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Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into the moral questions behind the week's news.
Witnesses face cross-examination from Rabbi Hugo Gryn , Janet Daley ,
Edward Pearce and Professor Roger Scruton. Producer David Coomes. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Professor Roger Scruton.
Producer:
David Coomes.

Born to an unwed teenager in a school for wayward girls, Frances Lear now symbolises the success story of the American career woman. She tells her story to Jenni Murray. Serial: Bucket Nut (9).

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Lear
Unknown:
Jenni Murray.

More scientific fact and fantasy with Howie Firth in the company of Aubrey Manning, Martyn Gorman , Heinz Wolff and Bob Ralph. This week: measuring up to lust, reductio ad absurdum for the male of the species.
Producer Christopher Lambton Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Howie Firth
Unknown:
Martyn Gorman
Unknown:
Heinz Wolff
Unknown:
Bob Ralph.
Producer:
Christopher Lambton

The further adventures of private eye Dick George. Written in the style of a Hollywood comedy/thriller of the 1930s by Sarah Maxwell.
Director Glyn Dearman. Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Sarah Maxwell
Director:
Glyn Dearman
Dick:
Francis Matthews
Dora:
Margaret Robertson
Blore, the butler:
Edward de Souza
Pasta, the dog:
Ronald Herdman
Mugsy Moran:
Harry Towb
Loretta Raine:
Liza Ross
Hurry Loomis:
Ed Bishop
Jonathan Dane:
Peter Whitman
Marie Celeste:
Nicky Croydon
Central Casting:
Bonnie Hurren

from The Pump Room in Bath. Simon Rae introduces a selection of listeners' requests, read by Eleanor Bron and Tim Pigott Smith.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo •REQUESTS TO: Poetry Please! BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Read By:
Eleanor Bron
Read By:
Tim Pigott Smith.
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

Paul Allen with reviews of the RSC production of The Ihbbuk and in Sheffield the Oxford Stage Co version of Much Ado
About Nothing. Plus a profile of rural poet James Crowden.
Producer Adrian Washboume. Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
James Crowden.
Producer:
Adrian Washboume.

The Catch by Peter Hollywood.
Kiernan had long believed himself out of reach of his religion, then suddenly this ridiculous urge to bless himself had taken hold of him.
Read by Lalor Roddy.
Producer Pam Brighton. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hollywood.
Read By:
Lalor Roddy.
Producer:
Pam Brighton.

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Christmas?
Christmas is on the horizon and Mr Sims is elected to co-ordinate school festivities. Pity he doesn't spot the "banana skin" perhaps it's the stars in his eyes!
Producer John Fawcett Wilson
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Eldridge.
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Mr Sims:
Karl Howman
Mr Beeston, the headteacher:
James Grout
herself:
Michaela Strachan
Mr Holliday, the Deputy Head:
Tom Watson
Mrs Stone, the School Secretary:
Margaret John
Mr Long:
Paul Copley
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mrs Patterson:
Deirdre Costello
Mrs Rudd:
Vivienne Martin
Andy:
Kemal Ibrahim
Tanita:
Sarah Harvey-Smart
Paula:
Anna Williams
Martin:
Ben Wint
Rajid:
Adam Dean

The Municipal Consumer?
Local self government has traditionally been seen as one of the bulwarks of British democracy. In recent years however, local democracy has increasingly been replaced by consumer choice. So, asks Vernon Bogdanor , does this amount to the weakening of the vote and strengthening of the purse?
Producer Chris Westcott

Contributors

Unknown:
Vernon Bogdanor
Producer:
Chris Westcott

Bruce Bedford's six-part time-hopping thriller. 3: A stranger probes Priscusand Selwyn 's slide-show sickens Saul.
Music by Thomas Johnson , realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects by Dick Mills of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Director Andy Jordan. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Priscusand Selwyn
Music By:
Thomas Johnson
Unknown:
Robin Lever.
Unknown:
Dick Mills
Director:
Andy Jordan.
Saul judd:
Robert Glenister
Elise judd:
Sharon Duce
Scribe:
Freddie Jones
Scribe's Wife:
Kate Binchy
Haensel Sethria:
Constance Chapman
Selwyn Fist:
Timothy West
Priscus:
Gordon Reid
Stranger:
Michael Stroud
Landlord:
Eric Allen

Malcolm Jones tells the story of Josephine Butler 's 20-year fight against the Contagious Diseases Acts. With Jill Balcon as Josephine Butler. Readers: Geoffrey Banks and Eileen 0' Brien.
Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Jones
Unknown:
Josephine Butler
Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Readers:
Josephine Butler.
Producer:
Gillian Hush

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