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She took a career break and came back to turn the company around. Jenni Murray meets Philippa Harrison , managing director of Little, Brown Publishing.
Serial: stories from The Blue Woman by Mary Flanagan.
2: Alice's Ear. Read by Lesley Sharp.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Philippa Harrison
Unknown:
Mary Flanagan.
Read By:
Lesley Sharp.

Industrial intrigue, in-fighting and idiocy. Panel: Peter Day. Howard Hodgson , Alastair Ross Goobey and Janette Rutterford. Chairman Nigel Cassidy. Producer Neil Koenig (RptJ

Contributors

Unknown:
Howard Hodgson
Unknown:
Alastair Ross Goobey
Unknown:
Janette Rutterford.
Unknown:
Nigel Cassidy.
Producer:
Neil Koenig

Today is a rest day in the Tour de France, as the best cyclists in the world prepare for the assault on Col d'lzoard.
Michael Duke 's comedy of international misunderstanding is set on a hillside campsite, where a motley band of cycling fans prepare for the arrival of their heroes.
Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Duke
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Jack:
Stuart McQuarrie
Lucy:
Lucinda Baillie
Eddy NILS:
Den Hertog
Florence:
Ann-Louise Ross
Finney/Bestman:
Gordon Munro

Paul Vaughan investigates a selection of new detective fictions and examines the life and work of painter Carel Weight. And studio guest soprano Catherine Bott sings live.
Producer Abigail Appleton (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Carel Weight.
Soprano:
Catherine Bott
Producer:
Abigail Appleton

by David Almond.
"Often I fingered my own shoulder blades and tried to imagine the feathers, bones and muscles known only to angels. But my fingers encountered my skin, my flesh, my bone: a simple human shape, nothing more." Read by Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
David Almond.
Read By:
Geoffrey Wheeler.
Producer:
Gillian Hush

by Barbara Pym , dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth Proud.
3: The Importance of the Full Hot Water Bottle. Jane avoids the Mothers' Union meeting and visits Prudence in London. Fabian and Prudence finally meet at the village whist drive.
Producer Sioned Wiliam

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Pym
Unknown:
Elizabeth Proud.
Producer:
Sioned Wiliam
Jane Cleveland:
Penelope Wilton
Prudence Bates:
Rebecca Front
Miss Doggett:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Jessie Morrow:
Samantha Bond
Nicholas Cleveland:
Benjamin Whitrow
Fabian Driver:
Julian Glover
Mrs daze/Mrs Lyaff:
Ann Windsor
Miss TrapneUI Mrs Arkwright:
Elizabeth Proud
Mrs Mayhew:
Hilda Schroder
Miss Clothier/Landlady:
Joanna David
Dr Grampian/ Mortlake:
John Baddeley
Mr Oliver:
Glen Hugill
EdwardLyall:
Michael Onslow

Magistrates in the south of England employed private bailiffs to collect fines. But the company went bust, and the court is now owed a quarter of a million pounds in fines collected but never received. Gerry Northam investigates what happens when public debt collection is privatised.
Producer Liz Camey

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Northam
Producer:
Liz Camey

The main similarity between the weather and cyberspace is that neither recognise national boundaries. And it is precisely this irritating facet which led to the setting up of some early international networks. Alun Lewis looks at the channels of communication in the Channel, and how they got the information to move faster than a cold front.
Producer Peter Croasdale
E-MAIL: The_Network@cix.compulink.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Alun Lewis
Producer:
Peter Croasdale

Presented by Peter White. Producer Dave Harvey
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: phone [number removed] between 9.30pm and 10.30pm
FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]
HANDBOOK: £17.95, from [address removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter White.
Producer:
Dave Harvey

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