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The holiday and travel programme presented by Bill Oddie. This week, the second part of Dilly Barlow 's exploration of the Middle East - Jordan and the forgotten city of Petra. Producer Sara Jane Hall

Contributors

Presented By:
Bill Oddie.
Unknown:
Dilly Barlow
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall

Chairman Barry Took.
Captains Richard Ingrams and Alan Coren with John Wells and Michael White. Producer Colin Swash. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Took.
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
John Wells
Unknown:
Michael White.
Producer:
Colin Swash.

Jonathan Dimbleby and guests David Bryer , Director of Oxfam;
Jenny Kirkpatrick , businesswoman; Austin Mitchell, MP; and Peter Temple-Morris , MP. From Spalding, Lines.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
David Bryer
Unknown:
Jenny Kirkpatrick
Unknown:
Peter Temple-Morris

by R.J. Gallagher.
A football coach, sent on an unexplained mission to a leading club, stumbles upon a major scandal and a threat of murder.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Author:
R.J. Gallagher
Director:
Nigel Bryant
D.S. Pascoe:
Peter Wynne-Willson
D.C. Cafferty:
Jonathan Deverall
Richie:
John Telfer
Peter:
Peter Meakin
Joanne:
Mary Jo Randle
Ken Salthouse:
Berry Hinks
Michael Lee:
Peter Whitman
Mark Morgan:
Andy Hockley
Hazel:
Christine McGowan

340 million years ago,
Edinburgh was a series of volcanoes in a tropical forest, home to the ancestors of many of today's species.
Anna Grayson joins 50 scientists in solving the evolutionary mystery of the "creepy crawlies under the volcano".
Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Grayson
Producer:
Julia Durbin

Spit, Wind and Angel Music
Is the trombone vulgar oompah player or velvet midnight seducer? Author and trombonist Henry Shukman explores the trombone's maverick career in the court of Henry VIII , the back row of the orchestra, the brass band and the rhythms of calypso and jazz. And trombonists reveal their true feelings for what was once described as an "antique drainage system". Producer Sally Marmion. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Shukman
Unknown:
Henry Viii
Producer:
Sally Marmion.

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne , dramatised in two parts. 2: The simplest of shapes - the letter "A" - is the portent seen in the sky. There are those who believe it stands for
"Angel".
Arthur Dimmesdale , the Puritan community's own special angel, is striving to bury a secret deep in his heart, but there is someone who has already discovered it.
Dramatised by Greg Snow
Director Tracey Neale. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Unknown:
Arthur Dimmesdale
Dramatised By:
Greg Snow
Director:
Tracey Neale.
Hester Prynne:
Deborah Findlay
Pearl:
Carollne Graham
Arthur Dimmesdale:
Michael Maloney
Roger Chillingworth:
Nigel Anthony
Reverend John Wilson:
John Webb
Governor Bellingham:
Aubrey Woods
Mistress Cork:
Siriol Jenkins
Mistress Hibbins:
Jill Graham
Widow Foster:
Meunda Walker
Captain:
Eric Allan
Deacon/Beadle:
David Holt
Servant:
Julian Rhind-Tutt

Last of a series ofsixprogrammes in which journalists remember the first faltering steps they took in their careers.
The Man from the MG In 1953, writer
Anthony Smith was an impoverished would-be author living off a 71b tin of honey in a London basement. Then came the call....
Producer Caroline Adams

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Smith
Producer:
Caroline Adams

Half-an-hour of comedy and music in which the classics are mangled beyond recovery. Starring Tom Miles and Rob Millner , with special guests Jim Tavare , Jonathan Cecil and Flaminia Cinque.
Producer Harry Thompson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Miles
Unknown:
Rob Millner
Unknown:
Jim Tavare
Unknown:
Jonathan Cecil
Producer:
Harry Thompson.

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