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In the third of this six-part series presented by Julian Pettifer , a Malaysian journalist speaks out against the Bakun Dam, South East Asia's biggest hydroelectric power project.
Plus a report on why the headquarters of the Global Anti-Golf Movement are in Asia, and an environmental debate. Producer Thea Guest

Contributors

Presented By:
Julian Pettifer

Waist-deep in hot water and bubbles, Paul Allen takes a loofah to this most private room in the house and uncovers bathroom confessions and obsessions with singer Della Jones , writer Frances Fyfield and designer Stephen Bayley.
Producer Abigail Appleton Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Singer:
Della Jones
Unknown:
Frances Fyfield
Designer:
Stephen Bayley.
Producer:
Abigail Appleton Rpt

A satirical trawl through the week's biggest and strangest stories as Barry Took quizzes Alan Coren ,
Francis Wheen , Steve Punt and Nick Clarke.
Producer Aled Evans. Rptd Easter Mon 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Francis Wheen
Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Nick Clarke.
Producer:
Aled Evans.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical debate in New Milton, Hampshire, with Tony Banks MP; Foreign Office minister Sir Nicholas Bonsor MP:
Emma Nicholson , Liberal Democrat MP; and Sue Slipman , director of the London TEC Council. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Sir Nicholas Bonsor
Unknown:
Emma Nicholson
Unknown:
Sue Slipman

Ouida's novel of romance and society in 19th-century Europe, dramatised by Chrys Salt. Lady Dolly is horrified when her daughter arrives for the season. with Adjoa Andoh. Lorelei King , Ann Beach , Zulema Dene , Kim Wall , Stephen Critchlow , Patience Tomlinson and John Hudson Director Janet Whitaker
See also Wednesday 8.05pm

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Chrys Salt.
Unknown:
Adjoa Andoh.
Unknown:
Lorelei King
Unknown:
Ann Beach
Unknown:
Zulema Dene
Unknown:
Kim Wall
Unknown:
Stephen Critchlow
Unknown:
Patience Tomlinson
Unknown:
John Hudson
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Lady Dolly Vanderdecken:
Nicola Pagett
Vere Herbert:
Teresa Gallagher
Raphael de Correze:
Paul Rhys
Prince Zouroff:
Geoffrey Whitehead

A six-part series in which John Slater goes behind the scenes of history.
4: How were disabled people treated in the past? Archaeologists Charlotte Roberts and Theya Molleson disagree about whether able-bodied people were compassionate or cruel in the distant past. A Pier production. Rptd tomorrow 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Slater
Unknown:
Theya Molleson

Musical Ambassadors: the Story of the Comedian Harmonists
In the early 1930s, a European vocal group created a uniquely entertaining sound which took them from Oslo to
Naples, from Russia to America, playing to packed houses everywhere. Then, at the height of their success, they were forced to disband by a Nazi directive. Yolanda Schwager tells theirstory. A Flying Dutchman Company production Repeated Friday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Yolanda Schwager

A murder mystery by Agatha Christie. with Ian Master, Annabel Mullion, Deborah Berlin, Becky Hindley, Kristin Milward, Margaret Ward, Charlotte Mitchell, Claira Mackie, Don McCorkindale, Margaret John, Joshua Towb, Jilly Bond, George Parsons, Michael Tudor Barnes, Oliver Senton and Clare Heyhoe.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director Enyd Williams

Contributors

Writer:
Agatha Christie
Dramatised By:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Enyd Williams
Miss Marple:
June Whitfield
Inspector Neele:
Nicky Henson
Rex Fortescue:
Derek Waring
Percival:
Peter Yapp
Jennifer:
Natasha Pyne
Lance:
Ian Master
Patricia:
Annabel Mullion
Elaine:
Deborah Berlin
Adele:
Becky Hindley
Mary Dove:
Kristin Milward
Miss Ramsbottom:
Margaret Ward
Mrs Mackenzie:
Charlotte Mitchell
Gladys Martin:
Claira MacKie
Crump:
Don McCorkindale
Mrs Crump:
Margaret John
Sergeant Hay:
Joshua Towb
Irene Grosvenor:
Jilly Bond
Dr Bemsdorff:
George Parsons
Vivian Dubois:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Gerald Wright:
Oliver Senton
Kitty:
Clare Heyhoe

The travel series is presented by Robert Elms from David Livingstone 's table at the Royal Geographical Society in London. This first programme asks what it is that makes one comer of the world suddenly become fashionable. A Goldhawk Radio production PHONE: (0171) [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Robert Elms
Unknown:
David Livingstone

The stories of six individuals who have single-handedly taken on the system to bring about change.
1: The Playhouse. Doreen Newlynne describes her dream to create a theatre in Leeds. Presented by Haydn Price . Producer Haydn Price

Contributors

Unknown:
Doreen Newlynne
Presented By:
Haydn Price
Producer:
Haydn Price

Philip Madoc stars as the medieval sleuth in Ellis Peters ' five-part series of the chronicles of Brother Cadfael.
1: Hostage with Jason Hughes , Trevor Peacock , Shaun Prendergast , Lorien Haynes and David Holt Music by Peter Salem. Dramatised by Bert Coules. Producer Neil Cargill Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Madoc
Unknown:
Ellis Peters
Unknown:
Jason Hughes
Unknown:
Trevor Peacock
Unknown:
Shaun Prendergast
Unknown:
Lorien Haynes
Unknown:
David Holt
Music By:
Peter Salem.
Dramatised By:
Bert Coules.
Producer:
Neil Cargill Rpt
Narrator:
Michael Kitchen
Hugh Beringar:
Jonathan Tafler
Sister Magdalen:
Susannah York

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