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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. 6-25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Sean Curran and David Wilby.
7-48 Thought for the Day With Dom Antony Sutch.
8.31 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Sean Curran
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Dom Antony Sutch.

7/8. Thailand. More than 3,000 people are still missing in Thailand following the Asian tsunami. But while desperate efforts have been made to locate loved ones, there are some who prefer not to be found. Tanya Datta travels to Thailand to track down the tsunami's invisible victims Burmese migrant workers. She talks to those who once worked in the coastal areas but are now in hiding, fearful of arrest and deportation, and discovers how the devastating impact of the tidal wave on one of the most vulnerable groups in Thailand has been twofold. Producer Aasiya Lodhi Repeated on Monday at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tanya Datta
Producer:
Aasiya Lodhi

In 1871 a group of freed slaves took their music of bondage and suffering to white audiences for the first time. In a bid to avoid closure of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, they went on tour. Their success, especially in Britain, guaranteed the future of their school. However, critics have Pointed to the fact that they used a European choral style to make their slave songs acceptable to white audiences.
Horace Boyer , an African-American musicolgist and former director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, returns to
Nashville to re-examine their social and musical impact. Producer Paul Evans

Contributors

Unknown:
Horace Boyer
Producer:
Paul Evans

6/6. Shelter. The murder of a homeless man leads Paolo to link a Dublin squat with the history of art. Written by Francis Turnly.
Producer Lawrence Jackson

Contributors

Written By:
Francis Turnly.
Producer:
Lawrence Jackson
Baldi:
David Threlfall
Tina:
Tina Kellegher
Rynne:
Owen Roe
Troy:
Tp McKenna
Gerald:
Alex Jennings
Kitty:
Stella McCusker
Niamh:
Shuna Snow
Ashlan:
Richard Dormer
Damo:
Chris Corrigan
Donal:
Wesley Murphy
Brendan:
Vincent Higgins
Deirdra:
Anne Byrne
Maureen:
Anne Byrne
Dr Graham:
Barry Cassin

5/7. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCD is an anxiety disorder that can have a potentially devastating impact on all aspects of everyday life.
Barbara Myers puts your questions to, and gets advice from, OCD expert Dr David Veale, a consultant psychiatrist at the Priory Hospital, North London.
Phone: [number removed] from 1.30pm email: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Barbara Myers
Contributor:
Dr David Veale
Producer:
Helena Selby

4/4. The Night Singers. Henry wonders if the retirement home will be too confining for the once vigorous woman who used to be his college professor but Cecilia still has the promise of music to keep her spirit soaring.
For details see Monday

Contributors

Writer:
Valerie Miner
Reader:
William Hope

When the clocks go forwards this weekend, we may feel a jolt to our internal biological clock. Circadian rhythms allow humans to be in tune with the world around, but has the pace of human development left us out of synch? Quentin Cooper talks to Professor Russell Foster and Leon Kreitzman about the biological and social rhythms Of our lives. Producer Michelle Martin

Contributors

Talks:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Professor Russell Foster
Unknown:
Leon Kreitzman
Producer:
Michelle Martin

1/6. The Swim. Welcome to the world of Ed Reardon , author, pipe smoker, fare-dodger and master of the abusive email. Comedy drama by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
Producer Simon Nicholls

Contributors

Unknown:
Ed Reardon
Unknown:
Christopher Douglas
Unknown:
Andrew Nickolds.
Producer:
Simon Nicholls
Ed:
Chris Douglas
Olive:
Stephanie Cole
Felix:
John Fortune
Cliff:
Ronnie Golden
Sue Lawley:
Sally Grace
Ping:
Sally Hawkins
Policeman:
Martin Hyder
Jaz:
Philip Jackson
Pearl:
Rita May
Glazier:
Geoffrey McGivern
Policeman:
Geoffrey McGivern
Policeman:
Dan Tetsell
Stan:
Geoffrey Whitehead

Arts magazine with Mark Lawson , including the verdict on a new Royal Shakespeare Company production of Thomas More , a play partly ascribed to Shakespeare, which was banned in the late 16th century. Producer Robyn Read

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Thomas More

4/5. Fathers and Daughters. Lamis misses her son Khalid and begins to establish a new relationship with him and to think again about family life. By Hanan Al-Shaykh . For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Hanan Al-Shaykh

Why was Archbishop of El Salvador, Oscar Romero , assassinated 25 years ago? Maurice Walsh returns to the scene of the crime to assess the evidence and consider the legacy of Central America's most celebrated modern martyr. Producer Andy Denwood
See Good Friday Liturgy tomorrow at 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Oscar Romero
Unknown:
Maurice Walsh

4/9. The Tiger or the Tank? Action on climate change is the new political imperative. But. post-Kyoto, are radical steps to halt degradation of the environment consistent with our hopes of getting richer? Dieter Heim asks if economic growth can be made globally sustainable or if our way of life is too precious to sacrifice.
Producer Simon Coates Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dieter Heim
Producer:
Simon Coates

8/9. When trying to describe things, a picture can speak louder than a thousand words. But is the same true for solving mathematical problems? The overlapping circles of the humble Venn diagram remain a powerful tool at the cutting edge of maths today. Geoff Watts explores the possibilities for this approach with the help of two mathematicians. Producers Beth Eastwood and Anna Buckley

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producers:
Beth Eastwood
Producers:
Anna Buckley

Feel free to wander around our many galleries and experience the history of everything. Discover the fate of Badgerland as well as finding out about the life and work of Victorian author Thomas Queesley. Comedy sketch show, written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell. With Lucy Montgomery.

Contributors

Performer/Writer:
Marcus Brigstocke
Performer/Writer:
Danny Robins
Performer/Writer:
Dan Tetsell
Actor:
Lucy Montgomery
Music:
Dominic Haslam
Music:
Ben Walker
Producer:
Alex Walsh-Taylor

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