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The real-life everyday story of the folk of Bentley in Hampshire, presented in eight programmes by Nigel Farrell.
3: It's the day of Pom's charity auction - but as the hall fills, suddenly her target seems very optimistic.
Producer Chris Paling

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Farrell.

The second half of Derek Cooper 's visit to Ireland. This week he asks if the Irish can keep their land unpolluted and still expand their food and agriculture industries to provide much-needed jobs. Producer Marie Helly

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Producer:
Marie Helly

Daphne Drummond , ageing literary baglady, decides to take a lover - Jenny Diski tells Nigel Forde about the extraordinary heroine of her latest novel. Also, private words from wartime, and Alice's White Knight.
Producer Abigail Appleton

Contributors

Unknown:
Daphne Drummond
Unknown:
Jenny Diski
Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Producer:
Abigail Appleton

Louisa Buck discusses figurative art and the changing reputation of artist Francesco Clemente with painter Steven Campbell and critic
Waldemarjanuszczak. Plus a report on the master of the tabla, the Indian musician
Zakir Hussain.
Producer Tim Dee. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Louisa Buck
Artist:
Francesco Clemente
Unknown:
Steven Campbell
Unknown:
Zakir Hussain.
Producer:
Tim Dee.

The last of five stories written by poets.
The Two Masks of O by Dannie Abse.
Intrigue and possible arson in the world of Welsh amateur dramatics.
Read by Sion Probert. Producer Alison Hindell

Contributors

Unknown:
Dannie Abse.
Read By:
Sion Probert.
Producer:
Alison Hindell

A humorous and moving exploration of middle age, written in seven parts by Ken Blakeson.
5: Falling in Love Again
Everything seems to be on the up for Billy and Ted, but can their luck last?
Additional material by Tom Mennard.
Director Susan Hogg Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Blakeson.
Unknown:
Tom Mennard.
Director:
Susan Hogg
Billy Balsam:
Geoff Hinsliff
TedFenwick:
James Greene
Cilla:
Lynda Rooke
Jenny:
Julia Ford
Arnie:
Ian Lindsay
TVproducer:
Christopher Kent

Poor Tom has a lot on his plate.
Written by Graham Harvey
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Contributors

Written By:
Graham Harvey
Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Shula:
Judy Bennett
Mark:
Richard Derrington
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Debbie:
Tamsin Greig
Kate:
Susie Riddell
Tom:
Bob Arnold
Sid:
Alan Devereux
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Neil:
Brian Hewlett
Susan:
Charlotte Martin
Mike:
Terry Molloy
Betty:
Pamela Craig
Cameron:
Delaval Astley
Robin:
Tim Meats
Tim:
Robert Portal
Alan:
Andy Hockley

The panel includes: Barbara Amiel , journalist; the Rt Hon RoyHattersley.MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Opposition Spokesman on Home Affairs; and Helena Kennedy , QC. From Wayland Prison, Thetford. Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer Anna Carragher

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Amiel
Unknown:
Helena Kennedy
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer:
Anna Carragher

reflects on four comers of the world that have caught his journalist's eye and his conscience.
4: The Last Days of Saigon 'A soldier holding up a dead child by one arm stood stiffly to attention as he was photographed. It was this one image which, for me, symbolised the suffering of the Vietnamese people.' Producer Andrew Parfitt

Contributors

Producer:
Andrew Parfitt

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