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Cannibals by Jeff Long.
High on a Himalayan mountain, two climbers lie trapped in a tent by a terrible snowstorm. One of them is a madman, and only one of them is going to get down alive.
Read by Peter Whitman. Producer Graham Hoyland

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeff Long.
Read By:
Peter Whitman.
Producer:
Graham Hoyland

Lead, Kindly Light, Amid the Encircling Gloom
(Alberta, BBC HB 306); Matthew 26, w 34-35, vv 69-75; Peter in Forgetfulness (Bach);
Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth, BBC HB 145). Director of Music Noel Tredinnick. Stereo

Contributors

Music:
Noel Tredinnick.

Robert Booth dips into the past for a none-too-serious historical chat with Sara Maitland , John Julius Norwich , Auberon Waugh and John Oaksey. Producer Paul Schlesinger Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sara Maitland
Unknown:
John Julius Norwich
Unknown:
Auberon Waugh
Unknown:
John Oaksey.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

Speak Now
What happens to language when someone dies? Sheri uses words as a barrier to hide from her pain; Sam must break down that barrier, get her to feel her pain in the silence and so let him in. Written by Tina Pepler , Giles Cooper Award-winning playwright.
Director Elizabeth Taylor. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Tina Pepler
Written By:
Giles Cooper
Director:
Elizabeth Taylor.
Sheri:
Francesca Annis
Sam:
Steve Hodson

Barry Cunliffe presents the last in the series.
Ever since 1483, when Richard III created Sir
John Howard first Duke of Norfolk and Earl Marshal of England, the 'Norfolk Connection' has been at the centre of British history. Before an invited audience in the library of Arundel Castle,
John Miller - in the company of Richard Pasco, Barbara Leigh-Hunt and Paul Moriarty - tells the remarkable story of the Fitzalan Howard family. Producer John Knight

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cunliffe
Unknown:
Richard Iii
Unknown:
John Howard First Duke
Unknown:
John Miller
Unknown:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Unknown:
Paul Moriarty
Producer:
John Knight

Paul Vaughan interviews Michael Holroyd about the final part of his monumental biography of George Bernard Shaw ; a review of Australian novelist Peter Carey 's new book; and in America, Chris Bryson reports from the set of Oliver Stone 's new film about John F Kennedy. Producer Jerome Weatherald
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Michael Holroyd
Unknown:
George Bernard Shaw
Unknown:
Peter Carey
Unknown:
Chris Bryson
Unknown:
Oliver Stone
Unknown:
John F Kennedy.
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

A series of four family portraits in which Michael O'Donnell explores how shifting social and moral attitudes in Britain have affected family life. 3: The Crisans
The Crisans are twin brothers, who have a non-identical view of Britain. They're
Romanians, who came in search of a better life....
Producer Sharon Banoff
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell
Producer:
Sharon Banoff

Malcolm Jones tells the story of Anne Jemima
Clough, the first Principal of Newnham College,
Cambridge. With Ann Aris as Anne Jemima Clough. Readers Eileen O'Brien and Robert Whelan.
Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Jones
Unknown:
Anne Jemima
Unknown:
Ann Aris
Readers:
Anne Jemima Clough.
Readers:
Eileen O'Brien
Readers:
Robert Whelan.
Producer:
Gillian Hush

with Tony Barringer. Producer Thena Heshel
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9.15pmand 10.15
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Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Barringer.
Producer:
Thena Heshel

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