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with James Naughtie and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Christina Odone.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Christina Odone.

The last episode of Lucy Rannery 's award-winning sitcom ends with a new beginning.... Paul and Ruby are thinking of moving out, and Maria needs more space.
Producer Liz Anstee

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Rannery
Producer:
Liz Anstee
Maria:
Barbara Flynn
Richard _:
Patrick Barlow
Amy:
Linda Polan
Paul:
Toby Longworth
Ruby:
Vivienne Rochester

Six classic mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr Watson, and featuring Robin Ellis as Professor Presbury. 2: The Creeping Man. A distinguished scientist is behaving very oddly, enough to make his faithful old dog attack him.
Violinist Leonard Friedman. Dramatised by Robert Forrest. Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Clive Merrison
Unknown:
Michael Williams
Unknown:
Robin Ellis
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman.
Dramatised By:
Robert Forrest.
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Edith Presbury:
Deborah Berlin
Jack Bennett:
Oliver Senton
Alice Morphy:
Annabel Mullion

Christopher Cook talks to five individuals who emigrated to America in the early part of the century via Ellis Island. 3: Millie di Nigris , who arrived at Ellis Island in 1924 from Hamburg. She was full of optimism, but the journey wasn't over yet. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Talks:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Ellis Island.
Unknown:
Millie Di Nigris
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Brian Sibley sees Prêt-à-Porter-
Robert Altman 's long-awaited new film exposing the fashion world - and reads Thomas Keneally 's new novel, A River Town.
Producer Adrian Washbourne Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Robert Altman
Unknown:
Thomas Keneally
Unknown:
River Town.
Producer:
Adrian Washbourne

by Leslie Norris. An evocative reminiscence of a typical St David's Day celebration in a Welsh school.
Schoolboy Dennis Williams makes a lifelong impression on his fellow pupils. Read by Sion Probert. Producer Caroline Sarli

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Norris.
Unknown:
Dennis Williams
Read By:
Sion Probert.
Producer:
Caroline Sarli

Six travellers reflect on a journey in conversation with Annette Kobak.
1: At the age of 19, Laurie Lee left his Gloucestershire village to seek his fortune in the big world. Equipped with only a violin and notebook, he walked across Spain, falling in love with the land and its people. But as 1936 dawned, he found himself caught in a country in the grip of a bitter civil war. So began a journey into the darker side of Spain.
Producer Kate McAII

Contributors

Unknown:
Annette Kobak.
Unknown:
Laurie Lee
Producer:
Kate McAii

The conductor Jane Glover visits six of the world's great opera houses to meet some of the people who make them work, to reflect on their history and to discover how they are tackling the problems of the present. 2: The
Metropolitan Opera House, New York Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Conductor:
Jane Glover
Producer:
Gillian Hush

Deborah MacLaren reads Anthony Trollope 's story in three episodes.
Catherine, a young immigrant, makes a loveless marriage with a dour New Zealand sheep farmer. When she begins to fall in love with John, her husband's cousin, she feels that she must send him away. Abridged by Roland Challis Producer Philip Martin

Contributors

Unknown:
Deborah MacLaren
Unknown:
Anthony Trollope
Abridged By:
Roland Challis
Producer:
Philip Martin

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