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Introduced by Sarah Montague in London and James Naughtie in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja.
8.31 L W only Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sarah Montague
Introduced By:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
John Onaiyekan

Among Libby Purves 's guests is Tim Buckley , headmaster of Tithe Barn School in Stockport, taking par in the BBC s World Class initiative to twin 1,000 UK schools with Schools in Africa. Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Tim Buckley

the 2/4. Llanthony Priory. Historian John Davies travels to the Vale of Ewyas in the Black Mountains in Wales to introduce some of the characters who might have lived or worked at Llanthony Priory, now the Abbey Hotel. Producer Kate McAll

Contributors

Unknown:
John Davies
Producer:
Kate McAll

2/4. OutandAbout Fate leads Wentworth into the path of Mrs Fitch. By HF Ellis , adapted by Emma Kennedy.
Producer Elizabeth Freestone

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Fitch.
Unknown:
Hf Ellis
Adapted By:
Emma Kennedy.
Producer:
Elizabeth Freestone
Wentworth:
Chris Lanqham
Mrs Wheeler/Mrs Ripley/Mrs Fitch:
Sophie Thompson
Mr Jellaby/Mr Bennett:
Philip Jackson
Miss Stephens:
Selina Griffiths
Grimley/Fred:
Giles Terera
Mrs Bretton/Mrs Jellaby:
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Mr Williams/Colonel:
Andrew Westfield
Operator/Mrs Mathers:
Rosie Armstrong
Geoffrey:
Felix Still
William:
Luke Newberry
German lady:
Emma Kennedy

New series 1/6. The literary quiz returns with James Walton presiding over team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh with guests Simon Brett and Peter Kemp.
Lord Byron is this week's author and subject of pastiche, and the reader is Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden

Contributors

Unknown:
James Walton
Unknown:
Sebastian Faulks
Unknown:
John Walsh
Unknown:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
Peter Kemp.
Unknown:
Beth Chalmers.
Producer:
Katie Marsden

1/2. The Kiss of theIce Maiden. Fairy tales and history are intertwined in Hattie Naylor 's life of Hans Christian Andersen, a story that begins in the spinning rooms of a lunatic asylum in Denmark and ends wren international acclaim for his work. Concludes tomorrow.
Music composed by director Paul Dodgson

Contributors

Unknown:
Hattie Naylor
Unknown:
Hans Christian
Director:
Paul Dodgson
Grandmother:
Rachel Atkins
Young Hans:
Jonathan Bullock
Father:
Ben Crowe
Tea Cup dog:
Daniel Goode
Ice Maiden:
Catherine Harvey
Mette:
Helen Longworth
Older Hans:
Tim McMullan
Mother:
Louise Plowright

3/5. Urunana is a radio soap modelled on The Archers that is broadcast in Rwanda. In a country where 11 per cent of the people are HIV-positive, the programme tackles taboo sexual-health issues and works to build peace and reconciliation after the genocide of 1994. Radio was then used to whip up hatred: now Urunana's enormous popularity has restored Rwandans' respect for the media. Adam Lusekelo investigates. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Adam Lusekelo

In 2003 Laurie Taylor travelled to Cape Town to learn about the other side of this celebrated tourist spot. He revisits some of the issues uncovered then as he retraces his steps, analysing the changes that have taken place in areas such as crime and violence, land reform and intellectual life. Producer Gavin Heard

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor

Kirsty Lang investigates how museums around Britain are rethinking their displays and collections of African art, meets the Zanzibar-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah , and reports on Konono No 1, a band from the Congo who mix traditional instruments and contemporary electronics.
Producer Nicki Paxman

Contributors

Unknown:
Kirsty Lang
Unknown:
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a special edition, hosted by the Royal African Society, with questions put to a panel by an audience at the School of Oriental and African Studies,
London, concerning political, economic and social issues facing Africa today. Producer Anne Peacock

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Anne Peacock

2/3. In her exploration of the evolution of life on Earth,
Gabrielle Walker uncovers the story of the greatest mass poisoning in history: a burst of oxygen into the Earth's atmosphere. Was it this event that shocked our microbial ancestors into a more vigorous way of life? Producer Jonathan Fildes

Contributors

Unknown:
Gabrielle Walker
Producer:
Jonathan Fildes

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