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Serial: Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham. Abridged in 13 episodes by Pat McLoughlin. Read by Jeremy Nicholas.
1: "The man and womancarried the body cautiously up the stairs.... meanwhile, in the apartment above, Mr Albert Campion was taking a bath...."

Contributors

Unknown:
Margery Allingham.
Unknown:
Pat McLoughlin.
Read By:
Jeremy Nicholas.
Unknown:
Mr Albert Campion

There's a Car Park in Witherton
Witherton is a Cotswold village, so unspoiled that it doesn't even have a car park. But what, author
David Halliwell asks, if a place like this discovers it can make a fortune from an unearthed medieval relic?
Director Peter Kavanagh. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Halliwell
Director:
Peter Kavanagh.
Ashbrook:
Nigel Anthony
Mr Carnill:
Nigel Anthony
Narrator:
Peter Penry Jones
Gazeley:
Peter Gunn
Eames:
Peter Gunn
Frere:
Keith Drinkel
Dodson:
Jonathan Adams
Bellinger:
Brett Usher
Priscilla Gazeley:
Eliza Buckingham
Mavis Carnhill:
Siriol Jenkins
Barmaid:
Alison Reid
Chief Constable:
John Church

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift.
Norman Rodway reads Swift's devastating solution to the economic problems of 18th-century Ireland.
Adapted by Stuart Griffiths
Producer Richard Wortley

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swift.
Unknown:
Norman Rodway
Adapted By:
Stuart Griffiths
Producer:
Richard Wortley

Gill Pyrah visits
Glyndeboume for the British opera Peter Grimes directed by Trevor Nunn , and Kate Figes reports on the rush to buy classic books.
Producer Sarah Johnson. Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Peter Grimes
Directed By:
Trevor Nunn
Directed By:
Kate Figes
Producer:
Sarah Johnson.

Strangers by Christopher Leach.
"It was as he feared, every compartment full ... soon there would be spilt coffee, crumbs, crushed sandwich-plastic, drunks, the same pig faces asleep, open mouths, teeth ..."
Read by Christian Rodska. Producer Viv Beeby

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Leach.
Read By:
Christian Rodska.
Producer:
Viv Beeby

Kathleen Turner stars as V.I. Warshawski in Michelene Wandor's six-part dramatisation of Sara Paretsky 's novel.
1: Remembrance of Things Past.
V.I. is a private investigator in Chicago.
She's not pleased when her Aunt Rose asks for help, because she knows her
Aunt hates her, and the feeling is mutual.
Director Janet Whitaker Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Turner
Unknown:
Sara Paretsky
Director:
Janet Whitaker
V I:
Kathleen Turner
Roger Ferrant:
Martin Shaw
Gabriella:
Avril Clark
Albert:
William Hootkins
Rosa:
Eileen Way
Father Carrot:
Don Fellows
Father Pelly:
Colln Stinton
Father Jablonski:
Peter Penry Jones

Susan Marling presents a series which reflects the experience of life at street level in contemporary Britain.
3:Chapeltown.
Residents and habitues of Chapeltown Road, Leeds, give their views on why this street is regarded as a centre of trouble and offer startling suggestions as to how to enact change. Producer Mary Price

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling

"If blind people don't get jobs they have mainly themselves to blame".
Rami Rabby , co-author of Take Charge, a guide for blind job seekers, debates his theory with staff and students from the RNIB's Vocational College, Loughborough.
Presented by Peter White Producer Thena Heshel
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Contributors

Unknown:
Rami Rabby
Presented By:
Peter White
Producer:
Thena Heshel

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