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With Alan Little and James Naughtie.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Satish Kumar.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Little
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Satish Kumar.

Geeta Gury-Murthy explores notions of faith and how they relate to urban life. 3: Prince of Synagogues
The 19th-century synagogue in Toxteth, Liverpool, has fallen on hard times. But Rabbi Ariel Abel and Rate Dorfman, the 92-year-old leader of the choir, have their own ways of maintaining it. Producer Bella Bannerman

Contributors

Unknown:
Geeta Gury-Murthy
Unknown:
Rabbi Ariel Abel
Unknown:
Rate Dorfman
Producer:
Bella Bannerman

Yvonne Ellis presents a three-part series lookingat the lives of American Indians in the 21st century.
2: Although revered by the Blackfoot tribe, the fox was eradicated from their reservation in north-east Montana through hunting and habitat loss.
Now the community is reintroducing it, in the hope that it will return to its ecological and cultural niche.

Contributors

Presenter:
Yvonne Ellis
Producer:
Joanne Stevens

In the final programme, five former students of the Royal College of Music in London meetto perform a piece specially arranged by cellist Martin Radford.
The class of '93 talk to Charlotte Monta about where their careers have taken them, including
LOS Angeles and Germany. Producer Richard Bannerman

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Radford.
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

By Laura Watson.

"Sleep pretty children, do not cry, and I will sing a lullaby", goes the song, but nine-year-old Tom is shaken from his sleep by a ghostly presence - one that looks set to destroy his whole family. A haunting play from a new writer.

Contributors

Writer:
Laura Watson
Director:
Sarah Brown
Tom:
Daniel Anthony
Jill:
Tracy Wiles
Greg:
Roger May
Matt:
Joshua Phillips
Simon:
Francis Gahan
Mr Walker:
Stephen Critchlow
Voices/WPC:
Carolyn Pickles

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

By Lynne Truss.

The Spartan siege of Athens is now into its fifth month but the regulars at the Acropolis Fish Restaurant continue to turn up in the vain hope of being served some food.

It's Eros Night and thoughts turn to love.

Producer Brian King

Contributors

Writer:
Lynne Truss
Producer:
Brian King
Heraclitus:
Stephen Moore
Aristophanes:
Alan Cox
Socrates:
Robert Hardy
Xanthippe:
Imelda Staunton
Plato:
Tom George

By Mary Cooper. 7: Anne and Mariana deepen their bond by privately exchanging vows, but will
Mariana be able to balance life as the perfect wife to Charles and be Anne's lovertoo?
For details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Cooper.
Anne:
Deborah McAndrew
Isabella:
Helen Schlesinger
Mariana:
Kaye Wragg

France is undergoing a quiet revolution. This three-part series looks at the paradoxes and peculiarities of a nation redefining itself. 1: Breaking All the Rules.
British academic Anand Menon looks at the booming French economy. France is ignoring the advice of the globalisation gurus-yet the country is thriving in the face of worldwide competition. Why? Producer Lucy Ash Repeated Sunday 5pm

What's gone wrong with English cricket recently? Er.... nothing! But Dave isgoingto put that right. Written by Chris Douglas. Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds. Producer Richard Wilson.

Contributors

Written By:
Chris Douglas.
Written By:
Nick Newman
Written By:
Andrew Nickolds.
Producer:
Richard Wilson.
Dave Chris Douglas Andy:
Andrew Nickolds

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