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Part 11 of John Milton 's epic poem of the Fall of Man, abridged in 41 episodes.
Abridged by Adrian Mitchell Music by Elizabeth Parker
Director John Theochans Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
John Milton
Abridged By:
Adrian Mitchell
Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Director:
John Theochans
Milton:
Denis Quilley
Satan:
Ian McDiarmid
God:
Godfrey Kenton
Son:
Robert Glenister
Adam:
Linus Roache
Eve:
Federay Holmes
Gabriel:
David Holt
Ithuriel:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Abdiel:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Zephan:
James Telfer
Raphael:
John Rowe

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Deborah MacLaren reads the third of12 episodes of Burning Bright by Helen Dunmore. Young Nadine strikes up an unusual friendship.
Abridged by Doreen Estall. Editor Sally Feldman

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Deborah MacLaren
Unknown:
Helen Dunmore.
Abridged By:
Doreen Estall.
Editor:
Sally Feldman

Margaret Lesser and Paul Barker represent the North against the London team of Irene Thomas and Eric Korn. The question masters are Gordon Clough and Tony Quinton.
Producer Amanda Mares. Rptd Weds 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Lesser
Unknown:
Paul Barker
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Eric Korn.
Unknown:
Gordon Clough
Unknown:
Tony Quinton.
Producer:
Amanda Mares.

by Geoffrey Parkinson. A boy's revenge on a cruel maths master leads him to black magic. The Birdwheel is a story about a friendship, set in the 1950s.
Director Shaun MacLoughlin Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Parkinson.
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Giddings:
Christian Rodska
Amberly:
Simon Morgan
Upton:
Tom Lawrence
Mrs Ambedy:
Bonnie Hurren
Mr Upton:
Steve Hodson
Mrs Upton:
Melinda Walker
Narrator:
Geoffrey Beavers
English master:
Michael Drew
Simaetha:
Paul Purgas
First boy:
Paul Purgas
Second boy:
Ben Conrad
Third boy:
Jeremy Walters

Robert Dawson Scott talks to the conductor Michael Tilson Thomas as the London Symphony Orchestra celebrates it's 90th birthday. Plus Bill Bryden 's 11 million takeover of the Harland and Wolff building in Glasgow with his play about the Great War.
Producer Clare McGinn. Rvsd rpt at 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Robert Dawson Scott
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Unknown:
Bill Bryden
Producer:
Clare McGinn.

In the last of the series on the history of advice Rosalind Miles explores the art of conversation.
How to Win Friends and Influence
People. The correct use of flattery and how to get what you want without using any words at all. Producer Miriam Akhtar

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosalind Miles
Producer:
Miriam Akhtar

The first of two Monday Plays broadcast to mark the centenary of Jean Rhys 's birth. Eileen Atkins plays Sasha, an Englishwoman living in Paris, drifting from one cafe to another, trying to fill her days and to escape from herself.
With Alice Arnold. Constance Byrne. Emma Gregory. Jeremy Spriggs and Peter Whitman Music by Stephen Warbeck. Dramatised by Roderick Graham. Director Jane Morgan

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Rhys
Unknown:
Eileen Atkins
Unknown:
Alice Arnold.
Unknown:
Constance Byrne.
Unknown:
Emma Gregory.
Unknown:
Jeremy Spriggs
Unknown:
Peter Whitman
Music By:
Stephen Warbeck.
Dramatised By:
Roderick Graham.
Director:
Jane Morgan
René:
Dominic Letts
Enno:
Steve Hodson
Delmar:
Sandor Eles
Paul:
Raad Rawi
Nurse:
Shirley Dixon
Dress shop owner:
Michael McStay
Waiters:
Malcolm Ward

by Carol Shields. First of ten parts read by Shelley Thompson.
Birth 1905. The story of Daisy
Goodwill, "wife, mother, citizen of our century," from her birth in Manitoba in 1905 to her death nearly 90 years later in a Florida nursing home. Abndged by Alison Joseph Producer David Hunter

Contributors

Unknown:
Carol Shields.
Read By:
Shelley Thompson.
Unknown:
Alison Joseph
Producer:
David Hunter

The place for stimulating, radical, surprising conversation after closing time. This week, novelist Howard Jacobson has sex - as a starting point - with guests EdwinaCurrie, MP, Andrew Davies , Vanessa Feltz , Andrew Neil and Michele Roberts.
Producer Fiona Hill

Contributors

Unknown:
Howard Jacobson
Unknown:
Andrew Davies
Unknown:
Vanessa Feltz
Unknown:
Andrew Neil
Unknown:
Michele Roberts.
Producer:
Fiona Hill

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