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Simon Callow reads five extracts from Lawrence Durrell's comic tales of Foreign Office life in 1950s Vulgaria. Where the Bee Sucks. The ambassador has a new hobby. Producer Matthew Walters

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Callow
Unknown:
Lawrence Durrell
Producer:
Matthew Walters

Anna Massey resumes the story of Britain from the Romans to the 20th century, with the words of Sir Winston Churchill read by Paul Eddington.
31: Murder in the Cathedral. The bloody resolution of the conflict between Henry the Second and Thomas Becket. With David Timson and John Turner.
Written by Christopher Lee. Producer Pete Atkin

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Massey
Unknown:
Sir Winston Churchill
Read By:
Paul Eddington.
Read By:
Thomas Becket.
Unknown:
David Timson
Unknown:
John Turner.
Written By:
Christopher Lee.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Chairman Robert Robinson. The Final.
Contestants include Ian Wilson (head teacher), John Flint (retired farmer), Ian Kinloch , (solicitor) and George Sheldrick (local government officer). Producer Richard Edis. Rptd Wed 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Unknown:
Ian Wilson
Unknown:
John Flint
Unknown:
Ian Kinloch
Unknown:
George Sheldrick
Producer:
Richard Edis.

Leslie Charteris's square-jawed, blue-eyed hero loves, fights and steals his way through Europe in the 1930s.

The Saint is confronted by armaments dealer and old enemy Rayt Marius.
Dramatised by Roger Danes

Contributors

Author:
Leslie Charteris
Dramatised by:
Roger Danes
Director:
Matthew Walters
The Saint:
Paul Rhys
Patricia:
Kim Thomson
Roger:
Charles Simson
Norman:
Joshua Towb
Orace:
John Hollis
Marius:
Sandor Eles
Teal:
John Baddeley
[Actor]:
John Turner
[Actor]:
Geoffrey Whitehead
[Actor]:
David Timson
[Actor]:
Ross Livingstone
[Actor]:
Linda Regan
[Actor]:
Jonathan Keeble
[Actor]:
Paul Jenkins
[Actor]:
Stephen Critchlow

Lynne Walker interviews Billie Whitelaw as her autobiography is published and investigates the influence of the American artist Edward Hopper.
Producer Julian May. Rvsd repeat at 9.30pm
AFRICA 95

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Walker
Unknown:
Billie Whitelaw
Artist:
Edward Hopper.

By Ola Rotimi and adapted by Yvonne Brewster. With Jeffrey Kisson as King Odewale, Sir Robert Stephens as Baba Fakunle and Trevor McDonald as the Narrator. From the ancient
Yoruba culture comes a myth that has a surprising similarity to Oedipus Rex. with Akim Mogaji and Jacqui Chan Director of music Peter Badejo
A Unique Broadcasting production

Contributors

Unknown:
Ola Rotimi
Adapted By:
Yvonne Brewster.
Unknown:
Jeffrey Kisson
Unknown:
Sir Robert Stephens
Unknown:
Baba Fakunle
Unknown:
Trevor McDonald
Unknown:
Akim Mogaji
Unknown:
Jacqui Chan
Music:
Peter Badejo
Queen Ojuola:
Jenni George
Chief Balogun:
Ben Thomas
Ogun Priest:
Don Warrington
Alaka:
Stefan Kalipha

By Wole Soyinka.
Colin McFarlane reads part six of Nobel prize-winner Soyinka's memoirs of his childhood in Nigeria. Abridged in ten parts by Margaret Busby. Producer Sally Avens

Contributors

Unknown:
Wole Soyinka.
Unknown:
Colin McFarlane
Unknown:
Margaret Busby.
Producer:
Sally Avens

John Fordham makes his last selection of writing about the popular music of this century.
Welcome to the Working Week. Tales of life on the road, including bass player Charles Mingus confronting racism in the American South. Producer John Goudie

Contributors

Unknown:
John Fordham
Unknown:
Charles Mingus
Unknown:
American South.
Producer:
John Goudie

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