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A six-part comedy series by Mike Coleman.
2: Dave is looking forward to the local fete, but he soon discovers that even this event can bring out the more unscrupulous elements of village life.
Producer Ann Jobson

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Coleman.
Producer:
Ann Jobson
Dave:
Jonathan Tarer
Cathy:
Lesley Sharp
Kevin:
Geoff McGivern
Wendell:
Robert Daws
Ruth:
Rachel Atkins
Vicar:
Daniel Strauss
Jim:
David Learner
Steve:
David Jarvis

A five-part comedy series by Arnold Evans , starring Kate Fitzgerald.
1: Tears before BedtimeContract cleaner Mitch can't resist trying to tidy up her clients' private lives as well as their homes.
Director Jane Dauncey

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Evans
Unknown:
Kate Fitzgerald.
Director:
Jane Dauncey
Mitch:
Kate Fitzgerald
Lucy:
Sue Broomfield
Dennis:
Roland Curram
George:
Ivor Roberts
Pearl:
Jeillo Edwards
Tom:
Iestyn Jones
Gron:
Dudley Owen

How to survive family life - with Tracy Beaker and The Suitcase Kid: author Jacqueline Wilson has mixed a winning formula for children which she discusses with Michael Rosen.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Michael Rosen
Interviewee:
Jacqueline Wilson
Producer:
Jill Burridge

As a screen version of Madame Butterfly opens, Brian Sibley investigates why so many stage plays become films. And there's an interview with Malcolm McLaren. Producer Jerome Weatherald (Revised repeat 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Malcolm McLaren.
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Concluding his exploration of role of the Scottish university rector, Charles Kennedy asks how long this unique position can survive the onslaught of universities who would be happier if an insider chaired their court? And is this unpaid but demanding post worth three years of sacrifice and slog? Past rectors recall their experiences. Producer Fiona Couper

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Kennedy
Producer:
Fiona Couper

Drainage and diversion have been the mainstay offenland farming but the cost is high - within a hundred years over 16 feet of soil has been lost to the winds.
Mark Whittaker asks whether the forces of water can ever be subjugated, be it in the low-tech flood plains of the Mekong or the pumped fields of East Anglia.
Producer Marie Helly

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Whittaker
Producer:
Marie Helly

Six stories of individual or group heroism. 5: A Righteous Gentile. In 1938 Gertrude Wijsmuller defied Adolf Eichmann , securing permission to take hundreds of Jewish children out of Vienna.
Barry Turner and Harry Towb tell the story of this virtually unknown Dutch heroine.
Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
Adolf Eichmann
Unknown:
Barry Turner
Unknown:
Harry Towb
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Gertrude Wijsmuller:
Sarah Badel
Moske Landau:
Harry Towb
Adolf Eichmann:
Jonathan Tafler
Norman Bentwich:
Matthew Morgan
Fred Dunstan:
Nicholas Murchie
Dutch Consul:
John Webb
Radio interviewer:
Ann Windsor
Mrs Goldberg:
Joanna Wake
Mr Wijsmuller:
Eric Allan
Young girl refugee:
Sian Jenkins

Six murder cases presented by Nick Ross. 3: Somebody's Had a Bonfire. When a body is found in a burned-out car, the investigating team search for a link between the corpse and the owner of the car who was a bigamist several times over.
With Brett Usher , Philip Sully , Neville Jason , James Taylor. Paul Panting , Deborah Berlin, Susannah Corbett , Tom Bevan and Gareth Armstrong
Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Presented By:
Nick Ross.
Unknown:
Brett Usher
Unknown:
Philip Sully
Unknown:
Neville Jason
Unknown:
James Taylor.
Unknown:
Paul Panting
Unknown:
Susannah Corbett
Unknown:
Tom Bevan
Unknown:
Gareth Armstrong
Producer:
Fiona McLean
Arthur Rouse:
Malcolm Ward
Mrs Rouse:
Elaine Claxton
Superintendent Brumby:
Colin Pinney

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