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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25,7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Kristiina Cooper and Robert Orchard.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Abdal Hakim Murad.
8.31 L W only Yesterday in Parliament Editor of Today Ceri Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Robert Orchard.
Unknown:
Abdal Hakim Murad.
Unknown:
Ceri Thomas

In the aftermath of the 1926 General Strike the small north-eastern mining village of Chopwell became so notorious for its association with communism that it became known as "Little Moscow". Its streets were named after Marx and Lenin, the miners lodge banner showed portraits of communists, and its militant mineworkers were on strike for more than 7 months. The press ran a series of sensational reports with headlines like "Precocious Lenins Who Live in Marx Avenue". Eighty years later, Alexei Sayle visits the village and trawls the oral history archives for the true story of "the reddest village in England".

Contributors

Presenter:
Alexei Sayle
Producer:
Russell Finch

New series 1/6. Some may claim that golf is the new rock 'n' roll, but Tom, Mike and Roger are worried that they have become too easy listening and middle-of-the-road to be the wild men of the links. By David Spicer.

Contributors

Writer:
David Spicer
Producer:
Liz Anstee
Roger:
Danny Webb
Tom:
Tony Slattery
Mike:
Tony Gardner
Jules:
Polly Frame
Hannah:
Carla Mendonca
Gill:
Kate Robbins

7/11. Roger Bolton digs in the mailbag for BBC Radio listeners' comments, queries, criticisms and praise. Producer Margaret Budy Repeated on Sunday at 8pm
Send your comments to: [address removed]
Fax:[number removed] Phone: [number removed] email: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Margaret Budy

The comic saga of Toby Young 's disastrous sojourn in New
York A job at Vanity Fair promises to deliver the Big Apple and its high society right into the young columnist's palm.
But a series of catastrophes and run-ins with the magazine's redoubtable editor prepare him instead for a blistering and hilarious attack on celebrity culture.
With Al Murray and Kerry Shale. By Toby Young.
Director Peter Kavanagh

Contributors

Unknown:
Toby Young
Unknown:
Al Murray
Unknown:
Toby Young.
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Toby Young:
Al Murray
Graydon Carter:
Kerry Shale
Mercedes:
Lydia Leonard
Michael:
Thomas Wheatley
Gallery Owner:
Elizabeth Bell
Dana Brown:
Tracy Wiles
Alex de Silva:
Anthony Glennon
Bouncer:
Kim Wall

2/6 A ruthless killer is lurking on your kitchen ceiling. It has eight long legs, and it's the subject of Dylan Winter's scrutiny in this week's exploration of natural Britain. And how will our City parks look in 2050? Producer Alasdair Cross

Contributors

Producer:
Alasdair Cross

5/5. The Witch. A Manchester policewoman goes to investigate the theft of a dog, and in the process uncovers a crime that's nearly half a century old.
Written by Mandasue Heller and read by Olwen May. For further details see Monday

Contributors

Written By:
Mandasue Heller
Read By:
Olwen May.

30/30. Reinventing Childhood. Michael Morpurgo recalls the impact of adults on childhood down the centuries, despite which, children have determinedly managed to remain children. Readers Poppy Friar, Sara Kestelman and Christopher Parkinson. For further details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Morpurgo
Unknown:
Sara Kestelman
Unknown:
Christopher Parkinson.

Francine Stock talks to Helena Bonham Carter about Sixty Six, in which she plays the mother of a Jewish boy whose bar mitzvah coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final. And controversial "Kazakh" reporter Borat (played by Sacha Baron Cohen) tells Francine why he's not worried about the fuss his film has caused. Producer Thomas Morris

Contributors

Unknown:
Helena Bonham Carter
Producer:
Thomas Morris

Top PR firm Prentiss McCabe returns for a one-off special.
Stephen Fry and John Bird play masters of spin Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe, the claret-swilling colleagues whose scope for mischievous spinning is limitless now that Tony Blair is on the way out and given new boy David Cameron's aspirations.
(Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Mark Tavener
Producer:
Dawn Ellis
Charles Prentiss:
Stephen Fry
Martin McCabe:
John Bird
[Actor]:
Tony Gardner
[Actor]:
Joseph Kloska
[Actor]:
Bethan Walker
[Actor]:
Saskia Wickham

Ruth faces a moral dilemma.
For cast see page 36 Written by Caroline Harrington ; Director Julie Beckett ; Editor Vanessa Whitburn
ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Caroline Harrington
Director:
Julie Beckett
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

With Kirsty Lang , including a report from the Maggie's
Centre in Fife, a cancer-care centre designed by architect Zaha Hadid - her first British building. Producer Timothy Prosser

Contributors

Unknown:
Kirsty Lang
Unknown:
Zaha Hadid
Producer:
Timothy Prosser

5/5. 2006 - Beside the Seaside, beside the Sea
Marina's nana Pearl has never seen the sea, and Marina never wants to again. But they start to question what else their lives hold for them. By Katie Hims.
For cast and further details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Katie Hims.
Marina:
Claire Rushbrook
Pearl:
Anna Wing
Doctor:
Lee Ross
Boss:
Joseph Kloska

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Blackpool poses topical questions from the week's news to a panel of politicians and other leaders of opinion. Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Anne Peacock

From Charles Wood , the writer of Iris and The Charge of the Light Brigade, a conspiracy play that uncovers an illicit pact that ignited the Suez crisis, and proposes that prejudice, secrets, plotting and misdirection lay at the heart of Britain's actions in the Middle East.
Producer/Director Steven Canny

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Wood
Director:
Steven Canny
Henry:
Geoffrey Palmer
Teddy:
James Fleet
Eden:
John Standing
Grand Old Man:
Corin Redgrave
Anthony Nutting:
Anthony Calf
Selwyn Lloyd:
Sam Dale
Ben Gurian:
Lee Montague
Dayan:
Harry Towb
Challe:
Sylvester Morand
Gazier:
Philippe de Grossouvre
Clarissa:
Christine Kavanagh
Christian:
Olivier Breuils
French driver:
Olivier Breuils
Young woman:
Bethan Walker

5/10. Joanne Harris and Lisa Jardine join Sue MacGregor to discuss Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte , The Deadly Space Between by Patricia Duncker and a thriller by Donna Leon. Repeated from Tuesday at 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanne Harris
Unknown:
Lisa Jardine
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Emily Bronte
Unknown:
Patricia Duncker
Unknown:
Donna Leon.

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