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With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Bishop Jim Thompson.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Jim Thompson.

By Gareth Edwards.
Last in the comedy drama series about a community of artists in Cornwall.

Tamsin works to complete the centrepiece of her first solo exhibition. But first she has to do her ironing, paint the bathroom and buy some hobnobs. Then Gerard suffers a heart attack while on a booze cruise in France.

Contributors

Writer:
Gareth Edwards
Producer:
Katie Tyrrell
Nisha:
Mina Anwar
Gerard:
Graham Crowden
Marcus:
Dave Lamb
Dolores:
Pauline McLynn
Josef:
Ben Miller
Tamsin:
Vicki Pepperdlne

Franz Kafka is "Author of the Week" as James Walton quizzes John Walsh , Sebastian Faulks ,
Tracey MacLeod and Jonathan Myerson on all things literary. Beth Chalmers is the reader. Producer Dawn Ellis

Contributors

Unknown:
Franz Kafka
Unknown:
James Walton
Unknown:
John Walsh
Unknown:
Sebastian Faulks
Unknown:
Tracey MacLeod
Unknown:
Jonathan Myerson
Unknown:
Beth Chalmers
Producer:
Dawn Ellis

By Stephen Mollett.
When workmates Izzy and Gina take a holiday cottage in St Ives together, Gina seems to attract men like bees to a honeypot. Izzy, however, finds her seaside romance elsewhere in the visitors' book.

Contributors

Writer:
Stephen Mollett
Director:
David Hunter
Izzy:
Siobhan Stamp
Gina:
Gemma Saunders
Silas:
Alastair Danson
Brian/Bruce/Dave:
Kenny Blyth

3: Ken Wiwa meets fellow Nigerian Fola Adeola , founder of one of the country's biggest banks. He gave up his director's chair to try to solve the problem of graduate unemployment and set up a foundation to promote entrepreneurial flairwith a mission to create 50,000jobs by 2015. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Wiwa
Unknown:
Fola Adeola

Laurie Taylor talks to Stan Cohen about mods and rockers, single mothers and disproportional responses to perceived threats when they review 30 years Of "moral panics". Producer Jacqueline Smith

Contributors

Talks:
Laurie Taylor
Unknown:
Stan Cohen
Producer:
Jacqueline Smith

By Jim Eldridge. Another chance to hear the comedy series about the fictional school.
2: The Real Thing.You might call it a concert promotion, but Mrs Devon has another word for it.
Producer John Fawcett Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Eldridge.
Unknown:
Mrs Devon
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Mrs Devon:
Carolyn Pickles
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mr Maxwell:
Michael Cochrane
Mr Long:
Paul Copley
Miss Featherstone:
Teresa Gallagher
Miss Reid:
Jacqueline Beatty
Andrei:
Boris Isarov
Steven:
Christopher Dunning
Ajaz:
Nlkko Jacques
Trevor:
Jordan Maxwell
Sarah/Sharon:
Gemma Boyle

Francine Stock reports from the National Theatre on the opening night of the show that turns a notorious American talk show into musical theatre - Jerry Springer - the Opera. Producer Ekene Akalawu

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerry Springer
Producer:
Ekene Akalawu

The last of this year's series of lectures, in which Professor VS Ramachandran examines what science is discovering about the human mind. 5: Neuroscience: the New Philosophy
How the study of neuroscience is transforming our understanding of humanity and its place within the cosmos. Presented by Sue Lawley from the Neuroscience Institute, San Diego.
Editor Gwyneth Williams Producer Charles Sigler Repeated Saturday [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Lawley
Producer:
Charles Sigler

Last in a series of lectures recorded in the early
1960s by historian AJP Taylor on the changing power of the prime minister. With Professor Peter Clarke , master ofTrinity Hall, Cambridge. 3: Disraeli. He was a flashy novelist who married for money, and a flatterer who was a cynical opportunist but never managed to enterthe Establishment. Yet he became the prime minister.
ProducerMatt Thompson Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Ajp Taylor
Unknown:
Professor Peter Clarke

Dinobirds. The robin in the garden and the roast chicken on the table are just the most recent stages in the evolution of dinosaurs, say fossil experts. Peter Evans examines the latest evidence in the form of spectacular feathered dinosaur fossils from China that are fuelling a debate on the origins of feathered flight. Producer Martin Redfern

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Martin Redfern

A new series of the comedy starring James Quinn.
The return of Sir Ralph, poet-in-residence for Salford, as he wanders the streets of Ordsall and Weaste in his silk scarf and panama, seamlessly blending in with the natives. 1: At the Neighbourhood Clinic With Judy Flynn , Alison Darling , Neil Bell , Jemma Thompson and Tony Melody. Producer Graham Frost

Contributors

Unknown:
James Quinn.
Unknown:
Judy Flynn
Unknown:
Alison Darling
Unknown:
Neil Bell
Unknown:
Jemma Thompson
Producer:
Graham Frost

By Llewella Gideon and Lynn Peters. A third series for the comedy drama about a thirty-something actress waiting for a big break. Or any kind of break. 1: Cleaning Up HerAct. Cynthia is left holding
Gaynor's baby for five minutes, which turns into a whole day. This makes getting to her audition into a nightmare. With Llewella Gideon , Brian Bovell , Jo Martin , Roger Griffiths and Mandy Knight. Music by Clement Ishmael Producer Gareth Edwards

Contributors

Unknown:
Llewella Gideon
Unknown:
Lynn Peters.
Unknown:
Llewella Gideon
Unknown:
Brian Bovell
Unknown:
Jo Martin
Unknown:
Roger Griffiths
Unknown:
Mandy Knight.
Music By:
Gareth Edwards

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