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with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Dr John Newton
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
Dr John Newton

by Edith Wharton. Fourth of six parts.
With Andrew Wincott as Newland Archer.
Suzanne Bertish as Ellen Olenska and Cathryn Harrison as May Welland.
Marriage to May and a honeymoon in Europe haven't diluted Newland's feelings for Ellen. Mrs Mingoll...ELIZABETH SPRIGGS
Dramatised by Christopher Reason Director David Hunter

Contributors

Unknown:
Edith Wharton.
Unknown:
Andrew Wincott
Unknown:
Newland Archer.
Unknown:
Suzanne Bertish
Unknown:
Ellen Olenska
Unknown:
Cathryn Harrison
Dramatised By:
Christopher Reason
Director:
David Hunter
Mrs Wetland:
Margaret Robertson
Riviere:
Yves Aubert
Dallas Archer:
William Marsh
Medora:
Jill Graham
Phoebe:
Melanie Hudson
Guard:
Bill Bellamy
Receptionist:
Siriol Jenkins
Serrant:
Richard Nichols

Jonathan Smith 's four-part serialgoes into the life of a successful headmaster of an independent school in London.
2: A Bit Personal
Patrick Balfour has encountered problems with drug.taking amongst his pupils. At home the news that his son has been cheating in exams comes as a shock. So who should he talk to, his attractive publisher or his busy wife?
Director Shaun MacLoughlin

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Smith
Unknown:
Patrick Balfour
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Patrick:
Steve Hodson
Judith:
Melinda Walker
Michael:
Christian Rodska
Lindsay:
Carolyn Backhouse
Daphne:
June Barrie
David:
David Bannerman
Alex:
Neil Stacy
Boy One:
Jeremy Walters
Boy Two:
Patrick Rainbird

Mark Steyn gets the verdict on the week's new films, including the Hollyw'Xid thriller
Trespass, and the latest from the award-winning Chinese director Zhang Yimou , whose work was banned in his homeland. Producer Robyn Read
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Steyn
Director:
Zhang Yimou

Profiles of three
Australians presented by Neil Walker.
3: Ross Blair is almost 80, but still rides in the annual cattle round-up on the high plains of Victoria. Thanks to the "greenies", three generations of the Blair family now risk losing their lifestyle and their farm. Reporter David Wright. A Revolution Recordings production

Contributors

Presented By:
Neil Walker.
Presented By:
Ross Blair
Reporter:
David Wright.

Presented by Peter France. 4: Spiritual Strife and Painful Erections
The most successful drama today if you judge by the number of people who watch it is
TV soap opera. 't'heatre in Ancient Greece was quite another matter, with larger-than-life characters. people who murder their fathers and marry their mothers. Is there still something to be said for staging the classics? Producer Kate McAll

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter France.
Producer:
Kate McAll

BS 5750 - Dream or Nightmare?
The quality standard BS 5750 is now being widely adopted by service industries. Many companies are proud of their new kitemark: but many others are in revolt at the requirement to get one in order to remain in business.
Nigel Cassidy reports. Producer Neil Koenig

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Cassidy
Producer:
Neil Koenig

Simon Brett with some
April 30 diaries:
Beatrix Potter makes her first visit to the dentist in 1883 and complains, not of pain but that the dentist's fingers 'tasted muchly of kid glove'; Harold Nicolson describes the scene at the Nuremberg trials in 1946; and in 1967 a glimpse into the lives of Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton.

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
Beatrix Potter
Unknown:
Harold Nicolson
Unknown:
Kenneth Halliwell
Unknown:
Joe Orton.

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