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The third of four talks. 'I hear people passing the gate say, "You know she's a millionaire," the inference being no one in their right mind would let her live there if she weren't!'
Alan Bennett recalls an unusual visitor who took up residence in his garden. BBC North

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Bennett

A new comedy by R J Gallagher.
With Toyah Wilcox Roderick Smith
Harmage Singh Kalirai. A spicy blend of touching, revealing and hilarious life in a rather unusual lunch club.
Director Nigel Bryant
BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
J Gallagher.
Unknown:
Toyah Wilcox
Unknown:
Roderick Smith
Unknown:
Harmage Singh Kalirai.
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Pub customer:
Alex Jones
Barwoman:
Sheila Kelley
Phoebe Doyle:
Toyah Wilcox
Kevin:
Roderick Smith
Les:
Peter Meakin
Patel:
Kumar Ranji
Mukajee:
Ranjit Nakara
Sanjay:
Jagdish Kumar
Vijay:
Harmage Singh Kalirai
President:
Kaleem Janjua
Treasurer:
Ranjit Nakara
Mrs Doyle:
Sheila Kelley

Walt Whitman 's 'son' met Shakespeare on the banks of the Seine ... and the consequence was: a Parisian legend.
Nigel Forde investigates. Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Walt Whitman
Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Producer:
Simon Elmes

Six scandals or causes célèbres which made the headlines in their day. 4: William Tyndale : School or Scandal? Six teachers were sacked after an inquiry in the mid-70s into the William Tyndale Junior School in Islington, north London.
Some say it was a clash of ideas about education, while others believe it was simply a badly run school.
Written and presented by David Wheeler. Readers John Bull and James Greene.
Producer Mark Savage. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
William Tyndale
Unknown:
William Tyndale Junior
Presented By:
David Wheeler.
Presented By:
James Greene.
Producer:
Mark Savage.

Jeu sans Frontières For all the member states, EEC integration is the biggest game in town, and France is one of the biggest players. But with uncertain prospects in Germany, and the Eastern
Europeans hovering round the table, how will France place her bets? Presenter Richard Mayne.
Producer Fraser Steel Editor Caroline Anstey

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Mayne.
Editor:
Caroline Anstey

Pilot of the Future
Dramatised in four parts by Nick McCarty. With Mick Ford.
On Venus, Dan has fallen to his apparent death; the others of his crew are prisoners of the Treens.
3: The Mekon with Vincent Brimble , Christopher Good ,
Brian Miller , Dale Rapley , Danny Schiller , Charles Simpson and Simon Treves Music Wilfredo Acosta Director Glyn Dearman Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick McCarty.
Unknown:
Mick Ford.
Unknown:
Vincent Brimble
Unknown:
Christopher Good
Unknown:
Brian Miller
Unknown:
Dale Rapley
Unknown:
Danny Schiller
Unknown:
Charles Simpson
Unknown:
Simon Treves
Music:
Wilfredo Acosta
Director:
Glyn Dearman
Dan Dare:
Mick Ford
Sir Hubert:
Terence Alexander
Digby:
Donald Gee
Professor Peabody:
Zelah Clarke
Hank:
William Roberts
Pierre:
Sean Barrett
Mekon:
Richard Pearce
Sondar:
David Goudge
Volstar:
Ben Onwukwe
Kalon:
John Moffatt

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