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Bavaria is the southernmost federal state of Germany, a state that, in a way, considers itself another country and has never ratified the German constitution. Arthur Smith travels to Munich to try to discover what it means to be Bavarian. Producer Simon Clancy
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Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Smith
Producer:
Simon Clancy

In the last of the series, Simon Barnes once again takes a sporting event and sets it among the news stories with which it shared the headlines. On 1 May 1994 nobody was prepared for the crash which killed Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna at the San Marino Grand Prix. Producer Tom Alban

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Barnes
Unknown:
Ayrton Senna
Producer:
Tom Alban

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at Newton Stewart Wigtownshire puts
Questions to a panel that includes the shadow secretary of state for Scotland Jacqui Lait. former
Liberal Democrat leader David Steel and independent MSP Margo MacDonald.
Producer Anne Peacock Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Leader:
David Steel
Unknown:
Margo MacDonald.
Producer:
Anne Peacock

By Francis Turnly.
A fast-paced thriller about a doctor who is delighted to discover that his old friend from university has returned to Northern Ireland and wants to help him get the promotion he so desperately craves. However, Devlin Harker has other reasons for looking up his old friend, Matt, who quickly finds himself involved in professional misconduct and worse.

Contributors

Writer:
Francis Turnly
Director:
Tanya Nash
Matt:
Lloyd Hutchinson
Hannah:
Eileen McCloskey
Devlin:
Miche Doherty
Michael:
Ian Beattie
Constantine:
Roger Jennlngs
Carol:
Maria Connolly

The first of a three-part series in which John Nightingale dons his scuba gear to investigate the stories behind the submerged remains of some extraordinary shipwrecks.

In 1941 the SS Thistlegorm, at anchor in the Gulf of Suez waiting to unload a cargo of munitions and vehicles for the allied forces in North Africa, was attacked by enemy bombers.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Nightingale
Producer:
Tim Malyon

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the cultural highlights of the week, including a remake of the classic film The Italian Job and an exhibition of architecture inspired by animals at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Fiona McLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Albert Museum.
Unknown:
Fiona McLean

Lesley Chamberlain tells the story of the birth of the BBC's monitoring service at the beginning of the Second World War. Ramshackle huts in the English countryside hid an extraordinary collection of devoted public servants, refugees and emigres from fascism and communism, who donned headphones and listened in to the crackly and hissing broadcasts from around the world. Their reports were crucial in determining the outcome of the war. Producer Tim Dee

Contributors

Unknown:
Lesley Chamberlain
Producer:
Tim Dee

By John Buchan , dramatised in two parts by Bert Coules. 2: / Visit the Fields of Eden. When a gang of international criminals kidnaps three hostages,
Richard Hannay , some years after his adventures in The 39 Steps, is given the job of trying to save them. But he falls into the clutches of an adversary who can control men's minds.
Producer/director Bruce Young Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Unknown:
Bert Coules.
Unknown:
Richard Hannay
Hannay:
David Robb
Lady Mary:
Haydn Gwynne
Sir Walter:
Clive Merrison
Dominick:
Michael Maloney
Mrs Medina:
Souad Faress
Colonel Arbuthnot:
Christian Rodska
Guardian:
Andrew Harrison
Lord Mercot:
Ben Crowe
General Warcliff:
Gordon Reid
Lord Mercot:
Ben Crowe
Davey:
Emma Callander

Taking Liberties In the three years since the Human Rights Act was introduced, it has brought cases to courts covering everything from care for the elderly to whether burglars can sue their victims. Could civil liberties be undermining ratherthan improving our society? The programme looks at plans to further extend citizens' rights. With Nick Ross. Producer Sara Nathan Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross.
Producer:
Sara Nathan

Roger McGough returns with a selection of listeners' favourite nature poems, read by Bonnie Hurren and Michael Elwyn. He also celebrates with the winner of BBC Wildlife Magazine's Poet of the Year. Producer Viv Beeby Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Read By:
Bonnie Hurren
Read By:
Michael Elwyn.
Producer:
Viv Beeby

The first of five short stories by Frank O'Connor.
1: My Oedipus Complex
Larry had always prayed for his father to be sent home safely from the war. But when his prayers were answered he "began to think that God wasn't quite what he was cracked up to be". Read by TP McKenna. Producer Jane Marshall

Contributors

Stories By:
Frank O'Connor.
Producer:
Jane Marshall

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