Programme Index

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Light at the End of the Tunnel. Mary Archer argues that market forces will be enough to meet our future energy needs, but consumers should be taught restraint.
Producer Gudrun Dalibor
Repeated Sunday at 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Archer
Producer:
Gudrun Dalibor

by James MacVeigh.
When Magda's passionate affair with hard-drinking ex-con Francie seems doomed, she embarks secretly on a course which will test their love to breakingpoint. But how will he react?
With Michael Drew. Anthony Donovan and Rory Drew. Director Andy Jordan

Contributors

Unknown:
James MacVeigh.
Unknown:
Michael Drew.
Unknown:
Anthony Donovan
Unknown:
Rory Drew.
Director:
Andy Jordan
Magda:
Melanie Hudson
Francie:
Con O'Neil
Natalie:
Margot Steinberg
Janice:
Heather Williams
Katie:
Zoe Laurie

The long-awaited new album from "the best rock 'n' roll band in the world",
REM; Magnum founder George Roger with his new book of photographs; and Paul Allen meets the great Polish war journalist Ryszard Kapuchinski. Producer Anthony Denselow Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
George Roger
Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Ryszard Kapuchinski.
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

by Romesh Gunesekera.
Should a young Sri Lankan woman marry the man her mother has planned for her, a Sri Lankan businessman living in Sydney, or should she remain loyal to Vijay, a local cook? ReadbyMamtaKaash. Producer Julian Wilkinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Romesh Gunesekera.
Producer:
Julian Wilkinson

6: The Mastersons Go Down. The final episode of the improvised historical saga. With Josie Lawrence ,
Phelim McDermott , Paul Merton , Lee Simpson , Caroline Quentin and Jim Sweeney. Producer Phil Clarke Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Josie Lawrence
Unknown:
Phelim McDermott
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Lee Simpson
Unknown:
Caroline Quentin
Unknown:
Jim Sweeney.
Producer:
Phil Clarke Rpt

Six programmes using documentary evidence to review past events.
The Quiet Man (How Civil Servants Won the Peace). The 1921 truce in Ireland was engineered by brilliant, but middle-ranking British civil servants who risked everything to meet the IRA. It was a secret even from those who could protect them, the British Army. Julian Putowski investigates. Producer Matt Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Putowski
Producer:
Matt Thompson

Jacques and Jill. In the last of the series, Sir Charles Powell , former
Foreign Affairs Adviser to Lady Thatcher and John Major , examines the relations between Britain and France. Producer Gwyneth Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Charles Powell
Unknown:
John Major
Producer:
Gwyneth Williams

4: The Time Machine. H G Wells sent his time traveller into the future almost a hundred years ago and began a series of novels which exhilarated readers with the imaginative possibilities of science. Peter Kemp examines Wells's future. Producer Sally Marmion

Contributors

Unknown:
G Wells
Unknown:
Peter Kemp
Producer:
Sally Marmion

A six-part series by Steve Walker.
3: Seve's Spiritual Exercises. Donald Pleasence is Chaff: stylite and chronicler, who plunges headlong into the forthcoming millennium to find his nephew, Seve, attempting to clone his way to spiritual perfection.
Music arranged and performed by Neil Brand Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Walker.
Unknown:
Donald Pleasence
Unknown:
Neil Brand
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Haha:
Frances Jeater
Rainbow:
Teresa Gallagher
Seve:
Shaun Scott
Jude:
David Jarvis
Ex-King:
James Taylor
Edmundo:
Gareth Armstrong
Stagecoach driver:
Tom Bevan
Chief:
Lyndam Gregory
Officer Kruppke:
Peter Whitman
Pepe:
Dominic Letts
Gaibraith:
John Evitts
Harold Wilson:
Steve Walker

In the second of the series about
American pianist Art Tatum , Alun Morgan concentrates on the late 1930s. By then, Tatum's fame had spread and in 1938 he visited England -the only time he ever worked outside America. Producer Derek Drescher
First broadcast on Radio 3

Contributors

Pianist:
Art Tatum
Pianist:
Alun Morgan
Producer:
Derek Drescher

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More