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The First Wives Club turned author
Olivia Goldsmith into a household name. Jenni Murray talks to her about her new novel, Marrying Mom, the story of one family's attempt to marry off their mother to a millionaire.
Serial: Close Relations (3). For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Olivia Goldsmith
Talks:
Jenni Murray

Maurice Denham stars as the doyen of Prior's Heath Golf Club in a series of six stories by PG Wodehouse .
1: Jane Goes Off the Fairway. With Jon Glover , Sue Holderness,
Gordon Kane , Jonathan Cecil and Anna Sharkey. Dramatised by Edward Taylor and Michael Pointon. Producer Edward Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Stories By:
Pg Wodehouse
Unknown:
Jon Glover
Unknown:
Gordon Kane
Unknown:
Jonathan Cecil
Unknown:
Anna Sharkey.
Dramatised By:
Edward Taylor
Dramatised By:
Michael Pointon.
Producer:
Edward Taylor

Ronald Frame's four-part drama is set in a luxury hotel in the Scottish
Highlands and stars Eliza Langland as Fee and David Rintoul as David.
2: While the staff of the Hydro set about learning Japanese and having their "potential superfactors" assessed by a management guru, Fee runs into trouble with the bank. with Gayanne Potter , Geoffrey Lee ,
John Buick and Jan Moffatt. Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
David Rintoul
Unknown:
Gayanne Potter
Unknown:
Geoffrey Lee
Unknown:
John Buick
Unknown:
Jan Moffatt.
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Mrs Kirkpatrick:
Sheila Donald
Laura:
Wendy Seager
Dunbar:
Finlay McLean

Paul Gambaccini sees Julie Walters in her new film Intimate Relations, and reports from this year's Cannes Film
Festival, now celebrating its 50th year. Producer Alison Perks
Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Gambaccini
Unknown:
Julie Walters
Producer:
Alison Perks

Chancellor Helmut Kohl - visionary statesman or sinister threat to
European liberties? David Sells explores the motivation behind one of the most formidable of modern political leaders. He follows Kohl's journey from a terrified, 15-year-old Hitler Youth recruit to the cosy embodiment of postwar recovery, and shows how the drama of German reunification prompted his personal drive towards greater European union. Producer Chris Bowlby

Contributors

Unknown:
Helmut Kohl
Unknown:
David Sells
Producer:
Chris Bowlby

When Sally adopted 16-month-old Natalie, she began an audio diary that she hoped would help her daughter to "fill in the jigsaw" one day when she was older. In fact, the diary revived a tangle of memories of Sally's own adoption as a black child into a white family back in the sixties.

Contributors

Producer:
Lynne McCadden

11.00 Elvis 2 Oasis
Steve Punt chairs the discussion show looking at how music has affected people's lives, with guests Matt Bell , Loyd Grossman and Kate Robbins. Producer Liz Anstee
11.30 Kathmandu or Bust
A six-part comedy by David Napthine and Mike Yeaman.
3: Turkish Delight with Forbes Masson. Richard Ridings , Lolly Susi, Jonathan Keeble and Andrew Branch Producer Lissa Evans Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Matt Bell
Unknown:
Loyd Grossman
Unknown:
Kate Robbins.
Producer:
Liz Anstee
Comedy By:
David Napthine
Comedy By:
Mike Yeaman.
Unknown:
Forbes Masson.
Unknown:
Richard Ridings
Unknown:
Jonathan Keeble
Producer:
Lissa Evans
Petra:
Michelle Chadwick
Joan:
Sarah Crowden
Simon:
David Haig

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