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England v Pakistan
From Lord's, the concluding game of the three-match series of one-day internationals. With commentary by Jonathan Agnew , Henry Blofeld and Christopher Martin-Jenkins , and expert comments from Angus Fraser and Mike Selvey.
Producer Peter Baxter * Approximate time

Contributors

Commentary By:
Jonathan Agnew
Commentary By:
Henry Blofeld
Commentary By:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Unknown:
Angus Fraser
Unknown:
Mike Selvey.
Producer:
Peter Baxter

From Buxton, home to the famous Opera House, mineral water and Tim Brooke-Taylor . Tim is joined by Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden and Harry Hill , Humphrey Lyttelton is in the chair. Repeatedfrom Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Harry Hill
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton

Lucinda Lambton finds magical sights in unlikely places. 4. Mr Straw 's House. An ordinary-looking house in Worksop has an interior that has remained unchanged since the 1930s. Producer Peter Everett

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucinda Lambton
Unknown:
Mr Straw
Producer:
Peter Everett

C.P. Snow's epic novel sequence about the English Establishment continues with further books, dramatised by Jonathan Holloway.

Roger Quaife is a rising star of the Conservative government who enlists Lewis's help to formulate a policy that may be political suicide.
(Repeated Saturday at 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
C.P. Snow
Dramatised by:
Jonathan Holloway
Producer:
Sally Avens
Producer:
Jeremy Howe
Lewis:
David Haig
Roger:
Iain Glen
Margaret Eliot:
Juliet Aubrey
Osbaldiston:
David Leonard
Sir Hector Rose:
John Carlisle
Brodzinski:
Christopher Rozycki
Carol Quaife:
Julia Watson
Lord Gilbey:
John Woodvine
Lord Collingwood:
Ronald Pickup
Francis:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Walter Luke:
Jeremy Swift
David Rubin:
Rolf Saxon
Diana Skidmore:
Avril Clark
Phillips:
Richard Firth

Mariella Frostrup asks whetherwriting about northern childhoods can ever completely avoid stereotypes. And veteran American novelist Paula Fox explains the joy of being rediscovered - again Producer Erin Riley Repeated on Thursday at 4pm July's Bookclub: The Tortilla Curtain by T Coraghessan Boyle

Contributors

Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Paula Fox
Producer:
Erin Riley
Unknown:
Coraghessan Boyle

Roger McGough introduces listeners'choices of poems for the new-born and for the recently dead. Readings by Stephen Rea , Jill Balcon , Helen Sheals and new fatherMichael Maloney. Producer Frances Byrnes Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Introduces:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Stephen Rea
Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Helen Sheals
Unknown:
Michael Maloney.
Producer:
Frances Byrnes

Robert Rietti , actor, writer, rabbi and scion of an ancient Italian-Jewish family, begins a three-part series with a meditation on the Sabbath and the Friday night prayer that precedes it Producer Nicola Barranger Repeated on Saturday at 7 45

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Rietti

This week, Jacqueline Wilson talks about her book about young carers, The Illustrated Mum,
Barney Harwood goes sailing, and there's a quirky short story from Paul Jennings 's 13 Unpredictable Tales
Producer Jane Chambers EMAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Talks:
Jacqueline Wilson
Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Paul Jennings

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]
2800. Telephone: [number removed]. EMAIL: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

Fixing Capitalism. The husband-and-wife team of Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxmin think that we need a new kind of capitalism to replace the male-dominated 20th-century model. Peter Day asks what the new sort of organisations might be like.
Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Shoshana Zuboff
Unknown:
James Maxmin

A look at the politics of the next seven days with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 Culture and Anarchy. Simon Heffer draws lessons forthe present day from Matthew Arnold 's Culture and Anarchy. 2: Doing As One Likes
Editor John Evans culture andanarchy repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Unknown:
Simon Heffer
Unknown:
Matthew Arnold
Editor:
John Evans

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