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The Hubris of Science. Mark Tully explores the tensions that arise when the boundaries of scientific knowledge are pushed beyond existing moral, ethical and religious frameworks for deciding what is right and wrong. Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Producer:
Eley McAinsh

Frances Gumley-Mason , headmistress of a leading girls'
Catholic school, explores the different attributes of motherhood in a service for Mothering Sunday from Leeds Cathedral. Led by the Dean, Father Michael McCreadie. Director of Music Ben Saunders. producer Mark O'Brien

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Gumley-Mason
Unknown:
Father Michael McCreadie.
Music:
Ben Saunders.
Producer:
Mark O'Brien

Pig farmers Peter Gott and Jimmy Doherty of Jimmy's
Farm join Sheila Dillon when she visits Italy to find out why
Italian pork producers make more money from their herds. Producer Rebecca Wells

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Gott
Unknown:
Jimmy Doherty
Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Rebecca Wells

The story of Professor Satyendra Nath Bose , the Indian
Physicist after whom the Bosun particle has been named.
Saeed Jaffrey plays Bose, a man who was a multilinguist a musician and a friend of the poet Tagore. Dr Sharon-Ann Holgate asks why his hame has been forgotten outside the world Of science. Producer Julian Mayers

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Satyendra Nath Bose
Unknown:
Saeed Jaffrey
Unknown:
Dr Sharon-Ann Holgate
Producer:
Julian Mayers

Matthew Biggs , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions posed by members of Welwyn Garden
City Horticultural Society. Eric Robson is in the chair. And at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
Producer Trevor Taylor
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Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Eric Robson
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

4/5. Matthew Parris continues his exploration of London's wildlife with a look below the capital's streets. He discovers rare bats in disused London Underground tunnels, takes a closer look at the lives of the mice he's spent many hours watching from Tube platforms and learns that the Underground also has its own unique species of mosquito. Producer Jeremy Grange

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Producer:
Jeremy Grange

5/6. Holidaying in Venice away from his turbulent love affair with Albertine, Marcel receives a devastating telegram.
From the series of novels by Marcel Proust, dramatised by Michael Butt.
(Repeated on Saturday at 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Marcel Proust
Dramatised by:
Michael Butt
Producer/Director:
John Taylor
Proust:
James Wllby
Marcel:
Jonathan Firth
Gilberte:
Harriet Walter
Baron de Charlus:
Corin Redqrave
The Duchess:
Sara Kestelman
Marcel's mother:
Deborah Findlay
Francoise:
Rachel Atkins
Albertine:
Zoe Waites
Robert:
Julian Ovendon
Andree:
Rebecca Smart
Jupien:
Kim Wall
Morel:
Simon Treves
Mrs Verdurin:
Lynn Farleiqh
Gilberte, a girl:
Penny Rawlings
Doctor:
Paul Goodwin

3/12. Landscapes of the Mind. From lost roads in the woods to fruity goblins tricking innocent girls, the landscape of British poetry is as much made-up as real. Why are we drawn to these make-believe places? Presented by Andrew Motion , with contributions from Marina Warner and Jonathan Ree , and poems by Christina Rossetti ,
Gerard Manley Hopkins , Lewis Carroll , ST Coleridge and Rudyard Kipling. Readers include Tom Courtenay , Kenneth Cranham , lain Glen, Richard Holmes and Juliet Stevenson. Producer Tim Dee Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Andrew Motion
Presented By:
Jonathan Ree
Unknown:
Christina Rossetti
Unknown:
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Unknown:
Lewis Carroll
Readers:
Rudyard Kipling.
Unknown:
Tom Courtenay
Unknown:
Kenneth Cranham
Unknown:
Richard Holmes
Unknown:
Juliet Stevenson.
Producer:
Tim Dee

5/9. What happens when members of the armed forces stand accused of crimes? Fran Abrams investigates military justice and asks why some victims have no confidence in Britain's 300-year-old court martial system. Rptd from Tue

Contributors

Unknown:
Fran Abrams

4/6. Wish You Were Here. Miriam Margolyes is Miss
Munday in Charlotte Cory's short story about the desire for revenge. Another monologue for Lent on the subject of temptation. ProducerClairJaquiss Repeated Saturday 5.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Miriam Margolyes

The children's magazine programme heads for Brighton to visit the new Jubilee Library in celebration of World Book Day. Presented by Barney Harwood. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Presented By:
Barney Harwood.
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong
Producers:
Abi Awojobi

2/5. Solitude. By William Trevor. A child's impetuous act is finally resolved on a shabby Italian sea-front 50 years later. Abridged by Sally Marmion and read by Penelope Wilton. Producer DiSpeirs

Contributors

Unknown:
William Trevor.
Abridged By:
Sally Marmion
Read By:
Penelope Wilton.

Marc Riley presents a tribute to Albert Modley , one of the top names of northern comedy in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, who in his day was as famous as his contemporaries Al Read, Frank Randle and Norman Evans. Playwright Alan Bennett , film director Stephen Frears and TV producer William G Stewart are among those recalling their experiences of working with Modley. Producer Libby cross

Contributors

Unknown:
Marc Riley
Unknown:
Albert Modley
Unknown:
Frank Randle
Unknown:
Norman Evans.
Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Director:
Stephen Frears
Producer:
William G Stewart

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