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Jenni Murray meets Karin Pappenheim , the new director of the National Council for One-Parent Families. Serial: Delicate Matters (3) by Vickery Turner , abridged in ten parts by Meg Clarke and read by Alison Reid. Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Karin Pappenheim
Unknown:
Vickery Turner
Unknown:
Meg Clarke
Read By:
Alison Reid.
Editors:
Sally Feldman
Editors:
Clare Selerie

First round - Scotland. Contestants are Dr lain Stevenson (publisher), Mary Steeves (retired headmistress), William McKaig (unemployed) and Dr Tom Jones (schoolteacher). Producer Richard Edis. Rptd Wed 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Steeves
Unknown:
William McKaig
Unknown:
Dr Tom Jones
Producer:
Richard Edis.

Rnal part of Gary Mitchell 's play. Above the Law. A UDA man is murdered in a drug-related killing. with Laura Hughes , Joe Crilly , B J Hogg. Lalor Roddy, Stella McCusker , Jackie Magowan and Katie Tumelty. Director Pam Brighton

Contributors

Unknown:
Gary Mitchell
Unknown:
Laura Hughes
Unknown:
Joe Crilly
Unknown:
Hogg. Lalor
Unknown:
Stella McCusker
Unknown:
Jackie Magowan
Unknown:
Katie Tumelty.
Director:
Pam Brighton
Evans:
Gerard McSorley
McCormick:
Ian McElhinney
Redmond:
Dan Gordon
Boyd:
Conleth Hill
Gregg:
John Paul Connolly
Matthews:
George Shane

Lynne Walker looks forward to some of the newly commissioned work at this year's Proms, and reads Coda, a new novel from one of Australia's most exciting young writers. Producer Beaty Rubens. Rvsd rpt at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Walker
Producer:
Beaty Rubens.

For two weeks, Short Storyfeatures a collection of new stories by popular writers celebrating the British summer. The Garden Party by Maeve Binchy. Read by Niamh Cusack. Producer Pam Fraser Solomon # Read Maeve Binchy's Garden Party: page 20

Contributors

Unknown:
Short Storyfeatures
Read By:
Niamh Cusack.
Producer:
Pam Fraser Solomon

Tom Pow 's play is set in Canada, where the limits of civilisation are so clearly defined, It charts James's journey in his search for oblivion. Those who knew and cared about him reveal the reality of the wilderness he seeks. with Monica Gibb , John Yule , Finlay Welsh and Stella Forge. Director Hamish Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Pow
Unknown:
Monica Gibb
Unknown:
John Yule
Unknown:
Finlay Welsh
Director:
Hamish Wilson
Old Hunter:
Bob Docherty
Punter 3:
Bob Docherty
Voice:
Sandy Neilson
James:
David Jarvis
Mountie 1:
Paul Morrow
Punter 1:
Paul Morrow
Mountie 2:
Robin Thomson
Traveller/:
Robin Thomson
Punter 2:
Robin Thomson
Brother:
Laurance Rudic
Phone-in host:
Laurance Rudic
Father:
Angus MacInnes

A chance to eavesdrop on the letters sent home by four foreign women who have come to live and work in Britain during the last two years. Their letters home offer a view of the country that goes beyond the tourist postcard. Producer Julian Wilkinson

Contributors

Producer:
Julian Wilkinson

John Fordham introduces the first of six after-hours selections of evocative and impassioned writing about the popular music of this century.
Tales of obsession, including Hank Wangford on Johnnie Ray; Val Wilmer on jazz 78s in Streatham; Stuart Maconie on Elvis Costello; the life of the late Art Pepper; and a very short story from Bailey White.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Fordham
Producer:
John Goudie
Interviewee:
Hank Wangford
Subject:
Johnnie Ray
Interviewee:
Val Wilmer
Interviewee:
Stuart Maconie
Subject:
Elvis Costello
Subject:
Art Pepper
Author:
Bailey White

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