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Anne Greggwith the latest travel news. Producer Dave Harvey
Repeated tomorrow at 10.45pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Greggwith
Producer:
Dave Harvey

Simon Hoggart tests Alan Coren. Frances Wheen , Tony Hawkes and Steven Norris MP in the satirical quiz. Producer Aied Evans
Repeated Monday at 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren.
Unknown:
Frances Wheen
Unknown:
Tony Hawkes
Unknown:
Steven Norris

Clare Short MP; Oliver Walston , farmer and broadcaster; and Ann Leslie , special correspondent for the Daily Mail, tackle the issues raised in New Romney, Kent. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Clare Short
Unknown:
Oliver Walston
Unknown:
Ann Leslie

By Horace Walpole. When Prince
Manfred's only son is killed on the morning of his wedding, the Prince decides to marry the bride himself, and only the castle ghost seems to stand in his way. with David Fleeshman , Robert Whelan , Jason Done and Kathryn Apanowicz. Dramatised by Michelene Wandor. Original music by Andy Roberts. Director Chris Wallace

Contributors

Unknown:
Horace Walpole.
Unknown:
David Fleeshman
Unknown:
Robert Whelan
Unknown:
Jason Done
Unknown:
Kathryn Apanowicz.
Dramatised By:
Michelene Wandor.
Music By:
Andy Roberts.
Director:
Chris Wallace
Father Jerome:
David Burke
Prince Manfred:
Gerard Murphy
Princess Hippolita:
Alphonsia Emmanuel
Princess Matilda:
Susannah Corbett
Princess Isabella:
Silvestra Le Touzel
Theodore:
Patrick Robinson

New research into water movement beneath the sea bed suggests more heat is passing from the centre of the earth to the oceans through the vast, apparently inactive ocean plains than from dramatic hydrothermal vents. Peter Evans reports.
Producer Sue Broom. Repeated Tuesday at
8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans

In the fourth of six programmes which take a sideways look at the contents of an average wardrobe through anecdote, archive and music, the undies drawer is opened.
Producers Felicity Goodall and Susan Roberts

Contributors

Producers:
Felicity Goodall
Producers:
Susan Roberts

Robert Robinson meets five sergeant majors and finds out what it takes to lick the new recruits into shape. Producer Bruce Whitney Low
Repeated Thursday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Producer:
Bruce Whitney Low

Robert Hughes
Tim Marlow talks to the distinguished art critic Robert Hughes as he embarks on an eight-part documentary series next Sunday on BBC2, American Visions, in which he charts the history of visual art in the United States. Producer Jerome Weatherald Repeated Friday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Hughes
Talks:
Tim Marlow
Unknown:
Robert Hughes
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

The last in a five-part series by Steve Chambers set in Victoria Station, Bridgford, 100 years ago.
Over the Points. Wednesday 1 February 1895 ... a day notable for accidental honour and premeditated dishonour. with Tim Seely , Ian Taylor , George Parsons , Tom Knight. Peter Whitman and Don McCorkindale. Director David Hunter Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Chambers
Unknown:
Tim Seely
Unknown:
Ian Taylor
Unknown:
George Parsons
Unknown:
Tom Knight.
Unknown:
Peter Whitman
Unknown:
Don McCorkindale.
Director:
David Hunter
Joe Braddock:
Sean Baker
Tidmarsh:
Philip Jackson
Josie:
Julia Ford
Ada:
Pauline Letts
Mr Cripps:
Qavin Muir
Fred Roberts:
John Hartley
Syd:
Tom Bevan
Phoebe:
Becky Hindley
Robson:
Lloyd Notice
Jackson:
Joshua Towb
Sir James Chettle:
Stephen Thorne
Miss Walker:
Jilly Bond
Mrs Peabody:
Joyce Gibbs

By Charlie Howe. Originally broadcast as part of First Bite, last year's Young Writers Festival. Shakespeare, Monty, Taffy and Doctor are winos in the park. But Taffy is having treatment for his alcohol problems in a clinic, and this drives Shakespeare wild.
Director Richard Worttey Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Howe.
Director:
Richard Worttey
Taffy:
Robert Glenister
Shakespeare:
Bill Wallis
Grace:
Jane Whittenshaw
Doctor:
Geoffrey Matthews
Monty:
Kim Wall

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