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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Dr Mona Siddiqui. Editor of Today Ceri Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Dr Mona Siddiqui.
Unknown:
Ceri Thomas

England v Sri Lanka
Commentary on the first day's play in the Third Test at
Trent Bridge, from Jonathan Agnew , Simon Mann ana Christopher Martin-Jenkins .
_ Producer Peter Baxter *approximate time

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Agnew
Unknown:
Simon Mann
Unknown:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Producer:
Peter Baxter

3/6. After a short spell in prison, Falco finds half of Rome is having a party - but it seems he isn't invited. One particular gathering comes to an abrupt halt, and as a result the detective's reputation could be at stake. Written by Lindsey Davis, dramatised by Mary Cutler.

Contributors

Author:
Lindsey Davis
Dramatised by:
Mary Cutler
Producer/Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Falco:
Anton Lesser
Helena:
Anna Madeley
Titus Caesar:
Jonathan Keeble
Hyacinthus:
Stephen Critchlow
Viridovix:
Nick Fletcher
Hortensius Felix:
Graham Padden
Severina:
Tracy Wiles
Pollia:
Julia Hills

4/12. Roger Bolton selects listeners' comments, queries and criticisms and redirects them towards BBC radio programme and policy makers. Producer Penny Vine Repeated on Sunday at 8pm Write to: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 10T. Phone [number removed], Fax [number removed]; email feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

3/5. Some Commandment or Other Daunt and Dervish are asked by a leading divorce lawyer to investigate his wife, but a simple surveillance operation turns into something altogether more sinister. By Guy Meredith Producer/Director Colin Guthrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Guy Meredith
Director:
Colin Guthrie
Josephine:
Anna Massey
Susan:
Frances Barber
Bill:
Sean Scanlan
Phillip:
Michael N Harbour
Jennifer:
Tracy Wiles
Sir Bernard:
Ewan Bailey
InspBlakemore:
Kim Wall
DrPhelps:
Thomas Wheatley

2/5 Clare Balding views the landscape with a shepherd's eye as she walks from Harbottle Crags in Northumberland in the company of full-time hill shepherd Jon Monks. Producer Lucy Lunt

Contributors

Unknown:
Harbottle Crags
Unknown:
Jon Monks.
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

80/90 The Last Imperial Reign. With the coronation of King George V in 1911, the British Empire was embarking on what would turn out to be its final phase. By Christopher Lee Narrated by Juliet Stevenson , with readings by Ben Onwukwe , Jemma Redgrave , Saeed Jaffrey , Jack Davenport , Charlie Hiqson and JOSS Ackland. For further details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Lee
Unknown:
Juliet Stevenson
Unknown:
Ben Onwukwe
Unknown:
Jemma Redgrave
Unknown:
Saeed Jaffrey
Unknown:
Jack Davenport
Unknown:
Charlie Hiqson
Unknown:
Joss Ackland.

Francine Stock goes to Beverly Hills to interview 95-year-old film-maker Ronald Neame , the last surviving founding member of Bafta, who worked on the first British talking movie before making the classic films Brief Encounter, Great Expectations, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Poseidon Adventure. Producer Tim Prosser

Contributors

Unknown:
Francine Stock
Unknown:
Ronald Neame
Unknown:
Miss Jean Brodie
Producer:
Tim Prosser

Oliver reaches the end of the road. For cast see page 32 Written by Caroline Harrington ; Director/Editor Vanessa Whitburn
ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Caroline Harrington
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
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

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion in Bodelva, Cornwall. The panel includes the NUS president Kat Fletcher , and Zac Goldsmith , deputy chair of the Conservatives' Quality of Life Policy Group. Producer Peter Griffiths Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Kat Fletcher
Unknown:
Zac Goldsmith
Producer:
Peter Griffiths

In the1980s the morality campaigner Mrs Mary Whitehouse brought a prosecution against Michael Bogdanov , director of the National Theatre, over the production of Howard Brenton 's The Romans in Britain, which included a simulated male rape. Based on interviews, transcripts and diaries, Mark Lawson 's drama documentary reconstructs the events of this famous freedom-of-speech case from rehearsals to the sensational trial at the Old Bailey.
Producer Robyn Read ; Director Simon Curtis

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Mary Whitehouse
Unknown:
Michael Bogdanov
Unknown:
Howard Brenton
Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Producer:
Robyn Read
Director:
Simon Curtis
Mary Whitehouse:
Eleanor Bron
Peter Hall:
Simon Callow
Howard Brenton:
Ron Cook
Greg Hicks:
Himself
Peter Sproule:
Himself
Michael Boqdanov:
Daniel Evans
Narrator:
Ewan Bailey
Ross Comes:
Jon Glover
Judge:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Lord Rayne:
Peter Wickham
Geoffrey Robertson:
Mark Straker

9/10. WG Grace. Piers Morgan , former editor of the Daily
Mirror and lifelong cricket fan, seeks to persuade Matthew Parris of the achievements of WG Grace, who elevated cricket to its unique place in English life. Repeated from Tuesday at 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Piers Morgan
Unknown:
Matthew Parris

3/3. China. Rosie Goldsmith travels to China, where, after decades of official disapproval, beauty pageants are back on the agenda. But Goldsmith finds the contest she visits in chaos and the girls unhappy. Can China really hope to become the choice location for the beauty pageants of the future? For details see Wednesday

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