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Mind your head as the actor Herbert Lorn talks to Nigel Forde about his first full-length novel,
Dr Guillotine - the story of the kind-hearted doctor who intended his deadly head-chopper to reduce victims' pain.
Tony Pawson looks at a new fishing anthology, and Nigel Barley retraces the footsteps of Sir Stamford Raffles. Plus the pick of the new paperbacks.
Producer Abigail Appleton. Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Herbert Lorn
Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Tony Pawson
Producer:
Abigail Appleton.

Tim Marlow is at the National Gallery's
Rembrandt exhibition; Nik Cohn , author and chronicler of New York's
Broadway, is the studio guest; and the lively sounds of British jazz in the 50s are rediscovered. Producer John Goudie. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Marlow
Unknown:
Nik Cohn
Producer:
John Goudie.

Something of Fancy by A L Barker.
Every day, it is the habit of a certain lady to sit in a place overlooking the cathedral, where the view is unchanged. But a young man disturbs her meditations and, in his way, gives her peace for her destined journey.
Read by Joanna Myers and Clarence Smith.
Producer Enyd Williams. Stereo

Contributors

Read By:
Joanna Myers
Read By:
Clarence Smith.
Producer:
Enyd Williams.

Men, who needs them?
Written by Simon Frith
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Contributors

Written By:
Simon Frith
Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Debbie:
Tam Singreig
Tony:
Colin Skipp
Pat:
Patricia Gallimore
Peggy:
June Spencer
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
Susan:
Charlotte Martin
Cameron:
Delaval Astley
Jason:
Brian Miller
Roger:
Peter Harlowe
Vsha:
Sudha Bhuchar

This week's panel:
Judith Chaplin , former political adviser to the Prime Minister and Conservative Party parliamentary candidate; Zerbanoo Gifford , writer and Liberal
Democrat parliamentary candidate;
Peter Jenkins , commentator and journalist; and Peter Mandelson , former Director of Communications for the Labour Party, and Labour Party parliamentary candidate.
From Runcom, Cheshire. Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer Anna Carragher

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Chaplin
Unknown:
Zerbanoo Gifford
Unknown:
Peter Jenkins
Unknown:
Peter Mandelson
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer:
Anna Carragher

Looking for Rembrandt As the massive
Rembrandt exhibition moves from Amsterdam to the National Gallery in London, Louisa Buck steps back from the marketing hype and controversy surrounding the authenticity of numerous "Rembrandt" paintings, and seeks out the elusive man behind the myth. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Louisa Buck

A sinister infiltration of the week's news with Bill Wallis , Sally Grace , Andrew Sachs and John Thompson.
Producer Gareth Edwards. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
Sally Grace
Unknown:
Andrew Sachs
Unknown:
John Thompson.
Producer:
Gareth Edwards.

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