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Jenni Murray meets Iris Williams , the singer made famous by the song He
Was Beautiful. Short story: Heartsongs from the short story collection of the same title by E Annie Proulx. Read by Bill Roberts and abridged by Di Speirs.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Iris Williams
Unknown:
Annie Proulx.
Read By:
Bill Roberts
Abridged By:
Di Speirs.

Falklands commando Hugh McManners discovers how psychologists have refined the art of battle.
2: Psychological Weapons. From the kamikaze pigeon to the "psyops gun", Plus the latest from the US Psychological Warfare HQ in North Carolina. Producer Andrew Johnston Repeated tomorrow 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh McManners
Producer:
Andrew Johnston

Jon Glover , Gemma O'Connor , Derek Parker and Matthew Parris join Nigel Rees for the quotation quiz. William Franklyn reads the quotations. Producer Kathy Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Glover
Unknown:
Gemma O'Connor
Unknown:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
William Franklyn
Producer:
Kathy Smith

by Mohammed Azhar and Vipul Solanki. With Andrew Rajan as Salim and Madhav Sharma as Mr Choudary. Salim has a problem. He fancies Jane, a cashier at Safebury's, the local hypermarket. But his father, who owns a small cash and carry, has declared a price war on his giant rival. Whose side is Salim on? Director Peter Kavanagh

Contributors

Unknown:
Mohammed Azhar
Unknown:
Vipul Solanki.
Unknown:
Andrew Rajan
Unknown:
Madhav Sharma
Unknown:
Mr Choudary.
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Mrs Choudary:
Jamila Massey
Shaquil:
Nikki Jhutti
Fitzroy:
David Collings

Paul Vaughan reports from this year's Hay-on-Wye festival of literature and sees a new television series about the Middle Ages, Strange Landscape. Producer Jackie Christie. Rvsd rpt at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Jackie Christie.

Edith Wharton 's novel, dramatised in six parts, with Andrew Wincott as Newland Archer , Suzanne Bertish as Ellen Olenska and Cathryn Harrison asMayWelland.
1: Newland, just engaged to May, finds himself drawn to her exotic cousin, the Countess Olenska, whose independent spirit is creating ripples on the formal surface of 1870s New York society.
Dramatised by Christopher Reason Director David Hunter Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Edith Wharton
Unknown:
Andrew Wincott
Unknown:
Newland Archer
Unknown:
Suzanne Bertish
Unknown:
Ellen Olenska
Unknown:
Cathryn Harrison
Dramatised By:
Christopher Reason
Director:
David Hunter Rpt
Mrs Mingott:
Elizabeth Spriggs
MrsWelland:
Margaret Robertson
Mrs Archer:
Liza Ross
Henry Van de Luyden:
Don Fellows
Louise Van de Luyden:
Lawmary Champion
Sillerton Jackson , ,:
Ray Jewers
Lefferts:
Christian Rodska
Dallas Archer:
William Marsh
Janey:
Siriol Jenkins
First man/Footman:
Bill Bellamy
Second man:
Richard Nichols

Aminatta Forna presents the magazine programme with the news, views and stories that reflect the lives of Britain's black and Asian communities. Plus the latest developments in the arts and music. Producer Edward Odim QUESTIONS/
COMMENTS: (0171) [number removed](24 hours)

Contributors

Producer:
Edward Odim

Presented by Tony Barringer. Producer Dave Harvey
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: phone (0171) [number removed]between 9.30pm and 10.30pm FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Tony Barringer.
Producer:
Dave Harvey

2: Paris. The BBC's Paris
Correspondent, Kevin Connolly , finds his adopted city has been both admired and disparaged by letter writers for centuries. Queen Victoria, Dickens and Henry James find plenty of good things to write home about, while Mozart and Walpole are a little less complimentary. Producer Kate Whitehead Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Connolly
Unknown:
Henry James
Producer:
Kate Whitehead Rpt

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