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With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Sean Curran and Susan Hulme.
7.48 Thought forthe Day With Martin Palmer.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Sean Curran
Unknown:
Susan Hulme.
Unknown:
Martin Palmer.

The population of Sejny in north-east Poland was once three-quarters Jewish but the town is now empty of Jews. Yet the synagogue and Jewish cemetery have been restored and the town s young people are being introduced to its Jewish history and culture Faynia Williams visits the town and looks at the work of the Borderland Foundation, a Polish group whose message of tolerance is now being heard in countries beyond Poland. Producer Merilyn Harris

Contributors

Producer:
Merilyn Harris

4/4 All Locals Great and Small. By Georgia Pritchett. The last of the comic plays takes an affectionate look at the extremes of rural eccentricity from impenetrable dialects to excessive hardiness in the form of a spoof of those "new vet in the Highlands" yarns, usually starring Dirk Bogarde.
Producer Graham Frost

Contributors

Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde.
Producer:
Graham Frost
The new vet:
Stanley Baxter
Assistant:
Phillis Logan
MrsWindrum:
Janet Brown
Mrs Cameron:
Elaine C Smith
MrMacBean:
Stanley Baxter

Newseries 1/6. Pete McCarthy returns with the cryptic quiz show. Guest panellists John Sergeant ,
Hilary Kay , and David Edwards , winner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire race against the clock to locate a mystery treasure. Producer Sarah Rowlands

Contributors

Unknown:
Pete McCarthy
Unknown:
John Sergeant
Unknown:
Hilary Kay
Unknown:
David Edwards
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

Ivy Compton-Burnett's 19 extraordinary novels of family life were written in her middle-to-old age. But what had her own early years in Hove been like? According to her biographer Hilary Spurling, she claimed they were "uneventful". But the truth was that the first part of her life was so traumatic that she could only come to terms with it through her writing.

Contributors

Writer:
John Spurling
Producer:
Angela Hind
Director:
Richard Wortley
James:
John Rowe
Katharine:
Elizabeth Bell
Ivy:
Teresa Gallagher
Minnie:
Carolyn Pickles
Guy:
Tom Bevan
Jim:
Tom George
Mr Salt:
Ioan Meredith
Topsy:
Deborah Berlin
Primrose (Baby):
Clare Corbett
Vera:
Alison Pettitt
Young Guy:
Edmund Singer-Kingsmith
Young Jim:
Nicholas Carter

3/5. At the Edge. By Tamar Hodes , read by Sally Cookson. Sonya is a repressed and timid woman, but an encounter on the seashore unexpectedly brings courage and freedom. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Tamar Hodes
Read By:
Sally Cookson.

3/5. The Motor Trade. Caroline Swinburne meets retired professionals from the motor trade as their care home celebrates the annual carfete. They're joined by Bruce Forsyth , who came from a motoring family himself and whose sisterwas one of their former residents. Producer Rob Ketteridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Caroline Swinburne
Unknown:
Bruce Forsyth
Producer:
Rob Ketteridge

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.
(Repeated from yesterday at 9pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mark Porter

4/4. Sketch show that takes a slick and stylish look at modern living. Written and performed by Charlotte McDougall , Oriane Messina , Fay Rusling and Susie Donkin , with Ewan Bailey. ProducerCaroi Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlotte McDougall
Unknown:
Oriane Messina
Unknown:
Fay Rusling
Unknown:
Susie Donkin
Unknown:
Ewan Bailey.

Mark Lawson reviews Human Stain, based on the novel by Philip Roth and starring Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins. Producer Nicki Paxman

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Novel By:
Philip Roth
Unknown:
Nicole Kidman
Unknown:
Anthony Hopkins.
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

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2/2. Edward Stourton chairs the second of two debates about the future of higher education. Dr Terrence Kealey , the Vice-Chancellor of Buckingham University, Britain's only independent university, proposes the motion: "The only way to fund higher education properly is to privatise our universities." His leading opponent is Mandy Telford , the president of the National Union of Students. A forum of experts, students and other interested parties also join the debate.
Producer Mark Alden Editor Nicola Meyrick Repeated on Saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Unknown:
Dr Terrence Kealey
Unknown:
Mandy Telford
Producer:
Mark Alden
Editor:
Nicola Meyrick

Conservationist Dr Carl Jones goes in search of "intelligent" birds. On his travels he discovers that some birds are as intelligent as primates and finds the Einstein of birds "nesting" in an American university. Producer Martin Kurzik

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Carl Jones
Producer:
Martin Kurzik

3/3. The Department is a secret organisation with the powerto influence every aspect of your life. At its heart, an eccentric three-man think-tank with the brief to brainstorm new ideas on every aspect of society. This week the team tackle the Army. Written and performed by Chris Addison , John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman , with Matthew Holness ,
Peter Dickson and Lucy Montgomery. Producer Jon Naismith

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Addison
Unknown:
John Oliver
Unknown:
Andy Zaltzman
Unknown:
Matthew Holness
Unknown:
Peter Dickson
Unknown:
Lucy Montgomery.
Producer:
Jon Naismith

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