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Twenty years ago, at the height of the Lebanese civil war, Swee Chai Ang left her job as a London surgeon and set off for Beirut. Now she revisits the Palestinian refugee camps where she worked and witnessed the infamous massacre. She encounters old friends, colleagues and survivors as she remembers the past, and finds out how life has changed for them. She also meets a former member of the Christian right-wing Phalange militia - an implacable enemy of the Palestinians during the civil war.

Contributors

Presenter:
Swee Chai Ang
Producer:
Jo Glanville

Comedy series by Emma Clarke about a group of retired private investors, the Cheadle Chancers. 2: Conference Call. Maureen arranges the club's annual trip. But, instead of being lauded at a private investors' conference, somehow the Chancers end ud at the Bronte Parsonage Museum.
Original music by Big George Director Jim Poyser.

Contributors

Unknown:
Emma Clarke
Music By:
Big George
Director:
Jim Poyser.
Alma:
Ann Rye
Norma:
Brigit Forsyth
Eric:
Roy Barraclough
Maureen:
Judith Barker
Tamzin:
Caroline Harding
Vincent Duggleby:
Himself

The radio treasure hunt, presented by Pete McCarthy. Guests this week include Hilary Kay , Gerry Hanson and David Stafford. producer Sarah Rowlands

Contributors

Presented By:
Pete McCarthy.
Unknown:
Hilary Kay
Unknown:
Gerry Hanson
Unknown:
David Stafford.
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

In the first of a new series, Dr Raj Persaud meets clinical psychologist Oliver James, whose new book focuses on the nature/nurture debate. His thesis is that who we are is largely the result of the way we were cared for during our first six years, rather than our genes or other environmental factors.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr Raj Persaud
Interviewee:
Oliver James
Producer:
Marya Burgess

rMark Steel returns with a new six-part series of comedy lectures. Once more he delves into the lives and works of people with passions, whose ideas and enthusiasm shaped their generation. His first subject is composer Ludwig van Beethoven. With the help of Martin Hyder and Mel Hudson. Producer Lucy Armitage

Contributors

Unknown:
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Unknown:
Martin Hyder
Unknown:
Mel Hudson.
Producer:
Lucy Armitage

Francine Stock reviews the first night of Chekhov's
Uncle Vanya (in a new version by Brain Friel), one of Sam Mendes 's last productions as artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse. Producer Kirsty Pope

Contributors

Unknown:
Francine Stock
Unknown:
Sam Mendes
Producer:
Kirsty Pope

Subsidy Culture: Can British Farming Survive without State Support?Are subsidies the greatest obstacle to international trade and the growth of developing countries orthe only reason Britain's beleaguered farmers survive at all? Nick Ross and team ask whether farming can ever be free from them. Producer Sara Nathan Repeated Saturday 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross
Producer:
Sara Nathan

The devolution referendums of 1997 progressed in different ways. In Scotland the late Donald Dewar's campaign for the "Yes-Yes" option - to set up a new Scottish Parliament and to give it the power to vary taxes - received resounding approval in the polls. But Wales was to be offered an assembly without the tax-raising option, and the result was in doubt until the last moment. In the last of the series, Huw Edwards reports on two ways to win a referendum.
(Repeated from Sunday 10.45pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Huw Edwards
Producer:
Chris Bond

A new season of the science documentary series begins. We've come a long way since the ancient
Egyptians believed that our dreams were messages from the gods. But even Freud's Interpretation of Dreams is old hat. New advances in our understanding of the brain mean scientists now know far more about how dreams are generated and what may cause their hallucinatory nature. But what they still don't know is why we dream. Peter Evans investigates. Producer Alexandra Feachem

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Alexandra Feachem

1: Radio Mustard. The comedy sketch show returns with more extraordinary archive radio recordings from the past two millennia of the wireless. This week, the First World War. Written and performed by Claire Downes , Hazel Grain , Al Holloway , Ben Kozo ,
Stuart Lane and Patrick McNamara. Producer Sean Grundy

Contributors

Unknown:
Claire Downes
Unknown:
Hazel Grain
Unknown:
Al Holloway
Unknown:
Ben Kozo
Unknown:
Stuart Lane
Unknown:
Patrick McNamara.
Producer:
Sean Grundy

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