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US Army general George Owen Squier invented muzak in 1928 when he piped music down telephone lines. Now, satellite technology enables a computer in Orpington to change the music playing in a Tel Aviv shop. Peter Snow examines the ever-growing use of background music to influence moods and attitudes, from easing a visit to the dentist to encouraging us to spend more. Producer Andrew Green

Contributors

Unknown:
General George Owen Squier
Producer:
Andrew Green

Maurice Denham stars as the golf club veteran in stories by PG Wodehouse . 5: The Heart of a Goof
With Michael Fenton Stevens , Helen Atkinson Wood. Jon Glover , John Graham and Alan Thompson. Produced and dramatised by Edward Taylor. Repeated Sunday 8pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Stories By:
Pg Wodehouse
Unknown:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Unknown:
Helen Atkinson
Unknown:
Wood. Jon Glover
Unknown:
John Graham
Unknown:
Alan Thompson.
Dramatised By:
Edward Taylor.

Jean Anouilh 's comic masterpiece, translated by Jeremy Sams , exposes the hypocrisies and suspicions of the members of a small-town brasserie orchestra in fifties provincial France. with Jan Carey , Nick Murray-Brown , Rachel Atkins , Isabel Ford and Stephen Lockwood Music composed by Felix Cross
Director Kristine Landon-Smith Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Anouilh
Translated By:
Jeremy Sams
Unknown:
Jan Carey
Unknown:
Nick Murray-Brown
Unknown:
Rachel Atkins
Unknown:
Stephen Lockwood
Composed By:
Felix Cross
Director:
Kristine Landon-Smith
Madame Hortense:
Joanna Wake
Suzanne Delicias:
Janine Ulfane
Pamela:
Bernice Stegers

A political farce by Steve Nallon and Turan Ali. 4: A Bowl of Rice. The G7% summit gives Lottie the chance to fulfil a life-long dream.
With Maggie Steed , Mark Williams ,
Melvyn Hayes , Jan Ravens , Jack Smethurst. Bhasker Patel , Andrew Wincott and Steve Nallon Director Turan Ali
Repeated tomorrow 12.30pm
♦ Roland White , Review: page 143

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Nallon
Unknown:
Turan An.
Unknown:
Maggie Steed
Unknown:
Mark Williams
Unknown:
Melvyn Hayes
Unknown:
Jan Ravens
Unknown:
Jack Smethurst.
Unknown:
Bhasker Patel
Unknown:
Andrew Wincott
Unknown:
Steve Nallon
Director:
Turan Ali
Unknown:
Roland White

Hayley feels betrayed.
Written by Peter Kerry. Director Louise Gifford Editor Vanessa Whitburn
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Contributors

Written By:
Peter Kerry.
Director:
Louise Gifford
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Helen Archer:
Bonnie Engstrom
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Debbie Aldridge:
Tamsin Greig
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Christine Barford:
Lesley Saweard
JackWoolley:
Arnold Peters
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
JoeGrundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Rosalind Adams
William Grundy:
Philip Molloy
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
MrsAntrobus:
Margot Boyd
Hayley Jordan:
Lucy Davis

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, by panellists Harriet Harman MP; Nicola Horlick ; Peter Lilley , deputy leader of the Conservatives; and lawyer Andrew Phillips.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson
Repeated tomorrow 1.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Harriet Harman
Unknown:
Nicola Horlick
Unknown:
Peter Lilley
Unknown:
Andrew Phillips.
Producer:
Lisa Jenkinson

From Miami. Eleanor Oldroyd and guests discover what makes American football's Super Bowl such a large part of American life, why advertisers pay millions for 30 seconds of television time, and what attracts Cher, Gloria Estefan and Stevie Wonder to perform during the interval. Producer Simon Crosse

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Oldroyd
Unknown:
Gloria Estefan
Unknown:
Stevie Wonder
Producer:
Simon Crosse

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