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Fool's Paradise by Harri Pritchard-Jones . Rita is a girl 'from the homes'. She lives in a squat (in Cardiff docks) and survives on dog food and cigarettes. John, older and experienced, offers her comfort - in more ways than one.
Read by Erica Eirian. Producer Caroline Sarll

Contributors

Unknown:
Harri Pritchard-Jones
Read By:
Erica Eirian.
Producer:
Caroline Sarll

As society becomes progressively non-religious,
Chris Dunkley examines the secular alternatives to divine rites, in the second of four programmes. The Wedding
'In the early days, I thought, let's at least talk to a vicar. But I was just giving in to the church notion ... we've chosen the most difficult option we could!'
Producer Fiona Couper Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Dunkley
Producer:
Fiona Couper

The second of eight programmes in which
Robert Booth dips into the past for a none-too-serious historical chat, with Denis Healey , Jennifer Paterson , Eric Anderson and Michael Wood.
Producer Paul Schlesinger Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Healey
Unknown:
Jennifer Paterson
Unknown:
Eric Anderson
Unknown:
Michael Wood.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

Presented by Cathy Smith.
As families rejoice in the survival of ever younger premature babies, Cheryl Armitage explores both the heartbreak and joy that may ensue.
Serial: Going Wrong Final part.

Contributors

Presented By:
Cathy Smith.
Unknown:
Cheryl Armitage

Clean Slate
In Tracy Aston 's darkly comic monologue,
Elizabeth Spriggs plays
Patricia - a woman who's got cleaning down to a fine art. But you never know when a speck of dust might fall, so neither she nor her husband ever leave the house.
Director Clive Brill. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tracy Aston
Unknown:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Director:
Clive Brill.

with Barry Cunliffe.
One of the effects of the recent Gulf War was to pit Arab against Arab in a confrontation that led many commentators to believe the old ideal of the Arab nation to be dead.
John Miller asks Peter Mansfield whether the concept of an Arab nation is a myth or historical reality. And as Barcelona prepares for the Olympic Games next year Felipe Fernandez Armesto looks back at the city's colourful past.
Producer John Knight

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cunliffe.
Unknown:
John Miller
Unknown:
Peter Mansfield
Unknown:
Felipe Fernandez Armesto
Producer:
John Knight

More stories from a fairly likely marriage written and read by Leonard Barras.
'Eva had always known he could outdo her in sententiousness. He had acquired mawkish philosophy in his granny's kitchen in the bad years while the old lady made soup from discarded pullovers.' Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Read By:
Leonard Barras.

Cooking without Sight How do you weigh ingredients? What's an easy supper dish for a blind cook? Ian Macrae gets the answers from Sally Simpson and her students at the cookery class for the blind in Oaklands College,
Welwyn Garden City. Producer Thena Heshel
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Contributors

Unknown:
Ian MacRae
Unknown:
Sally Simpson
Unknown:
Welwyn Garden City.
Producer:
Thena Heshel

Mary Poppins first appeared in 1934, yet author P L Travers is still recording her adventures. In a rare interview,
Travers talks about the spirituality that underlies her much loved creation. Extracts from her books are read by Cyril Cusack. Producer Martin Buckley Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Poppins
Read By:
Cyril Cusack.
Producer:
Martin Buckley

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