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The winner of the 1995 Sony Award for Best Comedy Programme and long-serving antidote to panel games starts its 25th series from the Theatre Royal in Brighton. With regulars Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden , Willie Rushton , Tim Brooke-Taylor and Humphrey Lyttelton in the chair. Colin Sell is at the piano.
Producer Jon Naismith. Rptd Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Unknown:
Colin Sell
Producer:
Jon Naismith

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion in Liverpool with the Rt Rev John Habgood , Archbishop of York; Gerald Holtham , Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research; Sir Charles Powell , former adviser to Margaret Thatcher ; and Katharine Whitehorn , journalist. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
John Habgood
Unknown:
Gerald Holtham
Unknown:
Sir Charles Powell
Unknown:
Margaret Thatcher
Unknown:
Katharine Whitehorn

David Hopkins 's play is based on the true story of John Tarrant , one of the great distance runners of the 1950s and 60s. Few people have heard of him because for years Tarrant had to battle against the absurd regulations of the Amateur Athletics Association.
With John Baddeley , Elaine Claxton ,
Pat Connell , Lyndam Gregory , Neville Jason , David Jarvis , Frances Jeater , Peter Kenny , Ian Masters. Don McCorkindale , Gavin Muir ,
George Parsons. Nina Wadia , Malcolm Ward , Derek Waring , Peter Whitman. William Wortley and Peter Yapp. Director Matthew Walters Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
David Hopkins
Unknown:
John Tarrant
Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
Elaine Claxton
Unknown:
Pat Connell
Unknown:
Lyndam Gregory
Unknown:
Neville Jason
Unknown:
David Jarvis
Unknown:
Frances Jeater
Unknown:
Peter Kenny
Unknown:
Ian Masters.
Unknown:
Don McCorkindale
Unknown:
Gavin Muir
Unknown:
George Parsons.
Unknown:
Nina Wadia
Unknown:
Malcolm Ward
Unknown:
Derek Waring
Unknown:
Peter Whitman.
Unknown:
William Wortley
Unknown:
Peter Yapp.
Director:
Matthew Walters
John:
Paul Panting
Edie:
Janes Lavin
Vic:
Tom Bevan

What's the best popular scientific read of 1995? Is it on genetics or language, chemistry or biology? Peter Evans reports on the winners of the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize.
Producer Sandy Raffan. Rptd Tues 8.00pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Sandy Raffan.

Four programmes investigating the curious histories of the origins and development of familiar products.
2: Tupperware. Nigel Cassidy traces the curious history of Earl Tupper and the product he bequeathed the world - resealable food containers made from waste polythene slag. Producer Neil Koenig Revised

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Cassidy
Unknown:
Earl Tupper
Producer:
Neil Koenig

Presented by Tom Robinson. More and more families face the death of a son through Aids. How do they cope - and what about partners?
Producer John Tuckey. Rptd Thur 11.30pm ANSWERPHONE: (0171) [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Tom Robinson.
Producer:
John Tuckey.

Written in 1904, St John Hankin 's comedy explores the effect on the socially and politically ambitious Jackson family of the return from Australia of their scandalously ne'er-do-well son Eustace.
With Gordon Reid , Gareth Armstrong , Tina Gray and John Evitts. Director Matthew Walters Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
St John Hankin
Unknown:
Gordon Reid
Unknown:
Gareth Armstrong
Unknown:
Tina Gray
Unknown:
John Evitts.
Director:
Matthew Walters
Mr Jackson:
Frank Moorey
Mrs Jackson:
Auriol Smith
Henry:
Dominic Letts
Eustace:
Timothy Watson
Violet:
Oona Beeson
Lady Faringford:
Lala Lloyd
Sir John:
James Taylor
Stella:
Teresa Gallagher

Melvyn Bragg presents the series which gives famous villains a re-trial. 2:
Writer Jonathan Meades claims that Judas Iscariot had noble reasons for that betraying kiss
. Reader Bill Wallis. Producer Sara Conkey

Contributors

Unknown:
Melvyn Bragg
Reader:
Bill Wallis.
Producer:
Sara Conkey

William Boyd 's Booker Prize-winning novel, dramatised in five parts.
1: British and German colonists in East Africa emulate their counterparts in war-torn Europe.
With Nicholas Boulton , Danielle Allen , Diana Hoddinott , Colin Pinney ,
James Taylor. Vivienne Rochester , Lyndam Gregory , Dominic Letts , Gareth Armstrong , Thomas Dawes and Simon Desborough. Dramatised by John Peacock. Director Eoin O'Callaghan Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
William Boyd
Unknown:
Nicholas Boulton
Unknown:
Danielle Allen
Unknown:
Diana Hoddinott
Unknown:
Colin Pinney
Unknown:
James Taylor.
Unknown:
Vivienne Rochester
Unknown:
Lyndam Gregory
Unknown:
Dominic Letts
Unknown:
Gareth Armstrong
Unknown:
Thomas Dawes
Unknown:
Simon Desborough.
Dramatised By:
John Peacock.
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan Rpt
Erich Von Bishop:
Nicholas Grace
Temple Smith:
William Hootkins
Felix Cobb:
Gerard Logan
Gabriel Cobb:
James Larkin
Charis Lavery Cobb:
Rachel Atkins

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