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Jenni Murray talks to Kathryn Hunter about playing King Lear.
Serial: A Many Splendoured Thing by Han Suyin, read in eight parts by Pik Sen-Lim. Part 6.

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Contributors

Talks:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Kathryn Hunter
Unknown:
Han Suyin
Unknown:
Pik Sen-Lim
Editor:
Nadine Grieve
Editor:
Emma Selby

The final part of Matthew Solon's documentary-style drama.
The Cheung family firm has run up huge debts, and a bitter struggle for money and power ensues. Recorded in Hong Kong and transmitted only a few hours before the handover. with Evila Liu , Wendy Mok , Hugh Terry , Matthew Solon, Jim Chim , Cecil Cheng and Irene Ng Producer John Dryden

Contributors

Unknown:
Evila Liu
Unknown:
Wendy Mok
Unknown:
Hugh Terry
Unknown:
Jim Chim
Unknown:
Cecil Cheng
Producer:
John Dryden
Man-Wai:
Stuart Ong
Chang-Ming:
Ko Tin Lung
Sup-See:
Bonnie Chan

Lynne Walker sees Sir Peter Hall 's anniversary production of Waiting for Godot. And Phillida Lloyd directs
Macbeth at the Royal Opera House. Producer Adrian Washbourne

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Walker
Unknown:
Sir Peter Hall
Producer:
Adrian Washbourne

In Martyn Wade's black comedy, Owen's loathing of the outside world has led him to barricade himself and his family inside their home. Having decapitated an intruder, Owen locks himself away, unaware that his wife and her stepson are planning revenge.
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Contributors

Writer:
Martyn Wade
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Roberta:
Anna Massey
Freda:
Brenda Blethyn
Owen:
Stephen Moore
Robert:
Julian Rhind-Tutt

Lorelei King reads
Elizabeth McCracken 's novel, abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
1: In Cape Cod in the fifties, librarian Peggy Cort meets 11-year-old James Carlson Sweatt and begins a relationship that is to change the course of her life.
Producer Lisa Osbome

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth McCracken
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bradbury.
Unknown:
Peggy Cort
Unknown:
James Carlson Sweatt
Producer:
Lisa Osbome

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