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by Dolores Pala , dramatised in four parts.
Mihailo's religion causes him to question his love for Carola.
Dramatised by Elizabeth Troop
Stereo (First broadcast on Radio 5)

Contributors

Author:
Dolores Pala
Dramatised By:
Elizabeth Troop
Director:
Sally Avens
Carola:
Jenifer Landor
Mihaib:
Frank Kovacs
Claude:
Philip Franks
Monique:
Gill Bevan
Jean:
David King
Dimitri:
Neil Roberts
Fred:
John Church
Man:
John Church
German woman:
Gudrun Ure
Woman:
Gudrun Ure

Six stories of individual or group heroism.
Many stories of wartime heroism have become legendary, but the men who manned The Shetland Bus were very special. Matthew Solon retells the story of the Norwegians who braved the North Sea during the Second World War.
Narrator John Rowe.
Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Matthew Solon
Narrator:
John Rowe
Director:
Martin Jenkins
David Howarth:
Keith Drinkel
Ole Grotle:
Eric Allan
Leif Larsen:
Ralf Beck

Martin Wainwright reflects on a group of historical characters united by enthusiasm verging on obsession.
This week: Colonel Jasper Maskelyne , a magician who joined the Army's Camouflage Unit during the Second World War and attempted amazing conjuring tricks in the Western Desert.
Producer Wendy Pilmer

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Wainwright
Unknown:
Colonel Jasper Maskelyne
Producer:
Wendy Pilmer

Graphic portrayals of extraordinary characters.

Elizabeth Jennings writes, she says, to search for order. A search which begins most days in a cafe in Oxford. There, Germaine Greer met this fine poet of the senses.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Germaine Greer
Interviewee:
Elizabeth Jennings
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

Brian Sibley meets playwright David Edgar , whose first TV play is screened tonight (BBC2,
9.00pm). Also, reviews of this week's film releases, Hilary Mantel 's novel about the French
Revolution, and a fresh assessment of the Judy Garland legend.
Producer Adrian Washboume. Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
David Edgar
Unknown:
Hilary Mantel
Unknown:
Judy Garland
Producer:
Adrian Washboume.

Rabbits by Lawrence Scott.
She's an overseer's wife living on a plantation. She's expecting their seventh child. It's peaceful at the house, but down at the club the tongues are wagging ...
Read by Deborah Findlay. Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Lawrence Scott.
Read By:
Deborah Findlay.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

Sheila Dicks spends her life among the dead - she works as an embalmer, and believes how we say goodbye to our loved ones is the key to a natural, healthy grieving process. Yet Sheila began her working life as a midwife. She explains to Andrea Adams why, essentially, it's still the same job.
Producer Fiona Couper. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dicks
Unknown:
Andrea Adams
Producer:
Fiona Couper.

The New Age Auditors Just like everyone else, businesses are under pressure to conform to fashionable trends.
Nigel Cassidy follows a group of consultants around a Manchester paint company as they examine new management skills from ethics to the colour of clothes. But can these New
Age Auditors increase profitability?
Producer Robert McKenzie

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Cassidy
Producer:
Robert McKenzie

Hosted by Iain Johnstone. The panel: Dick Vosburgh, Nanette Newman, Michael Bentine and Robin Ray.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Chairman:
Iain Johnstone
Panellist:
Dick Vosburgh
Panellist:
Nanette Newman
Panellist:
Michael Bentine
Panellist:
Robin Ray
Producer:
Andy Aliffe

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