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with Pete McCarthy.
This week Liz Kershaw relaxes with a took at health and spa holidays in the British Isles.
Producer Sara Jane Hall
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Contributors

Unknown:
Pete McCarthy.
Unknown:
Liz Kershaw
Unknown:
British Isles.
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall

Ned Sherrin hosts an hour of live interjections from the likes of Arthur Smith , Craig Ferguson and Annabel Giles.
Producer Dymphna Flynn Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Arthur Smith
Unknown:
Craig Ferguson
Unknown:
Annabel Giles.
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

The panel:
Helen Jackson , Former Chair of Sheffield City Council Employment Committee;
Sir Russell Johnston , Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats;
Eric Pickles , Former leader of Bradford City Council; and Peter Riddell , Political Columnist of The Times.
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby.
and at 2.00pm
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Producers Nick Utechin and Nick Ware
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Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Jackson
Unknown:
Sir Russell Johnston
Unknown:
Eric Pickles
Unknown:
Peter Riddell
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producers:
Nick Utechin

Peter Lovesey 's thriller is set among the real stars of the silver screen in the heyday of silent movies. English actor Warwick Easton is hired as a Keystone Cop, but comedy swiftly turns to tragedy.
Dramatised by Michael Z Lewin
Director Matthew Walters. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Lovesey
Unknown:
Warwick Easton
Dramatised By:
Michael Z Lewin
Director:
Matthew Walters.
Warwick Easton (Keystone):
Mark Straker
Amber:
Jennifer Ehle
Sennett:
Roger Gartland
Brennan:
Kerry Shale
Louise:
Lorelei King
Frank:
Don Fellows
Winnie:
Ann Windsor
Mrs Swatowska:
Ann Windsor
Slim:
John Church
Chester:
Gordon Reid

Andy Croft investigates three northern English regions to find out how their traditional identities have been shaped by writers and how these identities are standing up to an increasingly standard urbanisation process. 2: Teesside
Producer Dave Sheasby Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Croft

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

My Life in Film
Nigel Andrews talks to film directors who choose to make films of their early lives, including
Terence Davies and John Boorman. Producer Sarah Johnson
Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Nigel Andrews
Unknown:
Terence Davies
Unknown:
John Boorman.
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
A four-part dramatisation of Tobias Smollett 's inimitable romp round the British Isles by coach and four, in search of curatives, clean air, love and the true identity of the eponymous hero.
1: From Brambleton Hall to Bristol.
Dramatised by Scott Cherry Music: Matthew Scott Director Clive Brill
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphry Clinker
Unknown:
Tobias Smollett
Unknown:
Brambleton Hall
Dramatised By:
Scott Cherry
Music:
Matthew Scott
Director:
Clive Brill
Bramble:
Timothy West
Tabitha:
Jenny Howe
Jery:
Jonathan Tafler
Lydia:
Alison Reid
Winifred:
Theresa Streatfeild
John Thomas:
Eric Allan
Dr Lewis:
Brett Usher
Wilson:
Neil Roberts
Jarvis:
Ronald Herdman
Chowder:
Ronald Herdman
Mrs Ford:
Joanna Wake
Gentleman:
John Webb
Humphry:
Matthew Morgan

Alan Judd talks to
Margaret Forster about her work on Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Daphne du Maurier in this round-robin series of biographers in conversation.
Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Alan Judd
Unknown:
Margaret Forster
Unknown:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Last year the Festival of Switzerland in Britain celebrated the 700th anniversary of the alliance between three Alpine communities which was to mark the foundation of the Switzerland of today.
Sir Peter Ustinov - himself a Swiss resident - gives a personal impression of the country, its history and its place in a changing Europe.
Producer Jon Naismith. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Peter Ustinov
Producer:
Jon Naismith.

A series of five talks in which South Africans look at what the future holds for their country. In the fourth programme Aggrey Klaaste , editor of The
Sowetan, calls for a radical shake-up of the country's press and broadcasting.

Contributors

Unknown:
Aggrey Klaaste

May Day saw the beginning of a new series of Dear Diary.
Simon Brett finds plenty of maypoles and madrigals in the day's diaries but he also discovers Lord
Mountbatten at the Cup
Final and Salvador Dali in an extremely tight pair of patent leather shoes.
Readers Lin Sagovsky and Sean Barrett.
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
Salvador Dali
Readers:
Lin Sagovsky
Readers:
Sean Barrett.

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