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Australia v India
A crucial game in England's group with the cup holders, Australia, playing India at Centurion, near
Pretoria. Commentary by Henry Blofeld ,
Jim Maxwell , Johnny Saunders , Vic Marks and Jeff Thomson. Producer Peter Baxter *Approximate Time

Contributors

Commentary By:
Henry Blofeld
Commentary By:
Jim Maxwell
Commentary By:
Johnny Saunders
Commentary By:
Vic Marks
Commentary By:
Jeff Thomson.
Producer:
Peter Baxter

The story of WDIA, the first radio station in America to deliberately target a black audience. In the deeply segregated city of Memphis, it was an instant success in 1948 with Nat D Williams atthe helm. It was nicknamed the Goodwill Station because it helped listeners find work, lost relatives and even a missing pair of teeth. With Burt Caesar. Producer John Goudie

Contributors

Unknown:
Burt Caesar.
Producer:
John Goudie

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate from Hemsworth Arts and Community Centre, Pontefract with a panel including Yvette Cooper , Minister in the Lord Chancellor's Office, and the Conservative MP for Horsham, Francis Maude. They are joined by the co-founder of Coffee Republic and author of Anyone Can Do It Sahar Hashemi , and the headteacher of the Phoenix School, William Atkinson. Repeated from last Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Yvette Cooper
Unknown:
Francis Maude.
Unknown:
Sahar Hashemi
Unknown:
William Atkinson.

Mark McDonnell and Steven McNicoll's dramatisation of Leonard Wibberley's comic novel. Under the rule of Her Grace Gloriana XII, Grand Fenwick is a tiny European country untouched by the 20th century and happy to remain so. When it is threatened by an American rival, it's time to declare war on the United States.

Contributors

Author:
Leonard Wibberley
Dramatised by:
Mark McDonnell
Dramatised by:
Steven McNicoll
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Gloriana:
Julie Austin
Tully:
Mark McDonnell
Mountjoy:
Crawford Logan
Secretary of State:
Lou Hirsch
Will:
Jamie Newall
Benter:
Steven McNicoll

John Wesley , founder of Methodism was born 300 years ago. To mark his tricentenary, Valentine Cunningham investigates the influence of Nonconformity on Britain in a three-part series, looking at everything from hymn-singing Chartists and Quaker prison reformers to the moral makers of biscuits. 1: Roy Hattersley, Jenny Uglow and the Reverend Dr Leslie Griffiths look at the political legacy Of John Wesley. Producer Robyn Read

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wesley
Unknown:
Valentine Cunningham

As the American remake of The Ring is released, Joe Cornish looks at the Japanese original: the ghost story that became a phenomenon in its own country and spawned a number of sequels. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Cornish
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

With the help of a dark wig and a prosthetic nose, Nicole Kidman plays the part of Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daidry 's new film The Hours, written by David Hare , based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham. Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the film and an exhibition of one of Germany's leading 20th-century painters, MaxBeckmann, at Tate Modern. Producer Mohini Patel

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicole Kidman
Unknown:
Stephen Daidry
Written By:
David Hare
Novel By:
Michael Cunningham.
Novel By:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Mohini Patel

In 1967 three young poets found fame with the publication of the Penguin Modern Poets Collection
The Mersey Sound. Pete McCarthy takes stock of the work of Roger McGough , Brian Patten and Adrian Henri , with contributions from broadcaster
George Melly , musician Andy Roberts and writer Phil Bowen. Producer Bob Dickinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Pete McCarthy
Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Brian Patten
Unknown:
Adrian Henri
Unknown:
George Melly
Musician:
Andy Roberts
Unknown:
Phil Bowen.
Producer:
Bob Dickinson

CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the British
Establishment. Dramatised in five parts by Jonathan Holloway. 4: The Masters. The politics of the Cambridge college where Lewis teaches becomes poisonous as the country stands on the brink of war.
Directors Sally Avens and Jeremy Howe Repeated from Sunday 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Holloway.
Directors:
Sally Avens
Directors:
Jeremy Howe
Lewis:
Adam Godley
Narrator:
David Haig
Sheila:
Anastasia Hille
Getliffe:
Andy Taylor
Winslow:
Clive Morrison
Brown:
Philip Franks
Calvert:
Adam Levy
Nightingale:
Jeremy Child
Jago:
David Calder
Chrystal:
Matthew Marsh
Crawford:
Hugh Quarshie
Mrs Jago:
Joanna Monro
Betty Vane:
Caria Simpson
Despard-Smith:
Peter Howell
RS Robinson:
Patrick Godfrey

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips

Roger McGough, Philip Gross, Kathleen Jamie, Charles Causley, Ivor Cutler, Paul Durcan, Roshan Doug and James Fenton perform listeners' requests for their poetry. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Philip Gross
Unknown:
Kathleen Jamie
Unknown:
Charles Causley
Unknown:
Ivor Cutler
Unknown:
Paul Durcan
Unknown:
Roshan Doug
Unknown:
James Fenton

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