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With Edward Stourton and Sarah Montague.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths.

Ian Hislop presents his final audit of Britain's 1,000-year-old relationship with taxation. 3: Tax Rebels From the Peasants' Revolt to the Fuel Tax demos, there's nothing like a new tax to get the British manning the barricades. Hislop revisits history's great tax rebellions and asks what they achieved. Producer Alison Vernon-Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Hislop
Producer:
Alison Vernon-Smith

A tongue-in-cheek review of the week's news, with Simon Hoggart , Alan Coren , Francis Wheen , Linda Smith and Phill JupitUS. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Francis Wheen
Unknown:
Linda Smith
Unknown:
Phill Jupitus.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Lincoln puts questions on issues of the weekto a panel that includes Haleh Afshar , professor of politics and women's studies, and Charles Moore , editor of The Daily Telegraph. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Haleh Afshar
Unknown:
Charles Moore

Eleanor Oldroyd presents a double bill from the penultimate round of matches.
2.00 Wales v Ireland, live from Cardiff. With commentaryfrom lain Carter, Alastair Eykyn , Robert Jones and Hugo MacNeill.
4.00 England v Scotland at Twickenham. With commentary from Ian Robertson , Alastair Hignell , Rob Andrew and Andy Irvine.
- Producers Ed Marria ge and Mike Naylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Oldroyd
Unknown:
Alastair Eykyn
Unknown:
Robert Jones
Unknown:
Hugo MacNeill.
Unknown:
Ian Robertson
Unknown:
Alastair Hignell
Unknown:
Rob Andrew
Unknown:
Andy Irvine.
Unknown:
Mike Naylor

Max Beerbohm's sparklingly wicked satire, dramatised by Michelene Wandor, concerns the unlikely events that occur when a femme fatale briefly enters the privileged all-male domain of Judas College, Oxford. Everywhere Zuleika goes men fall at her feet, but she can only love a man who doesn't love her. Then, while visiting her grandfather, she meets the haughty Duke of Dorset.

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Beerbohm
Dramatised By:
Michelene Wandor
Clio/Mrs Batch:
Eleanor Bron
Zuleika:
Kate Isitt
The Warden:
Clive Swift
Duke of Dorset:
Sebastian Dunn
Director:
Chris Wallis
Melisande:
Mia Soteriou
Katie:
Anna Madeley
Noaks:
Finetime Fontayne
Oover/Clarence:
David Brooks

2: Fever Pitch. If you thought the cult of the celebrity musician began with Elvis and the Beatles, think again. John Florence explores musical history to find the pop idols of the past. He looks at the lives of Beethoven, Liszt, Paganini and Wagner, as well as some divas, and asks what it was that drove their public to delirium.
Producer Rosie Boulton

Contributors

Presenter:
John Florence
Producer:
Rosie Boulton

The quest for a new and better life in the west has been the focus of several recent films, from Pawel Pawlikowski 's LastResortto Stephen Frears 's Dirty Pretty Things. With the upcoming release of Michael Winterbottom 's new film In This World, Joe Cornish considers the treatment of the immigrant on film. And tomorrow night is Oscar night. producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Pawel Pawlikowski
Unknown:
Stephen Frears
Unknown:
Michael Winterbottom
Unknown:
Joe Cornish
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Ragtime, the Broadway musical, which tells the epic story of three families at the turn ofthe last century, had its London premiere this week. Tom Sutcliffe and his guests give their views on this and on the rest of the week's cultural highlights. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Fiona McLean

By Evelyn Waugh. Adapted for radio in four parts by Jeremy Front. 2: Friendship with the ebullient
Sebastian Flyte continues to open up new vistas for Charles. But for Sebastian, the family is closing in. Music by Neil Brand Director Marion Nancarrow Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh.
Unknown:
Sebastian Flyte
Music By:
Neil Brand
Director:
Marion Nancarrow
Charles:
Ben Miles
Sebastian:
Jamie Bamber
Mr Ryder:
Benjamin Whitrow
Lord Marchmain:
Edward Petherbrldge
Lady Marchmain:
Eleanor Bron
Julia:
Anne-Marie Duff
Rex/Policeman:
William Hope
Cordelia/Effie:
Abby Ford
Cara/Ma:
Mayfield Lizasadovy
Mr Samgrass/Waiter:
Thomas Arnold
Brideshead:
Toby Jones
Boy Mulcaster:
Tom Smith
Nanny:
Ann Beach
Death's Head:
Emma Woolllams
Sickly child:
Laura Doddington
Sergeant/Commissionaire:
Martin Hyder
Wilcox:
Andrew Wlncott

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
Michael Gove
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips

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