to life in five innercities.
2: St Rollox, Glasgow. The Rev Gwynfai Jones 's Church of Scotland ministry is amongthe tower blocks of the Sitehill Estate. Approximately a quarter of the 8,000 parishioners are asylum seekers. They need his help; his church, St Rollox , distributes clothes and lays on English lessons, and the Rev Jones thinks the local community benefits tOO. Producer Bella Bannerman

Contributors

Unknown:
Geeta Gury-Murthy
Unknown:
Gwynfai Jones
Unknown:
St Rollox
Producer:
Bella Bannerman

Jenny Pitman , the first woman to train a Grand
National winner, joins Jenni Murrayto discuss her first novel - about a woman horse-trainer. Drama.
Such Sweet Possession Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Pitman
Unknown:
Jenni Murrayto

Yvonne Ellis presents a newthree-part series looking at the lives of Americans Indians in the 21st century. 1: The Crow tribe of native Americans were some of the greatest horsemen in the world: they were accomplished riders and horse whisperers.
Horses were also vital to the Crow culture, religion and economy, but afterthe vast herds were eradicated by the government, the tribe's s traditional way of life declined. Producer Joanne Stevens

Contributors

Unknown:
Yvonne Ellis
Producer:
Joanne Stevens

A five-part series looking at comedy double acts.
Stuart Maconie explores the partnership behind Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Moore's naive persona was the perfect foil for Cook's flights of fancy. Their unlikely pairing inspired a new wave of comedy performing and writing.

Contributors

Presenter:
Stuart Maconie
Producer:
Angela Sherwin

At music college the skills of the singers and instrumentalists are polished to perfection, but what happens when they emerge into the intensely competitive world of the professional musician? In the first of two programmes,
Charlotte Morita finds out what happened to five classmates afterthey left the Royal Northern College of Music in 1983. Producer Richard Bannerman

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlotte Morita
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

When Finn leaves his high-powered advertising job fora rural retreat, he finds country life both exasperating and inspiring.

For details see yesterday

Contributors

Writer:
Colin Hough
Writer:
Rebecca Trick-Walker
Marimba player:
Andrea McLaren
Director:
Alison Hindell
Finn:
Simon Armstrong
Tree:
Manon Edwards
Corinna:
Vivien Parry
Mother:
Ruth Jones
Daughter:
Siriol Jenkins
Smythe:
Ric Jerrom

Richard Daniel chairs the programme in which listeners set the agenda with their environmental concerns. Producer Nick Patrick PHONE: [number removed]
LETTERS: [address removed] E-MAIL: home.planet@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Daniel
Producer:
Nick Patrick

2: Clementine. David Stafford continues his look at songs which have entered our collective memory as he deconstructs the origin of this American folk song, beloved of Huckleberry Hound. Producer David Prest

Contributors

Unknown:
David Stafford
Producer:
David Prest

Lynne Truss's sitcom, set in the Acropolis fish restaurant in 408 BC, returns with a new
six-part series. The Spartans are besieging
Athens and food is scarce; it is not a great time to be in the catering business.
1: Signs. Uncle Liquidities demands that Plato gives up philosophy and enters the funerary urn business.
Producer Brian King

Contributors

Heraclitus:
Stephen Moore
Aristophanes:
Alan Cox
Socrates:
Robert Hardy
Xanthippe:
Imelda Staunton
Oracle:
Rosemary Leach
Plato:
Tom George
Liquidities:
Gavin Muir

By Mary Cooper. 2: Anne develops a code for her journal in order to keep her affairs hidden from the prying eyes of her mother. Eliza wants to learn the code but does Anne have something to hide from hertoo?
For details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Cooper.
Anne:
Deborah McAndrew
Eliza:
Rina Mahoney
Mrs Lister:
Mary Cunningham

Julian O'Halloran investigates the burgeoning market in supply teachers and asks whether schools and taxpayers are being short-changed on quality and cost. Producer Ian Muir-Cochrane Repeated Sunday 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian O'Halloran
Producer:
Ian Muir-Cochrane

In the second of a five-part series about the development of drugs and how they work, Ed Stark tells the extraordinary story of an asthmatic research scientist whose courageous self-testing of different compounds led to one of the most successful asthma drugs ever.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ed Stark
Producer:
Louise Dalziel

In the final episode of Matt Lucas and David Walliams's sketch show, St John's Ambulance volunteer April is working at Crufts, Vicky Pollard has a visit from her social worker and Olivier Lawrence attends an audition.

Contributors

Comedian/Writer:
Matt Lucas
Comedian/Writer:
David Walliams
Producer:
Ashley Blaker

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