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Musical comedy star Betty Garrett , an MGM favourite, tells Jenni Murray about the golden age of the Hollywood musical. Story: An Act of Reparation by Sylvia Townsend Warner , from Infinite Riches. Read by Margaret Tyzack.

Contributors

Unknown:
Betty Garrett
Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Read By:
Margaret Tyzack.

by Florence Percy.
Edith is elderly and forgetful and Vivien, her daughter, tries to stimulate her memory by showing her mementoes of the past. But when some letters from Vivien's missing daughter are discovered, their relationship seems threatened and a mystery has to be solved.
Director Sue Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Florence Percy.
Director:
Sue Wilson
Vivien:
Nicola Pagett
Edith:
Pauline Letts
Cathy:
Lois Burgess
Doctor:
Jill Graham
Joan:
Jill Graham
Derby:
John Fleming

The award-winning sitcom, starring Nick Revell , Alistair McGowan and Doon Mackichan.
3: The Wedding. Nick goes to the wedding of an old flame. Is he still carrying a torch for her, or does he just want to burn her house down?
Producer Jon Magnusson

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Revell
Unknown:
Alistair McGowan
Unknown:
Doon MacKichan.
Producer:
Jon Magnusson

Six portraits of the radio famous.
4: Nancy Spain. She loved champagne, stars and other women. Friend of Noël Coward and Marlene Dietrich , her own rise to stardom was spectacular. But Natalie Wheen finds a complex personality and also sadness behind the bubbly life of a celebrity. Her death, sudden, spectacular and tragic, seemed to point to an even greater sadness. Producer Matt Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Marlene Dietrich
Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Producer:
Matt Thompson

Slouching towards Bethlehem
Are Britain's young people being brought up in an alarming moral vacuum? If so, what can be done to revitalise the agents of moral guidance without resorting to the rigid strictures of the past? Melanie Phillips examines how a common set of values might be provided for the next generation.
Producer David Hendy

Contributors

Unknown:
Melanie Phillips
Producer:
David Hendy

Dramatisation of Peter Turnbull's novel in four episodes.
2: A headless body without a speck of blood on it has Glasgow's P Division cops puzzled - and who was the strange figure that PC Hamilton saw running along by the canal?
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine
Director Hamish Wilson

Contributors

Author:
Peter Turnbull
Dramatised By:
Stephen Mulrine
Director:
Hamish Wilson
DC Montgomery:
Frank Gallagher
DI Donoghue:
Crawford Logan
DC King:
Robert Carlyle
Dean:
Andrew Conlan
PC Abernethy:
Andrew Conlan
Biddulph:
Michael Elder
Man on Waste Ground:
Gilbert Martin
DCI Finahter:
Alec Monteath
PC Wanless:
Paul Morrow
Michelk:
Daniela Nardini
Mrs Dewey:
Caroline Paterson
Louise:
Anne Marie Timoney
Kilroy/Stein:
Robert Trotter

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