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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With MarkD'Arcyand RobertOrchard.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Dom Antony Sutch.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Dom Antony Sutch.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the artist Vincent van Gogh , Tim Marlow introduces an evocation of the artist and the passion for sunflowers that obsessed him during his final fraught year. With Antony Sher as Van Gogh. Producer Merilyn Harris (R)

Contributors

Artist:
Vincent van Gogh
Introduces:
Tim Marlow
Unknown:
Antony Sher
Unknown:
Van Gogh.
Producer:
Merilyn Harris

A documentary drama by Nick Darke.
A stranger from London comes to Cornwall to seek advice on how to fish for bass, one of the most elusive, beautiful and tasty fish in the Atlantic. Peter and Myrna air their none too complimentary views on the man they call the Fanatic...

Contributors

Writer:
Nick Darke
Producer:
Jeremy Howe
The Fanatic:
Mark Bazeley
Myrna:
Diana Berriman
Peter:
Charlie Barnecut

Redmond O'Hanlon tells Mariella Frostrup about the terrifyingjourney that features in his new book,
Trawler, and Ben Schott explains the appeal of trivia. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Redmond O'Hanlon
Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Ben Schott

Two hundred years ago this month, John Dalton described for the first time how all matter can be understood in terms of its atoms. He was working at a time when alchemists still believed it possible to make gold from other elements. Quentin Cooper hears from Nobel laureate Professor Sir Harry Kroto how Dalton's atomic theory not only kick-started modern chemistry but led to the frontiers of nanotechnology. Producer Martin Redfern

Contributors

Unknown:
John Dalton
Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Sir Harry Kroto
Producer:
Martin Redfern

A series of documentaries about social workers. 2: In Two Minds.Jenny Cuffe follows
Mark Drummond , who works forthe Sheffield Care Trust and has to make difficultjudgements on a daily basis. For example, should David, who is psychotic with a history of violence, be let out of hospital? Are Paul's housing problems the result of drug abuse or mental illness? And what really happened to Dean's cat - did it fall or was it pushed? Producer Smita Patel Editor Nicola Meyrick

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Cuffe
Unknown:
Mark Drummond
Producer:
Smita Patel
Editor:
Nicola Meyrick

Fixing Germany. With a drifting economy and huge social and industrial problems, Germany needs to change the way it works in ordertopowerthe new Europe. Peter Day looks at the issues through the eyes of people from both the former West and the former East Germany-13 years after reunification. Editor Stephen Chilcott Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Editor:
Stephen Chilcott

Geoff Watts meets Nobel Prize-winning physicist Martin Perl , who is searching for new particles carrying fractions of the standard unit of charge by examining dust from meteorites. If his unique tabletop experiment proves successful it could rewrite the rule-books of physics.
Producer Andrew Luck-Baker EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Unknown:
Martin Perl
Producer:
Andrew Luck-Baker

By Karl Minns. Series about a man who has a company of actors in his head who perform his nightly dreams. 3: I Know What You Did Last
Slumber. Chester is sleeping too much and as a consequence the REM are worn out from having to perform at least 15 dreams a day. But that's not the worst problem they face - Chester is preparing to attend a sleep clinic.
Music by the Neutrinos Producer Dawn Ellis

Contributors

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

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