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with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Canon Paul Bates
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Canon Paul Bates

Graham Greene 's novel, dramastised in eight parts. Starring With and 6: A series of unexpected events - all with potentially disturbing consequences for Brown, a man who has always chosen to "stand aside".
Dramatised by René Basilico Producer John Fawcett Wilson
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Greene
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Brown:
Michael Kitchen
Jones,:
Michael Feast
Smith:
James Maxwell
Mrs Smith:
Helen Horton
Martha Pineda:
Tessa Wojtczak
Concasseur:
Oscar James
Captain Dekker:
Hans Meyer
François/Tonton:
Leroy Golding
Croupier/Tonton:
Paterson Joseph

by John Latham.
A series of five plays on childhood.

Jimmy: "He was a sort of saint."
Mary: "Is that any reason to bully him?"
Jimmy: "I don't suppose so."
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
John Latham.
Director:
Janet Whitaker.
Mary:
Lesley Nicol
Miss Ryder:
Paula Tilbrook
Jimmy:
Ian Taylor
Ernest:
Stephen Hall
Johnnie:
Steven Blezard
Anne:
Catherine Grimes
Dirk:
Jonathan Perkins
Pardy:
Paul Hanley

Quentin Cooper reports on this week's new film releases including the film of the musical Sarafina, starring Whoopi Goldberg. And a review of the Black Light Theatre of Prague's Alice in Wonderland. The studio guest is the musician Martin Carthy. Producer Anthony Denselow
(Reviseu repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Whoopi Goldberg.
Musician:
Martin Carthy.
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

Food with Feeling by Nicola Barker.
"The food had begun to express her. Peas and potatoes, steaks and salads all had something to say, something piquant and niggly ..."
Something odd is happening in the kitchen! Read by Jane Whittenshaw.
Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicola Barker.
Read By:
Jane Whittenshaw.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

2: Humour, in a Manner of Speaking
Including a dialogue from Perelman, a monologue from Dickens, and Patrick Campbell on his own stammer. Read by Prunella Scales , Richard Briers , Paul Eddington and Timothy West.
Adapted by Mike Barfield from The Oxford Book Of Humorous Prose by Frank Muir.
Producer Colin Swash.

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Campbell
Read By:
Prunella Scales
Read By:
Richard Briers
Read By:
Paul Eddington
Read By:
Timothy West.
Adapted By:
Mike Barfield
Unknown:
Frank Muir.
Producer:
Colin Swash.

Pockets of prosperity are emerging from the gloom of recession.
Brian Widlake presents the second of six profiles of winners and losers, and assesses what they tell us about how Britain will shape up, when the recession eventually ends. Producers Amanda Ashton and Vanessa Harrison

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Widlake
Producers:
Amanda Ashton
Producers:
Vanessa Harrison

An eight-part series.
Life in one of Britain's largest hospitals -
Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry.
1: Senior management clash with the public over proposals to make the hospital a self-governing trust; and staff in the Emergency Admissions Department try to cope with too many patients and not enough beds. Producers Sarah Rowlands and Brian King

Contributors

Producers:
Sarah Rowlands
Producers:
Brian King

A celebration of the way things were in the 1970s. 2: Meet Mr Glam
Mid-70s decadence and political corruption in the Glitter years. With memories of Nixon, funk and platform shoes from Helen Lederer , Hanif Kureishi , John Peel ,
Medallion Man and others.

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Lederer
Unknown:
Hanif Kureishi
Unknown:
John Peel

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