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with John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue.
8.40 Yesterday In Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Unknown:
Lionel Blue.

Concluding the dramatisation of Gillian Slovo 's acclaimed detective mystery.
Kate Baeir was attacked while trying to find Alicia. But her attacker was sent from
Mateley's factory. Are the two cases linked?
Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Anthea Gomez and Tim New
Dramatised by Jill Brooke Director Sue Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Gillian Slovo
Unknown:
Kate Baeir
Composed By:
Anthea Gomez
Played By:
Anthea Gomez
Dramatised By:
Jill Brooke
Director:
Sue Wilson
Kate Baeir:
Samantha Bond
Carmen:
Sandra James-Young
Alicia Weatherby:
Teresa Gallagher
Marion Weatherby:
Jill Graham
Trevor Plastid:
Keith Drinkel
Eva:
Sunny Ormonde
Sam:
David Holt
Alexandra:
Elizabeth Kelly
Elmore James:
Patterson Joseph
Richard:
John Harwood
Toby:
Mark Straker
Doorman:
Barry J Gordon

Catherine Czerkawska 'sfour-part family saga of yacht builders and designers on the Clyde begins.
1: Casting Off. When Alison falls in love with an old wooden yacht called the Isabella, she does not realise she is looking at the last relic of a family history.
Director Hamish Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Catherine Czerkawska
Director:
Hamish Wilson
Isabella:
Sybil Wintrope
Alison:
Louise Beattie
Adam/Stirling:
Allan Sharpe
David:
Alec Heggie
Annie:
Sheila Donald
Sadie:
Anne Downie
Malcolm:
Alec Monteath
Emily:
Irene MacDougal
Archivist/ Archie:
William Armour
Nurse I Midwife:
Susie Maguire
Young Hetty:
Isabel Wright
James:
James MacPherson

Presented by Martin Wainwright.
5: Mary Seacole. The brave Jamaican nurse who was adored by the soldiers she tended during the Crimean War has been overshadowed throughout history by the Lady of the Lamp". Producer Alison Perks

Contributors

Presented By:
Martin Wainwright.
Presented By:
Mary Seacole.
Producer:
Alison Perks

Quentin Cooper sees the film The House of Spirits, starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. And Judy Meweezen talks to Peter Brook about the staging of The Man Who in Manchester.
Producer Lore Windemuth (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Meryl Streep
Unknown:
Jeremy Irons.
Talks:
Judy Meweezen
Unknown:
Peter Brook

Pico Iyer has a passion for lonely, misfit places - so a country with no trees, a medieval language, a ban on dogs in the capital and a single mother for President seemed the perfect destination. He tells Annette Kobak of his romantic encounter with Iceland, the land of the midnight sun. Producer Kate McAII

Contributors

Unknown:
Pico Iyer
Unknown:
Annette Kobak
Producer:
Kate McAii

Donald Woods travels across South
Africa to assess its chances of making democracy work after next month's historic general election.
3: The New Apartheid. As the old racial divisions in South Africa subside, Donald Woods finds other forms of discrimination coming to the fore, especially against rural black Africans. A Crux production
SEE FEATURE page 46

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Woods
Unknown:
Donald Woods

Footprint across Ask. The battle for TV's final frontier has begun. Western media conglomerates are poised to sweep down on the great untapped markets of China and India. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has stolen a lead on his rivals with Star TV - an Asian satellite service beaming programmes to two-thirds of the world's population. Nick Higham investigates the new market and the fierce strength of the opposition.
Producer Colin Wilde

Contributors

Unknown:
Rupert Murdoch
Unknown:
Nick Higham
Producer:
Colin Wilde

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