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Going South
Concluding the six-part series with Finetime Fontayne in the role of Richard Matthewman , a teacher from South Yorkshire.
Written by Ian McMillan and Martyn Wiley
Producer Dave Sheasby

Contributors

Unknown:
Finetime Fontayne
Unknown:
Richard Matthewman
Written By:
Ian McMillan
Written By:
Martyn Wiley
Producer:
Dave Sheasby

Special holiday edition with Melvyn Bragg in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, where his guests are Viktor Orban , leader of FIDESZ, the young people's party; theatre critic Eniko Tegyi ; Eniko Bollobas , feminist and diplomat; Dr Laszlo Csaba , economic trends expert; and Nick Denton of the Financial Times.
Producer Marina Salandy-Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Melvyn Bragg
Leader:
Viktor Orban
Unknown:
Eniko Tegyi
Unknown:
Eniko Bollobas
Unknown:
Dr Laszlo Csaba
Unknown:
Nick Denton
Producer:
Marina Salandy-Brown

Joking Apart!
Jenni Murray celebrates a century of women's humour. With comediennes Caroline Quentin and Helen Lederer , writers Stephanie Caiman and Ellen Galford , poet and playwright Liz Lochhead , and actress
Maggie Steed , who will also be reading Baby Rules by Laurie Graham from The Woman Hour Book of Humour, published today. Producer Anne Tyley Editors Clare Selerie and Sally Feldman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Caroline Quentin
Unknown:
Helen Lederer
Unknown:
Stephanie Caiman
Unknown:
Ellen Galford
Unknown:
Liz Lochhead
Unknown:
Maggie Steed
Unknown:
Laurie Graham
Producer:
Anne Tyley
Editors:
Clare Selerie
Editors:
Sally Feldman

Robert Louis Stevenson's great unfinished novel, completed and dramatised by Robert Forrest.

Contributors

Author:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Completed and dramatised by:
Robert Forrest
Music:
Iain Johnstone
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Louis:
Paul Young
Archie:
Forbes Masson
Kirstie:
Wendy Seager
Adorn Weir:
Tom Watson
Older Kirstie:
Ann Scott-Jones
Frank Innes:
Liam Brennan
Glenalmond:
Ralph Riach
Dand:
Benny Young
Clem:
Ian Briggs
Gib:
Iaina Gnew
Hob:
James Bryce
Mrs Elliott:
Isabella Jarrett

Paul Vaughan reads the autobiography of Scottish historian John Prebble and investigates the poetry of George Herbert.
Producer Belinda Sample
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
John Prebble
Unknown:
George Herbert.
Producer:
Belinda Sample

Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money Fay Weldon 's story for
Easter Monday, specially commissioned with Radio Times.
Read by Jane Lapotaire. Producer Duncan Minshull
READ THE STORY on page 43

Contributors

Unknown:
Fay Weldon
Read By:
Jane Lapotaire.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

The Glamour
Dramatised from his own chilling novel by Christopher Priest .
Richard and Susan are haunted by the real presence of an invisible man. As Richard fights to regain his memory after an accident, Susan introduces him to the strangely plausible and intriguing world of "the glamour"...
Director Janet Whitaker

Contributors

Novel By:
Christopher Priest
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Susan:
Tilly Vosburgh
Richard:
Nathaniel Parker
Niall:
Linus Roache
Neighbour:
Melanie Hudson

On the Third Day by Piers Paul Read , read in 10 parts by Charles Simpson. 6: Representatives from the Vatican are summoned to Jerusalem.
Abridged by Ian Taylor
Producer Shaun MacLoughlin

Contributors

Unknown:
Piers Paul Read
Unknown:
Charles Simpson.
Abridged By:
Ian Taylor
Producer:
Shaun MacLoughlin

Another chance to hear the radio comedy shows that television couldn't resist.
After Henry by Simon Brett.
Starring Prunella Scales ,
Joan Sanderson , Benjamin Whitrow , Gerry Cowper and Leon Dolan.
The Cowboy
Producer Pete Atkin

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Brett.
Unknown:
Prunella Scales
Unknown:
Joan Sanderson
Unknown:
Benjamin Whitrow
Unknown:
Gerry Cowper
Unknown:
Leon Dolan.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Two programmes about British experience in the Middle East. Derek Hopwood introduces accounts by those sent out to serve.
1: Egypt
Readers: Malcolm Raebum, Brian Trueman and Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Introduces:
Derek Hopwood
Unknown:
Brian Trueman
Unknown:
Geoffrey Wheeler.
Producer:
Gillian Hush

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