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Jenni Murray meets leading needlecraft designer Julie Hasler , whose designs extend beyond linen and canvas to her own body.
Story: Those Sailing Ships of His Boyhood Dreams. 2: Eiffel Tower, read by Fiona Shaw. A chance meeting on a cross-channel ferry....

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Designer:
Julie Hasler
Read By:
Fiona Shaw.

Peter Hobday tests his guests on sweet Fanny Adams ... and other phrases. With Tony Hawkes , Charles Kennedy , Rosalind Miles and Caroline Quentin. Producer Colin Swash

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Fanny Adams
Unknown:
Tony Hawkes
Unknown:
Charles Kennedy
Unknown:
Rosalind Miles
Unknown:
Caroline Quentin.

A comedy of manners by Perry Pontac.
When Lady Fransham is appointed to head the new Government Commission on Poverty she invites Miss Blimes, a poor tenant farmer, for tea and a chat.
Director Richard Wortley

Contributors

Writer:
Perry Pontac
Director:
Richard Wortley
Lady Fransham:
Anna Massey
Miss Bilmes:
Samantha Bond
Humpage:
John Moffatt

Gill Pyrah reads a collection of stories by Chester Himes , talks to the artist Eileen Cooper , and reviews The Thirst at Leicester Haymarkef's Studio Theatre. Producer Beaty Rubens (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Talks:
Chester Himes
Artist:
Eileen Cooper
Producer:
Beaty Rubens

Episode three of Susan Hill 's wryly observed study of friendship and family ties in a small English village.
Adapted by Bill Matthews. Music by Peter Salem. Producer Lissa Evans

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Hill
Adapted By:
Bill Matthews.
Music By:
Peter Salem.
Producer:
Lissa Evans
Eleanor Thome:
Patricia Hayes
Alida Thome:
Stephanie Cole
Isabel Lavender:
Sian Phillips
Kathleen Lavender:
Jill Graham
Dorothea Shottery:
Gwen Watford
Florence Ames:
Anna Cropper
Hubert Gaily:
John Baddeley
Ma Gaily:
Pauline Letts
Miss Cress:
Jillie Meers
Mrs Clemency:
Irene Sutcliffe
Dr Sparrow:
James Telfer

On the fifth anniversary of the bombing of the Pan Am flight 103, Gerry Northam examines the forensic evidence that points towards a political cover-up over Lockerbie. Why did Britain and the United States exonerate some countries and pin the blame for the murder of people on two Libyans? Producer Ingrid Kelly
Editor John Drury

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Northam
Producer:
Ingrid Kelly
Editor:
John Drury

News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. With Peter White. Producer Eleanor Garland
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: tel [number removed] between 9.15pm and 10.15pm
FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White.
Producer:
Eleanor Garland

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