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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 Dom Antony Sutch.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Dom Antony Sutch.

4/4. The Base. Tidworth is home to the 1st Battalion
Staffordshire Regiment, who served a six-month tour of Iraq. it's a hard life for the wive s and ch dreMe at home, who carry on with their day-to-day routines while coping daily with news of injuries and death in a hostile country thousands of miles from home. Producer Neil George

Contributors

Producer:
Neil George

2/7. Tin Town. A hundred years ago the Derwent Valley
Water Board founded Birchinlee, a complete town of corrugated iron in Derbyshire, to house workers building two massive dams. Today the dams remain, but the town of corrugated iron has gone. Archaeologist
Julian Richards investigates why the board built such an impressive home for the navvies, and whether this artificial town was a success. Producer John Byrne w

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Richards
Producer:
John Byrne

2/4. Professor Keith Dumbell was part of the successful campaign in the 1960s and 70s to eliminate smallpox from the globe. He tells Jolyon Jenkins about his relationship With the Virus. For further details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Keith Dumbell
Unknown:
Jolyon Jenkins

3/4. As part of his series on Scandinavia, Laurie Taylor visits Finland, a country that through technological advancement has positioned itself squarely on the world stage. But underneath this hi-tech modernity a number of cultural distinctions persist: the resurging traditional reindeer herders, the Sami, and the Russians - the hidden minority of Finland - with whom the native Finns hold an ambivalent relationship. Producer Gavin Heard

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Producer:
Gavin Heard

2M Vivienne Parry investigates the pros and cons of using growth hormone treatment not only on children with growth hormone deficiency but also on short but otherwise healthy children. This practice has been approved in the USA and may soon be approved in the UK. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Brand-new comedy recorded from the Edinburgh Festival. Philippa Fordham and Simon Lipson take on a range of oddball characters in a quirky blend of sketch and song. With special guests John Finnemore and Isy Suttie. producer Victoria Lloyd Repeated Sunday 12.15am

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Lipson
Unknown:
John Finnemore
Unknown:
Isy Suttie.

3/5. A Subaltern's Love Song. Betjeman's most famous heroine recalls what happened on the fateful day of the annual tennis club tournament. By Paul Dodgson. For further details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Dodgson.
Joan:
Penelope Wilton
Reader:
Clive Swift

3/3. Aid and debt relief are sources of problems rather than salvation for Africa, argues Andrew Mwenda , a Ugandan journalist trying to win over an audience at the Royal Geographical Society in London. His challengers include representatives of the charities Oxfam and ActionAid, Professor Adrian Wood of Oxford University and the international development minister Gareth Thomas MP. Evan Davis is the referee. Producer Innes Bowen
Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Mwenda
Unknown:
Professor Adrian Wood
Unknown:
Gareth Thomas
Unknown:
Evan Davis
Producer:
Innes Bowen

1/3. Matthew Parris explores the lessons that Edward Gibbon 's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire may have for Britain's present politicians and parliamentary institutions. Producer Anna Scott-Brown Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Edward Gibbon

According to the World Health Organisation leprosy was "eliminated" in most countries in 2005. But it's still a problem for millions worldwide. Chandy Nath travels to southern India to meet sufferers, doctors and Hindu monk Swamy Japandanda to ask why. Producer Julian Mayers

Contributors

Unknown:
Chandy Nath
Unknown:
Swamy Japandanda
Producer:
Julian Mayers

5/6. Science and Technology. An eccentric three-man think-tank brainstorm how to harness the power of science for the greater good of humanity. Written and performed by John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman , and featuring Chris Addison , with Peter Dickson , Matthew Holness and Lucy Montgomery. Producer Richard Grocock

Contributors

Unknown:
John Oliver
Unknown:
Andy Zaltzman
Unknown:
Chris Addison
Unknown:
Peter Dickson
Unknown:
Matthew Holness
Unknown:
Lucy Montgomery.
Producer:
Richard Grocock

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