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8.30 The French Experience 10: Loisirs. Chantal Cuer on what the French do on their days off; call in about learning French on [number removed]

9.15 Make German Your Business
Some basics of business German.

9.45 Short Stories in Italian
It Lungo Viaggio by Leonardo Sciascia. Read by Enrico Verdecchia.

6: The Work You Do. The occasional scam of volunteer work in developing countries comes under scrutiny, and American writer Walter Kirn seeks out the secret of the Keiioggs cereal empire in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Stephen Jessel, BBC Radio's former Paris correspondent, presents. Producer Noah Richler

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Kirn
Producer:
Noah Richler

Pippa Greenwood , Geoffrey Smith and Bob Flowerdew are in Lincolnshire.
A Taylor Made production. Rptd Wed 11.30am FACTSHEET: send sae marked 50/94 to
Gardeners' Question Time Factsheet[address removed]
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson

R L Stevenson's classic novel of adventure and friendship dramatised in four parts by Catherine Czerkawska. 3: The Flight in the Heather . David Balfour and Alan Breck have witnessed the murder of the Red Fox at Appin and, suspected of complicity in the crime, they both flee across the bare moors, pursued by the redcoats. Director Marilyn Imrie Rpt For cast see Friday 2.00pm
BOOKLET: for a copy of the illustrated BBC
Guide to Robert Louis Stevenson , send cheque/ PO for £3.95 (payable to BBC Education) to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Catherine Czerkawska.
Unknown:
. David Balfour
Unknown:
Alan Breck
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson

A new dramatisation of L Frank Baum 's classic tale.
2: More dangers await Dorothy and her friends on their journey to the Emerald City. Will they ever get to meet the Wizard of Oz?
Dramatised by Marcy Kahan. Music by Dominique Legendre. Director Sally Avens

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Baum
Dramatised By:
Marcy Kahan.
Music By:
Dominique Legendre.
Dorothy:
Barbara Barnes
Scarecrow:
Philip Franks
Tinman:
Patrick Barlow
Lion:
Bradley Lavelle
Wizard of Oz:
Kerry Shale
Wicked Witch:
Maureen Lipman
Toto:
David Holt
Queen Field Mouse:
Eva Stuart
Wolf Leader:
Derek Waring
Guardian of Gate:
Peter Yapp
Stork:
Natasha Pyne

The Desert of Men/read by David Horovitch. Colin Thubron 's most recent trip was to the countries of Central Asia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. And Merv itself? A place of ghosts and dust and strains of the dutah. Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Read By:
David Horovitch.
Read By:
Colin Thubron
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

Anglican priest Reverend Dr John Polkinghorne reveals to
Barbara Myers how his work as a theoretical physicist has helped him in his understanding of God. Producer Constance St Louis

Contributors

Unknown:
Reverend Dr John
Unknown:
Barbara Myers

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