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A new spiritual anthology.
I Caught a Rsh. Read by Eleanor Bron , Vivien Heilbron , Kilian McKenna , Ian Masters and Gavin Muir. Producer Jocelyn Boxall

Contributors

Read By:
Eleanor Bron
Read By:
Vivien Heilbron
Read By:
Kilian McKenna
Read By:
Ian Masters
Read By:
Gavin Muir.
Producer:
Jocelyn Boxall

In the last of the series Jenni Murray talks to Annie Castledine and Annabel Arden about their collaboration on Euripides' Women of Troy. Serial: Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? For details see Monday

Contributors

Talks:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Annie Castledine
Unknown:
Annabel Arden

A six-part adaptation by Justin Greene of stories by the Edwardian writer
Saki. 2: Clovis's Private View. Clovis administers an effective unrest cure and reveals the history of artist Theophil Eshley 's masterpiece
Barbary Apes Wrecking a Boudoir.
Music by John White. A Hat Trick production

Contributors

Unknown:
Justin Greene
Artist:
Theophil Eshley
Music By:
John White.
Clovis:
Mark Tandy
J P Huddle:
John Fortune
Miss Huddle:
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Adela Pingsford:
Nicola McAuliffe
Theophil Eshley:
John Sessions
Reginald:
Samuel West

Six classic mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , starring Clive Merrison as Holmes, Michael Williams as Dr
Watson and featuring Harriet Walter as Eugenia Ronder , and Douglas Henshall as Leonardo. 4: The Veiled Lodger.
Mrs Merrilow has the perfect lodger, a gentlewoman who keeps to herself, but why won't she show her face.... ?
Violinists Leonard Friedman and Main
Campbell. Dramatised by Roger Danes Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Clive Merrison
Unknown:
Michael Williams
Unknown:
Harriet Walter
Unknown:
Eugenia Ronder
Unknown:
Douglas Henshall
Unknown:
Mrs Merrilow
Violinists:
Leonard Friedman
Dramatised By:
Roger Danes
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Ronder:
Ian Masters
Griggs:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Insp Edmunds:
Oliver Senton
Mrs Merrilow:
Kristin Milward
Coroner:
Peter Yapp

New York City - and the Lower East Side in particular - was often the final destination of people who emigrated to America earlier this century.
In the last of the series, Christopher Cook talks to Rose Wybeck , the daughter of immigrants, who has lived in the area all her life.
Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Talks:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Rose Wybeck
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Brian Sibley sees the 1990s film version of Little Women, and a controversial film about a priest tormented by his vow of celibacy. Also, a discussion of recent historical fiction. Producer Beaty Rubens. Revised rpt 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Producer:
Beaty Rubens.

Five stories from the BBC's annual collection, published this week.
3: The Pillow Goose by Jane Gardam. An "enchanting Ethiopian gypsy" visits the Thanet marshes and leaves a strange gift for sisters Maude and Angela. Read by Tessa Worsley. Producer Elizabeth Allard

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Gardam.
Read By:
Tessa Worsley.
Producer:
Elizabeth Allard

Six travellers reflect on a journey in conversation with Annette Kobak.
3: Wilfred Thesiger is one of the last great British explorers. He describes his journey across the Empty Quarter of Arabia, as one of the very few places left where he "could satisfy an urge to go where others had not been." Producer Kate McAII

Contributors

Unknown:
Annette Kobak.
Unknown:
Wilfred Thesiger
Producer:
Kate McAii

Prof John Durant conducts the second of two discussions about scientific and technological developments made within living memory.
From Radar to Smart Arms. The technology of war.
Producer Sue Broom. Rptd Sunday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Prof John Durant

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. 4: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Conductor:
Jane Glover
Producer:
Gillian Hush

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