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Malcolm Bruce , MP. Sheila McKechnie. director, Shelter; John Prescott. MP; and Rt Hon Malcolm Rifkind , MP, tackle the issues raised in Paisley.

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Bruce
Unknown:
Sheila McKechnie.
Unknown:
John Prescott.
Unknown:
Malcolm Rifkind

A psychological thriller written and directed by Jonathan Myerson. When she encounters an old flame, Zoe's comfortable life begins to disintegrate. Original music wntten and performed by David Chiltem and Nick Russell-Parvier

Contributors

Directed By:
Jonathan Myerson.
Unknown:
David Chiltem
Unknown:
Nick Russell-Parvier
Zoe:
Amanda Root
Smotl:
Nathaniel Parker
Greg:
Jonathan Cullen
Stella:
Geraldine Atzgerald
Nick:
Nicholas Hutchinson
Jenny:
Federay Holmes
LordHarry:
Jonathan Adams
Paul:
David Holt
Emma:
Sandra James Young
Saks assistant:
Matthew Morgan
Security guard:
Keith Drinkel

Commentary on the second day's play in the Fourth Test from the Kensington Oval, Barbados, by Jonathan Agnew , Peter Baxter and Christopher Martin-Jenkins . With expert comments from Trevor Bailey and Everton Weekes.
Including at 5.10 News
5.15 To the Islands In the Sun
Peter Baxter recalls the 1974 England tour to the Caribbean.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Agnew
Unknown:
Peter Baxter
Unknown:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Unknown:
Trevor Bailey
Unknown:
Peter Baxter

NEW The programme that rewrites history returns. What if, when Christiaan Barnard carried out the world's first heart transplant in 1967, the patient had lived to a ripe old age? Chris Andrew , surgeon Michael Bewick , and Richard Nicholson from the Bulletin of Medical Ethics, discuss the implications.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christiaan Barnard
Unknown:
Chris Andrew
Unknown:
Michael Bewick
Unknown:
Richard Nicholson

Gielgudat90 As Sir John Gielgud turns 90. John Miller celebrates the birthday of this illustrious knight of the theatre. Sir Alec Guinness and Dame Judi Dench lead a tribute from the actors, directors and writers who have worked with him. Producer Paul Quinn (Gieigud is in King Lear: Radio 3 tomorrow 7.00pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Gielgud
Unknown:
John Miller
Unknown:
Sir Alec Guinness
Unknown:
Dame Judi Dench
Producer:
Paul Quinn

Simon Cadell is Professor Higgins in Bernard Shaw 's famous play about a cockney flower girl who is tutored in phonetics to "speak like a lady".

Contributors

Author:
Bernard Shaw
Director:
John Tydeman
Professor Higgins:
Simon Cadell
Eliza Doolittle:
Imelda Staunton
Alfred Doolittle:
James Grout
Mrs Higgins:
Rachel Gurney
Colonel Pickering:
Edward Hardwicke
Mrs Pearce:
Brenda Peters
Mrs Eynsford Hill:
Pauline Letts
Clara Eynsford Hill:
Elaine Claxton
Freddy Eynsford Hill:
Richard Clifford
Mrs Higgins's maid:
Anne Pearson
Director:
John Tydeman
Other parts:
Andrew Branch
Other parts:
Garard Green
Other parts:
David Learner

1: Moving into Town. Since his last series of talks. John P Harris has moved. Advancing years prompted him to leave the Languedoc village that was his home for 20 years and seek the comforts of the nearby town. Producer Merilyn Harris
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Contributors

Unknown:
John P Harris

First of a six-part thriller by Nigel Baldwin, with Alison Steadman as Dee.

Dee Mitchell's life is dogged by alcohol, divorce and a dull job. But then she stumbles on a chain of murders.

Contributors

Writer:
Nigel Baldwin
Original Music:
Laurie Scott Baker
Director:
Jane Dauncey
Dee:
Alison Steadman
[Actor]:
Bill Stewart
[Actor]:
Alan Towner
[Actor]:
Robin Griffith
[Actress]:
Lesley Rooney
[Actor]:
Tony Leader
[Actress]:
Ruth Jones
[Actor]:
Robert Pugh
[Actress]:
Louise Holland
[Actor]:
Ian Targett
[Actor]:
Rhodri Hugh

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