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Jenni Murray invites listeners to add their views to the controversy over how children should learn to read.
Serial: Letters from Prague (10)
For details see Monday. PHONE: (0171) [number removed]. LINES OPEN 9.00am

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray

As an introduction to the forthcoming new series of this comedy drama about the lives of three sisters, a chance to hear an episode from the first series. A Nice Civilised Evening. Victoria's carefully planned dinner party goes disastrously wrong. with Ronald Herdman , Mark Straker and Theresa Streatfield. Written by Simon Brett. Theme music by Elizabeth Parker (BBC Radiophonic Workshop). Producer Paul Schlesinger Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Herdman
Unknown:
Mark Straker
Unknown:
Theresa Streatfield.
Written By:
Simon Brett.
Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger
Anna:
Rosemary Leach
Victoria:
Nicola Pagett
Charlotte:
Celia Imrie
Delia:
Maxine Audley
Roger:
Stephen Moore
Dr Fenton:
Benjamin Whitrow

A five-part drama series about the lives of three partners in a firm of solicitors in a Warwickshire town.
4: Work and domestic life threaten to collide for Helen Shepherd. with Marian Kemmer. Michael N Harbour , Michael Cochrane , Christian Rodska and Geoff Serle. Written by Graham Harvey. Director Vanessa Whitbum

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Shepherd.
Unknown:
Marian Kemmer.
Unknown:
Michael N Harbour
Unknown:
Michael Cochrane
Unknown:
Christian Rodska
Unknown:
Geoff Serle.
Written By:
Graham Harvey.
Director:
Vanessa Whitbum
Helen Shepherd:
Julia St John
James Shepherd:
James Warrior
Laura Shepherd:
Fiona Johnston
Natasha Bhandari:
Meera Syal
Kamlesh Bhandari:
Jamilla Massey
Angie Dalton:
Sylvia King
Sanjeev:
Ravi Kapoor
Colin Stafford:
Graham Padden
Sara Stafford:
Nina Thomas
Leanne Stafford:
Emma Rees

Four letters by Veronica Cecil reflecting a visit to Pakistan, where she grew up 50 years ago.
2: Today she looks at how missionaries still play an important role in modern Pakistani society. Producer Carol Trewin

Contributors

Unknown:
Veronica Cecil
Producer:
Carol Trewin

Paul Gambaccini reviews
Brian De Palma 's latest film Mission:
Impossible and considers the classic Godfatherfilm trilogy.
Producer Matthew Dodd. Rvsd repeat 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Gambaccini
Unknown:
Brian De Palma
Producer:
Matthew Dodd.

As predictions about life in the next millennium continue to multiply, Sheena MacDonald visits Shenley Court School in Birmingham to talk to teachers and pupils about how schools should be preparing beyond the curriculum for life in the next millennium. Producer Beaty Rubens

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheena MacDonald
Producer:
Beaty Rubens

War and unresolved conflicts have left a lethal legacy of land mines around the world. Clearing them has become a new calling. BBC correspondent Brian Barren joins a British-led team of deminers as they make safe one of the most mined countries in the world - Cambodia. Producer Lucy Cacanas Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Barren
Producer:
Lucy Cacanas Rpt

The environmental magazine returns for an eight-part series, presented by Mark Whittaker.
1: Recent scares about baby milk mark increasing concern over the serious effects that chemical additives may have on humans. The programme asks who can we turn to for accurate information.
Producer Sera Lefroy-Owen . Rptd Sun 9.30pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Mark Whittaker.
Producer:
Sera Lefroy-Owen

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A six-part comedy by David Napthine and Mike Yeaman.
4: The Truck Stops Here. The travellers are lost in the middle of Uzbekistan. with Richard Ridings , Lolly Susi and Peter Serafinowicz. Producer Lissa Evans

Contributors

Comedy By:
David Napthine
Comedy By:
Mike Yeaman.
Unknown:
Richard Ridings
Unknown:
Lolly Susi
Unknown:
Peter Serafinowicz.
Producer:
Lissa Evans
Petra:
Michelle Chadwick
Joan:
Sara Crowden
Simon:
David Haig
Callum:
Forbes Masson

Richard Ford 's novel is abridged in 12 parts by John Scotney and read by Ron Berglas. l: Frank Bascombe , a thirtysomething sportswriter, finds himself swabbing mid-life loneliness with a succession of vivid women.
Producer Julia Butt

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Ford
Unknown:
John Scotney
Read By:
Ron Berglas.
Unknown:
Frank Bascombe
Producer:
Julia Butt

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