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Brian Johnston visits
Llangollen in Clwyd. The town, once a centre for slate quarrying, is famous for its annual International Musical
Eisteddfod. The town is surrounded by spectacular scenery and is an important centre for tourists.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Source: Radio Times
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2: The Civil Service is too Big
Hugo Young investigates the popular charge that the Civil Service is too big, with, among others, the man sent in by Mrs Thatcher to scrutinise efficiency in Whitehall, Sir Derek Rayner , and acting civil servants at all levels.

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugo Young
Unknown:
Mrs Thatcher
Unknown:
Sir Derek Rayner
Source: Radio Times
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A dramatisation in six parts by FREDERICK BRADNUM of The Valley of Bones, The Soldier's Art and The Military Philosophers, books seven, eight and nine of Anthony Powell 's sequence of 12 novels.
The brilliant, yet turbulent, 1930s have drawn to a close. For
Nicholas Jenkins another stage of life has passed, finally, irrevocably. His world of seedy-smart Bohemianism and aristocratic high-life dissolves. The rules and discipline of war now prevail.
2: The Valley of Bones

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederick Bradnum
Unknown:
Anthony Powell
Nicholas Jenkins:
Noel Johnson
younger Nicholas:
Gareth Johnson
Captain Gwatkin:
Richard Gold-Parry
Source: Radio Times
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A history in 26 parts in the words of those who have made the history.
26: Offshore and Undersea The land has been transformed by man; the sea remains unchanged. Despite the technological revolutions, seafaring remains unchanged too in many ways; yet it is also opening into new dimensions undreamed of before.

Source: Radio Times

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