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With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Susan Hulme and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Susan Hulme
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Sir Jonathan Sacks.

3/5. The New Cross Fire. On 18 January 1981 a fire broke out at Yvonne Ruddock 's 16th birthday party in New Cross, London. Thirteen black teenagers, including Yvonne, were killed in what at the time was thought to be a racist attacK. Subsequent investigations seem to suggest that the rire started from within the party. Liz Carney speaks to family members, the coroner and people involved to try to get to the bottom of what really happened, producer Nichola west

Contributors

Unknown:
Yvonne Ruddock
Unknown:
Liz Carney

1/6. It's Edinburgh. It's Midsummer. Caroline is having a very bad time for the very first time, not helped by Fiona taking up residence in her bath and made much worse by Ruth just being Ruth.
Comedy drama series written by Hilary Lyon.

Contributors

Writer:
Hilary Lyon
Producer:
Gordon Kennedy
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Caroline:
Hilary Lyon
Fiona:
Phyllis Logan
Ruth:
Adie Allen
Roddy:
Robin Cameron
Caitlin:
Holly Wagner
Mike:
Stuart McQuarrle

John Wilson looks at the role of Englishness in pop music. He talks to songwriters Ray Davies and Richard Thompson and reports on a new generation of kitchen-sink pop. Producer Stephen Hughes Revised repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wilson
Songwriters:
Ray Davies
Songwriters:
Richard Thompson
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

A voluntary worker at a mental hospital reads the patients a poem. Then, one claims that he wrote it. It's an encounter that has astonishing results. By Melissa Murray

Contributors

Writer:
Melissa Murray
Producer/Director:
Jane Morgan
David:
Struan Rodger
Judy:
Emma Gregory
Young David:
Henry Pettigrew
Toni:
Elizabeth Bell
Den:
Jonathan Keeble
Marion:
Rachel Atkins
Daniel/Chemist:
Kim Wall
Children:
Conor Garnett-Comerford
Children:
Alex Barnett

3/5. What God Hath Joined Together. As a Greek groom and his English bride celebrate the best day of their lives, they also reflect on the differences that lie between them. By Panos Karnezis. Read by Mia Soteriou. For details see Mon

Contributors

Unknown:
Panos Karnezis.
Read By:
Mia Soteriou.

83/90 The Amritsar Massacre. Only a few months after the end of the Great War, Britain was responsible for one of the worst outrages in the whole of its imperial history. By
Christopher Lee. Readings by Charlie Higson , Rupert Degas , Saeed Jaffrey and Vincent Ebrahim. For further details see Mon

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Lee.
Unknown:
Charlie Higson
Unknown:
Rupert Degas
Unknown:
Saeed Jaffrey
Unknown:
Vincent Ebrahim.

Human behaviour, institutions and conventions come under the microscope as Laurie Taylor leads the discussion on topical items and issues arising from the academic and research world. Editor Sharon Banoff

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Editor:
Sharon Banoff

5/6. David Baddiel chairs the comic discussion programme that strives to tear apart our most deep-seated assumptions, such as "The Labour government is dominated by spin doctors" and "Some things are so bad they're good". Remember, everything you know is wrong. Producer Alison Vernon-Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
David Baddiel
Producer:
Alison Vernon-Smith

3/5. Ronald. Retreat leader April finds one of the guests particularly challenging. Ronald's like a fish out of water, so why's he there and how can April get him to stop disrupting the other guests? By David Bishop.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
David Bishop.
Ronald:
Crawford Logan
April:
Rose McBain
Tracy:
Lucy Paterson
Dorothy:
Lucy Paterson
Shonagh:
Lesley Hart

1/2. A look at the political insights of the Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope and their relevance to politics today.
Douglas Hurd - with the help of John Major and others - focuses on the relationship between politics and the press. Producer Jane Ashley Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm Hurd on Trollope: page 103

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Trollope
Unknown:
Douglas Hurd
Unknown:
John Major
Producer:
Jane Ashley

4/6. Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and comedian Dave Gorman join RT film editor and music writer Andrew Collins and Tracey MacLeod to pit their musical wits against James Walton in the music quiz for all the young, and not so young, dudes out there. Producer Dawn Ellis

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Anne Hobbs
Unknown:
Dave Gorman
Unknown:
Andrew Collins
Unknown:
Tracey MacLeod
Unknown:
James Walton
Producer:
Dawn Ellis

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