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Derek Parker presents the second of four programmes based on James Austen-Leigh 's memoir of his famous aunt, the only account by somebody who actually knew her.
Producer John Knight. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
James Austen-Leigh
Producer:
John Knight.
James Austen-Leigh:
Paul Rogers
Jane Austen:
Joanna David

The last of six short stories by P G Wodehouse. The Crime Wave at
Blandings - Part Two Narrator Nigel Anthony.
Adapted by Richard Usborne Producer Bobby Jaye

Contributors

Unknown:
G Wodehouse.
Narrator:
Nigel Anthony.
Adapted By:
Richard Usborne
Producer:
Bobby Jaye
Lord Emswortk:
Richard Vernon
Beach:
Lockwood West
Lady Constance:
Margot Boyd
Jane:
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Mr Baxter:
Michael McClain

All's fair in love ... but Colin's plan to scupper a rival is just not cricket. A fast-bowling comedy for times of change by R J Gallagher.
Director Nigel Bryant. Stereo 0 DRAMA PHONE LINE: full details of this week's Radio 3 and Radio 4 dramas, including synopses, star casts and background stories about the productions. Dial [number removed]86 - calls charged at 33p per minute cheap rate. 44p all other times.

Contributors

Unknown:
J Gallagher.
Director:
Nigel Bryant.
Commentator:
Daniel Strauss
Vic Clancey:
Leon Tanner
Maurice Tarbuck:
Peter Meakin
Colin Huxley:
Andy Hockley
Alistair Pitchforth:
Daniel Strauss
Kathy:
Moir Leslie

Magic and mystery, the past and the supernatural - the landscape of the prolific author Joan Aitken. She talks to Michael Rosen about her extraordinary and exuberant writing for children.
Producer Jill Burndge

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Aitken.
Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Jill Burndge

Sound pictures of what six cities have meant to six people.
In the second programme, the writer, historian and television presenter
Michael Ignatieff takes you to one of his favourite cities - Moscow.
Producer Martin Buckley Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ignatieff
Producer:
Martin Buckley

Brian Sibley sees the American film hit Sleeping with the Enemy; reggae singer Bob Marley is remembered in images and music; and Waldemar Januszczak takes a fresh took at the newly cleaned Sistine Chapel in Rome. Producer Anthony Denselow
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Singer:
Bob Marley
Singer:
Waldemar Januszczak
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

Anton Chekhov - a life reflected in his own writings, the words of his family and friends and the characters who people his plays, in seven programmes.

'My nom de plume is probably odd and fantastic. But it originated in the dawn of my misty youth. Medicine takes itself seriously, but the game of literature requires pseudonyms.'

Reader John Rowe.
With Alice Arnold, John Baddeley, John Bull, Michael Graham Cox, Tara Dominick, John Gabriel, Michael Kilgarriff, John Moffatt, Jane Slavin, Simon Treves and Geoffrey Whitehead.

Producer Rosemary Hart

(Stereo)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Chekhov
Reader:
John Rowe.
Producer:
Rosemary Hart
Chekhov:
David Suchet
Mme Ranyevskaya:
Janet Suzman
Maria Chekhov:
Anna Massey
Mikhail Chekhov:
Nicholas Farrell
Alexander Chekhov:
David Goudge
Lopakhin:
Charles Kay
Mme Kiseleva:
Margaret Courtenay
Suvorin:
David King
Unknown:
Alice Arnold
Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
Michael Graham Cox
Unknown:
Tara Dominick
Unknown:
John Gabriel
Unknown:
Michael Kilgarriff
Unknown:
John Moffatt
Unknown:
Jane Slavin
Unknown:
Simon Treves
Unknown:
Geoffrey Whitehead

The Bank-Busters
For one bank in the USA, Easter was no bank holiday. Instead, the federal authorities moved in to close it down. The bank is one of hundreds to close in the USA this year as the crisis in the country's banking industry gathers pace.
In Business went in with the bank-busters to record this bizarre event.
Presented by Peter Day. Producer Neil Koenig. Stereo

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Day.
Producer:
Neil Koenig.

Five programmes on the origins of popular cultural phenomena.
3: When Father Papered the Parlour
Nigel Fountain remembers the days before laminated surfaces, power-tools and textured finishes, and meets Barry Bucknell who, in the 50s, set Britain on the road to the pebble-dashed,self-assembly universe of DIY. Producer Wendy Pilmer

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Bucknell
Producer:
Wendy Pilmer

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