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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Sean Curran and Robert Orchard.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Anne Atkins.
8.31 L W only Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presenter:
John Humphrys
Presenter:
James Naughtie.
Presenter:
Garry Richardson.
Presenter:
Sean Curran
Presenter:
Robert Orchard.
Presenter:
Anne Atkins.

former England cricket captain Michael Atherton is in unlikely champion of the great American writer
:rnest Hemingway. But throughout his playing career Atherton used to carry a copy of Hemingway's short stories in his kit-bag. Here he explains why, ana talks to Hemingway scholars and enthusiasts about the myths surrounding the man and the enduring quality of the writing. Producer Tom Alban Repeated on Sunday at 12.15am

Contributors

Unknown:
Captain Michael Atherton
Producer:
Tom Alban

A funny and moving monologue, written by the Whitbread Prize-winning novelist Kate Atkinson, in which Alannah McKay from Edinburgh is retiring after 32 years of teaching. "My last week of teaching, the last ever. Fancy that. One minute you're just out of training college standing nervously in front of your first class and you turn around and.... it's all gone.... Everything passes, that's what they say, don't they?"

Contributors

Writer:
Kate Atkinson
Producer/Director:
Pauline Harris
Alannah:
Brigit Forsyth

4/5 Oscar Wilde contemplates the redemption that lies within suffering. Simon Russell Beale continues to read
Wilde's letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas , written while in Reading gaol. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Oscar Wilde
Unknown:
Simon Russell Beale
Unknown:
Lord Alfred Douglas

4/5. The Red Shoes. The Powell/Pressburger film brought parts of Hans Christian Andersen 's fairy story to a cinema audience but the tale itself is much less well known and far more disturbing. Why did Andersen display such a ruthlessly violent streak and what were his secret fears while writing it? For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Hans Christian Andersen

Journalist Michael Finkel talks to Mariella Frostrup about his startling new book True Story. Plus a report on a scheme that lends books to the homeless - what do People sleeping rough choose to read?
. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Finkel
Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup

In 1952, the air pollution in London killed 4,000 people.
Fast forward to the hot summer of 2003, when a different cocktail of pollutants caused asthma-inducing smog in UK cities. Quentin Cooper talks to Professor Nigel Bell about the difference between a pea-souper and smog and what causes the new "nasties" in our atmosphere.
Producer Tracey Logan

Contributors

Talks:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Professor Nigel Bell
Producer:
Tracey Logan

3/3. Actor Richard Griffiths reminisces about his career and upbringing. He tells stories of growing up on Teesside with parents who were both profoundly deaf and how, at the age of 16, he walked to London to get a job. He remembers his disastrous first appearance on stage and explains how he ended up in a mucky situation in It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet. Producer Claire Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Griffiths
Producer:
Claire Jones

John McKie has been a classics master at Hutcheson's Grammar school in Glasgow for 38 years. A highly regarded teacher, McKie believes the classics are invaluable in learning about ourselves and our native tongue. But when a new headmaster took over, it was decided it was time for him to go. The programme follows McKie's emotional last days at the school through his lessons and an audio diary.

Contributors

Unknown:
John McKie
Producer:
Matt Thompson

3/9. Prize Giving. Offering cash prizes for scientific and technological innovation is an idea that goes back to the 18th century. Today there's a revival of prize giving to solve some of our biggest challenges - from affordable space travel to a cure for ageing. Peter Day reports. Producer Ben Crighton Repeated on Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Day
Producer:
Ben Crighton

New series 1/10. Geoff Watts travels to Ethiopia for the first of several special reports on science from the African continent. He visit the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa to hear from the scientists who have made some of the most significant finds in the quest to understand our human origins. Watts also reports on the week's top stories from the world of science and technology. Producer Alexandra Feachem

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Alexandra Feachem

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