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With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Cristina Odone.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Cristina Odone.

Miles Kington looks at the history of teaching English as a foreign language, and the TEFL teaching certificate which has acted as a turning point in countless people's lives, from Nick Hornby and JK Rowling to Arthur Smith and Prince William. Producer Vicky Shepherd

Contributors

Presenter:
Miles Kington
Producer:
Vicky Shepherd

Bed and breakfast for beginners. The last in a six-part comedy series by Sue Limb, set in the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Speaking in Tongues. Will Mr Mullet and the Bishop of Norwich get too close for comfort?
Producer Jonathan James-Moore

Contributors

Writer:
Sue Limb
Producer:
Jonathan James-Moore
Alison:
Denise Coffey
Maud:
Miriam Margolyes
Mr Mullett:
Chris Emmett
Bernard:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Leslie:
Nickolas Grace
Bishop of Norwich:
Nicholas Le Prevost

In 1917, the Devon fishing village of Hallsands was washed into the sea by a ferocious storm, leaving 25 families homeless. The underlying cause was not the storm itself but the dredging of the beach for gravel by government contractors, which had continued despite many warnings of its dangers.
David Gooderson's play is based on contemporary records and looks at the events leading up to the great storm, and the village's subsequent fight for compensation.

Contributors

Writer:
David Gooderson
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Lizzie:
June Barrie
Young Lizzie:
Emily Bruni
Will:
Robin Pirongs
George/Official:
Robert Lister
Ned:
James Howard
Mildmay:
William Gaminara
Jackson:
Rob Swinton
Mrs Jeffrys/Mary:
Tracy-Ann Oberman

Interactive greengrocers Gregg Wallace and Charlie Hicks discuss puddings with chef and restaurateur Steven Saunders , who whips up afruity treat and chats about the best fresh and dried fruit fillings. Producer Paula McGinley

Contributors

Unknown:
Gregg Wallace
Unknown:
Charlie Hicks
Unknown:
Steven Saunders
Producer:
Paula McGinley

5: Like the Sound of the Sea by Freda Churches.
On a hot afternoon at the beach, a girl reflects on her unsuitable friends, including a boy prone to fits of uncontrollable weeping "who ran off with all the left shoes from Jackson's Footwear". The reader is
Vicki Liddelle. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Freda Churches.
Unknown:
Vicki Liddelle.

5: It's April and Selkie hauls up on to the beaches of Eynhallow in the Orkney Islands, exhausted after his longjourney and near-fatal encounter with a group of killer whales. After moulting, he sets off south again, back towards the sea caves of the Cornish coast and the females he hopes will be waiting for him. For details see Monday

Michael Rosen examines words and speech.
7: 21st-century Babble-on. Stuffed full of small talk? Bloated with babble? Had one too many emails?
Historian Justin Champion asks whether it really is good to talk and suggests we switch off the mobiles and embark on a linguistic detox.
Producer Julia Adamson Repeated on Sunday at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Julia Adamson

This week, the multi-award-winning impressionist sketch show comes from the Oxford Playhouse.
Starring Jon Culshaw , Jan Ravens , Kevin Connolly and Mark Perry.
Producer Katie Tyrrel Repeated on Saturday at 12.30pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Six series of Dead Ringers are available on CD and audio cassette at good retail outlets orwww.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Culshaw
Unknown:
Jan Ravens
Unknown:
Kevin Connolly
Unknown:
Mark Perry.
Producer:
Katie Tyrrel

Chaba'sgotadate.
Written by Carole Simpson Solazzo Director Rosemary Watts Editor Vanessa Whitburn
ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Carole Simpson Solazzo
Written By:
Rosemary Watts
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Kenton:
Richard Attlee
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Nigel:
Graham Seed
Julia:
Mary W!mbush
Tom:
Tom Graham
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Debbie:
Tamsin Greig
George:
Graham Roberts
Peggy:
June Spencer
Jolene:
Buffy Davis
Kathy:
Hedll Niklaus
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
Ed:
Barry Farrimond
Mike:
Terry Molloy
Caroline:
Sara Coward
Usha:
Souad Faress
Greg:
Marc Finn
Heather:
Joyce Gibbs
Oliver:
Michael Cochrane
Chaba:
Mate Haumann
MrSutton:
Colin Rote

John Wilson talks to American writer Siri Hustvedt about What I Loved, her new novel that charts three decades of artistic life in New York, from the 1970s onwards.
Producer Aasiya Lodhi

Contributors

Talks:
John Wilson
Producer:
Aasiya Lodhi

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate from
University College Northampton with a panel that includes former culture secretary Chris Smith , the columnist Janet Daley and the general secretary of the Amicus union, Derek Simpson.
Producer Victoria Wakely Repeated on Saturday at 1.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Chris Smith
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Derek Simpson.
Producer:
Victoria Wakely

By Bernadine Evaristo.

Charmayne Jackson, inner-city, sarf-London gyal, sets out to conquer Hollywood by any means necessary in this sassy and wickedly comical take on the hierarchy of colour, told in Evaristo's award-winningly zingy verse.

Contributors

Writer:
Bernadine Evaristo
Director:
Jonquil Panting
Charmayne:
Petra Letang
Sonia:
Sharon Duncan-Brewster
Hortense:
Dona Croll
Rhona:
Stephanie Turner
Keisha:
Clare Perkins
Principal:
Martin Hyder

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