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by Ian McMillan and Martyn Wiley.
Finetime Fontayne returns in the role of a South Yorkshire teacher in mid-career recalling some of the highs and lows of a lifetime spent in the same mining village.
1: Whatever Happened to Freddie Galloway ?
Producer Dave Sheasby

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McMillan
Unknown:
Martyn Wiley.
Unknown:
Freddie Galloway
Producer:
Dave Sheasby

Public attitudes towards designer babies and the infections of our ancestors are two of the topics for discussion at this year's annual meeting of the British Assocoation for the Advancement of Science. Geoff Watts
reports from Loughborough.
Producer Toby Murcott

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Toby Murcott

To mark the centenary of the birth of composer Peter Warlock , Richard Baker talks to Malcolm Rudland ,
Secretary of the Warlock Society, and critic Felix Aprahamian.
Producer Ray Abbott

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Warlock
Talks:
Richard Baker
Unknown:
Malcolm Rudland
Unknown:
Felix Aprahamian.
Producer:
Ray Abbott

Gill Pyrah discusses the life of Graham Greene with the authors of two new biographies, Norman Sherry and Michael Sheldon , who have very different views of the author. And there's poetry from one of the greatest pun-smiths in the language, Paul Muldoon.
Producer Paul Quinn (Revised repeat 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Graham Greene
Unknown:
Norman Sherry
Unknown:
Michael Sheldon
Unknown:
Paul Muldoon.
Producer:
Paul Quinn

by Deirdre Chapman. Read by Jan Wilson. A sports car races towards the Hungarian border in 1960, carrying a naive Glasgow girl, her shady companion and a mysterious package from a stranger. Producer Bruce Young Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Deirdre Chapman.
Read By:
Jan Wilson.
Producer:
Bruce Young Rpt

by Tony Bagley. The comedy drama that mixes fantasy with reality.
Starring Martin Clunes as Roy and Geraldine James as Jane.
4: Roy continues to vie for Jane's affections and make sense of Middle England from the vantage point of a caravan in Jane's garden.
Music by Julian Wastall. Producer Paul Schlesinger

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Bagley.
Unknown:
Martin Clunes
Unknown:
Geraldine James
Music By:
Julian Wastall.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger
Chad Mann:
Nicky Henson
Colin Say:
David Troughton
Marina:
Tilly Vosburgh
Angela Churchill:
Rebecca Front
Caroline:
Rebecca Front
Shula:
Melanie Hudson
Michael Buerk:
Alistair McGowan
Alien:
Alistair McGowan
Alien:
Peter Serafinowicz

Four stories that broaden the definition of family life.
4: The Guinness Taylors. When Shoe and Jonathan first met, she was a nomad and he had a wife and a political career. Michael O'Donnell reports from Penzance on an affair that changed with the arrival of children.
Producers Joy Hatwood and Joanna Rahim

Contributors

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

Last in the series of anthologies.
The Sega Gamegear Introduction to Poetry. Rapping to a few radical rhythms, dropping into his local card shop, hanging out in Accrington and eavesdropping in the playground ... Lemn Sissay finds poetry can be in-your-face fun.
Producer Amanda Mares

Contributors

Unknown:
Lemn Sissay
Producer:
Amanda Mares

Peter White presents news, views and information for people with a visual handicap. Producer Dave Harvey
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: phone [number removed] between 9.30pm and 10.30pm
FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]
HANDBOOK: f 17.95. from [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Dave Harvey

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