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The programme driven by punter power takes to the river and sea to plumb the depths of a number of maritime stories with the help of Susan Marling and the Punters team.
0 WRITE to: Punters.
BBC Radio 4, Bristol 13S8 2LR 0 PHONE: [number removed]86

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling

The Finger of God
The first in a series of four talks by the BBC's Foreign Affairs Editor, John Simpson , in which he looks back at the extraordinary events of 1989 and 1990, a period which saw the fall of communist regimes across eastern Europe. In the first programme, he looks at the breaching of the Berlin Wall and the role of Mr Gorbachev as the common denominator of change.
Producer Geoff Spink

Contributors

Editor:
John Simpson
Unknown:
Mr Gorbachev
Producer:
Geoff Spink

A series of showbusiness reminiscences, in seven programmes. 3: Dick Turpin
The story of a scheme to make a fortune from flops, which puts The Producers to shame.
Performed and written by Peter Jones.
Producer Pete Atkin.

Contributors

Written By:
Peter Jones.
Producer:
Pete Atkin.

Joanna Buchan visits five Scots acknowledged as remarkable achievers in their chosen professions.
1: Bill McCue , Opera Singer 'I could pretend that what I do is high art - what I do is hard work.'
Producer Cathy Orysdale. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanna Buchan
Unknown:
Bill McCue
Producer:
Cathy Orysdale.

with Nigel Rees.
Another plethora of polysyllabic platitudes.
Identifying the quotes are Simon Brett ,
Arnold Brown , Sue MacGregor and Mark Steyn. Readings by Ronald Fletcher.
Producer Armando lannucci Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees.
Unknown:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
Arnold Brown
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Mark Steyn.
Unknown:
Ronald Fletcher.

with Jenni Murray.
Can only a perfect body look beautiful in dance?
Frances Byrnes meets the disabled dancers who may never perform Swan Lake but still see their art as valid. Serial: Seeing Red (7)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Frances Byrnes

In all major disasters, it is the after-effects on those who were involved which linger. However, when a policeman, Benfield, calls on Katrina to probe into the cause of the disaster, it almost seems as though, through him, she will find a way to come to terms with it.
Written by Elizabeth Mickery.
Guitar Les Beavers.
Director Kay Patrick. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Elizabeth Mickery.
Director:
Kay Patrick.
Katrina:
Joanna MacKie
Benfield:
Russell Dixon
Sister Lamb:
Fenella Norman
Mrs Benfield:
Anna Welsh
Reilly:
Malcolm Hebden

Edward Blishen invites Libby Purves and Nigel Forde to talk about four paperbacks they consider to be A Good Read.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Blishen
Unknown:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

Robert Dawson-Scott reviews the new films
Paris Trout and Naked
Tango; talks to crime writer Sarah Paretsky ; and reads the words of painter Paul Cezanne. Producer Nicki Paxman

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Dawson-Scott
Unknown:
Sarah Paretsky
Unknown:
Paul Cezanne.
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

Evelyn Waugh 's novel adapted in three parts. 3: Hollywood, 1947.
Aimee Thanatogenous is horrified to discover that her fiance, Dennis Barlow , works in a pets' cemetery. But can she find true happiness with her other suitor, senior mortician Mr Joyboy ?
Dramatised by Bill Matthews
Producer Ussa Evans. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh
Unknown:
Aimee Thanatogenous
Unknown:
Dennis Barlow
Unknown:
Mr Joyboy
Dramatised By:
Bill Matthews
Producer:
Ussa Evans.
Dennis Barlow:
Rupert Graves
Aimee Thanatogenous:
Miranda Richardson
Mr Joyboy:
Richard Griffiths
Sir Ambrose Abercrombie:
Donald Pickering
The Guru Brahmin:
Mike McShane
Rev Bartholomew:
Garrick Hagon
Mr Schultz:
Graham Hoadly
Mrs Joyboy:
Elaine Ives-Cameron
Rhoda:
Sue Broomfield
Porter:
David Bannerman

'England is the country of my birth, but I cannot say I am an Englishman.'
'I'm neither Indian nor British, I'm a lost soul.'
'White people see black as the colour of sin, the colour of dirt, the colour of the devil.'
Black people in Britain voice the pain and struggle of trying to find identity and acceptance in an unwelcoming society. Producers Tim Pemberton and Rebecca De Saintonge

Contributors

Producers:
Tim Pemberton

A six-part crime series set in 1830, a year after the Metropolitan Police Act created the 'Peelers'.
Written by Patrick Carroll. 5: The blackmail plot is rumbled, but Quin and Maria seem as far apart as ever.
Singer Martin Carthy.
Director Janet Whitaker. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Patrick Carroll.
Singer:
Martin Carthy.
Director:
Janet Whitaker.
PC Martin Quin:
Mick Ford
Jeremiah Morley:
James Booth
Lord Trouile:
Richard E Grant
Mrs Gascoygne:
Elizabeth Bell
Maria Staples:
Joanna Myers
Colonel Rowan:
Peter Jeffrey
Richard Mayne:
Kilian McKenna
John Staples:
Ian Lindsay
Rev Charles Lyton:
Timothy Carlton
Florrie:
Susan Sheridan
Frederick Roe:
Timothy Bateson
Clamber Wallace:
Norman Jones
Mrs Gregory:
Elizabeth Kelly
LordLaverton:
James Greene
Peter the Screever:
Fraser Kerr

by James Joyce. Part 12. With Stephen Rea ,
Norman Rodway , Maggie Whiting , Miriam Kelly , Hilary Reynolds , Chris Dunne , Sean Barratt , David Bannerman ,
Terence Edmund , Ronald Herdman , Brett Usher , James Greene ,
John Rogan , Gerard O'Hare and Joanna Myers.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Joyce.
Unknown:
Stephen Rea
Unknown:
Norman Rodway
Unknown:
Maggie Whiting
Unknown:
Miriam Kelly
Unknown:
Hilary Reynolds
Unknown:
Chris Dunne
Unknown:
Sean Barratt
Unknown:
David Bannerman
Unknown:
Terence Edmund
Unknown:
Ronald Herdman
Unknown:
Brett Usher
Unknown:
James Greene
Unknown:
John Rogan
Unknown:
Gerard O'Hare
Unknown:
Joanna Myers.

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