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With Sarah Montague and John Humphrys.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought forthe Day
With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths.

Ian Hislop presents the first of three programmes telling the curious and rather bloody tale of Britain's 2.000-year-old relationship with taxation. 1: The Taxmen. From the monks who wrote the Domesday Book to the £200 billion enterprise that is today's Inland Revenue, tax has always been big business in this country, but getting people to pay has never been easy. Hislop's quest for the taxman takes him to the heart of the Inland Revenue. Producer PniiipSeiiars

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Hislop

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate comes from Landau Forte College, Derby. With a panel including Margaret Becket , Secretary for State forthe Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Margaret Becket

By Budd Schulberg. It's nearly 50 years since the release of this famous film based on a story of love, corruption and courage on the New York waterfront. This production contains strong language.

On the Waterfront
2.30pm R4 FM This reworking by Budd Schulberg of his own screenplay is nothing less than a tour de force. The classic Brando line: "I coulda had class, I coulda been a contender, I coulda been somebody..." conveys immense power in the hands of Jeffrey Donovan as the slack-jawed slugger Terry Malloy, the pivotal player in this story set against the stranglehold of the Mob on the New York waterfronts during the period that followed the Second World War. Recorded in the US in the presence of the 88-year-old Schulberg and boasting a cast of great American actors, such as Hector Elizondo and Bruce Davison, the play offers some new slants on the original film. One of the best radio events of the week. (Frances Lass)

Contributors

Writer:
Budd Schulberg
Director:
Rosalind Ayres
Johnny:
Hector Elizondo
Father Barry:
Bruce Davison
Edie:
Rebecca Pidgeon
Charley:
Richard Cox
Terry:
Jeffrey Donovan
The Reporter:
Josh Stamberg
Runty:
Jon Matthews
Pop Doyle:
Dave Florek
Jimmy:
Jake Bern
Father Vincent:
David Selby
Glover:
Chris Hatfield
Tommy:
Tegan West
Big Mac:
Maurice Chasse
Luke:
Kevin Daniels
Barney:
Nick Offerman
Truck:
Scott Atkinson
Mutt:
Stephen Ramsey

Scotland v Wales
Eleanor Oldroyd presents live coverage of the game from Murrayfield (kickoff at 4.00). With commentary from Andrew Cotter and Martin Bayfield , and expert comment from Andy Irvine and Robert Jones. Producer Graham McMillan

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Cotter
Unknown:
Martin Bayfield
Unknown:
Robert Jones.
Producer:
Graham McMillan

From the Terminator films to Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, the emotionless individual has proved a useful device. In KurtZwimmer's new film Equilibrium, all forms of feeling are outlawed, punishable by death. Joe Cornish gives his views. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Dustin Hoffman
Unknown:
Joe Cornish
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Julianne Moore is up for two Oscars this year-one for The Hours, and the other for this week's release, Far from Heaven, in which she plays an unhappy housewife in the 1950s, who finds her husband in the arms of another man. Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their verdict on this and the rest of the week's Cultural highlights.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Fiona McLean

A series in which schoolteachers recall a single episode that explains why they stay in a job that is highly stressful but low in pay and status.
4: Between School and Home. Andy Lloyd and Valerie Noble recount their rewarding teaching experiences. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Lloyd

It's 80 years since the BBC began broadcasting regular weather bulletins and in the intervening years meteorologists have become instrumental in how we live our lives. The BBC weather centre's lead presenter, Helen Young, examines the wealth of BBC weather forecasting archive on radio and TV, and charts the highs and lows of accurate prediction and engaging presentation.

Contributors

Presenter:
Helen Young
Producer:
Adrian Washbourne

By Charles W Chestnutt , dramatised by Cheryl Martin. The concluding part of the epic tale of two sisters, separated by class and colour, in a small Southern community. 2: A pillar of the white
Southern community has been murdered and an innocent black man, Sandy, is arrested. The atmosphere is rife with racial tension and violence.
Director Pam Fraser Solomon Repeated from Sunday 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles W Chestnutt
Dramatised By:
Cheryl Martin.
Director:
Pam Fraser Solomon
Janet:
Phylicia Rashad
Olivia:
Carrie Preston
Dr Miller:
Wendell Pierce
Maj Carteret:
Pj Benjamin
Gail:
Ljzan Mitchell
MrDelamere:
John Cullum
Mr Ellis:
Michael Emerson
Dr Price:
Beau Gravitte
Josh:
Seth Gillam
McBane:
Mark Redfield
Martha:
Michelle Robinson
Sandy:
Willis Burke Ii

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Michael Gove
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves

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