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With Sarah Montague and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Huw Spanner.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Huw Spanner.

Another chance to hear a series in which Paul Henley profiles five extraordinary Europeans.

Noel Godin is Brussels's notorious entarteur - pie thrower or "patisserie-terrorist" - who scored a direct hit on Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Does Godin have a serious agenda?

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Henley
Subject:
Noel Godin
Producer:
Lucy Ash

Uist Hedgehogs. Lionel Kelleway asks how the hedgehogs became such a problem on the island of Uist that a cull had to be instigated, and discovers what has happened to rescued hedgehogs. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway

Thirty years after his death, Jimmy Clitheroe is best remembered for his long-running radio series The Clitheroe Kid. But less well known is Clitheroe's s long apprenticeship in variety theatre. Clitheroe's cousin, Irene Oxford , owns unique recordings of the diminutive comedian on stage, and, in this programme, his former co-star Brian Trueman talks to Oxford and listens to some of these recordings. Producer Libby Cross

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Clitheroe
Unknown:
Irene Oxford
Talks:
Brian Trueman
Producer:
Libby Cross

Robert Sandall continues his investigation into musical tuning. Although Western music has adopted a system that divides an octave into 12 equal parts, other cultures have developed different systems. Sandall talks to Japanese and Middle Eastern musicians who argue that the use of microtones gives music greater expressive power. Producer John Watkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Sandall
Producer:
John Watkins

Thelma Barlow plays Delphinium the fairy in another enchanting tale by Val Syms. Poor Nigel Parkes. It's his first school trip as a student teacher and he's got the class from hell, his tutor's paying a visit and Warren's grandma says she's a fairy- and she's got the wings to prove it.
Director Chris Wallis

Contributors

Unknown:
Thelma Barlow
Unknown:
Val Syms
Unknown:
Nigel Parkes
Director:
Chris Wallis
Delphinium:
Thelma Barlow
Warren:
James Lacey
Mel:
Joy Blakeman
Kent:
Vincent Davies
Nigel:
Phillip Cotterill
Mrs Rivers:
Anna Healy
Busdriver:
Phil Heame
Mr Knight:
David Thorpe
Roxanne:
Stephanie Davis
Dwayne:
Greg Fossard
Gareth:
Gary Molyneux

Sue Cook and the team investigate listeners' historical queries. ADDRESS: [address removed] EMAIL: making.history@bbc.co.uk. Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick CELEBRATING PETER TINNISWOOD

Contributors

Producers:
Ivan Howlett
Producers:
Nick Patrick
Unknown:
Celebrating Peter Tinniswood

In the last of the present series Heather Payton and guests discuss the purpose of education. Is its objective to provide a skilled workforce, orto create rounded individuals with a love of learning? Producer Kirsteen Hughes Editor Stephen Chilcott

Contributors

Unknown:
Heather Payton
Producer:
Kirsteen Hughes
Editor:
Stephen Chilcott

David Hatch chairs the radio quiz about radio. This week Sheila Hancock and Garry Richardson challenge Steve Punt and Corrie Corfield. Producer Viv Black

Contributors

Unknown:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Unknown:
Garry Richardson
Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Corrie Corfield.
Producer:
Viv Black

By George Eliot. 7: A Pact with the Devil. Maggie nurses her father afterthe shock of finding out that he has lost his mill and lands to Lawyer Wakem causes a series of strokes. Meanwhile, Tom seeks work. roroetansseeyesteraay Kepeatearrom 10.45 am

Contributors

Unknown:
George Eliot.
George Eliot:
Deborah Flndlay
Bob:
Tom George
Tom:
Tom Goodman-Hill
Maggie:
Jasmine Hyde
MrWakem:
Paul Jesson
MrsTulliver:
Alexandra Mathle
Kezia:
Anna Niland
MrTulliver:
Malcom Storry
Auctioneer:
Sean Baker

The European sugar industry has long been kept sweet by a subsidy regime that costs consumers around £5 billion per year. But now, with EU proposals to reform the subsidy system and health warnings from the World Health Organisation that we should consume less sugar, is the industry facing a bitter future? Reporter Fran Abrams. Producer David Ross Repeated Sunday at 5pm

Contributors

Reporter:
Fran Abrams.
Producer:
David Ross

In the first of a new series, Connie St Louis looks at our changing bodies - are we falling apart? Greying hair, creaking joints and failing eyesight all seem to creep up on us in middle age. What causes these changes and is there anything we can do to prevent them, or at least reduce their impact? EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk
Producer Pamela Rutherford Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm How to hold back the years: page 41

Written by Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy Salsby , with additional material by Graeme Garden. 4: This week Giles goes off to ... the Arctic.
Producer David Tyler

Contributors

Written By:
Marcus Brigstocke
Written By:
Jeremy Salsby
Unknown:
Graeme Garden.
Producer:
David Tyler
Giles:
Marcus Brigstocke
Bjorn:
Paul Shearer
Helga:
Melanie Gledroyc
Judith:
Lorelei King
Glenn:
Cllve Russell
Annowalk:
Kerry Shale
Kim:
Daphne Cheung

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