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With John Humphrys and Carolyn Quinn.

7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
With Mark D'Arcy.

7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
With Garry Richardson.

7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr. Giles Fraser.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Carolyn Quinn
Unknown:
Mark D'Arcy
Unknown:
Garry Richardson
Unknown:
Dr. Giles Fraser

2/3. Humphrey Lyttelton continues his exploration of the fascinating world of the early British band leaders. As the 1930s drew to a close, the band leaders were huge radio stars. They earned large sums of money, enjoyed residencies at top London venues and were selling thousands of records. But at the dawn of a new decade they would have to confront some enormous challenges in order to survive.
Producer Stephen Garner

Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Producer:
Stephen Garner

A lively collection of dispatches from the BBC's foreign correspondents, who report on stories from their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
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Contributors

Presented By:
Kate Adie.
Producer:
Tony Grant
Edited By:
Tony Grant

Listeners' calls and emails, taken by Jonathan Dimbleby , in response to Any Questions. Producer Peter Griffiths
PHONE [number removed]444 (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 12.30pm email: anyanswersH>bbcco.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Peter Griffiths

From the novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that inspired Hitchcock's Vertigo. Dramatised by Adrian Bean. Set in Paris in 1940 and in Marseilles in 1944, it tells the story of Jacques, a troubled, complex soul, rejected by the army on medical grounds, unlucky in love, with a devastating fear of heights. Working as a lawyer, he's contacted by an old friend who asks him to take on a private assignment - to spy on his wife. Resistant at first, Jacques finds himself empowered by the woman, then slowlv and fatally obsessed.
Producer/Director Pauline Harris

Contributors

Novel By:
Pierre Boileau
Novel By:
Thomas Narcejac
Dramatised By:
Adrian Bean.
Director:
Pauline Harris
Jacques:
Michael Maloney
Madeleine:
Sarah Smart
Paul:
Robert Pickavance
Dr Ballard:
Seamus O'Neill
Leriche:
Chris Jack
Old concierge:
Daryl Fishwick

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.
Producer Justine Willett ; Editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
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Contributors

Presented By:
Martha Kearney.
Producer:
Justine Willett
Editor:
Jill Burridge

nThe Soviet Union is dead and gone. But in early postwar decades it posed a real threat to Western self-confidence, projecting its propaganda confidently across the East-West divide. Using commentary from a unique collection of Soviet films that were shown in Britain, Chris Bowlby explores the appeal of everything from heroic steelmakers and space-conquering scientists to artistically sensitive soldiers and parachuting hairdressers, testing all this against eyewitness accounts Of Soviet life. Producer Smita Patel

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Bowlby
Producer:
Smita Patel

1/2. "Faith is like love; it does not let itself be forced"
Edmund Gosse was raised in the strictly Nonconformist Plymouth Brethren. This is his account of the spiritual struggle between a lonely boy and his charismatic father. Dramatised by Nick Warburton.
Other parts played by Gerard McDermott , Delroy Brown , Nick Sayce and members of the cast
Producer/Director Jonquil Panting Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Edmund Gosse
Dramatised By:
Nick Warburton.
Played By:
Gerard McDermott
Played By:
Delroy Brown
Played By:
Nick Sayce
Director:
Jonquil Panting
Edmund:
Derek Jacobi
Philip Henry:
Roger Allam
Young Edmund:
Steven Williams
Emily:
Kate Buffery
Miss Marks:
Colleen Prenderqast
Mary Grace:
Sophie Roberts
Miss Flaw:
Ann Beach
Kate:
Ayesha Antoine
Mr Punch:
Geoff Felix

6/11. Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Melanie Phillips , Professor Steven Rose , Claire Fox and Ian Hargreaves cross-examine expert witnesses on the moral issues behind the week's news. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips
Unknown:
Professor Steven Rose
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves

7/8. Roger McGough introduces requests for poems by, among others, Edward Thomas and Elizabeth Jennings.
Readings by Kate Littlewood and Bill Wallis. Repeated from sun

Contributors

Introduces:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Edward Thomas
Unknown:
Elizabeth Jennings.
Unknown:
Kate Littlewood
Unknown:
Bill Wallis.

2/5. Baby Talk. A first-time mother realises that it's not just a baby that's newborn, it's the mother too. She's just as helpless as her child. Another story inspired by Zora Neale Hurston 's collection of folk tales. By Angela Turvey , read by Rakie Ayola. Producer Kate mcaii

Contributors

Unknown:
Zora Neale Hurston
Unknown:
Angela Turvey
Read By:
Rakie Ayola.

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