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2/3 Sheep farmer and countryman
Johnny Scott meets the Dunlop family who two years ago swapped their 300-acre vegetable farm in Northern
Ireland for a 2,000-acre cereal farm in the heart of the Canadian grain belt. How are they coping with farming in an unfamiliar country and with the extremes of temperature? producerciareCsonka

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Scott

New series 1/4. By Barbara Comyns , dramatised by Melissa Murray. Two sisters escape from their drunken mother and tryto make their way in the world. One is beautiful, the other resourceful, but both find life a struggle - with often hilarious consequences. life a struggle with Producer/Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Comyns
Dramatised By:
Melissa Murray.
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Blanche:
Juliet Aubrey
Vicky:
Jemima Rooper
Mother:
Richenda Carey
Hobbs:
Andrew Harrison
Edward:
Tom George
MrsGroningen:
Carolyn Jones
Mr Groningen:
Stephen Critchlow
Miss Bowles:
Uza Sadovy

Fred Housego and Marcel Berlins of the South of England are up against Alan Taylor and Michael Alexander of Scotland in the fiendish quiz. Nick Clarke is in the chair.
Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Housego
Unknown:
Marcel Berlins
Unknown:
Alan Taylor
Unknown:
Michael Alexander
Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Producer:
Paul Bajoria

By Rachel Feldberg. A chance meeting between former lovers changes both their lives for ever and forthe better. A story of grief, revenge and love, set on a Leeds allotment.
Producer/Director Polly Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
Rachel Feldberg.
Director:
Polly Thomas
Ozzy:
Steve Huison
Cass:
Kerry Fox
Emily:
Elianne Byme

1/5. A brief encounter, an exchange of glances, a shared smile -these are the moments that prompt the appeals to be found in the "Once Seen section of the personal columns. Five writers were invited to find an advert and imagine the story behind it.
The Cherry Orchard with Rugs by Rose Tremain , read by Matt Lucas. A Eurostarjourneyto Pans. Producer Jill Waters

Contributors

Unknown:
Rose Tremain
Read By:
Matt Lucas.
Producer:
Jill Waters

1/5 Writer Ben Rogers tells the stories of five cookbooks that shaped whole cultures and remain influential today.
Lushi Chunqiu. A look at an ancient Chinese book of history that contains some of the founding principles of all Chinese cookery. Producer Dave Battcock

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Rogers
Unknown:
Lushi Chunqiu.
Producer:
Dave Battcock

Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world, teasing out the hidden and often contradictory truths behind the experiences, values and traditions of our lives. Producer Rosemary Dawson

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernie Rea
Producer:
Rosemary Dawson

Nicholas Parsons takes the show to Leeds, where the panellists are Paul Merton , Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Liza Tarbuck and Charles Collingwood. ProducerChris Neill Repeated on Sunday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Several series of Just a Minute are available on audio cassette, with some titles also on CD, from good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Liza Tarbuck
Unknown:
Charles Collingwood.

Mark Lawson reviews Lars von Trier 's new film,
Dogville, starring Nicole Kidman. Plus an interview with novelist and playwright David Storey. Producer Philippa Ritchie

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Lars von Trier
Unknown:
Nicole Kidman.
Unknown:
David Storey.
Producer:
Philippa Ritchie

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When Czechoslovakia was liberated from the Nazis at the end of the Second World War, the population of the countrytook its revenge - not on the Nazis themselves, but on 3 million of their fellow citizens. Misha Glenny tells the story of this act of collective vengeance against the ethnic Germans of Czechoslovakia, and asks why European politicians of both left and right are still unwilling to acknowledge that an injustice was done. Producer Jolyon Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Misha Glenny
Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins

Over the last year, poet Katrina Porteous recorded the sounds of this beautiful castle on the coast of Northumberland forthis poem, which draws on local myth, on the memory of raids by Scots from across the border, and on the ideal of good lordship. Performed by Trevor Fox and the children of Seahouses First School, it uses chants, dialect and the layering of language as well as the sounds of kittiwakes, the waves and the wind to tell the secret history of the castle. Producer Julian May

Contributors

Unknown:
Katrina Porteous
Unknown:
Trevor Fox

Giant Pandas. Wildlife cameraman
Michael Richards travels to the remote Changqing Nature Reserve in central China on the trail of wild giant pandas. This recently formed reserve is one of the few remaining heartland homes of this enigmatic yet most adored and endangered mammal. Producer Sheena Duncan Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Richards
Producer:
Sheena Duncan

6/10. By Alice Hoffman , abridged by Alison Joseph and read by Laurel Lefkow . When the women in the Sparrow family reach 13, they develop a unique ability. In Stella's case, the gift, which is both a blessing and a curse, turns out to be the ability to see a person's probable future.
"Once upon a time she had been absolutely sure of whom she was meant to love."
Producer Gaynor Macfarlane

Contributors

Unknown:
Alice Hoffman
Abridged By:
Alison Joseph
Read By:
Laurel Lefkow
Producer:
Gaynor MacFarlane

3.00 Numbertime: Mental Maths Year2(ages 6-7) 3.15
Alphabet Time (ages 4-6) 3.25 Stories and Rhymes (ages 5-7)
3.40 Hopscotch (ages 5-7) 3.55 Hop, Skip and Jump (ages 5-7)
4.10 Stop, Think, Wonder: Sikhism (ages 7-9) 4.25 Scottish Secondary 4.45 Time for Drama (ages 7-9)

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