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With Edward Stourton and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev James Jones.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
James Jones.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National FilmTheatre, Simon Callow asks what it is that makes a film British, exploring the development of our films since the war. The programme features archive interviews from the NFT, including Noël Coward, Michael Powell , Alfred Hitchcock and Sir John Mills. Producer Dave Morley

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Callow
Unknown:
Michael Powell
Unknown:
Alfred Hitchcock
Unknown:
Sir John Mills.
Producer:
Dave Morley

The final episode of Jim Sweeney's comedy-drama tracing the divergent lives of old school friends.
Summer has finally arrived - but the notion of stopping work appeals less to some than to others.

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
Charlie:
Izzy de Rosario
Dennis:
Dave Lamb
Amanda:
Emma Kennedy

Roger Bolton rifles through the mailbag to find your opinions. To air your views on what you've heard on BBC Radio, write to: Feedback, PO Box 2100,
London W1A 1QT, phone: [number removed], fax: [number removed], or email : feedback@bbc.co.uk Producer Sue Bonner Repeated on Sunday at 8pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

ByChrissie Gittins. 1934: newlyweds Lillian and Frank travel to Blackpool to become a "starving bride and groom", one of the most popular seafront attractions. As the crowds gather, they lie side-by-side in glass coffins, telling stories and dreaming of how they'll spend the money. But as the hunger pangs bite and reality begins to fade, a terrible secret is accidentally revealed.
With Bonnie Hurren , Jonathan Nibbs. June Barrie, and Dee Sadler Director and producer Kate McAII

Contributors

Unknown:
Bonnie Hurren
Unknown:
Jonathan Nibbs.
Unknown:
Dee Sadler
Producer:
Kate McAii
Lillian:
Patricia Roirtledge
Young:
Lillian EmmacUnnrffe
Frank:
David Blrrell
Luke:
Roland Oliver
Lord Mottistone:
Paul Nicholson
Stiffkey:
Chris Donnelly

3: Wooden Heart. Steve Chalke meets Eoin Cox , a Scot who has an ambition to revive the hardwood industry of his country. In Ancrum, in the Scottish Borders he's founded Woodschool, a furniture making business that uses native oak, elm, ash and birch, otherwise destined to be firewood. This stems the haemorrhage of young talented Scottish furniture builders who are currently leaving the industry or even the country, producer Sandra sykes.

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Chalke
Unknown:
Eoin Cox

More from the topical comedy and satirical show, starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , with Mitch Benn , Marcus Brigstocke , Emma Kennedy and Jon Holmes. Producer Adam Bromley Repeated on Saturday at 12.30pm BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Four episodes of this comedy are available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]

Contributors

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

Harvest supper in Ambridge.
Written by Nawal Gadalla Director Julie Beckett
Editor Vanessa Whitburn ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Kenton:
Richard Attlee
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Tony:
Colin Skipp
Pat:
Patricia Gallimore
Tom:
Tom Graham
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Simon:
Garrick Hagon
Debbie:
Tamsin Greig
Fallon:
Joanna van Kampen
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
William:
Phillip Molloy
Edward:
Barry Farrimond
Emma:
Felicity Jones
Hayley:
Lucy Davis
Brenda:
Amy Shindler
Roy:
Ian Pepperell
Shula:
Judy Bennett
Caroline:
Sara Coward
Mrs Antrobus:
Margot Boyd
Jazzer:
Ryan Kelly
Chaba:
Mate Haumann

5: Little Things Mean a Lot. Rosamond has weathered the emotional storm of Octavia's major heart surgery; now there's another encounterwith
George in the offing and the unwitting destruction of a fictional record of this part of their lives.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Ros:
Juliet Stevenson
Joe:
Adrian Scarborough
Lydia:
Lizzie McLnnemy
George:
Julian Wadham
Octavia:
Gabriel Brody

Jonathan Dimbleby is in the chair at Wesley Chapel in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, with a panel including Daily Mail foreign correspondent Anne Leslie and Arthur Scargill, honorary president of the National Union of Mineworkers. They are joined by environment minister Michael Meacher and George Osborne, Conservative MP for Tatton.
Producer Victoria Wakely

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Anne Leslie
Unknown:
Arthur Scargill
Unknown:
Michael Meacher
Producer:
Victoria Wakely

Sir Paul Nurse, the biologist who won the Nobel Prize for his work on cancer cells, nominates Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles, for this week's discussion. Although largely forgotten today, the elder Darwin was a prolific inventor, was the foremost poet of his day, and came up with a theory of evolution decades before his grandson. Presented by Humphrey Carpenter, with Darwin's biographer, Desmond King-Hele.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Paul Nurse
Presenter:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
Desmond King-Hele
Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins

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