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Four programmes in which Colin Semper meets people who, confronted by the same moral dilemma, arrived at very different decisions. 2: Sailors Wade Tidbury and Adrian Cumper found themselves in the thick of the action during the Falklands conflict.
Both men agonised over whether or not to stay in the Navy.
Producer Brian King

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Semper
Unknown:
Wade Tidbury
Unknown:
Adrian Cumper

A four-part adaptation of PG Wodehouse's classic novel.
Final part: Houdini Galahad Galahad's plans look set to end in disaster; Tipton receives a discouraging letter from his fiancee; Sam is found out; and Huxley Winkworth is savaged by an angry pig. What has become of the proverbial luck of the Emsworths?
Narrator Moray Watson.
Adapted by Richard Usborne
Producer Gareth Edwards. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Houdini Galahad
Unknown:
Huxley Winkworth
Narrator:
Moray Watson.
Adapted By:
Richard Usborne
Producer:
Gareth Edwards.
Galahad:
Ian Carmichael
Lord Emsworth:
Richard Vernon
Lady Hermione:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Beach:
Harold Innocent
Sam:
Simon Treves
Sandy:
Susannah Fellowes
Tipton:
Alan Marriott

Are you an unbeliever if you don't go to church? Grace doesn't think so, but in Richard Everett's heart-warming play, her faith is put to the test.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Richard Everett
Director:
Glyn Dearman
Grace:
Brenda Bruce
Frances:
Sarah Badel
Liz:
Siriol Jenkins
Robert:
Andrew Wincott
Donald:
Graham Crowden
Young Grace:
Victoria Carling
Frank:
Robert Portal
Ruth:
Ann Windsor
Gran:
Gudrun Ure

Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests with readers David Sterne and Rosalind Shanks , and guest Mick Imlah. ProducerSusan Roberts. Stereo

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
David Sterne
Readers:
Rosalind Shanks
Unknown:
Mick Imlah.
Unknown:
Producersusan Roberts.

Paul Allen is at the first night of Viva Detroit, a new play by the prize-winning poet Derek Walcott , starring Norman Beaton ; and goes behind the scenes of Hound, a new production by Graeae Theatre , one of the premiere companies working with disabled actors. ProducerNicki Paxman. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Derek Walcott
Unknown:
Norman Beaton
Production By:
Graeae Theatre
Unknown:
Producernicki Paxman.

Theresa's Father by Catherine Linstrum.
On the 16th anniversary of her conception, Theresa receives a pearl necklace and a letter from the father she has never known. She sets out to find him.
Read by Elliott Nicholls. Producer Caroline Sarll

Contributors

Unknown:
Catherine Linstrum.
Read By:
Elliott Nicholls.
Producer:
Caroline Sarll

Four cases for Stephen J. Blackburn, ex-pitman turned private investigator.

When an open-air sculpture exhibition is raided, Blackburn is thrown into the jungle of international dealing - even though his assistant reckons the solution might be found nearer to home.
Written by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and the director Dave Sheasby.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Ian McMillan.
Writer:
Martyn Wiley
Writer/Director:
Dave Sheasby
Stephen J. Blackburn:
Finetime Fontayne
Tracey Duggan:
Judy Flynn
Rollo:
Christopher Wilkinson
Kerenski:
John Graham Davies
Dempsey:
Kieran Cunningham

Dukes of Hazard?
The second of two programmes on economic ups and downs.
David Walker asks: does the long wait for even a modest upswing inspire confidence in future global growth and the wealth it will create?
Producer Simon Coates

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker
Producer:
Simon Coates

Four talks about life in Ireland today by the Irish novelist Joseph Hone. 2: Ulster-Annaghmakerrig
Sir Tyrone Guthrie 's family home is now an artists'retreat,jointly administered by Belfast and Dublin.
Producer Joy Hatwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Hone.
Unknown:
Sir Tyrone Guthrie

Dick Francis 's novel, winner of a Gold Dagger award for crime writing, serialised in five parts.
2: When the favourite for the Newmarket 2,000
Guineas was nobbled, why was Sid Halley hiding in Paris?
Dramatised by Alan England
Director Philip Martin. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Francis
Unknown:
Sid Halley
Dramatised By:
Alan England
Director:
Philip Martin.
Sid:
Halley Mickford
Chico Barnes:
Kim Durham
Lucas Wainwright:
David Neal
Charles:
Simon Carter
Rosemary Caspar:
Patricia Gallimore
TrevorDeansgate:
Terry Molloy
GeorgeCaspar:
Alan Devereux
Martin England:
Christopher England
Inky Pool/Brothersmith:
David Vann
Jenny:
Petra Markham
Louise:
Susan Sheridan

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