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Julie Christie appeals on behalf of Survival International. DONATIONS: Survival,[address removed] Credit-card donations: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated 9.26pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Julie Christie
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Nicholas Parsons is joined by Paul Merton , Clement Freud , Tony Hawk and Julian Clary. Repeated from Monday BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A selection of recordings from this show is available on five volumes of audio cassette at good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Julian Clary.

Food Intolerances and Aversions. Sheila Dillon investigates why more and more people are developing an intolerance of certain foods. Producer Paula McGinley Repeated tomorrow at 4pm Dr Mark Porter on food intolerance: page 40

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Paula McGinley
Unknown:
Dr Mark Porter

By Evelyn Waugh. A four-part adaptation for radio by Jeremy Front.

With their friendship strained, Sebastian continues his drinking and Charles is lured by Paris and art.

(Rptd on Saturday)

READER OFFER: The new dramatisation of Brideshead Revisited can be purchased from the RT Shop for £11.99 for the audio cassette and £13.99 for the CD. To order your copy send a cheque payable to RT Shop, stating which format you require, to [address removed], or call [number removed] (national rate).

Contributors

Writer:
Evelyn Waugh
Adapted by:
Jeremy Front
Music:
Neil Brand
Producer:
Marion Nancarrow
Charles:
Ben Miles
Sebastian:
Jamie Bamber
Mr Ryder:
Benjamin Whitrow
Julia:
Anne-Marie Duff
Lady Marchmain:
Eleanor Bron
Celia:
Eve Best
Cordelia:
Abby Ford
Rex Mottram:
William Hope
Brideshead:
Toby Jones
Mr Samgrass:
Thomas Arnold
Anthony:
Geoffrey Streatfeild
Boy Mulcaster:
Tom Smith
Kurt:
Carl Prekopp
Monk:
Martin Hyder
Wilcox:
Andrew Wincott
Jesus:
Richard Firth
Nurse:
Jemma Churchill

Poet Jackie Kay travels to Dorset to visit Max Gate , Thomas Hardy 's last home, where Hardy wrote much of his poetry in later life. And she meets Selima Hill , an award-winning poet who lives on the Dorset coastline. Producer Susan Roberts Repeated on Saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackie Kay
Unknown:
Max Gate
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Selima Hill
Producer:
Susan Roberts

America spends more on its military than the next ten biggest military powers in the world combined. But Allan Little argues that, far from having imperialist ambitions, the vast US forces of today have evolved against all the nation's instincts, traditions and history.
(Repeated from Tuesday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Allan Little

Benjamin Zephaniah talks to Barney Harwood about his project with some young refugees to create a poetry book. Plus the second part of Dream Master Nightmare by Theresa Breslin.
Producer Jane Chambers EMAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Talks:
Benjamin Zephaniah
Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Theresa Breslin.

Classic Blandings stories by PG Wodehouse , abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury and read by Alan Titchmarsh. 2: Pig-Hoo-oo-o-ey! The Empress of Blandings, Lord Emsworth's black Berkshire sow, goes into a worrying decline just before the Shropshire Agricultural Show. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Stories By:
Pg Wodehouse
Abridged By:
Elizabeth Bradbury
Read By:
Alan Titchmarsh.
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Roger Bolton airs listeners' views and opinions on BBC Radio programmes and policy. Write to: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT
Fax: [number removed] Phone: [number removed] Email: feedback@bbc.co.uk
Producer Margaret Budy Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Margaret Budy

A profile of Norman Evans , the Rochdale-born comic whose "humour of everyday life"and hilarious characterisations paved the way for later comedians such as Al Read and Les Dawson. Producer Libby Cross

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Evans
Unknown:
Les Dawson.
Producer:
Libby Cross

Neurotic Nation. With so many people turningto counsellors and anti-depressants, is the country's mental health really getting worse? Felipe Fernandez -Armesto asks whether modern life is really driving us crazy or if we are just a nation of neurotics. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Felipe Fernandez

A look at the politics of the next seven days with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 Hoggart's
Week. Simon Hoggart presents a light-hearted look behind the political events of last week.
Editor John Evans Hoggart 's Week repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Editor:
John Evans Hoggart

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