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2/6. Yalta. In February 1945 Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met in the Crimea at Yalta. They put the seal on the division of Europe for almost 50 years and settled the fate of millions of people. Gavin Esler asks politicians and historians if it was the best deal that Churchill and Roosevelt could get from Stalin. Did it mean that for those behind the Iron Curtain the Second World War ended not in 1945, but with the collapse of the Soviet system? Producer Elaine Thomas Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Gavin Esler
Producer:
Elaine Thomas Shortened

1/2 Kevin Bocquet uncovers the great detective breakthroughs that have changed police work for ever. In this programme he finds out how DNA fingerprinting was developed - and only received recognition because of an overheard conversation in a pub. Producers Ian Bent and Steve Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Bocquet
Unknown:
Steve Taylor

3/4 First Aid. Despite being sacked from running the first-aid stall at the local church fete Miles is determined to give his life-saving mannequin, Annie, a day out. Written by Gerard Foster.
Producer/Director Sally Avens

Contributors

Written By:
Gerard Foster.
Director:
Sally Avens
Miles:
Kim Wall
Jason:
Louis Dunsford
Dawn:
Emma Amos
Vicar:
Gerard McDermott
Estate Agent:
Harry Myers
Steve:
Barnaby Power
Jules:
Colleen Prenderqast
Rob:
Robert Hastie
Mary:
Susan Jameson

By Dawn Lowe-Watson . An atmospheric emotional drama set on Romney Marsh , about an impressionable teenage girl who has run away from home to be with a sculptor - her mother's past boyfriend - whom she feels much closer to than her own father.
Producer/Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Unknown:
Dawn Lowe-Watson
Unknown:
Romney Marsh
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Owen:
Paul Rhys
Nina:
Colleen Prenderqast
Monica:
Patience Tomlinson
Vic/Young Thomas:
Gerard McDermott

1/5. Sand, concrete, iron wheels, railway tracks and bird droppings - on board The Vigilance, a Brixham sailing trawler in Torbay, sailors tell how ballast is crucial to Safety at sea. Producer Steve Groves

Contributors

Producer:
Steve Groves

8/13. Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's world, teasing out the hidden and often contradictory truths behind the experiences, values and traditions Of our lives. Producer Janet McLarty

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernie Rea
Producer:
Janet McLarty

7/9 Joining chairman Nicholas Parsons in Henley-on-Thames for tonight's show are Clement Freud , Paul Merton , Jenny Eclair and Gyles Brandreth. Producer Claire Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Jenny Eclair
Unknown:
Gyles Brandreth.
Producer:
Claire Jones

1/15. The 1960s bestseller by Jacqueline Susann.
Three beautiful young women become best friends as they carve out careers in the entertainment industry. Dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus.
September 1945. Anne Welles arrives in New York from sedate Lawrenceville to find that every woman she meets is looking for a husband.
Director Claire Grove Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacqueline Susann.
Dramatised By:
Yvonne Antrobus.
Unknown:
Anne Welles
Anne:
Madeleine Potter
Neely:
Barbara Barnes
Helen:
Sally Dexter
Gino:
Nathan Osgood
Henry:
Stuart Milllgan
Terry:
Colleen Prenderqast
Allen:
Walter Lewis
Mrs Welles/ Miss Steinberg:
Liza Ross
Lyon:
Jamie Glover
Amelia:
Susan Jameson
Gilbert:
Harry Myers
Jennifer:
Julia Ford

I New series 1/4. Mike Thomson returns with the series that takes an investigative approach to history. A Very British Coup. One night in late July 1953, at the request of the CIA, the BBC broadcast a coded message to the Shah of Iran. Mike Thomson reveals that this was only a small part of the corporation's role in assisting Britain and the United States to topple that country's democratically elected government. The plot involving secret agents, BBC spin and lucrative oil fields was to help pave the way for Iran's radical Islamic government 26 years later. Producer Laurence Grissell

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Thomson
Unknown:
Mike Thomson
Producer:
Laurence Grissell

Chris Watson has encountered all kinds of weather in his job as a professional wildlife sound recordist. A real passion is recording the sound of the wind and capturing the atmospheres different winds can create. Here he lends an ear to the sounds of some of these winds and their legends. Producer Mark Rickards

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Watson
Producer:
Mark Rickards

The island on the edge of Europe could be on the edge of catastrophe. Fair Isle is famous for its massive r7 colonies of seabirds and the rare migrant birds that find their way there. But the seabirds have stopped breeding because a combination of overfishing and global warming has resulted in the disappearance of the sand eels they feed on. Nature writer Jim Crumley explores the island, meets the crofters and discovers how one small community is coping with the kind of change that could be on the way for the rest of US. Producer Dave Batchelor

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Crumley
Producer:
Dave Batchelor

1/10. By Paul Bowles , read by John Sharian. In the aftermath of the Second World War, three Americans set out to travel in North Africa. But the journey into the desert is to have a devastating effect on their lives. Producer Gaynor Macfarlane Abridged by Alison Joseph RT DIRECT: This book is available for E8.99 including p&p. Call [number removed]042 (national rate)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Bowles
Read By:
John Sharian.
Producer:
Gaynor MacFarlane
Abridged By:
Alison Joseph

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