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With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Akhandadhi Das. The monarchs: page 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Akhandadhi Das.

Italy. Idris Sanneh is Italy's best-known immigrant and one of the few black people seen on Italian television. Born in Senegal, he rose to fame in Italy as a passionate football commentator. He tells Paul Henley how he takes advantage of his fame to help other immigrants and to promote multiculturalism. Producer Arlene Gregorius

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Henley
Producer:
Arlene Gregorius

A four-part comedy drama by Marianne Carey.

As Ronnie struggles to cope with a succession of minor domestic crises, Claire encourages him to ingratiate himself with the new First Minister - the belligerent and uncompromising Jenny McBain.

Contributors

Writer:
Marianne Carey
Director/Producer:
David Ian Neville
Ronnie:
Simon Tait
Claire:
Tamara Kennedy
Holly:
Emma Ballantine
Tom:
James Quintal-Norris
Alec/Eric:
Crawford Logan
Jenny/Brenda:
Carol Ann Crawford
Lydia:
Lucy Paterson

By Robin Brooks and Richard Heacock.

In 1907, the young Hungarian violinist Stefi Geyer was at the height of her fame, enchanting audiences with her beauty and her playing. That summer, two composers became besotted with her: Bela Bartok and Othmar Schoeck. Each rival sought to immortalise his new-found muse by writing her a violin concerto.

Contributors

Writer:
Robin Brooks
Writer:
Richard Heacock
Violinist:
Stefi Geyerw
Pianist:
Robert Markham
Violinist:
Judith Templeman
Producer:
Rosie Boulton
Producer:
Peter Leslie Wild
Stefi:
Cathy Sara
Bartok:
Tom Goodman-Hill
Schoeck:
James Howard
Other roles:
Alexander Delamere
Other roles:
Bella Merlin

From the love that dared not speak its name to "coming out" and beyond, these five stories, abridged by Cathy Stewart , mark the different stages in the lesbian and gay experience. 1: Arthur Snatchfold by EM Forster, read by Simon Russell Beale. The tedium of a weekend country visit is enlivened for Sir Richard Conway by the presence of a handsome young man. Director Richard Wortley

Contributors

Abridged By:
Cathy Stewart
Unknown:
Arthur Snatchfold
Read By:
Simon Russell
Unknown:
Sir Richard Conway
Director:
Richard Wortley

Joining Nigel Rees this week to exchange favourite quotations and anecdotes are Annie Caulfield , Brough Scott , Matthew d'Ancona and John Sergeant. The reader is Meryl O'Keeffe.
Producer Carol Smith Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A selection from this show is available on CD and audio cassette from good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Annie Caulfield
Unknown:
Brough Scott
Unknown:
John Sergeant.
Producer:
Carol Smith

By Claire Luckham. 1: The life story of contralto Kathleen Ferrier , who died, aged only 41 on 8 October 1953. The first often parts
Producer/director Janet Whitaker Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Claire Luckham.
Contralto:
Kathleen Ferrier
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Winifred:
Shirley Dixon
Alice:
Marlene Sidaway
William:
Alan Williams
Kath, aged 3:
Amira McCarthy
Kath, aged 9:
Stephanie Rawson
George, aged 8:
Simon Holmes
George, aged 15:
Nigel Pilkington
Miss Walker:
Anne Carroll

4: Lucilla and the Lost Lands. Mike Thomson investigates the strange, sad case of Miss Lucilla Reeve , one of hundreds of farmers who gave their homes to the army fortraining purposes during the Second World War in the mistaken belief they would get them back once the war was over. The legislation that allowed this to take place in wartime may soon be replaced by even more draconian legislation that could see it happen again today. Producer Jane Ray

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Thomson
Unknown:
Miss Lucilla Reeve
Producer:
Jane Ray

Peter White mixes his own experiences as a blind man reliant on his acute sense of listening with three other men who also listen for minute signs of life - a heart-murmur consultant, a scientistwho tunes in to the sound of the universe and a rescue workerwho listens for signs of life beneath collapsed buildings.
Producer Philip Sellars

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Philip Sellars

In two days' time it will be the start of the pheasant-shooting season. Huge numbers are bred and released into the countryside but the majority of them are never actually "bagged". Paul Evans explores what's driving the ever-growing popularity of pheasant shooting and the effect of their increase in population on wildlife habitats.
(Repeated tomorrow at 11am)

Contributors

Reporter:
Paul Evans
Producer:
Sheena Duncan

By Robert Harris. Abridged and produced in ten parts by Lisa Osborne. Read by David Tennant.
6: "Huge white creatures were issuing from beneath the earth ahead of them, as if the roof of Hades had been split apart...."

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Harris.
Unknown:
Lisa Osborne.
Read By:
David Tennant.

3.00 Numbertime: Mental Maths Year 13.15 Reading Tree
Stories 3.30 Alphabet Time: Letters C and D 3.40 Alphabet Time First Phonics 3.50 Playtime 4.10 Hop, Skip and Jump 4.25 Scottish Resources 7-9 4.40 Scottish Resources 10-12: Relationships (new unit)

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