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When the tide goes out at Southend, the "miles and miles of mud" beneath the pier become a favourite haunt for teenagers like Jonathan Whitney. Looking back through the Sound Archive, he finds that others, including a Poet Laureate, have discovered this secret. Producer Jane Ray

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Whitney.
Producer:
Jane Ray

with Jenni Murray.
A tribute to composer Elizabeth Lutyens who died ten years ago.
Serial:A House in Flanders by Michael Jenkins. Fifth of 11 episodes read by David McAlister.
Editors Clare Selerie and Sally Feldman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Lutyens
Read By:
David McAlister.
Editors:
Clare Selerie
Editors:
Sally Feldman

Chairman Robert Robinson.
Round 1 Midlands and East Anglia.
Anthony Moore (photographer); Carol Hogarth (insurance technician); Andrew Harley (computer analyst); Peter Kilty (solicitor).
Producer Richard Edis

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Unknown:
Anthony Moore
Unknown:
Carol Hogarth
Unknown:
Andrew Harley
Unknown:
Peter Kilty
Producer:
Richard Edis

by Nick Fisher.
In 1958 Johnny is an idealistic young man working on the land. But by 1987 he is steeped in family life and haunted by disillusion, having over-stretched his ambition.
Director Richard Wortley

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Fisher.
Director:
Richard Wortley
Johnny Reece:
Mark Straker
Mary:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Pat:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Clare:
Clare Travers-Deacon
AUy:
Paul Gregory
Stevie:
Matthew Morgan
Trev:
John Webb
Marie:
Joanna Wake
Birdman:
Matthew Sim
Carrie:
Melanie Hudson
5am:
Eric Allan
Brian:
Neil Roberts
Elmslow:
Terence Edmond
Stan:
Keith Drinkel
Graham:
Peter Penry Jones

Lord Carrington recalls his time as High Commissioner of Australia and as Secretary General of NATO. He talks to John Miller about how his time spent abroad has affected his view of England. producer Richard Bannerman

Contributors

Unknown:
John Miller
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

Paul Vaughan reports on the opening night of Jonathan Harvey 's opera at the EN 0, and reviews Ken Russell 's Lady Chatterley's Lover on BBC1. Also, this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Producer Tim Dee (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Jonathan Harvey
Unknown:
Ken Russell
Producer:
Tim Dee

More award-winning comedy re-creations starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx , Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx. With Graham Hoadly , Vincent Marzello and Lorelei King.
Adapted and written by Mark Brisenden from scripts by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman
Music: David Firman
Producer Dirk Maggs

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Roberts
Unknown:
Groucho Marx
Unknown:
Frank Lazarus
Unknown:
Chico Marx.
Unknown:
Graham Hoadly
Unknown:
Vincent Marzello
Unknown:
Lorelei King.
Written By:
Mark Brisenden
Unknown:
Nat Perrin
Unknown:
Arthur Sheekman
Music:
David Firman
Producer:
Dirk Maggs

What was the true nature of the execution of Edward N'sfavourite, Piers Gaveston ?
Drawing on long-standing oral traditions, Colin Haydn Evans ' play presents a very different interpretation of events from those of Marlowe and written history.
Director Nigel Bryant
(Edward It is the Sunday Play on Radio 3 at 7.30pm)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Piers Gaveston
Unknown:
Colin Haydn Evans
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Piers Gaveston:
Struan Rodger
Edward II:
David Robb
Queen Margaret:
Diana Quick
Isabella:
Moir Leslie
Lancaster:
Norman Rodway
Warwick:
Roger Hume
Archbishop Winchelsea:
Peter Jeffrey
Father Hugh:
Steve Hodson
Idonie de Leybourne:
Meg Wynn Owen
Idonie's Mother:
Mary Wimbush
Alice:
Daphne Neville
Thomas Lott:
Gerry Hinks
Robin ofBarnesdale:
Peter Meakin
Assassin:
Andy Hockley

Radio Active
Starring Helen Atkinson Wood , Angus Deayton , Michael Fenton-Stevens , Geoffrey Perkins and Philip Pope.
Producer Jimmy Mulville (First broadcast in 1982)

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Atkinson Wood
Unknown:
Angus Deayton
Unknown:
Michael Fenton-Stevens
Unknown:
Geoffrey Perkins
Unknown:
Philip Pope.
Producer:
Jimmy Mulville

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