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A seven-part series following life on campus during nine eventful months at the University of Warwick. 6: A strike brings the campus to a standstill, and security move in on a gang of drug dealers at the students' end-of-year party. Producer Brian King

By David Pownall. With Barry Foster as Carlsen and Brian Glover as Greg. 1896. When a Lancashire fisherman catches a sturgeon he is told it is the property of Queen Victoria. But how can he get the huge fish to the ageing - and indifferent - monarch? with loan Meredith, Christopher Scott ,
Sean Baker , Keith Drinkel. Janet Maw , Mark Bonnar and Chris Pavlo. Director Peter Kavanagh.

Contributors

Unknown:
David Pownall.
Unknown:
Barry Foster
Unknown:
Brian Glover
Unknown:
Christopher Scott
Unknown:
Sean Baker
Unknown:
Keith Drinkel.
Unknown:
Janet Maw
Unknown:
Mark Bonnar
Unknown:
Chris Pavlo.
Director:
Peter Kavanagh.
Robinson:
Hugh Dickson
Cedric:
Stephen Thorne
Albert:
Alex Lowe
Jacob:
Kim Wall

Paul Allen sees Eric Sykes and Peter Bowles take to the West End stage in a new adaptation of Moliere's outrageous farce The School for Wives, and visits
Liverpool for A Comedy of Terrors. Producer Jerome Weatherald
Revised repeat 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Eric Sykes
Unknown:
Peter Bowles
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

The nearly-acclaimed series in which Mr Hardy strides purposefully through the moral cowpat of contemporary issues. Written by and starring Jeremy Hardy. Also starring Debbie Isitt and Gordon Kennedy. Producer David Tyler

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Hardy
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy.
Unknown:
Debbie Isitt
Unknown:
Gordon Kennedy.
Producer:
David Tyler

Six new investigations where the starting-point is a piece of intriguing documentary evidence.
2: They Kept Diaries. Julian Putkowski examines a collection of diaries, uncovered by historian Dr John Barber , that shed light on how the people of Leningrad resisted the Wehrmacht's attempts to starve them out. Producer Matt Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Putkowski
Unknown:
Dr John Barber
Producer:
Matt Thompson

Patents on Patients
Around the world, researchers are trying to patent human genes. Has science moved beyond society's capacity to hold it to account? George Monbiot examines the competing claims of ethics and scientific advance. Producer Ingrid Hassler
Repeated Sunday 4.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
George Monbiot
Producer:
Ingrid Hassler

New plays by American writers.
3: Sweet Betsey by Donna Di Novelli. Sweet Betsey is a young American "go girl", whose journey westwards in a covered wagon is made in the company of a bogey man and her talking dog. with Gale Garnet , Diego Matamoros. Stuart Hughes , Phil Atkin , Aron Tagart. Shannon Lawson. Allegra Fulton and Neil Dainard. Director Damiano Pietropaolo

Contributors

Unknown:
Donna Di Novelli.
Unknown:
Gale Garnet
Unknown:
Stuart Hughes
Unknown:
Phil Atkin
Unknown:
Aron Tagart.
Unknown:
Shannon Lawson.
Unknown:
Allegra Fulton
Unknown:
Neil Dainard.
Director:
Damiano Pietropaolo
Betsey:
Donna Goodhand
Young Betsey:
Stephanie Morgenstern

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More