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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Rachel Hooper and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Alan Billings.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Rachel Hooper
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Dr Alan Billings.

I More than a thousand members of religious orders in the United States have volunteered to take part in a remarkable experiment that will mean donating their brains to science after their deaths to help try to unlock the mysteries of Alzheimer's disease. Producer Phill Pegum

Contributors

Producer:
Phill Pegum

4/5. Hercule Poirot is very excited because someone has tried to kill him - so he knows he's on the right track. However, there is somebody else for whose life he particularly fears.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
At home with Hercule: page 16

Contributors

Author:
Agatha Christie
Dramatist:
Michael Bakewell
Producer/Director:
Enyd Williams
Poirot:
John Moffatt
Ariadne:
Julia McKenzie
Supt Spence:
George Baker
Bentley:
Tom George
Robin:
Nick Waring
Mrs Upward:
Jill Balcon
Mrs Rendell:
Susannah Corbett
Mrs Summerhayes:
Molly Gaisford
Deirdre:
Teresa Gallagher
Maude:
Beth Chalmers
Michael:
Kim Wall

Topical reports and consumer affairs, presented by Winifred Robinson and John Waite. series editor Andrew Smith PHONE: [number removed] email: youandyours@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Presented By:
Winifred Robinson
Presented By:
John Waite.
Editor:
Andrew Smith

Roger Bolton selects listeners' comments, queries and criticisms and redirects them towards BBC radio programme and policy makers.
Producer Cathy Packe Repeated on Sunday at 8pm ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 10T
Phone: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Fax: [number removed] email: feedback@bbcco.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Cathy Packe

Fiona just wants to be herself - but this is proving very difficult, especially as everyone is pressuring her to be who they want her to be. As a life-long lesbian, Fiona has a dreadful secret: she now fancies men. And her friends and family are less than thrilled when the secret gets out. A comedy about coming-out (again) when you re nearly 40. Written by Char March.
Director Lu Kemp
Cameron/Sandy Ralph Rlach

Contributors

Director:
Lu Kemp
Elspeth:
Claire Knight
Margaret Ann/Sophia:
Gabriel Oulgley
Morag:
Barbara Rafferty
Uncle Alec/Tearlach:
Sean Scanlan
Fiona:
Wendy Seager

4/6. Lowsonford, Warwickshire. David Carnngton-Porter and Sheila Wooley discuss their unique relationship as they ramble around Lowsonford in Warwickshire. Producer Karen Gregor

Contributors

Unknown:
David Carnngton-Porter
Unknown:
Sheila Wooley
Producer:
Karen Gregor

5/5. The End of the Road. The Gypsy's relationship with the horse goes deep. But the old ways are disappearing fast, and the survival of the ancient Romany culture now lies in doubt. In the last of a series of stories recorded on location, Romany Bill Lee reflects on how a single transaction was to change his life for ever. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Lee

5/5. It's summer. The oak tree produces a second crop of leaves - the lammas growth - to replace its now tatty spring canopy. Our thousand-year-old is a majestic tree, dripping with mosses and lichens, but what does the future hold for such an iconic symbol of our landscape? For details see Monday

7/8. Simon Hoggart presides over the topical panel game. With special guests.
Producer Katie Tyrrell Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm
RT DIRECT: A CD version of News Quiz, Best of 2005 is available from RT direct for just E9.99 including p&p (rrp E12.99). To order, call [number removed] and quote [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Producer:
Katie Tyrrell

David meets a sticky end.
For cast see page 30
Written by Keri Davies ; Director Kate Oates ; Editor Vanessa Whitburn
ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Keri Davies
Director:
Kate Oates
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

5/10. By Virginia Woolf. When St John insults Rachel at the ball, Terence is there to smooth things over.
The next morning Rachel receives a surprise delivery that throws her into a state of confusion.
For cast and further details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Virginia Woolf.

12/13. Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Loughborough, Leicestershire, puts questions on the issues of the week to MPs Ken Clarke and Sir Gerald Kaufman , and to MEP Nigel Farage. Producer Lisa Jenkinson Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Ken Clarke
Unknown:
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Unknown:
Nigel Farage.
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

Thea von Harbou's novel became her husband Fritz Lang's 1927 silent-movie classic. Its terrifying vision of the future was born in an age of booming heavy industry. Peter Straughan's new version finds its hero, F.T. Fredersen, caught up in a nightmarish world all too recognisably drawn from the one we find ourselves in today.

Contributors

Author:
Thea von Harbou
Dramatised by:
Peter Straughan
Producer/Director:
Toby Swift
Freddy:
Edward Hogg
Maria:
Tracy Wiles
Josaphat:
Damian Lynch
Schmale:
Peter Marinker
Other parts played by:
Kim Wall
Other parts played by:
Elizabeth Bell
Other parts played by:
Anthony Glennon
Other parts played by:
Liza Sutherland
Other parts played by:
Jacqueline Cloake
Other parts played by:
Thomas Wheatley

9/10. Mustn't Grumble. Dominic Arkwright invites his guests to write and talk about the art of complaining, with the former rail regulator Tom Winsor , Neil Herron from "the People's No Campaign" and Australian actor and comic Mark Little. Producer Isobel Eaton

Contributors

Unknown:
Dominic Arkwright
Unknown:
Tom Winsor
Unknown:
Neil Herron
Unknown:
Mark Little.
Producer:
Isobel Eaton

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