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2: Canterbury. As Canterbury prepares forthe enthronement of its new archbishop, Julian Richards seeks to unravel the influence the Church has had on the town's growth. St Augustine began building here more than 1,400 years ago, but it was the famous murder of Thomas a Beckett that put Canterbury on the pilgrim's map. Producer Miles Warde

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Richards
Unknown:
St Augustine
Producer:
Miles Warde

A new contemporary dramatisation by Mike Stott of Agatha Christie 's thriller, The Case of the City Clerk. Bobby Roberts is a middle-aged man in a mid-life rut, in search of adventure. The ad in the Times reads: "Need help? Ask Parker Pyne. So can the great PP come up trumps? Well, yes and no.
Bobby is sent on a trip to collect a harmless package from a scientist in Milan and eat plenty of ice cream along the way. But before long he finds himself caught up in a terrifying murder, and with blood all over his ice cream. Starring Richard Griffiths and Chris Langham. Simon Treves
Director Dirk Maggs Producer Bruce Hyman

Contributors

Writer:
Agatha Christie
Adapted by:
Mike Stott
Director:
Dirk Maggs
Producer:
Bruce Hyman
Parker Pyne:
Richard Griffiths
Bobby:
Chris Langham
Maggie/Marcia:
Rebecca Front
Roddy/Luca:
Simon Treves
Gianni/Ludo:
Rupert Degas

Lizzie Slater 's autobiographical play tells of her meeting with a young Afghani man in the intensive care unit of a London hospital in the week following the events of 11 September 2001.
Music by Sylvia Hallett Director Jeremy Mortimer

Contributors

Unknown:
Lizzie Slater
Music By:
Sylvia Hallett
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer
Lizzie:
Annabelle Apsion
Mariam:
Zolfa Alfazi

A week of special commissioned new poems on the theme of water.
1: A Village of Water by Sarah Maguire.
From Kurdistan via Gaza to the River Thames at Woolwich - -three communities and their lives. Producer Tim Dee

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Maguire.
Producer:
Tim Dee

A new series which revisits some of the extraordinary kids who have recorded audio diaries over the last eight years for Radio 4's "Fresh Air Kids".

Laxmi Kathuria was not your average 13-year-old.
With a Hindu shrine and one to her favourite football team in her bedroom, her ambition was to be a forensic pathologist. Now she's 20 and a medical student with a sideline in Bollywood dancing - and she's a soap star.

(See also 8 pm)

Contributors

Subject:
Laxmi Kathuria
Producer:
Bella Bannerman

From Beverley in Yorkshire, with guests Paul Merton , Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Ross Noble and Steve Frost. Nicholas Parsons is in the chair.
Producer Claire Jones Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A selection from this series is available on five volumes of audio cassette at good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Ross Noble
Unknown:
Steve Frost.
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Producer:
Claire Jones

By Nigel Richardson , starring Imelda Staunton and Barbara Flynn. Beginning the five-part story of Britain's mostfamous lesbian club. 1: Awakenings
Director Karen Rose Repeat of 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Richardson
Unknown:
Imelda Staunton
Unknown:
Barbara Flynn.
Director:
Karen Rose
Young Gina:
Imelda Staunton
Margy:
Barbara Flynn
Gina:
Rachel Atkins
Shirley:
Rachel Atkins
Smithy:
Rachel Atkins
Child Gina:
Alison Pettitt
Young Margy:
Alison Pettitt
Ted:
Ewan Bailey
Albert:
Ewan Bailey
Priest:
Ewan Bailey
Sister Perpetua:
Jean Trend
Margy's Mum:
Jean Trend

Once upon a time Tinu Adeniji-Adele was a 16-year-old teenager wondering out loud on R4's Fresh Air Kids about faith, survival and her absent Nigerian prince of a father. Now she's a young woman heading for the chaos of Lagos to find the father she cannot remember and a land she does not know. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Producer:
Mark Burman

Rooks and Crows
Birds belonging to the corvid family, which includes everything from rooks, crows and ravens to magpies, jackdaws and jays, are well known for their various traits of cleverness, colonial-living, stealing and concealing. Lionel Kelleway joins a rookery as its noisy inhabitants return to start rebuilding their nests. Here he finds out more about the rook's unique social organisation and explores why the behaviour of other members of the crow family Continues to intrigue. Producer Sheena Duncan

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kellewayjoins
Producer:
Sheena Duncan

Penelope Wilton reads Penelope Lively 's new novel, abridged in ten parts by Sally Marmion.
1: When a landscape historian unearths a hidden photograph of his dead wife he suddenly discovers that he must see his own past in an entirely new light. Producer Di Speirs

Contributors

Unknown:
Penelope Wilton
Unknown:
Penelope Lively
Unknown:
Sally Marmion.
Producer:
Di Speirs

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