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With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With David Wilby and Susan Hulme.
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
David Wilby
Unknown:
Susan Hulme.
Unknown:
Dr Jonathan Sacks.

4: Trafalgar 1805, oy Nick Warburton. The last programme in the series of personal eyewitness accounts of great naval battles. Carter, the surgeon's mate on the Victory, is below decks as the battle begins, recalling a dream laden with dreadful premonitions. With David Bamber as Carter and historical commentary from Andrew Lambert and Colin White. ProducerTim Dee

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Warburton.
Unknown:
David Bamber
Unknown:
Andrew Lambert
Unknown:
Colin White.
Unknown:
Producertim Dee

By Georgia Pritchett. Continuing the surreal comedy about florists with attitude.
Ample finds it hard to cope with the pressures of fame after being interviewed by the local newspaper. Meanwhile, Winnie orders herself a mail-order Thai groom.

Contributors

Writer:
Georgia Pritchett
Producer:
Catherine Bailey
Ample:
Miranda Richardson
Winnie:
Doon MacKichan
Journalist:
Dave Lamb
Robert:
Stephen Mangan
Sandra:
Celia Imrie
Pauline:
Ronni Ancona
Phil:
Robert Webb
Chai Son:
David Lee

A light-hearted quiz about inventions and innovations - from aspirin to the zip fastener. Chris Stuart presides over team captains Adam Hart-Davis and Professor Lewis Wolpert. With guests Johnny Ball and World Service health reporter Ania Lichtarowicz.

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Stuart
Unknown:
Adam Hart-Davis
Unknown:
Professor Lewis Wolpert
Unknown:
Johnny Ball
Reporter:
Ania Lichtarowicz
Producer:
Katie Marsden

Comedy by Peter Roberts.

In December 1903 the Wright Brothers were the first men to achieve powered flight when their primitive plane took off over the dunes at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina - or were they? Could it be that an English aristocrat, one Sydney Mangot Walsh, actually launched a plane just weeks before the Wrights' more famous flight?
Alex Jones

Adam Hart-Davis on the Wright Brothers: page 36

Contributors

Comedy By:
Peter Roberts.
Unknown:
Sydney Mangot Walsh
Unknown:
Alex Jones
Producer/Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Sydney:
Richard Derrington
Elspeth:
Alison Pettitt
Old Elspeth:
June Barrie
Ernest:
Alex Jones
Maxim/Lilienthal:
Andrew Wincott

Laurie Taylor hears all about Scotland's largest migrant population, the English, and discovers how their life stories contradict populist representations of Scots' attitudes to the Auld Enemy. Producer Jacqueline Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Producer:
Jacqueline Smith

Eyes after 40. As we get older our eyesight gets worse but we rarely visit the optician. Could such negligence mean we are damaging the eyes? Dr Mark Porter takes a look at what happens to the eyes afterthe age Of 40. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mark Porter

A comedy sketch show in which anything is possible. Chambers beats Collins at Scrabble, Watson beats Holmes at Cluedo and an evil plan is disrupted by a last-minute font change. With Steven Kynman , Sally Hawkins , Olivia Colman , Robert Webb and Chris Pavlo. Written by James Cary , Adam Bromley. Sally Hawkins ,
Catherine Shepherd and Ashley Blaker Producer Adam Bromley (Revised repeat)

Contributors

Unknown:
Steven Kynman
Unknown:
Sally Hawkins
Unknown:
Olivia Colman
Unknown:
Robert Webb
Unknown:
Chris Pavlo.
Written By:
James Cary
Written By:
Adam Bromley.
Written By:
Sally Hawkins
Written By:
Catherine Shepherd
Written By:
Ashley Blaker
Producer:
Adam Bromley

Michael Buerk chairs another debate in which Ian Hargreaves , Steven Rose , Michael Gove 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:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Unknown:
Michael Gove
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Producer:
David Coomes

2: Getting In. Why do children of politicians enter politics themselves and is it made any easier by having a famous family name? Political journalist Julia Langdon finds out.
Producer Mukti Jain Campion Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Julia Langdon
Producer:
Mukti Jain Campion

From the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, precisely 100 years afterthe Wright brothers first flew a powered craft. Wright biographer James Tobin watches a live reconstruction of that historic flight and tells the story of the two remarkable bicycle mechanics who changed the world. Producer Susan Marling
Adam Hart-Davis on the Wright Brothers: page 36

Contributors

Unknown:
James Tobin
Producer:
Susan Marling
Producer:
Adam Hart-Davis

The final part of Creighton Wheeler 's life story as recalled by Brian Hayes. 4: The Daft Continent
Wheeler plays a key role in the independence of the British colony of Mozamulamazabezia. Then he disappears. Featuring the voice of , and Jon Snow and Producers Andrew McGibbon and Jonathan Ruffle

Contributors

Unknown:
Creighton Wheeler
Recalled By:
Brian Hayes.
Unknown:
Jon Snow
Producers:
Andrew McGibbon
Producers:
Jonathan Ruffle
Creighton Wheeler:
Andrew McGibbon
themselves:
Raj Persaud

Sri Lanka v England
The first day's play in the Third Test from Colombo,
Sri Lanka. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew John Murray ,
Jonny Saunders and Roshan Abbeysinghe.
Producer Peter Baxter * Approximate time

Contributors

Commentary By:
Jonathan Agnew
Commentary By:
John Murray
Commentary By:
Jonny Saunders
Commentary By:
Roshan Abbeysinghe.
Producer:
Peter Baxter

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