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Community Mass from the Chapel of St Patrick's College, Armagh.
Celebrant and preacher: His Eminence Cardinal Cahal B Daly , with the choir of St Patrick's Cathedral.
Readings: Isaiah 45: w 1, 4-6;
I Thessalonians 1: w 1-5; Matthew 22: w 15-21.
Music of the Mass: Dixit Maria Mass (Hassler); Alleluia (O'Carroll); 0 Lord We Trust Alone in Thee (Handel); Salve Regina Coelorum (Lotti); Hail Christ Our King (Holden).
Organist and choirmaster George Minne.

Contributors

Unknown:
Cahal B Daly
Unknown:
Regina Coelorum
Choirmaster:
George Minne.

Turgenev's romantic novella in two parts, with Amanda Root as Elena and Philip Franks as Insarov.
1: Who will Elena fall in love with? With John Griffin and Stephen Tomlin Pianist Pauline Alston
Singer Rosamund Barker
Dramatised by Michael Crompton
Director Michael Fox

Contributors

Unknown:
Amanda Root
Unknown:
Philip Franks
Unknown:
John Griffin
Pianist:
Stephen Tomlin
Pianist:
Pauline Alston
Singer:
Rosamund Barker
Dramatised By:
Michael Crompton
Director:
Michael Fox
Shubin:
John Lloyd Fillingham
Bersyen:
Mark Chatterton
Anna:
Jane Cox
Nikolai:
Russell Dixon
Umr:
Alan Partington
Zoya:
Saskia Downes
Fedushka:
Keith Clifford
German bully:
Martin Oloreld

Richard Vaughan explores the remote mountain regions of northern Pakistan, where a belief in fairies is still an integral part of society, and a wild and dangerous form of mountain polo takes place at
Chitral.
Producer David Prest

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Vaughan
Producer:
David Prest

From Catch 22to Dispatches, cult books have confronted the absurdity and ugliness of warfare. From Last Exit to Brooklyn to American Psycho, they have ventured into the darkness at the heart of the collapsing social and urban order. Featuring Joseph Heller , Hubert Selby Jr , Michael Herr and Bret Easton Ellis. Producer Martin Buckley

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Heller
Unknown:
Hubert Selby Jr
Unknown:
Michael Herr
Unknown:
Bret Easton Ellis.
Producer:
Martin Buckley

More stories from people who remember how gambling brought fun and excitement to their lives.
In Cheats Occasionally Prosper, the second in this trilogy, one-time bookie turned historian Carl Chinn hears about the ways punters and police tried to bend the rules. Producer Ian Bell

Contributors

Unknown:
Carl Chinn
Producer:
Ian Bell

Government within the law. Recently the courts ordered the Home Secretary to think again about the Derek Bentley pardon - a vivid example of the growing role of the judges in overseeing the conduct of government. High Court judge Sir Stephen Sedley believes that this is a necessary development for democracy.

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Bentley
Unknown:
Sir Stephen Sedley

Brian Redhead delivers the inaugural Priestland Memorial Lecture in honour of Gerald Priestland , who died two years ago aged 64. An acclaimed foreign correspondent for many years, Priestland attracted his largest audiences as the BBC's Religious Affairs Correspondent. In his general reporting, his Yours Faithfully talks and series like Priestland's Progress, he articulated the questions and doubts of churched and unchurched alike and won their hearts in the process. Introduced by Rosemary Hartill. Producer Beverley McAinsh

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Gerald Priestland
Introduced By:
Rosemary Hartill.
Producer:
Beverley McAinsh

Four of Hearts. Rosemary Hartill talks to Satish Kumar , founder of the Schumacher College, about his early life as a Jain monk and his campaign for land reforms.
Producer Amanda Hancox

Contributors

Talks:
Rosemary Hartill
Unknown:
Satish Kumar
Producer:
Amanda Hancox

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