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In the last of the series,
Sue MacGregor plunders the rich diversity of British heritage to quiz panellists Juliet Barker , Christopher Cook , Dr Patrick Greene and Philippa Gregory at The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
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Juliet Barker
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Christopher Cook
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Dr Patrick Greene
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Philippa Gregory

Expanding Horizons. In the first of a four-part series, Dr John Gribbin explores the diverse fictional universes of lain M Banks, Doris Lessing , Brian Aldiss and Gregory Benfold and discovers why space, once purely imaginative territory for H G Wells and Jules Verne , continues to fascinate and inspire contemporary writers.
Producers Sara Davies and Sally Marmion

Contributors

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Dr John Gribbin
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Doris Lessing
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Brian Aldiss
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Gregory Benfold
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Jules Verne
Producers:
Sara Davies
Producers:
Sally Marmion

With Daire Brehan.
Martin Vincent recalls the legendary day Bob Dylan waited at the wrong address for the wrong friend Dave. Editor Sharon Banoff
PHONE/ANSWERPHONE: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: afternoon.shift@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Daire Brehan.
Unknown:
Martin Vincent
Unknown:
Bob Dylan
Editor:
Sharon Banoff

Paul Vaughan talks to the novelist
Julian Barnes about his collection of short stories and reviews a news correspondent's story with a difference. Producer Helen Garrison. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Julian Barnes
Producer:
Helen Garrison.

Lucy Flannery 's six-part sitcom about local government.
1: Chesbury is in uproar.
With Nelson David , John Duttine , James Grout , Rosy Fordham, Nick Hardy , Howard Lew Lewis , Toby Longworth , Jan Ravens , Vivienne Rochester and June Whitfield.
Producer Liz Anstee Rpt

Contributors

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Lucy Flannery
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Nelson David
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John Duttine
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James Grout
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Nick Hardy
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Howard Lew Lewis
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Toby Longworth
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Jan Ravens
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June Whitfield.
Producer:
Liz Anstee

A four-part series on the origins and the results of recent public policies. 3: Care in the Community. Close the Victorian asylums - care for mental patients "in the community". A noble vision, government policy since 1961. But a far cry from the reality for many sufferers of mental illness. Niall Dickson
discovers what happened.
Producer Chris Bowlby. Rptd on Sat 5.00pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Niall Dickson
Producer:
Chris Bowlby.

Under My Skin by Doris Lessing. "I remember standing there, my whole heart and soul going out and up into those flaming skies, knowing that was where I belonged." Hannah Gordon reads extracts from the writer's biography about her childhood in the bush in 1920s southern Rhodesia. Producer Julia Butt Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Lessing.
Unknown:
Hannah Gordon
Producer:
Julia Butt

In a special phone-in, Peter White puts listeners' calls through to
Julian Oxley , the Director General at the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
Producer Karen Turner
PHONE: (0171) [number removed].
FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Unknown:
Julian Oxley
Producer:
Karen Turner

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