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3: Kevin Connolly is seeing how far he can travel in a week hitch-hiking from Calais. Today, he endures frigid temperatures and the contempt of other road users as he winds down his trek across Europe. Producer Tony Grant (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Connolly
Producer:
Tony Grant

The famous antidote to panel games comes from the Theatre Royal in Winchester. Sandi Toksvig joins regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor , with Colin Sell at the piano and Humphrey Lyttelton in the chair. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandi Toksvig
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Colin Sell

Procurement. in the latest of an occasional series on Britain's diverse food cultures, Sheila Dillon looks at the public sector's massive daily production of meals and assesses the opportunities for small farmers and producers to supply it with food and ingredients. Producer Sue Todd Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon

By Charles Dickens , dramatised by Doug Lucie.
4: Sissy and Rachael search for Stephen; tragedy follows. Tom's crime is uncovered and Gradgrind tries to save his son with Sleary's help.
Director Janet Whitaker Music by Nina Perry Repeated Sat 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Dramatised By:
Doug Lucie.
Director:
Janet Whitaker Music
Unknown:
Nina Perry
Gradgrind:
Kenneth Cranham
Bounderby:
Philip Jackson
Mrs Sparsit:
Eleanor Bron
Stephen:
Alan Williams
Rachael:
Becky Hindley
Mrs Pegler:
Marcia Warren
Sleary:
Derek Waring
Louisa:
Helen Longworth
Tom:
Richard Firth
Bitzer:
Declan Wilson
Sissy:
Lydia Tuckey

Mariella Frostrup meets David Guterson , bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars, to tal k about his latest book Our Lady of the Forest. His novel explores the nature of faith and miracles through the story of Anne Holmes , a dispossessed young woman who believes she has seen a vision. Producer Anne-Marie Cole Repeated on Thursday at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
David Guterson
Unknown:
Anne Holmes

New series Judith Palmer presents the first of four programmes in which she joins enthusiasts up and down the land who meet to enjoy and promote their favourite poetry, beginning with the Walter Savage Landor Society of Warwick.
Producer Viv Beeby Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Palmer
Producer:
Viv Beeby

Allan Urry investigates the system for disposing of the thousands of tons of dangerous clinical waste produced by Britain's hospitals. Could illegal and unsafe practices pose a dangerto public health? Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Urry

In an exchange of heartfelt and frank letters from around the world, those on opposite sides of conflict ask how much religion is a contributing factor. Can there be any point of mutual agreement?
2: An evangelical Christian pastorfrom Washington corresponds with a Muslim journalist from Chicago. Producer Liz Leonard Repeated on Saturday at 7.45pm

Contributors

Producer:
Liz Leonard

Voice impressionist Francine Lewis recreates favourite soap characters and Barney Harwood visits the National Portrait Gallery in London to discover more about the lives of some of the servants featured in an exhibition called Below Stairs. Plus the last part of Jacqueline Wilson 's The Lottie Project. Producer Johnny Leagas

Contributors

Unknown:
Francine Lewis
Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Jacqueline Wilson
Unknown:
Lottie Project.
Producer:
Johnny Leagas

3: Tracking Station. By Amanda Smyth.
Three into two doesn't go. Ayoung girl is the odd one out in a night at a secret hideaway. Read by Sandra James-Young . Producer Lisa Osborne (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Amanda Smyth.
Read By:
Sandra James-Young
Producer:
Lisa Osborne

The Trust Game. In the wake of the Hutton inquiry, talk is rife about a "trust deficit" in politics. But how much trust does a democracy really need, and should politicians also be able to trust the public? David Walker asks if we are in danger of confusing healthy scepticism with system failure. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker

Andrew Rawnsley previews the new week's political events. Including at 10.45 Hoggart's Week. Simon Hoggart , political sketch writer of The Guardian, looks at the week's events in Westminster.
Editor John Evans Hoggart 's Week repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Editor:
John Evans Hoggart

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