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Jonathan Dimbleby and guests Tom Clarke MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland; Rt Hon Ian Lang MP, Secretary of State for Scotland; Magnus Linklater , Editor of The Scotsman; and Yvonne Strachan , Women's
Officer for the Scottish
Transport and General
Workers' Union, tackle the issues raised in Glasgow.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Tom Clarke
Unknown:
Ian Lang
Unknown:
Magnus Linklater
Unknown:
Yvonne Strachan

The Facts Speak for Themselves
A thumbprint is all that stands between prison and freedom for Robert Holland , but can his barrister find an explanation which will satisfy the jury?
Author Mark Leech , winner of an Arthur Koestler Award for writing from prisoners, brings his own experience to his first radio play.
Director Ned Chaillet. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Holland
Unknown:
Mark Leech
Unknown:
Arthur Koestler
Director:
Ned Chaillet.
Michael Hamilton:
Struan Rodger
Robert Holland:
Larry Dann
Enyd Davies:
Meg Davies
Alan McDonald:
Steve Hodson
Valerie Palmer:
Kate Binchy
James Langley:
Keith Drinkel
Judge McGee:
Eric Allan
Paul Bates:
Matthew Morgan
Eric Jones:
Philip Anthony
David Logan:
Nicholas Murchie
Clerk of Court:
John Webb
Prison Officer:
Jonathan Tafler
Police Dispatch:
Melanie Hudson

Two hundred years ago, a simple ceremony was held in a field in Washington to lay the foundation stone of 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue. Following the American presidential elections Christopher Cook visits the White House to tell its colourful story. From Mount Vernon , George Washington's home on the Potomac, he recalls the first president, and in Virginia he remembers
Thomas Jefferson , who played a formative role in early American politics. Producer John Knight

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Mount Vernon
Unknown:
Thomas Jefferson
Producer:
John Knight

Roger Harrabin returns with the environment magazine.
An investigation into how Japan is poised to lead the world into what it believes is a cleaner and safer future - based on plutonium. Producer Jeffrey Olstead

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Harrabin
Producer:
Jeffrey Olstead

A Disgrace to the Community
Poet and polemicist, communist and nationalist, genius and imposter - the reputation of Hugh MacDiarmid embraced all of these facets.
Robert Crawford examines the enigma of Scotland's "best and worst poet".
Producer Bruce Young

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh MacDiarmid
Unknown:
Robert Crawford
Producer:
Bruce Young

The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov 's satire on 1930s Russia, dramatised in four parts. With Daniel Massey as Woland,
Michael Maloney as the Master, and Geraldine James as Margarita. 1: Jesus and the Critic
A severed head, a giant talking cat, an invisible guest and two madmen - it's springtime in Moscow!
Dramatised by Brian Wright
Director David Hitchinson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov
Unknown:
Daniel Massey
Unknown:
Michael Maloney
Unknown:
Geraldine James
Dramatised By:
Brian Wright
Director:
David Hitchinson.
Bezdomny:
Nigel Anthony
Koroviev:
Colin Jeavons
Azazeio:
John Hollis
Behemoth:
David Holt
Inspector:
Eric Allan
Natasha:
Melanie Hudson
Sergeant:
Jonathan Adams
Berlioz:
John Fleming
Stepa:
John Church
Dr Stravinsky:
Peter Penry Jones
Nikanor:
John Webb
Yeshua:
Jonathan Tafler
Nurse:
Melinda Walker
Wife:
Linda Polan

Sarah Baxter and Robert Fox start a new series by interviewing a leading economist to explore the question: is economics a bogus science? Producer Sheila Cook

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Baxter
Unknown:
Robert Fox
Producer:
Sheila Cook

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