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by John le Carré, dramatised in seven parts by René Basilico. Starring Tom Baker as Barley Blair and Valentina Yakunina as Katya.
1: The final day of the Moscow Audio Fair. Literary rep Niki Landau is busy packing up. Music by Max Harris. Producer John Fawcett Wilson. See This Week page 6.

Contributors

Writer:
John Le Carré
Dramatist:
René Basilico
Music:
Max Harris
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Barley Blair:
Tom Baker
Katya:
Valentina Yakunina
Ned:
John Rowe
Harry:
Michael Turner
Walter:
John Webb
Clive:
Pip Torrens
Niki Landau:
Danny Webb
Bob:
Bruce Boa
Brock:
Simon Treves
Emma:
Mary Chater
Bernie:
Neville Jason
Wellow:
Simon Roberts
Merridew:
David Howarth
Graves:
John Harwood

Another chance to hear Mike McShane as Robinson and Kate Harper as Dorothy in Ayshe Raif 's play. it is 1932. Dorothy Parker , the wittiest woman in America, holds court at the Algonquin Hotel.
Director Claire Grove

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike McShane
Unknown:
Kate Harper
Unknown:
Ayshe Raif
Unknown:
Dorothy Parker
Director:
Claire Grove
John Clayton:
Eric Loren
Mildred:
Diana Payan
Gloria:
Jill Graham
Fred:
James Telfer
Peggy:
Mia Soteriou
Bernie:
Steven Crossley
Reporter:
Jullan Rhind Tutt

In the last of the series, Michael Rosen invites Malorie Blackman to review new paperbacks for holiday reading. Producer Jill Burridge
Children's author Michael Rosen answers parents' most-asked questions
SEE FEATURE page 40

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Unknown:
Malorie Blackman
Producer:
Jill Burridge
Unknown:
Michael Rosen

"It's probably the least sexy city in the world. Power is what people do instead of sex in Washington DC." The political columnist Christopher Hitchins describes life in a city obsessed with just one thing. Producer Martin Buckley

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Hitchins
Producer:
Martin Buckley

As the sound of timber hitting the ground rises in a crescendo across the world, Mark Whittaker looks at new methods of forestry. The paper industry claims that "clear-cutting" only mimics nature's fires. Can the pulpers and saw mills now say that your milk comes in green packaging?
Producer Marie Helly

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Whittaker
Producer:
Marie Helly

The 1390s: Sceptred Isle. In the last of the series, Richard II reigns over the London of Geoffrey Chaucer and Richard Whittington , but leaves town as often as he can. Determined to leave his mark as a great king, he presides over an era of mounting religious dissent and alienates his most powerful rivals. Producer Daniel Snowman

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Unknown:
Richard Whittington
Producer:
Daniel Snowman

Traveller and writer Geoffrey Moorhouse explores diaries written on journeys. John Evelyn is chased by pirates on a Channel crossing; John Ruskin meets the inmates of an Alpine hospice; and Amelia Stewart Knight describes life on the Oregon Trail.

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Unknown:
John Evelyn
Unknown:
John Ruskin
Unknown:
Amelia Stewart

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