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With James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn.

6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
With Garry Richardson.

7.48 Thought for the Day
With Dr Mona Siddiqui.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Carolyn Quinn.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Dr Mona Siddiqui.

7/9. Animal Instinct. Beyond the example of cats and dogs appearing to know when their owners are returning home, there are a host of finely tuned senses at work within the animal kingdom. With very few wild animals thought to have been lost during the recent devastating tsunami, Lionel Kelleway explores the behaviour and instincts of animals that might help them to survive such Catastrophic natural disasters. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway

Long before Ali G and Mrs Merton there was a hapless Australian television reporter called
Norman Gunston. With his greased-down hair and shaving cuts, he shocked actors, politicians and rock stars with a constant stream of disarming questions. Gunston s creator, Garry McDonald , gives a rare interview to life-long fan Mark Little and confesses to suffering major panic attacks before confronting the likes of Mick Jagger , Ray Charles and Muhammad Ali. Producer James Crawford

Contributors

Unknown:
Ali G
Unknown:
Norman Gunston.
Unknown:
Garry McDonald
Unknown:
Mark Little
Unknown:
Mick Jagger
Unknown:
Ray Charles
Unknown:
Muhammad Ali.
Producer:
James Crawford

3/3. Bach's St Matthew Passion. Conductor
Paul Spicer , singer Emma Kirkby and musical expert
Simon Heighes discuss how it feels to perform such a monumental piece of music and why it has such a profound effect on audiences. Producer Rosie Boulton

Contributors

Conductor:
Paul Spicer
Singer:
Emma Kirkby
Unknown:
Simon Heighes
Producer:
Rosie Boulton

It is 1779. The celebrated artist Zoffany comes to paint two beautiful young ladies who live in Kenwood House. One is white nno iq hiark Rv Karen McCarthy.
Producer/Director Gary Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Rv Karen McCarthy.
Director:
Gary Brown
Dido:
Lit Eziefula
Hutchinson:
Kerry Shale
Belle:
Ndidi Del Fatti
Elizabeth:
Victoria Brazier
Zoffany:
Malcolm Raeburn

5/13. Listeners' questions about the environment and the developing world, discussed by Richard Daniel and a panel of specialists.
ADDRESS: [address removed] email: home.planettSbbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] Producer Nick Patrick

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Daniel
Producer:
Nick Patrick

2/5. 1 Take My Heart out When I Sleep. A night travelling north through snow reveals the generations to one another - or perhaps it does the opposite. A story by Candia McWilliam , read by Ralph Riach. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Story By:
Candia McWilliam
Read By:
Ralph Riach.

2/5 Gramophones. An exploration of the world of wind-up gramophones, with an opportunity to hear singing by Nellie Melba played on the machine that Captain Scott took to the Antarctic. With Lars Tharp. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nellie Melba
Unknown:
Lars Tharp.

4/6 The travelling hero leads a ballet tour around Europe - from Minsk to Vienna via Budleigh Saiterton. Written by Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy Salsby , with additional material by Graeme Garden. producer David Tyler
BBC AUDIO: Highlights from various episodes of Giles Wemmbley Hoaa Goes Off are available on CD from www.bbcshop.com and good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Budleigh Saiterton.
Written By:
Marcus Brigstocke
Written By:
Jeremy Salsby
Producer:
David Tyler
Unknown:
Giles Wemmbley
Giles:
Marcus Brigstocke
Sergei:
Jack Klaff
Anna:
Debbie Chazen
Riiiv:
Craig Heaney
Leonid:
Erich Redman
Andrei:
Yuri Kllmov
Natasha:
Larissa Kouznetsova

Mark Lawson presents the arts magazine, and discusses Alfred Kinsey , the American researcher into human sexual behaviour, as portrayed in a new film starring Liam Neeson , and in a new novel by TC Boyle . Producer Thomas Morris

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Alfred Kinsey
Unknown:
Liam Neeson
Novel By:
Tc Boyle
Producer:
Thomas Morris

2/5. Geraldine (Susan Jameson ), the district nurse, is the newcomer, making a fresh start after a broken marriage and some complicated personal troubles. But she finds herself having to beg for some assistance with her water feature. Written by Helen Brandom.
For more details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Jameson
Written By:
Helen Brandom.

3/9. While billions of pounds have been pledged for victims of the Asian tsunami, other areas of the world are facing a donations famine. In Lesotho, as in much of southern
Africa, several years of drought, malnutrition and sickness have been largely ignored by the outside world. And, as Julian O'Halloran reports, new international trade rules have deepened the crisis by putting thousands out of work. Producer Andy Denwood Repeated on Sunday at 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian O'Halloran

10/10. The oldest specialist eye hospital in the world - Moorf ields, in London - is celebrating its 200th anniversary. Dr Mark Porter visits its A&E department, finds out how careless contact lens wearers could lose their sight and hears the latest news on laser eye surgery. Producer Paula McGrath Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mark Porter
Producer:
Paula McGrath

4/4. By Terry Pratchett. Death has disappeared, leaving his apprentice Mort, his daughter Ysabell, and Albert the cook to carry on the life-collecting operation.
Director Claire Grove

Contributors

Author:
Terry Pratchett
Director:
Claire Grove
Narrator:
Anton Lesser
Death:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Mort:
Carl Prekopp
Ysabell:
Clare Corbett
Cutwell:
Adam Godley
Albert:
Philip Jackson
Princess Keli:
Alice Hart
Rincewind:
Philip Fox
Duke:
Jon Glover

Raising racing pigeons in Taiwan is almost a national obsession. Financial expert Alvin Hall explores the Taiwanese enthusiasm and finds out why the hobby has become SUCh a passionate sport. Producer Angela Hinde

Contributors

Unknown:
Alvin Hall
Producer:
Angela Hinde

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