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The first of two plays specially written for Patricia Hayes by John Antrobus. When a murder enquiry opens on a London estate, the only lead the police have is the bizarre ramblings of a local little old lady. Director Lucy Hackney (The sequel to this play, How I Met Franz, can be heard next week)

Contributors

Author:
John Antrobus.
Old lady:
Patricia Hayes
Policeman Sargent:
Mark Lambert
Policewoman Janet:
Susannah Corbett
Director:
Lucy Hackney

Gill Pyrah reviews a new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and discovers another perspective on the late Ralph Ellison 's book The Invisible Man. Producer Erika Wright (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Ralph Ellison
Producer:
Erika Wright

by Helen Slavin. " He was wearing a flannel suit in a petrol blue. His tie was hand-dyed silk in an outrageous poppy design. Anyone else would have looked like a refugee from the circus. ArthurWildblood looked like Clark Gable without the ears." Read by Lesley Nicol. Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Slavin.
Read By:
Lesley Nicol.
Producer:
Gillian Hush

by Barbara Pym.
6: Mizpah. Fabian buys Jessie a brooch and sends a letter of regret to Prudence. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud Producer Sioned Wiliam

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Pym.
Dramatised By:
Elizabeth Proud
Producer:
Sioned Wiliam
Jane Cleveland:
Penelope Wilton
Prudence Bales:
Rebecca Front
Fabian Driver:
Julian Glover
Miss Doggett:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Jessie Morrow:
Samantha Bond
Nicholas Cleveland:
Benjamin Whitrow
Miss Trapnell:
Elizabeth Proud
Geoffrey Manifold:
Christopher Scoular
Mrs Glaze:
Ann Windsor
Flora:
Cathy Sara
Mr Oliver:
Glen Hugill

Each week, a different presenter introduces an anthology on a theme of their choice.
2: South. Brian Thompson considers the urge of gloomy northern Europeans to travel south. He remembers his own early journeys and draws on the writings of South Sea explorers, Flaubert and poets and musicians as diverse as Rachmaninov and 50s songstress Kay Starr. Producer Amanda Mares

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Thompson
Songstress:
Kay Starr.
Producer:
Amanda Mares

News, views and information for people with a visual handicap.
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

Pepys' diaries and Morecambe and Wise, the Royal Ballet and the Mary Rose. Charles Dickens and Hardwick Hall
- all ingredients in that rich mixture, British heritage. Sue MacGregor quizzes panellists Christopher Cook , Colin Ford, Philippa Gregory and Adrian Henri at the Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Rose.
Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Hardwick Hall
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Philippa Gregory
Unknown:
Adrian Henri

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