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2: The Reluctant Diva. In conversation with Natalie Wheen , Victoria de los Angeles talks about some of her favourite operatic tenors and her conviction that great art comes not from showmanship but from simplicity.
Producer Edwina Wolstencroft

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

Robert Robinson goes to the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington to talk to five explorers, including Lord Hunt , leader of the 1953 Everest expedition. Producer Geoffrey Prout

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Leader:
Lord Hunt
Producer:
Geoffrey Prout

Crime novelist Michael Dibdin is Robert Dawson Scott 's guest. is the detective novel now accepted as literature? There's a look at London's Gate Theatre and its extraordinary record for world drama, and Russian star pianist Shura Cherkassky performs in the studio. Producer Tim Dee (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Dibdin
Unknown:
Robert Dawson Scott
Pianist:
Shura Cherkassky
Producer:
Tim Dee

Another chance to hear this six-part adaptation of Barbara Pym 's novel.
1: A Safe Place for a Clergyman. In sleepy north Oxford in the autumn of 1936 the quiet rhythm of town and gown are disrupted by passionate romance.
Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud Producer Sioned Wiliam

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Pym
Dramatised By:
Elizabeth Proud
Producer:
Sioned Wiliam
Miss Doggett:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Francis Cleveland:
Stephen Moore
Jesste Morrow:
Samantha Bond
Margaret Cleveland:
Rowena Cooper
Stephen Latimer:
Crawford Logan
Barbara Bird:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Wardetl:
Elizabeth Proud
Mr Wardell:
Geoffrey Matthews
Michael:
Ian Targett
Gabriel:
Richard Pearce
Anthea:
Deborah Rowbottom
Simon:
Daniel Strauss

Gerry Anderson pauses in his life as a radio and TV presenter in Northern Ireland to reflect on living in the province. 4: What the Eye Does Not See. "Peoplewho live here rarely talk about the soldiers who patrol their streets because they don't see them."
Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Anderson
Producer:
Simon Elmes

With Peter White.
Producer Eleanor Garland
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: tel [number removed] between 9.15pm and 10.15pm
FACTSHEETS/QUARTERLY BULLETINS: summarising broadcast information, available on request. Send large sae (8in x 12in) to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White.
Producer:
Eleanor Garland

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