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Six programmes with Mark Carwardine and Douglas Adams.
5: A Man-eating, Evil-smelling Dragon
The Komodo dragon. Additional music by STEVEN FAUX
Series producer
GAYNOR SHUTTE. Stereo

Contributors

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

by CARLOS CERDA translated by MARGARET ETALL. With and What do an exiled prostitute, a young student gone to buy bread and a car with four men in it have to do with Alvaro, winner of the radio competition? The answer lies in his star prize journey!
Directed by MARIA VIGAR Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Carlos Cerda
Translated By:
Margaret Etall.
Directed By:
Maria Vigar
Alvaro:
Philip Sully
the radio presenter:
Christopher Scott
Elena:
Joan Walker
Emilia:
Melinda Walker
First/Second woman:
Cara Kelly
First man:
John Moffatt
Second man/Luis:
Paul Downing
Third woman/Grandma:
Mia Soteriou
Eulalia:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Elvira:
Alice Arnold
Third man:
Norman Bird

Tale Telling
While television is now the predominant method of telling stories, so the momentum grows for the very first medium, one person within a circle of listeners. Christopher Cook reports on the storytelling festivals.
Producer ANTHONY DENSELOW Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

Elizabeth Wright presents six programmes in which the Chinese recall 40 years of Communist rule. 5: Breaking the Iron Rice Bowl
Deng Xiaoping moves
China away from Maoism towards a more individualistic and profit-seeking society. But with growing inflation and corruption, demands for political reform are shattered with the massacre of Tiananmen Square.
Producer DAVID POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Wright
Unknown:
Deng Xiaoping
Producer:
David Powell

Paul Allen plays
'consequences' with a string of authors; Soviet artists come to Glasgow; and Peter Maxwell-Davies conducts his Strathclyde concertos.
Producer SIMON BROUGHTON Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Peter Maxwell-Davies
Producer:
Simon Broughton

Fragments of a decade recalled in nine parts by Harry Thompson. 2: Singing in the Rain During a wet 1951 the Festival of Britain manifested itself as the Dome of Discovery in London and extensive morris dancing in the provinces. But what had changed when the dancing stopped? Researcher
STEPHANIE CROWTHER
Producer AMANDA MARES BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Thompson.
Unknown:
Stephanie Crowther
Producer:
Amanda Mares

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More