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by John Milton , abridged in nine episodes.
7: Satan shows Christ the City of Rome, and urges him to expel its Emperor.
Abridged by Adrian Mitchell Music: Elizabeth Parker
Director John Theocharis. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Milton
Abridged By:
Adrian Mitchell
Music:
Elizabeth Parker
Director:
John Theocharis.
Milton:
Denis Quilley
Christ:
Robert Glenister
Satan:
Ian McDiarmid

with Jenni Murray. Serial: When's It
Coming Out? Written and read by Maureen Lipman. 6: Chicken and Chippendales
Abridged and produced by Pat McLoughlin
Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Read By:
Maureen Lipman.
Produced By:
Pat McLoughlin
Editors:
Sally Feldman
Editors:
Clare Selerie.

by P G Wodehouse. Starring
Griff Rhys Jones.
4- Ukridge's Dog Colkge Ukridge 's big, broad, flexible outlook turns to canine improvement schemes down in Kent. With Robert Bathurst.
Adam Godley , Simon Godley , Rebecca Front, Dougal Lee and Julian Dutton
Adapted by Julian Dutton
Producer Sarah Smith. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
G Wodehouse.
Unknown:
Griff Rhys Jones.
Unknown:
Colkge Ukridge
Unknown:
Robert Bathurst.
Unknown:
Adam Godley
Unknown:
Simon Godley
Unknown:
Dougal Lee
Unknown:
Julian Dutton
Adapted By:
Julian Dutton
Producer:
Sarah Smith.

by Grant Eustace.
In a sequel to last Monday's Absolute Discretion, Alice Selwood strives to seek out the true identity of her father and in the course of her adventures finds that 1870s England can be a dangerous place. But first she must find her beloved Arthur in Oxford.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Grant Eustace
Director:
Alec Reid
Arthur Beresford:
Ben Daniels
Alice Selwood:
Jane Slavin
Arbuthnot:
Philip Latham
Ryder:
Jonathan Adams
Priestley:
David Brierley
Blennerhorn:
John Baddeley
Cunningham:
Andrew Branch
Murchison:
Sean Barratt
Mrs Wiseman:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Polzean:
Terry O'Brien
Brecknell:
Philip Anthony
Goatcher:
Snoo Wilson

Six disabled people talk frankly to Peter White about their lives and the way in which their disabilities have shaped them.
2: David Blunkett MP,
Shadow Health Spokesman, on how it helps to be pigheaded if you're blind.
Producer Ronni Davis. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Unknown:
David Blunkett
Producer:
Ronni Davis.

Robert Dawson Scott reports on the Bolshoi's visits to Britain and investigates the popularity of Inspector Morse as the last series starts.
Producer Tim Dee.
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Dawson Scott
Unknown:
Inspector Morse
Producer:
Tim Dee.

Marabou by Joy Williams. At Harry's funeral Anne meets a group of her dead son's friends. With them she relives a trip to Africa, Harry's drug addiction and the dark troubles of youth. Read by Buffy Davis.
Producer Michael Earley

Contributors

Read By:
Buffy Davis.
Producer:
Michael Earley

Orlando by Virginia Woolf.
Orlando was bom in the reign of Elizabeth I and lived into that of George V. He entered life as a boy and she left it as a woman.
Who was this strange creature?
Dramatised by Peter Buckman
Music: James Walker and Simon
Walker
Director Penny Gold. Stereo (First broadcast in 1984)

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Peter Buckman
Music:
James Walker
Orlando:
Jenny Stoller
The Narrator:
Vivian Pickles
Queen Elizabeth:
Margot Boyd
Lady Margaret:
Heather Tobias
Earl:
Danny Schiller
Sasha:
Amanda Murray
Stubbs:
Lockwood West
Mrs Grimsditch:
Jane Wenham
Dupper:
John Bott
Greene:
Peter Woodthorpe
Archduke:
Richard O'Callaghan
King Charles:
Willlam Eedle
Nell Gwyn:
Helena Breck
Sea Captain:
Arnold Diamond
Shelmerdine:
David McAlister
Shop Assistant:
Hilda Schroder

Mr Olim by Ernest Raymond.
Embittered, eccentric and lavish with the cane,
Mr Olim nevertheless inspired the boys who passed through his hands with his wit and lively deviations from the curriculum. For
Davey la Tour a new world was revealed.
Read in ten parts by Ian Holm.
Abridged by Mike Seabrook Producer Sarah Kilgarriff

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Olim
Unknown:
Ernest Raymond.
Unknown:
Mr Olim
Unknown:
Ian Holm.
Abridged By:
Mike Seabrook
Producer:
Sarah Kilgarriff

A six-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh 's first novel. 2: Llanabba School sports day is arranged in 24 hours flat, and Paul Pennyfeather falls in love.
Adapted by Jeremy Front
Producer Lissa Evans.

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh
Unknown:
Paul Pennyfeather
Adapted By:
Jeremy Front
Producer:
Lissa Evans.
Paul Pennyfeather:
Alistair McGowan
Peter:
Richard Pearce
Grimes:
Jim Broadbent
Prendergast:
Andrew Sachs
Fagan:
Edward Hardwicke
Philbrick:
Jonathan Kydd
Lady Circumference:
Margaret Courtenay
Margot:
Joanna David

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