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With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Angela Tilby.

3/3. Ashford in Kent is about to double in size, the biggest single development since Milton Keynes.
Today Kevin McCloud wonders whether the growth of this sleepy town can accommodate a truly sustainable transport system and provide a satisfactory number of toilets en route. Producer Neil George

Contributors

Unknown:
Milton Keynes.
Unknown:
Kevin McCloud
Producer:
Neil George

3/4. Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt
Griff Rhys Jones plays Ivan Shponka , who comes home from military service in Siberia to find that his aunt and her attempts to marry him off are more harrowing than any Tatar warlord. Another comic play by Jim Poyser based on a short story by Nikolai Gogol.
Producer Susan Roberts

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka
Unknown:
Griff Rhys Jones
Unknown:
Ivan Shponka
Play By:
Jim Poyser
Story By:
Nikolai Gogol.
Producer:
Susan Roberts
Shponka:
Griff Rhys Jones
Colonel Drobyazhkin I:
Stephen Moore
Aunt:
Ann Rye
Gigory:
David Fleeshman
Driver:
Rob Pickavance
Masha:
Jo Joyner

Jimi is 28, unemployed and living with his mum in a Bristol flat. Life looks up when Comet, caretaker by day and performance poet outside hours, introduces him to Kipling and to the world of poetry slamming. Written by Peter Hunter and David C Johnson
With Guy Mosely , Mark O'Donovan and Ben Norman Producer Sara Davies

Contributors

Written By:
Peter Hunter
Written By:
David C Johnson
Unknown:
Guy Mosely
Unknown:
Mark O'Donovan
Unknown:
Ben Norman
Producer:
Sara Davies
Jimi:
Matthew Thomas
Derek/Comet:
Everal A Walsh
Karen:
Katherine Rogers
Shona:
Susie Fugle
Slam host:
Peter Hunter
Slam host:
David C Johnson

1/5. Gyles Brandreth reads from his compelling new biography of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Part history, part psychology, part drama and part romance, it is informed by the unique access the author was allowed to the book's two extraordinary subjects. Blue-Eyed Boy. Prince Philip's unusual family background and his peripatetic Childhood. Producer Martin Jarvis

Contributors

Unknown:
Gyles Brandreth
Producer:
Martin Jarvis

4/10. Alain de Botton, Robin Oakley , Philippa Gregory and Philip Hensher exchange quotations and anecdotes. Nigel Rees is in the chair and the reader is Chris Emmett. Producer Carol Smith Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
BBC AUDIO: A collection of highlights from over 21 years of this panel game is available on audio cassette from good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Oakley
Unknown:
Philippa Gregory
Unknown:
Philip Hensher
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Chris Emmett.
Producer:
Carol Smith

Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and a report from a major exhibition of paintings and drawings by the Renaissance artist Raphael, which opens this week at the National Gallery in London. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

1/5. Peaches Basquier lives on an inner-city estate overlooking Shepherd's Bush Green. When she loses her baby she throws her energies into becoming one of the strangest shepherdesses in history: tending her own flock of sheep in the middle of the busy green.
Peaches's father, Colin, who left when she was a little girl, reads about her achievements and turns up at the flat. Written by Richard Monks. Featuring Sylvia Syms.
Producer/Director Peter Kavanagh Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Written By:
Richard Monks.
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Peaches:
Indra Ove
Janet:
Dona Croll
Colin:
Andy Linden
Mrs Beresford:
Sylvia Syms
Mervin:
Ewan Bailey
Stacey:
Joan Collingwood
Stan the Shearer:
Jon Glover
Keith:
Nick Boulton
Lizzy:
Alice Hart
Crosby:
Helen Longworth
Auctioneer:
Stephen Hogan

To black Americans the heavyweight boxing champion of the world has always been a powerful symbol.
Three black champions reigned in the era of civil rights - Floyd Patterson , Sonny Listen and Muhammad Ali.
Acclaimed author Davis Miller tells the story of how their pasts, politics, religions and, most of all, their fights came to be part of the racial politics of their time. Producer Richard Vadon

Contributors

Unknown:
Floyd Patterson
Unknown:
Muhammad Ali.
Unknown:
Davis Miller
Producer:
Richard Vadon

1/8. Last November, Hollywood actor and muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California. He promised to shake things up in American's richest state. But almost a year on, how much has his brand of Republicanism achieved? Could he go all the way to the White House? Tim Whewell travels to California to find out. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Unknown:
Tim Whewell

5/9. Lobster Surprise. Our clanky and stroppy friend from the sea - more familiar on our tables than under the water - is, from the scientist's perspective, the animal of the moment. Lionel Kelleway discovers that the familiar lobster is yielding technical innovations based wholly on its own design for space telescopes, kamikaze mine-busters and smart molecules for Cleaning up pollution. Producer Julian Hector

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway
Producer:
Julian Hector

6/10. Alison Lurie 's Pulitzer Prize-winning story of loneliness and love is read by Barbara Barnes. While Fred and Rosemary are estranged, a late-night visit brings Vinnie and Chuck closer together. Abridged by Libby Spurrier. Producer VivBeeby

Contributors

Unknown:
Alison Lurie
Read By:
Barbara Barnes.
Abridged By:
Libby Spurrier.

3.00 Listen and Play (ages 3-5) 3.15 Music Box (ages 4-5+)
3.30 Alphabet Time (ages 4-6) 3.40 Find Out with Auntie Mabel and Pippin (ages 4-5) 3.55 Reading Tree Stories (ages 5-6)
4.10 Hopscotch (ages 5-7) 4.25 Stop, Think, Wonder (ages 7-9)
4.40 Scottish Resources (ages 10-12)

Contributors

Unknown:
Auntie Mabel

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