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Part 38 of John Milton 's epic poem.
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
Adam:
Linus Roache
Eve:
Federay Holmes
God:
Godfrey Kenton
Son:
Robert Glenister
Michael:
Mark Straker
Sin:
Margaret Robertson
Death:
Steve Hodson

Eight plays based on short stories by Rudyard Kipling , dramatised for radio by Ed Thomason.
3: Venus Annodomini. India, 1886.
The Venus has captured many a heart of an officer in the regiment, but her attraction is only skin-deep as one unlucky captain discovers.
Music by Trevor Allan Davies Producer Adrian Bean

Contributors

Stories By:
Rudyard Kipling
Unknown:
Ed Thomason.
Music By:
Trevor Allan Davies
Producer:
Adrian Bean
Tom Gayerson:
Alex Jennings
kitty:
Moir Leslie
Watson:
Michael Troughton
Colonel Hunphreys:
Barry J Gordon
Teddy Reynolds:
Lyndam Gregory
Dorothea Mountjoy:
Frances Jeater
Tuppy Mason:
Graham Seed
Arnold Davidson:
Richard Tate
Gayerson Senior:
Timothy Carlton
Gwen:
Rachel Atkins
Ben Lindsay:
John Evitts

A serial in three parts by Tony Mulholland. 1. Ambition. It's 1991, and Pat Brown 's burning desire is to stand as a Conservative candidate and fight for a seat in the Commons. She couldn't possibly have foreseen the obstacles that would stand in her way. After all, she is a woman.
With Judy Bndgland. Roger Hume , Norman Bird , David Holt and Pat Quayle Director Nigel Bryant

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Mulholland.
Unknown:
Pat Brown
Unknown:
Judy Bndgland.
Unknown:
Roger Hume
Unknown:
Norman Bird
Unknown:
David Holt
Unknown:
Pat Quayle
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Pat:
Lucy Tregear
Tony:
Kim Wall
Marston:
Gary Bond
Anthea:
Alma Lawson
Mahmoud:
Harmage Singh Kalirai
De Glanville:
Simon Egerton
Kevin:
Dominic Rickhards
Rees:
Richard Mitchley
Alan:
Michael Lumsden

by Bernard Taylor.
Suddenly the moon, the full moon was no longer obscured by clouds. The room was bathed in light and she saw the thick metal bars at the window ... Read by Patricia Garwood. producer Matthew Walters

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Taylor.
Read By:
Patricia Garwood.
Producer:
Matthew Walters

Mark Whittaker looks at Britain's degraded rivers - many are little more than concreted, straightened sewers devoid of wildlife and inaccessible to people. Will they ever be restored? Producer Jessica Mitchell
Repeated Sunday 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Whittaker
Producer:
Jessica Mitchell

Door-to-door selling goes back to the Middle Ages when pedlars' packs were the size of grand pianos. Listen to this history of the "door-knocker", traced through the triumphs and woes of the salespeople themselves and you might never slam a door in their face again.
Producer Pat Pryor Rpt

Contributors

Producer:
Pat Pryor Rpt

with Magnus Magnusson.
3: The Prosperous Path. The ships were being launched, the dams built, the mines sunk, the hills covered in trees or sheep, the fields covered by tractors. Was everybody happy? Repeated from Friday at 10.00am

Contributors

Unknown:
Magnus Magnusson.

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