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Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into questions of morality raised by the week's news. Witnesses face cross-examination from Janet Daley , Rabbi Hugo Gryn , Michael Mansfield QC and Dr David Starkey.
Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Unknown:
Michael Mansfield
Unknown:
Dr David Starkey.
Producer:
David Coomes

This play by the late Peter Luke tells the true story of how the Papal Swiss Guard came into being. with David Collings , Sean Barrett ,
John Turner , Stephen Critchlow , John Hartley and David Timson. Director Glyn Dearman

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Luke
Unknown:
David Collings
Unknown:
Sean Barrett
Unknown:
John Turner
Unknown:
Stephen Critchlow
Unknown:
John Hartley
Unknown:
David Timson.
Director:
Glyn Dearman
Pope Gregory XVI:
Stratford Johns
Contessa Stephanori:
June Tobin
Rabbi Moise Beer:
Cyril Shaps
Carl Rothschild:
Andrew Branch
Heidi Rothschild:
Tracy Wiles
Cardinal Lambruschini:
Geoffrey Whitehead

Lynne Walker sees On the Line in Dundee and considers other drama based on fact. She also examines the work of Orlan - an artist who uses plastic surgery as art.
Producer Jackie Christie. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Walker
Producer:
Jackie Christie.

A look back at the great turning points of the last 1,000 years: Peking 1368, Wittenburg 1517, Sarajevo 1914 and Wembley 1996. Written and presented by Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell. With Felicity Montagu and Jasper Jacob. Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

Contributors

Presented By:
Andy Hamilton
Presented By:
Nick Revell.
Unknown:
Felicity Montagu
Unknown:
Jasper Jacob.
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer

Train and Prosper?
Is it true that if all our young people were equipped with the "right" skills, our economy would prosper and compete more successfully? Richard Cockett questions the links between education and training, jobs and wealth,
Producer Jane Beresford. Rptd Sun 4.15pm
Transcripts of Analysis are available for purchase Contact BBC Newsline, PO Box 5080, London W12 6AJ or phone (0181) [number removed]for details

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Cockett
Producer:
Jane Beresford.

For all of us there are things we regret not having said to our friends, family, lovers. In many cases it is now too late. In this series, six people have been invited to write down their unexpressed feelings in a letter.
1: Former armed robber John Williams writes to his mother.
Producer Chris Paling

... to Fun and Competition. Comedy and jazz on the road in the 1950s. In the last of Joe Dunlop 's three-part dramatisation of George Melly 's autobiography, Mick hires a new singer. Jazz by Mr George Melly himself and John Chilton 's
Feetwarmers and Friends. with Charlotte Coleman , Robert Bathurst. Rupert Holliday Evans , Danny Peacock and Stephen Tompkinson. Director Jonathan Ruffle A Limelight Radio production

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Dunlop
Unknown:
George Melly
Unknown:
Mr George Melly
Unknown:
John Chilton
Unknown:
Charlotte Coleman
Unknown:
Robert Bathurst.
Unknown:
Rupert Holliday Evans
Unknown:
Danny Peacock
Unknown:
Stephen Tompkinson.
Director:
Jonathan Ruffle
Young George Melly:
Steve Steen
Mick Mulligan:
Gary Olsen

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