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Michael Buerk chairs a live inquiry into the moral issues behind the news.
Witnesses face cross-examination from David Cook , Janet Daley , Michael Mansfield QC and David Starkey. Producer David Coomes

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
David Cook
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
Michael Mansfield Qc
Unknown:
David Starkey.
Producer:
David Coomes

Paul Allen sees Geraldine McEwan in a new play, Grace, and investigates how directors and actors use the responses of their audience. Producer Paul Quinn
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Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Geraldine McEwan
Producer:
Paul Quinn

The final part of Fintan Coyle and Tom Miles 's comedy.
The first night of Carmen is nigh. The cast's tensions are mounting -
Natasha resorts to verbal abuse, James finds succour in emotional flooding techniques, and Gareth seeks solace in whisky. with Jonathan Kydd and Tom Miles Producer Chris Neill

Contributors

Unknown:
Fintan Coyle
Unknown:
Tom Miles
Unknown:
Jonathan Kydd
Unknown:
Tom Miles
Producer:
Chris Neill
Derek:
Andrew Branch
James:
Simon Butteriss
Gareth:
Godfrey James
Natasha:
Caz Weller
Cilia:
Carolyn Bonnyman

Biographies in which the private life of a public face is revealed.
T Dan Smith - the Organiser.
Dick Hobbs remembers the life of council leader and entrepreneur T Dan Smith , a man who had a vision to make
Newcastle the "Venice of the North", substituting motorways with canals and high-rises with palaces. But eventually he was sent to prison. His son, Cliff Smith , discusses the corruption that ruined his family life. Producer Matt Bowen

Contributors

Unknown:
Dan Smith
Unknown:
Dick Hobbs
Unknown:
Dan Smith
Unknown:
Cliff Smith
Producer:
Matt Bowen

As part of the BBC's Talent 2000, the first of five programmes airing the winners of Radio 4's feature-making competition for 11- to 15-year-olds.
Laxmi Kathuria 's Three F's are football, feminism and forensic pathology. And Barum Jeffreys reveals what it is like to be a boy scout in Northern Ireland. Producer Bella Bannerman

Contributors

Unknown:
Laxmi Kathuria
Unknown:
Barum Jeffreys
Producer:
Bella Bannerman

First of five stories about modern life. Navvy. They were originally the men who built the canals - the navigators - and for generations the "Irish navvy" meant cheap labour on the building sites of Britain. Today, the British road construction industry still relies on the skills of Irish labourers, but the modern counterparts now command £1000-a-week pay packets and a lifestyle to go with it. Producer Julian Wilkinson

Contributors

Producer:
Julian Wilkinson

Five-part epic adventure by SJ Ashford. 2: Deadly Reckonings. Trapped in the church with soldiers at the door, Zorro throws himself on the mercy of Lolita. with Clare Isaac , Dafydd Hywel , John Nicholas , Hywel Morgan. Terry Dauncey and Lyn Hunter Music by Andy Price. Director Foz Allen

Contributors

Unknown:
Clare Isaac
Unknown:
Dafydd Hywel
Unknown:
John Nicholas
Unknown:
Hywel Morgan.
Unknown:
Terry Dauncey
Unknown:
Lyn Hunter
Music By:
Andy Price.
Director:
Foz Allen
Zorro:
Mark Arden
Lolita:
Louise Lombard
Friar Felipe:
Glyn Houston
The Governor:
Don Warrington
Captain Ramon:
Ian Gelder
Don Pulido:
Anthony O'Donnell
Dona Pulido:
Sue Roderick
Manuel:
Andrew Howard

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