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Memoirs of an eccentric childhood by Use, Countess Von Bredow , read in eight parts by Penelope Wilton. 3: Co Forth, My Heart Adapted by Sandra Willingham and Gareth Gwyn-Jones Director Janet Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Countess Von Bredow
Unknown:
Penelope Wilton.
Adapted By:
Sandra Willingham
Adapted By:
Gareth Gwyn-Jones
Director:
Janet Whitaker

It took the genius of a Dumfries blacksmith in 1840 to create 'Man's
Most Perfect Machine': sensible, graceful, healthy and 'green'. Lynn ten
Kate watched the Veteran
Cycle Club celebrate on i penny-farthings, tandems, sociables, bone-shakers and whippets.
Producer John Theocharis
Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
John Theocharis

Recorded in St Mary's Church, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, as part of the 1991 Greenbelt Festival. Bind Us Together; Romans 12, w 1-8; We Are One Body in the Lord; Let Us Praise God Together. With the English Arts Chorale and members of the English Arts Orchestra. Director of Music Leslie Olive. Stereo

Contributors

Music:
Leslie Olive.

A special Bank Holiday edition, recorded at the Highcliffe Hotel in Bournemouth.
Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests, with readers Barbara Jefford and Anthony Hyde.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo 0 REQUESTS to: Poetry Please!, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
Barbara Jefford
Readers:
Anthony Hyde.
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

The Scottish team of Colin Bell and Joyce McMillan meet the London-based
Irene Thomas and Eric Korn.
Chaired by Gordon Clough and Louis Allen.
Producer Paul Z Jackson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Joyce McMillan
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Eric Korn.
Unknown:
Gordon Clough
Unknown:
Louis Allen.
Producer:
Paul Z Jackson.

A mysterious drowning and a curious local detective are at the heart of John Harvey 's sinister drama.
Director Dave Sheasby. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Harvey
Director:
Dave Sheasby.
Harriet:
Ann Rye
Gemma:
Lucia Laratonda
Insp Wardle:
John Graham Davies
Edward:
Neville Barber
Sgt Gent:
Gerry Kersey
James:
Ian Mercer
Jane:
Brenda Elder
Dennis:
Peter Bell

Three programmes in which people in different professions explore the way their jobs have been seen and done in the past, with the help of the BBC Sound Archives.
1: Politicians
Tony Banks, the Labour MP for Newham North
West, elects to find some order in the life of an MP.
Producer Mark Savage. Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Mark Savage.

Pipe Dreams Part II
Lucy Duran continues her exploration of the myriad bagpipes of the British Isles and discovers musicians using pipes in new ways: Liam O'Flynn plays with full orchestras, Hamish Moore blows jazz and Richard Butler brings the Northumbrian smallpipe to the cutting edge of contemporary music. Producer Julian May. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Duran
Unknown:
Liam O'Flynn
Unknown:
Hamish Moore
Unknown:
Richard Butler

In the first of four programmes,
Dr Christopher Andrew asks: 'What if Hitler had won the war against Russia in 1941?' Professor Norman Stone and Alistair Parker rewrite the Second World War.
Producer Ian Bell. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Christopher Andrew
Unknown:
Professor Norman Stone
Unknown:
Alistair Parker
Producer:
Ian Bell.

Brave New World
Aldous Huxley 's masterpiece is the first in a season of plays looking into a future. Written in 1931, it foresaw a world 600 years hence where procreation would be by test tube, and emotions drug-controlled.
Music Wilfredo Acosta.
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine Producer Marilyn Imrie. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Aldous Huxley
Music:
Wilfredo Acosta.
Dramatised By:
Stephen Mulrine
Producer:
Marilyn Imrie.
The Savage:
Gary Cady
Mustapha Mond:
Jack Klaff
Lenina Crowne:
Moir Leslie
Bernard Mara:
Jonathan Tafler
Linda:
Frances de la Tour
Helmholtz Watson:
Sean Pertwee
Director of Hatcheries:
Hugh Dickson
Henry Foster:
Nigel Carrington
Fanny Crowne:
Jane Whittenshaw
President of Worship:
Susan Sheridan
Benito Hoover:
Andrew Wincott
Headmistress of Eton:
Petra Markham
Archsongster of Canterbury:
Timothy Carlton
Primo Mellon:
Mark Straker
Nurse:
Joanna Myers
Boy:
Richard Pearce
Spanish guide:
Walter Acosta

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Rebecca West 's story of her travels through Yugoslavia between the two World Wars.
The first of ten parts read by Diana Rigg.
Adapted by Rosalind Bayley Producer Stuart Griffiths

Contributors

Unknown:
Rebecca West
Read By:
Diana Rigg.
Adapted By:
Rosalind Bayley
Producer:
Stuart Griffiths

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