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1: David Walter presents a profile of Alexander Lebed , Russia's most outspoken army general, and examines revolutionary changes in the port industry in Portugal. Producer Arlene Gregorius

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walter
Unknown:
Alexander Lebed
Producer:
Arlene Gregorius

In the last of the series, Nicholas Parsons challenges Peter Jones ,
Derek Nimmo , Paul Merton and Steve Frost to talk for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
Producer Ann Jobson. Rptd Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Steve Frost
Producer:
Ann Jobson.

by Ayshe Raif. Diane Bull plays
Connie, a million-pound winner on the Lottery. Rosemary Leach is Rika, employed to stop her making a complete fool of herself.
Director Claire Grove
# See This Week: page 10

Contributors

Unknown:
Ayshe Raif.
Unknown:
Rosemary Leach
Director:
Claire Grove
Joe Alton:
David Yip
Neil Marsden:
Ray Winstone
Sam Marsden:
Paul Keating
Bella:
Patricia Kerrigan
Guy:
Oliver Senton
Donald:
Ian Masters
Arnold:
Garrick Hagon
Eugene:
George Allonby
Mrs Williams:
Natasha Pyne
Lucy:
Annabel Mullion
Edwardo:
Jonathan Keeble

Martin Wainwright celebrates the achievements of individuals who have been overlooked by history. 2: Ernest 'Chinese' Wilson. As a plant hunter who made many visits to China in the late 1800s, he brought back the regal lily and the kiwi fruit among many others. Producer Alison Perks

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Wainwright
Producer:
Alison Perks

A satirical look at the week's news and current affairs with Sally Grace , Jeffrey Holland , Toby Longworth and Sally Phillips.
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sally Grace
Unknown:
Jeffrey Holland
Unknown:
Toby Longworth
Unknown:
Sally Phillips.

Joe Queenan presents more insiders' views of the week's stories in America and looks at the 90s face of the American billionaire - speckly, freckly and housing a brain that just loves to write software.
Producer Hamish Mykura. Rptd Thur 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Queenan
Producer:
Hamish Mykura.

The Art of Reading
What does the advent of computer books mean for the printed page and the painted page? James Malpas examines the work of the Folio
Society and talks to artists and illustrators about the relationship between the image and the text.
Producer Robyn Read. Rptd Friday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
James Malpas
Producer:
Robyn Read.

India, 1992. Against the backdrop of the Barbri Mosque riots, the search for a lost friend leads Rozina to a storyteller in a street festival and an encounter with the stately world of 16th-century mogul India.

Contributors

Percussion:
Pandit Dinesh
Director:
Kate Rowland
Writer:
Rukhsana Ahmed
Superintendant Pun:
Saeed Jaffrey
Rozina Bannerji:
Yasmin Sidhwa
Storyteller:
Vayu Naidu
Chitra Bannerji:
Leena Dhingra
Emperor Akbar:
Sam Dastor
Shola:
Suda Bhuchar
Shobhna:
Jamila Massey
Birbal:
Rashid Karapiet
Fr Aquaviva:
Dominic Shaun
Sirhindi:
Anthony Zaki

A five-part series in which old and new hands compare notes. 2: Hotel Managers.
Barry Hawley started in the hotel trade in 1949. He returns to the Eden Arms Hotel to meet the new manager, Steve Grant. Producer Lucy Lunt Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Hawley
Unknown:
Steve Grant.
Producer:
Lucy Lunt Rpt

by James M Cain dramatised by John Fletcher. Starring Frederic Forrest as Walter Huff , Molly Ringwald as Lola, Theresa Russell as Phyllis and John Wood as George Keyes. "I'm an insurance salesman, I sell this guy some insurance. Then one hot afternoon, I find myself in bed with his wife. We murder him."
Original music by Barrington Pheloung Director Andy Jordan Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
James M Cain
Dramatised By:
John Fletcher.
Unknown:
Frederic Forrest
Unknown:
Walter Huff
Unknown:
Molly Ringwald
Unknown:
Theresa Russell
Unknown:
John Wood
Unknown:
George Keyes.
Music By:
Barrington Pheloung
Director:
Andy Jordan
Nirdlingor:
Michael Drew
Norton:
John Guerrasio
Jackson:
John Baddeley
Nettie:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Sachetti:
Roger May

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