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John Milton 's sequel to Paradise Lost, abridged in nine episodes.
1: Alarmed by the baptism of Christ on Earth, Satan undertakes his Temptation.
Abridged by Adrian Mitchell Music by Elizabeth Parker
Director John Theocharis

Contributors

Unknown:
John Milton
Abridged By:
Adrian Mitchell
Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Director:
John Theocharis
Milton:
Denis Quilley
God:
Godfrey Kenton
Christ:
Robert Glenister
Satan:
Ian McDiarmid
Mary:
Federay Holmes
Andrew:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Simon:
Matthew Morgan
Belial:
Steve Hodson

From the works canteen of Smith and Nephew in Hull, Richard and team manufacture a cabaret of sketches and songs on the subject of industry in an unashamed tribute to Workers' Playtime. With regulars Belinda Lang, Charles Collingwood and Kerry Shale and special guests John Hegley and the Pleasant Pluckers. A Heavy Entertainment production

Contributors

Unknown:
Belinda Lang
Unknown:
Charles Collingwood
Unknown:
John Hegley

by Martin Jameson and Joe Turner. Written and recorded immediately prior to broadcast, this up-to-the-minute drama based on a local news story takes a snapshot of Manchester one autumn Tuesday in November. Director Kate Rowland

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Jameson
Unknown:
Joe Turner.
Director:
Kate Rowland

Book Ends. Book sales are failing, new technology is replacing the hardback and the net book agreement is beginning to collapse.
Paul Vaughan investigates the end of the book as we know it.
Producer Sarah Barnett. Revised rpt at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Sarah Barnett.

by Dilys Rose.

"I love my kids. My husband too, though sometimes he asks me whether I do; asks the question, 'Do you love me?' while I am in the middle of rinsing spinach or chasing a trail of toys across the kitchen floor. It's like he's speaking an ancient, forgotten language...."
Read by Estrid Barton.

Contributors

Author:
Dilys Ros
Reader:
Estrid Barton
Producer:
David Jackson Young

John le Carre 's story in eight parts. Starring James Fox as Magnus Pym ,
James Grout as Jack Brotherhood and Brenda Bruce as Miss Dubber. 7: Mr Canterbury's career in the Service continues to prosper.... his every step up the promotional ladder encouraged and "engineered" by Axel, his friend and mentor.
With Brian Greene and Vivienne Rochester
Music by Max Harris. Adapted by Rene Basilico Producer John Fawcett Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
John Le Carre
Unknown:
James Fox
Unknown:
Magnus Pym
Unknown:
James Grout
Unknown:
Jack Brotherhood
Unknown:
Brenda Bruce
Unknown:
Brian Greene
Music By:
Max Harris.
Adapted By:
Rene Basilico
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Axel:
Jack Klaff
Rick:
Malcolm Tierney
Sabina:
Edita Brychta
Wexler:
David Healy
Carver:
Kerry Shale
Lederer:
Vincent Marzello
Bo Brammel:
John Nettleton
Nigel:
Royce Mills
Kate:
Natasha Pyne

Juliet Alexander presents the magazine which highlights issues relating to the lives of Black and Asian people in Britain and connects the diaspora in other countries. Producer Constance St Louis
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Contributors

Unknown:
Juliet Alexander
Producer:
Constance St Louis

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