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with John Humphrys and Brian Redhead.
Details as Monday plus:
7.40 Best of British Youth Finalist:
Lorraine Brackley
7.45 Thought for the Day with Prof Charles Handy
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Brian Redhead.
Unknown:
Prof Charles Handy

Most people feel well and truly accounted for, their lives summarised on birth certificate and poll tax form, credit card and driving licence. But tens of thousands are reported missing each year, and hundreds of thousands are surviving 'semi-detached' from official society.
In a series of four programmes, Hugh Prysor-Jones discovers Britain's lost legions. 2: The Finders
Producer John Forsyth

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Prysor-Jones
Producer:
John Forsyth

Four conversations in which David Walker meets those on the top rung of the public-sector ladder.
1: Marianne Neville-Rolf Former Under-Secretary at the Department of Trade and newly appointed principal of the Civil Service College. Producer Joy Hatwood

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker
Unknown:
Marianne Neville-Rolf
Producer:
Joy Hatwood

Elektra sacrificed her life for her father. But how many other hearts belong to daddy? Kathleen Griffin investigates daughterly devotion.
Presenter Jenni Murray. Serial: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
(7)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Griffin
Presenter:
Jenni Murray.

For seven years Hannah Snell , disguised as a man, fought for king and country. She fought, too, against a shadow-world of turbulent visions and prophetic dreams.
Written by Shirley Gee Music Max Early
Director Gordon House . Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hannah Snell
Written By:
Shirley Gee
Music:
Max Early
Director:
Gordon House
Hannah Snell:
Samantha Bond
Godbolt:
Bill Paterson
Drubber:
Sean Baker
Cuttle:
Donald Gee
Ditch:
Ian Targett
Flegg:
John Hollis
Sculley:
Douglas Blackwell
Mrs Sculley:
Anne Jameson
Cumberland:
David March
Doctor:
John Moffatt
Captain:
Michael Graham Cox

D M Thomas on a fictional encounter between friends from the Soviet Union in his new novel Lying Together, Nigel Forde in a real encounter with radical Soviet journalist Vitaly Korotich; and a personal approach to Sir Francis Drake through John Sugden's biography. Producer Abigail Appleton

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Vitaly Korotich
Unknown:
Sir Francis Drake
Unknown:
John Sugden
Producer:
Abigail Appleton

'When you think of the word bullying, you think of the school bully. You don't think about it happening in respectable places of work...'
Men and women share their experiences of being bullied at work, with Andrea Adams.

(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrea Adams
Producer:
Cathy Drysdale

The poor may always be with us. But Professor A.H. Halsey asks if there is now a permanent underclass without jobs, homes and families. Who are our poor relations and are we prospering at their expense?

(Repeated tomorrow at 11.00am LW)

Contributors

Presenter:
Professor A.H. Halsey
Producer:
Simon Coates

Arthur Miller premieres his latest play at the National Theatre; Andy Kershaw explores his passion for maps; and Nigel Andrews rounds up the films of the week.
Producer Nicki Paxman. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Miller
Unknown:
Andy Kershaw
Unknown:
Nigel Andrews
Producer:
Nicki Paxman.

The last of six parts.
Miss Huddlestone has a flash of inspiration - but has it come in time?
Written by Colin Watson Dramatised by Christopher Denys
Director Tony Cliff. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Colin Watson
Dramatised By:
Christopher Denys
Director:
Tony Cliff.
Insp Purbright:
John Rowe
Miss Teatime:
Linda Gardner
Det Sgt Love:
Paul Downing
Maddox:
Peter Rylands
Mrs Staunch:
Ann Rye
Trelawney:
John Branwell
Lintz:
Nigel Carrington
Miss Huddlestone:
Daphne Oxenford
Chief Constable:
Geoffrey Banks

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