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With Alan Little and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Satish Kumar.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Little
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Satish Kumar.

5: John Humphrys talks to James Brown the controversial editor of lad's magazine GQ, who went too farwhen he published a feature which was said to have glorified the Nazis. Producer Brian King Rptdat9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Brown
Producer:
Brian King

The Number 2 signal box at Stockport has traditionally required two signalmen to operate the heavy levers. Alan Whitehouse finds out how the system is being shunted into the 21st century, with signalmen looking at banks of computer screens rather than out over the Edgeley Viaduct. Has the traditional role of the signalman finally hit the buffers?

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Whitehouse
Producer:
Andy Cartwright

3: The Scientific Field. With new crop strains, chemicals and satellite-guided tractors, the yield of the fertile Lothian land keeps increasing as tne workforce and the price of grain decline. Jeremy Cherfas asks if it's time to think of other ways to make money from the land. Producer Peter Everett

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Cherfas
Producer:
Peter Everett

The Northumbria Anthology is a Newcastle University research project into the region's musical heritage. in the first of two programmes, Johnny Handle explores the rural tradition, tracing the roosts of some of the North East's popular songs.

Contributors

Presenter:
Johnny Handle
Producer:
Menlyn Harris

Huskar - an Awful Visitation By John Graham Davies. A drama-documentary interweaving a powerful narrative about the 1838 tragedy when 26 children were drowned in the Huskar pit in the Pennine village of Silkstone after a freak storm, with contemporary interviews with miners. Director Nadia Molinari

Contributors

Unknown:
John Graham Davies.
Director:
Nadia Molinari
Uriah:
Daniel Adams
Thomas:
Steve Hulson
Mary:
Susan Mitchell
Eli:
Russell Dixon
Badger:
Russell Dixon
Batty:
Shaun Dooley
Joe:
Shaun Dooley
Sarah:
Ashley Hoyland
Saul:
Craig Potter
Lizzie:
Kerry Gillot

Richard Daniel presents the programme in which listeners follow up their environmental concerns. Producer Nick Patrick Write to: [address removed] E-MAIL: home.planet@bbc.co.uk PHONE: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Daniel
Producer:
Nick Patrick

2: The Enemy within. Lincoln Castle and Lincoln Cathedral stand on opposite sides of a courtyard within the city's medieval walls. They are symbols of competing powers: crown and church. Joe Kerr finds out how each of these magnificent buildings was used as a fortress against the other, even though they were neighbours. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Kerr

Written and conceived by Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy Salsby with additional material by Graeme Garden. Meet Giles Wemmbley Hogg : traveller, backpacker, fearless investigator of cultural diversity, and upper middle-class student ponce of Budleigh Salterton.
1: This week Giles goes off to ... the Sudan.
Producer David Tyler

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Jeremy Salsby
Unknown:
Graeme Garden.
Unknown:
Giles Wemmbley Hogg
Producer:
David Tyler
Giles:
Marcus Brigstocke
Ibrahim:
Nadim Sawalha
Fatima:
Shadia Ibrahim
Policeman:
Raad Rawl
Taxi man:
Essam Edrlss
Fiona:
Emma Pierson
Sven:
Dave Lamb
Sandi Toksvig:
Herself

By Leo Tolstoy. Dramatised by Robert Forrest.
7: Karenin hopes for his wife's repentance; and Levin shows Kitty his intimate diaries.
Director Patrick Rayner Repeat of 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy.
Dramatised By:
Robert Forrest.
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Anna:
Wendy Seager
Levin:
Richard Greenwood
Karenin:
Paul Young
Kitty:
Vicki Liddelle
Nikolay:
Flnlay Welsh
Maria:
Gayanne Potter

In 1999, members of the European Commission resigned en masse after being criticised over waste and financial mismanagement. Three years on, Fran Abrams asks why, despite promises of a tighter budgetary regime, so little seems to have improved. Editor David Ross Repeated Sunday 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Fran Abrams
Editor:
David Ross

Comedy series written by Jim Sweeney.
Having moved back to London, Patrick is still looking for a teaching post and tries for a job at his old school. An unexpected voice from the past leaves him feeling cold.

Contributors

Writer:
Jim Sweeney
Producer:
Steve Doherty
Patrick:
Jim Sweeney
Helen:
Cathryn Harrison
Billy:
Steve Steen
Moira:
Sadie Shimmin
Joe:
Stephen Frost
Maria:
Flaminia Cinque
Mr Martin:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Schoolboy/Speaker:
Alex Lowe

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