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Last of the series in which
Simon Fanshawe surfs the world's airwaves to find out what other people are listening to.
Topical Tips. Advice as given out by Auntie: gardening phone-ins worldwide, tips on dry-cleaning from
Hong Kong, American Forces Network with their tips to servicemen and women on how to blend in with the natives, and suggestions on etiquette from Radio Stockholm. Producer Miriam Akhtar
Repeated Sunday at 6.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Fanshawe
Producer:
Miriam Akhtar

Crime writers Val McDermid and Cath Staincliffe tell Ruth Pitt why
Manchester's mean streets are the perfect setting for their private eyes. Serial: Split Skirt (9) For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Val McDermid
Unknown:
Cath Staincliffe
Unknown:
Ruth Pitt

Adventures in the Spice Trade. Derek Cooper finds out from the experts how to buy the best-tasting spices and hears the arguments for and against irradiating them, while
Paul Gillingham goes to La Mancha - still the source of the world's best saffron. Producer Sheila Dillon. Rptd Monday 7.20pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Unknown:
Paul Gillingham
Producer:
Sheila Dillon.

"It suddenly occurs to me that while
I'm in here, William will be at home on his own. On his own. And him only 52. Only 52!" A woman plots her escape from an old people's home in Michael Carson 's topical Friday the 13th story. Read by Patricia Hayes.
Producer Pam Fraser Solomon

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Carson
Read By:
Patricia Hayes.
Producer:
Pam Fraser Solomon

with Chris Lowe and Hugh Sykes. Editor Margaret Budy
WRITE: PM Letterline, BBC Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA. PHONE: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Lowe
Unknown:
Hugh Sykes.
Editor:
Margaret Budy

Clarrie gets the cream....
Written by Caroline Harrington
Director Ken Davies. Repeated Monday 1.40pm
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Contributors

Written By:
Caroline Harrington
Director:
Ken Davies.
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Shula Hebden:
Judy Bennett
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Rnch
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Debbie Aldridge:
Tamsin Greig
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Kathy Perks:
Hedli Niklaus
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Rosalind Adams
Robin Stokes _:
Tim Meats
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Bert Fry:
Roger Hume
Richard Locke:
William Gaminara
Usha Gupta:
Souad Faress
GuyPemberton:
Hugh Dickson
Steve Oakley:
Matthew Morgan

Alistair Campbell , press officer to
Tony Blair ; Janet Daley , journalist and broadcaster; Rana Kabbani , writer; and John Maples , Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, are in Poole. Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer Nick Utechin. Rptd tomorrow 1.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alistair Campbell
Unknown:
Tony Blair
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Rana Kabbani
Unknown:
John Maples
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer:
Nick Utechin.

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