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Six programmes in which Jenni Mills talks to people who were famous for 15 minutes.
2: In 1984 John and Liz Gillespie , unable to sell their house, decided to raffle it ... Five years later they've changed their name and are living quietly in Devon.
Producer SARAH ROWLANDS BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Talks:
Jenni Mills
Unknown:
Liz Gillespie
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

Seven novelists in conversation with Rosemary Hartill about their ideas and beliefs. 6: Iris Murdoch
'I think that people are terribly strange and terribly different from one another. I have known people who are much odder than the people in my books.'
Producer DAVID COOMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Unknown:
Iris Murdoch
Producer:
David Coomes

The Nine Tailors by DOROTHY L SAYERS adapted in eight episodes by ALISTAIR BEATON. With and 5: A Question of Identity
Narrator JOHN WESTBROOK Producer MARTIN FISHER (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Alistair Beaton.
Narrator:
John Westbrook
Producer:
Martin Fisher
Lord Peter:
Ian Carmichael
Bunter:
Peter Jones
Supt Blundell:
Timothy Bateson
The Rev Theodore Venables:
Philip Latham
Nobby Cranton:
Stephen Greif
Mrs Venables:
Noel Dyson
Emily:
Jenny Twigge
Potty Peake:
Antony Hyde
Donnington:
John Church

What makes a good teacher? Children, parents and teachers themselves tell Jill Burridge.
Serial: Walking Across Egypt (l) by CLYDE EDGERTON abridged in 11 episodes by MONICA GREY. Read by Margaret Robertson
'Mattie Rigsbee visited Wesley Benfield at the Young Men's
Rehabilitation Centre After all, the Bible said, "When you've done something for these my brethren, you've done something for Jesus".
Though she had to admit Wesley, with his bad teeth and stringy hair, didn't look much like Jesus.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Burridge.
Unknown:
Clyde Edgerton
Read By:
Margaret Robertson
Read By:
Mattie Rigsbee
Unknown:
Wesley Benfield

by WILLIAM INGRAM. With and During a howling gale, a retired coalminer and a rather grand lady meet in ashelteronthe promenade.
Directed by ENYD WILLIAMS Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
William Ingram.
Directed By:
Enyd Williams
Lady Clare Carnaby:
Stephanie Cole
Hugh Jenkins:
Aubrey Richards
Gwyn Richards:
Lewis Jones
Ken Jenkins:
Ioan Meredith
Flotsum:
William Ingram
Louis:
Frank Coda

devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON. with John Amis , Frank Muir , 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.

The Green Machine
How would government have to be reorganised if green issues really did move to the top of the agenda? How much would the new green machine cost, and who would pay? Presenter David Walker Producer CAROLINE ANSTEY

Contributors

Presenter:
David Walker
Producer:
Caroline Anstey

American choreographer Paul Taylor brings his company to London a British actress is the star of a Georgian film; and writer and composer Paul Bowles is examined in a new biography.
Presenter Larry Sullivan Producer RICHARD BANNERMAN Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Taylor
Unknown:
Paul Bowles
Presenter:
Larry Sullivan
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

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