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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament With Mark D'Arcy.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Brian Draper.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Mark D'Arcy.
Unknown:
Brian Draper.

David Stafford takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Kevin Dawson ShortenedrepeatonMondayatiipm
PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: home.truths9bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
David Stafford
Producer:
Kevin Dawson Shortenedrepeatonmondayatiipm

2/3. 1901. Tarmac, the electrocardiogram, and the Texas oil industry all made a splash in 1901, as did the first Royal Navy submarine, built with every secrecy at Barrow and launched "as an experiment" without ceremony on 2 October. But why did the Navy consider the submarine an un-British way to wage war, and how did the sanitary arrangements threaten to undermine the superiority of the officer class? Presenter Adam Hart-Davis explores spectacular years from the maelstrom of mad, bad and dangerous thinking. Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
John Byrne

A lively collection of dispatches from the BBC s foreign correspondents, presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant RT DIRECT: From Our Own Correspondent, edited by Tony Grant , is available for E15.99 (RRP E16.99) including p&p or call [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute)

Contributors

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

3/13. Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Hertford puts questions to a panel that includes author Frederick Forsyth , Lord Falconer and Dame Shirley Williams. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Frederick Forsyth
Unknown:
Dame Shirley Williams.

Listeners' calls and emails taken by Jonathan Dimbleby in response to Any Questions. Producer Lisa Jenkinson
PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 12.30pm; email: any.answers(Sbbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

Sometime in the 1920s, in a compartment of the Glasgow-to-London sleeping-car express, two men and a woman exchange stories about strange railway crimes. But the travellers become aware that another story is emerging - one in which they are all involved and which is hurtling to an extraordinary conclusion. A drama by John Taylor , based on stories by VL Whitechurch and M McD Bodkin. Producer/Director John Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
John Taylor
Director:
John Taylor
Woman:
Haydn Gwynne
Cleric:
Robert Daws
Man:
John McGlynn
Godfrey:
Anton Lesser
Thorpe:
Desmond Barrit
Kilmartin:
Howard Ward

2/3. in 1974, Alexander Solzhenitsyn was forced to leave the USSR for a new life in rural Vermont. His son Stephan remembers an idyllic childhood there, helping his mother with the Nobel Prizewinner's latest writings and growing up with his brother Ignat, now one of America's most acclaimed young concert pianists. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Solzhenitsyn

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Producer Justine Willett ; Editor JillBurridge EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
BBC AUDIO: The recently released Woman's Hour: a Celebration of Mothers, featuring excerpts from the programme, is available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com and from all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Martha Kearney.
Producer:
Justine Willett

Matthew Parris looks at the tradition of heavy drinking in British political life: how some politicians have succumbed to the ravages of alcohol while others seem to have thrived despite their habit, and whether attitudes are now changing in the modern House of Commons. Producer Rachel Wright Repeated on Thursday 2 February

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Producer:
Rachel Wright

Christopher Tookey discusses the film Munich with Steven Spielberg 's long-time producing partner Kathleen Kennedy. He is also joined by rapper-turned-actor 50 Cent. Producer Timothy Prosser
See also Munich: Operation Bayonet on Monday at 11.20pm on BBC2, and Munich: Mossad's Revenge on Thursday at 10pm on Channel 4 Agents of death: page 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Tookey
Unknown:
Steven Spielberg
Unknown:
Kathleen Kennedy.
Producer:
Timothy Prosser

1/6. Rebecca West 's story of childhood, seen through the eyes of Rose, a girl struggling to comprehend life with a brilliant father who gambles away all his money on the stock exchange, and a highly-strung mother who has sacrificed her career as a pianist to bring up Rose, her sisters Mary and Cordelia, and her much-loved brother Richard. The family is constantly threatened with ruin, but Rose and Mary have dedicated their lives to music.
Unfortunately, so has Cordelia. Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Producers Claire Grove and Cherry Cookson ; Director Martin Jenkins Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Rebecca West
Dramatised By:
Robin Brooks.
Producers:
Claire Grove
Producers:
Cherry Cookson
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Rose:
Emma Fielding
Mama:
Stella Gonet
Papa:
Dermot Crowley
Young Rose:
Tessa Montague
Cordelia:
Clare Corbett
Mary:
Sophie Roberts
Rosamund:
Ayesha Antoine
Kate:
Liz Sadovy
Miss Beevor:
Liz Sadovy
Constance:
Sandy Walsh
Mrs McKechnie:
Sandy Walsh
Jock:
Crawford Logan
Richard:
Callum Williams
Kate's brother:
John Cummins
cabbie:
John Cummins

3/3. Dr Martin Luther King v Malcolm X: the Nature of Struggle. Dr Martin Luther King advocated non-violent resistance, while Malcolm X defended the use of any means necessary. Allan Little chairs a debate in front of an invited audience in Birmingham. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Martin Luther King
Unknown:
Allan Little

3/8. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Trevor Peacock reads Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's epic story of a nightmare voyage as told by the Ancient Mariner, whose killing of an albatross brings misfortune on the ship and all its crew. Presented by Roger McGough. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Trevor Peacock
Unknown:
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Presented By:
Roger McGough.

5/5. The Pedestrian. There will come a time when we won't be allowed to walk - by order of the authorities.
David Horovitch reads Ray Bradbury 's short story, the last in a series celebrating literary pedestrians. Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
David Horovitch
Unknown:
Ray Bradbury
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

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