Programme Index

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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rt Rev Tom Butler.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Tom Butler.

6/8. Political Editors. Trevor Kavanagh , and Elinor Goodman , ex-political editors of The Sun and Channel 4 news, discuss their former roles with Olivia 0 Leary. Producer Karen Gregor Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Editors:
Trevor Kavanagh
Editors:
Elinor Goodman
Producer:
Karen Gregor

1/2. Morwenna Banks explores the fun to be had when actors play characters much younger or older than themselves. Today a look at the younger end of the spectrum, with Beryl Reid as Monica, Matt Lucas as viCKy Pollard, and Pat Coombs , who played a baby when she was in her 40s. Written by Alan Stafford , producer Angela Sherwin

Contributors

Unknown:
Beryl Reid
Unknown:
Matt Lucas
Unknown:
Pat Coombs
Written By:
Alan Stafford
Producer:
Angela Sherwin

Consumer affairs, presented by Liz Barclay and Peter White. Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours.
PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 10am

Contributors

Presented By:
Liz Barclay
Presented By:
Peter White.

Cleo Laine reflects on her career and listens to the recollections of other top female jazz singers taken from the Women in Jazz archive in Swansea. With contributions from Beryl Bryden, singers Elaine Delmar and Ottilie Patterson, composer Barbara Thompson and saxophonist Kathy Stobart. They reveal the challenges of life on the road - working unsociable hours, travelling in predominantly male company, and meeting the demands of family life - all the while maintaining a glamorous stage persona.
(Repeated on Saturday at 3.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Cleo Laine
Interviewee:
Beryl Bryden
Interviewee:
Elaine Delmar
Interviewee:
Ottilie Patterson
Interviewee:
Barbara Thompson
Interviewee:
Kathy Stobart
Producer:
Sophie Thomas

On 11 May 1941 at 3.45am during the Blitz, a high-explosive bomb blasted The Admiral Duncan in Old Compton Street. Fifty-eight years later a nail bomb exploded in the same pub, now a popular gay venue. Adrian Middleton's intimate drama about a family in crisis.

Contributors

Writer:
Adrian Middleton
Producer:
Karen Rose
Jean:
Anne Reid
Jack:
Tom Georgeson
Keith:
Kenny Doughty
Marcus:
David Oyelowo
Steve:
David Holt
Maggie:
Tina Gray
Dr Prasad:
Shiv Grewal
Aunty May:
Becky Hindley
Young Jack:
Josh Tonkinson
Harry:
Jack Hartley

6/13. Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment. Producer Nick Patrick ADDRESS: [address removed]email: home.planet@bbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Daniel
Producer:
Nick Patrick

1/6. Birthday. Starring actor Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap and The Simpsons) and veteran UK phone-in presenter Brian Hayes as washed-up presenter Brian Hughes, who is living in his grandmother's house and trying to present a local radio show from a studio in his basement. Today Brian is approached by a TV producer who wants to televise his radio show for the channel's 12-24 age group. By Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero.
Harry Shearer on his BBC debut: page 111

Contributors

Writer/Producer/Director:
Andrew McGibbon
Writer:
Nick Romero.
Brian:
Brian Hayes
Nostrils/Announcer:
Harry Shearer
Showbiz Kat:
Sheridan Smith
Donny/TV producer:
Mark Perry
Neville/Reggie:
Alex Lowe
Rolf/Professor:
Andrew McGibbon
Colonel:
Nick Romero
Jean:
Deborah O'Brien

Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and the verdict on Pedro Almodovar 's new film Volver, starring Penelope Cruz as an impoverished airport cleaner. Producer Philippa Ritchie See also The Film Programme on Friday at 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Pedro Almodovar
Unknown:
Penelope Cruz
Producer:
Philippa Ritchie

2/5. Katherine Mansfield 's portrait of snobbery and social climbing in 1910. Today, the sister of the Baroness.
For further details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Katherine Mansfield
Englishwoman:
Claire Skinner
Frau Doktor/Baroness:
Emma Fielding
Frau Fischer:
Eleanor Bron
Sister of the Baroness:
Emma Cunniffe
Poet/Student:
Chris Moran
Manaqer:
Sam Dale

The threat from terrorism has tended to focus on urban targets like New York and London. But America and Britain might be vulnerable to a threat that could be even deadlier - to agriculture and the food supply. Simon Cox travels to Kansas and Washington DC to report on the threat of agro-terrorism. Producer Richard Vadon Repeated on Sunday at 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Cox
Producer:
Richard Vadon

New series 1/4. Vivienne Parry explores how the doctors decide what's a normal weight and what's overweight or obese. And it's not as definitive as you might think. Thirty million Americans became overweight overnight when the US Government revised the upper limit of a "normal" weight from a body mass index of 27 down to 25. Producer Anna Buckley Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Vivienne Parry
Producer:
Anna Buckley

A one-off show from the Edinburgh Festival, written and performed by David Armand , Rupert Russell , Sam Spedding and Nick Tanner. Producer Katie Marsden

Contributors

Unknown:
David Armand
Unknown:
Rupert Russell
Unknown:
Sam Spedding
Unknown:
Nick Tanner.
Producer:
Katie Marsden

1/3. 1799. Adam Hart-Davis explores spectacular years in the long history of science. In 1799: a young Humphrey Davy wanders the streets of Bristol breathing "laughing gas" and encouraging his literary friends to do likewise; the gas lamp revolutionises the length of the working day; Alessandro Volta invents his battery; income tax is introduced in Britain; and the Rosetta Stone is discovered in Egypt. Continues tomorrow. Producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
Adam Hart-Davis
Unknown:
Humphrey Davy
Unknown:
Alessandro Volta
Unknown:
Rosetta Stone
Producer:
John Byrne

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