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Written by Greg Snow
Director Tracey Neale. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Greg Snow
Director:
Tracey Neale.
JJ:
Adjoa Andoh
Suzi:
Hetty Baynes
Sally:
Avril Clark
Jimmy:
Michael Graham Cox
Cliff:
Jeffrey Gear
Toby:
Christopher Godwin
Charles:
Michael N Harbour
Julia:
Beverley Hills
Hugh:
James MacPherson
Helen:
Jenny McCracken
Colin:
Ben Onwukwe
Neville:
David Richard-Fox
Kim:
Jane Whittenshaw

The last of the series in which six enthusiasts introduce Dylan Winter to the vehicle they love - and take him for a spin. This week: cloven-hoof power proves better than horsepower.
Producer Hamish Mykura. Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Hamish Mykura.

An eight-part comedy drama written by Jim Eldridge.
4: A Good Read
What makes for a good read? The question generates more than a little heat in the staff room, with Mr Beeston a reluctant 'pig in the middle'.
Producer John Fawcett Wilson Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Jim Eldridge.
Unknown:
Mr Beeston
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Philip Sims:
Karl Howman
Mr Beeston, head teacher:
James Grout
Mr Holliday, deputy head:
Tom Watson
Mrs Stone, school secretary:
Margaret John
Mr Long:
Paul Copley
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mrs Patterson:
Deirdre Costello
Mrs Rudd:
Vivienne Martin
Jeremy Foster:
Denis Lill
Chairman: Library Committee:
Norman Jones
Iqbal:
Dean Magri
Ajaz:
Sebastian Brennan

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Story: Fables of the Irish Intelligentsia by Nina FitzPatrick. A Free Man
Bernard Slattery was a professor of Sanskrit and a father of four. . .
The first of three stories read by Sean Barrett. Abridged by Janet Hickson Music: Saint-Saens's
Sonata for Oboe and Piano

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Irish Intelligentsia
Unknown:
Nina Fitzpatrick.
Unknown:
Bernard Slattery
Read By:
Sean Barrett.
Abridged By:
Janet Hickson

Taken for a Bride In 1989 there were
392,000 weddings in the UK, costing on average
E6,500 each. It's a multi-billion-pound business. But can that perfect day be made more perfect with a musical cake or a bride and groom personalised balloon sculpture? David Clayton and Neil Walker investigate. Producer Nick Clarke. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Clayton
Unknown:
Neil Walker
Producer:
Nick Clarke.

Gill Pyrah discusses two books on the life and poetry of Sylvia Plath ;
George Melly relives the Paris of his favourite surrealist painters; and the Moscow State
Circus comes to Battersea.
Producer Mike Greenwood
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Sylvia Plath
Unknown:
George Melly
Producer:
Mike Greenwood

Clive Anderson invites six celebrities to defend their favourite fictional villain. 2: Cruella De Ville was an outcast and a victim of her upbringing, according to Tony Slattery , who defends the villainess in Dodie Smith 's book
A Hundred and One
Dalmatians.
Producer Kate Boston

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Anderson
Unknown:
Tony Slattery
Unknown:
Dodie Smith
Producer:
Kate Boston

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