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with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with The Venerable
George Austin
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
George Austin

Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into the moral questions behind the news. Witnesses face cross-examination from a panel including Edward Pearce , Janet Daley and Rabbi Hugo Gryn.
Producer David Coomes. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo Gryn.
Producer:
David Coomes.

A six part series by Mark Wallington.
Starring Timothy Spall.
Mark Wallington and his Mongrel from Hell, Boogie, set off in an antique camping skiff on their quest to find the true source of the Thames.
Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Mark Wallington.
Producer:
Caroline Leddy.
Narrator/Mark Wallington:
Timothy Spall
Jennifer Conway:
Carla Mendonca
Michael:
Gary Parker
PA:
Ainslie Foster
Fiddy:
Jon Glover
Dario/Boat Guide:
Mark Straker
Pensioner:
John Church
Douglas:
David Holt
Marsha:
Melanie Hudson
Mrs Matheson:
Ann Windsor
Boogie:
Ronald Herdman

by Dawn Lowe-Watson
Reedbeck Hall was once an artists' colony, now it is run as a museum. One afternoon, when the Hall is closed, a young man turns up asking to be shown around. The curator, Sally, is apprehensive but he is very persuasive. Sally lives to regret her decision...
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Dawn Lowe-Watson
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Sally:
Deborah Findlay
Frank:
John Duttine
Crispin:
Jill Lidstone
Pat:
Ann Windsor
Policemen:
Steve Hodson
Policemen:
John Webb

from
Hull Paul Allen at the Hull
Truck Theatre Company, who are celebrating their 21st anniversary with a new play by artistic director John Godber. Producer Belinda Sample
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hull Paul Allen
Director:
John Godber.
Producer:
Belinda Sample

Childybawn by Sean O'Faolain.
A mother's emotions are provoked beyond endurance when her son starts seeing another woman.
Read by Kevin Flood.
Producer Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean O'Faolain.
Read By:
Kevin Flood.
Producer:
Eoin O'Callaghan

by Ben Miller.
5: The Elfin Bangle
Swansden sorting office is as quiet as ever, when Derek discovers a plastic bangle in the post. On it in strange mystic runes is a mysterious inscription... Follow the Posties as they journey through the Tangley Wood to fling Derek and the bangle into the Crack of Doom. Who knows what strange creatures they may encounter on their quest?
With Ben Miller, John Thomson, Alistair McGowan, Jim Barclay and Felicity Montagu.
Producer Gareth Edwards. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Miller.
Unknown:
Tangley Wood
Unknown:
Ben Miller
Unknown:
John Thomson
Unknown:
Alistair McGowan
Unknown:
Jim Barclay
Unknown:
Felicity Montagu.
Producer:
Gareth Edwards.

"Revenge is a dish discerning people prefer to eat cold", according to the Italians. But is revenge a cathartic release or just a primitive lashing out?
Eleanor Bron discovers the aftertaste of revenge. Producer Sara Conkey

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Producer:
Sara Conkey

The Bottom Line and the Sharp End by Fay Weldon.
Read by Julie Christie.
Avril is a nightclub singer, former actress and model.
She has returned to the salon to have her hair bleached by hairdresser
Helen, who agrees to work after hours. Avril arrives late, as usual.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fay Weldon.
Read By:
Julie Christie.

The last of an eight-part serial by Francis Durbridge. A Party of Four
Paul is able to reveal the identity of the murderer
"Spencer", but not without risking his own life.
With John Graham , Malcolm Hayes. Haydn Jones.
Trevor Martin , Frank Partington , David Spenser and Frank Windsor Director Martyn C Webster (First broadcast in 1958)

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Durbridge.
Unknown:
John Graham
Unknown:
Malcolm Hayes.
Unknown:
Haydn Jones.
Unknown:
Trevor Martin
Unknown:
Frank Partington
Unknown:
David Spenser
Director:
Martyn C Webster
Paul Temple:
Peter Coke
Sleve:
Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes:
Lester Mudditt
Detlnsp Vosper:
Hugh Manning
Andre Reynaud:
Denis Goacher
RitcMe:
Hamilton Dyce
Clmrlie:
James Beattie
Rupert Dreisler:
Brewster Mason
Pete Roberts:
Thomas Heathcote
Terry Gibson:
Isabel Dean
Adrian Frost:
Simon Lack

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