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With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
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:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Clifford Longley.

2/3. Clare English follows three new, fast-tracked prison governors as they find their feet. In an environment where drug smuggling, suicide attempts and violence are part of the daily diet, there is much to learn. And, with many staff hostile to the fast-track scheme, there s the added pressure of fitting in. Within a year, with little experience of life, let alone prison, they'll be managing staff old enough to be their parents. Producer Deborah Dudgeon

Contributors

Producer:
Deborah Dudgeon

7/13 Contestants from Essex and Oxfordshire join
Ned Sherrin in the musical general knowledge quiz that includes a host of anecdotes and musical extracts. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Producer:
Paul Bajoria

3/4. Sins of the Fathers. A runaway bridegroom and a vicious blackmailer bring double trouble for McLevy and deadlv dancer for Constable Mulholland. By David Ashton.
Producer/Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
David Ashton.
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Inspector McLevy:
Brian Cox
Marshall:
Tom Fleming
Jean:
Slobhan Redmond
Constable Mulholland:
Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Roach:
David Ashton
Hannah:
Colette O'Neil
Bellamy:
Ron Donachie
Mrs Sheridan:
Eliza Lanqland
Sheridan:
Jim Webster-Stewart

Listeners' personal finance questions answered by Paul Lewis 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:
Paul Lewis
Producer:
Louise Greenwood

1/5. The Case of the Scream in the Night. When a mysterious Miss Jane Eyre calls at Sherlock Holmes 's Baker Street residence, little does he suspect just how mysterious her case will turn out to be. This story, by Eilis Nf Dhuibhne , read by Michael Maloney , starts a week of literary mayhem as some of fiction's best-loved characters stumble into the pages of the wrong books.
Producer Heather Brennon

Contributors

Unknown:
Miss Jane Eyre
Unknown:
Sherlock Holmes
Story By:
Eilis Nf Dhuibhne
Read By:
Michael Maloney
Producer:
Heather Brennon

1/5. In the week of the Queen's 80th birthday, poet Lemn Sissay begins an arduous journey in search of the hopes, fears and foibles of Her Majesty's subjects - as seen through the bottom of a glass in pubs that bear her name. Gay Bar. At the Queen's Head in Brighton, the female-impersonating landlord has replaced the pub sign with a picture of Freddie Mercury. Lemn finds a lesbian anarchist, a male voice choir and a man who believed the Queen was his mother. Producer Philip Sellars

Contributors

Unknown:
Lemn Sissay
Producer:
Philip Sellars

5/9. Exchanging favourite quotations, jokes and anecdotes are journalist Anna Ford , actor Simon Jones , Welsh national poet Gwyneth Lewis and comedian Mark Steel. Hosted by Nigel Rees , with reader William Franklyn. Producer Tilusha Ghelani Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Ford
Unknown:
Simon Jones
Unknown:
Gwyneth Lewis
Unknown:
Mark Steel.
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Reader:
William Franklyn.
Producer:
Tilusha Ghelani

Baby Peggy was a child film star in the 1920s, worth millions of dollars at the age of five, and over the hill at the age of eight. Now aged 87, she reflects on her career in conversation with Mark Lawson. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson.
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

1/5. A series of exchanges between contemporary poets living in the UK and Europe. Over several months, pairs of poets correspond through email, giving an insight into the online life of a modern-day poet. Today the Shetlandic poet Christine de Luca and Rina Katajavuori from Finland discuss politics, poetry, children, global warming, landscape and language.
Producer Susan Roberts Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Christine de Luca
Unknown:
Rina Katajavuori
Producer:
Susan Roberts

Library and bookshop shelves bulge with biographies about the monarchy, dating back as far as the royal institution itself. From hagiography to political salvos, their motivation and character varies enormously - yet few are labelled "official". Denys Blakeway explores the spectacle and spin involved in writing royal biographies and talks to authors such as Philip Ziegler , Hugo Vickers and Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer Joanne Coombs

Contributors

Unknown:
Denys Blakeway
Unknown:
Philip Ziegler
Unknown:
Hugo Vickers
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer:
Joanne Coombs

11/13. Who Will Succeed President Fidel Castro ?
President Castro is nearing 80. Nick Caistor explores the options for, and immense pressures on, this revolutionary Caribbean nation in the era following El Presidente. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Fidel Castro
Unknown:
Nick Caistor

An organic pesticide, a spermicide, a weapon against malaria, a natural toothbrush - many claim the great neem tree of South Asia can deliver all these benefits and more. Charles Haviland freshens his mouth with a neem twig and explores the science behind the tree known in India as the village pharmacy. Producer Anna Horsbrugh-Porter

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Haviland
Producer:
Anna Horsbrugh-Porter

6/15. In 1947 Viv was having an affair with Reggie; Helen and Julia were living uneasily together; and Duncan was living with Mr Mundy. But what were they all doing three years before? The story shifts to 1944. Read by Rosalind Ayres. By Sarah Waters. Abridger/Producer Martin Jarvis
RT DIRECT: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters is available for £14.99 (rrp E16.99) 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

Unknown:
Mr Mundy.
Read By:
Rosalind Ayres.
Unknown:
Sarah Waters.
Producer:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
Sarah Waters

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