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From Sappho to Jeanette Winterson - Margaret Reynolds has compiled the first anthology of lesbian literature. Sarah Dunant asks whether it really is a separate genre. Serial: Spoilt. 2: The Dying Room

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeanette Winterson
Unknown:
Margaret Reynolds
Unknown:
Sarah Dunant

Peter Jones , Christopher Timothy and John Wells tell the stories. Listeners and the chairman Tim Brooke-Taylor have to guess who's hoaxing. Producer Edward Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Christopher Timothy
Unknown:
John Wells
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Producer:
Edward Taylor

by John Petherbridge based on a story by Zoe Fairbairns.
Emily, a 14-year-old would-be novelist, tells of what happens when Taffy, a Welsh Border puppy, erupts into the family home.
Director Glyn Dearman

Contributors

Unknown:
John Petherbridge
Story By:
Zoe Fairbairns.
Director:
Glyn Dearman
Taffy:
Nathaniel Parker
Emily SARA:
Jane Derrick
Hazel:
Bernadette Windsor
Maureen:
Julie Meers
Alec:
Vincent Brimble
Liz:
Bonnie Hurren
Vet:
Barry J Gordon

Gill Pyrah 's guest is Peter Ackroyd 's whose novel The House of Doctor Dee, has just been published. Plus Sue Townsend with more Adrian Mole. Producer Jerome Weatherald (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Peter Ackroyd
Unknown:
Adrian Mole.
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

by James Robertson.
This man had suffered pain. Mild, at first, and intermittent. In recent months it had grown steadily worse .. he went to see his doctor.
Read by Stuart Hepburn. Producer David Jackson Young

Contributors

Unknown:
James Robertson.
Read By:
Stuart Hepburn.
Producer:
David Jackson Young

by Colin Watson.
5: Inspector Purbright calls on his old friend Lucilla Teatime.
Dramatised by Christopher Denys Director Tony Cliff

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Watson.
Dramatised By:
Christopher Denys
Director:
Tony Cliff
Purbright:
John Rowe
Helen:
Kathryn Hunt
Mortimer Hive:
Geoffrey Banks
Chubb:
Graham Roberts
Sgt Molley:
Robin Polley
DrFergusson:
Russel Dixon
Lucida Teatime:
Ann Rye
Love:
Paul Downing

Michael O'Donnell explores the extraordinary within family life.
2: TheAkshars. Ayman and Jane had an unconventional start to their married life
- Ayman was facing a death threat and Jane was sure their church would prevent the wedding.
Producer Chhs Paling

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell

The human body is the oldest of all engines and still going strong. Alun Lewis powers some strange contraptions and meets the inventors who are makingour muscles take us further.
Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Unknown:
Alun Lewis
Producer:
Julia Durbin

2: Half Froth, Half Venom. Tony Robinson presents a history of the quip factor in British political life from the Civil War to the present day.
Written and researched by Simon Bullivant and Colin Swash
Producer Paul Schlesinger

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Robinson
Unknown:
Simon Bullivant
Unknown:
Colin Swash
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

Frankie Armstrong and Judy Watson have both had some sight restored after years of blindess. They discuss the pleasures and problems of seeing again. Producer Thena Heshel
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Contributors

Unknown:
Frankie Armstrong
Unknown:
Judy Watson
Producer:
Thena Heshel

Tonight, Andrew McAllister introduces Carol Ann Duffy , Jackie Kay and Liz Lochhead in performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Producer Susan Roberts

Contributors

Introduces:
Andrew McAllister
Unknown:
Carol Ann Duffy
Unknown:
Jackie Kay
Unknown:
Liz Lochhead
Producer:
Susan Roberts

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