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In 1961, the playwright Dennis Potter revisited his birthplace, the Forest of Dean, and found it in a state of profound uncertainty. His personal study of the area is abridged in five parts by Andrew Simpson and read by Robert Glenister.
1: The First Jukebox
Producer Andy Jordan

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Potter
Unknown:
Andrew Simpson
Read By:
Robert Glenister.
Producer:
Andy Jordan

Live from Glasgow, Ruth Wishart greets the Best of Health bus to Scotland with a programme devoted to pregnancy. Serial: Saint Patrick's Daughter(3), By Margaret Mulvihill. Abridged in ten parts by Ann Rees Jones and read by Derbhle Crotty. Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie WEB SITE: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/radio/ radio4/womans_hour/index.html

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Wishart
Unknown:
Margaret Mulvihill.
Unknown:
Ann Rees Jones
Read By:
Derbhle Crotty.
Editors:
Sally Feldman
Editors:
Clare Selerie

By Jez Simons and Jyoti Patel. A single-minded Indian woman has a dream: she wants to be an MP - for the Tory party. with Nizwar Karanj , Nina Wadia. Sakuntala Ramanee. Kulvinder Ghir and Fiona Kerr. Music composed and played by Harjinder Boparai Director Nandita Ghose Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Jez Simons
Unknown:
Jyoti Patel.
Unknown:
Nizwar Karanj
Unknown:
Nina Wadia.
Unknown:
Sakuntala Ramanee.
Unknown:
Kulvinder Ghir
Unknown:
Fiona Kerr.
Played By:
Harjinder Boparai
Director:
Nandita Ghose
Susheila:
Sudha Bhuchar
Ashwin:
Aftab Sachak
Michael:
William Boyd
Mrs Stevenson:
Vanessa Rosenthal

Tim Marlow listens to a recording of Arvo Part's Litany and Paul Allen reports on the opening of the 50th Edinburgh International Festival. Producer Helen Garrison Revised repeat at 9.30pm ON THE FRINGE

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Marlow
Unknown:
Paul Allen
Producer:
Helen Garrison

A week of comic stories from the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh. Russell Hunter reads John Mortimer 's tale of the pompous steward from Shakespeare's Twelfth Nightwfro finally gets his own back on Sir Toby Belch. Producer David Jackson Young

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Hunter
Unknown:
John Mortimer
Unknown:
Sir Toby Belch.
Producer:
David Jackson Young

Andy Hamilton 's six-part comedy series set in Hell. 5: Gary leads a demon rebellion against the Prince of Darkness. with Steven O'Donnell , David Swift and Philip Pope Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Steven O'Donnell
Unknown:
David Swift
Unknown:
Philip Pope
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer
Satan:
Andy Hamilton
The Professor:
James Grout
Thomas:
Jimmy Mulville

Ntozake Shange 's epic choreopoem, which, with its shocking honesty, captured the essence of 1970s theatrical radicalism, is adapted for radio by Bonnie Greer. The play tells of an apprentice conjurer who has rediscovered an ancient magic spell.
Music arranged by Clarke Peters and performed by Edison Herbert and Paul J Medford Director Pam Fraser Solomon

Contributors

Unknown:
Ntozake Shange
Unknown:
Bonnie Greer.
Arranged By:
Clarke Peters
Unknown:
Edison Herbert
Director:
Pam Fraser Solomon
Lou:
Clarke Peters
Lily:
Irene Cara
Natalie:
Shezwae Powell
Bettina:
Claire Benedict
Maxine:
Pat Bowie
Eli:
Burt Caesar
Alec:
Don Gilet

Francine Stock presents five late-night discussion programmes probing current controversial subjects. 2: Fact and Fiction. Authors, film-makers and producers are increasingly blurring the line between fact and fiction. Why have "reconstructions" become so popular and what are the dangers of this approach?
Producers Jane Beresford and Marina Salandy-Brown

Contributors

Producers:
Jane Beresford
Producers:
Marina Salandy-Brown

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