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With John Humphrys and Alan Little.
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Alan Little.
Unknown:
Angela Tilby.

Martin Wainwright looks at three great scholars from the mediaeval Islamic world, who revived and developed Greek learning at a time when it was lost in the West.

The remarkable Jewish scholar Maimonides, or Moses ben Maimon, who flourished in the stimulating intellectual world of 12th-century Cairo. His synthesis of Jewish and Greek thought has been highly influential right up to modern times.

Contributors

Presenter:
Martin Wainwright
Producer:
Sue Waldram

The final episode of David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two thirty-something non-parents.

6: Lucy's offer to help a first-time celebrity author write a book finds her stuck in a remote Cornish cottage with an ex-page-three model and a neurotic mother, leaving Daniel to have a boy's night out with a nervous father, a lawnmower and a screaming baby. Starring Liz Carling and David Tennant, with Tony Gardner, Robert Harley, Samantha Spiro and Paula Wilcox.

Contributors

Writer:
David Spicer
Producer:
Liz Anstee
Lucy:
Liz Carling
Daniel:
David Tennant
Andy:
Tony Gardner
Peter:
Robert Harley
Katie:
Samantha Spiro
Suzie:
Paula Wilcox

Bouquets, brickbats, questions and comments-
Roger Bolton dips into the mailbag and airs your views and opinions on BBC Radio programmes and policy.
Send your comments and questions to: Feedback, w Box 2100,
LondonWlAlQT PHONE:[number removed] FAX: [number removed]
E-MAIL: feedback@bbc.co.uk Producer Brian King Rptd Sunday 8pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

[I By Harry Quinn and Colin Douglas. Scott is in his final
I year at school, all set to do physics at university. His future has been carefully planned but outside school his world is changingfast. It's time to move on. Director David Ian Neville

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Quinn
Unknown:
Colin Douglas.
Director:
David Ian Neville
Sandy (Granpa):
Tom Fleming
Bella (Gran):
Ida Schuster
Fiona:
Ellidh MacDonald
Scott:
Alastair G Bruce

The interactive greengrocery programme with Gregg Wallace and Charlie Hicks. They are joined by cook and food writer Claudia Roden to explore the fruit and vegetables of the Middle East. Phone in your comments or queries: [number removed]. Lines are open from 1.30pm. producer Paula McGinley

Contributors

Unknown:
Gregg Wallace
Unknown:
Charlie Hicks.
Unknown:
Claudia Roden
Producer:
Paula McGinley

One hundred and fifty years ago, Britons flushed with excitement at the opening of the first public lavatory. Ivan Howlett finds out how our health has improved and why so many municipal loos have since gone down the pan. Producer Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Howlett
Producer:
Martin Jenkins

The week's news digested and regurgitated by chairman Simon Hoggartwith Alan Coren , Jeremy Hardy and Linda Smith.
Producer Lucy Armitage Repeated Saturday 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Linda Smith.
Producer:
Lucy Armitage

Phil's on the trail of Molly.
Written by Graham Harvey
Director Kerry Davies Editor Vanessa Whitburn ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Graham Harvey
Director:
Kerry Davies
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
Phil:
Norman Painting
Kenton:
Richard Attlee
Shula:
Judy Bennett
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Nigel:
Graham Seed
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Julia:
Mary Wimbush
Tom:
Tom Graham
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Debbie:
Tamsin Greig
George:
Graham Roberts
Jack:
Arnold Peters
Sid:
Alan Devereux
Jolene:
Buffy Davis
Kathy:
Hedli Niklaus
William:
Philip Molloy
Edward:
Barry Farrimond
Neil:
Brian Hewlett
Susan:
Charlotte Martin
Mike:
Terry Molloy
Betty:
Pamela Craig
Roy:
Ian Pepperell
Lynda:
Carole Boyd
Janet:
Moir Leslie
Bert:
Eric Allan
Tim:
Jay Villiers
Siobhan:
Caroline Lennon
Fallon Joanna:
Van Kampen
Jazzer:
Ryan Kelly

By Leo Tolstoy. Dramatised by Robert Forrest. 10: Death comes to sit at Anna's bedside.
Director Patrick Rayner Repeat of 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy.
Dramatised By:
Robert Forrest.
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Anna:
Wendy Seager
Stiva:
Gregor Powrie
Betsy:
Vivienne Dixon
Lydia:
Emma Currie
Karenin:
Paul Young
Vronsky:
Tom Goodman-Hill

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate from Penzance in Cornwall with a panel including Martin Bowley QC -the president of the Bar Lesbian and Gay Group - and Liberal Democrat spokesman on transport, Don Foster MP.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Don Foster
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

By 21st-century standards, George Gordon , sixth
Baron Byron, was a misogynist, paedophile and sex tourist who scorned clever and literate women. So why does writer and columnist Sue Limb find him irresistible? Humphrey Carpenter uncovers the truth about the life and loves of a man famously branded "mad, bad and dangerous to know." Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
George Gordon
Unknown:
Sue Limb
Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Producer:
John Byrne

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