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The series that reflects on great sporting events that were propelled from the back pages of the newspapers to the front.
2: BorgvMcEnroe. On 5 July 1980, Bjorn Borgand
John McEnroe gripped the world in Wimbledon 's most spectacular men's final. Simon Barnes , The Times's chief sports correspondent, brings together some of those who were there, including commentator Max Robertson and umpire Peter Harvey , and talks to those involved in the news stories which were momentarily sidelined -the climax of Ronald Reagan 's bid forthe Presidential nomination, spiralling unemployment and investigations into police Corruption. Producer Laurence Grissell

Contributors

Unknown:
Bjorn Borgand
Unknown:
John McEnroe
Unknown:
Simon Barnes
Commentator:
Max Robertson
Unknown:
Peter Harvey
Unknown:
Ronald Reagan
Producer:
Laurence Grissell

Topical comedy show starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , with Mitch Benn , Marcus Brigstocke , Emma Kennedy and Jon Holmes. Repeated from Friday
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Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Mitch Benn
Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Emma Kennedy
Unknown:
Jon Holmes.

Nick Clarke is in the chair at The Pavilion Theatre in Cromer Norfolk with a panel including Labour Party Chairman Charles Clarke MP and Anthony Howard, Political Columnist with The Times. They will be joined by the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson forthe Cabinet Office, Mark Oaten MP.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Charles Clarke
Unknown:
Anthony Howard
Unknown:
Mark Oaten

By Ellen Dryden. When a well-respected teacher disappears, the police are concerned as clues suggest that she has been the victim of a crime. And then her anxious family receives a tape recording.
Director Marc Beeby

Contributors

Unknown:
Ellen Dryden.
Director:
Marc Beeby
Philip:
David Bamber
Laura:
Teresa Gallagher
Joe:
Carl Prekopp
Susie:
Helen Longworth
William:
Richard Firth
Newsreader 2:
Richard Firth
Georgie:
Laura Doddington
Newsreader 1:
Laura Doddington

An army marches on its stomach, but what went into that stomach? In the first of three programmes recreating military food from past eras, Dylan Winter challenges two school cooks to make an authentic meal that might have been eaten by soldiers from the English Civil War. Judging theirefforts are military re-enactors from the Sealed Knot. Setting aside their chefs'whites for the day, the cooks grapple with cauldrons, open fires and a bread oven that takes four hours to get ready and relies heavily on the use of cow dung to keep the heat in. After seven hours they have a feast ready- but what will it actually taste like? Producer Jolyon Jenkins

Contributors

Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins

In a special edition of the programme, Andrew Collins interviews Woody Allen about his passion fortricks and illusion and why he believes magic is humanity's only hope in a godless Universe. Producer Stephen Hughes Save pounds on RT's film and sci-fl guides - RT Shop: page 66

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Collins
Unknown:
Woody Allen
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

When Ken Loach joined forces with the writer
Paul Laverty they had great success with My Name Is Joe. Now they have collaborated again on Sweet Sixteen, a bittersweet Glaswegian drama. Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss this film, as well as the rest of the Week's Cultural highlights. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Loach
Unknown:
Paul Laverty
Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

In Africa's biggest, dirtiest slum, on the edge of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, four boys huddle together, wrapped in whatever newspaper they can scavenge. In the second of two programmes, Andrew Harding meets the cub scouts, vigilantes and others trapped in poverty and asks whether it's possible to escape. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Harding

When Peter Rabbit squeezed under Mr McGregor 's gate 100 years ago, little did he know he was the first in a long line of rabbit superstars. Nick Baker burrows into the archives to find out whetherthe humble bunny deserves the diverse reputations given to it by chocolate egg manufacturers, biologists and poets. Producer Viv Black

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Rabbit
Unknown:
Mr McGregor
Producer:
Viv Black

By Richard Adams. A new dramatisation in two episodes by Neville Teller of the classic novel, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its publication.
1: When the prophet Fiver predicts the destruction of theirwarren, not all the rabbits are prepared to listen.
Music arranged and played by Chris Leslie Director Peter Leslie Wild Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Adams.
Unknown:
Neville Teller
Played By:
Chris Leslie
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Hazel:
Simon Chandler
Fiver:
Tom George
Bigwig:
Stephen Tomlln
Kehaar:
Christian Rodska
Strawberry:
Christian Rodska
Blackberry:
Ian Brooker
Dandelion:
Peter Meakin
Silver:
Sean Connolly
Chief Rabbit:
Robert Lister
Holly:
Robert Lister
Cowslip:
Colin Rote
Haystack:
Susan Jeffrey
Clover:
Alison Belbin

Superlanguage - Is the Popularity of English Killing Diversity? Research warns that 90 per cent of the world's 6,000 languages could disappear by the middle of the century. How much is English to blame? Chaired by Nick ROSS. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross.

Roger McGough presents comic verses about cocoa, parsley, booze and psychiatrists are read by Michael Fenton Stevens , Pippa Haywood , Michael Elwyn and Peter Marinker. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Read By:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Read By:
Pippa Haywood
Read By:
Michael Elwyn
Read By:
Peter Marinker.

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