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with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Richard Bewes.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Rev Richard Bewes.

Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into questions of morality raised by one of the week's news stories. With Rabbi Hugo Gryn , Janet Daley , Edward Pearce and Dr David Starkey.
Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Hugo Gryn
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Dr David Starkey.
Producer:
David Coomes

Gerry Anderson pauses in his life as a radio and TV presenter in Northern
Ireland to reflect, over the next four weeks, on the ironies of living in a Province whose history offers many a snare for the unwary.
1: Biting Your Tongue "Numbed by this complexity, I took to naming the city 'Derry
Stroke Londonderry' and ultimately and finally 'Stroke City'. This new usage rapidly caught on and became a bolthole for those who wish to remain religiously anonymous." Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Anderson
Producer:
Simon Elmes

An Anthology of Spiritual
Verse
A selection of poetry on the theme of Creation. Readers Paul Scofield ,
Brid Brennan , David Holt and Alison Reid.
Producer Katriona Wade

Contributors

Readers:
Paul Scofield
Readers:
Brid Brennan
Readers:
David Holt
Readers:
Alison Reid.
Producer:
Katriona Wade

by Gaylord Meech.
When Rosemary receives an ultimatum from her estranged and violent husband, she finds herself in a race against time.
Director Tracey Neale

Contributors

Unknown:
Gaylord Meech.
Director:
Tracey Neale
Rosemary:
Lorelei King
Carol:
Pat Starr
Frank:
William Roberts
Mrs Briggs:
Ellzabeth Kelly
Harry:
David Bannerman
Ben:
Stuart Milligan

Robert Dawson Scott reports on the premiere of Tom Stoppard 's new play Arcadia, with Felicity Kendal , directed by Trevor Nunn at the National
Theatre. And a new generation of theatrical talent takes centre stage at the National Student
Drama Festival.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Dawson Scott
Unknown:
Tom Stoppard
Unknown:
Felicity Kendal
Directed By:
Trevor Nunn
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Strawberry Hill by Christine Harrison.
Locked in her prison cell, young mother Ruth finds a way of escape - the pictures in her calendar. Read by Ri Richards. Producer Caroline Sarll

Contributors

Unknown:
Christine Harrison.
Read By:
Ri Richards.
Producer:
Caroline Sarll

Dennis Waterman stars in the last part of Nigel Baldwin 's political thriller. Exposing guilt is a dangerous business when the Establishment is rotten and the idealists are liars.
Music: Laurie Scott Baker
Director Jane Dauncey

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Waterman
Unknown:
Nigel Baldwin
Music:
Laurie Scott Baker
Director:
Jane Dauncey
The Teller:
Ray Smith
Beth:
Bethan Jones
Huw:
Richard Elfyn
Pauline:
Eluned Jones
Gordon:
Michael Povey
Rhys:
Terry Victor
Sian:
Sian Summers
Dewi:
Robert David

A Better Brain
Jez Nelson lends his brain for intimate photography of its internal workings. He discovers which bits work when and why - or if at all - and how this knowledge helps move the goal of brain repair closer. Producer Sue Broom

Contributors

Unknown:
Jez Nelson

James Naughtie goes inside the United Nations to tell the story of the biggest revolution in its history. He travels with the soldiers and peacekeepers to the front line in Cambodia, former
Yugoslavia and Cyprus and talks to the diplomats at the heart of the decision-making process in its headquarters in New York. This is a unique picture of an organisation entering a new era in response to the world's demands.
1: A Magic Moment Producer Anne Sloman
Going Home to the Killing Fields
SEE FEATURE page 38

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Producer:
Anne Sloman

A trio of plays based on modem
American short stories.
1: Fast Lanes by Jayne Anne Phillips.
Thurman's taking off for a while - Texas, Louisiana, up the coast - and the woman goes along for the ride. He's in no particular hurry ...
Dramatised by John Harvey Director Dave Sheasby

Contributors

Unknown:
Jayne Anne Phillips.
Dramatised By:
John Harvey
Director:
Dave Sheasby
Thurman:
Peter Marinker
Woman:
Risa Hall
Thurman's mother:
Lorelei King

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