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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Robert Orchard and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Dom Antony Sutch.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Dom Antony Sutch.

It's Autumn and a new term in a new type of American school - New York City's Harvey Milk High, named after San Francisco's first openly gay politician, who was killed in 1978. One year after opening its doors, the world's first public gay school grants exclusive access to Radio 4. Paul Henley talks to pupils, teachers and the school's detractors and asks whether this is 21st-century segregation or modern education? Producer Leonida Krushelnycky

Contributors

Unknown:
Harvey Milk High
Talks:
Paul Henley
Producer:
Leonida Krushelnycky

4/4. Michael Palin presents rare, insightful footage from the archive of a seriously funny man. With footage from the mid-1980s to the 90s, including excerpts from Saturday Night Clive, The Last Resort and Clive Anderson Talks Back. Producer Lucy Armitage

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Palin
Producer:
Lucy Armitage

9/11. Listeners' opinions and comments on BBC radio programmes and policy, with Roger Bolton. Producer Penny Vine Repeated on Sunday at 8pm
ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT Phone: [number removed] Fax: [number removed] Email: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton.

5/6. The Grail. Two young men arrived in Camlot. Merlin sees Gwenfar's closeness with Lanslot as being a root cause of the sickness in the land. Arthur sends Galhot on a quest to bring the Holy Grail to Camlot. By Steve May.
Producers Gordon House and Jeremy Mortimer Director Jeremy Mortimer

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve May.
Morgan:
Jane Lapotaire
Arthur:
Philip Glenister
Merlin:
Lan McDiarmid
Young Morgan:
Eve Best
Gwenfar:
Eve Myles
Lanslot:
Andrew Scarborough
Bedvere:
Shaun Dooley
Mordred:
Stuart McLoughlin
Galhot:
Liam Garrlgan
Keir:
Nicholas Bourton
Vespan:
Stephen Hogan
Bors:
Robert Hastie

4/12. Lebanese cuisine is this week's topic as Anissa Helou joins Gregg Wallace and Charlie Hicks for some tabbouleh and fattoush.
Ring [number removed]. Lines open from 1.30pm. Producer Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Anissa Helou
Unknown:
Gregg Wallace
Unknown:
Charlie Hicks
Producer:
Abi Awojobi

2/6. The funny side of the week's news through stand-up, sketches and song.
Producer Colin Anderson Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm
BBC AUDIO: Highlights from the first series of The Now Show are available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com and all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]

Contributors

Producer:
Colin Anderson

Neil asks for a helping hand. For cast see page 42
Written by Paul Brodrick Director Joanna Toye Editor Vanessa Whitburn
ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Paul Brodrick
Written By:
Joanna Toye
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

5/5. Friday. The big day, with everyone in London for Zoe's show. Will Lynn fly off to America? What will Mike's biopsy results reveal? By Alison Joseph. For details and cast see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Alison Joseph.

Writer and broadcaster Germaine Greer and the Liberal Democrat spokesman for Wales and Northern Ireland Lembit Opik are guests on the panel as Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion at St Dionysius Church, Market Harborough.
Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Germaine Greer
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Anne Peacock

Every week, one of a panel of international broadcasters reflects on the latest cultural, political and social developments in their part of the world.
Therese Mills , editor of Newsday, the principal daily newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago, reports on the inside stories in her area.
Producer Jennie Walmsley Repeated on Sunday at 8.50am

Contributors

Unknown:
Therese Mills
Producer:
Jennie Walmsley

The past comes back to haunt the present in this psychological thriller about a detective trying to solve a child murder dating back 30 years. By Garry Lyons.
Director Nadia Molinari

Contributors

Unknown:
Garry Lyons.
Director:
Nadia Molinari
Christine:
Denise Black
Doug:
Paul Copley
Harmeet:
Emil Marwa
Timothy:
Matthew Beard
Ronald:
Duggle Brown
Audio analyst:
Kate Williamson

8/10. Sir Edward Elgar.
The man whose portrait appears on the L20 note claimed that his pet rabbit wrote songs with him, and sent a little girl out with a butterfly net to catch notes for his next composition. Marjorie Wallace , founder of the charity Sane, suggests that to achieve the music's sublime beauty, Elgar had to struggle against depression and despair. Joining Humphrey Carpenter for this investigation of the Enigma man is Elgar's biographer, Jerrold Northrop-Moore . Producer Peter Everett

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Edward Elgar.
Unknown:
Marjorie Wallace
Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
Jerrold Northrop-Moore
Producer:
Peter Everett

(2/2) Mike Gallagher and Ed Butler each follow a newcomer ot the US Congressional elections, through the election itself and the week afterwards. Will it be victory and the first steps in office or picking up the pieces in the aftermath of defeat?

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Gallagher
Unknown:
Ed Butler

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