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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With David Wilby and Robert Orchard.
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Richard Harries.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
David Wilby
Unknown:
Robert Orchard.
Unknown:
Richard Harries.

How did Hurricane Ivan and Tropical Storm Jeanne get their names? And why, buried beneath the Atlantic Ocean is there a Peak Deep and a Frean Deep? Ian McMillan gets to grips with the protocol surrounding the naming of natural phenomena and discovers that, where he'd expected poetry, it's frequently a case of scientific one-upmanship.
What's In a name?: page 32

Contributors

Presenter:
Ian McMillan
Producer:
Marya Burgess

2/6. Clare is looking forward to new neighbours moving in - she knows she'll approve of them, as she's looked through their personal belongings. However, their noisy sex life keeps her and Brian awake every night.
Comedy by Harry Venning and David Ramsden , starring Sally Phillips , Nina Conti , Gemma Craven , Alex Lowe , Richard Lumsden and Ellen Thomas. producer Katie Tyrrell

Contributors

Comedy By:
Harry Venning
Comedy By:
David Ramsden
Unknown:
Sally Phillips
Unknown:
Nina Conti
Unknown:
Gemma Craven
Unknown:
Alex Lowe
Unknown:
Richard Lumsden
Unknown:
Ellen Thomas.
Producer:
Katie Tyrrell

11/11. 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.

The true story of how President "Teddy" Roosevelt got The Wind in the Willows published in America, where it achieved its initial success.
By Jerome Vincent

Contributors

Writer:
Jerome Vincent
Producer/Director:
David Blount
Kenneth Grahame:
Bill Paterson
Roosevelt:
Vincent Marzello
Constance Smedley:
Clare Corbett
Curtis Brown:
Jonathan Tafler
Chief:
John Evitts
Questor:
Chris Stanton
Malloy:
David Jarvis
Alistair:
Alfred Chambers
Quentin:
Spencer Hodge

6/12. Savouring the best of the season's produce, with Gregg Wallace and Charlie Hicks.
Ring [number removed] Lines open from 1.30pm Producer Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Gregg Wallace
Unknown:
Charlie Hicks.
Producer:
Abi Awojobi

5/5. Buyers and sellers of books in Manchester talk about the choices they make as readers; writer and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips discusses literary value; and John Carey tries to discover what happens in the brain when we read Shakespeare, an airport novel or simply a page from the telephone directory. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Adam Phillips
Unknown:
John Carey

New series 1/7. Michael Rosen is back to reopen the door on words, language and the way we speak. His linguistic investigations this week, in a programme recorded at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, involve music, poetry, plain English and beekeeping. Producer Paul Dodgson Repeated on Sunday at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Paul Dodgson

4/6. The funny side of the week's news, through stand-up, sketches and song. This week's show comes from the City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds, so expect a generous helping of flat caps, whippets and northern regeneration.
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

Kenton drops a bombshell.
For cast see page 48
Written by Paul Brodrick Director Kate Oates Editor Vanessa Whitburn ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Paul Brodrick
Director:
Kate Oates
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined by a panel of guests, including the Government's special envoy on human rights in Iraq, Ann Clwyd , and writer Bea Campbell , for a discussion at Manchester High School for Girls. Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Ann Clwyd
Unknown:
Bea Campbell
Producer:
Anne Peacock

A documentary drama to mark one of the most catastrophic man-made disasters the world has seen. On the night of 3 December 1984 poison gas leaked from a Union Carbide Corporation factory in Bhopal, India. Here the story is taken up in a poem written and performed by Avaes Mohammed , and in a drama, Chitra, by Tanika Gupta. Including contributions from DrUsha Ramanathan and others who were on duty that night.
Music by Jaydev Mistry Producer/Director Sue Roberts
See also Bhopal: an Accident Waiting to Happen on Monday 6 December at 8pm on Radio 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Avaes Mohammed
Unknown:
Tanika Gupta.
Music By:
Jaydev Mistry
Director:
Sue Roberts
Older Chitra:
Yasmln Wilde
Young Chitra:
Jatlnder Purewal
Arjun:
Rahual Das
Anil:
Marc Anwar
Mohan:
Richard Sumitro
Sunita:
Bina Patel
AmzadAI:
Sushll Chudasama

10/10. Captain Henry Morgan. Lucinda Lambton discusses Captain Morgan, the most notorious pirate who ever plundered the Spanish Main and achieved star billing on a rum label. But he wasn't a pirate; he was a rotten sailor. So why did King Charles II give him a knighthood? Expert David Cordingley explains how Morgan got his reputation, and Humphrey Carpenter tOtS up the doubloons. Producer Peter Everett

Contributors

Unknown:
Captain Henry Morgan.
Unknown:
Lucinda Lambton
Unknown:
King Charles Ii
Unknown:
David Cordingley
Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Producer:
Peter Everett

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