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Nick Clarke is joined in Chorlton, Manchester, by Malcolm Bruce ,
Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman; Angela Eagle, junior environment minister; Michael Fallon , shadow treasury spokesman; and Jenny Watson , chair of the Fawcett Society. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Malcolm Bruce
Unknown:
Michael Fallon
Unknown:
Jenny Watson

By Barry Letts.
Blake's 7 are back to fight their biggest battle yet. If Servalan gets hold of the Sevenfold Crown before Avon does, the Federation is in her control.

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Why Blake's 7 is so much fun: p25

Contributors

Writer:
Barry Letts
Title music by:
Dudley Simpson
Incidental music by:
Jeff Mearns
Director:
Brian Lighthill
Avon:
Paul Darrow
Vila:
Michael Keating
Tarrant:
Steven Pacey
Servalan:
Jacqueline Pearce
Dayna:
Angela Bruce
Soolin:
Paula Wilcox
Orac:
Peter Tuddenham
King Gheblakon:
Pip Donaghy
Jelka:
Janet Dale
Dr Kapple:
Christian Rodska
Unknown:
Graham Padden
Unknown:
Simon Carter
Unknown:
Kim Durham
Unknown:
Cornelius Garrett
Unknown:
Rob Swinton
Unknown:
Katherine Mount
Unknown:
Susan Jeffrey

Later this year, builders will finish work on a bridge across the Tagus estuary in Portugal, subsidised by EU grants. Richard Watson asks: who makes sure that we are getting value for money? Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Watson

Six "exiled" writers offer their thoughts on the country of their birth. 2: Ukrainian poet Irina Ratushinskaya tells of her imprisonment for dissident writing and her exile to Britain. Producer Pat McLoughlin

Contributors

Unknown:
Irina Ratushinskaya
Producer:
Pat McLoughlin

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

Contributors

Talks:
Robert Robinson
Producer:
Bruce Whitney Low

Christopher Bigsby talks to one of America's greatest living writers, Don DeLillo. In a rare interview, DeLillo discusses the themes of acclaimed novels like White Noise, Libra and his latest epic, Underworld.
Producer Paul Quinn. Rptd Friday 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Christopher Bigsby
Unknown:
Don Delillo.
Producer:
Paul Quinn.

First of three stories of real-life heroism.
No Joan of Arc by Bryony Lavery.
In 1993, Laurence Dreyfus , a 30-year-old Parisian infant teacher, faced an armed gunman in her classroom. with Sarah Rice and John Rowe Director Claire Grove Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Bryony Lavery.
Unknown:
Laurence Dreyfus
Unknown:
Sarah Rice
Laurence Dreyfus:
Adjoa Andoh
Eric Schmitt:
Tom Mannion

Occasional programmes in which men famous in one field consider another of their talents. A Weaving
Shed Full of Grand Pianos. Sir Ernest Hall
, textile magnate and visionary, is also a pianist and a composer. Producer Julian May Repeat

Contributors

Pianos:
Sir Ernest Hall

A tale of terror from Britain's top horror writer, dramatised by Gregory Evans.
Flora Chaldean's 'roundhouse' is the idyllic home that Mike and Midge have longed for. But who is the figure lurking in the woods? And how did Flora die?

Contributors

Author:
James Herbert
Dramatised By:
Gregory Evans
Guitar:
Mitch Dalton
Director:
David Blount
Mike:
Kim Wall
Midge:
Katherine Schlesinger
Mycroft:
Kerry Shale
Hub:
John Sharian
Val:
Jenny Lee
Bob:
Gerard McDermott
Jilly:
Sarah Rice
Reverend Sixsmith:
Christopher Wright
Bickleshift:
Alastair Danson
Ogbourne:
John Rowe

By Michael Ridpath , read by Geoffrey Palmer. Q is the man behind the dealers at a top merchant bank. Just before he is due to retire, he is made redundant - but Q knows the bank's systems too well to be treated so badly. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ridpath
Read By:
Geoffrey Palmer.

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