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With John Humphrys and Carolyn Quinn. 6-25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Catherine Pepinster.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Carolyn Quinn.
Unknown:
Catherine Pepinster.

At the outbreak of the Second World War at
RAF Uxbridge, a former boxer realised that tne best service the country's classical musicians could offer the war effort was to keep on playing in RAF uniform. Sarah Walker traces the story of Wing
Commander RP O'Donnell and the symphony orchestra he formed with many of the finest players of the day - among them the celebrated Griller Quartet, the flautist Gareth Morris and the horn player Dennis Brain. Producer Alan Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Walker
Unknown:
Gareth Morris
Unknown:
Dennis Brain.
Producer:
Alan Hall

4/6. "Is Miss Featherstone the right sort of person to have teaching children?"
By Jim Eldridge

Contributors

Writer:
Jim Eldridge
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Mrs Eastwood:
Brigit Forsyth
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mr Long:
Paul Copley
Miss Featherstone:
Teresa Gallagher
Mr Maxwell:
Michael Cochrane
Miss Reid:
Jacqueline Beatty
Mrs Khan:
Janice Acquah
Mrs Smithers:
Helen Longworth
Mr Allen:
Ben Crowe
Chair of governors:
Hugh Dickson

Mary Ann Evans took the pseudonym George Ehot when she started her successful career as a novelist. But she was dismayed to discover that someone else was claiming to have written her work. This is the story of her impostor: a certain Mr JoseDh Liaains. ... By Martyn Wade.
Director Marilyn Imrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Ann Evans
Unknown:
George Ehot
Unknown:
Mr Josedh Liaains.
Unknown:
Martyn Wade.
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Mary Ann Evans:
Deborah Findlay
George Henry Lewes:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Blackwood:
John Bett
Liggins:
Adrian Scarborough
Quirk:
David Collings
Bracebridge:
John Rowe

3/6. When the Sea Comes In. Global warming and arise in sea level is a reality. So what are coastal communities doing about it? Dylan Winter goes to Essex to find out how one farm is changing its outlook. Producer Mary Colwell

Contributors

Unknown:
Dylan Winter
Producer:
Mary Colwell

5/5. The Pennine Way. Dave fears the worst when his wife announces that she wants to walk the Pennine Way. A shadowy creature visits the house by night and something strange is happening to Dave. A mysterious tale, punctuated by real stories from the Pennine Way told by Pennine ranger Martyn Sharp. By Amanda Dalton and read by Malcolm Raeburn. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Martyn Sharp.
Unknown:
Amanda Dalton
Read By:
Malcolm Raeburn.

5/5. The Music Room, St Paul 's Girls School, Brook Green Gustav Holst wrote The Planets in a sound-proofed room built especially for him. Allan Beswick talks to Raymond Head about Holst's inspiration. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
St Paul
Talks:
Allan Beswick
Unknown:
Raymond Head

6/8. Topical stand-up, sketches and song, hosted by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. The show also stars Jon Holmes , Laura Shavin , Marcus Brigstocke and Mitch Benn. Producer Colin Anderson Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis.
Unknown:
Jon Holmes
Unknown:
Laura Shavin
Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Mitch Benn.
Producer:
Colin Anderson

Adam's faced with bad publicity. For cast see page 51
Written by Simon Frith Directors Julie Beckett and Sue Wilson Editor Vanessa Whitburn
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Contributors

Written By:
Simon Frith
Directors:
Julie Beckett
Directors:
Sue Wilson
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

20/20. Sunset and Sunrise. Dorothea has decided to visit Mrs Lydgate again and is told the truth about Will. Bulstrode has been disgraced, and Lydgate has decided to leave
Middlemarch. Ladislaw visits Dorothea to say goodbye for the last time. Written by George Eliot.
For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Lydgate
Written By:
George Eliot.

The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ken Clarke , is one of the panellists discussing issues of the week put by an audience at Arrow Vale High School, Redditch, Worcestershire. Jonathan Dimbleby is in the chair. Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Clarke
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Anne Peacock

4/10. Robert Louis Stevenson. The poet Douglas Dunn tells Francine Stock that the first book he ever read was
Treasure Island, which started his life-long admiration for its author. Biographer Claire Harman fills in the details of a short but energetic life that began in Edinburgh and ended on the island of Samoa. Producer Peter Everett

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Unknown:
Douglas Dunn
Unknown:
Francine Stock
Unknown:
Claire Harman
Producer:
Peter Everett

Take a huge wooden drum and ride a vintage motorbike around its walls at 40 miles an hour while carrying out a series of gravity-defying stunts. The Wall of Death is a spectacle that has enthralled funfair audiences in Britain for 75 years and it still draws in the crowds today.
Andy Kershaw explores the history of this most spectacular of all fairground Shows. Producer Jeremy Grange

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Kershaw
Producer:
Jeremy Grange

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