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3/4. Big Oil an Energy Pearl Harbor. Oil is the world's biggest business and a strategic commodity on the world stage, but it would take very little to destabilise the world s supplies. Who'd be the winners - and losers? Tom Mangold investigates. Producers Anna Scott-Brown and Adam Fowler Rptd9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Mangold
Producers:
Anna Scott-Brown
Producers:
Adam Fowler

3/6. Cruising for a Bruising. Essex boys and their motors are inseparable. But what happens when rivalries over girls occur and a lovingly souped-up car ends up on the wrong end of a baseball bat? Essex boys Richard and Tony tell the story of the Southend-on-Sea cruise scene. Producers Julie Gatenby and Sara Jane Hall

Contributors

Producers:
Julie Gatenby
Producers:
Sara Jane Hall

3/17 Four contestants from the Home Counties compete in the continuing first round of the nationwide general knowledge contest. The chairman is Robert Robinson. Producer Richard Edis Repeated on Saturday at 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Producer:
Richard Edis

A comedy about love and logic in which William, a hypochondriac Englishman played by Trevor Lock , journeys across Peru in search of true love and himself.
By Trevor Lock and Sem Devillart. Producer Helen Williams

Contributors

Played By:
Trevor Lock
Unknown:
Trevor Lock
Unknown:
Sem Devillart.
Producer:
Helen Williams

1/5. The Other Madame Bovary. To mark the 150th anniversary of Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary , five monologues give a contemporary twist to its themes and passions. In Joanne Harris 's story, Emma Bovary 's mother-in-law looks back over her son's two disastrous marriages. Read by Geraldine James. Producer Gemma Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Madame Bovary
Unknown:
Joanne Harris
Unknown:
Emma Bovary
Read By:
Geraldine James.
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

1/5. The Little Mermaid. Poet Ruth Padel considers what Hans Christian Andersen 's fairy tales say about the author and about ourselves. What is the plaintive story of the mermaid who becomes human but loses her voice and walks in agony really about? Producer Emma Kingsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Padel
Unknown:
Hans Christian Andersen
Producer:
Emma Kingsley

With Mark Lawson , including interviews with Oliver Stone , whose new film World Trade Center revisits the events of 9/11, and with the creators of Little Britain, Matt Lucas and David Walliams. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Oliver Stone
Unknown:
Matt Lucas
Unknown:
David Walliams.
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

1/15. A new dramatisation of Andrea Levy 's award-winning novel exploring empire, prejudice, war and love in Jamaica, England, America and India. Dramatised by Pat Cumper.
Music by Felix Cross : Producer/Director Sally Avens Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrea Levy
Dramatised By:
Pat Cumper.
Music By:
Felix Cross
Director:
Sally Avens
Hortense:
Nadine Marshall
Michael:
Javone Prince
Young Hortense:
Tyra McKenzie-Gray
Young Michael:
Joel Davis
Mr Philip:
Burt Caesar
Miss Ma:
Adjoa Andoh
Miss Jewel:
Dona Croll
Queenie:
Lyndsey Marshal
Gilbert:
Don Gllet
Mrs Ryder:
Barbara Barnes
Celia:
Carla Henry
Miss Morgan:
Elizabeth Bell
Celia's mother:
Tanya Moodie
Douglas:
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Airman:
Pethrow Gooden
Mrs Anderson:
Clare Perkins
Mr Anderson:
Declan Wilson
Minister:
Delroy Brown

2/9. In Search of the Emperor. Brett Westwood looks for one of Britain's most beautiful butterflies, the purple emperor. Producer Brett Westwood Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
Brett Westwood
Producer:
Brett Westwood

1/10. George Hall doesn't understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. The secret of contentment, he feels, is to ignore some things completely. By Mark Haddon. Abridged by Carolanne Lyme. Read by Nathaniel Parker. Producer Louise Armitage
RT DIRECT: A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon is available in hardback for E16.50 (RRP E17.99) including p&p. To order, send a cheque payable to RT Direct Book Offers to: [address removed]. Call [number removed] (land-line calls cost no more than 8p per minute), quoting RT, or visit www.rtdirect.sparkledirect.com. UK delivery only

Contributors

Unknown:
George Hall
Unknown:
Mark Haddon.
Abridged By:
Carolanne Lyme.
Read By:
Nathaniel Parker.
Producer:
Louise Armitage
Unknown:
Mark Haddon

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