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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Rob Marshall.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Rob Marshall.

In 1905 a young Englishwoman, Millie Downs , travelled to Johannesburg to marry Henry Polak , who had become active in Gandhi's campaign for the rights of South Africa's Indians. Millie Polak challenged the young Gandhi about his views on sex, faith and food, and on his treatment of women - and she wrote down their conversations. These revealing talks are recreated here and placed in the context of Gandhi's early experiments in how best to live. Producer Mark Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Millie Downs
Unknown:
Henry Polak
Unknown:
Millie Polak
Producer:
Mark Whitaker

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! Repeated from yesterday

Included on Jonathan Dimbleby 's panel for a discussion at Manchester High School for Girls are the Government's special envoy on human rights in Iraq, Ann Clwyd , and the writer Bea Campbell. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Ann Clwyd
Unknown:
Bea Campbell.

Written by Stephen Wakelam and starring Kenneth Cranham

A detective story based on the true events that followed the publication of Mrs Gaskell's "The Life of Charlotte Bronte", when its author was threatened with libel.

Contributors

Writer:
Stephen Wakelam
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Jack Down:
Kenneth Cranham
Patrick Bronte:
James Greene
Mr Nicholls:
Stephen Hogan
Harry:
Declan Wilson
Betty:
Shirley Dixon
Dr Crosby:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Martha:
Helen Longworth
Sugden:
Steve Hodson
Grundy:
Philip Fox

In September 2002, archaeologists stumbled across an incredibly important and equally controversial biblical find. A limestone coffin with the words "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" was found in Jerusalem. But is this an elaborate fake or the oldest archaeological link to Jesus? Biblical archaeologist Jerome Murphy -O'Connor picks through the evidence in a journey that takes him from the Wailing Wall to the bowels of the Sorbonne and asks whether we really are one step closer to proving that Jesus of Nazareth existed. Producer Adele Armstrong

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerome Murphy
Producer:
Adele Armstrong

3/3. A Good Deed and a Hot Bath
With the help of philosopher AC Grayling and listeners' own accounts of selfishness, Michael Rosen ponders whether the truly selfish person is really a self-regarding loner or the individual best equipped to Survive in modern society. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen

The Clyde dockyards produced not only world-class ships, but first-rate comics as well. Nicholas Parsons , a former Clydeside apprentice, reveals how the humour, developed in the shipyards, launched the careers of some of Scotland's most enduring comic talent, including ex-welder Billy Connolly , apprentice electrician Johnny Beattie and engineering apprentice Chic Murray. The story is told through the comic talents of former workers who used their quick wit to survive life in the Clydeside shipyards. Producer Louise Daiziei

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Billy Connolly
Unknown:
Johnny Beattie
Producer:
Louise Daiziei

Anna Sewell 's 1877 classic, which attempted to change careless attitudes towards horses in 19th-century England. A well-bred horse starts out in a good stable, with friends Ginger and Merrylegs, but gradually comes down in the world, his health failing from overwork and his spirit almost broken. Dramatised by Katie Hims.
Director Liz Webb Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Sewell
Dramatised By:
Katie Hims.
Director:
Liz Webb
mack Beauty:
Adam Godley
Beauty's mother Ndldi:
Del Fatti
Ginger:
Liza Sadovy
Merrylegs:
Jason Chan
John:
Ewan Bailey
Squire Gordon:
Loan Meredith
Lady Gordon:
Helen Longworth
Joe:
Stuart McLoughlin
York:
Stephen Hogan
Reuben:
Jon Glover
Jerry:
Robert Hastie
Larrv:
Phllln Fnv

9/10. A debate, chaired by Michael Buerk , in which Melanie Phillips , Ian Hargreaves , Claire Fox and Michael Gove 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:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Michael Gove

3/13. Cardiff take on Derbyshire in another contest of general knowledge and tactical risk-taking between crack teams of quiz enthusiasts from around Britain. Hosted by Peter Snow. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Snow.

How did we get from the finger-wagging moral poetry of the 18th and 19th centuries, which warned girls and boys against being naughty, to the zany nonsense of the last century? And has the moral message wrapped in verse really changed all that much? Poet and presenter Nigel Forde takes a look at a huge range of writers, including sisters Anne and Jane Taylor , whose anthology of 1804 gave this programme its title. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Forde
Presenter:
Jane Taylor

1/5. In the Avu Observatory. By HG Wells. When you are star-gazing, you don't hear the noise outside. The first in a series of stories that might raise an eyebrow or two is read by Dermot Crowley. Abridged by Duncan Minshull. Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Read By:
Dermot Crowley.
Abridged By:
Duncan Minshull.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

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