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With James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
With Garry Richardson.

7.48 Thought for the Day
With Clifford Longley.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Carolyn Quinn
Unknown:
Garry Richardson
Unknown:
Clifford Longley

1/2. Joshua Rozenberg investigates the newly established International Criminal Court and looks at how it intends to bring about its first prosecution, a landmark in global justice. He traces the ICC's attempts to bring the leaders of a rebel army in northern Uganda to face trial in the Hague, and talks to those who fear the court is jeopardising attempts to reach a negotiated peace in the region. Producer Brian King

Contributors

Unknown:
Joshua Rozenberg

3/6. Loophole. Patrick gets a job presenting on the Barbecue channel and filming takes place on location at the Bartholomew family home. As the flames get higher, Stella's precious garden is under threat. Written by Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson.
Producer/Director Elizabeth Freestone

Contributors

Written By:
Lucy Clare
Written By:
Ian Davidson.
Director:
Elizabeth Freestone
Stella:
Plppa Haywood
Patrick:
Duncan Preston
Alison:
Claudie Blakley
Rick:
Bruce MacKinnon
Xanthe:
Catherine Shepherd
Egg:
Daniela Denby-Ashe

One night, five years ago, Karen ran away from her husband and found herself a job in a burger van at the seaside. Now Steve turns up at the van and asks for a hotdog. it's the moment Karen's been dreading - and rehearsing - ever since she made her escape from their relationship. Written by Carolyn Bonnyman.
Producer/Director David Jackson Young

Contributors

Written By:
Carolyn Bonnyman.
Director:
David Jackson Young
Karen:
Julie Duncanson
Steve:
Billy McElhaney
Davy:
Llam Brennan
Sal:
Alec Heqqle
Francesca:
Eileen McCallum

Listeners' personal finance questions answered by Vincent Duggleby and his guests. Producer Louise Greenwood PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 1.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Vincent Duggleby
Producer:
Louise Greenwood

1/5. Let Us Go to America! Puppeteer Walter Wilkinson 's account of his adventures in America with his travelling peep show in the 1930s. Wilkinson and his wife set sail for New York. Read by David Timson and abridged by Roy Apps. Producer David Blount

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Wilkinson
Read By:
David Timson
Abridged By:
Roy Apps.
Producer:
David Blount

1/5. Designed by Nature. To appreciate just how well adapted native ponies can be to their environment and to discover the origins of what is thought to be the original British hill pony, Dylan Winter travels to the freezing cold and windswept heights of Exmoor to get a true feel for the hardiness of the "horsebeast" - the name originally given to the Exmoor Pony. Producer Sheena Duncan

Contributors

Producer:
Sheena Duncan

3/11. Nicholas Parsons attempts to keep control over the most devious of panel games. This week's contestants are Clement Freud, Tony Hawks, Julian Clary and Kate RobbinS. Producer Claire Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Julian Clary
Unknown:
Kate Robbins.
Producer:
Claire Jones

With Mark Lawson , including the verdict on A Cock and Bull Story, a film version of Laurence Sterne 's novel
Tristram Shandy , starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. Producer Martin Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Laurence Sterne
Unknown:
Tristram Shandy
Unknown:
Steve Coogan
Unknown:
Rob Brydon.
Producer:
Martin Smith

1/5. The Swimming Pool. It is the last swimming lesson of term and schoolgirl Lucy has locked herself out of the changing room, determined not to come out. Snapshots into moments of change in the lives of different women at various ages and stages in their lives. By Louise Gooding.
Producer/Director Pauline Harris Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Louise Gooding.
Director:
Pauline Harris
Lucy:
Rebecca Ryan
Jo:
Chloe O'Malley
Ali:
Rosle Fleeshman
Miss Owen:
Fiona Clarke

2/4. The Locock Baby. The investigative history series.
Mike Thomson picks up the trail of a possible royal scandal in a graveyard in Sevenoaks, Kent, where a family tomb may hold the remains of an illegitimate grandchild of Queen Victoria. From the Isle of Wight to an exclusive London address, Mike follows the clues to discover the truth about Henry Leicester Locock. Producer Mary Burgess

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Thomson
Unknown:
Henry Leicester Locock.
Producer:
Mary Burgess

"I am by profession a science-fiction writer. I deal in fantasy. My life is a fantasy." Philip K Dick is now world-famous, thanks to films like Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report. But in the last years of his life he encountered something so strange and troubling he couldn't stop writing about it. Writer Ken Hollings asks: was it Phil's fault God talked to him or was it God's?" Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Hollings
Producer:
Mark Burman

New series 1/9. The Robin. With the festive season still lingering in the air, Lionel Kelleway joins David Harper at Dartington Hall in Devon to celebrate a popular Christmas character and one of the best-loved garden visitors - the robin. At this time of year, these red-breasted songsters flit from perch to perch, defending theirterritory and filling the air with their winter song. producer Sarah Blunt

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway
Unknown:
David Harper

6/15. "A horrid stuffy place." Aziz's hospitality knows no bounds as he transports his English guests to a picnic at the Marabar Caves. EM Forster's final novel, about friendship and love under India's over-arching sky, is read by Samuel West and abridged by Sally Marmion. Producer Di speirs
RT DIRECT: A Passage to India by EM Forster is available for E8.99 including p&p. To order, send a cheque payable to RT Direct. Address: [address removed]. Call [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute), quoting RT. or visit www.rtdirect.sparkledirect.com

Contributors

Read By:
Samuel West
Abridged By:
Sally Marmion.

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