Programme Index

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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Catherine Pepinster.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Catherine Pepinster.

Taking his cue from the newspaper, Peter Snow walks through London visiting key sites in the VE Day celebrations from the seat where Churchill sat for Parliament s thanksgiving service in St Margaret's, Westminster, to Buckingham Palace, where thousands gathered to see the king and queen. There are moving stories of returning prisoners of war, weather forecasts are no longer top secret, and with massive cigarette sales reported, what was the legacy of wartime smoking?

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Snow
Producer:
Andrew Green

6/6. Children and staff - present and past - celebrate the 100th anniversary of the school's foundation. Written by Jim Eldridge.

Contributors

Writer:
Jim Eldridge.
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Mrs Eastwood:
Brigit Forsyth
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mr Maxwell:
Michael Cochrane
Miss Featherstone:
Teresa Gallagher
MrLong:
Paul Copley
Miss Reid:
Jacqueline Beatty
Mrs Khan:
Janice Acquah
MrBeeston:
James Grout
Mrs Rudd:
Vivienne Martin
Mrs Petterson:
Deirdre Costello
Mrs Stone:
Margaret John

Local writer Carol Leeming developed her play in partnership with the Leicester Haymarket Theatre and a project working with young people in danger of offending.
The play tells the story of Shari, a teenager who has been labelled as difficult and lazy. As her problems come to a head it becomes clear that she has been misunderstood.
Directors Kate Chapman and Peter Leslie Wild

Contributors

Unknown:
Carol Leeming
Directors:
Kate Chapman
Directors:
Peter Leslie Wild
Shari:
Ebony Feare
Irina:
Natasha Godfrey
Miss French:
Alison Carney
Kisha:
Joanna Dyce
Nile:
Robert Green
Michaela:
Charlotte McKenzie

5/6. WildandWetinWigan. The Wigan wetland is only six years old and already threatened by road construction, while the Doncaster wetland has survived for nearly 40 years. Dylan Winter visits these urban wetlands to see if wildlife can survive in the heart of the industrial North.
Producer Mary Colwell

Contributors

Producer:
Mary Colwell

4/4. British contemporary composer Jonathan Harvey s interest in music began with the study of medieval texts, but his work today reflects his catholic interests in the avant-garde, Buddhism, bird song and electronica. With Critic Paul Driver. For details see Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Harvey
Unknown:
Paul Driver.

8/8. Steve Punt , Hugh Dennis , Laura Shavin ,
Marcus Brigstocke , Jon Holmes and Mitch Benn bring you all the excitement of polling night and the morning after with added jokes and a few surprises.
Producer Colin Anderson Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm
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Contributors

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

An old resident bids farewell.
For cast see page 43
Writer Caroline Harrington ; Director Kate Oates ; Editor Vanessa Whitburn ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Caroline Harrington
Director:
Kate Oates
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

5/5. Packed off around Britain in a search for a cure for his nerves, Framton Nuttel arrives at the Sappletons' house with a letter of introduction from his sister. It little prepares him for the tale of terror he is about to hear.
By Saki.
(For details see Monday)
(Repeated from 10.45am)

Contributors

Author:
null Saki
Framton Nuttel:
Paul Brooke
Vera:
Emily Chennery
Mrs Sappleton:
Joanna McCallum
Caroline:
Susan Jameson
Mr Sappleton/Trap Driver:
Michael Kilgarriff

This week's panel includes singer/songwriter Billy Bragg , columnist and former Tory spin doctor Amanda Platell , Howard Davies , director of the LSE, and Matthew Parris , political editor of The Times. Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at the Tormead School in Guildford, Surrey, puts questions to the panel. Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Songwriter:
Billy Bragg
Unknown:
Amanda Platell
Unknown:
Howard Davies
Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Anne Peacock

The novelist, essayist, playwright and polemicist James Baldwin forged his view of America when he sent himself into exile in Paris. Caryl Phillips knew him, and explores that extraordinary time in France in this play.
(R)

Contributors

Writer:
Caryl Phillips
Director:
Ned Chaillet
James Baldwin:
Ricky Fearon
Jean-Claude (older):
Ronald Pickup
Jean-Claude (younger):
Tom Silburn
Mother:
Alibe Parsons
Richard:
Declan Wright
Gina:
Lydia Leonard
Alice:
Jaimi Barbakoff
Eugene:
Damian Lynch
Mrs Wilkes:
Lisa Davina Phillip
Theo:
Ryan McCluskey
[Actor]:
Roger May
[Actor]:
Timothy Morand
[Actor]:
Bob Sherman
[Actress]:
Rachel Atkins
[Actor]:
Chris Moran

6/10. Rockefeller. John D Rockefeller was the world's richest, and one of its most hated, men. The founder of Standard Oil, Rockefeller created the world's first corporation using methods more in tune with the old Wild West. He also gave great chunks of his fortune away.
Proposer Martin Smith , head of the English National
Opera, can't decide if he was a sinner or a saint.
Francine Stock chairs the programme, and Professor Homberger is on hand with expert advice. Producer Miles Warde

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Smith
Unknown:
Francine Stock
Producer:
Miles Warde

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