Programme Index

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Joining Nigel Rees to exchange favourite quotations and anecdotes are Annie Caulfield ,
Brough Scott , Matthew D'Ancona and John Sergeant. With reader Meryl O'Keeffe. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Annie Caulfield
Unknown:
Brough Scott
Unknown:
Matthew D'Ancona
Unknown:
John Sergeant.
Reader:
Meryl O'Keeffe.

Restaurants. Simon Parkes examines Britain love affairwith Italian food. He meets some of those
Italians who set up many of the country's well-known cafes, delis and restaurants in postwar Britain. Producer Sam Thorn Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Parkes
Producer:
Sam Thorn

5: The Barnacle Goose. In the last programme of a series exploring the lives of migratory species, Matthew Parris looks at the mixed reaction of Hebridean residents to the winter arrival at Islay of barnacle geese from the Arctic. Producer JeremyGrange

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris

Charles Dickens's classic about struggles in the industrial north, dramatised in four parts by Doug Lucie.

The arrival of Sleary's circus challenges the provinicial thinking of the local businessmen.
(Repeated Saturday 9pm)
The politics of the heart: page 119

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Dramatised by:
Doug Lucie
Music:
Nina Perry
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Gradgrind:
Kenneth Cranham
Mrs Sparsit:
Eleanor Bron
Mrs Gradgrind:
Thelma Barlow
Sleary:
Derek Waring
Louisa:
Helen Longworth
Rachael:
Becky Hindley
Stephen:
Alan Williams
Mrs Pegler:
Marcia Warren
Mrs Blackpool:
Francis Jeater
Mr M'Choakumchild:
Stephen Critchlow
Sissy:
Stephanie Rawson
Bitzer:
Alex Slater
Tom:
Nick Roud
Childers:
Chris Moran
Josephine:
Jaimi Barbakoff
A boy:
Gregg Prentice
Servant:
Ioan Meredith
Waiter:
Declan Wilson

Delight in the natural world, relationships and an Iraqi poem of peace all feature in Roger McGough 's selection of listeners' favourite poems. The readers are David Collins and Bonnie Hurren.
Producer Kate McAII Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
David Collins
Unknown:
Bonnie Hurren.
Producer:
Kate McAii

A Government committee is considering universal vaccination against hepatitis B. But would children be at greater risk from immunisation than from the disease? With Matthew Hill. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Hill.

2: "Michael Rosen continues to ruminate with wit and humanity on the subject of exams". Discuss. With contributions from A-level pupils, from Oxford undergraduates and from those studying for vocational qualifications in the building trade,
Rosen looks at the way we mark attainment in higher education, what this says about our priorities and assumptions and whether or not we "could do better." Professor Ted Wragg helps him cheat. Producer Jane Ray Repeated on Saturday at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Unknown:
Professor Ted Wragg
Producer:
Jane Ray

This week sees the final of the Talk the Talk competition. And Mari-Claire Turley continues to read from Jacqueline Wilson 's The Lottie Project. Producer Jane Chambers

Contributors

Unknown:
Mari-Claire Turley
Unknown:
Jacqueline Wilson
Unknown:
Lottie Project.

Fixing Germany. With a drifting economy and huge social and industrial problems, Germany needs to change the way it works in orderto powerthe new Europe. Peter Day looks at the issues through the eyes of people from both the former West and East Germany - 13 years after reunification. Rptd from Thu

Andrew Rawnsley previews the new week's political events. Including at 10.45 Props of Power. Michael White , political editor of the Guardian, discovers the vital role played by personal secretaries in the House of Commons.
Editor John Evans Props of Power repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Michael White
Editor:
John Evans

2: Poet Simon Armitage and musicologist
Allan Moore consider how musical arrangement and vocal expression create meaning and atmosphere. With guest singer June Tabor and song examples by Frank Sinatra and Bjork. Producer Robert Ketteridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Armitage
Musicologist:
Allan Moore
Singer:
June Tabor
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Producer:
Robert Ketteridge

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