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Elegy for New Orleans. As the full significance of the tragedy in New Orleans finds expression, Fergal Keane considers what the city has represented both culturally and spiritually. Producer Eley McAinsh Rptd at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Fergal Keane
Producer:
Eley McAinsh Rptd

3/4. The Stickleback. Lionel Kelleway goes in search of the ubiquitous stickleback in the waters of Llyn Frongoch , west Wales. With the help of expert lain Barber, Kelleway Peers into a world of sneaky males, zig-zag dances and Sex bombs. Producer Julian Hector

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway
Unknown:
Llyn Frongoch
Unknown:
Kelleway Peers
Producer:
Julian Hector

Actor Martin Shaw appeals on behalf of Learning for Life. Donations: [address removed]Credit cards: Freephone [number removed]44
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Shaw
Producer:
Sally Flatman

3/9. Exchanging favourite quotations and anecdotes are theatre maverick Ken Campbell , surgeon and writer
Dr Peter MacDonald , poet Ruth Padel and Times columnist Mary Ann Sieghart. The reader is William Franklyn. From the British Library, with host Nigel Rees. Rptd from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Campbell
Unknown:
Dr Peter MacDonald
Unknown:
Ruth Padel
Unknown:
Mary Ann Sieghart.
Unknown:
William Franklyn.
Unknown:
Nigel Rees.

1/4. My Land Is Kenya. From 1947 to the 1960s thousands of Britons who had run the empire returned home. But not all. Aidan Hartley finds out what happened to those who stayed behind, starting with the white farmers of Kenya. Have they become true Kenyans or do they still look to Britain for their identity? Producer Jolyon Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Aidan Hartley
Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins

3/4. A Head for Heights. Colin Lee has been a slate roofer in north Wales for nearly 40 years. He maintains that attention to detail and a good head for heights are essential requirements for the job. Those skills are also vital for the climbers who have pioneered new routes in the disused slate quarries nearby. Producer Jeremy Grange

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Lee
Producer:
Jeremy Grange

3/3. By Jane Austen. Catherine's suspicions about the tyrannical General Tilney grow and she is determined to discover the secrets of Northanger Abbey. Dramatised by Dominic Power.
Music by Peter Wiegold ; Producer/Director Pam Fraser Solomon
Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Austen.
Dramatised By:
Dominic Power.
Music By:
Peter Wiegold
Director:
Pam Fraser Solomon
Jane Austen:
Amanda Root
Catherine:
Emily Wachter
Henry:
David Harewood
General Tilney:
John Shrapnel
Eleanor:
Saskia Reeves
Mr Morland:
Gerard McDermott
Mrs Morland:
Susan Jameson
Mrs Allen:
Julia McKenzie
Isabella:
Claire Skinner
James:
Shiv Grewal
Mr Allen:
John Rowe

2/8. The natural world, including some of the winners of BBC Origin's Wildlife Magazine poetry competition, is this week's theme. Presented by Roger McGough , read by Susan Jameson , Bill Wallis and the poets themselves. Producer Christine Hall Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
BBC AUDIO: A newly released special edition celebrating 25 years of Poetry Please is available on CD from all good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]19

Contributors

Presented By:
Roger McGough
Read By:
Susan Jameson
Read By:
Bill Wallis
Producer:
Christine Hall

Michael Crick examines the impact of the Freedom of Information act, which came into force in January 2005, and asks whether a new government openness has really displaced the old habit of official secrecy. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Crick

The children's magazine show features the penultimate exciting part of Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver. Presented by Barney Harwood.
Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Michelle Paver.
Presented By:
Barney Harwood.
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong
Producers:
Abi Awojobi

1/6. A series that evaluates and recalls some of the country's most popular performers and broadcasters before they were famous begins with Richard Dimbleby. Presented by Russell Davies. Readers include Jon Glover , Sally Grace and Roy Oakshott. Producer Richard Edis

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Dimbleby.
Presented By:
Russell Davies.
Unknown:
Jon Glover
Unknown:
Sally Grace
Unknown:
Roy Oakshott.
Producer:
Richard Edis

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. Rptd from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffrey Immelt
Unknown:
Wayne Huizinger.

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