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With Edward Stourton and Justin Webb.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Unknown:
Justin Webb.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths.

Atongue-in-cheek look at the week's news. with Simon Hoggart , Alan Coren , Sandi Toksvig , Linda Smith and Andy Hamilton. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

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

Nick Wood 's play, set in the Second World War about a handsome killer who targets a vulnerable woman, is inspired by the traditional but rather grisly English folk song, Polly's Love.

Contributors

Writer:
Nick Wood
Director:
Pauline Harris
George:
Craig Fairbrass
Billy:
Craig Fairbrass
Polly:
Emily Chenner
Betty:
Sara Poyzer
Pat:
Sean Baker
Josh:
Marc Jordan
DC Osbourne:
Jonathan Keeble
Arthur:
Jonathan Keeble

During the Second World War, people formed special bonds in extraordinary times, often to lose contact when life returned to normal. Edi Stark follows the stories of comrades, friends and lovers reunited ... and of those still searching.
3: Lost Sweethearts. Harry Morgan and Emma Nelson found each other again after 60 years and are now married, while Doris prays for her lost loves every night. ProducerClareCsonka

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Morgan
Unknown:
Emma Nelson

Jim White talks to Gregor Jordan , director of Buffalo Soldiers, the controversial new film about the behaviour of American troops stationed in West Germany at the end of the Cold War. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Talks:
Jim White
Unknown:
Gregor Jordan
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Howard Schuman , Kristine Landon-Smith and Ruth Padel review the cultural events of the week, including a new film, The In-Laws, starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks.
Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Howard Schuman
Unknown:
Kristine Landon-Smith
Unknown:
Ruth Padel
Unknown:
Michael Douglas
Unknown:
Albert Brooks.
Producer:
Fiona McLean

3: Shalom - My Peace. Rabbi Robert Rietti ends his series of talks with a meditation on the possibilities of peace in Israel. He describes how both Jewish and Arab children have a passionate desire for peace and asks that these voices should be heard above all. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Rietti

Kristin Scott Thomas narrates and Dervla Kirwan stars in this two-part adaptation by Lavinia Greenlaw of Virginia Woolf's comic novel, set in pre-First World War London. 1: Katharine Hilbery is forced to choose between her engagement to the eminently suitable William Rodney and her attraction to Ralph Denham.
Producer/director Kate McAII Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Kristin Scott Thomas
Unknown:
Dervla Kirwan
Unknown:
Lavinia Greenlaw
Unknown:
Katharine Hilbery
Unknown:
William Rodney
Unknown:
Ralph Denham.
Director:
Kate McAii
Narrator:
Kristin Scott Thomas
Katharine:
Dervla Kirwan
Ralph:
Jamie Glover
Mary:
Susannah Corbett
William:
John MacKay
Mrs Hilbery:
Phylllda Nash
Mr Hilbery:
Jonathan Nibbs
Mr Clacton:
Paul Nicholson
Mrs Seal:
Jacqueline Tong
Aunt Millicent:
June Barrie
Henry:
Mark Meadows

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Michael Gove
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips

Psalm 23. Peggy Reynolds begins a new series with an exploration of the contemporary resonance of a poem composed between two and three thousand years ago. Its imagery and signficance are as vivid now as when it was first heard. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds

A series of five short stories offering a fresh perspective on some existing literary creations. 5: A (possibly) non-fictional end to the series as comedian Ian Macpherson recounts the heroic tale of his travels Round Ireland with an Inanimate
Household Object. Producer David Jackson Young (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian MacPherson
Producer:
David Jackson Young

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