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With Sarah Montague and Carolyn Quinn.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
With Garry Richardson.

7.48 Thought for the Day
With Rosemary Lain-Priestley .

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
Carolyn Quinn
Unknown:
Garry Richardson
Unknown:
Rosemary Lain-Priestley

2/4. Radio Recall. Lucy Ash eavesdrops on controversial radio stations and programmes across four continents.
This week she looks at how a conservative breakfast-show host helped Arnold Schwarzenegger become governor of California. Melanie Morgan, presenter of a right-wing talk r^.rim show ir. c an Franricm k nnp nf a new breed of activist hosts who urge listeners not only to get angry but also to do something about their anger. producer Lucy Ash

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Ash
Unknown:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Producer:
Lucy Ash

It sounds like an obscure movement in ph. osophy. but phenology's more down to earth than that. It's the study of recurring natural events - when the i first leaf or the first butterfly appears or when the first swallow departs. Mark Whitaker meets the amateur nature watchers around the UK whose meticulous records are being collated to provide evidence on climate change. Producer Janet Graves
Alan Titchmarsh : page 33

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Whitaker
Producer:
Janet Graves
Producer:
Alan Titchmarsh

Barry Cryer presents this tribute to the TV programme that began in 1953 with a live broadcast from the City
Varieties theatre in Leeds and became a cornerstone of the BBC's light entertainment output for 30 years.
Featuring performers such as Eartha Kitt , Morecambe and Wise and Arthur Askey. Producer Libby cross <R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Eartha Kitt
Unknown:
Arthur Askey.

Gordon Stewart encounters the largest pipe organ in the world at a department store in Philadelphia. Putting the 28,000-pipe six-keyboard, 470-stop instrument through its paces he explores the amazing sounds and colours it produces - and its relationship with ladies' swimwear, handbags and shoes.
(Rptd Sat 3.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter/Organist:
Gordon Stewart
Producer:
Mark O'Brien

Freya's diaries lyrical with hormonal pubescence, reflect the world around her in the 1960s: the Vietnam war and whether or not to dye her hair. But when her menopausal self discovers them, she has things to say in response. By Eryl Maynard.

Contributors

Writer:
Eryl Maynard
Producer/Director:
Ned Chaillet
The woman:
Samantha Bond
The girl:
Alex Tregear

3/13. Listeners' questions about the environment discussed by Richard Daniel and guests. Producer Nick Patrick ADDRESS: [address removed] email: home.planet@bbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Daniel
Producer:
Nick Patrick

2/5 Brother and Sister and Foot. An invasion of the body snatchers? Only a foot remains - and the noises. By Scarlett Thomas read by Flora Montgomery. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Scarlett Thomas
Read By:
Flora Montgomery.

New series 1/13. The series focusing on business, money. technology and workplace issues returns, with Heather Payton and guests taking a look at the state of Britain's theatres. Expensive seat prices have driven some people away but "greasepaint" entrepreneurs are fighting back. Producer Lesley McAlpine

Contributors

Unknown:
Heather Payton
Producer:
Lesley McAlpine

3/10. Comedian Steve Punt and writer and political columnist John O'Farrell talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
Producer Beth O'Dea Repeated on Sunday at 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
John O'Farrell
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

2/5. Swaying in the Breeze. Trisha (Marion O'Dwyer ) - married to a tight-fisted, football-obsessed boor - exacts a delicious revenge before repairing to the compost heap to become a sunflower and sway gloriously in the breeze. Another monologue by Kate Perry.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Marion O'Dwyer
Unknown:
Kate Perry.

10/11. With an increasing number of hospitals battling with large-scale debts, Liz Carney investigates whether policies designed to increase patient choice could create more financial instability and even lead to hospital closures. Producer Sarah Lewthwaite Repeated on Sunday at 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Liz Carney
Producer:
Sarah Lewthwaite

2/6. In the programme dedicated to the mysterious and wonderful workings of the brain, Dr Raj Persaud looks at new research that may help in the treatment of people involved in traumatic events, reducing their flashbacks. Producer Rebecca Asher Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Raj Persaud
Producer:
Rebecca Asher

4/6. Europe. This week the secret organisation with the power to influence every aspect of your daily life tackles the relationship between Britain and Europe. Meanwhile, Lazlo's infatuation with Wendy is getting out of control. Comedy written and performed by Chris Addison , John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman , with Peter Dickson , Matthew Holness and Lucy Montgomery.
Producers Richard Grocock and Jon Naismith

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Addison
Unknown:
John Oliver
Unknown:
Andy Zaltzman
Unknown:
Peter Dickson
Unknown:
Matthew Holness
Unknown:
Lucy Montgomery.
Producers:
Richard Grocock
Producers:
Jon Naismith

Darcus Howe on a personal journey into the heart of Charles Dickens 's novel Great Expectations, which he first read as a child in Trinidad when he found a friend in Pip, the book's main character. He is accompanied by Stuart Hall and by some of today's Pips and Magwitchs in schools and prisons. Producer Virginia Crompton

Contributors

Unknown:
Darcus Howe
Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Accompanied By:
Stuart Hall
Producer:
Virginia Crompton

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