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The return of the series that lets listeners explore the financial issues that make them hot under the collar.

The Inland Revenue and the Government have been criticised for the shambolic introduction of the new tax credit system. Mike Maddison, who glued his hand to the desk at a local tax office in protest, joins presenter Lesley Curwen to investigate what went wrong.

Contributors

Presenter:
Lesley Curwen
Guest:
Mike Maddison
Producer:
Jennifer Clarke

A tongue-in-Çheek look at the week's news, with Simon Hoggart , Francis Wheen , Linda Smith , Phill Jupitus and Clive Anderson. Repeated from Friday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Memorable moments from The News Quiz are available on CD and audio cassette from all good retail outlets or fromwww.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Francis Wheen
Unknown:
Linda Smith
Unknown:
Phill Jupitus
Unknown:
Clive Anderson.

Nick Clarke is the chairman forthe first of six debates Listeners can also vote on the motion.
1: "The United Nations Security Council no longer guarantees our security." From the Foreign Press Association, London.
To vote YES dial [number removed] To vote NO dial [number removed]
(Lines open until 2.20pm. Maximum call cost lOp.) Rptd from Fnday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke

By EF Benson, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt. A savage murder in Edwardian Brighton uncovers a tangled web of passions, lies and deception.
Director Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Stephen Wyatt.
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Taynton:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Morris:
James D'Arcy
His mother:
Sarah Badel
Madge:
Abby Ford
Martin:
Tom Bevan
Mills:
Sam Kelly
Defence counsel:
Sam Kelly
Figgis:
Alan Leith
Policeman:
Sidney Sloane
Prosecuting counsel:
Ian Masters

Tony Liddington takes a look at one of our great
British institutions, the transport "caff", frequented by those knights of the road - the truckers. These long-distance lorry drivers need a good square meal, a place to have a bit of a kip and a wash and brush-up. Liddington travels with them and asks whether the caff as we know it will survive. Producer Angela Hind
Not so greasy spoons: page 32

Contributors

Producer:
Angela Hind

Jim White talks to Cate Blanchett , who stars in Joel Schumacher 's new film Veronica Guerin. And director Jonathan Mostow explains how to blow
$185m on the most expensive sequel of all time: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Talks:
Jim White
Unknown:
Cate Blanchett
Unknown:
Joel SchumacHer
Unknown:
Veronica Guerin.
Director:
Jonathan Mostow
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Howard Schuman , Kristine Landon-Smith and Ruth Padel review the cultural highlights of the week, including a new film, Whale Rider, the story of a struggling Maori community. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Howard Schuman
Unknown:
Kristine Landon-Smith
Unknown:
Ruth Padel
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Between the wars, radical composers in Britain felt that the more complex sentiments of "high-brow" music should play an important part in the movement for social change. Gerry Kennedy revisits recordings from an age when music for the workers could be a serious business, and collects interviews with those who remember making it. Producer Nigel Acheson

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Kennedy
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

Meeting at Formiae. In the first of three plays drawing on Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius, Mike Walker portrays Julius Caesar making an undercover visit to Senate leaders Cicero and Cato in order to gather support forthe shake-up of Roman politics that would eventually lead to his supreme rule. Producer/director Jeremy Mortimer Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Walker
Unknown:
Julius Caesar
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer
Gaius Julius Caesar:
David Troughton
Cicero:
Anton Lesser
Cato:
Stephen Critchlow
Tullia:
Juliet Aubrey
Julia:
Emily Bruni
Crassus:
Andrew Harrison

Michael Buerk chairs another debate in which Michael Gove , Claire Fox , Ian Hargreaves and Melanie Phillips cross-examine witnesses who hold passionate but conflicting views. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Michael Gove
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips

A re-run series of short stories in which writers explore classical myths in a contemporary setting.
2: Orpheus and Eurydice by Kate Grunstein. After an accidental collision with a stranger on a horse, Eurydice finds herself in a mental hospital from where her boyfriend attempts to remove her. Read by Justine Waddell. Producer Hilary Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Grunstein.
Read By:
Justine Waddell.
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

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