Programme Index

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Smoke Rings
Isabel Hilton asks what financial tools the forthcoming white paper on tobacco should use to tackle both tax evasion and nicotine addiction.
Producer Sue Davies. Editor Gwyneth Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Isabel Hilton
Producer:
Sue Davies.

Chairman Nicholas Parsons is joined at the Music Live 97 festival by guests Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Paul Merton and Arthur Smith, who attempt to talk for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
(Repeated Monday 6.30pm)

Contributors

Chairman:
Nicholas Parsons
Panellist:
Clement Freud
Panellist:
Peter Jones
Panellist:
Paul Merton
Panellist:
Arthur Smith
Producer:
Ann Jobson

Nick Clarke is joined in Hove, East
Sussex, by panellists including Anna Coote of the Institute of Public Policy Research; Alan Howarth , Minister for Education and Employment; Simon Heffer , Daily Mail columnist; and David Mellor , former heritage secretary. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Anna Coote
Unknown:
Alan Howarth
Unknown:
Simon Heffer
Unknown:
David Mellor

By David Pownall. As Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sofya embark on perhaps the greatest novel ever written, there rages between them a tumultuous and, at times, tyrannical, love affair - their own personal war and peace.
Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
David Pownall.
Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Count Leo Tolstoy:
Gerard Murphy
Sofya Tolstoy:
Tracy Ann OBErman
Sergei:
Iwan Thomas

Six "exiled" writers offer their thoughts on the country of their birth, framed by their national anthem.
1: Eva Figes tells of leaving Germany with her Jewish family in 1939. Producer Pat McLoughlin

Contributors

Unknown:
Eva Figes
Producer:
Pat McLoughlin

Robert Robinson talks to groups of people who share a way of life.
In the first of six programmes, he meets crime writers.
Producer Bruce Whitney Low Repeated Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Robert Robinson
Producer:
Bruce Whitney Low

A Garden round the Mind
Novelists have long used the theme of madness to explore thoughts and feelings which they could not express in real life. Author Alice Thomas Ellis considers the "garden round the mind" in which writers find inspiration. Producer Kirsten Lass
Repeated Friday 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alice Thomas Ellis
Producer:
Kirsten Lass

Marriage and Separation. The final part of Martyn Wade 's three-part serial about the life of John Wesley , the father of Methodism. Has John at last found peace in his work?
With Rosemary Martin , John Hartley. Jane Whittenshaw , Rachel Atkins , Christopher Wright , Hugh Dickson and David Brooks Director Cherry Cookson Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Martyn Wade
Unknown:
John Wesley
Unknown:
Rosemary Martin
Unknown:
John Hartley.
Unknown:
Jane Whittenshaw
Unknown:
Rachel Atkins
Unknown:
Christopher Wright
Unknown:
Hugh Dickson
Unknown:
David Brooks
John Wesley:
Clive Francis
Charles Wesley:
Michael Cochrane

By Mulk Raj Anand , adapted for radio by Shaheen Khan and Sudha Bhuchar. Bakha, sweeper and latrine cleaner in 1930s India, faces daily humiliation by the high castes. Young Bakha DHIRENDRA with Dinesh Shukla , Ronny Jhutti , Sudha Bhuchar , Kaleem Janjua , Shaheen Khan , Ashwin Bolar, Ajay Chhabra ,
Charubala Chokhsi , Steven Deproost , Kriss Dosanjh , Nitin Duggal , Cal McCrystal , Bhasker Patel , Adlyn Ross , Rehan Sheikh and Anuj Tandon Musical director Sarvar Sabri
Director Kristine Landon-Smith Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Mulk Raj Anand
Unknown:
Shaheen Khan
Unknown:
Sudha Bhuchar.
Unknown:
Dinesh Shukla
Unknown:
Ronny Jhutti
Unknown:
Sudha Bhuchar
Unknown:
Kaleem Janjua
Unknown:
Shaheen Khan
Unknown:
Ajay Chhabra
Unknown:
Charubala Chokhsi
Unknown:
Steven Deproost
Unknown:
Kriss Dosanjh
Unknown:
Nitin Duggal
Unknown:
Cal McCrystal
Unknown:
Bhasker Patel
Unknown:
Adlyn Ross
Director:
Sarvar Sabri
Director:
Kristine Landon-Smith
Old Bakha:
Rashid Karapiet
Lakha:
Badi Uzzaman
Sohini:
Suchitra Malik
Rakha:
Nitin Chandra Ganatra

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