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Eight programmes on the life of Byron as told in his own letters.
With Robert Powell as Lord Byron.
4: A Game at Hearts
Selected and introduced by Brian Gear.
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Powell
Introduced By:
Brian Gear.
Producer:
Margaret Bradley

Six quests in search of weird and endangered animals in the company of Mark Carwardine and Douglas Adams. 2: Gone Fishing!
What the Chinese believe to be the reincarnation of a drowned princess is, of course, the Yangtze River dolphin.
Additional music by STEVEN FAUX
Producer CHRIS MUIR Series producer
GAYNOR SHUTTE. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Carwardine
Unknown:
Douglas Adams.
Music By:
Steven Faux
Producer:
Chris Muir
Unknown:
Gaynor Shutte.

by JEANNE FEASEY. With Moir Leslie as young Lottie and Eva Stuart as Lottie in old age.
Lottie, who epitomises the prim Victorian maiden aunt, hides beneath an impeccable exterior a guilty secret.
TOM STEER (piano)
Directed by KAY PATRICK BBC Manchester. Stereo
0 See David Gillard. right

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeanne Feasey.
Unknown:
Moir Leslie
Unknown:
Eva Stuart
Directed By:
Kay Patrick
Unknown:
David Gillard.
Tryphena:
Joanna MacKie
Emily:
Janet Rawson
Maud:
Linda Gardner
Mrs Crabbe/Midwife/Visitor:
Joan Campion
Mrs Harris/Mrs Lawrence/Visitor:
Pauline Jefferson
'Fardy'/Harry Turner:
Malcolm Hebden
Horace Bracewell/Mr Lawrence:
Rodney Litchfield

Long-Distance Run
Acting is an insecure profession, but the security of a long run brings its own problems. Christopher Bigsby talks to actors about the demands of putting on a performance night after night.
Producer NOAH RICHLER. Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Christopher Bigsby
Producer:
Noah Richler.

The last of four programmes in which
Jenni Mills traces critical periods in family life. On 22 August 1985,
Damien, Debbie and two friends boarded a flight for Corfu at Manchester airport. The plane never got off the runway; fire and smoke spread through the passenger cabin.
Damien and Debbie got out - their friends didn't. Producer SARAH ROWLANDS

Contributors

Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

The school for clowns starts a new season; the Japanese come to the National Theatre; and masterpieces of Dutch painting are on show in Birmingham.
Presenter Paul Vaughan. Producer NICKI PAXMAN Stereo (Revised repeat on Thursday at 4.35pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Vaughan.
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

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