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With John Humphrys and Justin Webb.
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Elaine Storkey.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Justin Webb.
Unknown:
Elaine Storkey.

Simon Cox reports from the weird world of America's Annual Spelling Bee - the competition to find America's best junior speller. Ten million children entered but only 250 winners of regional heats take part in the final in Washington DC. Over the two-day contest children tutored by determined parents duel over words such as succedaneum and xysti, all to win $12,000 and be crowned America's best speller live on television.

Contributors

Reporter:
Simon Cox
Producer:
Richard Vadon

Continuing the new series of Jim Eldridge 's comedy drama about a fictional inner-city school.
3: Time. One of Miss Featherstone's roles in life is that of a defender of difficult causes - but it is by no means an easy role. Producer John Fawcett Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Eldridge
Mrs Devon:
Carolyn Pickles
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Miss Featherstone:
Teresa Gallagher
Mr Maxwell:
Michael Cochrane
Miss Reid:
Jacqueline Beatty
Mr Long:
Paul Copley
Mrs Khan:
Janice Acquah
Mandy:
Rianna Calvert
Diana:
Rianna Calvert
Marcus:
Matthew Protheroe
Jerry:
Tony Bignell

Roger Bolton with listeners' views and opinions on BBC radio programmes and policy.
Producer Peter Everett Repeated on Sunday at 8pm
ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT. FAX: [number removed]. PHONE: [number removed]. EMAIL: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Peter Everett

Thirty years after they were last there, childhood friends Roy and Danny journey back to the remote beach where they shared an experience and a secret that has shaped their lives ever since.

Contributors

Writer:
Tom Kelly
Director:
Toby Swift
Roy:
Gerard Horan
Danny:
Glyn Grimstead
Danny as a boy:
Ben Tibber
Roy as a boy:
Joseph Tremain
The man:
Ray Lonnen

Peaches, plums, damson, cherries -greengrocers Gregg Wallace and Charlie Hicks give advice and take calls on a selection of seasonal stone fruit, with culinary inspiration from chef Angela Hartnett. Phone: [number removed] Lines open from 1.30pm Producer Rebecca Moore
Get fresh with fruit: page 33

Contributors

Unknown:
Gregg Wallace
Unknown:
Charlie Hicks
Unknown:
Angela Hartnett.
Producer:
Rebecca Moore

5: Away from It All. Every weekend, their lavishly renovated cottage in Carnbeg provides a hard-working professional couple with a rural refuge from the Edinburgh rat-race. But then a kind of homesickness sets in. Read by Michael Mackenzie. For details see Monday

Contributors

Read By:
Michael MacKenzie.

5: Roy Leighton and the Rt Rev Dr John Miller. The
Moderator of the Church of Scotland and his school friend of 50 years, now head of an international bank, dissect their relationship and mull over how this lasting friendship has affected their lives. Did their playground games reveal that one was to serve God and the Other Mammon? Fordetails see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Leighton
Unknown:
Dr John Miller.

A tongue-in-cheek look at the week's news, with Simon Hoggart , Alan Coren , Sandi Toksvig , Linda Smith and Andy Hamilton.
Producer Simon Nicholls Repeated on Saturday at 12 .30pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Sandi Toksvig
Unknown:
Linda Smith
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton.
Producer:
Simon Nicholls

Brenda's got high hopes. wntten by Simon Frith Director Rosemary Watts Editor Vanessa Whitburn
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Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Frith
Director:
Rosemary Watts
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Alistair:
Michael Lumsden
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Tony:
Colin Sklpp
Pat:
Patricia Gallimore
Helen:
Louiza Patikas
Tom:
Tom Graham
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Adam:
Andrew Wincott
George:
Graham Roberts
Sid:
Alan Devereux
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Susan:
Charlotte Martin
Brenda:
Amy Schindler
Mrs Antrobus:
Margot Boyd
Lynda:
Carole Boyd
Usha:
Souad Faress
Greg:
Marc Finn

Francine Stock chairs the arts show, and reports from the National Gallery on an innovative education project in which teenaged mothers create art inspired by Raphael's Madonna of the Pinks.

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Producer:
Sally Spurring

By Hilary Mantel. 5: Third Floor Rising. Theresa, in a Saturdays and holiday part-time job as a sales assistant, joins her mother and observes her carve out a stylish new identity in a department store.
From there Theresa moves into adulthood at last.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Hilary Mantel.
Adult Theresa:
Julia Ford
Narrator:
Julia Ford
Young Treezer:
Hollie Wilson
Jim:
Paul Copley
Dad:
David Shaw-Parker
Pianist:
David Shaw-Parker
Mum:
Becky Hindley
Customer:
Tina Gray
Sales lady:
Tina Gray

By Eugene O'Brien. Another chance to hearthis poignant drama, set in the Irish midlands in the present, about the expectations and desires of a couple growing apart after ten years of marriage. Producer Tanya Nash

Contributors

Unknown:
Eugene O'Brien.
Billy:
Don Wycherley
Brenda:
Catherine Walsh

The talk show which invites guests from around the world to observe the habits of the British from a foreign perspective. Presented by David Aaronovitch. Producer Lucinda Montefiore

Contributors

Presented By:
David Aaronovitch.
Producer:
Lucinda Montefiore

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