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Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz. Exchanging quotations and anecdotes this week are actress Fenella Fielding, comic actor Graeme Garden, TV presenter Loyd Grossman and journalist Richard Ingrams. The reader is Patricia Hughes. Producer Chris Neill

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Presenter:
Loyd Grossman
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams.
Unknown:
Patricia Hughes.
Producer:
Chris Neill

With Daire Brehan. Chris Eldon Lee goes in search of the origins of cast iron in Britain. While visiting the first iron bridge and a prototype skyscraper, he discovers that the impact of cast iron in its day was as broad as that of composite plastics and clingfilm today.

Contributors

Unknown:
Daire Brehan.
Unknown:
Chris Eldon Lee

Paul Vaughan reads from Jonathan Coe 's The House of Sleep, a novel that deals with different levels of consciousness and dreaming. Producer Anthony Denselow Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Jonathan Coe
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

By Andy and Eric Merriman.
Peter Davison stars as Richard
Stubbs and Samantha Bond as Sarah Stubbs in a six-part comedy about a family with a young daughter who has Down's syndrome.
4: At the End of the Rainbow
Richard's wildest dreams seem about to come true when a Hollywood agent is interested in one of his books. All it needs is a couple of little changes....
Producer Gareth Edwards Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Merriman.
Unknown:
Peter Davison
Unknown:
Samantha Bond
Unknown:
Sarah Stubbs
Producer:
Gareth Edwards
Kate Stubbs:
Claire Russell
Amy Stubbs:
Sarah Merriman
Joel Bennett:
Kerry Shale
Nick:
Kim Wall
Dr Thompson:
Rachel Preece
Charlotte's Mother:
Patience Tomlinson

In the age of information, knowledge is power. In the fourth of six programmes presenter Alun Lewis sets out to discover what people are using this knowledge for and what it might do to society. Producer Rami Tzabar

Contributors

Presenter:
Alun Lewis
Producer:
Rami Tzabar

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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