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A Meeting of Minds. In the last of six programmes about the past, present and future of conversation, historian and thinker Theodore Zeldin asks how conversation can be used to bridge the gap between civilisations. Producer Philip Sellars
WEB SITE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education

Contributors

Unknown:
Theodore Zeldin
Producer:
Philip Sellars

With Jenni Murray and guests. Serial: Madame Bovaryby Gustave Flaubert , abridged in 20 parts by Doreen Estall , read by Juliet Stevenson. Part 16. Managing editor Nadine Grieve
E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Gustave Flaubert
Unknown:
Doreen Estall
Read By:
Juliet Stevenson.
Editor:
Nadine Grieve

The grand final of the general knowledge music quiz. Paul Daniel , musical director of the English National Opera. j awards the prizes. With Ned Sherrin. j Producer Steve Doherty
Repeated Wednesday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Daniel
Unknown:
Ned Sherrin.
Producer:
Steve Doherty

By Stephen James. Samuel works as a clerk in a government office and lives with his brother William, who is dying. Samuel tries to "borrow" a favourite painting from the office over Christmas, but it all goes wrong. The Kite is a gentle and moving play about the secret lives of the unregarded. with Sarah Nixon , Rosalind Philips , Mary Cunningham and Martin Reeve Director Melanie Harris Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen James.
Unknown:
Sarah Nixon
Unknown:
Rosalind Philips
Unknown:
Mary Cunningham
Unknown:
Martin Reeve
Director:
Melanie Harris
William:
Philip Jackson
Samuel:
Christopher Ravenscroft
Elaine:
Amelia Bullimore
Henry:
Michael Begley

Lynne Walker talks to the composer Mark Anthony Turnage and reviews Brian Friel 's play Give Me Your
Answer, Do. Plus live music from jazz pianist Julian Joseph.
Producer Robyn Read. Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Lynne Walker
Unknown:
Mark Anthony Turnage
Unknown:
Brian Friel
Pianist:
Julian Joseph.
Producer:
Robyn Read.

Jump to Cow Heaven
By Gill Adams. The East End of London, 1966. The Krays spring axeman Frankie Mitchell from
Dartmoor and put him up in a house in Barking. Everything is provided, including a hooker. Lisa. Over the next 14 days, he falls in love with her and starts to make ridiculous demands. So Reg has to sort it out.
Producer Kate Rowland

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Adams.
Unknown:
Frankie Mitchell
Producer:
Kate Rowland
Lisa:
Anita Dobson
John:
Andrew Tiernan
Frankie Mitchell:
David Troughton

William Bligh was appointed captain of the Bounty on 16 August 1787.
Within three years, his reputation was in ruins and he had become firmly established as a tyrant. Five Hollywood movies and more than 200 books later, author Dea Birkett investigates why this image remains. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
William Bligh
Unknown:
Dea Birkett

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