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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 Susan Hulme and Sean Curran.
7.48 Thought forthe Day With Akhandadhi Das.
8.31 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Susan Hulme
Unknown:
Sean Curran.
Unknown:
Akhandadhi Das.

3/3. David Aaronovitch concludes his exploration of the regime change that occurred in 1066.

The victors were Norman, the vanquished were Anglo-Saxon yet today we speak English, not French. So when Norman rule was imposed upon Anglo-Saxons, what was the effect of the culture-clash - and what were the wonders and blunders of the Anglo-Norman realm?

Contributors

Presenter:
David Aaronovitch
Producer:
Rebecca Nicholson

4/4. Comedy series by Caroline and David Stafford. An everyday story of arson and revolving bow ties.
Director Marc Beeby

Contributors

Unknown:
David Stafford.
Director:
Marc Beeby
Nigel:
Adam Godley
Michael:
Raymond Coulthard
Oonagh:
Pauline McLynn
Zorro:
Pearce Quigley

8/9 Alexander Pope is this week's "Author of the Week" as James Walton quizzes team captains
Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh , with guests
Miles Kington and novelist Harry Ritchie , on all things literary. The reader is Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Pope
Unknown:
James Walton
Unknown:
Sebastian Faulks
Unknown:
John Walsh
Unknown:
Miles Kington
Unknown:
Harry Ritchie
Unknown:
Beth Chalmers.
Producer:
Katie Marsden

3/5. A Sense of Place. Mythology surroundingtne Croatian island of Brae gives new hope to a mother struggling to find her place in life. Written by Ruth Henderson and read by Anastasia Hille.
Producer Gemma Jenkins For further details see Monday

Contributors

Written By:
Ruth Henderson
Read By:
Anastasia Hille.
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

3/5. Huw Williams continues his journey following the drovers' route from Wales to Smithfield and finds himself in Bridgwater and the Somerset Levels, where he experiences an unusual event that gives him the hump". For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Huw Williams

Laurie Taylor celebrates the centenary of Max Weber s The Protestant Ethic. Why did capitalism emerge in the West when it did and what is the relationship between economics and religion? Was Weber right, and how is he Still relevant in the 21st century? Producer Rebecca Asher

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Unknown:
Max Weber
Producer:
Rebecca Asher

1/4. Connie St Louis examines the preoccupations of a new generation -experiencing the so-called fourth ageforwhom 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 from yesterday at 9pm

2/6. The Spirit of Christmas. Comedy drama by Jim Eldridge about a fictional inner-city school.
"The child is father of the man". Wordsworth might have had young Iqbal in mind when he wrote that.
Producer John Fawcett Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Eldridge
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Mrs Devon:
Carolyn Pickles
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mr Long:
Paul Copley
Miss Featherstone:
Teresa Gallagher
Mr Maxwell:
Michael Cochrane
Miss Reid:
Jacqueline Beatty
Mrs Khan:
Janice Acquah
Iqbal:
Jimmy Chamberland
Terry:
Jimmy Chamberland
Ghazata:
Mellissa Wood

3/5. Smell the Purple. After Bob - a workaholic and a fast-food guzzler- suffers a heart attack, his long-suffering secretary Steph persuades him to use a self-help holistic cookery tape to rejuvenate both the inner and the outer man. Written by Llewella Gideon.
Director
Claudine Toutoungi Fordetails see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Written By:
Llewella Gideon.
Director:
Claudine Toutoungi
Bob:
Ewan Bailey
Steph:
Janice Acquah
Teacher:
Liza Sadovy
Paramedics:
Jon Glover
Paramedics:
Philip Fox

Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in which Melanie Phillips , Claire Fox , Professor Steven Rose and Michael Gove cross-examine individuals who hold conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's news stories.
Producer David Coomes Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Professor Steven Rose
Unknown:
Michael Gove
Producer:
David Coomes

1/2. Delving into the treasure trove of political slogans from Northern Ireland, Malachi O'Dohertyoffers a personal assessment of how some phrases have come to define an entire political movement.
Producer Stephen Douds Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Malachi O'Dohertyoffers
Producer:
Stephen Douds

New series 1/3. When Prince Charles questioned the wisdom of engineering at the atomic scale, it was the first time many had heard of nanotechnology.
Science writer Philip Ball looks at the hopes and the reality of manipulating matter at scales hundreds of thousands times finer than a human hair. This week, how it could improve our lives. Producer Roland Pease

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Ball
Producer:
Roland Pease

3/10. By DH Lawrence. No longer a child, Anna longs to find an independence outside her close-knit family. The arrival at the farm of her cousin Will allows her to venture beyond herfather's watchful eye. Meanwhile, Tom wonders at himself being already an old man as he sees his daughter move away from him towards another man. Fordetails see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Dh Lawrence.

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