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3/6. Michael Buerk talks to Nick Yarris , who spent
8,057 days on Death Row in the United States for a - crime he didn't commit.
Producer Kathryn Blennerhassett Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Nick Yarris
Producer:
Kathryn Blennerhassett

4/4. David Frost celebrates the most effective satirists of recent years, including Spitting Image and Rory Bremner. Is satire needed as much now as it was in the 1960s when TW3 first took to the air? Producer Paul Bajoria

Contributors

Unknown:
David Frost
Unknown:
Rory Bremner.
Producer:
Paul Bajoria

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.

The German city of Darmstadt is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Internationalen Ferienkursen fur Neue Musik, one of the bastions of the avant-garde.
But in the late 1940s and early 50s, was this radical, leftist festival covertly funded by the CIA? Former Darmstadt composition tutor Christopher Fox helps Tommy Pearson make sense of the murky worlds of avant-garde music and the cultural Cold War. Producer Andy Cartwright Rptd Sat 3.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Fox
Unknown:
Tommy Pearson
Producer:
Andy Cartwright

When Elaine, a young homeless girl, is befriended by the older and middle-class Tara, she is at first suspicious. But then Elaine discovers that it's Tara, and not she, who is most in need of comfort. By Dominique Moloney.
Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
Dominique Moloney.
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Elaine:
Katy Gleadhlll
Tara:
Frances Tomelty
Georgina:
Julia Dearden
Sinead:
Eileen McCloskey
Kenny:
Robert Patterson

11/13. 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

2/5. Vakil Bazaar. A six-year-old girl accompanies her nanny, Marmar, to the market place. When the girl is lost in the crowds, Marmar is too busy, flirting with an admirer, to notice. By Simin Daneshvar , translated by Maryam Mafi and abridged by Doreen Estall. Read by Betsabeh Emran. For further details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Simin Daneshvar
Translated By:
Maryam Mafi
Abridged By:
Doreen Estall.
Read By:
Betsabeh Emran.

6/6. Deportation. Brian has his widowed mother's allowance terminated after it emerges that he's not a UK citizen and faces deportation. Is Brian Hughes heading back down under.... for good? By Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero.
Producer/Director Andrew McGibbon

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Hughes
Unknown:
Andrew McGibbon
Unknown:
Nick Romero.
Director:
Andrew McGibbon
Brian:
Brian Hayes
Nostrils:
Harry Shearer
Showbiz Kat:
Sheridan Smith
Donny:
Mark Perry
Sir Kenneth:
Mark Perry
Neville:
Alex Lowe
Dominic:
Alex Lowe
Rolf:
Andrew McGibbon
Professor:
Andrew McGibbon
Colonel:
Nick Romero
Geoffrey:
Deborah O'Brien
Margaret:
Deborah O'Brien
Mrs O'Sullivan:
Deborah O'Brien

With Mark Lawson , including an interview with Martin Amis , whose new novella, House of Meetings, focuses on two brothers who spend long years in the labour camps of the former Soviet Union. Producer Philippa Ritchie

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Martin Amis
Producer:
Philippa Ritchie

On 13 March, at Northwick Park Hospital in London, six healthy men were given a drug that was being tested on humans for the first time. Within hours they were suffering a drop in blood pressure, swellings, excruciating pain and were soon admitted to intensive care. Graham Easton looks at the future of drug trials following the catastrophe of TGN1412. Will research into such sophisticated drugs be halted because of these adverse effects or can we learn and adapt future drugs so that events like this never happen again? Producer Helen Sharp Repeated on Sunday at 5pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Easton
Producer:
Helen Sharp

2/8. Dr Mark Porter spends a day in an intensive care unit and finds out how the staff takes care of the patients and helps the families come to terms with the machines. Producer Paula McGrath Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mark Porter
Producer:
Paula McGrath

5/6. The Blue Brothers. Dave Cameron and Boris "BJ" Johnson attempt to save the Conservative orphanage party, belting out their greatest hits to remind the faithful of the good times. Starring Mel Hudson , Dave Lamb and Richie Webb. Producer Katie Tyrrell

Contributors

Unknown:
Dave Cameron
Unknown:
Mel Hudson
Unknown:
Dave Lamb
Unknown:
Richie Webb.
Producer:
Katie Tyrrell

1/3. Land. Comedian Marcus Brigstocke reveals the true history of the British housing market, a centuries-old story of greed, double-dealing and estate agency. This week: who owns our land? Armed with a surveyor's chain and a working grasp of feudal tenure, Brigstocke wrestles with the philosophy Of land Ownership. Producer Julia Adamson

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Producer:
Julia Adamson

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