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With James Naughtie 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:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Mark D'Arcy.
Unknown:
Brian Draper.

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

Contributors

Unknown:
David Stafford
Producer:
Karen Pirie

New series 1/3. The Pitch. Paul Jackson , who until recently was making programmes for American television, offers his guide to the inner workings of Los Angeles - the town where everybody knows somebody and everyone is hustling for a deal. Anthony Zuiker , the creator of C51, and Nicky Weinstock , the executive behind My Name Is Earl, are just two of the insiders who reveal what it takes to get a network to even consider your ideas. Producer Paul Kobrak

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Jackson
Unknown:
Anthony Zuiker
Unknown:
Nicky Weinstock
Producer:
Paul Kobrak

England v Sri Lanka
Live coverage of the third day's play in the First Test at
Lord's. With commentary by Jonathan Agnew ,
Henry Blofeld and Christopher Martin-Jenkins . Including at
1.00pm A View from the Boundary.
_ Producer Peter Baxter *approximate time

Contributors

Commentary By:
Jonathan Agnew
Commentary By:
Henry Blofeld
Commentary By:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Producer:
Peter Baxter

A lively collection of dispatches from the BBC s foreign correspondents, who report on stories in their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant RT DIRECT: From Our Own Correspondent, edited by Tony Grant is available for E15.99 (RRP £16.99) including p&p. 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

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Lancaster puts questions on the issues of the week to a panel that includes the Most Rev Peter Smith, Archbishop of Cardiff, director of the Institute of Ideas Claire Fox, policy director of the New Economics Foundation Andrew Simms, and former Conservative MP Tim Collins. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Peter Smith
Unknown:
Andrew Simms
Unknown:
Tim Collins.

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@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

The moving story of two brothers separated in the trenches of the First World War whose lives take very different paths. Written by Gregory Burke. Producer/Director Gaynor Macfarlane

Contributors

Written By:
Gregory Burke.
Director:
Gaynor MacFarlane
Tommy:
John Buick
Mr Leitch:
Angus McLnnes
Mr Macleod:
Paul Young
Pat:
John Kielty
Maj Munro/Lord Bruce:
Richard Greenwood
Billy/Doctor:
Jordan Young

Composer Elizabeth Poston is best known for her carol
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, but during the Second World War she led a secret life, sending coded musical messages into occupied Europe under the cover of a job in the BBC World Service. Kenneth Shenton tells her story. Rptd from Tue

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Poston
Unknown:
Jesus Christ
Unknown:
Kenneth Shenton

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Producer Justine Willett ; Editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk BBC AUDIO: 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
Editor:
Jill Burridge

7/9. National Identity. Rosie Goldsmith listens in to what makes people feel they belong to a nation (or not). There's the Chinese student who decides to become Canadian; the Roma singer who uses hip-hop music to stake his claim to being a young Czech; native Americans grappling with how US federal policy affects them; and young Iraqi Kurds who've adopted Daddy Yankee's reggaeton song Gasolina as their national anthem. Producer Arlene Gregorious

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosie Goldsmith
Producer:
Arlene Gregorious

1/2. By HG Wells. Raised in the respectable gloom of his uncle's shop, and looking forward to a career of unremitting drapery, Kipps finds his life changed by an astonishing bit of luck after being hit by a bicycle. Dramatised by Mike Walker.
Producer/Director John Taylor Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Mike Walker.
Director:
John Taylor
Kipps:
Bryan Dick
Uncle:
Donald Sumpter
Aunt:
Deborah Findlay
Helen:
Lesley Vlckerage
Shalford:
Jonathan Keeble
Chitterlow:
Robert Whitelock
Young Arthur:
Myles Taylor
Young Sid:
Jordan Clarke
Young Ann:
Megan Jones

1/2. What Is Left? This debate, which explores the apparently relentless trend of politics towards the centre, asks whether left-wing ideologies still have any role in mainstream British political life. Recorded before an audience at the Institute for Public Policy Research,
The Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland asks a panel of self-proclaimed left-wing ideologues and Labour Party modernisers if there is anything left of the left. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Freedland

4/5. This Reporter. A reporter and his sound recordist are travelling through a war zone seeking a story for their next bulletin without fully understanding the unfolding situation. Another story set on board an overnight train. Written by Nick Walker. Read by Michael Feast. Producer Gaynor Macfarlane

Contributors

Written By:
Nick Walker.
Read By:
Michael Feast.
Producer:
Gaynor MacFarlane

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