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Jenni Murray 's guest is actress Eleanor Bron , who opens in London this week in a trilogy of plays about love and war. Drama: Diary of a Provincial Lady, by EM Delafield. Part 9.
Drama rptd at 7.45pm. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron

Reports on the stories that matter to people around the world.
Rosie Goldsmith travels to the Indian state of Gujarat. She talks to some of the thousands of men who scrape a living taking apart the ships on the beach at Alang and to the wealthy ship-brokers who make huge profits from one of the world's ugliest industries. Producer Hugh Levinson
Repeated on Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosie Goldsmith
Producer:
Hugh Levinson

The award-winning comedy by Alex Ferguson about a boy and his uncle, set on Tyneside in the 1930s.
5: A Visitation of Angels. Lecky and his uncle meet two Spanish guerrillas who have come to buy arms. In exchange for food and shelter, Pablo is willing to distemper the wash house. with Gareth Brown , Colin MacLachlan , Jack McBride , Jane Holman. Madelaine Moffatt , Janine Birkett and Donald McBride
Music by Jane Holman. Director Melanie Harris

Contributors

Comedy By:
Alex Ferguson
Unknown:
Gareth Brown
Unknown:
Colin MacLachlan
Unknown:
Jack McBride
Unknown:
Jane Holman.
Unknown:
Madelaine Moffatt
Unknown:
Janine Birkett
Unknown:
Donald McBride
Music By:
Jane Holman.
Director:
Melanie Harris
Uncle Freddie:
Shaun Prendergast
Alex:
Alex Ferguson

By William Trevor. When a visiting French woman's necklace and handbag disappear, it has considerable repercussions for a small rural Irish community in the late 1960s. with Don Wycberley , Peadar Lamb , Laura Hughes and David Howarth. Director Roland Jaquarello

Contributors

Unknown:
William Trevor.
Unknown:
Don Wycberley
Unknown:
Peadar Lamb
Unknown:
Laura Hughes
Unknown:
David Howarth.
Director:
Roland Jaquarello
Mrs Mulally:
Trudy Kelly
Dolores:
Marcella Riordan

By EM Delafield , dramatised by Jane Rogers. Part 9.
With Imelda Staunton , Richard Hope , Steven Geller , Julie Cox and Sonia Ritter
For details see Monday. Rptd from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Em Delafield
Dramatised By:
Jane Rogers.
Unknown:
Imelda Staunton
Unknown:
Richard Hope
Unknown:
Steven Geller
Unknown:
Julie Cox
Unknown:
Sonia Ritter

Lions and Princesses. In the first of two programmes marking the tercentenary of modern Sikhism, Indarjit Singh examines the Khalsa, the community of initiated men and women who form the core of the Sikh faith. Producer Kristine Pommert

Contributors

Unknown:
Indarjit Singh
Producer:
Kristine Pommert

Geoff Watts reports from the cutting edge of science, including the latest research supporting the theory that life on earth originated in outer space. Producer Paul Arnold
E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Paul Arnold

A comedy that uses the format of a live radio discussion programme to take an original look at media absurdity. With Ainsley Elliot and his guests. 3: Manners. Do courtesy and etiquette mean anything today? with Graeme Garden , Deborah Norton. Tom Hollander and Geoffrey McGivern
Written by the cast, with Nick Canner and Paul B Davies. Producer Paul B Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Ainsley Elliot
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Deborah Norton.
Unknown:
Tom Hollander
Unknown:
Geoffrey McGivern
Unknown:
Nick Canner
Unknown:
Paul B Davies.
Producer:
Paul B Davies
Ainsley Elliot:
Griff Rhys Jones
JudePrentiss:
Melanie Hudson

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