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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Rachel Hooper and Alicia McCarthy.
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Rosemary Lain-Priestley .
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament Editor of Today Ceri Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Rachel Hooper
Unknown:
Alicia McCarthy.
Unknown:
Rosemary Lain-Priestley
Unknown:
Ceri Thomas

When BBC radio presenter Nick Clarke was diagnosed with cancer in December last year he was told that major surgery was the only way to save his lite: his left leg would have to be amputated. With the operation only days away, Nick and his wife Barbara began a taped record o the unpredictable path their lives were to take over the following six months. Producer Simon Elmes Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm Behind the Scenes: page 119

Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Clarke
Producer:
Simon Elmes

Aaron McGruder 's comic strip The Boondocks has found a home in more than 250 American daily newspapers. It follows two black brothers from Chicago who reluctantly move to the suburbs with their grandfather. Journalist
Gary Younge assesses the impact of America most subversively funny, controversial and politically engaged newspaper comic strip, as it attempts to make the transition to television. Producer Lucy Dichmont

Contributors

Unknown:
Aaron McGruder
Unknown:
Gary Younge

6/6. Falco begins to understand the lengths that a lover will go to for revenge. The case is still unsolved but Falco has a couple of ideas that may lead to the culprit. Written by Lindsey Davis, dramatised by Mary Cutler.

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Contributors

Author:
Lindsey Davis
Dramatised by:
Mary Cutler
Producer/Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Falco:
Anton Lesser
Helena:
Anna Madeley
Petronius:
Ben Crowe
Cossus:
Jonathan Taller
Parrot:
Colin Rote
Prisclus:
Kim Wall
Thalia:
Chippo Chung
Polia:
Julia Hills
Severina:
Tracy Wiles

7/12. 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] email feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

London 1607. A penniless actor rushes drunkenly through the streets lamenting that his life is a failure - a failure made more painful by the fact that he is the youngest brother of the rather more successful William Shakespeare. By Gary Bleasdale.

Contributors

Writer:
Gary Bleasdale
Producer/Director:
Steven Canny
Edmond:
Paul Rhys
Anne:
Helen Longworth
Ben:
Stuart McLoughlin
Christopher:
Stephen Hogan
Alice:
Cherry Morgan
Crooke:
Nigel Barrett
Thomas:
Robert Hastie
Rosetta:
Emily Wachter
Gatekeeper:
Hugh Dickson

5/5. For soprano Kathryn Harries , walking has always been an important part of her life and it's now a way she raises large sums of money for charity. Clare Balding joins
Kathryn in Devon to discover how singing and walking have become interlinked for her. Producer Lucy Lunt

Contributors

Soprano:
Kathryn Harries
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

5/5. Water Mouse. A rather shy woman's appearance and demeanour are transformed when her clothes disappear at the swimming baths and she has to wear someone else's. Maureen Fenton of Clitheroe Writing Group is the writer and the reader is Angela Mounsey. Producer Mike Hally For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen Fenton
Unknown:
Angela Mounsey.
Producer:
Mike Hally

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock join Francine Stock to discuss their film The Lake House, a romance in which the lovers discover they are living two years apart.
Producer Tim Prosser

Contributors

Unknown:
Keanu Reeves
Unknown:
Sandra Bullock
Unknown:
Francine Stock
Producer:
Tim Prosser

Robert resists the scrapheap.
For cast see page 32
Written by Carole Simpson Solazzo ;
Director Kate Oates ; Editor Vanessa Whitburn
ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Carole Simpson Solazzo
Director:
Kate Oates
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

5/10. A Troublesome Son. Margaret is seriously concerned about her eldest son, who quarrels with both parents.
Times are hard, litigation over the Fastolf estate continues, and John Paston is in prison again. Dramatisation by Vanessa Rosenthal. For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
John Paston
Unknown:
Vanessa Rosenthal.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Woodford Green in Essex put questions to a panel consisting of Sir Malcolm Rifkind; Sir Jonathon Porritt, programme director of Forum for the Future; Sir Iqbal Sacranie, head of the Muslim Council of Britain; and the Minister for Justice, Harriet Harman.

(Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Unknown:
Sir Jonathon Porritt
Unknown:
Sir Iqbal Sacranie
Unknown:
Harriet Harman
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

By Robert Messik. Eleanor Balaam did not hesitate to donate a kidney to her husband when he needed it. But two years later Peter left her and their children for another woman. Now Eleanor is suing him for the return of her kidney. Is Eleanor's motivation purely vindictive? Or does she actually have a legal right to get back her kidney? Has a contract been made and broken?
Producer/Director David Ian Neville

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Messik
Unknown:
Eleanor Balaam
Director:
David Ian Neville
Eleanor:
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Peter:
Paul Bown
Eleanor's barrister/Simon:
Richard Derrington
Peter's barrister/Mary:
Tracy Wiles
Alexia/Miss Tonnel:
Alison Pettltt
Tony/Judge:
Andrew Sachs
Dr Rosen/Ben Grant:
David Bannerman

5/5. Doreen Lawrence 's account of the murder of her teenage son Stephen 13 years ago. Repeated from 9.45am
1.00 World Briefing 1.30 Reporting Religion 2.00 News 2.05 World
Stories: Feminism and the Veil 2.30 Close Up: Philip K Dick
3.00 News 3.05 Outlook 4.00 News 4.05 Assignment
4.30 World Business Review 5.00 World Briefing

Contributors

Unknown:
Doreen Lawrence

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