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A Choice for Scotland
The return of the series which reports on politics around Britain. Vivian White leads a live discussion which examines the significance of Thursday's referendum for Scotland and the UK.
Producer Jonathan Brunert

Contributors

Unknown:
Vivian White
Producer:
Jonathan Brunert

Peggy Reynolds looks back at a specific year to discover the classics which have survived and the bestsellers which have disappeared from our bookshelves.
5: 1818. John Sutherland and Emma Tenant
talk about the year that saw the publication of Jane Austen 's Persuasion and Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds
Unknown:
John Sutherland
Unknown:
Emma Tenant
Unknown:
Jane Austen
Unknown:
Mary Shelley
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Michael Crompton's adaptation of John G. Fuller's book, based on the true events surrounding the crash of the airship R101 in 1930.

(FM only)

Contributors

Author:
John G. Fuller
Adapter:
Michael Crompton
Music by:
Peter Hayward
Director:
Catherine Bailey
Director:
John Dove
Major Villiers:
Jack Davenport
Cpt Raymond Hinchliffe:
David Tennant
[Actor]:
Jason Watkins
[Actor]:
Anthony Calf
[Actor]:
Dermot Crowley
[Actor]:
Kevin Whately
[Actor]:
Douglas Hodge
[Actress]:
Geraldine Alexander
[Actress]:
Sylvestra Le Touzel
[Actress]:
Rosa Crompton
[Actress]:
Rhoda Lewis
[Actress]:
Miranda Richardson
[Actor]:
David Bradley

Sheena McDonald talks to six people about a childhood event which has affected their adult lives.
3: Sheila Kitzinger recalls her sixth birthday party - to which her mother invited an entire dole queue. Producer Beaty Rubens

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Kitzinger
Producer:
Beaty Rubens

The last of four classic mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Shoscombe Old Place. Holmes and Watson make a gruesome discovery in an old crypt. with Nicholas Le Prevost , Donald Pickering , Desmond Llewelyn , George Parsons ,
Jonathan Adams. Susannah Corbett. Jonathan Keeble and Becky Hindley. Violinist Leonard Friedman. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Director Enyd Williams Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Unknown:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Unknown:
Donald Pickering
Unknown:
Desmond Llewelyn
Unknown:
George Parsons
Unknown:
Jonathan Adams.
Unknown:
Susannah Corbett.
Unknown:
Jonathan Keeble
Violinist:
Becky Hindley.
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman.
Dramatised By:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Enyd Williams
Sherlock Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr Watson:
Michael Williams

John Peacock 's trilogy follows the progress of a flawed light Cape diamond and the fortunes of the Hallam family over 120 years. 1: Stars of the Orange River
South Africa, 1871. The diamond is discovered and a terrible error made. with Miles Anderson. Alex Lowe , Tracy Ann Oberman. Shirley Dixon , Burt Caesar ,
Melanie Hudson , Don McCorkindale , Claira Mackie , David Jarvis and Sean Baker Director David Hunter Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peacock
Unknown:
Miles Anderson.
Unknown:
Alex Lowe
Unknown:
Tracy Ann OBErman.
Unknown:
Shirley Dixon
Unknown:
Burt Caesar
Unknown:
Melanie Hudson
Unknown:
Don McCorkindale
Unknown:
Claira MacKie
Unknown:
David Jarvis
Unknown:
Sean Baker
Director:
David Hunter
Edward Hallam:
Jonathan Firth
George Hallam:
Gerard McDermott

Professors lain Fells and Lewis Wolpert
are among the guests joining Chris Stuart at the Science Museum for a quizzical examination of discoveries and inventions.
Written and compiled by Crispin Belcher Producer Aled Evans Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Lewis Wolpert
Unknown:
Chris Stuart
Unknown:
Crispin Belcher
Producer:
Aled Evans

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