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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought forthe Day With Rhidian Brook.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Rhidian Brook.

The duffle coat links heroism on wartime Atlantic convoys, the bohemian world of 1950s jazz clubs,
CND and the peace movement. Ray Brown toggles up to introduce an affectionate history of a much loved and much despised garment. Producer Nigel Acheson

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Brown
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

A new series of the venerable topical radio comedy panel game, chaired by Simon Hoggart , with Alan Coren , Andy Hamilton , Linda Smith and guests. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Linda Smith

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate from the Langley School and Dovehouse Theatre, Solihull, with a panel that includes Tony Banks MP, shadow
Chancellor Michael Howard , chairman and chief executive of McCann-Erikson UK and non-executive chairman of the London Tourist Board Tamara Ingram , and Tony Stoller , chief executive of the Radio Authority. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Michael Howard
Unknown:
Tamara Ingram
Unknown:
Tony Stoller

Jonathan Dimblebytakes listeners' calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions. PHONE:
[number removed] or email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk Producer Victoria Wakely

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimblebytakes
Producer:
Victoria Wakely

By Caroline Gawn. A daring, amoral and very attractive female crook pits her wits against a top policeman stuck in an unhappy marriage. Romantic intrigue is inevitable.

Contributors

Writer:
Caroline Gawn
Director:
Polly Thomas
Faulkes:
Philip Glenister
Jean:
Angela Wynter
Williams:
Ken Bradshaw
Rodriguez:
Russell Dixon
Ken:
Russell Dixon
Stephens:
Christine Brennan
Diane:
Christine Brennan
Jack:
Toby Hadoke

Journalist Gerry Northam explores the history behindthecinematicversionsofourpast.
3: Blazing Saddles. Mel Brooks 's spoof western has all the classic ingredients of the Wild West movie, a handsome hero, an alcoholic gunslinger and a tart-with-a-heart. But how did the figure of the cowboy, a poorly paid, uneducated, itinerant labourer with no heroic traits at all, become a film star and a symbol of nobility and purity for all Americans? Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Northam
Unknown:
Mel Brooks
Producer:
John Byrne

Joe Cornish looks at Treasure Planet, the new animation from Disney. If it fails at the box office it could signal the end for hand-drawn animation. The film does have some computer-generated effects but it was almost entirely made the old-fashioned way. The film needs to be successful to keep this tradition alive. But the outlook does not seem good - its weekend gross in America was one of the most disappointing ever for a major animation.

Contributors

Presenter:
Joe Cornish
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

Paul Thomas Anderson 's new film Punch Drunk Love is more conventional in many ways than his previous epic, Magnolia. This may be a boy-meets-girl love story but why the hundreds of puddings?
Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their verdict on this and on a major new exhibition at Tate Britain- Constable to Delacroix: British Art and the French Romantics. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Thomas Anderson
Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

"I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path. That's all I teach", said the Buddha. In the last of a series exploring the Four Noble Truths, the basic tenets of Buddhism, Ajahn Sucitto, abbot of the Chithurst monastery in Sussex, explores the path to the Cessation Of suffering.
(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Speaker:
Ajahn Sucitto

On the day the cricket World Cup gets underway in South Africa, BBC cricket correspondent
Jonathan Agnew uncovers the true story behind the 1982 tour by a group of rebel English cricketers. The "mercenary tour", as it was dubbed, sparked a political crisis in England and even threatened the future of multiracial international sport. With contributions from
Graham Gooch , David Gower and Neil Kinnock , and the views of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Producer Richard Burgess
It's not just cricket: page 28

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Agnew
Unknown:
Graham Gooch
Unknown:
David Gower
Unknown:
Neil Kinnock
Unknown:
Desmond Tutu
Unknown:
Margaret Thatcher.
Producer:
Richard Burgess

CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the British
Establishment. Dramatised in five parts by Jonathan Holloway. 3: The Masters. Lewis Eliot is teaching in a Cambridge college when an election is called for a new Master.
Director Sally Avens and Jeremy Howe Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Holloway.
Unknown:
Lewis Eliot
Director:
Sally Avens
Director:
Jeremy Howe
Lewis:
Adam Godley
Narrator:
David Haig
Getliffe:
Andy Taylor
Winslow:
Clive Merrison
Brown:
Philip Franks
Calvert:
Adam Levy
Jago:
David Calder
Nightingale:
Jeremy Child
Chrystal:
Matthew Marsh
Crawford:
Hugh Quarshie
MrsJago:
Joanna Monro
Sir Horace:
Ian Hogg

Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral conundrums behind one of the week's news stories. Ian Hargreaves , Michael Gove , Steven Rose and Melanie Phillips cross-examine witnesses who hold passionate but conflicting views. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
Michael Gove
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips

Celebrating a new month and the coming season.
Poems include A February Morning by Leslie Norris and February-a Thaw by John Clare. Presented by Roger McGough , with readers Imogen Stubbs ,
Andrew Sachs and Sean Barratt. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Norris
Unknown:
John Clare.
Presented By:
Roger McGough
Readers:
Imogen Stubbs
Readers:
Andrew Sachs
Readers:
Sean Barratt.

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