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The little-known story of the amateur radio operators who provided vital communication networks tor the rescue agencies when the World Trade Centerwas attacked in New York on 9/11. BBC North American business correspondent Stephen Evans , who witnessed the attacks, talks to ham operators who lost friends and relatives that day and still helped with the "search and rescue" operation, producer Kate Bisseii

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Evans
Producer:
Kate Bisseii

3/6. Andy Hamilton 's fast. dark comedy follows the adventures ofTrevor. the sports agent. This week he grapples with his colleagues, his clients, his competitors, a Buddhist and a specially trained bear.
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Trevor:
Nell Pearson
Sammy:
Paul Reynolds
Ralph:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Theresa:
Rosalind Ayres
Heidrun:
Cosima Shaw
Barry:
Abdul Sails
Meryl:
Claire Skinner
Toby:
Matthew Thomas
Chang:
David Tse
Tim:
Jon Glover
Samantha:
Amber Salnsbury

6/6. The Waron Terror can only be won by force
Nick Clarke is in thechair at the Foreign Press Association, London, forthe last debate of the series. Listeners can also vote on the motion. Repeated from yesterday
To vote YES dial [number removed] To vote NO dial [number removed] Calls cost lOp Lines are open until 2.20pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke

A black comedy by Jeremy Front. When former school chums Sophie and Gemma re-unite after 20 years at Sophie's country estate, the idyllic-sounding long wppkend takes a turn for the unexpected.
Director Sally Avens

Contributors

Comedy By:
Jeremy Front.
Director:
Sally Avens
Gemma:
Emma Fielding
Toby:
Stephen Tompkinson
Sophie:
Jane Slavin
Freddie:
Robert Portal
Ivor:
Ben Crowe
Dodo:
Clare Corbet
Insp Fenton:
Clive Merrison

New series 1/3. Sexagenarians Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew return to the buses for a new series of their journeys of discovery. Armed only with a set of personal microphones and their Freedom Passes (which allow them free travel on local public transport), they venture forth to see where serendipity and the public transport system takes them - geographically, historically and conversationally. producer Paul Kobrak

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Christopher Matthew
Producer:
Paul Kobrak

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Producer June Christie EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Selections of Woman Hour short stories are available on audio cassette from retail outlets or from www.bbcshop com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Martha Kearney

In 1998 a dive boat accidentally left two scuba divers on holiday marooned on a reef. A powerful new film. Open Water, based on the story, reconstructs their struggle to survive in the shark-infested sea as dehydration and the cold set in. Chris Tookey talks to the film-makers about their controversial project. And if you thought fast food really didn't do you that much harm, wait until you see Super Size Me. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Talks:
Chris Tookey
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

1/2. Over the last six years the war in the Democratic
Republic of Congo has claimed more lives than any other conflict since the Second World War. The Nyankunde massacre is its worst documented atrocity. Ndrundo Timothe. a nurse who stayed to look after the patients on his ward during those events, tells his remarkable Story Of Survival and hope. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Ndrundo Timothe.

In August 1944, armed with just a few guns and petrol bombs, the people of Warsaw rose up against the Germans. The cost - a quarter of a million Poles dead. Rula Lenska re-lives the Uprising through the eyes of the few remaining survivors, one a German soldier. Includes rare archive from Poland. Britain. America and New Zealand. Producer Julia Rooke

Polish-born actress Rula Lenska hears from some of the few remaining survivors of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
Red Runs the Vistula 8.00pm R4

The second part of the title of this Archive Hour programme is The Story of the Warsaw Uprising. As presenter Rula Lenska explains, "It is one of the great tragedies of the Second World War and yet it is an event rarely talked about outside Poland." Back in August of 1944 the people of Warsaw rose up against the Germans: over 250,000 civilians were killed and most of the city was destroyed. This programme brings together rare recordings from Poland, Britain and America, as well as new interviews with a small number of former insurgents who so eloquently enable us to understand what it was like to feel both the rush of freedom and euphoria as Polish flags went up, and the utter horror once the massacre of Warsaw's citizens began. The SS told people to leave their homes. They were shot on the street and their houses were burned. It is heartbreaking to listen to people recall watching their families killed in front of them but this is a piece of history that should be remembered around Europe and not just within Poland.

Henry James 's classic novella, adapted for radio by Bill Bryden and starring Elizabeth McGovern and Maureen Lipman. describes in exquisite detail the confrontation between Daisy Miller - a new independent American girl, enchanting in her spontaneity and alarming in her unpredictability - and the social codes of 19th-century European society.
Music by John Tams
Producer Nicholas Newton Director Bill Bryden

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry James
Unknown:
Bill Bryden
Unknown:
Elizabeth McGovern
Unknown:
Maureen Lipman.
Unknown:
Daisy Miller
Music By:
John Tams
Producer:
Nicholas Newton
Director:
Bill Bryden
Daisy:
Elizabeth McGovem
Mrs Costello:
Maureen Lipman
Mrs Miller:
Constance Cummings
Mrs Walker:
Slan Phillips
Winterbourne:
James Callis
Eugenio:
Sebastian Graham-Jones
Giovanelli:
Marcello Magni
Randolf:
Zohren Weiss

4/8. FamilyCourts. Are the family courts of England and Wales in crisis and in urgent need of reform? Parents and lawyers talk about their fears that secrecy and poor standards of evidence are undermining child protection. Presented by Nick Ross. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Presented By:
Nick Ross.

3/6. Ian McMillan travels the length and breadth of the country, meeting people who turn to poetry for inspiration or solace at key moments in their lives. McMillan travels to Bhaktivedanta Manor, near Aldenham, Hertfordshire, (made famous in the 1970s when George Harrison donated it to the Hare Krishna Movement) for a Hindu wedding. He talks to the wedding couple about the place of poetry in their lives and to a Hindu priest about the poetic nature of Sanskrit. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Presenter:
Ian McMillan

A story by Polly Samson , first broadcast earlier this year. Harry seems to be keener on his TV set than on his wife and kids - according to loquacious feline Cato, at any rate. Read by Jasmine Hyde. Producer Sara Benaim

Contributors

Story By:
Polly Samson
Read By:
Jasmine Hyde.
Producer:
Sara Benaim

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