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by Lady Fortescue.
Read in five parts by Stephanie Cole. 3: Gardening.
Abridged by Georgina Brown Producer Marilyn Imrie
(Parts 1 and 2 replaced the advertised programme at
8.40am last Thursday and Friday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Cole.
Abridged By:
Georgina Brown
Producer:
Marilyn Imrie

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee. Third of 12episodes read by Souad Faress. Music: Howard Blake 's Piano Concerto Editors Clare Selerie and Sally Feldman

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Bharati Mukherjee.
Read By:
Souad Faress.
Music:
Howard Blake
Music:
Sally Feldman

Chairman Robert Robinson. Second semi-final: The Midlands, the North and the West of England. Ian Sadler (mature student); Peter Kilty (solicitor); David Shiels (mature student); John Case (lecturer).
Producer Richard Edis

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Unknown:
Ian Sadler
Unknown:
Peter Kilty
Unknown:
David Shiels
Producer:
Richard Edis

by Carnegie Award-winner Robert Westall. Nothing in Sepp Yaxley 's cottage had been touched since the day he ... disappeared. Not even the Wellingtons by the door. For Rose and her children, a perfect place for a holiday adventure. Until the cat turned up.
Director Nigel Bryant

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Westall.
Unknown:
Sepp Yaxley
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Rose:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Jane:
Susan Mann
Tim:
Richard Pearce
Vicar:
Jonathan Wyatt
Miss Yaxley:
Patience Tomlinson
Nathan Gotobed:
Peter Tuddenham
Jack Sydenham:
Graham Howes
ShopkeeperlDoctor:
Jo Kendall

Robert Dawson Scott talks to founder of the Royal Ballet Dame Ninette De Valois in celebration of her 95th birthday. Also a review of Oscar Hijuelos 's novel and music from guitarist Robert Fripp.
Producer Paul Quinn (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Talks:
Robert Dawson Scott
Unknown:
De Valois
Unknown:
Oscar Hijuelos
Guitarist:
Robert Fripp.
Producer:
Paul Quinn

A new story written and narrated by Beryl Bainbridge.
The cruise is bound for Gibraltar. On board Hardy Roget fears the attentions of Sheila Drummond , so he invents a fictional friend. But.... Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Beryl Bainbridge.
Unknown:
Hardy Roget
Unknown:
Sheila Drummond
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

The antidote to panel games. With Humphrey Lyttelton in the chair and Willie Rushton , Barry Cryer , Paul Merton and Tim Brooke-Taylor on the floor. With musical accompaniment from Colin Sell. Producer Jon Naismith

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Colin Sell.
Producer:
Jon Naismith

Annette Kobak invites six travellers to reflect on a journey.

Peter Matthiessen relives a long trek in the land of the legendary yeti, from Kathmandu to the remote Crystal Mountain high in the Himalayas, and his search for that elusive and beautiful creature - the snow leopard.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Annette Kobak
Interviewee:
Peter Matthiessen
Reader:
Robert Jezek
Producer:
Kate McAll

by Rosamond Lehmann, dramatised in two parts.
Concluding part: "I was always thinking something awful would happen to Rollo, he'd be snatched away from me behind an official barricade of lawful friends and relations ... Because I loved him and he was threatened, by life, by me, I don't know...."
With Angela Pleasence as Olivia and Simon Cadell as Rollo.
With Fred Bryant , Brain Carroll , Eva Stuart , Gregory De Polnay and Roger Hammond Dramatised by Elspeth Sandys Director Jane Morgan
(Forremainder of cast, see Part One of "The Weather in the Streets. at 7.50pm on Saturday and "Invitation to the Waltz" at 2.30pm on Saturday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosamond Lehmann
Unknown:
Angela Pleasence
Unknown:
Simon Cadell
Unknown:
Fred Bryant
Unknown:
Brain Carroll
Unknown:
Eva Stuart
Unknown:
Gregory De Polnay
Unknown:
Roger Hammond
Dramatised By:
Elspeth Sandys
Director:
Jane Morgan
Ivor Craig:
Tom Wilkinson
Mr Tredeaven:
Peter Baldwin

Delve Special
Investigative reports by David Lander.
1: Cowboys. When a builder burnt down their house. Ronald and Yvonne Worthington went to their solicitor. That's when their troubles really started.
Studio production by Stephen Fry , assisted by Julia Hills , Phil Nice and Dawn French. Dramatic reconstructions by Jack Klaff , Robert Bathurst , Mark Arden and Stephen Frost. Research by Tony Sarchet.
Editor Paul Mayhew Archer (first broadcast in 1986)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Lander.
Unknown:
Yvonne Worthington
Production By:
Stephen Fry
Assisted By:
Julia Hills
Unknown:
Jack Klaff
Unknown:
Robert Bathurst
Unknown:
Mark Arden
Unknown:
Stephen Frost.
Unknown:
Tony Sarchet.
Editor:
Paul Mayhew Archer

In the first of six programmes on the legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt , Max Harrison looks at his early years in Paris, where he began to play jazz. Producer Derek Drescher

Contributors

Guitarist:
Django Reinhardt
Guitarist:
Max Harrison
Producer:
Derek Drescher

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