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with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rt Rev
Jim Thompson.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Jim Thompson.

No wonder the lifestyle of Elizabeth I was an enigma! As in a medieval tabloid, Mortice Deadlock now tells all....
Written by Michael Payne.
Director Enyd Williams. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Michael Payne.
Director:
Enyd Williams.
MorticeDeaalock:
David Thorpe
Lucia:
Danielle Allan
Dona Lopez:
Alexandra Bastedo
Don Lopez:
Norman Jones
Magistrate:
Preston Lockwood
Pike:
Eric Allan
Earlof Essex:
Robert Portal
Kit Marlowe:
Ronald Herdman
Frazer:
Terence Edmond
Rosie:
Auriol Smith
Historical expert:
Peter Penry Jones

Gill Pyrah discusses the new films, including Prince of Tides with Nick Nolte and Barbra Streisand ;
Granada TV's Maigret is under investigation; and saxophonist Andy Hamilton is the musical guest.
Producer John Goudie. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Nick Nolte
Unknown:
Barbra Streisand
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Producer:
John Goudie.

Three talks in I which Adeola Solanke tells the story of her recent travels in southern Africa.
1: Malawi: Waitingfor the Rains "At the Capitol Hotel, Lilongwe, I was the only one of my kind: a black visitor. And the waiters loved me." Producer Joy Hatwood

Contributors

Producer:
Joy Hatwood

NEW Rosemary Hartill returns with six more programmes exploring the relationship between God and the poets. 1: A Long, Lean and Crazy Fellow
William Langland's poem Piers Plowman.
Readers Anthony Hyde and Ronald Waldron.
Producer Amanda Hancox. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Readers:
Piers Plowman.
Readers:
Anthony Hyde
Readers:
Ronald Waldron.
Producer:
Amanda Hancox.

A ten-part series in which Brian Redhead traces the history of the church.
8: A World Shaken by WarThe first half of this century carries an unwieldy burden of death and horror. The church is caught between heroism and survival.
Producers Frances Gumley and Malcolm Love. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Producers:
Frances Gumley
Producers:
Malcolm Love.

Six murder cases where forensic evidence helped trap the murderer.
Narrated by Nick Ross.
Final case: The Bloody Thumbprint
March 1905: An elderly couple have been battered to death in their shop in South London. The only clue is a bloody thumbprint left on the lid of a cashbox.
Can the police use this evidence to convict the murderers?
Written by Frederick Bradnum.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Narrator:
Nick Ross
Writer:
Frederick Bradnum

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