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From the North.
With Christa Ackroyd.
Woman's Hour Book of Short Stories Vol 2
Her Mother by Anjana Appachana. Read by Souad Faress . Abridged by Ann Rees Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Christa Ackroyd.
Unknown:
Anjana Appachana.
Read By:
Souad Faress
Abridged By:
Ann Rees Jones

with Derek Cooper.
As writs fly between restaurateurs and food critics in Dublin and Paris, the programme asks: how much power do restaurant reviewers have and how useful a service do they provide? Are some fashionable critics concentrating too much on the decor and not enough on the duck?
Producer Marie Helly

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper.
Producer:
Marie Helly

A small market town at the foot of the Black Mountains on the England-Wales border has become the home for one of Britain's most exciting literary festivals.
Nigel Forde reports from Hay-on-Wye on the legacy of local writers Kilvert and David Jones , and with international stars Amos Oz and Simon Schama discusses the role of history in writing.
Producer Anthony Denselow Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
David Jones
Unknown:
Simon Schama
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

Monsieur Oufle
A 17th-century story by L'Abbe Bourdelot in a Victorian translation by the Rev Sabine Baring-Gould .
The farcical history of the superstitious and weak-headed M Oufle who believes he has been betwitched and turned into a werewolf ...
Read by Timothy Bateson. Producer Sarah Kilgarriff

Contributors

Unknown:
Monsieur Oufle
Unknown:
Sabine Baring-Gould
Unknown:
M Oufle
Read By:
Timothy Bateson.
Producer:
Sarah Kilgarriff

Is the grass always greener?

Contributors

Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Simla:
Judy Bennett
Mark:
Richard Derrington
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Brian:
Charles Colungwood
Debbie:
Tamsin Greig
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
Neil:
Brian Hewlett
Susan:
Charlotte Martin
Mike:
Terry Molloy
Betty:
Pamela Craig
Caroline:
Sara Coward
Mrs Antrobus:
Margot Boyd
Robin:
Tim Meats
Sam Stokes:
Monty Allen
Oliver Stokes:
James Naylor
French farmer:
Alan Debray
French agent:
Nicholas Mead

From Stockton on Tees.
The panel includes:
Virginia Bottomley MP, Secretary of State for Health;
Jonathon Porritt , environmental consultant; Tony Blair MP, Shadow Spokesman on Employment. Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathon Porritt
Unknown:
Tony Blair
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.

Larks Ascending
Just before he volunteered for active service in the First World War, Ralph Vaughan Williams completed The Lark
Ascending for violin and orchestra, an evocation of the peaceful Britain he was leaving behind, and a fiendish challenge for a violinist. Violinist
Iona Brown performs it, with memories of the composer from Ursula Vaughan -
Williams and Sir Neville Marriner , and the sounds of the larks recorded by Richard Margoschis. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Violinist:
Iona Brown
Unknown:
Ursula Vaughan
Unknown:
Sir Neville Marriner
Unknown:
Richard Margoschis.

Let's Go Somewhere
Forty years ago, Saturday nights were action packed for Brian Johnston. Each week, live on air, he would perform stunts which shocked, thrilled and scared the millions of listeners to
In Town Tonight.
Producer Cathy Drysdale. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston.
Producer:
Cathy Drysdale.

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