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with Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Elaine Storkey.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Peter Hobday.
Unknown:
Elaine Storkey.

Jeremy Paxman , standing in for
Michael Buerk , chairs the first of a new series. Witnesses face cross-examination on the moral questions behind the week's news from Edward Pearce , Janet Daley , Rabbi Hugo Gryn and Professor Roger Scruton.
Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Paxman
Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo
Unknown:
Roger Scruton.
Producer:
David Coomes

Jenni Mills talks to people who were famous for a short period of time and finds out what happened next.
1: In 1968, Mark Lester , aged 8, was chosen to star in the film Oliver.
Producer Sarah Rowlands
SEE PREVIEW page 8

Contributors

Talks:
Jenni Mills
Unknown:
Mark Lester
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

In this comedy by Colin Morton and Harry Sear , chaos descends on the Crumley household when daughter Alma is approached with an offer to appear on TV.
Audttionee BRYONIE PRITCHARD Director Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Comedy By:
Colin Morton
Comedy By:
Harry Sear
Unknown:
Audttionee Bryonie Pritchard
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Alma:
Siriol Jenkins
Jack:
Roy Barraclough
Doris:
Judith Barker
Granny:
Paula Tilbrook
Doreen:
Jane Hazlegrove
Stuart:
Peter Gunn
Aziz:
Dennis Conlon
TV Producer:
Keith Drinkel
Production Asst:
David Learner
Bunny Stoneyhurst:
Melanie Hudson

Matthew Parris investigates intriguing letters that have no known reply.
1: When Henry VIII wrote to Anne Boleyn imploring her to be his mistress, he little knew that she would make him wait five years. Producer Julia Gillett

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Henry Viii
Unknown:
Anne Boleyn
Producer:
Julia Gillett

Paul Allen reports on the first night of Crazy For You as it reopens the refurbished Prince Edward Theatre , reviews Athol
Fugard's latest play, and visits Bradford for an exhibition of trains. Producer Nicki Paxman
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Prince Edward Theatre
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

The final part of a dramatisation of Sara Paretsky's novel.
Starring Kathleen Turner as V I Warshawski.
Clayton Phillips's body could only have got into the hold of the Gertrude Rutton one way. V I uses the same vehicle to confront the villain and ends up swimming for her life.

Contributors

Writer:
Sara Paretsky
Dramatised by:
Michelene Wandor
Director:
Janet Whitaker
VI Warshawski:
Kathleen Turner
Roger Ferrant:
Bill Nighy
Niels Grafalk:
Peter Marinker
Paige Carrington:
Teresa Gallagher
Murray Ryerson:
Kerry Shale
Janine Phillips:
Shelley Thompson
Sal:
Sandra James Young
Mrs Grafalk:
Alibe Parsons

The Bill for Service
Policemen and women talk about the price they have paid, in terms of their mental and physical health, for their public service work in dealing with large-scale disasters and everyday road accidents and suicides. Some have turned to alcohol, others have even thought of suicide. Can new psychological debriefing techniques prevent the trauma, save the sick bills and revolutionise "macho" police culture?
Producer Rachel Yorke

Contributors

Producer:
Rachel Yorke

Breaking Up is Hard to Do?
Some of the world's major corporations are finding their size a barrier to growth. Peter Haynes asks what makes some large companies more nimble than others and what future giant firms have. Producer Simon Coates

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Haynes
Producer:
Simon Coates

A four-part adaptation of Jack Higgins 's thriller. 3: Betrayal
Can Ferguson of MI6 stop Vronski and Montera reaching the missiles?
Prof Paul Bernard ....KEITH DRINKEL Director Scott Cherry

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Higgins
Unknown:
Prof Paul Bernard
Director:
Scott Cherry
Ferguson:
Peter Jeffrey
Villiers:
Michael N Harbour
Gabrielle Legrand:
Moir Leslie
Harry Fox:
Peter Acre
Victor Vronski:
David Bamber
Col Raul Montera:
William Hope
Julio Garcia:
Allan Corduner
Nikolai Belov:
David March
Anna Marchuk:
Melanie Hudson

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