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Last in the series in which Charles Wheeler tells the story of the migration of more than 150,000 children from Britain to all corners of the Earth.
4:Searching for Identity. A look at how the migration schemes ended and their legacies forthe survivors. Producer David Prest Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Wheeler
Producer:
David Prest

The final part of the comedy drama by Marianne Carey.
4: Claire is desperate for a holiday; Ronnie isn't t so keen But a financial scandal that's about to blow up could mean a permanent vacation for them both
Director/Producer David Jackson Young

Contributors

Unknown:
Marianne Carey.
Producer:
David Jackson Young
Ronnie:
Simon Tait
Claire:
Tamara Kennedy
Holly:
Emma Ballantine
Tom:
James Quintal-Norrts
Alec:
Crawford Logan
Clive:
Crawford Logan
Jenny:
Carol Ann Crawford
Lydia:
Lucy Paterson

By Nandita Ghose. Scheherazade and Dinarzade are sisters, named afterthe storytellers of A Thousand and One Nights. The family are torn apart by the 1979 revolution in Iran and the sisters don't meet again until 25 years later, when their only way of communicating is through the old Persian fables.
Producer Peter Leslie Wild Director Jenny Stephens

Contributors

Unknown:
Nandita Ghose.
Producer:
Peter Leslie
Director:
Jenny Stephens
Scheherazade:
Souad Faress
Dinarzade:
Bharti Patel
Young Scheherazade:
Rina Mahoney
Young Dinarzade:
Natalia Keery-Flsher
jyoti:
Hema Mangoo
Mark:
Andrew Greenough
John:
Alexander Delamere
Father:
Nasser Memarzia
Mother:
Adlyn Ross

A week of enchanting tales that take the listener into the heart of modern India.l: Engine Trouble read by Paul Bhattacharjee. When a man wins a road engine at a fair, he thinks that his luck has finally changed. Producer Carol Bayne

Contributors

Read By:
Paul Bhattacharjee.
Producer:
Carol Bayne

Sommeliers. Wine expert Andrew Jefford reveals the truth behind the myth of the snooty sommelier.
What makes a great sommelier? If, as restaurateurs often allege, wine profits are the only way to keep a restaraunt in the black, are sommeliers put under pressure by their bosses to sell customers the most expensive wines they can? Extended repeat of yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Jefford

New series Gavin Esler returns with more conversation on issues of the day and reports from the Arab Media Summit in Dubai, where he asks how far both Western and Arab media are biased in their reporting of the Middle East. Producer Amber Dawson

Contributors

Unknown:
Gavin Esler
Producer:
Amber Dawson

Joining Nigel Rees to exchange favourite quotations and anecdotes are Jasmine Birtles , Christopher Brookmyre , Sir David Steel and Dillie Keane. The reader is William Franklyn.
Producer Carol Smith 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 www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Jasmine Birtles
Unknown:
Christopher Brookmyre
Unknown:
Sir David Steel
Unknown:
Dillie Keane.
Unknown:
William Franklyn.
Producer:
Carol Smith

By Claire Luckham. The life story of the contralto Kathleen Ferrier, in ten parts. 6: The war effort helps her career. She meets Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten and performs her first operatic roles.
Producer/director Janet Whitaker Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Claire Luckham.
Contralto:
Kathleen Ferrier
Unknown:
Peter Pears
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Kathleen:
Becky Hindley
Winifred:
Shirley Dixon
Reginald:
Stephen Critchlow
Benjamin Britten:
Nicholas Boulton
Peter Pears:
Roger May

5: The Bunker.An investigation into unusually high levels of plutonium and uranium found in an ordinary suburban house in Reading. Could the source be a secret bunker buried under a housing estate next door? Last in the series. Producer Neil George

Contributors

Producer:
Neil George

The poet and writer John Burnside visits the Sami music festival of Riddu Riddu in northern Norway. This unique event takes place in the silvery light of the Arctic Circle midsummer, when the air is filled with the music and song of the indigenous peoples Of the North. Producer Caroline Barbour

Contributors

Unknown:
John Burnside
Unknown:
Riddu Riddu
Producer:
Caroline Barbour

Stopping the Flood- a Watery History of Britain After a long, dry summer, autumn brings fears of flooding. One solution is to return our river catchments to a more natural state that would hold the water ratherthan releasing it in torrents. Lionel Kelleway visits a pilot river-restoration project and asks whetherthe restocking of our rivers could prevent floods as well as being a boon to wildlife. Producer Grant Sonnex Repeated tomorrow at 11am

A darkly comic novella byMichel Faber, abridged in five parts by Rosemary Goring and read by Irene MacDougall. 1: "Roger Courage 's Courage Consort were, arguably, the seventh-most renowned serious vocal ensemble in the world. Now they had been granted two weeks' rehearsal time to prepare the unleashing of Pino Fugazza 's fearsome Partitum Mutanteon to an unsuspecting world." Producer David Jackson Young

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Goring
Read By:
Irene MacDougall.
Read By:
Roger Courage
Unknown:
Pino Fugazza
Unknown:
Partitum Mutanteon
Producer:
David Jackson Young

3.00 Numbertime: Mental Maths Year 1
3.15 Reading Tree Stories 3.30 Alphabet Time: Letters E and F
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: Wallace's Scotland

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