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The adventures, frustrations and joys of travel are explored by presenter Sandi Toksvig. Producers Kevin Dawson and Torquil MacLeod
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Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig.
Producers:
Kevin Dawson
Producers:
Torquil MacLeod

A veil of silence was drawn over the intimate details of President John F Kennedy 's life while he was in office. Journalists failed to mention the scandal of Kennedy's serial adultery, while new research reveals that he was also dangerously ill and on a cocktail of drugs, not always the sort that a doctor might prescribe. Yet JFK is consistently voted the most popular president by the American public.
Anthony Howard talks to JFK's inner circle, including his adviser Theodore Sorensen.

Contributors

Presenter:
Anthony Howard
Interviewee:
Theodore Sorensen
Producer:
Neil George

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Stockton-on-Tees puts questions to a panel that includes Shami Chakrabarti , the new head of Liberty, the civil liberties organisation. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Shami Chakrabarti

ByMichael Crompton. adapted in four parts from the book by Molly Lefebure. 1: Love at First Sight.
1941. A chance encounter in a dance hall leads Molly to romance, murder, and a new career.
Director John Dove (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bymichael Crompton.
Book By:
Molly Lefebure.
Director:
John Dove
Molly:
Emily Bruni
Hardcastle:
James Hazeldine
George:
Bob Cryer
MrsB:
Sheila Reid
Benson:
Anthony Calf
Alexander QC:
Nick Waring
Editor:
Jonathan Hackett

Thirty years ago in California a new crash course in group psychology emerged in which charismatic motivators urged participants to get rid of the "rackets" in their heads. Three decades later, these forum meetings continue in Britain, though their methods have been refined. In the first of a two-part investigation, Jenni Mills goes to California to find the truth behind the sensational headlines about the Human Potential Movement. Producer Miles Warde

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Mills
Producer:
Miles Warde

Sporting a blond ponytail, Russell Crowe plays the lead role in the new$87m blockbuster Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World, the swashbuckling high-seas adventure based on Patrick O'Brian 's popular historical novels set during the Napoleonic Wars. Directed by Peter Weir , will it be another Oscarwinnerfor Crowe ? Producer MohiniPatel

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Crowe
Unknown:
Patrick O'Brian
Directed By:
Peter Weir
Unknown:
Oscarwinnerfor Crowe

In an exchange of heartfelt, and often uncomfortably frank letters from around the world, those on opposite sides of conflict explore the situations in which they find themselves and ask how much religion is a contributing factor. Can there be any point of mutual agreement or not? 1: An Orthodox Jewess living in an Israeli settlement corresponds with a Palestinian Muslim woman living in north Jerusalem. Repeated from Sunday

These were the chilling words spoken by a radio reporter when President Kennedy was shot. Using vivid archive material, Alan Thompson charts the confusion and shock as the unbelievable was confirmed. Thompson returns to key sites and talks to eye witnesses, including the detective who was handcuffed to Oswald when he too was gunned down. With archive from the Dallas radio station KLIF and recordings of police radio, the events of those three days that shocked the world are relived.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Thompson
Producer:
Neil George

By Charles Dickens. Dramatised in four parts by Doug Lucie. 3: Six years have passed; Tom is now working for Bounderby in his bank and he claims Louisa in marriage. Stephen Blackpool runs into trouble with the union men.
Director Janet Whitaker Music by Nina Perry Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens.
Unknown:
Doug Lucie.
Unknown:
Stephen Blackpool
Director:
Janet Whitaker Music
Unknown:
Nina Perry
Gradgrind:
Kenneth Cranham
Bounderby:
Philip Jackson
Mrs Sparsit:
Eleanor Bron
Mrs Gradgrind:
Thelma Barlow
Louisa:
Helen Longworth
Tom:
Richard Firth
Sissy:
Lydia Tuckey
Rachael:
Becky Hindley
Stephen:
Alan Williams
Bitzer:
Declan Wilson
James:
Guy Henry
MrsPegler:
Marcia Warren
Slackbridge:
Loan Meredith
Chairman:
Ben Crowe
Waiter:
Damien Lynch

Michael Buerk chairs another debate in which Ian Hargreaves , Steven Rose , Melanie Philips and Claire Fox cross-examine witnesses with conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's headlines. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Unknown:
Melanie Philips
Unknown:
Claire Fox

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