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With David Walter. Olga Szantova reports from Prague on the joys of the new hi-tech telephone system, while Tim Whewell investigates old-style conspiracy and kidnapping in Bratislava. Producer Rosie Goldsmith. Editor Sian Kevill

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walter.
Unknown:
Olga Szantova
Unknown:
Tim Whewell
Producer:
Rosie Goldsmith.
Editor:
Sian Kevill

The antidote to panel games is at the Royal Hall in Harrogate. With Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden , Willie Rushton and guest panellist Jeremy Hardy. Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton. Producer Jon Naismith. Rptd Mon 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy.
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton.
Producer:
Jon Naismith.

From Bilston, West Midlands, with Will Hutton , assistant editor of the Guardian; Donald Dewar MP, Labour's Chief Whip; and Anne Applebaum , deputy editor of the Spectator. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Will Hutton
Unknown:
Donald Dewar
Unknown:
Anne Applebaum

By Andrew Wilson. A radio road movie in which four teenagers from Todmorden search for aliens in the Scottish Highlands. with Fiona Kerr , Malcolm Raeburn , Deborah McAndrew , John Jardine. Robert Whelan , David Bower , Kathryn Hunt and Rachel Bull Director Michael Fox Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Wilson.
Unknown:
Fiona Kerr
Unknown:
Malcolm Raeburn
Unknown:
Deborah McAndrew
Unknown:
John Jardine.
Unknown:
Robert Whelan
Unknown:
David Bower
Unknown:
Kathryn Hunt
Director:
Michael Fox Rpt
Geoff:
Adam Sunderland
Mark:
Andy Wear
Ant:
Steven Arnold

Sir Roy Strong makes a personal odyssey into the past and future of six historic towns. Stirling. His journey begins north of the border in Stirling, a medieval town surrounded by roads, business parks and shopping malls.
Producer Martin Buckley. Rptd tomorrow 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Roy Strong
Producer:
Martin Buckley.

Plastic surgery is one of the oldest branches of the surgeon's art. Most practitioners spend much of their time fixing the defects of accident or birth. Robert Robinson asks whether they resent the playboy image of careers spent remodelling the super-rich.
Producer Helen Galley. Rptd Thurs 11.30pm + Dr Mark Porter : page 59

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Producer:
Helen Galley.
Unknown:
Dr Mark Porter

Between the Sheets
As serious novelists turn increasingly to erotica, Kate Saunders delves into the private thoughts of authors Gore Vidal , A S Byatt, Melvyn Bragg ,
Michelle Roberts and Lisa Appignanesi to reveal the secret ingredients of erotic fiction. Producer Nicki Paxman. Rptd Fri 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Saunders
Unknown:
Gore Vidal
Unknown:
Melvyn Bragg
Unknown:
Michelle Roberts
Unknown:
Lisa Appignanesi
Producer:
Nicki Paxman.

By Joan Aiken , dramatised by Eric Pringle , with Jane Lapotaire as Miss
Slighcarp. This historical novel is set in an England overrun by wolves. At the house of Willoughby Chase, Sylvia and Bonnie struggle to escape the clutches of their evil governess, Miss Slighcarp. with Tom Bevan , Jilly Bond , Eva Stuart. David Antrobus , Ian Masters , Derek Waring , George Parsons. Elaine Claxton , Natasha Pyne and Becky Hindley. Director Cherry Cookson Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Aiken
Dramatised By:
Eric Pringle
Unknown:
Jane Lapotaire
Unknown:
Tom Bevan
Unknown:
Jilly Bond
Unknown:
Eva Stuart.
Unknown:
David Antrobus
Unknown:
Ian Masters
Unknown:
Derek Waring
Unknown:
George Parsons.
Unknown:
Elaine Claxton
Unknown:
Natasha Pyne
Unknown:
Becky Hindley.
Director:
Cherry Cookson Rpt
Bonnie:
Emily Watson
Sylvia:
Abigail Docherty
Narrator:
John Rowe
Grimshaw:
John Turner
Sir Willoughby:
Gavin Muir
Lady Green/Mrs Brisket:
Kristin Milward

In the search for Britain's most inspirational teachers, eight of them allow microphones into the classroom. 5: English teacher Chris Nicholson from Bedford Modern School explores a Seamus Heaney poem with his class of 11- to 12-year-old boys. A Goldhawk Radio production

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Nicholson
Unknown:
Seamus Heaney

Justin Greene 's six-part adaptation of stories by the Edwardian writer Saki. 4: Clovis and the Russian Princess
ClovisSangrail MARK
TANDY Sophie Chattel-Monkheim ........REBECCA FRONT with Nichola McAuliffe , Katherine Malsom.
Ciaran Madden and Sylvestra Le Touzel. Music by John White. A Hat Trick production

Contributors

Unknown:
Justin Greene
Unknown:
Tandy Sophie Chattel-Monkheim
Unknown:
Nichola McAuliffe
Unknown:
Katherine Malsom.
Unknown:
Ciaran Madden
Unknown:
Sylvestra Le Touzel.
Music By:
John White.

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