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With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With Bishop Jim Thompson.
8.32 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Jim Thompson.

Thirty years after John Betjeman 's BBC television film, Metroland, poet Roger McGough travels round England by train and tram to reflect on what he sees from the steamed-up window.

This week he takes the Manchester Metro for an architectural journey from Piccadilly to Salford Quays, picking up tips about lugs, lips and LS Lowry on the way, and remembering George Best, a blonde and a bottle of bubbly.

Contributors

Presenter:
Roger McGough
Producer:
Janet Graves
Producer:
Clare Jenkins

With Jenni Murray. Has feminism created a discontented Bridget Jones generation? Germaine Greer joins a panel discussing Professor James Tooley 's controversial new book The Miseducation of Women. Tooley argues that by encouraging girls to aspire to career success, the education system nas failed to address their needs as women. The modern career woman, he claims, is less contented than the average housewife of her mother's generation. Other guests include Helen Wilkinson of the think tank Demos and Ruth Alinek , head teacher of Southend High School for Girls. Drama: The Frederica Quartet: The Virgin in the Garden. Part 7. - Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Bridget Jones
Unknown:
Germaine Greerjoins
Unknown:
Professor James Tooley
Unknown:
Helen Wilkinson
Unknown:
Ruth Alinek

Benson and Hedges Cup: Quarter Finals
Commentary by Jonathan Agnew , Henry Blofeld , Christopher Martin-Jenkins and others. Producer Peter Baxter * Approximate time

Contributors

Commentary By:
Jonathan Agnew
Commentary By:
Henry Blofeld
Commentary By:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Producer:
Peter Baxter

Zooplankton. It's breeding time for zooplankton. Mark Carwardine joins a research crew on board the RRS Discoveryoff Iceland in search of some overexcited creatures of the deep and to find out why zooplankton are so crucial as indicators of global warming and declining fish stocks. Repeat ofyesterday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Carwardine

In the second of three programmes, Michael Grade talks about his family, his work and gives us an agent's-eye view of those who entertained us such as Judy Garland , Ethel Merman and many more. And not forgetting the performing pooch from Las Vegas. Producer Jayne Gibson

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Grade
Unknown:
Judy Garland
Unknown:
Ethel Merman
Producer:
Jayne Gibson

A trilogy of interlinked plays on contemporary values by Michael Duke.
2: Hope.
Vincent's willingness to talk about his painful experience of the Troubles in Northern Ireland has made him into a media celebrity but brought him no personal peace dividend. Julia has her own secret reasons for wanting to know what life is worth in the shadow of those who died. They seem, on the surface at least, to make a hopeless pair.

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Duke
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Vincent:
Richard Dormer
Julia:
Wendy Seager
Stewart:
Steven McNicoll
Duncan:
Gary Lewis
Interviewer:
Peter Grimes
Father:
James Bryce

Matthew Parris is joined by journalist Dolly Dhingra and founder of the Lonely Planet guides, Tony Wheeler , todiscuss three oftheirfavourite paperbacks: a funny book about biodiversity, a novel about California's Silicon Valley written in verse and a history of the carpet trade in Afghanistan. Producer John Byrne Repeated Sunday llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Dolly Dhingra
Unknown:
Tony Wheeler
Producer:
John Byrne

Another yarn about Scotland's most celebrated doctor in Sue Rodwell's new dramatisation of AJ Cronin 's comic stories. 5: The Wife of a Hero Finlay spoils the party by nearly killing two patients on the eve of Levenford United's Cup semi-final with Glasgow Rangers.
Producer Jeremy Howe

Contributors

Unknown:
Aj Cronin
Producer:
Jeremy Howe
Dr Finlay:
John Gordon-Sinclair
Dr Cameron:
Brian Pettlfer
Janet:
Katy Murphy
Ned:
Irvine Allan
Jenny:
Annie George
Paxton:
David McKall
Nurse Angus:
Sharon Small
Match commentator:
Roddy Forsyth

Weather. Spring has arrived bringing with it warmer weather. Does the sunshine cheeryou up after winter or does the pollen it brings mean streaming eyes and a snotty nose? Graham Easton finds out just what being "underthe weather" means. Producer Paula McGrath E-MAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Easton
Producer:
Paula McGrath

By Mary Lawson. 2: Orphaned young, Kate Morrison is now a successful zoologist but she can't explain or understand her own family's story.
Teresa Gallagher reads a compelling tale of family love, tragedy and tensions. Fordetails see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Lawson.
Unknown:
Kate Morrison
Unknown:
Teresa Gallagher

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