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with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Ven
George Austin.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
George Austin.

An Anthology of Spiritual Verse
A selection of poetry on the theme of animals.
Readers Amanda Waring , Jennifer Ehle ,
Louise Beattie , Dermot Crowley and Tom Courtenay. Producer David Benedictus

Contributors

Readers:
Amanda Waring
Readers:
Jennifer Ehle
Unknown:
Louise Beattie
Unknown:
Dermot Crowley
Unknown:
Tom Courtenay.
Producer:
David Benedictus

by Edith Wharton. Final part.
With Andrew Wincott as Newland Archer ,
Suzanne Bertish as Ellen Olenska and Cathryn Harrison as May Welland.
Newland finds his secret assignation with Ellen replaced with something more formal and final.
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 Mingott:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs Welland:
Margaret Robertson
Mrs Archer:
Liza Ross
Sillerton Jackson:
Ray Jewers
Dallas Archer:
William Marsh
Leffers/Footman:
Christian Rodska

The last episode of Jonathan Smith 's four-part serial about a successful headmaster.
Do You Sleep WelP
In this last episode, Patrick sets off on a secret assignation with his attractive publisher.
Meanwhile, his marriage is becoming more public and Patrick is playing with fire.
Director Shaun MacLoughlin

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Smith
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Patrick:
Steve Hodson
Judith:
Melinda Walker
Michael:
Christian Rodska
Unisay:
Carolyn Backhouse
Daphne:
June Barrie
Charles:
Nick Rowe
Receptionist:
Ingrid Wiseman
Alex:
Neil Stacy
Sister:
Carole Jahme
Editor:
John Baddeley
Schoolgirl:
Anna Semple

Presented by Michael Rosen. Publisher of the year Dorling Kindersley has made its mark with lavishly illustrated information books. Jill Burridge assesses its impact on the publishing world.

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Rosen.
Unknown:
Dorling Kindersley
Unknown:
Jill Burridge

Quentin Cooper surveys the career to date of singer/songwriter Richard Thompson. Plus a round-up of new video releases and a review of Thomas Bernhard 's play The Showman.
Producer Anthony Denselow (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Songwriter:
Richard Thompson.
Unknown:
Thomas Bernhard
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

For Bo by Pam Houston.
"My mother is certain that my becoming successful depends on the curl of my hair and the absence of blemishes on my face...." Read by Lorelei King. Producer Joanna Green

Contributors

Unknown:
Pam Houston.
Read By:
Lorelei King.
Producer:
Joanna Green

Chairman Robert Robinson. First Round - The South of England.
Richard Green (hotel night porter); Derek Watts (teacher); John Windus (retired inspector of taxes); Marke Peppe (freelance illustrator).

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Unknown:
Richard Green
Unknown:
Derek Watts
Unknown:
John Windus
Unknown:
Marke Peppe

6: In Search of Greece The best of Greece is available from books, and you are better off sitting at home grappling with the grammar than swanning around the Aegean - or so many teachers have taught. Millions disagree and every year set out in search of the special thrill that comes from being where so many of the best things in life - from marble temples to flushing loos - began. What do they think when they get there? And what do the Greeks think of them? Producer Kate McAII
0 BBC BOOK: "Greek as a Treat" by Peter France. From bookshops, price £15.99

Contributors

Producer:
Kate McAii
Unknown:
Peter France.

Simon Brett presents diaries for May 14: Sir
Walter Scott recounts the tale of a haunted glen in 1831; Robert Payne in China in 1942 peers inside a painted paper house to witness a strange funeral ritual; and in 1959, Lancashire housewife
Nella Last gives her review of Liberace at the London Palladium.

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
Walter Scott
Unknown:
Robert Payne
Unknown:
Nella Last

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