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With John Humphrys 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 for the Day With Rabbi Lionel Blue.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Sean Curran
Unknown:
Susan Hulme.
Unknown:
Lionel Blue.

3/5 Dylan Winter investigates the vast complex of former mine workings in Wiltshire that, during the Second World War, were used as ammunition depots and secret factories producing aircraft engines. An air of paranoia still surrounds the mines. Winter meets the shadowy "urban explorers" who tryto penetrate their secrets. producer Jolyon Jenkins

Contributors

Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins

GiantPandas. 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. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Richards

2/2 Ian Carmichael takes a wander through more archive material in search of some very British idiots. With contributions from Linda Smith and Richard Briers. Producer Simon Nicholls

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Carmichael
Unknown:
Linda Smith
Unknown:
Richard Briers.
Producer:
Simon Nicholls

Following on from this week's Sunday Best slot, which features the story of the Amazon Youth Cello Choir and theirtripto the UK, comes this update.
Mark Rickards returns one year later to see whether the children continue to amaze the residents of the Amazon rainforest with their repertoire of Bach, Haydn and Vivaldi. Without any professional teaching, Can the group survive? Producer Mark Rickards

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Rickards
Producer:
Mark Rickards

By Rudie van Meurs, translated from the original Dutch play by Kees van Vlaanderen.

Simon is 12 years old, growing up in a small Dutch village by the sea As the great floods of 1953 engulf the town, it seems to Simon that justice is not being served, judging by who survives and who does not.

Contributors

Writer:
Rudie van Meurs
Translator:
Kees van Vlaanderen
Producer/Director:
Turan Ali
Simon (narrator):
Colin Baker
Father:
David Holt
Mother:
Tricia Kelly
Simon (age 12):
Jack Rawlings
Trix:
Emma Merritt
Klaasje:
Bethany Muir
Beliam:
Charlie Ray
Sjaan:
Maxine Finch
De Winter:
David Peart
Bongers:
Mark Straker

Richard Daniel presents the programme in which listeners set the agenda with their environmental concerns.
ADDRESS: Home Planet. PO BOX 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL email: home.planet@bbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] Producer Nick Patrick

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Daniel
Producer:
Nick Patrick

2/5. A Blue Chairand a Beautiful Smile by Ruth Thomas , read by Gillian Kearney. A chance encounter in Edinburgh prompts an appeal in the personal column of a local paper. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Thomas
Read By:
Gillian Kearney.

5/5. The final episode of this dark comedy co-written by and starring Johnny Vegas. The day of reckoning has arrived -the examiner is due to pass judgement on the class's ceramic offerings. And in a surprise revelation by the principal, the real reason behind Johnny's extended leave from Butlins is revealed.
Written by Johnny Vegas. Tony Burgess and Tony Pitts. Music by Paul Heaton , performed and arranged by Paul Heaton and Tony Robinson Director Dirk Maggs

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Vegas.
Written By:
Johnny Vegas.
Written By:
Tony Burgess
Written By:
Tony 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
Sandra:
Rebecca Front
Nathan:
Christian Knowles
Ken:
Adrian Manfredi
Chloe:
Lyndsey Marshal
Paul:
Tony Pitts
Anne:
Gwyneth Powell
Carol:
Nicola Stephenson
Morag:
Tracy Brabin

With continuing concern over the threat posed by Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organisations, Paul Kenyon investigates the methods that have been used to recruit would-be bombers in Britain, and asks whether militant groups still have too much freedom to operate here.
(Repeated on Sunday)

Contributors

Reporter:
Paul Kenyon
Producer:
Jenny Chryss

1/4. By Gerard Foster. George and Beverly, parents of a typical middle-class family, feign their deaths to see how their children will cope. George wants material for a new book and Beverly hopes that the family will be reunited. But is this plan as foolproof as it sounds?
Producer Jane Berthoud

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerard Foster.
Producer:
Jane Berthoud
George:
Geoffrey Palmer
Beverty:
Angela Thorne
Alex:
Gerard Foster
Rose:
Miranda Hart
Hosanna:
Debra Stephenson

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