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In the decade of microchips, who still uses the humble pencil? Those who prefer a nice bit of lead to chew include poet Christopher Reid and a keeper of the Bodleian Library.
Serial: Saint Maybe (3)

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Reid

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

It is a time of revelation and soul-searching for more than one member of the Minster family.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Ling
Writer:
Juliet Ace
Director:
Tracey Neale
Alice, Lady Minster:
Dinah Sheridan
William, Lord Minster:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Hon Nicholas Gaunt:
Mark Straker
Hon Mrs Jenny Gaunt:
Helena Breck
Polly, Viscountess Ebony:
Melinda Walker
Sir Charles Bowyer:
Brett Usher
Lady Caroline Gaunt:
Deborah Makepeace
Hon Martin Gaunt:
Richard Pearce
Paul Weyman:
Philip Sully

Town-twinning ceremonies do not always go as smoothly as planned - especially when one of the mayors is a respectable married lady and the other an amorous Frenchman.
Written by Andy Rimmer.
Director Enyd Williams. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Andy Rimmer.
Director:
Enyd Williams.
Brenda McBride:
Gwen Taylor
Henri Balzac:
Geoffrey Matthews
Ron McBride:
Norman Jones
Alan Partridge:
Stephen Tompkinson
Gerald Lock:
Norman Bird
Sam Harper:
James Greene
Mr Crowley:
Ian Lindsay
Larry Tremaine:
Nigel Carrington

Brian Sibley is at the cinema for the hit
American comedy City Slickersand Derek
Jarman's Edward II; and Laurie Lee has published the third volume of his autobiography which started with Cider with Rosie.
Producer James Clarke. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Slickersand Derek
Unknown:
Laurie Lee
Producer:
James Clarke.

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Rana Kabbani

Quality Street
It sounds obvious: quality matters. Tens of thousands of companies have achieved the national standard for quality systems - BS 5750. But while manufacturing industry has been preaching the lesson for a decade, it's taking much longer for the quality gospel to spread into the service industries and the public sector. Are quality promises worth the paper they're printed on? Peter Day investigates.
Producer Stephen Chilcott. Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Stephen Chilcott.

Six programmes in which journalists remember the first faltering steps they took in their careers.
5: Inquests, Weddings and Bazaars
In the 1920s, female reporters were as rare as snowflakes in summer.
Undeterred by this,
17-year-old Mary Stott worms her way on to the Leicester Mail ...
Producer Caroline Adams

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Stott
Producer:
Caroline Adams

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