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In the first of a series of six programmes the prematurely retired
John Walters fills his idle hours by thinking out loud about a new career as a semi-professional cougher. Producer Cathie Mahoney Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Walters
Producer:
Cathie Mahoney

Fun, frolics, and much, much, more. Subscribe now! With Susie Brann , Alistair McGowan , Mary Elliot-Nelson , Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham.
Producer Sarah Smith. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Susie Brann
Unknown:
Alistair McGowan
Unknown:
Mary Elliot-Nelson
Unknown:
Julian Dutton
Unknown:
Peter Baynham.
Producer:
Sarah Smith.

A series of three plays by Catherine Czerkawska.
2: The Water's Wide.
It is now 1906. Sarah has married Johnnie and has left her Dunure home.
Installed in her own house in Maybole, she is happier than she believed possible. There are rumours of the failure of the Maybole boot industry, but Johnnie is a skilled man and the future seems secure.
Incidental music by John McCusker
Director Hamish Wilson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Catherine Czerkawska.
Music By:
John McCusker
Director:
Hamish Wilson.
Sarah:
Sybil Wintrope
Agnes:
Sheila Donald
James:
Joey Cooper
Guard:
Joey Cooper
Annie:
Rachel Ogilvy
Johnnie:
Stuart McQuarrie
Duncan McIntyre:
Colin Gourley
Teresa:
Carolyn Bonnyman
Mary:
Jean Faulds
Gillian:
Isabel Wright

Father Reginald Foster is a Carmelite priest from Milwaukee who is the Pope's official Latin translator. He is also one of the world's great Latin teachers. Jeremy Nicholas went to meet him in Rome on the Ides of March.
Producer Ian Gardhouse. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Father Reginald Foster
Unknown:
Jeremy Nicholas
Producer:
Ian Gardhouse.

Nigel Andrews talks to the director Jim Jarmusch about his film Night on Earth, and visits an exhibition about the pop video. Studio guest is the choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Talks:
Nigel Andrews
Director:
Jim Jarmusch
Unknown:
Shobana Jeyasingh.
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Footprints of the Eland by Georgina Andrewes.
A young man searches for his grandfather in South West Africa. But, like the elusive eland, Grandfather Kummer has vanished into nothingness.
Read by Jonathan Tafler. Producer Sarah Kilgarriff

Contributors

Unknown:
Georgina Andrewes.
Unknown:
Grandfather Kummer
Read By:
Jonathan Tafler.
Producer:
Sarah Kilgarriff

1: Received
Wisdom.
News is part of our lives; we read it, watch it and listen to it every day, but are we getting the news we want; and how much do we take in? In the first of a four-part examination of the news business,
Sheena McDonald asks consumers around the country what they think of the news and puts the answers to the news professionals.
Producer Andrew Denwood
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheena McDonald
Producer:
Andrew Denwood

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More