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With John Humphrys and Carolyn Quinn.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Susan Hulme and David Wilby.
7.45 Thought for the Day With Indarjit Singh.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Carolyn Quinn.
Unknown:
Susan Hulme
Unknown:
David Wilby.
Unknown:
Indarjit Singh.

2/5. One of the most remarkable literary collections - the John Murray archive - will be put on permanent exhibition in Edinburgh early next year. Charles Darwin was one of Murray's authors, and the archive includes his original letter outlining the chapters of The Origin of Species.
Presented by Vanessa Collingridge. Producer Lynne Mennie

Contributors

Unknown:
John Murray
Unknown:
Charles Darwin
Presented By:
Vanessa Collingridge.
Producer:
Lynne Mennie

New series 1/3. The Antikythera Mechanism. One of the most extraordinary surviving artefacts from ancient Greece was found in 1900. The Antikythera mechanism is an intricate combination of bronze dials and gears that has baffled researchers since its discovery. Exactly what kind of astronomical device is it? Aubrey Manning travels to Athens to uncover findings that could revolutionise our understanding Of the history of astronomy. Producer Pamela Rutherford

Contributors

Unknown:
Aubrey Manning
Producer:
Pamela Rutherford

Susan George, herself a former child actor, looks back at the colourful history of Children's Film Foundation and reveals its unique place in the history of British film production. Along with affectionate memories of Saturday-morning pictures, she reflects on how the Foundation helped to launch the careers of many stars. With contributions from Anthony Valentine, Gary Kemp and film historian Steve Ellison. Producer Stephen Garner Repeated on Sunday at 12.15am

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan George
Unknown:
Anthony Valentine
Unknown:
Gary Kemp
Unknown:
Steve Ellison.
Producer:
Stephen Garner

Consumer affairs, with Winifred Robinson and Peter White. Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours.
PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 10am

Contributors

Unknown:
Winifred Robinson
Unknown:
Peter White.

The tenth-century Welsh ruler Hywel Dda created the country's first uniform legal system. One of his laws ensured that the Master Harper or Pencerdd was paid enough to take on an apprentice. Former Royal Harpist Catrin Finch joins young harpists from all over the globe at the Wales International Harp Festival as they compete for the 21st-century title of Pencerdd, to see whether those 1,000-year-old laws continue to bear fruit. Producer Paul Evans

Contributors

Unknown:
Hywel Dda
Unknown:
Master Harper
Harpist:
Catrin Finch
Producer:
Paul Evans

It's 1973 and a network of women from all around the world, who have emigrated to Whitmore Reans , Wolverhampton, for a variety of reasons, come together and tell their stories of survival, both in their homelands and in their often hostile new country. Originally created by the Foursight Theatre Company. Adapted by Kaite O'Reilly.
Producer Kate Chapman

Contributors

Unknown:
Whitmore Reans
Adapted By:
Kaite O'Reilly.
Producer:
Kate Chapman
Jacinta:
Donna Heaslip
Minaxi:
Bharti Patel
Margot:
Frances Land
Lou:
Lorna Laidlaw
Sinead:
Joanne Moseley
Naomi:
Wreh-Asha Walton
Winston:
Delroy Brown
Voice of Enoch Powell:
Kim Wall

9/10. Nick Baker and the team answer listeners' historical questions. Producer Nick Patrick
ADDRESS: Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 ITU email:making.history@bbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Baker
Producer:
Nick Patrick

2/5. Recycling by Eleanor Verbicky-Todd , read by Barbara Barnes. Wings of Vedanthangal by Anupama Chandrasekhar , read by Lyndam Gregory. The List by Sue Perkins , read by Susan Curnow. For further details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Verbicky-Todd
Read By:
Barbara Barnes.
Unknown:
Anupama Chandrasekhar
Read By:
Lyndam Gregory.
Unknown:
Sue Perkins
Read By:
Susan Curnow.

5/6. Sitcom written by and starring Gyles Brandreth and Nick Revell. Sophie is mistaken for an asylum seeker, and Nick and Gyles are desperate to help her.
Producer Ed Morrish

Contributors

Unknown:
Gyles Brandreth
Unknown:
Nick Revell.
Producer:
Ed Morrish
Gyles:
Gyles Brandreth
Nick:
Nick Revell
Sophie:
Guqu Mbatha-Raw
Piers/Brian:
Martin Hyder
Immigration officer:
Dan Mersh
Olga:
Barunka O'Shaughnessy

2/5. Convinced that the derelict house is haunted by a malevolent spirit, Jabez Jarber discovers the story of the first occupants and a doomed Manchester marriage that may still infest the London house. By Charles Dickens , Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell.
For cast and further details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Jabez Jarber
Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Wilkie Collins
Unknown:
Elizabeth Gaskell.

Medical journalist Matthew Hill investigates a Kiev clinic that trades in stem cells that have been harvested from aborted foetuses. He asks how stem cells have become such a commodity and talks to a prominent UK scientist who wishes the benefits of stem cells had never been discovered at all.
(Repeated Sunday 5pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Hill
Producer:
Richard McIlroy

5/5. Is My Drinking Normal? Britain is a nation of drinkers: we now drink twice as much alcohol as we did 50 years ago. Health professionals believe so-called normal drinkers are exceeding safe limits and that drastic measures are needed to halve consumption. Vivienne Parry asks what the impact is of drinking a couple of glasses of wine with a meal and a few more at the office Christmas party. Producer Katy Hickman Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Contributors

Presenter:
Vivienne Parry
Producer:
Katy Hickman

2/6. Trevor, the sports agent with a conscience, tries to cope with nightmare clients, Yorkshiremen, and a dog with a difference. Comedy by Andy Hamilton.
Producer Andy Hamilton

Contributors

Comedy By:
Andy Hamilton.
Producer:
Andy Hamilton
Trevor:
Nell Pearson
Sammy:
Paul Reynolds
Ralph Michael:
Fenton Stevens
Theresa:
Rosalind Ayres
Heidrun:
Cosima Shaw
Barry:
Abdul Sails
Meryl:
Claire Skinner
Lance:
Simon Greenall

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