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With Jenni Murray.
Maggie Taggart reports on how families in Northern Ireland are dealing with terrorism. Plus Get Cracking! 3: Omelette.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial: The Getting of Wisdom (10)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Maggie Taggart

Agatha Christie 's novel, dramatised in five parts. 5: Ross has had to abandon a telephone conversation with Poirot to answer the doorbell.
He doesn't return ...
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Director Enyd Williams. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Agatha Christie
Dramatised By:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Enyd Williams.
Hercule Poirot:
John Moffatt
Captain Hastings:
Simon Williams
Inspector Japp:
Norman Jones
Jane Wilkinson:
Nicola Pagett
Bryan Martin:
Brett Usher
Jenny Driver:
Adjoa Andoh
Ellis:
Paula Jacobs

Four plays in which people are haunted...

In Sheila Hodgson's play, a distinguished university academic is terrified by the appearance of a small boat.

(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Sheila Hodgson
Director:
Martin Jenkins.
M.R. James:
Michael Williams
Masterman:
Brett Usher
Sorenson:
Peter Tuddenham
Mrs Craddock:
Joanna Wake
Prof Anders:
David King
Caroline:
Siriol Jenkins
Mrs Vickers:
Gudrun Ure
Nielson:
Eric Allan
Student:
David Learner
Student:
Neil Roberts

Three people returning to places which have haunted their subsequent lives.
Jack Scarr was born 75 years ago into a once-prosperous British community in Northern Chile. In 1924 he sailed for England. Now he returns to revisit a sunlit childhood so clear in his memory.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Subject:
Jack Scarr
Producer:
Nigel Acheson.

Six villages lost in the twentieth century. Sean Street tells the story of their demise with the help of men and women who used to live in them.
1: Derwent and Ashopton In 1945, two picturesque Derbyshire villages were flooded, sacrificed to supply water for the industrial cities of the East
Midlands. When the reservoir is low, the ruins of the cottages are revealed and villagers can walk through the streets again.
Producer Felicity Goodall. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Street
Producer:
Felicity Goodall.

Mark Steyn discusses the new films of the week, including Voyager starring Sam Shepard ; the Royal Opera co-produces
Prokofiev's The Fiery
Angel with St Petersburg's Maryinsky Theatre; and the photographs of Robert Doisneau go on show at Oxford.
Producer Beaty Rubens. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Steyn
Unknown:
Sam Shepard
Unknown:
Robert Doisneau
Producer:
Beaty Rubens.

Rahmin by Jon Godden.
A writer living in Calcutta finds a fragile bond developing between herself and a poor embroiderer, but she learns too late that it is one to be handled with care.
Read by Tessa Worsley. Producer Tracey Neale

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Godden.
Read By:
Tessa Worsley.
Producer:
Tracey Neale

The third of four programmes in which
Dr David Cook discusses a medical dilemma with the doctor and the patient. 15 years ago Stephen donated one of his kidneys to his sister. Her body rejected the organ and now his one good kidney is failing. What are the risks of live donations, and how do Stephen, his sister and the surgeon feel now? Producer Alison Bogle

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr David Cook
Producer:
Alison Bogle

1992: Old Customs Die
Hard
Balloonists think the single European Market is all hot air. To the drug companies, cough mixture is nothing to sneeze at. Lightning conductor makers aren't struck by it. Bee-keepers are still getting stung by trade barriers. Peter Day investigates the Uncommon Market.
Producer Neil Koenig. Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Neil Koenig.

4: Beyond a Joke
As the 50s bent into the 60s a mixed bag of four young graduates took to the stage at the Edinburgh i Festival with an irreverent and satirical revue. It took ,
Edinburgh, London, New York - and Edward Blishen - by storm. It was Beyond the Fringe.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Blishen

Water down below zero can be hostile, beautiful and strange. This reflection on ice explores its enigmatic chemistry, its pull on the romantic imagination, and its role in the development of cities. The two cubes in your gin and tonic will never seem the same again.
Producer Hamish Mykura

Contributors

Producer:
Hamish Mykura

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