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The third of a six-part series which opens up the Americas for the British listener. Bridget Kendall looks at poverty among whites in rural Alabama and sizes up welfare reform in the States. Also, Argentina's top fashion photographer examines the country's obsession with supermodels. Producer Maria Balinska

Contributors

Unknown:
Bridget Kendall
Producer:
Maria Balinska

Simon Hoggart is joined by regulars Alan Coren , Francis Wheen and Jeremy Hardy, plus guest Laurie Taylor, for a satirical trawl through the week's headlines.
Repeated Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Francis Wheen
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Producer:
Aled Evans

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion, with Viscount Cranborne , Robin Cook , Emma Nicholson , and Andrew Marr.
Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Viscount Cranborne
Unknown:
Robin Cook
Unknown:
Emma Nicholson
Unknown:
Andrew Marr.

By Pauline Fisk.
When 13-year-old Nona and her family run away to Wales, they are looking for a fresh start somewhere safe. But things just get worse, and Nona has to turn to the sea for a friend.

Contributors

Author:
Pauline Fisk
Dramatised by:
Charles Way
Director:
Alison Hindell
Nona:
Amanda Gordon
Owen:
Rhys Thomas
Mum:
Ruth Lloyd
Griselda:
Kath Dimery
Harry:
Phylip Harris
Mrs Lark:
Manon Edwards
Mr Lark:
Gareth Morris
Sharon:
Charlotte Bird
Miss Parry:
Sharon Morgan
Bryn:
Kim Chapman-Wiersma
Beca:
Tony Asmith
Ralph:
Phil Rowlands

Julia McKenzie travels to Smith College, America's largest women's college, as 2,000 alumnae of all ages return for their class reunions and measure their dreams and disappointments against those of their peers. Producer Tessa Watt Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Julia McKenzie
Producer:
Tessa Watt

Six people explain their ideas of Utopia to Michael O'Donnell.
Biographer and novelist Victoria Glendinning reveals to Michael O'Donnell what family would mean in her ideal world and reflects on the role of science and the importance of the "parallel day".
Producer Chris Paling
Repeated Thursday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell.
Unknown:
Victoria Glendinning
Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell

A play by Tony Ramsay about Sir Izaak Walton, the author of The Compleat Angler, as he goes on one last fishing trip.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Writer:
Tony Ramsay
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Sir Izaak Walton:
Richard Johnson
Charles Cotton:
David Timson
Rachel:
Teresa Gallagher
Young Izaak:
Robert Harper
The Pike:
Geoffrey Whitehead
[Actor]:
Janet Maw
[Actor]:
Keith Drinkel
[Actor]:
Jane Wittenshaw
[Actor]:
Ann Beach
[Actor]:
Mark Burrows

Robert Forrest 's play is set in a murky underworld of crime and religious extremism. Detective Inspector Quinlan follows a trail of corpses that have one strange thing in common - they are all linked to the Shroud of Turin. with Sheila Donald. Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Forrest
Unknown:
Sheila Donald.
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Quinlan:
Kern Falconer
Webster:
Russell Hunter
Frame:
Sandy Neilson
Lilias:
Cara Kelly
Ryan:
Douglas Russell
Wilson:
Finlay Welsh
Sneck:
James Bryce
Bun:
Finlay McLean
Dick:
John Ramage
Sadie:
Muriel Romanes

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