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Presenter Bernard Falk. Cindy Selby heads off to the Arctic Circle in the company of reindeer and polar bear.
Simon Parkes experiences the elegant city of Venice for a short break in the lap of luxury.
Producer CAROLINE DALY

Contributors

Presenter:
Bernard Falk.
Presenter:
Cindy Selby
Unknown:
Simon Parkes
Producer:
Caroline Daly

with Ned Sherrin Robert Elms
Victoria Mather and John Walters
Additional material from
ANDREW NICKOLDS
Producers LAN
GARDHOUSE JANET LEE and CHARLIE BUNCE Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Robert Elms
Unknown:
Victoria Mather
Unknown:
John Walters
Unknown:
Gardhouse Janet Lee
Unknown:
Charlie Bunce

with Louise Botting and Vincent Duggleby. Managing your money has changed considerably over the last ten years. The
Money Box team looks back at the effect of these changes. Producer
FRANCES MACDONALD

Contributors

Unknown:
Louise Botting
Unknown:
Vincent Duggleby.
Unknown:
Frances MacDonald

The major political events of the last 12 months completely ignored in favour of the trivial and pointless. Barry Took chairs, with Richard Ingrams and Alan Coren.
Guests John Wells and Kate Adie.
Written and compiled by JOHN LANGDON and the producer ARMANDO IANNUCCI Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams
Unknown:
Alan Coren.
Unknown:
John Wells
Unknown:
Kate Adie.
Unknown:
John Langdon
Producer:
Armando Iannucci

The Rt Hon
Tony Benn , mp The Rt Hon
Michael Heseltine , mp The Rt Hon
Enoch Powell and Fay Weldon. Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby. and at 2.00pm
Any Answers? [number removed]
Call Jonathan Dimbleby with views on the issues raised in Any Questions? Producers ANNA CARRAGHER and CHARLIE BUNCE
0 LINES OPEN from 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Benn
Unknown:
Michael Heseltine
Unknown:
Enoch Powell
Unknown:
Fay Weldon.
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Charlie Bunce

A play by DON HAWORTH. 'Once upon a time, many years ago, in 1930, a young girl dwelt with her guardians at an old stone farmhouse high on the moors....'
Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Play By:
Don Haworth.
Directed By:
Alfred Bradley

Suffolk life in peace and war remembered by John Death, Sam Humphrey, Busky Laurie, Eric Schranz and Ken Smith.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Speaker:
John Death
Speaker:
Sam Humphrey
Speaker:
Busky Laurie
Speaker:
Eric Schranz
Speaker:
Ken Smith
Researcher:
David Sullivan
Recorded by:
Liz Rorison
Technical Presentation:
Peter Novis
Technical Presentation:
Rosamund Mason
Producer:
Piers Plowright

by Charles Dickens, adapted in seven daily parts by Nick McCarty.

A man buried 18 years and now 'recalled to life'; the first link in a chain binding London and Paris at the height of the French Revolution
(Stereo) (R)

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Adapted by:
Nick McCarty
Music:
Wilfredo Acosta
Technical Presentation:
Peter Novis
Technical Presentation:
Wilfredo Acosta
Technical Presentation:
Ian Harker
Technical Presentation:
Susan Keynon
Assistant to Director:
Tracey Neale
Director:
Ian Cotterell
Sydney Carton:
Charles Dance
Charles Darnay:
John Duttine
Mr Lorry:
Richard Pasco
Dr Manette:
Maurice Denham
Lucie Manette:
Charlotte Attenborough
Miss Pross:
Barbara Leigh Hunt
Jerry Cruncher:
John Hollis
Mrs Cruncher:
Eva Stuart
Young Jerry:
Richard Pearce
Mr Stryver:
Aubrey Woods
Madame Defarge:
Margaret Robertson
Monsieur Defarge:
John Bull
Marquis de St Evremonde:
John Moffatt
Barsad:
Geoffrey Whitehead
[Actress]:
Helena Breck
[Actor]:
Nicholas Courtney
[Actor]:
Peter Craze
[Actor]:
Ken Cumberlidge
[Actor]:
Christopher Good
[Actor]:
Michael Graham Cox
[Actress]:
Sheila Grant
[Actor]:
James Grout
[Actress]:
Rebecca Jones
[Actress]:
Jo Kendall
[Actor]:
Godfrey Kenton
[Actor]:
David March
[Actor]:
Ian Michie
[Actor]:
Leslie Mills
[Actor]:
Dominic Rickhards
[Actor]:
Brian Sanders
[Actress]:
Susan Sheridan
[Actor]:
Philip Sully
[Actor]:
Jonathan Tafler
[Actor]:
Ian Targett
[Actor]:
Richard Tate
[Actor]:
John Warner

Pianist Peter Donohoe talks to June Knox-
Mawer about his career and introduces some of his recordings.
Producer DEREK DRESCHER
Stereo (Vladimir Ashkenazy on Wednesday at 11.00pm)

Contributors

Pianist:
Peter Donohoe
Producer:
Derek Drescher
Unknown:
Vladimir Ashkenazy

Most cultures have a festive time when folk tales are retold, often using animal metaphors to explain life's mysteries Rosalie Crutchley Garard Green and Andrew Sachs tell some of the stories gathered by DAVID HELTCH from five continents.
Presenter Barry Paine. Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosalie Crutchley
Unknown:
Garard Green
Unknown:
Andrew Sachs
Unknown:
David Heltch
Presenter:
Barry Paine.
Producer:
John Harrison

The last in the series.
Starring and Patricia Routledge and characters.
Announcer BRIAN PERKINS.
Adapted by MICHAEL BARFIELD with RICHARD INGRAMS
Producer HARRY THOMPSON Stereo (R)

Contributors

Announcer:
Brian Perkins.
Adapted By:
Michael Barfield
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams
Producer:
Harry Thompson
Beachcomber:
Richard Ingrams
Prodnose:
John Wells
a host of other:
John Sessions

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