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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rhidian Brook.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Rhidian Brook.

Sandi Toksvig looks at boattrips with former MP
Martin Bell , who sailed to St Helena on a cargo ship. Producer Cathie Mahoney
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Contributors

Unknown:
Sandi Toksvig
Unknown:
Martin Bell
Producer:
Cathie Mahoney

2: Reconciliation. The lives of pilots David Morgan and Hector Sanchez changed forever on 8 June 1982, when they fought in a battle in the South Atlantic. As
Michael Nicholson discovers, neither of them could have predicted what happened next. Producer Neil George

Contributors

Unknown:
David Morgan
Unknown:
Hector Sanchez
Unknown:
Michael Nicholson
Producer:
Neil George

Jonathan Dimbleby hosts the discussion from Derby Cathedral with a panel which includes the former shadow home secretary Ann Widdecombe and Paul Hyett. president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Ann Widdecombe
Unknown:
Paul Hyett

By John Harvey.

Jerzy Grabianski is a high-class burglar with a passion for ornithology and British Impressionist paintings. Like jazz-loving DI Charlie Resnick, he has Polish roots, a firm sense of justice and a soft spot for the ladies - especially the energetic Sister Teresa.

Contributors

Writer:
John Harvey
Director:
David Hunter
Resnick:
Keith Barron
Millington:
Sean Baker
Sister Teresa:
Rachel Atkins
Sister Bonaventura:
Gillian Bevan
Grabianski:
Gerard McDermott
Shana:
Blondell Taylor
Scott:
Carl Prekopp
Miriam:
Ann Beach
Ferris:
Hannah Dee
Thackray:
Peter Marinker

The explorer and travel writer Wilfred Thesiger. author of Arabian Sands and The Marsh Arabs, is now 92 and living in a residential home in Surrey. James Maw asks him about his remarkable life of adventure and exploration. With archive recordings and contributions from friends and colleagues, including his biographer Alex Maitland and the travel writer Colin Thubron.
Producer Rob Ketteridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfred Thesiger
Unknown:
Marsh Arabs
Unknown:
Alex Maitland
Unknown:
Colin Thubron
Producer:
Rob Ketteridge

The antidote to panel games celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special edition from London's Playhouse Theatre, the location of the first ever recording of the show back in April 1972. Regular panellists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Stephen Fry, with the inimitable Humphrey Lyttelton in the chair.
Musical accompaniment is provided by Colin Sell.
Producer Jon Naismith
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Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Provided By:
Colin Sell.
Producer:
Jon Naismith

Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their views on The Winter's Tale directed by Matthew Warchus at London's Roundhouse - the RSC's first performance there in 30 years - and William Boyd's new novel, Any Human Heart. Producer Mohini Patei

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Matthew Warchus
Unknown:
William Boyd
Producer:
Mohini Patei

The fallout from the first exploded nuclear bomb went farwiderthan Hiroshima - forthe next 50 years, every nation lived in fear. Robert Fox chronicles the history of Britain's attempts to live with nuclearthreat from the Pacific nucleartests and peace marches of the fifties, and the meagre plans for civil defence and survival of a nuclear attack, to the arrival of Cruise at Greenham Common in the eighties. Producer Hannah Andrassy

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Fox
Producer:
Hannah Andrassy

By Emile Zola. Translated by George Holden and dramatised in two episodes by Peter Tegel.
1:The Golden Fly. Free-spirited Nana is a celebrated courtesan in the glitteringly corrupt Paris of the 1860s. She has the adolescent Georges, the banker Steiner, and the court chamberlain Count Muffat all vying for her attention - among others.
Music by Mike Sykes Director Richard Wortley Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Emile Zola.
Translated By:
George Holden
Unknown:
Peter Tegel.
Music By:
Mike Sykes
Zola:
Corln Redgrave
Nana:
Claire Rushbrook
Count Muffat:
David Colllngs
Sabine:
Frances Jeater
Bordenave:
Keith Drlnkel
Fauchery:
Jonathan Keeble
Fontan:
Stephen Critchlow
Georges:
Tom Bevan
Zoe:
Rachel Atkins
Satin:
Deborah Berlin
Tatan:
Clare Corbett
Rose:
Alice Arnold
MmeHugon:
Rlchenda Carey
Vandeuvres:
Roger May

2: Trust and Terror. Philosopher Onora O'Neill of Newnham College, Cambridge, delivers the second of this year's Reith Lectures from the Royal Institution, London. When a community has been subjected to terrorist attacks, nothing is more urgent than restoring conditions for trust. But how is this to be done? Editor Gwyneth Williams Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Onora O'Neill
Unknown:
Reith Lectures

A new series of listeners' poetry requests with Frank Delaney. This week, Emilia Fox , Tim Pigott-Smith and Juliet Stevenson read favourite wedding poems. Producer Kate McAII Repeated from Sunday
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Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Delaney.
Unknown:
Emilia Fox
Unknown:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Unknown:
Juliet Stevenson
Producer:
Kate McAii

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