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With Sarah Montague and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Catherine Pepinster. Editor of Today Ceri Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Catherine Pepinster.
Unknown:
Ceri Thomas

An all-human-life-is-there study of the British seafront. As the July crowds cluster round both the ice-cream sellers and the Kangaroo Man (stifling inside his suit), town hall officials are desperately try to relaunch their Victorian summer venue for cruising surfers. In the dark winter months part-time panto actors snatch quick fags in the drizzle. Reporter Sara Parker listens to the voices and sounds of the British seaside resort through winter and summer.

Contributors

Reporter:
Sara Parker
Producer:
Simon Elmes

1/6. It's Edinburgh, it's February and it's freezing outside. Inside, the temperature is rising. Caroline and Simeon are loved-up; Fiona and Ruth are fed up - three's company but four is definitely a crowd. Hilary Lyon's second series of the comedy drama centred on the lives of three 40-ish friends.

Contributors

Writer:
Hilary Lyon
Producer/Director:
Gordon Kennedy
Caroline:
Hilary Lyon
Fiona:
Phyllis Logan
Ruth:
Adie Allen
Simeon:
Stuart McQuarrie

in which John Waite investigates the situation of the thousands of eastern Europeans working in Britain's building trade. You and Yours series editor Andrew Smith
Face the Facts is repeated on Sunday at 9pm
PHONE: [number removed] email: youandyours@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
John Waite
Editor:
Andrew Smith

12/12. Roger Bolton selects listeners' comments and redirects them towards BBC radio programme makers. Producer Margaret Budy Repeated on Sunday at 8pm Write to: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 10T. Phone [number removed]4b44, email feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Margaret Budy

In the world of 19th-century Parisian opera the claqueurs can make or break a perfomance. Pay them well and your opera receives tumultuous applause. Deny them and the theatre will ring with cat-calls. By Mike Harris. With Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (soprano) and Yuval Zoran (piano) Producer/Director Clive Brill

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Harris.
Soprano:
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers
Soprano:
Yuval Zoran
Director:
Clive Brill
Levasseur:
Kenneth Cranham
Jacques:
Robert Glenlster
Victor:
Stuart Laing
Josette:
Ayesha Antoine
Veron:
Jonathan Taller

5/5. What has five weeks of woodpecker-watching thrown up in the BTO [British Trust for Ornithology] Great Spotted Woodpecker Survey during the series? Dylan Winter finds out. He's also on the road to Rockingham to find out what the fuel-efficient cars Of the future could be like. Producer Sheena Duncan

Contributors

Producer:
Sheena Duncan

3/6. More hot, topical comedy as Steve Punt , Hugh Dennis and the team bring out the sunblock of satire to filter through the week's news.
Producer Colin Anderson Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Producer:
Colin Anderson

Jazzer does a dubious favour.
For cast see page 31
Written by Tim Stimpson ; Director Julie Beckett ; Editor Vanessa Whitburn
ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Tim Stimpson
Director:
Julie Beckett
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Crowborough, East Sussex, put questions on the issues of the week to a panel consisting of Conservative MP Nicholas Soames , Minister for Culture David Lammy , chief executive of Yeo Valley foods Graham Keating , and columnist Julia Hartley Brewer.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Nicholas Soames
Unknown:
David Lammy
Unknown:
Graham Keating
Unknown:
Julia Hartley Brewer.
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

A compelling drama about love among the elderly in a residential home, inspired by true stories. Often seen as rooms for those waiting for the Grim Reaper to call, sex is actually alive and f lourising between residents Kate and Bob. She is in her 60s, he is nearly 90. Beside being lovers, they both suffer from dementia. Richard Wilson plays
Kate's husband Paul whose reaction to his wife's infidelity is complicated. Written by Rony Robinson , with original songs by Sally Goldsmith.
Singers Violetta Hall , Rosa Allender , Joan Crookes , Jill Eke , Monica Mellor , Jim Russell , Tony Smith : Pianist Julie Crookes Director Pauline Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Wilson
Written By:
Rony Robinson
Songs By:
Sally Goldsmith.
Singers:
Violetta Hall
Singers:
Rosa Allender
Singers:
Joan Crookes
Singers:
Jill Eke
Singers:
Monica Mellor
Singers:
Jim Russell
Pianist:
Tony Smith
Pianist:
Julie Crookes
Director:
Pauline Harris
Paul:
Richard Wilson
Mo:
Barbara Marten
Kate:
June Brouqhton
Bob:
Peter Martin

10/10. 1 Go Always with Thee. Robert Jordan and the peasant guerrilla band he is leading prepare to blow the bridge, although they fear that the attack may be futile. Martin T Sherman reads the conclusion of Ernest Hemingway 's Spanish Civil War novel. For further details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Jordan
Unknown:
Martin T Sherman
Unknown:
Ernest Hemingway

With his ukelele and falsetto renditions of pre-war popular songs like Tiptoe through the Tulips, Tiny Tim was an unlikely star and an even less likely sex symbol. Yet during the 60s he became hugely popular. Writer and musician CP Lee tells the story of a very unusual talent and a genuine eccentric. Producer Bob Dickinson

Contributors

Musician:
Cp Lee
Producer:
Bob Dickinson

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