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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.

Colin Semper meets two
People who, confronted by the same dilemma, arrived at very different decisions. 2: Soaring maintenance costs forced Charles Clive Ponsonby Fane and Peregrine Palmer to open their historic family homes to the public. Each had to consider the painful option of selling up.
Producer Brian King

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Semper
Unknown:
Charles Clive
Unknown:
Ponsonby Fane
Unknown:
Peregrine Palmer

with Jenni Murray.
Pin back your ears, firm your buttocks, fill out your bra - anything is possible with modem plastic surgery. Sue Margolis investigates.
Serial: When's It Coming Out?
9: Beatrice Bellman (1989-92): an Appreciation

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.

Written and adapted by Mark Wallington.
Starring Timothy Spall. 5: Lechlade, Twinned with Zanzibar. Boogie's in charge of moulting,
Jennifer's in charge of the mobile phone, and Marks in charge of everything else as the threesome approach Lechlade, and go in search of a living legend - Great Crested Sam Tucker.
ProducerCaroline Leddy. Stereo

Contributors

Adapted By:
Mark Wallington.
Unknown:
Timothy Spall.
Unknown:
Sam Tucker.
Unknown:
Producercaroline Leddy.
Narrator/Mark Wallington:
Timothy Spall
Jennifer Conway:
Carla Mendonca
PAIRoyalLady:
Ainslie Foster
Michael:
Gary Parker
Lock-keeper:
Terence Edmond
Sam Tucker:
Geoffrey McGivern
Launderette Attendant/Girl:
Kate Binchy
Barman:
Simon Godley
Archie:
David Holt
Delia Smith:
Mellnda Walker
Boogie:
Ronald Herdman

The poet Liz Lochhead is "born to shop" Verena in her own play about a lonely woman with time and money on her hands and no love in her life. Stuart Hepburn plays her oilrig roughneck husband Derek.
Director Marilyn Imrie. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Liz Lochhead
Unknown:
Stuart Hepburn
Director:
Marilyn Imrie.
Train Guard/Radio DJ:
Bill Riddoch

Paul Allen 's guests are the musician Ian Dury , and Deborah Levy whose book Swallowing Geography is published this week; also, a review of Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea. producer Nicki Paxman. (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Musician:
Ian Dury
Musician:
Deborah Levy
Unknown:
Blue Sea.
Producer:
Nicki Paxman.

Another lavishly hand-tooled back issue. With
Susie Brann ,
Alistair McGowan , Mary Elliot -
Nelson, Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham.
Producer Sarah Smith.

Contributors

Unknown:
Susie Brann
Unknown:
Alistair McGowan
Unknown:
Mary Elliot
Unknown:
Julian Dutton
Unknown:
Peter Baynham.
Producer:
Sarah Smith.

Tortured, imprisoned and expelled from Chile in after treating a wounded revolutionary, Dr Sheila Cassidy returns to the country for the first time. In two programmes she attempts to "lay the demons" and reclaim a country she loves. 1: Preparation
Dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder; meeting priests and fellow prisoners from the 70s; unlocking a box of prison memorabilia for the first time in 17 years.
Producer John Newbury. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Sheila Cassidy
Producer:
John Newbury.

A series of eight stories, introduced by Edward De Souza , the Man in Black. 4:Playing God
With so many young people sleeping rough, they can fall prey to unscrupulous operators. Written by John Graham.
Director Martin Jenkins. Stereo

Contributors

Introduced By:
Edward De Souza
Written By:
John Graham.
Director:
Martin Jenkins.
Alma:
Melanie Hudson
Tom:
Nicholas Murchie
Mrs Drewitt:
Margaret Heery
Hilary:
Ann Windsor
Ralph:
Eric Allen
Doctor:
John Church
Sister:
Melinda Walker
Police Sergeant:
Peter Gunn
PC Crambles:
David Bannerman

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