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Introduced by Jenni Murray. Veiled women of Islam - a symbol of oppression or liberation? Yasmin Alibhai-Brown seeks out the significance of the hejabforthe modern Muslim woman.
Serial: The Witch of Exmoor (2) For details see yesterday

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Tim Brooke-Taylor chairs the storytelling game. With Simon Brett , Barry Cryer and Ken Bruce.
Producer Edward Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Ken Bruce.
Producer:
Edward Taylor

By Lucy Gough. A fairy tale journey through the darker side of love, mischievously based on Keats's classic romance Isabella, or the Pot of Basil.
Director Jonquil Panting

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Gough.
Director:
Jonquil Panting
Isabella:
Liza Sadovy
Enzo The Head:
Tom Hollander
Wolfskin:
Sean Baker
The Poet:
Mark Bonnar

With Daire Brehan. In the first of three specials on living in exile,
Ian MacMillan explores the experience of enforced exile and visits Carmen Morales
, who settled in Sheffield after fleeing the military regime in Chile. Editor Sharon Banoff
PHONE/ANSWERPHONE: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: afternoon.shift@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Daire Brehan.
Unknown:
Ian MacMillan
Unknown:
Carmen Morales
Editor:
Sharon Banoff

Clive Coleman 's five-part sitcom about the questionable practices of a group of barristers.
2: The Right to Silence. Hostilities between Fuller-Carp and Ruth have intensified, and a walking holiday in the Lake District with an influential judge would seem to provide the perfect break. However, a Crimewatchobsessed hotelier, an ambiguous fax and an impending murder trial conspire to turn the weekend into a nightmare which even the allure of the hotel's
Nick Ross Carvery cannot redeem.
Producer Paul Schlesinger Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Coleman
Unknown:
Nick Ross Carvery
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger
John Fuller-Carp:
John Bird
Hilary Tripping:
James Fleet
Ruth Quirke:
Lesley Sharp
Vince:
Jonathan Kydd
Priestland:
Jonathan Kydd
Austin Weave:
Geoff McGivern
All other parts:
Peter Serafinowicz

A series of newly commissioned stories that evoke the character and atmosphere of a place through language and sound, read by their authors. 1: John McGahern's Love of the World
. Set in County Leitrim, the story tells of an unhappy marriage and the community that it briefly horrifies and then silences.
Producer Frances Byrnes

Contributors

Producer:
Frances Byrnes

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