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Alison Mitchell with the latest news from the world of personal finance and impartial advice for all those trying to make the most of their money.
Producer Frances Macdonald

Contributors

Unknown:
Alison Mitchell
Producer:
Frances MacDonald

Join Chairman Nicholas Parsons and guests Paul Merton, Peter Jones, Clement Freud and Graham Norton at the Radio Theatre as they try to talk for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Producer Ann Jobson
Repeated Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Graham Norton
Producer:
Ann Jobson

On the panel taking questions in Leicester are Peg Alexander , speaker for the Green Party: Michael Jack , MPfinancial secretary to the Treasury;
Jack Straw MP; and the Rt Rev Dr Tom Butler , Bishop of Leicester. Chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Peg Alexander
Unknown:
Michael Jack
Unknown:
Jack Straw
Unknown:
Dr Tom Butler
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.

Forty years ago the United Nations recognised the principle of an independent Cyprus. But it was to be three years before the end of British rule. Maria Vigar's play tells the story of a young Scottish journalist who gets involved with the freedom fighters. with Paul Gibbons, Anna Sawa, Christopher Fairbank, Chris Pavlo, Mia Soteriou, Sean Baker, Stephen Thorne, Andreas Markos, Shirley Dixon, Robert Harper, Keith Drinkel and Alex Lowe. Director Jeremy Mortimer

Contributors

Unknown:
Maria Vigar
Unknown:
Paul Gibbons.
Unknown:
Anna Sawa
Unknown:
Christopher Fairbank
Unknown:
Chris Pavlo
Unknown:
Mia Soteriou.
Unknown:
Sean Baker
Unknown:
Stephen Thorne.
Unknown:
Andreas Markos.
Unknown:
Shirley Dixon
Unknown:
Robert Harper
Unknown:
Keith Drinkel
Unknown:
Alex Lowe.
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer
Graham Howard :
: David Bannerman
George Karmi:
Frank Kovacs
Maritsa:
Matilda Ziegler

Intended to last only ten years, many prefabs are still going strong after half a century. Championed by Churchill and chopped by Bevan, they can still ignite local passions all over Britain. Tessa Williams reports. Producer Joy Hatwood Repeat

Simon Parkes presents the fourth of five programmes on European cafe culture. 4: A Thousand and One Nights
El Fishawi 's cafe in Cairo has been open for business 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week for the past 250 years. Simon Parkes explores Egyptian cafe life.
Producer Sara Jane Hall Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Parkes
Unknown:
El Fishawi
Unknown:
Simon Parkes
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall

Paul Allen talks to Katie Mitchell , the young theatre director who brings an intense emotional realism to classical theatre. After acclaimed productions of Shakespeare, Beckett, Ibsen and Euripides, she is now in charge of the RSC's Stratford Chamber Theatre. Producer Erika Wright
Repeated Friday 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Katie Mitchell
Producer:
Erika Wright

The third episode of a four-part series by Sally Worboyes. With only two weeks remaining of the 1959 hop-picking season, Jack and Laura must resolve the crisis in their marriage. with Liz Smith , Gerry Hinks , Melanie Revill , Sam Barriscale , Richard Pearce.
Alan Devereux , Patricia Gallimore , Judy Bennett. Richard Allenson , Simon Carter and Joyce Gibbs. Director Philip Martin Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Sally Worboyes.
Unknown:
Liz Smith
Unknown:
Gerry Hinks
Unknown:
Melanie Revill
Unknown:
Sam Barriscale
Unknown:
Richard Pearce.
Unknown:
Alan Devereux
Unknown:
Patricia Gallimore
Unknown:
Judy Bennett.
Unknown:
Richard Allenson
Unknown:
Simon Carter
Unknown:
Joyce Gibbs.
Jack:
George Innes
Laura:
Ellie Haddington

Juliet Stevenson stars as Constance Hawke, a mill-owner's wife in Victorian England who embarks on a hazardous journey to climb a volcanic mountain in New Zealand. Its imminent eruption is a metaphor for her own inner turmoil.
Repeat

Contributors

Author:
Peter Wolf
Constance Hawke:
Juliet Stevenson
Egbert Hawke:
Ian Hogg
George Redpath:
Stephen Critchlow
Van Daemon:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Midwinter and Matthew:
Keith Drinkel
Ben Fothergill:
Stephen Thorne
Prudence Fothergill:
Jill Graham
Lipp:
Jonathan Keeble
Charity and Felicity:
Patience Tomlinson
Honour:
Jane Whittenshaw
Temperence:
Alice Arnold
Music:
Jason Wingate
Technical Presentation:
Tim Sturgeon
Director:
Cherry Cookson

John Fordham continues his selection of writing which proves that music is more than a soundtrack for the teenage years. 3: Teenage Kicks. The night Rock around the Clock brought the ping-pong to a sudden end at the youth club; high-school hipsters of the forties with goatees and berets; and Nik Cohn 's account of his Belfast adolescence, when pop was considered evil. Producer John Goudie Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Nik Cohn
Producer:
John Goudie

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