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Martha Kearney is joined by singer Kim Criswell. Reading: The Nation's Favourite Love Poetry. Part 1. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk Reading repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Martha Kearney
Singer:
Kim Criswell.
Editor:
Ruth Gardiner

Leslie Frost and the Ferrocorril Abandonado , Stephen Smith travels to the dangerous country of Colombia to discover what remains of the railway that his grandfather, Leslie Frost , ran there in the first half of the century. Producer Tim Dee Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Frost
Unknown:
Ferrocorril Abandonado
Unknown:
Stephen Smith
Unknown:
Leslie Frost
Producer:
Tim Dee Repeat

Last in a three-part comedy drama by Julia Jones.

No one can quite believe it when Florence appears to have absconded with the club funds. The truth proves much more embarrassing.

Contributors

Writer:
Julia Jones
Director:
Don Taylor
Florence Warburton:
Polly James
Annie Hodge:
Marcia Warren
[Actress]:
Judy Cornwell
[Actress]:
Rebecca Front
[Actress]:
Helen Atkinson Wood
[Actor]:
John Baddeley

By Judith Somerville. Whilst on holiday in Ethiopia, a woman is injured in a terrorist explosion. In intensive care back in England, the pain-killing drugs cause hallucinations which create a vivid canvas of other worlds and experiences. with Tilly Gaunt. Christopher Scott and Eva Haddon. Director Cherry Cookson Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Tilly Gaunt.
Unknown:
Christopher Scott
The Woman:
Diana Quick
The Man:
John Rowe

Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, with Sir Winston Churchill 's words read by Peter Jeffrey. Additional readings by Brett Usher. 96: Macgregors and the South Sea Bubble
Written by Christopher Lee Producer Pete Atkin Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Massey
Unknown:
Sir Winston Churchill
Read By:
Peter Jeffrey.
Unknown:
Brett Usher.
Written By:
Christopher Lee
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Joining Nigel Rees to exchange quotations and anecdotes this week are Tom Baker , Don Black and Gemma O'Connor. Reader Patricia Hughes. Producer Carol Smith
E-MAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk Repeated Sunday 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Tom Baker
Unknown:
Don Black
Reader:
Gemma O'Connor.
Reader:
Patricia Hughes.
Producer:
Carol Smith

The Economic Powerhouse. In less than ten years' time, China will have created the world's first true megalopolis of 40 million people. In the next century, this giant city-in-the-making will be the trading powerhouse of a nation determined to become the world's most dynamic economy. Jonathan Glancey reports. Producer Jane Beresford Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Glancey
Producer:
Jane Beresford

The Oceans. The oceans cover seven- tenths of the planet, yet despite i technological advances, less than one per cent of the sea has been seen. The race is now on to harvest its riches, but who has the right to exploit the oceans? , Producer Hugh O'Donnell

Contributors

Producer:
Hugh O'Donnell

By Stephen King, dramatised in three parts by Gregory Evans.

Best-selling novelist Morton Rainey is astounded when accosted on his doorstep one morning by a man who claims that Rainey has stolen a story from him.

Contributors

Author:
Stephen King
Dramatised by:
Gregory Evans
Music:
David Chilton
Director:
Gordon House
Mort Rainey:
Henry Goodman
John Shooter:
William Roberts
[Actress]:
Barbara Barnes
[Actor]:
Lee Montague
[Actor]:
Kerry Shale
[Actress]:
Helen Horton

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