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A lively collection of dispatches from the BBC's foreign correspondents, who report on stories in their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
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Contributors

Presented By:
Kate Adie.
Producer:
Tony Grant
Edited By:
Tony Grant

3/8. Sandi Toksvig tests a panel that includes Fred MacAulay , Jo Caulf leld and Phill Jupitus in their knowledge - or lack of it - of the news Stories Of the week. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandi Toksvig
Unknown:
Fred MacAulay
Unknown:
Jo Caulf
Unknown:
Phill Jupitus

An audience in Hanbury, Worcestershire, puts questions on the week's news to shadow Higher Education minister Boris Johnson , Chief Whip Jacqui Smith , editor of The Sunday Telegraph Patience Wheatcroft. and former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy. Nick Clarke is in the chair. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Boris Johnson
Unknown:
Jacqui Smith
Unknown:
Charles Kennedy.
Unknown:
Nick Clarke

Listeners' calls and emails taken by Nick Clarke in response to Any Questions. producer Lisa jenkinson
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Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

Julian Mitchell 's classic play about two boys at a public school in the 1930s who find themselves caught up in a battle against the school's oppressive elite.
Producer/Director Marc Beeby

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Mitchell
Director:
Marc Beeby
Judd:
Tom Hiddleston
Bennett:
Ben Riqhton
Menzies:
William Ellis
Fowler:
Paul Richard Bigqin
Devenish:
Steven Webb
Delahay:
Joseph Kloska
Barclay:
Dan Starkey
Wharton:
Josh Freeborn
Vaughan:
Adam Godley

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
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Contributors

Presented By:
Martha Kearney.
Editor:
Jill Burridge

8/8. A special Caribbean edition of the programme in which St Vincent Radio marks Emancipation Month with a discussion on whether black people have to work twice as hard to achieve their goals; Grenadians debate carnival's religious roots; and a Barbadian offers some tips for the home cricket team ahead of next year's World Cup. Producer Anthea Protheroe

Contributors

Producer:
Anthea Protheroe

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests David Aaronovitch , Susan Jeffreys and Malorie Blackman review the cultural highlights Of the week. Producer Nicki Paxman

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
David Aaronovitch
Unknown:
Susan Jeffreys
Unknown:
Malorie Blackman
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

1/2. Arrival. In DH Lawrence's classic exploration of the nature of sexual love, the young and beautiful Constance is married to Lord Clifford, wounded in the First World War and now confined to a wheelchair. Her life at Wragby Hall is bleak and lonely - until an encounter with Oliver Mellors changes everything. Dramatised by MicheleneWandor.
Musicians Melanie Pappenheim and Harvey Brought ; Producer/Director Marilyn Imrie
The Chatterley Affair is on BBC4 tomorrow night at 11.05pm Love across the class barrier: page 119

Contributors

Unknown:
Oliver Mellors
Musicians:
Melanie Pappenheim
Musicians:
Harvey Brought
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Constance:
Lia Williams
Lord Clifford:
Roger Allam
Oliver:
Robert Glenister
Mrs Bolton:
Lynn Farleiqh
Hilda:
Jasmine Hyde
Sir Malcolm:
David Rintoul
Duncan:
Julian Rhind-Tutt

3/3. A lecture series hosted by the RSA in London and chaired by Edward Stourton , featuring speakers who dare to take on received wisdom, whatever the cost. Today the "sceptical environmentalist" Bjorn Lomborg states his views and defends them in discussion with a panel of experts and in response to questions from the audience. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Unknown:
Bjorn Lomborg

3/4. Edna St Vincent Millay - First Fig "My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light!"
This single-stanza poem has had an extraordinary life.
Peggy Reynolds follows its journey from the bohemia of Greenwich Village in New York, where it was written nearly a hundred years ago. Repeated from Sunday

3/5. The Right Key. After a night out seeing South Pacific, Patrick smiles to himself as he tells his wife the story of his own bid for stardom in the same musical, years earlier.
This piece by Harry Towb is another in a series of stories written and read by well-known Irish performers. Producer Heather Brennon

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Towb
Producer:
Heather Brennon

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