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Jenni Mills with the stories behind the news. 3: In the early hours of Christmas morning 1992, Muriel Harvey , a 67-year-old widow, was walking home from midnight mass in Ludlow when she was attacked and raped.
Producer Sarah Rowlands

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Mills
Unknown:
Muriel Harvey
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

Patrick Hannan chairs the political party of a quiz. Answering the questions today are
Charles Kennedy , Sir David Steele , Michael White and Austin Mitchell, MP. Producer Jo Clegg

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Hannan
Unknown:
Charles Kennedy
Unknown:
Sir David Steele
Unknown:
Michael White
Producer:
Jo Clegg

Another chance to hear Annie Caulfield 's play, starring Lenny Henry and Clarke Peters , which tells the story of Layton and Johnstone, the popular singers and songwriters who topped variety bills in the 1920s and 30s. It features original recordings and new versions of some of their classic songs.
Pianist Terence Albright. Director Anne Edyvean

Contributors

Unknown:
Annie Caulfield
Unknown:
Lenny Henry
Unknown:
Clarke Peters
Pianist:
Terence Albright.
Director:
Anne Edyvean
Clarence Johnstone:
Lenny Henry
Turner Layton:
Clarke Peters
Raymonde Sandier:
Rachel Joyce
Emma-Lee Layton:
Shezwae Powell
Albert Sandler:
Steve Hodson
Jamaican soldier:
Sidney Cole
Comedian:
Barry J Gordon
Page:
Michael Onslow

A black comedy by Martin Davies.
1: Goodbye Gregory. After the death of Gregory Patterson , stalwart of the Roman Catholic Parish of St Andrew 's, the bereaved family faces new challenges.
With Martino Lazzen , Gordon Reid , Mark Straker and Claire Skinner
Producers Lissa Evans and Richard Wilson

Contributors

Comedy By:
Martin Davies.
Unknown:
Gregory Patterson
Unknown:
St Andrew
Unknown:
Martino Lazzen
Unknown:
Gordon Reid
Unknown:
Mark Straker
Unknown:
Richard Wilson
Robert Patterson:
Paul Parris
Father Benedict:
Desmond Barritt
Mrs Patterson:
Brenda Blethyn
Barbara Patterson:
Charlotte Coleman

Hull, 1968-three trawlers are lost at sea in just nine days, 58 men dead, an entire community bereaved. The wives of the fishermen begin a campaign which moves from street corner petition to Parliament. Rupert Creed of Hull's Remould Theatre traces the events of 1968 and meets the women at the centre of the campaign. Producer Amanda Mares

Contributors

Producer:
Amanda Mares

Banking on Independence
Stuart Simon asks if an independent Bank of England would provide a cure for the boom-bust cycles which have bedevilled the ecomony since the war.
Producer Nicola Meyrick

Contributors

Unknown:
Stuart Simon
Producer:
Nicola Meyrick

Five-part adaptation of William Boyd 's Booker Prize-winning novel.
2: As millions prepare for slaughter on the Western Front, a ridiculous array of British and German colonists in East Africa begin to mimic their European counterparts.
With Philip Anthony , Gareth Armstrong. Lyndam Gregory. James Taylor and Dominic Letts Dramatised by John Peacock Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
William Boyd
Unknown:
Philip Anthony
Unknown:
Gareth Armstrong.
Unknown:
Lyndam Gregory.
Unknown:
James Taylor
Unknown:
Dominic Letts
Dramatised By:
John Peacock
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Ench Von Bishop:
Nickolas Grace
Temple Smith:
William Hootkins
Felix Cobb:
Gerard Logan
Gabriel Cobb:
James Larkin
Charis Lattery Cobb:
Rachel Atkins
Weech-Brouming:
Nicholas Boulton
Liesl Von Bishop:
Danielle Allen
Mrs Cobb:
Diana Hoddinott
Major Cobb:
Colin Pinney
Mathilda:
Vivienne Rochester

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