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The return of the series in which
Jenni Mills traces critical periods in family life, in four programmes.
1: In 1965, 18-year-old Pat found she was pregnant.
Her boyfriend, James, was still at school, and her parents forced her to have the baby adopted. Pat and James eventually married and had another daughter - but they never told her that she had an older sister. Producer Sarah Rowlands

Contributors

Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

with Denis Norden , Victor Spinetti and Richard Stilgoe. Chairman
Tim Brooke-Taylor .
Producer Edward Taylor. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Victor Spinetti
Unknown:
Richard Stilgoe.
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Producer:
Edward Taylor.

An East End love story based on true events, written by Nick Stafford.
Starring Patricia Hayes. James and Abigail lived an outwardly conventional married life in early 19th-century London. But on his death, James was found to be a woman. A public scandal followed ...
Director Claire Grove. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Nick Stafford.
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes.
Director:
Claire Grove.
James Allen:
Anna Savva
Older Abigail:
Patricia Hayes
Younger Abigail:
Diane Bull
Peapole:
Terence Edmond
Mistières:
Sylvester Morand
Job:
Colin McFarlane
Colly Mutton:
Gudrun Ure
Maddy Ford:
Joanna Myers
Jimmy Giblet:
Roger Watkins
Tommy Twattle:
Peter Gunn

with Simon Rae and guest Betty Mulcahy , who invites listeners to enter the "Speak a Poem Competition".
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo 0 REQUESTS to: Poetry Please!, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Rae
Unknown:
Betty Mulcahy
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

Paul Allen is at Scarborough for the opening of One
Over the Eightwritten by Peter Scott and directed by Alan Ayckbourn ; and discusses the second volume of the life of Vladimir Nabokov.
Producer Anthony Denselow
Stereo (Revised repeat 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Peter Scott
Directed By:
Alan Ayckbourn
Unknown:
Vladimir Nabokov.
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

On the Rails by Carol Ann Frazer.
A successful day at the races does nothing to diminish Father Shaunessy's feelings for a young single mother who has earlier come to see him.
Read by Niall Cusack. Producer Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
Carol Ann Frazer.
Read By:
Niall Cusack.
Producer:
Eoin O'Callaghan

NEW America's Crisis of Leadership American politics has lost its ring of confidence. As the presidential election begins, James Naughtie travels from City Halls to
Capitol Hill and the White House to ask political leaders how the US can deliver at home the success it has won abroad.
A four-part series.
1: All Politics Is Local Mayoral candidate in Boston, Ed Doherty. Producer Anne Stoman

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Ed Doherty.
Producer:
Anne Stoman

Bram Stoker 's epic tale of vampire horror dramatised in seven parts. 4: The madman Renfield's behaviour becomes even stranger. Van Helsing and John Seward struggle to save Lucy's life and Jonathan Harker sees an old acquaintance.
Music Malcolm Clarke ,
BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Director Hamish Wilson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Bram Stoker
Unknown:
Van Helsing
Unknown:
John Seward
Unknown:
Jonathan Harker
Music:
Malcolm Clarke
Director:
Hamish Wilson.
Mina:
Phyllis Logan
Seward:
Peter Blythe
Arthur:
Crawford Logan
Van Helsing:
Finlay Walsh
Quincey:
Paul Birchard
Harker:
Bernard Holley
Lucy:
Sharon Maharaj
Adams:
Tom Smith
Renfield:
David McKail
Undertaker:
Peter D'Souza
Parson:
Peter D'Souza
Mrs Westenra:
Stella Forge
Maid:
Alexa Kesselaar

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