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

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Vincent Nichols.

An eight-part series on life in Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry.
2: A missing testicle, rats by the flower stall, and the chaplain supports the family of a dying 11-year-old boy.
Producers Sarah Rowlands and Brian King. Stereo

Contributors

Producers:
Sarah Rowlands
Producers:
Brian King.

by Jim Eldridge.
Starring Karl Howman as Philip Sims and James Grout as Mr Beeston , the Head Teacher, in the last programme of the series. Endings and Beginnings Mixed emotions as the staff approach the end of the school year.
Producer John Fawcett Wilson
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Eldridge.
Unknown:
Karl Howman
Unknown:
Philip Sims
Unknown:
James Grout
Unknown:
Mr Beeston
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Mr Holliday, the Deputy Head:
Tom Watson
Mrs Stone, the School Secretary:
Margaret John
Mrs Rudd:
Vivienne Martin
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mr Long:
Paul Copley
Mrs Patterson:
Deirdre Costello
Meg Holliday:
Eva Stuart
Mrs Dixon/Nurse:
Kate Binchy
Singing Traffic Warden:
Jonathan Adams
Ranjit:
John Pickard
Tommy:
Rocky Samrai

In Vince Foxall 's play,
Jack, an CAP and steam train enthusiast, meets
Pat, a streetwise teenager. The incident is to change their lives and their perceptions of each other's generation.
Director Sue Wilson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Vince Foxall
Director:
Sue Wilson.
Jock:
Peter Vaughan
Pat:
Tilly Vosburgh
Grace:
Gudrun Ure
Kai:
Penny Layden
Ray:
John Hollis
Jean:
Elizabeth Kelly
Joan:
Ann Windsor

Simon Rae introduces poems for the young and young at heart, with readers Rosalind Shanks and Andrew Sachs. The programme was recorded as part of the BBC Poetry Festival for Children. Producers Susan Roberts and Julian Wilkinson. Stereo

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
Rosalind Shanks
Readers:
Andrew Sachs.
Producers:
Susan Roberts
Producers:
Julian Wilkinson.

Peggy Reynolds is at the first night of the musical thriller A Judgement in Stone, based on the novel by Ruth Rendell and starring Sheila Hancock ; and discusses the new novel Brightness Falls, about living through the financial crash in 1980s
New York.
Producer Rachel Yorke
Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds
Novel By:
Ruth Rendell
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Producer:
Rachel Yorke

Five Stories by Graham Greene
Read by John Rowe. 4: Brotlier
Paris 1936. To the cafe owner, communists were the enemy. Reds, he believed, would rape his wife, murder him as soon as look at him yet here they were drinking in his bar.

Contributors

Stories By:
Graham Greene
Read By:
John Rowe.

Back for a new series. the first in a new season of initial runs of the top-rated tape. News read by Christopher Morris.
News read aloud by David Schneider , Patrick Marber , Steve Coogan , Doon MacKichan and Rebecca Front.
Producer Armando lannucci. Stereo

Contributors

Read By:
Christopher Morris.
Unknown:
David Schneider
Unknown:
Patrick Marber
Unknown:
Steve Coogan
Unknown:
Doon MacKichan

Bluehall, SWl?
British voters, politicians and officials have been accustomed to parties alternating in power. But, Peter Hennessy asks, what will a fourth successive
Conservative term mean for the ways in which we are governed?
Producer Simon Coates

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hennessy
Producer:
Simon Coates

In a series of six programmes, Christopher Cook delves into the BBC
Sound Archives to discover something of the great figures of the past through the memories of those who were fortunate enough to meet them. Producer John Knight

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Producer:
John Knight

A techno-thriller in six parts by Shaun Prendergast. 5: Kim and D S Love follow the trail towards
"Bird in Hand". But what secrets will their digging unearth?
Director Adrian Bean. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Shaun Prendergast.
Director:
Adrian Bean.
Kim Drake:
Siriol Jenkins
Todd:
Jack Klaff
Stone:
Kenneth Cranham
Charles:
Okon Jones
D S Love:
Jonathan Tafler
Jill Noone:
Alice Arnold
John Maschler:
Terence Edmond
Anne:
Kate Binchy
Frank:
Shaun Prendergast
Wilson:
Peter Gunn
Nelson:
Kenneth McClellan
Doctor:
Theresa Streatfeild

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