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New series 1/6. Hiroshima Gavin Esler explores the impact of decisive events and places on postwar global history. Here he's joined by Lord Robertson, former Nato secretary general, and Koji Watanabe , former Japanese deputy minister for foreign Affairs, in looking at the place where the first wartime nuclear bomb was dropped. Producer Elaine Thomas Shortened repeat at 9.3Upm Gavin Esler on Hiroshima: page 117

Contributors

Unknown:
Koji Watanabe
Producer:
Elaine Thomas Shortened

6/6. Tied to the Takeaway. The Golden Bowl Chinese takeaway in Birmingham is open for business seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. It's all that Ling Tsan parents know, but for Ling, the very model of a modern London girl, it s a place to which she returns weekly - a world she thought she'd left behind long ago. Documentary series telling original stories about real lives in Britain today stories that reveal people in a specific context. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Ling Tsan
Producer:
Mark Burman

2/4. St George's Day. Miles decides to hold his own St George's Day Parade; but a dead dog and an OAP cause problems for the troop. Written by Gerard Poster.
Director Sally Avens

Contributors

Written By:
Gerard Poster.
Director:
Sally Avens
Miles:
Kim Wall
Jason:
Louis Dunsford
Dawn:
Emma Amos
Steve:
Barnaby Power
Garth:
Dave Lamb
Eric:
Peter Marinker
Voice:
Peter Marinker

By Jude Domski and the Paper Hat Ensemble. The true and extraordinary story of Darius McCollum , whose lifelong obsession with New York subway trains has resulted in him being arrested more than 20 times. Other characters played by Beresford Bennett. Alberto Bonilla , Misty De Berry , Gigi Jhong and Michael Warner Director David Hunter

Contributors

Unknown:
Jude Domski
Unknown:
Darius McCollum
Played By:
Beresford Bennett.
Played By:
Alberto Bonilla
Played By:
Misty de Berry
Played By:
Gigi Jhong
Played By:
Michael Warner
Director:
David Hunter
Darius:
Ron Simons
Young Darius:
Kashif Harris

1/5. Allan Little introduces extracts from some of the most memorable writing of the Second World War. Peter Marinker and Kerry Shale read dispatches from John Steinbeck and Ernie Pyle. producer viv Beeby

Contributors

Introduces:
Allan Little
Unknown:
Peter Marinker
Unknown:
John Steinbeck
Unknown:
Ernie Pyle.
Producer:
Viv Beeby

1/5. Would-be shepherd Richard Collins goes to France in search of the area known as the Cevennes. Planning on following the giant flocks of sheep on their annual migration from the plains up to the high pastures, he finds that RL Stevenson 's mistreatment of his donkey Modestine still irks the locals 130 years later. Adding insult to injury, the sheep decide to go into that strange trance state known as la Churree. Producer Richard Collins

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Collins
Unknown:
Rl Stevenson
Producer:
Richard Collins

6/9. Joining chairman Nicholas Parsons at the Clwyd Theatre Cymru for tonight's show are Sheila Hancock , Clement Freud , Victor Spinetti and Tony Hawks. Producer Claire Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Victor Spinetti
Producer:
Claire Jones

John Wilson with arts news and the verdict on Nicole Kidman 's new film Bewitched, based on the American sitcom and directed by Nora Ephron. Producer Thomas Morris

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wilson
Unknown:
Nicole Kidman
Directed By:
Nora Ephron.
Producer:
Thomas Morris

1/5. The House By the River. Written by Kazuo Ishiguro , dramatised by James Friel. Set in Nagasaki in 1950 and in England in 1977. Etsuko is haunted by her daughter's suicide and retreats into memories of a hot summer in Nagasaki, where she and her family struggled to rebuild their lives after the war.
Producer/Director Marylin Imrie Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Written By:
Kazuo Ishiguro
Dramatised By:
James Friel.
Director:
Marylin Imrie
Mrs Sheringham:
Noriko Aida
Etsuko:
Noriko Aida
Niki:
Jasmine Hyde
Sachiko:
Meg Kubota
Mariko:
Haruka Kuroda
Ogata:
Togo Lgawa
Jiro:
Dal Tabuchi

Throughout the Bosnian War, a vital link kept hope alive for the 400,000 besieged inhabitants of the city. This programme tells the story of the tunnel underneath
Sarajevo Airport that became a secret lifeline for the city, talking to those who built it and those who used it. Producer Fiona Ledger

Contributors

Producer:
Fiona Ledger

Kevin Cadwallender 's book of poems Voyages is based on the experiences of spinal injury patients at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. They tell of their own individual voyages of discovery, illustrated by Cadwallender's poetry juxtaposed with contemporary accounts of Cook's own voyages in the 18th century. Producer Andy Cartwright

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Cadwallender
Producer:
Andy Cartwright

With its distinctive red bill and legs, the chough is the heraldic bird of Cornwall. Once they clattered in their hundreds around Cornwall's coast, but for years one of the only places they have been seen is on pub signs.
Crime writer Frances Fyfield discovers why these birds disappeared and finds that the choughs are beginning to return to the Cornish clifftops. Producer Marya Burgess

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Fyfield
Producer:
Marya Burgess

1/5. Stephen's Tale. A story of greed and betrayal set in London's docklands in the 1850s. Written by Arthur Morrison , abridged by Neil Cargill and read by Michael Jayston. Producer Jane Morgan
RT Direct: accompanying 5 set audio cassette available for E17.99 including p&p. Call [number removed]042 (national rate).

Contributors

Written By:
Arthur Morrison
Abridged By:
Neil Cargill
Read By:
Michael Jayston.
Producer:
Jane Morgan

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