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BBC correspondent Rageh Omaar appeals on behalf of Action for Disability.
Donations: Action for Disability Rehabilitation centre, [address removed] Credit Cards [number removed]
(Repeated 9.26pm and Thursday 3.28pm)

Contributors

Speaker:
Rageh Omaar
Producer:
Sally Flatman

From Southwold in Suffotk, with Nicholas Parsons in the chair and panellists Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Linda Smith and Clement Freud. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Paul Merton.
Unknown:
Graham Norton.
Unknown:
Linda Smith

Geoffrey Palmer continues a series celebrating the life and work of Izaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler.

When Walton fished here, the River Dove was famous for its salmon stocks, but over the years the population has declined to extinction. This year marks the sixth annual re-stocking of the river with salmon parr in the hope of returning it to its former state.

Contributors

Presenter:
Geoffrey Palmer
Producer:
Sarah Blunt

By Kazuo Ishiguro, dramatised in two parts by James Friel.

Lord Dartington's butler Stevens has resolved to make a journey to the West Country to find his former housekeeper, Miss Kenton. The journey evokes memories of a life half lived, and mistakes made in the years between two world wars.

(Repeated Saturday at 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Kazuo Ishiguro
Dramatised by:
James Friel
Producer/Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Stevens:
Ian McDiarmid
Miss Kenton:
Julia Ford
Dr Carisle:
John Rowe
Smith:
Tom George
Reginald:
Adrian Scarborough
Mrs Barnet:
Deborah Findlay
Spencer:
David Shaw-Parser
Sid:
Ben Crowe
Anne:
Becky Hindley
Lisa:
Tracy Wiles

Mariella Frostrup looks back at the life and works of novelist Carol Shields with Sally Vickers and guests.
(Repeated Thursday 4pm September)
Bookclub: Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally.
One final question.... Mariella Frostrup: page 138

Contributors

Presenter:
Mariella Frostrup
Guest:
Sally Vickers
Producer:
Hilary Dunn
Producer:
Thomas Morris

Jackie Kay travels to Wales to meet the poets Gillian Clarke and Menna Elfyn. Clarke has translated many of Elfyn's poems, read in this programme both in Welsh and in English.
(Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jackie Kay
Guest:
Gillian Clarke
Guest:
Menna Elfyn
Producer:
Susan Roberts

Barney Harwood visits the East End of London to track down the inspiration for Juiie Hearn's book Follow Me Down. Plus, a new story, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. by C.S. Lewis, read by Helen McCrory. Producer Jane Chambers
Email: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Barney Harwood
Reader:
Helen McCrory.

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