The best of The Farming Week in 1989.
with James Whitbourn
with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys
Including the result of the Today Man of the Year poll.
with Cliff Morgan.
Presented by Bernard Falk with Nigel Coombs
Ned Sherrin introduces a compilation of some of the year's least ephemeral Loose Ends. Contributions from Robert Elms, Craig Charles ,
Victoria Mather , Emma Freud , John Walters , Mark Steyn ,
Victor Lewis-Smith ,
Carol Thatcher , Dylan Winter , Jonathan Ross , Richard Jobson , Arthur Smith and Rory Bremner. Stereo
with David Walter.
What will politicians be debating at the end of 1999? Producer GARETH BUTLER
Producer DAVID STEVENSON
Presented by Louise Botting and Vincent Duggleby.
The first of two literary quizzes. With Sue Limb Tom Rosenthal Denise Coffey and George Melly. In the chair
Libby Purves.
Script GED PARSONS
Question deviser and producer DAVID BENEDICTUS
The last of three assessments of the 80s.
Walkmans, Neighbours, the Rubik Cube, Wall Street, aerobics and Jane Fonda, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Cats, AIDS, Kenneth Branagh and the resurrection of Bobby Ewing.
John Walters takes a personal swing through the 1980s.
The bumbling good will of the Home Guard, the pettiness of small-town officialdom and the shambolic progress of everyday conversation were the hallmarks of Rob Wilton 's comedy.
Presenter Russell Davis and Michael Williams recall the clarity of his observation.
Written by RUSSELL DAVIS Producer NEIL CARGILL
by STEPHEN DUNSTONE. With and A writer finds two separate postcards sent 50 years earlier by a girl called Ethel. The coincidence provokes him to investigate a strange and haunting story. Somebody dies - but who?
Pianist MARY NASH
Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN (R) Stereo
A chance to eavesdrop on rehearsals for this evening's production of The Price.
Researcher BARBIE MACLAURIN Compiled and produced by ED THOMASON . Stereo
Georgina Ferry looks forward to the next decade.
Producer JACKIE LUNN
In the company of Primrose Peacock,
Dylan Winter steps into a world of grass cuttings, Victorian commodes and religious artefacts in the council rubbish tip. Producer BRIAN KING
BBC Pebble Mill
Jeremy Nicholas marks the 60th anniversary of the recording of Nymphs and Shepherds, by the Manchester
Schoolchildren's Choir, with the Halle Orchestra under Sir Hamilton Harty.
Contributions from original members including Stan Rose , Honorary General
Secretary of the 1929 Nymphs and Shepherds Association.
Producer IAN GARDHOUSE
and Sports Round-Up
Omnibus edition. Stereo
with Robert Robinson. Music by DILUE KEANE. Stereo
BBC Radio Drama presents The LA Classic Theater Works in The Price by ARTHUR MILLER. With and guest
The sale of some family heirlooms forces two estranged brothers to face up to the realities of their past. Directed by MARTIN JENKINS. Stereo (R)
Harris Yulin , a member of the LA Classic
Theater Works, reads ARTHUR MILLER 'S short story about the price of fame.
Producer GERRY JONES (R)
led by Tom Fleming Stereo
Frumkins
A tale of two wine shops. The first was in London's Commercial
Road in the heart of the Jewish East End. The second is in Great
Titchfield Street between the West End rag trade and the media. The 79-year-old
Aaron Frumkin has presided over both and introduces you to his family, his customers and his friends. Compiled by ADRIAN QUINE
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT Stereo
40 See panel opposite
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. A chance encounter with the famed Maori songstress in Sowerby Bridge causes Claude Jenks to indulge in random jottings ... Reader
Malcolm Hebden.
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester. Stereo
As the snow drifts over Downing Street, Maggie's mind surveys a decade of dominance. Denis sips a case of vintage port. The Week Ending team provide the chestnuts.
Compiled by Mark Brisenden and Simon Bullivant.
Sketches by Guy Jenkin, Nick Revell, James Hendrie, Ian Brown, Pete Sinclair, Dave Cohen, Mark Burton, John O'Farrell, Ged Parsons, Robert Linford and Barry Atkins.
(Stereo)
Eight classic comedy profiles introduced by Barry Cryer.
2: Peter Sellers Stereo (R)
