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by Peter Kerry. In six parts.
3: Licence to Kill. Edward and Michael are licensed to kill - each other.
Producer Lissa Evans

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Kerry.
Producer:
Lissa Evans
Kate:
Harriet Thorpe
Sir Stephen:
John Wells
Sir Donald:
Donald Pickering
Michael:
Douglas Hodge
Edward:
William Vandyck
Interrogator:
Gordon Reid
SchuLZ:
John Church
Weber:
John Church
Solly:
Peter Kerry

Six classic mysteries starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr Watson.
1: The Six Napoloeons. All over London plaster busts of Bonaparte are being smashed. The work of a lunatic, perhaps. Or is there method in the madness?
Violinist Leonard Friedman Dramatised by Bert Coules Director Patrick Rayner
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Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Merrison
Unknown:
Michael Williams
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Dramatised By:
Bert Coules
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Lestrade:
Donald Gee
Lumtia:
Federay Holmes
Inspector:
Eric Allan
Harker:
Peter Penry Jones
Beppo:
James Telfer
Brown:
David Holt
Gelder:
David Holt
Venucci:
John Church
Harding:
John Church
Pietro:
Matthew Morgan
Stock:
Matthew Morgan
Hudson:
John Fleming
Sandeford:
John Fleming

Brian Sibley talks to Sidney Pollack about his new film The Firm. Also, reviews of a television series about D W Griffiths and a preview of a staging of Hair. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Talks:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Sidney Pollack
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Letters written by Jane Austen , Keats and Charlotte Bronte are not found every day. Imagine the excitement when, at Torquay Museum, 14 albums discovered in an old cupboard were found to be full of letters from famous people. Matthew Parris opens the albums and tells the story of this extraordinary collection. Producer Julia Gillett

Contributors

Written By:
Jane Austen
Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Producer:
Julia Gillett

John Donne 's life was turbulent. He faced religious persecution, serious illness, unemployment and poverty. Rosemary Hartill looks at how he wrote some of his best poetry and prose. Reader Garard Green. Producer Amanda Hancox

Contributors

Unknown:
John Donne
Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Reader:
Garard Green.
Producer:
Amanda Hancox

TECnophobia. Industry complains of a skills shortage while the Government's network of Training and Enterprise Councils is supposed to provide people to do jobs. Can the TECs cope? Peter Day asks if Britain's idea of training is merely keeping the unemployment queues down.
Producer Robert McKenzie

Contributors

Producer:
Robert McKenzie

The doyen of British showbiz returns to the wireless with the first of five more unusually true stories.
Romance. London in the Blitz gave rise to some surprising opportunities and consequences. Written and read by Peter Jones.
Producer Pete Atkin

Contributors

Read By:
Peter Jones.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

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