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By Lee Hall. Jill is 14, overweight and obsessed with food. Her mum is disappointed in Jill and about to embark on a relationship with Billy.
Director Kate Rowland

Contributors

Unknown:
Lee Hall.
Director:
Kate Rowland
Jill:
Sharon Percy
Mum:
Charlie Hardwick
Billy:
Trevor Fox
Grandma:
Elizabeth Kelly

The staff of the worst airport in Britain are back for a second series. Today, Mr Fretty the in-flight busker has had a premonition of a disaster, and has written a cheery song about it.
Meanwhile, a thoroughbred racing rat is on the loose. With Roger Griffiths ,
Llewella Gideon , Felix Dexter , Jo Martin , Josephine Melville and Eddie Nestor. Producer Gareth Edwards

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Fretty
Unknown:
Roger Griffiths
Unknown:
Llewella Gideon
Unknown:
Felix Dexter
Unknown:
Jo Martin
Unknown:
Eddie Nestor.
Producer:
Gareth Edwards

A Gift of Mandarins, Not Markets, in South Korea. In the second of four programmes examining the implications of Asia's new found economic strength, Edward Stourton travels to South Korea where state direction rather than a free market has dragged the country from poverty in three decades. Here he takes to the streets with demonstrators protesting at the cosy relationship between the government and business which has bred corruption.
Producer Sue Davies. Rptd Sun 4.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Producer:
Sue Davies.

John McKay 's reminiscences of his comical and awkward East Lothian boyhood return in a six-part series. 1: Natural History. Now 17,
John McKay considers the pitfalls of hostile Mother Nature.
Producer Noah Richler

Contributors

Unknown:
John McKay
Unknown:
John McKay
Producer:
Noah Richler

The last of six short stories.
Skeleton. Harris is troubled by his bones. An expert is needed - a real expert. Who better than M Munigant? Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska.
Director Hamish Wilson

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Catherine Czerkawska.
Director:
Hamish Wilson
Doctor Burleigh /Policeman:
Bob Docherty
Man/Fat man:
Paul Morrow
Harris:
Stuart McQuarrie
Waitress/Clarisse:
Wendy Seager
Munigant:
Liam Brennan

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