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2/3. Dolly Parton , Charley Pride and Loretta Lynn are among some of the stars of country music that Nick Barraclough talks to as he continues his journey into the heart of this most American of musical forms. This week he looks at the growth of country music in the 1960s and 70s, an era that produced feminism and the civil rights movement. Producer Sarah Cuddon

Contributors

Unknown:
Dolly Parton
Unknown:
Loretta Lynn
Talks:
Nick Barraclough
Producer:
Sarah Cuddon

On Jonathan Dimbleby 's panel this week are Robin Cook the former Foreign Secretary, John Bercow , former shadow Secretary of State for International Development. and the chief inspector of schools David Bell. The debate comes from Milton Keynes. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Robin Cook
Unknown:
John Bercow
Unknown:
David Bell.
Unknown:
Milton Keynes.

So successful were the forgeries by the antiquarian dealer Mark Hofmann that they undermined the faith of the Mormon Church and rewrote American history.
Dylan Ritson's probing new drama examines Hofmann's compulsion to defraud and his transformation from forger to murderer.

Contributors

Writer:
Dylan Ritson
Producer/Director:
Ned Chaillet
Mark:
Adam Sims
Special Investigator Keefe:
Glenn Conroy
Dorie:
Laurel Lefkow
Mark's father/Ken:
Stephen Hogan
Mark's mother:
Helen Longworth
Gordon:
Hugh Dickson
Special Investigator Jameson/Todd:
Nicholas Boulton
Announcer:
Emily Wachter
Interviewer:
Susan Jameson
Ronald/Justin:
Jason Chan
Witness:
Ndidi Del Fatti
Announcer:
Robert Hastie

1/2. As the Year of the Sea begins, Britain has never been less aware of its island status and of the curious, dislocated lives of its seafarers. Libby Purves finds out how this challenging life has changed for those at sea today.
Running Away to Sea. On a vast, modern ship, life can be lonely and dull. But the sea still calls some young people, despite its risks and demands. Ashore and afloat, from the Solent to Sullom Voe, merchant navy cadets and officers accompany Libby Purves on her exploratory voyaqe down the years. Producer Vanessa Harrison

Contributors

Unknown:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Libby Purves
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

Crime writer Denise Mina talks to Chris Tookey about the politicisation of cartoons, with the release of Team
America: World Police, in which marionette superheroes fight to end terrorism. Producer Anne Marie Cole

Contributors

Talks:
Denise Mina
Unknown:
Chris Tookey
Producer:
Anne Marie Cole

2/3. In the past year, Japan has faced the memory of several anniversaries - 60 years since the atom bombs, ten years since the Tokyo gas attacks and the Kobe earthquake, and 15 years of economic downturn. In this series of letters from Japan, six leading writers reflect on these painful anniversaries and consider what role they play in the Japanese mindset of today. This programme reflects on the sense of vulnerability felt in 1995, as the people woke up not simply to the realities of economic failure, but to the shock of both the Kobe earthquake and the Tokyo gas attacks. Repeated from Sunday

A personal exploration of the history and art of the memorial service by Alan Coren. No longer the preserve of the great and the good attended only by family and close personal friends, memorial services are now increasingly common. Could it be that this memento mori is becoming an alternative chronicle for our times? Coren hears the great, the good and the not so good. Producer Paul Kobrak
Alan Titchmarsh remembers: page 39

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Coren.
Producer:
Paul Kobrak
Producer:
Alan Titchmarsh

2/3. Lucinda has made a society marriage and arrives in England to find that all is not as she first thought. Dramatised by Elspeth Sandys from the novel by Martin Boyd.
Producer/Director Janet Whitaker Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Elspeth Sandys
Novel By:
Martin Boyd.
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Lucinda:
Juliet Aubrey
Hugo:
Jonathan Firth
Paul:
Paul Rhys
Susannah:
Pamela Wise
Marian:
Penelope Wilton
Arthur:
Michael Cochrane
Julie:
Angela Pleasence
Pat:
Mark Straker
Tony:
Matt Day
Watteau:
Miranda Barber
Vane:
Nick Boulton
Mrs Greene-James:
Joanna McCallum
Mrs Galway:
Ndidl Del Fattl
Driver:
Jason Chan

2/3. Advertising. Advertisers claim that their work is an essential part of the market economy, providing vital information to consumers. They say that, without the industry, Britain's thriving independent media wouldn't exist. But critics say advertising is a corrupting and manipulative influence on our lives. Its message is that we are inadequate without certain products and sell us lifestyles that most people can never have. Which view is right? Diana Madill chairs a debate between writer Judith Williamson and Hamish Pringle of the Institute of Advertising Practitioners. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Madill
Unknown:
Judith Williamson
Unknown:
Hamish Pringle

5/9. Poetry shares much with music, such as metre and rhythm. Roger McGough presents requests for poems that celebrate the musicality of language, and the language of music - poems by Don Paterson , Anne Stevenson and Edgar Allan Poe. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Don Paterson
Unknown:
Anne Stevenson
Unknown:
Edgar Allan Poe.

2/4. The Cock of Piccadilly. The memoirs of the great Georgian clown, Joseph Grimaldi , edited by Charles Dickens , and adapted and performed by Tony Lidington. Grimaldi reinvents the clown of the harlequinade for the new Regency age. Pianist Hugh Nankivell ; Director David Blount

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Grimaldi
Edited By:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Tony Lidington.
Pianist:
Hugh Nankivell
Director:
David Blount

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