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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Dr Jonathan Sacks.

3/4. Strangeways. On 1 April, 1990, a riot broke out in the chapel at Strangeways prison in Manchester. Within minutes, the inmates had control of the whole jail and began a siege that would last for 25 days. The then prison governor, prison officers, inmates and the Home
Secretary of the day talk to Liz Carney about the worst prison riot in the history of the British penal system. Producer Isobel Eaton

Contributors

Unknown:
Liz Carney
Producer:
Isobel Eaton

3/6. Halloween Havoc. it's Edinburgh; it's the castle; it's a Halloween Ball. Caroline turns into Cinderella, her ex-husband turns into a toad, and Ruth and Fiona turn up to pick up the pieces. Comedy drama by Hilary Lyon.
Producer Gordon Kennedy ; Director Marilyn Imne

Contributors

Unknown:
Hilary Lyon.
Producer:
Gordon Kennedy
Director:
Marilyn Imne
Caroline:
Hilary Lyon
Fiona:
Phyllis Logan
Ruth:
Adie Allen
Alistair:
Peter Capaldi
Taxi man:
Moray Hunter

3/5. Venus Flytrap. A girl working in garden centre café meets an enthusiastic walker with a rucksack "a third-world family could live in". She joins him on the Way. By Jane Rogers , read by Aneeqa Khan. The story is punctuated by the voice of young walker Hannah Fox. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Venus Flytrap.
Unknown:
Jane Rogers
Read By:
Aneeqa Khan.
Unknown:
Hannah Fox.

3/5. Joyce's Tower, Sandycove, Dublin. in 1904, author
James Joyce stayed at the Martello Tower near Dublin.
The subsequent rift with his friends prompted him to leave the tower in the middle of the night. Allan Beswick talks to Robert Nicholson , curator of the Joyce Tower , about how those events became immortalised in Ulysses.
For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
James Joyce
Talks:
Allan Beswick
Unknown:
Robert Nicholson
Unknown:
Joyce Tower

Human behaviour, institutions and conventions come under the microscope as Laurie Taylor leads he discussion on topical items and issues arising out of the academic and research world. Producer Rebecca Asher

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Producer:
Rebecca Asher

9/10. The programme dedicated to the mysterious workings of the brain. Dr Raj Persaud examines the latest research and brings together experts from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health.
Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Raj Persaud

1/3. The sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived a bit. Starring Dudley Sutton , Roger Blake
Eleanor Bron and Paula Wilcox. With guest star Arthur Smith and music by Ronnie and the Rex. producer Katie Marsden

Contributors

Unknown:
Dudley Sutton
Unknown:
Roger Blake
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Paula Wilcox.
Unknown:
Arthur Smith
Producer:
Katie Marsden

18/20. Revelations. Rosy interferes with her husband's attempts to solve his financial crisis: and a very sick
Raffles has returned to Stone Court, to Mr Bulstrode 's horror. By George Eliot.
For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Bulstrode
Unknown:
George Eliot.

3/5. Innovation and Management. LordBroers, president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, calls for a renaissance in technology and engineering as the way to advance the welfare of the world. Tonight he argues for a new understanding of how technology can be turned into saleable and workable products in a global marketplace of ideas, research and expertise. From the Business School, University of Manchester. Presented by Sue Lawley . Producer Sheila Cook Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Sue Lawley
Producer:
Sheila Cook

Another chance to hear Phil Smith on the reality of turning a wilderness into a garden.
1/3. "It's leaf mould man". With his garden looking as if it has been trampled by a herd of wildebeest, Phil Smith goes in search of enrichment for the soil and finds enlightenment for the soul. Producer Harry Parker

Contributors

Unknown:
Phil Smith
Unknown:
Phil Smith
Producer:
Harry Parker

2/6. Father and Son. Laurence and Gus reveal the untold stories of some of life's bit-part players. This week's story is about a father and son from Lancashire who can talk quite openly and freely about love, sex and emotions, but can't bring themselves to speak about the embarrassing subject of football. Starring and written by Gus Brown and Laurence Howarth , with Alex Lowe and Katy Brand. Producer/Director Helen Williams

Contributors

Written By:
Gus Brown
Written By:
Laurence Howarth
Unknown:
Alex Lowe
Unknown:
Katy Brand.
Director:
Helen Williams

2/6. The Body Bag. Chapter 15 of the gripping crime procedural novel, with the coolly beautiful, maverick, female forensic pathologist Katie Devlin , is another in the chapters culled from classic novels you've read before.
With Michael Fenton-Stevens , Rebecca Front, Mel Hudson , Dan Tetsell , and Alex Lowe. Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell. Producer Lucy Armitage

Contributors

Unknown:
Katie Devlin
Unknown:
Michael Fenton-Stevens
Unknown:
Mel Hudson
Unknown:
Dan Tetsell
Unknown:
Alex Lowe.
Written By:
Danny Robins
Written By:
Dan Tetsell.
Producer:
Lucy Armitage

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