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Jeremy Paxman is joined by novelist Fay Weldon , politician Francis Maude , historian Linda Colley , and academic Fred Ingils to discuss the future of feminism, the political right-wing, nationhood and political journalism. Producer ArianeKoek Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

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Jeremy Paxman
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Fay Weldon
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Francis Maude
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Linda Colley
Unknown:
Fred Ingils

The conclusion of the series exp onngthree moments in history when the British have been swept with a wave of hysteria, gripped by a moral panic or frozen with terror. 3: Pack Up Your Troubles.
By 1916 over 40 per cent of First World War casualties were suffering from mental breakdowns.
Many had never seen battle. Joanna Bourke examines the shell-shock epidemic. The reader is Simon Armstrong. Producer Kate McAII

Contributors

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Joanna Bourke
Unknown:
Simon Armstrong.
Producer:
Kate McAii

By PG Wodehouse , dramatised in six parts by Roger Davenport. 2: A Slice ofLife.Agothic comedy of beauty preparations, thwarted love, a spooky old house and a determined suitor. The regulars of the Angler's Rest parlour bar step into yet another of Mr Mulliner 's quirky stories, with Richard Griffiths as the unstoppable Mr Mulliner.
Director Ned Chaillet

Contributors

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Pg Wodehouse
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Roger Davenport.
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Mr Mulliner
Unknown:
Richard Griffiths
Unknown:
Mr Mulliner.
Director:
Ned Chaillet
Mr Mulliner:
Richard Griffiths
Miss Postlethwarte:
Matilda Ziegler
Angela:
Matilda Ziegler
Cook:
Matilda Ziegler
A port:
Peter Acre
Sir Jasper:
Peter Acre
A light ale:
Martin Hyder
Jenkins:
Martin Hyder
A pint of stout:
David Timson
Murgatroyd:
David Timson
A small bitter:
Tom George
Wilfred:
Tom George

By Alan Bennett. Alan Bennett talks of the early musical memories and influences of his Yorkshire childhood: the hymns he learned as a boy, the violin his father tried to teach him and the concerts he attended in Leeds. Music composed by George Fenton and performed by the Medici Quartet. Director George Fenton
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Alan Bennett.
Talks:
Alan Bennett
Composed By:
George Fenton
Director:
George Fenton
Unknown:
Alan Bennett

Another chance to hearHugh Laurie reading Jerome K Jerome 's comic classic. George, Harris and J are in need of a change. A cycling tour of Germany seems just the ticket and promises the same mixture of adventure and misadventure that characterised their earlier expedition on the river. Abridged in five parts by Peter Everett. Part 1. Producer Sara Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerome K Jerome
Unknown:
Peter Everett.
Producer:
Sara Davies

A five-part weekday series investigating real-life counterparts to scenes in Kenneth Grahame 's classic novel The Wind in the Willows. 1: Who's That Handsome Man? About 80 years ago, Colonel
Francis Ricardowas spotted speeding in an open-topped car with a woman who was not is wife. With Jo Morris. Reader Hilary Neville. Producer Matt Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Grahame
Unknown:
Francis Ricardowas
Reader:
Jo Morris.
Reader:
Hilary Neville.
Producer:
Matt Thompson

Special guests joining Nigel Rees to exchange favourite quotes and anecdotes this week are Juliet Stevenson , Ruth Brandon , Paul Gambaccini and Marcel Berlins. The reader is Meryl O'Keeffe. Producer Carol Smith E-MAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
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Unknown:
Nigel Rees
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Juliet Stevenson
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Ruth Brandon
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Paul Gambaccini
Unknown:
Marcel Berlins.
Producer:
Carol Smith

The Patricia Cornwell Interview. Mark Lawson meets bestselling writer Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell reflects on how her problematic childhood and her work in a morgue have shaped her fiction, and recalls the turbulent events in her personal life. Producer Erin Riley Revised repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Patricia Cornwell.
Producer:
Erin Riley

By Claire Bennett , whose play My Mother and Other
Strange Creatures about an opinionated teenager from Walsall took Radio 4 listeners by storm. Now
Millie's back and about to take herGCSEs. Each day this week, we follow her progress through revision. She's still coping with herwayward mother and her father's still away in Australia, but he's about to spring a big surprise. Performed by Alex Kelly. 1: Monday -General Revision Plan Director Peter Leslie Wild Repeat of 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Claire Bennett
Unknown:
Alex Kelly.
Director:
Peter Leslie

There's no shortage of TVfortoddlers: just switch on the set at 6am and take your pick. Since Teletubbies first suggested that two-year-olds might like something different from their older siblings, the demand for pre-school programmes has grown and grown. But is it OK for babies to watch TV? Mother of two Trisha MacNair offers advice to parents who are keen to keep a firm hand on the remote control. Producer Anna Buckley E-MAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Trisha MacNair
Producer:
Anna Buckley

Trouble in Paradise. Trinidad is the most ethnically diverse island in the Caribbean but its increasingly bitter politics divide along racial lines. Forty years after independence, Rosie Goldsmith explores the ambitions and fears of Trinidad's African and Indian communities. Plus the project which reforms school dropouts by taking them "back to the womb". Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosie Goldsmith

4: Full Circle. In the last of this series, Brian Leith argues that far from losing touch with the natural world, we now have a better understanding than ever of the relationship between ourselves and the rest of nature, and this is a cause for great optimism. Producer Grant Sonnex

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Leith
Producer:
Grant Sonnex

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