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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
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:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Professor Russell Stannard.

John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Rebecca Armstrong Shortened llpm PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.UK John Peel : page 20

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peel
Producer:
Rebecca Armstrong
Unknown:
John Peel

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate from Machen Village Hall and Community Centre, Caerphilly, as the audience puts questions on issues of the week to a panel of public figures and politicians.
(Repeated from Friday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Dimbleby

Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and e-mails in response to last night's Any Questions? Phone in on [number removed], or e-mail any.answers@bbc.co.uk
Producer Lisa Jenkinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

A romantic comedy with clues by Jim Eldridge. Lonely Bournemouth widower Stephen Cross compiles crosswords for his local paper; his life is changed forever when the lovely widow Penny Harrison challenges him to help her prove that King Arthur really did come to Bournemouth. Along the-way he shares with her his delight in constructing some fiendish clues for his latest crossword. Director Marilyn Imrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Eldridge.
Unknown:
Stephen Cross
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Penny:
Wendy Craig
Stephen:
Geoffrey Palmer
Terry:
Bruce Alexander
John:
John Rowe
RevJessop:
Roger Gartland
MrsJessop:
Tessa Worsley
Eric/Librarian:
David Holt
Sandra:
Luisa Bradshaw White

Richard Schofield is the lengthsman of Tosside - a traditional role giving him the responsibility of looking after drains, hedges and road signs of this village on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border. He is also editor of Tosside News, a bimonthly magazine created by the villagers to unite their community and help it survive the challenges that face modern rural life. Here he tells the story of the magazine with the help of the villagers that constitute both its authorship and its readership. Producer Janet Graves

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Schofield
Producer:
Janet Graves

Following the success of Y Tu Mama Tambien , Andrew Collins looks at the latest offering from the Latin American new wave: Nine Queens, one of the most popular films ever to come out of Argentina. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Unknown:
Tu Mama Tambien
Unknown:
Andrew Collins
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

Tom Sutcliffe and guests look at the new Imperial War Museum North, designed by Daniel Libeskind on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, and they review Minority Report, a futuristic thriller directed by Steven Spielberg , based on a short story by Philip K Dick. Producer MohiniPatel

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Designed By:
Daniel Libeskind
Directed By:
Steven Spielberg
Story By:
Philip K Dick.

One-in-four US citizens can trace their ancestry through New York's Ellis Island, which for over 60 years until 1954 was the country's most important immigration station. Sarah Baxter , whose grandmother arrived from Czechoslovakia in 1907 at the age of seven, uncovers some surprising family history and hears the compelling testimonies of other immigrants, held at Ellis Island's oral history archive. Learn more about the processing centre on In the Footsteps of Annie Moore on Tuesday at 8.30pm on Radio 2. EditorGwyneth Williams Producer Jane Beresford

Contributors

Presenter:
Sarah Baxter
Producer:
Jane Beresford
Editor:
Gwyneth Williams

By Elinor Glyn . Dramatised by Georgia Pritchett .
Evangeline is a red-haired, green-eyed young lady who, cast out into the world to seek herfortune, resolves to become an adventurer, refusing to behave as young unmarried women in the early 1900s should do.
Music composed by Neil Brand Director Marilyn Imrie Rptd from Sun

Contributors

Unknown:
Elinor Glyn
Dramatised By:
Georgia Pritchett
Composed By:
Neil Brand
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Evangeline:
Janie Dee
Christopher:
Oliver Milburn
Lord Robert:
Julian Rhlnd-Tutt
Lady Verningham:
Francesa Annis
Lady Merrenden:
Marcia Warren
Lord Montgomerie:
Sean Scanlan
Lady Montgomerie:
Phyllida Law
Malcolm Montgomerie:
David Bannerman
The Montgomerie girls:
Tracey Wiles
Duke of Torquilstone:
Dale Rapley

Five short stories about living in a foreign land.
1: Please Excuse My Husband - He's a Vegetarian By Michele Roberts. Read by Lindsay Duncan. An English couple retire to rural France where the husband's vegetarianism creates tension in their marriage and in the wider community. Producer juiiaButt

Contributors

Unknown:
Michele Roberts.
Read By:
Lindsay Duncan.

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