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With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament With Sean Curran.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With HarveyThomas.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Sean Curran.

A cocktail bar in your lounge; a car-port rortne new Cortina; your very own three-bedroom chalet-style bungalow? As 1950s Britain emerged from the long shadows of war and austerity, men ana women bet to work hammering and sawingtheir way to a more glamorous home. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen finds out what became of those domestic dreams of 45 years ago. Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Producer:
Simon Elmes

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Newbury puts questions to Douglas Alexander , ministerforthe Cabinet Office, neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield , shadow secretary of state for defence
Nicholas Soames , and Sarah Teather , Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Douglas Alexander
Unknown:
Baroness Susan Greenfield
Unknown:
Nicholas Soames
Unknown:
Sarah Teather

By Nick McCarty. It's 1892 and a group of Socialists in the Black Country town of Walsall are targeted by both the Fenian Branch and a group of International Anarchists. The secretary of the local Socialist club, Joe Deakin , becomes drawn into events beyond his experience and quickly gets out of his depth. Atrue story of political and social intrigue.
Director Peter Leslie Wild

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick McCarty.
Unknown:
Joe Deakin
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Joe:
Alex Jones
Inspector Melville:
Stephen Critchlow
Marie:
Julia Hills
Sgt Mclntyre:
Tom George
Cailles:
Tom George
Chief Constable Taylor:
John Webb
Mrs Taylor:
Ann Beach
Sarah:
Jo Rafferty
Singer:
Jo Rafferty
Deakin Sr:
Michael Tudor Bames
Littlewood:
Michael Tudor Bames
Westley:
Greg Hobbs
Willets:
Greg Hobbs
Guard:
Greg Hobbs
Coulon:
Ben Crowe
Charles:
Ben Crowe

Lord Uxbridge was Wellington's right-hand man at the glorious victory of Waterloo in 1815 and with almost the last shot of the battle his leg was shattered by French grapeshot. The leg was amputated without anaesthetic. Uxbridge was lauded as a national hero and his severed leg also went on to have an illustrious career of its own.
Writer and comedian Neil Mullarkey follows the ups and downs of Lord Uxbridge's leg on its century-long journey to its final resting place. Producer Philip Sellars

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Mullarkey
Producer:
Philip Sellars

School of Rock is billed as the first children's film that will appeal to the parents even more than their children. Failed rocker Dewey Finn cons his way into teaching in a prep school, tears up the timetable and turns the class into a rock band. Jim White talks to the star, Jack Black, about the film and about his own passion for rock music.

Contributors

Producer:
Mohini Patel

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Terence Blacker ,
Denise Mina and Alan Strachan discuss the cultural highlights of the week, including a new play at the Tramway in Glasgow and Sylvia, a new film starring Gwyneth Paltrow as the American poet Sylvia Plath. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Terence Blacker
Unknown:
Denise Mina
Unknown:
Alan Strachan
Unknown:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Unknown:
Sylvia Plath.
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Today many of Britain's carfactorytowns have to face the fact that their days of producing cars are numbered. Sarfraz Mansoor tells the story of the motortowns through more than 70 years of archive and local oral history recordings. He also looks at the changing fortunes of Luton, Longbridge, Cowley, and Halewood, and Dagenham, where in 1929 Henry Ford sited the largest car factory in Europe. Producer Sara Parker

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarfraz Mansoor
Producer:
Sara Parker

1/12. A dramatisation by Martyn Wade of Anthony Trollope's political novels involving intrigue, love affairs, financial dealings and murder. The saga begins with the story of Lady Glencora and her search for romance and happiness.
Music by Elizabeth Parker Director Cherry Cookson Rptd from Sun

Contributors

Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Trollope:
David Troughton
Plantagenent Palliser:
Ben Miles
Lady Glencora:
Sophie Thompson
Alice:
Anastasia Hille
George:
Adrian Lukis
Lady Monk:
Frances Jeater
John:
Mark Bazeley
Burgo:
Bertie Carvel
Scruby:
Chris Moran

Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which
Melanie Phillips , Ian Hargreaves , Steven Rose and Michael Gove cross-examine witnesses who hold conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's news Stories. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Unknown:
Michael Gove

1/5. The Darkest Hour. By Yvonne Brissett. In
Birmingham, ayoung woman succumbs to jealousy when she fears her boyfriend is seeing another woman. She takes radical action, which leads to more trouble than she could ever have antici pated. Read by Janice Acquah. Producer Peter Leslie Wild

Contributors

Unknown:
Yvonne Brissett.
Read By:
Janice Acquah.
Producer:
Peter Leslie Wild

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