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Introduced by Jenni Murray.

Best known as the author of The Return of the Soldier and as the lover of H.G. Wells, Rebecca West - the writer, traveller and radical thinker - is reassessed by Kathleen Griffin.

Serial: Human Croquet (12)
(For details see yesterday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Speaker:
Kathleen Griffin

John Betjeman writes the copy for a Ford Probe brochure, Shere Khan bumps into a nervous Mrs Tiggy -
Winkle at a hunt saboteurs' meeting, and Ted Hughes tries to write a bright and breezy breakfast cereal advert. John Hegley joins regulars Mark Thomas , Dillie Keane and Miles Kington to stir the literary cauldron in the last programme in the series. Chaired by Ian McMillan. Producer Marc Jobst

Contributors

Unknown:
John Betjeman
Unknown:
Shere Khan
Unknown:
Mrs Tiggy
Unknown:
Ted Hughes
Unknown:
John Hegley
Unknown:
Mark Thomas
Unknown:
Dillie Keane
Unknown:
Miles Kington
Unknown:
Ian McMillan.
Producer:
Marc Jobst

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa , one of the best-loved singers of our time, talks about her life and her music to
June Knox-Mawer. In this first of four programmes, she recalls her
Maori-European background, the start of her singing career in New
Zealand, and the move to London to study at the Opera Centre.
Producer Derek Drescher Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Producer:
Derek Drescher

By Simon Brett.
Starring Rosemary Leach as Anna, Nicola Pagett as Victoria and Celia Imrie as Charlotte.
2: Educated Guesswork. Another family crisis looms for Victoria and Roger when Emily announces that she will not be going to university.
Producer Ann Jobson Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Brett.
Unknown:
Rosemary Leach
Unknown:
Nicola Pagett
Unknown:
Celia Imrie
Producer:
Ann Jobson
Roger:
Jonathan Coy
Emily:
Lisa Coleman

In the last of his investigations of nuclear issues in the United States, John Slater climbs The Waste
Mountain. Fifty years of nuclear production means fifty years of nuclear mess. in the beginning, the scientists who created the first bomb thought that they would solve the problem of nuclear waste - in time. But it has not worked out that way. Producer Peter Hoare Revised repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
John Slater
Producer:
Peter Hoare

An Ordinary Brilliance: Parting the Waters, Closing the Wounds in the concluding lecture, Professor Patricia J Williams attempts to point the way forward by drawing out solutions which include developing the ability to resist racism's inevitability and reconciling racial tensions across the divide.
Producer Constance St Louis

Contributors

Unknown:
Patricia J Williams

Russell Davies with the last programme in the series about words and the way we speak.
6: Can You Hear Me, Mother?The catchphrase went out of fashion during the rise of satire, but has it made a comeback in the world of alternative comedy? And linguist Andy Martin looks at the language we use to worship from afar as he sets his sights on Brigitte Bardot. Plus, the word of the week. Producer Paul Quinn Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Unknown:
Andy Martin
Unknown:
Brigitte Bardot.
Producer:
Paul Quinn

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