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With James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Susan Hulme and Sean Curran.
7.48 Thought forthe Day With Indarjit Singh.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Carolyn Quinn.
Unknown:
Susan Hulme
Unknown:
Sean Curran.
Unknown:
Indarjit Singh.

DungScience. Lionel Kelleway presents an homage to dung, those little - and large - packets of information that provide so much data to field biologists But as well as enlightening us, dung can also deceive and mystify, as encounters with pine martens, hen harriers and fossilised dino-pats will testify. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway

2/4 Former chancellor of the Exchequer Ken Clarke indulges himself in his passion for jazz. The huge talent of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was matched only by his physical appearance - Long Tall Dexter was a giant in all respects. Yet he failed to fulfil his rightful place in jazz history, falling into decline in the 1950s. Ken Clarke talks to Norway's leading jazz singer Karin Krog, who performed and recorded with Dexter Gordon.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ken Clarke
Interviewee:
Karin Krog
Producer:
Paul Evans

By Bernhard Schlink , adapted by Mike Harris.
After many years of marriage, a man's wife dies.
Shortly afterwards, a letter arrives addressed to her from another man - passionate words from an ex-lover. Obsessed with discovering the truth, the man impersonates his dead wife, determined to find out about a love he cannot understand.
Producer/Director Clive Brill

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernhard Schlink
Adapted By:
Mike Harris.
Director:
Clive Brill
The man:
Anton Lessser
Theotherman:
Ciaran Hinds
The wife:
Stella Gonet
Thedaughter:
Lucy Robinson

Richard Daniel presents the programme in which listeners set the agenda with their environmental concerns.
ADDRESS: Home Planet, PO BOX 3096, Brighton BN11PL email: home.planet@bbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] Producer Nick Patrick

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Daniel
Producer:
Nick Patrick

2/5. Pastor by Jenny Newman. A dark and magical tale set in 13th-century France, when the Cathars, branded heretics by the Roman Catholic Church, were being tried in the courts of the Inquisition. The reader is Hugh Dickson. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Newman.
Readeris:
Hugh Dickson.

2/5. Continuing the comedy series co-written by and starring Johnny Vegas. The night-class students embark on their first pottery assignment, with varying degrees of failure. By Johnny Vegas , Tony Bureess and Tonv Pitts.
Music by Paul Heaton , performed and arranged by Paul Heaton and Tony Robinson Director Dirk Maggs

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Vegas.
Unknown:
Johnny Vegas
Unknown:
Tony Bureess
Unknown:
Tonv Pitts.
Music By:
Paul Heaton
Arranged By:
Paul Heaton
Arranged By:
Tony Robinson
Director:
Dirk Maggs
Johnny:
Johnny Vegas
Kieran:
Tony Burgess
Rebecca:
Fiona Carew
Darren:
Toby Foster
Sandra:
Rebecca Front
Nathan:
Christian Knowles
Ken:
Adrian Manfredi
Chloe:
Lyndsey Marshal
Paul:
Tony Pitts
Anne:
Gwyneth Powell
Carol:
Nicola Stephenson
Nathan:
Christian Knowles

2/2. "Kyoto is dead," according to some environment watchers. International attempts to protect the climate and stop global warming, signed in the Japanese city, seemed scuppered when the White House declined to take part. But George W Bush is becoming irrelevant, according to one analyst, as the rest of the world and many of the US states take their own action. Reporter Gerry Northam. Producer Roland Pease Repeated on Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
George W Bush
Reporter:
Gerry Northam.
Producer:
Roland Pease

In the last of the current series, Dr Mark Porter looks at screening tests -including those for the breast, the cervix, the prostate and the bowel - and tries to discover which of them are worth our while and whether there are some we shouldn't worry about.
(Rptd tomorrow at 4.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr Mark Porter
Producer:
Helen Sharp

4/6. Spies. A sketch show in which anything is possible, written by James Cary. This week an evil genius and superspy turn out to have a shared interest in John Candy films. Starring Robert Webb , Beth Chalmers , Catherine Shepherd , Steven Kynman , Abigail Burdess and Chris Pavio. ProducerAdam Bromley

Contributors

Written By:
James Cary.
Unknown:
Robert Webb
Unknown:
Beth Chalmers
Unknown:
Catherine Shepherd
Unknown:
Steven Kynman
Unknown:
Abigail Burdess
Unknown:
Chris Pavio.

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