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5: Mind Your Manners Including Mrs Gaskell 's guide to orange-sucking, Swift's Directions to
Servants and a far from genteel Jane Austen !
Readers Prunella Scales , Richard Briers and Timothy West.
Adapted by Mike Barfield from Frank Muir 's Oxford Book Of Humorous Prose
Producer Colin Swash. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Gaskell
Readers:
Jane Austen
Readers:
Prunella Scales
Readers:
Richard Briers
Readers:
Timothy West.
Adapted By:
Mike Barfield
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Producer:
Colin Swash.

In Another Life
In Robert Stuart Tyler 's thriller a young man under hypnosis says he was treated by Sigmund Freud in a previous life. When another patient makes the same claim, Dr Von Aspe embarks on a fascinating and dangerous journey.
Director Adrian Bean. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Stuart Tyler
Unknown:
Sigmund Freud
Unknown:
Dr von Aspe
Director:
Adrian Bean.
Von Aspe:
William Roberts
Tanya:
Hetty Baynes
Walter:
Anthony Taylor
Mrs Hayes:
Elizabeth Kelly
Otto:
Brett Usher
Dr Unger:
John Church
Helen:
Siriol Jenkins
Patient:
Matthew Sim

Hugh Gaitskell died just before he could become
Labour Prime Minister in 1964. What if he'd survived and it had been he and not Harold Wilson who entered Number 10?
In the last programmme of the series, Lord Rodgers, who left the Labour party to found the SDP, and Ken Livingstone MP chart for Christopher Andrew a very different political history of the last 30 years. Producer Ian Bell

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Gaitskell
Unknown:
Harold Wilson
Unknown:
Ken Livingstone
Unknown:
Christopher Andrew
Producer:
Ian Bell

with Susan Marling. Editor Jenny Walmsley
Producers John Holmes.
Paul Dodgson and Noreen Alexander
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Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling.
Editor:
Jenny Walmsley
Producers:
John Holmes.
Unknown:
Paul Dodgson

Gill Pyrah reports from the West Yorkshire Playhouse where the leading British black dance company
Phoenix are performing. The studio guest is the author Christopher Hope , and Jeanette Winterson 's new novel Written on the Bodv will be reviewed.
Producer Sarah Johnson. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Christopher Hope
Unknown:
Jeanette Winterson
Producer:
Sarah Johnson.

Christopher Lee 's six-part political drama.
2: "Listen, Dougal - your only way back into power is through a safe seat, isn't it?"
"That's not unreasonable, Gerald."
"It is if it's my seat you want...."
Producer Neil Cargill. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Lee
Producer:
Neil Cargill.
Sir Charles Bannister:
Julian Glover
Dougal Baxter:
Peter Kelly
Lady Bannister:
Isla Blair
Henry Colville:
Christopher Benjamin
Juliet Cameron:
Siobhan Redmond
Gerald Mossman:
David Neville

A six-part series exploring the popular side of science. 2: A Load of Old Bones
Philip Holdsworth pieces together archaeological evidence to take a snapshot of bygone days. Producer Louise Dalziel

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Holdsworth
Producer:
Louise Dalziel

In the last programme of the series, John Florance visits Hope End, a hotel near Ledbury which was once the home of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Producer Julia Gillett

Contributors

Unknown:
John Florance
Unknown:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Producer:
Julia Gillett

Andrew McAllister continues this series of late-night conversations about poetry with Maura Dooley , poet and literature officer at the South Bank
Centre, novelist and theatre producer Josephine Hart , and Blake Morrison , poet and literary editor of The Independent on Sunday. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McAllister
Unknown:
Maura Dooley
Producer:
Josephine Hart
Producer:
Blake Morrison

Last in the series of the food and drink quiz hosted by Chris Kelly. With
Antonio Carlucci , Nigella Lawson , Michael Jackson and Henrietta Green.
Producer Richard Wilson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Kelly.
Unknown:
Antonio Carlucci
Unknown:
Nigella Lawson
Unknown:
Michael Jackson
Unknown:
Henrietta Green.
Producer:
Richard Wilson.

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