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ContinuingtheseriesinwhichProfessorSteve
Jones examines the different blood groups and their hidden influences on people's lives.
2: The Cultural Impact. For many years anthropologists used blood groups as a way of tracking the movement of people. While the rest of south Wales is mainly Os, in Pembrokeshire A predominates - a throw back to their Norman and Flemish ancestors. Meanwhile in Japan, blood groups are used by the young to analyse each other's character and personality. Producer Andrea Kidd

Contributors

Producer:
Andrea Kidd

From glass palaces containing exotic plants to experiments within computer-controlled hothouses. the greenhouse has a unique place in scientific history. Hermione Cockburn tells the story of a revolution under glass. Producer Monise Durrani

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Unknown:
Hermione Cockburn
Producer:
Monise Durrani

An absurdist comedy by Katie Hims. A terribly English, terribly civilised lunch party gradually disintegrates on the day a man is hanged by an unspecified government. Even when the world is falling apart around them, there are those who will do anything to cling on to the reality that suits them.
Director Toby Swift

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Comedy By:
Katie Hims.
Director:
Toby Swift
Jane:
Claudia Harrison
Bill:
Ben Miles
Alison:
Richenda Carey
Jim:
Ian Masters
Brian:
Stephen Critchlow
Ruth:
Tracy Wiles
Andrew:
Kenny Blyth

2: Why My Grandmother Learned to Play the Rute by Scarlett Thomas , read by Flora Montgomery.
Over a long summer holiday, a young girl hears her grandmother's Story in SOUnd. Fordetailsseeyesterday

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Unknown:
Scarlett Thomas
Read By:
Flora Montgomery.

Philippa Lamb looks at new employment rights proposed forthe clergy. She also asks how you find out what you should be earning.
Producer Caroline Bayley and Kirsteen Knight.

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Unknown:
Philippa Lamb
Producer:
Caroline Bayley
Producer:
Kirsteen Knight.

Another chance to hear Christopher Lee 's comedy drama set in the Ministry of Defence. 3: Brown
Sauce. Someone has to support the Minister at an arms sales exhibition, but the politically sensitive sale of jet trainer aircraft is not what's uppermost in Bryan's mind -or in George's.
Director Pete Atkin Producer Rosalind Ayres (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Lee
Director:
Pete Atkin
Producer:
Rosalind Ayres
Zelda:
Fiona Shaw
Col George:
Martin Jarvis
Wing Cdr Bryan:
Christopher Neame
CdrBill:
Christopher Godwin
CPO Grieves:
Peter Capaldi

By Joan Wyndham. 2: Desperate Dreaming
Having decided to become an artist, the next step is for Joan to acquire a studio. Within days, every artist in Chelsea seems to be coming to oaint there.
For details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

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Unknown:
Joan Wyndham.
Joan:
Emilia Fox
Gerhardt:
Paul Rttter
Rupert:
Julian Ovenden
Jo Jonathan:
Dryden Taylor
Leonard:
David Mitchell

With Iraq and other conflicts leaving Britain's shrinking armed forces overstretched,
Julian O'Halloran reports on the strains on regular and part-time soldiers. Producer Julia Rooke Repeated on Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian O'Halloran
Producer:
Julia Rooke

New series Nine editions of the medical series, starting with an investigation into ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Dr Mark Porterfinds out if Britain really is in the grip of an epidemic or if this is a case of catch-all diagnosis. The health phone-in Check Up on Thursday is also dedicated to this subject. Producer Helen Sharp Repeated tomorrow at4.30pm What are the symptoms of ADHD? See page 36

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mark Porterfinds
Producer:
Helen Sharp

A four-part comedy drama by Michelle Read.
1: Lovelorn romance writer Anna is up against a deadline for her latest potboiler. But her creative juices don't seem to be ftowing as, after years of havinga purely fictional love-life, she's met a real-live man.
Producer Dawn Ellis (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michelle Read.
Anna:
Samantha Bond
Brian:
Hugh Bonneville
Minnie:
Cathy Murphy
Buddha:
Kammy Darwelsh
Bob:
Andrew Wlncott
Fertility doll:
Adjoa Andoh
Brenda:
Michelle Read
The book:
Michael Fenton-Stevens

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