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Andrew Marr and his guests set the cultural agenda for the week. In today's programme Helen Dunmore talks about Robert Louis Stevenson's story of Jekyll and Hyde.
(Shortened repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Speaker:
Helen Dunmore
Producer:
Alice Feinstein

In Manchester's gay village a wedding reception isn't a regular event. But this time male couple Steve and Matt are registering their partnership and to them, it's a wedding. There are the usual worries: will their knees look too knobbly in their kilts and will Colin, the maid of honour, be able to find a hat to go with her peach dress? The story is told from three perspectives: Steve, Matt, and Steve's Granny, the matriarch of the family. How will she react to the rather colourful guest list? Jane Shepherd reports.

Contributors

Reporter:
Jane Shepherd
Producer:
Mary Ward Lowery

Peter Snow hosts the clash between Manchester and the West Midlands in the contest to find the best all-round amateur quiz team in the UK.
Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Snow
Producer:
Paul Bajoria

by Jimmie Chinn.
Starring Roy Barraclough, Dora Bryan and Bernard Cribbins.
Long-forgotten events involving a snake and a mysterious theatre fire become part of a heated argument following a fractious reunion of three music hall entertainers on board a cruise ship.

Contributors

Writer:
Jimmie Chinn
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Maisie:
Dora Bryan
Gus:
Bernard Cribbins
Dudley:
Roy Barraclough

This week five writers are under instructions to let their hair down and have their wicked way with the short story. 1: The Proceedings of that Night by Lynne Truss , read by Will Keen . Up a lonely lane in the back of beyond, an actor enters an unmanned studio to read a ghost story. Producer Lisa Osborne

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Truss
Read By:
Will Keen
Producer:
Lisa Osborne

A week-long series looking at different aspects of giving a modern-day sermon. The Rev Clare Herbert at St Anne's Church in London's Soho offers a guide to what makes a good sermon and reveals how she goes about preparing a talk relevant to her parish Producer Rosie Boulton (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Clare Herbert
Producer:
Rosie Boulton

The famous antidote to panel games comes this week from the Theatre Royal in Winchester where Sandi Toksvig joins regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer.
Humphrey Lyttelton is in the chair and Colin Sell is at the piano Producer JonNaismith Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Eight series of / Vn Sorry I Haven a Clue, along with various collections and anniversary editions, are available on CD and audio cassette from good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

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

By Joan Wyndham , adapted by Jonathan Dryden
Taylor. 1: Phoney Wars and Filthy Sculptors
Seventeen-year-old Joan is quite happy with her life half-heartedly studying at Rada and spending long, lazy summers in the country. But in September
1939 all this is threatened by outside forces
Director Peter Faraday Producer Ellen Dryden Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Wyndham
Adapted By:
Jonathan Dryden
Director:
Peter Faraday
Producer:
Ellen Dryden
Joan:
Emilia Fox
Gerhardt:
Paul Ritter
Dorothea:
Ann Beach
JC Squire:
David Mitchell
Jo Jonathan:
Dryden Taylor

New series William Dalrymple investigates the roots of spirituality in Britain in the first of six programmes
1: The World Turned Upside Down. Dalrymple visits
London s Banqueting House, scene of the execution of Charles I, and learns about the social and spiritual anarchy that followed the regicide.
Producer Rosemary Dawson

Contributors

Unknown:
William Dalrymple
Producer:
Rosemary Dawson

Tim Whewell investigates Uganda's involvement in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He sees how the country is still beingdespoiled by foreigners and asks whether Britain has used its influence to restrain the appetites of some of Uganda's most powerful figures. Repeat ofThursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Whewell

Dr Gillian Rice concludes her exploration of the way animals treat illness and injury by asking how they choose the right plant for the right malady. She finds that animal self-medication has much to teach human beings- both in the waywe treat domestic animals and in the way we look after ourselves Producer Jeremvnranao

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Gillian Rice

Bram Stoker's legend of the Transylvanian count abridged in ten parts by Daragh Carville.

Jonathan Harker makes a strange journey to Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania.

Contributors

Author:
Bram Stoker
Abridged by:
Daragh Carville
Producer:
Gemma McMullan
Jonathan:
Michael Fassbender
Mina:
Gillian Kearney
Dr Seward:
James D'Arcy
Dr Van Helsing:
James Greene

3.00 Numbertime: Mental Maths Year 1: Age 5-6 3.15 Reading
Tree Stories: Age 5-6 3.30 Alphabet Time: Age 4-6 3.40 Alphabet Time First Phonics: Age 4-6 3.50 Playtime: 3-5 4.10 Hopscotch: Age 5-7 4.25 Scottish Resources: Age 7-9 4.40 Scottish Resources: Scotland during the time of Mary Queen of Scots

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