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4/5. March. Matthew Harvey visits Rex Ellis , once a tea grandee in Malawi and now adviser to the Boscowens, and looks around St Michael
Penkevil, the estate village that time forgot. producer Viv Beeby

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Harvey
Unknown:
Rex Ellis
Unknown:
St Michael
Producer:
Viv Beeby

With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament With Mark DArcy.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Martin Palmer.
8.51 L W only Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Mark Darcy.
Unknown:
Martin Palmer.

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

Contributors

Unknown:
David Stafford
Producer:
Kevin Dawson

A lively collection of dispatches from the BBC's foreign correspondents. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant RT DIRECT: From Our Own Correspondent, edited by Tony Grants is available for E15.99 (rrp E16.99) 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 Grants

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Bishopthorpe in North Yorkshire puts questions to a panel that includes the shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague , writer and broadcaster Mark Tully , and Liberal Democrat peer Lord Steel. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
William Hague
Unknown:
Mark Tully

Listeners' calls and emails taken by Jonathan Dimbleby in response to Any Questions. Producer Lisa Jenkmson PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than Sp per minute) Lines open from 12.30pm: email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Lisa Jenkmson

This funny and moving play by Simon Gray is set in a RT CHOICE school for teaching English to foreigners in the 1960s. It deals with the concerns of seven teachers over several years and in particular the progress of Quartermaine, a lonely man and an ineffective teacher. whose life, lived vicariously in the confines of a staff room, is dwindling away. Starring Michael Palin. Producer Catherine Bailey ; Director Maria AitKen

Contributors

Play By:
Simon Gray
Unknown:
Michael Palin.
Producer:
Catherine Bailey
Director:
Maria Aitken
Quartermaine:
Michael Palin
Anita:
Francesca Faridany
Mark:
James Fleet
Eddie:
Clive Francis
Derek:
Andrew Lincoln
Henry:
David Yelland
Melanie:
Harriet Walter

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Ritula Shah. Producer Justine Willett ; Editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshourHibbc.co.uk RT DIRECT: Woman's Hour; a Celebration of Mothers, featuring excerpts from the programme, is available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com. or by calling [number removed], quoting [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Ritula Shah.
Producer:
Justine Willett
Editor:
Jill Burridge

fin Twenty-seven years after America's worst nuclear iril accident, at Three Mile Island in central Pennsylvania, an archive of contemporary interviews that catalogue the drama of the unfolding crisis has been made public for the first time. This programme captures the five nerve-racking days from 28 March 1979 when engineers struggled to control a runaway reactor and government officials debated whether to evacuate the area, and the months after, when angry residents contemplated the unexplained horror of the potential nuclear meltdown. Martin Bell, who reported from Three Mile Island during the crisis, revisits the story, speaking to those who were at the centre of the nuclear storm.
Producer Jo Meek

Contributors

Producer:
Jo Meek

2/2. New York, 1911. Expelled from his uncle Jacob's empire, the young emigre Karl Rossmann struggles to find his feet in the bewildering landscape of Kafka's
Amerika. Franz Kafka's formative work in a dramatisation by Graham White.
Music by Mark Springer ; Producer/Director Peter Kavanagh Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Karl Rossmann
Unknown:
Graham White.
Music By:
Mark Springer
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Karl:
Carl Prekopp
Uncle Jacob:
Conleth Hill
Therese:
Clare Lawrence
Robinson:
Nicholas Boulton
Delamarche:
Ewan Bailey
Rennell:
Nick Sayce
Brunelda:
Elizabeth Bell
Eva:
Tracy Wiles
Male guest:
Kim Wall

1/9. Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which
Melanie Phillips , Steven Rose , Michael Portillo and Ian Hargreaves cross-examine expert witnesses on the moral issues behind the week's news. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Unknown:
Michael Portillo
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves

6/6. David Baddiel chairs the comic discussion programme that strives to tear apart our most deep-seated assumptions, such as "Voter apathy is a bad thing" and "Genius is often closely related to madness". Remember: everything you know is wrong. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
David Baddiel

6/9. In this celebration of Walter de la Mare, who died 50 years ago this month, Roger McGough presents a wide selection of listeners' requests for his work and talks to contemporary poet Matthew Sweeney about de la Mare's special gifts. The readers are Jonathan Gunning and Kate Littlewood. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Matthew Sweeney
Unknown:
Jonathan Gunning
Unknown:
Kate Littlewood.

4/5. Worlds Apart. A hotel receptionist is wooed by a wealthy young man. This short story by Zia Trench , read by Rebecca Callard , forms part of a showcase of work from new writers.
Producers Chris Wallis and Jill Waters
1.00am World Briefing 1.30 One Planet 2.00 News; BBC World Drama
Just like Ronaldinho. Judith Johnson 's play tells the story of a woman football player competing in the Homeless Street Soccer World Cup in Germany 3.00 News 3.05 The Ticket 4.00 News
4.05 From Our Own Correspondent 4.30 The Interview
5.00 World Briefing

Contributors

Story By:
Zia Trench
Read By:
Rebecca Callard
Producers:
Chris Wallis
Producers:
Jill Waters
Unknown:
Ronaldinho. Judith Johnson

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