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Melvyn Bragg is joined by Trevor Nunn , who discusses the world premiere of Tennessee Williams's early play Not about Nightingales, and Eileen Atkins , who has written the screenplay of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. Producer David Herman

Contributors

Unknown:
Melvyn Bragg
Unknown:
Trevor Nunn
Unknown:
Eileen Atkins
Unknown:
Mrs Dalloway.
Producer:
David Herman

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Theory of War by Joan Brady , abridged in 12 parts by Doreen Estall , read by Miriam Margolyes. Part 11. Managing editor Nadine Grieve
E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Joan Brady
Unknown:
Doreen Estall
Read By:
Miriam Margolyes.
Editor:
Nadine Grieve

As Simon Rattle attacks Government proposals to drop music from the national curriculum and Julian Lloyd Webber lambasts cacophony, a special Kaleidoscope panel asks: classical music - who cares? Producer Nicki Paxman Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Rattle
Unknown:
Julian Lloyd
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

By Stephanie McKnight. Chas is 60 and getting married for the first time. What makes this unusual event extraordinary is that this is also his first week of freedom in over 50 years. When he was nine, his mother took him to a special school - but never returned to collect him. with John Rogan , Carolyn Jones , Iwan Thomas and Rachel Atkins. Director Cathryn Horn

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie McKnight.
Unknown:
John Rogan
Unknown:
Carolyn Jones
Unknown:
Iwan Thomas
Unknown:
Rachel Atkins.
Director:
Cathryn Horn
Chas:
James Bolam
Stella:
Mona Hammond
Walter:
Paul M Meston

The first of two documentaries following Mukti Jain Campion as she takes her children to the childhood homes of their two grandmothers - one a rural village in India, the other a crofting community in the Scottish Highlands. Producers Mukti Jain Campion and Chris Eidon Lee Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Mukti Jain Campion
Producers:
Mukti Jain Campion
Producers:
Chris Eidon Lee

Christopher Fitz-Simon 's biography of Michael MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards , founders of Dublin's Gate
Theatre. Abridged in five parts by the author and read by Alan Barry. Part 1. Producer Roland Jaquarello

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Fitz-Simon
Unknown:
Michael MacLiammoir
Unknown:
Hilton Edwards
Read By:
Alan Barry.
Producer:
Roland Jaquarello

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