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Anthony Minghella is today's guest editor.
With James Naughtie and Tim Franks.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With John Bell.

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Minghella
Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Tim Franks.
Unknown:
John Bell.

With the sounds of King's College, Cambridge, still hanging in the air, Ashutosh Khandekar catches up with one of its most successful offspring, the King's Singers. Meeting the current line-up, Ashutosh analyses the secret, not just of their success, but of their longevity - after all, according to their first agent, when they started out the best they could muster was "all this Crypt music".

Contributors

Presenter:
Ashutosh Khandekar
Producer:
Tom Alban

A Lakeland fantasy about mid-life crisis and the Romantic imagination.
London schoolteacher Tom Quincey is in disgrace after being caught in possession of drugs on school premises. To escape the publicity, he flees to the heart of the Lake District, where he sets about rethinking his life and troubled marriage. By Nigel Richardson.
"Wucer/Director Karen Rose

Contributors

Writer:
Nigel Richardson.
Tom:
Mark Heap
Mr Wilson:
Paul Copley
Catherine:
Becky Hindley
Johnny/Gordon/Landlord:
Daniel Ryan
Headmaster:
Ian Masters
AA reporter/Weatherman:
Peter Jefferson
John Humphrys:
null Himself

b/7. Most trips to the doctor's surgery are to talk about common conditions. Yet it seems that we're not always satisfied as we often return with the same problem. Barbara Myers is joined by London GP,
Dr Ann Robinson , to answer your questions on the top five common and often chronic problems.
PHONE: [number removed] from 1.30pm email: checkup@bbc.co.uk
Producer Sue Broom

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Myers
Unknown:
Dr Ann Robinson

Travelling to the Arctic oceans as part of the Cape Farewell voyage to circumnavigate the Spitsbergen archipelago, Quentin Cooper helps scientists from the Southampton Oceanography Centre to collect vital data. He meets science policy makers to find out what the ocean currents are doing to the climate and the effect changing weather patterns and rising seas could i have on urban lives. Producer Pamela Rutherford

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Pamela Rutherford

New series 1/6. Acerbic wit Jenny Eclair interviews Prolific comedian Jimmy Carr in the new talk show in which a well-known public figure chooses another one to interview. Producer Tilusha Ghelani

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Carr
Unknown:
Jenny Eclair
Producer:
Tilusha Ghelani

George W Bush has provoked more artistic hostility than any previous first-term president. With guests
Jonathan Demme , David Hare and Rory Bremner , Mark Lawson examines anti-Bush movies, documentaries. novels, plays and jokes, and why most American voters ignored them. Producer Robyn Read

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Demme
Unknown:
David Hare
Unknown:
Rory Bremner
Unknown:
Mark Lawson

In theirfirst interview since they were towed to safety in Faslane, Scotland. Commander Luc Pelletier and his fellow submariners tell how they coped when fire damaged their Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi, and about their fight for survival trapped in the darkness beneath the waves. Producer Sue Mitchell

Contributors

Unknown:
Luc Pelletier
Producer:
Sue Mitchell

8/8. Grey Goo's Sticky Mess. What could happen when we tinker with matter at the tiniest level - nanotechnology - has got eminent scientists worried. But the technology that some fear could bring so-called "grey goo" also offers huge opportunities in energy, electronics and biomedicine. Natasha Loderasks if the potential of nanotechnology merits running risks with the unknown and how those exploiting it should be policed. Producer Simon Coates Repeated Sunday 2 Jan at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Natasha Loderasks
Producer:
Simon Coates

2/2. Continuing his exploration of ancient medical traditions and practices, Rajesh Mirchandani visits
India to examine Ayurvedic medicine, a philosophy of health that gives equal weight to science and spirituality. Modern Ayurvedic practitioners continue to rely on medical principles that were written down more than 2,500 years ago. Producer John Watkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Rajesh Mirchandani
Producer:
John Watkins

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