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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 Rev Angela Til by.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.

A five-part series in which presenter
Christopher Cook and historian Helen Weinstein bnngto life the diary of John Cannon-the extraordinary memoirs of an ordinary 18th-century taxman.
3: By My Own Industry. In 1706 the farm labourer and "mere clodhopper" John Cannon re-invents himself as a taxman. Suddenly he is on an enviable salary with plenty of perks - but he is also making some serious political enemies, producer Jane Ray

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Helen Weinstein
Unknown:
John Cannon-The
Unknown:
John Cannon
Producer:
Jane Ray

A six-part series in which Geoffrey Wheeler visits variety theatres around the country. 4: Known after its architect Frank Matcham as "Matcham's Masterpiece", the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, is a sumptuously decorated tribute to the greatness of Victorian theatre design.
Bernard Cribbins , Bill Pertwee and Mike Harding are among those recalling their appearances there. Producer Libby Cross

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Unknown:
Frank Matcham
Design:
Bernard Cribbins
Design:
Bill Pertwee
Design:
Mike Harding
Producer:
Libby Cross

4: Voice of Everyman. Popular music-making in the middle ages is shrouded in mystery, an oral tradition whose echoes are all but lost to us. In the final programme in his exploration of medieval music,
Michael Wood turns musical archaeologist: with the aid of present-day performers, he evokes a rowdy world of music that was as much a part of medieval life as the plainchant and ethereal masses. Producers Lyndon Jones and Deborah Preston

Contributors

Music:
Michael Wood
Producers:
Lyndon Jones
Producers:
Deborah Preston

Another chance to hearthe five-part series looking at how the National Trust train their gardeners in the 21st century.
2: Caroline Beck visits the herbaceous borders of The Vyne in Hampshire, where, aftertraining with the National Trust, Marcus Chilton-Jones now works. Producer Angela Sherwin

Contributors

Unknown:
Caroline Beck
Unknown:
Marcus Chilton-Jones
Producer:
Angela Sherwin

Jacqueline Wilson is a children's authorwith a large and devoted following and Alice Rawsthorn is the director of the Design Museum in London. They join Rosie Boycott to recommend three favourite novels: The BellJarby Sylvia Plath ; North and South by Mrs Gaskell and The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton.
Producer Peter Everett Repeated at llpm on Sunday 28 April

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacqueline Wilson
Unknown:
Alice Rawsthorn
Unknown:
Rosie Boycott
Unknown:
Sylvia Plath
Unknown:
Mrs Gaskell
Unknown:
Edith Wharton.
Producer:
Peter Everett

By Lynne Truss. 6: Food. The restaurant regulars decide to have a "last supper". No food, just fine words, songs - and hemlock.
Producer Brian King

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Truss.
Heraclitus:
Stephen Moore
Aristophanes:
Alan Cox
Xanthippe:
Imelda Staunton
Plato:
Tom George
Socrates:
Robert Hardy

Mark Lawson chairs the arts show and reports on a major new biography of the media tycoon
William Randolph Hearst , the inspiration for Orson Welles 's film, Citizen Kane. Producer Nicola Holloway

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
William Randolph Hearst
Unknown:
Orson Welles
Unknown:
Citizen Kane.
Producer:
Nicola Holloway

By Robert Graves , dramatised by Melissa Murray. 7: Marie is pregnant with her first child, which her husband, the puritan John Milton , is desperate
Should be a boy. For details see yesterday Rptfrom 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Graves
Dramatised By:
Melissa Murray.
Unknown:
John Milton

n Fraud costs the UK around £15 billion a year-enough to run the NHS several times over. In the first of a two-part investigation, Allan Urry reveals why Britain is so vulnerable to white-collar criminals and international money launderers. Producer David Lewis Repeated Sunday 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Urry
Producer:
David Lewis

Jackie Hardgrave concludes her exploration of the trials and tribulations of those who attempt to make us a healthier nation.

All over the world, health workers are trying to combat infectious disease by immunising children and mothers. If vaccinations are refused, more people are at risk. But what happens when a mother asks if it really is the best thing for her baby? How do you reassure her and get the right message across to the public?

Contributors

Presenter:
Jackie Hardgrave
Producer:
Helen Sharp

Tim Brooke-Taylor continues his exploration of the colliding worlds of golf and comedy.
2: Tim visits the west coast of Ireland, where he plays 18 holes at Ballybunion Golf Club in competition with a builder, a bank manager and a sanitary towel salesman. En route, he rummages through the archives of recorded comic Irishness, where he hopes to find, among others, Ardal O'Hanlon , Frank Carson , and Dave Allen. Producer Tony Staveacre

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Ardal O'Hanlon
Unknown:
Frank Carson
Unknown:
Dave Allen.
Producer:
Tony Staveacre

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