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With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Mark D'Arcy and Sean Curran.
7.48Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Colin Morris.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Mark D'Arcy
Unknown:
Sean Curran.
Unknown:
Dr Colin Morris.

A series profiling important Latin Americans who continue to make an impact.

Rafael Alfonzo is a Venezuelan businessman who says he has been driven into politics by the antics of the leftist president Hugo Chavez. Linda Pressly meets him in Caracas.

Contributors

Presenter/Producer:
Linda Pressly
Interviewee:
Rafael Alfonzo

Created in the 1920s, this serial story of two African
Americans from the Deep South trying to make a new life in Harlem was the biggest thing in American radio with one in three Americans tuning in every nteht' But fwlo years it's been an embarrassment
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Andy were white men, Freeman F Gosden and Charles J Correll. Jeffrey Robinson presents the first of two programmes. The second part can be heard next week at the same time. Producer Dave Batchelor

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles J Correll.
Unknown:
Jeffrey Robinson
Producer:
Dave Batchelor

By Andy Macdonald.

A play about tradition, change and the clash of cultures in contemporary Glasgow.

A refugee boy is chased into the River Clyde, when a local lad leaps in to save him, both are trapped under a wharf building. In the time that it takes for the tide to change, and for a rescue to be mounted, truths are revealed about the boys, their families and the citv in which they live. Inspired by the life and work of George Parsonage, the current custodian of the Glasgow Humane Society.

Contributors

Writer:
Andy MacDonald
Director:
Gaynor MacFarlane
Producer:
Gaynor MacFarlane
Alan:
William Barlow
Ann:
Kate Dickie
Cass:
Tony Kearney
Bruce:
Gary Lewis
Loan shark/Operator:
Steven McNicoll
Saman:
Nick Underwood
Samira:
Wendy Seager

Philippa Lamb looks at radical new rules to make employers consult their staff over major decisions.
And another look at the story of how a group of young disabled people are faring in the world of work. Producer Caroline Bayley

Contributors

Unknown:
Philippa Lamb
Producer:
Caroline Bayley

By Marcus Powell and John Byrne. 5: / Could Write a Book. Roy mourns the loss of his faithful trombone until George hits on a novel idea forfindinga replacement. Meanwhile, Bernadette suspects that Victor is seeing someone else.
Producer Carol Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcus Powell
Unknown:
John Byrne.
Producer:
Carol Smith
Roy Ram:
John Holder
Vi:
Yvonne Brewster
George:
Sam Kelly
Barry:
George Layton
BemadetteCaroline:
Lee Johnson
Victor:
Marcus Powell
Trombonist:
Mike Kearsey

A government committee is considering universal vaccination against the liver disease hepatitis B. But with people now trying to sue because they believe the vaccine made them ill, would Britain's children be at greater risk from immunisation than from the disease? With Matthew Hill.
Producer Sarah Lewthwaite Editor David Ross Repeated Sunday 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Hill.
Producer:
Sarah Lewthwaite
Editor:
David Ross

Children as young as seven have a negative picture of mental health, according to the latest research in the USA. Today Raj Persaud looks at what can be done to counter such prejudice among young people and asks what role children's literature has to play.

(Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Raj Persaud
Producer:
Katy Hickman

1: A Grass Odyssey. Danny, Alec and Jack are employed to cut grass, trim hedges, and prune rose bushes for the council. What they actually do is another matter. Mcintyre, the area supervisor, decides something has to be done. First of a four-part comedy drama by Paul Marshall , with Forbes Masson , Lewis MacLeod , Tony Osoba and Stuart Sinclair Blyth. Producer Lucy Bacon (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Marshall
Unknown:
Forbes Masson
Unknown:
Lewis MacLeod
Unknown:
Tony Osoba
Unknown:
Stuart Sinclair Blyth.
Producer:
Lucy Bacon

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