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Fergal Keane appeals on behalf of RedR - Engineers for Disaster Relief.
Donations: R[address removed] Credit Cards [number removed]
Producer Sally Ratman Repeated 9.26pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Fergal Keane
Unknown:
George St
Producer:
Sally Ratman

Zimbabwe v South Africa
From the St Lawrence ground in Canterbury With commentary by Peter Baxter , Simon Mann and Mark Saggers , and expert comments from Vic Marks ,
Allan Donald and HenryOlonga. *Approximate time Producer Peter Baxter

Contributors

Commentary By:
Peter Baxter
Commentary By:
Simon Mann
Commentary By:
Mark Saggers
Unknown:
Vic Marks
Unknown:
Allan Donald
Producer:
Peter Baxter

The godfather of all panel shows comes this week from the Princess Theatre in Torquay. Regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer are joined by Jeremy Hardy. Colin Sell is at the piano. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy.
Unknown:
Colin Sell

The final episode of C.P. Snow's epic novel sequence about the English Establishment, dramatised by Jonathan Holloway.

Roger Quaife stakes his political destiny on the outcome of one parliamentary debate in the House of Commons. Producer Sally Avens and Jeremy Howe
(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:
Juliet Aubrey
Caro:
Julia Watson
Ellen:
Emma Brown
Sir Hector Rose:
John Carlisle
Osbaldiston:
David Leonard
Francis:
Geoffrey Whitehead
David:
Rolf Saxon
Monteith:
Paul Venables
Trafford:
Stephen Critchlow

Mariella Frostrup visits an all-male reading group in Bristol. Are their reading choices shaped by their gender? And Alison Lurie talks about writing for boys and girls. Producer Hilary Dunn Repeated on Thursday at 4pm July's Bookclub: The Tortilla Curtain by T Coraghessan Boyle

Contributors

Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Talks:
Alison Lurie
Producer:
Hilary Dunn
Unknown:
Coraghessan Boyle

Roger McGough introduces listeners' choices of poems about yearning for other times and places. Readings by Stephen Rea , Lorelei King , Jill Balcon , Helen Sheals and Michael Maloney. Producer Frances Byrnes Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

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

Accept My Health and Other Wondrous Tales Robert Rietti , scion of an ancient Italian-Jewish family, actor, writer and rabbi, meditates on the Jewish festivals, including Yom Kippur. Producer Nicola Barranger Repeated on Saturday at 7.45

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Rietti

Barney Harwood takes the show to Lunnasting Primary School, Shetland. Featuring the comic
James Campbell and local wildlife expert Harry Rose. Producer Jane Chambers EMAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
James Campbell
Unknown:
Harry Rose.

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Unknown:
Kathleen Griffin

Caroline Quentin explores life in the chorus through the decades. 1: Early Stages. The earliest choruses were contrived as a ruse to lure auiences with a glimpse of leg. By the 1930s, every town had its own pantomime with chorus dancers. But the cramped conditions and low pay fostered an enduring camaraderie among the members of the chorus. Producer Emma Kingsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Caroline Quentin
Producer:
Emma Kingsley

A look at the politics of the next seven days with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 Culture and Anarchy. Simon Heffer draws lessons for the present day from Matthew Arnold 's Culture and Anarchy. 3: Our Liberal Practitioners
Editor John Evans Culture and Anarchy repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Unknown:
Simon Heffer
Unknown:
Matthew Arnold

Migrant communities reflect on the role that music plays in bridging the cultural divide between their lives in Britain and their homelands. Presented by Reem Kelani. 3: Portugal. Producer Tony Phillips

Contributors

Presented By:
Reem Kelani.
Producer:
Tony Phillips

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