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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25,7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought forthe Day With Indarjit Singh.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Indarjit Singh.

Bald, curly, mullet or mohican, whether we like it or not our hair plays a crucial role in how we look. But there's more to our crowning glory than meets the eye Quentin Coopergoes in pursuit of the hirsute. Why did we evolve to lose most of the furthat would have covered our ancestors' bodies? Why might stem-cell research pave the way for a cure for balding and what are top stylist Nicky Clarke 's secrets of a good hairday? Producer Pamela Rutherford

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Coopergoes
Unknown:
Nicky Clarke
Producer:
Pamela Rutherford

2/4 No blushes are spared as Paul Roseby continues his trawl through musical theatre's glorious failures. Kit Hesketh-Harvey talks about Y, a bizarre cabaret affair starring a quick-change illusionist, and Which
Witch, a goth rock-opera written by two Norwegians
Musical director Martin Lowe remembers Moby Dick , which had agroupofStTrinian'sschoolgirls putting on a Show about the big old Whale. Producer Elizabeth Freestone

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Roseby
Director:
Martin Lowe
Unknown:
Moby Dick
Producer:
Elizabeth Freestone

The story of Great Uncle Jack's heroic death in the Spanish Civil War is family folklore. But when the unmarked graves begin to be opened, there are as many secrets dug up as bodies - and George gets a shock. By Don Taylor , starring Jack Shepherd as George.
Director Ellen Dryden

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Taylor
Unknown:
Jack Shepherd
Director:
Ellen Dryden
Jeremy:
Jonathan Dryden Taylor
FrTomaso:
Daniel Evans
Ramon:
John Grillo
Old Woman:
Patricia Leventon
Luiz:
Ed Weeks
Conchita:
Morag Cross

Sue Cook investigates another batch of listeners' history queries.
ADDRESS: Making History. PO BOX 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL email: making.history@bbc.co.uk
Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick

Contributors

Producers:
Ivan Howlett
Producers:
Nick Patrick

The Kitchen of the Future. The kitchen is considered the hub of the home. But how will its function change as appliances learn to talk to each other and cooking can be done at a distance? Producer Rosamund Jones

Contributors

Producer:
Rosamund Jones

Director of the London School of Economics, Howard Davies , and children's author Eleanor Updale talk to Sue MacGregor about theirfavourite books. Producer Beth O'Dea Repeated on Sunday at llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Howard Davies
Unknown:
Eleanor Updale
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

3/6. Historical sitcom, written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. France. Tamsyn has been captured by the revolutionaries and faces an excruciating torture involving a shuttlecock, some badminton rackets and two fat naked Germans.
Other parts played by members of the cast Producer Jan Ravens

Contributors

Written By:
Tom Jamieson
Producer:
Jan Ravens
Tamsyn:
Sheridan Smith
Jago:
John Bowe
Maj Falconer:
Cameron Stewart
Cpt Marriot:
Andrew McGlbbon
Squire Bascombe:
Martin Hyder
Dewey:
Mark Felgate
Hobbs:
Mark Perry

2/10. By Julie Myerson. Julie's search moves forward 100 years to the Pigeon family who sold the Myersons their Clapham house.
Fordetails see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Julie Myerson.
John:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Julia:
Jane Purcell
Leon:
Tom George
Young Leon:
Dominic Curran
Nick:
David Thorpe
Beth:
Mia Soteriou
Workman:
Peter McCamley
Bank clerk:
Annie Rowe

1/2. There are 250 million people living in the Arab countries - and none of them live in a fully independent democracy. In these taboo-breaking documentaries Dr Maha Azzam asks why the Arab world has so little political freedom. She travels to
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to meet the campaigners fighting fortheir rights, and challenges the government officials who have made promises of change but who have so far failed to deliver.
Producer Hugh Levinson Repeated on Sunday at 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Maha Azzam
Producer:
Hugh Levinson

5/9. Would you know what to do if someone had a heart attack? Dr Mark Porter is put through his paces at one of the most hi-tech traininggrounds for doctors as he attempts to save Simulation Man's life with CPR. Producer Helen Sharp Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mark Porter
Producer:
Helen Sharp

5/6. Robin and Wendy's fellow model-maker and German friend Heinrich moves to England and invites them to a housewarming, only to reveal what he really thinks about the War. Written by and starring
Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. With Martin Trenaman , Amelia Bullmore , Geoffrey McGivern and Tracy-Ann Oberman. Producer Mario Stylianides

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Stonham
Unknown:
Simon Greenall.
Unknown:
Martin Trenaman
Unknown:
Amelia Bullmore
Unknown:
Geoffrey McGivern
Unknown:
Tracy-Ann OBErman.
Producer:
Mario Stylianides

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