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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament With Rachel Hooper
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rhidian Brook.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Rachel Hooper
Unknown:
Rhidian Brook.

Decades before the advent of the cell phone, a -mobile" was a dusty disco unit in the back of a borrowed van. Former mobile disc jockey
Andy Turvey celebrates 60 years of DJs "on the road with contributions from two British pioneers of the 1940s and Radio 1 veterans Paul Burnett and Adrian Juste. Producer Chris Eldon Lee

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Turvey
Unknown:
Paul Burnett
Unknown:
Adrian Juste.
Producer:
Chris Eldon Lee

6/6. The topical comedy panel game, with Denis Murray , Jeremy Hardy , Armando Iannucci and Jack Dee and Simon Hoggart in the chair. Rptd from yesterday
BBC AUDIO: A third volume of highlights from recent series of The News
Quiz is now available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com and all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Murray
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Armando Iannucci
Unknown:
Jack Dee
Unknown:
Simon Hoggart

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a debate on the issues of the week at St Ephin's School, Matlock in Derbyshire. The panel includes the American lawyer and Republican Colleen Graffy. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Colleen Graffy.

When Ruth and Ellie are sent in to clear a Ministry of Defence safe house in a remote part of Devon, there are disturbing clues as to the identity of the person who was living there. What's more, news comes in that someone has found out who he is and tried to shoot him, so he's now on the run. Written by Peter Wolf.
Producer/Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Written By:
Peter Wolf.
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Ruth:
Juliet Aubrey
Ellie:
Paula Jacobs
Angus:
Struan Rodger
Harding:
Stephen Hogan
Junior:
Declan Wilson
André:
Jason Chan
Brigadier:
Andrew Harrison
Undersecretary:
Nicholas Boulton
Julie:
Ndidl Del Fattl

Jazz was banned in Germany during the Second World War But the Nazis rewrote the lyrics of the latest British and American hits and broadcast them back to the Allies. Using recently uncovered recordings of Charlie and his
Orchestra. Robert Ziegler reveals one of Hitler's s weapons in the propaganda war. producer Adam Fowler

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Ziegler
Producer:
Adam Fowler

Hollywood star Renee Zellweger talks to
Francine Stock about returning to a familiar role in her new film Bridget Jones : The Edge of Reason. Plus, a report on the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival. Producer Sally Spurring

Contributors

Talks:
Renee Zellweger
Unknown:
Francine Stock
Unknown:
Bridget Jones

2/3. While continuing his attempt to hitch-hike from Miami to New York, Kevin Connolly dodges a fast-approaching hurricane, visits a roadhouse where the fizzy pop is served in goblets the size of a fire bucket and the T-bone steaks are bigger than an elephant's ear. He has his camera stolen while trying to take a picture of himself and gets a ride in a Cadillac with a windshield sign over the driver's seat saying "Smith", and "Wesson" over the passenger side. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Connolly

Where can you hear audio archive material as diverse as Gilbert and George's first public interview, JG Ballard on his passion for surrealism, Laurie Anderson talking about art and commerce in O Superman, and Yoko Ono 's 1962 sound-art work Cough Piece? At the Tate Gallery's Hyman Kreitman Research Centre. Verity Sharp is our guide through this audio exhibition of artists talking about their lives, working methods and art. Producer Alan Hall We take our own guided tour: page 121

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Anderson
Unknown:
Yoko Ono
Unknown:
Verity Sharp
Producer:
Alan Hall
JG:
null Ballard

2/3. Coupeau's drinking is becoming a problem and Gervaise gets into debt. She tries to forget her worries with a feast for her birthday. It's a riot of a success, until her former lover, Lantier, reappears. A startling, moving and honest account of life in working class
Paris in the mid-19th century by Emile Zola , translated by Leonard Tancock and dramatised by Diana Griffiths.
Director Pauline Harris Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Emile Zola
Translated By:
Leonard Tancock
Dramatised By:
Diana Griffiths.
Director:
Pauline Harris
Narrator:
David Bradley
Gervaise:
Claire Goose
Coupeau:
John Thomson
Lantier:
Mark Bazeley
Goujet:
Paul Thomas Hickey
Mme Lorilleaux:
Brigit Forsyth
M Lorilleaux:
Russell Dixon
Virginie:
Deborah McAndrew
Mme Bouche:
Slobhan Flnneran
Bazouge:
Seamus O'Neill
Mes-bottes:
Seamus O'Neill
Mme Coupeau:
Ann Rye
Mme Goujet:
Janice McKenzie
M Poisson:
David Crellin
Mme Putois:
Esther Wilson
Clemence:
Stephanie Laguna-Walker
Clemence:
Stephanie Laguna-Walker
Nana:
Poppy Rush

5/10. Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Melanie Phillips , Ian Hargreaves , Professor Steven Rose 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:
Ian Hargreaves
Unknown:
Professor Steven Rose
Unknown:
Claire Fox

5/6. Poems on the weather by Thomas Hardy and William Howitt and poems on the subject of poetry readings by DJ Enright and Basil Bunting are presented by Roger McGough. Plus a tribute to the late Michael Donaghy. The readers are Alice Arnold , Sean Barrett and Bonnie Hurren. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
William Howitt
Unknown:
Basil Bunting
Presented By:
Roger McGough.
Unknown:
Michael Donaghy.
Unknown:
Alice Arnold
Unknown:
Sean Barrett
Unknown:
Bonnie Hurren.

2/5. Short stories by writers better known for their non-fictional observations of the political scene.
Judgment Day by Mark Mardell. "You know what's wrong with this place? It's a power-mine. Great globules of the stuff coagulate on the walls, drip from the ceilings ..." Read by Sandy Neilson. Producer David Jackson Young

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Mardell.
Read By:
Sandy Neilson.
Producer:
David Jackson Young

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