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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Rob Nothman.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev James Jones.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Rob Nothman.
Unknown:
James Jones.

New series 1/9. Richard Miron lived for seven weeks in the Jewish settlements in Gaza, sharing in the lives of the People who lived there. He witnessed the final days of these settlements and the evacuation of the 8,000 Jewish People. The documentary follows people from three Jewish settler families and provides an insight into the crisis faced by them and asks what the future holds for their ideology, which has been at the forefront of Israeli politics for many years. Producer Lucy Ash Repeated on Monday at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Miron

An ancient ditch, a new airport, a railway surveyor who gets shot at, as well as a chase across country and through time - Jonathan Davidson 's play is inspired by WG Hoskins's book, which imagines how the land itself has felt through centuries of being ploughed up, deep-mined and built on. Producer/Director Tim Dee

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Davidson
Director:
Tim Dee
Landscape:
Bill Wallis
Mother/Wife/Protestor:
Susan Engel
Mollie:
Eleanor Tremain
John/Surveyor:
David Birrell
Father/Husband:
John Baddeley
Bailiff/Security guard:
David Collins

3/10. Stewart Henderson presents the interactive problem-solving programme for those intriguing questions from everyday life. Producer Emily Williams EMAIL: questions.questions@bbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] from 1.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart Henderson
Producer:
Emily Williams

4/5. The Train. By Zoran Zivkovic. A bank manager is travelling to an important meeting when he encounters God on the train. He's told he can have the answer to a single question. A thought-provoking story about the consequences of failing to see life's bigger picture. Read by Roger Allam. For details see Monday Producer Gemma Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Zoran Zivkovic.
Read By:
Roger Allam.
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

4/90. Looking For China. In the 1500s the British were not yet among the world's leading seafarers, but there was serious money to be made in trading beyond Europe - and the British wanted their share. By Christopher Lee. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson. Readings by Robert Powell , Martin Freeman , Rob Brydon and Mark Heap. For details see Monday

Contributors

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Christopher Lee.
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Juliet Stevenson.
Unknown:
Robert Powell
Unknown:
Martin Freeman
Unknown:
Rob Brydon
Unknown:
Mark Heap.

"Beauty is truth," wrote Keats. But when it comes to the scientific image, it may be more a case of beauty or truth. Should an image be accurate or is it more important to grab the viewer's attention? The awe-inspiring colour photographs of space taken by the Hubble Space Telescope were black and white until a little computer magic was added. Quentin Cooper talks to the people behind Britain's Visions of Science Awards about the pros and cons of creating and editing a scientific image. Producer Julian Siddle

Contributors

Talks:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Julian Siddle

3/6. "Britain's funniest Milton" bestrides the globe as an expert in his field - with no ability whatsoever. This week he's a world-famous biogeneticist. Starring Milton Jones. With Debbie Chazen , Tom Goodman-Hill , Dave Lamb , and Lucy Montgomery. Written by Milton Jones and James Cary. Producer David Tyler

Contributors

Unknown:
Debbie Chazen
Unknown:
Tom Goodman-Hill
Unknown:
Dave Lamb
Unknown:
Lucy Montgomery.
Written By:
Milton Jones
Written By:
James Cary.
Producer:
David Tyler

Mark Lawson investigates changing ideas about the portrayal of Jewish characters in drama and fiction, in the light of a new film version of Oliver Twist , starring Ben Kingsley as Fagin. Producer Robyn Read

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Oliver Twist
Unknown:
Ben Kingsley

4/10. Zoraide. William feels he has found his natural place. A gifted teacher, he is happy and content. He finds further work in the neighbouring school for girls - in the very same place where he has heard a laughing voice, an enchanting ringing laugh. By Charlotte Bronte. For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

New series 1/3. The First Wave. KrishnanGuru-Murthy follows the personal stories of three generations of British Hindus to find out how their faith has shaped their identity, the way they live and the cultural landscape of Britain. The experience of the first immigrants was of determination but also discrimination. Producer Liz Leonard

Contributors

Producer:
Liz Leonard

4/9. Take Me to the Leader Two business bosses with very different ways of getting to the top talk to Peter Day: the corporate man, Jeffrey Immelt , chief executive of America's biggest company General Electric; and the billlionaire entrepreneur Wayne Huizinger.
Producer Sandra Kanthal Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffrey Immelt
Unknown:
Wayne Huizinger.

4/10. As 18 tons of glass slowly cool in a lab beneath a football stadium in Arizona, scientists are watching and waiting, hoping that it will form part of a giant, perfect parabolic mirror. Geoff Watts looks at the race to build the biggest telescope on earth, and at other stories in the world of science and technology. Producer Anna Buckley

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Anna Buckley

4/5. Armando lannucci introduces a golden look back to earlier this year when his superlative series dealt with such thorny issues as the Great BBC Weather Map
Controversy and, of course, trivia like the general election. With special guests David Mitchell , John Sessions and Will Smith , and featuring Jim Field Smith. Producer David Tyler

Contributors

Unknown:
David Mitchell
Unknown:
John Sessions
Unknown:
Will Smith
Producer:
David Tyler

Hurricane Katrina's name will not be forgotten in the southern United States for years to come. But why
Katrina? And why microscopic beings on the sea bed named after the Sex Pistols? Ian McMillan gets to grips with the protocol surrounding the naming of natural phenomena and discovers that, where he'd expected poetry, it's frequently more a case of scientific one-upmanship. Producer Marya Burgess

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McMillan
Producer:
Marya Burgess

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