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2/3. A Most Desperate Undertaking. Britain embarked on a disastrous war against Russia in the Crimea 150 years ago. Tom de Waal travels to the area to consider why the British army was nearly wiped out by disease and starvation as it besieged the city of Sevastopol. Through the letters and diaries of those who were there, he discovers a military system suffused with snobbery and inefficiency. Producer Jolyon Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom de Waal
Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins

2/6. When Patrick makes a chart to show where all the children are at any one time, it dawns on Stella that Egg isn't always where her little arrow says she is.
Sitcom by Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson.
Producer/director Elizabeth Freestone

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Clare
Unknown:
Ian Davidson.
Director:
Elizabeth Freestone
Stella:
Penny Downie
Patrick:
Duncan Preston
Alison:
Claudie Blakley
Rick:
Bruce MacKinnon
Xanthe:
Catherine Shepherd
Egg:
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Mrs Fox:
Rosle Armstrong

2/5. In 1775, Elizabeth is seeing spirits and in 2004, Jess is hearing voices. As each girl's father tries to control their futures, an alliance is forged across the centuries. By Ruth Jones and Debbie Moon.
Continuing the series of orginal dramas by new duos.
Producer/director Alison Hindell

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Jones
Unknown:
Debbie Moon.
Director:
Alison Hindell
Elizabeth:
Siriol Jenkins
Jess:
Sian McDowall
Isaac:
Matthew Morgan
Steven:
Mike Hayward
Seth:
Jams Thomas
Will:
Iwan Tudor
Kirkhouse:
Richard Mitchley

1/5. Light-hearted stories by Irish writers, specially commissioned for the Festival at Queen's.
Singles by Clare Boylan, read by Lynda Bellingham.
When Connie goes on a singles holiday for a final fling, her unlikely roommate leads her to a much more meaningful relationship than she was expecting. Presented by Tony Hawks . Producer Heather Brennon

Contributors

Unknown:
Clare Boylan
Read By:
Lynda Bellingham.
Presented By:
Tony Hawks
Producer:
Heather Brennon

1/5 Ever wondered how your ancestors earning a crust 100 years ago? Nick Hancock and experts find out about the jobs that have disappeared.

Focusing on the jobs that came out of the Staffordshire pottery industry, the mineral quarrying and mining in the area and the hosiery industry of the East Midlands.
Adam Hart-Davis on long-lost jobs: page 32

Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Hancock
Producer:
Helen Stiles
Producer:
Simon Barnett

7/10. Minette Walters , Julian Fellowes ,
Simon Fanshaw and Clive Aslet exchange quotations and anecdotes. From the Corn Exchange, Dorchester.
Chaired by Nigel Rees. The reader is Peter Jefferson. Producer Carol Smith Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Minette Walters
Unknown:
Julian Fellowes
Unknown:
Simon Fanshaw
Unknown:
Clive Aslet
Unknown:
Nigel Rees.
Unknown:
Peter Jefferson.
Producer:
Carol Smith
Introduced By:
Nigel Rees

Lilian gets a new neighbour.
(For cast see page 40)
(Repeated tomorrow at 2pm)

[Cast from page 40 below]

Contributors

Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Christine Barford:
Lesley Saweard
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer
Kathy Perks:
Hedli Niklaus
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Rosalind Adams
William Grundy:
Philip Molloy
Emma Grundy:
Felicity Jones
Edward Grundy:
Barry Farrimond
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Christopher Carter:
Will Sanderson-Thwaite
Caroline Pemberton:
Sara Coward
Robert Snell:
Graham Blockey
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Kirsty Miller:
Annabelle Dowler
Matt Crawford:
Kim Durham
Oliver Sterling:
Michael Cochrane
Owen:
Jonathan Keeble

1/5. Molly Ringwald and Lorcan Cranitch star in the passionate story of the relationship between the dancer Isadora Duncan and the actor Edward Gordon Craig - son of Ellen Terry - as told through their letters and diary extracts. Compiled by Derek Bowskill. A Blossoming Romance. Gordon Craig first sees
Isadora dance in Berlin in 1904. He is swept away by the beauty of her performance and a passionate affair quickly develops.
Director Katherine Beacon Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Molly Ringwald
Unknown:
Lorcan Cranitch
Unknown:
Isadora Duncan
Unknown:
Edward Gordon
Unknown:
Ellen Terry
Unknown:
Derek Bowskill.
Unknown:
Gordon Craig
Director:
Katherine Beacon
Isadora Duncan:
Molly Ringwald
Gordon Craig:
Lorcan Cranitch
Mary:
Barbara Barnes

During the Second World War, 50,000 young men, known as the Bevan Boys, had no option but to go down the mines to provide the coal on which British industry relied. Without their contribution, the country's war effort could have been seriously impaired. So why have these reluctant miners been overlooked for so long? Gerry Northam unearths the neglected Story of the Bevin Boys.

Contributors

Presenter:
Gerry Northam
Producer:
Mark Smalley

4/8. Cambodia is rife with the trafficking and sexual exploitation of children. In a fractured society still recovering from genocide, sexual mores have broken down, with sex-seeking tourists only exacerbating the problem. Julian Pettifer travels to Phnom Penh to report on efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of sex Crimes. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Pettifer

8/9. The Toxic Timebomb. With many chemical pollutants now awash in the environment, scientists are only just discovering the cause behind the changes in animal behaviour. Not only have these substances caused fish in British rivers to switch sex, but changes are also being seen in birds, mammal and reptiles across the world. With Paul Evans. Producer Sheena Duncan

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Evans.
Producer:
Sheena Duncan

11/15. Clarity in the Caribbean. Claire learns truths about both herself and her sister. Emma Fielding and Alex Jennings continue to read Jonathan Coe 's satire on modern life and sequel to The Rotters' Club, abridged by Sally Marmion. Producer Di Speirs

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Jennings
Unknown:
Jonathan Coe
Abridged By:
Sally Marmion.
Producer:
Di Speirs

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