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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 Susan Hulme and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Alan Billings.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Susan Hulme
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Dr Alan Billings.

In the middle of the Second World War. the British authorities had a problem: what to do with those children who had been evacuated but who were too disturbed or delinquent for families to handle. So when a group of young conscientious objectors offered to take some of them, nobody asked too many questions. But as Jolyon Jenkins reveals, when the authorities finally found out what was happening, they were horrified. producer Jolyon Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Jolyon Jenkins
Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins

Comedian Jo Brand and actors Eve Matheson,
Philip Franks and Jon Glover entertain an audience with some of Brand's favourite pieces of writing, including a poem by John Hegley , a story by Annie Proulx and a song from Elvis Costello. Producer Viv Beeby

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Brand
Unknown:
Philip Franks
Unknown:
Jon Glover
Unknown:
John Hegley
Story By:
Annie Proulx
Unknown:
Elvis Costello.
Producer:
Viv Beeby

In a surprising setting, Mary and David Warburton , happily married for a long time, meet after a three-year gap. But what will Fiona say? And who exactly is Angela? A comedy of relationships by Robert Shearman , starring Pauline Collins and Richard Briers.
Director Martin Jarvis ; Producer Rosalind Ayres

Contributors

Unknown:
David Warburton
Unknown:
Robert Shearman
Unknown:
Pauline Collins
Unknown:
Richard Briers.
Director:
Martin Jarvis
Producer:
Rosalind Ayres
Mary:
Pauline Collins
Angela:
Janie Dee
David:
Richard Briers
Fiona:
Jane Goddard

The legacy of Alexis de Tocqueville , one of the world's greatest political thinkers, is examined by Laurie Taylor who wonders what De Tocqueville would have thought about the state of democracy today. With biographer Professor Hugh Brogan. Producer Charlie Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexis de Tocqueville
Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Unknown:
Professor Hugh Brogan.
Producer:
Charlie Taylor

2/2. Concluding the profile by John Bird of the Second
City comedy club in Chicago. Here he examines the impact the club has had on TV comedy and looks at the state of the organisation today, asking if the Bush administration helped return it to its political Satire roots. Producer James Crawford

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bird
Producer:
James Crawford

With John Wilson , including the verdict on the film Pan's Labyrinth, which conjures up violent fantasy against the backdrop Of life in Franco's Spain. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wilson
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

3/5. The Social Worker and the Interpreter's Story. Teddy is a social worker, Laila an interpreter. It's their job to make sure the unaccompanied young Afghan girl who has just arrived on a plane from Pakistan is interviewed and taken to a temporary foster home. By Sarah Daniels
For further details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Daniels
Teddy:
Adam Levy
Laila:
Badria Timimi

8/11. Michael Buerk chairs a live debate, with Melanie Phillips , Clifford Longley , Michael Portillo and Ian Hargreaves. Producer David Coomes Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips
Unknown:
Clifford Longley
Unknown:
Michael Portillo
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves.
Producer:
David Coomes

2/3. The link between earnings and the state pension was established by Barbara Castle in the 1970s. It was broken by the Conservative government in 1980 because, it was argued, it was no longer affordable. Now the major parties have promised to restore the link to earnings, though not for at least six years. It's a victory of sorts for the pensioners, but the campaign goes on. Carolyn Quinn presents. Producer Chris Bond
Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm Repeated next Sunday at 5.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Castle
Unknown:
Carolyn Quinn

3/6. More spoof European radio highlights, including a Danish game show Pig in a Wig, the country ballad Life's
Hard (Being a Swiss Guard) and John Paul ll's entry for the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest (sung in 12 languages!). Producer Johnny Daukes

Contributors

Unknown:
John Paul
Producer:
Johnny Daukes

3/6. Eastern Europe. Country music sensation Tina C continues to probe the EU. "I'm in one of the latest states to join but is it Latvia or Lithuania, Slovakia or Slovenia?" Written and performed by Christopher Green.
Music by Duncan Walsh Atkins and Ian Hill ; Producer Claire Grove

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Green.
Music By:
Duncan Walsh Atkins
Music By:
Ian Hill
Producer:
Claire Grove

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