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With Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7-45 Thought for the Day with Father Oliver McTernan.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Father Oliver McTernan.

Jenni Mills traces critical Periods in family life and talks to families about how they weathered the crisis. 3: Debbie was the Physiotherapist allocated to Mike after the car smash which broke his neck - but her feelings for him went beyond the Professional.
Producer Sarah Rowlands

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Mills
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

with Jenni Murray.
What would drive a man to walk out on his wife and children and disappear without a trace?
Mairead Devlin reports on a growing phenomenon. Story: The Wild Blue Yonder
2:Sunday Morning, June 4, 1989.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Mairead Devlin

by Roderick Graham.
Barry Parker , an ex-Army Corporal, is to receive an award for bravery, having killed two terrorists and captured another while on active duty. But why does "Barry the Brave", as the Press have dubbed him, appear to be such a reluctant hero?
Director Tracey Neale

Contributors

Unknown:
Roderick Graham.
Unknown:
Barry Parker
Director:
Tracey Neale
Barry:
David Richard-Fox
jiU _:
Jane Whittenshaw
Tony:
Matthew Morgan
Lesley:
Ruth Lass
Elsie:
Ann Windsor
Stan ':
John Fleming
Captain Osborne:
Steve Hodson
Geoff:
Gary Todd

The Valentine Place by Alun Richards. The squire has six daughters who, by tradition, must marry in order of age. But the oldest is also the plainest....
Read by David Garfield. Producer Jane Dauncey

Contributors

Unknown:
Alun Richards.
Read By:
David Garfield.
Producer:
Jane Dauncey

Improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself, based entirely on audience suggestions. Final Part:
The Mastersons Lose Everything
London 1890.
Auberon Masterson is the epitome of decadence, but will his unsavoury habits ruin the family? With
Josie Lawrence , Paul Merton , Phelim McDermott ,
Caroline Quentin ,
Lee Simpson and Jim Sweeney. Producer Phil Clarke

Contributors

Unknown:
Auberon Masterson
Unknown:
Josie Lawrence
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Phelim McDermott
Unknown:
Caroline Quentin
Unknown:
Lee Simpson
Unknown:
Jim Sweeney.
Producer:
Phil Clarke

NEW Six new portraits of the radio famous.
Sir Hugh Greene : a great DG?
A giant with a mission. An eccentric who "believed in nothing". Alasdair Milne puts "Sir Huge" - man and Director General - into perspective.
Producer Julian Hale

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Hugh Greene
Unknown:
Alasdair Milne
Producer:
Julian Hale

Monarchs to Measure According to the opinion polls, the British public wants the monarchy to continue, but in a more democratic form.
Anthony King considers how far Britain's oldest institution needs to re-invent itself to survive the next century.
Producer Zareer Masani

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony King
Producer:
Zareer Masani

Agatha Christie 's novel dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot is beginning to unravel the threads of the case against Elinor Carlisle and it looks as though Mary Gerrard wasn't the first victim.

Contributors

Author:
Agatha Christie
Writer:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Enyd Williams
Hercule Poirot:
John Moffatt
Elinor Carlisle:
Emma Fielding
Dr Lord:
David McAlister
Roddy Welman:
Charles Simpson
Nurse Hopkins:
Pauline Letts
Nurse O'Brien:
Joanna Myers
Wardress:
Gudrun Ure
Singer:
Joanna Myers
Pianist:
Michael Haslam

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