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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 Cristina Odone.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Cristina Odone.

As mountaineers prepare to celebrate the golden jubilee of the first conquest of Everest, Tim Malyon examines the psychological drive and physiological consequences of the high-altitude climb. Where do the physical and mental limits of human endurance lie during the epic ascent into thin air?

Contributors

Presenter:
Tim Malyon
Producer:
Adrian Washbourne

Comedy drama series by Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. 2: Take the High Road. It's a long way to Glasgow, especially if Robin's driving and Derek's his mate. Maureen and Wendy let the train take the strain but run into trouble when Wendy plays agony aunt to an unhappy squaddie. Producer Mario stylianides

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Stonham
Unknown:
Simon Greenall.

Roger Bolton with listeners'views and opinions on BBC radio programmes and policy. Producer Peter Everett Repeated on Sunday at 8pm Letters: Feedback. PO Box 2100. London Wla 1QT. Fax: [number removed]. Telephone: [number removed]. Email: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Peter Everett

Written by and starring Michael Mears as Mervyn and the other characters. The start of a lovely day. Mervyn's on the motorway, with deadlines to meet and a crucial conference in London. Then the traffic grinds to a halt and Mervyn's in a jam. Producer Sue Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Mears
Producer:
Sue Wilson

Michael Rosen presents the last in the current series about words and the way we speak. You Say Tomato. Michael chooses your best "Stars, Bars and Blighty" linguistic confusions. John Wells says beware of " beware" and in the 1920s we acquired a new word, "deco", but what else? Producer Neil George Repeated Sunday at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Unknown:
John Wells
Producer:
Neil George

A tongue-in-cheek review of the week's news, with Simon Hoggart , Alan Coren , Sandi Toksvig , Mark Steel and Armando lannucci.
Producer Simon Nicholls Repeated on Saturday at 12.30pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Sandi Toksvig
Unknown:
Mark Steel
Unknown:
Armando Lannucci.
Producer:
Simon Nicholls

Sausage sadness for Tom.
Written by Paul Brodrick Director Sue Wilson Editor Vanessa Whitburn
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Contributors

Written By:
Paul Brodrick
Director:
Sue Wilson
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
Alistair:
Michael Lumsden
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Nigel:
Graham Seed
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Tony:
Colin Skipp
Pat:
Patricia Gallimore
Helen:
Loulza Patikas
Tom:
Tom Graham
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Adam:
Andrew Wincott
Sid:
Alan Devereux
Fallon:
Joanna van Kampen
Kathy:
Hedll Nlklaus
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
William:
Philip Molloy
Susan:
Charlotte Martin
Betty:
Pamela Craig
Lynda:
Carole Boyd
Bert:
Eric Allan
Greg:
Marc Finn

5: Letters to the Dead, by Julia Darling. When undelivered letters start to pour through the letterbox of Olix's flat, the Albanian asylum seeker turns to an elderly neighbour, Merril, for help.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Julia Darling.
Tilley:
Grace Stillgrove
Amy:
Val McLane
Mr Peas:
Donald McBride

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at St Mary Magdalene Church, Norwich, puts questions to a panel that includes former Labour MP Tony Benn and the editor of The Times, Robert Thomson, Baroness Walmsley, Liberal Democrat peer and David Willetts, Conservative M.P.
(Repeated on Saturday at 1.15pm)

Contributors

Chairman:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Panellist:
Tony Benn
Panellist:
Robert Thomson
Panellist:
Baroness Walmsley
Panellist:
David Willetts
Producer:
Peter Griffiths

By Daniel Brocklehurst. When Ben Stone travels to Australia to visit his dying father, his elder brother Danny invites him to join the family business there. For Ben, this seems like an offer he can't refuse - a passport to paradise. But his wife Penny isn't convinced by the sales pitch.
Director Nadia Molinari

Contributors

Unknown:
Daniel Brocklehurst.
Unknown:
Ben Stone
Director:
Nadia Molinari
Danny:
James Nickerson
Ben:
Nicholas Sidi
Penny:
Kaye Wragg
Isa:
Sarah Vandenbergh

Military historian Richard Holmes nominates the Man in the Iron Mask, a mysterious prisoner who died in the Bastille in 1703. Also joining
Humphrey Carpenter in the studio is historian John Noone , who explores the true identity of "the Mask", and explains how he became the stuff of legend in the Centuries that followed. Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Holmes
Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
John Noone
Producer:
John Byrne

More than just a car, the Cadillac speaks of America's engineering prowess and of the kind of consumption that culminated in the distinctive chrome and fins of the 1950s. A hundred years after the Caddy first appeared in Britain, comedian Greg Proops pays tribute on an open-top drive through London. Producer Susan Marling

Contributors

Unknown:
Greg Proops
Producer:
Susan Marling

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