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Author Ros Coward joins
Sheila McCiennon to discuss the relevance of feminism to the new millennium. Drama: If Only. Part 1. Taxi Men Are Invisible by Maeve Binchy. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: [address removed] Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila McCiennon
Editor:
Ruth Gardiner

Five comic stories about London life by Charles Dickens.
Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.
David Calder stars as John Dounce, whose orderly life is disrupted on acquaintance with an oyster-seller.

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Dramatist:
Stephen Wyatt
Director:
Sally Avens
John Dounce:
David Calder
Boz:
Nicholas Farrell
Fanny:
Samantha Spiro
[Actor]:
Elizabeth Conboy
[Actor]:
David Allister
[Actor]:
David Allister
[Actor]:
Ioan Meredith

Nick Baker 's radio quiz, with chairman David Hatch. How did a transport minister's wife's success in a driving test lead to the sacking of a Radio 1 DJ? Producers Viv Black and Nick Utechin

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Baker
Unknown:
David Hatch.
Producers:
Viv Black
Producers:
Nick Utechin

By Natalia Power. When Kate realises her ambition to study classics at Cambridge, she finds her life in emotional turmoil as she is torn between two very different people. with Carolyn Jones , Elizabeth Conboy , Tessa Worsley and David Allister Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalia Power.
Unknown:
Carolyn Jones
Unknown:
Elizabeth Conboy
Unknown:
Tessa Worsley
Unknown:
David Allister
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Kate:
Julia Ford
Helen:
Emma Fielding
Alex:
Jonathan Cake

Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, with the words of Sir Winston Churchill read by Peter Jeffrey. Additional readings by Denys Hawthorne. 131: George IV and Caroline of Brunswick
Producer Pete Atkin Revised repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Massey
Unknown:
Sir Winston Churchill
Read By:
Peter Jeffrey.
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Nicholas Parsons is joined by Clement Freud , Stephen Fry , Peter Jones and Paul Merton for radio's most devious panel game, from London's Radio Theatre. Devised by Ian Messiter. Producer Chris Neill Repeated Sunday 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Ian Messiter.
Producer:
Chris Neill

Five stories by Irish women writers to mark the passionately contested introduction of divorce to Eire.
1: Taxi Men Are Invisible by Maeve
Binchy, dramatised by Alun Richards. Director Jane Dauncey. Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Alun Richards.
Director:
Jane Dauncey.

The Naming of Parts. As the way we label things becomes ever more problematic, Andrew Dilnot examines the dilemmas of governing and understanding societies which we struggle to describe. Producer Ingrid Hassler. Rptd Sunday 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Dilnot
Producer:
Ingrid Hassler.

Four plays by Rob Gittens , set in Cardiff's city centre. 3: The Bouncer's Tale
Leanne has enough on her plate without pressure from Jed to turn a blind eye. with Brendan Charleson , Giles Thomas ,
lestyn Jones. Helen Griffin , Erica Eirian and Robert Harper. Director Alison Hindell

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Gittens
Unknown:
Brendan Charleson
Unknown:
Giles Thomas
Unknown:
Lestyn Jones.
Unknown:
Helen Griffin
Unknown:
Erica Eirian
Unknown:
Robert Harper.
Director:
Alison Hindell
Leanne:
Eiry Thomas
Jed:
Gareth Harris

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