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Join chairman Nicholas Parsons and guests Derek Nimmo , Peter Jones ,
Tony Hawks and Jeremy Hardy at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, as they try to talk for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
Producer Ann Jobson. Rptd Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Producer:
Ann Jobson.

Last in a series of dramas that tell the stories behind the songs.
With Inre Ove as Butterfly. It is 1904 and on a hill high above Nagasaki, an American naval officer is preparing to marry a young Japanese girl.
Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska from the original story by John Luther Long.
The music, based on Puccini's opera, is composed by Mia Soteriou and performed by Mia Soteriou on piano and William Lyons on reed flute. Director Tracey Neale
Madama Butterfly Live from the Met is on Radio 3 at 6.30pm

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Catherine Czerkawska
Story By:
John Luther Long.
Composed By:
Mia Soteriou
Unknown:
Mia Soteriou
Unknown:
William Lyons
Director:
Tracey Neale
Lt Pinkerton:
Stuart Milligan
Sharpless:
Nigel Anthony
Suzuki:
Helena Breck
Goro:
Hugh Dickson
Yamadori „:
David Jarvis
Butterfly's mother:
Margaret John
Butterfly's uncle:
Don McCorkindale
Bonze:
Derek Waring
Imperial Commissioner:
George Parsons
Yoko San:
Kristin Milward
Kate:
Elaine Claxton
Sorrow, Butterfly's child:
William Howard

Tim Madge presents tales of Britain's merchant shipping fleet.
2: The Unequal Fight. Britain's merchant sailors have always defended their country, but how would our island fare today with so few merchant sailors and ships left.
Producer Fiona Couper. Rptd tomorrow 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Madge
Producer:
Fiona Couper.

How can one persuade a seasoned house burglar with no qualifications for any other job to stay on the right side of the law? Probation officers from Norfolk talk to Robert Robinson. Producer Penelope Gibbs. Rptd Thur 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Producer:
Penelope Gibbs.

Daring to be Different
There are several things that British director Mike Figgis (Stonny Monday, Internal Affairs, The Browning Version) isn't enamoured of: period films, happy endings, and the Hollywood studio system. He talks to Paul Allen about his career and vision of a commercial cinema which respects people's intelligence.
Producer Will Cantopher. Rptd Friday 9.30pm

Contributors

Director:
Mike Figgis
Unknown:
Paul Allen

Colin Dexter 's Inspector Morse is reluctant to take over an old missing-person case from a dead colleague, but murder is Morse's speciality.
With James Taylor , Emily Woolf , Vivienne Rochester Don McCorkindale ,
Michael Onslow and Catriona Young. Dramatised by Guy Meredith. Music by Wilfredo Acosta. Director Ned Chaillet Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Dexter
Unknown:
James Taylor
Unknown:
Emily Woolf
Unknown:
Don McCorkindale
Unknown:
Michael Onslow
Unknown:
Catriona Young.
Dramatised By:
Guy Meredith.
Music By:
Wilfredo Acosta.
Director:
Ned Chaillet Rpt
Inspector Morse:
John Shrapnel
Sergeant Lewis:
Robert Glenister
Chief Supt Strange:
John Hartley
Mrs Ainley:
Auriol Smith
Donald Phillipson:
Miles Anderson
Sheila Phillipson:
Melinda Walker
Gwen Taylor:
Frances Jeater
George Taylor:
Donald Sumpter
Reginald Baines:
Terence Edmond
Johnny Maguire:
Paul Panting
Mrs Acum:
Tamsin Greig
Sgt Dickson:
Lyndam Gregory
David Acum:
David Jarvis

Tony Bagley 's comedy drama starring Martin Clunes as Roy and Geraldine James as Jane.
2: Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger have changed their image to gentle child-caring new men.... Can Roy follow suit?
Music by Julian Wastall
Producer Paul Schlesinger

Contributors

Roy:
Martin Clunes
Jane:
Geraldine James
Chad Mann:
Nicky Henson
Colin Say:
David Troughton
Mrs Churchill:
Rebecca Front
Martin Sheen/Schwarzenegger:
Peter Serafinowicz
Helen:
Susannah Corbett
Writer:
Tony Bagley
Music:
Julian Wastall
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

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