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With Martha Kearney and guests. Drama: South Riding by Winifred Holtby , dramatised by Gill Adams. Part 11 of 15. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: [address removed] Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Martha Kearney
Unknown:
Winifred Holtby
Dramatised By:
Gill Adams.
Editor:
Ruth Gardiner

Adam Hart-Davis reassesses the private lives and work of four great inventors. 1: Winstanley's Wonders. The 17th-century showman and illusionist, Henry Winstanley , who built the lighthouse on the Eddystone Reef. Producer Hilary Field

Contributors

Unknown:
Adam Hart-Davis
Unknown:
Henry Winstanley
Producer:
Hilary Field

By Miss Read, dramatised in six parts by Lesley Bruce. 4: Miss Fogerty. A schoolteacher faces the challenge of a lifetime in the peaceful Cotswolds village. with Tilly Gaunt , Jillie Meers and Christopher Scott. Director Marilyn Imrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Lesley Bruce.
Unknown:
Tilly Gaunt
Unknown:
Jillie Meers
Unknown:
Christopher Scott.
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Miss Fogerty:
Marcia Warren
Miss Watson:
Linda Bassett

Three plays examining the lives and writing of three pioneering women journalists. 2: Change of Heart by Felicity Goodall. Mea Allan (1909-82) was the first female war correspondent to be permanently accredited to the British Forces and the first female news editor in Fleet Street. Her correspondence with her mentor May Chalmers gives a picture of daily life during the Blitz.
Writer and director Felicity Goodall

Contributors

Unknown:
Felicity Goodall.
Director:
Felicity Goodall
Mea Allan:
Siobhan Redmond
May Chalmers:
Brigit Forsyth
Archie/Policeman:
Steven Deproost

An exploration of five very different emotional experiences. 1: Forbidden Love. Jan kept her love affair with Catholic priest Sean a close secret, but when she discovered she was pregnant, everything changed.
Music Philip Sheppard. Producer Sara Conkey

Contributors

Music:
Philip Sheppard.
Producer:
Sara Conkey

Humphrey Lyttelton hosts the comedy panel game, again from the Theatre Royal in Plymouth. Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden battle against
Tim Brooke-Taylor and Tony Hawks. Colin Sell is at the piano.
Producer Jon Naismith. Rptd Sunday 12 noon

Contributors

Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Panellist:
Barry Cryer
Panellist:
Graeme Garden
Panellist:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Panellist:
Tony Hawks
Pianist:
Colin Sell
Producer:
Jon Naismith

By Winifred Holtby , dramatised by Gill Adams. Sarah experiences the bitter taste of loss as well as the joy of achievement. Part 11 of 15. with Philip Glenister , Susan Cookson , Maggie Tagney , Donald McBride , Lucy Beaumont , Annmarie Hosell and Maya Foa. Director Melanie Harris. Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Winifred Holtby
Dramatised By:
Gill Adams.
Unknown:
Philip Glenister
Unknown:
Susan Cookson
Unknown:
Maggie Tagney
Unknown:
Donald McBride
Unknown:
Lucy Beaumont
Unknown:
Annmarie Hosell
Unknown:
Maya Foa.
Director:
Melanie Harris.
Sarah Burton:
Sarah Lancashire
MrsBeddows:
Carole Boyd

3: Blood Runners. Ronit Knoble meets Dave Coppin , a passionate biker who, in his spare time, rushed emergency blood and organs between hospitals. Since he was involved in an accident he has been using a car. Will he beat the demons and ride again? Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronit Knoble
Unknown:
Dave Coppin
Producer:
Simon Elmes

By Jack Houlahan. How does a recovering alcoholic who has just had a heart attack cope with having to give up cigarettes? Is there a secret minimalist way to satisfy the cravi ng for pleasure? with Eileen McCloskey , Katie Tumelty and Natasha Basheer. Director Pam Brighton

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Houlahan.
Unknown:
Eileen McCloskey
Unknown:
Katie Tumelty
Unknown:
Natasha Basheer.
Tom McNeagh:
Alan McKee
Marian McNeagh:
Julia Deardon

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