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with Peter Hobday and Brian Redhead.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Philip Crowe.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Brian Redhead.
Unknown:
Rev Philip Crowe.

Michael Buerk returns with the series of live investigations into topical questions of morality. Witnesses face cross-examination from Edward Pearce ,
Janet Daley , Professor Norman Stone and Dr David Cook. Producer David Coomes. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Professor Norman Stone
Unknown:
Dr David Cook.
Producer:
David Coomes.

1: Moving into Town
Since his last series of talks, John P Harris has moved - all of four miles. Advancing years (his explanation) prompted
John and his wife Sophie to leave the Languedoc village that was their home for 20 years and seek the comforts of the nearby (but still anonymous) small town. Producer Merilyn Hams. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John P Harris
Producer:
Merilyn Hams.

The light-hearted political quiz. Team captains
Austin Mitchell MP and Michael White are joined this week by Matthew Parris and Charles Kennedy MP.
Chairman Patrick Hannan. Producer Louise Coats. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael White
Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Charles Kennedy
Unknown:
Patrick Hannan.
Producer:
Louise Coats.

by Martin Worth.
A businessman is faced with the choice of leaving the country for a year to save himself a huge tax bill or staying to try and rescue his marriage.
Cello played by Gabriel Amherst Director Matthew Walters. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Worth.
Played By:
Gabriel Amherst
Director:
Matthew Walters.
Derek:
Peter Penry Jones
Karen:
Federay Holmes
Pamela:
Melinda Walker
Anna/Sarah:
Oona Beeson
Philip:
Richard Pearce
Murray/Keith:
Keith Drinkel
Dave/Lt Trench:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Clare:
Kate Binchy
Joy/Mrs Robins:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Sgtl Mr Robins:
John Fleming
Mrs Stevens:
Barbara Atkinson
Mr Higgs:
Jonathan Adams
Mrs Higgs:
Jill Graham

Paul Allen visits the stage version oijane Eyre at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, hears the remarkable life story of folk-singer Frankie Armstrong and explores the art of football in images and words. Producer Paul Quinn. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Frankie Armstrong
Producer:
Paul Quinn.

The White Flower by Hugh Bredin. The young priest contemplates his calling, but something in the "real world" distracts him ... Read by Gerard McSorley. Producer Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Bredin.
Read By:
Gerard McSorley.
Producer:
Eoin O'Callaghan

Love the impulse that has driven humanity since man first wondered what woman would look like if he scrubbed off the mud. Find out the truth with Stewart Lee , Armando lannucci ,
Richard Herring , Rebecca Front and the voice of Tom Baker.
Producer Sarah Smith. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart Lee
Unknown:
Armando Lannucci
Unknown:
Richard Herring
Unknown:
Rebecca Front
Unknown:
Tom Baker.
Producer:
Sarah Smith.

Chrys Salt visits pit villages in Yorkshire, the Rhondda and Kent to hear why for many women the 1984 Miners' Strike became a turning point in their lives.
Producers Cathy Drysdale and Fiona Couper. Stereo

Contributors

Producers:
Cathy Drysdale
Producers:
Fiona Couper.

Mittel-Europa Unlimited For Czechoslovakia,
Hungary and Poland, the transition to free markets is proving uneven and risky. Chris Cviic asks if the liberalising economies of central Europe would do better to find their own road to capitalism, instead of copying western models. Producer Zareer Masani

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Cviic
Producer:
Zareer Masani

The Art of Kissing The first of two short stories by the Canadian novelist Mordecai Richler.
"To further my education Daddy sold me The Art of Kissing for a dollar. 'When you're through with it,' he said, 'and if it's still in good condition, you bring it back ...'"
Read by William Roberts. Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Mordecai Richler.
Read By:
William Roberts.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

Francis Durbridge 's serial in eight parts.
3: Introducing Pete RobertsSomeone has gone to great lengths to ensure that Paul cannot play the song My Heart and Harry. But so far it is the only clue in the deepening mystery.
Director Martyn C Webster (First broadcast in 1957)

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Durbridge
Director:
Martyn C Webster
Paul Temple:
Peter Coke
Steve:
Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes:
Lester Mudditt
Detlnsp Vosper:
Hugh Manning
Charlie:
James Beattie
Eric Lansdale:
John Graham
Adrian Frost:
Simon Lack
Peter Wallace:
Frank Partington
Terry Gibson:
Isabel Dean
Warren:
James Thomason
Pete Roberts:
Thomas Heathcote
Rupert Dreisler:
Brewster Mason
A Police Sergeant:
Frank Windsor
Singer:
Norman Tattersall

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