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The second of eight programmes in which guest presenters offer a personal point of view.
The Fat Controller. Consultant neurologist Charles Clarke explains why he thinks there's too much of the wrong sort of management in the NHS. A Just Radio production

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Clarke

By Susan-Jane Harrison.

Against the backdrop of Alaska, boy meets girl across a bar. It might be the start of a romance, but this is a parallel universe. with John Hartley, Ross Livingstone and Andrew Branch.

Contributors

Writer:
Susan-Jane Harrison
Director:
Marion Nancarrow
Frank:
Michael Sheen
Jack:
John Bowe
Dean:
Stephen Critchlow
Winona:
Nancy Crane
Man 1:
Ross Livingstone
Man 2:
Andrew Branch
Man 3/Waiter:
John Hartley

Each year, the Italian tenor
Luciano Pavarotti takes a break in Pesaro. Jeremy Isaacs catches up with him in reflective mood as he approaches 60 and his autobiography, My World, is published. Producer John Boundy. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm * See This Week: page 7

Contributors

Tenor:
Luciano Pavarotti
Unknown:
Pesaro. Jeremy
Producer:
John Boundy.

Six programmes using documentary evidence to throw light on past events. 3: Mata Hari - the Fatal Lover. Why was Mata Hari executed in October 1917? As a new campaign to overturn her guilty verdict gets underway, author Julie Weelwright explores the fact and fantasy behind the legendary spy, courtesan and exotic dancer. Producer Mark Burman

Contributors

Unknown:
Julie Weelwright
Producer:
Mark Burman

The last in the series of impressions of past and present.
Roty in the Back. A flying adventure with Tigers, Moths and other wild animals in the words of instructors and intrepid flyers at Clacton-on-Sea and Duxford and voices from earlier times.
Producer Adrian Quine

Contributors

Producer:
Adrian Quine

In 1972, 15-year-old Sue Schilperoot from Mountain Ash found herself pregnant. Parental pressure forced her to give the child up for adoption. Twenty-one years later, Sue wrote a play,Half a Million Women, about her experiences. On the opening night, mother and daughter were reunited. This is the remarkable story of how a young girl traced her birth mother. Producer Martin Kurzik

Contributors

Producer:
Martin Kurzik

By Joyoti Grech. Chandra is struck by the music of Billie Marker , but she discovers that his idea of "making music" is different from her own. with Jamila Massey and Sandra James Young. Music Aniruddha Das. Director Anne Edyvean

Contributors

Unknown:
Joyoti Grech.
Unknown:
Billie Marker
Unknown:
Jamila Massey
Unknown:
Sandra James Young.
Music:
Aniruddha Das.
Director:
Anne Edyvean
Chandra:
Nisha K Nayar
Kiran:
Monica Patel
Nick:
Don Gilet
Eddie:
Ben Onwukwe

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