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Geoffrey Smith , Pippa Greenwood and Adrian Bloom answer questions sent in by post. Chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Amanda Mares LETTERS TO: Gardeners' Question Time, PO Box 27, Manchester M60 1SJ

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Adrian Bloom
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Amanda Mares

A four-part dramatisation of A J Cronin's epic story about a Catholic missionary, starring Peter Kelly and Hannah Gordon. 2: A Begimiingin China. Father Chisholm starts a new life in China, but he has to face the suspicions of the people of Paitan, and struggle to earn their trust.
Music by Max Early
Dramatised and directed by David Spenser
A Saffron production

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Kelly
Unknown:
Hannah Gordon.
Unknown:
Begimiingin China.
Music By:
Max Early
Directed By:
David Spenser
Father Chisholm:
Peter Kelly
Mother Maria Veronica:
Hannah Gordon
Monsignor Sleeth:
Philip Sully
Willie Tulbch:
Miles Anderson
Anselm Mealey:
Jeremy Sinden
Bishop MacNabb:
David King
Father Fitzgerald:
John Rye
Mr Chia:
Bert Kwouk
Lieutenant Slwn:
David Yip
Joseph:
Adrian Pang
Sister Martha:
Patricia Brake
Sister Ootilde:
Stacy Dorning
Hosannah Wang:
Tim Godwin
Mrs Neilly:
Oriane Messina

The Bear Awakes
In the two years since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has failed to find a stable identity. Now many Russians again look beyond their borders - to the countries of the former union. In the first of two programmes, John Lloyd discusses the growing problems of a great country asserting its power once more.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Lloyd

Simon Rae introduces listeners' requests on the theme of love. With readers Saskia Reeves and Stephen Thorne. Producer Paul Dodgson
REQUESTS TO: Poetry Please! BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
Saskia Reeves
Readers:
Stephen Thorne.
Producer:
Paul Dodgson

Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo by Susan Sontag. In August 1993, Susan Sontag produced Samuel Beckett 's great modern play with a multi-ethnic cast in a bombed-out theatre to packed audiences. This is her account of the production, and a detailed look at a city under perilous siege. Producer Hilary Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sontag.
Unknown:
Susan Sontag
Produced:
Samuel Beckett
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

In the last of the series, French horn player Barry Tuckwell talks to June Knox-Mawer about his career and about the difficulties caused by his instrument. Producer Derek Drescher

Contributors

Talks:
Barry Tuckwell
Producer:
Derek Drescher

Home and Away
2: Watch Your Language. Nigel Swinford , director of the New English Orchestra, investigates the implications of the dramatic change in the language of 20th-century music, and asks what it reveals about our fundamental beliefs.
Producer Clair Jaquiss

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Swinford
Producer:
Clair Jaquiss

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