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Jenni Murray meets American philosopher and novelist Marilyn French.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW)

Serial: "According to Mark" by Penelope Lively. Sixth of 12 episodes, read by Ronald Pickup. Abridged by Monica Grey

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewee:
Marilyn French
Author (According to Mark):
Penelope Lively
Reader (According to Mark:
Ronald Pickup
Abridged by (According to Mark:
Monica Grey
Editor:
Sally Feldman
Editor:
Clare Selerie

The last heat in the search for the 1992 champion of the wide-ranging musical quiz, with Ned Sherrin asking the questions. Today's programme comes from Bristol.
Producer Gareth Edwards. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Producer:
Gareth Edwards.

Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse tackles an unusual case in Guy Meredith's dramatisation of the 1989 Gold Dagger Winner for best crime novel. The RSC's John Shrapnel plays Morse, in a case that finds him hospitalised and probing a crime that occurred over a century before.
(Stereo)
(Broadcast Saturday at 2.30pm)

Contributors

Author:
Colin Dexter
Dramatised by:
Guy Meredith
Director:
Ned Chaillet
Morse:
John Shrapnel

Natalie Wheen meets
Brian Elias , composer of the Royal Ballet's
The Judas Tree, and traces the earliest stages of a painting through artists' sketches.
Producer Belinda Sample Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Unknown:
Brian Elias

with Michael Rosen. How well do encyclopedias match the demands of the national curriculum, GCSE and children themselves? Libby Purves and Bernard Ashley sample four of the newest. Producer Jill Burridge.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen.
Unknown:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Bernard Ashley
Producer:
Jill Burridge.

The true story of Edith Thompson who, with Freddy Bywaters, was charged with the murder of her husband Percy in October 1922.
Written by Shelagh Stephenson.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Shelagh Stephenson
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer
Edith Thompson:
Rachel Joyce
Freddy Bywaters:
Charles Simpson
Percy Thompson:
Peter Wight
Avis Graydon:
Theresa Streatfeild
Mr Graydon:
Norman Bird
Mrs Graydon:
Gudrun Ure
Rose/Wardress:
Siriol Jenkins
Elsie/Wardress:
Joanna Myers
Mr Stern:
David Learner
Henry Curtis-Bennett:
Mark Lambert
Thomas Inskip:
Brett Usher
Mr Justice Shearman:
Jonathan Adams
Clerk/Chaplain:
Nicholas Murchie
Foreman/Officer:
Peter Gunn
Prison Governor:
Keith Drinkel

A sort of radio show from the 1960s. Classic comedy with Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and The Fraser Hayes Four. Script Eric Merriman
CASSETTES: Round the Horne 1-4. from retailers

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Script:
Eric Merriman
Producer:
John Simmonds

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