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A sitcom by award-winning writer Joe Turner.
Jack and Nicola are struggling to re-establish their father-daughter bond. When she breaks his favourite bowl, she worries that she might have broken something else.

Contributors

Writer:
Joe Turner
Producer:
Liz Anstee
Jack:
Michael Williams
Nicola:
Lisa Coleman
[Actor]:
Cherry Morris
[Actor]:
Simon Greenall
[Actor]:
Toby Longworth

The antiques quiz visits the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Presented by Lars Tharp. With expert help from Hugo Morley-Fletcher and Victoria Leatham.
Producers Elizabeth Abrahams and Anne Bristow. Repeated Sunday 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Museum
Presented By:
Lars Tharp.
Unknown:
Hugo Morley-Fletcher
Unknown:
Victoria Leatham.
Producers:
Elizabeth Abrahams
Producers:
Anne Bristow.

By George Brandt. Benvenuto Cellini 's Perseus Holding the Head of Medusa is one of the masterpieces of Renaissance sculpture. Drawing on Cellini's colourful autobiography, the play reveals the story of its creation. with Nick Moore , Paul B Davies. Sheila Hannon , Andrew Hitton , John Talfer and Professor Marcello Bellini. Director Sara Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
George Brandt.
Unknown:
Benvenuto Cellini
Unknown:
Nick Moore
Unknown:
Paul B Davies.
Unknown:
Sheila Hannon
Unknown:
Andrew Hitton
Unknown:
John Talfer
Unknown:
Professor Marcello Bellini.
Director:
Sara Davies
Benvenuto Cellini:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Piera:
Pamela Miles

Michael Rosen presents the programme about words and language. Morsels of Execration. A cornucopia of old
English words and phrases which may be best left forgotten or richly deserve a renaissance. Also a challenge to the assumption that our speech is drifting further into the mid- Atlantic. Producer Jane Ray
Repeated Sunday 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Jane Ray

The comedy series about a business set up to ban stress from people's lives by doing the worrying for them. This week, Toby Longworth and Niall Ashdown worry about setting up a business. With Joanna Brookes , Debra Stephenson , Simon Greenall and Lewis MacLeod. Producer Kathy Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Toby Longworth
Unknown:
Niall Ashdown
Unknown:
Joanna Brookes
Unknown:
Debra Stephenson
Unknown:
Simon Greenall
Unknown:
Lewis MacLeod.
Producer:
Kathy Smith

John Wilson with the arts programme, including a reassessment of the screen's favourite sharp-talking, soft-hearted tough guy -
Humphrey Bogart , who was born 100 years ago. Producer Robert Ketteridge

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wilson
Unknown:
Humphrey Bogart
Producer:
Robert Ketteridge

Professor Roy Porter reconsiders the performance of some of the leading political figures of the 20th century by looking at their health. How dangerous was the world when
Reagan and Brezhnev held the reins of power in the 1980s? Producer Ian Bell Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Roy Porter
Producer:
Ian Bell

The European single currency has been launched this week. But it's not just about money. It is a major political step towards European integration. Gordon Brewer assesses the implications.
Producer Chris Bowlby

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Brewer
Producer:
Chris Bowlby

Plastics for Everything - Including TV Screens. Vanessa Collingridge checks out the technologies that will shape our future.
Producer Roland Pease
E-Mail: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Vanessa Collingridge
Producer:
Roland Pease

Tony Roche 's four-part comedy series returns, with Dodgy Phil and another of his schemes to fill the pub with punters. Special guest Edith Piaf. Producer Jane Berthoud

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Roche
Unknown:
Dodgy Phil
Unknown:
Edith Piaf.
Producer:
Jane Berthoud

Geoffrey Hill 's epic poem is a hymn celebrating the English Midlands, from King Offa to Spaghetti Junction, adapted for radio by Jonathan Davidson. With Simon Russell-Beale , David Bradley , Sonia Ritter and the children of Counden Primary School, Coventry. Producer Tim Dee

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Hill
Unknown:
Jonathan Davidson.
Unknown:
Simon Russell-Beale
Unknown:
David Bradley
Unknown:
Sonia Ritter
Producer:
Tim Dee

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