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with Jenni Murray.
Women now make up half of the students in medical school, but only 15 per cent get to the top of the profession. Sonia Beesley asks why.
Serial: A Woman of the Pharisees
(10)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Sonia Beesley

by Eric Williams. 5: On the Run
Having escaped from
Stalag-Luft III , Peter and John are alone and friendless in Germany.
Can they make it to Stettin and a Swedish ship?
Adapted by Mark Power
Director Adrian Bean. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Williams.
Unknown:
Stalag-Luft Iii
Adapted By:
Mark Power
Director:
Adrian Bean.
Peter:
Alex Jennings
John:
David Lumsden
Frenchman:
Michael Jayes
Railway Guard:
William Brand
German Waitress:
Melanie Hudson

Five further exploits of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's immortal detective.
2: The Resident Patient Mr Blessington has settled young Dr Trevelyan in a good practice, with himself living upstairs. All goes well until the arrival of a Russian Count and his son.
Dramatised by Peter Ling Violinist Leonard Friedman
Director Enyd Williams. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Mr Blessington
Dramatised By:
Peter Ling
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Director:
Enyd Williams.
Sherlock Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr Watson:
Michael Williams
Dr Trevelyan:
Clarence Smith
Alfred Blessington:
Robert Lang
Count Orlovshy:
David Kossoff
Stefan Orhvsky:
George Winter
Inspector Lanner:
Eric Allan
Maria:
Adjoa Andoh
lady of the Night:
Siriol Jenkins

Canadians are preparing to vote in a referendum.
As the self-government of the aboriginal people reaches its last hurdle,
Margaret Horsefield meets Chief Wendy Grant , an outspoken Indian chief. Producer Vanessa Harrison

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Horsefield
Unknown:
Wendy Grant
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

Mark Steyn reviews the new big-screen releases, including the Australian Strictly Ballroom and Michael Apted 's
Thunderheat. The studio guest is Hank Marvin.
Producer Belinda Sample. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Steyn
Unknown:
Michael Apted
Unknown:
Hank Marvin.
Producer:
Belinda Sample.

The Curtain with the Knot in It by Shena McKay.
Very strange goings-on at the Croxted Memorial
Home. Especially with Kevin and Pauline running things....
Read by Jane Whittenshaw.
Abridged and produced by Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Shena McKay.
Read By:
Jane Whittenshaw.
Produced By:
Duncan Minshull

"Dear Boss ... You're
Fired...."
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
(Postponed from 23 September)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Day
Editor:
Stephen Chilcott

0 Caledonia!
Elspeth Barker 's first novel has won four awards and has been nominated for the Whitbread Prize for a First Novel. Abridged in eight parts, and read by Hannah Gordon.
1: Janet lies murdered beneath the castle stairs, oddly attired in her mother's black lace evening dress, lamented only by one small bird ... Abridged by Yvonne Antrobus Producer Peter Kavanagh

Contributors

Unknown:
Elspeth Barker
Read By:
Hannah Gordon.
Abridged By:
Yvonne Antrobus
Producer:
Peter Kavanagh

Christopher Matthew exhumes another late-lamented publication for dissection in the last programme of the series. Nova burst on the publishing scene in 1965 as "the magazine for the intelligent woman". It sank like a stone. IPC then brought in Dennis Hackett as editor. Under his leadership, Nova's avantgarde fashion pages and distinguished journalism earned it a reputation as the magazine of the 1960s ... With Molly Parkin ,
Irma Kurtz , Dennis Hackett and Brigid Keenan.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Matthew
Unknown:
Dennis Hackett
Unknown:
Molly Parkin
Unknown:
Irma Kurtz
Unknown:
Dennis Hackett
Unknown:
Brigid Keenan.

Barry Cryer , Peter Jones and Christopher Timothy tell the stories. You and Chairman Tim Brooke -
Taylor have to guess who's hoaxing, in the last programme of the series. Producer Edward Taylor Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Christopher Timothy
Unknown:
Tim Brooke
Producer:
Edward Taylor

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