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4: Dr Rick Jolly spent the Falklands war repairing bullet wounds and burns and performing post mortems. Michael Nicholson hears how his experiences changed him and his family. Producer Sarah Taylor Repeated at9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Rick Jolly
Unknown:
Michael Nicholson
Producer:
Sarah Taylor

4: Nueva York. After 1945 thousands of Pueto Ricans made New York their home and Tony Schwartz was on hand to capture their arrival. Half a century later, Alan Dein asks today's Puerto Ricans what memories Schwartz's recordings evoke. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Pueto Ricans
Unknown:
Tony Schwartz
Unknown:
Alan Dein
Producer:
Mark Burman

Presented by Jenni Murray. In ten years time 40 per cent of households will be single. As the BBC's
"Going Solo" survey is published, today's special edition explores the impact that single living will have on the way we live. Call [number removed] if you've a comment to make for the roundup on Wednesday.
10.45 names Part 1 of this week's drama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
One is not amused: page 39

Contributors

Presented By:
Jenni Murray.

The story begins in Bonita's antique shop in Monmouth, where a routine house clearance turned up film canisters, some of which contained footage going back to the First World War. An architect called Danny Sullivan, who also happens to be a writer on the occult, bought the films and then claimed they contained footage of the Angels of Mons. He also claims that he sold the film footage to Hollywood for half a million dollars. Chris Morris explores the incredible myth of the Angels of Mons and why it has been resurrected almost a hundred years after the original event.

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Morris
Producer:
Martin Kurzik

By Patricia Highsmith. Adapted by Shaun McKenna. 4: Robert has been shot. Could Greg Wyncoop really have done it, or is it Greg's body lying in the morgue as the police think?
Music composed and performed by David Chilton Director Mahon Nancarrow

Contributors

Unknown:
Patricia Highsmith.
Adapted By:
Shaun McKenna.
Unknown:
Greg Wyncoop
Unknown:
David Chilton
Director:
Mahon Nancarrow
Robert:
John Sharian
Greg:
Adrian Lester
Det Lippenholtz:
Peter Marinker
Nickie:
Briony Glassco
Jack:
Matt Rlppy
DrKnott:
Garrick Hagon

By David Calcutt. Archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans uncovers the lost remains of the palace of Knossos on Crete. He discovers the ancient mysteries of the Minoan people and the legend of the Minotaur but can he penetrate the mysteries of the human heart?
Composer Mia Soteriou Director Michael Fox

Contributors

Unknown:
David Calcutt.
Unknown:
Sir Arthur Evans
Director:
Michael Fox
Sir Arthur:
Russell Dixon
Old Sir Arthur:
Geoffrey Banks
Mackenzie:
David Bannerman
Manolis:
Roger Ennals
Joan:
Olivia Jardlth
Storyteller:
Mla Soterlou

A week of short stories performed on stage at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature.
1. The First Wife. Written and performed by Penelope Lively. Clive Harper meets his first wife Mary at his niece's wedding, a wife whom he left for a younger woman 18 years before. Unexpectedly, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to her. Producer Hilary Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Penelope Lively.
Unknown:
Clive Harper
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

The story of man's affairwith that most baffling and magical of objects: the mirror. 1: Reflections
From back-to-front worlds to mirror mazes, mirror puzzles have confused and fascinated generations. Readers Tamara Kennedy and Crawford Logan. Producer Monise Durrani

Contributors

Readers:
Tamara Kennedy
Readers:
Crawford Logan.
Producer:
Monise Durrani

A new series of the discussion programme that roams the international agenda to examine the issues affecting people around the world, from politics to popular culture, sports to science and art to anthropology. Producer Amber Dawson

Contributors

Producer:
Amber Dawson

Nigel Rees exchanges favourite quotations with Jo Caulfield , Neil Mullarkey , Magnus Magnusson and Allan Massie. The reader is William Franklyn. Producer Carol Smith Repeated Sunday 12.04pm TV's top panel games: page 40

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Jo Caulfield
Unknown:
Neil Mullarkey
Unknown:
Magnus Magnusson
Unknown:
Allan Massie.
Unknown:
William Franklyn.
Producer:
Carol Smith

by Anji Loman Field.
In the first of a short season of plays about passionate encounters, Jenny meets a former lover three days before her wedding and realizes that the key to her future happiness hangs on a thread.
(Repeat of 10.45am)

Contributors

Writer:
Anji Loman Field.
Director:
Pam Fraser Solomon
Jenny:
Lucy Benjamin
Rob:
David Tennant

In the first of two programmes, Evan Davis , the BBC economics editor, examines the lessons of the corporate scandals and disasters which have rocked the international business world. It may be too easy to blame a few crooked business leaders for what went wrong: beneath the surface the real problems go wider, deeper and closer to home. Editor Stephen Chilcott

Contributors

Unknown:
Evan Davis
Editor:
Stephen Chilcott

Another chance to hear Simon Calder's two-part investigation into how ship's log books from the past four centuries are proving to be a rich source of information for today's scientists.

He meets the scientists and historians who are using maritime records to investigate the earth's magnetic field, how it keeps going, why "north" isn't really north and how changes in the earth's core mean "north" is really south.

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Calder
Producer:
Pamela Rutherford

The ban on the international ivory trade maybe about to be scrapped. Is that good or bad for elephant conservation? Plus, new hope for the much loved
"Ratty" -greater protection for water voles and their homes. Producer Grant Sonnex Repeated tomorrow at 11am

By Margharita Laski. Set in post-war France, one man's heartbreaking journey to find his missing child and come to terms with his wife's death at the hands of the Gestapo. Part 1. Read by Jamie Glover. Abridged in ten parts by Alison Joseph.
Producer Gemma Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Margharita Laski
Read By:
Jamie Glover
Unknown:
Alison Joseph

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