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Michael Buerk talks to people who have faced a single, life-changing choice. He hears about the dilemma, the implications of the various options, and about living with the consequences.
Producer Christine Morgan Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Buerk
Producer:
Christine Morgan

Five programmes looking at the secrets of the investigator's trade.
2: Haydn Seek. Six newly discovered Haydn piano sonatas put the musical world in a quandary. Were they genuine, or clever forgeries? Liz Carney learns the secrets of unravelling musical mysteries. Producer David Ross

Contributors

Unknown:
Liz Carney
Producer:
David Ross

David Attenborough 's series focusing on nature's use of sound.
The second of four programmes takes a bat's-ear view of the world and investigates the impact of the loudest man-made sound on whales and dolphins.
Producer Grant Sonnex

Contributors

Unknown:
David Attenborough
Producer:
Grant Sonnex

The second of five programmes. Bob Gives Up His Day Job by Kay Stonham. Bob decides to give up his safe but boringjob as a daytime television presenter to try his hand at the glamorous world of dentistry. Starring Les Dennis as Bob. Producer Jane Berthoud

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Stonham.
Producer:
Jane Berthoud

Written and directed by Don Taylor. Walls hold secrets, and when Adam and Belinda find a cupboard plastered over in the attic room of their new house, they discover the story of what happened in the servants room, or they think they do. with Sam West and Jerome Willis

Contributors

Directed By:
Don Taylor.
Unknown:
Sam West
Unknown:
Jerome Willis
Adam:
Michael Jenn
Belinda:
Catherine Russell
Rosemary:
Cheryl Campbell

Kathleen Griffin takes a look at tempting morsels in art through the centuries.
1: Pot-roasted guinea fowl with prunes, wine and spices is among the gastronomic delights to be found in Italian painting.
Producer Elizabeth Abrahams

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Griffin
Producer:
Elizabeth Abrahams

With Francine Stock.
As Beryl Bainbridge looks back to the Crimean War in her latest novel, an investigation into why writers find some wars more conducive to fiction than others.
Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Francine Stock.
Unknown:
Beryl Bainbridge
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Peter White with news and information for the visually impaired. Producer Karen Turner
PHONE: [number removed] for more information FACTSHEET: send a large sae to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Karen Turner

A no-nonsense look at what the healthcare system can offer us.
Graham Easton examines a computer system which provides an insight into different people's experiences of illness. Producer Julia Durbin. Repeated tomorrow 4pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Easton
Producer:
Julia Durbin.

A new six-part series of Andy Hamilton 's comedy set in Hell.
With James Grout , Jimmy Mulville , Robert Duncan and Philip Pope , and starring Andy Hamilton as Satan.
2: Satan recruits a new assistant - he's intelligent, he's devious, and he's a dolphin called Chuckles. Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer Repeated Thursday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
James Grout
Unknown:
Jimmy Mulville
Unknown:
Robert Duncan
Unknown:
Philip Pope
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer

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