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Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Gaudy Night (1). Sinister goings on amidst dreaming spires. Sian Thomas reads the first part of Dorothy L Sayers 's gripping detective story in which Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey strive to unmask the identity of a college's persecutor. Abridged by Meg Clarke.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Sian Thomas
Unknown:
Dorothy L Sayers
Unknown:
Harriet Vane
Unknown:
Peter Wimsey
Abridged By:
Meg Clarke.

By Mulk Raj Anand. Bakha, sweeper and latrine cleaner in 1930s India, faces daily humiliation from the high castes. Not allowed to draw water from the well or to stand in a crowd because his touch defiles others, Bakha is forced to accept his fate of being one of India's "untouchables". Adapted by Shaheen Khan and Sudha Bhuchar. Young Bakha DHIRENDRA with Badi Uzzaman. Suchitra Malik , Nitin Chandra Ganatra. Dincsh Shukla. Ronny Jhutti. Sudha Bhuchar. Kaleem Janjua.
Shaheen Khan. Ashwin Bolar. AjayChhabra. Charubala Chokhsi , Steven Deproost. Kriss Dosanjh. Nitin Duggal , Cal McCrystal,
Bhasker Patel. Adlyn Ross. Rehan Sheikh and Anuj Tandon. Musical director Sarvar Sabri Director Kristine Landon-Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Mulk Raj Anand.
Adapted By:
Shaheen Khan
Adapted By:
Sudha Bhuchar.
Unknown:
Badi Uzzaman.
Unknown:
Suchitra Malik
Unknown:
Nitin Chandra Ganatra.
Unknown:
Dincsh Shukla.
Unknown:
Ronny Jhutti.
Unknown:
Sudha Bhuchar.
Unknown:
Kaleem Janjua.
Unknown:
Shaheen Khan.
Unknown:
Charubala Chokhsi
Unknown:
Steven Deproost.
Unknown:
Kriss Dosanjh.
Unknown:
Nitin Duggal
Unknown:
Bhasker Patel.
Unknown:
Adlyn Ross.
Director:
Sarvar Sabri
Director:
Kristine Landon-Smith
Old Bakha:
Rashid Karapiet

The ground-breaking sketch show written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh , with Peter Bradshaw and Sally Phillips. Featuring guests Patrick Allen and Paul McKenna. Producer Jon Naismith

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Golson
Unknown:
Tim de Jongh
Unknown:
Peter Bradshaw
Unknown:
Sally Phillips.
Unknown:
Patrick Allen
Unknown:
Paul McKenna.
Producer:
Jon Naismith

In a World Tonight special, Simon Dring takes an inside look at the workings of the UN transitional administration in Eastern Slavonia and Jacques Paul Klein 's battle with the forces of hatred and intransigence. Producer Anne Koch

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Dring
Unknown:
Jacques Paul Klein
Producer:
Anne Koch

Free for All
Is the National Health Service safe? For decades, governments have poured money into it, but now both
Government and Opposition plan for almost no growth. Andrew Dilnot asks what the future NHS will look like. Producer Michael Blastland Repeated Sunday at 4.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Dilnot
Producer:
Michael Blastland

Sharon Gless stars as VI Warshawski in Michelene Wandor 's six-part dramatisation of Sara Paretsky 's novel. 6: Public Health. VI has to employ unusual methods to trap the guilty. with Bill Hootkins , William DuFris. Kerry Shale, John Sharian , Jonathan Adams , Ann Beach and Alice Arnold. Director Janet Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Sharon Gless
Unknown:
Michelene Wandor
Unknown:
Sara Paretsky
Unknown:
Bill Hootkins
Unknown:
William Dufris.
Unknown:
John Sharian
Unknown:
Jonathan Adams
Unknown:
Ann Beach
Unknown:
Alice Arnold.
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Lottie Herschel:
Eleanor Bron

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