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Live from Pimlico School in London, Jenni Murray invites listeners to exercise parent power. The studio audience will be putting their questions to a panel of educationalists and decision-makers including Minister for Education, Baroness Blatch.
Serial: Fatlands (3)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray

John Le Carre 's story adapted in eight parts.
Starring James Fox as Magnus Pym , James Grout as Jack Brotherhood and Brenda Bruce as Miss Dubber.
3: Magnus Pym was very much Jack Brotherhood 's man. Like a son to him, according to Bo Brammel. So who better to search for the missing spy than the man who recruited him into the service?
Music: Max Harris
Adapted by Rene Basilico
Producer John Fawcett Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
John Le Carre
Unknown:
James Fox
Unknown:
Magnus Pym
Unknown:
James Grout
Unknown:
Jack Brotherhood
Unknown:
Brenda Bruce
Unknown:
Magnus Pym
Unknown:
Jack Brotherhood
Unknown:
Bo Brammel.
Music:
Max Harris
Adapted By:
Rene Basilico
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Tom:
Robbie Gill
Bo Brammel:
John Nettleton
Nigel:
Royce Mills
Hick:
Malcolm Tierney
Sir Kenneth Sefton Boyd:
Michael Cochrane
Young Magnus:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Kate:
Natasha Pyne
Professor:
Paul Humpoletz
Bodkins:
Paul Humpoletz
ALovely:
Teresa Gallagher
Sarak:
Teresa Gallagher
Michael:
David Thorpe
Inspector Bellows:
John Evitts
Stegwold:
Richard Pearce

Colin Douglas 's four-part drama serial on the history of the National Health Service as seen through the lives of two generations of Edinburgh doctors.
4: 1982-1989: TheHealth You Can Afford
Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Douglas
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Sandy:
Wendy Seager
Scott:
Stuart McQuarrie
Gus:
Andrew Wardlaw
Max:
Finlay Welsh
Toby Russell:
Crawford Logan
David Pitsligo:
Allan Sharpe
Jimmy Jameson:
Michael Elder
Mrs Jameson:
Muriel Romanes
Walster:
Alasdair McCrone
Theresa:
Sheilagh Hynd
Rachel:
Sybil Wintrope
Laurence:
Gerard Gray-O'Brien
Hunter:
Hilary Neville

A six-part series in which Matthew Parris investigates intriguing letters which have no known reply.
3:"Nobody has suffered more from low spirits than I have done", wrote Sydney Smith to a friend, yet today he is remembered as a bon viveur and wit. Producer Julia Gillett

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Producer:
Julia Gillett

Quentin Cooper braves Steven Spielberg 's much-hyped new film Jurassic Park, and visits Marvin's 's Room, the latest stage vehicle for actress
Alison Steadman.
Producer Beaty Rubens
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Steven Spielberg
Unknown:
Alison Steadman.
Producer:
Beaty Rubens

by Javier Cercas.
Morales wants Pablo Sardano to do a 'job" for him. We all know what that means. But the outcome? Read by David Horovitch. Translated by Ed Emery
Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Javier Cercas.
Unknown:
Pablo Sardano
Read By:
David Horovitch.
Translated By:
Ed Emery
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

As Boris Yeltsin struggles for political survival, Christopher Cook recalls the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky in 1917 and compares the two men.

Contributors

Unknown:
Boris Yeltsin
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Alexander Kerensky

4: Professionals and Amateurs. The possibility of amateur intellectuals - thinking and concerned individuals - still being able to influence society in the age of professionals backed by institutions is examined by Edward Said , Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Producer Anne Winder

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Said
Producer:
Anne Winder

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