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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 Sean Curran.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Abdal Hakim Murad.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Sean Curran.
Unknown:
Abdal Hakim Murad.

New Zealand v West Indies
The Rose Bowl ground, outside Southampton, hosts its second one-day international. Commentary by Simon Mann , Peter Baxter and Tony Cozier. At 2.20 News.
Producer Peter Baxter * Approximate time

Contributors

Commentary By:
Simon Mann
Commentary By:
Peter Baxter
Commentary By:
Tony Cozier.
Producer:
Peter Baxter

4/8. Out of Sight, out of Mind? With one in four people in Europe suffering from mental illness, Rosie Goldsmith reports on two alarming and inhumane stories (from the Czech Republic and Greece) that expose the stigma and challenges facing health services across the continent. Producer Emma Rippon Repeated on Monday at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosie Goldsmith
Producer:
Emma Rippon

From 1880 to 1920, more than a million European
Jews flooded into the tenements of New York's Lower East Side to start new lives away from widespread anti-Semitism. Stephen Evans traces how they integrated through the popular music they created in the Yiddish theatres, and then on radio. Producer Paul Evans

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Evans
Producer:
Paul Evans

A 22-year-old Puritan and protege of John Bunyan is accused of murder. Atrue story inspired by The Narrative of Mrs Agnes Beaumont Written by Herself, published in 1674. Written by Stephen Wyatt. Director Claire Grove

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bunyan
Written By:
Stephen Wyatt.
Director:
Claire Grove
Agnes:
Katy Cavanagh
John Bunyan:
Adrian Scarborough
Beaumont:
Jon Strickland
Lawyer Farry:
Paul Ritter
Elizabeth:
Becky Hindley
William:
Ben Crowe

4/5. The Monkey's Wedding. By Barry Stewart Hunter , read by Katrina Cooke. Sharon agrees to Wayne's request fora a meeting without their young son. During their picnic, the rain and sun suddenly collide in a rainbow- or monkey's wedding.
Producer Janet Hampson For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Stewart Hunter
Read By:
Katrina Cooke.
Producer:
Janet Hampson

4/5. TheM20. Wherever there is a service station or roundabout on the M20, extensive industrial estates, business parks and housing- in effect, new towns - are burgeoning. With the high-speed rail link through the Channel Tunnel already half opened, Simon Evans continues to investigate other high-speed links between London and the Channel coast. Fordetails see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Evans

Can the work of amateurs really help the progress of science? Quentin Cooper looks into the ethics and reliability of science projects that require help from the general population. He is joined by Dr Helen Walker, an astronomer from the Rutherford Appleton laboratory, Oxfordshire, to find out why in her field amateur scientists are essential.

Contributors

Presenter:
Quentin Cooper
Guest:
Dr Helen Walker
Producer:
Pamela Rutherford

1/6. The sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived a bit. Starring
Dudley Sutton , Roger Blake , Eleanor Bron , Clive Swift and Paula Wilcox. With guest star Arthur Smith and music by Ronnie and the Rex. Producer Katie Marsden

Contributors

Unknown:
Dudley Sutton
Unknown:
Roger Blake
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Clive Swift
Unknown:
Paula Wilcox.
Unknown:
Arthur Smith
Producer:
Katie Marsden

Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and the verdict on a new production of Harold Pinter 's Old Times, starring Jeremy Northam and Gina McKee. Producer Philippa Ritchie

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Harold Pinter
Unknown:
Jeremy Northam
Unknown:
Gina McKee.
Producer:
Philippa Ritchie

In 1982, Cicely and Ken Wilson were among many who lost their life savings when the Isle of Man-based Savings and Investment Bank collapsed. This real-life detective story follows them on the financial trail of a businessman whose multimillion-pound borrowing helped cause the crash, in a search for assets he says he doesn't have. With Jenny Chryss. Producer David Ross

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Wilson
Unknown:
Jenny Chryss.
Producer:
David Ross

Newseries 1/9 Making Our Minds Up. Britain has long excelled at failing to decide about Europe. But the political and popular debate may be opening up. Bob Tyrrell explores the instincts and influences that will shape the choice we make.
Producer Chris Bowlby Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Tyrrell
Producer:
Chris Bowlby

When Emile Mathieu , the 19th-century French mathematician, discovered a set of five "simple equations" he couldn't have imagined nowtneywould resonate through the centuries. Today, a modern application of this set of equations is being used to improve the safety of bungeejumps. Presented by Geoff Watts. Producer Michelle Martin

Contributors

Unknown:
Emile Mathieu
Presented By:
Geoff Watts.
Producer:
Michelle Martin

2/3. Black comedy, by Mark Maier and Daniel Maier, set backstage at a club where four comedians are about to discover that life on the circuit isn't always that funny.

Contributors

Writer:
Mark Maier
Writer:
Daniel Maier
Director:
Alex Walsh-Taylor
Bill:
Philip Jackson
Lynn:
Lynne Ferguson
Rob:
Chris Pavlo
Andy:
Mark Maier
Pietr:
Daniel Maier
Froggy:
Ralph Ineson

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