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with John Humphrys and Brian Redhead.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with The Rt Rev Vincent Nichols.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Brian Redhead.
Unknown:
Vincent Nichols.

with Jenni Murray.
Fathers now routinely attend the birth of their babies - and for many it is an unmissable experience. But what about the others?
Karen Deco meets some reluctant birthing companions.
Serial: The Women in Black (3)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Karen Deco

by Martin Davies.
4: Tactics. It's the semi-final of the Frewitt Cup, but Fr Benedict 's tactics manual falls into enemy hands. Robert Patterson knows that victory will come only with the help of the Angel of the Lord.
Producer Richard Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Davies.
Unknown:
Fr Benedict
Unknown:
Robert Patterson
Producer:
Richard Wilson
Mrs Patterson:
Brenda Blethyn
Robert Patterson:
Paul Parris
Barbara Patterson:
Charlotte Coleman
Janet Tyson:
Claire Skinner
Andy Hunt:
Mark Straker
Fr Benedict:
Desmond Barritt
Guy Entwlastle:
Martlno Lazzeri
Mr Ptant:
Gordon Reid

Seven classic mysteries starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr. Watson

Holmes has met his fate at the Reichenbach Falls, and Mary Watson is on her death-bed. Alone and grief-stricken, Dr Watson tries his hand at solving a society murder.
Dramatised by Bert Coules.

A new set of 13 Sherlock Holmes postcards featuring original Strand Magazine illustrations, £3.50 (cheques only, payable to British Broadcasting Corporation) from [address removed], enclosing an A5 sae (with 36p stamp).

Contributors

Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised by:
Bert Coules
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Sherlock Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr Watson:
Michael Williams
Prof. Moriarty:
Michael Pennington
Colonel Moran:
Frederick Treves
Inspector Lestrade:
Donald Gee
Mrs. Hudson:
Joan Matheson
Sir John:
Peter Penry Jones
Adair:
John Webb
Murray:
Steve Hodson
Nurse:
Kate Binchy
Mary Watson:
Jillie Meers
Jenny:
Siriol Jenkins
Stamford:
Keith Drinkel
Coroner:
John Church
Parker:
John Fleming

The third of six programmes in which
Christopher Cook delves into the BBC Sound
Archives to discover something of the great figures of the past, through the memoirs of those who were fortunate enough to meet them. Producer John Knight

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Producer:
John Knight

Music from Peter Maxwell
Davies in The Turn of the Tide; an exhibition of wood engravings by Howard Phipps and Reynolds Stone , who designed the old £ 5 note; and Brian Sibley on the week's new films. Producer Julian May
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Maxwell
Unknown:
Howard Phipps
Unknown:
Reynolds Stone
Unknown:
Brian Sibley

The Trouble with Pork by RW Jones.
"The trouble with pork is pigs. Our Ephraim's a large white. Stands four feet at the shoulder, weighs six hundred pounds. Wouldn't think a slob like that could stalk you. Ephraim does...." Read by Siriol Jenkins . Producer Joanna Green

Contributors

Read By:
Siriol Jenkins
Producer:
Joanna Green

Christopher Cook reflects on American/Soviet relations, John Miller examines the history of Macedonia, and Nicola Barranger looks back to 1956 when refugees from the Hungarian uprising came to Britain.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
John Miller
Unknown:
Nicola Barranger

An eight-part series about life in Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry.
7: Transplant co-ordinator Nick West has a busy night but the hospital loses its fight to become a heart transplant centre.
Producers Sarah Rowlands and Brian King

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick West
Producers:
Sarah Rowlands
Producers:
Brian King

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