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8: Just the Job
The last programme of the series, including
Alan Coren and the unions at Dunkirk, and the theory behind Parkinson's Law. Read by Prunella Scales , Richard Briers ,
Paul Eddington and Timothy West.
Adapted by Mike Barfield from Frank Muir 's Oxford Book Of Humorous Prose
Producer Colin Swash. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Coren
Read By:
Prunella Scales
Read By:
Richard Briers
Read By:
Paul Eddington
Read By:
Timothy West.
Adapted By:
Mike Barfield
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Producer:
Colin Swash.

Joanna Buchan visits hvo extreme American communities, the Amish and the Navaho Indians.
She takes part in a reunion where Navaho veterans tell the story of their secret role in the Second World
War.
Producer Tessa Watt. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanna Buchan
Producer:
Tessa Watt.

Novelist P 1) James is Paul Vaughan 's studio guest, talking about The Children of Men, her latest novel. Gore Vidal 's latest book
Writer Against the Grain travels back in time.
Producer Nicki Paxman. Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Gore Vidal
Producer:
Nicki Paxman.

Grandma's Central
Position by Beryl Bainbridge. "Just as I'm a disappointment to Mother, she'd been a disappointment tu
Grandma. Only difference is, I couldn't care less." Read by Jane Hogarth. Producer Pat Pryor

Contributors

Unknown:
Beryl Bainbridge.
Read By:
Jane Hogarth.
Producer:
Pat Pryor

5: An attempt by Government to discredit
Opposition MPs backfires when a confidential file also reveals the potentially damaging link between Sir Charles and Juliet Cameron.
Producer Neil Cargill. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Juliet Cameron.
Producer:
Neil Cargill.
Sir Charles Bannister:
Julian Glover
DougalBaxler:
Peter Kelly
Lady Bannister:
Isla Blair
Henry:
Christopher Benjamin
Juliet Cameron:
Siobhan Redmond
Pully:
Ruth Gemmell
Kay:
Jane Booker
Nick:
Julian Dutton

A series of six programmes in which Miles Kington discovers what makes different nations laugh. 1: Nigeria
Nigerians joke about politics, corruption, infidelity, ethnic differences, the National Power Supply Company and ... themselves. Producer Anne-Marie Cole

Contributors

Producer:
Anne-Marie Cole

Nick Baker looks between the pages of six newspapers and magazines serving different trades or professions.
2: Asian Trader
A news story, written in three different languages, warns Asian shopkeepers about a fraud involving a packet of cigarettes. At the Savoy, chopped green chillis, sweet mango chutney and poppadoms are served shortly before the announcement of Asian Trader of the Year.
Producer Mark Savage. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Baker
Producer:
Mark Savage.

A three-part series in which Debbie Thrower meets people who work in a partnership almost as close as a marriage. 1: Par for the Course
Des Smyth is a professional golfer. John O'Reilly is his caddy, but he doesn't just carry the golf clubs he gives advice on the game and his salary depends on whether Des wins or loses.
Producer Emma Kingsley. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Debbie Thrower
Unknown:
Des Smyth
Unknown:
John O'Reilly
Producer:
Emma Kingsley.

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