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Writer Margaret Drabble presents an appeal on behalf of the British Stammering Association
DONATIONS: [address removed], Credit-card donations: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated 9.26pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Drabble
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Englandv Zimbabwe
Commentary on the fourth day's play in the Second
Test from the Riverside, Chester-le-Street, Durham. Including at 12.45pm Call the Commentators and News summaries at 1.15 and 3.25, fo owed at approximately 3.30 by At the Bookstall.
ProducerPeter Baxter *Approximate time

Contributors

Unknown:
Producerpeter Baxter

Second programme charting a year in the life of that ubiquitous urban feature, the park. 2: CleamngUp andBeddingOut. Dark thoughts and drugs are abroad in the gloom of the winter park, while Lin and Keith face both sadness and hope. Producers Simon Elmes and Sara Parker

Contributors

Producers:
Simon Elmes
Producers:
Sara Parker

Lucinda Lambton finds some magical sights in unlikely places. 2: The Coffin Works. in the heart of Birmingham there's a Victorian factory, once famous for its shrouds and coffin fittings, that has defied the march Of time. Producer Peter Everett

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucinda Lambton
Producer:
Peter Everett

CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English establishment continues with further books dramatised by Jonathan Holloway. Homecomings With the Cold War under way it seems there is a spy at large within Britain's nuclear research programme. Producer Sally Avens and Jeremy Howe Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Writer:
CP Snow
Dramatised by:
Jonathan Holloway
Producer:
Sally Avens
Producer:
Jeremy Howe
Lewis:
David Haig
L Walter:
Jeremy Swift
Sir Hector:
John Carlisle
Margaret:
Juliet Aubrey
Martin:
Tim McInnerny
Austin:
David Collings
Sawbridge:
Adrian Scarborough
Thomas:
Robert Lang
Herbert:
Stephen Moore
Capt Smith:
Sean Baker
Geoffrey:
Ian Hughes

Mariella Frostrup is in Moscowto meet Boris Akunin whose literary crime thrillers have sold more than ten million copies in his native Russia. Producer Erin Riley Repeated on Thursday at 4pm July's Bookclub: The Tortilla Curtain by T Coraghessan Boyle

Contributors

Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Boris Akunin
Producer:
Erin Riley
Unknown:
Coraghessan Boyle

Roger McGough presents listeners' favourite poems on the theme of love. The readers are Sean Barrett , Bonnie Hurren and Rupert Ward-Lewis . Producer Kate McAll Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Sean Barrett
Unknown:
Bonnie Hurren
Unknown:
Rupert Ward-Lewis
Producer:
Kate McAll

Nigel Barley reports from the tropical island of Bali and asks what the Balinese dream of. For many young Balinese, paradise must be in Australia. Because when Australians come to Bali they spend all their time drinking, fighting and having sex. Producer Daniel Tetlow Repeated on Saturday at 7.45

Contributors

Producer:
Daniel Tetlow

Neil Arksey , the author of the current story, Brooksie, is interviewed, as the final episode is read by Ralf Little. Plus special-effects artist Corrine Lucy -
Howlett giving away some of the fascinating tricks of the trade. Producer Jane Chambers EMAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Arksey
Read By:
Ralf Little.
Artist:
Corrine Lucy

4: William and the Temporary History Master
Modern teaching methods go head to head with natural justice in a tale of humiliation, hubris, hedonism and humiliation. Read by Martin Jarvis. Producer Rosalind Ayres Director Pete Atkin

Contributors

Read By:
Martin Jarvis.
Producer:
Rosalind Ayres
Director:
Pete Atkin

Roger Bolton with listeners' views and opinions on BBC radio programmes and policy. Repeated from Friday LETTERS: Feedback. PO Box 2100, London, W1A 1QT. Fax: [number removed]. PHONE: [number removed]. EMAIL: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

A look at the politics of the next seven days with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 Strictly
Speaking. Christopher Silvester investigates the secret world of political speech writing.
Editor John Evans Strictly Speaking repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Unknown:
Christopher Silvester
Editor:
John Evans

Another chance to hear a work for Pentecost by composer James Whitbourn and poet
Michael Symmons Roberts. With actor Fiona Shaw , tenor soloist Robert Tear , the BBC Philharmonic and the Kingdom Choir. Producer Philip Billson Revised repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
James Whitbourn
Unknown:
Michael Symmons Roberts.
Tenor:
Fiona Shaw
Soloist:
Robert Tear
Producer:
Philip Billson

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