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Is the Force with You?
PC Dick Guest argues that police today spend too much time engaged in community work and not enough time feeling collars. Producer Jane Beresford
Repeated Sunday at 7.30pm

Contributors

Producer:
Jane Beresford

Sophie Gngson 's special guest, Joan Morgan , author of The Book of Apples, joins Nigel Slater and Clarissa Dickson-Wright at the Brogdale Horticultural Trust, home to over 2,000 varieties of apple. A Partners in Sound production

Contributors

Unknown:
Sophie Gngson
Unknown:
Joan Morgan
Unknown:
Nigel Slater
Unknown:
Clarissa Dickson-Wright

A new play by Matthew Solon , in the series that reflects on the news as it happens. Linda Willoughby , a middle-aged solicitor living in Preston, witnesses a violent attack on a demonstrator at an anti-road protest. With the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill in its final Parliamentary stages, she finds herself at the heart of a debate that has an impact on her professional and personal life.
Director John Dryden

Contributors

Play By:
Matthew Solon
Unknown:
Linda Willoughby
Director:
John Dryden
Linda Willoughby:
Kay Stonham
John Willoughby:
Don McCorkindale
Luke Willoughby:
John Lloyd Fillingham
Ben Tilston:
Struan Rodger
Giles Wilson:
Gordon Langford Row
Sally:
Rachel Atkins

Anthony Hopkins returns to the stage in an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at Theatr Clwyd. Paul Allen also travels to Scarborough for
Herb Gardner 's Tony award-winning play Conversations with My Father, directed by Alan Ayckbourn.
Producer Nicki Paxman. Revised rpt 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Hopkins
Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Herb Gardner
Directed By:
Alan Ayckbourn.
Producer:
Nicki Paxman.

Section 4 of the series in which
Mr Hardy lays down his comedy groove thang. How to Be a Father - Part 1
Written by and starring Jeremy Hardy , with Debbie Isitt and Gordon Kennedy and special guest Ben Keaton. A Pozzitive production

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Hardy
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Debbie Isitt
Unknown:
Gordon Kennedy
Unknown:
Ben Keaton.

Mention "Shaker" and it brings to mind furniture, but the Shakers are a religious community who numbered 9,000. Now there are only eight. Bernard Jackson talks to them about their beliefs, way of life and hopes for the future. Producer Amanda Hancox
* Life with the Shakers: see feature page 40

Contributors

Talks:
Bernard Jackson
Producer:
Amanda Hancox

The End of Geography
All governments and political parties appeal to the "national interest" to support their policies. But with the uncertainties of the Cold War behind us, and increasing economic globalisation, Susie Symes asks how countries should define their
"national interest" in the 1990s.
Producer Dennis Sewell. Rptd Sund 4.15pm TRANSCRIPTS: phone [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Susie Symes
Producer:
Dennis Sewell.
Producer:
Rptd Sund

4: Mike Harding goes under the sheets to find out more about the secretive past of cotton merchants in Lancashire and the thriving textile industry in the north of England. There's a quick stop over in the southern states of America and then on to India.
Producer Dinah Lammiman

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Harding
Producer:
Dinah Lammiman

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