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Former Secretary of State for Energy Tony Benn draws on his private diary tapes to recall the economic crisis of 1976 and the involvement of the International
Monetary Fund.
Producer Keith Jones
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Contributors

Producer:
Keith Jones

Jenni Murray meets Francine Pascal, creator of Sweet Valley High.

Serial: Hannah Gordon reads the final part of Hilary Bailey's "Cassandra: Princess of Troy". Abridged by Ann Rees Jones.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Guest:
Francine Pascal
Author (Cassandra:
Princess of Troy): Hilary Bailey
Abridged by (Cassandra:
Princess of Troy): Ann Rees Jones
Reader (Cassandra:
Princess of Troy): Hannah Gordon
Editor:
Sally Feldman

Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general-knowledge contest.
First Round - South of England. Nigel Bailey (Inland Revenue executive); Alan Stanton (college lecturer); Stephen Waterman (photographic technician); Paul Lewis (retired civil servant).
Producer Richard Edis

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Alan Stanton
Unknown:
Stephen Waterman
Unknown:
Paul Lewis
Producer:
Richard Edis

A detective series by Michael McStay, with Stephen Thorne as Inspector Coleman and Joe Dunlop as Sergeant Astor.

Sergeant Astor falls among thieves in his new South Hants posting, and Inspector Coleman has one of his infamous hunches.

Contributors

Writer:
Michael McStay
Music:
Stephen Warbeck
Series Producer:
Jane Morgan
Inspector Coleman:
Stephen Thorne
Sergeant Astor:
Joe Dunlop
Margaret:
Diana Bishop
Superintendent Beauchamp:
Frances Jeater
PC Trench:
Nicholas Boulton
Jamie Bell:
Larry Dann
One Lung Peacock:
John Hartley
Mike Graham:
McCartney Brown
Ted Durbridge:
Breffni McKenna
Superintendent Henshaw:
Gareth Armstrong
Steward:
David Jarvis
Bembridge-Jones:
David Sinclair
Slater:
James Taylor
Customer:
Don McCorkindale

"We printed a story and a man got killed." Gary Mitchell 's play provides some startling insights into the escalating situation in Belfast.
Director Pam Brighton

Contributors

Unknown:
Gary Mitchell
Director:
Pam Brighton
Ken Carter:
Tim Loane
Larry Simpson:
Dan Gordon
Betty Simpson:
Eileen Pollock
Alan:
Simon Magill
Angela:
Paula McFetridge
Bobby Mac:
Lalor Roddy
Lisa:
Emma Jordan
Mr Harris:
Mark Mulholland
Davy:
Bj Hogg
Mrs White:
Maureen Dow
Simon:
Michael Gregory
Policeman:
John Hewitt
KyleSimpson:
Michael Lyons

The cuckoo more than any other creature is the true harbinger of spring. In spite of its reputation for cruelly abandoning its young, its return is synonymous with the wakening of new life. Lionel Kelleway investigates. Producer Paul Evans
SEE FEATURE page 96

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway
Producer:
Paul Evans

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