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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
8.32 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.

Belgium. Meriel Beattie goes to Antwerp to meet the man dubbed the Belgian Malcolm X, Dyab Abou Jahjah, whose dream is to create a pan-Arab nationalist movement across Europe. She examines the controversy surrounding him and asks if Britain can learn anything from it.
Editor Hugh Levinson Repeated Monday at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dyab Abou
Editor:
Hugh Levinson

Stewart Henderson presents the problem-solving show that helps provide some answers to those irritating questions from everyday life. Phone [number removed] or email questions.questions@bbc.co.uk. Producer Joanne Coombs

Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart Henderson
Producer:
Joanne Coombs

4: Some Kind of Accident by Molly Rogers.
Henry Parker visits his favourite park for the first time since his father was killed a year ago. Along with his mother, who is finding it difficult to cope, this short journey becomes one of discovery for both of them. Read by Patrick Poletti.
Producer Joanne Reardon For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Molly Rogers.
Unknown:
Henry Parker
Read By:
Patrick Poletti.
Producer:
Joanne Reardon

Mariella Frostrup talks to the writers Rachel Cusk and Kathryn Harrison about their new books, both of which focus on the relationship between mothers and their children.
Repeated from Sunday at 4pm

Contributors

Talks:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Rachel Cusk
Unknown:
Kathryn Harrison

In a time when information can so easily be stored, shared and accessed -with the benefits to science seen in examples such as the Human Genome Project- why then are palaeoanthropologists so reluctant to share their finds with one another?
Quentin Cooper talks to some scientists who are hoping to create a pool of data that will permit important comparisons to be made between ancient human specimens, so benefiting greatly the study of human evolution. Email: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Fiona Roberts

The sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived it a bit. Starring Eleanor Bron , Clive Swift , Graeme Garden , Roger Blake , Neil Innes and Paula Wilcox. With music from Neil Innes and Ronnie and the Rex. Producer Claire Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Clive Swift
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Roger Blake
Unknown:
Neil Innes
Unknown:
Paula Wilcox.
Unknown:
Neil Innes
Producer:
Claire Jones

Mark Lawson chairs the arts show, and investigates the life and work of the composer Gyorgy Ligeti , who is 80 this year. His music found an audience beyond the concert hall when it featured on the soundtrack of the film 2001: a Space Odyssey. Producer Eliane Glaser

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Gyorgy Ligeti
Producer:
Eliane Glaser

Romantic drama by Mary Brunton , dramatised in ten parts byGerda Stevenson. 4: Colonel Hargrave pursues Laura from Perthshire to London where she meets a new admirer.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Brunton
Unknown:
Gerda Stevenson.

Space Race. In the return of the series that rewrites major historical events, Professor Chris Andrew imagines what might have happened if the Russians had got to the Moon first. Producer Mark Smalley

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Chris Andrew
Producer:
Mark Smalley

Thinking in Public. Traditionally, intellectuals have been viewed either with suspicion or with a romantic picture of alienation. Neither seems to fit today's British academics, who seem to be either technocrats or celebrities. Kenan Malik asks whether we need to revive the public role of intellectuals, especially at times of national crisis. Editor Nicola Meyrick Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenan Malik
Editor:
Nicola Meyrick

Comedy by Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero about a man who can't stop breaking into song, starring Suggs, Bob Monkhouse and Bill Nighy.

Tom's efforts to get into his mother's good books go badly wrong when the band inside his head starts up at a very inconvenient moment. He tries to make amends by raising money by taking part in a stand-up comedy competition.
Music by Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs Producers Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis

Contributors

Comedy By:
Andrew McGibbon
Comedy By:
Nick Romero
Unknown:
Bob Monkhouse
Unknown:
Bill Nighy.
Music By:
Andrew McGibbon.
Music By:
Nick Romero
Producers:
Andrew McGibbon
Producers:
Dawn Ellis
Tom:
null Suggs
Dr Boone:
Bob Monkhouse
Male:
Bill Nighy
Phelia:
Julia Deakin
Jake:
Andrew McGibbon
Monty:
Nick Romero
Bouche:
Phil Comwell
Clammy:
Toby Longworth
Nabilia/Charmaine:
Tracy-Ann Oberman

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