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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
7.20 Yesterday In Parliament
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With Professor Russell Stannard.
8.45 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Professor Russell Stannard.

2: The Valley of Heart's Delight. Before the silicon chip, the valley was a paradise of tiny towns and luscious orchards. Peter Day hears from the people who are sticking to the old way of life, and those who have changed the landscape for ever. producer Neil Koenig

Contributors

Producer:
Neil Koenig

England v Sri Lanka
Commentary on the third day's play in the Third lest at Old Trafford by Jonathan Agnew , Simon Mann and Christopher Martin-Jenkins . With expert comments from Vic Marks , Mike Selvey and Roshan Mahanama. The scorer is Bill Frindall. Including at:
1.15 A View from the Boundary Another cricket-loving celebrity joins the commentators for a lunchtime chat. Producer Peter Baxter * Approximate time

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Agnew
Unknown:
Simon Mann
Unknown:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Unknown:
Vic Marks
Unknown:
Mike Selvey
Unknown:
Roshan Mahanama.
Unknown:
Bill Frindall.
Producer:
Peter Baxter

Radio satire. Starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , with Mitch Benn , Marcus Brigstocke , Jon Holmes and Emma Kennedy. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Mitch Benn
Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Jon Holmes
Unknown:
Emma Kennedy.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate from Sidcot School in north Somerset with a panel including Jonathan Porritt of Forum forthe Future, the shadow Secretary of State for Health DrLiam FoxMPandthe Labour MP for St Helens South, Shaun Woodward.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Jonathan Porritt
Unknown:
Shaun Woodward
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

In the early hours of the morning on 23 March 1857, warehouse clerk Emile L'Angelier staggered through the dark Glasgow streets towards his lodging house, doubled over in pain. By the next morning he was dead of arsenic poisoning. Within a few hours stacks of illicit love letters were discovered suggesting that the young man had been involved in a highly passionate secret affair - and Madeleine Smith, the upper-class daughter of a wealthy Glasgow businessman, was arrested for Emile's murder.

Contributors

Writer:
John Clifford.
Director:
Kate McAll
Young Madeleine:
Clare Grogan
Older Madeleine:
Stella Quilley
Emile:
Pascal Besson
Mr Smith:
Sean Barrett
Minnoch:
Sean Barrett
Defence:
Sean Barrett
Clerk:
John MacKay
Robert:
John MacKay
Curate:
John MacKay
Bessie:
Sally Cookson
Mary Jane:
Sally Cookson
Mother:
Carol Brannan
Miss Aitken:
Carol Brannan
Anne:
Carol Brannan
Prosecutor:
David Collins
Judge:
Paul Nicholson

The story of the city of Oxyrhynchus revealed in four parts through the 50,000 fragments of papyri found in its rubbish dumps.

The ancient Egyptian city vanished in the fourth century AD leaving no physical trace of its existence apart from its rubbish tips preserved by the sand. Michael Kustow finds out about the fascinating process of making sense of an ancient people through their waste paper. The readers are Fiona Shaw, Larry Lamb and Michael Perceval-Maxwell.

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Kustow
Reader:
Fiona Shaw
Reader:
Larry Lamb
Reader:
Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Producer:
Amanda Hargreaves

Andrew Collins talks to one of the grand old men of British cinema: director Ronald Neame , who has worked with Alfred Hitchcock , David Lean and Alec Guinness. He co-wrote Brief Encounter and directed The Poseidon Adventure, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Talks:
Andrew Collins
Director:
Ronald Neame
Unknown:
Alfred Hitchcock
Unknown:
David Lean
Unknown:
Alec Guinness.
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

Classical music and socialism seem unlikely bedfellows now but between the wars radical composers in Britain felt that the more complex sentiments of "high-brow" music should play an important part in the movement for social change.
Gerry Kennedy revisits recordings from an age when music forthe workers could be a serious business. Producer Nigel Acheson

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Kennedy
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

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