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Eight plays based on short stories by Rudyard Kipling , dramatised for radio by Ed Thomason.
4: The Courting of Dinah Shadd. India. 1880. Sergeant Terence Mulvaney is thought by the regiment to be its best soldier, but he's a dark horse.
With John Evitts. Dominic Letts.
Lyndam Gregory. Michael Troughton. Gareth Armstrong , Tom Bevan. Peter Kenny and Colin Thomas
MusicTrevor Allan Davies. Producer Adrian Bean

Contributors

Stories By:
Rudyard Kipling
Unknown:
Ed Thomason.
Unknown:
Dinah Shadd.
Unknown:
Sergeant Terence Mulvaney
Unknown:
John Evitts.
Unknown:
Dominic Letts.
Unknown:
Lyndam Gregory.
Unknown:
Michael Troughton.
Unknown:
Gareth Armstrong
Unknown:
Tom Bevan.
Unknown:
Peter Kenny
Unknown:
Colin Thomas
Music:
Trevor Allan Davies.
Producer:
Adrian Bean
Dinah:
Teresa Gallagher
Mulvaney:
Jack Klaff
Learoyd:
Steve Hodson
Ortheris:
Terry John
Shadd:
Barry J Gordon
Ma Shadd:
Marcella Riordan
Judy Sheehy:
Cathy Sara
Ma Sheehy:
Elaine Claxton
Gayerson:
Alex Jennings

by Tony Mulholland.
2: Choices. A Conservative ball, a doomed by-election and a major dilemma on the personal front: all in a year's work for Pat.
With Simon Egerton , Kathyrn Hunt. Richard Mitchley. Margaret John and Roger Hume Director Nigel Bryant

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Mulholland.
Unknown:
Simon Egerton
Unknown:
Kathyrn Hunt.
Unknown:
Richard Mitchley.
Unknown:
Margaret John
Unknown:
Roger Hume
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Pat:
Lucy Tregear
Tony:
Kim Wall
Marston:
Gary Bond
Alan:
Michael Lumsden
Annabel:
Judy Bridgland
Jennifer:
Sally Hedges
Annette:
Susan Hannah
Hawarden:
Simon Carter
Buffy:
Norman Bird

A touch of Figgie Hobbin and Jack the Treacle Eater: from his native
Cornwall, the celebrated poet Charles Causley talks about his work for children. Presented by Michael Rosen. Producer Jilt Burndge

Contributors

Talks:
Charles Causley
Presented By:
Michael Rosen.

Brian Sibley rounds up the week's new film releases, including the last in Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy. and he reflects on the five years since the Berlin Wall came down.
Producer Louise Swan. Revised repeat 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Producer:
Louise Swan.

Starring Richard Ingrams. John Wells , John Sessions , Joan Sims , Patricia Routledge , Brian Bowles , Simon Greenall , Henrietta Gooden , and featuring June Whitfield and the silken tones of Brian Perkins.
The further adventures of Mr Justice Cocklecarrot. Captain Foulenough, Dr Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht. Big White Carstairs and other characters created between the wars by the great humorist J B Morton. Adapted for radio by Mike Barfield with Richard Ingrams. Producer Harry Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Ingrams.
Unknown:
John Wells
Unknown:
John Sessions
Unknown:
Joan Sims
Unknown:
Patricia Routledge
Unknown:
Brian Bowles
Unknown:
Simon Greenall
Unknown:
Henrietta Gooden
Unknown:
Brian Perkins.
Unknown:
White Carstairs
Unknown:
J B Morton.
Unknown:
Mike Barfield
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams.
Producer:
Harry Thompson

A murdered nanny, a vanished peer, international police hunts, scandal in society, press sensation and speculation, Irish rents unpaid, and a noble family abandoned: the elusive personality of Lord Lucan is still at the core of these notorious events.
Seamus McKee follows the trail to reveal how Lucan's disappearance 20 years ago is still making ripples. Producer Chris Spurr

Contributors

Unknown:
Seamus McKee
Producer:
Chris Spurr

This week Mark Whittaker goes in search of Seed Savers - the unsung heroes who struggle to protect the genetic diversity of our crop plants against global seed breeders.
Producer Jessica Mitchell. Rptd Sunday9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Whittaker
Producer:
Jessica Mitchell.

The story of a Kentish family in war and peace, composed from diaries, letters and memories in words and music by Peter Cork, with readings by Tim Pigott-Smith. Marriage Farm stands on a ridge between two Kentish valleys. It is where Mary-Ann Goldup began her life and where tonight's true story begins.

Contributors

Writer/composer:
Peter Cork
Reader:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Producer:
Piers Plowright

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