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With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague.
6.25 ,7.25,8.25 Sports News with Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Sean Curran and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day with Abdal Hakim Murad.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented by:
James Naughtie
Presented by:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Sean Curran
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Abdal Hakim Murad.

2/4. The Daily Mail for Saturday 22 October 1966. News of the Aberfan disaster dominated the pages that day. Peter Snow examines how the loss of life has prompted all kinds of "creative responses" over the past four decades - art and architecture, poetry and music, producer Andrew Green

Contributors

Producer:
Andrew Green

3/6. Holby City. Ed is in desperate need of a new roof, so his agent, Ping, gets him an interview to write for Holby City.Written by Chris Douglas and Andrew Nickolds, and featuring Stephanie Cole.
Producer Simon Nicholls

Contributors

Writer:
Christopher Douglas
Writer:
Andrew Nickolds
Producer:
Simon Nicholls
Ed:
Christopher Douglas
Olive:
Stephanie Cole
Ping:
Sally Hawkins
Bailiff:
Martin Hyder
Pearl:
Rita May
Dave:
Geoffrey McOivern
Maddy:
Vicki Pepperdine
Horatio:
Dan Tetsell
Young doctor:
Adam Shipway
Stan:
Geoffrey Whitehead

New series 1/10. Listeners'comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations selected from Roger Bolton 's mailbag and inbox and redirected towards BBC Radio programme and policy makers.
Producer Margaret Budy Repeated on Sunday at 8pm ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London WIA IOT
Phone: [number removed]400 Fax: [number removed]email: feedbackiSbbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Margaret Budy

A 16-year-old Scottish schoolgirl is planning to become a big country and western star. But it looks as though her future is in the family ice cream business. Worse still, she lacks even the basic prerequisite for Nashville-style superstardom - a troubled and tragic private life. It's time to seek out a little unhappiness. By Colin Hough.
Producer David Jackson Young

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Hough.
Producer:
David Jackson Young
Donna:
Julie Austin
Mike:
Paul Cunningham
Mum:
Julie Duncanson
Dad:
Riniay Weisn
Nan:
Eileen McCallum
Vernon:
Steven McNichol

New series 1/5. Pushing up the Daisies. The green funerals movement is one of the biggest environmental groups in the country. Dylan Winter visits a woodland burial site and finds out that there are a surprising number of options for the environmentally minded funeral planner. Producer Caroline Williams

Contributors

Producer:
Caroline Williams

5/5. The Debatable Lands. When she receives some bad news, Rona travels to the debatable lands between England and Scotland in search of silence and a space to think. But it is an encounter with a neighbour that forces her to confront her situation. By Julia Darling , read by GinaMcKee. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Julia Darling

5/5. Why did poor quarantine procedures in France allow an aggressive Japanese seaweed, Sargassum muticum, to cross the Channel and invade waterways from the Solent to the Norwegian fjords? Tony Russell explains. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Russell

3/10. In the company of the panel, wade through the week's biggest (and smallest) news stories in the finest topical comedy panel game known to radio. With Simon Hoggart.
Producer Katie Tyrrell Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm
BBC AUDIO: A third selection from recent series of The News Quiz is available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com and all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart.
Producer:
Katie Tyrrell

Will mourns a friend.
For cast see page 44
Written by Tim Stimpson ; Director Rosemary Watts : Editor Vanessa Whitburn ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Tim Stimpson
Director:
Rosemary Watts
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

10/10. With Lisbet's help, Emmy intends to elope with Stephen - but will the best-laid plans work? By Nancy Brysson Morrison , dramatised by Gerda Stevenson. For cast and details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Nancy Brysson Morrison
Dramatised By:
Gerda Stevenson.

Jonathan Dimbleby 's panel includes Labour backbencher Oona King. The discussion comes from William Brookes School, Much Wenlock, Shropshire.
Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Oona King.
Unknown:
William Brookes
Producer:
Anne Peacock

Ansh is only 13 when she witnesses a murder. Taken into a safe house under police protection, she has to learn to grow up fast. By Tracy Spottiswoode.
Producer/Director Alison Hindell

Contributors

Unknown:
Tracy Spottiswoode.
Director:
Alison Hindell
Ansh:
Carli Hughes
Freeman:
John Labanowksi
Kelly:
Nickie Rainsford
Davies:
Jams Thomas
Bethan:
Helen Griffin
Ella:
Maxine Evans
Mrs Williams:
Lynn Hunter
Hughes:
Giles Thomas
Katya:
Tracy Spottiswoode

New series 1/10. Matthew Parris returns with more late-night discussion and new guests.
This Green and Pleasant Land. Pauline Black , the author and lead singer with 2-Tone band the Selecter, joins
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones and Guy Walters to write about and discuss who the countryside is for. Pauline won't leave town because her colour makes her feel conspicuous. Wilfred says that rural life isn't for thin-skinned blacks. Producer Miles Warde

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Pauline Black
Unknown:
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
Unknown:
Guy Walters
Producer:
Miles Warde

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