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Foreign affairs magazine in which Bridget Kendall opens up the Americas for the British listener. In this programme, she looks at US influence on Latin America and at how Latin immigrants are changing the USA. Producer Maria Balinska
+ Bridget Kendall 's Kind of Day: pl38

Contributors

Unknown:
Bridget Kendall
Producer:
Maria Balinska
Producer:
Bridget Kendall

Chairman Nicholas Parsons invites his guests Paul Merton ,
Clement Freud , Derek Nimmo and Julian Clary to try to talk for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation, from the Jersey Arts Centre. Last in the series.
Producer Ann Jobson. Repeated Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Julian Clary
Producer:
Ann Jobson.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion in Witney, Oxfordshire, with Chris Smith MP, Bruce Anderson , Diana Maddock MP, and Sir Nicholas Bonsor MP.
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Chris Smith
Unknown:
Bruce Anderson
Unknown:
Diana Maddock
Unknown:
Sir Nicholas Bonsor

By Diane Samuels. Queen Cinderella is dead and the king must find a new wife. Whose foot will the glass slipper fit this time? with Diana Quick , Susan Sheridan , Nicholas Boulton and Edward De Souza
Music Neil Brand . Director David Blount

Contributors

Unknown:
Diane Samuels.
Unknown:
Diana Quick
Unknown:
Susan Sheridan
Unknown:
Nicholas Boulton
Unknown:
Edward de Souza
Music:
Neil Brand
Director:
David Blount
Princess Amanda:
Annabelle Apsion
Many Fur:
Annabelle Apsion
Florence Ugly:
Jane Whittenshaw
Gloria Ugly:
Annette Badland
King:
Geoffrey Beevers
Chancellor:
Mark Bonnar

Last in the series in which blind broadcaster Peter White examines and often explodes myths about blindness. Rona. Peter White believed he would make the ideal foster father; Social
Services thought his blindness would be a problem. Ten-year-old Fiona proved them both wrong.
Producer Ronni Davis. Revised repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Ronni Davis.

In the last programme of the series, actor Richard Widmark gives an extremely rare interview to
Nigel Andrews. From his scene-stealing appearance as a sniggering killer in Kiss of Death, through his work with John Ford and John Wayne , Widmark has been one of the big screen's most mesmerising presences. (For more on Widmark see the caption on page 121) Producer Paul Quinn
Repeated Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Widmark
Unknown:
Nigel Andrews.
Unknown:
John Ford
Unknown:
John Wayne
Producer:
Paul Quinn

The Curse of the Cassette
Nick Baker discovers the downside of a design classic - the Philips audio cassette. Industrial espionage, audio piracy, romance and lost sticky labels in a tale that fits neatly on one C60. With Tony Benn , the Ayatollah Khomeini , and a real woman who could have stepped out of Nick Hornby 's novel High Fidelity. Producer Nigel Acheson Repeated Friday 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Baker
Unknown:
Tony Benn
Unknown:
Ayatollah Khomeini
Unknown:
Nick Hornby
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

A review of some of the stories, events and issues which were making the news this week fifty years ago. There were celebrations in the nation's kitchens when the government announced that extra supples of Spam would go on sale. Producer Gavin Fuller
Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones

Contributors

Producer:
Gavin Fuller
Editor:
Gaynor Vaughan Jones

The final part of Elaine Feinstein 's drama about the lives and loves of two Jewish women in England. Janos's funeral brings the two families together in a way they have never been before. with Jill Graham , David Barrass , Philip Sully , Dominic Letts and Tom Bevan
Director Marion Nancarrow Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Elaine Feinstein
Unknown:
Jill Graham
Unknown:
David Barrass
Unknown:
Philip Sully
Unknown:
Dominic Letts
Unknown:
Tom Bevan
Director:
Marion Nancarrow
Lena:
Jennie Stoller
Katya:
Jenny Agutter
Dr Kuperman:
Leonard Fenton
Sadie Kuperman:
Doreen Mantle
Stefan:
David Thorpe

Beth Porter 's dramatisation of Mary Willis Walker 's book follows a serial killer to the execution chamber, but there's a copycat killer at work in the heat of Texas. with Robert Harper. Sean Baker , Ian Porter , Liza Ross , Ioan Meredith , Kim Wall , Adjoa Andoh and Alice Arnold. Director Janet Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Beth Porter
Unknown:
Mary Willis Walker
Unknown:
Robert Harper.
Unknown:
Sean Baker
Unknown:
Ian Porter
Unknown:
Liza Ross
Unknown:
Ioan Meredith
Unknown:
Kim Wall
Unknown:
Adjoa Andoh
Unknown:
Alice Arnold.
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Molly Cates:
Beth Porter
Louie Bronk:
Kerry Shale
Grady Traynor:
Peter Marinker
Cool Cal Dee:
Al Matthews
Charlie McFarland:
Don Fellows
Alison McFarland:
Amanda Gordon

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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