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With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Sean Curran and Robert Orchard.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rhidian Brook.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Sean Curran
Unknown:
Robert Orchard.
Unknown:
Rhidian Brook.

Earlier this year, the Laban dance college moved to its new home at Deptford Creek. Who was the man who gave the school its name? Christopher Cook looks at Laban's extraordinary life and considers the ways in which his legacy continues to thrive nearly 50 years after his death. Producer Rachel Hopkin

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Producer:
Rachel Hopkin

A tale of the supernatural by Stephen Sheridan. What terrible secret lies hidden in the library at Cranleigh Hall, and why is old Uncle Magnus so afraid of the night?
Director David Blount

Just what is it that Uncle Magnus is so afraid of? MR James tells a tale about his own experience of the supernatural

The House at World's End

2.15pm R4 What are you up to, Radio 4 schedulers? We're two weeks away from Halloween, two months away from Christmas, and here you are placing a perfect example of your network's fine output of atmospheric supernatural stories in a week when nobody's expecting to hear one! So, for anyone who likes to settle down to a chilling listen (in the middle of the afternoon), Stephen Sheridan's drama has the master of the ghost story MR James describing an incident in his life that is "far more substantial than a work of fiction." James is taking a break at a university chum's uncle's house in Cornwall. But Uncle Magnus is keeping a lamp burning all night and muttering about how very, very frightened he is. The combination of a misshapen figure scuttling through the undergrowth, a rare book on the occult going missing, the sickly sweet odour of rotting flesh and a sudden death, makes for a wonderfully dark drama (in a wonderfully inappropriate week).

Contributors

Writer:
Stephen Sheridan
Director:
David Blount
MR James:
John Rowe
Young James:
Jonathan Keeble
Henry:
Charles Simpson
Dr De Lacey:
David Collings
Uncle Magnus:
John Evitts
MrsTurner:
Jean Trend
Dawlish:
James Durrant
Lincoln:
Alex Hutchinson
Landlord:
Trevor Nichols

Stories by Frances Towers. 4: Don Juan and the Lily read by Romola Garai. A young girl in her firstjob falls under the spell of an inscrutable colleague, the romantic Georgia Dellow. Fordetails see Monday

Contributors

Stories By:
Frances Towers.
Stories By:
Don Juan
Read By:
Romola Garai.

Alan Dein continues his series of random telephone conversations 4: Working the Line. Working lives and the life of work. From the Maidstone school-leaver wondering about his future to the Grenadian fish seller dreaming of another life for her children. Fordetails see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Dein

Mariella Frostrup explores the world of science fiction with Stephen Baxter , Doris Lessing and Francis Spufford. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Stephen Baxter
Unknown:
Doris Lessing
Unknown:
Francis Spufford.

Quentin Cooper hears how a musician (
Paul Robertson ) and a physician (John Zeisel ) have teamed up to explore the role of music in the ageing brain and in Alzheimer's patients, who can often appreciate music when other mental functions have failed. Producer Martin Redfern

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Musician:
Paul Robertson
Unknown:
John Zeisel
Producer:
Martin Redfern

Mark Lawson talks to Jane Campion , director of the psycho thriller In the Cut, which stars Meg Ryan in her darkest role to date. Producer Nicola Holloway
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Contributors

Talks:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Jane Campion
Unknown:
Meg Ryan
Producer:
Nicola Holloway

Two years ago a torso was retrieved from the River
Thames close to Southwark Bridge. The police soon established that the torso was that of a boy aged between four and seven, of African descent, whose limbs had been deliberately and skilfully separated from his body. They named him Adam. But what they did not know was who this child was and how he had come to be in the Thames. As new clues have come to light, so a horrifying picture has emerged of ritual killing and child. The BBC's crime correspondent,
Neil Bennett , reports on an extraordinary detective Story against the Odds. Producer Rachel Reid

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Bennett
Producer:
Rachel Reid

In the Red. Colour has a huge impact on all our lives and it drives many businesses, too. Peter Day hears from the influential people who make the decisions about colour and finds out where their ideas come from. Editor Stephen Chilcott Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Editor:
Stephen Chilcott

Anyone who thinks a pinch means they aren't dreaming hasn't tried haptics. Exploring the latest in computer technology at Stanford USA, Geoff Watts gets to touch, poke and squeeze virtual objects in cyberspace. The technology is being used to create a virtual operating theatre so surgeons can practise before they move on to real patients.
Producer Beth Eastwood EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Beth Eastwood

New series Return of the series about a man who has a company of actors in his head who perform his nightly dreams. Written by Karl Minns. Chester is having problems sleepwalking and keeps waking up sans underwear in very odd places. The REM can't figure out why. What's going on? Producer Dawn Ellis

Contributors

Written By:
Karl Minns.
Producer:
Dawn Ellis
Chester:
Martin Freeman
Narrator:
Chris Langham
Michael:
Fenton Stevens
Meryl/Suzie:
Tracy-Ann OBEnnan
Tiberius:
Kim Wall
Miss Maury/Mazzy:
Beth Chalmers
Hives:
Martin Hyder
Jones:
Chris Pavlo
Agent/Real Jones:
Ewan Bailey
Marlowe:
Owen Evans
Floyd:
Karl Minns

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