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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament With David Wilby.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rhidian Brook.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Rhidian Brook.

2/4. Adam Hart-Davis explores spectacular years in the history of science, when brilliant ideas emerged from a maelstrom of mad bad and dangerous thinking. 1907. Ernest Shackleton led the first British Antarctic expedition to be free of scurvy, the curse of seafarers for centuries. But the cause of scurvy, vitamin C deficiency, was discovered by two scientists in Norway some months after Shackleton's depature for the Pole. So how did Shackleton do it? Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
Adam Hart-Davis
Unknown:
Ernest Shackleton
Producer:
John Byrne

3/6. Why did the chicken cross the road? Who gives a monkey's? Here's another edition of the topical comedy panel game. With Alan Coren and special guests, and Simon Hoggart in the Chair. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Simon Hoggart

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion at
Community College, Whitstable. On the panel are Bob Marshall-Andrews , Labour MP; novelist
Jeanette Winterson ; and Sir Ken Robinson , senior adviser to the John Paul Getty Foundation. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Bob Marshall-Andrews
Unknown:
Jeanette Winterson
Unknown:
Sir Ken Robinson

Jilly has been having a series of recurring nightmares, in which she hears footsteps, meets a grotesquely masked stranger in a lift, or is picked up by a taxi driver who turns out to be the same person. She also dreams of being alone in the house asleep and hearing broken glass. It's all very real and very frightening. A hospital consultant who is attracted to her offers her advice and the pair become friends. However, the terrifying nightmares continue. A psychological thriller written by Dave Simpson.

Contributors

Writer:
Dave Simpson
Director:
Pauline Harris
Jilly:
Gillian Kearney
Nick:
Chris Gascoyne
Penny:
Deborah McAndrew
Ben:
Jonathan Keeble
James:
David Harewood

Generations of Western magicians have been baffled and transfixed by the story of the Indian rope trick. According to travellers returning from the East, Indian fakirs could perform an apparently miraculous feat: they would throw a rope up into the air and make it stand up straight without any visible means of support. A boy would then climb up the rope and vanish. Then the rope would fall to the ground and the boy would magically reappear. Geoffrey Durham , one of Britain's top magicians, is among those intrigued by the story and sets out to investigate the truth of the legend. He witnesses, for the first time on British radio, a live performance of the Indian rope trick in a remote Indian village. Producer Jolyon Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Durham
Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins

Julie Andrews talks to Francine Stock about her role as the Queen of Genovia in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and about singing for the first time since her throat operation in 1997. Producer Sally Spurring

Contributors

Talks:
Julie Andrews
Unknown:
Francine Stock

2/3. Robert Rietti continues his tales of individual survivors of the Holocaust in his inspiring talks around the themes of love, peace and reconciliation. The three stories tonight are all linked by luck or fate.
Moshe Czernaski survived the Warsaw ghetto to make a new life in America, believing his wife and daughter were dead. A generation later, an impulse takes him to Israel, where all three are mysteriously reunited. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Rietti
Unknown:
Moshe Czernaski

As an irreverent and provocative journalist, and in later years as a Christian apologist, Malcolm Muggeridge had an enormous influence through his books and broadcasts. Miles Kington delves into the rich archives he left behind in an attempt to pin down the real
Malcolm Muggeridge. First broadcast last year on the centenary Of his birth. Producer Merilyn Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Muggeridge
Unknown:
Malcolm Muggeridge.
Producer:
Merilyn Harris

1/2. It's 1945 and an unexpected legacy means Roger Menheniot can fulfil his long-held dream and buy back the crumbling family seat in Cornwall.
But real life is to prove messier than idealised fantasy, especially where women are concerned. By Howard Spring, dramatised by DJ Britton .
Director Alison Hindell Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Menheniot
Dramatised By:
Dj Britton
Director:
Alison Hindell
Roger:
Paul Copley
Henry:
James Greene
Tom:
Richard Mitchley
Kitty:
Manon Edwards
Annie:
Diana Berryman
Jim:
David Shaw
Phil:
Stuart McLoughlin
Bella:
Mali Harries

2/10. Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Melanie Phillips , Michael Gove , Clifford Longley and Claire Fox cross-examine witnesses who hold conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's news Stories. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips
Unknown:
Michael Gove
Unknown:
Clifford Longley
Unknown:
Claire Fox

2/8. Curiosity about "the road less travelled" pervades this programme, as Roger McGough presents poems read by Miriam Margolyes and David Collins , including Virginia Graham 's
Missed Opportunity, James Fenton 's The Skip and ASJ Tessimond's Talk in the Night. Shortened repeat from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Read By:
Miriam Margolyes
Read By:
David Collins
Unknown:
Virginia Graham
Unknown:
James Fenton

3/4. A Window by Haruki Murakami , translated by Jay Rubin and read by Michael Maloney.
In order to supplement his student income a young man takes a job with a letter-writing company. While at first he finds these letters daunting, they quickly become a matter of routine. For his clients, however, those letters are another story. Producer Katherine Beacon

Contributors

Unknown:
Haruki Murakami
Translated By:
Jay Rubin
Read By:
Michael Maloney.
Producer:
Katherine Beacon

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