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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Rachel Hooper and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Catherine Pepinster.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Rachel Hooper
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Catherine Pepinster.

Nelson's Column in London dates from 1843, almost 40 years after the Battle of Trafalgar, but other places at home and abroad were quicker off the mark in honouring Britain's greatest seaman. Nick Utechin goes in search of other columns and uncovers the strangest Trafalgar Square in the country. Producer Merilyn Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Utechin
Unknown:
Trafalgar Sguare
Producer:
Merilyn Harris

2/4. Not as Good as a Play. Joe and Tom are planning to emigrate to America, but Myrtle and Steve have other ideas. Dramatisation by Eric Pringle of William Cooper 's ground-breaking comic novel exploring the lives and loves of a schoolmaster and his friends in pre-war Leicester.
Director David Blount

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Pringle
Unknown:
William Cooper
Director:
David Blount
Joe:
David Thorpe
Myrtle:
Alison Pettitt
Tom:
Jonathan Keeble
Steve:
Robert Harper
Bolshaw:
Keith Drinkel
Frank:
Clive Standen

Roger Bolton selects listeners' comments from his mailbag and inbox and redirects them towards BBC radio programme and policy makers.
Producer Maire Devine Repeated on Sunday at 8pm ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 10T
Phone [number removed]0400 Fax: [number removed]: email: feedbacktSbbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Maire Devine

Frankie Banks is a 17-year-old whose mother has died and whose father, a truck driver, has no time for her. She has taken refuge with Badger, who found her on a beach apparently contemplating suicide. Free spirit Badger has become the focus of her life. Ellie, 15 years old and a recent addition to Badger's little clan, is thicker skinned and more dangerous. A fierce rivalry flares up between the two girls. Written by Rachel Taylor.
Producer/Director Kate Chapman

Contributors

Unknown:
Frankie Banks
Written By:
Rachel Taylor.
Director:
Kate Chapman
Frankie:
Alinka Wright
Badger:
Paul Kaye
Ellie:
Akiya Henry
Frank:
John Flitcroft

New series 1/6. Dylan Winter explores the role of small-scale hydropower schemes as a source of renewable energy and discovers the economical viability and environmental impact associated with this form of energy production. Producer Sheena Duncan

Contributors

Producer:
Sheena Duncan

5/5. The Great Big Book Exchange. An enchanting story about a woman and her grandson's obsession with reading novels. The woman begins to exchange books via a book shop and develops a unique relationship with the shop's owner. Written and read by Paul Magrs.
The last in a series of readings by five contemporary writers Performed live at Durham Literature Festival last month. For details see Monday

Contributors

Read By:
Paul Magrs.

15/90. 1600 - the East India Company. When a group of English merchants petitioned the Queen to grant them a charter for the spice trade, they couldn't have known that they were laying the foundations of what would become the British Raj. Written by Christopher Lee. The readings are by Anna Massey and Mark Heap. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
British Raj.
Written By:
Christopher Lee.
Unknown:
Anna Massey
Unknown:
Mark Heap.

3/9. Clive Coleman presents the series that cross-examines aspects of the law and legal system. He analyses the major legal stories and uncovers the ones that haven't yet hit the headlines. Producer Jim Frank

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Coleman
Producer:
Jim Frank

5/6 More topical lampooning and peerless impressions. Starring Jon Culshaw , Jan Ravens , Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry. From The Anvil, Basingstoke.
Producer Katie Marsden Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm
BBC AUDIO: Episodes from the radio and TV series of Dead Ringers are available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com and from all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Culshaw
Unknown:
Jan Ravens
Unknown:
Kevin Connelly
Unknown:
Mark Perry.
Producer:
Katie Marsden

Brian goes for maximum profit.
For cast see page 38
Written by Tim Stimpson : Director Rosemary Watts ; Editor Vanessa Whitburn ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Tim Stimpson
Director:
Rosemary Watts
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

6/16. Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Norwich puts questions on the issues of the week to a panel that indues David Miliband, Minister of Communities and Local Government, and Shami Chakrabarti , director of Liberty. producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Shami Chakrabarti
Producer:
Anne Peacock

When a failed contestant on Tony's pop-talent show kills herself, his callous put-downs may be to blame. But soon, more is at stake than a celebrity career. Written by Gary Owen.

Contributors

Writer:
Gary Owen
Director:
Alison Hindell
Tony:
Simon Ludders
Sarah:
Ruth Jones
Tash:
Carla Simpson
Josh:
Sion Pritchard
Glyn:
Jams Thomas
Ellie:
Louise Collins
Contestant:
Stephen Hickman

2/10. RD Laing. In the 1960s Laing was hailed as one of the greatest philosophers of his age. But was the Glaswegian psychiatrist a genius or a huckster? Carole Stone and Laing's son Adrian discuss the charismatic guru with presenter Francine Stock.

Contributors

Guest:
Carole Stone
Presenter:
Francine Stock
Producer:
Alasdair Cross

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