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With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague.
6.25,7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With David Wilby and Sean Curran.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Anne Atkins.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
David Wilby
Unknown:
Sean Curran.
Unknown:
Anne Atkins.

5/5 The Road Hump. Love them or hate them, road humps have a secret history, as Joe Kerr uncovers on a journey that takes him from Blackbird Leys, a council estate near Oxford, to Delft in the 1960s and the philosophy of the Dutch voonerf as pioneered byJoost Vahl. Producer Hilary Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Kerr
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

Michael Rosen meets 83-year-old twin sisters Joyce and Eileen Cheek , and hears their memories of the world's firsttheme park. The Crystal Palace moved from Hyde
Park to Sydenham in southeast London 150 years ago.
It brought jobs, houses, a new railway line and, above all, a centre for entertainment, education and sport.
Three generations of Cheeks worked at the Palace and when it burned down in November 1936, it changed their livesforever. Producer Marya Burgess

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Unknown:
Eileen Cheek
Producer:
Marya Burgess

Eddie Braben is one of Britain's greatest comedy writers, the man who turned Morecambe and Wise from a good act into a great one, and who was also behind
Ken Dodd 's rise to fame in the 1960s. Broadcaster and journalist Gillian Reynolds , who grew up with Braben in Liverpool, pays tribute to him, with extracts from some of his finest comedy shows and an in-depth interview with Braben himself. Producer Libby cross

Contributors

Unknown:
Eddie Braben
Unknown:
Ken Dodd
Unknown:
Gillian Reynolds

Founded in rebellion in 1904, the London Symphony
Orchestra became the UK's first independent orchestra, owned and managed by the players. It has survived to become one of the world's best. In this centenary celebration, James Naughtie explores the turbulent history of the LSO with the help of players past and present, and conductors André Previn and Colin Davis.
Producer Megan Jones See Performance on 3 on Radio 3 tomorrow 7.30pm
David Gillard talks to Andre Previn : page 115

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Colin Davis.
Talks:
David Gillard
Unknown:
Andre Previn

4/5 Written by Bert Coules, inspired by the famous stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Case of the Determined Client. One man lies dead, the other seriously wounded. But the resourceful Miss Addleton cannot believe the police's version of events and engages Holmes to save her father's good name.
Producer/Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Written By:
Bert Coules
Stories By:
Arthur Conan Doyle.
Producer/Director:
Patrick Rayner
Sherlock Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr Watson:
Andrew Sachs
Caroline:
Fritha Goodey
Willam:
Ian Masters
Thomas:
Philip Fox
Frederick:
Rhys Meredith
Mrs Sinden:
Joanna McCallum
Lawyer:
John Rowe

2/5 DryRun it's summer 1979 and two teenagers fall in love en route to France from Belfast, mistakenly believingthatthey have left the past behind.
Written by Glenn Patterson and read by Marty Rea . Producer Joanne Reardon For further details see yesterday

Contributors

Written By:
Glenn Patterson
Read By:
Marty Rea
Producer:
Joanne Reardon

2/5. Lessons in Psychic Awareness. By Katie Hims.
Bunny's dad is always glued to the snooker and refuses to talk about the past. So Bunny decides she'll take a CD course in psychic awareness to make contact with her dead mother.
Bunny Lyndsey Marshal Sheldon Kerry Shale
DirectorClaudine Toutoungi Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Katie Hims.
Director:
Claudine Toutoungi
Bunny:
Lyndsey Marshal
Dad:
Bob Mason
Sheldon:
Kerry Shale

With Britain's defence budget being stretched by military involvement in Iraq, Julian O'Halloran examines the MOD'S spending record and asks why so many major weapons projects are costing so much more than predicted. Producer Bill Law Repeated on Sunday at 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian O'Halloran

1/4. An examination of the key issues in life once we reach 80 and beyond. Connie St Louis looks at the preoccupations of a new generation experiencing the so-called fourth age, for whom old age has often come as an unexpected surprise. How is the growing field of geriatric medicine combating the increased risk of disease and disability?
(Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Connie St Louis
Producer:
Adrian Washbourne

4/4. Old Friends. Comedy drama by Ray Connolly. Old friends are not always what they seem, as Tim discovers when he meets up with old pal when he meets up with old pal Harry.
Producer Louis Armitage Director Dirk Maggs

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Connolly.
Producer:
Louis Armitage
Director:
Dirk Maggs
Tim:
Duncan Preston
Amy:
Tessa Peake-Jones
Holly:
Catherine Shepherd
joe:
Leo Bill
Harry:
Gary Waldhom
Catherine:
Hetty Balnes
Sophie:
Rachele Preece

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