Programme Index

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Presented by Edward Stourton.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Tim Thornton.

Contributors

Presented By:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Tim Thornton.

When Anna Maria decided to set up a pizzeria in Calcutta she wanted her venture to have an impact on many lives. She set up a micro-credit scheme aimed at helping Indian women turn buffalo milk into the finest mozzarella, eventually earning enough to own their animals outright and ensure a better future for their families. Simon Parkes checks out one of the caring sides of the pizza industry's thin and crispy coverage of the Earth's crust. Producer Susan Mitchell

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Maria
Unknown:
Simon Parkes
Producer:
Susan Mitchell

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
RT DIRECT: From Our Own Correspondent, edited by Tony Grant , is available for £15.99 (rrp £16.99) including p&p. Call [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute)

Contributors

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

Listeners' calls and emails in response to Any Questions.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson
PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 12.30pm; email: any.answers(Sbbc.co.uk

Contributors

Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

David Hare's classic play comparing the experiences of an Englishwoman helping the French Resistance during the Second World War with her life in the following 20 years. The play offers a unique view of postwar history, as well as making a powerful statement about changing values in society and the collapse of ideals, embodied in a single life.

Contributors

Author:
David Hare
Producer:
Catherine Bailey
Director:
John Dove
Susan:
Miranda Richardson
Alice:
Hattie Morahan
Brock:
Ben Miles
Lazar:
Michael Gould
Frenchman 1:
Jonathan Cullen
Begley:
Jonathan Cullen
Darwin:
Geoffrey Palmer
Mick:
Paul Anderson
Louise:
Emilie-Kate Owen
Aung:
Chooi Beh
Priest/Announcer:
Dale Rapley
Dorcas:
Ellie Beaven
Charleson:
Angus Wright
Frenchman 2:
Sylvester Morand

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
RT DIRECT: Woman's Hour; a Celebration of Mothers, featuring excerpts from the programme, is available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com. or by calling [number removed], quoting [number removed] A feature celebrating 60 years of Woman's Hour is in the October issue of Good Food Magazine, on sale now

Contributors

Presented By:
Martha Kearney.
Editor:
Jill Burridge

New series 1/9. The biggest names in business talk frankly about the workplace issues that really matter, from the boardroom to the shop floor and from building success to handling failure. Presented by Evan Davis. Editor Stephen Chilcott ; Producer Neil Koenig

Contributors

Presented By:
Evan Davis.
Editor:
Stephen Chilcott
Producer:
Neil Koenig

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests AS Byatt, John Carey and Sarfraz Manzoor discuss Oliver Stone 's film World Trade Center, the new Martin Amis , and the London transfer of the Broadway hit musical Wicked. Producer Nicki Paxman

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
John Carey
Unknown:
Sarfraz Manzoor
Unknown:
Oliver Stone
Unknown:
Martin Amis
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

To most of us, the familiar face of the House of Commons is the outward, official one, but the bars and restaurants within the Palace of Westminster give staff working or socialising there the opportunity to see the politicians with their guards down. Their working history, including candid tales and anecdotes of their encounters with Britain's political govenors, are recorded in the House of Commons staff oral history archive.
Rooting around in the archive, and in revealing interviews with current and retired staff, as well as MPs themselves, Matthew Parris finds out what really goes on behind the closed doors of Parliament and gives rare and intriguing insights into the reality of life at Westminster. Producer Kate Bissell
Matthew Parris on the HoP: page 119

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Producer:
Kate Bissell
Producer:
Matthew Parris

2/2. Departure. DH Lawrence's classic exploration of the nature of sexual love. Constance and Oliver have embarked on a secret, passionate affair; but already the housekeeper Mrs Bolton suspects something, and Constance has confided in her sister. As their lives begin to unravel, will Oliver and Lady Chatterley manage to preserve the tenderness that brought them together? Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Musicians Melanie Pappenheim and Harvey Brough ; Producer/Director Marilyn Imrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Bolton
Dramatised By:
Michelene Wandor.
Musicians:
Melanie Pappenheim
Musicians:
Harvey Brough
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Constance:
Lia Williams
Lord Clifford:
Roger Allam
Oliver:
Robert Glenister
Mrs Bolton:
Lynn Farleigh
Hilda:
Jasmine Hyde
Sir Malcolm:
David Rintoul

4/4. Adrian Henri - Tonight at Noon
On examining the opening poem of the ground-breaking 1967 collection The Mersey Sound, Peggy Reynolds uncovers a piece of aural pop art, an exercise in reversals, a surrealist work and a love poem. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Adrian Henri
Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds

4/5. So Far Away from Me. When her only daughter Ellie goes travelling with her boyfriend, Rosie wonders how she will cope. Written and read by Annie McCartney and Katy Gleadhill in this series featuring stories by well-known Irish performers. Producer Anne Simpson

Contributors

Read By:
Annie McCartney
Read By:
Katy Gleadhill
Producer:
Anne Simpson

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