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With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Rob Marshall.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Rob Marshall.

In a village hall in Lincolnshire determined fans brave the cold of a February night to dance the night away. The only music on the turntable is by James Last. a German bandleader with a fanatical following. Paul Gambaccini goes in search of the non-stop party people to try to understand Last's enduring appeal. Producer Mark Rickards.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Last.
Unknown:
Paul Gambaccini
Producer:
Mark Rickards.

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Robin Oakley presents the discussion programme about the week in politics. Editor Marie Jessel .
Week in Westminster will not be broadcast if Parliament is not sitting week. See www.radiotimes.com for revised programme information

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Oakley
Editor:
Marie Jessel

Impartial advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. Producer Chris A'Court Repeated tomorrow at 9pm
Your last chance to wave goodbye to your mortgage: v

Contributors

Presented By:
Paul Lewis.

4/8. Steve Punt , Hugh Dennis and the team will be raising the roof with a "Hey, Hey, Hey!" Or, failing that, they'll be making good jokes about topical issues. Repeated from yesterday
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Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis

Martyn Wade 's bittersweet true love story of Olive Garnett , sister of the famous Russian translator,
Constance, who falls for a Russian expatriate whose charms hide a secret and a rather sinister past.
Charles Simpson
Producer/Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Unknown:
Martyn Wade
Unknown:
Olive Garnett
Unknown:
Charles Simpson
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Olive Garnett:
Justine Waddell
Stepniak:
David Horovitch
Connie:
Jennie Stoller
Edward:
Charles Simpson
Olive Rossetti:
Jasmine Hyde
Fanny:
Elizabeth Bell

1/3. The engaging double act of poet Simon Armitage and musicologist Allan Moore analyse the words and music of popular songs. They begin the series by considering the art of the cover version. Their guest is singer Julie Felix , who discusses and performs her version of Bob Dylan 's s Masters of War. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Armitage
Musicologist:
Allan Moore
Singer:
Julie Felix
Unknown:
Bob Dylan

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Producer VibekeVenema EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
BBC AUDIO: The recently released Woman's Hour: a Celebration of Mothers, featuring excerpts from the programme, is available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com and from all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Martha Kearney.

'There were many Chinese seamen in the merchant navy fleet during the Second World War, and their dead were among those killed when U-boats torpedoed the Atlantic convoys. But after the war hundreds of Shanghai sailors were repatriated, many forced to leave behind their British-born wives and children. Ivan Howlett tells the story of those Chinese seafarers from Liverpool and hears from the children they were forced to leave behind, who have spent their lives trying to find out what really happened to their fathers. Producer Angela Hind

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Howlett
Producer:
Angela Hind

212. The high adventures and low behaviour of the renowned bounder Sir Harry Flashman VC. Dramatised by George MacDonald Fraser from one of his celebrated novels. Now a reluctant agent of the Underground
Railroad - a secret organisation dedicated to helping escaped slaves - Flashman finds himself fleeing for dear life up the Mississippi River.
Producer/Director Patrick Rayner Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Harry Flashman
Dramatised By:
George MacDonald Fraser
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Old Flashman:
Joss Ackland
Young Flashman:
Rhys Meredith
Cassy:
Ndidi Del Fatti
Crixus:
Nigel Anthony
Randolph:
Damian Lynch
Capt Spring:
Christian Rodska
Lincoln:
William Hope
Buck:
Stuart Milligan
MrsPayne:
Emily Wachter
Lt Comber:
Robert Hastie

1/5. Technology Will Determine the Future of the Human Race
Lord Broers, president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, outlines the role that technology has played in shaping humanity's destiny and calls for a renaissance in technology and engineering to embrace the poorest as well as the richest communities. Tonight he talks about the need to harness technology on a vast and inclusive scale. From the Royal Institution, London. Introduced by Sue Lawley . Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue Lawley

7/12. Not England. Much of British poetry is made up of poems that are nourished by a landscape that is decidedly not England. How have these places come into our poetry and what have they brought? Andrew Motion continues his exploration of the landscapes of British poetry, with contributions from Neal Ascherson and Joyce Macmillan and poems by Gwyneth Lewis. Linton Kwesi Johnson , Dylan Thomas , Nuala Nf Dhomhnaill and Robert Burns. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Motion
Unknown:
Neal Ascherson
Unknown:
Joyce MacMillan
Unknown:
Gwyneth Lewis.
Unknown:
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Unknown:
Dylan Thomas
Unknown:
Nuala Nf Dhomhnaill
Unknown:
Robert Burns.

5/5. The New Daughter
A young family moves into a house on whose land sits an old fairy fort. The father becomes aware of ancient forces beneath the ruin that seek to take his daughter from him. A story by John Connolly. Read by Niall Buggy . Producer Lawrence Jackson

Contributors

Story By:
John Connolly.
Read By:
Niall Buggy
Producer:
Lawrence Jackson

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