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with Jenni Murray.

Serial: "The Bourgeoisie" by Natalia Ginzburg.
The first of four parts read by Paola Dionisotti.
Translated by Beryl Stockman
Abridged by Jack Singleton
Music: Jolivet's Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra

Contributors

Author (The Bourgeoisie):
Natalia Ginzburg
Reader (The Bourgeoisie):
Paola Dionisotti
Translated by (The Bourgeoisie):
Beryl Stockman
Abridged by (The Bourgeoisie):
Jack Singleton

Eric Williams 's classic wartime escape story, adapted in six parts. 2: The God in a Box Peter and John have devised a plan for getting back to England. But
Stalag-Luft III isn't called escape-proof for nothing.
Adapted by Mark Power
Director Adrian Bean. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Williams
Unknown:
Stalag-Luft Iii
Adapted By:
Mark Power
Director:
Adrian Bean.
Peter Howard:
Alex Jennings
John Clinton:
David Lumsden
Phil:
Simon Treves
Robbie:
John Webb
Nigel:
David Holt
MacIntyre:
Joe Dunlop
Wings Cameron:
Michael Kilgarriff
German Major:
Peter Penry Jones
Grayson:
Peter Penry Jones
Hadley:
John Church
Australian:
Vincent Brimble
Handsworth:
Vincent Brimble

The last of six stories of heroism.
Saving of the Saluto
In 1911, the crew of the Newlyn lifeboat undertook a rescue which is still remembered as an act of extreme courage. Melville Jones recounts the story of the saving of the Saluto.
Narrated by Keith Drinkel and Siriol Jenkins.
Director Gerry Jones. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Keith Drinkel
Director:
Gerry Jones.
Thomas Vingoe:
Raiph Arliss
Mrs Vingoe:
Dione Inman
Pascoe:
Matthew Morgan
Breck:
Jonathan Tafler
Olsen:
Eric Allan
Tom:
Peter Gunn
Murphy:
Roger Winslet
Mrs Klish:
Annette Holland
Mrs Harvey:
Ruth James
The Editor:
Jonathan Adams
Old Fisherman:
Peter Porteous
Young Kliski:
Julian Rhind-Tutt

5: David Walker meets
Howard Davies ,
Mancunian grammar school boy and youngest-ever head of the employers' association, the CBI.
Producer Vanessa Harrison

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker
Unknown:
Howard Davies
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

Nigel Andrews reviews the latest film releases including the new
Julie Walters movie Just Like a Woman. Plus a report on the issues confronting writers in the Middle East, post-Rushdie.
Producer Paul Quinn. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Andrews
Unknown:
Julie Walters
Producer:
Paul Quinn.

The Death of Daffy Ducky by Peter Goldsworthy.
The two couples enjoy all the pleasures of those with very disposable incomes. Then one evening, at dinner, something happens to change things.
Read by Dermot Crowley. Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Daffy Ducky
Unknown:
Peter Goldsworthy.
Read By:
Dermot Crowley.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

John Waite and his team of investigators peer under official carpets, behind company smoke-screens and through bureaucratic red tape on the trail of your complaints. Producer Graham Ellis
●WRITE TO: Face the Facts, BBC Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA

Contributors

Unknown:
John Waite
Producer:
Graham Ellis

Dear Boss. You're Fired....
The radical process where staff are asked to rate their managers' performance has been in use in the US since the 60s - and now it's catching on in Britain. Peter Day meets the workers who are now able to tell their bosses what they think of them, and he asks the bosses how brave companies need to be to introduce the scheme. Editor Stephen Chilcott

Contributors

Editor:
Stephen Chilcott

Four programmes in which
Christopher Matthew exhumes late-lamented publications for dissection. The Children's Newspaper was started by Arthur Mee in 1919 "to make goodness into news". In its heydey, children were fed a weekly diet of homilies from the Chief Scout, the doings of the League of Nations and articles on "the improvability of the African". The paper died in 1965, unmoumed by generations of children to whom it was the journalistic equivalent of castor oil ...
With Anthony Buckeridge , Keith Waterhouse and E S
Turner.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Matthew
Unknown:
Arthur Mee
Unknown:
Anthony Buckeridge

Iain Johnstone hosts the last in the current series of the celebrity panel show that brings you magic movie moments.
This week's panel is: Dick Vosburgh, Lionel Blair, David Lodge and Robin Ray.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Chairman:
Iain Johnstone
Panellist:
Dick Vosburgh
Panellist:
Lionel Blair
Panellist:
David Lodge
Panellist:
Robin Ray
Producer:
Andy Aliffe

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