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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Susan Hulme and Sean Curran.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Anne Atkins.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Susan Hulme
Unknown:
Sean Curran.
Unknown:
Anne Atkins.

4:Sophie Germain. In the last of the series, Adam Hart-Davis explores the life of an 18th-century French woman who, inspired by Archimedes to study mathematics, pretended to be a man in order to pursue her greatest passion - finding a proof for Fermat's last theorem.

Contributors

Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
John Byrne

By Jonathan Coe , adapted by Simon Littlefield.
Continuing the four-part tale of musical, political and sexual passion in 1970s Birmingham. 3: Bring Me Sunshine
Music by Louis Philippe performed by Louis Philippe and Jonathan Coe Producer Lucy Armitage

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Coe
Adapted By:
Simon Littlefield.
Music By:
Louis Philippe
Unknown:
Louis Philippe
Unknown:
Jonathan Coe
Producer:
Lucy Armitage
Ben:
James Bradshaw
Sam:
Frank Skinner
Paul:
Sam Bradley
Barbara:
Haydn Gwynne
Doug Adam:
Paul Harvey
Bill:
David Tennant
Claire:
Emily Corde
Cicely:
Stacey Roca
Irene:
Olivia Colman
Culpepper/Arthur:
Alexander Perkln
Steve:
Christopher Simpson

Gyles Brandreth chairs the panel show that celebrates gossip p and scandal. Team captains
Anthony Holden and Stella Duffy are joined by Jennie Bond and Geoffrey Durham. Producer Elizabeth Freestone

Contributors

Unknown:
Gyles Brandreth
Unknown:
Anthony Holden
Unknown:
Stella Duffy
Unknown:
Jennie Bond
Unknown:
Geoffrey Durham.
Producer:
Elizabeth Freestone

By Alex Jones. In 1987 the grave of a humble pilgrim was discovered in a part of Worcester Cathedral normally reserved for Bishops and Princes. How did such a man come to be buried there? The monks are preparing a banquet for a visitor, when they are rudely interrupted by an uninvited guest.
Music consultant Adrian Lucas Director Peter Leslie Wild

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Jones.
Unknown:
Adrian Lucas
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
William:
David Hargreaves
The Prior:
Robert Uster
Geoffrey:
Kim Durham
BrotherThomas:
Rob Swinton
Brother Dennis:
Paul Clarkson
Brother Flint:
John Flitcroft

3: The World at Their Feet: Meet the Big Boys
The tallest tower crane in the world, the K10,000, stands three times higher than the Statue of Liberty. Dylan Winter learns how cranes have grown to match our own grandiose architectural visions, from the London Eye to China's Three Gorges Dam. For details see Monday (R)

Dr Raj Persaud continues his series on the current state of mental health for black people in the UK. This week Paul Grey reflects on the important role thatwork played in his own rehabilitation. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Raj Persaud
Unknown:
Paul Grey

By Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy Salsby with additional material by Graeme Garden. This week Giles Wemmbley Hogg , traveller, backpacker, fearless investigator of cultural diversity and upper middle-class student ponce from Budleigh Salterton , goes off to ... India.
Producer David Tyler
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Four episodes of thisspoof documentary are available on CD from good retail outlets or from www.bocshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Jeremy Salsby
Unknown:
Graeme Garden.
Unknown:
Giles Wemmbley Hogg
Unknown:
Budleigh Salterton
Producer:
David Tyler
Giles:
Marcus Brigstocke
Asha:
Nina Wadia
Yogi Ramacharaka:
Nadim Sawaiha
Thomas:
Matt Rippy
David:
David Mitchell
Tenzin:
Saraj Chaudhry

Francine Stock introduces the arts show and reports on The Mother, a new film with a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi about a recently bereaved 65-year-old woman who embarks on an affairwith a man half her age. Producer Rebecca Nicholson

Contributors

Unknown:
Hanif Kureishi
Producer:
Rebecca Nicholson

Michael Buerk chairs another debate in which
Michael Gove , Steven Rose , Melanie Philips and Claire Fox cross-examine witnesses with conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's headlines.
Producer David Coomes Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Michael Gove
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Unknown:
Melanie Philips
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Producer:
David Coomes

The political sketch writer of The Guardian,
Simon Hoggart , takes a sideways look at the week's events in the Westminster village, and if he's lucky, a little beyond. Producer Rachel Wright Repeated from Sunday 10.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Producer:
Rachel Wright

Giant Creatures of the Sea. This year a true sea monsterwas caught in Antarctica - the Colossal Squid. Peter Evans investigates how such huge animals are able to support their large size, and wonders what else might be lurking in the depths Of the ocean. Producer Alexandra Feacham

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Alexandra Feacham

The peculiar comedy series that is the notional and irrational home of the terminally strange. Written and performed by Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker. Producers Johnny Daukes and Katie Marsden

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Daukes
Unknown:
Hils Barker.
Producers:
Johnny Daukes
Producers:
Katie Marsden

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