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Tim Marlow with the verdict on the new Radio 4 series Tales from the Arabian Nights starring Derek Jacobi , and a report on the new Hollywood habit of turning computer games into cinema - and vice versa.
Producer Paul Quinn

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Marlow
Unknown:
Derek Jacobi
Producer:
Paul Quinn

by Ruth Rendell.
Rodney Hithe is having a charity weed hunt. But the discovery of a poppy in his immaculate garden has horrifying consequences.
Read by David Holt. Producer Rosemary Watts

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Rendell.
Unknown:
Rodney Hithe
Read By:
David Holt.
Producer:
Rosemary Watts

with Wendy Jones and Hugh Sykes. Editor Margaret Budy
WRITE TO: PM Letterline. BBC Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA
PHONE: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Wendy Jones
Unknown:
Hugh Sykes.
Editor:
Margaret Budy

In the late 19th century Scots merchant Archibald Little journeyed up the Yangtze River to explore the possibility of developing British trade in western China. One hundred years later Philip Short followed the same route and uncovered a striking picture of China in the 1990s. 1: Shanghai - "In China we're the only real city people."
With David Bannerman as Archibald Little. Producer Mary Price

Contributors

Unknown:
Archibald Little
Unknown:
Philip Short
Unknown:
David Bannerman
Unknown:
Archibald Little.
Producer:
Mary Price

Nigel's hopes are high again.

Contributors

Writer:
Louise Page
Director:
Tim Coleman
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Hebden:
Judy Bennett
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Elizabeth Archer:
Alison Dowling
Debbie Aldridge:
Tamsin Greig
Tom Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Christine Barford:
Lesley Saweard
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Kathy Perks:
Hedli Niklaus
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Rosalind Adams
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Betty Tucker:
Pamela Craig
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Bert pry:
Roger Hume
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Robin Stokes:
Tim Meats
Nigel Pargetter:
Graham Seed
Richard Locke:
William Gaminara

Margaret Beckett MP. Deputy Leader of the Labour Party; Paul Foot , author and columnist; Sir Marcus Fox MP, Chairman of the 1922 Committee, and Baroness
Hamwee, Liberal Democrat Peer, tackle the issues raised in Wellingborough, Northants.
Chairman Nick Clarke.
Producer Nick Utechm

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Beckett
Unknown:
Paul Foot
Unknown:
Sir Marcus Fox
Unknown:
Nick Clarke.
Producer:
Nick Utechm

A A satirical look back at the decade, from the writers of Spitting Image. This week, 1995! Starring Kate Robbins , Chris Barrie and Brian Perkins. With writers Mark Burton ,
John O'Farrell and Pete Sinclair.
Producer Caroline Leddy

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Robbins
Unknown:
Chris Barrie
Unknown:
Brian Perkins.
Unknown:
Mark Burton
Unknown:
John O'Farrell
Unknown:
Pete Sinclair.
Producer:
Caroline Leddy

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