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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 Bishop Jim Thompson.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Jim Thompson.

6: Clive Anderson considers public enquiry. His eminentguests include Lord Phillips, Master of the Rolls, and Lord Cullen, the Lord President.
Producers Bruce Hyman and Barbara Loftus Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Anderson
Producers:
Bruce Hyman
Producers:
Barbara Loftus

Poet Roger McGough steels himself to go shopping at Sheffield's Meadowhall shopping centre. On the way, he meets a man with a home in the sky, and sisters who remember when there were dragons on the road between Sheffield and Rotherham...

Contributors

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

The Superlative Bird. Hummingbirds have the fastest metabolism of any warm-blooded creature and drink halftheir weight in energy-rich nectar each day. Mark Carwardine watches hummingbirds in Arizona where he finds that red lipstick is the secret to getting the best views.
Producer Brett Westwood Repeat ofyesterday 9pm The heart of the matter: page 35

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Carwardine
Producer:
Brett Westwood

Concluding his series, Michael Grade tells us how and for what reason Ethel Merman was the cause of a police raid at the classy Talk of the Town nightclub, and why child-star Ricky Schroeder was intent on directing - at the age of 12. Producer Jayne Gibson

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Grade
Unknown:
Ethel Merman
Unknown:
Ricky Schroeder
Producer:
Jayne Gibson

A trilogy of interlinked plays on contemporary values by Michael Duke.
3: Charity.
Robin is a nice man. He's also dull, intolerant, pedantic and stringently tight with money. After four woefully unromantic years, his long-suffering wife Rachel is close to the divorce courts. So to save his marriage, Robin embarks on a comically misguided Good Samaritan act.

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Duke
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Robin:
Peter Grimes
Rachel:
Deirdre Davis
Duncan:
Gary Lewis
Mairi:
Julie Austin
Julia:
Wendy Seager
Vincent:
Richard Dormer

The final yarn about Scotland's most celebrated doctor in Sue Rodwell's new dramatisation of AJ Cronin 's comic stories. 6: The Sisters Scobie Finlay rashly decides he can cure the crabby cohabiting Scobie sisters of both the flu and the fact that they haven 't tal ked to each other for 15 years.
Producer Jeremy Howe

Contributors

Unknown:
Aj Cronin
Producer:
Jeremy Howe
Dr Finlay:
John Gordon-Sinclair
Dr Cameron:
Brian Pettifer
Janet:
Katy Murphy
Beth Scobie:
Jennifer Piercey
Anabel Scobie:
Muriel Barker
Nurse Angus:
Sharon Small
John Angus:
Gordon Reid

Sue MacGregor presents a special programme marking a milestone in British constitutional history.

During the course of the Civil War, the Putney Debates were the most profound public discussions ever held in Britain on the rights of man and the nature of the state. The issues raised over 350 years ago still resonate today. How accountable are our politicians? Should we ignore unjust laws? Who should vote in elections and how often should they be held? And how should the House of Lords be reformed? Actors re-create the passionate arguments between Cromwell and his soldiers, while a distinguished panel of historians and politicians, including Tony Benn and Eric Forth, debate their crucial importance for political discussion today.
Dramatist Peter Goodchild Director Martin Jenkins Producer Jane Greenwood Repeated Sunday 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Forth
Dramatist:
Peter Goodchild
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Producer:
Jane Greenwood
Cromwell:
Gerard Murphy
Henry Ireton:
Kieron Jecchinis
Colonel Rainborough:
David Bannerman
Mr Wildman:
Harry Myers
Private Sexby:
Roger May
Mr Petty:
Roger May
Colonel Goffe:
John Rowe
Captain Bishop:
John Rowe

Side Effects. Prescription drugs often have side effects. Some are minor irritations while others can be fatal. How are these side effects reported? And are they brought to the patient's attention fast enough? Graham Easton investigates. Producer Paula McGrath
E-MAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Easton
Producer:
Paula McGrath

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