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With Sarah Montague and John Humphrys.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
John Humphrys.

Edward Stourton travels to four continents, from Japan to Guatemala, to tell the story of how missionaries spread Christianity and, in the process, changed world history. Producer Phil Pegum

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Producer:
Phil Pegum

A tongue-in-cheek review of the week's news with Simon Hoggart , Alan Coren , Francis Wheen , John Sergeant and Barry Cryer. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Francis Wheen
Unknown:
John Sergeant
Unknown:
Barry Cryer.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at Battle, East Sussex, puts questions to a panel that includes the former education secretary
Estelle Morris MP, Conservative peer Lord Tebbitt and the director general of the Confederation of British Industry, Digby Jones. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Estelle Morris
Unknown:
Digby Jones.

By Joyce Porter, dramatised by Paul Mendelson.
Set in the 1960s, this comedy thriller features Inspector Dover from Scotland Yard. He's sent to Pott Winkle in Yorkshire where leading businessman Daniel Wibbley's daughter has been murdered. Wibbley wants justice to be done and has asked for the best detective London can offer. Instead, he gets Dover.

Contributors

Author:
Joyce Porter
Dramatised by:
Paul Mendelson
Producer/Director:
David Ian Neville
CI Dover:
Kenneth Cranham
Sgt McGregor:
Stuart McQuarrie
Daniel:
Paul Copley
Dr Nayland:
Paul Copley
Dr Moreton:
Paul Copley
Mrs Carruthers:
Carolyn Pickles
Otilla:
Carolyn Pickles
Dr Hirst:
Carolyn Pickles
Avril:
Nicola Wainwright
Dorothea:
Nicola Wainwright
Mildred:
Carla Simpson
Mrs Stafford:
Carla Simpson
Mrs Withycombe:
Liza Sadovy
Rosalind:
Liza Sadovy
John Perking:
Andy Harrison
Constable Harris:
Andy Harrison

Clare Jenkins uncovers the story of Painted
Fabrics, a unique artistic project, nicknamed the New English Peasant Industry, that created work and homes in the north of England for disabled ex-servicemen afterthe First World War. An upper-class artist called Annie Bindon Carter witnessed first hand the positive effects of occupational therapy on the life of a former soldier who had sunk into despair. She decided to set up a charitable organisation designed to enable severely disabled men - including double amputees and those suffering from shell shock - to work, and to have a roof over their and their families' heads. This programme traces the history of Painted Fabrics, including interviews with people who worked there, and readings from Annie Bindon Carter 's letters and company literature. Producer Clare Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Clare Jenkins
Unknown:
Annie Bindon Carter
Unknown:
Annie Bindon Carter
Producer:
Clare Jenkins

With the release of Max, a film which deals with the relationship between an art dealer and a young artist called Adolf Hitler , Jim White considers the portrayal of the Führer on film. And what does The
Most Fertile Man in Ireland tell us about life north of the border? Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Adolf Hitler
Unknown:
Jim White
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Is each human voice truly unique? Can every mother really identify the cry of her own baby? Are certain voices more trustworthy than others? AlistairMcGowan explores the link between voice and identity, examining the voices of Winston Churchill, Richard Burton , Kenneth Williams and Margaret Thatcher.
He also uncovers an interview between himself and Professor Anthony Clare. Producer Beaty Rubens (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Burton
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Margaret Thatcher.
Unknown:
Professor Anthony Clare.
Producer:
Beaty Rubens

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 in Britain's nuclear research programme.
Producer Sally Avens and Jeremy Howe Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

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

Michael Buerk chairs another debate in which
Claire Fox , Steven Rose , Ian Hargreaves and Melanie Phillips cross- examine witnesses who hold passionate views on the moral issues behind one of the week's news Stories. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips

Roger McGough presents listeners' favourite poems on the theme of love. The readers are Sean Barrett , Bonnie Hurren and Rupert Ward-Lewis . Rptdfrom Sunday

Contributors

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

A series of five short stories offering a fresh perspective on some existing literary characters. 1. Michael Mackenzie reads Oliver's
Storyby Matthew Kneale , award-winning author of English Passengers. Oliver Twist and Jack Dawkins - alias the Artful Dodger-are reunited in middle age. Producer David Jackson Young (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael MacKenzie
Unknown:
Storyby Matthew Kneale
Unknown:
Oliver Twist
Unknown:
Jack Dawkins
Producer:
David Jackson Young

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