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Four British families; the Nobletts, the Lejeunnes, the Pathaks and the Haslams, continue their detective story through a thousand years of world history.
Written and presented by Eric Robson
Producer GAYNOR SHUTTE

Contributors

Presented By:
Eric Robson
Producer:
Gaynor Shutte

Seven novelists in conversation with Rosemary Hartill about their ideas and beliefs. 2: Bernice Rubens
'One of the reasons I don't fight anti-Semitism is that it will always be with us because man has a neurotic need for scapegoating.'
Producer DAVID COOMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Unknown:
Bernice Rubens
Producer:
David Coomes

The Nine Tailors by DOROTHY L SAYERS adapted in eight episodes by ALISTAIR BEATON. With and 1: The Bells Are Rung Up
Producer MARTIN FISHER Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy L Sayers
Unknown:
Alistair Beaton.
Producer:
Martin Fisher
Lord Peter:
Ian Carmichael
Bunter:
Peter Jones
the Rev Theodore Venables:
Philip Latham
STEPHEN GREIF:
Stephen Driver
Mrs Agnes Venables:
Noel Dyson
Emily:
Jenny Twigge
Mr Godfrey:
Haydn Wood
Ezra Wilderspin:
John Church
Johnson:
Haydn Wood
Narrator:
John Westbrook

by MICHAEL PAYNE. With and Shortly after the First
World War, Elsa returns to her childhood village to find the community turning to the past and their primitive mid. summer rites.
Directed by DAVID JOHNSTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Payne.
Directed By:
David Johnston
Elsa:
Helena Breck
Rose:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Rev Helford:
John Warner
Sir Philip Bowfounder:
Reginald Marsh
Jack Hern:
Sam Miller
Mrs Fisher:
Anna Cropper
Whisperers:
Alice Arnold
Whisperers:
Richard Tate

A new translation of Turgenev's First Love; Nigel Forde discusses changing interpretations of love in fiction with Antonia Byatt , Deborah Moggach and Nigel Williams.
Producers SALLY MARMION and EDWINA WOLSTENCROFT

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Antonia Byatt
Unknown:
Deborah Moggach
Unknown:
Nigel Williams.
Producers:
Sally Marmion

devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON. John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden.
In the chair Steve Race. Questions compiled by STEVE RACE
Producer PETE ATKIN Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason.
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden.
Unknown:
Steve Race.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

(A 1989 Sony Award winner)
In 1988 the first British foetal brain implant was performed, offering new hope for Parkinson's Disease sufferers in Britain.
Barbara Myers follows Fred Roberts and Cyril Hayes through the weeks leading up to the operation and afterwards.
BBC Pebble Mill (R)

Contributors

Reporter:
Barbara Myers
Subject:
Fred Roberts
Subject:
Cyril Hayes
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

Supply-Side Unionism After a steep decline in trade union membership and power, some union leaders are reassessing their role both in the economy and in the Labour Party.
Presenter John Eidinow Producer NICOLA MEYRICK Editor CAROLINE ANSTEY

Contributors

Presenter:
John Eidinow
Producer:
Nicola Meyrick
Editor:
Caroline Anstey

Actress Cherie Lunghi is The Manageress on Channel 4; Richard Cork surveys the Tate of the North a year after its opening; and conductor
Herbert von Karajan tells his own story.
Presenter Anne Theroux Producer JOHN BOUNDY. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Cherie Lunghi
Unknown:
Richard Cork
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Presenter:
Anne Theroux
Producer:
John Boundy.

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