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2/4. Concrete chips, soggy semolina and lumpy custard - is that how you remember school dinners?
Roger Bolton visits his old primary school in Cumbria to see how the lunchtime menu has changed in the 40 years since he was there. He also investigates whether children's nutrition is any better now than when free school dinners were introduced nearly a century ago. ProducerVirginia Phillips Repeated at9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

2/5. How the Camel Got Its Hump. AlistairMcGowan asks whether the camel really is as obstinate and moody as Kipling said. And how, actually, did it get that thing on its back? Another of Rudyard Kipling 's fanciful explanations of how animals came by their peculiar features. Producer Jolyon Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins

In 1990 a Boston museum was the scene of the world's biggest art heist: 12 paintings, worth L200 million, were stolen. Despite an FBI operation that's lasted 14 years and a reward of$5m dollars, the mystery remains unsolved. Ed Butler explores some tantalising new leads in a storythat's been baffling the art world. Producer Adele Armstrong

Contributors

Unknown:
Ed Butler
Producer:
Adele Armstrong

3/4. Behind You 100 percent. Cabbie and trainee philosopher, Dave, gets stuck in an ethical quandary. Naz is protesting against a Russian food giant. Butguess who manufactured the corn snacks that Lisa is advertising. As usual, Dave can rely on the advice of his friends to make him even more confused. By Dave Lamb. and Producer Graham Frost

Contributors

Unknown:
Dave Lamb.
Producer:
Graham Frost
Dave:
Dave Lamb
Lisa:
Emma Kennedy
Ethel:
June Brown
Naz:
Manjinder Virk
Matt:
Mark Frost
The passenger:
Dan Tetsell
Radio 4:
Jan Ravens
Radio 4:
Mark Perry

1/5. A series of stories that celebrate some die-hard pedestrians as they walk across the page.... - The Rigi Klum. Written by Mark Twain. The walker is duped - he thought it would be an easy journey to the top. Read by Stuart Milligan. Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Written By:
Mark Twain.
Read By:
Stuart Milligan.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

1/5. Henry Rono. Athlete Diane Modahl examines how boycotts, politics and injuries have affected five athletes, all linked by the Olympics. Kenya's boycotts of the 1976 and 1980 Games meant that Rono never had the chance to compete. The British 800m star, Modahl, travels to Albuquerque to meet Rono to hear how he turned to drink after politics destroyed his Olympic dreams. Producer Rebecca Sandies

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Rono.
Unknown:
Diane Modahl
Producer:
Rebecca Sandies

6/10. Joining Nicholas Parsons in London tonight are panellists Paul Merton , Clement Freud , Linda Smith and Julian Clary. Producer Claire Jones
(Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Linda Smith
Unknown:
Julian Clary.
Producer:
Claire Jones

1/5. Catherine and Sophia Singh , the daughters of the last Maharajah of Lahore, Duleep Singh , were brought up in Suffolk and London as landed English gentry.
As the First World War approaches they reflect on their lives. An adaptation by Clive Bradley of his stage play.
Director Janice Thomas Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Sophia Singh
Unknown:
Duleep Singh
Unknown:
Clive Bradley
Director:
Janice Thomas
Catherine:
Sakurrtala Ramanee
Sophia:
Parminder Sekhon
Ada:
Marlene Sidaway
Henry:
Malcolm Sinclair

A shirt is not just something to cover the back. It can also stand for extreme political views. Along with the black shirts, this programme looks at red, blue, green and White Ones. With Julian Putkowski.

Contributors

Presenter:
Julian Putkowski
Producer:
Matt Thompson

Every night in a Shanghai bar, the Old Jazz Band plays Western tunes with an oriental twist. With an average age of 75, the musicians have lived through Shanghai's recent turbulent history. Kathy Flower orders a drink and listens as the music and the stories flow. This programme was first broadcast in July last year. Producer Neil Acheson

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathy Flower
Producer:
Neil Acheson

4/8. Series in which Aubrey Manning sets out to discover why the natural world sounds the way it does. Beyond Our Senses. Elephants, bats, nightingales and humpback whales -Aubrey Manning reveals secret sound worlds beyond our senses. Producer Grant Sonnex

Contributors

Unknown:
Aubrey Manning
Unknown:
Aubrey Manning
Producer:
Grant Sonnex

1/5. Nina Berberova's recently rediscovered novel, translated by Marian Schwartz, read by Martin Jarvis.

The flaw in a pair of earrings that Evgeny Petrovich must sell in order to fund a new life begins to take on a sinister meaning. Who holds the key to his salvation?

Contributors

Author:
Nina Berberova
Translated by:
Marian Schwartz
Reader:
Martin Jarvis
Producer:
Rosalind Ayres

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