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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths.

Ian Hislop continues his audit of Britain's 1,000-year-old relationship with taxation. 2: The Taxers Who have been the great taxers of the British people and how did they think they could get away with it? From Ethelredthe Unreadyto Denis Healey , Hislop questions their motives. Producer Philip Sellars

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Hislop
Unknown:
Denis Healey
Producer:
Philip Sellars

Atongue-in-cheek review of the week news, chaired by Simon Hoggart from the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, with Alan Coren , Jeremy Hardy , Phil Hammond and Marcus Brigstocke. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Phil Hammond
Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke.

By Chris Thompson. When Mike's marriage breaks up, he begins an internet search for his teenage sweetheart, Rachel. Despite the advice of friend Susan, he sets off to the Derbyshire hills of his youth. But it's not long before he is enmeshed in a saga of mystery, revenge and even possible murder.

Contributors

Writer:
Chris Thompson
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Mike:
Stephen Critchlow
Susan:
Rachel Atkins
Rachel:
Julia Hills
Stephen:
Keith Drinkel
Bob:
Reter Meakin
Mrs Martin:
Gillian Goodman
Dick:
Sean Connolly

With the forthcoming DVD/video release of Luc Besson 's Subway, a strange mix of comedy, fantasy, violence and suspense set in the Paris Metro, Joe Cornish takes a closer look at the perils of subterranean travel on film. Plus an interview with Laura Linney , one of the stars of Alan Parker 's new film The Life of David Gale. Producer Mohini Patel

Contributors

Unknown:
Luc Besson
Unknown:
Joe Cornish
Unknown:
Laura Linney
Unknown:
Alan Parker
Unknown:
David Gale.
Producer:
Mohini Patel

Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their verdict on Alan Parker 's The Life of David Gale , starring Kevin Spacey as a Texan professor and advocate forthe abolition of the death penalty who finds himself falsely accused and convicted of murder. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Alan Parker
Unknown:
David Gale
Unknown:
Kevin Spacey
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Charles Wheeler 's career in journalism has taken him from 13 shillings-a-week tape boy on the Daily Sketch through to award-winning foreign correspondent and ground-breaking documentary maker. In a special programme to mark his 80th birthday, Jeremy Paxman joins him in conversation. Producer David Prest

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Wheeler
Unknown:
Jeremy Paxman
Producer:
David Prest

By Evelyn Waugh. A four-part adaptation for radio by Jeremy Front to mark the centenary of the author's birth. 1: Midway through the Second World War, a disillusioned Captain Charles Ryderfinds himself posted to Brideshead Castle, scene of the happiest years of his young life and the beginnings of his friendship with Sebastian Flyte.
Director Marion Nancarrow Repeated from Sunday 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh.
Radio By:
Jeremy Front
Unknown:
Captain Charles Ryderfinds
Unknown:
Sebastian Flyte.
Director:
Marion Nancarrow
Charles:
Ben Miles
Sebastian:
Jamie Bamber
Mr Ryder:
Benjamin Whltrow
Julia:
Anne-Marie Duff
Anthony:
Geoffrey Streatfield
BoyMulcaster:
Tom Smith
Nanny Hawkins:
Ann Beach
Hooper/Wilcox:
Andrew Wlncott
Brideshead:
Toby Jones
Jasper/Lunt/Hayter:
Martin Hyder
Collins Jorkins:
Scott Brooksbank
Cordelia:
Abby Ford

Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral conundrums behind one of the week's news stories. with Ian Hargreaves , Michael Gove , Steven Rose and Melanie Phillips. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

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

PoetJackie Kay travels to the Algonquin Hotel in New York in search of the sharp wit of a past resident, the writer Dorothy Parker. With New York poets Mary Karrand Sapphire and readings from Parker's poetry by Kate Harper. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Poetjackie Kay
Unknown:
Dorothy Parker.
Unknown:
Mary Karrand Sapphire
Unknown:
Kate Harper.

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