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Mums and dads in prison have been making recordings of fairy tales as well as tapes of their own life stories. The cassettes are played to their children at bedtime. Kim Normanton follows how criminals become storytellers and discovers that, during the Process, they realise deeper truths of good and bad, and what being a parent is really about. Producer Matt Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Kim Normanton
Producer:
Matt Thompson

New series 1/6. Anton Lesser returns as Falco, Lindsey Davis 's witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome. Following a plot to depose the Emperor Vespasian, Falco sets out to clear up a few loose ends, only to uncover a nest of vipers.
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.

Contributors

Writer:
Lindsey Davis
Dramatised by:
Mary Cutler
Producer/Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Falco:
Anton Lesser
Helena:
Anna Madeley
Petronius:
Ben Crowe
Tullia:
Fiona Clarke
Vespasian:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Gordianus:
Christian Rodska

4/4. The Law and the Lady. By Wilkie Collins. From the author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone, the sensational gothic tale of Valeria Woodville 's quest to clear her husband of murdering his first wife. The last of this series of crime short stories from the golden age of female sleuths. Dramatised by Roger Danes.
Producer/Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilkie Collins.
Unknown:
Valeria Woodville
Dramatised By:
Roger Danes.
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Valeria:
Abigail Docherty
Eustace:
Richard Conlon
Mrs Macallan:
Eileen McCallum
Rev Starkweather:
Ralph Riach
Dexter:
Steven McNicoll
Helena:
Gayanne Potter
Sara:
Laura Smales

1/5. Pirates. Andy Lo's passion for films leads him to
Singapore, where he's determined to make some money. Peter Ho Davies 's story, read by Jason Chan , is the first in a week of short tales celebrating the diversity of Contemporary British fiction. Producer Elizabeth Allard

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Ho Davies
Read By:
Jason Chan
Producer:
Elizabeth Allard

1/5. The Scale of Things. How and why did the octave evolve, does each note have its own particular resonance, and is perfect pitch a help or a hindrance? A week-long series exploring the mysteries of key signatures and the curious effects they can have on musicians and listeners alike. Presented by Tim Healey. producer Dilly Barlow

Contributors

Presented By:
Tim Healey.
Producer:
Dilly Barlow

New series 1/13. Comedians Dara O'Briain , Jenny Eclair Clement Freud and Paul Merton try not to repeat, deviate or hesitate as the veteran panel game returns with Nicholas Parsons in the chair. producer Claire Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Dara O'Briain
Unknown:
Jenny Eclair
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons

Arts news, interviews and the verdict on Saturday, the new novel by Ian McEwan , set on 15 February 2003, the day of the largest London march against war in Iraq. With MarkLawSOn. Producer Timothy Prosser

Contributors

Novel By:
Ian McEwan
Producer:
Timothy Prosser

1/5. A series of plays that explore that most traumatic of experiences, the vicissitudes of moving house.
Seeing the Light. Chloe and David's attempt to purchase a disused lighthouse illuminates their relationship and events in the past. By Tina Walker.
Producer/Director Gilly Adams Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Tina Walker.
Director:
Gilly Adams
Chloe:
Manon Edwards
David:
Simon Ludders
Matthew:
Islwyn Morris

4/9. Avocet World. How avocets on the Exe estuary sense their prey by touch. Lionel Kelleway presents the latest research. Producer Julian Hector Repeated tomorrow atllam

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway
Producer:
Julian Hector

1/5. The Fowler Snared. Corin Redgrave and Jonathan Cullen read Zweig's masterly story of romantic string-pulling. An elderly gentleman manipulates the feelings of a young girl by inventing an ardent lover for her. But is he the one who has been really snared? Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul , abridged by Cathy Stewart. Producer Annie Castledine

Contributors

Unknown:
Corin Redgrave
Unknown:
Jonathan Cullen
Unknown:
Cedar Paul
Abridged By:
Cathy Stewart.
Producer:
Annie Castledine

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