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With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday In Parliament With David Wilby and Alicia McCarthy.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Giles Fraser. Editor of Today Ceri Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sarah Montague.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
David Wilby
Unknown:
Alicia McCarthy.
Unknown:
Dr Giles Fraser.
Unknown:
Ceri Thomas

Australia v England
The conclusion of the one-day international at
Melbourne. Commentary by Simon Mann , Arlo White and Tim Lane , with Angus Fraser. Including at 8.31
Yesterday in Parliament and at 9.45 Act of Worship, from Cardiff, with the Rev Roy Jenkins.
Producer Matt Davies -approximate time ighlights of this game are on BBC2 at 11.35pm tonight

Contributors

Commentary By:
Simon Mann
Commentary By:
Arlo White
Commentary By:
Tim Lane
Unknown:
Angus Fraser.
Unknown:
Roy Jenkins.
Producer:
Matt Davies

Last June, Radio 4 broadcast this audio diary by journalist and presenter Nick Clarke and his wife Barbara of the unpredictable paths their lives took following Nick's radical surgery for cancer. When it was transmitted, recovery seemed well on the way and Nick was once again behind the microphone. But last autumn, the cancer returned and in November he died. In this revised repeat, Barbara Concludes Nick 's Story. Producer Simon Elmes Revised

Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Barbara Concludes Nick
Producer:
Simon Elmes

Deep in the New York Public Library is an astonishing collection of 25,000 menus, single-handedly gathered by the mysterious Miss Frank Buttolph , who died in 1924. Tim Marlow reports on how one woman's obsession now gives unique insights into long-forgotten tastes and dishes, and inspired an archive that continues to the present day. Producer John Goudie

Contributors

Unknown:
Miss Frank Buttolph
Unknown:
Tim Marlow
Producer:
John Goudie

Adrian Mole as the "representative voice from Middle England" is commissioned to present a feature on Tony Blair's ten years as prime minister.
Not surprisingly, Adrian has a somewhat idiosyncratic view on the Blair legacy. Written by Sue Townsend
Producer/Director Gordon House

Contributors

Written By:
Sue Townsend.
Director:
Gordon House
Adrian:
Pierce Oulgley
Tony:
Rory Bremner
Cherie:
Harriet Waiter
Pandora:
Jenny Funnell

5/5. The Truth about Me and Dick Whittington
A contemporary retelling of the classic tale from the viewpoint of a cat in control. By Ursula Wills-Jones , read by Stuart Crossman. For further details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Whittington
Control By:
Ursula Wills-Jones
Read By:
Stuart Crossman.

5/5. Concluding her look at the world of the home-worker, Zoe Williams asks whether we will all be doing it soon and if the policy-makers will look after us if we do. And will we really be able to give up the gossip round the watercooler? For further details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Zoe Williams

2/8. Topical comedy panel game, featuring cryptic questions, acerbic satire and humorous newspaper cuttings sent in by listeners. Chaired by Sandi Toksvig with panellists Andy Hamilton , Fred MacAulay , Jeremy Hardy and Alan Coren. Producer Katie Tyrrell Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandi Toksvig
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Fred MacAulay
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Alan Coren.
Producer:
Katie Tyrrell

Mike hears a different side to the story. For cast see page 30 Writer Joanna Toye
Director Julie Beckett ; Editor Vanessa Whitburn ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanna Toye
Director:
Julie Beckett
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Hornchurch, Essex, puts topical questions to a panel that includes the Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas. Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Caroline Lucas.
Producer:
Anne Peacock

A husband and wife tell the same story of a bitter divorce and its appalling fall-out from two different standpoints.
He is driven to an act of ultimate revenge after battling for access to his children. Meanwhile, her story is interwoven as she talks to a journalist several years later about the morale-sapping mechanical legal process. By Colin Teevan. Producer/Director David Hunter

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Teevan.
Director:
David Hunter
Husband:
Greg Hicks
Wife:
Clare Hlqqins

5/8. Richard Beckinsale. Alan Davies nominates the star of Porridge and Rising Damp. With contributions from
Stephen Frears , Beckinsale's widow Judy Loe , and Ronnie Barker. Presented by Matthew Parris. See Choice: p120. Repeated from Tuesday at 4.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Beckinsale.
Unknown:
Alan Davies
Unknown:
Stephen Frears
Unknown:
Judy Loe
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker.
Presented By:
Matthew Parris.

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