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Another chance to hear Dilly Barlow 's look at guidebooks and travel literature.
1. Like Reading, Only Farther Away (after Peter Fleming 's 1933 quote about Sao Paulo) looks at some early advice. Producer Hilary McLennan

Contributors

Unknown:
Dilly Barlow
Unknown:
Peter Fleming
Producer:
Hilary McLennan

A timely repeat for Adrian Alington 's play about a dastardly plot to destroy the British by striking at the game of cricket. The late Brian Johnston takes part. With Alan Thompson , Michael Kilgarriff , Joe Dunlop , Vincent Brimble ,John Bull , David Goudge David King Dramatised by Peter Thomson. Director Jane Morgan

Contributors

Unknown:
Adrian Alington
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Alan Thompson
Unknown:
Michael Kilgarriff
Unknown:
Joe Dunlop
Unknown:
Vincent Brimble
Unknown:
John Bull
Unknown:
David Goudge David King
Dramatised By:
Peter Thomson.
Director:
Jane Morgan
Monica:
Madeleine Smith
Norman Blood:
Trevor Nichols
Joe Prestwick:
Tom Wilkinson
Ralph the Disappointment:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Professor:
Bill Paterson
Sir Timothy:
Garard Green
Sawn-off Carlo:
Danny Schiller
Alice:
Alice Arnold
Beltravers:
James Faulkner
Alf Blowman:
Brian Miller
Lethbridge:
Peter Dahlsen
Willis:
Michael Kilgarriff
Posse:
Joe Dunlop

A suicide note dated 1901 has turned up underneath some floorboards in a shop at Brigg in Humberside. Thomas Benjamin Swift confesses to murdering maidservant Molly Brown because he made her pregnant. John Slater investigates. APierBlackhill production

Contributors

Unknown:
. Thomas Benjamin
Unknown:
Molly Brown
Unknown:
John Slater

by Shirley Cooklin.
With Ruth's husband facing prison for fraud, achance meeting with her childhood friend Eva seems a lifeline from the past.
With Terence Edmond , James Telfer. Colin Pinney and Melvyn Bedford . Director Ned Chaillet

Contributors

Unknown:
Shirley Cooklin.
Unknown:
Terence Edmond
Unknown:
James Telfer.
Unknown:
Colin Pinney
Unknown:
Melvyn Bedford
Director:
Ned Chaillet
Ruth Fellowes:
Brenda Blethyn
Eva Schaft:
Morag Hood
Marilyn:
Holly Aird
Hal Schaft:
Oliver Cotton
Bill Quinn:
Steve Hodson
Joe O'Dowd:
Dominic Letts
Alex Reeder:
David King
Brian Fellowes:
Peter Penry Jones
George:
John Hartley
Freddie:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Holt:
Michael Onslow
Sandra:
Pauline Yates
Harley Johnson:
Barry J Gordon
Mick Saunders:
Gareth Armstrong
Con:
Chris Gascoigne

Aldous Huxley's futuristic masterpiece. Bernard Marx brings John the Savage and his mother back to his own civilisation.
Indians: Andrew Wincott, Richard Pearce and Nigel Carnngton, Workers: Timothy Carlton, Joanna Myers, Petra Markham and Jane Whittenshaw
Music by Wilfredo Acosta
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine Director Marilyn Imrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Aldous Huxley
Unknown:
Andrew Wincott
Unknown:
Richard Pearce
Unknown:
Nigel Carnngton
Unknown:
Timothy Carlton
Unknown:
Joanna Myers
Unknown:
Petra Markham
Unknown:
Jane Whittenshaw
Music By:
Wilfredo Acosta
Dramatised By:
Stephen Mulrine
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
John the Savage:
Gary Cady
Mustapha Mond:
Jack Klaff
Linda:
Frances de la Tour
Lenina Crowne:
Moir Leslie
Bernard Marx:
Jonathan Tafler
Director of Hatcheries:
Hugh Dickson
Warden:
Mark Straker
Shaman:
Mark Straker
Spanish woman:
Susan Sheridan
Spanish guide:
Walter Acosta

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