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With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Rachel Hooper and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Akhandadhi Das.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament Editor of Today Ceri Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Montague
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Rachel Hooper
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Akhandadhi Das.
Unknown:
Ceri Thomas

Education has suffered numerous flip-flops of policy over the last 50 years in China. Under the "iron broom" of the Cultural Revolution, education was supposed to have become fairer and more egalitarian. Now, 40 years on, some of the most historic and elitist names in British education are cropping up in Beijing and Shanghai, as public schools begin to tap the vast and lucrative markets in China. Ruth Evans goes to school in China to hear more about this fascinating but apparently unholy alliance between British educational elitism and Chinese communism. Producer Ruth Evans

Contributors

Producer:
Ruth Evans

4/11. Roger Bolton digs in the mailbag for BBC Radio listeners' comments, queries, criticisms and praise. Producer Penny Vine Repeated on Sunday at 8pm
Send your comments to: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 10T
Fax: [number removed] Phone: [number removed] email: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

5/6. The Oxfordshire village of Stonesf ield lies on the edge of the Cotswolds amid some very beautiful countryside. Walking around its outskirts, Clare Balding explores the nature of village life and the extended family it can provide, with locals Caroline Friend and Dale Morris. Producer Karen Gregor

Contributors

Unknown:
Dale Morris.
Producer:
Karen Gregor

15/30. The Child Is Father of the Man. As the French
Revolution blazed away on the other side of the English Channel, evangelicals, romantics and rationalists continued their fierce battle over childhood in Britain. Michael Morpurgo searches for clues among surviving records of the time. The readers are Adam Godley , Sara Kestelman , Gerard McDermott and Timothy West. For further details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Adam Godley
Unknown:
Sara Kestelman
Unknown:
Gerard McDermott
Unknown:
Timothy West.

Francine Stock talks to actor Richard Griffiths and director Nicholas Hytner about the film adaptation of Alan Bennett 's award-winning play The History Boys. Producer Thomas Morris

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Griffiths
Director:
Nicholas Hytner
Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Producer:
Thomas Morris

It's an unlucky day at Brookfield Farm. For cast see page 37 Written by Nawal Gadalla :
Director Rosemary Watts ; Editor Vanessa Whitburn
ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Nawal Gadalla
Director:
Rosemary Watts
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

With Kirsty Lang , who reassesses the work of the late
Nobel Prizewinner Naguib Mahfouz , whose Cairo Trilogy is next week's Radio 4 Classic Serial, starting on Sunday. Producer Philippa Ritchie

Contributors

Unknown:
Kirsty Lang
Unknown:
Naguib Mahfouz
Producer:
Philippa Ritchie

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Cheltenham poses topical questions from the week's news to a panel that includes new chair of the Charity Commission, Suzi Leather.
Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Suzi Leather.
Producer:
Anne Peacock

Kieron is a prison officer. Caught between a vulnerable young prisoner and a senior colleague who believes their role is to discipline and control - and no more - he find his instincts and sensibilities increasingly challenged.
Then the separate worlds of home and work start to spill into one another. Stephen Phelps 's taut drama documentary features the rarely heard voices of the families of prison officers.
Producer/Director Toby Swift

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Phelps
Director:
Toby Swift
Kieron:
Andy Nyman
Terry:
Ralph Ineson
Jamal:
Salkat Ahamed
Official voice:
Sam Dale

2/10. Psychologist Janet Reibstein and poet Roshan Doug discuss books by American author Grace Paley , Philip Larkin , and Dai Sijie. Presented by Sue MacGregor. Repeated from Tuesday at 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet Reibstein
Unknown:
Roshan Doug
Unknown:
Grace Paley
Unknown:
Philip Larkin
Unknown:
Dai Sijie.
Presented By:
Sue MacGregor.

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