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Seven-part dramatisation of John le Carre's book, starring Tom Baker as Barley Blair and Valentina Yakunina as Katya.
4: Barley Blair moves step-by-step towards a meeting with Goethe.
Dramatised by Rene Basilico. Music by Max Haras Producer John Fawcett Wilson

Contributors

Writer:
John le Carre
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
Wicklow:
David Bannerman
Zapadny:
Constantine Gregory
Goethe:
Boris Isarov
Bob:
Bruce Boa
Brock:
Simon Treves
O'Mara:
Geoffrey McGivern
Wintle:
Paul Brooke
Paddy:
Christopher Fulford
Cy:
Eric Meyers
JP Henziger:
Ted Maynard

I First in a six-part drama series
I set in a busy urban health centre, written by Kathleen Potter and created by Phil Redmond.
The doctors of a fund-holding practice battle to offset patient care against a healthy balance sheet.
Music by Steve Wright. Director Patrick Tucker A Mersey Television Company production

Contributors

Written By:
Kathleen Potter
Unknown:
Phil Redmond.
Music By:
Steve Wright.
Director:
Patrick Tucker
Dr Sam Benson:
Richard O'Sullivan
DrRos Galloway:
Lesley Sharp
Dr Malcolm Holmes:
John Stride
Richard:
Hollis Eamonboland
Alec Galloway:
Jason Flemying
Mrs Gilchrist:
Sue Johnston
Linda Cox:
Olwen May
Geny Riley:
Colin Meredith
Andrea Holmes:
Julie Peasgood
Denise Garrett:
Andrea Pickering

Last of three programmes in which writers offer anecdotes from their memories about their own lives and those of others.
RAF historian Denis Richards remembers his spirited grandmother and the mother she was never supposed to know. Producer Louise Greenberg

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Richards
Producer:
Louise Greenberg

Quentin Cooper finds out if there's more mileage in the Home Alone series with the latest film Baby's Day Out and profiles the actor Marlon Brando.
Producer Jerome Weatherald (Revised repeat 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Marlon Brando.
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Third Semi-Final - North and West of England and Wales and Scotland. Philip Gray (financial consultant); Ian Wynn -Mackenzie (wine shop assistant); Tecwen Whittock (further education lecturer); Ray Briscoe (technical writer and translator).

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Wynn
Unknown:
Tecwen Whittock
Unknown:
Ray Briscoe

The crusadingjoumalist John Pilger is best known for his attempts to bring to light facts the international community might prefer to forget. In the last of the series, John focuses again on the city that has been the dark heart of some of the worst human suffering this century. Producer Martin Buckley

Contributors

Unknown:
John Pilger
Producer:
Martin Buckley

If planners listened to what people want, this week's programme would be a stroll through the streets of two jewels in the environmental crown - where flowers bloom and trees bow heavy and green. From Hulme in Manchesterto Moscow's medieval cousin, MarkWhittaker looks at what makes a city sustainable.
Producer Marie Helly

Contributors

Producer:
Marie Helly

Garrison Keillor tunes in to some of America's most extraordinary radio preachers. They include the country preachers of Virginia, for whom Hell is hot and Heaven real, the "politically correct" preachers of Atlanta who bark at their congregations, and the jazz preachers of New Orleans who sing their sermons. Garrison Keillor catches the mood as he performs with his own band the Hopeful Gospel Singers. Producer Jolyon Mitchell

Contributors

Unknown:
Garrison Keillor
Producer:
Jolyon Mitchell

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