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Ian Peacock goes on a mission to find a sub-title for his programme. He talks to a chess grand master about strategic thinking, brainstorms with an advertising creative team, mind maps with a brain guru and even meditates with a Buddhist. Along the way he discovers how different people think.Or is the answer to thinking not to think at all? Producer Alexandra Feachem

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Peacock
Producer:
Alexandra Feachem

A comedy drama series by Ray Connolly.

Old friends are not always what they seem as Tim discovers when he meets up with old friend, Harry. Harry's wife Catherine has left him after 25 years of marriage, HRT and a bell-ringing class. Could this spell trouble for Tim and Amy?

Contributors

Writer:
Ray Connolly
Producer:
Louise Armitage
Director:
Dirk Maggs
Tim:
Duncan Preston
Amy:
Tessa Peake-Jones
Holly:
Catherine Shepherd
Joe:
Leo Bill
Harry:
Gary Waldhorn
Sophie:
Catherine Hetty
Baines:
Rachel Preece

Dermot Bolger's powerful and emotional journey into the married life of Alison Gill and the passion aroused when she encounters an old flame.
Director Gemma McMullan

Contributors

Writer:
Dermot Bolger
Director:
Gemma McMullan
Alison:
Zara Turner
Chris:
Peter McDonald
Peadar:
Gary Whelan
Joan:
Eleanor Methven
Doctor:
Gerard McSorley
Jack:
Gerard McSorley
Sheila:
Coirle Magee
Danny:
Jack Logue
Babysitter:
Emma McNeill

James O'Donnell , Master of Music at Westminster Abbey journeys from 700BC to the present day, exploring how human beings have expressed their quest forthedivine through music. 1:
Musicoftne Spheres. From Mount Olympus, James O'Donnell explores the way the Ancient Greeks associated certain types of music and instruments with religious expression. Producer Mark O'Brien

Contributors

Unknown:
James O'Donnell
Music:
Musicoftne Spheres.
Unknown:
James O'Donnell
Producer:
Mark O'Brien

A second week at the Princess Theatre in Torquay. Regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer are joined by Jeremy Hardy. Producer Jon Naismith Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Volumes 2-6 of I 'm Sorry Haven a a Clue are available on CD from 7 July at good retail outlets orfrom www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy.
Producer:
Jon Naismith

By Elizabeth E Banks, dramatised in five parts by Stephanie Norgate. 1: Liberty and Independence
Frustrated by hertreatment as a female journalist in America, Lizzie comes to Victorian London and disguises herself as a housemaid in order to write about the lot of the domestic servant.
With Alison Pettitt , Andrew Harrison , Bruce Purchase , Ben Crowe , Priyanga Elan and Liza Sadovy Director David Hunter Repeat of 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Norgate.
Unknown:
Alison Pettitt
Unknown:
Andrew Harrison
Unknown:
Bruce Purchase
Unknown:
Ben Crowe
Unknown:
Priyanga Elan
Unknown:
Liza Sadovy
Director:
David Hunter
Lizzie:
Barbara Barnes
Miss Jessie:
Buffy Davis
Seamstress:
Carolyn Jones

In 1903 the World Zionist Organisation received an offer from the British government of a homeland for the Jews in what is now Kenya. The Zionist leader Theodor Herzl took it seriously but was branded a traitor for considering anywhere other than
Palestine, while the prospect of a Jewish colony in their midst threw the British settlers in East Africa into an anti-Semitic frenzy. The rejection of the offer in 1905 led to a breakaway Jewish movement that believed Arab-occupied Palestine too fraught for colonisation and set about exploring possible sites in Libya, Angola and Australia. Producer Mark Whitaker

Contributors

Leader:
Theodor Herzl
Producer:
Mark Whitaker

A pile of flaking 78 rpm discs, recorded by the famous spiritualist Noah Zerdin , have lain in a south London garage for 70 years. Remarkably, they contain the voices of people who claim to have died before the recordings were made. Noah's three granddaughters investigate his "great experiment". Producer Chris Eldon Lee

Contributors

Unknown:
Noah Zerdin
Producer:
Chris Eldon Lee

Flagships orFo///es?Pandas and tigers are icons of conservation but do they draw attention away from less "sexy" but equally important species? Or are they ambassadors for the rest of the ecosystem?
Paul Evans examines the use of "flagship" species in conservation. He also discovers how saving the Ethiopian wolf could help its poverty-stricken country. Producer Joanne Stevens Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Evans
Producer:
Joanne Stevens

By Mark Haddon. A gripping ten-part murder mystery, narrated by a 15-year-old who has Asperger's syndrome. When he discovers the neighbour's dog dead on the lawn with a garden fork in its side, his quest to discover the perpetrator takes him on a journey that turns his world upside down.

Contributors

Author:
Mark Haddon.
Abridged by:
Sarah LeFanu
Reader:
James Meunier
Producer:
Sara Davies

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