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A series of six talks about the Third World.
4: African Perestroika Former Ghanaian parliamentary correspondent
Cameron Duodu considers whether
Africa can do without multi-party democracy. Producer Zareer Masani
The discovery of twin baby pandas in the wild may refute the theory that only one of any pair could survive after birth. Andrew Laurie of WWF (World Wide Fund for
Nature) has just returned from China where the fight to save this highly endangered animal from extinction continues. Presented by Fergus Keeling and Nick Davies. Producer John Holm
Reflecting on the concerns of the day. Stereo
Stereo (Omnibus edition on Saturday at 6.25pm)
Sue MacGregor meets Adam Faith , 60s pop star, actor and now successful businessman, to talk about his life and varied career.
Producer Gillian Hush
The pleasures of life in Yemen, legal and illegal, recalled by Roy Stoves. Producer Fiona Couper. Stereo
with John Waite
Stereo
Presented by James Naughtie
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Victorians thought women didn't have them. In the 1970s you had to have several at once. But what do female orgasms feel like?
And how important are they? Women of all ages talk frankly about their sexual experiences. Short story:
Hold Me Fast,
Don't Let Me Pass (final part)
John Cleese reveals his literary influences, and Nigel Forde discovers which sentence novelists find the more difficult to write - the first or the last.
Producer Sally Marmion
Paul Allen goes behind the scenes of the National
Theatre production of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. It's a new adaptation by Alan Bennett , in which Griff Rhys Jones plays Toad, Nicholas Hytner directs, and the Weasels have been learning how to move - like weasels. Producer Kate Wilkinson
Stereo
with Valerie Singleton and Frank Partridge
and Financial Report
Iain Johnstone hosts the celebrity panel show that features magic movie moments.
This week's panel: Dick Vosburgh, Michael Bentine, Angela Douglas and Robin Ray.
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In the first of two programmes, Humphrey Carpenter examines the state of British publishing and finds that the industry has changed out of all recognition. Producer Nick Utechin
Who Cares Anyway? Looking after the old and the sick outside institutions is now the vogue. But, with an ageing population and tight budgets, Professor A H Halsey asks: who will do the caring and how should it be paid for? Producer Simon Coates
Presenter Kati Whitaker.
For disabled listeners. Producer Marlene Pease
Stereo
with Nigel Cassidy Stereo
with Richard Kershaw Stereo
My Uncle Silas by H E Bates.
6: The Sow and Silas
with Dennis Waterman.
The fourth of a six-part political thriller by Nigel Baldwin.
In seeking the killers, Milkie is drawn deeper into trouble - with the Establishment.
Music Laurie Scott Baker Director Jane Dauncey. Stereo
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