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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Rob Marshal
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.

On ajourney from Bombay to Calcutta, Mark Tully celebrates the 150th anniversary of Indian railways with the drivers, caterers, ticket collectors, attendants and fellow travellers taking this modern trip in the shadow of the Imperial Indian Mail. 1: The Railway
Station-It's Really India. On platform, carriage and footplate, Tully meets an assortment of railwaymen and passengers on the first leg of his journey. Producer Vanessa Harrison

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Linda Smith
Unknown:
Francis Wheen
Unknown:
Rory Bremner.

Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby from St Edward's College, Liverpool, with a panel that includes
MinisterforWork and Pensions Ian McCartney , former Conservative Cabinet minister Lord Forsyth, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Menzies
Campbell and Plaid Cymru Welsh Assembly member Helen Mary Jones. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Presented By:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Ian McCartney
Unknown:
Helen Mary Jones.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the artist Vincent van Gogh, Tim Marlow introduces an evocation of the artist and the passion for sunflowers that obsessed him during his final fraught year. With Antony Sher as Van Gogh.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tim Marlow
Van Gogh:
Antony Sher
Producer:
Merilyn Harris

With the forthcoming release of the surfing extravaganza Blue Crush, Joe Cornish goes on a quest for the most memorable wave on film. He also explores the impact of Alexander Sokourov 's pioneering new film Russian Ark, a single, unbroken tracking shot, destined to become one of cinema's defining works. Producer Mohini Patel

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Cornish
Unknown:
Alexander Sokourov
Producer:
Mohini Patel

Michael Winterbottom 's new film telling the story of two Afghans seeking refuge in the West has already won the top award at the Berlin Film Festival.
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests give their verdict on this and take a look at a major new exhibition at the V&A, Art Deco 1910-1939, which features art work from all Over the world. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Winterbottom
Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Joan Bakewell chooses highlights from the Radio 4 season marking the 400 years since the death of Elizabeth I, a range of programmes drawing parallels between thel6th century and the present day, and between the lives of Elizabethans then and now. Producer Clare Csonka

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Bakewell
Producer:
Clare Csonka

By Evelyn Waugh. A four-part adaptation for radio by Jeremy Front . 3: With theirfriendship strained, Sebastian continues his drinking and Charles is lured by Paris and art.
Music by Neil Brand Director Marion Nancarrow Rptd from Sunday 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh.
Radio By:
Jeremy Front
Music By:
Neil Brand
Director:
Marion Nancarrow Rptd
Charles:
Ben Miles
Sebastian:
Jamie Bamber
MrRyder:
Benjamin Whltrow
Julia:
Anne-Marie Duff
Lady Marchmain:
Eleanor Bron
Celia:
Eve Best
Cordelia:
Abby Ford
Rex Mottram:
William Hope
Brideshead:
Toby Jones
MrSamgrass:
Thomas Arnold
Anthony:
Geoffrey Streatfeild
Boy Mulcaster:
Tom Smith
Kurt:
Carl Prekopp
Monk:
Martin Hyder
Wilcox:
Andrew Wincott
Jesus:
Richard Firth
Nurse:
Jemma Churchill

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

Contributors

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

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. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackie Kay
Unknown:
Max Gate
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Selima Hill

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