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Jenni Murray meets gardener and writer Penelope Hobhouse. Story: Sheila Steafal reads Possunt Quia Posse Videntur by Lynne Truss.
"I knew there was something wrong immediately I spotted Aunt Miriam in Fortnum's food hall. Why wasn't she Wearing her fur coat?' Abridged by Janet Hickson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Penelope Hobhouse.
Unknown:
Sheila Steafal
Unknown:
Lynne Truss.
Abridged By:
Janet Hickson

Eight plays based on short stories by Rudyard Kipling, dramatised for radio by Ed Thomason.

India, 1885. When a young subaltern joins a high-caste regiment he becomes the butt of a captain's jokes. Until finally the worm turns...
See this week: page 9

Contributors

Author:
Rudyard Kipling
Dramatised by:
Ed Thomason
Music:
Trevor Allan Davies
Producer:
Adrian Bean
Henry:
Richard Pearce
Watson:
Michael Troughton
Reynolds:
Lyndham Gregory
Colonel Humphreys:
Barry J. Gordon
The padre:
Richard Bates
Emily:
Elaine Claxton
Bess:
Vivienne Rochester
Mutvaney:
Jack Klaff
Orthoris:
Terry John
[Actor]:
Tom Bevan
[Actor]:
Amerjit Deu

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Six classic mysteries starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr
Watson.
5: The Sussex Vampire. Holmes and Watson are confronted by the supernatural in one of their most terrifying cases.
Violinist Leonard Friedman Dramatised by Roger Danes Director Enyd Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Unknown:
Clive Merrison
Unknown:
Michael Williams
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Dramatised By:
Roger Danes
Director:
Enyd Williams
Robert Ferguson:
Michael Troughton
Elisabetta Ferguson:
Alexandra Bastedo
Jacky Ferguson:
Sam Crane
Mrs Mason:
Tina Gray
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman

Presented by Michael Rosen. Myth, legend and high adventure: Michael Rosen talks to award winning author Geraldine McCaughrean about writing for children.
Producer Jill Burridge

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Rosen.
Talks:
Michael Rosen
Unknown:
Geraldine McCaughrean
Producer:
Jill Burridge

Reviews ofTarantino's film Pulp Fiction starring John Travolta and another "mob" film - The Client.
Brian Sibley reads the autobiography of the producer of Love Story. Producer Nicki Paxman
Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Travolta
Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

3: As Small as the Eye Can't See This week, Jez Nelson looks at nanotechnology, the science of miniaturisation. Tiny robots are being designed to travel through your arteries clearing any blockages, and the chemists believe they can go even further by building machines from individual molecules.
Producer Sue Broom
Repeated Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jez Nelson

The second programme in the series which follows the careers and lives of young performers for four years after they each graduate from university. Cellist Tanera Dawkins ' story begins in 1990 as she embarks on a postgraduate year at the Royal College of Music. Her initial plan is to become a professional cellist, perhaps in an orchestra. But as time goes by, the classical music scene loses its attraction and the worlds of other music beckon, which lead Tanera on a unique musical journey. Producer Rosie Boutton

Contributors

Unknown:
Tanera Dawkins
Producer:
Rosie Boutton

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