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In the 1950s it revolutionised the food we ate and, with recipes like coronation chicken, it has become as traditional a part of British cooking as bangers and mash. Kathleen Griffin explores our love affair with cordon bleu. Serial. Anita and Me (2) For details see yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Griffin

The last in the series of Somerset
Maugham's short stories, dramatised by Neville Teller and narrated by Dirk Bogarde.
Before the Party. Kathleen thinks her sister Millicent is hiding something. with Richard McCabe , Caroline Strong and Stephen Critchlow. Director Janet Whitaker

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Neville Teller
Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde.
Unknown:
Richard McCabe
Unknown:
Caroline Strong
Unknown:
Stephen Critchlow.
Director:
Janet Whitaker
M's Skinner:
Dorothy Tutin
Mr Skinner:
Derek Waring
Millicent:
Amanda Waring

A two-part Victorian detective thriller by John Peacock. With Todd Carty as Pip Shepherd and Elizabeth Spriggs as Dolly Jenks.
1: Young Kathleen Kelleher travels from Ireland to join her fiance in London. with Becky Hindley , Tina Gray ,
Elizabeth Mansfield , Matthew Morgan , Denys Hawthorne , David Timson , Keith Drinkel and John Hartley Pianist Neil Brand. Director David Blount

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peacock.
Unknown:
Todd Carty
Unknown:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Unknown:
Dolly Jenks.
Unknown:
Young Kathleen Kelleher
Unknown:
Becky Hindley
Unknown:
Tina Gray
Unknown:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Unknown:
Matthew Morgan
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
David Timson
Unknown:
Keith Drinkel
Pianist:
John Hartley
Pianist:
Neil Brand.
Director:
David Blount
Thomas Tedman:
Charles Simpson
Kathleen Kelleher:
Hilary Reynolds
Sarah Vermilloe:
Linda Polan
Robert Vermilloe:
Jonathan Adams
Toby:
Peter Kenny
Ethel:
Zulema Dene

Paul Gambaccini reviews film releases including John Travolta in Broken
Arrow and Al Pacino in City Hall. His studio guest is Ann Sophie Von Otter. Producer Anthony Denselow. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Gambaccini
Unknown:
John Travolta
Unknown:
Ann Sophie von Otter.
Producer:
Anthony Denselow.

A five-part series in which
Russell Stannard explores where the worlds of science and faith meet.
2: God and Life. Has Darwin undermined the foundations of religion by showing that humans are not essentially different from animals? Producer Norman Winter

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Stannard
Producer:
Norman Winter

By Chrys Salt.

The life of the 19th-century romantic novelist Ouida was as colourful as one of her novels. Born in England with a French father, she died alone and penniless in Italy.

Contributors

Writer:
Chrys Salt
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Ouida:
Cheryl Campbell
Louise Rame:
Olivier Pierre
Madame Rame:
Zulema Dene
[Actor]:
Denys Hawthorne
[Actress]:
Patience Tomlinson
[Actress]:
Tracy Wiles
[Actor]:
David Timson
[Actor]:
Roger May
[Actor]:
Stephen Critchlow

11.00 Seymour the Fractal Cat
A five-part comedy by Gary Parker. 1: Strange Attractors. Seymour, Jeremy Stone 's pet cat, begins talking. In fact, he won't shut up. with Robert Bathurst , Paul Bown , Nisha K Nayar , Julie Gibbs , Simon Greenall , Brian Bowles and Peter Serafinowicz. Producer Jo Clegg
11.30 Paradise Lost in Space
Final part of Colin Swash 's comedy. Oblivio is now in the grip of an ice age. with Daniel Main. Lorelei King , Carla Mendonca and Ronnie Ancona. Producer Richard Wilson Rpt

Contributors

Comedy By:
Gary Parker.
Unknown:
Jeremy Stone
Unknown:
Robert Bathurst
Unknown:
Paul Bown
Unknown:
Nisha K Nayar
Unknown:
Julie Gibbs
Unknown:
Simon Greenall
Unknown:
Brian Bowles
Unknown:
Peter Serafinowicz.
Producer:
Jo Clegg
Unknown:
Colin Swash
Unknown:
Daniel Main.
Unknown:
Lorelei King
Unknown:
Carla Mendonca
Unknown:
Ronnie Ancona.
Producer:
Richard Wilson Rpt
Seymour:
Greg Proops
Omni-Tec:
John Hegley
Norman:
Tony Robinson
Max:
David Haig
Stella:
Lousie Lombard
Macari:
Michael Troughton

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