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Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery. Producer Paula McGrath
Repeated tomorrow at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Paula McGrath

Frank Delaney presents the series about words. 2: A Bath of Language. What lies behind those splendid facades? Was Jane Austen right, or Richard Brinsley Sheridan ?
Contributors talk about the language of England's most popular 18th-century city.
Producer Piers Plowright

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Delaney
Unknown:
Jane Austen
Unknown:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Producer:
Piers Plowright

In an edition focusing on the 40s, Paul Vaughan sees Noel Coward 's play Peace in Our Time, an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, and Anthony Tudor 's ballet Pillar of Fire at the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Producer Robyn Read
Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Noel Coward
Unknown:
Anthony Tudor

An opportunity to hear five stories from the BBC's annual collection, published this week.
2: Heroin Man by Tom Drury. He drives an orange pick-up truck through the green mountains. He delivers oil. His customers are strange types ... Read by William Hootkins. Producer Duncan Minshull

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Drury.
Read By:
William Hootkins.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

Nigel Cassidy chairs the business game with industrial intrigue, infighting, and idiocy. Taking part in the financial fisticuffs are Peter Day , Howard Hodgson , Alastair Ross Goobey and Nigel Whittaker. Producer Neil Koenig

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Cassidy
Unknown:
Peter Day
Unknown:
Howard Hodgson
Unknown:
Alastair Ross
Unknown:
Nigel Whittaker.
Producer:
Neil Koenig

Six programmes examingthe role of secret intelligence services in the post-Cold War world.
2: "And we shall know the truth ... and the truth shall set you free".
Christopher Andrew visits Washington DC to find out how the CIA is coping with the new world disorder.
Producer Dennis Sewell

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Andrew
Producer:
Dennis Sewell

Presented by Peter White.
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. Producer Dave Harvey
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: phone [number removed]between 9.30pm and 10.30pm FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter White.
Producer:
Dave Harvey

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More