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With Carolyn Quinn and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With David Wilby and Rachel Hooper.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rosemary Lain-Priestley .
8.31 L Wanly Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Carolyn Quinn
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
David Wilby
Unknown:
Rachel Hooper.
Unknown:
Rosemary Lain-Priestley

1/5. Memories of Britain's coalfields have faded since most of them closed 20 years ago. But - as Ian McMillan finds when he explores the marginal coalfields of the UK, many people don't even remember that coal was recently mined in Somerset, Kent, Shropshire, Cumbria and the Forest of Dean. He begins with a visit to Madeley in Shropshire.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ian McMillan
Producer:
Tim Dee

4/8. Pairing Up. For many animals it is down to the males to impress the females, often at great cost to themselves.
Aubrey Manning finds out why lionesses prefer lions with thick, black manes. Producer Joanne Stevens

Contributors

Unknown:
Aubrey Manning
Producer:
Joanne Stevens

3/4. The Comedian Harmonists. Classical musician and comedian Rainer Hersch profiles entertainers who have combined comedy with serious music. Today, he looks at the German comedy singing sensation of the 1920s and 30s. Elegantly dressed, the Comedian Harmonists were best known for their close harmony delivered with humour and style. Then Hitler came to power and the sextet s three Jewish members were banned, Producer Julian Mayers

Contributors

Unknown:
Rainer Hersch
Producer:
Julian Mayers

Topical consumer affairs reports, with Liz Barclay and Peter White. Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Liz Barclay
Unknown:
Peter White.

3/3. The arrest of Rosa Parks is said to have ignited the civil rights movement in America, a movement, that was undoubtedly helped by the songs that accompanied it. As momentum grew, black singers with their roots in the Southern Christian Church were joined - some say usurped - by white folk singers. Stephen Evans concludes his series.
Repeated on Saturday at 3.30pm

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Evans
Producer:
Paul Evans

For more than 20 years, Theo and his colleague Bill have enjoyed a leisurely existence as the Edinburgh-based correspondents of the Irish Mail. But the two men's comfortable lives are shattered by the arrival of their new editor. By Ian Macpherson and Magi Gibson.
Other parts played by members of the cast Producer/Director David Ian Neville

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian MacPherson
Unknown:
Magi Gibson.
Director:
David Ian Neville
Theo:
Ian MacPherson
Bill:
Sean Scanlan
Lotte:
Slobhan Redmond
Sigmund:
Arnold Brown
Doctor:
Lucy Paterson

Richard Daniel presents the magazine that deals with environmental issues. Producer Nick Patrick
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Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Daniel
Producer:
Nick Patrick

2/5. Huntsman's Stew. The closure of one family tradition on a Yorkshire farm opens the way for a reconciliation between father and son. Candida Clark 's poignant story is read by Bill Wallis. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Candida Clark
Read By:
Bill Wallis.

42/90. The Trial of Warren Hastings. British colonial India in the late 18th century was rife with corruption. The man who set out to change all that had a mighty battle on his hands. Christopher Lee 's history of the British Empire. For details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Warren Hastings.
Unknown:
Christopher Lee

6/6. Through sketches, stand-up and audience participation, Jo Caulf ield looks at Valentine's Day and wonders why we bother. Starring Jo Caulf ield, with Alan Francis , Simon Greenall and Sharon Horgan. Written by Jo Caulf ield and Kevin Anderson. Producer Chris Neill

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Caulf
Unknown:
Jo Caulf
Unknown:
Alan Francis
Unknown:
Simon Greenall
Unknown:
Sharon Horgan.
Written By:
Jo Caulf
Written By:
Kevin Anderson.
Producer:
Chris Neill

2/5. First Love. Eighteen-year-old Joyce has begun an affair with Alex Greer , who is 29, non-Jewish and married. Nevertheless she has decided it's time to introduce him to her parents. By Joyce Johnson.
For cast and more details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Greer
Unknown:
Joyce Johnson.

3/9. Oil industry chiefs claimed that the gigantic
Buncef ield fire - the worst in Europe for more than half a century - was a one-off and that safety in sites around the UK is excellent. But Julian O'Halloran reveals that Britain has been lucky to escape heavy casualties in a series of blasts and near misses at hazardous sites over the past few years. Producer Sarah Lewthwaite Repeated on Sunday at 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian O'Halloran
Producer:
Sarah Lewthwaite

6/12. Temperature. Taking the patient's temperature is one of the commonest measurements carried out by a nurse or doctor. When is a fever dangerous? And how do you revive someone who has become very cold? Dr Mark Porter explores what departures from the average normal body temperature of 37 degrees Celsius mean fora person's health.
Producer Deborah Cohen Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mark Porter
Producer:
Deborah Cohen

5/6. Waiting. Jon Ronson asks what happens in the space while we wait. He talks to Richard Thomas , who has spent his career waiting to record events such as eggs frying, and asks comedian Janey Godley why she pretended to be ill in order to avoid waiting in queues at a theme park.
He also meets the world's leading "waiting" scientist, who measures what happens in the spaces while we wait. Producer Laura Parfitt

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Ronson
Unknown:
Richard Thomas
Unknown:
Janey Godley
Producer:
Laura Parfitt

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