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A six-part serial by Peter Whalley.
2:
Richard Gillian has decided to take two inexplicable blackmail letters to the police. When a third arrives, his wife's confidence in him is shaken.
Director Tony Cliff

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Whalley.
Director:
Tony Cliff
Richard Gillian:
Paul Shelley
Claire Gillian:
Sandra Clark
Jane Gillian:
Saskia Downes
David Gillian:
John Lloyd Fillingham
Detlnsp Jacob:
Michael Duggan
Adele Nevison:
Melissa Jane Sinden
Lawrence Nevison:
Russell Dixon
Maurice Toumsend:
Glyn Morrow

Eight further exploits of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective, starring Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr Watson, and featuring Kevin Whately as Jim Browner.
2: The Cardboard Box. The morning mail brings Miss Susan Cushing a grisly surprise. Who would send a gentle spinster two severed human ears?
Violinist Leonard Friedman
Dramatised by Roger Danes. Director Patrick Rayner POSTCARDS: for a set of eight His Last Bow postcards featuring original Strand Magazine illustrations, send cheque for L3.50 (payable to BBC) and A5 sae with 36p stamp to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan
Unknown:
Clive Merrison
Unknown:
Sherlock Holmes
Unknown:
Michael Williams
Unknown:
Kevin Whately
Unknown:
Jim Browner.
Unknown:
Miss Susan Cushing
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Dramatised By:
Roger Danes.
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Unknown:
Sherlock Holmes Postcards
Inspector Lestrade:
Stephen Thorne
Mary Cushing:
Teresa Gallagher
Sarah Cushing:
Rachel Atkins
Susan Cushing:
Diana Payan
Fairbaim:
James Telfer
McIlroy:
Dominic Letts
Annabel:
Oona Beeson
Dr Shaughnessy:
John Evitts

Six talks in which Sue Phillips muses on the curious lives of everyday edibles.
2: Figs. The fig is a remarkable fruit - with its flowers on the inside, its startling private life and its ability to inspire Spartan athletes, Vestal Virgins and D H Lawrence. Producer Amanda Mares

Contributors

Producer:
Amanda Mares

2: Miami's Vice - the Fraud Capital of the World. Whether by telephone swindles, phoney business deals or dodgy banking, "enterprise" crooks in South Florida are getting awaywith millions. Tim Sebastian continues his investigation. Producer Sue Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Sebastian
Producer:
Sue Davies

Film releases including Undercover Blues starring Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid. Also a look at how Hollywood treated women from the 30s onwards.
Presenter Mark Steyn.
Producer Adrian Washbourme (Revised repeat 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Turner
Unknown:
Dennis Quaid.
Presenter:
Mark Steyn.
Producer:
Adrian Washbourme

Sitcom writer Lucy Flannery and writer and actress Meera Syal join team captains Jo Brand and Jan Ravens for another edition of the women's panel game that deals with the ancient art of problem solving in the wittiest possible way. Frances Edmonds is in the chair. Producer Liz Anstee

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Flannery
Unknown:
Meera Syal
Unknown:
Jo Brand
Unknown:
Jan Ravens
Unknown:
Frances Edmonds
Producer:
Liz Anstee

NEW Glenys Kinnock explores the I I political consequences of changes in the family in a four-part series.
1: Happy Families. The model family is under increasing strain in Britain, the United States and Denmark. Why? And how much does it matter?

Contributors

Unknown:
Glenys Kinnock

Simon Brett chooses diaries for 7 January, from 1792 to 1954 by the Rev Francis Kilvert , Hester Thrale and Evelyn Waugh. Readers Sean Barrett and Miriam Margolyes. Producer Anna Keir

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
Francis Kilvert
Unknown:
Hester Thrale
Readers:
Evelyn Waugh.
Readers:
Sean Barrett
Readers:
Miriam Margolyes.
Producer:
Anna Keir

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