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The last of a six-part series written by Peter Ling and Juliet Ace.
Jenny discovers the answer to a four-year mystery....
Director Tracey Neale. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Peter Ling
Director:
Tracey Neale.
AliceLady Minster:
Dinah Sheridan
WilliamLord Minster:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Hon Nicholas Gaunt:
Mark Straker
Hon Mrs Jenny Gaunt:
Helena Breck
Beatrice Dowager Countess:
Margaret Rawlings
Polly, Viscountess Ebony:
Melinda Walker
SirCharlesBowyer:
Brett Usher
Lady Gina Bowyer:
Shelley Thompson
Lady Caroline Gaunt:
Deborah Makepeace
Scott Hanson:
Colin McFarlane
Lady Cloudesley:
Susan Sheridan

Shanti, the Brahmin's 16-year-old daughter, has a crush on Crocodile Dundee. James, an Australian academic who visits her family in London, is amazed to find himself identified with Paul Hogan. The first of three "Shanti" plays by Judy Leather.
(Stereo)

2.00pm Mamta Kaash plays Shanti - has she found her Croc of gold?

Contributors

Writer:
Judy Leather
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Shanti:
Mamta Kaash
James:
Nigel Graham
Brahmin:
Zia Mohyeddin
Meena:
Shireen Shah
Prakesh:
Manish Bhagat
Hari:
Tariq Yunus
[Actor]:
Vincent Brimble
[Actor]:
John Bull
[Actor]:
Christopher Good

Nigel Andrews sees how two classic films have been dusted off for their re-release - Spartacus starring Kirk Douglas and The Four Feathers starring Ralph Richardson ; the French diabolical circus
Archaos opens its latest show starring cranes and articulated lorries; and the ballet Les Sylphidesis revived by two national ballet companies.
Producer Richard Bannerman
Stereo (Revised repeat 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Andrews
Unknown:
Kirk Douglas
Unknown:
Ralph Richardson
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

For Christ's Sake!
In the third of four personal documentaries, the Rev
Nicolas Stacey argues that the Church of England's failure to adapt to change is turning it into an ever-diminishing and marginalised club.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicolas Stacey

Simon Rae talks to Andrew Motion about the poetry of Philip Larkin, with archive recordings of Larkin reading "Coming", "Ambulances", "Church Going", "Love Songs in Age", "The Trees" and "MCMXIV".
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Rae
Guest:
Andrew Motion
Producer:
Susan Roberts

Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm.
Abridged and read by Geoffrey Beevers in ten episodes.
1: When the enchanting amateur conjuror Zuleika Dobson arrives in Oxford, the entire undergraduate population loses its heart. Producer David Benedictus Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Beerbohm.
Read By:
Geoffrey Beevers
Unknown:
Zuleika Dobson

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