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With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Clifford Longley.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Clifford Longley.

When a pregnancy ends in miscarriage the sense of loss is enormous; it is felt as bereavement. Ye the - parents are mourning a child they never knew.
Claudia Hammond investigates why this experience is so psychologically devastating. producer Marya Burgess

Contributors

Unknown:
Claudia Hammond
Producer:
Marya Burgess

2/4. Charlie and Sylvia are lifelong friends. She depends on him in a thousand little ways and adores his talent for doing impressions. He has loved her all his life, but discovers that there are still some things he doesn't know about her.

Contributors

Writer:
Rona Munro
Producer/Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Charlie:
Stanley Baxter
Sylvia:
Colette O'Neil
Susan:
Hilary MacLean
Jack:
Stuart McQuarrie
Poppy:
Hilary Lyon
Michael:
Gordon Kennedy

2/6. In the popular literary quiz show, James Walton presides over team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh, whose guests are Peter Kemp and Miles Kington.
Henry James is the author of the week and the reader is Beth Chalmers.

(Repeated on Saturday at 11pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
James Walton
Unknown:
Sebastian Faulks
Unknown:
John Walsh
Unknown:
Peter Kemp
Unknown:
Miles Kington.
Reader:
Beth Chalmers
Producer:
Katie Marsden

Tom and Sally Millington live next to the River Severn - and it floods. Soon they find themselves rowing to France in search of dry land and croissants. By Alex Jones. Producer/Director Jenny Stephens

Contributors

Unknown:
Sally Millington
Unknown:
Alex Jones.
Director:
Jenny Stephens
Tom:
Peter Corey
Sally:
Annette Badland

1/5. Squirrels. Squirrels are an ageing woman only contact with reality in the psychiatric ward she has long inhabited, It's all quite idyllic at first, but neither the staff nor the squirrels are quite what they seem. This dark tale by Karen Whitchurch of Hornsea Writers is read by Barbara Marten and begins a week of readings highlighting the best work from over 250 creative writing groups in the north of England. The authors are all new to radio and their stories are read by professional actors. Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
Karen Whitchurch
Read By:
Barbara Marten
Producer:
Gillian Hush

5/6. This week's entertainment comes from the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, where special guest Rob Brydon joins Barry Cryer. Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden and chairman Humphrey Lyttelton. Colin Sell is at the piano. Producer Jon Naismith Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm

Contributors

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

Arts magazine programme with Mark Lawson , including the verdict on Ken Loach 's film The Wind That Shakes the Barley, winner of the Paime d'Or at the Cannes film festival. Producer Thomas Morris

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Ken Loach
Producer:
Thomas Morris

1/10. A Medieval Household. Based on an extraordinary collection of letters, a dramatisation by Vanessa Rosenthal that follows the lives and loves of three women spanning three generations of a medieval family. Agnes arranges the marriage of her son John Paston I to young Margaret. The women are left very much to their own devices running a busy household and raising children.
Children played by Charlie Mariani , Lola Mariani , Libby Fazakerley , Ella Farmer , Annie Farmer and Carter Dowland
Medieval consultant Peter Meredith ; Producer/Director Polly Thomas Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Vanessa Rosenthal
Unknown:
John Paston
Played By:
Charlie Mariani
Played By:
Lola Mariani
Played By:
Libby Fazakerley
Played By:
Ella Farmer
Played By:
Annie Farmer
Unknown:
Peter Meredith
Director:
Polly Thomas
Agnes Paston:
Rosemary Leach
John Paston:
Conrad Nelson
Margaret:
Geraldine James
Kate:
Gillian Kearney
Hugh Stokes:
Claude Close
James Gloys/Richard Scrope/ Worcester/Richard Calle:
Parvez Qadlr
Alice Clere:
Joanne Mitchell
Elizabeth Paston:
Christine Brennan
Falstof:
Russell Dixon
John Paston II:
Morgan George
John Paston III:
Daniel Abelson

6/8. Babblers and Meerkats. The fascinating story of a nice sociable bird (the babbler) and a not-so-nice sociable mammal (the meerkat) in the Kalahari desert. With Aubrey Manning. Producer Julian Hector Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
Aubrey Manning.
Producer:
Julian Hector

1/10. This critically acclaimed new novel by Salley Vickers tells the story of psychiatrist David McBride , whose encounter with an intriguing patient changes his life for ever. Abridged by Salley Vickers and read by Paul Rhys. Producer Kirsty Williams
RT DIRECT: The Other Side of You by Salley Vickers is available for £13.50 (rrp E14.99) including p&p. To order, send a cheque payable to RT Direct Book Offers to: [address removed]. Call [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute), quoting RT. or visit www.rtdirect.sparkledirect.com. UK delivery only

Contributors

Novel By:
Salley Vickers
Unknown:
David McBride
Abridged By:
Salley Vickers
Read By:
Paul Rhys.
Producer:
Kirsty Williams
Unknown:
Salley Vickers

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