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Jonathan Dimbleby seems an unusual choice as President of the Council for the Protection of Rural England. Oliver Walston talks to him and his wife
Bell Mooney and examines his green credentials and qualifications for the post. Producer Carol Trewin

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Talks:
Oliver Walston
Unknown:
Bell Mooney
Producer:
Carol Trewin

speaks for the Week's Good Cause on behalf of Y Care International, an overseas development agency which works through YMCAs providing long-term help to children and young people in the poorest countries of the world.
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In the third episode, Mario Vargas Uosa describes Colonel Cesar's expedition to punish Anthony the Counsellor and his pilgrims at Canudos.
Dramatised by Mike Walker
Director Shaun MacLoughlin

Contributors

Unknown:
Mario Vargas Uosa
Dramatised By:
Mike Walker
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Reporter:
Kerry Shale
Colonel Cesar:
Peter Whitman
Galileo Gai:
Bob Docherty
Jurema:
Carolyn Backhouse
Lion ofNatuba:
Jack Klaf
Baron de Canabrava:
Nigel Anthony
Estela:
Patricia Gallimore
Captain Rocha:
David Holt
Rufino:
Christian Rodska
Idiot:
Peter Meakin
Bearded lady:
Gillian Goodman
Dwarf:
Bill Monks
Bandit Joao:
Anthony Jackson
Bandit Pajeu:
Eric Allan
Father Joachim:
William Eedle

Maude Coulthard lives in a Weardale farmhouse where John Wesley once stayed. In the last of the series, she tells Martyn Wiley why she still holds to her own Methodist faith. Producer Dave Sheasby

Contributors

Unknown:
Maude Coulthard
Unknown:
John Wesley
Unknown:
Martyn Wiley
Producer:
Dave Sheasby

Series reflecting life from the grassroots of contemporary
Britain that gives groups of people who are used to being talked about a chance to speak for themselves.
Ladies in the Lounge: Tarts in the Bedroom. They work the streets, massage parlours and escort agencies. They are the men and women who respond to crisis in their lives by turning to prostitution. A cross-section of them reveal all to Susan Marling. Producer Mary Price

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling.

Matthew Parris talks to people who have a passion for rescue. This week, Dr Christopher Besse , who began his professional life as a flying doctor in East Africa and has now created a relief organisation, Merlin Missions. Producer Edwina Wolstencroft

Contributors

Talks:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Dr Christopher Besse
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

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