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Last of the series in which
Mark Lawson re-examines old-fashioned vices in modern guises. Special guests Bea Campbell,
Jonathon Porritt and A N Wilson help decide how far a vice of yesterday becomes a virtue of today.
Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Jonathon Porritt
Producer:
David Coomes

Introduced byJenni Murray.
Serial: Telling Stories by Valerie Windsor. Julie Walters reads the eighth of 12 parts, abridged by Janys Chambers.
Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selene

Contributors

Stories By:
Valerie Windsor.
Stories By:
Julie Walters
Editors:
Sally Feldman
Editors:
Clare Selene

The nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain. Chairman Robert Robinson. Third semi-final -the North and West of England, Wales and Scotland. Contestants include John Kerridge (researcher), Chris Bevan (retired lecturer), Ian Kinloch (solicitor) and Dr lain Stevenson (publisher). Producer Richard Edis. Rptd Wed 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Unknown:
John Kerridge
Unknown:
Chris Bevan
Unknown:
Ian Kinloch
Producer:
Richard Edis.

Final part of Juliet Ace 's detective series.
Double Trouble. When Woman Police
Detective Belinda is sexually harassed by a fellow police officer, hertwin, Alice, uses her identical appearance to fight back on her sister's behalf. with William Eedle , Sunny Ormonde, Linda Regan and Joanne Mitchell
Director Shaun MacLoughlin

Contributors

Unknown:
Juliet Ace
Unknown:
William Eedle
Unknown:
Linda Regan
Unknown:
Joanne Mitchell
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Alice:
Jenny Funnel
Belinda:
Carolyn Backhouse
Newsome:
Eric Allen
Glover:
Cornelius Garrett
Cox:
Lindsay MacK
Dobson:
Ian Sanders
Bella:
Sue Broomfield

Natalie Wheen talks to the composer and conductor Peter Boulez and reviews
Rosamunde Pilcher 's latest novel.
Producer Abigail Appleton. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Natalie Wheen
Conductor:
Peter Boulez
Unknown:
Rosamunde Pilcher
Producer:
Abigail Appleton.

By Antoine O'Flaharta. When your uncle has been missing for half a lifetime and no one knows where he is, just how do you go about finding him in the age of the mobile phone and the Internet if he really doesn't want to be found?
Director Michael Quinn

Contributors

Unknown:
Antoine O'Flaharta.
Director:
Michael Quinn
Barry:
Sean Campion
Marcus:
Eamon Morrisey
Nora:
Anita Reeves
Lily:
Ruth McCabe
Jack:
Patrick Duncan
Helen:
Caitriona Hinds
Sitting Bull:
Niall Cusack
Barmaid:
Amanda Maguire

Rory MacLean explores the incurable restlessness felt by us all.
3: Move through Time. Postcards offer a frozen vision of travellers' dreams. An Elizabethan galleon takes us back to the 16th century. A colonial monument stands in a new country. What does it all mean? Producer John Dryden

Contributors

Unknown:
Rory MacLean
Producer:
John Dryden

John Fordham selects writing about the popular music of this century.
4: Many Rivers to Cross. Tales of how American-bom music has travelled across oceans and continents, including Arnold Bennett 's 1923 encounter with saxophone player Count G, Josef Skvorecky 's memory of playing jazz in Bohemia and the Irish showband with GI haircuts and pork pie hats. Producer John Goudie

Contributors

Unknown:
John Fordham
Unknown:
Arnold Bennett
Unknown:
Josef Skvorecky
Producer:
John Goudie

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