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Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the news of 50 years ago today.
Some of London's finest hotels become battlefields when staff go on strike. Twenty-four children in Norfolk pass their exams in record time after taking part in an unusual educational experiment.

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Geoffrey Wheeler

Magazine programme which investigates matters psychological and psychiatric. Professor Anthony Clare looks at how people suffering from mental illness are perceived in the workplace and in the community. Producer Constance St Louis Repeated Sunday 10.15pm

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Professor Anthony Clare

Literary slapstick from Mark Thomas , Roger McGough , Dillie Keane and Miles Kington , chaired by Barnsley Poet Ian McMillan. Producer Marc Jobst

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Mark Thomas
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Roger McGough
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Dillie Keane
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Miles Kington
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Ian McMillan.
Producer:
Marc Jobst

Janet Paisley's play is set in the Scottish border town of Hawick, against the real-life drama of families torn apart, unable to agree that women should have a bigger role in the town's formerly all-male three-week social event called the Common
Riding. With Ann Scott-Jones , Sybil Wintrope and Ian Briggs. Director Mike Lloyd

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Ann Scott-Jones
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Sybil Wintrope
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Ian Briggs.
Director:
Mike Lloyd

Arnold Bennett 's classic novel set in the thirties, dramatised in four parts by Peter Ling.
2: The threat of a takeover at the hotel. with Charlotte Attenborough , Ann Beach , Michael Mears. Janet Maw , Joanna Monro , John Hartley , Stephen Thorne , Mark Bonnar and Sean Baker. Director Enyd Williams Repeat

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Arnold Bennett
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Peter Ling.
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Charlotte Attenborough
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Ann Beach
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Michael Mears.
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Janet Maw
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Joanna Monro
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John Hartley
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Stephen Thorne
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Mark Bonnar
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Sean Baker.
Director:
Enyd Williams
Evelyn Orcham:
Robin Ellis
Sir Henry Savott:
Derek Waring

The second of two documentaries following Mukti Jain Campion as she sets out to explore the cultural legacy of her children's two grandmothers - one from a rural village in India, the other from a crofting community in the Scottish Highlands. Despite being born so far apart, the two women have a surprising amount in common. Music Nick Sargent. Producers Mukti Jain Campion and Chris Eldon Lee

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Mukti Jain Campion
Music:
Nick Sargent.
Producers:
Mukti Jain
Producers:
Chris Eldon Lee

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