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with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Dr John Newton.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament.

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Dr John Newton.

Evelyn Waugh 's novel dramatised in six parts. 4: Paul Pennyfeather becomes engaged to a member of high society and Grimes turns up again.
Adapted by Jeremy Front
Producer Lissa Evans. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh
Unknown:
Paul Pennyfeather
Adapted By:
Jeremy Front
Producer:
Lissa Evans.
Paul Pennyfeather:
Alistair McGowan
Margot:
Joanna David
Grimes:
Jim Broadbent
Maltravers:
John Church
Peter:
Richard Pearce
Potts:
Daniel Strauss
Jane:
Theresa Streatfeild

Moving On.
The conclusion of Gilly Fraser 's two-part serial set in Hessle Road, Hull, once the heart of the fishing community. Kelly is in Iceland and Thora and Hilda are learning to cope without her.
Music composed and played by Anthea Gomez.
Director Sue Wilson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Gilly Fraser
Played By:
Anthea Gomez.
Director:
Sue Wilson.
Hilda Armitage:
Pauline Letts
Thora Turpin:
Shirley Dixon
Kelly Turpin:
Allce Arnold
Aud, the deep-minded:
Ann Beach
Tom Parker:
Nicholas Murchie
Joyce:
Sunny Ormonde
Elsie Tyson:
Ann Windsor
The Keeper:
Michael Onslow
Stan:
Eric Allan

Six villages lost in the 20th Century. Sean Street tells the story of their demise with the help of men and women who used to live in them.
5: Polphail
On the shores of Loch Fyne , Scotland, is the concrete shell of a village that was expected to bring prosperity to the area.
Producer Felicity Goodall. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Street
Unknown:
Loch Fyne
Producer:
Felicity Goodall.

Mark Steyn is at the films of the week including John Carpenter 's thriller
Memoirs of an Invisible
Man and Europa, Europa; there's a report from the Cannes Film Festival; and the writing of Angus Wilson is republished as his novel Anglo-Saxon Attitudes is adapted for TV.
Producer John Goudie. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Steyn
Unknown:
John Carpenter
Unknown:
Angus Wilson
Producer:
John Goudie.

The Escape Club by Vicky Barlow
"She could feel the power to invent her own world growing again. Would writing ever provide the key to real freedom or just to the imaginary variety?" Read by Sue Jenkins. Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
Vicky Barlow
Read By:
Sue Jenkins.
Producer:
Gillian Hush

The third of four programmes by Roderick Graham to celebrate the life of Sydney Smith.
Robert Lang plays the man of whom George III said "he is undoubtedly a very clever fellow but he will never be a Bishop".
Director Jane Morgan. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Roderick Graham
Unknown:
Sydney Smith.
Unknown:
Robert Lang
Unknown:
George Iii
Director:
Jane Morgan.
Saba:
Marian Diamond
Dr Holland:
Andrew Wincott
Mrs Smith:
Ann Bell
Jeffrey:
Mark Straker
Lord John Russell:
Norman Jones
Gardner:
Terence Edmond

Going public is one of the great temptations for any company, and they're queueing up to do it at the moment. Stock market investors get a chance to buy the shares, and the company's owners suddenly become seriously rich. But is going public really such a good idea? And why have some big companies turned tail, and retreated back into private ownership? Peter Day investigates in the last programme of the series. Producer Melanie Fanstone
Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Melanie Fanstone

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