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2/4. Sixty years ago, Britain witnessed the biggest non-nuclear explosion of the Second World War when an underground ammunition depot blew up in Fauld, Staffordshire. Liz Carney talks to witnesses and to people whose lives were coloured by this little-known event. Producer Jolyon Jenkins

Contributors

Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins

New series 1/6. Bed and breakfast for beginners.
A comedy series by Sue Limb, starring Miriam Margolyes and Denise Coffey.
Beds i'the East Are Soft. It is father, not a guest, who complains about the accommodation.
Producer Jonathan James-Moore

Contributors

Unknown:
Miriam Margolyes
Unknown:
Denise Coffey.
Producer:
Jonathan James-Moore
Alison:
Denlse Coffey
Maud:
Miriam Margolyes
Father:
Joss Ackland
Mr Mullet:
Chris Emmett
Bernard:
Geoffrey Whttehead
Jane:
Jane Sellars

Derek Jacobi and Nicola McAuliffe star in Byrony Lavery 's tragicomedy about two shy opera lovers who have seats nexttoeach otherbut never speak, until it's too late Other parts played by Alice Hart and Philip Fox
Director Janet Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Jacobi
Unknown:
Nicola McAuliffe
Unknown:
Byrony Lavery
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Albie:
Derek Jacobi
Marguerite:
Nlcola McAultffe

1/5. Swans by Janet Frame, read by Sarah Kants.
The first story about departure comes from New Zealand's first lady of literature. It describes child's experience of a trip to the seaside for an almost perfect day.

Contributors

Author:
Janet Frame
Reader:
Sarah Kants
Producer:
Karen Rose

1/5. The Queen of Route 66: Route 66 in Wisbech
Paddy Maguire cuts five thick slices of British life onboard a bus as he follows five number 66 bus routes around the country. Today he is going round and round on the Wolsoken Circular and encounters a lady known as the Queen of the 66 and the Princess Royal herself. Producer Neil George

Contributors

Producer:
Neil George

Chairman Nicholas Parsons is in London where the word-bandying panellists are Clement Freud , Tony Hawks, Julian Clary and Stephen Fry.
Producer Chris Neill Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Julian Clary
Unknown:
Stephen Fry.
Producer:
Chris Neill

Francine Stock chairs the arts magazine and meets actor and director Kevin Costner , whose new film
Open Range aims to prove there's still some life left in the western. Producer Rebecca Nicholson

Contributors

Director:
Kevin Costner
Producer:
Rebecca Nicholson

1/5. By Angela Turvey. Afictionalised account of the true story of the "Hottentot Venus",
Sara Baartman , who in 1810 travelled from her home in southern Africa to England, where she was exhibited as a scientific curiosity. Interviews with Jean Burgess , Margaret Fetzia. DrYvette Abrahams and Professor Philip Tobias conducted by Connie St Louis.
An Offer of Freedom. Sara believes she has been offered a way of earning enough money to return to her homeland.
Director Sara Davies Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Turvey.
Unknown:
Sara Baartman
Unknown:
Jean Burgess
Unknown:
Margaret Fetzia.
Unknown:
Philip Tobias
Director:
Sara Davies
Sara:
Janice Acquah
Hendrik:
Peter Gevisser
Alexander:
Mark Meadows
Actor:
Mae Adjoaandoh

Mike Thomson follows the extraordinary story of an Asian-born Hollywood film director and his wife who were kidnapped by North Korea's mysterious dictator and ardent film buff, Kim Jong-ll . Kept in opulent captivity for eight years and forced to produce propagandist films for the regime, Shin Sang-Ok finally escaped in a dramatic car chase across Vienna. But what new light does his ordeal shed on the inner workings of the Great Leader's mindset and that of his curiously cinematic regime? Producer Philip Sellars

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Thomson
Unknown:
Kim Jong-Ll
Producer:
Philip Sellars

2/7. Sudan. Civil war has dominated Sudan for more than 40 years. Now, with a ceasefire in place, peace is a real possibility. Writer Michael Griffen returns to the country he came to know as a teacher in the 1970s. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Griffen

2/3. The decline of the urban park began just after the Second World War and has continued to this day. Vandalism and neglect are rife, but in recent years there are signs of a renaissance and the key lies in the hands of local people. Julian Pettifer reports. Producer Brett Westwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Pettifer
Producer:
Brett Westwood

3.00 Numbertime: Mental Maths Year 2 (ages 6-7)
3.15 Counting 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: Hinduism (ages 7-9)
4.25 Scottish Secondary 4.45 Music for Dance (ages 7-11)

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