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A six-part series written by Peter Ling and Juliet Ace.

It is 1933 and Lord and Lady Minster's family gather at Crown House for the Easter holiday, not knowing of the trials and tribulations that lie ahead.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Ling
Writer:
Juliet Ace
Director:
Tracey Neale
Alice, Lady Minster:
Dinah Sheridan
William, Lord Minster:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Beatrice, Dowager Countess:
Margaret Rawlings
Richard, Viscount Ebony:
Michael Cochrane
Polly, Viscountess Ebony:
Melinda Walker
Hon. Nicholas Gaunt:
Mark Straker
Hon. Mrs Jenny Gaunt:
Helena Breck
Lady Caroline Gaunt:
Deborah Makepeace
Hon. Martin Gaunt:
Richard Pearce
Scott Hanson:
Colin McFarlane
Speaker in meeting:
Alan Barker
Stranger:
Susan Sheridan

Four plays based on the characters in Toulouse-Lautrec's posters, written by John Peacock.
2: Footitt and Chocolat
Footitt needs a new circus act but it's not likely that he'll ever be a success if he carries on drinking and gambling.
With Ronald Herdman, Brett Usher and Andrew Wincott. Music by Stephen Warbeck. Trevor Allen (banjo).
Director Jane Morgan. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
John Peacock.
Unknown:
Ronald Herdman
Unknown:
Brett Usher
Unknown:
Andrew Wincott.
Music By:
Stephen Warbeck.
Music By:
Trevor Allen
Director:
Jane Morgan.
Footitt:
Dermot Crowley
Chocolat:
Clarence Smith
Michael Donovan:
Charles Simpson
Ringmaster:
Michael Graham Cox
Patrick Blackson:
Mark Straker
Ralph:
David Bannerman
MadameGrunier:
Ann Windsor

Mark Steyn discusses the big films of the week including Kurosawa's
Rhapsody inAugustand Istvan Szabo 's Meeting Venus; and a Japanese version of Jesus Christ
Superstar opens in London. Producer Mike Greenwood. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Steyn
Unknown:
Istvan Szabo
Producer:
Mike Greenwood.

The third of five stories written by poets.
3: Ritual in the Olive Grove by Glyn Hughes.
'The service was too long for the patience of modern times, so out of consideration for others as well as for himself, the priest read as quickly as possible, swallowing whole words or running them together.'
Read by Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
Glyn Hughes.
Read By:
Geoffrey Wheeler.
Producer:
Gillian Hush

The first in a series of three programmes in which Roy Strong searches for the heritage we will leave from the 20th century.
Restingon Our Laurels? The National Trust has more members than the three main political parties put together. Has Britain spent most of this century being governed by the past at the expense of the present and future?
Producer Jane Beresford

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Strong
Producer:
Jane Beresford

The Channel Tunnel: the Ultimate Pipe Dream? When former Prime
Minister
Margaret Thatcher gave the Channel Tunnel the final go-ahead, she assured the people of Kent and the Nord-Pas de
Calais that the project would encourage new enterprise in their areas. Five years on, Nigel Cassidy reports on who will benefit when the Channel
Tunnel finally opens.
Producer Neil Koenig. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Thatcher
Unknown:
Nigel Cassidy
Producer:
Neil Koenig.

Six programmes in which journalists remember the first faltering steps they took in their careers.
2: A Funny Old Universe It's 1984 and Mark Lawson , now a critic on The
Independent, is telling everyone he's'in publishing'. In reality, he's selling advertising space for an accounting magazine. Then he meets a man on a train.
Producer Caroline Adams

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Producer:
Caroline Adams

Power and Prestige - the Very First Goldfinger Why is gold so special?
Why do gold and jewellery give power and prestige? In the third of five programmes tracing the history of the Continent, Peter France discovers that metals contain a power which revolutionised
European society.
Producer Mary Colwell

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter France
Producer:
Mary Colwell

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More