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with John Humphrys and Peter Hobday.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Jonathan Fryer.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Peter Hobday.
Unknown:
Jonathan Fryer.

Jonathan Dimbleby and guests Sir John Harvey -Jones, industrialist; Simon Jenkins , journalist and ex-editor of The Times; Lord
Palumbo, Chairman of the Arts Council; and Lady Wilcox,
Chairwoman of the National Consumer
Council, tackle the issues raised in Salisbury
Cathedral, Wiltshire.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Sir John Harvey
Unknown:
Simon Jenkins

A play for Hallowe'en by Robert Westall.

Nothing in Sepp Yaxley's cottage had been touched since the day he... disappeared. For Rose and her children, a perfect place for a holiday adventure. Until the cat turned up...
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Westall
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Rose:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Jane:
Susan Mann
Tim:
Richard Pearce
Vicar:
Jonathan Wyatt
Miss Yaxley:
Patience Tomlinson
Nathan Gotobed:
Peter Tuddenham
Jack Sydenham:
Graham Howes
Shopkeeper/Doctor:
Jo Kendall

with Michael Scott.
Red Thundercloud is a. North American Indian herbalist. Richard Mabey knows Britain's medicinal plants. At the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Edinburgh, they meet to compare potions, traditions and folklore in the last programme of the series. Producer Grant Sonnex

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Scott.
Unknown:
Richard Mabey
Producer:
Grant Sonnex

Feeling Blue
It is the colour of the sea and sky, the emblem of the Conservative Party, a symbol for the divine in religious art, and is used therapeutically by healers. But what is Blue? And how do we handle it in art?
Waldemar Januszczak explores the history and meaning of blue with the help of artists Terry Frost , Anish Kapoor ,
Derek Jarman , David Hockney and Bridget Riley.
Producer Anthony Denselow. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Waldemar Januszczak
Artists:
Terry Frost
Artists:
Anish Kapoor
Artists:
Derek Jarman
Unknown:
David Hockney
Unknown:
Bridget Riley.
Producer:
Anthony Denselow.

The True Story of Martin Guerre
Second of a two-part dramatisation from the trial notes of the 16th-century French judge, Jean de Coras. Martin Guerre 's wife, Bertrande, has accepted him on his return after eight years' absence and borne him two further children, but then accuses him of being an impostor.
Magistrate PETER PENRY JONES Other parts played by Federay Holmes , John Church ,
Keith Drinkel , Jonathan Adams. John Webb and Siriol Jenkins
Dramatised by Guy Meredith Music by Philip Pickett
Performed by Pavlo Beznosiuk , Tom Finucane and Stephen Henderson
Director Janet Whitaker. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean de Coras.
Unknown:
Martin Guerre
Unknown:
Peter Penry Jones
Played By:
Federay Holmes
Played By:
John Church
Played By:
Keith Drinkel
Unknown:
Jonathan Adams.
Unknown:
John Webb
Unknown:
Siriol Jenkins
Dramatised By:
Guy Meredith
Music By:
Philip Pickett
Unknown:
Pavlo Beznosiuk
Unknown:
Tom Finucane
Unknown:
Stephen Henderson
Director:
Janet Whitaker.
Martin:
Sean Bean
Bertrande:
Leslie Dunlop
Jean de Coras:
Olivier Pierre
Bertrande's Mother:
Jill Graham
Pierre Guerre:
Andrew Melville
Sanglas:
Steve Hodson
Mme Sanglas:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Francoise:
Jo Kendall
Carbon Barrau:
Peter Gunn
Guillem:
Eric Allan
Sliepherdl Dominique Pujol:
John Fleming

Diane Abbott , Britain's first black woman MP, has now been in Parliament for five years. She talks to
Ferdinand Dennis about her achievements, and her contact with Jamaica.
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Diane Abbott
Unknown:
Ferdinand Dennis

Eight years ago in the fishy ozone of Grimsby, a ghostbusting team was bom. The leader, Robin Furman , lives in a house haunted by a nun. Among his crew are his son Andy, who looks after the Ghostmobile an Austin
Princess and Rodney, inventor of the "Roboghost", a machine which sniffs out poltergeists. Martyn Wiley joins the team and their 14-stone dog, Ben, for a night of ghostbusting.
Producer Edwina Wolstencroft

Contributors

Leader:
Robin Furman
Unknown:
Martyn Wiley
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

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