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A look back at the headlines 50 years ago today. The housing crisis comes to a head as hundreds of squatters, led by the Communist Party, take over unoccupied buildings in the centre of London. And British manufacturers begin making nylon stockings again. For details see yesterday

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Anna Karenina. Read by Juliet Stevenson and abridged in 25 parts by Doreen Estall (7). For details see yesterday

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Anna Karenina.
Read By:
Juliet Stevenson
Unknown:
Doreen Estall

Russell Davies with the programme about words and the way we speak.
4: Read All about It! A declamation of newspaper sellers, a celebration of song lyrics, and an investigation into the case of the missing tense. Producer Emma Kingsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Producer:
Emma Kingsley

Rodney Milnes talks to six opera singers about their favourite roles.
4: Mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker talks about singing the title role in Handel's Julius Caesar.
Producer Gwen Hughes

Contributors

Talks:
Rodney Milnes
Mezzo-Soprano:
Dame Janet Baker
Unknown:
Julius Caesar.
Producer:
Gwen Hughes

With Daire Brehan. Poet and fellow of the Zoological Society of London Ivor Cutler muses on man aping the animals at Regents Park Zoo. Editor Sharon Banoff
PHONE/ANSWERPHONE: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: afternoon.shift@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Daire Brehan.
Unknown:
Ivor Cutler
Editor:
Sharon Banoff

Paul Vaughan reads unpublished T S Eliot poems compiled by Christopher Ricks and listens to the Danish baritone Bo Skovhus. Producer Hilary Dunn
Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Christopher Ricks
Baritone:
Bo Skovhus.
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

A comedy in six parts by Janey Preger. 1: Munchicrunch snack tycoon Morgan Jefferies returns to his home town and finds that it doesn't come up to his nostalgic expectations. So he buys it and rebuilds it himself.
Producer Richard Wilson Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Janey Preger.
Unknown:
Morgan Jefferies
Producer:
Richard Wilson
Morgan Jeffries:
Keith Barron
Angela:
Lynda Baron
Thomas Sykes:
Sam Kelly
Charlie:
Sam Kelly
Kevin:
David Holt
Christine:
Jane Dolamore
Stacey:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Barmaid:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Alice:
Tina Gray
Bill:
Keith Marsh

Michael O'Donnell with the last of four portraits of contemporary family life.
The [text removed]s. Dave and Helen ran a pub in Staffordshire and lived above the business with their three children. One Saturday, after a late-night drinking session, Dave found himself arrested for rape. Editor Joy Hatwood
Repeated Saturday at 5.00pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell

Shot down over enemy territory during the Gulf War, RAF flight lieutenants John Peters and John Nichol recount their nightmare seven-week ordeal in captivity.
Producer Gavin McCarthy

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peters
Unknown:
John Nichol
Producer:
Gavin McCarthy

The final programme in the series in which international musicians choose and discuss music describing the character and spirit of their native countries.
This week, Andrew Green 's guest is the Swedish-born tenor Nicolai Gedda , whose cosmopolitan background includes Russian ancestry. Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Green
Tenor:
Nicolai Gedda

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