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With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby. Mind the age gap: page 12

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Angela Tilby.

The asylum seekers' debate continues to be a heated topic. But why do people become refugees? This three-part series follows the lives of six refugees, three now living in the UK and three in another country. 1: Genesis. Refugees from
Vietnam, Somalia and Bosnia experience war, human-rights violations and near starvation before deciding to leave. Presented byJatinderVerma. Producer Neil George

Contributors

Producer:
Neil George

Lynne Truss 's comedy drama, starring Jane Asher. Susan is desperate to find time to watch her favourite old show, Mrs Milliner. 2: Mrs Milliner is busy dazzling London with her new collection of hats and Susan is in heaven watching it-until her Auntie Pat turns up with alarming news.
Producer Dawn Ellis

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Truss
Unknown:
Jane Asher.
Unknown:
Mrs Milliner.
Unknown:
Mrs Milliner
Producer:
Dawn Ellis
Mrs Milliner:
Jane Asher
Susan:
Caroline Harker
Gerald:
Jonathan Coy
Auntie Pat:
Brigit Forsyth
Elsie:
Beth Chalmers

Devised after the Toxteth riots in 1981, garden festivals were meant to regenerate inner-city areas. John Thorne visits Liverpool, Stoke, Glasgow, Gateshead and Ebbw Vale to find out whether or not they succeeded. With Liz Barclay and Peter White.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Thorne
Unknown:
Liz Barclay
Unknown:
Peter White.

Ali Smith's offbeat but rather romantic comedy features a cameo appearance by Valerie Singleton as herself around 1967. Max has taken Jenny from the office out on a date. But why is Jenny so concerned to know the exact measurements of his flat and of his bed?

Contributors

Writer:
Ali Smith
Director:
David Jackson Young
Max:
Simon Talt
Jenny:
Emma Currie
Jenny's dad:
Crawford Logan
Ronnie:
Mark McDonnell
Prof Dennis:
Michael MacKenzie
Max's father:
Michael MacKenzie
Max's mother:
Monica Gibb
Inga:
Emma Larsson
Hannah:
Lucy Paterson
Herself:
Valerie Singleton

An important day in the literary year as some undiscovered anecdotes by Virginia Woolf are published and broadcast forthe first time. The selection has the author visiting Thomas Carlyle , the Darwin family and, strangely, the divorce courts. Read by Emilia Fox. Abridger/producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Virginia Woolf
Unknown:
Thomas Carlyle
Read By:
Emilia Fox.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

A new series of features and audio diaries exploring teenage life around Britain. 1: Bransholme Babes Kara is 15. Some of her friends have babies and others are pregnant, but when her best friend, Eve, joined the crowd, Kara was galvanised into recording her friends on a community radio project. Sex on theirestate starts around the age of 12 and contraception doesn 't always play a part. Producer Bella Bannerman

Contributors

Producer:
Bella Bannerman

Nicholas Parsons attempts to keep control over the most devious of panel games, which this week features Clement Freud, Paul Merton, Tony Hawks and Charles Collingwood.
(Repeated Sunday 12.04pm)
BBC Radio Collection: A selection from this show is available on CD and audio cassette from good retail outlets or from [web address removed] Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Charles Collingwood
Producer:
Claire Jones

By Emily Bronte, dramatised in 15 parts by Lucy Gough.

The new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, Mr Lockwood, calls on his landlord Heathcliff at Wuthering Heights. Bad weather means he has to spend the night in this inhospitable place.

BBC Radio Collection: The Radio 4 dramatisation of this classic novel is available on audio cassette from good retail outlets or from [web address removed]. Call [number removed]

Contributors

Author:
Emily Bronte
Dramatised by:
Lucy Gough
Director/Producer:
Peter Leslie Wild
Lockwood:
Mark Carey
Heathcliff:
Tom Goodman-Hill
Cathy:
Annabelle Dowler
Joseph:
Dave Hill
Hareton:
Danny J Burns
Catherine:
Cathryn Bradshaw
The house:
Tracy-Ann Oberman

The first in a series relating the untold stories of those who have risked their r lives for love.
Palestine in the 1940s was a country divided British servicemen struggled to police the Mandate while Jewish underground groups fought forthe creation of Israel. Linda Pressly hears from men and women who dared to love across the divide. Producer Tanya Datta

Contributors

Producer:
Tanya Datta

Often found in Central Africa, Ebola kills 80 percent of its victims. For the first in a new series, Pascale Harter goes to a remote village in the Republic of Congo where World Health Organisation doctors are trying to contain an Ebola epidemic. On her way back to the capital, Brazzaville, she begins to feel unwell.

(Repeated from Thursday)

Contributors

Reporter:
Pascale Harter

Scottish wildlife writer Jim Crumleyjourneys through fact and fiction in search of the real wolf.
2: Flesh and Blood. Crumley knows a man in Norway who might help him to meet a wolf in the wild as he searches through the stories for a true picture of these animals. Producer Grant Sonnex

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Crumleyjourneys
Producer:
Grant Sonnex

By Frederic Richaud , translated by Barbara Bray , abridged in five parts by Alison Joseph and read by Phillip Franks. There is intrigue at the court of the Sun King. And the gardens of Versailles, tended by the enigmatic La Quintinie , present more mysteries and Conundrums. Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederic Richaud
Translated By:
Barbara Bray
Unknown:
Alison Joseph
Read By:
Phillip Franks.
Unknown:
La Quintinie
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

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