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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 the Rev Dr Alan Billings.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Dr Alan Billings.

Asthmatic Friend of the Earth and self-confessed car-driving hypocrite Dave Cohen wants to give up his car addiction. But can he persuade the rest of the planet to give up too, starting with his family and neighbours? More to the point, can he persuade himself? Producer Neil Koenig

Contributors

Unknown:
Dave Cohen
Producer:
Neil Koenig

5/6. A dramatisation by Dan Tetsell of the 19th-century comic novel by Pierce Egan.

Jerry rescues a damsel at Bartholomew Fair who leads him once more to the rapacious Lady Wanton.

Contributors

Author:
Pierce Egan
Dramatist:
Dan Tetsell
Producer:
Tilusha Ghelani
Pierce Egan:
Geoffrey McGivern
Corinthian Tom:
Greg Wise
Jerry Hawthorn:
Mark Gatiss
Bob Logic:
James Bachman
Mrs Harris:
Chris Douglas
Lady Wanton:
Morwenna Banks
Jane:
Margaret Cabourn Smith
Sir Richard/Actor:
Dave Lamb

1970: three friends are working together towards their exams. They meet in the old Wendy House in Jenny s garden. Later, on her 50th birthday, Miranda has to disinter painful memories of something that happened then to end the innocence of her childhood. By Tessa Hadley. Producer/Director Tim Dee

Contributors

Unknown:
Tessa Hadley.
Director:
Tim Dee
Miranda:
Harriet Walter
Young Miranda:
Jasmine Hyde
Sarah:
Vineeta Rishi
Jenny:
Eleanor Tremain
Paul:
Owen Teale
Freddie:
John Telfer

Listeners' personal finance questions answered by Vincent Duggleby 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:
Vincent Duggleby
Producer:
Louise Greenwood

1/5. From the Fourth Row. A young Czech illustrator, is fed-up with the daily routine of his tiresome existence. A week-long series of stories by Gina Ochsner about people who feel that their lives are loose skins they've not quite grown into. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt . producer Carla de Wee

Contributors

Stories By:
Gina Ochsner
Read By:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Producer:
Carla de Wee

76/90 Lord Curzon - Goodbye to All That. Of all the viceroys of India, George Nathaniel Curzon was, arguably, one of the most intelligent, well-informed, and best intentioned, but the end of his period of office was not at all what he would have wished. Christopher Lee 's history of the British Empire continues. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson , with readings by Saeed Jaffrey and JOSS Ackland. Producer Pete Atkin RT DIRECT: Be one of the first to own This Sceptred Isle: Empire, Volume 3: 1876-1947. Pre-order now and save E7. Volumes 1 and 2 also available on CD from www.bbcshop.com, or by calling [number removed], quoting RTD5

Contributors

Unknown:
George Nathaniel Curzon
Unknown:
Christopher Lee
Unknown:
Juliet Stevenson
Unknown:
Saeed Jaffrey
Unknown:
Joss Ackland.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

2/6. The famous antidote to panel games comes again to the Bristol Hippodrome, where Jeremy Hardy joins regulars Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden , Tim Brooke-Taylor and chairman Humphrey Lyttelton. Colin Sell is at the piano. Producer Jon Naismith Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton.
Unknown:
Colin Sell
Producer:
Jon Naismith

The Aldridges celebrate a milestone.
For cast see page 32 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Contributors

Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Jolene Perks:
Buffy Davis
Clarrie Grundy:
Rosalind Adams
Roy Tucker:
Ian Pepperell
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Hayley Tucker:
Lorraine Coady
Alistair Lloyd:
Michael Lumsden
Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Tom Archer:
Tom Graham
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna van Kampen
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Brenda Tucker:
Amy Shindler
Caroline Pemberton:
Sara Coward
Oliver Sterling:
Michael Cochrane
Matt Crawford:
Kim Durham
Jazzer:
Ryan Kelly
Bert Fry:
Eric Allan
Sam Batton:
Robin Pirongs
Ian Craig:
Stephen Kennedy
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harris

Mark Lawson meets playwright Tom Stoppard , whose new play Rock and Roll includes a reflection on life in Prague from spring 1968 to the Velvet Revolution of 1990, a time when rock music could embody resistance to the regime. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Tom Stoppard
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

1/5. The love affair between a passionate philosopher, Bertrand Russell , and the high-born wife of an MP,
Lady Ottoline Morrell. Dramatised from their letters and journals by Derek Bowskill.
Producer/Director Gary Brown Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Bertrand Russell
Unknown:
Lady Ottoline Morrell.
Unknown:
Derek Bowskill.
Director:
Gary Brown
Bertie:
James Nickerson
Ottoline:
Susannah Harkei

4/4. Lebanon. Lebanon sits among some of the strongest cross currents of history, currents that pulled it into a vortex of war and mayhem that ended just 15 years ago. Allan Little looks at the reasons why Lebanon's beguiling cultural and religious pluralism dragged it towards destruction. Producer Jane Beresford

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Little
Producer:
Jane Beresford

3/8. Glacier. Paul Evans makes a remarkable journey into a sub-glacial world where his Norwegian hosts have built a laboratory. He discovers to his great surprise that life triumphs even here in the deep dark reaches of a glacier's belly. Producer Julian Hector Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Evans
Producer:
Julian Hector

6/10. Knife Grinder. Jason Taylor is a 13-year-old facing the usual adolescent problems: family tensions, school bullies and the mysteries of girls. Now the village is uniting against a gypsy encampment and Jason's loyalties are tested. A story by David Mitchell, abridged by Roger Pine. Read by Stuart McLoughlin. Producer Sara Davies
RT DIRECT: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell is available for
E15.99 (rrp £16.99), including p&p. To order, send a cheque payable to RT Direct Book Offers. Address: [address removed]. Call [number removed], quoting RT, or visit www.rtdirect.sparkledirect.com. UK delivery only

Contributors

Unknown:
Jason Taylor
Story By:
David Mitchell
Abridged By:
Roger Pine.
Read By:
Stuart McLoughlin.
Producer:
Sara Davies
Unknown:
David Mitchell

Trumpeter and singer Louis Prima , one of the most prolific and accomplished jazz musicians of the 20th century, is now remembered mostly for his role as King Louis in Walt Disney's The Jungle Book. Humphrey Lyttelton examines his life and influence. Producer James Crawford

Contributors

Singer:
Louis Prima
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Producer:
James Crawford

1/5. Patrick Marnham 's biography of novelist Mary Wesley. Read by Felicity Kendal. Repeated from 9.45am
World Briefing 1.40 Analysis 1.50 Sports Round-up 2.00 News
2.05 Faultlines (2/4) 2.30 Culture Shock 3.00 News 3.05 Outlook
4.00 World Today 5.00 World Briefing

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Marnham
Unknown:
Mary Wesley.
Read By:
Felicity Kendal.

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