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By Norman Hunter , read by Dinsdale Landen. 2: The Professor Studies Spring Cleaning. He'd started to invent his spring cleaning machine and nothing else mattered. He forgot he was in the Colonel's 's house, not in his own, and started taking a clock to pieces to get out some special kind of little cog-wheels he wanted for his machine.

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Hunter
Read By:
Dinsdale Landen.

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Palladian. Sarah Badel reads the first of 12 episodes of Elizabeth Taylor 's story. 1: Recently orphaned, Cassandra Dashwood is about to become a governess. A great reader of novels, she is ready to fall in love with her employer. Abridged by Ann Rees Jones. Producer Sally Feldman

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Sarah Badel
Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Unknown:
Cassandra Dashwood
Abridged By:
Ann Rees Jones.
Producer:
Sally Feldman

In Stewart Permutt's Jewish comedy, Minna and Pearl have a crisis on their hands. But there's nothing these sisters like better.
Director Enyd Williams
MIRIAM MARGOLYES'S KIND OF DAY see page 26

Contributors

Writer:
Stewart Permutt
Director:
Enyd Williams
Pearl:
Paula Jacobs
Minna:
Miriam Margolyes
Jack:
Harry Towb
Danny:
Peter Whitman
Wendy:
Frances Jeater
Staff Nurse George Haddigan:
David Jarvis

Quentin Cooper sees the new film When a Man Loves a Woman, starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia ; and Iain Sinclair discusses his latest creation, a nightmare tale full of surreal visions. Producer Louise Swan (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Meg Ryan
Unknown:
Andy Garcia
Producer:
Louise Swan

A six-part comedy drama by Tony Bagley. Starring Martin Clunes as Roy Hitchcock and Geraldine James as Jane Gallaghan. 3: Roy's efforts to make a video diary become tinged with paranoia. The thought police and Michael Buerk from 999 infiltrate his fantasies. Surprisingly, Jane finds herself feeling sorry for Roy and makes a romantic gesture that she lives to regret.
Music by Julian Wastall. Producer Paul Schlesinger

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Bagley.
Unknown:
Martin Clunes
Unknown:
Roy Hitchcock
Unknown:
Geraldine James
Unknown:
Jane Gallaghan.
Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Music By:
Julian Wastall.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger
Chad Mann:
Nicky Henson
Colin Say:
David Troughton
Marina:
Tilly Vosburgh
Angela Churchill:
Rebecca Front
Michael Bucrk/God:
Allstair McGowan

Michael O'Donnell scratches the surface of family life.
3: The Beckfords.This household is a mix of Bangladeshi, Jamaican, French and Brummie. There's a stepfather, a third marriage and a lot of solidarity. Producer Joy Hatwood and Joanna Rahim (Repeated Saturday at 5.00pm;

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell
Producer:
Joy Hatwood
Producer:
Joanna Rahim

Environmental change has become a political football. But what can science tell us about it? Alun Lewis talks to some of the world's top ecologists about environmental change in the past, and asks what they are able to predict about the future.

Contributors

Talks:
Alun Lewis

Each week, a different presenter introduces an anthology on a theme of their choice.
5: A Woman 's Guide to Health and Beauty. Julie Welch takes a jog into the world of keep fit as she delves into callisthenics with Mapp and Lucia, shakes a leg with Eileen Fowler and improves herself with Wendy Cope.
Producer Amanda Mares

Contributors

Unknown:
Julie Welch
Unknown:
Eileen Fowler
Unknown:
Wendy Cope.
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

The quiz show about all aspects of British heritage. Sue MacGregor's questions panellists Christopher Cook , Patrick Greene , Philippa Gregory and Jeremy Sams at Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire. Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Patrick Greene
Unknown:
Philippa Gregory
Unknown:
Jeremy Sams
Producer:
Gillian Hush

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