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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Dr Jeevan Singh Deol.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Dr Jeevan Singh Deol.

5/8. Joan Bakewell takes a look atthe Seven Deadly Sins and asks whether sins are that sinful anymore. Greed. There is enough in the world for everyone s need, but not enough for everyone'sgreed." Frank Buchman , Lord Joffe, Julian Baggini and Alexandra Shulman discuss the most selfish of sins. Producer Cathie Mahoney Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Bakewell
Unknown:
Frank Buchman
Unknown:
Julian Baggini
Unknown:
Alexandra Shulman
Producer:
Cathie Mahoney

5/5. Time's Winged Chariot. A series about the joys and trials of middle age. This is it! Your last chance to change career, have a baby and become famous.
Now's the time to take up horse riding, hang-gliding and parachuting. Stephanie Caiman and others discuss the effect of the sands of time running out. Producer Sara Conkey

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Caiman
Producer:
Sara Conkey

2/3 The Archbishop's Army. Martin Wainwright looks at three moments in history when the Islamic and Christian worlds have taken an eager interest in one another's affairs. Today he searches for the legacy of the 12th-century scholars who travelled from all over Europe to
Toledo in Spain, then the frontier between Christendom and Islam, in search of Arabic learning, producer sue waidram

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Wainwright

5/6 By Paul Mendelson. Doug is dating Kaz'sPE teacher, but iust when the relationship gets a bit more intimate he begins to feel uncomfortable. Grannie Annie and Ernie are hunky-dory, so thatjust leaves Kaz on her own. If Kaz is cool with that, why isn't anyone else happy?
Director David Ian Neville

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Mendelson.
Unknown:
Grannie Annie
Director:
David Ian Neville
Molly:
Rebecca Lacey
Doug:
Paul Venables
Kaz:
Soumaya Keynes
Ryan:
Jessie Sullivan
Dawn:
Samantha Spiro
Susan:
Samantha Spiro
Raymond:
Jonathan Tafler
Ernie:
Jonathan Tafler
TV announcer:
Jonathan Tafler
Annie:
Marlene Sidaway
Old lady:
Marlene Sidaway
Ansel:
Richard Firth
Steve:
Richard Firth

2/6 What did the Russian army eat to keep itself going during the Second World War and how did
Snowdon Puddingget its name? Jay Rayner and his guests Marguerite Patten , Clement Freud ,
Loyd Grossman and Valentina Harris solve these and other culinary mysteries. Producer Rebecca Wells

Contributors

Unknown:
Snowdon Puddingget
Unknown:
Jay Rayner
Unknown:
Marguerite Patten
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Loyd Grossman
Unknown:
Valentina Harris
Producer:
Rebecca Wells

By John Banville. An exploration of the clash between two of the 17th century's leading astronomers -the assured prickly and self-mocking Johannes Kepler and the aristocratic, overbearing and secretly insecure Danish nobleman Tycho Brahe.
Director Gemma McMullan

Contributors

Unknown:
John Banville.
Unknown:
Johannes Kepler
Director:
Gemma McMullan
Kepler:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Brahe:
Alun Armstrong
Barbara:
Arabella Weir
Sophie:
Gillian Kearney
Longberg:
Scott Handy
Rudolph II:
Geoffrey Beevers
Jeppe:
Kenny Baker
Christine:
Marcella Riordan
Regina:
Hannah R Gordon
Messenger:
Simon Imrie
Court official:
Kevin Jackson

3/5. A series of stories by writers to whom being East Anglian is important in their lives or their work.
Measuring Geraniums. A crossword compiler, his head full of verbal conundrums, goes for a bike ride.... with unfortunate consequences. Written and read by humorist and musician Neil Innes. For details see Monday

Contributors

Musician:
Neil Innes.

2/4. Regulated Tolerance. Laurie Taylor examines two prime examples of Amsterdam's famed tolerance -the city's policies on drugs and prostitution. He asks how they came about and how they are managed and finds out what the consequences are of this approach. Producer Natasha Maw

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Producer:
Natasha Maw

5/6. Art. A sketch show in which anything is possible. This week, someone goes too far at a murder mystery party. With Robert Webb , Beth Chalmers ,
Catherine Shepherd , Steven Kynman , Abigail Burdess and Chris Pavlo. Written by James Cary. Producer Adam Bromley

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Webb
Unknown:
Beth Chalmers
Unknown:
Catherine Shepherd
Unknown:
Steven Kynman
Unknown:
Abigail Burdess
Unknown:
Chris Pavlo.
Written By:
James Cary.
Producer:
Adam Bromley

John Wilson discusses Eastern and Western musical traditions with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and composer Bright Sheng. Producer Stephen Hughes
See BBC Proms 2004 on Friday at 7.30pm on Radio 3

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wilson
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

New series 1/8. From passive smokingto whether mobile phones can reduce fertility- health scares frequently make the headlines. But how is the public to judge the seriousness of each claim?
Nick Ross asks if we are too easily frightened. Producer Sara Nathan Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross
Producer:
Sara Nathan

1/2. A Person Cut in Two. The spinal cord provides the vital link between brain and body. If damaged, the result can be devastating paralysis. Georgina Ferry hears the stories of people living with spinal-cord injury and finds out why the nerve cells of the spinal cord are so precious. Producer Monise Durrani

Contributors

Producer:
Monise Durrani

6/6. Black Teeth Lane. Warm-hearted autobiography of a rebellious woman growing up in London's Welsh community. Starring Michael Fenton Stevens , Rebecca Front , Mel Hudson , Alex Lowe and Dan Tetsell. By Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell. Producer Lucy Armitage

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Unknown:
Rebecca Front
Unknown:
Mel Hudson
Unknown:
Alex Lowe
Unknown:
Dan Tetsell.
Unknown:
Danny Robins
Unknown:
Dan Tetsell.
Producer:
Lucy Armitage

A View from the Stanza. As a curtain-raiser to The Jail Diaries of Sir Ralph Stanza , which begins on Radio 4 at the same time next week, another chance to hear one of the highlights of the last series, when Stanza was poet in residence at Salford. This episode sees the awful poet based at a local football club. Starring James Quinn and veteran radio star Tony Melody. Producer Graham Frost

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Ralph Stanza
Unknown:
James Quinn
Unknown:
Tony Melody.
Producer:
Graham Frost

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