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In the week before the US President Bill Clinton 's visit to Japan, Julian Pettifer reports from the Japanese island of Okinawa, home of the biggest US military base in Asia. Local people have wanted the Americans out for 50 years. But how would the region as a whole view the possibility of US withdrawal? Producer Mark Gregory

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Clinton
Unknown:
Julian Pettifer
Producer:
Mark Gregory

Another satirical onslaught as Barry Took lets Alan Coren , Francis Wheen , Joan Bakewell and Jeremy Hardy loose on recent events.
Producer Aled Evans. Rptd Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Francis Wheen
Unknown:
Joan Bakewell
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Producer:
Aled Evans.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical debate in Hornby, near Lancaster, with Kamlesh Bahl , chairwoman of the Equal Opportunities Commission; the Rt Hon Tony Benn MP; the Rt Hon
Norman Lamont MP; and Liz Lynne MP. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Kamlesh Bahl
Unknown:
Norman Lamont
Unknown:
Liz Lynne

By Mike Walker. At the age of 15, Kevin Brownlow set out to find and restore Abel Gance 's lost 1927 film masterpiece Napoleon. In 1980, after
25 years of dedicated work, the film premiered to international acclaim. with Geoffrey Banks , Herve Pauchon , Phillipe Mareuil , Elma Soiron , Kaline Carr ,
Erich Redman , Veronique Deroulede , Ann Beach ,
Keith Drinkel , Shelley Thompson , David Timson , Anthony Jackson , John Bluthal , Kim Wall , Ronald Femee , Jonathan Adams , Patience Tomlinson, Zulema Dene , Alice Arnold , John Hartley and Roger May. Director Andy Jordan

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Walker.
Unknown:
Kevin Brownlow
Unknown:
Abel Gance
Unknown:
Geoffrey Banks
Unknown:
Herve Pauchon
Unknown:
Phillipe Mareuil
Unknown:
Elma Soiron
Unknown:
Kaline Carr
Unknown:
Erich Redman
Unknown:
Veronique Deroulede
Unknown:
Ann Beach
Unknown:
Keith Drinkel
Unknown:
Shelley Thompson
Unknown:
David Timson
Unknown:
Anthony Jackson
Unknown:
John Bluthal
Unknown:
Kim Wall
Unknown:
Ronald Femee
Unknown:
Jonathan Adams
Unknown:
Zulema Dene
Unknown:
Alice Arnold
Unknown:
John Hartley
Director:
Andy Jordan
AbelGance:
Jean-Claude Deret
Kevin:
Jamie Glover
Young Kevin:
Tom Lawrence
Virginia Brownlow:
Justine Midda
Albert Dieudonne:
Henri Serre
Carl Davis:
Him Self
Kevin Brownlow:
Him Self

In the fifth of six programmes, John Slater produces more stories from behind the scenes of history. Martin Dillon , writer and historian on terrorism in Northern Ireland shares his risky and life-threatening research. A Pier production. Rptd tomorrow at 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Slater
Unknown:
Martin Dillon

Last of the series in which travel writer
Adam Hopkins tries to explain to his brother Harry why he "continues to dash around the globe like a scalded cat". Ethiopia. Adam Hopkins finds inspiration and cold rain in the land of Solomon and Sheba.
Producer Jane Ray Revised

Contributors

Unknown:
Adam Hopkins
Producer:
Jane Ray

Six people explain their ideas of Utopia to Michael O'Donnell.
4: Peter Greenaway trained as a painter but has made his reputation as a director on the transient canvas of film. He has devised operas, installations and art exhibitions. Here he explains how far his work is an attempt to realise his vision of Utopia. Producer Chris Paling. Rptd Thur 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell.
Unknown:
Peter Greenaway
Producer:
Chris Paling.

The Naval Music Deal
The Royal Marines School of Music in Deal, site of an IRA bomb in 1989, has trained some of the best military musicians in the world, but recently closed its doors forthe last time.
Today's programme looks at the lives and work of the musicians, band leaders and instructors during their last six months in Deal.
A Bona Lattie production. Rptd Friday 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Bona Lattie

Adapted by Michelene Wandor from Marge Piercy's book set in the year 2059.

(Rpt)

Contributors

Author:
Marge Piercy
Adapted by:
Michelene Wandor
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Malkah:
Eleanor Bron
Shira:
Penny Downie
Yod:
Ciaran Hinds
Avram:
John Bennett
Gadi:
Nathaniel Parker
[Actress]:
Paola Dionisotti
[Actress]:
Susan Sheridan
[Actor]:
David Collings
[Actor]:
Michael Tudor Barnes
[Actress]:
Annabel Mullion

The magazine for the adventurously minded traveller, broadcast from the Royal Geographical Society, looks at alternatives to conventional medicine when travelling to disease hot spots. Presented by Robert Elms . A Goldhawk Radio production PHONE: (0171) [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Robert Elms

Philip Madoc stars as the sleuth in a five-part series of The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters. 2: Ambassador with Siobahn Flynn , Mark Lewis Jones. Shaun Prendergast and Douglas Blackwell. Music by Peter Salem. Dramatised by Bert Coules. Producer Neil Cargill Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Madoc
Unknown:
Ellis Peters.
Unknown:
Siobahn Flynn
Unknown:
Mark Lewis Jones.
Unknown:
Shaun Prendergast
Unknown:
Douglas Blackwell.
Music By:
Peter Salem.
Dramatised By:
Bert Coules.
Producer:
Neil Cargill Rpt
Narrater:
Michael Kitchen
Hugh Beringar:
Jonathan Tafler
Elis:
Jason Hughes
Melicent:
Katy Odey
Prince Owain:
Sion Probert
Radulfus:
Trevor Peacock

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