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Chairman Michael Buerk. Witnesses face cross-examination from Rabbi Hugo Gryn , Janet Daley , Edward Pearce and Dr David Starkey.
Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk.
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Dr David Starkey.
Producer:
David Coomes

Brian Johnston umpires the test of wit and general knowledge.
Taking the crease: Tim Rice and Willie Rushton. With Bernard Cribbins and Bill
Tidy. From Bidborough Cricket Club, Kent. Producer Jon Magnusson

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Tim Rice
Unknown:
Willie Rushton.
Unknown:
Bernard Cribbins
Producer:
Jon Magnusson

by Philip Corker. inspector George Wright , a man with a rational answer to everything, confronts a mystery which doesn't seem to have any answers.
Director Andy Jordan

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Corker.
Unknown:
George Wright
Director:
Andy Jordan
Insp George Wright:
David Ryall
Mary Wright:
Diana Coupland
Foster:
Christian Rodska
Jean:
Polly March
Margarel:
Judy Holt
PoliceChief:
Brett Usher
Carol:
Melanie Hudson
TVReporter:
David Beames
Driver:
Anthony Donovan
PC/Mr Barnes:
Neil Roberts
Newsreader:
Judith Sidney

Gill Pyrah 's guest is the author Garrison Keillor , currently on tour in Britain. Also, a review of The Last Burden by Upamanyu Chatterjee , and an interview with the Scottish composer James Macmillan. Producer Neil Trevithick (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Garrison Keillor
Unknown:
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Unknown:
James MacMillan.
Producer:
Neil Trevithick

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Presented by Marek Kohn. Cannabis and the opium poppy have been grown in Britain for centuries. In Victorian times opium was as easily available as aspirin is today. So how have drugs come to be seen as a foreign and sinister enemy? Producer Martin Buckley

Contributors

Presented By:
Marek Kohn.
Producer:
Martin Buckley

A six-part series by Colin McLaren.
Three centuries of English family life through diaries and letters of the time. Interpreting the material are historians Ralph Houlbrooke , Linda Pollock and Roy Porter. Narrated by Lesley Dunlop. 4: The Great Change of Marriage
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 Whitr0w
The Marchioness Grey and her daughters:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Elizabeth GaskeU:
Eleanor Bron
Alfred Morton:
John Rowe
Tlwmas Comber:
Richard Pasco

Seven stories of love, magic and mysteries. With Derek Jacobi as the King and Carolyn Backhouse as Shahrazad. Final part: The Dream of Baba Abdullah. In a last attempt to save her life, Shahrazad invites the king not merely to hear the final story but to enter it with her - or return alone.
Music: Sue Harris and Steafan Hannigan Adapted by Colin Haydn Evans Director Nigel Bryant

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Jacobi
Unknown:
Carolyn Backhouse
Unknown:
Baba Abdullah.
Unknown:
Steafan Hannigan
Adapted By:
Colin Haydn Evans
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Baba Abdullah:
Daniel Strauss
Dervish:
Geoffrey Banks

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