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With Alan Little and James Naugntie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Oliver McTernan.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Little
Unknown:
James Naugntie.
Unknown:
Oliver McTernan.

Thanks to top goal-scorer Agustin Delgado of Southampton, Ecuador is in the World
Cup for the first time. Delgado, like many in the national team, comes from the country tiny black community. Linda Pressly visits the football school which Delgado has set up in his home village and meets the boys who hope to follow in his footsteps.
But will success in the World Cup translate into a wider acceptance of the black community which, until now, has been so marginalised by society?

(Repeated Monday 8. JUpm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Linda Pressly
Producer:
Tim Mansel

With 60 years of experience in the business, Richard Attenborough takes a look at the British industry since the Second World War. With contributions from Anthony Hopkins, John Mills, Bryan Forbes, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Richards and William Goldman.

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Attenborough
Interviewee:
Anthony Hopkins
Interviewee:
John Mills
Interviewee:
Bryan Forbes
Interviewee:
Ben Kingsley
Interviewee:
Jeffrey Richards
Interviewee:
William Goldman
Producer:
Susan Marling

On the night of 24 March 1895 Oscar Wilde sent an urgent message to the society palm reader Mrs Robinson, and later that same evening he visited her London flat. Wilde had a momentous decison to make about his trial and fleeing the country. Corin Redgrave and Sheila Hancock recreate their roles from the Royal National Theatre production in this haunting drama.

Contributors

Writer:
Neil Bartlett
Director:
Ned Chaillet
Oscar Wilde:
Corin Redgrave
Mrs Robinson:
Sheila Hancock

Each week a columnist advances a controversial view on a topical subject. Listeners can then take issue by telephone. Presented by David Jessel. Producer Nick Utechin PHONE: [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
David Jessel.
Producer:
Nick Utechin

George Baker appeals for a charity that works on behalf of colorectal cancer patients. Producer Laurence Grissell
DONATIONS: Colon Cancer Concern, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
George Baker
Producer:
Laurence Grissell
Unknown:

Another chance to hear the five-part series looking at how the National Trust train their gardeners for the 21st century.
4: Caroline Beck visits Saltram in Devon, where three years ago Sue Preston Jones began her training after having been a teacherforten years. Producer Angela Sherwin

Contributors

Unknown:
Caroline Beck
Unknown:
Preston Jones
Producer:
Angela Sherwin

Foryears, human engineers have been casting envious eyes over one of the cleverest creations in nature - spider silk, which is, comparatively, many times strongerthan steel. Quentin Cooper investigates how close we are to emulating it in the laboratory and what it would enable us to do. Producer Ros Smith E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Ros Smith

A sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived a bit of it. With Eleanor Bron ,
Graeme Garden , Neil Innes , Clive Swift , Roger Blake and Paula Wilcox. Music by Ronnie and Rex. Producer Helen Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Neil Innes
Unknown:
Clive Swift
Unknown:
Roger Blake
Unknown:
Paula Wilcox.
Producer:
Helen Williams

By Robert Graves , dramatised by Melissa Murray.
9: Mun has gone from Marie's life forever, and she is trying to make the best of her marriage to
John Milton. Before long, she is expecting another child. Fordetails see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

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

Six months before the 1975 Referendum, when Britain voted on its membership of the European Union, opinion polls suggested the "No" vote had a commanding lead. However, they were crushed by a 2:1 majority in favour of retaining links with Brussels. Professor Chris Andrew imagines the rather different world we would be living in now, had the "No" voters won the day. Producer Mark Smalley

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Andrew
Producer:
Mark Smalley

The Future of Money. Money makes the world go round, and symbolises governments' authority and credibility. But as electronic methods of payment become even more widespread and possibly even more familiarto manythan notes and coins, where does that leave the old symbols?
Diane Coyle asks whether cash has lost its cachet, and whether we're heading for financial liberation or economic anarchy.
Producer Chris Bowlby Repeated Sunday9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Diane Coyle
Producer:
Chris Bowlby

The second in the series of comedy travelogues from globetrotting comedian and Just a Minute regular, Ross Noble. This week, Ross travels to South Africa, where he fails to climb Table
Mountain, meets the Whale Cryer of Hermanus and discovers that Cape Town is home to the poshest monkeys in the world. Producer Danny Wallace

Contributors

Producer:
Danny Wallace

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