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Four programmes in which Jenni Mills traces critical periods in family life and talks to families about how they weathered the crisis. 3: Ian and Judith bought a small business. Within a few months it had failed.
The building society started court proceedings to repossess their home - but Ian didn't tell his wife.
Producer Sarah Rowlands. Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Sarah Rowlands.

P.G. Wodehouse's classic novel, adapted in four parts.

Trouble is brewing in the quiet hills of Shropshire. Lord Emsworth returns from New York to find that Lady Hermione means to marry him off. Meanwhile, his brother Galahad is laying a plan to reunite two young lovers. All under the benevolent eye of the Empress, Lord Emsworth's one true love.
Narrator Moray Watson.
Adapted by Richard Usborne
(Stereo)
Drama: page 4

Contributors

Author:
P.G. Wodehouse
Adapted by:
Richard Usborne
Producer:
Gareth Edwards.
Narrator:
Moray Watson
Galahad:
Ian Carmichael
Lord Emsworth:
Richard Vernon
Lady Hermione:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Egbert:
Harold Innocent
Wilfred:
Jonathan Cecil
Tipton:
Alan Marriott
Sandy:
Susannah Fellowes
Sam:
Simon Treves
Daphne:
Vivian Pickles
US policeman:
Colin McFarlane

A new term and a new music teacher for Debbie -
Mr Hall is young and exciting and makes her feel special. Could she be "special" to him?
Written by Guy Slater.
Piano Mary Nash.
Director Sue Wilson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Hall
Written By:
Guy Slater.
Piano:
Mary Nash.
Director:
Sue Wilson.
Debbie:
Joanna Myers
Heather:
Emma Gregory
Mr Hall:
Paul Clarkson
Mrs Lewis:
Auriol Smith
MissCumming:
Ann Windsor
Mrs Eggar/Chairwoman:
Elizabeth Kelly
MissO'Brien:
Katharine Barker
Chief Education Officer:
James Greene
Sandy:
Susan Sheridan
Boy:
Richard Pearce

Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests with readers Judith Pearson and Garard Green , and guest Christopher Reid.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo 9 REQUESTS to: Poetry Please!, BBC. Bristol BS82LR

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
Judith Pearson
Readers:
Garard Green
Unknown:
Christopher Reid.
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

Paul Allen is at the Actors'
Touring Theatre production of Arthur
Schnitzier's La Ronde, whose characters are all intertwined in an ever-topical sexual chain; and Andy Kershaw reviews Bonjour Blanc , a journey through Haiti. Producer Jerome Weatherald Stereo (Revised repeat at9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Andy Kershaw
Unknown:
Bonjour Blanc
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Losing by Clare Morgan.
"At the beginning of the grey time, towards the end of when she was 12, she was visited by what her mother said was womanhood."
Read by Ruth Jones. Producer Caroline Sam

Contributors

Unknown:
Clare Morgan.
Read By:
Ruth Jones.
Producer:
Caroline Sam

America's Crisis of Leadership
A four-part series. As the presidential election begins,
James Naughtie travels from city halls to Capitol Hill and the White House to ask political leaders how the United States can deliver at home the success it feels it has won abroad.
3: "Let's face it, Congress is not on the bestsellers' list."
(Senate Minority Leader,
Robert Dole )
Producer Anne Sloman

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Leader:
Robert Dole
Producer:
Anne Sloman

Bram Stoker 's epic tale, dramatised in seven parts. 6: The six companions determine to root out the evil Count before any other innocent lives are put at risk.
Music Malcolm Clarke ,
BBC Radiophonic Workshop Dramatised by Nick McCarty
Director Hamish Wilson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Bram Stoker
Music:
Malcolm Clarke
Dramatised By:
Nick McCarty
Director:
Hamish Wilson.
CountDracula:
Frederick Jaeger
Mina:
Phyllis Logan
Van Helsing:
Finlay Welsh
Seward:
Peter Blythe
Harker:
Bernard Holley
Quincey:
Paul Bircharo
Arthur:
Crawford Logan
Renfield:
David McKail
Old Billy:
Ronald Aitken
Billington:
Raymond Ross
Pensniff/Griggs:
John Shedden
Adams:
Tom Smith

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