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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
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 Dr Mona Siddiqui.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Dr Mona Siddiqui.

England v West Indies
From Lord's, on the first day of the First Test Match.
Commentary from Jonathan Agnew , Henry Blofeld , Tony Cozier and Christopher Martin-Jenkins , with expert comments from Graeme Fowler , Viv Richards and Mike Selvey. Including at 12.35 News and County Talk.
Producer Peter Baxter * Approximate time Danny Kelly on Caribbean cricket: page 23

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Agnew
Unknown:
Henry Blofeld
Unknown:
Tony Cozier
Unknown:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Unknown:
Graeme Fowler
Unknown:
Viv Richards
Unknown:
Mike Selvey.
Producer:
Peter Baxter
Unknown:
Danny Kelly

6/8. Grey Power. Within ten years, a third of the German population is expected to be aged over 60 and there is a fearthat there will not be enough moneyto cope. Paul Henley taps into Germany's "grey power" to discover how the country is preparing for the new age. Across the border in Belgium he meets the pensioners who are defying stereotypes, determined to shape their own future. Producer Emma Rippon Repeated on Monday at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Henley
Producer:
Emma Rippon

Marking last year's centenary of the birth of the first great white jazz musician, Russell Davies traces Beiderbecke's short but extraordinary life. He begins with his difficult relationship with his middle-class parents through to his success as a jazz musician, to his drink-related ill-health and subsequent death at the tragically young age of 28. Producer Nick Barraclough

Contributors

Musician:
Russell Davies
Producer:
Nick Barraclough

Another chance to hear the sequel to Sweetly Sings the Donkey by Shelagh Delaney as a curtain raiserforthe final play in the trilogy, which broadcasts tomorrow at the same time. Fourwomen get togetherto celebrate their 60th birthday in Blackpool, the place where they first met as children in a convalescent home. Director Polly Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
Shelagh Delaney
Director:
Polly Thomas
Ullian:
Barbara Marten
Nina:
Eileen O'Brien
Vivian:
Kay Purcell
Barbara:
Susan Twist
Young Lillian:
Beth Squires
Young Nina:
Ellen Goldstone
Young Vivian:
Charlotte Porter-Smith
Young Barbara:
Danielle Tomlinson

What will the car of the future look like? Quentin Cooper talks to Professor Chris Wright , head of transport management research at Middlesex University Business School, to discuss how the aesthetics of car design may make cars of the future blend betterwith their urban environment. Producer Pamela Rutherford

Contributors

Talks:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Professor Chris Wright
Producer:
Pamela Rutherford

3/6. The sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived a bit. Starring Dudley Sutton , Roger Blake , Eleanor Bron , and Paula Wilcox. With music by Ronnie and the Rex and Pierre Hollins. Producer Katie Marsden

Contributors

Unknown:
Dudley Sutton
Unknown:
Roger Blake
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Paula Wilcox.
Unknown:
Pierre Hollins.
Producer:
Katie Marsden

PC Simon Towers's beat is Chipping Norton School in Oxfordshire. One of a new breed of school-based police officers, he is a friend, confidante, adviser and teacher as well as a law enforcer. His job may call on him to deal with violence, vandalism and petty crime - but is more likelyto involve anything from helping pupils cope with the death of a classmate to catching a South American rhea that escaped from a local farm. Producer Sara Parker

Contributors

Producer:
Sara Parker

3/9. Sanctions: Persuasion or Punishment?
When and why are sanctions effective? Taking the examples of South Africa, Iraq and Zimbabwe,
Diane Coyle analyses how sanctions have been used over the last two decades and looks at some of their unforeseen consequences.
Producer Jane Beresford Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Diane Coyle
Producer:
Jane Beresford

New series 1/6. John Waters. Andrew Clover , the Storyman, invites celebrities to improvise stories. In the intimacy of his puke-green apartment, cult director of Pink Flamingos, Cry Baby and Hairspray,
John Waters talks about his hopes, fantasies and fears before revealing he's scared of one thing: reincarnation. Ever puckish, Clover then begins a tale in which Waters has been reincarnated. Producer Gary Reich

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Clover
Talks:
John Waters
Producer:
Gary Reich

1/6. Another chance to hear what cartoonist Steven Appleby describes as "insights into normal, everyday life". Normal Reality. Where does reality end and fantasy begin? With Paul McCrink as Steven Appleby and featuring Rachel Atkins , Ewan Bailey , Nigel Betts and Rosalind Paul. Producer Toby Swift

Contributors

Unknown:
Steven Appleby
Unknown:
Paul McCrink
Unknown:
Steven Appleby
Unknown:
Rachel Atkins
Unknown:
Ewan Bailey
Unknown:
Nigel Betts
Unknown:
Rosalind Paul.
Producer:
Toby Swift

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