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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Jonathan Gledhill.

Buckfast Tonic Wine is lovingly made by the monks of Buckfastleigh in Devon and drunk in huge quantities on the streets of Scottish towns. It has been blamed for all kinds of social ills but are the young people of Glasgow and Coatbridge really driven to mischief and crime bythis "tonic"? And should the monks take any responsibility for where their product ends Up? Producer Adam Fowler

Contributors

Producer:
Adam Fowler

By Giovanni Guareschi , dramatised by Peter Kerry in four parts.
Starring Joss Ackland.

Beauty, as God keeps telling Don Camillo, comes from within. But that's little consolation when the time is coming for the annual procession round the village with the ugliest statue of the Madonna for a hundred miles.
Producer/Director Chris Wallis

Contributors

Author:
Giovanni Guareschi
Dramatised by:
Peter Kerry
Producer/Director:
Chris Wallis
God/Narrator:
Joss Ackland
Don Camillo:
Ian Hogg
Peppone:
Shaun Prendergast
Stefano:
Finetime Fontayne
Smilzo:
Donald McBride
Anselmo:
Robert Daws
Moretta:
Charlie Hardwick

Emily Buchanan returns with a new series of the best of English-language radio stations around the globe.
This week she interviews journalist Michele Montas about her husband's death at the radio station they ran together and about her fight for free media in Haiti.
(Repeated on Sunday at 8pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Emily Buchanan
Interviewee:
Michele Montas
Producer:
Leonida Krusheinycky

The fourth of six dramas starring David Threlfall as the murder-solving priest. 4: Settling Scores by Mark Holloway. Paolo invites Tina to her first classical music concert and finds a murder gets things off on a wrong note.
Director Mark Lambert

Contributors

Unknown:
David Threlfall
Unknown:
Mark Holloway.
Director:
Mark Lambert
Paolo:
David Threrfall
Tina:
Tina Kellegher
Rynne:
Owen Roe
FatherTroy:
Tp McKenna
Mrs Reid:
Margaret D'Arcy
Prof Nice:
Stephen Moore
Prof Fitzmaurice:
John Kavanagh
Heather:
Cathy Belton
Jeff:
Darragh Kelly
Steve:
Frank McCusker
Fiona:
Dawn Bradfleld

3: Talking Rubbish. Steve Chalke meets
Graham Wiles of the Green Business network, who has just launched a new scheme that is reducing landfill, recycling waste and reclaiming the talents ofthe long-term unemployed. Producer Sandra Sykes

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Chalke
Unknown:
Graham Wiles
Producer:
Sandra Sykes

5: A Headache by Thomas Pitts , read by James Gillmoore. Ayoung law student, temping at a bottle factory, is plagued by his terrible hangover. Producer Rosemary Watts For details see Monday.

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Pitts
Read By:
James Gillmoore.
Producer:
Rosemary Watts

Michael Rosen returns with a new series of the programme about words and the way we speak. 1: Stars, Bars and Blighty. With President Bush
"huntin' down" terrorists and "smokin' 'em out", what's next for the great Atlantic language divide? And when is swearing not really swearing?
Producer Alison Vernon-Smith Repeated Sunday at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen

Return of the topical comedy show, with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , Marcus Brigstocke , Emma Kennedy , Mitch Benn and Jon Holmes.
Producer Adam Bromley Repeated on Saturday at 12.30pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Four episodes of this show are available on audio cassette and CD at good retail outlets orwww.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Emma Kennedy
Unknown:
Mitch Benn
Unknown:
Jon Holmes.
Producer:
Adam Bromley

An alarmina birthdav gift for Robert.
Written by Nawal Gadalla Director Sue Wilson Editor Vanessa Whitburn
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Contributors

Written By:
Nawal Gadalla
Director:
Sue Wilson
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Kenton:
Richard Attlee
Alistair:
Michael Lumsden
Shula:
Judy Bennett
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Nigel:
Graham Seed
Tom:
Tom Graham
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Adam:
Andrew Wincott
Debbie:
Tamsin Greig
Alice:
Hollie Chapman
Peggy:
June Spencer
Sid:
Alan Devereux
Fallon:
Joanna van Kampen
Kathy:
Hedli Niklaus
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Emma:
Felicity Jones
Betty:
Pamela Craig
Roy:
Ian Pepperell
Caroline:
Sara Coward
Mrs Antrobus:
Margot Boyd
Robert:
Graham Blockey
Lynda:
Carole Boyd
Bert:
Eric Allan
Oliver:
Michael Cochrane
Vicar:
Ajay Chhabra

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in the University of Bristol puts questions to a panel that includes former health secretary
Frank Dobson and the Liberal Democrat spokesman on international development Dr Jenny Tonge , and Daily Mail columnist Anne Leslie.
Producer Anne Peacock Repeated on Saturday at 1.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Frank Dobson
Unknown:
Dr Jenny Tonge
Unknown:
Anne Leslie.
Producer:
Anne Peacock

By Melissa Murray. Clare and Josie meet via the internet. Both have secrets that they want to share and when they meet there is an instant bond. But how much do they really know about each other?
Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Unknown:
Melissa Murray.
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Clare:
Lia Williams
Josie:
Julia Ford
Christine:
Janice Acquah
Mark:
Stephen Critchlow
Mary:
Carla Simpson
Neil:
Richard Firth

The return of the biographical series in which a living celebrity nominates a dead one and, with the help of an expert, then assesses that person's life. This week, Beryl Bainbridge proposes Robert Falcon Scott with expert advice from Bob Headland , archivist of the Scott Polar Institute. Chaired by Humphrey Carpenter. Producer Miles Warde

Contributors

Unknown:
Beryl Bainbridge
Unknown:
Robert Falcon
Unknown:
Bob Headland
Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter.
Producer:
Miles Warde

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