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The first of five readings by poet
Ted Walker of an autobiographical love story set in England and Spain. He describes his wife's death from cancer, and the courage he found to come to terms with it. Producer Shaun MacLoughlin

Contributors

Unknown:
Ted Walker
Producer:
Shaun MacLoughlin

Everyone loves an Easter bride - so Jenni Murray invites you to toast all the happy couples.... and count the cost!
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Story: The Women in the Bath House by Cora Sandel. The first of five stories from The Silken Thread.
Read by Rowena Cooper. Translated by Elizabeth Rokkan Abridged by Janet Hickson
Music: Tailleferre's Valse Lente Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Cora Sandel.
Read By:
Rowena Cooper.
Translated By:
Elizabeth Rokkan
Abridged By:
Janet Hickson
Abridged By:
Clare Selerie

Miriam Margolyes has been nominated for the 1992 Best Actress Sony Award for this programme, in which she introduces and plays the characters from her West End success, as well as giving us an insight into the life of the great writer.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Performer/Script devised by:
Miriam Margolyes
Accompanied at the piano by:
Michael Haslam.
Script devised by:
Sonia Fraser
Director:
Enyd Williams

Paul Vaughan listens to the BBC Symphony
Orchestra playing Elgar, and Tony Jaques talks to the artist commissioned to make paintings of the construction of the Channel Tunnnel.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Talks:
Tony Jaques
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Are Friends Electric
In Cystic Fibrosis week, Lesley Davies ' play - based on a real case - traces the last few weeks in the life of a 15-year-old boy bravely fighting against this hereditary genetic disease. Director Cherry Cookson Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Lesley Davies
Ben:
Richard Pearce
Ann:
Jennie Linden
David:
John Rowe
Gene:
Peter Whitman
Barry:
Mark Straker
Rick:
David Learner
Janice:
Joanna Myers
Chas:
Owen Booth
Alex:
Siriol Jenkins
Hospital Consultant:
Peter Penry Jones
Family Doctor:
Jonathan Adams
Claire:
Melanie Hudson
Policeman:
John Webb

Second of a six-part epic adventure in time and space, including some helpful advice on how to see the Universe on thirty Altairian dollars a day.
Written by Douglas Adams.
Producer Geoffrey Perkins. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Douglas Adams.
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins.
The Book:
Peter Jones
Zaphod Beeblebrox:
Mark Wing-Davey
Arthur Dent:
Simon Jones
Ford Prefect:
Geoffrey McGivern
Roosta:
Alan Ford
Gargravarr:
Valentine Dyall

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