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With John Humphrys 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 the Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Sean Curran.
Unknown:
Jonathan Gledhill.

2/3. Now, Hear This. Alan Dein continues his exploration of how the microphone has changed the listening world. The right microphone, in the right hands, can open up a whole new world of sound. The forest floor, the ocean depths and the inner space of the womb have a sound of their own that was once impossible to hear. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Dein
Producer:
Mark Burman

1/6. The sharp edge of satire from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , with Mitch Benn , Marcus Brigstocke , Jon Holmes and Laura Shavin. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Mitch Benn
Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Jon Holmes
Unknown:
Laura Shavin.

Once an Edwardian boating haven, the Wheatstone Pond has acquired a dark and chilling atmosphere, a vile odour hangs around its waters. After a tragic suicide the pond is drained and some rather unusual artefacts begin to emerge.

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Westall
Dramatised by:
Martyn Read
Director:
Rosemary Watts
Jeff:
John Duttine
Hermione:
Teresa Gallagher
James:
John Webb
D.I. Crittenden:
Ian Brooker
Mr Makepeace/Mr Maidment:
Christopher Scott
Mossy:
Peter Meakin
Rose:
Lorna Laidlaw
Child:
Richard Ganjavi
Child:
Jack Halsey

Mike Newell struck gold when he directed
Four Weddings and a Funeral - one of the most successful British films of all time - and now he's busy with next year's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The seasoned British directortalks to Jim White. And hold on to your doughnut and cardigan - Starsky& Hutch are back. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Newell
Unknown:
Harry Potter
Unknown:
Jim White.
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

1/6. "Father, forgive them.fortheyknownotwhat they do." Peter Malone , president of the World
Catholic Association for Communications, begins a series of talks for Lent by considering how cinema portrays the Crucifixion. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Malone

Fifty years ago a vaccination programme began that is estimated to have prevented more than two million cases of polio worldwide. Peter Preston tells the story of scientific rivalry behind the development of the vaccine and the subsequent inoculation programme. Producer Jane Greenwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Preston
Producer:
Jane Greenwood

6/12. By Anthony Trollope , dramatised by Martyn Wade. Phineas Finn fears that rumours about events of the past - especially of his emotional involvement with Lady Laura - are affecting his political career. But these rumours are nothing compared to the trouble in which he is about to find himself
Music by Elizabeth Parker Director Cherry Cookson Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Trollope
Dramatised By:
Martyn Wade.
Dramatised By:
Phineas Finn
Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Trollope:
David Troughton
Plantagenet:
Ben Miles
Lady Glencora:
Sophie Thompson
Laura:
Juliet Stevenson
MmeGoesler:
Stella Gonet
Actor:
Phineas Conlethhiii
Chiltern:
Scott Handy
Chaffenbrass:
John Rowe
Erie:
Ian Masters
Duke of St Bungay:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Gresham:
Nlckolas Grace
Bonteen:
Loan Meredith
MrsBonteen:
Rachel Atkins
Lady:
Eustace Shunasnow
Lord Fawn:
Philip Fox
MrsMeaker:
Frances Jeater

Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Melanie Phillips , Michael Gove , Ian Hargreaves and Professor Steven Rose cross-examine witnesses Who hold Conflicting views. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

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

1/5. Poet Stevie Smith 's best-known poem ends with the words "not waving but drowning". Five stories by writers who have turned these words around.
Stevie Davies evokes a memory of childhood that is part biography, part autobiography and entirely playful. Read by Helen Sheals. Producer Christine Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
Stevie Smith
Stories By:
Writers Who
Unknown:
Stevie Davies
Read By:
Helen Sheals.
Producer:
Christine Hall

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