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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Robert Orchard and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rt Rev James Jones.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
James Jones.

A celebration and philosophical assessment - ahem! - of Nigel Molesworth , the bleakly comic anti-hero created in the books of Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle. Some of his fondest fans explain why Molesworth's individual take on life was such a big influence. Producer Penny Arnold

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Molesworth
Unknown:
Geoffrey Willans
Unknown:
Ronald Searle.

Rome, 1599. A young girl, Beatrice Cenci, stands trial for the murder of her father, Francesco Cenci, the first Godfather of the mafia. The story is told through two parallel narrative strands: a gradual love story between the artist Guido who has been commissioned to paint the last portrait of Beatrice in her cell, and Cardinal
Camillo's struggle against a corrupt Vatican to petition for the release of the family. Written by Lizzie Hopley.
Director Lu Kemp

Contributors

Unknown:
Beatrice Cenci
Unknown:
Francesco Cenci
Written By:
Lizzie Hopley.
Director:
Lu Kemp
Guido:
Daniel Evans
Beatrice:
Sally Hawkins
Cardinal Savella:
Gerrard McArthur
Pope Clement VIII:
Ronald Pickup
Bishop Camillo:
Owen Teale
Bernardo:
Peter Innes

Martin Jarvis appeals on behalf of the Cancer
Laryngectomee Trust, which helps people who have had a laryngectomy and their carers.
Donations: [address removed] Credit cards: [number removed] Repeated from Sunday at 7.55am

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Jarvis

4/5. Favourite stories chosen by well-known writers.
The Last Days of a Famous Mime. The enigmatic tale of a great artist's last performance. Written by Peter Carey. Chosen by poet laureate Andrew Motion and read by Michael Maloney. Fordetails see Monday

Contributors

Written By:
Peter Carey.
Unknown:
Andrew Motion
Read By:
Michael Maloney.

Weather has always been the British obsession. A favourite topic of conversation and the scourge of the sporting world, the daily forecast is both praised for its warnings and condemned for its occasional inaccuracies. The key to improving certainty in the predictions lies in the careful - and counterintuitive - application of uncertainty itself. Quentin Cooper takes shelter from the elements to discover how white noise - a mathematical representation of uncertainty - is helping rein in the wayward predictions.

Contributors

Presenter:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Pamela Rutherford

4/4. Manufactured Bands. Mitch is still trying to prove he's the best musical satirist in the world. After all, you can't manufacture greatness. Notwith the current cloning regulations anyway. With Richard Stilgoe , Robin Ince , Alfie Joey , Tash Baylis and Kirsty Newton. Songs written byMitch Benn. Producer Adam Bromley (Revised rpt)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Stilgoe
Unknown:
Robin Ince
Unknown:
Alfie Joey
Unknown:
Tash Baylis
Unknown:
Kirsty Newton.
Producer:
Adam Bromley

Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and a report on Whistling Psyche, a new play by Sebastian Barry , starring Claire Bloom as Florence Nightingale and Kathryn Hunter as Dr Barry, who hides a secret. Producer Nicki Paxman

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Play By:
Sebastian Barry
Unknown:
Florence Nightingale
Unknown:
Kathryn Hunter
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

9/10. Julie has worked her way back to the 1890s and the family of Henry Hayward, writer and journalist, the discovery of whom sparked the whole thing off. But why is the house called Helena House? By Julie Myerson.
(For details and more cast see Monday) (Repeated from 10.45am)

Contributors

Writer:
Julie Myerson
Henry:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Charlotte:
Angela Curran
Florrie:
Sara Bispham
Arthur:
Dominic Curran
Frank:
Joseph Giacone
Alan:
John Pennington
Julia:
Mia Soteriou

3/3. In the concluding part of the series, Marcel Berlins examines the inner workings of the parole board. This programme features a drug addict and a recalled prisoner-and looks to the future. Producer Charles Sigler

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcel Berlins
Producer:
Charles Sigler

2/9. Digital Treatment. The National Health Service is spending billions of pounds on computer power.
Peter Day finds out what the money will buy and asks if healthcare is ready to respond to the digital revolution. Producer Harshad Mistry Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Day
Producer:
Harshad Mistry

Newseries 1/10. Noisy neighbours may blight your life but even inside your own body, there's no peace. For the first time, scientists have recorded the sounds made by living cells and these squeals could tell your doctor when illness is about to Strike. Producer Michelle Martin

Contributors

Producer:
Michelle Martin

3/4. There's uproar when a Russian billionaire turns Pod's cricket ground into a supermarket, leaving Pod with divided loyalties. Comedy written by and starring Christopher Douglas , Andrew Nickolds and Nick Newman. With Nichola Sanderson, Ewan Bailey and Chris Pavlo. Producer Richard Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Douglas
Unknown:
Andrew Nickolds
Unknown:
Nick Newman.
Unknown:
Nichola Sanderson
Unknown:
Ewan Bailey
Unknown:
Chris Pavlo.
Producer:
Richard Wilson

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