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Chairman Michael Buerk , with Ruth Deech , Rabbi Hugo Gryn , Edward Pearce and Professor Roger Scruton. Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Ruth Deech
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Professor Roger Scruton.
Producer:
David Coomes

Introduced by Jenni Murray. Emma Kingsley looks at the work of the 12th-century composer and mystic, Abbess Hildegard of Bingen.
Serial: Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee , read in 12 episodes by Souad Faress. Jane Ripplemeyer lives in America, but once she was Jhoti/Jasmine in India. Abridged by Meg Clarke
Music: Howard Blake 's Piano Concerto

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Introduced By:
Emma Kingsley
Unknown:
Abbess Hildegard
Unknown:
Bharati Mukherjee
Unknown:
Souad Faress.
Unknown:
Jane Ripplemeyer
Abridged By:
Meg Clarke
Music:
Howard Blake

Gill Pyrah challenges a panel of literary guests including Roger McGough , Brian Patten , Adrian Henri and Gladys Mary Coles, with readings by Dominic Letts. Producer Gareth Edwards

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Brian Patten
Unknown:
Adrian Henri
Unknown:
Gladys Mary
Unknown:
Dominic Letts.
Producer:
Gareth Edwards

by Harry Quinn and Colin Douglas.
Heather and Fraser meet for the first time outside school in the out-patients' clinic of their local hospital. Over the next year of treatment, Heather gently teaches Fraser to cope with the reality he has been trying so hard to avoid....
Director Hamish Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Quinn
Unknown:
Colin Douglas.
Director:
Hamish Wilson
Fraser:
Tom Smith
Heather:
Wend Yseager
Nurse:
Monica Gibb
Receptionist/Secretary/Patient:
Mamie Stirling
Teacherl /Doclor:
Finlay McLean

Robert Dawson Scott reviews Swan Lake and talks to the mountaineer's favourite author Joe Simpson. Plus photographs by Wilfred Thesiger.
Producer Mike Greenwood (Revised repeat at 9 15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Dawson Scott
Unknown:
Joe Simpson.
Unknown:
Wilfred Thesiger.
Producer:
Mike Greenwood

A six-part series by colin McLaren.
Three centuries of English family life told through diaries and letters. Interpreting the material are historians Ralph Houlbrooke , Linda Pollock and Roy Porter. Narration by Lesley Dunlop. 1: The Great Perils of Childbirth
Fiddle music by Rosemary Fumiss Producer Louise Purslow

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin McLaren.
Unknown:
Ralph Houlbrooke
Unknown:
Linda Pollock
Unknown:
Roy Porter.
Unknown:
Lesley Dunlop.
Music By:
Rosemary Fumiss
Producer:
Louise Purslow
Alice Thornton:
Stephanie Cole
Nicholas Blundell:
Benjamin Whitrow
The Marchioness Grey and her daughters:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Elizabeth Gaskell:
Eleanor Bron
Alfred Morton:
John Rowe

Seven traditional stories of love, magic and mystery. With Derek Jacobi as the King and Carolyn Backhouse as Shahrazad. 4: The Ninth Pedestal. A prince inherits eight priceless statues. But the ninth is missing, and will equal the value of all the others, and more besides...
Music: Sue Harris and Steafan Hannigan Adapted by Colin Haydn Evans Director Nigel Bryant

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Jacobi
Unknown:
Carolyn Backhouse
Unknown:
Steafan Hannigan
Adapted By:
Colin Haydn Evans
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Prince Zain:
James Telfer
Moubarak:
John Baddeley
Genie:
Steve Hodson
Maysun:
Teresa Gallagher

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