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Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into the moral questions behind the week's news. Witnesses face cross-examination from Rabbi Hugo Gryn , Edward Pearce , Janet Daley and Professor Roger Scruton.
Producer David Coomes. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Roger Scruton.
Producer:
David Coomes.

Written by Christopher Reason Director Tracey Neale. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Christopher Reason
Director:
Tracey Neale.
JJ:
Adjoa Andoh
Mary:
Alice Arnold
Suzi:
Hetty Baynes
Sally:
Avril Clark
Alex:
Kate Duchene
Mike:
Scott Farrell
Toby:
Christopher Godwin
Charles:
Michael N Harbour
Julia:
Beverley Hills
Joe:
John Hollis
Helen:
Jenny McCracken
Neville:
David Richard-Fox
Pat:
Marcella Riordan
Tony:
Richard Tate
Kim:
Jane Whittenshaw
William:
Fellx Mortimer

with Jenni Murray.
Serial: Birth Marks
The first of 12 episodes written and read by Sarah Dunant.
Carolyn Hamilton has gone missing.
Hannah Wolfe is a private eye, and it's her job to find Carolyn. Abridged by Doreen Estall

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Read By:
Sarah Dunant.
Read By:
Carolyn Hamilton
Unknown:
Hannah Wolfe
Abridged By:
Doreen Estall

A Selection of Ordinary Household Sounds A husband and wife discuss sounds recorded to deter burglars. But they are more disturbed by a fox that may or may not be real.
Written by Steve May.
Director Richard Wortley. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Steve May.
Director:
Richard Wortley.
Margaret:
Amanda Redman
Seluyn:
Robert Glenister

with Barry Cunliffe.
Ernie Bevin described it as 'a lifeline to sinking men' and Clement Attlee believed it saved Western Europe from communism. The Rt Hon Denis Healey , MP, tells John Miller about the Marshall Plan, which gave 18 billion dollars of American aid to war-torn Europe. And Dominic Lieven recalls
Lenin's New Economic
Plan for the Soviet Union, designed to appease growing peasant unrest with Communist Party policies 70 years ago. Producer John Knight

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cunliffe.
Unknown:
Ernie Bevin
Unknown:
Clement Attlee
Unknown:
Denis Healey
Unknown:
John Miller
Unknown:
Dominic Lieven
Producer:
John Knight

Gill Pyrah discusses The Monkey Wrench Gang, a novel that sparked off a wave of ecological anxiety in the USA; ballerina
Suzanne Farrell recollects her glittering dance career; and the Design
Museum presents the work of Raymond Loewy , from streamlined locomotives to the Coke bottle.
Producer Anthony Denselow
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Suzanne Farrell
Unknown:
Raymond Loewy
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

The final episode of Stephen Sheridan 's six-part comedy.
The Resurrection of Reverend Carswell
'I have something that the Reverend Hornblower will never enjoy; the love and respect of my congregation.'
Producer Lissa Evans. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Sheridan
Producer:
Lissa Evans.
Rev Timothy Carswell:
James Grout
Miss Tilling:
: Margaret Courtenay
Miss Tapp:
Jean Heywood
Rev Hornblower:
Garrick Hagon
Mrs Muir:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Mr Widlake:
Brian Miller
Mrs Widlake:
Bernadine Corrigan
Dr Warlock:
Christopher Good

'In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.'
(Andy Warhol, 1968). In the first of six programmes, Jenni Mills talks to people who were famous for 15 minutes and discovers what happened after.
Ten years ago you could hardly open a tabloid newspaper without seeing some mention of John Knight - 'Superdad'. He lived on Bodmin Moor and spent his time jogging between his two wives and 26 children.
Producer Sarah Rowlands

Contributors

Talks:
Jenni Mills
Unknown:
John Knight
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

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