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Three programmes in which programme-makers, performers and writers remember some of the great radio shows of the past.
2: Have a Go
Possibly the most popular quiz show ever broadcast by the BBC is remembered by Stephen Williams , who produced it for many years.
Producer Mark Savage

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Williams
Producer:
Mark Savage

live from St George 's, Brandon Hill , Bristol.
Led by the Rev Stephen Lynas with the Jane Lilley Singers.
How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds (Reinagle); I Corinthians 11, vv 17-26
(NIV); Broken for Me (Lunt); Such Love (Kendrick). Pianist Colin Hunt.
Director of Music
Jane Gibb. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
St George
Unknown:
Brandon Hill
Unknown:
Stephen Lynas
Singers:
Jane Lilley
Pianist:
Colin Hunt.
Unknown:
Jane Gibb.

Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests, with readers Barbara Jefford and Denys Hawthorne , and guest Paul Muldoon.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo
0 REQUESTS to: 'Poetry Pleasel', BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
Barbara Jefford
Readers:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Paul Muldoon.
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

Peter Tinniswood 's six-part serial.
4: A Dangerous Critter
Everybody except William has fallen in love: Nancy with Roland from the Ministry of Whatsisname, Father with a ghastly old crone, Rosie with a handsome young 'blokie' and Winston with a disgusting woman from the fish shop.
Director Shaun MacLoughlin Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Tinniswood
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Nancy:
Shirley Dixon
Father:
, Maurice Denham
Rosie:
Liz Goulding
William:
Christian Rodska
Winston:
Bill Wallis

with Jenni Murray. In February 1987 18-year-old
Anne Reynolds was given a life sentence for murder after she had killed her sleeping mother with a hammer.
She tells her story to Helen Lloyd.
Serial: A Country of Strangers by Susan Richards Shreve. The sixth of ten episodes read by William Roberts. Abridged by Pat McLoughlin Music: Carl Davis 's
The Searle Suite
Editor Sally Feldman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Anne Reynolds
Unknown:
Helen Lloyd.
Unknown:
Susan Richards Shreve.
Read By:
William Roberts.
Abridged By:
Pat McLoughlin
Music:
Carl Davis
Editor:
Sally Feldman

Miss Probert is a fiercely respectable librarian, but retirement threatens to reveal the one guilty secret in her impeccable career. Written by Alun Richards.
Director Jane Dauncey. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Written By:
Alun Richards.
Director:
Jane Dauncey.
Miss Probert:
Rosemary Leach
Captain Probert:
Glyn Houston
Captain Ryan:
Denys Hawthorne
Winifred:
Melanie Walters
Vincent Pulfurd:
Gerald James
Victor Pulford:
David Garfield
Gail:
Tessa Gearing

Natalie Wheen talks to the conductor Sir Georg Solti ; reviews the new album by Sting; and meets the photographer of Northern Ireland's landscapes, Willie Doherty. Producer Beaty Rubens. Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Natalie Wheen
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Unknown:
Willie Doherty.
Producer:
Beaty Rubens.

Abandoned
In 1914 Rodin, the French sculptor, spent a few bewildered weeks in a Cheltenham hotel with his secretary Judith and his mistress Rose; but the love of his life,
Camille Claudel , was left behind in a lunatic asylum in France. Written by Jonathan Smith.
Director Shaun MacLoughlin. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Camille Claudel
Written By:
Jonathan Smith.
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin.
Auguste Rodin:
Freddie Jones
Camille Claudel:
Carolyn Backhouse
Judith:
Maureen O'Brien
Rose:
Mary Wimbush
Alain Duval:
Hugh Dickson
Mrs Parker:
June Barrie
Nancy:
Jane Slavin
Hotel guests:
Elizabeth Kelly
Hotel guests:
Penelope Lee
Hotel guests:
John Moffatt
Hotel guests:
Paul Nicholson
Models:
Danielle Allan
Models:
Kate Lynn Evans

Age of Iron
J M Coetzee's haunting novel, set in Cape Town and written in the form of a letter to the narrator's daughter in America. The sixth of ten episodes read by Yvonne Bryceland. Abridged by Brian Astbury Producer Stewart Conn

Contributors

Read By:
Yvonne Bryceland.
Abridged By:
Brian Astbury
Producer:
Stewart Conn

Starring Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne.
With Sam Costa. Maurice Denham , Maureen Riscoe and Helen Hill. Plus the Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black . Producer Leslie Bndgmont
(First broadcast on the Light Programme in 1948)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Kenneth Horne.
Unknown:
Sam Costa.
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Maureen Riscoe
Unknown:
Helen Hill.
Conducted By:
Stanley Black
Producer:
Leslie Bndgmont

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