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by Graham Greene.
Dramatised in eight parts. Starring
Michael Kitchen as Brown. With James Maxwell as Smith and Helen Horton as Mrs Smith.
4: Smith is encouraged to pursue his dream of a vegetarian centre. But this is Haiti....
Dramatised by René Basilico Producer John Fawcett Wilson Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Greene.
Unknown:
Michael Kitchen
Unknown:
James Maxwell
Unknown:
Helen Horton
Unknown:
Mrs Smith.
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Martha Pineda:
Tessa Wojtczak
Josephe:
Kenneth Gardnier
Ministre du Salut Public:
Colin McFarlane
Henri Philipot:
Tony Armatrading
Luis Pineda:
Michael Mellinger
Clerk/Tonton:
Paterson Joseph
Georges/Beggar:
Louis St Juste

6: Jonas by J C W Brook. Two couples innocently toy with a ouija board, but the board is cursed.
Director Ian Cotterell. Stereo (First broadcast in 1975)

Contributors

Director:
Ian Cotterell.
Max Brown:
Julian Holloway
Julie Brown:
Anna Cropper
Hugo Stevens:
John Rye
Pat Stevens:
Prunella Scales
Mohammet Asif:
David March

The last of eight episodes. End of Term by Alex Shearer.
Ambassador MacKenzie faces a bleak future.
Producer Neil Cargill. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Shearer.
Producer:
Neil Cargill.
MacKenzie:
Dinsdale Landen
Frost:
Peter Acre
Helen:
Moir Leslie
Surikov:
Christopher Benjamin
Spiro:
Stephen Greif

The ancient walled garden of Prinknash Abbey in the Cotswolds is the setting for Nigel Colborn to explore monastic life as monk gardener Brother Anthony takes him for a summer's walk.
Producer Lorna Baker. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Colborn
Unknown:
Brother Anthony
Producer:
Lorna Baker.

6: My Unhappy Family
Director Rosemary Hart. Stereo

Contributors

Director:
Rosemary Hart.
Sasha Tolstoy:
Alice Arnold
Tatyana Tolstoy:
Victoria Carling
Ilya Tolstoy:
David Collings
Leon Tolstoy:
David Goudge
Alexandrine:
Rosalie Crutchley
Fet:
David King
Chertkov:
Nigel Carrington
Pozdnyshev:
Nicholas Farrell
Anna Seuron:
Melinda Walker
Reader:
John Rose

The Battle of the Books: James Joyce v Virginia Woolf
Which of these two giants of literature should people be reading in the 21st century?
Referee Mark Steyn.
Producer Tim Dee. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
James Joyce
Unknown:
Mark Steyn.
Producer:
Tim Dee.

6: 1967
"Tomorrow at 6.35am we become Radio 4..."
(Home Service presentation, 29 September 1967)
This was the year it all changed. Local Radio went on the air, and the Home, Light and Third closed down, to be bom again as Radios 1, 2, 3, and 4. Reader Daphne Oxenford. Producer Lucy Bartley

Contributors

Reader:
Daphne Oxenford.
Producer:
Lucy Bartley

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More