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4: Sheffield. Archaeologist Julian Richards explores how a small, isolated Yorkshire market town grew to become "steel city". En route he discovers why the town's world-famous cutlery trade has its origins in medieval tools and scythes. He also finds out how the combination of wood and fast-flowing water kick-started the metal-working industries, as well as why that symbol of American frontier life, the bowie knife, was made in Sheffield. Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Richards
Producer:
John Byrne

H An eerie tale of love and loss in which
Dickie Carpenter , a war-wounded sailor, is haunted by strange visitations from a ghostly woman. His friend
Robert sets out to solve the mystery of these visions, and finally of Dickie's death, only to find himself fighting for his own life in a terrifying battle between love and death. Adapted by Doug Lucie.
Director Dirk Maggs Producer Bruce Hyman

Contributors

Unknown:
Dickie Carpenter
Adapted By:
Doug Lucie.
Director:
Dirk Maggs
Producer:
Bruce Hyman
Dickie:
Michael Fenton-Stevens
Robert:
Hilton McRae
Alison:
Vivien Heilbron
Rachel:
Eleanor Tremayne
Mrs Rowse:
Jennie Stoller

Polly Devlin and Brian Feeny of Northern Ireland take on Peter Stead and Patrick Hannan of Wales in the lateral-thinking quiz. Nick Clarke is in the chair. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Polly Devlin
Unknown:
Brian Feeny
Unknown:
Peter Stead
Unknown:
Patrick Hannan
Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Producer:
Paul Bajoria

By John P Rooney. A young man who grew up among the narrow-minded views of a small village arrives at university in Belfast where he's confronted by a mixed community, full of life and hope. Will he be able to move forward into a new life?
Director Pam Brighton

Contributors

Unknown:
John P Rooney.
Director:
Pam Brighton
Bob:
Chris Simpson
Tom:
Duncan Keegan
John:
Tony Devlin
Katie:
Deirdre McAllskey
Ma:
Stella McCusker
Da:
George Shane

Five stories performed on stage at the Bath
Literature Festival. 1: Vacant Possession by Richard Francis , performed by John Telfer. A piece of property speculation goes badly wrong when an unexpected and unwelcome occupant appears on the landing.
Producers Sara Davies and Paul Dodgson

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Francis
Unknown:
John Telfer.
Producers:
Sara Davies
Producers:
Paul Dodgson

The first of five programmes this week in which : physicist Len Fisher applies scientific principles to the use of everyday tools. 1: The Wheelbarrow
Len Fisher is joined by conservation builder Andy Cook and physicist Jeff Odell to demonstrate how using a wheelbarrow is all a question of leverage. Music by Tom Bancroft Producer Amanda Hargreaves Tool tips: page 39

Contributors

Unknown:
Len Fisher
Unknown:
Len Fisher
Unknown:
Andy Cook
Unknown:
Jeff Odell
Music By:
Tom Bancroft
Producer:
Amanda Hargreaves

Fair Trade. Sheila Dillon considers proposals to extend fair-trade practices to British food producers and examines how farmers in developing countries are choosing quality rather than charity as the route to sustainable production.
Extended repeat of yesterday 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon

Nicholas Parsons is joined in London by Wendy Richard, Clement Freud, Liza Tarbuck and Paul Merton.
(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 [web address removed] Call [number removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Nicholas Parsons
Panellist:
Wendy Richard
Panellist:
Clement Freud
Panellist:
Liza Tarbuck
Panellist:
Paul Merton
Producer:
Claire Jones

John Wilson discusses director Neil Jordan 's new film The Good Thief, in which Nick Nolte plays an ageing gambler who tries to rob a casino in the south of France. Producer Nicki Paxman

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wilson
Director:
Neil Jordan
Unknown:
Nick Nolte
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

By Marie Vassiltchikov , abridged in ten parts by Jane Buckler. Wartime Germany seen through the eyes of a spirited young woman who was involved in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
6: On 20 July Missie is delighted to receive news of Hitler's death.
Director Geni Hall-Kenny Repeat of 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Marie Vassiltchikov
Unknown:
Jane Buckler.
Unknown:
Adolf Hitler.
Director:
Geni Hall-Kenny
Missie:
Sian Thomas
Narrator:
Vivien Parry

With major trials such as that of Damilola Taylor collapsing, the Crown Prosecution Service is at the centre of public debate. Tracking several cases, including the trial of Stuart Campbell for murder, the first of two programmes reveals the work and role of the CPS, and examines imminent changes likely to take place within the criminal justice system.
Presented by professor of criminology David Wilson. Producers Kate Bland and Susan Marling

Contributors

Unknown:
Damilola Taylor
Unknown:
Stuart Campbell
Unknown:
David Wilson.
Producers:
Kate Bland
Producers:
Susan Marling

Learning from Lakes. To mark the International Year of Freshwater, Mark Carwardine visits the Lake District. Lake Windermere has been studied intensely over the last 70 years and much can be learned from its murky depths about tourist pressures, climate change and pollution. Producer Joanne Stevens Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Carwardine
Producer:
Joanne Stevens

LA week of Evelyn Waugh's shorter fiction to mark the centenary of his birth.
1: Portrait of Young Man with Career - an early story from Waugh's students days, and The Sympathetic Passenger, in which a hitchhiker makes some startling allegations against the BBC. Read by Crawford Logan. Producer David Jackson Young

Contributors

Read By:
Crawford Logan.
Producer:
David Jackson Young

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