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One way new entrants get started on the farming ladder is through county council farms, as Oliver Walston finds out when he meets Charles Coats , estate manager for Gloucestershire County Council. Producer Carol Trewin

Contributors

Unknown:
Oliver Walston
Unknown:
Charles Coats
Producer:
Carol Trewin

Tom Fleming describes the scene in Whitehall at the annual Service of Remembrance. With music from the Massed Bands of the Guards Division. At
11.00am the two minute silence and the Last Post are followed by the Wreath Laying Ceremony led by HM the Queen. A short service will then be led by theRtRevandtheRtHon the Lord Bishop of London. Producer David France. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Fleming
Producer:
David France.

visits Hampshire, where friends and members of the Copythome Parish Hall Committee put their queries to
Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Bridget Moody.
Chairman Clay Jones. Producer Diana Stenson
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Gardeners' Question Time. BBC. POBox27, Manchester M60 1SJ

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

Power of Attorney
David Wade 's comedy has a moral: if you have a rich aunt who is slightly dotty, think twice before attempting to defraud her of her money.
Director Glyn Dearman. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Wade
Director:
Glyn Dearman.
Annabelle:
Geraldine McEwan
Geoffrey:
Geoffrey Palmer
AuntBeatie:
Joan Matheson
Eddie:
David King
Corvo:
John Moffatt
Mrs Penny:
Katherine Parr
Bulstrode:
James Greene
Rita:
Jane Whittenshaw

Christopher Frayling talks to Nigel Forde about vampire literature from Lord Byron to Count Dracula. Also, the adaptation of Richardson's classic novel Clarissa for television.

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Frayling
Guest:
Nigel Forde

The first in a series of six great essays. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift.
Norman Rodway reads
Swift's devastating solution to the econoriiic problems of 18th-century Ireland. Adapted by Stuart Griffiths Producer Richard Wortley

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swift.
Unknown:
Norman Rodway
Adapted By:
Stuart Griffiths
Producer:
Richard Wortley

Four plays featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's great detective.
3: The Boscombe Valley Mystery
A man has been murdered and his son accused of the crime - hardly surprising since he was found near the scene, covered in blood!
Violin Leonard Friedman.
Dramatised by Bert Coules
Director Enyd Williams. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Conan Doyle
Violin:
Leonard Friedman.
Dramatised By:
Bert Coules
Director:
Enyd Williams.
Sherlock Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Drjohn Watson:
Michael Williams
Turner:
John Woodvine
James:
Sam West
Alice:
Danielle Allan
Insp Lestrade:
Donald Gee
Mary Watson:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Moran:
Fraser Kerr
Mrs Moran:
Tara Dominick
Patience:
Jane Whittenshaw
Coroner:
Christopher Good

Martyrs Today
More than 70,000 people have died in El Salvador's civil war. In the first of two programmes, Roy Jenkins looks through the eyes of the Salvadorean church and human rights workers at a land where martyrdom is a daily possibility.

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Jenkins

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