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Julian Pettifer presents the series on Asian affairs, with reports from Indonesia, where the Chinese community is going native, and Thailand, where they are rediscovering their Chinese roots. Producer Maria Balinska

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Pettifer
Producer:
Maria Balinska

Barry Took chairs his last edition and lets regulars Alan Coren , Francis Wheen and Andy Hamilton plus guest
Roy Hattersley loose on the week's stories. Producer Aled Evans. Rptd Mon 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Francis Wheen
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Roy Hattersley
Producer:
Aled Evans.
Producer:
Rptd Mon

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical debate in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, with Socialist Worker columnist Paul Foot ; Edna Longley , Professor of English at Queen's University, Belfast; Seamus Mallon MP, Deputy Leader of the SDLP; and David Trimble MP,
Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Paul Foot
Unknown:
Edna Longley
Unknown:
Seamus Mallon
Unknown:
David Trimble

This original two-part story by Eric Pringle is based on the early life of Gracie Fields.
1: Wish Me Luck. The story of "Gracie", the much-loved star of the British theatre, begins in Rochdale, 1905. with Patience Tomlinson. Stephen Critchlow, Jane Dolamore , Colleen Prendergast ,
Robert Harper , Geoffrey Whitehead , Denys Hawthorne , Keith Drinkel , Roger May, Kim Wall , Jonathan Adams , Ann Beach , Zulema Dene and Jane Whittenshaw. Director of music Stuart Hutchinson. Director Tracey Neale

Contributors

Story By:
Eric Pringle
Unknown:
Jane Dolamore
Unknown:
Colleen Prendergast
Unknown:
Robert Harper
Unknown:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Keith Drinkel
Unknown:
Kim Wall
Unknown:
Jonathan Adams
Unknown:
Ann Beach
Unknown:
Zulema Dene
Unknown:
Jane Whittenshaw.
Music:
Stuart Hutchinson.
Director:
Tracey Neale
Grace:
Tracy Wiles
Archie:
Paul Nicholas
Jenny:
Paula Wilcox
Fred:
David Timson
Young Grace:
Emily Aston
Annie:
Alice Arnold

In the final programme of the series, John Slater travels to Berlin to report on plans to build a memorial for the Jews living in Berlin during the Third
Reich. Can a symbolic commemorative site satisfy Jews and non-Jews alike? A Pier production. Rptd tomorrow 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Slater

Six people explain their ideas of Utopia to Michael O'Donnell.
5: Patricia J Williams is a lawyer and a Professor of Law at Columbia University. She is the great-great granddaughter of a slave and a white Southern lawyer. Producer Chris Paling. Rptd Thur 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell.
Unknown:
Patricia J Williams
Producer:
Chris Paling.

Striking Image
It's cool, glamorous and casual. Cantona's on the catwalk and the glossy magazines are lapping it up. Since Gazza's tears and the book
Fever Pitch, football is seriously back in vogue. John Tague wonders whether its current pervasive cultural influence is anything more than a fad. Producer Jerome Weatherald. Rptd Fri 9.30pm

Contributors

Producer:
Jerome Weatherald.

Hamlet as seen by Shakespeare as seen by the players as seen by comedy writer AlickRowe. with Ian Sanders. John Telfer. Peter Jeffrey.
June Barrie, William Eedle. Moir Leslie. Richard Derrington , Comelius Garrett , Eric Allen and Bob Docherty. Director Shaun MacLoughlin Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Sanders.
Unknown:
John Telfer.
Unknown:
Peter Jeffrey.
Unknown:
William Eedle.
Unknown:
Moir Leslie.
Unknown:
Richard Derrington
Unknown:
Comelius Garrett
Unknown:
Eric Allen
Unknown:
Bob Docherty.
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Valtemand:
Stephen Thorne
Cornelius:
Christian Rodska
Aubrey Postern:
Simon Carter
Alfred:
Richard Pearce
TIB:
Carolyn Backhouse
Hamlet:
Charles Simpson
Horatio:
Bill Wallis

Philip Madoc stars as the medieval sleuth in Ellis Peters 's five-part series of the chronicles of Brother Cadfael.
3: A Princely Death with Katy Odey , Mark Lewis Jones. Trevor Peacock. Shaun Prendergast.
Douglas Blackwell and Matthew Morgan. Music by Peter Salem. Dramatised by Bert Coules Producer Neil Cargill

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Madoc
Unknown:
Ellis Peters
Unknown:
Katy Odey
Unknown:
Mark Lewis Jones.
Unknown:
Trevor Peacock.
Unknown:
Shaun Prendergast.
Unknown:
Douglas Blackwell
Unknown:
Matthew Morgan.
Music By:
Peter Salem.
Dramatised By:
Bert Coules
Narrator:
Michael Kitchen
Brother Cadfael:
Philip Madoc
Hugh Beringar:
Jonathan Tafler
Sister Magdalen:
Susannah York
Elis:
Jason Hughes

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