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An Impossible Life
Home, family and profession - does the Western woman now have it all? Rana Kabbani , Muslim writer living in Britain, challenges the view that feminism has triumphed in the West, in the first of four personalised documentaries.
Producer Anna Parkinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Rana Kabbani
Producer:
Anna Parkinson

Presented by Jenni Murray.
Are there any real differences between polytechnics and universities? Who will benefit if they merge into a single tier? Sonia Beesley investigates. Serial:
Mansfield Park (19)

Contributors

Presented By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Sonia Beesley

Swine disease; the 8.27 from Hebden Bridge; the meaning of time: just some of the disparate elements that Graham struggles to make sense of in Trevor Hoyle 's Radio Times award-winning comedy.
Director Philip Martin. Stereo 0 DRAMA: page 8

Contributors

Unknown:
Trevor Hoyle
Director:
Philip Martin.
Graham:
Alun Armstrong
Liz:
Susan Tracy
Mother:
Joyce Gibbs
Jack:
David Vann
Maggie/Nurse:
Tina Gray
Ray:
Rob Swinton
Wayne:
Alex Jones
Warren:
Richard Allenson
Newsreaders:
Geoff Serle

Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests with readers Adjoa Andoh and Denys Hawthorne. Guest David Dabydeen.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo • REQUESTS to: Poetry Please!.. BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
• CASSETTE: Poetry Please! Volume 2. from retailers

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
Adjoa Andoh
Readers:
Denys Hawthorne.
Unknown:
David Dabydeen.
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

Paul Allen is at the first night of Becket, starring Derek Jacobi and Robert Lindsay ; the artist Jock McFadyen is today's studio guest; and a work by Benjamin Britten gets its recorded premiere.
Producer James Clarke. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Derek Jacobi
Unknown:
Robert Lindsay
Artist:
Jock McFadyen
Producer:
James Clarke.

Arthur Seal and the Hand of Fate by Philip Oakes.
'Civilisation came to my part of north Staffordshire in the summer of 1938 with Arthur Seal , a speculative builder whose ambitions went far beyond bricks and mortar.'
Read by Gerry Hinks. Producer Anne-Marie Cole

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Oakes.
Unknown:
Arthur Seal
Read By:
Gerry Hinks.
Producer:
Anne-Marie Cole

Ten epic stories.
8: Double Trouble for Superman - just when Lois needs urgent help....
With Jon Pertwee, Simon Treves and Barbara Barnes.
Based on stones by John Byrne and Dave Gibbons, published by and used under licence from DC Comics Inc. Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Adapted, written and produced by Dirk Maggs. (Stereo)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Unknown:
Simon Treves
Unknown:
Barbara Barnes
Unknown:
John Byrne
Unknown:
Dave Gibbons
Unknown:
Jerry Siegel
Unknown:
Joe Shuster
Produced By:
Dirk Maggs.
Lex Luthor:
William Hootkins
Lois Lane:
Lorelei King
Superman:
Stuart Milligan

The pianist Peter Donohoe has managed to commit 75 concerti to memory.
Ian Richardson , who performed Hamlet 30 years ago, can still recite it. Paul Daniels can remember the name of every member of his audience. And Benny Green can still name the Arsenal team from 1930.
Alan Titchmarsh talks to these and other great recollectors in an attempt to discover how people's memories work.
Producer Rosie Bouiton. Stereo

Contributors

Pianist:
Peter Donohoe
Unknown:
Ian Richardson
Unknown:
Paul Daniels
Unknown:
Benny Green
Talks:
Alan Titchmarsh
Producer:
Rosie Bouiton.

The Mind behind the Cross
Over 50 national opinion polls will be published during the next general election campaign, supplementing the political parties' numerous private surveys. But
Peter Hennessy asks: how far do the pollsters know voters' views, and what effect does intensive polling have on our politics? Producer Simon Coates

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hennessy
Producer:
Simon Coates

The second of two true investigations.
The Message in the Marble Since its erection in 174 1, the monument to
William Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey has kept a little-known secret in Poets' Corner. Lines from The Tempest, inscribed on its marble scroll, were seemingly deliberately misspelt, misquoted and rearranged. Why? In the monument's
250th year, it's time to ask who butchered the Bard.
Producer Gwyn Richards Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Producer:
Gwyn Richards

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