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Continuing the six-part drama documentary series that explores the life of the British soldier down the centuries. 4: Letter to Isabella. By David Britton. It is 1811 and Idris (played by lestyn Jones ), from the Royal Welch Fusiliers, writes a letterto his Portuguese wife soon after a bruising encounter with Napoleon's armyatAlbuera. He hopes to be reunited with her soon, despite his colonel's disapproval, but if anything happens to him she needs to know where he's hidden the loot he took from the battlefield. Professor Richard Holmes and the Napoleonic Association's Carol Browne provide historical background. Producer Sara Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
David Britton.
Played By:
Lestyn Jones
Unknown:
Richard Holmes
Unknown:
Carol Browne
Producer:
Sara Davies

By Giovanni Guareschi. Dramatised by Peter Kerry. 2: Men and Beasts. A strike at the local dairy farm and the Bishop's annual visit bring Don Camillo 's jesuitical skillstothefore. Director Chris Wallis

Contributors

Unknown:
Giovanni Guareschi.
Dramatised By:
Peter Kerry.
Unknown:
Don Camillo
Director:
Chris Wallis
God:
Joss Ackland
Narrator:
Joss Ackland
Don Camillo:
Ian Hogg
Peppone:
Shaun Prendergast
Smilzo:
Donald McBride
Brusco:
Trevor Fox
Pressotti:
James Garbutt
Minella:
Colin MacLachlan
Farm hand:
Deka Walmsley
A liberal:
David Thorpe

It's December 1926 and Agatha Christie 's disappearance is baffling the police. In Stephen Sheridan's detective drama, two literary legends join forces in the search for her. Director David Blount

Contributors

Writer:
Stephen Sheridan
Director:
David Blount
Arthur Conan Doyle:
Derek Waring
Dorothy L Sayers:
Rachel Atkins
Sherlock Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Agatha Christie:
Alison Pettitt
Col Christie:
Harry Myers
Kenward:
Peter Ellis
Castle:
Russell Floyd
Mrs Hubbard:
Jean Trend
Charlotte:
Lucie Fitchett

The first of five stories read by their authors and recorded in front of a live audience earlier in the day at the Festival of Literatures of the Commonwealth in Manchester.

Written and read by Margaret Atwood, Canadian poet and author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Blind Assassin.
(See also Friday's choice on page 132)

Contributors

Author/Reader:
Margaret Atwood
Producer:
Chris Wallis

Mukti Jain Campion discovers how rural villagers are making use of the internet in five pioneering projects across India and Sri Lanka.

In a tiny internet kiosk set among the sugar-cane fields, a local woman uses a webcam to relay pictures of an old man's fogged eyes to the world-famous Aravind Eye hospital in Madurai, 40km away. It's an experiment that could help save the sight of thousands of poor people.

Contributors

Presenter/Producer:
Mukti Jain Campion

The age-old antidote to panel games comes from the White Rock theatre in Hastings. Regulars
Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer , plus special guest Bill Bailey , run the gamut of chairman Humphrey Lyttelton 's silly suggestions. Colin Sell attempts musical accompaniment.
Producer Jon Naismith Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: This series is available on six volumes of audio cassette, in addition to a specially designed box set, at good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Bill Bailey
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Producer:
Jon Naismith

An anthology celebrating parenthood, featuring Geoffrey Palmer , Lindsay Duncan , Barbara Flynn and Tim Bentinck. Introduced by the poet Kate Clanchy. 1: Conception and Pregnancy Director Lindsay Leonard Repeat of 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Palmer
Unknown:
Lindsay Duncan
Unknown:
Barbara Flynn
Unknown:
Tim Bentinck.
Unknown:
Kate Clanchy.
Director:
Lindsay Leonard Repeat

This week Dr Raj Persaud explores the area of self-help - can the books and the courses really help you improve your mental health? And he finds out from the Government's mental-health tsar, Professor Louis Appleby , what his new National Institute for Mental Health involves. Producer Marya Burgess Phone the BBC Action Line: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Raj Persaud
Unknown:
Louis Appleby
Producer:
Marya Burgess

The Moray Firth Bottlenose Dolphins. From on board the University of Aberdeen's research boat in the Moray Firth, Mark Carwardine watches the antics of the only resident population of bottlenose dolphins in the North Sea and hears about the latest research into their acoustics, genetics, photo-identification and behaviour.
Producer Sandra Sykes Repeated tomorrow 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Carwardine
Producer:
Sandra Sykes

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