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Arnie Somogyi, Transylvanian by descent, leading British jazz bassist by profession, takes a strange tour through eastern Europe with his old jazz partner in search of two weird holiday destinations-
Segesvar in Romania, home of the Dracula industry, and the so-called Stalinworld in Lithuania. But
Arnie's travel plans rarely work out quite as expected. Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

Producer:
Simon Elmes

By Mervyn Stutter. Merv is becoming very aware that those he once described as old will soon include himself. Has he prepared for this? No-he is still struggling with the idea of being a menopausal flower child. So what does a penniless child of the sixties do as a pensioner? He tries out the Commune again. With Lill Roughley , John Challis and Tracy-Ann Oberman. Producer Mario Stylianides

Contributors

Unknown:
Mervyn Stutter.
Unknown:
Lill Roughley
Unknown:
John Challis
Unknown:
Tracy-Ann OBErman.
Producer:
Mario Stylianides

With Nick Clarke. Editor Richard Clark
1.30 A World in Your Ear
For better or for worse, for ncherorfor poorer, Emily Buchanan takes an audio guide to marriage around the globe. Including the Zambian who married his bicycle and cross-tribal weddings in South Africa.
Producer Lucy Ash Repeated on Sunday at 8pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke.
Editor:
Richard Clark
Unknown:
Emily Buchanan

By Sally Festing. This powerful drama-documentary about a woman in search of her father's donor children explores the emotional and practical issues behind the headlines. Sally Festing 's sequence of poems and the real accounts of donor children provide first-hand and poignant reflections on the story. Kate Dunn
Produced Sara Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Sally Festing.
Unknown:
Sally Festing
Unknown:
Kate Dunn
Produced:
Sara Davies
Emily:
Jenny Coverack
Henrietta:
Dee Sadler
Father:
David Collins
Nurse:
Kate Dunn
Pianist:
Kate Courage

From Farm to Fork. Jonathon Porritt , chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission, talks about how providing locally produced food to hospitals and schools could provide a vital lifeline between the community and farmers. Producer Sandra Sykes

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathon Porritt
Producer:
Sandra Sykes

5: "I'm not dead, I'm deaf." Imagine a community where to be deaf was not considered a handicap but to be ignorant of sign language was. Professor Nora Groce , an anthropologist from Yale University, tells the story of such a community and why it could hold lessons for 21st-century Britain. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Nora Groce

Slapping the media monkey vigorously with the glove of satire are Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with Marcus Brigstocke , Emma Kennedy , Jon Holmes and Mitch Benn.
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:
Jon Holmes
Unknown:
Mitch Benn.
Producer:
Adam Bromley

Fallon SDots hot gossip.
Written by Mary Cutler Director Sue Wilson Editor Vanessa Whitburn
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Contributors

Written By:
Mary Cutler
Director:
Sue Wilson
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Tom:
Tom Graham
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Adam:
Andrew Wlncott
Jack:
Arnold Peters
Fallon:
Joanna Vankampen
Kathy:
Hedli Niklaus
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Kenton:
Richard Attlee
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
William:
Philip Molloy
Edward:
Barry Farrimond
Neil:
Brian Hewlett
Susan:
Charlotte Martin
Emma:
Felicity Jones
Brenda:
Amy Schindler
Lynda:
Carole Boyd
Usha:
Souad Faress
Bert:
Eric Allan
Auntie Satya:
Jamllla Massey
Suresh:
Ajay Chhabra

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at Haileybury College, Hertford, puts questions to a panel that includes Conservative party chairman Theresa May MP, Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Lord Clement-Jones and Glenn Frankel , London bureau chief of The Washington Post. Producer Anne Peacock Repeated on Saturday at 1.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Glenn Frankel
Producer:
Anne Peacock

By Gill Adams.
The story of a murder investigation is told in two parts from two different perspectives. The second part can be heard at the same time next week.

An ordinary middle-class retired couple are suddenly thrown into a nightmare when, on the eve of his 21st birthday, their only son is arrested on suspicion of brutally murdering a young woman.

Contributors

Writer:
Gill Adams
Director:
Kate Rowland
Mary:
Brigit Forsyth
Bill:
Paul Copley
Hard:
Sarah Parks
Stone:
Claude Close
Smithy:
Danny J Burns

Poet Benjamin Zephaniah joins Humphrey Carpenter to explore the life of reggae star Bob Marley. Marley's biographer Chris Salewicz helps to explore why, since his death in 1981, Marley's status in the developing world has risen from rebel leaderto hero. Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Zephaniah
Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
Bob Marley.
Unknown:
Chris Salewicz
Producer:
John Byrne

Christopher Bigsby is joined by Darwin's great-great-grandson to hear about the touching relationship between Darwin and his neighbour Sir John Lubbock and the experiments they conducted. Could ants hear music? Could they even communicate with one another through the telephone?

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Bigsby
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

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