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Jeremy Paxman sets the cultural agenda for the week, with guests including American satirist and political commentator PJ O'Rourke and former EU peace envoy during the Bosnian conflict, Carl Bildt.
Producer Karen Holden. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Paxman
Commentator:
Pj O'Rourke
Unknown:
Carl Bildt.
Producer:
Karen Holden.

The last in Michael Bakewell 's five-part dramatisation of the Agatha Christie novel stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple. Before she can resolve the mystery of a brutal murder, Miss
Marple must put herself in great danger. with Thelma Barlow. Mary Wimbush , Delia Lindsay. Tricia Hitchcock , Peter Gunn and Geoffrey Whitehead. Director Enyd Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Bakewell
Unknown:
Agatha Christie
Unknown:
Thelma Barlow.
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
Delia Lindsay.
Unknown:
Tricia Hitchcock
Unknown:
Peter Gunn
Unknown:
Geoffrey Whitehead.
Director:
Enyd Williams
Professor Wanstead:
David Swift
LaviniaGlynne:
Louie Ramsay

This year's competition reaches its climax as Wales makes a bid to win all four of its matches. Patrick Hannan and Peter Stead take on Scots
Michael Alexander and Alan Taylor.
Producer Paul Bajoria. Rptd Sunday 1.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Hannan
Unknown:
Peter Stead
Unknown:
Michael Alexander
Unknown:
Alan Taylor.
Producer:
Paul Bajoria.

More award-winning light entertainment from Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre. Fred MacAulay joins regulars Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke -
Taylor, with Humphrey Lyttelton in the chair and Colin Sell on piano.
Producer Jon Naismith. Rptd Sunday 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred MacAulay
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Tim Brooke
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Unknown:
Colin Sell
Producer:
Jon Naismith.

By Ann Marie Di Mambro.

Joanna and Douglas investigate the mysterious desecration of a church.

Music by Iain Johnstone and performed by the Composer and Jack Evans.

(Repeated from 10.45am)

Contributors

Writer:
Ann Marie Di Mambro
Music/Musician:
Iain Johnstone
Musician:
Jack Evans
Director:
David Jackson Young
Kate Taylor:
Ann Scott-Jones
Joanna Taylor:
Emma Currie
[Actor]:
Liam Brennan
[Actor]:
James Bryce
[Actor]:
Alexander Morton
[Actress]:
Eliza Langland
[Actor]:
Neil McKinven
[Actor]:
Billy Boyd
[Actor]:
Finlay McLean

The Moderate Majority. The results of the American mid-term elections suggest that voters remain unconvinced by Republican attacks on President Clinton's personal conduct. Peter Kellner asks if the USA is turning against moral and political extremism. Producer Anthony Dworkin. Rptd Sunday 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Kellner
Producer:
Anthony Dworkin.

By Penelope Lively. Retirement to a West Country hamlet proves to be less tranquil than expected for anthropologist Stella Brentwood.
Read by Stephanie Cole. Part 1 of 10. Abridged by Di Speirs. Producer Main Russell

Contributors

Unknown:
Penelope Lively.
Read By:
Stephanie Cole.
Abridged By:
Di Speirs.

Set in an imaginary, Hitler-led postwar Germany, this dramatisation of Robert Harris's chilling novel sees a troubled detective investigating the mysterious deaths of senior party officials. with Peter Ellis, Stratford Johns, Andrew Sachs, Patrick Godfrey, Michael Byrne, William Scott Masson and Dan Fineman.
Dramatised and directed by John Dryden

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Harris
Unknown:
Peter Ellis
Unknown:
Andrew Sachs
Unknown:
Patrick Godfrey
Unknown:
Michael Byrne
Unknown:
William Scott Masson
Unknown:
Dan Fineman.
Directed By:
John Dryden
Xavier March:
Anton Lesser
Charlotte Maguire:
Angeline Ball

In the week that the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights celebrates its 50th adversary, five short stories by writers who have spoken out in the name of human rights. 1: The New Beggars. A prescient tale on the fate of storytellers by Ken Saro-Wiwa , the Nigerian writer executed for his role in the struggle for the rights of the Ogoni people. Producer Kate Whitehead

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Producer:
Kate Whitehead

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