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With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48Thoughtforthe Day With the Rev Rob Marshall.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Rob Marshall.

3/3. Prestige, Propaganda and Profits. The 20th century saw tabloids emerge as a potent new force on Fleet Street Meanwhile, competition arrived in the shape of radio and television. But as long as owners put prestige and propaganda before profits, they tolerated the influence of print unions. Then came the Wapping dispute of the late 1980s and a revolution in production without parallel in the history of British newspapers.
In no time, Fleet Street was almost literally out ot print" as title aftertitle abandoned the area. But do newspapers still have a future in the era of satellite news and the internet? Producer Andrew Green

Contributors

Producer:
Andrew Green

6/6. This week, a charity quiz night gives Trev a chance to boost office morale, or possibly destroy it. Andy Hamilton's comedy about Trevor, the sports agent, a hero with coward's legs.
(Repeated from yesterday)

Contributors

Writer:
Andy Hamilton
Trevor:
Nell Pearson
Sammy:
Paul Reynolds
Ralph Michael:
Fenton Stevens
Theresa:
Rosalind Ayres
Heidrun:
Cosima Shaw
Barry:
Abdul Salis
Meryl:
Claire Skinner
Hamish:
Gordon Kennedy
Tony:
David Gillespie

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion at High School Community Wing, Ullapool. The panel includes the First Minister, Jack McConnell ; former Tory chancellor
Norman Lamont ; the Liberal Democrat MP Jenny Tonge ; and the publisher of The Scotsman and The Business, Andrew Neil. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Jack McConnell
Unknown:
Norman Lamont
Unknown:
Jenny Tonge
Unknown:
Andrew Neil.

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Lord Carrington, Sting, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, John Peel, Joanna Trollope, David Attenborough and Baroness Betty Boothroyd have all, over the past year, made a three-minute appeal on behalf of a charity. So if you've ever listened to the Radio 4 Appeal and wondered how much charities raise or pondered who it is that donates, then Libby Purves will answer those questions and others.

Contributors

Presenter:
Libby Purves
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Denzel Washington talks to Francine Stock about politics, on-screen violence and Christianity in his new film Man on Fire. Also, with the release of De-Lovely, a new biopic about Cole Porter , the programme takes a look at composers On screen. Producer Sally Spurring

Contributors

Unknown:
Francine Stock
Unknown:
Cole Porter

2/3. Bad Choice. Why do we think it's so great to have 38 different types of coffee to choose from?
Lynne Truss vents her spleen on an aspect of modern life that has been dressed up as freedom -the burden of choice. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Truss

Like his predecessor, Tsar Ivan, Stalin held on to power with a reign of terror, his purges and his policies destroying thousands of his citizens. Like other tyrants, though, he projected an image of the "great teacher" and when he died in March 1953, the nation went into genuine shock and mourning. Searching the BBC and the former Communist archives, Jim Riordan finds those who experienced Stalin's rule at first hand and examines how Stalin kept his powerful hold on the USSR over a period of 25 years.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jim Riordan
Producer:
Alison Vernon-Smith

To mark the centenary of Graham Greene's birth, a dramatisation of his novella.

In a prison in occupied France, one man in every ten is to be shot. Chavel, a wealthy lawyer, trades his life for all he possesses. But the "bargain" is to have repercussions he could never have imagined. Dramatised by Neville Teller.
(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Author:
Graham Greene
Dramatised by:
Neville Teller
Director:
Marion Nancarrow
Chavel:
Nathaniel Parker
Therese:
Indira Varma
Carosse:
David Swift
Michel/Scharfuhrer:
Tom George
Mme Mangeot:
Elizabeth Bell
Mayor/Roche:
Jon Glover
Trinchart/Jules/Priest:
Philip Fox
Voison:
Gerard McDermott
Pierre/SS officer:
Sean Baker

7/8. Cleaning Up the Internet. The Government believes that regulating the net is impossible as well as undesirable and that all hope lies in media literacy campaigns. Presenter Nick Ross examines the issue. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Ross

A young man dreams of a prosperous future but commits a shocking act to achieve it. A story about faith. Written by Niall Williams and read by Stephen Hogan. Producer Claudine Toutoungi

Contributors

Written By:
Niall Williams
Read By:
Stephen Hogan.
Producer:
Claudine Toutoungi

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