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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
7 20 Yesterday in Parliament With Sean Curran
7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thoughtfor the Day With Brian Draper.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Sean Curran
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Brian Draper.

1/3 With Fleet Street now all but devoid of newspaper offices, journalist and broadcaster Philippa Kennedy relives the story of how this part of London became world-famous for its fixation with news.

Caxton's assistant Wynkynde Worde brought printing to the Fleet Street area 500 years ago. His back-street business was the seed for the creation of the best-known newsgathering location on earth. And yet the decades following the publication of the first British newspaper in the 1620s were fraught with threats and obstruction from the state, including licensing laws, imprisonment and swingeing taxes.

Contributors

Presenter:
Philippa Kennedy
Producer:
Andrew Green

4/6 Andy Hamilton 's trip into the bewildering and comic world of sports agent Trevor as he fights to retain his decency in an increasingly indecent world. This week
Trevor's rapacious business partner Sammy has found a new clientwho seems perfect.
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Trevor:
Neil Pearson
Sammy:
Paul Reynolds
Ralph:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Theresa:
Rosalind Ayres
Heidrun:
Cosima Shaw
Barry:
Adqui Salls
Meryl:
Claire Skinner
Toby:
Matthew Thomas
Antonia:
Doon MacKichan

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at Kirkham, Preston, puts questions on the issues of the week. On the panel are Haleh Afshar , professor of politics and women's studies;
Sir Jonathan Porritt , Forum forthe Future; Phil Craven , president of the International Paralympic Committee; and the Daily Mail columnist Melanie Philips. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Haleh Afshar
Unknown:
Sir Jonathan Porritt
Unknown:
Phil Craven

Cathy travels 3,000 miles from Staten Island to Argyll, to look for the truth in an old story. She leaves her heart there, but discovers that real love always follows you home. By Colin MacDonald.
Director Marilyn Imrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin MacDonald.
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Cathy:
Lorelei King
John:
Bill Paterson
Pete:
Stuart Milligan
Jenny:
Debora Weston
Cathal:
Stuart McQuarrie
Taxi driver:
Sean Scanlan
Anne:
Tracy Wiles
Barbara:
Sally Klnghom
Cathy's dad:
Ed Bishop

2/3. Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew venture forth on more excursions of discovery and re-discovery, seeking out new stuff and old, surprise and nostalgia, as they put their Freedom Passes (which allow the over-60s to travel free of charge on local public transport) to good use. Rabbiting to each other as they go, they allow us to eavesdrop on their own journeys through the present, into the past and towards the future. producer Paul Kobrak

Contributors

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

The relaunch of Radio 4's programme about cinema has a new name and a new presenter in Francine Stock. She talks to director Michael Winterbottom about his new film Code 46 and, as Tom Cruise plays a villain in Collateral, there's a look at actors who buck their regular casting and turn nasty. Producer Sally Spurring

Contributors

Director:
Michael Winterbottom
Unknown:
Tom Cruise

2/2. Over the last six years the war in Congo has claimed more lives than any other conflict since the Second World War. The Nyankunde Massacre is its worst documented atrocity. Ndrundo Timothe is a nurse who stayed to look after his patients and then made a remarkablejourney with them to safety. He tells his story of courage and hope. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Ndrundo Timothe

Michael Aspel pays tribute to the British Forces Broadcasting Service, BFBS, and its 60 years of broadcasting to ourforces. From Algiers to Iraq, it has broadcast to more than 200 million listeners in 20 different countries. Highlights from the archive include TS Eliot reading his poetry in 1949, Peter Ustinov on his childhood memories, and more recent airings from the front line in Iraq. Producer Fiona Croall

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Aspel
Unknown:
Peter Ustinov
Producer:
Fiona Croall

1/2. A sharp satire of Victorian suburban values, in which a man of modest ambition decides that although he isn't a "somebody" he should keep a diary for posterity. Written by George and Weedon Grossmith. Dramatised by Kelvin Segger.
Pianist Paul Herbert Director Jenny Stephens Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Weedon Grossmith.
Dramatised By:
Kelvin Segger.
Pianist:
Paul Herbert
Director:
Jenny Stephens
Charles:
Stephen Tompklnson
Carrie:
Annette Badland
Lupin:
Bertie Carvel
George:
Nell Salvage
Mr Perkupp:
John Rowe
Mr Farmerson:
Alexander Delamere
Mr Borset:
Stephen Crane
Mr Merton:
Lennox Greaves
Mrs James:
Charlotte West-Oram
Mrs Jubb:
Charlotte West-Oram

5/8. The Future of the British Military. What should the British military look like in ten years' time? Should the forces reflect our national image? The programme asks if it make sense to have a separate army, navy and air force and whether our rich tradition make us militarily more effective orjust richly traditional. Nick Ross weighs up the evidence. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross

4/6. Ian McMillan meets people who turn to poetry for inspiration or solace at key moments in their lives.
Changing Schools. McMillan visits Year 6 at Hoyland Springwood Primary School in Barnsley, Yorkshire, where he encourages the children to write a poem about going up to "big" school. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McMillan

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