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With Carolyn Quinn and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports Desk With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Rachel Hooper and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Abdal Hakim Murad.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament Editor of Today Ceri Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
Carolyn Quinn
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Rachel Hooper
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Abdal Hakim Murad.
Unknown:
Ceri Thomas

Dominic Arkwright looks back at the heady days of CB radio in the UK. By the time it was legalised in the early 1980s, truck drivers, wannabe rebels, and lonely hearts had already embraced US midwestern red-neck culture with relish. producer John Byrne

Contributors

Unknown:
Dominic Arkwright
Producer:
John Byrne

2/6. As more and more of the friends relationships hit mid-life marital rocks, Hannah decides that she and Tom must spend more time together. So she takes up golf - and realises that it's spending more time together that causes so much divorce. By David Spicer.
Producer Liz Anstee

Contributors

Unknown:
David Spicer.
Producer:
Liz Anstee
Tom:
Tony Slattery
Roger:
Danny Webb
Mike:
Tony Gardner
Hannah:
Carla Mendonca
Paul:
Hugh Dennis

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: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London WIA 10T
Fax: [number removed] Phone: [number removed] email: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Margaret Budy

Paul Scof ield stars as Michelangelo, who travels to
Florence to view his masterpiece - the statue of David - as he nears the end of his life. Struggling to come to terms with the ravages of old age and the loss of his skills, he looks to the marble sculpture for solace - but the resulting confrontation is potentially disastrous. By David Pownall. Producer Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Scof
Unknown:
David Pownall.
Producer:
Martin Jenkins

3/6 Dylan Winter is on the trail of one of the most obvious signs of autumn as he joins botanist Ray Woods for a fungal foray on a Welsh hillside, where most of the secret life of the waxcap mushroom goes on out of sight beneath their feet. Plus the results and analysis of the British Trust for Ornithology's survey of great spotted woodpeckers. Producer Sheena Duncan

Contributors

Unknown:
Dylan Winter
Unknown:
Ray Woods
Producer:
Sheena Duncan

5/5. The Pawnbroker's Melody. Christopher McQuarrie , Oscar-winning writer of The Usual Suspects, which uses the MacGuffin technique, turns his hand to radio with the tale of an emotionless hitman who steals a priceless cello. Read by Angus Macinnes. For further details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher McQuarrie
Read By:
Angus MacInnes.

5/5. Piper Dougie Pincock, from Plockton, chats to Sally Magnusson about his unique style on the bagpipes. He also speaks about his role as director of the National
Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music, which aims to raise the status of the genre. For further details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sally Magnusson

Arthur Smith, Jo Brand , Phill Jupitus , Mark Steel and other friends and colleagues of the late comedian Linda Smith perform a selection of her work, taken from stand-up performances, Edinburgh fringe shows and radio and television broadcasts.
Producer Chris Neill Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Brand
Unknown:
Phill Jupitus
Unknown:
Mark Steel
Unknown:
Linda Smith
Producer:
Chris Neill

Sam's got something to say at Brookfield Farm. For cast see page 32 Writer Joanna Toye
Director Julie Beckett ; Producer Kate Oates
ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanna Toye
Director:
Julie Beckett
Producer:
Kate Oates

5/5. Return. Amabelle must face the truth that Sebastian will not return: she seeks out her old childhood friend and employer Valencia, and says goodbye to her and to her old life, as she returns to the river, to join the dead who love her still. By Edwidge Danticat.
For further details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Edwidge Danticat.
Amabelle:
Adjoa Andoh
Yves:
Patrick Miller
Man Rapidou:
Noma Dumezweni
Jeep driver:
Antonio Gil-Martinez
Valencia:
Clara Sanabras

Political discussion hosted by Jonathan Dimbleby as an audience in London canvass the opinions of a panel that includes the Constitutional Affairs Secretary
Charles Falconer ; former Home Office minister Ann Widdecombe ; and Sunday Telegraph editor Patience Wheatcroft. Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Charles Falconer
Unknown:
Ann Widdecombe
Producer:
Anne Peacock

Back in May, an extraordinary project led by playwright Nicola McCartney brought together children from the Caucasus and central Russia. These children have lived their whole lives under the thundercloud of conflict and tension between their two regions - and inevitably fear and prejudice between the groups had to be overcome.
This is the story of McCartney's struggle to negotiate the maze of Russian bureaucracy to enable these divided groups to work together, creating plays inspired by their own experiences that would be performed in one of Moscow's leading theatres. The cast includes
Joseph Arkley , Nicola Campbell , Hannah Donaldson , Michael Gray , Andrew Hawley , Nicola McCartney and Gabriel Quigley. Producer Lu Kemp

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicola McCartney
Unknown:
Joseph Arkley
Unknown:
Nicola Campbell
Unknown:
Hannah Donaldson
Unknown:
Michael Gray
Unknown:
Andrew Hawley
Unknown:
Nicola McCartney
Unknown:
Gabriel Quigley.
Producer:
Lu Kemp

6/10. Sue MacGregor introduces three books that plunder the past. Her own choice is EL Doctorow 's jazz-age novel Ragtime, and her guests are novelist Tessa Hadley , who has chosen JM Coetzee's memoir Boyhood, and the literary journalist John Mullan , whose choice is Ford
Madox Ford's novel The Good Soldier. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Introduces:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
El Doctorow
Unknown:
Tessa Hadley
Unknown:
John Mullan

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