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Three years ago Italy welcomed Albanians fleeing poverty and uncertainty at home; but as more arrive and fears of a Mafia connection grow. the welcome has turned to hostility. Producer Arlene Gregorious

Contributors

Producer:
Arlene Gregorious

Tim Brooke-Taylor , Barry Cryer ,
Graeme Garden and Willie Rushton Pay a scheduled visit to Chester. Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton.
Producer Jon Naismith. Rptd Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton.
Producer:
Jon Naismith.

Continuing the season of plays and readings to mark the centenary of the death of Robert Louis Stevenson. Another chance to hear Robert Forrest's Sony Award-winning dramatisation of the unfinished novel often held to be Stevenson's masterpiece. It is a powerful love story set in 1813 in Edinburgh and the hills of the Scottish Border country.
(Rpt)
See feature: page 38

Contributors

Author:
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Dramatised by:
Robert Forrest
Music:
Iain Johnstone
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Louis:
Paul Young
Archie:
Forbes Masson
Kirstie:
Wendy Seager
Adam Weir:
Tom Watson
Older Kirstie:
Ann Scott Jones
Frank Innes:
Lian Brennan
Glenalmond:
Ralph Riach
Dand:
Benny Young
Clem:
Ian Briggs
Gib:
Iain Agnew
Hob:
James Bryce
Mrs Elliott:
Isabella Jarrett

The minorities cropping up on today's political agenda have irritated the system for centuries. Hugh Prysor -
Jones charts the fate of six groups in British history. 4: The Mentally
A Forsyth production. Rptd tomorrow 8.00pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Prysor

Presented by Tom Robinson.
This week, a look at why men dominate the Internet, and Dr Phil Hammond talks about stress and depression. Producer Chris Kimber. Rptd Wed 11.30pm
LOCKER ROOM ANSWERPHONE: [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Tom Robinson.
Presented By:
Dr Phil Hammond
Producer:
Chris Kimber.

Restoration: The Film of the Book
Meg Ryan , Sam Neill , Hugh Grant , a dozen Cavalier King Charles Spaniels , two babies and 15 marines are some of the accessories at Shepperton
Studios where the Plague and Great Fire of 17th-century London are recreated for the filming of the award-winning novel Restoration.
Quentin Cooper joins author Rose Tremain on her first visit to the set and meets director Michael Hoffman and actor Robert Downey Jr.
Producer Nicki Paxman. Rptd Friday 9.30pm
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Meg Ryan
Unknown:
Sam Neill
Unknown:
Hugh Grant
Unknown:
King Charles Spaniels
Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Rose Tremain
Director:
Michael Hoffman
Unknown:
Robert Downey
Producer:
Nicki Paxman.
Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Forrest's dramatisation of Stevenson's famous novel set in Scotland and America in the years following the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion: the darkly romantic story of two aristocratic brothers and their rivalry.
Director Patrick Rayner.
See also In Search of Robert Louis
Stevenson: Radio 2 tomorrow 10.00pm.

Contributors

Director:
Patrick Rayner.
Unknown:
Robert Louis
James Durie:
Jimmy Chisholm
Henry Durie:
Alasdair McCrone
Mackellar:
Robert Paterson
Alison Durie:
Louise Beattie
Durrisdeer:
David McKail
Sir William:
Crawford Logan
Burke:
Robin Peoples
John Paul:
Charles Kearney
Macconnochie:
Iain Agnew
Jessie:
Maureen Carr

"France is a dog hole, and it no more merits the tread of man's foot, " so said William Shakespeare.
In two programmes, Arthur Smith and his French friend Cecile explore the < myths that the British still have of our friends over the Channel. This week: food, wine, sex and intellectualism. Producer Kathy Smith
♦ See This Week: page 7

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare.
Unknown:
Arthur Smith
Producer:
Kathy Smith

by Peter Turnbull. 2: A headless body without a speck of blood on it has
Glasgow's 'P' Division cops puzzled.
With Gilbert Martin. Robert Trotter. Caroline Paterson and Daniela Nardini. Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine. Director Hamish Wilson Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Turnbull.
Unknown:
Gilbert Martin.
Unknown:
Robert Trotter.
Unknown:
Caroline Paterson
Unknown:
Daniela Nardini.
Dramatised By:
Stephen Mulrine.
Director:
Hamish Wilson Rpt
D C Montgomery:
Frank Gallagher
D I Donoghue:
Crawford Logan
D C King:
Robert Carlyle
Dean:
Andrew Conlan
P C Abemethy:
Andrew Conlan
Biddulph:
Michael Elder
D C I Findlater:
Alec Monteath
P C Wanless:
Paul Morrow
Louise:
Anne Marie Timoney

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