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Every summer, Michael Eavis allows his land to be invaded by thousands of people for the Glastonbury Festival. Robert Forster joins him to find out if rock music is compatible with farming. Producer Gill Powell

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Eavis
Unknown:
Robert Forster
Producer:
Gill Powell

A service of Holy Communion on the eve of Independence Day from St Aldate's Church, Gloucester. Celebrant Rev Derek Sawyer. Preacher Rev Dr Victoria Raymer. Readings: Hebrews 11, vv 8-16; Matthew 5, vv 43-8; New people's mass (Don Gregory Murray); God my King, thy might confessing (John Brookes ); In Christ there is no East or West; Mine eyes have seen the glory.
Organist Raita Sawyer.

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Sawyer.
Unknown:
Dr Victoria Raymer.
Unknown:
Gregory Murray
Unknown:
John Brookes
Organist:
Raita Sawyer.

Margaret Steward 's three-part dramatisation of Elizabeth Bowen 's classic novel.
1: 1934. From her deathbed, the sinister Madame Fisher weaves the lives of young Henrietta and Leopold as she manipulated others before them.
Music by Anthea Gomez
Director Sue Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Steward
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bowen
Unknown:
Madame Fisher
Music By:
Anthea Gomez
Director:
Sue Wilson
Mme Fisher:
Sara Kestelman
Karen:
Sunny Ormonde
Naomi Fisher:
Susan Bovell
Max:
John Duttine
Aunt Violet:
Ann Windsor
Uncle Bill:
David King
Ray:
Christopher Scott
Henrietta:
Fiona Christie
Leopold:
Joshua Goodman
Mrs Michaelis/Mrs West:
Gillian Goodman
Mrs Arbuthnot/Mrs Grant Moody:
Judith Pearson

A five-part dramatisation of Frances Hodgson Burnett 's story, with Harriet Walter , Beryl Reid and Robin Bailey.
2: Mary makes a friend - and unlocks the secret garden.
With Jessica Marshall-Gardner , Guy Faulkner and Ian Taylor. Dramatised by Judy Allen. Producer John Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Unknown:
Harriet Walter
Unknown:
Beryl Reid
Unknown:
Robin Bailey.
Unknown:
Jessica Marshall-Gardner
Unknown:
Guy Faulkner
Unknown:
Ian Taylor.
Dramatised By:
Judy Allen.
Producer:
John Taylor

... or how Arpad and Alena Rosner broke out of their perilous past and came - via football, ice-skating, poetry, music, dancing and factories - to a new kind of freedom. Readers Christopher Lee and Maria Mezei.
Producers Karin Femald and Piers Plowright

Contributors

Unknown:
Alena Rosner
Readers:
Christopher Lee
Readers:
Maria Mezei.
Producers:
Karin Femald
Producers:
Piers Plowright

Messiaen's music was influenced by birdsong and Hindu rhythms, but most profoundly by his faith. Rosemary Hartill looks at whether he succeeded in his aim to bring the church's liturgy into the concert hall. Producer Amanda Hancox

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Producer:
Amanda Hancox

Do police officers in Northern Ireland ever escape from the terrorist threat, or is it a 24-hour-a-dayjob? And how does it affect their families? The men and women of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and their partners talk frankly about home life. Producer Kathleen Carragher

Contributors

Producer:
Kathleen Carragher

In the second of six conversations, John Miller talks to Julie Flint who in 1987 was one of three journalists to remain in war-torn Beirut as the Observer's correspondent. After a life of reporting from foreign parts, now she has returned to England. Producer Richard Bannerman

Contributors

Talks:
John Miller
Unknown:
Julie Flint
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

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