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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
6.25 ,7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Catherine Pepmster.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Catherine Pepmster.

- The early 1970s saw numerous experiments in alternative ways of living, but few as intriguing as group of communes whose members decided that the children would be raised collectively. To reinforce this idea all the children were given the same surname: Wild.
Gerry Kennedy tracks down the Wild kids to see how they turned out. Producer Nigel Acheson

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Kennedy
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

5/6. Turning the Tables, The move up from Junior to High
School - a step too far, it seems, for a former pupil. Written by Jim Eldridqe.
Producer John Fawcett Wilson

Contributors

Written By:
Jim Eldridqe.
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mr Maxwell:
Michael Cochrane
Miss Featherstone:
Teresa Gallagher
MrLong:
Paul Copley
Miss Reid:
Jacqueline Beatty
Mrs Khan:
Janice Acquah
Jack:
Bill Wallis
Mrs Morgan:
Jemma Churchill
Quiz Mistress:
Jemma Churchill

4/6. Wilderness Park. Much of the small amount of Britain's true wilderness is in private ownership on Scottish highlands estates. One enterprising landowner,
Paul Lister , has a vision to reintroduce wolves, lynx and other former native species to his land. Dylan Winter explores whether it is possible to realise Lister's s dreams and create Europe's first wilderness game reserve. Producer Sheena Duncan

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Lister
Producer:
Sheena Duncan

5/5. A Place in the Sun. A celebration of the life of Grace Eyre Woodhead , who helped to pioneer care in me community. Written by Nicky Singer and read by Rachel Atkins , David Collngs and Jenny Funnell. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Grace Eyre Woodhead
Written By:
Nicky Singer
Read By:
Rachel Atkins
Read By:
David Collngs
Read By:
Jenny Funnell.

5/5. The Road Hump. Love them or hate them, road humps have a secret history, as Joe Kerr uncovers on a journey which takes him from Blackbird Leys council estate near Oxford - where the Prototype hump was first tested in Britain - to Delft in the 1960s and the philosophy of the Dutch Woonerf as pioneered by Joost Vahl.
Producer Hilary Dunn

Contributors

Presenter:
Joe Kerr
Dutch Architect/Urbanist:
Joost Vahl
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

7/8. This could be your last chance to have your voting intentions misinformed by the satirical stylings of Steve Punt. Hugh Dennis and the rest of the gang. If you're already bored to death of elections they promise to have something special for you too, with tiny Jon Holmes scouring local newspapers and the interweb to find the funny outside of Westminster.
Producer Colin Anderson Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt.
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Jon Holmes
Producer:
Colin Anderson

The rivalry deepens at Home Farm.
For cast see page 40 Written by Carole Solazzo ; Director Julie Beckett Editor Vanessa Whitburn
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Contributors

Written By:
Carole Solazzo
Director:
Julie Beckett
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

5/5. Mama's No-Fail Traditional Passover Walnut Cake Moe makes a big announcement, which leaves Lillian speechless and Irving literally struggling to breathe. By Margaret Wilkinson.
For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Wilkinson.

This week's panel includes Neil Kinnock , Labour peer;
Chris Patten , Conservative peer; and David Steel , Liberal Democrat peer. Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at the Holy Trinity Church of England
School, Crawley, West Sussex, puts questions to the panel on the issues of the week.
Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Kinnock
Unknown:
Chris Patten
Unknown:
David Steel
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Anne Peacock

I A story of menace, mendacity and malice set amid the landfill sites of outer London. Written and directed by Mike Hodges , starring George Sewell and Cherie Lunghi.
Producer Roger Elsgood

Contributors

Directed By:
Mike Hodges
Unknown:
George Sewell
Unknown:
Cherie Lunghi.
Producer:
Roger Elsgood
King Trash:
George Sewell
Honey:
Cherie Lunghl
InspHoban:
Michael Culkin
Clint:
Burn Gorman
Johnny:
Paul Reynolds
Vera:
Tessa Worsley
Polly:
Daisy Beaumont
Eddy:
John Surman
Ginger:
Bruce Byron
Vic/Policeman:
Darren Soul
Yocker:
Dave Alexander
Craig:
Frank Dooley Boyle
The Nurse:
Jessica Treen
Sammy:
Geoff Bell
Old Bum:
Geoff Bell

5/10. Mozart. The children's laureate, Michael Morpurgo , chooses Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as his great life.
Stephen Johnson offers the biographical details, while Francine Stock is the presenter. Producer Miles warde

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Morpurgo
Unknown:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Unknown:
Stephen Johnson
Unknown:
Francine Stock

Neil McCarthy descends into the meaning, madness and music of mariachi, and meets the hustling troubadours in sequined suits whose songs of love and pain are inseparable from Mexican life. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil McCarthy
Producer:
Mark Burman

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