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with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rev
Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths.

Jasmine by Muhammad al Murr. 'What madness had gripped him ... It was definitely love. It was fate to love that Jasmine.' Read by Sam Dastor. Translated by Peter Clark Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Muhammad Al Murr.
Read By:
Sam Dastor.
Translated By:
Peter Clark
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

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

Contributors

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

The first of a three-part adaptation of Graham Greene 's thriller. Set in 1938, it is the tale of an academic sent on a secret mission by his beleaguered Middle-European government.
With Kim Wall and Michael Deacon.
Dramatised by James Saunders Director Matthew Walters Stereo
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Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Greene
Unknown:
Kim Wall
Unknown:
Michael Deacon.
Dramatised By:
James Saunders
Droeschke:
Charles Kay
Rose:
Kim Thomson
Lindz:
Anthony Jackson
Bellows:
Alan Dudley
Korpe:
Brian Hewlett
Else:
Deborah Makepeace
Manageress:
Auriol Smith
Currie:
Steve Hodson

Murder, theft, romance. All in a rest home for elderly actors? In John Graham's comedy, rest is the last thing on anyone's mind.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
John Graham
Director:
Glyn Dearman
Edith:
Wendy Hiller
Dorothy:
Googie Withers
Anthony:
Michael Denison
Bernard:
Jimmy Jewel

Introduced by Michael Rosen.
What impact will local management of schools have on their book-buying policy? How will school libraries be stocked in the future? Jill Burridge investigates.
Producer Sally Feldman

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Rosen.
Unknown:
Jill Burridge
Producer:
Sally Feldman

Sound pictures of what six cities have meant to six people. In the second programme, South African novelist Nadine Gordimer reflects on the vibrant and sometimes violent city of Johannesburg.
Producer Penny Lawrence

Contributors

Unknown:
Nadine Gordimer

Brian Sibley reviews Franco Zeffirelli 's
Hamlet, starring
Mel Gibson ; the bull-fighting musical Matador charts the life of El Cordobes; and Judy Meewezen meets American drama therapist John Bergman. Producer Richard Bannerman
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Franco Zeffirelli
Unknown:
Mel Gibson
Unknown:
Judy Meewezen
Unknown:
John Bergman.
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

Anton Chekhov - a life reflected in his own writings, the words of his family and friends and the characters who people his plays.
3: The Hero Either
Marries or Shoots Himself!
'Yesterday there was a wedding - a real Cossack affair. I saw lots of prospective brides. An enormous choice, but I was so drunk that I took bottles for girls and girls for bottles!'
With John Baddeley , John Bull, Michael Graham Cox , Tara Dominick , Charles Kay , Michael Kilgarriff ,
Jane Slavin , Simon Treves and Geoffrey Whitehead. Producer Rosemary Hart Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Chekhov
Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
Michael Graham Cox
Unknown:
Tara Dominick
Unknown:
Charles Kay
Unknown:
Michael Kilgarriff
Unknown:
Jane Slavin
Unknown:
Simon Treves
Unknown:
Geoffrey Whitehead.
Producer:
Rosemary Hart
Chekhov:
David Suchet
Yelena:
Janet Suzman
Ivanov:
John Rowe
Maria Chekhov:
Anna Massey
Mikhail Chekhov:
Nicholas Farrell
Alexander Chekhov:
David Goudge
Yevgenia Chekhov:
Jo Kendall
Suvorin:
David King
Tchaikovsky:
John Moffatt
Lydia Avilova:
Polly James

Cheerful Personality Required....
Roughly half of UK employers put job applicants through personality, or psychometric, tests. But doubts are being raised about their reliability. In Business reports.
Presented by Peter Day. Producer Stephen Chilcott Stereo

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Day.
Producer:
Stephen Chilcott

Five programmes exploring the origins of popular cultural phenomena.
4: Shrink to Fit
In 1959 Willie Gertler J reluctantly accepted a job as the first British Levis 1 agent, dubious about the product's quality compared to the German raincoats he was supplying to
Harrods. Thirty-two years later Levis is the world's biggest clothing company and nearly everyone possesses a pair of jeans. Nigel Fountain asks whether the trousers once worn by Brando as a symbol of rebellion are now a sign of conformism. Producer Wendy Pilmer

Contributors

Unknown:
Willie Gertler
Producer:
Wendy Pilmer

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