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Founded in rebellion in 1904, the London Symphony
Orchestra became the UK's first independent orchestra, owned and managed by the players. In their centenary year, James Naughtie explores the turbulent history of the LSO with the help of players past and present, and conductors Andre Previn and Colin Davis. Producer Megan Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Conductors:
Andre Previn
Conductors:
Colin Davis.
Producer:
Megan Jones

2/10. Stewart Henderson presents the problem-solving programme that helps to provide some answers to hose intriguing conundrums and puzzles from everyday life.
PHONE: [number removed] email questions.questions@bbc,co,uk Producer David Prest

Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart Henderson
Producer:
David Prest

The landmark of marithe Cutty Sark , is in urgent need of repair. Its timbers are rotting and its hull is badly rusting. Sue Nelson talks to
Professor Chris Bailey from Greenwich University, who is building computer model, a kind of 3-D virtual jigsaw puzzle, to decide the ordertimbers should be removed and replaced to prevent the ship from collapsing under its own restoration. She is also joined by Dr Sheelagh Campbell from the University of Portsmouth to find out how washing the hull under an electric current will coax damaging salts out of the rapidly corroding metal hull and preserve the shipforfuture generations. Producer Pamela Rutherford

Contributors

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Cutty Sark
Talks:
Sue Nelson
Unknown:
Professor Chris Bailey
Unknown:
Dr Sheelagh Campbell
Producer:
Pamela Rutherford

Mark Lawson presents the arts magazine programme and talks to Jimmy Carter about his novel The Hornet's Nest, the first work of fiction to be published by an American president. Producer Timothy Prosser

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Jimmy Carter
Producer:
Timothy Prosser

9/20. Amelia follows George and the regiment to Brussels, and Becky Sharp attracts an army of admirers. ByWilliam Makepeace Thackeray. For details and cast see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

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Becky Sharp
Unknown:
Bywilliam Makepeace Thackeray.

3/3. The Intelligent Services. Britain's intelligence services have always been a bit like an exclusive gentleman's club. Foryears recruitment took place at the bar at White's or by Oxbridge dons over a glass of sherry. Candidates would be selected on the basis of whether they were the "right kind of chap". MI5 is now trying to change, but MI6 is still sticking to its traditions. Simon Cox asks whether these old ways of recruitment and management are responsible for the intelligence failures leading up to the war in Iraq. Producer Richard Vadon

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Cox
Producer:
Richard Vadon

3/9. What's in a Name? Inflation may be dead, but not in the world of job titles. Over the past 20 years job-title inflation has run rampant. Peter Day looks at how a new name on your business cards can change the way you work. Producer Robert McKenzie Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Producer:
Robert McKenzie

4/10. Why do plants need passports? A disease caused by a plant pathogen has killed thousands of Californian oaks. Now British trees are at risk.
When the pathogen was first identified in Britain, plant passports were introduced for two of the most virulent carriers - rhododendrons and vibernums. Now some believe there's an urgent need to extend horticultural visa requirements to other implicated plants and shrubs. Geoff Watts investigates.

Contributors

Reporter:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Anna Buckley
Producer:
Beth Eastwood

Ever since the first baby cried, mothers have used song to coax their children to sleep. But is the lullaby a dying art? From Afghanistan to Zanzibar, Bosnia to Peru, women (and some men) celebrate their bedtime songs and lament a disappearing tradition. Producers Kim Normanton and Nigel Acheson

Contributors

Producers:
Kim Normanton
Producers:
Nigel Acheson

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