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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.
7: Mr Canterbury's career in the Service continues to prosper, his every step up the promotional ladder encouraged and "engineered" by Axel.
Music: Max Harris
Adapted by Rene Basilico
Producer John Fawcett Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
James Fox
Unknown:
James Grout
Unknown:
Brenda Bruce
Adapted By:
Rene Basilico
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Axel:
Jack Klaf
Rick:
Malcolm Tierney
Sabina:
Edita Brychta
Wexler:
David Healy
Carver:
Kerry Shale
Lederer:
Vincent Marzello
Bo Brammel:
John Nettleton
Nigel:
Royce Mills
Kate:
Natasha Pyne
American party guests:
Brian Greene
American party guests:
Vivienne Rochester

by Graham Greene.
Bored with her marriage to an American professor, an Englishwoman escapes to the Caribbean on holiday. Searching for romance, she is led towards a most unexpected attraction.
Dramatised by Elizabeth Troop Director Richard Wortley

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Greene.
Dramatised By:
Elizabeth Troop
Director:
Richard Wortley
Mary Watson:
Valerie Sarruf
Henry Hickslaughter:
Robert Beatty
Charlie Watson:
Blain Fairman
Sadie:
Sheila Grant
Jeannie:
Jennifer Piercey
Old woman:
Diana Olsson
Jamaican waiters:
Paul Gregory
crew cut boys:
Steven Harrold
Jamaican maid:
Victoria Carling

Leslie Forbes talks to four couples with unconventionai relationships.
1: Patricia andLaurie. When Patricia was 37 her husband left her and their four children for another woman. Then she met Laurie, 22 years her junior and a friend of her eldest daughter.... Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Talks:
Leslie Forbes
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Brian Sibley looks at the week's film releases including Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson in Made in America. Also, an exhibition of mosaics inspired by Mr Punch and His Relatives, and Esther Zschieschow sings extraxts from the musical Tonight: Lola Blau.
Producer Abigail Appleton (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Whoopi Goldberg
Unknown:
Ted Danson
Unknown:
Mr Punch
Unknown:
Esther Zschieschow
Unknown:
Lola Blau.
Producer:
Abigail Appleton

by Anton Chekhov.
Upset by a taunt that he lacked education, civil servant Perekladin - normally so sure of his punctuation - was haunted that night by dancing commas and flying colons and among them, tall and reproachful, a fiery exclamation mark!
Read by Michael Kilgarriff. Translated by Arnold Hinchcliffe Producer Sarah Kilgarriff

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Chekhov.
Read By:
Michael Kilgarriff.
Translated By:
Arnold Hinchcliffe
Producer:
Sarah Kilgarriff

Last in the series: Stopping and Laving. At one time the river Severn teemed with salmon. Lave netters and stopping-boat fishermen risked the dangerous tides for rich rewards. Now Paul Heiney finds that a unique variety of fishing traditions is fast dying out.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Heiney

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