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3: Traveler's Tales - Tall Stories or Useful Tools? Is readinga travel novel a good way to prepare for a visit to a country? Dilly Barlow meets the writers and theircritics. Producer Hilary McLennan

Contributors

Unknown:
Dilly Barlow
Producer:
Hilary McLennan

with Leslie Grantham as the hit man. In Bill Lyons ' play, a moderately unhappily married couple and a girl fed up with looking after a sick mother are connected by a hit man's interest in them. Director Jane Morgan

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Grantham
Unknown:
Bill Lyons
Director:
Jane Morgan
Derek:
Steve Hodson
Sandra:
Frances Jeater
Sophie:
Sarah-Jane Holm
Will Lavender:
Keith Drinkel

In Allerton Bywater , between Leeds and Castleford in West Yorkshire, the pit that kept the village alive has been razed to the ground and most men are out of work. John Slater gives them a helping hand. APierBlackhill production

Contributors

Unknown:
Allerton Bywater
Unknown:
John Slater

Trevor's Story
Nigel Williams talks to award-winning, Irish-born author William Trevor in a rare radio interview and discusses Trevor's latest book, Felicia 's Journey, the disturbing tale of an Irish girl's visit to England.
Producer Anthony Denselow

Contributors

Talks:
Nigel Williams
Unknown:
William Trevor
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

by Tony Dennis. it is 1941. In Kingston, Jamaica. Lloyd and Alex dream together of music, big bands and a better life. In a search for new horizons, they join up to fight for Britain.
With John Baddeley and Robert McKewley Music by Chris Batchelor and Steve Buckley Director Anne Edyvean

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Dennis.
Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
Robert McKewley
Music By:
Chris Batchelor
Music By:
Steve Buckley
Director:
Anne Edyvean
Alex:
Clarence Smith
Lloyd:
David Harewood
Carol:
Emma Chambers
Gerald:
Joseph Bennett
Father:
Louis Mahoney
Mr Issa:
Anton Phillips
Leah:
Vivienne Rochester
Viv:
Julia Ford
Mum:
Frances Jeater
Fritz:
Peter Kenny
Dad:
Malcolm Ward

Final part of Aldous Huxley 's futuristic masterpiece. Freedom! Freedom! John the Savage learns the philosophy of the new world - and utterly rejects it.
With Timothy Carlton. Joanna Myers , Susan Sheridan , Petra Markham , Richard Pearce and Andrew Wincott Music by WilfredoAcosta
Dramatised by Stephen Mulnne Director Marilyn Imrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Aldous Huxley
Unknown:
Timothy Carlton.
Unknown:
Joanna Myers
Unknown:
Susan Sheridan
Unknown:
Petra Markham
Unknown:
Richard Pearce
Unknown:
Andrew Wincott
Dramatised By:
Stephen Mulnne
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
John the Savage:
Gary Cady
Mustapha Mond:
Jack Klaff
Lenina Crowne:
Moir Leslie
Bernard Marx:
Jonathan Tafler
Helmholtz Watson:
Sean Pertwee
Fanny:
Jane Whittenshaw
Henry Foster:
Nigel Carrington
Primo Mellon:
Mark Straker

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